they kept themselves together, and when the governor came home he recruited them. The committee of both kingdoms had sent downe at this time an order for all the horse of Nottingham and Derbyshircs to ioyne with three regiments of Yorkshire, and quarter al;>out Newark, to streighten the enemie there, and accordingly they rendezvouz'd at Mansfield, and from thence marcht to Thurgarton, where Sr. Roger Cooper had fortified his house, and lin'd the hedges with musketeers, -who as the troopes past by shott and kill'd one Capt. Heywood, Hereupon Coli. 'l'hornhagh sent to the governor, and desir'd to borrow some foote to take the house. The governor accordingly lent him three companies, who tooke the l10use, and Sr. Hoger Cooper and his brother, and forty men, in ·it, who were sent prisoners to Nottingham, where, although Sr. Hoger Cooper was in greate dread to be put into the governor's hands, whom be had provok'd before upon a private occasion, yett he receiv'd such a civi ll treatment from him, that he seem'd to be much moov'd and melted with it. The foote had done all the service, and run all the hazard, in taking the house, yet the booty was all given to the horse: this they had very inst reason to resent, but, notwithstanding they marcht al101;g with them to Southwell, and Lhere were most sadly neglected, and put upon keeping outguards for the horse, and had no provisions, but the governor was forc'd to send them some out of his garrison, or elce they had bene left to horrible distresse. Hereupon they sent to the governor to 'desire they might come home, but upon Coli. Thornhagh's entreaty, and engagement that •they should be better us'd, the g01~ernor was content to lett them stay a little longer, till more horse came up, which were sent for out of Yorkshire.. In the meane time those who were there ah:eady did nothing but harrasse the poore country, a nd the horse officers were so negligent of their owne duty, and so remisse in the gorernment of their souldiers, that the service was infinitely preiudie'd, and the poorc country mise-
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