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CIVIL WAR. 267 the departure of the militia neere Camelford, 2s. 6d." " George Jackson, ensigne, prayethe the worsl 1 Arthur Piper, maior and captaine of this towne and S 1 Steephens Company, to be allowed for himself and his horse on day at Kellington, at a mowster there, and staied all night, from thence to Saltashe too dayes on night 12s. Allsoe for a jorney att Bodman sissions last past too dayes and on night 7s." Mr. Degory King claims I2d. "for a letter to M r Recorder, for staying the towne band from goinge to Saltash;" and 4d. "for a note under Ser Ralfe Hopton's and S r Bevill Grenvile's hands for the towne's amuniton." After the battle of Stratton, Launceston seems for a while to have been left in comparative quiet ; but consider- able watchfulness was still exercised there, and there was possibly occasional skirmishing in the neighbourhood. The Parish Register records the burial of a "souldier" on the 1st June, and of another on the 4th June. On the 22nd June " Captaine Powlwhelle was buryed in the Church of S* Mary Magdalene." On the 26th % and 27th are charges for journeys with soldiers " to be inrolled, including meat and beer for the men." On July 3rd a warrant was issued for raising of horses. On the 4th another soldier was buried at St. Mary Magdalene. In other parts of the kingdom the fighting was frequent and severe. At the battle of Lansdown, near Bath, on the 5th July, 1643, Sir Bevil Grenville fell, and Sir Ralph Hopton was wounded. In the same month Exeter was besieged. The King sent Prince Maurice to relieve that city. We find, on the 13th July, that the mayor of Launceston "paid John Browne 3s. for the fichin of horses from the seage of Exeter." In this month also the Mayor was sending soldiers to Captain Battersby's company, and was communicating with Captain Pendarves. Similar communications were continued throughout the months of August and September, and numerous warrants were