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List of Shrewsbury gains and London ordinance details 1644
A 1644 report describes Colonel Mitton’s capture at Shrewsbury with eight knights and baronets as prisoners and many officers. It notes military losses and seized arms and artillery. The Commons approve measures to empower the London Militia to raise horse and foot and to search for Papists and suspected Royalists, seizing weapons and materials.
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Commons
Lherbert of
Cherbery
Mountgomery
London
Parliament
Warre