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Fragmentary Civil War Dispatches From the Exe Front
Early news from the field reports English forces repelling enemy advances near the Exe with 300 prisoners taken and cannon seized. Messages from Lancashire recount brutal acts by Royalist forces, while Parliament queries officers and pay settlements and notes betrayals around Oxford and Shropshire. Debates on excise and stolen plate from Roxborough surface as committees propose measures amid war.
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Haxelridges
Lyrsford
Lancashire
Bolrowin
Promis
Devines
Hiziicks
Tilesby
Harper
Fogge
Righy
House of Commons
Cheifé
Lim
Bradford
Forkestore
Lincolneshire
Elliot
William Armine
Sunderland
Callender
Morrhatsberland
Newcastle
Soderland
London
Debare
Héale
Roxfords
St. Jameses