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Civil War Dispatches Warn Shrewsbury Threats and March Orders
The document recounts parliamentary and royal forces preparing against Cavaliers in 1640s England. It notes Sir Robert Harley and others suspected of fealty shifts, warnings of a royal march toward Shrewsbury, and Radworth returning to report from Yorkshire and Worcester. It describes escapes, arrests, and contingencies to defend Herefordshire and York, with Garrisons to secure cities and disrupt malignants.
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Robert Harley
Steead
Thaidrathe
Maine
Shrewsbury
Wadnesdiy
Radworth
Yorkshire
Worcester
Earle
Essex
Horhig
Arke
Legge
Coventry
Loneil Hampden
Hereffordshire
Hereford