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Fragmentary Civil War Muster and Proposals
A garbled siege era record describes King’s forces marching toward Orford and Northampton to menace Parliament’s army, with Cavaliers breaking bridges and plundering. Lord Denbigh’s Scots forces are captured as they fled toward Leeds, while pleas of security and fortification reductions are offered by Lancastrian nobles in Manchester and surrounding towns.
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Generaus
Orford
Warswicke
Northampton
Het
Kinton
Leedon
W Pentworth
Dergy
Manchesfer
Alanchester
Earle of
Darby
Lascaster
Chesters
Earl of Derby