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SERJEANT-MAJORS.

Major Cusand, slain at the taking of Basing, in cold blood.

Richard Harborn, wounded at Malpass, died at Kendal.

T. Vavasor, slain at Marston Moor.

Lawr. Clifton, at Shelford House.
Thomas Heskith, at Malpass.
William Leak, at Newbury. 1
Rively, wounded at Naseby, died prisoner
at London.

Panton, wounded at Cover, died at High-Richard Sherburn, at

meadow.

Hudleston, slain at York.

Thomas Ewre, at Newbury 1.

Holmby, at Henly.

R. Norwood, slain before Taunton.

CAPTAINS.

slain at Newbury. 1

Capt. Marmaduke Constable, standard, W. Symcots, Capt-Lieu. to lord Piercy, bearer to Lieutenant-General Lindsey, slain at Edghill.

W. Laborn and M. Anderton, at Sheriff-
hutton, in Yorkshire.
Joseph Constable, at Newbury.

Wiburn, slain at Basing, in cold blood.
Thomas Paston, slain at York.
Henry Butler, slain at Brinle.
Burgh, slain at Cover.

Thurston Anderton, wounded at
bury, died at Oxford.

Thomas Singleton, at Newbury.1
Francis Errington, of Denton, in North-
umberland, at Rotheram.
George Singleton, at

Michael Fitzakerly, at Liverpool.
Daniel Thorold, at Naseby.
Francis Clifton, at Newbury. 1
John Lance, at Islip.

New-George Cassey, at Hereford.
Langdale, at Greekhovel, in Wales.

Haggarston, eldest son of Sir Thomas, in Carver, in Monmouthshire.

Lancashire.

Anthony Rigby, at Basing-house.
Richard Bradford, at

Kenelm Digby, (eldest son of Sir Kenelm
Digby,) raised a troop of horse at his
own charge, and was slain at St. Neot's.
Ratcliff Houghton, at Preston.
Robert Molineux, of the wood, in Lanca-
shire, slain at Newbury. 1
Charles Thimelby, at Worcester.
Robert Townsend, at Edge-hill.
Matthew Ratcliff, near Henly.
Richard Wolfole, at Newbury.
Anthony Awd.

Thomas Cole, at Newark.
Pattison, at Wigan.

Maximilian Nelson, at Marston Moor.

Francis Godfrey, slain at Sherburn.

Thomas Meynel, at Pontefract.

John Clifton, at Shelford House.
Abraham Lance.

R. Lance, at Rowton, in Cheshire.
Hoskins, slain at Lidney in cold blood.
Philip Darcey, at

William Jones, at Ragland.

John Lingen, at Ledbury.
Samways, at Newbury. 2
John Plumton, slain at York.
Peter Forcer, at

Thos. Whittingham, at Newbury.
Winkley, at Liverpool.
Thomas Anderton, at

Richard Walmsley, at Ormschurch.
J. Singlehurst and J. Butler, at Marston
Moor.

George Holden, at Usk.

Richard Latham, at Litchfield.

Thomas Charnock, at

Robert Dent, at Newcastle.

T. Heskith and J. Knipe, at Bindle.

Thomas Eccleston. at

J. Hothersal and Nicholas Anderton, at
Greenoo Castle.

Anthony Girlington, at Lancaster.
Francis Rous, in Dean Forest.
Randolph Wallinger, at Cover.
Chris. Wray, slain at Bradford.
Robert Rookwood, at Oxford.
William Rookwood, at Alresford.
Richardson, slain before Taunton.

Henry Wells, wounded at Newbury 2, Thomas Madden, slain in Wood-street by

died in prison at London.

Anth. Hamerton, near Manchester.

the fanatics, January, 1660.

INFERIOR OFFICERS.

Lieuts. W. Butler, slain at Newbury.

Short, slain near Gloucester.

Richard Osbalston, at Leeds.

George Hothersal, at Liverpool.
William Girlington, at
John Kulcheth, at Worral.
William Singleton, at Marston.
Peter Boardman, at Bradford.

Richard Bradford, at Blechington.
James Bradford, at-

Thomas Kingsman, at Lincoln.
John Birch, at Birmicham.

Staley, at Rashall-hall.

Cornets-W. Culcheth, at Newbury.

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William Stoner, at Basing.

James Anderton, in Wales.
Thomas Roper, at Gootheridge.
Stephen Pudsey, in Holderness.
Francis Pavier, at Marston.
James Banton, at Cover.
Thomas Pendrel, at Stow.
Boniface Kemp and Ildefons Hesket, slain
near York, in cold blood.

Michael Wharton, at Scarborough.
Errington, at Chester.

T. Westby, doctor of physic, at Preston
Peter Davis, at Denbigh.

Edward Davis, at Chester.
Bret, at

Price, of Washingley, slain at Lincoln, in Roger Wood, at Chester.

cold blood.

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Henry Lawson, at Melton.

T. Craithorn the elder, at Uphaven.
Henry Johnson, at ———.

Three sons of Mr. Kitby, of Rancliff.
John Witham, at Preston.

William Selby, at Preston.

Maj. Gen. Webb, dreadfully wounded at Newbury by case-shot.

The names of such catholics whose estates (both real and personal,) were sold, in pursuance of an act made by the rump, July 16, 1651, for their pretended delinquency; that is, for adhering to their king.

John, lord marquis of Worcester, who so valiantly defended Basing House. Henry, lord marquis of Worcester, who has been at least 300,0001. loser by the

war.

Francis, lord Cottington.
Lord John Somerset.

Marmaduke lord Langdale and son.

Sirs J. Winter, who so stoutly defended Lindley House.

T. Tindesly, slain, and estate sold.

H. Singsby, beheaded at Tower-hill and estate sold.

Piercy Herbert, now lord Powis.
Francis Howard.
Henry Bedingfield.

Arthur Aston, governor of Reading.
Thomas Haggarston.
Esqrs. Roger Bodenham.
Charles Townley.
Rowland Eyre.

Peter Pudsey. John Giffard.

Other catholics, whose estates were sold by an additional rump act,

made August 4, 1652.

H. Lord Viscount Dunbar and son.

Sir William Vavasor.

Sir Edward Ratcliff.
Esqrs. Thomas Clifton.
Peter Gifford, of Chillington.
Walter Fowler, of St. Thomas.
Thomas Brook, of Madely.
Francis Biddulph, of Biddulph.
William Middleton, of Stocton.
Nicholas Errington.

Lance Errington.
Henry Errington
John Jones, of Dingestow.
John Weston.
Philip Hungate.
Gents. Robert Dolman.
Richard Massey.
George Smith.
Ralph Pudsey.

More catholics, whose estates were sold by another rump, made
November 18, 1652.

Henry, lord Arundel of Wardor, who William Hesketh.
raised a regiment of horse for the king, William Latham.
and whose castle of Wardor was so Thomas Singleton.
gallantly defended against E. Hunger-John Westby.
ford.

Henry, lord Morley and Monteagle.
William, lord Ewre.

William, lord Powis, who kept long his
castle of Powis against the enemy, and
afterwards was taken in it; and there-
upon was kept a great while prisoner at
Stafford, and died in durance at London.
Charles, lord Somerset.

Sirs, Walter Blount, long a prisoner in the
Tower.

Edward Widdrington, who raised a regi-
ment of horse.
Richard Tichburn.

C. Blount, (slain also by one of his own
captains.)

J. Clavering, died prisoner at London.
John Cansfield.

John Thimbelby, of Irnham.

Philip Constable.

Edward Plumpton.

N. Thornton, who raised a troop of horse

at his own charge.

Esqrs. Hugh Anderton, or Exton.
Thomas Langtree, of Langtree.
William Houghton.

Sir Edward Charlton.

Esqrs. William Sheldon, of Beely.
William Gage, of Demy.
Thomas Clavering.
John Plumpton.
Marmaduke Holby.
Henry Englefield.
Robert Wigmore.
Robert Cramblington.
William Sherburn.
John Constable.
Richard Latham.
William Bawd.

James Anderton, of Birchley.
Thomas Singleton.
John Talbot.

Nicholas Fitzakerley.
John Piercy.

Thomas Acton, of Burton.
Thomas Gillibrand.

Thomas Grimshaw.

Ralph Rishton and William Floyer, gents.
Richard Chorley, of Chorley.

James Anderton, Esq., of Cleyton.
William Anderton, Esq., of Anderton,
with many others.

PETER WRIGHT, PRIEST, S. J.-1651.*

PETER WRIGHT was born of poor but virtuous parents, at Slipton in Northamptonshire. His father dying when he was very young, the circumstances of his mother, left with a great family of children, obliged him to seek his bread in service. He had for his master a country lawyer, with whom he lived several years; and being young, and amongst protestants, quickly forget the pious admonitions of his dying parent, and lost his religion. However, he was by degrees reclaimed, after he came to man's estate; and going abroad, was fully reconciled by the English fathers of the society in their college in Liege, to which providence had brought him, whilst he was designing a pilgrimage to Rome. From Liege he was sent to Ghent, recommended by father Rector to the English catholics there, and for two years diligently applied himself to his humanity studies, in the college of the Flemish jesuits; till in the year 1629, he was pitched upon by the English fathers, to be one of the number who were to be sent that year from St. Omer's, to the seminary of Rome. But Mr. Wright petitioned, that he might rather

* From his life printed at Antwerp, the very year he suffered, by an eye-witness of his death.

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be admitted into the society; and was accordingly received to the noviceship at Watten; where, in the two years of his stay, he gained that perfect mastery over his passions, that whereas, by nature, he was hasty and passionate, from that time he was remarkably calm and sedate. It was also noted, that he took great pleasure, as well here at Watten, as afterwards during the course of his studies at Liege, in making excursions into the neighbouring villages, and catechising the children.

Having finished his divinity studies, and his third year's noviceship in the Tertian house at Ghent, he was made prefect over the scholars in the college of St. Omer's; though nothing could suit less with his inclinations, than this troublesome office, as he himself acknowledged; but he made a sacrifice of his own will to the will of God, notified to him by his superiors; and that he might the more perfectly overcome this repugnancy of nature, after having prostrated himself to God in prayer, he went to the rector of the college, and generously offered to continue prefect, if his superiors thought proper, during the whole remainder of his life. But not long after, his provincial destined him to an employment, not less laborious, indeed, but much more agreeable to his zeal viz., to a mission amongst the English soldiers; where he behaved in such manner, as to gain the esteem and affection of all, and to reclaim great numbers of them from their errors and vices. He was particularly dear to Sir Henry Gage, their colonel, who after their first acquaintance, would not part with him, but had him for an inseparable companion for seven years, partly in Flanders, and partly in England; till Sir Henry, who was governor of Oxford for the king, being killed in the civil wars, in 1644, the marquis of Winchester, and his lady, desired to have father Wright in their family, with whom he lived till his apprehension, which was on Candlemas Day, 1650-1.

As the privileges of the peers were not regarded in those times of confusion, the priest-catchers watched their opportunity of rushing into the marquis's house on Candlemas day in the morning at the very time that father-Wright was going to mass, and had not the marquis stopped them for awhile upon the stairs, they would have seized the good man in the chapel, if not at the altar itself. But this delay gave him an opportunity of getting out of the window upon the leads; where, nevertheless, he could not be long concealed, for the pursuivants finding, upon their coming into the oratory, the altar dressed, and all things ready laid out for mass, concluded the priest could not be far off; and perceiving the window open, imagined he had gone out that way, and found it to be so, by sending a boy the same way, who discovered the father upon the leads. Thus he fell into their hands, and was carried before the lord chief justice Roules, and by him committed to Newgate, as a suspected priest, where he had for companions, besides two priests that lay under sentence of death, five others, lately apprehended upon the same suspicion; and amongst them, the reverend Mr. Cheney, a priest of the secular clergy, who was his bed-fellow, and has given an edifying account of father Wright's behaviour in prison, extant in his printed life.

In the first session after the apprehension of our confessor, he was not called to the bar: and two of his companions who were tried, viz: Mr. Baker and Mr. Cheney, were brought in not guilty, by their jury,

which gave the catholics great hopes, that father Wright would be set at liberty, without being brought to his trial; and very industrious they were to procure his discharge: but when the following sessions were coming on, they began to apprehend that those who were in power had other designs; for it was then given out, that the lord chief justice had sent into the country, for the aspostate, Thomas Gage, to come up, and appear as witness against father Wright, and father Dade, superior of the dominicans, at that time also prisoner in Newgate. To divert this blow, the reverend Mr. George Gage, an eminent clergyman, used his best endeavours to prevail on the apostate, who was his brother, not to involve himself in any further guilt, by having a hand in the blood of the innocent. He promised he would not, and, as to father Dade, was as good as his word; for though he appeared in court against him, and testified, that he knew him to be superior of the dominicans, yet he qualified his testimony, by adding, that though he was their superior, possibly he might not be a priest; upon which father Dade was acquitted by the jury. But as to father Wright, the wretch notoriously broke his promise, and swore that he knew him to be a priest and a jesuit, and had often seen him say mass; alledging, for the reason of his appearing against him, an old grudge that he had against the father, for having done him an ill office, as he pretended, with his elder brother, Sir Henry Gage.

The good man being asked by the lord chief justice, what he had to reply to this testimony, and those of the other witnesses, Mayo, Wadsworth, &c., would make no other answer than this: My lord, I give Almighty God thanks, from the bottom of my heart, that he has been pleased I should be here arraigned, (to use the words of St. Peter,) not as a murderer, nor as a thief, nor as a reviler, nor as guilty of any other crime, but my religion; even the catholic religion, which was, is, and ever will be illustrious over all the earth; and I have nothing more to say. The judge told him, it was not for religion he was arraigned, but for returning into England after having received the order of priesthood, and seducing the people. Father Wright replied, That the persecutors of old, might, with as good a grace, have objected to the apostles and the primitive priests, their coming into heathen countries, and preaching the faith, contrary to the laws of those countries, and have called it treason, and seducing the people. But they preached the gospel, said the judge, you preach errors, contrary to the gospel. That is the very point in question, said father Wright, adding, at the same time, that all manner of errors and heresies were tolerated in England, and none persecuted, but the catholic religion, which was a sign of its being God's truth.

The jury going out to consult about their verdict, after some deliberation, returned him guilty; upon which, the confessor made a low reverence, with a serene and cheerful countenance, and said aloud, God Almighty's holy name be blessed now, and for evermore. The next day, being Whitsun-eve, he received the sentence of death, to his own great comfort, but to the great affliction of his friends and penitents, who saw themselves now like to be deprived of so zealous and virtuous a pastor. No endeavours were neglected to save his life, or at least, to obtain a

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