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 CIVIL WAR. 263 our townesmen that were listed under Capt: Battersby at Bodmin 14s." Kingdon, the constable, records that on the 28th February " in came S r Bevell Grinfild, and that night they had for the gard 3 seame wood and 2 li candells." 1st March; The Mayor "pd for earring a warrant to Lawhitton at 8 of the clocke at night for raissing the posse comctatcs /" and 5th, "Being commanded to send away a warrent of the possee commitalis at midnight,'* he was allowed 6d. for his service. Henry Bennett charges "for caring a warent to raise the Pose, and copen [copying] of him 6d." He also charges for going, on other unnamed days, "to Leskerd with a warent concerning the delin- quents, and for sending away a warent to stop the rebells;" also " for riden to Mr. Coriton's with the listed soulders, and for ther diner at Cilington when we cam backe." On the 6th March the Mayor claims 5s. for "goinge to Leascard to returne the warrent, w th 2 men and 2 horses ;" and on the same day Mr. Kingdon states, "When S r Bevell came backe from Stratton the had that night, by reason of the great company, 4 seam wood and z li candells for the gard." 8th. He "sent S r Bevill Grinfild, p M r Mayor's order, a pottell sacke 2s. 4d. ;" and "pd for a lanteron for the gard 2s." The constable, John Wadge, in his bill, allowed nth March, 1643, charges for "carryinge of a warrant to rayse ye possey for ye Kinge;" and for carrying other warrants to Callington, Lawanick, Saltashe, &c. On the 24th March, 1642-3, Major-General James Chudleigh, a son of the above-named Sir George the Royalist, brought a strong party of Parliamentary horse and foot within two miles of Launceston [probably on the Devon side of Polston Bridge]. On the next morning (25th), a few hours after the truce had expired, he marched on Launceston. Sir Ralph Hopton and Sir Bevil Grenville still held the town, but had only a small force