Evesham

st, and crown hit actions with a never-dying honour, when he took the strong garrisoned Evesham in

PORARY

Samuel Sandys was appointed military governor. The exact nature of the fortifications we cannot exactly know, but it is certain they were complete, and sufficient to withstand a siege if pr

the north side of Bridge Street. This mansion, for it was no less though now divided into shops, was the town house of the Langstones, an influential family in the neighbourh

uns, and ammunition. Before leaving, the army partly destroyed the outworks and rendered the bridge over the river impassable. The townspeople were evidently more in sympathy with t

he inhabitants. For their rebellious behaviour a fine of two hundred pounds was imposed on the borou

to be left in the hands of the King's party unchallenged. Almost immediately, in the same month of May, 1645, Colonel Massey, Governor of Gloucester, with a troop of horse and foot collected from the neighbouring counties, attacked the town, and after vainly calling

Speaker to convey their thanks to the colonel and hi