Militia 1645
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Civil War
The names of some Tetbury men who fought in the Civil War can be ascertained, not from a muster roll but from a list of those men who deserted:
Militia
Soldiers from Tetbury who deserted Sir Charles Berkeley’s company in 1645
- Benjamin Ash
- Richard Dyer
- Nathaniel Saunders
- John Wollen
- Daniell Parkins and his man – was entertained at Cap’t Savage’s by request
- Robert Scott
Men who ran away with their coats, swords and belts
- James Bassett
- Silvester Baylye
A note at the bottom of the document states that it is believed to have been written by John Smyth of Nibley