Some Memorials of John Hampden His Party And His Times volume 2
Some Memorials of John Hampden His Party And His Times volume 2
George Nugent Grenville Nugent
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Lord Brook in Warwickshire, Lord Say and his sons in Northamptonshire, the Earl of Bedford in Bedfordshire, Lord Kim- bolton and Cromwell in Huntingdon and Cambridgeshire, and Lord Wharton Arthur Goodwyn Mr. West Mr. Bulstrode Mr. Tir- rell and Mr. Richard Grenvil the High She- riff in Buckinghamshire, Skippon and Hollis and Stapleton in Middlesex, and the Sheriffs of Essex Surrey and Berkshire in their re- spective counties, formed the militia rein- forcements for the army which was placed und...er the chief direction of the Earl of Essex. This became soon the main army of the Par liament ; and, in the course of less than a month after the raising of the King's stand- ard, the parliamentarian force throughout England amounted to about 25, 000 men. The whole was at the disposal of the Com- mittee of Publick Safety. The divisions were generally placed under the command of such of the chiefs as had served in the wars of Gustavus Adolphus ; and a few French and German engineers were engaged to superin- 198 JOHN HAMPDEN, tend the fortifications and the drilling of the artillery.
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