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48 DUNDEE COURT-MARTIAL RECORDS
Col. Grosvenor’s owne troope taken the 9th day of
December, 1651.
That uppon Friday night last having intelligence that
a partie of the enemy were abroad under the conduct of
one Steelhand,1 and some of them came within half a
mile of Glame’s, march’t forth the next day to Killi-
mure, where hee heard Steelhand was with about 60
horse. When this deponent with his party came there
they heard hee was gone, wheruppon they returned back
to the garrison. And the next morning, being Sunday
the 7th instant, this deponent went forth with a partie
of 14 horse, and hearing att Killimure, thatt here was a
partie of about half a score that march’t that way by
breake of the day, they pursued to Ellit,2 where this
deponent hearing that they were in the house where
Lesly3 was taken, this deponent sent in 3 before him
uppon whose alighting and going into the house where
6 men and 4 youthes were drinking hee heard a pistoll
goe off which was shott by one of our men, and wounded
one of the Scotts, wheruppon the rest cryed for quarter.
That; the deponent heard nott of there passes till they
were come out of Ellitt. Edw. Groves.
The information of Thomas Pitt, trooper in Col.
Grosvenor’s troope of horse, taken uppon oath, Dec. 8,
1651, saith, that yesterday morning being commanded
out by Qr. Mr. Groves together with one Quintayne
Moore to enter into Ellett, where they heard that a partie
of Scotchmen in armes were. This deponent went into
the house, and seing about half a dozen of them in a roome
hee bid them call for quarter and deliver their armes.
To which one of them said, that they would nott for wee
were deceived, they were nott Englishmen and theruppon
began to draw his tuck, uppon which the deponent firing
his pistoll att his bodie, hee struck itt downe and the
deponent shott him into the thigh. Notwithstanding
which they would nott part with their armes, till the
1 Cf. Scotland and the Commonwealth, p. 28.
3 Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven.
I.e. Alyth.
Col. Grosvenor’s owne troope taken the 9th day of
December, 1651.
That uppon Friday night last having intelligence that
a partie of the enemy were abroad under the conduct of
one Steelhand,1 and some of them came within half a
mile of Glame’s, march’t forth the next day to Killi-
mure, where hee heard Steelhand was with about 60
horse. When this deponent with his party came there
they heard hee was gone, wheruppon they returned back
to the garrison. And the next morning, being Sunday
the 7th instant, this deponent went forth with a partie
of 14 horse, and hearing att Killimure, thatt here was a
partie of about half a score that march’t that way by
breake of the day, they pursued to Ellit,2 where this
deponent hearing that they were in the house where
Lesly3 was taken, this deponent sent in 3 before him
uppon whose alighting and going into the house where
6 men and 4 youthes were drinking hee heard a pistoll
goe off which was shott by one of our men, and wounded
one of the Scotts, wheruppon the rest cryed for quarter.
That; the deponent heard nott of there passes till they
were come out of Ellitt. Edw. Groves.
The information of Thomas Pitt, trooper in Col.
Grosvenor’s troope of horse, taken uppon oath, Dec. 8,
1651, saith, that yesterday morning being commanded
out by Qr. Mr. Groves together with one Quintayne
Moore to enter into Ellett, where they heard that a partie
of Scotchmen in armes were. This deponent went into
the house, and seing about half a dozen of them in a roome
hee bid them call for quarter and deliver their armes.
To which one of them said, that they would nott for wee
were deceived, they were nott Englishmen and theruppon
began to draw his tuck, uppon which the deponent firing
his pistoll att his bodie, hee struck itt downe and the
deponent shott him into the thigh. Notwithstanding
which they would nott part with their armes, till the
1 Cf. Scotland and the Commonwealth, p. 28.
3 Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven.
I.e. Alyth.
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| Description | Third volume. Contents: Dundee court-martial records, 1651 / edited by Godfrey Davies -- The bishop of Galloway's correspondence, 1679-1685 / edited by William Douglas -- The diary of Sir James Hope, 1646-1654 / edited by Sir James Balfour Paul -- Instructions for the trial of Patrick Graham, 1476 / edited by Robert Kerr Hannay -- The Scottish contributions to the distressed church of France, 1622 / edited by D. Hay Fleming -- The Forbes baron court book, 1659-1678 / edited by J. Maitland Thomson. |
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