Of this Major, afterwards Colonel, Thomas Saunders, now lying at Brecknock, there need little be said beyond what the Letter itself says. He is ‘of Derbyshire,’ it seems; sat afterwards as a King’s-Judge, or at least was nominated to sit; continued true to the Cause, in a dim way, till the very Restoration; and withdrew then into total darkness.
This Letter is endorsed in Saunders’s own hand, ‘The Lord General’s order for taking Sir Trevor Williams, and Mr. Morgan, Sheriff of Monmouthshire.’ Of which two Welsh individuals, except that Williams had been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Parliament’s forces in Monmouthshire some time ago, and Morgan High Sheriff there,[1] both of whom had now revolted, we know nothing, and need know nothing. The Letter has come under cover enclosing another Letter, of an official sort, to one ‘Mr. Rumsey’ (a total stranger to me); and is superscribed For Yourself:
“TO MAJOR THOMAS SAUNDERS AT BRECKNOCK: THESE”
Sir,—I send you this enclosed by itself, because it’s of greater moment. The other you may communicate to Mr. Rumsey as far as you think fit and I have written. I would not have him or other honest men be discouraged that I think it not fit, at present, to enter into contests; it will be good to yield a little, for public advantage: and truly that is my end; wherein I desire you to satisfy them.
I have sent, as my Letter mentions, to have you remove out of Brecknockshire; indeed, into that part of Glamorganshire which lieth next Monmouthshire. For this end: We have
- ↑ 10th January 1645-6, Williams; 17th November 1647, Morgan: Commons Journals, in diebus.
