Sir William de Willoughby and his small force of horse and dragoons, had finally arrived at Winchester. After an uncomfortabe night in a city tavern Sir William went up to the castle to see the garrison comander Sir William Ogle.
Sir William found out from the garrison commander that Hopton had moved north-west during November to lift Waller's siege of Basing House, then onto Farnham to attempt to bring Waller to battle - however this had not worked and Hopton had fallen back to Odiham putting himself between Waller and Basing.Sir William received new orders - he was to escort much needed supplies to Basing then join Hopton at Odiham. They set off later in the day and made good time .....
NICE!
ReplyDeleteA lovely set up as always...I look forward to the story unfolding .
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