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Examples
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Upon that, the House called the sheriffs in and thanked them, and requested the train-bands, under their commander Skippon, to guard the
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Skippon attempted to win over a portion of the garrison in the absence of the lieutenant, but failed.
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In the meantime enlistments of horse and foot had been to such an extent carried on clandestinely in the city, under pretext of the parliamentary powers granted to Skippon, that the municipal authorities began to get nervous.
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Deserted by their leader, and left by their cavalry to shift for themselves, the foot soldiers were driven to accept such terms as Skippon, who still stuck to his post, was able to obtain, and on the morning of the 2nd September they laid down their arms.
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On the 1st May Fairfax wrote to the Commons from Windsor announcing his intention to despatch Cromwell into Wales and to withdraw the regiments quartered at Whitehall and Charing Cross, leaving the protection of parliament to the London forces under the command of Skippon.
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Cromwell, Fairfax and Skippon were members of the council, as also were two aldermen of the city, viz.,
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Skippon and other officers were directed (6 Sept.) to take a view of the city and liberties and inspect the gates and posterns, and especially a passage through the Bell Inn into the fields at Temple Bar.
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Major-General Skippon, the lieutenant of the Tower, and others were to be invited.
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His words sent a thrill of enthusiasm through the crowded hall, the audience with "an extraordinary great hum" giving vent to cries of "Amen! Amen!" in such a manner that Skippon, who was in attendance, deemed it advisable to send for more troops in case of disturbance.
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Skippon, as sergeant-major-general of the forces of the city.
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