The several ACCOUNTS OF SIR JOHN GELL, Baronet and Colonel, AND OF His Brother THOMAS GELL, Esquire; Lieutenant Colonel.  
Published to clear their Innocency from false Imputations.  
LONDON, Printed for R. L. 1644.   

The several Accounts of Sir JOHN GELL Baronet and Colonel; and of his Brother THOMAS GELL Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel, published to clear their Innocency from false Imputations.  
THat whereas we two Brothers have faithfully served the Parliament at our own charge, since the beginning of these unhappy Differences between the King and Parliament, having hitherto received no more than by the ensuing Accounts appears.  
When the Enemies of this Commonwealth had settled themselves in Derby Shire our native Country, divers Noblemen and Gentlemen then resiant there, yet they suffered the County to be oppressed by Papists and Strangers; we than took up Arms, drove away those plunderers, and after many conflicts with potent adversaries, by the blessing of God upon our endeavours, with some assistance from the Right Honourable Earl of Manchester, and some Nottingham Forces only at the siege of Wingfield Manor, we have cleared that County of all enemy Garrisons, and often been assistant to several other countries'. Yet such is the malice of some Malignants and others that fled their Country in time of danger, that that they have falsely and scandalously raised a report, that Sir john Gell hath cozened his Country of twenty thousand pounds, which false report they have maliciously spread both in London and divers other Counties: They have also procured some of themselves, and other professed enemies of Sir john Gell, such as he had formerly committed for malignancy, to be Auditors to take these Accounts, which accordingly were given in upon Oath at Derby upon the seventeenth day of February one thousand six hundred forty four; by which it appears, how false that scandalous report was. Yet such is the continued malice of some of these men, that though they be fully satisfied of the truth themselves, as they professed at the taking of these Accounts; yet they endeavour to conceal these Accounts, that other men may still believe that false report, whereof themselves were Authors. To the end therefore that our Innocency may appear, notwithstanding these men's malice, we have here published our several Accounts, which as they were at first given in upon our several Oaths, so we still justify the same to be true, and do severally and respectively profess before God and the world, upon the faith of Christians, the credit and reputation of Gentlemen and Soldiers, that our said Accounts are true, and that we do not know, or are conscious of any error or untruth in either of them.  

The Account of Sir JOHN GELL.  
AFter the King had set up his Standard at Nottingham, and came with his new Army from thence to Derby, many of our country Gentlemen with our Trained Bands met his Majesty in the confines of this County, and joined with him; some went then into the King's service, and the rest delivered up their Arms to the King's party, by which means his Army was increased both with men and arms. After the King went out of this County, two mean popish Strangers Dennis and Ballard, joining with some papists and others ill affected, settled themselves at Wirksworth, about the middle of the County, and there under colour of raising men for the King, they rob and abused honest men without control, although at the same time there were four Earls, one Baron, and divers Knights and Gentlemen then resiant in this County; whereupon I being sensible of my Country's misery, and willing to maintain the Ordinances of Parliament, I went to Hull to procure some Forces according to his Excellencies the Earl of Essex his Commission to me; and whilst I was there, Sir Francis Wortley with about an hundred folfowers fit for such a leader, came and joined himself with the said Dennis and Ballard; whereupon many honest men were forced to fly, some of which came to me, and earnestly desired me to make haste to redeem my then miserable afflicted Country, I hasted homeward and came to Chesterfeild, endeavouring to increase my strength all I could: at my first coming thither, some Lords and divers Gentlemen met together about Tutbury, and sent me a threatening letter, although in the mean time they never molested neither Wortley nor any of that party; I presently advanced and drove out Wortley with all his Company, and then settled myself at Derby, which by God's blessing I have ever since maintained against all the power of Prince Rupert, the Earl of Newcastle, and General Hastings; and at this present the Enemy hath not one Garrison within this County: When I went first to Hull with my brother, I went at my own charge, and raised my men without any penny of advance money, since that time and in this service, I have sold my Stock, laid out my whole Revenue, which at that time was fifteen hundred pounds a year, borrowed money of my brother and others, married my only Son, received part of his Portion, all which I have spent in maintenance of the Parliaments Cause; besides, I had my House plundered, and nothing left but the bare walls, and the malice of the Enemy extended so fare, as to ruin and deface the Tombs and Monuments of my deceased Ancestors. In recompense towards all my losses and expenses, I have received from Mr Hallowes Treasurer for the County, to my best knowledge about two hundred fifty six pounds, and no more, but for certainty therein I refer myself to his Account: And he had from me one hundred eighty pounds, or thereabouts, for which also I refer myself to his account: For Jewels and Plate, I never received any pennyworth, nor of any other kind of goods, except only a few Horses, all which were employed in the public service. The truth of all which I justify upon my Oath  
Derby Feb. 17. 1644. JOHN GELL.   

The Account of Lieutenant Colonel GELL.  
I Have to my power faithfully served the Parliament; I never received one penny pay for myself, nor pennyworth of any Plate, Jewels, or other Goods towards the same: I have laid out many hundred pounds of my own estate, in the raising, arming, and paying of Soldiers, and other necessary expenses for maintenance of that service, for which I have not yet received satisfaction, as by my Account upon Oath fully appears.  
THO. GELL.