A TRUE NARRATIVE Of the late MUTINY Made by several TROOPERS OF Captain Savage's Troop in Col: Whaley's Regiment, as the same was proved upon Oath before the Court Martial, by several Witnesses;  
Of the Proceed of the Court thereupon; Of the Sentence of Death upon Robert Locker, and others of the Mutineers; The General's Pardon to them all but Locker; The Reason thereof:  
And of the Death of Locker, and his carriage at the place of Execution before his Death.  
April 31. 1649.  
Imprimatur  
Henry whaley, Advocate.  Numb. 16.11. 
— And what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?  
London, Printed for JOHN FIELD, May 1. 1649.   

A TRUE NARRATIVE OF The late Mutiny made by several TROOPERS OF Captain Savage's Troop, in Col: Whaley's Regiment.  
A Friend of mine acquainting me, That Mr. Locker at the time of his Death had taxed the Lord General's Court Martial with Tyrannical and Unjust Proceed against him, pretending he was unjustly condemned, with many expressions to that purpose, so as divers godly men there present, who knew nothing of the business, more than what fell from his mouth, were much grieved and offended at his death, and proceed of the Court; and knowing that I was present with the Court at his Trial, and able to give an Account of the whole Proceed, desired me for public Satisfaction, to publish a Narrative thereof: which is as followeth;  
UPon the 24 of this instant April, Captain Savage having received Orders to march with his Troop to the Rendezvouz of the Regiment at Mile-end-Green, commanded his Trumpet to sound to Horse; which accordingly was done: But about thirty of the Troop, of whom Robert Locker was chief, about two of the clock in the Afternoon went to the Four Swans Inn in Bishopsgate street, there seized upon the Colours, and carried them to the Bull Inn in the same street, where they forcibly detained them: Whereupon their Captain went to them, demanding the Reasons thereof; and withal commanded them to bring out the Colours and mount: but they deny both telling him, They were not his Colours carriers, That they had, as well as he, fought for them. In this manner they kept the Colours all that day, and the next night, refusing (although often persuaded and commanded by their Captain) to obey the said Orders.  
That evening the Regiment by Order returned to their former quarters, and their Officers knowing that the day following they were to march into the country to quarter, lent them for their better accommodation out of their own purses (having newly received some moneys) a Fortnight's pay; but withal Ordered, That Captain Savage his Troop should have only their pay due to them, and no more, by reason of their disobedience to Commands, that Troop being also at that time one month's pay before the Regiment, excepting Captain Cannon's Troop, which was equal with them.  
The Account standing thus, The 19 of Decemb. last they came to London, and to the 20 of Apr following, makes nineteen weeks, and upon the 23 of April (upon which day they afterwards Mutinyed) they received one Month's pay; which pay made them twenty three weeks, which to Captain Cannons Troop, and Captain Savage's Troop, was to each of them one Months pay more than the rest of the Regiment had: (Good husbands needed not to have wanted money to pay their quarters, after such Receipts.)  
The next morning Orders were given out by the Col: for a Rendezvouz of the Regiment again at Mile-end-Green, in order to their March to Quarter in the Country; in obedience whereunto their Captain commanded to sound to Horse, which was done: but most of Captain Savage his Soldiers, in stead of mounting, put themselves in a posture of defence in the Galleries of the Bull-Inn, with their Swords and Pistols, standing upon their Guard; their Captain hearing thereof, went to them, and commanded them to mount: But they answered, The Soldiers of the other Troops had a fortnight's pay more than they, which they said they would have before they marched. Their Captain perceiving they had cast off all obedience to Commands, went into the room where they had secured the Colours, and there lays hold of them to bring them away, but they force them out of his hands; Locker telling him, The Colours belonged aswel to them as to him, and that they had aswel fought for them as he; to which they cried, All, All. The Captain thereupon made his application to the Colonel; the Colonel sent the captain with his Quartermaster back to them, strictly commanding them, as from him, to march to the Rendezvouz, where, if they had any just complaints, he would hear them, and see them righted: But they not satisfied therewith, returned a peremptory refusal: The Colonel thereupon, with his Major and others of his Officers, rid to them, where he found Sixty of them in their former Posture of Defence, standing upon their Guard; he commands them to Mount, they pretend they had not a fortnight's pay, as others of the Regiment: The Colonel tells them, They could not extort Moneys from their Officers, where it was not due, nor expect that fortnight's pay to be lent them, in regard of their Disobedience and Mutiny, they being likewise now in pay a fortnight before the rest of the Regiment since they came to London, except one Troop as aforesaid; They than replied, They were behind of their pay: Upon Examination whereof, it appeared to be but Three or Four days; But in regard some of them said it was Five days, the Colonel commanded the Clerk to give them Five days pay, they then pretended want of Money to pay their Quarters; the colonel thereupon engaged, They should not want for discharge of their Quarters; and being thus satisfied to every of their Demands and Objections, they then required of the Col: that he should engage to pay them their arrears, the Col: hereby perceiving they had a further design, intimated so much to them, and positively again commanded them to come down & mount, but still they refused: The Colonel upon this spoke to several of them, and Locker appearing to be one of the chief, called particularly to him to come down and mount; but he refused, turning himself to the Company, seemingly asked their consents, to which they cried, No, No. In this manner they mutinied against their colonel, and the yard and street being full of People, they endeavoured to incense them, telling them, They wanted their Pay; the colonel perceiving neither persuasions nor commands would take place, and foreseeing by the gathering of much people together, there was like to be an uproar, and having two Troops of Horse with him, required the people to go out of the yard, and commanded them to yield themselves, as they would answer for all the blood that should be spilt, for he would not be longer capitulated with, but would force their obedience; upon this many of them got away, and fifteen of them were taken into custody, the General and Leiutenant General, upon notice thereof, coming at that very instant to suppress the said mutiny.  
Upon the 26 of this instant April, a Court Martial was called, consisting of many Officers both of Horse and Foot, and after every of them so taken into custody, had particularly answered to his charge, and a full Examination of several Witnesses upon Oath being taken thereupon, it was unaminously adjudged one of the highest mutinies, and most dangerous, that hath happened since his Excellency commanded the Army, and therefore thought it not fitting to let it pass, without exemplary punishment: Upon this the Count considered them (except one, against whom nothing material was proved) under Three degrees of Offenders, Six of them who were chief in this Mutiny, to be tried upon the Sixth Article of Laws and Ordinances of War, of Duties towards Superiors and Commanders (established by Parliament) which is in these words, No person shall make any Mutinous Assemblies, or be present or assisting thereunto, or in or by them demand their pay, upon pain of Death: who were tried and found guilty, and according to the Article, Sentence of Death was given; Five others, who were less active in the Mutiny, were tried upon an Article of Misdemeanour, and being found Guilty, were sentenced to ride the wooden Horse by the space of one hour, with a carbine at each heel, and cashiered the Army; and the other three, who were least active, were left to their colonel to cashier at his Discretion.  
Judgement being thus given, it was by the Court taken into consideration, which of them was most highly guilty of the Mutiny, and it was unanimously resolved, that Locker was most guilty, for that from the first taking the colours, (wherein he was chief) to the last, he was the principal Mutinier; and after all Witnesses examined in open court, he confessed he was the first cause of the Mutiny; upon the consideration of the whole matter, he was set apart for Justice: and for the other Five, though condemned, it was resolved, That the General (by Officers for that purpose appointed) should be moved from the court, That they should cast Lots for Four of them, upon whose Lot it should fall, to have Mercy; which the General granted, and they were made acquainted therewith. The next day the said Five, with Locker, exhibited this Petition following to the General:  

To His Excellency THOMAS Lord FAIRFAX, Captain General of all the Forces in England: The humble Petition of George Ash, Robert Osborn, Robert Locker, Matthew Nepworth, joseph Hockley, and Thomas Goodwin;  
Humbly showeth,  
THat it may please your Excellency out of your clemency and goodness, in mercy to pass by this our unwise and unlawful Action, and to give us our lives as a prey unto us, and we do vow and protest before the Almighty God, That we are hearty sorry for our faults; and do promise as in his allseeing eye, never to do the like action again, nor to suffer the like, if we can hinder it with our lives; so humbly beseeching you to have mercy upon us in this our sad condition, we shall remain, as in duty bound, yours to serve you till death,  


George Ash.  
Robert Osborn.  
Joseph Hockley.  
Matthew Nepworth.  
Thomas Goodwin.  
Robert Locker.     
The Lieutenant General, upon sight of this their Petition, and their seeming unfeigned Humiliation and Contrition, being much affected therewith, became an earnest Suitor to the General for their Pardon, which he obtained; and the other Five sentenced to ride the wooden Horse, the General referred to the Colonel to remit their punishment, if he saw cause.  
But his Excellency not pardoning Locker, the Court Martial issued forth a Warrant for his Execution.  
And although the said Locker seemed very penitent before the General's Answer was returned, and expressed much remorse for his offence; yet so soon as the General's resolution was known, he immediately fell into as high expressions of Mutiny as at the first: And Mr. Knight the General's Chaplain offering some Spiritual counsel unto him, was rejected with most opprobrious and scornful language.  
And in this distemper and pride of Spirit, going to the place of execution, in stead of being humbled from a due sense of his condition, he railed at the Sentence of the Council, calling the Court Tyrannical; falsely denying that he had at all confessed before the Court Martial, himself to be chief in the mutiny; upon which Col: Okey wished him to take heed of dying with a lie in his mouth: notwithstanding the said Locker proceeded on still in his obstinacy, calling to the Soldiers appointed for his execution, saying, I see you are drawn out to murder me, God forgive you, I do freely; I wonder you are so unwise to obey your Officers, for he that sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be spilt, and in this mutinous spirit he continued to the last. And now I have given a true Narrative of the whole business as requested, by which the impartial Reader may see, with what lenity the Court Martial hath proceeded, and what mercy the General hath extended to such high Mutineers, and had it not been timously suppressed, the City had been in no small danger of ruin in these discontented times; but let God have the praise, as well for preventing Judgements, as for delivering us out of them; and as for Mr. Locker, I leave him to the Lord, before whom he stands or falls to eternity, but this will be said of him, That as he lived, so he died, A Mutinier.  
FINIS.