62 THE FAMILY OF GALPIN OF
ARMY
Calendar of Patent Rolls
I5 Hen. III (1230).
De conductu carettarum.
Rex suscepit in salvum et securum conductum suum
carettam Godardi de Notingham quam Rogerus Milksoppe
ducit cum victualibus in veniendo ad exercitum regis versus
partes Wallie. ·
Consimiles literas habent
Willelmus Londum de caretta quam Willclmus Ga/apin ducit,
etc.
John Galpin, Captain of Plymouth Fort in 1655 under
General Desborough.
Calendar of State Papers
Plymouth Fort, April 16th, 1655.
jno. Galpine to General _]`no. Desboro.
My wife says that you are displeased that Idid not
attend you at Exeter; Capt. Hatsall said that you would not
speak to me and hastened me away, though my heart was
ready to break. Mr. Doble told me that Mr. Goswell said 4
I had declared I had seen and given you satisfaction, but I
never did say that.
When Hatsall came to Plymouth I asked if I should come
to you at Exeter; he said I must not leave my trust unless you
sent for me but bade me send my certificates by an express.
The clothes I bought in London are far plainer than what I
formerly wore, which you approved; I bought them with {Q IO
which the Commissioners for prize goods gave me for services
in discovering stolen goods. I hate powdered hair and was
never in a barber’s shop whilst in London, but my landlord cut
my hair.
I beg to be restored to your favour.
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THoMAs GALPINE
]oined the Army 28 Dec. 1777; Lieutenant IQ Dec. 178 3,
78th Foot (Highland) East Indies; Lieutenant 73rd Foot
(Highland) 1784; Captain 42nd Foot I2 May 1784, East