 One thing, which is worth the noting, a woman which is a butcher's wife, came running with her lapful of ram's horns for to throw at them".Bourchier was thus prevented from making any recruits in South Molton and withdrew.On 15 August 1642 Bourchier rejected a summons from the House of Lords which required his attendance at Parliament, and stated as his reason that he wished to avoid the "interruptions and menaces and affronts by people in London and Westminster" he had suffered in the previous session.