Castle Hedingham baptism

[essexpoet]

I would be pleased if anyone could suggest some background or ideas on the following baptism at St Nicholas Castle Hedingham -

The transcription from FreeReg reads "Clopton Beadle a Seaperate sone was baptiz by Soldgiers ye 26th October 1642". I have looked at the parish register image and this seems a fair translation.

There is another baptism about the same time of a Seaperate daughter of someone also being baptised by solders.

I know this is during the civil war but why would soldiers be performing baptisms ?
Would the word seaperate refer to parents being separatists or the child being an orphan?

Thanks
Essex Poet