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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79510	The inhumanity of the Kings prison-keeper at Oxford. Or a true relation of the most transcendent cruelties, cheatings, cozenings, and base dishonest dealings of William Smith Provest [sic] Marshall General of the Kings Army, against the Parliament prisoners under his custody. As it was delivered at the Barre in the House of Commons, by one, who with many others, were sworne before the Lords assembled in Parliament, and were prisoners in Oxford six moneths, being further confirmed by Captain Wingate in the Commons House, he being Member of the said House, and some time prisoner in Oxford, the space of 9. moneths. Together, with the copy of a letter from a Gentleman of quality confirming the former particulars. Also the copy of a petition and articles exhibited to the King, his councell of warre against Smith. Likewise a letter to the Speaker, subscribed with 70. prisoners hands. Whereunto is added the unsufferable cruelties, exercised upon the Cirencester men, in their passage to Oxford, and at Oxford, in the castle and Bride-vvell, vvhen they were taken. Written by Edm. Chillenden. who was a prisoner there 6. moneths. Printed according to order.	Chillenden, Edmund, fl. 1656.	1643 (1643)	Wing C3876; Thomason E63_17; ESTC R9315	22,716	31

them made a Petition declaring his Majesties Act passed to them which was acknowledged by the Generall● as appeares plainly by the Answer of the Petition * The Petition I have seen with the Answe but as yet ●ann ● procure he Copy of it He would not 〈◊〉 Cap aine C teso●y ● c● se h w● 〈◊〉 not pay him ●oo pounds for his fee and so also he did by Mr. Ha field Minister of ●●●bury and so by Captai●e Vive ● I do not believe any of them committed any fa●lt de●erving any Pa don but this I say according to their Proceedings and thereupon order was given they should be released yet notwithstanding Smith kept them in Prison close and by his ill usuage Captain C●tesby is since dead and Captaine Vivers hath bin almost at Deaths dore and is yet Prisoner therefore it behoves the King and the Generall to vindicate their Honour by executing Justice on Smith for thus grosely abusing the King and the Generall He hath kept many in Prison after they have been pardoned by the King and have taken the Protestation for excessive Fees But to let all the world see he is a knave in all respects and to all persons friends and foes he hired a Priest to preach in the Prison and this Priest was as base as Smith himselfe and would raile against the Parliament and the Citie of London as loud as Smith yet when this Priest came to demand his quarterage of Smith P● th●s it 〈…〉 that the P●rl●●ment ●s 〈◊〉 in the least ●●staken in say●i●● the King is 〈◊〉 and invi●●●d i● by King ●● ●naves and ●●eeves he to save his Money and deprive the Priest of his due calls him all to naught and saies to him you raile against the Parliament you shall have quartering and so claps Irons on the poore Priest that he was glad to loose his Money to be rid of his Irons and so he serves all his men when they aske him for Money now let all the world judge whether it be for a Kings honour to have such Officers And further to set out his base dissimulation when the Commissioners from the Parliament are in Oxford then to make the matter faire as if he were a stranger to a Tyrant he will let the Gentlemen Captains have liberty to walke in the Garden and suffers their friends and wives to come to them but as soon as ever they are gone forth of the City he locks them up close Prisoners and debars all friends yea their owne wives and though they be sick will not suffer them to come to helpe them in their extremity nor no Phisitians but whom he will appoint which for ought any knowes may poison them for in a short time there hath died of these Gentlemen Captaine Liacot Captaine Fleminge Captaine Iohn Frankling Captaine Gasterill Captaine Stevens Iunior Captaine Stevens Senior Captaine Plai●r Captaine Austen Captaine Caseby Lievtenant Flower Master VVitman Merchant of London Mr. Herfield Minister of Banbury old Thomas Web and three more Clothiers of Glocestershire and 4. more common men which are before mentioned There was a Clothier of Glocestershire which was released Smith got him againe and kept him in Prison to make him pay a great Summe of Money and there the man ended his daies A True RELATION OF The taking of Cirencester and the cruell dealing of the merciles Cavaliers towards the Prisoners they there took in their passage as they went to Oxon and at Oxon. UPon Thursday the second of February 1642. Prince Rupert with a great company of his Cavaliers came before Cirencestor and there after an hot Skirmish they being valiantly resisted by about 400. of my Lord Stamfords Blew Coats and Captaine Wallingfords Dragooners there being in the Town not above 500. Souldiers with the Trained Bands and all yet such was the cruelty of the Cavaliers seeing my Lord Stamfords Blew-Coats thus valian●ly resisting them and in their resisting slew many of them so that thereby they were much enraged insomuch that they set on fire a Barn and some houses and Hay Ricks which did much anoy our men who had overtoyled themselves with resisting them not being relieved by the Trained Bands which were in the Towne and by this means were forced to retreat into the Town the Cavaliers pursuing them and so surprized the Towne and after they had given them Quarter because they had slaine none before they murthered many of the Inhabitants about twenty persons or more * Let all Malignants take notice that notwithstanding they love them and their Cause yet where they get the ●ictory they will make no diffe●ence between a Mal gnant and an honest Round-head and most of them were Malignants against the Parliament After they had thus taken us we were led into a field about halfe a mile from the Towne where the chiefe Commanders were that they might take a view of us who threatned to do execution upon us all and there the Common Souldiers stript us and wounded many of us and then drove us back to the Church in Cirencester where we remained almost two whole daies and two nights in all which time they allowed us no sustenance wherewithall to live till just as they drove us towards Oxford they gave each of us a small piece of bread and cheese and then bound us all with match and so drove us along without stockings on our legs or shooes on our feet or hats on our heads many of us having no Dublets and some Gentlemen of good quality without Breeches and so we came to Burford hill where the Cavaliers gave each of us a little piece of Bread which was all the reliefe they gave us in our way between Cirencester and Oxon and for this we waited a long time upon the hill the wind blowing very cold and we standing barefoot and bareleg'd in the snow Then we came to Witneigh where we lay in the Church and from thence were drove towards Oxon and about a mile from the City His Majestie with the Prince and the Duke of Yorke came thither to see us drove along more like dogs and Horses then men up to the knees in mire dirt along the horse way aboundance of the Scollers much rejoycing at our misery calling and abusing us by the names of damned Rogues and Traytors And when we came to Oxon we were put all together in the Church and there we received for the most part of us a piece of bread that night the next morning they seperated the Voluntiers from the Trained Bands and cruelly used us to force us all to take the Protestation and take up Arms for them against the Parliament for they allowed us but one small piece of bread and a can of B ere a day and would not allow us to have a draught of water to drinke we offering to pay Money for it yet wee could not obtaine it by which cruell usuage they forced the most of them to take the