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A75714	A true relation, of the most chiefe occurrences, at, and since the late battell at Newbery, untill the disjunction of the three armies, of the Lord Generall, the Earle of Manchester, and Sir William Waller, together with the London brigade, under the command of Sir Iames Harrington. Published upon necessity, both to undeceive the mistaken multitude, and to vindicate the Earle of Manchester, from many undeserved aspersions commonly cast upon him, either through ignorance or prejudice. / Penned by Simeon Ash, who as his chaplaine did waite upon his Lordship, in the westerne expedition.	Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.	1644 (1644)	Wing A3968; Thomason E22_10; ESTC R21597	11,292	15

Cannon playing from the Castle which would in probability either have broken or disordered their severall Bodies before they could engage You see that I am desirous in my Narration to give all men their right and to keep off groundlesse censures And here I wish that it may still be impartially considered whether yet it appear by this true relation that the Earle of Manchester was more averse to the Kingdoms service then other men when either necessity or opportunity did require it The Castle being relieved and the Enemy retreated our Commanders in chiefe upon consultation resolved that night to send forth about 4000 Horse with some Foot to fall upon the Enemies Rear so soon as the Moon did arise hoping by this means to regain what we had lost the day before but the Enemy continuing all night in a full body that designe was disappointed In the morning our whole Army was drawne forth with intention and expoctation to fight with the Enemy before his removall out of our reach This being noised my self with other Ministers who attended the Campe did our duty by prayer and exhortation to prepare them for the expected battell But when our Commanders had viewed the strength and posture of the Kings Army and the advantage of ground which they had gained together with the dangerousnesse of the passages to the Enemy being both near Dennington Castle and through Lanes they with one minde at a Councell of War judged it unsafe to engage What passed in conference at the Councel of War I know not neither did I judge it meet for me to enquire after those matters But this I professe that I heard not any either Officer or other to blame my Lord of Manchester as more backward at that Councel of Want then others to engage with the withdrawing Enemy Afterwards while the Army continued at Newbery and the parts adjacent I remember nothing of moment to be reported but this one thing which if not rightly understood may occasion mistakes no prejudice that whereas 3 Regiments of my Lords Foot were ordered to march unto Basing to assist the Horse in the service there they were commanded when on their march to returne back according to the counsell of Sir W. Waller and Lieutenant Generall Cromwel as they were going with my Lord in his Coach to Aldermarston upon these grounds as I was informed 1. Because there would not in likelihood be any need of that strength there at that time 2. Because their comming thither would straighten the Quarters of those who were already there and consequently make their continuance more uncomfortable When upon an Alarm that the Kings whole Army was on their march to relieve Basing-house it was ordered that our Forces should remove from Newbery to joyne with our Horse sent to Basing before Now I was necessitated through bodily distempers to withdraw from the Campe and therefore cannot from observation speak of the passages afterwards But I have been told againe and againe that the calling off of our Horse and Foot from Basing was from the order of a Councell of War no man deserting and also that no man was more forward in giving his vote for that Order then Lieutenant Generall Cromwel This is the summe of what I have to say concerning the chiefe Occurrences in our Westerne expedition wherein though we had not such happy successe as was desired and expected yet therein those acknowledged much of Gods goodnesse who did most exactly observe his providences in our motions and adventures Herein I have faithfully according to my observation and best intelligence represented things with speciall references to my much Honoured Lord because through misreports and misbeliefe his Lordship is rendred to the world under the black clowd of sad reproaches His Honour I confesse is very deare unto me and the heavy censures with which many doe loade and wound his estimation amonst men doe much afflict me yet I blesse God the cause wherewith his Lordship hath been trusted and wherein he hath successefully appeared is much more deate and pretions yea if I know mine own heart I would desert his Lordship and my self also deserting that glorious cause of Jesus Christ I well remember those words Job 13.7 Will ye speake wiekedly for God and talke deceitfully for him And therefore I am awed with the feare of God while I am pleading for man Yet this I doe most seriously professe as in the presence of the heart-searching Majestie that I know no cause wherefore I should once question his Lordships sidelity to the cause of Reformation and that service of the Kingdome wherin he hath been prosperously imployed But as the matter of his Accusation is to me most strange and unexpected so the manner of managing it by many who are accounted not only ingenious but eminently pious is to me and many a matter of much wonder For should not those who have received favours from my Lord of Manchester and have solemnely professed truth and strength of respects to his Lordship rather have signified in private their suspition of his faithfulnesse if they apprehended cause then proclaime to the world offences whereof he never heard Might not his known meeknesse and sweetnesse of disposition have encouraged them to performe this office of faithfulnesse who often had the opportunity of secrecie to have performed it Would not such a course rather have answered that rule of our Saviour If thy brother offend goe and tell him his fault between thee and him alone c. then to divulge I will say no more in a publick way those things wherof his own heart never suspected himself to be suspected What Christians yea what men doe not looke for such friendship such ingenuity from them who converse with them daily and ordinarily come to eate meate at their tables And had the prejudice of the publick long been feared through the apprehension of any ill principles possessing the Earle of Manchesters breast why was not this sooner suggested for the prevention of publick prejudice I will not dare to guesse either at the grounds or ends of that which now is broken forth but shall leave secrets unto the Lord who in his own time will make the counsels of all hearts manifest and bring to light the deeds the designes of darknesse Neither doe I thus expostulate as yeelding to the truth of the matters which are commonly charged upon him for I have many reasons to believe the contrary some whereof I shall briefely mention His Lordships former actions and adventures for the publick rendred him in the opinion of the godly party in the Kingdome as a true trusty Patriot both to Church and Common-wealth and truly I am ignorant what should cause people to alter that opinion though I have of late had more opportunities to discover him then other men His Lordship hath often in the hearing of many witnesses thus expressed himselfe solemnely I could contentedly part with halft my estate upon condition the discipline

which we were designed was accomplished long before our friends on Speene hill did engage In this place I might take occasion truly to report the great paines which my Lord Manchester tooke from morning till evening often exposing himselfe to very much danger the Enemies Drakes playing frequently upon us in riding from Regiment to Regiment to encourage the Souldiers and to keep them in due order fit for that service which every moment almost was expected but there are many hundreds I might say divers thousands who can tell the truth hereof which proves that my Lord was not so backward to fight and so regardlesse of the Kingdomes service that day as many would have the world to believe About 4 a clock as was guessed we heard the Canon begin to play on Speene hill at which time my Lord commanded 2 Drakes to be drawne forth though our Canon hitherto had not beene altogether idle and to be planted in a convenient place to doe service against the Enemy at Dolmans house and to make way for the falling on of our Foot there according to the order given when our Army divided Those Drakes did good execution upon the Enemy divers times forcing their retreat to their works about the house Now we saw the fieting of the Muskitieres on Speene hill which discovered the service there to be very hot and not long after with joy and thankfulnesse we beheld the hasty disorderly retreat of the Enemy towards Newbery wondering that our party did not pursue the victory It is besides my intention in this Relation to report the posture of our Army on Speene hill or to give by a full report the due praise to my Lord Generals Foot and others who then and there did excellent and praiseworthy service Neither indeed need I to bestow words hereon because the world hath been acquainted with these things heretofore But my Lord of Manchesters Horse commanded by Liev. Col. Cromwell from whom very much was expected did little service gained no honour in this worke this day For my part I know not whom to blame I will asperse no man but leave it to their judgement who were on the ground to judge who were blame-worthy in being backward to pursue that happy opportunity upon the flying fainting Enemy Notwithstanding let me here tell you what many speake That it my Lord of Manchester had now been in his own person at the Head of his body of Horse this neglect would have been charged home upon him and conclusions would hence confidently and clamorously have been inferred that my Lord of Manchester was unwilling to bring the Kings Army too low otherwise now the woefull wasting warres might in all probability have been fully well ended But to return unto my work You must not imagine that my Lord of Manchesters Foot were all this while idle spectators on this side the River although as I told you before the Enemies best Foot were diverted from Speen hill which might have extenuated the seeming fault of some delayes for while our Drakes before mentiond were at work a commanded party of 500 Muskiteers was drawn forth as a Forelorn-hope to assault the Enemy who being seconded with the several Brigades of Foot continued in hot service until for want of day light to direct our Souldiers wounded killed one another The undaunted valour of our Foot was admirable they were indeed too forward too adventurous overrunning their commands unwilling to be called off And here this is notable that when one company of our Foot had taken one of the Works of the Enemy another Company through overmuch forwardnesse and mistake did beat them out againe So that our greatest losse both in regard of men wounded and slaine was from our selves All this while my Lord of Manchester was with his Souldiers as mine eyes and thousands more can witnesse to countenance and encourage the service and those who know what dangers he then adventured upon and how long he continued in the field that night yea what care he took to prevent the mischiefs of the night from a Neighbour Enemy and to prepare for the continuance of the battell which was verily expected by us the next morning those many I say who understood and remember these things will not easily believe that his Lordship was averse to fighting and unwilling speedily to end these warres though multitudes through ignorance rashnesse and misbeliefe do in this manner asperse and calumniate him That night the daunted Enemy did in the dark steale away from Newbery what no tice our friends at Speen had of the marching away of the Enemy I cannot affirm for reports are various though all acknowledge that they had some noise thereof but this I am sure of that my Lord of Manchester had not the least hint of the Enemies retreat till near day-break in the morning and his intelligence then was single and uncertain from a stranger Yet upon this intimation his Lordship hastned into the field to improve opportunity there the newes was confirmed that the Enemy was gone indeed Hereupon our whole body was called together and so soon as we had in the field near the dead bodies both of friends and foes which lay on the ground made our addresses to God both by praise and prayer according to the present affecting providences we marched over the River to Newbery all this while we neither met with nor heard from our friends at Speen whereupon we hoped that they were in pursuit of the scattered flying Enemy My Lord of Manchester rested not till he met with some of the Commanders who had been upon the service at Speen and with them returned to Newbery to consult about the improvement of the present Victory These particulars which I knowingly do report may evidence my Lords forwardnesse to husband advantages and opportunities for the promoting of the publick service But though my Lord Generals Horse and Sir William Wallers Horse were gone some hours before after the Enemy yet my Lord Manchesters Horse commanded by Lieu. Gen. Cromwel we found in the field near Newbery together in a body It would be impertinent for me here to speak of by-businesses of small importance which common fame hath trumpeted abroad The taking of the Coaches with the Men and Horses attending the persons in them was effected by my Lord of Manchesters forwardnesse to furnish Col. Birch with a party of Horse for his assistance whereof I am a witnesse being used as a messenger unto my Lord to expedite that work And whether his Lordship during our stay at Newbery was not as desirous as any others in every kinde to serve the publick I refer it to the judgement of them who were daily conversant with him We having after some dayes full intelligence that the King was at Oxford there recruting his Army and hearing also that he intended to fight so soon as the additionall forces sent for came to him our Army marched from Newbery on Saturday towards Oxford

and that night the Head quarter was at Compton Upon Sabbath day the Army marched towards Blewbery and the Head quarter that night was at Harwell and the Army quartered in adjacent Villages untill this time the Lord Warriston and Mr. Erem who came to us at Basing being sent from the Committee of both Kingdomes to assist the service of the Army by their counsell can testifie what was my Lord of Manchesters care and carriage in his place and unto their testimony thus far I might refer them who are unsatisfied This day at a Councell of Warre before these our friends left us it was found impossible for us to march with our Carriages beyond Abbington because the wayes were judged deep and unpassable On Monday my Lord with some few who attended him went to Abbington to expresse his respects to Major Generall Browne and that acquainting himself with the state of that place he might the better know how to be serviceable to it and to the Kingdome in it as occasion might require On Tewsday all our Horse were called to a Rendevouz upon Chilton-plaine if I forget not the name of the place where all the chief Commanders of the Army at a Councel of Warre concluded our returne unto Newbery the next day Now because this act as I heare is much censured though it was the result of the Councel of Warre and we had also the expresse approbation of the Committee of both Kingdomes I will therefore make bold to suggest the grounds thereof as they were related unto me 1. That corner of the Countrey being bare before we came thither could not afford means of subsistence for our Army and we had small hope of receiving seasonably sufficient supplyes elsewhere 2. By continuing there we should wholly devoure those provisions whereby our friends at Abbington being Neighbours might expect some reliefe 3. Because there was no hope of getting over Wallingford-bridge to fight with the Enemy on the other side the River and the Enemy might by making overtures of engaging and yet deceiving our hopes have wasted our Army through unavoidable wants without striking one blow 4. And our forces did daily weaken very sensibly through the great scarcity of provisions of all kindes our Souldiers being under much discontent and discouragement These reasons as I believe moved our return to Newbery upon Wednesday and the same night some of the Enemies came from Wallingford into the same Quarters from whence we were removed Upon Thursday our Scouts brought newes to Newbery that the Kings whole Army was come over the River with a parpose to relieve Dennington Castle And although many amongst us gave little or no credit to these reports yet of my knowledge my Lord Manchesters cautiousnesse was such that hereupon he moved the drawing up of all our Horse to a Rendevouz the next day that we might be ready to prevent the relieving of the Castle How this his Lordships motion took with others I cannot say but that it was disliked and gainsai'd by Lieu. Gen. Cromwel my self and many others can testifie who heard him earnestly disswading it by words to this effect My Lord you Horse are so spent so harrassed out by hard duty that they will fall down under the Riders if you thus command them you may have their skin● but you can have no service Although I dare not say that Lieu. Gen. Cromwel did from unfaithfulnesse to the publick thus disswade the drawing up of our Horse on Friday Yet this my self and many thousands are most confident of that through this neglect followed the advantage of the Enemy in relieving the Castle and our disappointments For our Horse being through the searcity of provisions quartered at a great distance from one another and some of our Troops being 10 miles some 12 and some 14 miles from Newbery they could not possibly after the Alarme on Friday in afternoon come in soon enough to prevent the Enemies coming to the Castle much lesse to fight with the Enemy in a convenient ground before he came thither whereas if our Horse had been brought together upon Friday according to my Lord Manchesters motion on Thursday before mentioned we might have met the Enemy with a timely and successefull resistance through Gods mercy at least for the preventing of the Castles reliefe But I will look backward and take up my Relation where I left it The former intelligence received from the Scouts and the motion from my Lord made on Thursday not being improved we waited to understand what another day would bring forth and when certaine unquestioned tydings came on Friday in the afternoone that the whole Body of the Enemies Army was on their march towards the Castle then Posts were dispatched to the severall Quarters of our Horse to command them to come in early the next morning but the Enemy having gained the opportunity which we lost the Castle was relieved before we were ready to make resistance yea the Enemy had placed themselves in Battalia in the field betwixt Dennington-Castle and Newbery before our maine Body of Horse were in any posture for service It would not be to my purpose in this Relation to specifie how bravely a party of the Enemies Horse did assault a party of ours routed them and did beat them to our Foot who received the Enemy with much courage and repulsed them bravely who took away with them as we heard after the dead and wounded bodies of many who were much esteemed Neither doe I intend here to tell how the severall Commanders had now disposed of themselves and their forces My Lord Manchester was with Major Skippon in the field where all the skirmidge was that day betwixt us and the Enemy and they both often and earnestly called and sent for Lieu. Gen. Cromwels Horse as I am credibly informed but they came too late for before they marched through Newbery towards the Army the Sunne was set the Enemy was making his retreat out of the field which mine own eyes and others beheld with much grief of heart Major Gen. Crafford who is knowne to be sufficiently forward to engage though his command was over the Foot yet upon my Lord of Manchesters cummand himselfe also being moved in the approach of the daring Enemy did with 9 or 10 Troops some or most whereof he rallied amongst them formerly routed charge a body of the Enemies Horse and caused them to give ground By this it may be guessed what good service might have been done if more Horse had been at hand That night I hearing many accusations charged upon the Horse which came not in I made bold for mine owne satisfaction to enquire of a valiant Commander my worthy friend the reasons wherefore those Horse kept at such a distance from service that day from whom Ireceived these 1. Because there was not field room for our whole Body to serve in 2. Because if they had come in in that ground they should have been exposed to the

A TRVE RELATION OF THE MOST Chiefe Occurrences at and since the late Battell at Newbery untill the disjunction of the three Armies of the Lord Generall the Earle of Manchester and Sir William Waller together with the London Brigade under the Command of Sir Iames Harrington Published upon necessity both to undeceive the mistaken multitude and to vindicate the Earle of MANCHESTER From many undeserved aspersions commonly cast upon him either through ignorance or prejudice Penned by SIMEON ASH Who as his Chaplaine did waite upon his Lordship in the Westerne Expedition PROV 18 17. He that is first in his own cause seemeth just but his neighbour commeth and searcheth him PROV 19.21 There are many devicees in the heart of a man neverthelesse the counsell of the Lord that shall stand LONDON Printed by G. M. for Edward Brewster at the Signe of the Bible at Fleete-Bridge M.DC.XLIV A true Relation of the most chiefe Occurrences at and since the late Battell at Newbery untill the disjunction of the three Armies of the Lord Generall the Earle of Manchester and Sir William Waller c. NOt only importunity from friends but necessity in regard of others of various wayes and spirits doth compell me to give in a true Narrative according to my knowledge and best intelligence concerning the proceedings of the three Armies conjoyned vid. the Lord Generals my Lord of Manchesters and Sir William Wallers both when the Battell was fought at Newbery and since the Enemies retreat from thence For not only the reports of many but also a Letter sent unto me doe suggest that my silence now when my testimony may doe good service doth give occasion both to my Noble Lords foes and friends to suspect his faultinesse if not unfaithfullnesse in a great measure because heretofore I openly appeared in relating his actions in the North when there was no need to vindicate his reputation but now I am mute when his fidelity to Church and Common-wealth is questioned and when he is censured yea clamoured against as the only blame-worthy cause of the disappointments lately in the West For my silence hitherto I can make this just apologie 1. In regard of the daily intelligence which went from the Army to London either by Post or otherwise I conceived it not necessary or much usefull for me to be a weekely Intelligencer to my friends in the City as when the Army lay before York 2. Neither was I altogether silent when I espied occasion and a call to speake For within few dayes after the releeving of Dennington Castle when I understood what clamours and censures were in London through the misreport and mistake of our actions I gave a short and true Relation of our Occurrences for the satisfaction of private friends which Relation was the summe of that which I shall now report and at that time I was very farre from imagining that my Lord the Earle of Manchester would by any Officer of the Army be accused as lesse faithfull or lesse carefull then others in promoting the Kingdomes good 3. Since the Accusation charged upon my Lord in the Honourable House of Commons I have held my tongue lest I should incurre displeasure by seeming pragmaticall in intermedling in a businesse committed by them to examination with expectation of a report But now hearing that the businesse there is suspended some say silenced and knowing that the lowd cryes of people either ignorant or disaffected to my Lords credit doe sound farre and neare to his dishonour I have resorved to take the boldnesse to represent what I know both to vindicate my Noble Lords honour and to undeceive them if my testimony may be of any credit who are too apt and easie to beleeve calumnies cast upon well-deserving men wanting patience to waite for truths discovery by a full and impartiall triall which in this businesse cannot be more earnestly desired by any then it is by my Lord himselfe and by his best friends I wish that these things may be premised which I suppose cannot with any colour of truth be contradicted 1. That no motion no march no service of the three Armies after their first conjunction was made or undertaken but according to the relust of the Councell of Warre 2. That the Earle of Manchester never assumed to himselfe to be accounted or observed as Commander in Chiefe but alwayes voted as one that had but equall authority with the rest and acted accordingly in observation of the orders concluded by common Councell 3. That he often professed unto the chiefe Commanders that because himselfe was no experienced Souldier therefore he would rather be guided then guide rather be acted by their counsels then act on either himselfe or them according to his own private thoughts Upon Friday Octob. 25. we hoped from the newes brought in by our Scouts the day following to fight with the Enemy but the next morning drawing up our whole body we found that the Enemies had in such sort blockt up the way to Newbery by many works that our hopes of engageing with them were disappointed Hereupon it was resolved at a Councell of Warre that to force the Enemy to fight our Forces should in this manner be divided vid. All my Lord Generals Horse and Foote the greatest part of my Lord of Manchesters Horse and almost all the Forces under the Command of Sir William Waller and Sir Arthur Heislerig together with the London Brigade did march to Speene hill But the Earle of Manchester Foot with a small body of Horse was left in the field on this side Shaw a little village neare to Mr Dolmans house which was possessed and fortified by the Enemy When the Army was thus divided this order was left with my Lord of Manchester that so soone as he heard of the engagement of our Friends on Spcene hill by the discharging of the Canon he should fall on the Enemy on this side the River that he might divert the strength of the battell from them there I will forbeare here to relate the hardship which both parts of our Army met with that night because that would be a digression not to my purpose On Sabbath day morning early my Lord of Manchester with the Forces remaining under his command were in readinesse to assault the Enemy expecting from hower to hower to heare of the engagement at Speene hill And here to witnesse the Earle of Manchesters willingnesse to fight with the Enemy let this be noted which is a known truth vid. that in the morning he commanded a party of about 400 Musketeeres to fall on over the little River on the left hand of Shaw that he might soon enough divert the enemies strength from Speene hill This party of ours tooke two of the Enemies workes one Captaine and severall prisoners but marching too farre contrary to order they were beaten back with some losse by this service the greatest part of the Kings Foot was drawne towards us and so the worke to