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A89097 An exact relation of all such occurrences as have happened in the severall counties of Donegall, London-Derry, Tyrone, & Fermanagh in the North of Ireland, since the beginning of this horid, bloody, and unparaleld rebellion there, begun in October last. In all humility presented to the Honourable House of Commons in England. By Lievetenant Collonell Audeley Mervyn, the 4 of Iune, 1642. Mervyn, Audley, Sir, d. 1675. 1642 (1642) Wing M1880; Thomason E149_34; ESTC R212708 13,173 16

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twenty horse with Master Archibald Hamilton a bold Souldier forraged into the County of Monaghan where they encountred with a strong party commanded by the great Mac Kenna which they encountred very fiercely and at last routed the Rebell killed one of the speciall Commanders that had been a Commander in Spaine slew about 30 horsemen and 20 foot and recovered many of the British cattell having received wounds and dismounted in the skirmish but recovered both life and horse Some three dayes before this Sir William Stewart marcht out with some foote and horse from Newtowne pursued the Rebell and so marcht to the Agher and after some stay retired home with great sto●e of cattell though both he and wee could have wisht if wee had the spirit of prophesie to have kept the fields longer for the O Neils and Mac Gwires who were then with their forces the leaders of the rebellion discomfited by former service sought for protections but animated by Master William Stewarts division and this retiring march though grounded upon warrantable discipline beleagred the Agher Castle Sir Phelomy O Neill and Collonell Rory Mac Gwire being personally present with 4000 men and though they seconded their attempts by promises of honourable quarter reinforced it by bloody threats in case of refusall planted a small field peece to batter and in a darke night stormd the gate and bawne upon all parts Yet by the resolution of Master Erskin and the ready fire of Sir Henry Titchbourns old company beate them from their wals and scaling ladders with the losse of 200 of their resolutest men Sir Phelomy O Neill retired his journey burning along to Dongannon Mac Gwire in his retreat assaulted Agbatyan Castle commanded by Captaine Maxwell who upon sight of Mac Gwires drawing up issued out some few musqueteers into the ditches and beate him off from any further attempt who in his march burnt all Fermanagh towards Eniskillen About that time Captaine Thomas Newburgh with a few men he raised in great hazard of his owne person tooke in Castle Derrick a place of great consequence and strength killed the men possest their armes in his absence being gone for ammunition left the Castle to a young Gentleman Master Durdo when Sir Phylomy O Neill immediately besieged it with 3000 men but Master Durdo with great courage having onely 16 men to man the Castle and Bawne beate him off and slew more than 80 of his men and 9 dayes after sallyed out and killed out one prime Gentleman of the O Neils and tenne more and tooke two Colours and a Drumme with losse of three of his owne men all which and himselfe afterwards for want of ammunition were forced to leave the Castle in a darke night and every one shift for himselfe where some mis-led upon the mountains happened upon the enemies quarters instead of ours and were killed Master Durdo with great hazard lying two nights upon the mountaines escaped unto us Sir William Stewart understanding of a partie of the O Neils in the Kerrilrs woods sent out Captaine Balfour a deserving souldier with 100 men who skirmisht with them killed 50 Rebels lost four of his owne men and brought home 400 cowes Some foure dayes after Sir William Stewart desired Lievetenant Collonell Sanderson my selfe and Serjeant Major Iames Galbraith to march from Newtowne to relieve Agher and Aghatyan with 500 foote and 100 horse the second night in extremity of weather we marcht to the Agher and quartered in Clogher a mile and a halfe distant the enemy fell that night into one part of our quarters but upon the alarum of the Sentinels the maine guard issued out kild some and chased the rest The next morning we marcht out into Fermanagh where in taking 500 cowes as many sheepe and 300 horses we killed 70 Rebels upon our returne wee besieged Collonell Donnogh Mac Gwires Castle being strongly imbattaild and flanckt after many shot past on both sides the wind turning upon the forepart of the house wee fired some out-houses in the smoake whereof we approached the gate set it on fire entred the Castle put the men to the sword and indeed I shall never expect to see more resolution either in Commanders or Souldiers but I shall never insist upon that in this particular let their acts speake for themselves in which march wee relieved 6000 women and children which otherwise had perished In this service Ensigne Long behaved himselfe as if he had beene bullet proofe at hand whilst we were imployed in this service the Rebels drew downe upon Sir Wi●●iam Stewarts Newtowne and the Castle plaid off and kild 50 of their men in the streets and preserved the towne except one house or two at the furthermost end M●ster Speaker be pleased I may put you in remembrance these are the particulars that occurred in Fermanagh and Tyrone before wee received any Commissions I shall now present unto you in the same method the occurrences of Donegall County Collonell Nugent a most seditious instrument that married the Lord of Eniskillens mother drew about 600 men about Ballyshannon Castle a place of great strength and importance against whom my Collonell Sir Ralph Gore and Captaine Maxwell a forward Gentleman drew out some 200 men and 60 horse who encountred them routed them kild upwards of 180 Rebels tooke Collonell Nugents horse who left it and his bootes ript off behinde him besides many that came downe the river by dozens and tennes which were killed by the foote and not one men lost upon our side Divers sallies were made by Captaine Iohn Follyot a Gentleman deserving much commendations for his courage and discretion as also by his Lievetenant William Ancktill Esquire a bold Comrade sometime killing 20. 30. in which Captaine Follyot received a sore wound in his hand being at the sword entred and beset with the Rebels About a fortnight after their defeat at Ballyshannon the Rebels mustered new forces and with assistance of Colonell Manus O Donnell and Colonell Turlogh Mac Caffrye O Donnell they besieged my Colonels Castle he being gone over the mountaines for Ammunition the Rebels fired some out-houses but were beaten off with losse of twenty men who attempted to burne the gate In the Barony of Boylagh about two dayes after the Mac Swynes and the O Boyles were encountred about Kilbegge by Master Andrew Knox a Minister who though very unequall in number to the Rebels held them up at push a pike and killed about 80. of their men and put the whole body to flight and brought home a great prey In which skirmish the best Mac Swyne was killed These Master Speaker are the Occurrences in those three Counties that were precedent unto any Commission granted for raising of Regiments and now I shall according to the rule I propounded unto my selfe first relate the exploites of every Regiment apart and then of such service as was done joyntly and as I began with Fermanagh in what was performed before any Commission so I shall endevour the