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A38898	An exact and true relation of the dangerous and bloody fight, betweene His Majesties Army, and the Parliaments forces, neer Kyneton in the county of Warwicke, the 23 of this instant October. Sent in a letter to Iohn Pym Esquire, a member of the House of Commons. Ordered that this relation be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.		1642 (1642)	Wing E3618; ESTC R213660	4,487	10

An Exact and True RELATION Of the dangerous and bloody fight Betweene His Majesties Army and the Parliaments Forces neer Kyneton in the County of Warwicke the 23 of this instant October Sent in a Letter to IOHN PYM Esquire a Member of the House of COMMONS ORdered that this relation be forthwith Printed and published H. Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com. London Printed for I. Wright Octob. 29. 1642. SIR WE should do our Army a great deale of wrong and not discharge our duty of thanfulnesse towards God if wee tooke not the first occasion to declare his goodnesse in giving so great a blessing as hee hath now done to the resolute and unwearyed endeavors of our Souldiers fighting for him in the maintenance of his truth and for themselves and their Country in defence of their Liberties and the Priviledges of Parliament This makes us give you now a Naration of a blessed Victory which God hath given us upon the Army of the Cavaleers and of those evill persons who upon Sunday the 23 of this instant ingaged His Majestie in a dangerous and bloody fight against His faithfull Subjects in the Army raised by Authority of Parliament for the preservation of His Crowne and Kingdome Wee marched from Worster Wensday the 19 upon intelligence that their Army was moved from Shrewsbury and Bridgenorth and bending Southward our Traine of Artillery was so unready through want of Draught Horses and through other omissions of Monster du Boys that we were forced to leave it beinde to follow us and with it the regiments of Colonell Hambden and Colonell Grantham and staying for it wee could advance no further then to a little Market-towne called Kyneton in Warwick shire six miles from Warwick whether we came the Saturday night with 11. regiments of Foote 42 Troops of Horse and about 700. Dragoons in all about ten thousand men there we intended to rail the Sabbath Day and the rather that our A●tillery and the Forces lest with it might come up to us In the morning when we were going to Church we had Newes brought us that the Enemy was two miles from us upon a high Hill called Edge-Hill Whereupon we presently marched forth into a great broad field under that Hill called the vale of the red Horse and made a stand some half a mile from the foote of the Hill and there drew into Battalio where we saw their Forces come downe the Hill and draw likewise into Battell in the bottome a great broad company Their Forces appeared to be much greater then we could possibly have conceived them to be by the confession of the prisoners we have taken they that say least say Fourteene thousand which is the Earle of Linsey's relation who was their Generall but others say eighteene thousand and above 4000 Horse and Dragoons the winde was much for their advantage and they indeavoured to get it more which to prevent we were inforced to draw out our left Wing to a great bredth and by that means before the Battell was done Those two Regiments were led on by Sir John Meldrum and were of his Brigado gained it wholly from them In our right wing were three regiments of Horse the Lord Generalls commanded by Sir Philip Stapleton Sir William Batfores and the Lord Fieldings Sir Iohn Meldrums Brigado had the Van Colonell Pssex was in the middle and Colonell Ballards with the Lord Generalls regiment his own the Lord Brookes and Colonell Hollis in the reare In the left Wing were 24 troopes of Horse commanded by Sir Iames Ramsey their Commissary Generall In this posture we stood when th' other Army advanced towards us the strength of their Horse were on their right Wing opposite to our left In their left Wing they had but ten troopes but their Foote which appeared to us divided into nine great bodies came up all in Front and after some playing with the Canon on both sides that part of it which was on their left and towards our right Wing came on very gallantly to the Charge and were as gallantly received and charged by Sir Phillip Stapletons and Sir William Balfores Regiments of Horse assisted with the Lord Roberts and Sir William Constables Regiments of Foote who did it so home thrice together that they forced all the Musqueteers of two of their best Regiments to runne in and shrowd themselves within their Pikes not daring to shoote a shoote and so stood When our reare came up and then charging all together especially that part of our reare which was placed upon the right hand and so next unto them which was the Lord Generals Regiment and the Lord Brooks led on by Collonel Ballard who commanded that Brigado forced that stand of Pikes and wholly broke those two Regiments and slew and took almost every man of them The Earl of Linsey his Son the Lord Willoughby and some other persons of note are prisoners Sir Edmund Vurney who carried the Kings Standard was sl●in by a Gentleman of the Lord Generals Troop of Horse who did much other good service that day and the Standard taken which was afterwards by the Lord Generall himself delivered unto his Secretary Mr. Chambers with an intention to send it back the next day unto His Majesty but the Secretary after he had carried it long in his hand suffered it to be taken away by some of our Troopers and as yet we cannot learn where it is The other two Regiments of our Rear Collonel Hollis and Collonel Ballard charged those which were before them and then the whole body of the Kings Foot except two other Regiments ran away by this time it grew so late and darke and to say the truth our Ammunition at this present was all spent that we contented our selves to make good the field and gave them leave to retire up the Hill in the night But before we come to this we wil give you an account of what passed in the other parts of our Army before our Rear came up to charge Our battaile at the very first wholly disbanded and ran away without ever striking stroke or so much as being charged by the enemy though Collonel Essex himself and others that commanded those Regiments in chief did as much as men could do to stay them but Collonel Essex being forsaken by his whole Brigado went himselfe into the Van where both by direction and his own execution he did most gallant service till he received a shot in the thigh of which he is since dead Now for our Rear thus it was before it towards the outside of it stood our left Wing of Horse advanced a little forward to the top of a hill where they stood in a Battalio lined with commanded Musquetiers 400 out of Collonel Hollis Regiment and 200. out of Collonel Ballards but upon the first charge of the Enemy they wheeled about abandoned their Musquetiers and came running down with the Enemies Horse at their heeles and amongst them pell mell just upon Collonel Hollis his Regiment and

brake through it though Collonel Hollis himself when he saw them come running towards him went and planted himself just in the way and did what possibly he could do to make them stand and at last prevailed with three Troops to wheel a little about and tally but the rest of our horse of that Wing and the Enemies horse with them brake thorough and ran to Kineton where most of the Enemy left pursuing them and fell to plundering of our Waggons by which many of us have received very great losse and by name your servants that now write to you Notwithstanding their breaking thorough Col. Hollis his Regiment it was not dismaid but together with th' other regiments of that Brigado marched up the hill and so made all the haste they could to come to fight and got the wind of the enemy and came on if we may say it our selves but we must do the souldiers right most gallantly and charged the Enemy who were then in fight with our Van and the right Wing of our horse and as it was said before helpt to defeat the two regiments forementioned and made all the rest run but two other regiments which retired orderly and at last made a stand and having the assistance of Canon and a ditch before them held us play very handsomly And by this time it grew so dark and our Powder and Bullet so spent that it was not held fit we should advance upon them but there we stood in very good order drew up all our forces both horse and foor and so stood all the night upon that place where the enemy before the fight had drawn into Battalio till toward morning that the Enemy was gone and retired up the hill And then we returned also to a warmer place neer Kineton where we had quartered the night before for we were almost starved with cold in that bitter night our Army being in extream want of Victuals And about nine or ten of the clocke drew out againe into Bat●al●● and so stood three or foure houres till the Enemy was cleane gone from the hill and then we drew againe into our quarter and there have laine this night and purpose this day God will ling after we have buried our dead to march to Warwicke to re●resh our Army which is exceedingly wearied with so many rights watching and so long a fight which 〈◊〉 from noon till darke night two particulars must not be omitted one of Sir William Balfore who in the beginning of the day broke a regiment of Foote which had greene Colours beat them to their C●non where they threw downe their Armes and ran away he laid his hand upon the Cano● and called for na … to 〈◊〉 them up especially the two biggest which were Demy-Canon but finding none hee cut the topes belonging to them and his Troopes killed the Canoneers Then he porsued the flyers half a mile upon execution and after returned to Sir Philip Stapleton who in the meane time was charging of the red Regiment where the Kings Standard was and had charged it home to push of Pike with his single troope and they then together with the help of some of the Foote of our reare utterly broke it as you had it before The other particular was of Sir Philip Staplton who when five troopes of the Enemi●s Horse returned from pursuit of our left Wing and from plundering some of our Waggons and passed by the out-side of our reare upon the left hand went and charged them with his troope and made then run but they finding a gap in the hedge got away and returned to the rest on their broken troopes where they raflyed and made up a kinde of body againe It we had thee we could relate unto you many more observable passages but what you have here s●all serve you till we mee●● This onely will we say some of both … s did extr●amly well and other did as ill and deserve to be hanged for deserting and betraying as much as lay in them their party but God alone is to be praised who fought with us and for us and made it his own worke to give the victory unto his servants We have lost of note onely Colonell Essex and we feare the Lord Saint John who was dangerously wounded We here send you a George found in the field by a common Souldier and bought of him for twenty shilings by one Captaine Skinner We have promised him he shall have it againe we onely send it you as one of our trophes that you may see it we believe you will heare of very many of great quality sl●ine on the other side The King Foo●e are either slaine or most of them run away and are now very weake and should have beene pursued by us but that wee must of pure necessity refresh our men for three or foure dayes and then wee shall God willing addresse our selves to finish the worke In the mean time t is very requisite Letters from the Committee should be writ into the Countries which are Southern to stir them up that they may rise and cut them off or assist us at least against them which hoping you wil forthwith do We rest Your faithfull and humble Servants Denzell Hollis Ph. Stapleton Tho. Ballerd William Balfore Io. Meldrum Charls Pym. Our Lord Generall went last night to Warwick and is there very well and had he been with us we should not have presumed to have given you the first Advertisement His Excellency did gallantly adventure himself that day in the Front against the enemy exposing himself to more danger then we could have wished FINIS