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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77400	A briefe and true relation of the seige [sic] and surrendering of Kings Lyn to the Earle of Manchester.		1643 (1643)	Wing B4536; Thomason E67_28; ESTC R1949	6,856	9

A briefe and true RELATION OF THE Seige and Surrendering of Kings Lyn To the Earle of MANCHESTER KIngs Lyn is seated upon an arme of the sea which washes one side of its it hath surrounding the other side one small part excepted a large water fed from the aforesaid arme it s of an indifferent height the parts about being commanded by it being rich Marshes through which passeth at the tides the salt water It had been for a good while cunningly Fortifying it selfe under pretence of Neutrality and when at any time the Parliament upon their miscariages questioned them or required any thing to be done by them they still refused and by degrees appeared more and more for the other party against the Parliament The Earle of Manchester being made Major Generall of the Associated Counties thought it most necessary to secure that back-doore which being so convenient an inlet to the enemy might divert him when he should advance with his powers towards the North for the freeing of Lincolneshire and other parts from the miseries they suffer by the enemy it was much disputed whether it were not better to proceed by blocking up rather then to take it by force the Towne being of that strength that no ordinary power could take it had they that which was fit for defence but it was at last resolved to attempt it by force and for that purpose it was thought good to seize the Towne of old Lyn which is in Marshland which by a party of my Lords Forces was accordingly done and Ordnance planted which kept the Towne in continuall Alarmes and did so terrifie the people with their shot and Granadoes that they durst hardly abide in any of their houses that were towards that side the shot flying daily into the houses in the Tuesday market place and other places the Towne was approched in severall other places two of which were on the side next to the mote the one by the Causey that leades to the South the other to the East gate The enemy at the first sallied out with much courage especially from the East gate and at once fired two houses in Gauwood intending to have done so to the whole Towne that our forces might not Quarter in there but the party that sallied out was well beaten and the rest of the towne preserved though the inhabitants were not worthy of such a favour who fled all away up on the approach of our Forces all things being put in order we called in pioneers from all parts round and fell to breaking ground and by degrees bad brought our approaches within halfe Musket shot yet were we little the neerer the gaining the towne thereby onely the better inabled to batter their walls gates and Forts a little before the towne was yeilded we discovered a hill of firme ground that was neer to that end of the towne next the sea which we had begun to forme into a battery which would have so annoyed them that they would not have knowne where to have been secure and by which a breach might have been made but this also gave us no great hopes of entrance they making up as fast as we should have beaten downe therefore we recalled in many Boats with which we intended to attache it by water and many cart loads of Ladders which we intended for the land side during this hot service we lost about four men one a Canoneer who was shot through the side with a drake bullet he was not dead when the Towne was taken but it was no likelyhood but he would he was a good Canoneer and a man right to his party we had one shot with a buller through the shoulder neer the necke and one Lieutenant had his arme shot off on which he died suddenly after it was with a Cannon shot through a Port-hole so skilfull were they that they would shoot three times together into one Port-hole In this violent playing with Cannon and small shot we beleeve above eighty lost their lives on both sides which is the rather added because people enquire usually how many were killed as if they loved to heare of killing of men and also to rectifie the Judgements of men who will be apt to credit a story of three four or five thousand men slaine at such a Siege and such a Siege its true storming and entring breaches usually wast men but we were not come to this when it was resolved and declared on Saturday morning to storme we hapily received a letter the Friday morning importing a villingnesse in the Towne to capitulate which they said and its like truly they did not send as fearing the taking the Town but to avoid the effusion of bloud My Lord having before advised them to send their women and children out of the Towne which he did for the same reason This Treaty was accepted and eight persons for the Towne and eight for my Lord appoined to Treat at Ganwood at the Quarter of that valiant and pious Scot Serjeant Major Hoames and to begin at five of the clocke on Friday night which being done order was given upon paine of death that none should shoot a shot or worke upon their Works during the time of the Treaty which was inviolably kept on my Lords part The Commissioners for my Lord Manchester were Sir John Pagrave Colonell Russell Colonell Walton Master Philip Calthrop Master John Pickering Master Gregory Gosset Master John Spilman and Master William Good Those for the Towne were Sir Hammon le Strange Sir Richard Hovill Master Clinch Master Dearham Master Pallet Recorder Master Hudson he Mayor elect Master Leeke and Master kerbie when they were come they had no power to treat nor to determine which being demanded the reason of they answered that they intended onely to draw things to a head and to have them ratified by the Mayor at a Common-Hall as for a Commission from his Majestie inabling any to be Governour or to fortifie the Towne there was none produced it was beleeved one of the Commissioners had one but he did not shew it there was therefore a dispatch made to the Mayor who gave it them The Demands of these Gentlemen was to this effect That in regard the Towne of Kings Lyn had a government by Charter from the Kings of England and was not an offender in any thing they therefore desired to be left in their former state onely fortifications demolished and to have free egresse and regresse as formerly They desired also that all houses lands and estates be left to pay taxes by distresse onely where it was to be had and persons of men to be free that the ships goods and personal lestates taken to be restored or satisfaction that all strangers come into the towne be set at liberty that the aspersion of Delinquencie or Malignancie be abolished and that the Earle of Manchester grant Protections to them that desire them My Lord Manchesters Commissioners replied That they had offended for they had