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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

and one Mr. Selven that did refuse the protestation hee strikes them and breake their heads makes the blood run downe their eares and sends them to the Dungeon in Bridewell There was one Mr. Edward Bradney that had a man exchanged for him yet had not his liberty Smith told him if hee could get 10. l. to pay his Fees hee should have his liberty Mr. Bradney got 5. l. told Smith I have 4. l. 10 s. Smith said he would not take that so Mr. Bradney was putting up his money againe Smith snatches his money from him and said I will keepe this in part or payment so took away foure pound and kept the man in prison six moneths after first in the Tower then in the Dungeon in Bridewell where he escaped but was taken againe Smith laid him in Irons hands and feet and so keepes him about 8 weekes by reason of this his cruell usage he fell very weak and sick and in his sicknesse he would not suffer any body to come to helpe him in his great extremity so that for three weekes he lay in his owne Dung and pisse and so by a long and languishing disease being pined to nothing in a great deale of woe ended his dayes There was one Richard Cawdle and one Robert Neale that escaped out of Bridewell and were taken againe he burnt them with match betweene the fingers to the bone and laid them in Irons hands and feet suffers no Surgeon to come to them so keeps them 8. weekes and they both in this extremity ended their dayes in much misery There was one Andrew of London who came to Oxford and being brought into Prison Smith himselfe tooke 23. s. out of his pocket and kept him there a short space and then turning him going but never gave him his money There was one Mr. I. A the Lord of Douns man brought in for a Spie he tooke the Protestation and was by Smith released paying 50. s. fees and hee comming into the Castle to see a Friend Smith would not let him goe till he had paid him 50. s. more There was one Mr. Wilde a minister a Malignant committed to prison who lay there 7 daies and paid Smith 3. l. 10. s. for his Fees There was two Londoners Mr. C. Mr. M. that tooke the protestation that paid Smith 20. l. for their fees There was one William Burthen a Constable that tooke the protestation and was by Smith released paying 4. l. but hee after heard he was a rich man got him in prison againe and there keepes him to make him pay 60. l. more and did not let him goe till hee had paid him 20. l. more There was one Mr. Ad. of London prisoner Smith tooke 5. l. 10. ●illings out of his pocket and never gave it him more There was one Mr. VV. B. a Gentleman whom the Bishop of Armath * You mayste by this that if there be any villany to be done a Bishop is at hand to act it perswaded to take the protestation hee was released paying 20. l. fees Smith gets him againe and keepes him prisoner till he had made him pay or given him bond for 30. l. more He also got a Bill of Exchange for 30. l. from Captaine Wingate and Captaine Austen but he hath not yet paid them though he hath bin often asked for it and Captaine Auston asking him for it Smith gave him very opprobious words calling him shitten Prentice boy and threatned to lay him in Irons neck and heels There was one Dr. Claiton Doctor of Divinitie of Waltomstow in Essex as he himselfe said who was taken at Branceford and carried to Oxford Prison who lying there in great misery did endeavour to make an escape and getting over a wall fell downe and broke his neck Captain ●ohn Lilburne he kept him in Irons 19. or 18. daies and since he being very sick even to death yet w●uld not permit any woman to come to look to him in his sicknes Captaine ●ohn Frank in and Master Iohn Brown Gentleman he ironed together and so kept them a good while and since Captaine Iohn Frankling is dead Master William Dingly a Lievtenant of Horse he laid him in Irons and so kept him 8. or 9 weeks He kept one Master Andrew Ellu one of my Lord Generalls Life-Guard a Gentleman of the Innes of Court in the Tower amongst the Common Prisoners and made him to lie on the Boards Master Iohn Frankling Member of the House of Commons he hath most basely abused and calld him Rogue and damn'd Traytor yea stinking fellow and took him by the shoulders and thrust him into a little Chamber saying to him you are a damn'd Traytor and I will use you like a Traytor locks him up close Prisoner and gives the key to one Bradshaw that was a Cavalier in Prison and Smith on purpose set on this Bradshaw and one Captaine Cew one of the Cavaliers an Irish Papist to drinke healths and carrouses in the roome with Mr. Frankling to abuse and torment him This B●adshaw being si● did confesse and hath ever since kept him close Prisoner And Captaine Walton Captaine Iohn L lburne Captaine Vivers Captaine ●atesby Captaine Scroope Captaine Auston Captaine L●dcot he hath kept them all close Prisoners for the most part of their time and seldome would permit their friends to come to visit them no nor their wives to see them Yea he hath taken away the beds from the Captaines and made them to lye on the cords and against their wills placed some of the Cavaliers in them As for Captaine Wingate he hath alwaies kept him close Prisoner alone without any company not suffering him to conferre neither with men nor Books not permit him to have a Bible onely when Blage was hanged Master Harfeild Minister of Banbury and he was in one Chamber and Smith had layed this Reverend Minister in Irons hands and feet and after that Blage was dead brought his body and threw it into the Roome where Captaine Wingate and this was and so locked them up all three close Prisoners and many times Smith hath kept those that have died so long till they have stunk like to poison them nor would not carie them away till the Prisoners were constrained to pay for their buriall He would not suffer Captaine Wi●gate to walke in the Garden for his health sake notwi●hstanding the Kings mind was that he should as hath been in my hearing declared by the Lord of Craford As for Captaine Clifton Cot sby and Captaine Vivers they being in ●anbury his Majestie was pleased by his Herauld of Arms to declare that if they would come and yeeld themselves to Him they should have a free Pardon the which they did and had also the Lord Generalls word on his honour to confirme the same yet after this they were brought to Oxford Prison and by Smith kept there and were before the Lord chiefe Justice Heath on Oyer and Termine● arraigned for their lives Whereupon they both of

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 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 LONDON Printed by G. D. for John Bull 1643. A True RELATION OF The trancendent Cruelties and base inhumane practises of Captain William Smith Pro. Marshall Generall of the Kings Army extended exercised on the Parliament Prisoners in the Castle at OXFORD VPon the fifth of Decemb. 1642. I was travelling upon the Road about my lawfull occasions and in my journey towards Newbury between Henly and Reading I met with one whose name was as after I was informed ●hithe●● and falling into discourse asked him the best and readiest way towards Ne●bury which he certified me was through Reading But I answered him I was loath to goe that way because of the Garison and for feare of giving offence he replied to me that if I pleased to to goe that way he would do me so much favour as to have me through Reading without any let or stay I giving credit to him went with him into Reading and set up my horse at the Beare where we supped together and there did Inne all night on the morrow early in the morning the aforesaid Whithead came to my chamber and certified me I must goe before the Governour which was Sir Arther Ashton a ranke Papist as I am informed being come thither there was also Colonell Feelding which knew me to be a Londoner and takes me by the hand and sweares he was very glad he had met with me and so certified the Governour that I was as arrant a Round headed Rogue and Traytor as any was in England and one that hath 700. men to command at any time to aid the Parliament With that ●he Governour without any further examination swore at m● bitterly and calls me dam'd Rogue Traytor and with that strook me with his Cane on the head This cariage of Ashton Feilding is not to be pa a●●eld in Tur y many pa ● o● the World and brook it very sorely and swore like a mad man that he would presently hang me and with a guard of Musquetiers did send me to the Gallowes where I stood some quarter of an houre expecting death but such was Gods goodnesse toward me that I was convey'd from thence to Prison whither came the aforesaid Whethead and in the name of the Governour took away my Moneyes On the next Lords day I was conveyed to Wallingford and the Wednesday following to Abington I being brought before the Governour A very moderate ●ivill Gentleman Lievtenant Colonell Sherly there being divers Cavaliers in his company and one whose name was Smith that had the watch that day he would needs have me to say the Lords Prayer over to him which I refused Yet to give him satisfaction I told him if he pleafed to lend me a Bible I would read the Chapter over where that was but that would not content him he swore he would lay me neck and heels in Irons which to prevent I addressed to the Governour and said Sir I conceive I am your Prisoner and this Gentleman ha●h nothing to doe with me and if it be your pleasure to put me in Irons I am content This is not Smith the Marshall but a Captain of a foot Company With that the Governour said you came without Irons to me and without you all go away but Smith swore I should not they swore so long that they fell to blowes and by this difference by Gods providence I received mercy from the Governour So the next day being Thursday I was convey'd to Oxford Castle Who afforded me a good supper and bed at the Provose Marshalls ●uarter that night But to leave my particular sufferings and come to give you a relation of others I shall begin with a relation of the usuage of the Prisoners taken at Malborough in the County of Wilts by the Cavaliers in their passage to Oxford After they had surprised the Town and had taken 180. odde Prisoners they drove many of them through the waters and the first night thrust them all up into a nasty stinking stable amongst Horses where was one horse dead there they continued till the next morning and had no food allowed them and so drove them like Rogues and theeves tied together by the armes in the horse way up to the knees in mire and dirt and allowed no food to them nor suffered no friend to come at them for a man coming to see some of them was carried away to Oxon to Prison with them and in foure daies time as they were drove from Malbrough to Oxford were allowed no food but only at Lamburne a Gentleman did provide some for them but they would scarce give time to receive it and that was all the sustenance they had in all their passage not so much as water for some of them being drie would faine have dranke of the water in the high way but they would not suffer them nay they strook many of them over the heads with their Canes for stooping to take a piece of Ice to hold in their mouths to quench their violent thirst On Friday they came to Oxford and as they passed through the streets towards the Castle there was much rejoycing by the Inhabitants Scollers and Souldiers calling them Round-headed Rogues and Traytors and striking some of them One passage is worthy observation that the Lord George Digby and Commissary Wilmot took Master Iohn Franklin By this you may see how the Lord Digbie and she now Lord Wilmot loves the House of Commons Member of the House of Commons and led him away from all the rest of the Prisoners to a Tree and there swore deeply they would hang him like a damn'd Rogue and Traytor if he would not confesse where his Money was And this is a short Relation of these mens sufferings before they came into the Castle Now you shall know our usage after we were in the Castle under Captaine

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