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A90867	A true relation of Prince Ruperts barbarous cruelty against the towne of Brumingham [sic], to which place on Monday Apr. 3. 1643. he marcht with 2000 horse and foot, 4 drakes, and 2 sakers; where after two houres fight (being twice beaten off by the townsmen in all but 140 musqueteers) he entered, put divers to the sword, and burnt about 80 houses to ashes, suffering no man to carry away his goods, or quench the fire, and making no difference between friend or foe; yet by Gods providence the greatest losse fell on the malignants of the town. And of the cavaliers were slaine divers chiefe commanders, and men of great quality, amongst whom was the Earle of Denbigh, the Lord Iohn Stewart: and as themselves report the Lord Digby.	Porter, Robert, 17th cent.; Girdler, Robert.	1643 (1643)	Wing P2987A; Thomason E96_9; ESTC R1407	3,924	8

A TRUE RELATION Of Prince RVPERTS Barbarous Cruelty against the Towne of Brumingham To which place on Monday Apr. 3. 1643. he marcht with 2000 horse and foot 4 Drakes and 2 Sakers where after two houres fight being twice beaten off by the Townsmen in all but 140 Musqueteers he entered put divers to the Sword and burnt about 80 Houses to ashes suffering no man to carry away his goods or quench the fire and making no difference between friend or foe yet by Gods providence the greatest losse fell on the Malignants of the Town And of the Cavaliers were slaine divers chiefe Commanders and men of great quality amongst whom was the Earle of Denbigh the Lord Iohn Stewart and as themselves report the Lord Digby LONDON Printed for Iohn Wright in the Old-baily April 12. 1643. SIR THough I can write you but the same lamentation which I beléeve you have already heard yet I cannot be silent to acquaint you of the truth as néere as I can If Coventrey how sent us what helpe it might I beléeve the Enemy durst not have assaulted us but in regard they had béen in danger of cutting off by the way in case they had béen sent I must excuse them though it be to our owne suffering We with the Captaines were sensible that if the Cavaliers came we were not likely to withstand them they being néere 1500. and we not above 150. Musketiers with a Troope of Horse of Captaine Greaves which did no good but in their flight as hereafter you will heare but in regard the generall desire of the Towne especially of those that bore Armes would have them stand it out and not march away with their Armes as we might in time and that both they and the malignant would have reviled and curst the Captaines and Majestrates of the Towne if they had left them made the Captaines and better sort content to stay and trie the issue rather then be so perpetually reproacht And though the same fall hard on one side in loosing the Towne and some Armes and about 80. Houses burnt to ashes with all that therein was and some fiftéene men and two women lost their lives yet their gaine was nothing at all yea they count it great losse and curse the tune that ever they medled with us for I believe they lost as many ordinary men as we besides thrée men of great quality which they much lament whereof two of them were Lords as we have great cause to thinke the one the Earle of Denby that 's sure the other Lord we something doubt of his name but we heare by divers of the Cavaliers it is Digby sure we are he is wounded and it is as sure that some of their Collonels say it was a man of greater ranke and more considerable then Denby the other a chiefe Commander Denby pursued Captaine Greaves Troope some two miles out of Towne being at their héeles before our Troope departed among whom I went away and Captaine Greaves observing his tune betwixt two woods faced about and charged the pursuers most valiantly as they themselves confesse and drove them backe againe in which charge Denby was slaine immediately and the rest fled and so we escaped with safety onely Captaine Greaves twelved one shot in the face and a cut in the Arme but not mortall in the pursuit of that Troope God made away for all our Souldiers saving some two or thrée to escape most with their Armes which they threw away and hid in Pits and Ditches as they could whereof the most I thinke the Cavaléeres found not and not one Captaine or Officer was hurt or taken prisoner nor any considerable man but most poore fellowes and Malignants because they could méer with no better and all are released saving two of the best though of no great quality some redéemed themselves for 2d 12d and 8d apiece and some one or two for 20s Prince Rubert being enraged that he should take never a prisoner of so great a company and of those not to raise 20● when he himselfe had undergon so great a losse and of those that were slaine of our side were most poore malignants some thrée young men of ordinary quality that bare Armes and Iohn Carier and that in their flight for but one was slaine and one lightly shot in the flesh in the enterance for pillage they spared none friend or for they lighted of yet for the most part those that did most against them escaped best the same I may say of the fire though they intended to burne the Towne utterly as may be known by their laying lighted Match with Powder and other combustible matter at the other end which fired in divers places and divers was found out and prevented so that we may truely say that the flames sword vi●ledgers but especially the prison made a difference betwixt those that feared God and those that feare him not But this is remarkable in their vilenesse that all these Houses saving two were fired in their cold blood at their departure wherein they endeavoured to fire all and in the flames they would not suffer the people to carry out their good or to quench it triumphingly with reproaches rejoyeth that the Wind flood right to consume the Towne at which present the Lord caused the Winds to turn which was a token of his notice of their insultation For pillage I heare but of little I lost having obscured the things I had of any valew and for fire God did marveliously prevent both to me and many others whereat the malignants are so enraged that they have since pulled downe my Mill and pretend that Prince Rupert so commanded and threaten to pull downe my House and divers others which I thinke they dare not left they build it up againe the County having sent them admonition of their insolency Prince Rupert with Hasting kept their Readervow this day within two miles of Lichfield as we credibly heare what their designe is we know not I believe they can doe no good at Lichfield I hope their cruelty in our sufferings will provoke this unwilling kingdome to jealously for the Parliament I pray you wheen you have read this shew it to Mr. B. and Mr. E. not onely to acquaint them with the newes but of my being in health with all my Company where in I have great cause to rejoyce in the Lord and so I rest Your loving Friend R. P. Coventry April 8. 1643. SIR BEing by my promise ingaged unto you I am now to make relation of a most barbarous massacree of our townes-men of Bermingham and of the enraged cruelty of Prince Rupert and his inhumane Cavaliers Sir thus it was about three of the clocke one munday in the afternoone he had with neere two thousand horse and foote foure Drakes and two Sakers set against the towne playing with his Ordnance and endeavouring to force his way with foote and horse were twice beaten off with our Musqueteers at the entrance

of Derrington at which many of their men fell the townes men held them in play aboue an houre we had not aboue one hundred and fourtie musquets and having many entrances into the towne they were many to few Coventry men had with drawne their forces three daies before all but Captaine Castledownes Dragooneers a Troope of horse of Master Perkes commanded by Captaine Greaves being in the towne not fit for that service made escape when the adversaries began to incompasse the towne and force the waies over the medowes and fired the Towne in two places and so by incompassing them that did defend the out-worke caused them to draw inward to other workes there in Digboth which worke they defended to the adversaries losse but being the enemy brake in at the Millone they were forced to leave that worke also and so put to shift for themselves with breaking thorough houses over garden waies escaped over hedges and boggy medowes and hiding their armes saved most of them the enemy killed none as I here in fight unlesse some three or foure Mr. Carter and Samuell Elsmore being of them some with their armes defended themselves stoutly till death they persued the rest in fields and lanes cutting and most barbarously mangling naked men to the number of fifteene men one woman another being shot and many hurt many men sore wounded and Mr. Tillam the Surgeon standing in his dore to entertaine them was most cruelly shot having his leg and thighbones broken they pillaged the Towne generally there owne friends sped worst and one tuesday morning set fire in diverse places of the Towne and have burnt neare a hundred dwellings the Welch end Dale end and More street end Humphrey Rans the Bell and diverse houses thereabout many other fires they kindled but they did not burne they left kindled matches with gunpowder also in other places intending nothing lesse then utterly to destroy the Towne but by Gods providence they whose hurt they chiefely intended by Gods hand is much prevented the Cavaliers lye about Clanke beyond Wosall are joyned with Hastings forces and intend to set on the Close at Lichfield where I feare not but they will have enough your Fathers house stands but hath lost much Mr. Roberts Mr. Porters and mine be safe but are threatned to be pulled downe and they pretend Prince Ruperts warrant but however it s their envy that Gods overruling providence hath turned the mischiefe so much on the heads of those that might with their timely helpe have preventid this mischiefe I am much grieved at the losse of your brother and many other friends three being my honest worke-men whose lives I would I had redeemed with mine estate The Cavaliers have lost thirty men at least of which there be three or foure chiefe men Earles and Lords I beleeue you have heard them named the Earle of Denby the Lord Iohn Stewart some say the Lord Digby thirty are said to be buried and many carried away wounded this did so much enrage them that they appeared more like Devills then men lamenting more their losse then boasting of their gaine which was much in goods and in money its thought above two thousand pound thirteene hundred being taken from Mr. Peake Mr. Iennens lost much the which men if they had parted with little before our fortification had beene such as they could not have entred which went on well for the time So wishing you to have comfort in our God who is able to turne the rage of men to his praise and sweeten this bitter cup by some other comfort I conclude and rest Yours to Command R. G. I could wish I might heare how the City stands affected with our losse for a little reliefe from them might much comfort many poore people which have lost all and are left well ●●●e naked and harbourlesse it would much encourage all to stand out in the cause that are but indifferent a helpe to ease the better party of the burthen of the which will be otherwaies too great for us I would move some friends if you thinke fit I have allready put on the worke of contribution in this City FINIS