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A80935	A letter from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to the Honorable William Lenthall Esq; Speaker of the Parliament of England, relating the several successes it hath pleased God lately to give the Parliaments forces there. Together with the several transactions about the surrender of Kilkenny, and the articles agreed thereupon. Die Sabbathi, 13 Aprilis, 1650. Ordered by the Parliament, that the letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, ... be forthwith printed and published; ... Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.	Ireland. Lord Lieutenant (1649-1650 : Cromwell); Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1650 (1650)	Wing C7103; Thomason E598_2; ESTC R205065	10,773	22

A LETTER FROM The Lord Lieutenant of IRELAND TO The Honorable William Lenthall Esq Speaker of the Parliament of England Relating the several Successes it hath pleased God lately to give the Parliaments Forces there Together with the several Transactions about the Surrender of KILKENNY And the ARTICLES agreed thereupon Die Sabbathi 13 Aprilis 1650. ORdered by the Parliament That the Letter of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the several Papers and Transactions therein inclosed be forthwith printed and published and that the consideration of the said Letter be referred to the Councel of State Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by Edward Husband and John Field Printers to the Parliament of England 1650. For the Honorable William Lenthal Esq Speaker of the Parliament of England Mr. Speaker I Think the last Letter I troubled you with was about the taking of Cahiz since which time there was taken by beating up their quarters two Colonels a Lieutenant Colonel Major and divers Captains all of Horse Colonel Johnson Lieutenant Colonel Longhorn and Major Simes were shot to death as having served under the Parliament but now taken up Arms with the Enemy Hearing that Castlehaven and Lieutenant General Farrald were about Kilkenny with their Army lying there quartered and about Carlo and Loughlin-Bridge and hearing also that Colonel Hewson with a good party from Dublin was come as far as Ballisannon and had taken it we thought fit to send an Express to him to march up towards us for a conjunction And because we doubted the sufficiency of his party to march with that security which were to be wished Colonel Shilbourn was ordered to go with some Troops of Horse out of the county of Wexford which was his station to meet him And because the Enemy was possessed of the fittest places upon the Barrow for our conjunction we sent a party of seven or eight hundred Horse and Dragoons and about five hundred Foot to attempt upon Castlehaven in the Rere if he should have endeavored to have defended the places against Colonel Hewson Our party being a light nimble party was at the Barrow side before Col Hewson could be heard of and possessed a House by the Grage They marched towards Loughlin and faced Castlehaven at a pretty distance but he shewed no forwardness to engage Our party not being able to hear of Colonel Hewson came back as far as Thomas-town a small walled Town and a Pass upon the Nur between Kilkenny and Ross which our men attempting to take the Enemy made no great resistance but by the advantage of the Bridge quitted the Town and fled to a Castle about half a mile distant off which they had formerly possessed That night the President of Munster and my self came up to the party we Summoned the said Castle and after two days it was surrendred to us the Enemy leaving their Arms Drums Colours and Ammunition behinde them and engaging never to bear Arms more against the Parliament of England We lay still after this about two or three days The President went back to Fetherd to bring up some great Guns with a purpose to attempt upon the Granno and some Castles thereabouts for the better blocking up of Waterford and to cause to advance up to us some more of our Foot In the end we had advertisement that Colonel Hewson was come to Loughlin where was a very strong Castle and Pass over the Barrow I sent him word that he should attempt it which he did and after some dispute reduced it By which means we have a good Pass over the Barrow and entercourse between Munster and Lemster I sent Colonel Hewson word That he should march up to me and we advancing likewise with our party met near by Goran a populous town where the Enemy had a very strong Castle under the command of Colonel Hamond a Kentishman who was a principal actor in the Kentish Insurrection and did manage the Lord Capels business at his Tryal I sent him a civil Invitation to deliver up the Castle unto me to which he returned me a very resolute answer and full of height We planted our Artillery and before we had made a breach considerable the Enemy beat a parley for a Treaty which I having offered so fairly before to him refused but sent him in positive conditions that the Soldiers should have their lives and the Commission Officers to be disposed of as should be thought fit which in the end was submitted to The next day the Colonel the Major and the rest of the Commission Officers were shot to death all but one who being a very earnest instrument to have the Castle delivered was pardoned In the same Castle also we took a Popish Priest who was Chaplain to the Catholiques in this Regiment who was caused to be hanged I trouble you with this the rather because this Regiment was the Lord of Ormonds own Regiment In this Castle was good store of Provisions for the Army After the taking of this Castle it was agreed amongst us to march to the city of Kilkenny which we did upon Friday the 22th of March and coming with our body within a mile of the Town we advanced with some Horse very near unto it and that evening I sent Sir Walter Butler and the Corporation a Letter a copy whereof is here inclosed From whom the next day I received this Answer We took the best view we could where to plant our Batteries and upon Monday the 25th our Battery consisting of three Guns began to play After near a hundred shot we made a breach as we hoped stormable Our men were drawn out ready for the attempt and Colonel Ewers ordered with about One thousand Foot to endeavor to possess the Irish Town much about the time of our storming which he accordingly did with the loss of not above three or four men Our men upon the Signal fell on upon the breach which indeed was not performed with usual courage nor success but were beaten off with the loss of one Captain and about twenty or thirty men killed and wounded The Enemy had made two retrenchments or counter-works which they had strongly pallizado'd and both of them did so command our breach that indeed it was a mercy to us we did not farther contend for an entrance there it being probable that if we had it would have cost us very dear Having possessed the Irish Town and there being another walled Town on the other side of the River eight Companies of Foot were sent over the River to possess that which accordingly was effected and not above the like number lost that were in possessing the Irish Town The Officer that commanded this party in chief attempting to pass over the Bridge into the city and to fire the gate which indeed was done with good resolution but lying too open to the Enemy-shot he had forty or fifty men killed and wounded which was a sore blow to us We made our preparations for a second