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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76319	A letter written from the Right Honorable the Earle of Bedford, to a lord of the House of Peeres, of all the remarkable passages about Sherborn Castle. Being a full relation of the great overthrow given to the cavalleers within a mile of Eivill: with the resolution of the Earle of Bedford, to die in the cause. Desired by the Lords in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published.	Bedford, William Russell, Duke of, 1613-1700.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.	1642 (1642)	Wing B1672; Thomason E117_6; ESTC R17834	2,226	8

A LETTER WRITTEN From the Right Honorable the Earle of Bedford to a Lord of the House of PEERES Of all the remarkable passages about Sherborn Castle BEING A full Relation of the great overthrow given to the Cavalleers within a mile of Eivill With the Resolution of the Earle of Bedford to die in the cause Desired by the Lords in Parliament that this Letter be forthwith printed and published LONDON Printed for Hugh Perry Septemb. 15. 1642. A LETTER WRITTEN From the Right Honourable the Earle of BEDFORD to a Lord of the House of PEERES My Noble Lord THis perplexed businesse I am now ingaged in hath given me so much trouble that I have not had so much recreation as to write to my friends and in particular unto your Lordship who I account to be the chiefest of that number To give your Lordship a relation of all our proceedings since our comming into these parts were too long but in short my Lord It is my misfortune to be ingaged in a businesse that the world thinks so easie to be effected but indeed is the most difficultest that is now upon the Stage The Castle of Sherborne your Lordship knowes very well was thought to be at London a place of no strength a ruinate thing and upon the shot of the least peece of Ordnance it would be rendered Truly my Lord it is so farre from that that when we came thither we found it to be a place of as much strength as is in England and that those Ordnance we brought were no more able to better it then a phillip The men we brought with us were all Trained-bands so unskilfull from the Collonell to the lowest Officer and withall so astonished when they heard the Bullets whistle about their eares that we were forced to hazzard our selves very much to make them stand and all to little purpose and when the Cannon began to play upon them they runne as if the divell had been in them that and the hardnesse of lying in the Field two nights made them goe away so fast that of three thousand I brought with me there was left not above foureteene hundred which if I had stayed but two nights longer would have beene gone likewise I was forced to set Horse round about the Quarter to keepe them from running away which were left and if I had stayed longer our men running away so fast I should have runne the hazzard to have been beaten out of our Quarters the enemy being a thousand Horse and Foot in the Castle which would not only have bin a dishonour to us but a losse nay more a destruction to the cause therefore upon these and many other reasons we by the unanimous consent of all the Company did thinke it fit to march to some place hard by and to stay there untill we had received from London some Regiments of Horse and Foot with Cannon and other things which we have writ for and of necessity must be had and then by Gods assistance I hope to doe the worke or else to perish in it On Tuesday last being the sixth of September I marched away to Eivell foure miles from Sherborne intending to stay a day there to refresh my Troopes The next day being Wednesday about two of the clocke word was brought me that forty Cavalleers were on the top of the Hill whereupon I sent out Scouts to see-what number of them was there who immediately brought me word that there was about a thousand Horse and Foot comming to assault the Town straight thereupon I made all the hast I could to get those Troopes I had there in readinesse which were very few many of those foureteene hundred left with me being now gone away Collonell Essex Master Hollis and my selfe went to stop the severall passages which were very many and indeed the most that ever I saw in any Town all which wee stopped with Carts Waggons and Ordnance what we could not guard with men expecting the Enemy to give an assault upon divers quarters This was scarce done but the Enemy came downe the Hill the Town being in a great bottome where we had placed a troope of Horse and some Musqueteers They gave fire upon one another for an hower and more very warmely their Horse standing still upon the Hill Captaine Ascough most gallantly charged up against them and broke cleane thorow their first troops and disordered them so that he charged againe their other Troopes killing many and put them in such confusion that they begun to shog a good pace backe Then another Troope of Horse commanded by Captaine Thompson came up to them whereupon the Cavaleers began to run away in much disorder these two Troopes pursuing them so long as they could see doing execution upon them and if we had but two houres of day light more we had cut off all those five Troopes All the considerable men of quality being there save only my Lord Marquesse and my Lord Seymore In the meane time our other Horse fought so bravely with their Foote below the Hill that they broke in upon them and killed them like Doggs they leaving their Armes and running into Furres to hide themselves Serjeant major Banfield who commanded their foote was taken prisoner Lievtenant Collonell Lunsford was forced to runne for it some say he is hurt but I am s●●● he did not come into Sherborne untill the nex● day having hid himselfe with Coll. Sandes in the ●●●rres all night some 40 or 50 of their men were slaine upon the place and 16 taken prisoners and of three or 400 Foote that they brought with them we scattered them so much that there returned not ten men home to the Castle that night We found them next morning in every Bush We thinke there were some persons of condition slaine because I was assured that night with Lanthornes they tooke away many dead dodies Captaine Hussy and Captaine Hawes are slaine for certaine they keepe it very close and say there is none killed if it had not been a very darke night we had done very great execution upon them so desiring to hasten the worke that I may have the happinesse to wait upon you I rest From Dorchester this 12. of Sept. Your most affectionate servant to bee commanded BEDFORD