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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94935	A true and most sad relation of the hard usage and extrem cruelty used on Captain Wingate, Captaine Vivers, Captaine Austin, Capt: Lidcott, Capt: Walton, Capt; Catsby, Capt: Lilbourne, Master Franklin, Master Freeman, Edward Chillendon, Master John Bayley and his father, with others of the Parliament souldiers, &c. Prisoner at Oxford, under the custody of one Smith Provost-marshall generall to the kings army: / written by one of the same prisoners in behalf of them all, to a vvorthy and eminent citizen of London, dated 9th of February, 1642.	One of the same prisoners.	1643 (1643)	Wing T2512; Thomason E89_13; ESTC R9121	2,352	8

A true and most sad RELATION OF The hard usage and exrtrem cruelty used ON Captain Wingate Captaine Viuers Captaine Austin Capt Lidcott Capt Walton Capt Catsby Capt Lilbourne Master Franklin Master Freeman Edward Chillendon Master John Bayley and his Father with others of the Parliament Souldiers c. Prisoner at OXFORD under the custody of ONE SMITH Provost-Marshall Generall to the KINGS Army Written by one of the same Prisoners in behalf of them all TO A VVorthy and eminent Citizen of LONDON Dated 9th of February 1642. London Printed for GEORGE HUTTON at the Turn'd-Style in Holborne Feb 13. 1642. A True and most sad Relation of the hard usage and extreame cruelty used on Captain Wingate Captaine Viuers and others SIr I was desired by the Captains and Gentlemen here in prison to let you understand the truth of our usage here by Captain William Smith who is Provost-Marshall Generall to the Kings Army Sir it is thus That Captain Wingate Capt. Viuers Cap. Austine Capt. Lidcott Cap. Walton Capt Catsby Capt. Lilburne and Master Franklin Burgesse of the Parliament for the Town of Marlbrough and Edward Chillenden are all of the lockt up close prisoners in their Chambers and no man suffered to speak with them and though they have Beds of their own to lye on yet when he pleases he will displace them out of their own beds and place others in them contrary to their wills and for the common Souldiers and such as my self their usage is thus upon the complaint of any of those they call the Kings Souldiers which are here in prison though the things were false and never was spoken nor acted yet if they do but say it we are presently clapped in irons and tyed neck and heeles together and called damned Traytours we shall all be hanged and starved and are beaten by him with his Caine and abused by every boy of his yea even the Captains as well as the rest and his boyes will abuse them so too And further he hath a Protestation which he doth tender to all that do come into prison here and doth force them to take it and if they will not take it though it be against the light of their conscience and knowledge and against the Law of this Land and the liberty of the Subject as indeed it is in a high degree yet he will clap them up in irons necke and heeles and feed them with bread and water nay hee le make them to be all a whole day without a bitt of any thing as he did one Master Freeman and one of Marthrough Souldiers to force them to take it and a guard was set on them and no man suffered to give them any relief and after all this when his pleasure is that they have bin long enough thus he clapt them up into the Tower as they call it and there feed them with bread and water which is at night once a day halfe a penny lose and a can of water and will not suffer any friend neither in prison nor out to relieve them with any thing but lockes them up close that none can come to them and thus he swares hee will use us all if we will not take the Protestation and this day there was meat sent to the prisoners in the Tower and it was not suffered to come to them And upon Saturday being the twenty seventh of January there was some monies sent to the aforesaid Master Freeman that he had clapt necke and heeles together for not taking the Protestation and he himself took it from him and will not let him have it to buy himself food vvith but still feeds him vvith a halfe a penny bread and vvater a day and svvears most fearfull oaths he vvill make him and all that vvill not take the Protestation to shit as small as a Rat and here is one Master Iohn Bayley that was taken at Marlbrough and his father hath paid two hundred pounds for his and his sons ransome yet his sayd son is kept prisoner only because he will not take the Protestation And here is one Mr. Dunden a Counstable that hath taken the Protestation and because he will not pay 59 pounds for his Fees hee is kept here prisoner Sir this is miserable to consider and think of and if you were here to see it your very heart would be filled with grief to see that poore Christians should be so used Therefore Sir I am intreated in the name of all the Gentlemen here in prison that you would make this known to the Parliament and to the honourable City of London and in particular to the Right Honourable the Lord Brook And it is desired and that by the Gentlemen here that those prisoners you have there may so be used and not released from such usage till there be a Certificate come from us to you of our better usage and withall I am further desired to let you know that the Gentlemen and Prisoners have preferred to the King and Councell of War a Petition and Articles against this Smith and no hearing can be obtained Therefore it is desired you would be pleased to move the Parliament and in particular my Lord Brook that they vvould vvrite to the Earl of Lindsey to desire him to vvrite to the King That His Majesty would be pleased to give command that the Petition and Articles may be examined and then no question is made but the King will see how basely Hee is abused by those who say they are His best Subjects One thing more of speciall note is that the Gentlemen of this house taking pitty of us poor distressed men that want both money and food did liberally contribute to our relief and made one Master Kinssly a Lieutenant of horse to be steward of it to see it disposed of the which if they had not down I am confident halfe of us had bin dead ere this with hunger one was starved to death another which was wounded by Smith the Chyrurgeon not permitted to come to dresse him dyed also for want of looking to another died and another is like to dye and all with ill usage and now Smith vvill not let the money bee given to them but hath given strickt command to the contrary and hath charged his servants to see that it be so observed as he hath commanded The Chyrurgeon is committed here to prison because he reported the truth that the prisoners vvere starved and lost for vvant of looking to This is all truth that I have written every tittle of it which all in the prison will witnesse and seale to Oxford Febr 9. 1642. FINIS