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A84193 An exact and true relation of the dangerous and bloody fight, between His Majesties army, and the Parliaments forces, neer Kyneton in the county of Warwick, the 23 of this instant October. Sent in a letter to Iohn Pym Esquire, a member of the House of Commons. Which letter was signed by Denzell Hollis: Ph: Stapleton: Tho: Ballard: William Balfore: Io: Meldrum: Charls Pym: who were then present. Ordered that this relation be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler: Parl: D: Com 1642 (1642) Wing E3617; Thomason E124_26; ESTC R2150 4,554 8

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An Exact and True RELATION OF The DANGEROUS and BLOODY FIGHT Between His Majesties Army and the Parliaments Forces neer Kyneton in the County of Warwick the 23 of this instant OCTOBER Sent in a Letter to IOHN PYM Esquire a Member of the House of COMMONS Which Letter was Signed by Denzell Hollis Ph Stapleton Tho Ballard William Balfore Io Meldrum Charls Pym Who were then present ORdered that this Relation be forthwith Printed and published H Elsynge Cler Parl D Com LONDON Printed by John Field for Edward Husbands and John Franck and are to be sold at their shops in the Middle-Temple and next door to the Kings-head in Fleetstreet October 28. 1642. SIR WE should do our Army a great deal of wrong and not discharge our duty of thankfulnesse towards God if we took not the first occasion to declare his goodnesse in giving so great a blessing as he hath now done to the resolute and unwearyed endeavours of our Souldiers fighting for him in the maintenance of his truth and for themselves and their Country in defence of their Liberties and the Priviledges of PARLIAMENT This makes us give you now a Narration of a blessed Victory which God hath given us upon the Army of the Cavaliers and of those evil persons who upon Sunday the 23 of this instant ingaged His Majestie in a dangerous and bloody fight against His faithfull Subjects in the Army raised by Authority of Parliament for the preservation of His Crown and Kingdom We marched from Worster Wednesday the 19 upon Intelligence that their Army was moved from Shrewsbury and Bridgenorth and bending Southward our Train of Artillery was so unready through want of Draught horses and through other omissions of Monsier du Boys that we were forced to leave it behinde to follow us and with it the Regiments of Colonell Hambden and Colonell Grantham and staying for it we could advance no further then to a little Market-town called Kyneton in Warwickshire six miles from Warwick whether we came the Saturday night with 11 Regiments of Foot 42 Troops of Horse and about 700 Dragoons in all about Ten thousand men there we intended to rest the Sabbath day and the rather that our Arrillery and the Forces left with it might come up to us In the morning when we were going to Church we had News brought us That the Enemy was two miles from us upon a high Hill called Edge-hill Whereupon we presently marched forth into a great broad field under that Hill called the vale of the red horse and made a stand some half a mile from the foot of the Hill and there drew into Battalio where we saw their ●orces come down the Hill and draw likewise into Battell in the bottome a great broad company Their Forces appeared to by much greater then we could possibly have conceived them to b● by the confession of the prisoners we have taken they that say least day Fourteen thousand which is the Earl of Lin … Relation who was their Generall but others say Eighteen thousand and above 4000 horse and Dragoons The winde was much for their advantage and they indeavoured to get it more which to prevent we were inforced to draw out our left Wing t● a great bredth and by that means before the Battell was done gained it wholly from them In our right Wing were three Regiments of horse 〈…〉 Sir John Meldrum and were of his Brigado the Lo●● General 's comanded by Sir Philip Stapl●ton Sir William Balfores and the Lord Fieldings Sir John Mel●rums Brigado had the Van Colonell Essex was in the middle and Colonell Ballards with the Lord Generalls Regiment his own the Lord Brooks and Colonell Hollis in the Rear In the left Wing were 24 Troops of Horse commanded by Sir James Ramsey their Commissary Generall In this posture we stood when th● other Army advanced towards us the strength of their horse were on their right Wing opposit to our left In their left Wing they had but ten Troops but their Foot which appear●d to us divided into nine great Bodies came up all in front and after some playing with the Canon on both sides that part of it which was on their left and towards our right Wing came on very gallantly to the Charge and were as gallantly received and charged by Sir Phillip Stapletons and Sir William Balfore's Regiments of horse assisted with the Lord Roberts and Sir William Constables Regiments of Foot who did it so home thrice together that they forced all the Musquetiers of two of their best Regiments to run in and shrowd themselves within their Pikes not daring to shoot a shot and so stood When our Rear came up and then charging all together especially that part of our Rear which was plac'd upon the right hand and so next unto them which was the Lord Generall 's Regiment and the Lord Brooks led on by Colonell Ballard who commanded that Brigado forced that stand of Pikes and wholly broke those two Regiments and slew and took almost every man of them The Earl of Linsey his Son the Lord Willoughby and some other persons of note are prisoners Sir Edmund Varney who carried the Kings Standard was slain by a Gentleman of the Lord Generalls Troop of horse who did much other good service that day and the Standard taken which was afterwards by the Lord Generall himself delivered unto his Secretary Mr. Chambers with an intention to send it back the next day unto His Majesty but the Secretary after he had carried it long in his hand suffered it to be taken away by some of our Troopers and as yet we cannot learn where it is The other two Regiments of our Rear Colonell Hollis and Colonell Ballard charged those which were before them and then the whole Body of the Kings Foot except two other Regiments ran away by this time it grew so late and dark and to say the truth our Ammunition at this present was all spent that we contented our selves to make good the Field and gave them leave to retire up the Hill in the night But before we come to this we will give you an accompt of what passed in the other parts of our Army before our Rear came up to charge Our Battle at the very first wholly disbanded and ran away without ever striking stroke or so much as being charged by the Enemy though Colonell Essex himself and others that commanded those Regiments in chief did as much as men could do to stay them but Colonell Essex being forsaken by his whole Brigado went himself into the Van where both by his direction and his own execution he did most gallant service till he received a shot in the thigh of which he is since dead Now for our Rear thus it was before it towards the outside of it stood our left Wing of Horse advanced a little forward to the top of a Hill where they stood in a Battalio lined with commanded Musquetiers 400 out of