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lord_n	john_n	sir_n	town_n	15,511	5	7.6738	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91816	The rider of the vvhite horse and his army, their late good successe in Yorre-shiere [sic], or, A true and faithfull relation of that famous and wonderfull victory at Bradford, obtained by the club-men there, with all the circumstances thereof. And of the taking of Leeds and Wakefield by the same men under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, with the manner and circumstances thereof from good hands. Seriously commended to the high court of Parliament, and all that are of God's side for their incouragement.		1643 (1643)	Wing R1447; Thomason E88_23; ESTC R22370	8,043	11

THE RIDER OF THE WHITE HORSE And His ARMY Their late good Successe in YORRE-SHIERE OR A true and faithfull Relation of that famous and wonderfull victory at Bradford obtained by the Club-men there with all the circumstances thereof And of the taking of Leeds and Wakefield by the same men under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax with the manner and circumstances thereof from good hands Seriously commended to the High Court of PARLIAMENT and all that are of GODS side for their incouragement LONDON Printed for Thomas Vnderhill 1643. BRADFORDS Deliverance AFter the Lord Fairfax his Excellency had retired from Tadcaster the Lord of New-castle possessed himselfe of Pontefract so making himselfe Master of our Westerne parts block't up all passages betweene us and our strength and then manifested his resolutions to sesse the whole County but to exact extraordinary summes of those who had subscribed the Parliaments Propositions We could expect nothing now but that those Townes should first suffer who had bin most forward to assist the Parliament Leeds Bradford and Halifax were principally aimed at In Leeds the malignant humour being predominant easily converted the Towne into their temper Bradford was the next place in their way the Towne most unable to resist them and indeed who ever considers their dangers weaknesse and discouragements must judge their attempt as worthy admiration as their successe The maine body of the Popish Army was within a dayes march of Bradford some amongst them grievously exasperated by a dishonourable repulse from this Towne not long before So farre were we from expecting help from the Lord Fairfax as we thought it scarce possible to seeke it Our malignant spirits before charmed now appeared breathing forth nothing but threatnings against those who had bin most active for the Parliament and their apparition was so terrible as it affrighted many of the best affected persons out of the Towne and thereupon out goes our Royalists to bring in the Kings Catholick Army Some religious persons in the Parish considering what danger might result both to their consciences and Country from such cowardize and treachery instigated by feare of perjury if they should contribute any assistance against the Parliament and care of their lives and Estates evidently endangered by a bare refusall without resistance resolved to stand upon then guard invited all the well affected in the Parish to assist them and entred the Towne When our Malignants were returned with a Letter from Sir William Savile wherein he manifested an intention to burne and plunder if we did not contribute to the maintenance of the Popish Army To which no other answer was return'd then the apprehension of those who brought it and had subscribed it All couragious attempts yea desperate in the account of many who saw neither wisedome nor strength sufficient to manage them There wanted both the head body and sinewes of warre we had never a Gentleman in the Parish to command us nor would any stranger be perswaded to undertake the charge All our trained Souldiers with their Armes were with the Lord Fairfax and the most of those who were fitted for service as voluntiers Nor could it be expected that the well affected of our poore Parish could pay a Garrison any long time and none would carry one day without pay Our neighbours perceived this and therefore judging our attempt desperate as in the eye of reason it was and fearing the issue would be our ruine refused to helpe us least they should perish with us Nor wanted we discouragements from our own men to instance in no more the very night before the Enemy assaulted us the greatest part of them left us This was on Saturday Decemb 17. The next morning about 9 of the Clock the Enemy was discovered approaching the East end of the Towne They were marshald in two Bodies the Van was commanded by Collonel Evers eldest Sonne to the Lord Evers wherein were 3 Troopes of Horse 2 Companies of Dragooners 100 Foot 20 Pyoni●rs 2 Drakes the traine of Artillery commanded by Major Carew a Dutch man The Re●e was commanded by Sir Francis Howard wherein were his own and Captaine Hiliards Troops 6 Companies of Collonel Eddringtons Dragooners and a 100 Foote Collonel Goring came along with them and some say the Earle of Newport but whether they had any charge or no in this expedition I heare not All these our York-shiere Gentlemen had procured of the Lord of New castle as though Sir William Savils Regiment Sir Marmaduke Langdale Sir Thomas Gleman and Sir Iohn Gothericks Troopes Sir Ingram Hopton Captain Nevill Captaine Batt Captaine Bins Companies had not bin sufficient to have swallowed our despicable Towne I should now shew how our men were marshald but 't is a hard matter to marshall those who had neither Commanders Collours nor distinct Companies The night before we had borrowed a Commander of Hallifax wee had neere upon 40 Musquets and Calievers in Towne about 30 Fowling Birding and smaller Peeces and well nigh twice as many Club men These our Captaine disposed in severall parts of the Towne 10 or 12 of your best marks men upon the Steeple and some in the Church Who being next the Enemy awaited not their warning peece but at the first fight gave fire upon them bravely The Enemy who expected a surrender rather then resistance being herewith something daunted and perceiving how advantagious the Steeple was to us presently possest themselves of some Houses not farre from the Church very convenient for the shelter of their men and planting of their Ordnance and from thence sent out Sir Iohn Gothericks Troope who partly to divert us from hindring them planting their Canon and partly to hinder the Parish from comming in to our aid past through some Parish villages on the one side of the Towne robbed a Woman most cowardly slew two naked Men and so came within fight of our Sentinell at the West end of the Towne Our Musquetiers there discharged at them shot 2 or 3 Horses whereof one of them lightly wounded was brought into Towne and in a short space partly by our shot partly by the approach of some Club-men from Bingley they were forced to retire back to their strength In the meane time their Canons were planted in places most convenient for battering the Steeple which did most annoy them and scowring of Kirkgate downe which our men must upon necessity march to resist them This done Major Carew draws down some Foot and therewith takes two Houses within 30 yards of the Church and this he did without any other impeachment then from the Steeple Wee having not any strength to sally out upon them from these Houses they plaid upon the Church very hotly and the Church upon them Our Steeple had a notable advantage of them which our Musquitiers there especially improved against them for when any Buffe or skarlet Coat appeared they laid 2 or 3 of their Peeces in one hole and discharged at once upon them with good