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A Briefe relation of the most remarkeable feats and passages of what His Most Gracious Majesties commanders hath done in England against the rebells and of his severall glorious victories over them sithence [sic] Ianuary 1641. till December 1643. and from the first of May 1644. till the fifth of this present Iuly / collected out of severall papers printed at Oxford, 1644. and divers letters printed from His Majesties campe to Chester, Bristoll, &c.
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of the Towne All which were so judiciously plyed that they shot through their Boats Barges and at last fired the Powder in one of them which blew up divers of the Rebels Those Rebels which escaped tooke them to their heeles leaving behind them their mangled Boats and Barges with all their Ordnance and the remainder of their Ammunition on which His Majesty presently seized and afterwards made an honourable and safe retreat to the City of Oxford DECEMBER On monday the 5. of this moneth 1642. His Majesties Forces under the command of the Lieutenant Generall VVilmot having his owne Regiment of Horse with the Lord Grandisons and Lord Digbeys Sir VVilliam Pennymans and Colonell Blagues Regiments of Foot and Colonell Vshers and Colonell Grays of Dragoones tooke the Towns of Marlborough defended by Robert Ramsey a Scottish man and about 500. Foot Ramsey and divers of the chiefe Rebels brought Prisoners to Oxford all their Armes taken and foure Colours Here thou hast the first fruites of my endeavours expect the pursuance shortly For a close I desire all his Maiesties most loyall Subiects to take notice that the Rebels having given Order to counterfeyte the GREAT SEALE OF ENGLAND did on Friday the 29. of September last cause this forged Seale to be brought into their House of Commons at which time it was approved by them and caused to be put into a purse and left with the Mace till they could get their Lords to passe it who no doubt ere long by the Lord Sayes diligence will Vote it in their House also For since they have expressed their impudence to accuse Her Sacred Majesty of no lesse then high Treason onely for endeavouring to preserve the Kings Majesty whom they laboured to Murther we cannot imagine they will sticke at any thing But that all good people may know this counterfeit Seale they may please to take notice that though it hath His Majesties Image superscription yet it hath the yeare 1643. which figures doe distinguish it from the true Seale now with His Sacred Majestie at Oxford S. MATTH 22.20 21. And he said unto them whose is this Image and superscription They say unto him Caesars Then saith he unto them Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesars FINIS A CONTINVANCE OF THE ENGLISH NEWES And especially what noble exploits hath beene acted by His Majesties Army but chiefly in the moneths of May and Iune 1644. taken out of se verall letters written from Chester the eighteenth of Iune 1644. Sheusburys Rendezvous SIR On the 16. of May Prince Rupert advanced with his Army towards Lancashire consisting of 2000. horse and 6000. foot or above as is supposed drawne out of the Covnties of Hereford Worster Stafford Shrop shire and Chester After ten dayes march by reason of the roughnesse of the wayes and weather wee came to Stopford a large village in the confines of Lancashire manned with the enemie with fortifications saving a river with bankes and a bridge deviding Cheshire from Lancashire there the Prince intended to quarter that night which after a little dispute from hedges and ditches upon an universall assault was abandoned by the enemy who fled towards Manchester some six miles distant and by rea son the Sunne was downe the night made way to their escape though they were pursued a great way and as was belieeved no man lost of either side the goods of the Towne was the Souldiers reward Vpon the 28. of May the Army marched towards Bolton a large Countrey Towne in Lancashire some 16. miles from Stopford as wee marched manned Likewise with 4000. men as was informed there the Prince intended to quarter that night onely gates and high-wayes fortified lightly the raine was so immoderate that it cost an houre or two to dispute but being 〈…〉 it was taken with the 〈◊〉 a thousand men of the enemy in the streetes and fields above twenty Coulors six hundred prisoners fifty Officers twenty barrells of Powder March and Armes a great quantity the Towne the Souldiers reward As we lay in the Countrey about Bolton Generall Goring with his Northerne Army partly from the Marquesse of Newcastle partly from Newarke consisting of five hundred horse and eight hundred foot not so well appointed as was expected with a great drove of Cattell out of the enemies quarters as they marched all this while great number of horse and foote resorted to the Prince brought in by the Earle of Darbie's meanes and Sir Thomas Tinsley but unarmed most of them Wigin a large towne some twenty miles from Bolton received the Prince and his Armie with great tokens of joy the streets being strowed with rushes flowers and boughs of trees Iune 7. We pitched before Leverpoole with our whole Armie having beleaguered it with our horse the day before it had made walls with barres and gates foureten pieces of Ordinance a thousand Souldiers as was supposed the matter was disputed very hotly untill the tenth of Iune with musket and great shot without measure out of the towne and from the shipps upon whch day our line approached within a quoites cast of the gate where our great shot had almost filled the ditch with the ruins of the sodd wales and about noone a furious assault was made by our men where a terrible fight was on both sides about the space of an houre upon the workes the enemie resolute ours not seconded retreated with some losse the enemy whether dispairing of reliefe or of their owne strength against so great power at mid night shipped themselves the chiefe of their men and goods and left twelve Collours on the works hoised saile and rod within halfe a league of the towne which Colonell Tiller perceiving having the guard next the sea supposing the enemy to bee gone entred the Towne with little or no resistance found about 400. of the meaner sort of men whereof most were killed some had quarter foureten pieces of Ordnance left upon their carriages at their batteries whatsoever was desirable was the Souldiers right for their hard service twenty and six vessells without tacklings were left in the harbour Iune the eight Colonell Goring and Colonell Marrow cut off a partie coming from Warrington to Leverpoole â—wo Scotts Majors taken many killed Chester the second of Iune 1644. SIR The first letter from the Governour assured us of the Princes taking Stopford where he disperst two thousand of the Rebells forces being Cheshire and Lancashire men and gave the plunder to his Souldiers sleighted their works and the next day marched into Lancashire without any opposition the other letter Dicke Greene brought who came from Latham yesterday wherein the Goveruour assured us of the Princes taking Bolton wherein were three thousand which upon the Princes coming into Lancashire raised from Latham and came thither under the Command of Righy His Highnesse sent to summon it and they basely put to the sword his messenger whereupon he charged into the towne himselfe with his of some sixty men the
and tooke many of them the rest made what hast they could to Northampton In this fight his Lordship lost but three men and those not of any note Nor had above one Officer so much as hurt Vpon the 16. of this moneth 1643. the Lord Hopton assaulted the great rebellious Body then intrenched neere Straton on the borders of Devonshire fought with them full ten houres and having spent his ammunition insomuch that he had not Powder left to serve one houre longer fell upon the Rebels with Swords Piques and Musquet-stocks And with unexpressible valour wholly routed the Rebels Army killed many hundreds of them in the place wounded many more tooke 1700. prisoners whereof above thirty Commanders all their canon being eleven pieces of brasse Ordnance and foure of iron two morter pieces 75. barrels of powder with shot and match proportionable betwixt two three thousand armes and three thousand pound in money there being not above 46. of the Kings Forces killed hurt amongst those not any one Commander or Gentleman of quality Vpon the 20. of this moneth 1642. it was voted by both Houses That the King intended to levy warre against the Parliament which they did on purpose to excuse themselves for raising a Rebellion against His Majesty as appeared within few dayes after IVNE Vpon the eighteenth of this moneth 1643. His Highnesse Prince Rupert beat up the Quarters of the Rebels at Postcomhe and Chinner in Oxford-shire killed some fifty of the Rebels there Quartered tooke about 120. prisoners almost all their horses and armes and three of Sir Samuel Lukes Dragoon-Cornets obtained a great victory in Chalgrove field and utterly defeated the Rebels horse-men and dragooners slew divers of their Commanders especially Colonell Iohn Hampden one of their five Members accused of High Treason who in this fight received his mortall wound in this very Chalgrove field where hee first mustered and drew up men in armes to put in execution the Rebellious Ordinance for the Militia On Friday the last day of this moneth 1643. his Excellency the Marquesse of Newcastle obtained a great Victory against the Northerne rebels under the Lord Fairefax upon Aderton heath within the County of Yorke In which fight my Lord soone put the rebels into such confusion that they could not bee reduced againe into any Order untill he had gained all their five pieces of Canon which he presently turned against them the sight whereof did so terrify them that they made what hast they could towards Leedes But finding that his Excellencies Horses had intercepted that passage their last shift was to recover Bradford which was done in such a disorderly manner that his Excellency in the pursuit of them killed and tooke above two thousand whereof above fiften hundred prisoners As for their Generall Fairefax he with much adoe made shift with one poore Troope of Horse to get at night into Leedes leaving the rest to the mercy of the Victor IVLY Vpon the first of this moneth 1643. the Marquesse of Newcastle besieged Bradford 〈…〉 upon it above fourty shot from his great Artillery and the morrow after 〈…〉 himselfe master of the Towne In which he tooke â—000 prisoners with all the horse armes and ammunition which either the Rebels found in the Towne or brought thither with them Hereupon the Rebels deserted the Towne of Halifax and presently after Sir Hugh Cholmley fell upon Beverley and tooke it for His Majesty Vpon the second of Iuly 1642. the Kings ship called the Providence landed in the Creeke of Kenningham till which time His Majesty had not a barrell of powder nor any armes or ammunition whatsoever Iuly the fifth 1643 there was a fight on Landsdowne-hill betwixt His Majesties Forces under the command of the Marquesse of Hertford and the Rebels under Sir VVilliam VValler who after eleven houres fight stucke their lighted matches in the hedges and ran quite away leaving behind them above five hundred musquets fourteen barrells of powder a whole Stand of Piques with good store of all sorts of armes Their Foote were absolutely routed and all dispersed his losse of Officers and Horse very great many hundreds of his men killed His Majesties Forces having the Pillage of the Field And here was that most valiant Knight Sir Bevâ—ll Greenvill unfortunately slaine in the Front of his men Iuly the twelfth 1642 the pretended two Houses Voted That the Earle of Essex should be Generall of their Army that they would live dye with him The thirteenth of this moneth 1643 about foure of the clocke in the after-noone the King and Queenes Majesty met at Edge-hill where the Rebels had received their maine overthrow and the same day houre His Majesties Forces under the command of the Lord VVilmot Lieutenant Generall of the Horse the Earle of Carnarvon the Earle of Craford and the Lord Byron obtained another great and strange Victory upon Round way-downe with fifteen hundred Horse two small pieces of Canon only wherewith they totally routed the Rebels army under the Command of that old-beaten Souldier Sir VVilliam VValler consisting of above 2500. Foot and 2000. Horse besides 500. Dragoners with eight pieces of brasse Ordnance slew six hundred of them in the place tooke above nine hundred prisoners all their canon armes ammunition waggons baggage and victuall 28. foot-ensignes nine Coronets and left not one Rebell but what was either killed taken prisoners or narrowly escaped Vpon the fourteenth day of this moneth 1643. his Highnesse Prince Rupert having joyned his Forces to his Brothers the whole body of their strength being brought together they sate downe before Bristol and began their Batteries And the 26. day with unexpressible valour they gained the Out-works And the 27. day following the City and Castle were delivered up to His Sacred Majesty with all the Ordnance armes and ammunition AVGVST The first of August 1642. the Earle of Essex caused all the men then raised being in number about 10000 to be committed to Officers and divided into Regiments which men had been raising ever since the 12. of Iuly 1642. at which time hee was made Generall of the Rebels Vpon the third of August 1643. Corf-Castle in the Isle of Purbecke which had been so often before besieged by Sir VValter Earle but had alwayes beaten off the Rebels and killed their Canoniers was once more fallen upon by the rebels who were so bravely received by Captaine Laurence that sixty of them were killed in the place the rest hearing of the most valiant Earle of Carnarvons approach ran away Soone after the Earle of Carnarvon summoned Dorchester which was thereupon delivered up to his Lordship with all the armes ammunition and canon which were disposed of for his Majesties use About the ninth of this moneth 1643. the Castle and Isle of Portland were reduced againe under His Majesties command And the Towne and Haven of Weymouth and Melcombe submitted to His Majesty August 20. 1643. Colonell Iohn Digby defeated the Rebels