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A75700	A perfect relation of all the passages and proceedings of the Marquesse Hartford, the Lord Paulet, and the rest of the Cavelleers that were with them in Wels. With the valiant resolution and behaviour of the trained-bands and other inhabitants of those parts, for the defence of themselves, the King and Parliament. As also what helpe was sent from Bristoll to their ayd; with the manner of the Lords and Cavaleers running out of the towne. And many other things very remarkable. As it was sent in a letter from the committee in Summersetshire to both Houses of Parliament. Ordered by the Lords in Parliament, that this letter be forthwith printed and published. J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.	Ashe, John, Esquire.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1642 (1642)	Wing A3945; Thomason E111_5; ESTC R19363	4,533	8

and singing of Psalmes Sir Iohn Hornor and Master Alexander Poph●m with his two valiant Brothers and Sir Iohn Horners youngest sonne with many other young Gentlemen Captaines and others lay all that night in their Armes upon Fursbushes in the open Fields amidst the Camp the old Knight often saying that his Furs-Bed was the best that ever he lay upon It was very much to be admired that the spirits and resolutions of so great a Company and men so tenderly b●ed could be kept up to tha● hight as to indure so much hunger ●nd cold But such was the love and affections of all the County within 6. 8. and 10 miles distance that by the next mo●ning day light they sent in such provisions of all sorts in Waynes Carts and on Horses that this great Company had sufficient and to spare both for breakfast and dinner and would not take one penny for it nay many men did carry home againe their provisions for want of company to eate it After our Camp had been victualled we your Committees and Deputy-Lieutenants could scarce prevaile with them but upon the Towne they would fall they would destroy the Cavalleers and take the Incendiaries those Delinquent Gentlemen then with the Marquesse and carry them to the Parliament Thus farre I have made you a true and perfect relation the rest of the story because it concernes the Lord Marquesse Hartford the Lord Seymore and the Lord Paulet and it s reported an Earle and some Lords more besides the Gentlemen my neighbours of which were twelve Knights besides M. Smith M. Wyndham M. Kirton and other Esquires I shall at this time omit untill your Committees and Deputy-Lieutenants give their consent to that which shall be written onely I shall tell you that before we removed from Chewton the Lord Marquesse c. sent us a Message to stay there and to finde a way to preserve the peace of the County in our next you shall receive a copy of that message for I have it not by me Our answer was that for want of the rest of our Deputy-Lieutenants and Committees which we expected every houre we deferred our full answer untill the next day the next day we sent five propositions unto them with advise that if they were not yeelded unto very speedily we should not be able to keep our Souldiers from falling upon them they desired time for an houre or two to consider of an answer to our propositions and in the meane time whilst we expected the answer and our souldiers very impatient with the delay They the Lords Knights Gentlemen and Cavalleres forsooke the Town and rod all way In this I have been briefe in regard I have not all the papers by me in which the messages are contained it gave the souldiers some content to go down into the Town to see the place where these leud Cavalleers their enemies lay Some of us went down with them to keepe all things in order and quiet when we could not prevaile nor perswade them to depart without going into the Town we left all in quiet and doe hope that those which remained there after our departute were not disorderly unlesse they were provoked by the Cathedrall Company Upon all this relation you may cleerely see the condition and stout resolution of our good Country men how ever heretofore ill thought of But observe I pray you this company now appointed to muster at Chewton was the Regiment onely under M. Popham called Bath-regiment and some part of Wels-regiment they all dwelt within the compasse of one quarter of our shi●e and they were the ●est and principallest Company from whom Sir Ralph Hopton Sir Francis Dorrington and M. Smith might expect obedience and over whom they had the greatest power heretofore M. Rogers M. Fra●cis M. Pyne nor M. Sirode did appeare at our muster nor could bring or send us one man for as they were comming up unto us with some Gentlemen and good Yeomen of those parts to accompany them they were met by the way with Sir J. Stowell and his two sonnes and about 120 or 140. of the desperate Cavaleers by whom some of the ho●est countrey men w●re wounded and slaine and so for want of powder and sh●t not able to resist they ●eturned home againe and came not forward unto us I shall leave this relation to M. Pyne and M. Strode who were eye-witnesses to what was done But this wounding and killing hath very much daunted the honest ●ountrey-man yet not to forsake his good resolut●ons for I am confident that the Commissioners of Array will never be able to make any of them to fight to maintaine them or their Commission for when they were at Wels that friday which we came to Chewton they had got into Wels by faire meanes and by foule about 400. of the Trayned-bands and Volunteers but that Friday at night as we were credibly informed they all stole away out of the Towne and some of them came up the hill unto us upon Saturday morning But sir having now done with the relation the Committee and Deputy-lieut●nants do very much feare that the Lords and the other Commissioners will attempt againe in some other part of the County and so may doe us extreame mischiefe in case they prevaile any where to raise a regiment of Foot Wher●fore I doe humbly pray you in the behalfe of this county that without any further losse of time ten or twenty good Commanders with some ammunition may be speedily sent down unto us and that my Lord of Bedford with three or foure hundred horse would presently come amongst us And then I am consident you shall finde this County as right as the best but if you should forget us and my Lord not speedily to come unto us we may notwithstanding after this very good beginning be yet lost and we all destroyed by the Cavaleers Sir I have been over tedious and trespassed upon your patience wherefore pardon I pray you Your most humble servant John Ashe Freshford 7 Aug. 1642.

A Perfect RELATION OF All the passages and proceedings of the Marquesse Hartford the Lord Paulet and the rest of the Cavelleers that were with them in Wels. With the valiant resolution and behaviour of the Trained-bands and other Inhabitants of those parts for the defence of themselves the King and Parliament As also what helpe was sent from Bristoll to their ayd with the manner of the Lords and Cavalee●s running out of the Towne And many other things very remarkable As it was sent in a Letter from the Committee in Summersetshire to both Houses of PARLIAMENT ORdered by the Lords in Parliament that this Letter be forthwith printed and published J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum 12. August 164● London Printed for Ioseph Hunscot and I Wright A Perfect Relation from the Committee of Sommersetshire SIR FOr want of time to give you a large and perfect relation of all that hath past here since our meeting at Shepton-Mallet upon munday last of which you had by our last letters a full relation I am commanded by the Committee and Deputy-Lieutenants to send you a briefe information untill the other be perfected and the rather because of the conveniency of this conveyance by your messenger Master Combs who hath done you very good service and adventured himselfe very far to observe the doings and behaviour of Captaine Digby upon whom he hath attended some 14 or 16 dayes to his great expence and hazard of his life After our meeting upon munday aforesayd The Lord Marquesse with the other Lords Knights and Gentlemen lodged altogether at Wells they laboured to bring in thither all the great Horses that possibly they could procure and make up amongst themselves and their friends and had gathered together about 500 excellent good Horses very well armed and manned with many desperate companions Upon wednesday morning the Gentlemen to wit Sir Ralph Hopton Sir Iohn Strewell and the rest accompained with all their Horseman came from Wells to Shepton-Malet and rode through the Town up unto a certaine great Hill neere Shepton called Mendeepe which being observed by the people who were thereby stroken into a great affrightment and terror they forthwith sent scouts and posts unto every Gentlemans house that lay on that side Mend●epe to wit unto Sir Iohn Horner Master Alexander Popham and my selfe most especially willing us to looke unto our selves for that these Cavaleer● were comming to destroy us or greatly to mischiefe us and all the good Gentlemen in these parts of the Country this caused very great stir and cumbustion in the Country and every man a●med and made ready for their comming But those Gentlemen with their Cavaleers after they had made a bravado a mile or two upon the Hill beyond Sh●pton returned again to the same Towne whe●e they spent a short time refreshing themselves at the Innes and Taverns during which t●●e some of their Cavaleers marching about the Town found out all the honest religious men● houses that were there those houses they brake into plundered and robbed especially of all Armes and Amunition and made ●he owners with their wives and children to forsake their h●uses and hide themselves for feare of their lives and never durst to returne home untill yesterday But after the G●ntemen had refreshed themselues and the Cavaleers done their said pranckes they departed againe to Wells when they had ordered the billiting of 100 of their Troopers there upon them of Sbepton upon this their bold march and bravado Sir Iohn Horner called many of his Neighbours and Tenants together and armed them or caused them to be armed and so marched away unto Mastar Alexander Popham to whom resorted presently above 1000 armed men ready to spend their lives for the sayd Gentlem●ns safety From thence upon Friday morning they all marched together unto the place ●ppointed for that dayes meeting in the Towne of Chewton which Towne lieth about 4 or 5 miles distant from Wells and the great vast Mendeepe Hill● lying betweene the said Towne and that of Wells and thither came unto us all the Trained Bands of that quarter of the shire and especially Master Pophams Regiment compleate in number nay doubled twice over by meanes of volunteers who came best armed and were most ready in the use of their Armes At ●his place met some of your Commit●ees and some of your deputy Lieutenants to wit Sir Edward Hungerford who lent Armes of his owne unto 150 or 200 volunteers Sir Iohn Horner Master Alexander Popham Master Cole Master Harbyn Master Hipsly and my selfe and after we had beene upon the place about one or two houres our company was increased to the number of about 40 thousand as we● did conceive many of these had no more weapons but their swords yet all came to shew their affections to the King and Parliament and to oppose with the haz●rd of their lives the Lord Marquesse and his company with their commssion of Array This great company was made up of all the Gentry Yeamondry and lastly youths that inhabitted in the northeast part of the County there came unto us every one of Master Smiths Tennants 4● Yeomen well armed and all the Inhabitants in that quarter where Sir Ralph Hopton liveth unto his very Gates There came also out of those parts of Wiltshire ne●re Sir Edward Hungerfords quarter about 2 or 3 hundred Horsemen some of them well armed the rest onely a sword and a pocket Pistoll there came likewise above 300 lusty stout men of very good ranke and quality of the City of Bristoll all of them on Horseback with Swords Pistolls or Carbines there came from Glostershire a Company of Foote well armed consisting of 250 or 300 men led by a valiant and expert Captaine they were not of the Trained Bands but all volunteers These with the rest discovered aboundance of stoutenesse and resolution wee had likewise two Waynes loaden with Powder Bullet and Match and some Armes sent us by the honest good men of Bristoll with two Waines more loaden with foure smal field peeces and their carriages and two Gunners although the Major and sheriffes of Bristoll by the meanes of the Lord Pawlet and Master Smith as we were informed did hinder and oppose it with all their skill by one or two of the clocke we had put our Company in order but with much adoe for want of expert Souldiers and Commanders which done the Souldiers although they had neither meate nor drinke could not be stayed but would march over the Hill which was neere foure miles untill they came in sight of Wells and there pitched upon a great Hill in view of the Towne by this time the day was neere spent and victualls we had none nor could we get any upon the suddaine yet such was the courage and resolution of our Company that after they had planted their Ordnance they would not dep●rt that place but lay all that night upon the Hill fasting and in the ●old and spent the time in prayers