greatest of any quality being a Captaiue Lieutenant to Robin Ellis tooke the towne killed dead upon the place above twelve hundred tooke seven hundred Prisoners and two thousand Armes it being a very rainy day the Souldiers went up to their very works and beat them off with their swords and their but-ends of muskets the Foote behaved themselves very well having beene beaten off twice and tooke it the third time we tooke two and twenty Collors from the Rogues Sir Thomas Tyldesly the very day after his coming into Lancashire recruited his Regiment from three hundred foote to twelve hundred which came unto him well armed My Lord of Derby upon Friday had a muster at Ormes-Church wherein came above three thousand men and most of them Armed and tendred their services to live and dye with him Sir Gilbert Haughton being high Sheriffe of the County the County comes in great numbers to him My Lord Mullineux daily recruites his Regiment about Leverpoole Sir Thomas Tyldesley got leave of his Highnesse to go to Preston with 2000. Foote and five hundred Horse where he doth not doubt but to cut off the File where his owne and great many other that are Roman Catholicks have estates uppon Friday the Prince received an expresse from my Lord Marquesse of Newcastle intimating that he sallied out of Yorke beat up a Quarter of the Scotts killed and tooke many and amongst the rest the chiefe officer next in Command to Leasly and farther assured his Highnesse that he had execution of them for some miles and had so scattered their whole body that there was not a thousand to be seene in a place Hull stands neuter they will neither deliver up their towne to the Lord Marquesse of Newcastle nor to the Scots these two are onely Dicke Greenes newes and that the Prince intends to stay till he reduceth Lancashire being my Lord Newcastle hath no present occasion for his Highnesse that may countervaile the service he may doe His Majestie in Lancashire I should have been very glad the Governor had but touched on it in his letter but howsoever take it as I have it and his oath and credit that it is true From Oxford Essex is at Abington with 10000. horse and foote and VValler at Farrington in Barkshire with 7000. horse and foote they come up to the very walls of Oxford and skirmishes daily yet it is conjectâ—â—ed they will have nothing to doe with Oxford but intend for Bristoll and the Welt whether my Lord Hopton is gone Denbigh is before Rushon-house and all our forces in Namptwitch are drawne out to him they say he intend either to fall on Sherewsbury or Bridge-North Wemn Forces th' other day tooke all Sir Foulkes Hunckes carriages upon the Prince declaring Sir Abram Shipman Governor of Osestery Colonell Loyde and all the forces quited the Towne and disbanded whereupon the Towns-men Wemn forces were upon some tearmes and certainly wee had lost the Towne had not Colonell Marrow marched thither as he did foure hundred foote and horse of the enemies being three miles of Wemn the Towns-men stood above an houre considering whether to let Marrow in or no but at the last received him he stayed some three dayes there and hath setled Sir Abraham Shipman his Regiment brought yesterday two Lievtenants and about fourty common Souldiers prisoners which he tooke of Wemn since he went besides many that he killed The present state of the Armies in England PRince Ruport hath in Lancashire besides the taking of Bolton and Leverpoole taken Colonell Shutlerworth prisoner with him and defeated about 1000. men who followed the reare of his Army as it marcht he is now at Sheffield expecting the coming of Sir Philip Musgrove with the Cumberland men The Marquesse of New-Castle is drawne out of Yorke into the field and Goring is gone with 3000. horse to joyne with him till the Princes coming up The Scots are admitted to Hull and the losse which was of men fell onely upon Fairefax and Manchester the Robells have taken Oswaldstree and the Castle there but the Kings Forces are come before it with 2500. men and more are drawing against it daily the Lord Denby is in it with about 1000. men they sent away the plunder with a Convoy to Wenm which was intercepted by Colonell Marrow and the convoy cut off and the newes goes they having discovered the word by some of the prisoners marcht thither and passing the sentinell forced the guard and have taken the towne of Wenm which they have burned The King is now at Oxford in his returne to Oxford he was set upon by VValler at Burham on wednesday the 20. of Iune he having about 5000 horse and dragooners Sir Arthur Ashion was drawne thither with about 3000. foote to assist His Majesty and there fighting with VValler they have routed him and killed 1000 upon the place VValler and the rest retreated to Glocester VValler had before that time attempted Worchester and stayed before it two dayes but was beaten off with losse only gave occasion by his sitting downe there to the Governour to burne the suburbs of the Citie where many faire buildings were Essex is drawne downe towards the West with the foote and canon where we heare for certaine my Lord Hopton is ready to receive him with a good Army and Prince Maurice who is yet before Line is ready to joyne with him but we hearing nothing as yet of their proceedings Colonell Gerret hath beat the Rebells out of Carmarthenshire and Pembrockeshire into the the Townes of Pembrocke and Denby Sir Thomas Lunsford and Colonell Gage whâ—â—en the King was at Worcester marcht into Bukinghamshire plundered all the County and have driven all the cattell to Oxford Sir Iohn Mences is drawing out all the forces of the Counties of Anglesy Carnarvon and meaneth to march and joyne with Marrow for the regaining of Oswaldstree Iuly the third We heare since by certaine intelligence that Colonell Shutlerworth is killed and was not taken prisoner that the Scotts are not admitted to Hull and that Colonell Marrow hath taken the Church of Oswaldstree but the Rebells hold the Towne and Castle yet and that the Earle of Denby is not there Brereton and the other Rebells about Cheshire Staffordshire are drawing all into a body but for what designe is not yet knowne unlesse it be for the reliefe of Oswaldstree the last newes saith that Marrow hath 6000. men before it The King is with an Army at Bedford and from thence is marching towards Norfolke and Suffolke VValler is with his forces about Husham these parts A great Treason was discovered in Bristoll for the yeelding of the Towne to the Parliament which caused Essex and VValler to draw out of London a month sooner then they intended there are 25 of the principall men there committed for being privy thereunto Essex is with his Army at Dorchester and Colonell Apernam hath quited Weymouth with the Ship and Garison upon what reason is yet unknown considering that little Warham-close by it holds out still and hath repulsed the enemy Prince Maurice is risen from before Line hath a good Army and is drawne neere Bristoll to joyne with the Lord Hopton and so to fight with Essex but he they say is called backe and is highly displeased with his masters at London but is not like to bring up all his Army with him for that one whole Regiments of Kentish-men have left him and are come over to the Lord Hopton Iuly the fifth Sir Lewys Dives is come from Court who left the King the 21. of the last at Dunstable and marching to S. Albans from whence hee intends to summon the City in the absence of their trained bands and their two Generalls Oswaldstree is relieved by the Rebells and our siege raised FINIS
A BRIEFE RELATION OF THE MOST REMARKEABLE FEATES 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 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 written from His Majesties Campe to Chester Bristoll c. I F RESPICTE VOLATILIA COELI ET FVLLOS CORVORVM Printed at Waterford by THOMAS BOVâ—â—â— 1644. IANVARY VPon the tenth of this Moneth 1641 His Majesty with the Queene Prince and Duke of Yorke left White-Hall went to Hampton Court to avoid the danger of those frequent tumults then hazarding the safety of his Royall Person Vpon the 19. of this Moneth 1642. a great victory was obtained by the Lord Hopton neere Bodmin in the County of Cornewall where was slaine in the pursuit 200. of the Rebels and 700. taken prisoners amongst whom was Sir Shilston Colmâ—dee and 8. Colours good store of Ammunition and five excellent brasse guns and one of iron Vpon the 22. day following the Lord Hopton assaulted Saltash forced the Town where he tooke ten pieces of Ordnance seven hundred more Prisoners foure thousand Armes and a Ship with sixten pieces of Ordnance Vpon the 27. of this Moneth 1642. certaine of the Rebels under the command of Master Iohn Hampden to the number of 1800. foot 7. or 8. Troops of Horse with two pieces of Ordnance came before Brill and made an assault upon it But were so bravely repulsed by His Majesties Forces there under the command of Sir Gilbert Gerrald the then Governour thereof that they made all possible hast away His Majesties horses having the pursuit of them for above 4. miles about eighty of them being found dead and betwixt forty and fifty men wounded which they had left together in a private house FEBRVARY Vpon the second of this Moneth 1642. Cyrencester or Cycester in Gloucestershire was taken by his Highnesse Prince Rupert with the losse of lesse then twenty men of his Army there being above three hundred of the Rebels slaine above twelve hundred taken prisoners of colours taken one Coronet two of Dragoons and 14 foot Ensignes together with all their Ordnance Armes and ammunition Vpon the 13. of this Moneth 1642. the Queens Majesty left the Hague and went to Sciveling And on the 16. day Her Majesty imbarked againe in the Princesse Royall of Great Brittaine And on the Sunday after came within sight of Flamborough-head On Monday being the twenty-of-this moneth She cast Anchor in the Harbour of Burlington bay And the two and twenty day following upon sight of thousand of his Excellency the Earle of Newcastles Horse landed at Burlington Key The 24. day in the morning foure Ships and a Pinnace in the Rebels service which came overnight into the Road made above one hundred great shot at the houses in the Key for two houres shooting Crosse-barre-shot and bullets of twelve pound weight all of them aiming so neere as they could at the house where the Queene lay Insomuch that Her Sacred Majesty was forced to make what hast She could out of Her Bed and to get under an hill to save Her life from the fury of these bloudy Rebels who endevoured to murther Her But God Almighty preserved Her Majesty both by Sea and Land MARCH On the eighteenth and nineteenth of this moneth 1642. was a great battell on Hopton-heath in Stafford shire wherein Gell and Brereton two cowardly Rebels were routed by His Majesties Forces under the command of the Right Honorable Spencer then Earle of Northampton in which fight above three huddred of the Rebels were taken and killed at the least 500. more wounded above 300. of their horse taken eight pieces of Canon with a great deale of their Ammunition and the most Noble and valiant Earle of Northampton unfortunately slaine Vpon the 23. of this moneth 1643. Gramham was taken in by some of His Majesties Forces under the command of Colonell Charles Cavendish wherein was taken three hundred and sixty prisoners withall the Captaines and Officers three foot Ensignes two Cornets together with three loads of armes ammunition And afterwards the works demolished APRILL Vpon Monday the third day of this moneth one thousand six hundred forty three Prince Rupert entred possessed that seditious Tower of Burmingham wherein was three hundred foot and two Troopes of Horse who being gallantly charged by the Welsn-men in lesse then halfe an houre forsooke their Breast-works and retired to their Barricadoes within the Towne wherein they found such slender defence that they tooke them to their heeles and that so fast that though they were pursued assoone as the Prince had possessed the Towne yet few of their Horse were overtaken onely about eighty of the Rebels were killed and as many Prisoners taken together with about one hundred and fifty muskets and betwixt foure and five hundred swords and three Colours Vpon the eleventh of this moneth 1643. there was a fight neere unto Ancaster in the County of Lincolne betwixt the Kings Forces under the command of Colonell Cavendish and the Rebels of that County under young Hotham their Generall in which fight the most part of the Rebels were slaine taken prisoners their Generall put to flight their whole body totally routed On the one and twentieth day being Friday the Close at Lichfield was yeelded up to Prince Rupert together with the Ordnance Ammunition all sorts of armes except the Horse-mens armes and a certaine number of Musquets and all such Treasure which had been formerly conveyed in thither did not properly belong to the Souldiers there These souldiers were part of those Forces under the command of the late Lord Brooke a great Leader in this Rebellion and a malicious enemy to the Church who was killed in his assaulting this Church by a shot into the eye on Saint Chads day who was the first Bishop of this See in memory of whom this Cathedrall was built and called Saint Chads Church Vpon Sunday the last of this moneth 1643. his Excellencie the Earle of Newcastles Forces encountered with and totally routed a whole Body of the Rebells consisting of above three thousand men which were going to relieve the Towne of Leedes killed fifteen hundred of them in the place tooke two hundred and fourty prisoners three pieces of Ordnance together with all their victuall and Ammunition MAY. Vpon Saturday being the 6. of this moueth 1643. Iames Earle of Northampton the true heire of his fathers loyalty and valour encountered with a Body of the Rebels in Middleton-Cheney Towne field neere Banbury consisting of 〈…〉 hundred foot and five Troops of Horse where he wholly routed their Foot◠〈…〉 two hundred and seventeen upon the plaine tooke above three hundred prisoners all their Ordnance and Ammunition 416 Musquets 150. piques and above 500. swords pursued the fugitive horse and killed
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