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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44585	Certaine letters sent from Sir Iohn Hotham, young Hotham, the major of Hull, and others intercepted, and brought to court to His Majestie, April 16.	Hotham, John, Sir, d. 1645 Jan. 2.; Hotham, John, d. 1645 Jan. 1.	1643 (1643)	Wing H2903; ESTC R38985	5,668	15

CERTAINE LETTERS Sent from Sir IOHN HOTHAM Young HOTHAM the Major of HULL and others Intercepted and brought to Court to His MAJESTIE April 16. OXFORD Printed by Henry Hall M.DC.XLIII READER THese Intercepted Letters which we here impart to thee are exactly printed without the le ist alteration of word or spelling from the Originalls which the Printer hath in his custody under the Authors owne hands and seales The first letter superscribed to Mr Pym From Sir Iohn Hotham The second to Sir Matthew Boynton and Mr Nye From Sir Iohn Hotham The third to Sir Thomas Barrington From Sir Iohn Hotham The fourth to Sr Philip Stapleton From Young Hotham The fifth to one Mr Darly From Young Hotham The sixth to Mr Pelham Burgesse of Hull from the Major and others of that incorporation 1st FOR MY MVCH HONOVRED friend IOHN PYM Esquire Sir I Received yours of the 4 of Aprill with the Orders inclosed for which I desire you will present my humble service to the House I heare from many of my friends as well as from your selfe the jealousies was so uppon mee by reason of that fact of Sir Hugh Cholmeley's it is the Evening Crownes the day and I hope to make it in the end well appeare they were without cause I confesse I much marveile how such things should find the least beleife being that I have ever since I was trusted by you in this imploiment served you to the best of my Judgment not according to the strict letter of my Commission but have acted all things both here and in other places that I thought might conduce to the advancement of your service I have now sent some good force both of horse and foote into Lincolneshire and my sonne with them to the aid of our friends there I assure you if Prince Rupert with his forces come downe into these parts unlesse you send forces downe to attend upon him all these parts will be in very bad estate if there were any considerable forces to fight with my Lord of Newcastle before his new raised men be with exercise made soldiers truly I beleeve the victory would not be very difficult but if you suffer Prince Rupert and him to joyne together though souldiers that are now of noe value will within a while be as good as the other That businesse of Scarbrough Castle of which I writ to you in my last letter is fallen out unfortunately for Captaine Bushell after he had surprised the Castle and was in full possession of it dispatch't a messenger to mee for instant aid which I presently sent him with two Catches he in the meane time most treacherously delivered the Castle and had the impudence to come to mee to Hull I have clapt him up close prisoner and intend to call him to a Councell of war●e there to bee punished according to his Demerits if such Villaines be not made examples noe man will be deterr'd from doing ill I have received your order for the customes and have received of Mr Somerfield betwixt foure and five hundred pound being all he had in his hand my order is for the time to come this was of mony in his hand before the receipt of my order therefore I pray you Sir by the next post send him a discharge for that mony which I have promised him to procure the customes by reason of the decay of trade heare I feare will not be above 100 l in the weeke at most which you know how farr short it will come of our pay I shall therefore intreat that you will not faile to speede us downe money for in good faith else your affaires will suffer irrecoverably without my power to helpe it I have during almost all the time of your businesse mainteined 4 troopes of horse 4 troopes of dragoones a Regiment of foot without any charge to you more then the publique faith I conceive then you may be better satisfied to pay this garrison which cannot shift without it Sir this is all I have for the present but his best respect who ever is Your most humble servant IOHN HOTHAM Hull the 7th of April 1643. Postscript Sir you must needs send us down two Demi-Cannon and we shall make a shift for the rest There is one approach to the towne and we want great peices to hinder that so as you must needs send us downe two Demi-Cannon we sent you divers good ones from hence if you send them downe I pray doe it by the next Ship and send bullets with them 2d. For my much honoured friends Sir Matthew Boynton Knight and Baronet and Master Nay Preacher of Gods Word these Sir I Received yours of the 4 of Aprill and in a letter from Sir William Stricland the order for receiving the Customes they were usually before these ill times 7 and 800 l a weeke I feare they will not be for the present 100 l a weeke soe that you see in what case we are at I desire you will doe the utmost with our friends that the 6000 l whereof I have had one may be sent speedily downe truely I am driven to my wits end for monies The newes you heard of my Lord Fairefax losse was too true he had 700 of his Club men Caried prisoners into Yorke where they now are My Lord Fairefax is now at Leedes and my Lord Newcastle is drawen with most of his forces into the West Major Jefford is Battering Pomfret Castle while the other increaseth in strength and reputation we take it heere for granted Prince Rupert is comming Northward if some stronge forces march not in the Backe of him our forces in Yorkeshire will subsist but a while My sonne at the Extreame earnest solicitation of our Lincolneshire friends is to morrow settinge forwards to their assistance with some troopes of horse and two strong companies of foote he is to command in chiefe all their forces I hope with Gods blessing he will give a good account of his actions In the Businesse of Scarbrouge Castle we are betrayed Bushell hath surrendered the Castle and my Catches I sent to his aid like fooles contrarie to my expresse order entered the Haven and are surprised yet had Bushell the impudence to come to Hull where I have him fast and intend to Judge him according to his deserts by a Councell of war such villaines cannot suffer sufficiently For those letters of Marte I thinke it not amisse to leave them for the present If it were not for those foolish Jealosies which I endeavour to avoyd I dare say at this time I could have done the Parliament more service then all the actions I ever did them was worth but I dare not adventure upon it I saw my selfe so much mistaken as God willing it shall well appeare in the End Sr I am soe much your debtor for your so painfull a journey as I know not how to requite But upon all occasions you shall ever finde mee Your most faithfull friend IOHN HOTHAM Hull