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A79456	Cheshires successe, since their pious and truly valiant collonell Sr. VVilliam Brereton Barronet, came to their rescue Set forth in 4. chapters; I. The battell at Namptwich, Jan. 28. II. The battell at Torperley, Feb. 21. III. An account how the time was spent since Sir William's first advancing into the county, till the battell at Middlewich. IIII. The memorable battell at Middlewich, March 13. Confirmed by a letter sent from that industrious and faithfull collonell unto his deare friend in London: and a copy of the same unto an Honourable Member of the House of Commons, and by the House ordered to be printed.		1643 (1643)	Wing C3784aA; ESTC R232693	10,968	12

Northwich where I was and where we had begun to fortifie and place a Garrison we conceived this attempt of most dangerous consequence and therefore thought fit to allow them no rest nor to give them time to Fortifie To this end there was a strong party of Horse went out from Northwich upon Saturday night last upon their first comming there who gave them an Alarm The next day being the Sabbath could not be observed it being the worke of the whole day to prepare for our defence and how to annoy our Enemy towards whom I went out upon Sunday in the afternoon with betwixt two and three Troops of Horse and betwixt two and three Companies of Dragooners who went neere to Middlewich and gave them an Alarm there but without any intention to assault them in their Quarters they being very strong in Foot and well armed and we had no Foot at all then there our greatest care being to preserve the Country from Plundring and let the enemy know we durst looke them in the face and come even to the very doore This evening March 12. being Sunday we resolved and concluded to meet the Namptwich Forces the next morning who were appointed to come unto us by six of the clock in the morning But we were in fight neere foure houres before they came in to our assestance during which time they playd full upon us with their Canon but without any success at all there being only one or two men hurt but not mortally During which time our Musquetiers we had not above 200. our greatest force of Foot being at Namptwich behaved themselves very gallantly and made good three passages and kept the enemy in play till the Namptwich Forces came in to our assistance who came on so resolutely and with such undauntednesse of spirit even to the amazement and admiration of the enemy whom they beat from their works and from their Cannon And as they entred one end of the Town our Souldiers entred the other end with no lesse courage and resolution Colonell Ellis Serjeant Major Gilner Sir Edward Moseley and ten Captaines more besides all other Officers a List of whose Names you shall find here inclosed who betook themselves to the Church and Steeple from whence they did much annoy us for some short time but within an houre after the Lord was pleased to make us possessors of the Church and Steeple and of the Commanders and Souldiers that were therein and of their Ordinance Magazine and great store of Arms so as I beleeve since the beginning of this unnaturall Warre God hath not given many more compleater Victories nor hath there been many more Prisoners taken there being not many fewer than 500 Prisoners and very many of them commanders and considerable persons I desire the whole praise and glory may be attributed to Almighty God who infused courage into them that stood for his cause and strucke the enemie with terrour and amazement For farther particulars I must referre you to a fuller relation We heare nothing from London how thing goe there but our confidence is in the Lord of heaven to the protection of whose Providence I desire to commend you and so conclude and Rest Namptwich 15. March 1642. Your William Brereton Another Letter from a man of Note SIr I neede not relate to you the great victory which the Lord hath given us at Midlewich a Reverend Divine in our Army having sent up an exact Relation of all our Proceedings since our comming into these parts to which Relation I refer you yet a few great Circumstances I may not omit Sir Tho Aston Colonell Leigh of Adlington and all their Troops of Horse fled away or else we had taken them which makes many of the Commanders that we have taken prisoners affirm that if they were at liberty they would never fight for Sir Tho Aston without a promise under his hand that he would not run away nothing vexed them more then that he would not let them know so much that they might have shifted for themselves as well as he we lost five men and ten were hurt but not one man killed with their Canons although they shot at us all the while Collonell Brereton carrieth himselfe very gallantly I doubt not by the assistance of the Lord of Hosts he will cleare these parts very shortly The Prisoners that we lost in the battell of Nampwich our enemies brought with them from Chester to Middlewich and so we have them again The same morning we set upon them Sir Tho Aston and the rest drank to Billie Brereton as they called him and said they would give him a Breakefast anon but such was the good hand of God upon us that we fared better then they would have had us Their Word was Prince Rupert Ours The Lord of Hosts And so you see that The Lord of Hoasts overcame Prince Rupert Farewell A Catalogue of the Names of those that were taken Prisoners at the Battell ONe Barronet Sir Edward Mosely One Collonell Ellis 1 Lieftenant Col. Massey of Coddington 2 Sergeant Majors Hu●lstone Gilmore Nine Captaines Captaine Corbet Captaine Starkey Captaine Morris Captaine Davenport Captaine Iones Captaine Horton Captaine ●…on Captaine ●…e Captaine Mason Sixe Lievtenants Lievtenant Marvey Lievtenant Sherlet Lievtenant Hosevar Lievtenant Iennings Lievtenant Dod. Lievtenant Corbet Foure Ensignes Ensigne Ward Ensigne Proudlove Ensigne Morris Ensigne Davenport 2 Corporalls 1 Quartermaster 2 Canoneers 4 Cornets Colours The ●…ot Companies had no Colours 400 and odde Common Souldiers 2 Brasse Pieces all the Enemy had there 4 Barrells of Powder and as much more which the Souldiers tooke in baggs A Copie of a VVarrant sent abroad in Cheshire from the chiefe Agents for the King in that County And which should have been put in strict execution had not the good successe of Valiant Sir William Breerton hindered it But it will very well serve for a President to the contrary Party VVHereas by the Kings Maiestie His Warrant under His Signe Manuall bearing Date at Oxford 28. day of Febr. last whereby it appeareth that His Maiesty is informed that divers Gentlemen and Fre-holders of that County are at this time in actuall Rebellion in this County And that others have absented themselves from their houses and habitations and doe assist the present unnaturall Rebellion We are required and commanded to seise and sell all the goods and to sequester and lease out the estates of all such persons as have or shall appeare in Rebellion or having withdrawn themselves shall be any wayes aiding or assisting to the Rebells in any place whatsoever And Wee are thereby required to imploy the issues and profits arising out of such persons goods and estates for advancing His Maiesties service and the maintenance of the necessary charge of this County and City These are therefore in pursuance of His Maiesties pleasure and command and for the advancement of this service to publish and declare and strictly to charge and command all person and persons

us we had no Ordnance nor could we reach them with our Muskets They had as faire a marke as they could desire for our Infantrie were at the bottome of the hill under the command of their Muskets and our Cavelrie were on the high ground the but for their Canon We saluted one another with fire and lead they playd on us for about the space of an houre with Canon and Musket yet we lost not a man only 3. were shot scarce wounded and an Horse hoofe hit with a Musket ball out of a Canon which was a miraculous providence of God in the judgement of all men Besides our Forces there we had about 200. in Beston Castle which we sent for to joyne with us reserving 30. to keep the Castle which they finding out by their Scouts sent two Troops to intercept them having by treachery gotten their word they saluted them as Friends gave them the word shook hands and the more deluded them by Captaine Greene who was very like a Lievtenant of ours and whom they had drest in an Habite most like him but being within them they bid them throw downe their Armes and let the Round-head Rogues try for quarter whereupon Ours retreated a little and then gave fire which so amaz'd them that both troopes fled Sir Thomas pistol'd one that for that day bare the Colours and out Partie report they saw divers of theirs fall upon their fiering The issue of that dayes worke was this we retreated to the Heath to find out a better ground considering wee might suffer much but could make no execution on them where we were rallied new ground was not to be found there it being a conegrew part of the Army making it a retreate the rest followed not out of feare for our Enemy durst not meet us on even termes but to get home before wee were nighted the Enemy by their Scouts discovered about 700. of our Club-men comming neere them from the Forrest and in a good posture suspected that we wheeled to the left while the other were ready to charge on the other hand which struck them with such feare that they fled to Chester The Commission of Array staid at the Crosse in Torperley not daring to come to the Battell whereby they had the Precedency in the Fight thereby Torperley scap'd plundering and the Parsonage the ruine threatned for they stay'd not to drinke a draught of Beere but bad them solem nize another day of thanksgiving scoffing at the Ordance and triumphed in Chester they had got Sir Williams hat and feather a great Trophee though upon examination it was found to be one their owne Souldiers CHAP. III. An account how the time was spent since Sir Williams First advanceing into the County till the Battle at Middlewich FOr as much as many are charging us of floath and neglect of the Country sith little hath beene done of late in a long time we shall truly relate what things in sixe or seven weeks space have been done and let others judge After Sir William had possest himselfe of Namptwitch his care was to order enlarge and maintaine his forces how to bring in the Gentrie to him who had conjoyn'd in the late accommodation with the Commissioners of Array and how to secure the Towne which was extreamely malignant and lay very open businesse came in on a throng but the Country came not in to help forward that worke but by speciall warrant It hath been found a worke of no small difficultie to perfect that worke begun what ever others thinke that make their reckning without their hoste All were forward for the taking of Chester which in all probabillitie had been sea-sable had we suddainly called in the Countrie and gone about it before they had time to reinforce themselves and before their trenches were made but we knew we could doe little without assistance so by degrees wee drew in the Gentrie and many fit to beare Armes and of so small a beginning are enlarged to about 2000. well appointed many of these being Horse and Dragoneer's then we set the Proposition for mony on foot in a very strict way which hath brought us in many hundreds much provision of Cheese Bacon Hay Corne c. and not a few Horse wee have also all sorts of Officers amongst us fitting for a Campe and have brought in Malignants goods from all parts about us we have taken in Beston Castle where we keep a Garisone which awes all the Country about at which our Enemies grinde their teeth and the walls being in many places leveld to the ground we have made up all those breaches with mud walls so as we doubt not but to keepe out 20000. men with that small garison we have intrencht all this Towne of Namptwich with good workes and Walls so as through Gods helpe we feare not though many thousands of our enemies encampe against us We have fortified Northwich with trenches Sconces c. for the securitie of all those parts which have beene much infected by the Commission of Array and the Ea of Darbies forces at Warrington and wee have often sallied out for the clearing of those parts which were most in danger One place above others hath been extreamely assaulted Mr. Brookes of Norton a neere Neighbour to the Ea Rivers against which they brought their Canon with many Horse and Foote and fell to batter it on a Sabboth day Mr. Brooke had 80. men in the house we were carefull he should lack no powder with all other things Master Brooke furnisht them fully a man upon his Tower with a Flag in his hand cryde them ayme while they discharged their Canon saying wide my Lord on the right hand now wide two yardes on the left two yardes over my Lord c. He made them swell for anger when they could endamage the house for they onely wounded one man lost 46. of their owne and their Canonier then in divelish revenge they burnt a barne and Corne worth as is valued a thousand pound set fire to another but more execution was made on the man that attempted it than the Barne for he was blinded in fireing the barne and so found wandering in the fields and confest hee had 5. pound given him for his Service After this they plundred Mr. Brookes Tenants and returned home with shame and hatred of all the Country to this worthy mans rescue we could not goe because the march was long and full of hazard and wee thought their ayme was to tire us out upon that service upon which they might put us almost every day by reason of Halton Castle in their possession and but halfe a mile from Norton More we might instance in to take of our reproach but another Armie greater than ours lying under the same censure will vindicate us unlesse ungratefully we condemne them CHAP. IIII. The Battle at Middle-wich betwixt Collonell Brereton and Sir Tho Aston March 13. SIr Thomas Aston and his partie in Chester recovering