A letter of a great victory obtained by Sir Miles Livesey, neer Kingstone, on Friday July 7. 1648. The Duke of Buckingham routed, where was slain, the Lord Francis Villers, the Duke of Bucking-hams brother Col. Tho. Howard, the Earle of Berkshires son, 20 officers and souldiers, the Earle of Holland hurt, 200 wounded, 200 horse taken, 100 taken prisoners, &c. Frierson, Henry. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84932 of text R210930 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.12[67]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). 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A84932) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162860) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f12[67]) A letter of a great victory obtained by Sir Miles Livesey, neer Kingstone, on Friday July 7. 1648. The Duke of Buckingham routed, where was slain, the Lord Francis Villers, the Duke of Bucking-hams brother Col. Tho. Howard, the Earle of Berkshires son, 20 officers and souldiers, the Earle of Holland hurt, 200 wounded, 200 horse taken, 100 taken prisoners, &c. Frierson, Henry. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Robert Ibbitson in Smithfield neere to the Queens-Head Tavern, London : [1648] Signed at end of letter: Hen. Frierson. Publication date from Wing. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Campaigns -- Early works to 1800. Kingston upon Thames (London, England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. A84932 R210930 (Thomason 669.f.12[67]). civilwar no A letter of a great victory obtained by Sir Miles Livesey, neer Kingstone, on Friday July 7. 1648. The Duke of Buckingham routed, where was Frierson, Henry. 1648 738 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A LETTER Of a great Victory obtained by Sir Miles Livesey , neer Kingstone , on Friday July 7. 1648. The Duke of Buckingham Routed , where was slain , the Lord Francis Villers , the Duke of Bucking-hams Brother , Col. Tho. Howard , The Earle of Berkshires Son , 20 Officers and Souldiers , The Earle of Holland hurt , 200 wounded , 200 Horse taken , 100 taken prisoners , &c. Right Honourable , THE Lord Duke of Buckingham , the Duke of Richmond , the Earl of Holland , the Lord Francis , the Lord Andover , with the rest of the Lords , and chief of the Gentlemen at Kingstone , and hereabouts , had a consultation about removing the Horse quarters , and it was concluded to goe to Rigate , and accordingly they went this day intending to possesse themselves of it . Sir Miles Livesey who had before taken Horsem , with twenty prisoners , and defeated the Cavaliers in Sussex ) being come up , possessed himselfe of Rigate before them , which caused the Lords to retreat back towards Kingstone . Major Gibbons comming to joyn with Sir Miles Livesey against the Duke of Buckinghams party ( who were about 700 horse ) they pursued after them and discovered them neer Nonsuch . The Duke of Buckingham with some of the Horse was then ( it being almost night ) got into Kingston , And a man of Collonell Hammonds , that was sent to view , was comming backe taken by six of their Scouts , and his Horse worth 20l . taken from him , ( Colonell Hammond ) Lieut. Col. of the Ordnance himself being neer to joyn with Sir Miles Livsey but could not find him , and other parties were comming with better strength . Upon the approach of Sir Miles Livesey there was an Alarme in Kingstone , whereupon the guards were doubled , and all to horse , whereby Colonell Hammonds man made an escape into a Corne-field . Sir Miles Livesey , Propounded in the head of his Souldiers , whither they would stay untill more assistance came to them , or fall on that night They all cried ( as one man ) Fall on , fall on , which accordingly they did , And fought with them between Nonsuch and Kingston , and both the Kentish-men and the rest fell on with such valour that the Lords stood not out the first Charge , But fled towards Kingston , Sir Miles Livsey pursuing them , doing execution many being killed and taken . When Sir Miles Livesey , came to the Turnepike at Kingstone towns-end , he had some opposition by some foot placed there , but after some dispute gained it . The Cavaliers plundered Sir Gilbert Gerrards , and divers other horses , and fled towards Harrow . Sir Miles Livesey , with his Forces is marching over Kingstone bridge against them , it is said they are some 400 horse that are gone thither , which is all that is left of them of whom it is hoped there will suddenly be given a very good account , Sir I am Your Honours humble servant , Hen. Frierson . Nonsuch the 7 of July 1648 A LIST of the particulars of this great victory obtained by Sir Miles Livesey against the Duke of Buckingham and the rest of the Lords neere Kingston on Friday night the 7 of July 1648. Slaine of the Duke of Buckinghams part . The Lord Francis Villers . The Duke of Buckinghams brother Col. Thomas Howard . The Earle of Berkshires son . 20. Officers and Souldiers . The Earle of Holland hurt . 200. wounded . 200. Horse taken . 100. taken prisoners . Taken also , 9. Boats full of Pistols & Saddles 300. Armes , besides good store of pillage . 3. Of Sir Miles Liveses men slain . 20. wounded . The Duke of Buckingham . The Duke of Richmond . The Earle of Holland . The Lord Andover . And the rest fled towards Harrow , and are pursued by Sir Miles Livesey . Some others being expected to joyne with him . LONDON Printed by Robert Ibbitson in Smithfield neere to the Queens-Head Taverne .