A38992	----	Exceeding joyfull nevves from the Earl of Stamford, and the Lord Wharton, and the Lord Kymbolton wherein is declared the proceedings of the Lord Whorton neer Kittermaster with 5 troops of horse against Prince Robert with 20 troops, October 18, and how Prince Robert were forced to retreat : also a famous victory obtained by the E. of Stamford neer Hereford with 1000 foot and 500 horse against 3000 cavaleers, with the number that were slain on both sides : also the Lord Kymbolton, his proceedings in Gloucestershire against the cavaleers likewise a true relation of His Masjesties marching from Shrewsbury towards Coventry with his main army, and how His Excellency is within one dayes march of His Majesty with all his forces / sent in a letter from His Excellencie to the House of Commons. Stamford, Henry Grey, Earl of, 1599?-1673. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A38992 of text R9245 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E3761). 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A38992) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 62782) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 248:E124, no 4) Exceeding joyfull nevves from the Earl of Stamford, and the Lord Wharton, and the Lord Kymbolton wherein is declared the proceedings of the Lord Whorton neer Kittermaster with 5 troops of horse against Prince Robert with 20 troops, October 18, and how Prince Robert were forced to retreat : also a famous victory obtained by the E. of Stamford neer Hereford with 1000 foot and 500 horse against 3000 cavaleers, with the number that were slain on both sides : also the Lord Kymbolton, his proceedings in Gloucestershire against the cavaleers likewise a true relation of His Masjesties marching from Shrewsbury towards Coventry with his main army, and how His Excellency is within one dayes march of His Majesty with all his forces / sent in a letter from His Excellencie to the House of Commons. Stamford, Henry Grey, Earl of, 1599?-1673. Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671. Wharton, Philip Wharton, Baron, 1613-1696. [8] p. Printed for Richard West, [London] : October 22, [1642] Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. Hereford (England) -- History, Military. A38992 R9245 (Wing E3761). civilwar no Excceding [sic] joyfull nevves from the Earl of Stamford, the Lord Wharton, and the Lord Kymbolton. Wherein is declared the proceedings of t Stamford, Henry Grey, Earl of 1642 1112 14 0 0 0 1 0 216 F The rate of 216 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2003-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2003-03 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-05 Judith Siefring Sampled and proofread 2003-05 Judith Siefring Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-06 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Excceding Joyfull NEWES FROM The Earl of Stamford , the Lord Whorton , and the Lord Kymbolton , Wherein is Declared the Proceedings of the Lord Whorton neer Kittermaster with 5. Troops of horse , against Prince Robert with 20. troops , October 18. and how Prince Robert were forced to retreat . Also a famous victory obtained by the E. of Stamford near Hereford , with 1000. foot , and 500. horse against 3000. Cavaleers , with the Number that were slain on both sides . Also the Lord Kymbolton his Proceedings in Gloucestershire against the Cavaleers . Likewise a true Relation of his Majesties marching from Shrewsbury towards Coventry with his main Army , and how his Excellency is within one dayes march of His Majesty with all his forces . Sent in a Letter from His Excellencie to the House of Commons , October 21. Printed for Richard West , October 22. Exceeding Joyfull NEVVES FROM The Earl of Stamford , the Lord Kimbolton , and the Lord Wharton , Wherin is manifested their Happy Proceedings against the Cavaleers , declaring also their Onsets and Skirmishes , which they have had neere Hereford . THe Earl of Stamford , according to the Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament , having s●●led the Militia in Liecestershire , and clensed that Country of the Cavaleirs , he forthwith 〈◊〉 with his Forces towards His Excellency the Earl of Essex , where at His first comming amongst all the Parliament forces , both by the Officers and common souldiers . But he had not remained there not above 7. or 8. dayes , but Post presently came to His Excellency , intimating that the E. of Devonshire , and the Lord Lovelace , accompanied with a great Number of C●valeirs , had laid siege against the said City of Hereford , and had made many Onsets against the same . Yet such was the courage of the Inhabitants of the said City , being much animated on by the goodnesse of their cause , that they most unanimously set down their Resolution to fight it out to tht last man . And though the Malignants gave out divers speeches , that they would 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 City 〈◊〉 with the ground , and not ●●ve a Horse standing ; 〈◊〉 such 〈◊〉 the providence of the Almighty in preserving the Inhabitants thereof , that although the inhumane and blood-thirsty Cavaleirs did for the 〈◊〉 of one day and a night 〈◊〉 most furiously against the said , City , yet was there not one man hurt in all this time . But they had not continued in this their barbarous and inhumane action above two or three dayes , but the Noble E. of Stamford appeared with his forces , consisting of one thousand foot , and five hundred Horse , who immediatly gave battle against the Malignant Cavaleers , but such was the base cowardize of them that they soon betook themselves to flight , leaving behind them of their Confederates about 200 slain and wounded . Thus hath the noble Earl obtained the Victory , with the losse of five men , and hath possessed himself of the said City of Hereford . The Lord Kimbolton hath behaved himself very valiantly in Gloucestershire , and hath raised 500 Dragoneers in the said County , and hath clensed the same of the Malignants , being now resolved to pursue Prince Robert who doth much spoil whersoever he goeth . A true and exact Relation of His Maiesties marching with his Army towards Coventry and how his Excellencie hath advanced from Worster with his main Army , and is now within one dayes march of the Kings Army . ON the 19. day of this instant month , Letters came to both the Honourable Houses of Parliament from His Excellencie the Earle of Essex , shewing that the forty thousand pounds which the Parliament lately sent down to pay the Army , was safely conducted unto Gloucester , and that he had sent a sufficient Guard to conduct it unto him , declaring that it came very seasonably to pay the souldiers . His Excellency also informed the House that His Majesty is now advanced from Shrewsbury , and is marching with His Army towards Coventry . His Excellency further Declared , that he had sent forty Troops towards Wolverhampton , where Prince Robert kept his Rendevouz , and that he was advanced with his main Army from Worster after his Majesties Army , and was within one dayes march of them . It was also signified by divers Letters to the House of Commons , that the Lord Whorton shewed himselfe very valiant and resolute at Kittermaster , as is plainly related in these ensuing particulars . Upon the 18. of this month the Lord Wharton having information and intelligence that Prime ROBERT were come to the said Towne , with a Resolution to plunder and pillage the same , his Lordship immediatly drew out five troops of horse and marched towards Kittermaster , where he faced Prince Robert at about three miles distance , and he them , the said Prince having at least twenty troops , continually expecting an encounter , for the space of 3. or 4. hours . But the Lord Generall having notice of the same , he immediatly sent a Post to the Lord Wharton ; desiring him to make some Retreate , untill more Forces should come in to assist him . But Prince Rob●●ving information that more Forces w●●● lomming to aid the Lord Wharton , he i●●mediatly marched away with all his Fo●●ces . It was also signified by Letters fro● His Excellencie to the House of Commons , that His Majesty hath granted Commission to divers great Papists i● the County of Lancaster to raise wha● men they can for His Majesties service o● that Faction , and what Money , Plate , o● Horse can be by them raised , and to sen● the same to His Majesty , with power t● perforce and seize upon the goods , mony horse and Plate of any Persons whatsoever , that shall refuse to contribute the same to relieve His Majesties present necessity , as Enemies to His Majesty , and as disloyall and trayterous Subjects , which many have done according to the said Commission in the further parts of Lancashire , to the great terrour , trouble , and oppression of the Protestants , and well affected persons in those parts of that County . FINIS . 
A83135	----	Die Martis. 23 May 1648. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. For setling of the militia of the county of Hereford. England and Wales. Parliament. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A83135 of text R210789 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.12[31]). 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'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A83135 Wing E1925 Thomason 669.f.12[31] ESTC R210789 99869546 99869546 162824 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A83135) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162824) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f12[31]) Die Martis. 23 May 1648. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. For setling of the militia of the county of Hereford. England and Wales. Parliament. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley, London : 1648. Order to print signed: Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng City of London (England). -- Committee for the Militia -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Hereford (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Militia -- Early works to 1800. A83135 R210789 (Thomason 669.f.12[31]). civilwar no Die Martis. 23 May 1648. An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. For setling of the militia of the county of Hereford England and Wales. Parliament. 1648 520 9 0 0 0 0 0 173 F The rate of 173 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Die Martis . 23 May 1648. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT . For setling of the Militia in the County of Hereford . BE it Ordained by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament , that these persons following , viz. Walter Lord Viscount Hereford , Leicester Devereux Esquire , Sir Edward Powell Baronet , Sir Robert Harley Knight of the Bath , Sir Robert Pye Senior Knight , Franc●● Kirle Esquire , High Sheriffe of the County of Hereford , Edward Harley , Thomas Baskervile Edward Pitt Esquires , Walter Kirle , VVilliam Littleton , Robert Kyrle Robert Harley , John Scudamore of Ken Church , Samuel Mare , Bennet Hoskins , John Birch , VVilliam Crowther , Ambrose Elton Junior John Puteshall , Francis Pember , John Flacket , Junior , Thomas Rawlins Esquires ; Major Thomas Blaney , Captaine Priamus Davies , and Thomas Eaton Gentleman ; Shall bee Commissioners for the Militia , in the County of Hereford , for the better securing and safety of the Parliament and the sai● County ; And shall have power and Authority , and are hereby Authorized by themselves , o● any five or more of them to put the said County into a posture of defence , and to raise Forces Horse and Foot , and them to List , Arme , and exercise ; and to forme them into Regiments , Troops and Companies , and them to Muster , Array and weapon from time to time in places fit for that purpose : And to appoint over them Colonels , Captaines , and other Officers from time to time by Commissions under the hands and seales of the said Commissioners , or any seven of them , as often as there shal● be occasion in that behalfe : And shall have power , and are hereby authorized by themselves , or thei● said Commanders and Officers to lead , conduct and imploy the said persons arrayed , and weaponed fo● the suppression of all Rebellions and Insurrections that shall or may happen within the County aforesaid According as the said Commissioners , or any five of them shall from time to time give directions , or shal● be otherwise directed from time to time by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled , or the Committee sitting at Derby house : Any former Order , Declaration , or other matter to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding . And for all and every their doings herein , the said Commissioners and all and every the said Person and Persons shall be saved harmlesse and indempnified by the Authorit● of Parliament . Provided that this Ordinance and every thing therein conteyned shall continue fo● the space of sixe Moneths , and no longer . Die Martis . 23 May 1648. ORdered by the Lords Assembled in Parliament , That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and published . Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum . LONDON , Printed for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley . 1648. 
A63717	----	A True relation of the proceedings at Hereford by the Lord St. Iohns and his regiment there, of the Kings comming thither and his intertainment, and the late proceedings at Manchester with the cashiring of the Earle of Derby and his forces from before that town : from the fourth of October to the eighth, upon which day they left the siege, 14 Octob. 1642. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A63717 of text R14318 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing T3020). 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'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 22 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 10 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A63717 Wing T3020 ESTC R14318 12428820 ocm 12428820 61923 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A63717) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 61923) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 248:E122, no 20) A True relation of the proceedings at Hereford by the Lord St. Iohns and his regiment there, of the Kings comming thither and his intertainment, and the late proceedings at Manchester with the cashiring of the Earle of Derby and his forces from before that town : from the fourth of October to the eighth, upon which day they left the siege, 14 Octob. 1642. Birch, William, 17th cent. Birch, Robert, 17th cent. [2], 6 p. Printed for R. Walbanke, London : 1642. Letter on p. 6 signed: William Birch, Robert Birch. Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library. eng Derby, James Stanley, -- Earl of, 1607-1651. St. John, Oliver, 1603-1642. Hereford (England) -- History. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649. A63717 R14318 (Wing T3020). civilwar no A true relation of the proceedings at Hereford by the Lord St. Iohns and his regiment there, of the Kings comming thither and his intertainm [no entry] 1642 3633 12 0 0 0 0 0 33 C The rate of 33 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2006-04 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-07 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-09 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2006-09 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A TRUE RELATION OF The Proceedings at Hereford by the Lord St. Iohns and his Regiment there , of the Kings comming thither and his Intertainment , and the late proceedings at Manchester ; With the Cashiring of the Earle of Derby and his Forces from before that Town . From the fourth of October to the eight , upon which day they left the siege . 14. Octob. 1642. LONDON , Printed for R. Walbanke . 1642. A true Relation of the proceedings at Hereford by the Lord St. Iohns and his Regiment , &c. FRiday the seventh of October last , the Lord St. Iohns with his Regiment of Horse and Foot came before Hereford , and the said Lord commanded Captaine Cooper to demand entrance into the Town in the name of the Parliament , and yeeld up the possession thereof to the said Lord St. Iohn for the use of King and Parliament , which Captaine Cooper performing accordingly , Answer was returned by the Recorder in the name of the Major , Aldermen and Townesmen , that his Lordship was right welcome to their towne , rendring many hearty and humble thankes to the Parliament for their care of their peace , and safety against all attempts of the adverse party that may be made against them , by sending to their assistance such a worthy and noble person so well affected to their proceeding , and the peace of this Countrey , in whom they may safely confide and rely upon ; Giving many assurances by Protestations of the good affection of that City to the King and Parliament , therewith causing the Gates to be opened , and the said Lord with his Forces permitted entrance , & with much joy were by all the wel affected Townsmen received ; But for those that were ill affected , and such Welch Cavaliers as before were by the private means of the said ill-affected persons in the town received into the same , secretly in the night made their escape , and are fled to Marquesse Hartford , and his Complices into Wales ; after which the next day the Lord St. Iohn fortified the City with his souldiers , and prepared to plant Ordnance for the preservation of the towne against any assault of the adverse party that shall bee made against it , they daily expecting ( according to a late information they received ) the comming of the said Marquesse Hartford , Lord Herbert , sonne to the Earle of Worcester ; who hath raised divers Welchmen in Wales ; the Lord Seymour , the Earle of Darby , who all of them with their respective Forces intend to March thither to besiege the towne , and regaine the possession thereof for the use of his Majesty , upon which the Lord St. Iohn sent Letters to the Earls Excellency the Lord Generall for to send him some troops of Horse and some Foot for his assistance ; Vpon which his Excellency resolved to march thither in person with his army , having notice also that his Majesty intended to go thither in person with his Forces . Saturday the eigth of October , his Majesty came hither before this Town , guarded with about two thousand Horse and Foot , and demanded entrance into the Town , upon which the Recorder was sent to his Majesty from the Town , with a Message intimating that his Majesty was not come but to a faithfull part of his people , and if his Majesty would be graciously pleased to disband his extraordinary Guard , hee should with all duty and joyfulnesse of their hearts be entertained , humbly desiring his Majesty to return to his Parlament , and hearken to their faithfull Councell , and abandon such evill persons , as have insinuated themselves into his favour , who have been the only cause of these present distractions and distempers in the State , which if this their just and humble desires be rejected , they are bound in duty to oppose his Majesties Followers for entring into their town , upon which his Majesty was much incensed , and in passion departed with his army towards Chester , hearing the Earl of Essex was marching toward Hereford . Then the Commons received a Letter from Manchester , of the late proceedings there , since the fourth of October last to the eigth , that the Earle of Derby with his army are quite defeated , and driven from the Town , they would not leave their assault , day nor night , till he had not so many men left to march withall , as were slaine and run away , there being slain in that time of his lying before the Towne about 500 of his souldiers , and 200 taken prisoners , most of them of the common souldiers , not worth the sending to London , nor troubling the Country prisons with , making great lamentation for being drawn , and as it were inforced to serve the said Earl , that they have for this moneths time of their service , received not one peny of pay , but lived on nothing but robbing and pillaging the Countries in their march : promising to be faithfull to the Parliament , if they may have their lives pardoned . Therefore the Towne desireth the pleasure of the House concerning them , whether they shall be executed , or some of them for example to others , and the rest made to serve the Towne as souldiers for the better securing thereof against future assaults , that the Earle of Derby doth much damage in the County with his souldiers , which if not speedily suppressed , will utterly destroy and spoyle the same , that his Majesty hath sent command to the Earle to attend with his Forces , his Majesties person , and speedily to march to his Majesty to Chester , upon which the said Earle is in a great strait , being ashamed to returne to his Majesty with so few men , and endevours what hee can by promise of reward and otherwise to gather his scattered men , that ran away from him , again to his service , but few or none will come to him being altogether weary of his employment . Vpon which the Commons falling into debate , appointed a Committee , to take the said Letter into consideration , and make report thereof to the House the next morning . FINIS . MOst loving sister , my love remembred unto you , hoping to God you are in good health as I am at this time , thanks be to God for it , this is to let you understand , wee have had a great fight at Manchester the last weeke , the Lord Strange came to assault the Towne with 2000 men , and 700 horse , he came the 25 of September , and stayed till the first of October , and it is credibly reported that he lost nine score men , beside a great many horse . And it is to let you understand that there was but three slaine , in the Town . And wee doe expect his comming againe , this is true , for I was in the battail . So I rest , Dated Octob. the 4 day , Your loving Brothers , William Birch , Robert Birch . A CONTINVATION Of certain Speciall and Remarkable passages from both Houses of PARLIAMENT , and divers other parts of the Kingdome , from Wednesday the 12. of October till the 15 of October . 1642. Containing these particulars ▪ viz. 1. A True relation of Letters to the Parliament from the Earle of Essex , by which it is informed that of a certainty his Majesty is upon advancing his Army towards London , with Order of Parliament to the City of London concerning the said information . 2. A true relation of the strength of the Kings Army sent to the Parliament from the Lord Generall . 3. Of the Lord Coventryes leaving his Majesty , and submitting himselfe to the Lord Generall , desiring to bee safely conducted by him to the Parliament . 4. Of Letters from the Kingdome of Scotland to both Houses of Parliament , with certaine propositions concerning the present distractions ▪ and the resolution of the Houses concerning the same . 5. An Order of Parliament for the sending of so many Armes into Scotland as they have sent with their forces into Ireland . 6. Of the Commitment of Master Fountaine the Lawyer by Order of the House . 7. Also of the Commitment of one Master Dorrell a Citizen for speaking words against Master Pyus . 8. Of a Letter to the Parliament from Secretary Nicholas by Order from his Majesty . 9. An other Letter to the Parliament from Ireland informing the state of things there . 10. A certaine relation of the taking of five shippes by the Adventurers forces in Ireland comming from Spaine with Ammunition and monies to relieve the Rebells . 11. Of the sending of certaine Souldiers to the Lord Generall to receive M●rshall Law that ran from their Colours and were taken in London . 12. An Order of Parliament for the setting up chaines and posts about the Suburbs . 13. A true relation of Letters to the Parliament from Holland . 14. Of the bringing up of the Earle of Bath , Sir Henry Berkly ▪ Sir Hugh Pol●●●● 〈…〉 to the Parliament ▪ with divers other passages . A CONTINVATION OF Certaine Speciall and Remarkable passages from both Houses of Parliament and divers other parts of this Kingdome , From Wednesday the twelfth of October , till Saturday the Fifteenth of October 1642. Wednesday the 12. of October . THe Earle of Essex sent Letters to the Parliament which were this day read in the houses , by which it was enformed that hee hath received certaine information , that the King is brought to so great distresse and want of meanes to pay his Army withall , that hee will bee suddenly inforced to march from Shrewsbury , and as it is reported intends to advance with his forces towards London , That the King is confidently perswaded to finde a strong party in London , and then the Cavallires intends to plunder the Roundheads , but under that name the Lord Generall informes , that the Cavalliers comprehends all persons that have any Estate , for they beginne now to shew themselves in their proper Colours , and spare none that are worth any thing , whether they be Round-heads or Rattle-heads , and no doubt they will be now lesse favourable in London , if once they get thither , and those that so much pleade in their behalfes will have then as little cause to speake well of them as any other . But the Lord Generall desireth the Parliament that Trayned Bands in and about London may be put into a readinesse for their owne defence , that provisions may be made to fortifie the City , and that the Parliament would take Order to secure the persons of such of the chiefest of the City as are most suspected to raise a party against the Parliament , whereby if occasion of tryall shall happen , there may not be a Civill munity in the City amongst themselves . Whereupon the Houses upon debate of this busines have ordered that the trained bands of London , Middlesex and Surrey shall be put in a readines ( as is desired ) and that the close Committee shall make diligent inquirie of all the cheife Malignants in the Citie , and send out warrants for them to have them examined before the Houses . The Lord Generall by his letters also informed the Houses that hee was of a certaine informed , that the Kings Armie consisteth of 9000. foote 2500. Horse and 1500. Dragoneers , and however it hath been reported that hee is 40. or 50000. strong there could not at any Muster as yet be more found than the said number . Also the Lord Generall informed that hee intends to march close after the Kings Armie , and if it be possible intercept them in their passage ; and that the Lord Coventrie came to him to Worcester and freely yeelded himselfe up to the Parliament desiring to be conveyed up to them with a strong Guard , which the Lord Generall intendeth accordingly , and to send him up with all conveniency . There came Letters to the Parliament from the Kingdome of Scotland , giving them thankes for admitting the Clergie of their Kingdome recommended by them to the Assembly of Ministers appointed to consider of Religion : As also to informe the Parliament upon consultation of the affaires of this Kingdome at an Assembly held at Edenborough 29. of September last , according to the late pacification ; they have appointed 51 Commissioners of the Earles , Lords , Gentry , and Commons , to offer certaine propositions to the Parliament , to bee treated off for the reconcilement of the present distractions , whereby the division of both Kingdomes according to the said pacification may be preserved . Desiring the Parliament that there may be the like number out of both Houses appointed to treat with the said Comissioners from Scotland upon the said propositions , and that the Parliament would take order that their said Comissioners may have safe Conduct to this Kingdome , and back againe without molestation by the Kings party , which propositions the Parliament have taken into consideration and have resolved to ioyne with the Kingdome of Scotland in the said Treaty and to satisfie them in their other desires . And the Parliament have also ordered that there shall be forth with such a quantity of Armes bought and sent into Scotland , in exchange for those Armes which they have sent over into Ireland against the Rebells , accordingly as was then agreed by the propositions concerning that busines . Maister Fountaine the Lawyer in London was brought before the Commons as a delinquent for questioning the power of the Parliament by what authority they did appoint Commissioners to tender the propositions for the raiseing of horse , money or plate , and giving out other speeches against the Parliament for which it was ordered he should be committed to Prison to answer the same . There was one Master Dorrell a Citizen brought before the House of Commons for saying that Master Pyus had taken a bribe of 30 pounds and being demanded how he could prove the same , he said he had heard it so reported by others , but could not name any that had so said besides himselfe where upon it was ordered that he should be commited to Prison and brought to condigne punishment for raising the said scandell . The Parliament having lately sent a message to his Majesty to desire his consent for the sending of Master Goodwin and Master Reynolds into Ireland to view the state of things there , Secretary Nicholas by Command , from his Majesty sent a letter to the Houses informing them that his Majesty doth expresly Command that the Parliament do not send any of their members into Ireland for the end aforesaid , whereupon after some debate of the busines , the Houses ordered that the said Gentlemen should be forthwith sent over into Ireland by the authority of Parliament and to have instructions from the Houses to enquire into the state of things there , there was a letter then also read in the Commons comming from Ireland by which it was informing by what cunning and deceitfull meanes , the Papists and Iesuits have incensed the Armies against the Parliament , telling them that the Rebells have the Kings hand and seale for what they doe , and that if they sett themselves against the Kings authority , they will incense his Majesty above what the Parliament are able to defend them , his Majesty having disclaimed the courses of the Parliament and resolved to grant pardon to none that hould Armes by the authority of Parliament , ( as they pretend our forces there doe ) without the Kings consent . By which means they have deluded many that would otherwise have taken part with the protestant forces and the Parliament have of late been debarred from sending into Ireland , wherby to cleare themselves of those uniust accusations . There was also certaine information given to the Commons on Thursday last by letters from the Adventurers forces in Ireland that they have lately taken at Sea upon the Irish Coasts five ships comming from Spaine with Ammunition and other provisions intended to be sent to the Rebells in Ireland which prize is valued to be worth at least 50000. pound in Bullion found in the said ships , and Ammunition and pieces of Ordnance worth above as much more , all which is now to be imployed for the service of the Protestant forces there against the Rebells . There was 4. or 5. of the Lord Generalls Troopes that rann from their Colors taken in London and Committed to Prison , and a company of Dragooniers were appointed to carry them downe to the Army there to receive Condigne punishment for their base Couardize according to marshall Lawe . The House of Commons have drawne up an Order that there shall be Posts and chaines set up in all the Eminent passages in Coven Garden , Saint Martins , Southwarke , and other places about the Suburbes for the better security in case of any opposition . It was also informed the Houses by letters from the Armie that the King refuseth to exchang Captaine Wingate for young Stranguage , but will either have Captaine Bampfeild , or 5000. pounds in money for his ransome . It was also informed the Houses by letters from Holland that since the Queene understood that Captaine Stradling and Captaine Kettlebeys shipps were taken , shee hath altered her purpose of comming to England , and sent into Erance for her Almoner who is expected every day at the Hague and that hee brings with him certaine propositions for the Queenes going over into France . That the States Generall and the States of Holland have had some bickering about the Parliaments Declaration , the States of Holland declaring themselves for the Parliament and desiring to hold a correspondency with them , the States Generall declare themselves not as neutrall betwixt the King and Parliament . Also informing that the Prince of Orange is come to the Hague upon occasion to christen his younge Daughter ; but the States of Holland intend to call him to an account concerning the ayde which hee hath sent to the King , before he departs from thence . There was also a Letter presented for the Queen of Bohemia , expressing her hearty sorrow for the proceedings of her sonne in England against the Parliament , discovering their Accounts , and that they came not over hither with any such purpose with her knowledge or consent , and therefore desires the Parliament that in whatsoever they have offended , they may be strictly called to an account for the same . Vpon Thursday night last the Earle of Bath , Sir Henry Berkley Sir Hugh Pollard Sir Ralph Sidneham and some others , were brought up to London by the Earle of Pembrooke and on Friday by Order of Parliament they were Comitted to severall Prisons , Sir Edward Rdony Sir Edward Berkley & the Marquesse of Hartfords Chapline were brought to Towne on Tuesday last and Committed to Prison . And it was then informed the Houses from Dorset-shire , that 7. Troope of Horse , and a 1000. foot of the Earle of Bedfords forces are gone into Cornwall against Sir Ralph Hopton and intend very suddainly to ioyne them selves to the Lord Generalls forces . The adventurers for Ireland came to the Parliament and offered them that they would take in Galloway at their owne charges and maintaine the forces there if they might have a further allowance out of the Rebells land● belonging to the said place , which propositions were very well approved of by the Houses , and ordered accordingly . And it was then informed the Houses by letters from the North of Ireland that Colonell Leish●y hath given the Rebells a very great defeare before Charlemount , that he hath killed and taken Prisoners above 4000. of them , and recovered the place from them , which is a very great victory , it being as considerable a place as any is in that part of the Kingdome . Vpon Friday last also the Commons after long debate agreed ●n a vote That all such as have refused to give or lend either ●orse moneyes or plate upon the propositions for the service of the King and Parliament shall be disarmed as delinquents wherby they may be disabled from offering prejudice to the Par●iament or Kingdome . FJNJS 
A89310	----	Severall letters from Colonell Morgan Governour of Gloucester, and Colonell Birch. Fully relating the maner of the taking of the city and garrison of Hereford, with the number slain on both sides, and the particular circumstances at the gaining thereof. With a perfect list of the names of the prisoners taken therein. Die Martis 23. Decemb. 1645. Ordered by the Lords in Parliament assembled, that these letters, with the list, be forthwith printed and published. Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. Morgan, Thomas, Sir, d. 1679? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A89310 of text R200478 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E313_17). 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'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 12 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A89310 Wing M2749 Thomason E313_17 ESTC R200478 99861210 99861210 113338 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A89310) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 113338) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 51:E313[17]) Severall letters from Colonell Morgan Governour of Gloucester, and Colonell Birch. Fully relating the maner of the taking of the city and garrison of Hereford, with the number slain on both sides, and the particular circumstances at the gaining thereof. With a perfect list of the names of the prisoners taken therein. Die Martis 23. Decemb. 1645. Ordered by the Lords in Parliament assembled, that these letters, with the list, be forthwith printed and published. Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. Morgan, Thomas, Sir, d. 1679? Birch, John, 1615-1691. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords. [2], 6 p. for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley., Imprinted at London : 24. Decemb. 1645. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Hereford (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Campaigns -- Early works to 1800. A89310 R200478 (Thomason E313_17). civilwar no Severall letters from Colonell Morgan Governour of Gloucester, and Colonell Birch.: Fully relating the maner of the taking of the city and Morgan, Thomas, Sir 1645 1735 6 0 0 0 0 0 35 C The rate of 35 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-05 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-06 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2007-06 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Severall LETTERS FROM Colonell Morgan Governour of GLOUCESTER , AND Colonell Birch . Fully relating the maner of the taking of the City and Garrison of HEREFORD , with the number slain on both sides , and the particular circumstances at the gaining thereof . With a perfect List of the names of the prisoners taken therein . Die Martis 23. Decemb. 1645. ORdered by the Lords in Parliament assembled , That these Letters , with the List , be forthwith printed and published . Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum . Imprinted at London for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley . 24. Decemb. 1645. For the Right Honourable the Committee of Lords and Commons for the safety of both Kingdomes these , May it please your Lordships : ACcording unto your Commands I drew forth neere nine hundred Foot , and my Troop of Horse , and upon advice from the Governour of Gloucester I marched unto him , but finding the way which was intended altogether frustrate , and the Governour of Gloucester not very well , I went with Sir John Bridges neere to Hereford , and sent for thither the two Gentlemen who Sir John had treated withall about the businesse , who were then out of Hereford fearing to come to Towne , whom I satisfied my selfe of the Enemies security and the negligence of the Guards , which caused me to thinke of some other way ; and amongst others this was most prevalent with me , which by Gods blessing tooke effect , the way was his ; To march in one day and night to Hereford from Gloucester , which done I had provided sixe men in the forme of Labourers , and one with them to be a Constable , with a warrant to bring these men to worke in the Towne to them , I gave a good summe of Money in hand , and promised them a large reward ; these men with 150. Fire-locks in the darke of the night I intended to lodge neere the Gate , and so neere them as the ground would admit out of sight ; I intended to draw a Body to second them and enter with them , and so to surprise the Towne upon the letting downe the Bridge in the morning ; then I came backe to Gloucester and enformed Col. Morgan of it , desiring him to joyne with me to put it to tryall , which he condescended unto , and we marched munday to that purpose all night , but fell short , and therefore to delude the Enemy retreated backe within nine miles of Gloucester ; the next day at night we returned againe , and with carefull Spies and Scouts kept back intelligence from them , so that they never discovered us ; but I laid my Country-men and Firelockes within three quarters Musket shot , a place which I had enquired out for the purpose , which Party I left to be managed by my Lievtnant Colonell , who behaved himselfe very gallantly , and the maine body of Foot . I led my selfe , Col. Morgan being with the Body of Horse which he undertooke ; and this morning upon the letting downe of the Bridge the Country-men went with their Pickaxes and Spades to the Bridge , the Guard beginning to examine them , they killed three of the Guard , and kept the rest in play untill the Fire-locks came up to them , then made good until the Body came up ; and it pleased God the Designe so tooke , that we entred the Towne with small losse ; in which we had 11. peeces of Ordnance , much Armes , and the Prisoners here inserted , there being many more in Towne as I beleeve , which one day will discover . The Mercy is wonderfull , I desire the Lord may have the honor of it , for it is his own Work . I am deeply ingaged by Monies laid out in this businesse , and by promise with Col. Morgan ; I humbly desire your Honours to give Or●●●r for the Summe you were pleased to give Order for this businesse , and for my selfe I shall endeavour to settle this place , and waite the further Orders for the subsistance of my Regi●…ent which is in great necessity , or what other Commands you shall be pleased to signifie unto Your Honours most faithfull Servant . John Birch . I have herewith sent my Servant to waite upon your Honours , by whom I intreate to receive your Commands . Hereford Decemb. the 18th . 1645. For the Right Honourable the Committee of both Kingdomes these . May it please your Lordships ; WE gave you an account in our last that we found the City of Hereford , by our Intelligence to be so strong , both in it selfe and the resolution of the Defendants , that much hazard would be in the gaining of it ; Notwithstanding , having a party of about 2000. Horse and Foot betwixt us , viz. of Gloucester Forces 1050 and of Ba●he Forces 930. resolved to make tryall by falling on upon the place ; unto which endeavour the Lord was pleased so to adde his blessing , that this morning about breake of day we forced our entrance , God putting such a spirit into the Souldiers ; as was beyond expression : Our ingagements to them was very large , the designe being very desperate , and also to some other Gentlemen who were very helpfull , and behaved themselves very gallantly in the falling on : Which ingagements , that we may be able to discharge , we humbly desire your Lordships to give Order for that summe which you were pleased to promise for this service . After they had marched this night in the snow up to the mid-legge , almost twenty miles in and out , which that the Enemy might not be jealous of , we marched the same march upon Munday night , though with such hardship , that three of our men died in the snow ; and retreated upon Tuesday almost to Gloucester , they then beleeving we had beene cleare gone , were more secure , and we fell on unexpected ; Our losse was not considerable , God be blessed ▪ whose goodnesse was plainely seene , ( to him be the glory . ) The Enemy fought it out in the streets , where divers are slaine , and the rest prisoners : We are not able at present to particularize them , onely those whose names wee can at this instant be informed of we have here inserted . The Townesmen have suffered by the Souldier , by reason we entred it by force , and that the Enemy shot out at the windowes and in the streets , the Souldier was so inraged that we could not prevent them from plundering , which we indeavoured much to have done , and shall be alwaies ready to approve our selves Your Honours most faithfull Servants THOMAS MOKGAN , JOHN BIRCH . Hereford , 18. Decemb. 1645. For the Right Honourable the Committee of Lords and Commons for the safety of both Kingdomes . May it please your Lordships , ACcording to your Commands I marched with the party , as in a former Letter signed by Coll. Morgan and my selfe , we made bold to informe you , since which time it hath pleased the Lord to shew his power in our weaknesse , by giving us this City , into which we forced our entry this morning , as in the Letter signed by Colonell Morgan and my selfe more particularly appeares ; the Resolution of the Souldier carryed them on beyond imagination . I shall indeavour to set things in order here , according to that Command your Lordships have been pleased to give me , ( the place is very evill affected . ) I have here 900. Foote , but they will be too small a number ; I intend to adde to them , if your Honours please , and make them up 1200. which will be few enough for this ill-affected place . When I marched hither I left two Companies at Bathe , which being it is to be slighted , I shall humbly desire an order for the drawing of those two Companies to this place , which would be a good addition . I should have waited upon your Honours my selfe , but I dare not be absent , though my extreamity be great for necessaries for my poore Souldiers ; I shall humbly intreate you to signifie your further Commands in that or any other thing , which shall be carefully observed by Your reall Servant JOHN BIRCH . Hereford , Decemb. 18. 1645. Prisoners taken at Hereford by the Governour of Gloucester , and Colonell Birch now Governour thereof , Decemb. 18. 1645. THe L. Brudenell Sir Tho. Lunsford Sir Walter Blunt Sir Henry Spiller Sir Henry Bedington . Sir Marmaduke Floyd Sir George Vaughan . Sir Giles Mompassion Sir John Stepney Sir Francis Howard Sir Francis Floyd Sir Richard Bassett Sir Philip Jones Sir Edward Morgan . Sir Nicholas Throgmorton Lieutenant Col. Price Lieutenant Col. Lewes Lieutenant Col. Jefferies Lieutenant Col. Jones . Major Price Judge Ienkins Captaine William Hill Capt. Thomas Codwallis Capt. Richard Ballard Lieutenant Gibs Coronet Denley Coronet Blood Coronet Tanton Quartermast . Stephenson Comisary Linging . Secretary Barne Mr. George Blunt Mr. Thomas Blunt Mr. Edward Blunt Mr. Windsor Mr. Iames Anderson Mr. Turbervile Mr. Henry Morgan Mr Iohn Philips Priest . Mr. Iohn Tailor Priest . Mr. William Chambers Mr. Venner Peter 〈◊〉 a Frenchman Mr. Roger 〈◊〉 Mr. Thomas Bod●●● Mr. Terringham Mr. Seabourne Mr. William Chambers Mr. Matthew Mose Mr. Iohn Bemond Mr. David Powell Mr. Harrington . Mr. Powell Chirurgion Mr. Watson Chirurgion Mr. Iohn Risden Mr. Iohn Tooley Troopers . Walter Higgins Samuel Gemrell Buxley Richards Benet Whitingdon Iohn Lingd● Thomas Towsey Thomas Stoaks Iames 〈◊〉 Iohn Scriven Iohn Barns Mr. Roode . FINIS . 
A89313	----	Two letters sent to the Honorable W. Lenthall Esq; Speaker to the Honorable House of Commons; concerning the taking of Hereford on the 18. of this instant Decem. 1645. By Colonell Morgan Governour of Gloucester, and Colonell John Birch: wherein was taken, one hundred and twenty lords, knights and officers in commission, eleven pieces of ordnance, and great store of ammunition. Morgan, Thomas, Sir, d. 1679? This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A89313 of text R200476 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E313_11). 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'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A89313 Wing M2753 Thomason E313_11 ESTC R200476 99861208 99861208 113336 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A89313) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 113336) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 51:E313[11]) Two letters sent to the Honorable W. Lenthall Esq; Speaker to the Honorable House of Commons; concerning the taking of Hereford on the 18. of this instant Decem. 1645. By Colonell Morgan Governour of Gloucester, and Colonell John Birch: wherein was taken, one hundred and twenty lords, knights and officers in commission, eleven pieces of ordnance, and great store of ammunition. Morgan, Thomas, Sir, d. 1679? Birch, John, 1615-1691. 7, [1] p. Printed for Edw. Husband, printer to the Honorable House of Commons, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Golden Dragon in Fleetstreet, neer the Inner-Temple, London, : December 22. 1645. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Hereford (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Campaigns -- Early works to 1800. A89313 R200476 (Thomason E313_11). civilwar no Two letters sent to the Honorable W. Lenthall Esq; Speaker to the Honorable House of Commons;: concerning the taking of Hereford on the 18. Morgan, Thomas, Sir 1645 602 3 0 0 0 0 0 50 D The rate of 50 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-05 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-06 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-06 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion TWO LETTERS SENT To the Honorable W ▪ Lenthall Esq Speaker to the Honorable House of Commons ; Concerning the taking of Hereford On the 18. of this instant Decem. 1645. BY Colonell MORGAN Governour of Gloucester , AND Colonell JOHN BIRCH : Wherein was taken , One hundred and twenty Lords , Knights ▪ and Officers in Commission , Eleven pieces of Ordnance , and great store of Ammunition . London , Printed for Edw. Husband , Printer to the Honorable House of Commons , and are to be sold at his Shop at the Sign of the Golden Dragon in Fleetstreet , neer the Inner-Temple , December 22. 1645. To the Honorable William Lenthall Esq Speaker OF THE Honorable House OF COMMONS . SIR , I Desire you to acquaint the Honorable House of Parliament of my proceedings ; Being commanded by the Committee of both Kingdoms , to make an Attempt upon Hereford : In which Design it pleased God exceedingly to bless us , and the Souldiers going on with undaunted resolution , made our entrance with small losse ; divers of the Enemy making resistance in the street , were slain , and the rest taken prisoners : VVe have already in custody , One hundred and twenty Lords , Knights and Officers in Commission , which are to be sent to Gloucester , most of them being Papists ; the number of common Souldiers I cannot yet give you a right account of , in regard that many are brought in to the Marshals hourly , which hid themselves when they saw we were Masters of the Town . My Forces were Eleven hundred Horse and Foot , and Col : Birch Nine hundred Foot : VVee found in the Town , Eleven peeces of Ordnance , and a reasonable proportion of Ammunition ; for other Arms I cannot give you an account of as yet , but hope by the next to give you an exact account of them , and of the prisoners also ; which is all for present , but that I shall at all times be ready to shew my self , SIR , Your humble Servant , THO: MORGAN . Hereford , the 18. of Decem. 1645. 12. at night . To the Honorable VVilliam Lenthall Esq Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons : AND Mr. PRIDEAUX . Truly Honorable Sir , I Conceived it my duty , to give you notice of that great Blessing the Lord hath been pleased to give to that small party that Colonell Morgan and my self made up of Foot and Horse , being about Two thousand , with which , when they were got together , I was very desirous , with Colonell Morgan , to try what we could do upon Hereford ; it being so deep a Snow , that they could not possibly imagine we could march : which indeavour the Lord was pleased so to blesse , that we forcibly entred the Town with a small losse , wherein we have prisoners ▪ neer Thirty Knights , and so many Gentlemen , besides the like number of Officers in Commission , and many Souldiers , Eleven peeces of Ordnance , and many Arms : I desire the Lord may have all the honour , whose work it was , and I shall study to set up the Lord Christ here , whilest it shall continue under the command of Your Honours most faithfull Servant , Iohn Birch . Hereford , 18. Decem. 1645. FINIS . 
A86351	----	A true and impartiall account of the plunderings, losses, and sufferings of the County of Hereford by the Scottish army, during their siege before the city of Hereford, Anno Dom. 1645. Since brought in by the country in writing. Published in this juncture of time for the undeceiving of the people, who may perhaps fancy to themselves some imaginable advantage by stickling for the Scots and their partizans in this nation. By Miles Hill, Gent. Hill, Miles. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A86351 of text R205863 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E607_3). 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'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 38 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 9 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A86351 Wing H2004 Thomason E607_3 ESTC R205863 99865107 99865107 117344 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A86351) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 117344) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 93:E607[3]) A true and impartiall account of the plunderings, losses, and sufferings of the County of Hereford by the Scottish army, during their siege before the city of Hereford, Anno Dom. 1645. Since brought in by the country in writing. Published in this juncture of time for the undeceiving of the people, who may perhaps fancy to themselves some imaginable advantage by stickling for the Scots and their partizans in this nation. By Miles Hill, Gent. Hill, Miles. [2], 14 p. Printed by E.G. for L.C., London : 1650. Annotation on Thomason copy: "July. 2d". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Scotland. -- Army -- History -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. Hereford (England) -- History -- Siege, 1645 -- Early works to 1800. A86351 R205863 (Thomason E607_3). civilwar no A true and impartiall account of the plunderings, losses, and sufferings of the County of Hereford by the Scottish army, during their siege Hill, Miles. 1650 4452 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 B The rate of 7 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Megan Marion Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Megan Marion Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A True and Impartiall ACCOUNT OF THE Plunderings , Losses , and Sufferings OF THE County of HEREFORD BY THE Scottish Army , During their siege before the City of HEREFORD , Anno Dom. 1645. Since brought in by the Country in writing . Published in this juncture of time for the undeceiving of the people , who may perhaps fancy to themselves some imaginable advantage by stickling for the Scots and their Partizans in this Nation . By MILES HILL , Gent. LONDON , Printed by E. G. for L. G. 1650. To the Christian Reader . WHen the Apostle makes a prediction of the evils and miscariages of the last daies , 2 Tim. 3. he doth not instance in such wickednesses as are of a grosse and visible cognizance , but in those of a more spirituall and refined nature , men shall be lovers of themselves , without naturall affection , highminded , &c. For as in the appearances of heavenly glory the best wine is kept till last , and the compleatest enjoyments served up at the end of the feast ; so darknesse treasures up her most deceavable workes till the last shew and appearance of all her sorceries : The reason is , because the world being now ripened in understanding and judgement , by long and costly experience , is not so apt to be imposed upon by such evils , as lye open to the redargution of sence and common principles ; but is advanced into error by changable fallacies and deceits , through all gradations and methods of subtilties , according to the wisdom of him who is wiser in his generation then the children of light , amongst those dark and sable appearances which hightned the danger of the last times ; the Apostle gives the last place to a form of godlinesse , without the power , ver. 5. & truly ( Reader ) when thou seest self love , love of pleasure , covetousnesse , fiercenesse &c clothed with a form of Religion , then judge that this prophecy is fulfilled , and that thou art fallen into the very last of the last dayes , ( i. ) into the lees of all danger , and the very dreggs of times . And indeed the world in a great measure labours under this deceit at this very time , when selfe and selfe interests are advanced , under notions , and pretences more specious and taking then their own ; who is there almost that lives in the true being and power of Religion , and delights in it for its own sake ? but we embrace the outward huske and shell , mixing the pretences of divine and humane interest for worldly advantages , which is the most fordid and degenerous of all accompts ; how happy were it if the world were undeceaved in this particular , and could attaine to the true understanding and discernance of all things , untwisting all interests , unfolding all mysteries , giving unto Caesar that which is Caesars , and unto God that which is Gods ? As I cannot acquit many of our owne from this evill , so thou hast here a pregnant instance of this deceit in the ensuing discourse . Our brethren of Scotland ( us we formerly called them ) in the flood of all their designes made their own interests and advantages the mid channell , the heart , and center , which acted and informed the course of their undertaking here amongst us . The pretended appearance of religion and zeale had at first wonne them great r●●ute amongst the credulous and well meaning English , especially in their first and best designes ; I myselfe was a great Proselite of theirs till I had experimented their oppressions , self-seekings and cruelty at the siege before Hereford ; where though they were sufficiently provided for , by the care of the honorable Commissioners from the Parliament of England , who were pleased to imploy me to get in provission from the Country ; Yet the great spoyle and havocke they made , almost to the impoverishing and ruining many poore families in that Country , did wofully experiment the disagreement between their intentions and pretences in this particular : I speak not of the Hamiltonians party , whose deceit was more grosse , and by consequence sooner found out , and deeply punished by him , who judgeth the fatherlesse and pleadeth the cause of the widdow ; but of the Army under Generall Leven , cemented in a pretended Kirk-interest ; these were the men that in five weekes endamaged this small County so many thousands , when they were setled in the siege before Hereford , and an orderly course taken for their subsistance far above the ability of that poore County ; yet they soon found out waies to carpe at the proceedings of the Parliaments Commissioners , to disoblidge them , to weary them out , that so they might be their own carvers , and impose what charge they pleased upon the Country , which was taxed by them five times above what the Parliaments Commissioners thought it able to beare ; of which thou hast here an accompt in the ensuing discourse , as to some Parishes ; if I had not been impeded in my work by malignant , neutrall , and disaffected persons I had brought in a compleat catologue from the remaining parishes amounting to neare so much more ; Is not neare 60000 li. a great losse for one County in five weeks , and that by pretended friends ? Let not Religion be abused hereafter ; let pollicy and piety go by distinct names ; let lucre appeare as it is ; let not selfe and self interest be ashamed to appeare to be what they are ; let us learne to distinguish persons , interests , and things hereafter ; let Religion go for no more then it weighs ; ( i. ) let us ascribe no more truth or realty ●●men , then we can experiment in them ; let not pretences cheate us . Naturallists observe that those bruites which come nearest the shape , but fall short of the true being of man , are most ugly ; t is so here , the more seemingly religious a pretence is , the nearer a kin to the outward forme , the more loathsome , despicable and deformed . Yet , how are weapt to be deceived ? how are we transported ? how many proselytes have these false pretences , and interests amongst us ? what children are we when toys and fancies please us ? I write this ( if possible ) to caution and undeceive my Country men from harkening to the Syren layes of Kirke seducers , these are the men that foment warres , strifes , divisions , in the world , for the maintenance of their own dominations and discontents ; if their stratagems were but seene , they were prevented , let us rather joyn hand in hand , and quietly sit under our own vines and figtrees in submission to the present power , then to make merchandize of our peace estates and lives by huckstering for any corrupt party or faction whatsoever ; if their little singer were so heavy , what wil their loynes be ? It is eccentricall to my purpose to enumerate all their miscarriages in their marches to and from Hereford , and in the Northerne Countrys , I shall leave that to those who are fellow sufferers with us in the like miseries , hoping that they may be awakened to some such discovery as I doe here present thee with ; I shall say no more to thee , but wishing thee not to sacrifice thy wife and children to the bare pretences of a Covenant , Loyalty , Religion ; I leave thee to the perusall of the ensuing discourse by which thy conviction as to the true understanding of the persons and designes herein mentioned ( through Gods blessing may be more cheap and easie then ours ( to our so●●ow and smart ) was . AN abstract taken of the losses dammages and plunderings of 106. small Parishes within the County of Hereford by the Scottish Army commanded by Generall Leven , in which the poor Inhabitants thereof lost , as by a true accompt ready to be attested upon oath , under the hands of the Officers and chiefe of every Parish , to the value of the summes underwritten at every Parish appearing , in which County are 70 Parishes more which suffered in the like nature asmuch if not more , as is verily believed , which brought not in their accompts to be put to publique view , by reason of some disaffected to the businesse being scottified persons ; in the prosecution of which were divers houses riffled , doors , Chests , and Trunks broken open , severall families undone ; most of all their Cattle , horses , and goods taken from them ; much mony plate , Jewels and all kind of rich houshold-stuffe , Rings , and other rich commodities , as wearing apparrel , linnen , books ; the Plate & linnen of divers Churches , neere all the horses , mares , & colts that ever they set their eyes upon as wel from friends as others ; which the Reader may see if he please in an Inventory , as it was taken and brought in writing unto Miles Hill Gentleman , at the City of Hereford , in the moneth of September 1646. being the severall accompts of each Parish , at Major Mans house at the signe of the Boote hard by the Fountaine Taverne in the Strand ; these outrages being committed in July and August the yeare before , as they lay in siege before the City of that County ; their body of foote had then close begirt it ; who had their provisions brought in to them by the poor country-man , they confisting of 9000. and odde persons ; their horse that guarded these foote were about 1500. David Lesley having marched with the rest towards Scotland ; as soon as they entred the County the spoyle being divided most of it by those horse left to guard these foote , there being many hundred of women , & baggage horses ready to receive it , who packed it up , who did constantly march with this Army . Reader , if thou hadst been present to have seen the cryes these poor people made , if thy heart had not been hard , it would have melted into teares with them ; considering that this Army comming in with the prayers of the Kirke as brethren , should doe such things ; and all within the space of 36 dayes ; the siege began the 29. of July 1645. and rose up the second of September following , and left the City unattempted or taken . The severall losses and dammage sustained by the severall Inhabitants in the severall Parishes within the Hundred of Graytree .   l. s. d. TAken and plundered from the Brough and and Forren of Rose to the value of — 1189 18 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Much Martle to the value of — 1104 11 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Eaton Tregos to the value of — 0238 16 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Ashton Iguram to the valew of — 0178 04 10 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of the Lea to the value of — 0134 19 08 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Linton to the value of — 0487 16 11 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Woollhoye to the value of — 0650 00 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Sollershop to the value of — 0094 09 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Upton Bishop to the valew of — 0674 12 08 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Westton under _____ to the value of — 0742 05 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Waford to the value of — 0091 05 10 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Brampton to the value of — 0439 15 06 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Putney to the value of — 0073 13 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Mancels Hope to the value of — 0063 00 00 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Dorrington to the value of — 0328 08 02 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Mordeford to the value of — 0490 00 00 Summe 6979 08 08 The severall losses and dammage sustained by the severall Inhabitants in the severall Parishes within the Hundred of Woolsey .   l. s. d. TAken and plundered from Mr. Manington of the parish of Sarnfield to the valew of — 1000 00 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Risbury and Nicton to the value of — 0325 00 00 Taken and plundred from the parishioners of Docklow to the value of — 0123 01 08 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners more to the value of — 0051 13 03 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Hatfield and Doctlow to the valew of — 0107 08 04 Taken from the parishioners of Hursby , Hepsleys Green , and Hoggaston to the value of — 0087 19 08 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Sarnfield to the value of — 0022 19 00 Taken from Arthur VVinwood of Upton Gent. to the value of — 0185 00 00 Taken from the Parishioners of Upton more by plunder to the value of — 0051 10 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Tester to the value of — 0076 10 00 Taken and plundered from Mr. Richard Collins of Upton to the value of — 0220 00 00 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Yarpall to the value of — 0066 01 08 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of little Dwilwin and Sollers to the value of — 0256 15 01 Taken of Mr. Hyet of Bidney to the valew of — 0015 16 01 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Warton and Newton to the value of — 0176 11 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Ivington — 0189 03 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Eaton Honner , and Stretford to the value of — 1043 18 02 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Hidehill and Wintercot to the value of — 0068 18 04 Taken and plundered from Hope Hampton , and Winsbery to the value of — 0483 11 02 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Humber to the valew of — 0055 05 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Lye court to the value of — 0031 18 06 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Luston to the value of — 0137 16 10 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Kimbolton to the value of — 0278 17 01 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Orleton to the value of — 0027 13 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Ashton to the value of — 0032 16 00 Taken and plundered from the inhabitants of Moorton to the value of — 0093 00 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of little Hereford to the value of — 0066 16 08 Taken and plundered from the While and Piddleston to the value of — 0022 03 06 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Stagbadge in Chalstry to the value of — 0050 05 00 Taken from the Inhabitants of Richford to the value of — 0220 00 00 Taken from the Inhabitants of Eyton to the value of — 0088 08 04 Taken from the Inhabitants of Lucton to the value of — 0063 18 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Middleton to the value of — 0217 05 11 Summe 6130 11 11 The severall losses and dammage sustained by the severall Inhabitants in the severall Parishes within the Hundred of Broxas .   l. s. d. TAken from the Parishioners of Marden by plunder to the value of — 0796 15 05 Taken from Preston town and the Parishioners of Willington to the value of — 0696 15 00 Taken from the Parishioners of Felton to the valew of — 0099 13 04 Taken from the Inhabitants of Bromyard cum membris to the valew of — 0682 17 06 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Sutton to the value of — 0354 00 00 Taken from the inhabitants of Wacton to the value of — 0012 11 07 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Grendon Bishop to the value of — 0090 02 08 Taken from the Parishioners of Amberley to the value of — 0066 00 00 Taken from the parishioners of Thorneby and Rowden to the value of — 0043 05 04 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Much Cowyarne to the value of — 0278 10 00 Taken and plundered from the Parishioners of Tedston Dallamore to the value of — 0031 00 10 Taken and plundered from Tedston Wafer to the value of — 0087 09 08 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Pencomb to the value of — 0063 08 03 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Ullinsweek and little Coward to the value of — 0022 13 04 Taken from the parishioners of Stokelacye to the value of — 0120 12 10 Taken from the parishioners of Whiteborne to the value of — 0046 94 11 Taken from the parishioners of Ockle Pychard to the value of — 0338 17 06 Taken from the Parishioners of Stamford Bishop to the value of — 0236 11 02 Taken from the inhabitants of Menbery to the value of — 0081 01 08 Taken from the Inhabitants of Bromyard Town to the valew of — 0252 02 00 Taken from Waffoloe , and one Cooke to the valew of — 0057 00 00 Taken from the parishioners of Hampton Charles — 0030 10 05 Taken and plundered from the parishioners of Boddenham to the value of — 0607 10 01 Summe 4895 12 02 The severall losses and dammage sustained by the severall Inhabitants in the severall Parishes within the Hundred of Wormloe .   l. s. d. TAken and plundered from the Inhabitants of St. Warne to the value of — 0195 00 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Bowlston to the value of — 0099 10 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Actenbury to the value of — 0105 10 00 Taken and plundered from the inhabitants of Dewsall to the value of — 0129 06 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Sellocke and Foye to the value of — 0077 08 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Machbery to the value of — 0181 07 00 Taken and plundered from the inhabitants of Orcupe to the value of — 0097 11 02 In damage and losse to the inhabitants of Kilpecke to the value of — 0104 14 02 Taken und plundered from the Inhabitants of Kings Chappell to the value of — 0063 11 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of little Burch to the value of — 0071 03 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of little Dew church to the value of — 0092 16 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Tretyre and Michael Church to the value of — 0165 02 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Londinabo to the value of — 0045 14 06 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Longaran to the value of — 0120 13 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Morstow — 0010 09 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Kentchurch to the value of — 0006 14 06 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Garway to the valew of — 0401 18 02 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Phitslowe to the value of — 0006 00 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Gotheridge to the value of — 0038 03 06 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Hentland to the value of — 0082 15 00 Taken and plundered from Morley of that parish to the value of — 0022 00 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Dewchurch to the value of — 0040 00 00 Summe 2157 06 01 The severall losses and dammage sustained by the severall Inhabitants in the severall Parishes within the Hundred of Jemisworth .   l. s. d. TAken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Holmer to the value of — 0531 07 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Hampton Bishop to the value of — 0511 18 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Willington to the value of — 0485 13 08 Taken and plundered from the inhabitants of Wornsley to the value of — 0107 10 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Pipe to the value of — 0161 08 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Kenchester to the value of — 0336 12 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Credenhill to the value of — 0113 11 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Bushopson to the value of — 0218 11 02 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Norton Cannon to the value of — 0112 10 10 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Byford to the value of — 0241 01 06 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Braynton to the value of — 0060 00 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Mornington to the value of — 0220 18 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Bridge sollerd to the valew of — 0211 10 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Yazor to the value of — 0172 12 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Stanton to the value of — 0352 16 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Burhill to the value of — 0268 12 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Mansell Gamadge to the value of — 0212 02 06 Summe 3818 15 08 The severall losses and dammage sustained by the severall Inhabitants in the severall Parishes within the Hundred of Huntington .   l. s. d. TAken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Kington to the value of — 0165 02 11 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Huntington to the value of — 0140 09 03 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Brilley to the value of — 3152 03 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Eridesly to the value of — 0454 03 04 Taken and plundered from the inhabitants of Whitney to the valew of — 0193 06 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Cliffard and Hardwick to the value of — 0221 10 07 Taken and plundred from the Inhabitants of Winsorton to the value of — 0112 00 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Batch and _____ to the value of — 0151 08 06 Taken and plundered from the severall Inhabitants of Clifford to the value of — 0017 16 08 Summe 1608 00 09 The severall losses and dammage sustained by the severall Inhabitants in the severall Parishes within the Hundred of Bebtry .   l. s. d. TAken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Preston upon Wye to the value of — 0606 00 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Tremell to the value of — 0119 17 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Merkes to the value of — 0141 16 00 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Dorson to the value of — 0302 07 02 Taken and plundered from the Township of Vowchurch to the value of — 0080 02 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Wormbridge to the value of — 0034 01 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Kentchurch to the value of — 0054 04 11 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Dinder to the value of — 0484 07 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Didley to the value of — 0307 15 07 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Kinson to the value of — 0392 19 10 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Black more to the value of — 0042 03 04 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Dulas to the value of — 0030 15 02 Taken and plundered from Backton parish to the value of — 0039 12 04 Taken from the parish of Peterchurch to the value of — 0237 16 08 Taken and plundered from the Inhabitants of Abbeydore — 1212 03 01 Taken from Kentchurch and Howton to the value of — 0177 18 10 Taken from Retherose and the Inhabitants there to the value of — 0206 00 00 Taken from the Inhabitants of Home Larye to the value of — 0295 09 11 Taken from the Inhabitants of Much Dewchurch to the value of — 0689 12 11 Taken from the Inhabitants of Eaton Bishop to the value of — 0610 10 05 Taken from other persons neer the parish to the value of — 0137 18 01 Summe 6153 09 11 Summe totall of all the aforesaid particulars is 31743 05 02 Besides the dammage , plundering , and losses of the 70 Parishes which brought not in their accounts : with divers Gentlemen , and persons that neglected to bring in their accounts , that lived within the 160 Parishes herein accounted for , which is expected , might have amounted neer the Summe of 30000 li. more . FINIS . 
B06123	----	[To the kings most excellent majesty. The humble address of your most loyal ... subjects ... of] Hereford 1681 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B06123 Wing T1515B ESTC R185309 52615012 ocm 52615012 176240 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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May it please Your most Sacred Majesty . SInce we are very sensible that no Age hath ever yet produc'd any Prince that hath with more Justice , Goodness and Mercy , swaid the Scepters of the three Kingdoms ( Blessings which our Forefathers never had in a more eminent degree of Perfection , and all other Nations never yet knew ) We conceive it our Duty to manifest to Your Majesty and all the World , our just value and grateful apprehensions of the happiness we enjoy under the best of Kings , and most upright of Governments : And however some ill Men to accomplish their black designs by attempting to subvert the Government , slily insituate to the credulous People , causeless Fears and false Jealousies of Arbitrary Power growing upon us , yet the publick Manifestations Your Majesty hath at all times given to your People of Your Governing by the Laws of the Land , and by no other Method ( which we find Your Majesty holds to inviolably , and and maintains as Sacred ) keep us as safe from such mean apprehensions , as we are secure from the dismal Effects of such a way of Government , which we have no cause to suspect , unless it be from those that suggest it , nor from them neither , till they have subverted a well temper'd Monarchy , and introduc'd their belov'd Tyranical Republick . We cannot but with all humble duty , Loyal Gratitude , and excess of Joy , observe Your Majesties constant Endeavours to give satisfaction and Ease to the Minds of Your Majesties Subjects , not only in Your strict Adherence to , and Favour of the true Protestant Religion , but more especially in Your late Declaration , which cannot but stop the Mouths of the Seditious and Factious , preserve from Apostacy the doubtful , and confirm the Loyalty of Your best setled Subjects ; And that Your Majesty may see that we are not poyson'd , or likely to be so by any Seditious and Factious Designers , we do unanimously and heartily assure Your Sacred Majesty , that we will stand by Your Majesty in the preservation of Your Person , Your Heirs and lawful Successors , and the Government in Church and State , as it is now by Law established , with the last drop of our Bloud , and penny of our Fortunes ; And shall be ready on alloccasions cheerfully to give You such large Assistances as ( joyn'd with the proportionable Supplies of other Your Majesties Loyal Subjects ) may make Your Government great and easie to Your Self at home , and valued and feared by all Your Allies and Neighbours abroad . We humbly beg Your Sacred Majesty to give a gracious acceptance to the steddy resolutions of us Your most obedient and loyal Subjects , which no time , no treachery , no power , no fraud or faction , shall ever make us decline or alter . Your Majesties most Humble , Loyal , and Obedient Subjects and Servants . To the Kings most Excellent Majesty . address the City of Glouchester May it please Your most Sacred Majesty , WE Your Majesties most humble , Loyal , and Obedient Subjects , out of a deep Sense of Your most Princely tenderness and transcendent Care for us , and all Your good Subjects , as well in respect of our Religious as Civil Concerns , do make this our most Humble and Faithful Address , returning all possible Gratitude for Your Majesties most Gracious late Declaration , which hath like a Flood of Goodness , Issued from Your Royal Heart towards all Your Subjects , whereby all Men that have not wilfully blinded their Intellects , may be abundantly satisfied of Your Majesties Fatherly Love to us all . We cannot but remember by What Frauds and Machinations the Subjects of this Your Majesties Realm in the late times were beguiled , and under pretext of Religion ( and particularly this City , of which there was a most deserved Infamy brought upon us by Men of seditious Principles , the dregs of which still remain always watching to disturb our Peace ) cheated into a Rebellion , the consequences whereof was a sad Devastation of all , and the loss of the best of Kings . And we have reason to believe the same deadly poyson was again preparing , and had certainly been given , had not God put it into Your Majesties Heart timely , and most prudently to prevent it , As therefore we are bound to Glorifie God for His Mercy , so we make our most humble and grateful acknowledgement to Your Majesty for Your most intent Vigilance to save us from so portentous a Storm ; and do therefore with all Humility and Faithfulness Prostrate our selves at Your Majesties Feet , solemnly vowing before God and the whole World , That we are and will be ready , to the last drop of our Blood , and Mite of our Estates , to stand by and defend Your most Sacred Person , your lawful Successors , and the just Laws by which you govern both in Church and State. The God of Heaven and Earth , by whom Kings Reign , Bless you with length of Days , Health , and all affluence of Wealth ; Establish Your Sacred Person in the hearts of your People . Dissipate your Enemies , and Confound their Devices ; and let the Scepter of Great Britain be Sway'd by you and your Lawful Successors to the end ot Time. Several other Addresses have been presented to His Majesty , as from Bristol , Lyn-Regis , &c which there is not room to Publish here . EDINBVRGH , Re-printed by John Swintoun , one of His Majesties Printers : Anno DOM. 1681. 
A92762	----	A letter sent to the Right Honourable the Lord Digby, from Sir Barnabas Scudamore Governor of Hereford, concerning the late siedge of the citty of Hereford. Scudamore, Barnabas, Sir, d. 1658. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A92762 of text R200289 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E303_4). 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'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A92762) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 113223) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 50:E303[4]) A letter sent to the Right Honourable the Lord Digby, from Sir Barnabas Scudamore Governor of Hereford, concerning the late siedge of the citty of Hereford. Scudamore, Barnabas, Sir, d. 1658. Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677. [2], 10 p. Printed by Leonard Lichfield, printer to the Vniversity., Oxford, : 1645. Annotation on Thomason copy: "7bre 25" [i.e. September 25]. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Hereford (England) -- History -- Siege, 1645 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Campaigns -- Early works to 1800. A92762 R200289 (Thomason E303_4). civilwar no A letter sent to the Right Honourable the Lord Digby, from Sir Barnabas Scudamore Governor of Hereford,: concerning the late siedge of the Scudamore, Barnabas, Sir 1645 3651 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 B The rate of 8 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the B category of texts with fewer than 10 defects per 10,000 words. 2007-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-06 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-10 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2007-10 Emma (Leeson) Huber Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A LETTER SENT TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD DIGBY , FROM SIR BARNABAS SCVDAMORE GOVERNOR OF HEREFORD , Concerning the late Siedge of the CITTY OF HEREFORD . OXFORD , Printed by Leonard Lichfield , Printer to the Vniversity . 1645. MY LORD , A Numerous and Active Army closely besieging us hath rendred me , and those engaged with me , ( in regard of perpetuall duty , without reliefe of Guards for five weeks together ) incapable of presenting your Lordship with an exact Relation thereof ; I can therefore hint it only for a better Mercury . The Officers , Gentry , ( whereof I shall send a List ) Clergy , Citizens , and Common Souldiers , behaved themselves all gallantly upon their duty , many eminently ; to particularize each , would be too great a trespasse on your Lordships more weighty affaires . Briefly beleeve me ( my Lord ) the walls of their valiant breasts were all strongly lined with Courage and Loyalty . On the 30th of July , I sent out a Party of 20 Horse over Wye-bridge , who discovering their Forlorne-hope of Horse , charged them into their maine Body ; and retreated in very little disorder , and with losse only of one Trooper , ( taken Prisoner ) some of the Scots falling . Immediatly after this , their whole Body of Horse faced us , about ten of the Clock in the morning within the reach of our Cannon , and were welcomed with our mettall ; good execution being done upon them , their Foot as yet undiscovered . About halfe an houre after , I caused a strong Party of Foot ( seconded with Horse ) to line the hedges , who galled them in their passage to the Fords , after whose handsome retreat , I began to ensafe the Ports , which I did that night . In the morning , appeared their Body of Foot , and we found our selves surrounded . I injoyned the Bells silence , least their ringing , which was an Alarme to awaken our devotion , might Chime them together to the execution of their malice . For the same reason , I stopt our Clocks , and hereby though I prevented their telling tales , to the advantage of the Enemy , I my selfe lost the punctuall observation of many particulars , which therefore I must more confusedly represent unto your Lordship . Before they attempted any thing against the Towne , they invited us to a Surrendry , and this they did by a double Summons , one from Leven , directed to me ; the other from the Committee of both Kingdomes ( attending upon the affaires of the Army ) sent to the Major and Corporation : but we complyed so well in our Resolutions , that our positive Answer served for both Parties , which was returned by me to their Generall . This not giving that satisfaction they desired , they began to approach upon the first of August , but very slowly and modestly ; as yet intending more the security of their owne persons , then the ruine of ours : but all their Art could not protect them from our small and great shot which fell upon them . Besides this , our men galled them handsomly at their severall Sallies , over Wyebridge , once beat them up to their maine guard , and at another demolisht one side of St Martins Steeple ; which would have much annoyed us at the Bridge and Pallace ; this was performed with the hurt only of two men , but with losse of great store of the Enemies men . When they saw how difficult the Service would prove , before they could compasse their designes by force , they made use of another Engine which was flattery . The Major and Aldermen are courted to yeeld the Towne by an Epistle , subscribed by six of the Country Gentlemen , very compassionate and suasory : but upon our refusall to stoup to this lure , they were much incensed that they had been so long disappointed , and having all this while continued their line of Communication , they raised their Batteries , commencing at Wyebridge , from whence they received the greatest dammage , but instead of revenging that losse upon us , they multiplied their owne , by the death of their much lamented Major Generall Crafford , and some others that fell with him . This provoked them to play hot upon the Gate for two dayes together , and battered it so much , ( being the weakest ) that it was rendred uselesse , yet our men stopt it up with Wooll-sacks and Timber , and for our greater assurance of eluding their attempt , we brake an Arch , and raised a very strong Worke behind it . The Enemy frustrate of his hopes here , raiseth two severall Batteries , one at the Fryers , the other on the other side of Wye River , and from both these , playes his Ordinance against the corner of the wall by Wye side , but we repaire and line our walls faster then they can batter them , whereupon they desist . About the 11th of August , we discover a Mine at Frein-gate , and imploy workmen to countermine them . When we had stopt the progresse of that Mine on one side of the Gate , they carried it on the other ; which we also defeated by making a Sally-port : and issuing forth did break it open and fire it . About the 13th , they raise Batteries round about the Town , and make a Bridge over Wye River . The 14th , Doctor Scudamore is sent by them to desire admittance for three Country Gentlemen , who pretended in their Letters to import something of consequence to the good of the City and County , free leave of ingresse and egresse was allowed them , but being admitted , their suggestions were found to us so frivolous and impertinent , that they were dismisd , not without some disrelish and neglect : and the said Doctor , after they were past the Port , comming back from his company , was unfortunately slaine by a shot from the Enemy . About the 16th , they discover the face of their Battery against Frein-gate , with five severall gun-ports , from hence they played foure Cannon joyntly at our walls , and made a breach , which was instantly made up ; they doe the like on the other side with the like successe . The 17th , a notable Sally was made at St Owens Church with great execution , and divers Prisoners taken with the losse only of one man , at which time little boyes strived , which should first carry Torches and Faggots to fire their works , which was performed to some purpose , and so it was at the same Sally-port once before , though with a fewer number , and therefore with lesse execution . And I may not forget to acquaint your Lordship with those other foure Sallies , made by us at the Castle to good effect , and what emulation there was between the Souldier and Citizens , which should be most ingaged in them : Now their losse of Prisoners , slaughter of men , and dishonour of being beaten out of their works , which they found ready to flame about their eares if they returned presently into them , had so kindled their indignation , that presently they raysed Batteries against Saint Owens Church , and plaid fiercely at it , but to little purpose , which they so easily perceived , that from the 20. unto the 27. there was a great calme on all sides , we as willing to provide our selves , and preserve our ammunition for a storme , as they could be industrious or malitious to bring it upon us : yet I cannot say either side was Idle ; for they ply'd their Mine at Saint Owens , and prepared for Scaling , we countermined , imploy'd our boyes by day and night to steale out and fire their Works ; securing their retreat under the protection of our Musquetiers upon the wall , and what our fire could not perfect , though it burnt farre , and suffocated some of their Miners , our water did , breaking in upon them and drowning that which the fire had not consumed , and this saved us the pains of pursuing a mine , which we had sunk on purpose to reader theirs in that place ineffectuall . The 29th , Leven ( a mercifull Generall ) assayes the Towne againe by his last offer of honourable conditions to surrender , but he found us still unrelenting , the terror of his Cannon , making no impression at all upon our Spirits , though the bullets discharged from them , had done so much against our walls : this ( though some of their chiefe Commanders were remisse and coole at the debate and some contradictory ) drives their greatest spirits into a passionate resolution of storming . And to that purpose August 31th , and September . 1. they prepare Ladders , hurdles , and other accommodations for the advancing their designe , and securing their persons in the attempt , and played very hot with their Cannon upon Bysters gate , and the halfe moon next Saint Owens gate , intending the morrow after to fall on , presuming as they boasted , that after they had rung us this passing peale , they should presently force the Garrison to give up her Loyall Ghost , but the same night His Majesty advancing from Worcester , gave them a very hot alarum , and drawing a little neerer to us , like the Sunne to the Meridian , this Scottish mist beganne to disperse , and the next morning vanished out of sight . My Lord , I should give your Lordship an accompt of the valor of our common Souldiers and Townesmen , that would hazard themselves at the making up of breaches ( to the astonishment of the enemy , till their Cannon played between their leggs , and even the Women ( such was their gallantry ) ventred where the Musquet bullets did so , and I should acquaint your Honour , what frequent alarums we gave them by fire-balls , lights upon our Steeple , by Dogs , Cats , and outworne Horses , having light Matches tyed about them ; and turned out upon their works , whereby we put the enemy in such distraction , that sometimes they charged one another ; this recreation we had in the middest of our besiedging : and one morning , instead of beating Reveillie , we had a crye of Hounds , in pursuit after the traine of a Fox about the Walls of the Citty , so little were we dismaied at the threats or attempts of them . I may not forget one remarkable peece of Divine Providence , that God sent us singular men of all professions , very usefull , and necessary for us in this distresse , and so accidentally to us , as if they had on purpose been let downe from Heaven , to serve our present and emergent occasions : as ●●ilfull Miners , excellent Cannoneers , ( one whereof spent but one shot in vaine throughout the whole Siedge ) an expert Carpenter , the only man in all the Country to make Mills , without whom we had been much disfurnisht of a meanes to make Powder , ( after our Powder-mill was burnt ) or grind Corner that providence that brought these to us , at last drove our Enemies from us , after the destruction of foure or five Mines , which since appeares to be their number , the expence of 300 Cannon shot , besides other Ammunition spent with Muskets , the losse by their owne confession of 1200 , and as the Country sayes 2000 men , we in all not loosing about 21 by all Casualties whatsoever . Thus craving your Lordships pardon for my prolixity , I take leave and rest Your Lordships most humble servant , BER. SCUDAMORE . For the Governour of the City of Hereford . SIR , OVr appearance before you in this posture , is for no other end , but the setling of truth with Peace in England , without the least desire to shed the bloud of any Subject in it , our by-past actions may be a sufficient evidence hereof ; Therefore is to Summond and require you to deliver up that City unto me to be kept for the use of His Majesty and the Parliament of England : whereunto , if shall be so wise and happy to condescend , you may have Conditions honourable and safe , but if otherwise worse Councell shall so farre prevaile with you , as to contemne this offer , I am perswaded all the World , and you also , will acquit me of the manifold inconveniences which will undoubtedly ensue upon your refusall . Consider hardly of your owne Condition , and of these now under your charge , whose bloud will be laid upon your accompt , and returne an Answer within three houres after the receipt of this , unto me . So sent at the Leaguer before Hereford , this last day of Iuly , about ten of the Clock in the forenoone . LEVEN . For the Major , Aldermen , and Commons of the City of Hereford , these . Gentlemen , WEE the Commissioners appointed by the Parliament of England , to reside in the Scots Army , foreseeing the great Miseries and Calamities that are likely to ensue to this City of Hereford , in case the Summons sent by his Excellency the Earle of Leven , shall be refused by the Governour ; Have thought good to give you timely advice to use your uttermost endeavours , that a positive and satisfactory Answer may be returned thereunto , least that by a wilfull delay or refusall , you bring utter ruine and destruction , not only to your selves , but to all that are with you , which will not lie in the power of any to prevent . From the Leaguer before Hereford , Iuly 31. 1645. Your Loving friends , Iohn Corbett . Edward Baynton . William Pulfrey . Humfrey Salwey . My Lord , I Am not to give up the Kings Garrison upon any Summons or Letter , neither shall it be in the power of the Major or other to condescend to any such Proposition made unto him ; I was set in here by the Kings Command , and shall not quit it but by speciall order from His Majesty or the Prince . And with this resolution I shall persist in Hereford , this last of Iuly , 1645. B. SCUDAMORE . May it please your Honour , WEE whose names are subscribed , having a great desire for the good of Citty and County , and seeing the present great distresse that is like to ensue both to Citty and County , have thought fit to present these to your Honours consideration , and to give you to understand , That if it please your Honour to admit us with safe Conduct into and out of the Citty , to impart some matters unto your Honour , which we hope may be conduceable for the good of Citty and Countie , we will with your honours approbation , addresse and present our selves unto your honour : and so humbly desiring your honours speedy answer with our respects we rest At your Honours Command , Herbert Westfalling . Roger Hereford . James Newton . From the General's Quarters 14. August 1645. To the Honourable the Governor of the Citty and County of Hereford , these present . For the Right worshipfull the Major and Aldermen , and the Citizens of Hereford , these . Right worshipfull and loving friends , OVr earnest desire to prevent the effusion of much Christian bloud , which must unavoydably be spilt , if the City should be forcibly entred , and the consideration that a number of Religious and Innocent Persons are likely to suffer with the rest , whose bloud , if spilt through your obstinacy , will be required at your hands , hath caused us to beg that favour from his Excellency and the honourable Commissioners of both Kingdomes , that these our advice & desires might be sent unto you , hoping that our neernes in bloud to many , our familiarity and friendship with most , some of us being knowne even unto all , may obtaine Credit with you , at least with as many , who love either themselves , their Families , or tender the glory of that great God whom they pretend to serve ; That you would seriously consider the heavy burden which at this time by reason of so great an Army lies upon the adjacent County , to the great prejudice of divers of your neere friends , and some of your owne Familios , which at last , if your obstinacy continue , will fall heaviest upon your owne selves : That you would not too long be flattered with the conceit , that Conditions may be had any time : That you would not give credit to those who by false suggestions keep you to their obedience , and make you the unhappy Instruments to effect their hellish designes , tending both to your owne and the Kingdomes destruction ▪ But that whilest Mercy may be shewen to you , you would embrace it , whilst future subsistance is remaining for your selves and the Country , you would submit your selves and City to the obedience of the King and Parliament : and in so doing , you shall preserve your Lives and Goods from the rage of the devouring Sword , your Country from approching Famine , and be assured you have no Enemies here , longer then you are enemies to your selves and the Common-wealth ; your inability to hold out against so Puissant an Army , we well know , and if you will credit us , ( who have , and must live amongst you ) Reliefe you can have none . We are so much the more earnest with you , by how much the more ( if obstinately you withstand the Patriots of your Country ) we know your Condition desperate , we have done our duty as friends to you ; God grant it worke so farre upon your hearts , as that you may be friends to your selves , and for your guidance , you shall have the dayly prayers of Your loving friends , Ed : Harley . Tho : Seaborne . Franc : Pomber . Io: Herring . Io: Style ▪ Eusbare Hardwike . For the Governour of Hereford . SIR , BY a former addresse , I made knowne unto you the constant desires and resolutions of this Army to shun the effusion of bloud , and to preserve Cities and Families from desolation ; And for that end did invite you to a peaceable Surrender of that City for the use of His Majesty and the Parliament of England , upon Conditions honourable and safe , whereby they might enjoy the fruits of a setled Peace , which other Garrisons that have been in the like Condition now doe : whereunto upon grounds best known unto your selfe , you thought it not then fitting to condescend ; Neverthelesse , that I may convince you of the Realities of your desires and resolutions before mentioned , and of your owne guiltinesse of all the bloud-shed misery and desolation , which your obstinacy may draw upon the Persons , Families , and Estates of that People who are now under your charge , I have hereby once more resolved to renew my former offer , expecting your Answer against to morrow morning by six of the Clocke , assuring you , that if the opportunity be not laid hold of , but rejected , the like will not be offered unto you , by Your friend LEVEN . Leaguer , 28. August . 5 a Clock in the afternoone . To the Right Honourable the Earle of Leven , Generall of the Scottish Forces . My Lord , FOr your favourable proffer to the Inhabitants of this City , I shall returne their thankes and resolution , that they intend to suffer with me , and I shall not suffer alone , for the effusion of bloud , I am sorry to think of it , that two Vnited Nations should so much differ , having paid once well for Scotlands friendship . My Lord , I am resolved to endure all Mines and Stormes which shall be made against this place , and doubt not by Gods assistance to render His Majesty a good account of it , the which by my endeavours , I shall maintaine to the last , and remaine Your Lordships Servant , B. SCUDAMORE . 29. Aug. 1645. FINIS .