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. 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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 .