A TRUE RELATION of the late Expedition into KENT By the appointment of both Houses of PARLIAMENT. As it was expressed in a Letter from a man of good credit, who was in the Action, Dated from Dover the 29. of August, 1642. WHEREIN My Lord ROPER, and Sir PETER RICAULT, were taken into custody and Confined unto Vpnar Castle, and likewise how we took His Majesty's great Ship called the Sovereign of the Seas, and furnished her with a sufficient guard. As also News from Cambridge, and the bringing in of Dr. WREN Bishop of Ely, with good store of treasure, to the Tower of London.  
September, 2. Printed by T. FAUCET. 1642.   

Good News from KENT.  
MY love to you remembered, and your son his duty, being both of us in good health praise be given to God.  
When we went from London, the first place we stayed at was Dertford in Kent, where we quartered ourselves for a night. The next day we came to Cobham-Hall, an House belonging to the Duke of Lenox, from whence we took three Barbary Horses, valued at 200. pound a piece, and five loads of Ammunition. The next day we went to Rochester, where we had very good respect from all, and made our abode there two days: Our next remove was towards Maidstone, where by the way at Ailsford two miles short of that Town, we found the House of Sir Peter Ricault, who also hath a fair House in London near to the Stocks, he dwelleth in Ailsford next door to Sir William Cooper; from him they took certain Plate and some Money, and committed his person to Upnar-Castle over-against Chatham, which Castle we took, and all the Ordnance, and put in a Garrison of Soldiers, who keep and hold it for the King and Parliament. At Rochester we light upon the Lord Roper, and sent him to Upnar-Castle likewise to bear Sir Peter Ricault company. After this we came to Sir William Butler's house not fare from Maidstone, where we found good store of Plate, Money, and Powder, all which we took possession of, but withal our Soldiers stumbled upon such plenty of Sugar and Sweatmeats, as served to take away the stomaches of the most of them for that day and the next. When we came to Maidstone, many gave us good words, but we might perceive by the countenances of divers of them, that we were not so generally welcome as many expected. From thence we advanced as fare as Canterbury, only by the way we called in at Sir Edward deering's, and made bold to plunder his house, albeit we found very little, either Money or Arms. After we were entered into Canterbury, we took out of the Deans house great store of Arms, about some three Carts lading beside 14. Barrels of Gunpowder, vessels about the bigness of a beer-barrel; divers of our Troop having got into the Minster, pulled down the Organs, and pulled to pieces the Rail about the Communion Table, and removed that they called their high Altar into the body of the Chancel.  
From thence we removed towards Dover, where we found ourselves least welcome of any place we yet came to, for scarce any one would vouchsafe us a good look, yet we made shift to possess ourselves of the Castle for all that, and have furnished ourselves with about seven thousand pounds, all which we have made bold with out of the houses of Recusants.  
One thing I had almost forgotten, that at our being at Chatham we possessed ourselves of the King's great Ship, called the Sovereign of ehe Seas, and have put into her a Guard of Soldiers. We suppose our next moving will be towards Rye and Hastings. Having no more to write at this time, I rest,  
Yours, J. W.  
Thursday the 1. of September, 1642.  
THis morning early News came to London by a Minister who came from Cambridge yesterday, that by Order from the Honourable House of Parliament, certain Troops of Horse have surprised divers Heads of the Colleges, who were suspected for sending moneys and Plate to the King, and imprisoned them, and have searched their Colleges, and taken away such Plate and Money as they found there: And this afternoon Doctor Wren Bishop of Ely was brought up to London, with other Doctors and Heads of Houses, being guarded with 500 Horse, who were scene coming thorough West-smithfield in London, with a Cart load of Treasure brought up to the Parliament to be disposed of by them, and in the mean time the Bishop of Ely was conveyed to the Tower, with others in his company, till the Honourable Houses of Parliament shall determine what is further to be done.  
FINIS.