A true RELATION OF THE Taking of the City, Minster, and Castle of lincoln, with all their Ordnance, Ammunition, and Horse.  
By the Right Honourable the earl of Manchester, On Monday the sixth of this instant May.  
Together With a List of the names of the Commanders, and number of common Souldiers, that was there taken.  
LONDON, Printed by R. coats for Joh. Bellamy. 1644.   

A True Relation of the taking of the City, Minster, and Castle of lincoln, with all their Ordnance, Ammunition,& Horse.  
SIR,  
MY best respects to yourself presented. Without further preamble, I have here sent you a brief and faithful Relation of our proceeding before lincoln, where it hath pleased God to show himself wonderfully on the side of his people, by a glorious and admirable Victory given to us.  
On friday last, May 3. my Lord of Manchester, sate down before lincoln. And after some small resistance was Master of the lower part of the City. The Enemy all flying from their outworks, and betaking themselves to their upper works, to the Minster, and to the Castle, which they conceived to be impregnable.  
On Saturday May 4. there fell so much rain, that we could make no attempt against them. That night my Lord resolves to storm them, and to that purpose drew up his Foot, and sent for the Horse from their Quarters to be ready by two a clock in the morning, but the weather continuing so violent, prevented our attempt for that night, it being so slippery that it was not possible for our Foot to crawl up the hill to come to their works, the Mount whereon the Castle stood, being nere as steep as the eaves of a house, and there was the chiefest place where we were to storm them.  
The next day, being the Lords day, we sent out a party of Horse towards Gainsborough, and took some Prisoners, who  told us of a great body of Horse, to the number of five or six thousand that were coming against us, under colonel Gorings command: which made my Lord to resolve to storm them that afternoon, and to that intent the scaling ladders were brought forth and the Foot were ready to set on, but second and better thoughts stayed us till next morning, we having intelligence that they were far enough off from coming to their relief for that night. My Lord in the mean time sent two thousand Horse under the command of Lieutenant general cronwell, to meet the enemy, and to stop them from coming to relieve the City, and thereupon the Foot were by order drawn off from about the Hill, which the Enemy perceiving, it caused them to insult, houping, and hollowing against us, thinking we were afraid to set upon them, but the next morning they sang another note, in another tune; There was that night order given for the Foot to lye upon the several quarters of the hill, round about their works, and to be all in a readiness to fall on, from every quarter when they heard the great Ordnance go off, which was between two and three in the morning, there being six pieces together let fly, upon which we all fell to work, within less then a quarter of an hour we got up to their works, which the Foot with much gallantnesse performed, receiving all their shot, which they powred out like hail, the Enemy being all of them ready to receive our charge, and expecting us when we came.  
Our foot never left running till they came to the top of the Hill, which would have been enough to tier a Horse; being under their works, we set up the Scaling ladders, which they seeing left their firing, and threw mighty stones upon us from over their works, by which wee received more hurt then by all their shot; but all would not daunt our men, but up to the top of the ladders they got, which proved too short most of them, to reach the top of their walls and Works, they being most of them as high as London wall; but yet they shifted to get up, which the enemy perceiving, they had no spirit left in them, but betook themselves to their heels, and our men over their works shouting,& following as fast after them, but they not knowing whether to run, cried out for quarter; saying they were poor Array men: we slay about fifty of them, about twenty of which were slain in the Castle yard, where they made the most resistance. We lost not more then eight men in the storming of it; whereof one a captain, captain Oglesby, another, Lieutenant Saunders. We took of them as follows; a List of whose Names I have here sent you, both of the Officers, and Common Souldiers, as I see them taken, which is with the least, there being more found since in corners, whose names were not inserted into this list of Prisoners: all the Common Souldiers after they were taken did cheerfully desire to serve the Parliament, making many Protestations of their readiness to venture their lives for our cause.   

A List of the Commanders and Common Souldiers that were taken PRISONERS.  

SIR Francis Fane governor.  
colonels. 

Sir Charles Dalison Col.  
colonel Midlemore.  
colonel bawds.    
Lieut. colonels. 

Lieut. Benefield.  
Lieut. brown.    
Sergeant Majors. 

mayor Roberts.  
mayor Rogers.    
Captaines. 

captain Giles.  
Cap. Dalby.  
Cap. Rachil.  
Cap. Daliston.  
Cap. Souze.  
Cap. Berisford.  
Cap. Woodrofe.  
Cap. Morecraft.  
Capt. Bradbury.  
Cap. Hewet.  
Cap. Roberts.  
Cap. Purdy.  
Cap. Corie.  
Cap. Balgie.  
Cap. Heslewood.  
Cap. Cockerill.  
Cap. Wright.  
Cap. Cha. bawds.  
Cap. Moore.  
Cap. Quadring.  
Cap. Lieut. Monroy.    
Lieutenants. 

Lieut. Rich. Gregory.  
Lieut. will. Maxfield.  
Lieut. Christ. shore.  
Lieut. James Baldwin.  
Lieut. John Turner.  
Lieut. James Castle.  
Lieut. Robert Linsey.  
Lieut. Edmonds.  
Lieut. will. Hall.  
Lieut. will. brown.  
Lieut. Sam. Gromet.  
Lieut. Tho. Kinsman.  
Lieut. Matth. Skeans.  
Lieut. Christ. Dighton.  
Lieut. Hardy.  
Lieut. Beard.  
Lieut. boult.  
Lieut. Thory.    
ensigns 

Ensig. Tho. Patly.  
Ensig. Ralph Outlaw.  
Ensig. Roberts.  
Ensig. Ral. Armington.  
Ensig. Gervace Dighton.  
Ensig. James Aprice.  
Ensig. Henry Ash.  
Ensig. Henry Brooksby.  
Ensig. Jo. Yarmouth.  
Ensig. Skelton.  
Ensig. Algood.  
Ensig. Gardin.  
Ensig. Levin.  
Ensig, Rivelin.    
Sergeants. 

Serg. Jo. Machen.  
Serg. Wil. Smith.  
Serg. Robert Parker.  
Serg. Thomas Skelton.  
Serg. Richard Trist.  
Serg. Rand. Armstrong.  
Serg. William Hall.  
Serg. Richard Wood.  
Serg. William clerk.  
Ser. Arthur Hammonds.  
Ser. John coals.  
Ser. Jer. row.  
Ser. John Burnot.  
Ser. Thomas Jenkinson.  
Ser. William Scot.  
Ser. William Scales.  
Ser. Ed. Yarneton.    
Twenty Corporals.  
Gentlemen. 

Burrill.  
William Quaderin.  
Ed. Skipwith, signior.  
Ed. Skipwith, junior.  
George Bradley.  
Isaac Atkinson, Minister.    
four Drums.  
One Trumpet.  
David Prele Overseer of the works.  
Kilham Booth Master Gunner  
William Smith Gunners Mate,  
John Cedling Gunners Mate.   
About seven hundred private Souldiers taken.  
Fifty-slaine on the place.  
All their arms: All their Ammunition taken Eight Pieces of Ordnance. All the Pillage of the upper Town( which was taken by storming) was given to the Souldiers.  
The place was taken by storming in half an hour.  
Onely eight of our men killed; whereof captain Oglesby and Lieutenant Saunders, were two.  
About forty of our hurt, by casting down stones.  
A hundred Horse taken.  
FINIS