of Essex made Generall of England in the yeere 1641. The Kings forces routed and Worcester taken Edge hill sight Prisoners taken Reading taken Aprill 18. 1643 Glocester relieved Cirencester taken Newbery sight * Alexander Lesley earl of Leven acquired the highest reputation as a soldier under Gustavus Adolphus king of Sweden who appointed him governor of Stralsund which he bravely and vigilantly defended against the Imperialists He was also governor of the cities along the coast of the Baltic and afterward felt-marshall over the army in Westphalia He had the supreme command of the Scottish army when it invaded England and was upon the cessation of arms betwixt the two kingdoms created an earl and about the same time made governor of the castle of Edinburgh He also commanded the army that marched into England in 1644 and which had so considerable a share in the battle of Marston Moor the greatest that was fought during the civil war Soon after the defeat of the royal army at this place general Leven the earl of Manchester and Fairfax with their combined forces sat down before York which presently surrendered upon terms They soon after divided their armies and Leven returning into the North took the rich town of Newcastle Zachary Hamilton preceptor to the Pretender's son told lord Hailes that Lesley was a soldier of fortune and that one day on a march in Scotland he said to an officer There is the house where I went to school How General answered the officer I thought you could not read Pardon me I got the length of the letter G. The due praise of Alexander Lesley Earl of Leven Lesleyes salutation and courting at the Court of England See their Speeches in print Cocket Island taken Ian. 20. 1643. Tinby taken March 19. 1643. Durham and Lomby taken April 14 15 1646. York besieged The battell at Marston-moore York taken Newcastle besieged Newcastle taken Octob. 20. 1644. Carlisle taken Newark taken by the assistance of our brethren of Scotland * The Earl of Warwick who assisted in the king's council was not much wondered at for deserting his royal master whom he had never well served nor did he look upon himself as obliged by that honour which he knew was conferred upon him in the crowd of those whom his majesty had no esteem of or ever proposed to trust so his business was to join with those to whom he was indebted for promotion He was a man of a pleasant and companionable wit and conversation of a universal jollity and such a licence in his words and in his actions that a man of less virtue could not be found so that one might reasonably have believed that a man so qualified would not have been able to have contributed much to the overthrow of a nation and kingdom But with all these faults he had great authority and credit with those people who in the beginning of the troubles did all the mischief and by opening his doors and making his house the rendezvous of all the silenced ministers in the time when there was authority to silence them and spending a good part of his estate of which he was very prodigal upon them and by being present with them at their devotions and making himself merry with them he became the head of that party and got the character of a godly man When the king revoked the earl of Northumberland's commission of admiral he accepted that office from the parliament and never quitted their service and when Cromwell dissolved that parliament he betook himself to the protection of the Protector married his heir to his daughter and lived in so entire a confidence and friendship with him that when the Protector died he exceedingly lamented him The earl of Warwick died April 19 1659 aged 71 and lies buried in Folstead Church Essex He left his estate which before was subject to a vast debt more improved and repaired than any man who trafficked in that desperate commodity of rebellion The due praise of Robert Earl of Warwick The E. of Warwick made high Admirall of England in the yeer 1642. The Navy at Sea secured Portsmouth taken Carmarthen Casurprized by the Earle of Warvvick * Edward earl of Manchester a nobleman of many great and amiable qualities was a zealous and no less able patron of liberty but without enmity to monarchy or the person of the king He was one of the avowed patriots in the house of peers and the only member of that house who was accused by Charles of high-treason together with the five members of the house of commons In the civil war he had the charge of seven of the associated counties and with his usual activity and address raised an army of horse which he commanded in person Soon after he entered upon his command he forced the town of Lynne to submit to the parliament and defeated the earl of Newcastle's army at Horn Castle In 1644 he took Lincoln by storm and had a principal share in the victory at Marston Moor After the battle of Newbury he was suspected of favouring the king's interest was even accused by Cromwell of neglect of duty and by the self-denying ordinance deprived of his commission He had been bred up in the court under the favour of the duke of Buckingham a lady of whose family he had married and had attended upon the prince when he was in Spain was called to the house of peers in the lifetime of his father which was a very extraordinary favour Upon the death of the duke of Buckingham his wife being likewise dead he married the daughter of the earl of Warwick a man in no grace at court and looked upon as the greatest patron of the Puritans because of much the greatest estate of all who favoured them after this second marriage lord Manchester totally estranged himself from the court and entered into all the politics of his father-in-law but at last he heartily concurred in the restoration of Charles the Second who appointed him lordchamberlain of his household He died May 5 1671 aged sixty-nine The due praise of the Earle of Manchester Colours and prisoners taken Horncastle Gainesborough and Lincolne taken York besieged Tickell Shelford and VVelbeck taken The due praise of the Earle of Calendar James Levingston earl of Calendar who descended from the house of Linlithgow was formed as a soldier in the wars of Bohemia Holland Sweden and Germany and acquired a great reputation in his military character He was a gentleman of the bedchamber to Charles I. who created him lord Levingston of Almont in 1633 and earl of Calendar 1641. Upon the eruption of the civil war he took the side of the parliament but afterward attached himself to the king He marched into England soon after the battle of Marston Moor with ten thousand men to assist the earl of Leven in reducing York He was lieutenant-general of the Scots army that attempted to rescue Charles from his confinement in the Isle of Wight His most
signal exploit was the taking of Carlisle in which he found a seasonable supply of arms and ammunition He freely confessed to Charles I. upon what errors and mistakes he had been corrupted and by whom and pretended so deep a sense of what he had done amiss that it was believed he would have taken a command in the king's army which he declined as it might have been penal to him in Scotland by some clause in the Act of the Pacification but especially upon pretence it would disable him from doing him greater service in that kingdom whither shortly after the standard was set up he repaired with all solemn vows of asserting and improving his Majesty's interest in those parts The earl of Calendar died in October 1672. The hand of God carrying on our brethren of Scotland Carlisle taken York taken The due praise of the noble E. of Stamford Henry lord Grey of Groby married Anne daughter and co-heir of William Cecil earl of Exeter in whose right he was possessed of the castle borough and manor of Stamford whence he took his title He was colonel of a regiment in the parliament army under the earl of Essex and was very active in their service particularly in Herefordshire and Cornwall In the Mercurius Rusticus is an account of his sending captain Kirle to plunder the house of Thomas Swift vicar of Goodwich in the county of Hereford who was supposed to have been plundered oftener than any other person during the civil war He was grandfather of the celebrated dean of St. Patrick's The earl of Stamford died the 21st of August 1673. Religion a cloke for covetousnesse The due praise of the noble E. of Denbigh Basil Fielding son of William Fielding earl of Denbigh was an officer in the parliament army at Edge-hill where his father fought on the part of the king In 1644 he took Russel House in Staffordshire and by that means opened a communication between Coventry and London and afterwards with a small number of men routed three thousand of the king's forces sent to the relief of Dudley Castle which he was then besieging In 1643 he succeeded to the peerage by the death of his father in consequence of several mortal wounds he had received in a hot engagement near Birmingham Upon the new modelling of the army he resigned his commission together with the earls of Essex and Manchester but still continued to act in concert with the republican party The earl of Denbigh was the chief of the commissioners sent to treat with the king in the Isle of Wight and when his majesty was about to deliver to him his answer to the parliament sealed he told him That though they had no authority to treat with him or to do any thing but to receive his answer yet they were not to be looked upon as common messengers and to carry back an answer that they had not seen and upon the matter refused to receive it and said they would return without any except they might see what they carried The king conceiving their return without his answer would be attended with the worst consequences told them that he had some reason for having offered to deliver it to them in that manner but if they would give him their words that the communicating it to them should be attended with no prejudice to him he would open it and cause it to be read and thereupon he opened it and gave it to one to read The earl of Denbigh died November 28 1675. Russell Hall and Oswestree taken The due praise of the right honourable L. Fairfax Ferdinand lord Fairfax at the commencement of the civil war received a commission from the earl of Essex generalissimo for the parliament to command all the forces of Yorkshire and the adjacent counties in chief by which in less time than could be reasonably imagined he was enabled to draw together an army of five or six thousand horse and foot so that York was in danger of falling into the hands of the parliament But the earl of Newcastle marched quickly to its relief and having left a good garrison in Newcastle and fixed such small garrisons in his way as might secure his communication with that port to which all his ammunition was to be brought he entered York and though the lord Fairfax kept Selby and Cawood the earl of Newcastle was absolute master of the field and totally routed Fairfax at Adderton Moor in June 1643 but he and his son sir Thomas gained a complete victory over colonel Bellasyse governor of York at Selby the eleventh of April 1634 for which the parliament ordered a general thanksgiving After sir Thomas Glemham had surrendered York and the earl of Newcastle had retired beyond the seas he succeeded to the government of that city and of the northern counties He died at York March 13 1647-8 The Covenant taken in york-shire Newcastle routed neer Tadcaster Newcastle again routed neer Bradford VVhitby Cawood and Axholm Island taken The due praise the right honourable L. Roberts John lord Roberts had the command of a regiment under the earl of Essex and at Newbury led the parliament forces to the charge with great gallantry and by his courage and conduct routed the royal army He with part of his brigade defended Plymouth against the combined force of the enemy and several times repulsed them to their great loss He was a leading man in the councils of the patriotic junto and had afterward a principal hand in the restoration He had much learning but it was mixed with the pedantry of the time of James I. and was of a morose and splenetic temper He was appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland by Charles II. in 1669 in a time of confusion when the various claims to the estates in that kingdom was to be adjusted His parts were by no means equal to this government at so critical a juncture as he had a genius rather for starting than solving difficulties He treated the Irish nobility with haughtiness and contempt and was himself treated with much less ceremony than he expected The king found it necessary to remove him from this employment and soon after his return to England appointed him president of the council and created him earl of Radnor He was observed to puzzle business and retard the dispatch of it more than any man that had ever been in the great offices which he enjoyed He died in the year 1685. His daughter Letitia Isabella who was first married to Charles earl of Drogheda was afterward the wife of Mr. Wycherly the dramatic poet The King routed at Newbery sight 15 Garrisons taken in Cornwall The due praise of the right honorable L. Brook Lord Brook was one of those patriots who so ardently longed for liberty that he was determined to seek it in America if he could not find it at home He and lord Say had actually agreed to transport themselves to New England but the sudden turn of affairs prevented their voyage Having
XII Upon the illustrious and most valiant Knight Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX now Generalissimo of the Parliaments Forces * Thy Victories for number and short time Unparallell'd do make so loud a noise That not t' extoll thee were no lesse a crime Then to deny thee to be th' Arrow choice Of Gods King deliverance not shot untill Tyranny was ripe fit for Astroeas stroaks And by thy puissant hand and Martiall skill Given oft unto the sturdiest Oaks Of hostile enmity is tumbled down Maugre the Vassals of the Triple-Crown Thus by the aspect of this Northern star Darting his lustre both at home and far The fascinations magick spells are marr'd And the enchantment 's done that did retard Our hopes But his victorious success And vertues Volumes are more fit t' express TO illustrate this gallant Generalls fame were but to light a candle against the sun therefore I shall onely point at some particulars of his gallant proceedings before as well as since he was made Generall of the Parliaments Army Yorkshire may remember Sir Thomas Fairfax who with a handfull of men in comparison of the Popish Army did withstand and many times foyle Newcastle and his Army with this small party tooke Leeds Jan. 26. 1642. and in May 1643. he took Wakefield and afterwards marched into Cheshire and relieved oppressed Nantwich and totally routed the Lord Byron and tooke Biddle-House and afterward he marched into the North againe and tooke Cawood Castle Axholm Island and routed the Kings Army neare Selby Aprill 13. 1644. and in July most gallantly acted his part in the routing of the Popish Earl of Newcastle and for this his valiant and faithfull service in the North was by the Parliament made Generall of their new modelled Army which the enemy promised themselves victory over but at that never to be forgotten and gallant fought battell of Naesby they found the contrary in that field did this gallant General charge bare-headed and after that he had there tooke their Foot and most of their Ammunition he marched to Leicester and re-gained it and afterward marched to Hieworth and tooke it relieved Taunton-Deane and regained Ilchester routed Gorings Army at Langport and tooke the said Towne with the Town of Burrough Bridgewater and the City of Bath having performed all these gallant pieces of service in the moneths of June and July 1645. he marched into Somersetshire and suppressed the unruly clownish Club-men who without feare or wit stood in opposition to his proceedings and after he had secured the Ring-leaders of that rabble rout he marched to Sherborn Castle and tooke it with Nunney Castle Porshot-Point and the strong City and Castle of Bristoll and in the moneth of September he tooke the towne and castle of Devizes with Farleigh castle and Cardiffe castle Lacock-house Barkley castle and Chedwick in the moneth of October 1645. Thus our noble Generall went on prosperously in the taking of the City of Winchester Holt Church Garrison and Langford House with the Garrison of Tiverton and in the moneth of November 1645. he tooke the towne of Fulford neare Exeter and marched from thence in the moneth of December 1645. and tooke by storme Chibington-house relieved Plymouth tooke Pouldram-house and in the moneth of January he tooke by storme Canterbury Fort and Budex Church with Sir Francis Drake's house as also the town and castle of Dartmouth the castle of Belvoir and the towne of Torrington and afterwards in the moneth of Febr. 1645. he tooke Launceston Listoll and Saltash with Wardbridge Temple-Guard and in the month of March 1645. he routed the Lord Hopton took Dennis castle Felford Haven and the Fort of Axmouth with Inch-house Hilford Fort in the moneth of Aprill 1646. this gallant Generall took Exeter Barnstaple and Ilfordcomb-Fort with Michaels Mount in May 1646. he also took Woodstock Manner and Radcot-house with Bostoll-house Sherborn and the City of Oxford and in the moneth of June he tooke Farringtone and Wallingford These with many more victories and successes hath God been pleased to honour this noble Champion with for which let God have the glory and noble Sir Thomas Fairfax due praise and respect from al that wish wel to the peace of these Kingdoms Sr. William Brereton Major Gen of Cheshire Staffordshire and Lankashire CHAP. XIII Upon the religious and magnanimous Knight Sir William Brereton * Thus restlesse souls tend to eternall rest And active spirits in a righteous way Find peace within though much with war opprest This bravest Brereton of his name could say And now triumphs maugre those Nimrods fled Aston Capell Byron and Northampton dead The slaughter'd Irish and his native soile Now quiet shew his courage love and toile COnstancy and stability with much perseverance is brave Breretons badge of honour and since the time of his taking up of Armes for the defence of King Parliament and Kingdome he was never found to betray his trust or decline his proceedings as Cheshire Sallopshire Lancashire and Staffordshire can well witnesse and for his prosperous proceedings I shall insert the particulars at his first coming into Cheshire many well-affected to the Parliament appeared some had armes some he armed to the number of 2000. and hearing of the Kings Brigade under the command of Sir Thomas Aston drawing up he did prepare to give him battell near the Nantwich the which the enemy hearing of prepared all the power possibly they could and ingaged their Army with Sir William Brereton who in an houres fight routed the enemy took 100. foot and 100. horse prisoners Jan. 28. 1643. and afterward marched into the Countrey and relieved many oppressed people by taking off the heavy taxations that lay upon them and hearing of the Earle of Northampton marching that way gave him the meeting neare Stafford and by the assistance of noble Sir John Gell gave him battell and routed him killing upon the place the said Earle of Northampton March 26. 1644. and presently afterwards tooke the strong towne of Stafford by a stratagem and from thence went to Wolverhampton and tooke it with all the Ammunition and then retreated towards his owne Countrey of Cheshire and by the way tooke Whichurch and afterwards marched up to Eckelsall castle and tooke it with all the ammunition June 26. 1644. and coming into Cheshire was there received with much joy and many Voluntiers listed themselves under him with whom he marched to Houghton Castle and tooke it with much ammunition July 22. 1644. and afterward marched toward the Lord Capell near the Nantwich and gave him battell routed his whole Army tooke many hundreds prisoners and presently marched up to Holt Castle and besieged it and by Composition tooke it with much Ammunition Novemb. 21. 1644. and marched after to Harden Castle and tooke it with the ammunition with the Towne of Rippon Decem. 3. 1644. The Lord Byron having a strong and potent Army marched up to the Nantwich and besiged it
100. Neer Stafford of the E. of Northamptons men 140. At Middlewich of Sir Tho. Ashtons 30. Neer Malmsbury 10. In the Forrest of Dean by Sir W. Waller 600. At Lichfield close 30 At Sherborn town 10 At Dorchester 60 At Causam bridge 100 At Hereford 20 At the taking of Stafford by Sir William Brereton 3 Neer Newark by Col. Cromwell 100 At Whit-Church 150 Neer Nottingham divers but of note 4 At Friznol hill 200 At Glocester siege at least 220 In skirmish at Auborn hills 80 At Newbery fight of dead and wounded 140 cart-load  Slain about 200 In the pursuit neer Reading 100 At Gainsborough siege raising 300 At Stamford 200 Neer Burleigh of club-men 50 In Kent at Tunbridge 20 In fight by the E. of Manchester neer Horn-castle 1000 At Weem 6 cart-load of dead about 60 At Plimouth 25 At Alton 40 At Plimouth siege raising 100 At Winsby fight 100 At Namptwich siege 500 Slain in raising the siege 800 By the L. Fairfax neer Hull 30 Neer Nottingham 100 By Col. Lambert at Bradford 100 At Alrezford 400 At the storming of Lincoln 400 At Lime 140 At an assault against Lime by stratagem 400 At Dudley castle by the E. of Denbigh 100 In all against Lime in that siege 2000 At Marston Moor 41â—0 In Penbroke-shire by Colon Laughorn and Cap. Mitton 500 At New bridg 200 At Ridmarly 100 Neer Crowton house by S. W. Brereton 400 At Mountgomery castle 500 At Pool 16 At Newbery 200 At Taunton siege 1000 At Nazeby 800 Besides Irish Queans 300 At Langport 220 At Routon Heath 400 At Bazing house 300 The full number 21560 A List of those that have fled out of the Kingdom THe Lord Goring senior Sir Iohn Finch c. Sir Francis Windebank The Lord George Digby The Earle of Yarmouth The Lord Percy The Marquis of Newcastle The L. Widrington Sir Hugh Cholmley The L. Goring junior General Hinderson The L. Newport Mr. Walt. Mountague L. Culpepper The E. of Huntington The L. of Loughborough The E. of Northampton Sir Rich. Greenvill Sir Nich. Crispe L. Hopton The L. Wentworth The L. Capel Sir Endi Porter Major General Taplane Sir VVil Neave M. Ashburnham with many others COurteous Reader take notice that many more were slain at other places but in regard I could not have certain intelligence of them I thought it fit rather to break off then to proceed superfluously here being all that were slain in chiefe Battels and Skirmishes at the most remarkable Towns and Castles that were besieged and taken by storm from the Enemy FINIS An Addition of the late proceedings of the Army to this present IN April 1648 a great tumult insurrection and mutiny first began on the Lords day in the afternoon in the County of Middlesex where they seized on the colours of one of the Trained Bands of the said County being dispersed by some of the Lord G. forces did gather together within the City of London and liberties thereof and in a riotous manner did breake open divers houses and Magazens and took away plate and mony and seized upon the drums of the trained Bands seized upon the Gates Chaines and Watches marched to the Lord Mayors and shot into his house beate back his Guards and killed one of them came to the Magazeen at Leaden-hall but by the speedy and seasonable aide of the Lo. G. Horse their Drak coulors were taken for which the Militia in the name of the City by unanimous consent of the Common-Councel was to return to his Excellency the Lord Generall hearty thankes A rising in Norwich where they seised upon the Magazin and those that fired the same were destroyed but those that were cordiall friends to the Parliam being underneath the house fell part of it upon them that part below them were all saved one having his head seen was digged out after he was out he told of others until all were digged out without losse of life or limbe The old Lord Goring was on the 5 of June 1648. proclaimed Generall of the Kentish forces upon the hill neer Alisford where their body was drawn up consisting of 8000 men and 3000 more in Maidston and Alisford coming as a fresh supply there were 300 slaine and about 1300 prisoners among which were Gentlemen of good quality Sir Gamaliell Dudley Sir William Brookman Esq Scot Maj. Price and others there were about 500 Horse 3000 Armes nine foot colours and eight peeces of Cannon with store of Ammunition taken their word was KING and KENT ours TRUTH the rest marched over Rochester bridge with about 3000 Horse and Foot most of them were Cavaliers Prentices and water-men these fled over the water into Essex by Woolidge and Greenwich June 30 1648. 600 horse met for the King about Kingstone and the Duke of Buckingham with them Lord Francis Earle of Holland Lo. Andrew Lo. Camden and others Proclamation was made that they expected the Parliament would have settled the Kingdome but because they would not they would fetch the King and live and dye with him to settle it also Col. Leg and others of the Kings Officers Captain Pritty with a party of Horse from Windsor fell into Kingston and took 20 prisoners and beate all the Royalists out of the town 6 July Lord Gray of Groby sent a party of Horse under Colonell Hacket took 200 of them and routed the whole body of them near Wiloby 5 July Col. Rossiler had a victory against the Pontefret forces 4 Cornets 2 Ensignes 42 Gentlemen of quality 500 Prisoners were all Horse except 100 Dragoones 8 Carriages taken with Armes and Ammunition Col. Pocklington Col. Cholmley slaine all their Coulours bag and baggage taken 10 July was defeated totally the Royall party with the Earl of Holland at St. Needs by a party of Horse commanded by Col. Scroop sent from the Leagure before Colchester the Parliaments Forlorne charged and routed them before the body came up but when the body came up they in an instant fled severall waies yet many fell the Duke of Buckingham fled with about 60 Hors towards Lincolnshire the E. of Holland was taken in his chamber Sir Gil. Gerrard Col. Skemisher M. Holland M. Sleping Lieu. Col. Goodwin C. Dolbeire slain C. Leg. wounded 10 prisoners taken Kenelm Digbyes son slain 100 gallant Horse taken good store of gold and silver good cloaths weapons good store 10 July 1648. was surrendered Pembrooke Towne and Castle to Lieut. Gen. Crumwell for the use of the Parliament upon honourable termes The Commanders were to depart the Kingdom not to return within two years other gentlemen and private souldiers had free liberty to goe to their habitations 1 July 1648 Were prisoners taken in Northumberland by Col. Lilburn of which Col. Grey commander in chiefe â—00 Souldiers between 4 and 500 Horse and many Arms they were 1200 and Coll. Lilburne 900 600 from Barwicke should have joyned with Col. Grey that day A great defeate given to the enemies forces in Wales
reduced Warwickshire to the obedience of the parliament he advanced into Staffordshire On the festival of St. Chad to whom the cathedral of Lichfield is dedicated he ordered his men to storm the adjoining close whither lord Chesterfield had retired with a body of the king's forces but before his orders could be put in execution he received a musket-shot in the eye by the hand of a common soldier of which he instantly died It was the opinion of some of the royalists and especially of the Roman Catholics that the bullet was directed by St. Chad. It is observable that the same man who was by one party looked upon as a monument of divine vengeance was by the other reverenced as a saint Baxter has placed him in heaven together with White Pym and Hampden His death happened in 1643. It was reported that lord Brook in his prayer the morning of his death for he used to pray publicly though his chaplain were in his presence wished that if the cause he was in was not right and just he might presently be cut off The due praise of the honorable L. Willoughby of Parham Lord Willoughby of Parham greatly distinguished himself in taking by storm at midnight the strong garrison of Gainsborough in July 1643 and in it the earl of Kingston and many gentlemen and common soldiers He afterward besieged and took the castle of Bolingbroke with a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition and signalized his courage on many occasions But a little before the restoration of Charles II. he left the parliament and secretly transported himself into Holland and arrived at Rotterdam when colonel Bamford returned from the fleet and went to wait upon the duke of York at the Hague Bamford delivered such a message from the fleet as he thought would hasten the duke's journey thither and told him the seamen made great inquiry after the lord Willoughby and much longed to have him with them insinuating to the duke that he had much contributed to that good disposition in the seamen and was privy to their revolt and had promised speedily to come to them and that it would be the most acceptable thing his highness could do to carry him with him to the fleet and make him his vice-admiral The duke made all imaginable haste to Helvoetsluys and immediately went on board the admiral where he was received with the usual marks of joy and acclamation He declared the lord Willoughby his vice-admiral and appointed some other officers in the several ships and speedily made ready to be out at sea Lord Willoughby accompanied the fleet sent to convey the king from Holland to his native country in 1660. Gainesborough taken * Sir Thomas Fairfax was formed as a soldier under Horatio lord Vere in the Netherlands and was at the taking of Bois le Duc from the Spaniards He was one of the first characters of his time for integrity and military accomplishments but his natural simplicity was so great that he was ever the dupe of Cromwell who had only the appearance of it He was a very useful instrument in the hands of that aspiring man who quickly reaped the fruit of all his victories Sir Horace Vere his master in the art of war was remarkable for doing great things with few men and Fairfax with the loss of few When the parliament determined to carry the war into Scotland Fairfax who had hitherto worn the name of general declared positively that he would not command the army against that country The Presbyterians said It was because he thought the war unlawful in regard it was against those of the same religion but his friends would have it believed that he would no longer fight against the king Hereupon Cromwell was chosen general which made no alteration in the army which he had modelled to his own mind before and commanded as absolutely But in all other places he grew more absolute and more imperious he discountenanced and suppressed the Presbyterians in all places who had been supported by Fairfax Sir Thomas afterward lord Fairfax has written memorials of himself and it is much to be wished that every great general had done the same though he had not like Caesar been equally dexterous at using the pen and the sword He versified the Psalms of David and other parts of Scripture but it is probable that they were never thought worth printing He died Nov. 12 1671 aged sixty The due praise of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Byron routed at Namptwich Naesby fight Gorings Army routed at Langport Sherborn Castle Bristol taken Hopton routed Exeter Barnstaple Oxford Farringdon and Wallingford taken * Sir William Brereton gave abundant proof of his valour in the time of the civil war He in a sharp skirmish defeated sir Thomas Aston near Nantwich and soon after gave battle to the earl of Northampton in Staffordshire where that gallant and loyal nobleman was unfortunately slain He presently after took the town of Stafford by stratagem and next defeated lord Capel and aided by sir Thomas Fairfax forced lord Byron to raise the siege of Nantwich On the 18th of August 1645 he gained a memorable victory over prince Rupert in Cheshire In November the same year he in a fierce battle totally routed a large party of the king's army in conjunction with all the Welsh forces under the command of sir William Vaughan which composed a body of six thousand men He also took several castles the town of Rippon and the cities of Chester and Lichfield The due praise of Sir William Brereton E. of Northampton slain L. Capel routed The gallant service of Sir W. Brereton Beeston Castle taken Chester Lichfield and Dudley Castle taken * Sir William Waller son of sir Thomas Waller constable of Dover Castle and Margaret daughter of Sampson Lennard lord Dacre served in the Netherlands in the same camp with sir Ralph Hopton and was in the army of the confederate princes against the emperor He was one of the most able and active of the parliament generals and was for a considerable time victorious and therefore called William the Conqueror He was defeated at the battle of Lansdown near Bath and afterward totally routed at Roundway Down near the Devizes Hence with a little variation it was called Runaway Down and continues to be called so to this day Sir Arthur Haslerig's cuirassiers well known by the name of the lobsters were among the fugitives Cleveland says that they turned crabs and went backwards The conqueror's fame sunk considerably from this time but he afterward had the honour of defeating his former fellow-soldier the lord Hopton at Alresford The Presbyterians caused sir William Waller to be named for deputy or lieutenant of Ireland and at first Cromwell did not oppose the motion but consented to it being very willing to be rid both of Waller and all the officers who were willing to go with him who he knew were not his friends But when he saw Waller insist upon great supplies
which time that vigilant Commander did also surprize three Troopes of Horse that were under the command of Prince Maurice 32 The town of Higman taken by Sir VVilliam VValler and in it 1444 common Souldiers and 150 Commanders and Gentlemen about the 16. of Aprill 1643. 33 Newman taken by Sir VVilliam VValler with all the ammunition 34 Rosbridge taken with all the Ammunition by Sir VVilliam VValler 35 Chepstow taken by Sir VVilliam VValler with all the Ammunition 36 Hereford taken by Sir VVilliam VValler by storm and in 42 Knights and Commanders and 600 common Souldiers 37 Sherborn town and castle taken by Sir VVilliam VValler with all the Ammunition 38 Redding taken by his Excellency the Earl of Essex Aprill 18 1643. 39 Lemster taken by Sir VVilliam VValler with all the Ammunition 40 The towne of Whaley in Lancashire taken by the noble Manchesterians 41 Croyland taken the 29. of Aprill 1643. with all the ammunition 42 Stafford taken by the ever honoured and true lover of Religion and his Countrey Sir VVilliam Brereton 43 Wolverhampton taken by Sir VV. Brereton with all the ammunition 44 Wakefield taken by the Lord Fairfax the 27 of May 1643. with all the Ammunition 45 Warrington in Lancashire taken by the valorous and faithful Manchesterians with all the Armes and Ammunition the 29 of May 1643. 46 Whitchurch taken by Sir VVilliam Brereton with all the Ammunition 47 The Kings forces routed neer Wells the last of May by Sir VVilliam VValler 48 Hagerston castle taken by storme the second of June 1643. 49 Holy Iland with the castle taken by the noble Earl of Warwick 50 Tamworth castle taken June 4. 1643. with all the ammunition therein 51 Ecklesall castle taken by the most religious Sir VVill Brereton June 26. 1643. with all the Ammunition 52 Lin Regis in Norfolk taken by the right honorable Earl of Manchester 53 Cirencester taken by the renowned Lord Generall Earl of Essex 54 His Majesties great and potent Army routed by his Excellencie the L. Generall at Newbery fight where was killed of his Majesties party five Lords and many hundreds of others in which fight his Excellencie did in his own person most gallantly charge the adverse party and shewed such valour as did much incourage the whole Army 55 Gainesborough in Lincolnshire taken with all their Ammunition 56 The town of Stanford taken by Col. Cromwell 57 The mutinous kentish Forces routed by Colonell Brown and that great insurrection stopped 58 Houghton castle in Cheshire taken by Sir VVilliam Brereton July 22. 1643 with all the ammunition 59 A party of the Earl of Newcastles Popish Army routed Aug. 14. 1643. 60 The Earl of Newcastles whole Army routed neare Horn-castle by the Earl of Manchester 1500 foot taken 200 horse taken 55 colours many Gentlemen and Commanders 61 Horn-castle taken by the truly noble and religious Earl of Manchester with all the ammunition Septemb. 2. 1643. 62 The City of Lincoln taken by the noble Earl of Manchester with all the armes and ammunition 63 Gainesborough taken by the Earl of Manchester with all the ammunition Octob. 12. 1643. 64 The Lord Capell routed near the Nantwich by Sir VVilliam Brereton Novem. 8. 1643. 65 Bullingbrook-castle taken by the Lord VVilloby with all the armes and ammunition Novemb. 14. 1643. 66 The town of Wareham taken with all the armes and ammunition Novemb 16. 1645. 67 Holt-castle taken by Sir VVilliam Brereton with all the armes and ammunition Novemb. 21. 1643. 68 Harden-castle taken by Sir William Brereton one of the Patriots of his Countrey 69 The town of Rippon taken by Sir William Brereton Decemb. 3. 1643. with all the ammunition 70 Flint town and castle taken by Sir Thomas Middleton with all the ammunition Decemb. 5. 1643. 71 The Town and Fort of Moston taken with all the Ammunition 9 December 1643. 72 The town of Wotton taken by Colo. Massey with all the ammunition Decemb. 11. 1643. 73 The L. Digby routed by the Garrison souldiers of Plimouth who tooke 200 horse and 200 foot 74 The L. Craford routed by Sir William VValler neare Alton in which fight faithfull and religious Lievten Col. Tailor did most gallant service 75 Alton taken by Sir W. VValler with all the armes and ammunition 76 Grafton-house taken by Major Generall Skippon with all the ammunition Decemb. 20. 1643. 77 Holt-house taken by storme with all the armes and ammunition 78 Bewly house taken by composition with all the armes and ammunition 79 Arundell castle taken by faithfull Sir William VValler with 2000. prisoners and a ship in the Harbour the fourth of Jan. 1643. 80 Sir Iohn Biron routed by noble Col. Mitton neere Elsmere the 20 of January and many prisoners and much ammunition taken 81 Burton upon Trent surprized by Sir John Gell with all the ammunition the 23 of Jan. 1643. 82 Hilsden-house taken and Lacock-house quitted Jan. 25. 1643. 83 Croyland taken by the Earl of Manchester Jan. 26. 1643. with all the ammunition 84 Burleigh-house taken Jan. 28. 1643 by the noble Earl of Manchester with all the ammunition 85 The Kings Forces routed by the faithfull and valiant Earl of Manchester neere Winsby tooke 1100 prisoners 32 Colours 500 Horse 86 Cockquet Iland and town taken by our faithfull and covenant-keeping Brethren of Scotland 87 The Lord Byron routed neer Namptwich by Sir William Brereton and Sir Thomas Fairfax taken 152 Knights and Gentlemen 126 Commanders 1600 common Souldiers 120 Irish women with long Skeanes 88 The Isle of Axholm taken by Sir John Meldrum Febr. 4. with all the ammunition 89 Burlington in Yorkshire taken Febr. 10. 1643. 90 Alnwick taken by our Brethren of Scotland with all the armes and ammunition Feb. 14. 1643. 91 The town of Morpeth taken by the Scots with all the ammunition Feb. 22. 1643. 92 King Mylus house taken by storm with all the ammunition and provision 93 Whitby in Yorkshire taken by the Lord Fairfax with all the ammunition 94 Milford haven taken by Captain Swanley with all the armes and ammunition 95 Biddle-house taken by Sir Thomas Fairfax and in it the Lord Brereton 26 Commanders 300 common Souldiers and all the ammunition 96 Hisley-house in Buckingham-shire taken and all the ammunition 97 Newbury taken by Sir William Balfour with all the ammunition 98 Tadcaster taken with all the armes and ammunition the third of March 1643. 99 Bredport taken with all the armes and ammunition the twelfth of March 1643. 100 Haverford West taken and in it 10 Peeces of Ordnance and all the ammunition March 15. 1643. 101 Tinby taken by storme March 19 and in it seven Peeces of Ordnance 400 prisoners 450 arms by our Brethren in Scotland 102 Carew castle taken with all the ammunition March 21 1643. 103 The Earl of Carbery routed and foure Garrisons quitted and possessed by the Parliament Forces upon March 24. 1643. 104 Sunderland taken by our Brethren of Scotland with all the ammunition March 24. 1643. 105 Sir Ralph Hopton routed neere Alsford
taken A Catalogue of the Earles Lords Knights Generalls Colonels Lieutenant-Colonels Majors Captaines and Gentlemen of worth and quality slain on the Parliament and Kings side since the beginning of our uncivil civil Warrs With the number of Common Souldiers slain on both sides As also a List of those that have fled out of the Kingdome Of the Parliament side these following slain THe Lord S. John slain at Edg-hil fight The Lord Brook slain at Lichfield Sir William Fairfax brother to the Lord Fairfax slain at the raising of the siege before Mountgomery castle Sir John Meldrum mortally wounded in the admirable service performed by him at Scarborough Castle Major Generall Charls Fairfax brother to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax slain at Marston-Moor fight Colonell Charls Essex slain at Edg-hil fight Lieutenant Colonell Ramsey slain also at Edg-hil fight Colonell Tucker slain at Newbury fight Serjeant Major Quarles slain at Branford Serjeant Major Stawhan slain at the fearfull fight betwixt Friznol-hil and Tough-hil Capt. George Massey slain at Newbery fight Captain Hunt slain at Newbery fight Captain Lazy slain at Branford fight Captain Lister slain at Tadcaster fight Captain Nutty slain at the siege of Reading Captain Williams slain neer Oswestry Cap. Lieut. Fletcher slain neer Oswestry Lieutenant Richard Macock slain at the siege of Ragland Castle Captain Pue slain at Marston-Moor fight Mr. Hugh Popham slain Major Burton slain Major Haynes slain at St. Beaudeux Captain Dove slain at Sherborn Castle Two other Captains whose names are not perfectly known slain there also Lieut. Col. Ingoldsby slain at Hilford castle Captain Allen slain neer Burleigh Garrison Major Sidenham slain at Melcomb Captain Oglesby Major Jackson Major Bradbury Major Fitz Simons Colonell John Gunter The full number 33. Slain on the Kings side these following The Earl of Lindsey Lord General of his Majesties Forces slain at Edg-hil The L. George Stuart slain also at Edg-hil The Lord John Stuart slain at Cheriton The Lord Bernard Stuart slain at Routon Heath All these three Lords being of blood royal brothers to the Duke of Lenox The Earl of Northamton slain neer Stafford The Earl of Denbigh slain neer Brimidgham The Marquesse of Viville slain at Newbery fight E. of Caernarvan slain at Newberie fight The Earl of Sunderland The Earl of Kingston after he was taken prisoner going in a Pinace towards Hull by the Earl of Newcastles Cavaliers that thought to have rescued him was shot to death and none hurt besides him The Lord Grandison The Lord Faulkland The Lord Darcy eldest son to the Earl of Munmouth slain at Marston-Moor fight Lord Ashton slain neer Dudley Castle Generall Cavendish slain at Gainsbourough Generall Mynne slain at Ridmarly Sir Edward Verny the Kings Standard-bearer slain at Edg-hil fight Sir Joh. Harper slain at Bradford in York-sh Sir Bevil Greenvil son to the Marquesse of Hartford slain neer Marsh-field Sir George Bowles slain neer Horn-castle Sir William Wentworth brother to the Earl of Strafford Sir Francis Dacres neer kinsman to the Lord Dacres Sir William Lambton Sir Marmaduke Ludson Sir Thomas Metton Monsieur S. Paul a French Gentleman Sir Richard Goodhil Sir William Crofts slain near Stoaksey Castle Sir Thomas Nott slain at Highworth in Wiltshire Colonell Owen slaine at Holt bridge Sir Bryan Stapleton Sir Francis Carnabie Sir Richard Hutton Colonell Monroe slain at Edg-hil fight Colonell Wane slain neer Nantwich Colonell Ewers Colonell Roper slaine Colonell Slingsby Colonell Fenwick Colonell Prideaux Colonell Atkins Col. Marrow slain neer Crowton House Col. Baynes slain at Malpass Col. Connyers slain also at Malpass Generall Gorings brother slain at Newbery fight Colonell Hauton slain neer Namptwich Generall Gorings Quarter-Master Generall of Horse Generall Gorings Quarter-Master of Foot Colonell Philips slain neer Winchester Lievtenant Colonell Howard slain also neer Marsh-field Lievtenant Colonell Bowles slain at Alton in Surrey Lieutenant Colonel Lister slain neer Namptwich Lieutenant Colonell Stonywood slain Serjeant Major Beaumont drowned neer Leeds Serjeant Major Purvey slain at Preston Serjeant Major Smith slain at Gainsbrough Serjeant Major Lower slain neer Marsh-field Mayor Wells slain at Glocester The Major of Preston slaine Major Heskith slain at Malpass Major Trevillian slain Major Hatton Farmer slaine neer Abington Major Pilkinton slaine in Worcestershire Major Duet slain neer Radcot-bridge Major Heynes slaine Major Pollard slaine at Dartmouth Captaine Wray slaine Captaine Bins Captaine Houghton Captaine Baggot Captaine James slain neer Marshfield Captaine Cornisham slaine Captain Plunket slain about Strozby Heath Sir Joh. Smith brother to the L. Cottington Major Threave slaine Captain Fry Colonell Billingsly slaine Capt. Cottington slain neer Ruthencastle Major Casts slaine at Basing-house Six Priests slain at Basing-house Lievtenant-Colonell Gardner slaine neare Winchester The full number 82. With divers more of quality which were found dead after severall fights but to the Parliaments forces unknown Common Souldiers slaine on the Parliaments side AT Babell hill 6 At Portsmouth 1 At Manchester 4 At Keinton 380 At Brainford about 160 At Winchester 14 At Tadcaster 8 At Bradford 15 At Henley 8 At Leeds 12 At Namptwich 33 At Seybridge 16 At Preston 4 Neare Stafford 40 At Middlewich 6 At Lichfield close 98 At Dorchester I Captain 1 At Causam-bridg 5 At High Arcall 40 At Hereford 1 At Stafford 1 Neare Newark 2 At the Trench 11 Neare Nottingham 10 At Friznot hill 18 At Glocester siege 8 At Newbery fight 170. at Burleigh-house 7. In Kent 8. At Weem 5 At Alton 5 At Plimouth siege raising 16 At raising the siege of Namptich 2 At Lincoln storm 115. At Milbrook 6. At an assault at Lime 18. Of the Garrison at Lime 16. At Dudley castle 17. At Marston Moor near York 340. At Newbridg 40. In Cornwall 28. At Mountgomery castle 40. At Beezly 10. At Peel 1. At Helmsley Castle 4. At Heightley 9. At Weymouth 10. At Holt bridg 6. Near Tedbury 7. At Taunton 100. At Evesham 5. At Naseby 300. At Barkley castle 3. At Sherburn castle taking 210. At Basing 40. At Sherburn 8. At Carlile sands 30. At Beaudeaux 30. At Bristol 160. At Torrington 20 At Cardif many hurt The totall number of common Souldiers on the Parliaments side in all 2533. Slain on the Enemies side of the Inferiour sort At the Leaguer before Hull 23. At Coventry 70. At Southam by L. Brooks forces 40. At Sherburn castle or Babel hil 20. At Caldrot by Mr. Purfreys houshold 18. At Portsmouth of Col. Gorings 3. At Worcester fight divers the number unknown it s supposed 100. At Manchester of the E. of Darby's 200. At Keinton fight 2000. At Branford severall Cart-loads supposed that were slain 100. At Winchester 20. At Tadcaster of Newcastles men 200. At Chichester 1. At Bradford by Sir Thomas Fairfax against Newcastle 100. At Burford of Birons men 7. At Newbridg 2. At Henly of the L. Grandisons 30. At Leeds of Newcastles men 28. At Namptwich about 40. And many mortally wounded  At Preston of quality 8. At Madbury