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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<P>A LETTER TO THE Lord Grey of Grooby.
Wherein is declared a great victory obtai|ned by the Parliaments Forces neere <HI>Hinkeley,</HI> Where they have<LB>
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<HEAD>Slain</HEAD>
<ITEM>Captain <HI>Manwaring,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>12 Common Souldiers.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Taken Pri&s;oners,</HEAD>
<ITEM>Lieu. <HI>Grey,</HI> brother to the Lord <HI>Greys</HI> Cornet,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieutenant <HI>Rawlings,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Quarterma&s;ter <HI>Deckins,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Col: <HI>Nevels</HI> Trumpeter with a &s;ilver Trum|pet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>44 Common Souldiers,</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Surpri&s;ed,</HEAD>
<ITEM>Many Armes,</ITEM>
<ITEM>150 Hor&s;e,</ITEM>
<ITEM>80 Heads of Cattle,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Divers packs of Ammunition.</ITEM>
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Whereof they have re&s;cued <HI>2</HI> Mini&s;ters, &amp; <HI>30</HI> Countrey men.
Which the enemy had taken Pri&s;oners.</P>
<P>Printed for <HI>Andrew Coe,</HI> according to Order, 1644.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>A</HI> LETTER TO The Lord Grey of Grooby.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>RIGHT HONORABLE,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>UP<HI>on Sunday night about ele|ven a clock J received adver|ti&s;ement from Captaine</HI> BO|DLE, <HI>that the enemy pa</HI>&s;t <HI>Nielfon, with three hundred and fifty hor&s;e, and ad|vanced</HI>
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towards Litterworth with a pur|po&s;e to &s;weep the whole Countrey upon Munday, I drew forth Major BINGLEY, Captaine HACKERS, and Captaine BODELS Troops to goe and fight with them; hear|ing they were at Sutton, but mi&s;sing them there; I marcht to Hinkley hearing they would quarter there that night, I came to Hinkley about &s;even a clock where I fonnd all pa&s;&s;age into the Town blockt up about halfe a mile from the Towne, I tooke one of their Scouts, who affirmed them to be three hundred hor&s;e and fiftie Dragoones, and that they had been in their Quarters two houres, I entred the Town at the end towards Barwell, fir&s;t cau&s;ing my Dra|goons to light by the Mils, where I left their hor&s;es with a &s;mall Guard, and cau&s;ed my Dragoons to advance with the Forlorn hope of thirtie hor&s;e, commanded by Cap|taine FITZGARRET to force the pa&s;&s;age which after &s;ome re&s;i&s;tance, was effected:
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My &s;elfe with the &s;mall body that I had, one hundred and twentie charged up to the Cro&s;&s;e, where I found the Enemy in a body, and after one quarter of an hours fight wee beat them out of the Towne, being in the field they Rallied againe, and were advancing to charge us, wher|upon I drew up my Dragoons, and cau|&s;ed them to advance with my hor&s;e into the field, where after &s;ome &s;hots made, the Enemy gave way, then I charged them againe, with my hor&s;e which they &s;tood not to receive, but wheeld off and fled, I pur&s;ued them above halfe a mile, but being in the night and in a dirty Countrey, I thought it not &s;afe to pur|&s;ue them any further, knowing they were as many more as I had. There were &s;laine of the Enemy one Captain MAN|WARING, of common Souldiers about twelve, but I am confident there were many wonnded. For J heare that there
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<HI>were &s;ome went into hou&s;es and died by the way.</HI> I <HI>have Pri&s;oners Liev|tenant</HI> GREY <HI>your Lord&s;hips Bro|ther) Lievtenant</HI> RAWLINGS, <HI>quarterma&s;ter</HI> DECKENS, <HI>one Trumpetter with his</HI> &s;i<HI>lver trumpet, foure and forty common &s;onldiers, a great many armes which</HI> I <HI>gave mo&s;t unto Captatne</HI> BODLE, <HI>for his Treope and Dragoons, we took above one hundred and</HI> fi<HI>fty hor&s;es, eightie head of Cattle, and divers packs with &s;ome Ammuuition</HI> I <HI>relea&s;ed two Mini</HI>&s;t<HI>ers, Pri&s;oners, and thirtie Countrymen taken from Cosby and Laer, the Hor&s;e and Cattle being mo&s;t taken from our Friends were mo</HI>&s;t <HI>re</HI>&s;t<HI>ored, &s;ome little &s;atisfacti|on</HI>
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<HI>being made to the Souldiers, this was done with</HI> 120 <HI>Hor&s;e and</HI> 50 <HI>of Mu&s;quettiers of my Co&s;en Greys Company, his Lievtenant is a very brave man, whom your Lord&s;hip mu</HI>&s;t <HI>needs think o</HI>ff, <HI>the Enemie by my co&s;en Greys confe&s;sion were</HI> 300: <HI>being three troops that came out of Newarke, two of Lichfield: one of the Lord of</HI> LOUGHBOROUGHS; <HI>one from Ti&s;&s;ington, and one from</HI> VV<HI>i|verton, be</HI>&s;i<HI>des Dragoons, the Trum|pet &s;aith</HI> &s;i<HI>xty, my Co&s;en acknow|ledgeth twenty: The glory</HI> I <HI>wholy a&s;cribe unto God of this action, J ac|knowledge it was his hand, and not ours that defeated the Enemy. For certainly had they &s;tood to it, when</HI>
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they were got into a body in the field, we &s;hould have had the wor&s;t of it, My Lord, I hope, by my next to &s;end your Lord&s;hip good news: From Newarke, In the mean time I am</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Right Honorable</SALUTE> <SIGNED>Your mo&s;t faithfull Servant,
Henry Grey.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Leice&s;ter <DATE>the &s;ixth of March, <HI>1643.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
Publi<HI>&s;h</HI>ed according to Order.</CLOSER>
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