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<P>STRANGE NEWES From the <HI>NORTH.</HI></P>
<P>CONTAINING A True and exact Relation of a great and terrible Earth-quake in <HI>Cumberland</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmerland.</HI> With the mira|culous Apparition of three glorious Suns that appeared at once. And o|ther wonderful Appearances that happened in <HI>Yorke&s;hire,</HI> of divers bodies of armed men marching, and riding through every Town for twelve miles compa&s;s about <HI>Malton,</HI> with the &s;trange accidents that befel the Cattel therabout through fright thereof, to the admiration of many thou&s;and be|holders. Together with, the Charge again&s;t <HI>Charles Howard</HI> E&s;quire High Sheriff of the County of <HI>Cumberland.</HI></P>
<P><HI>&V;erefied by &s;everall Gentlemen of known and approved credit.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>TINMOUTH-CASTLE</HEAD>
<FIGDESC>depiction of Tynemouth Castle</FIGDESC>
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<P>LONDON, Printed by <HI>J. Clowes</HI> and are to be &s;old at the <HI>Royal Exchange</HI> and without <HI>Cripplegate, June</HI> 11. 1650.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>STRANGE NEVVES FROM THE NORTH.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_I Have often mentioned in my let|ters to you, the many and mar|velous &s;igns and &s;ights, which before and &s;ince the&s;e Warrs, have been &s;een in the&s;e our Northern parts, the Lord war|ning us as it were thereby, not only of our late troubles, but of the continuance thereof; if by righteous judgements our Governors do not appea&s;e his anger, I form|erly related to you how &s;hortly after the <HI>Scots</HI> march into <HI>England</HI> in aide of our Parliament, it rained blood, and covered the Church and Church-yard of <HI>Bewca&s;tle</HI> in <HI>Cumberland,</HI> of three Suns &s;een there the day before <HI>Edg-hill</HI> battle, and a little before <HI>Hamble|ton</HI> with his Army came into <HI>England,</HI> two Armies
<PB N="2" REF="3"> were in York&s;hire, &s;een in the aire vi&s;&s;ibly, di&s;charg|ing and &s;hooting one again&s;t the other; and &s;eeming|ly after a long fight, the Army which ro&s;e out of the North, fir&s;t vani&s;hed. This la&s;t Winter in the North we have had very &s;trange and fearful &s;torms, with much thunder and lightnings; But to admiration that of the 18. of <HI>January</HI> la&s;t was mo&s;t remarkable, in the night time the &s;torm began very fearfully, Armies and Armed Troops, (in every town for twelve miles com|pa&s;s about <HI>Molton</HI> in York&s;hire) were heard to ride and march through the Towns; their Cattle and bea&s;ts in the&s;e Towns, were &s;o frighted with the &s;torm, as mo&s;t of them broke out of their pa&s;tures, &s;ome break|ing their necks and &s;ome their legs in this madding fit, &s;ome run away four miles, &s;ome more, who when found and brought home, were &s;o wild and heated, as if they had been cha&s;ed with a hundred ma&s;tive Dogs; one Oxe where he lay in a &s;take-yard lame, and not a|ble to ri&s;e without the help of man, in this &s;torm broke out, and the next day was found lying above a mile from the place he was in the night before, and was brought home on a &s;ledge; for a month after the the &s;torm, the bea&s;ts thereabouts run madding about, and would not be kept in their Pa&s;tures, people were &s;o a&s;toni&s;hed therewith, as for a long time they had little other di&s;cour&s;e then of the &s;trangne&s;s of the &s;torm. I &s;ee a Relation of three Suns, lately &s;een a|bout <HI>Manche&s;ter;</HI> but &s;ure it is, that in the beginning of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t, there were &s;een at one time in <HI>Cumber|land</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> three glorious Suns, to the ad|miration and great a&s;toni&s;hment of many thou&s;ands of the beholders.</P>
<P>And further, upon the 11. of <HI>April</HI> la&s;t about 5. of the clock in the afternoon, in the Counties of <HI>Cumber|land</HI>
<PB N="3" REF="3"> and <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> we had a general Earth-quake; the people were &s;o frighted therewith, that they for|&s;ook their hou&s;es, and &s;ome hou&s;es were &s;o &s;haken, that the Chimnies fell down; Some may doubt and que&s;tion the verity of the&s;e things, be confident I have related nothing but what I know to be true, and have had from men of known and approved credit. The&s;e things I thought good to communicate to you, as I have done before things of like nature; for news we have little in the&s;e parts, only great fear of the <HI>Scots</HI> in|vading us again; I could wi&s;h our honorable Parlia|ment and Councel of State, as they are very &s;en&s;ible of the en&s;uing threatned troubles, and for prevention whereof, as they have increa&s;ed their forces: &s;o they would be plea&s;ed, to make diligent inquiry of all in Magi&s;tracy, how they &s;tand affected to the Common-Wealth under this pre&s;ent Government, e&s;pecially in the&s;e our bordering Counties, which will be a dore to let in, or kepe out any enemy from <HI>Scotland.</HI> Here the hone&s;t party are much ca&s;t down, our Ju&s;tices of the Peace do countinance &s;uch Mini&s;ters as be again&s;t the Engagement, and Mr. <HI>Baldwin</HI> the Lecturer of <HI>Penreth</HI> and other Mini&s;ters there, have had &s;undry privat mee|tings, and do work privatly again&s;t the &s;ub&s;cribing the Engagement, if &s;omewhat be not &s;peedily done here|in, all our County will be again&s;t the Engagement. Our new Sheriff of <HI>Cumberland</HI> the mo&s;t powerful man of the County, we find he hath been in Arms, both in the fir&s;t and &s;econd War; and now hath for his Agent and Councellor, one <HI>Lawyer Fallowfeild</HI> a profe&s;t <HI>Papi&s;t,</HI> and now &s;aid to be a Prie&s;t; and the o|ther day came from the <HI>Iri&s;h</HI> Rebels (as I hear) in <HI>Ire|land.</HI> How in the la&s;t War our Sheriff behaved him|&s;elf,
<PB N="4" REF="4"> by the Charge and proof before the Commi&s;&s;io|ners for Seque&s;trations in <HI>Cumberland</HI> again&s;t him wil appear, a Copy thereof being come into my hand I &s;end you, de&s;iring it may be publi&s;hed for publick good. It were good the Councel of State would take notice of tho&s;e, who recommend &s;uch dangerous per|&s;ons to &s;o great offices of tru&s;t; by this means hone&s;t men are &s;till kept under, and till &s;uch be removed out of the&s;e places of tru&s;t, we are never the more &s;ecure for all our great &s;ucce&s;&s;es and victories; for our ene|mies though they have lo&s;t their &s;words in battle, yet by regaining the &s;word of authority, are in hopes to recover their former e&s;tate, and bring us under them; in the mean time, by their ill Government they do di&s;|affect the people, and bring them in di&s;like of the pre|&s;ent Government, and oppre&s;s the hone&s;t party, and will be ready as formerly, to invite a forraign enemy, and at home rai&s;e tumults and in&s;urrections upon any opportunity; therefore I pray improve your intere&s;t &amp; credit, that &s;uch withus as have been in Arms again&s;t the Parliament, may no longer continue in &s;uch great pla|ces and offices of tru&s;t, and I &s;hall as opportunity &s;erves from time to time, let you know the &s;tate of our Coun|ty, in the mean time, I bid you farwel.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Penreth <DATE>30. May 1650.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>T. C.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="indictment">
<PB N="5" REF="4">
<HEAD>The Charge again&s;t <HI>Charles Howard</HI> E&s;quir High She|riff of the County of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> Exhibited to the <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners</HI> for Seque&s;tra|tions in <HI>Cumberland.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THat the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Howard,</HI> having a Commi&s;&s;ion to be a Col. for the King in the la&s;t war, which he did confe&s;s was as large as any man had, did by vertue therreof, &s;end out his warrants to the &s;everal Con&s;ta|bles of <HI>Gil&s;land</HI> for three &s;everal mu&s;ters; Requiring, all men above &s;ixteen, and under three&s;core to appear before him at <HI>Brampton,</HI> And the Con&s;tables to pre|&s;ent their names upon <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the 10. of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1648. and the fourteenth, and the &s;ixteenth day of the &s;aid moneth following at the &s;everal days, the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Howard</HI> came to the above&s;aid place, accompanied with many Soldiers in Arms, under his command, and gave order for free-quarrer for his Soldiers; And that the Con&s;tables &s;hould Leavy monies to pay for the hor&s;es he took in every place.</P>
<P>Proof to this Article,
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<ITEM>Tho. Milburn.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Bell.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Anthony Hevy&s;ide.</ITEM>
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<P>Secondly, That the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Howard,</HI> took 10. hor&s;es in <HI>Hayton</HI> pari&s;h for the &s;aid &s;ervice, and proportio|nably in other pari&s;hes within <HI>Gil&s;land</HI> according to the purvey.
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<ITEM>Tho. Bell <HI>above&s;aid,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Anthony Hevi&s;ide.</ITEM>
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<P>Thirdly, That the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Howard,</HI> did declare o|penly at the &s;aid Mu&s;ters, that the men and Hor&s;e &s;o levyed, was for the Kings &s;ervice; And that he was to meet the Prince with his men at <HI>Barwick</HI> Satturday the 19. of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> following.
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<ITEM>Tho. Milburn.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Bell.</ITEM>
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<PB N="6" REF="5">
<P>Fourthly, The &s;aid Mr. <HI>Howard</HI> &s;ent a Letter to ten Cavileers that had hor&s;e and Arms, quartering upon <HI>Leonard Hodg&s;on</HI> Con&s;table of <HI>Hartleburn</HI> in <HI>Nor|thumberland,</HI> That if they would ride in his Troop to <HI>Barwick</HI> as Reformadoes, they &s;hould have Command as places fell; and they &s;hould come to <HI>Francis Grames</HI> of the Stone hou&s;e in <HI>Gil&s;land,</HI> and there abouts they &s;hould have quarter till they marched to <HI>Barwick.</HI> Proof to this Article
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<ITEM>Leonard Hodg&s;on.</ITEM>
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<P>Fifthly, The &s;aid Mr. <HI>Howard,</HI> repared &s;everal times to the enemies Garri&s;on at <HI>Carlile,</HI> and walked abroad with his Arms.
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<ITEM>Richard Hutton.</ITEM>
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<P>Sixthly, At two &s;everal Mu&s;ters by warrant from the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Howard</HI> in the fir&s;t Article mentioned, the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Howard</HI> had made his &s;peeches to the Coun|try, his Soldiers drew their &s;words and cryed, a King a King.
<LIST>
<ITEM>Thomas Addi&s;on.</ITEM>
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<P>This Charge was pre&s;ented to us, and the &s;everal witne&s;&s;es names to every Article, that will make good the &s;ame.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><LIST>
<ITEM>Tho. Crai&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Mu&s;grave.</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Pri&s;coe.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Laughorne.</ITEM>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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