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<P>The Kings Forces Totally ROVTED By the Parliaments Army, under the Command of Major Generall POYNTZ and <HI>Che&s;hire</HI>-Forces, on <HI>Routon-Heath,</HI> within two miles of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> Sept. 24. Together with The &s;tate of the Siege at <HI>Che&s;ter;</HI> AND A Li&s;t of the Lords, Knights, Commanders and common Souldiers &s;lain and taken pri&s;oners; There being above One thou&s;and pri&s;oners taken, and the whole Army Routed.</P>
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<P>ORdered by the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That this be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Printed for <HI>Edward Husband,</HI> Printer to the Hono|rable Hou&s;e of Commons. Sept. 29. 1645.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<HEAD>To the Honorable <HI>William Lenthall</HI> E&s;quire, Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Honourable Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_VVEE &s;till keep the Suburbs of Che|&s;ter, and ye&s;terday joyning our forces with Major Generall <HI>Poyntz,</HI> God gave us a great Victory over the Kings Army, whereby God hath not onely given us, but the Kingdom much cau&s;e of joy and thankfulne&s;&s;e: We have &s;uch earne&s;t bu&s;ine&s;&s;e at pre|&s;ent upon us, that we our &s;elves cannot have time to re|pre&s;ent to you the particulars, but have commanded the Chaplain to our Forces, who was an eye witnes to all that was done, to give you a full accompt thereof: All that we &s;hall trouble you with at in&s;tant, is to re|new our humble reque&s;ts, that you will be plea&s;ed to expedite our Remon&s;trance, and procure a &s;peedy Order for moneys to be with all po&s;&s;ible &s;peed con|veyed to us; otherwi&s;e, we &s;hall not be able to keep &s;uch Forces together, as are nece&s;&s;ary for this work: And &s;o with tender of our Service, re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your mo&s;t humble Servants,
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<ITEM><HI>G: Boothe.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ph: Mainwaringe.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rog: Wilbraham.</HI></ITEM>
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<DATELINE><HI>Che&s;ter</HI> Suburbs, <DATE><HI>Sept.</HI> 25. at 3. <HI>po&s;t Meridiem.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 N="battle" TYPE="account">
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<HEAD>A true Relation of the great Fight, and Routing the Kings forces on Routon Heath, Sept. 24.</HEAD>
<P>IT plea&s;ed God upon Saturday morning, Sept. 20. 1645. about break of day to de|liver into the hands of the Che&s;hire forces, though few in number, under the command of Col: <HI>Michael Iones,</HI> and Adjutant <HI>Louthian,</HI> The Suburbs of the city of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> formerly accounted for to Sir <HI>Wil: Brereton;</HI> in which expedition (though by &s;torm) we lo&s;t but one man; the Enemy fired mo&s;t part of the Suburbs; Cow-lane, St. Johns lane, and the &s;treet without the North gate; our care was to ha&s;ten to the taking of the City, without which the di&s;ea&s;ed county could never be cu|red. Vpon the Lords day we brought in our Artillery, fixt a battery, &amp; upon <HI>Monday</HI> made a great breach in the wall, re&s;olving to &s;torm it at night, which we endeavoured in 3. or 4. places, but the Ladders proved too &s;hort, and the breach too high on the in&s;ide, &s;o they made their retreat with the lo&s;&s;e of two men, and &s;ome wounded. The Suburbs were en|tred by Captain <HI>Gimbert,</HI> the breach by Cap|tain <HI>Finch,</HI> both of them &s;tout and tru&s;ty men; though God deferred that mercy we
<PB N="5" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 86 -->hoped for, in gaining the City, he gave us a better, the utter Routing and &s;poiling of the Kings Army; which was thus performed.</P>
<P>Our Intelligence upon <HI>Monday</HI> Sept. 21. was, that the King was at <HI>Chirke</HI> Ca&s;tle, in|tending for <HI>Che&s;ter:</HI> Upon <HI>Tue&s;day,</HI> two tru&s;ty men were &s;ent to &s;eek Major Gen. <HI>Poyntz,</HI> who was appointed to follow the King, but we heard nothing of him; they meeting with him at <HI>Whitchurch,</HI> and acquainting him with our pre&s;ent condition (who were like to be Stormed that night) he ha&s;tned away, marched all night, though tired with long marches before: About &s;ix a clock <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> morning, he advanced within a mile of the Enemy, three miles from <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> the one not knowing of the other; upon notice, both &s;et them&s;elves in a po&s;ture; Generall <HI>Poyntz</HI> upon <HI>Hatton</HI> Heath, divided from the Ene|my on the <HI>Milne</HI> Heath by a Lane, they being betwixt him and the City: he fir&s;t charged them though upon a di&s;advantage, becau&s;e the Enemies whole body was not come up, but had a repul&s;e, in which that gallant Gentleman Col: <HI>Graves</HI> was &s;ore wounded, &amp; Col: <HI>Bothell,</HI> but not &s;o dangerou&s;ly; about
<PB N="6" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 87 -->20. men &s;lain, many wounded; but we hear the Enemies lo&s;&s;e was greater, however, upon the retreat, it was noi&s;ed that Gen: <HI>Poyntz</HI> was utterly Routed, which vvas &s;ad nevvs to our Forces in <HI>Che&s;ter;</HI> who upon con&s;ultation, at fir&s;t thought it fit to quit the Suburbs, lea&s;t the Army mi&s;carrying, all &s;hould be lo&s;t; but upon Intelligence that <HI>Poyntz</HI> kept his ground and &s;tood in a body, they re|&s;olved to keep what ground they had gotten for the gaining of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and to a&s;si&s;t Gene|tall <HI>Poyntz</HI> with Hor&s;e and Foot, which he &s;ent for, and they promi&s;ed: The &s;ignall of their march from the Suburbs, was the di&s;charge of two piece of Ordnance, at which there was great &s;houting in Generall <HI>Poyntz</HI> campe, who without us could nei|ther charge the Enemy, nor make good their Retreat if need &s;hould require: God in his good Providence deferred the work to that time of the day, that we might finde the fruit of many Prayers made for us, it being the monethly Fa&s;t, and by this acce&s;sion to vindicate our innocency, who were a&s;per&s;t for a factious county, and mutinous Souldiery, though vve can profe&s;&s;e it be|fore
<PB N="7" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 87 -->God and the vvorld, that vve knovv not that county where the Gentry and Com|manders are more firmly &s;emented in the band of true affection then this, nor a Soul|diery more obedient to commands, con&s;tant upon duty, and now free from mutinies. Ma|ny of the Gentlemen of the county re&s;orted to us, gave their be&s;t a&s;si&s;tance for the carry|ing on of this Work, upon who&s;e &s;houlder no &s;mall burden lies to regulate the&s;e trou|bled affairs: It vvas agreed by them, that Col. <HI>Iones,</HI> a dextrous and re&s;olute Souldier, &s;hould go out with the command of Hor&s;e &amp; Foot, 350. and 500. The Foot were led by Col. <HI>Iohn Booth</HI> governor of Warington, who was very forward in that Expedition: Adjutant Gen: <HI>Louthian</HI> a man of known worth, was to keep the &s;uburbs; a work of great tru&s;t &amp; courage.</P>
<P>When the&s;e forces joyned with Gen. <HI>Poyntz</HI> there was great joy in the camp, the Enemy formed them&s;elves into a body upon <HI>Routon</HI> Heath, two miles from <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and &s;tood in Batalia, being about 5000. as their own par|ty confe&s;&s;e, having drained their Garri&s;ons: We ha&s;tned towards them in the be&s;t po&s;ture we could, the Hor&s;e was the Battell, becau&s;e
<PB N="8" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 88 -->many, the wings were Foot becau&s;e few; they had the Wind and Sun; we had God with us, which was our Word, counterpoi|&s;ing all di&s;advantages, and countermanding all &s;trength; a little before 5. a clock, we joy|ned in a terrible &s;torm, firing in the faces of one another, hacking &amp; &s;la&s;hing with &s;vvords neither party gain'd or lo&s;t a foot of ground, as if every one vvere re&s;olved there to breath their la&s;t: Whil&s;t the di&s;pute vvas &s;o hot and doubtfull, our Mu&s;quetiers &s;o galled their hor&s;e, that their Rear fled, perceiving their lo&s;&s;e by them, upon whom they made no Execution: Their Van perceiving that, faced about, and fled al&s;o: We had nothing then to do, but to pur&s;ue and make Execution, which we did to purpo&s;e, for though the ways were &s;trewed with Arms, Portmantles, Cloak-bags, and Hor&s;e, vve left tho&s;e to any that vvould pillage, and fell to Execution: Some part vve cha&s;ed to Holt bridge, the mo&s;t tovvards <HI>Che&s;ter;</HI> &s;ome &s;ay the King vvas in the field, others that he vvent out with a par|ty, next after mentioned; but certain it is, he vvent out from the City by the North gate, and thither retreated, for that gate is vvithout our Works.</P>
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<P>A memorable &s;ervice was performed by the <HI>Shrop&s;hire</HI> Forces, at the appoint|ment of Livetenant <HI>Louthiane,</HI> who were part of them that kept the &s;ub|urbs. When Collonel <HI>Iones</HI> was marcht out to ioyne with Generall <HI>Poyntz,</HI> there i&s;&s;ued out after him through the North-gate (with which party its affirmed the King went) about &s;ixe hundred hor&s;e and three hundred foote of the Kings and Queens Regiments and General <HI>Gerrards</HI> Lifeguard. Adjutant <HI>Louthiane</HI> &s;ent after them about two hundred of the <HI>Shrop&s;hire</HI> hor&s;e, com|manded by Livetenant Collonel <HI>Coote</HI> in chiefe, the &s;econd divi&s;ion by Collonel <HI>Prince,</HI> the la&s;t by Ma: <HI>Fenwicke</HI> and two hundred foote commanded by Captain <HI>Daniell,</HI> the&s;e gallantly performed what they undertooke, routed and cha&s;ed the e|nemy, &s;lew the Earle of <HI>Leichfield</HI> and o|thers, tooke divers principall officers and followed the execution foure miles.</P>
<P>After we thought the worke was ended,
<PB N="10" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 89 -->the enemy made head againe, and they that e&s;caped in the field and about <HI>Che|&s;ter,</HI> ioyned in another body, fell upon part of our forces with advantage (for they were de&s;perate &s;eeing they had lo&s;t the day) drave them to our mud walls, where the guards made execution on them, and &s;ome &s;mall mea&s;ure upon ours in the reare, through mi&s;take: &s;o they fled towards <HI>Bridgetrafford</HI> being ignorant of the Foote, where they were driven into deepe dit|ches, and boggy places. The Country men &s;et on them there, tooke one hundred hor&s;e and &s;ixty per&s;ons. Others fled into the forre&s;t where they are met with.</P>
<P>Whil&s;t wee were thus engaged in the field the enemy taking advantage of the &s;mall number left in the &s;uburbs attempted the regaining of them in many places; but were every where gallantly repul&s;ed with lo&s;&s;e by adjutant <HI>Louthiane.</HI></P>
<P>We cannot give a particular account of the number of the &s;laine, which were
<PB N="11" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 89 -->many, neither know wee our owne lo&s;&s;e, but that it is very &s;mall. Wee have taken the Earle of <HI>Portlands</HI> brother, with many con&s;iderable per&s;ons: Knights, and offi|cers, above one thou&s;and pri&s;oners; And its probable that of the five thou&s;and they &s;ay was in the field, the King will hardly rally one thou&s;and, wee de&s;ire the honour of this victory may be given to God alone, to whom alone it is due, his In&s;truments behaved them&s;elves gallant|ly, the <HI>Che&s;hire</HI> Hor&s;e were kowne mo&s;t couragious, we de&s;ire not vainely to glo|ry in any thing God hath done by us, but let the world &s;ay whether wee have been backward in the worke committed to us as &s;ome have &s;ugge&s;ted.</P>
<P>Let Souldiers iudge what it is for &s;o &s;mall a force to maintaine the leaguer at <HI>Bee&s;ton,</HI> take and keep the outworks of <HI>Che|&s;ter,</HI> to a&s;&s;i&s;t others a farre off, and the&s;e in the field, and runne all hazard, rather than quit a foot of what we have gained. Nei|ther
<PB N="12" REF="7"><!-- PDF PAGE 90 -->will we fixe here: The&s;e are but the beginning of action to us, &s;ince our new moddle, &s;o &s;ucce&s;&s;efull, &s;o much di&s;pi&s;ed.</P>
<P>Vpon Parliamentary &s;upplyes already Pe|titioned, we tru&s;t in him, who&s;e &s;oul|diers we are, to give as good account of our after proceedings, both in reducing this County and a&s;i&s;ting the neighbour|hood.</P>
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<HEAD>Pri&s;oners taken at, and after the Rowting of the Kings For|ces on <HI>Rowton Heath</HI> within two miles of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> the twenty fourth of <HI>Sep|tember,</HI> 1645.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>Knights and Collonels.</HEAD>
<ITEM>SIr <HI>Philip Mu&s;grave</HI> Major Generall.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel Sir <HI>Thomas Dawbrichcoate.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel Sir <HI>Thomas Dacres.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel Sir <HI>Michael Constable.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel &s;ir <HI>Thomas Goare.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel &s;ir <HI>Henry Stradling.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel <HI>Iohan Philiem Heitter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel <HI>We&s;ton,</HI> &s;onne to the late Lord Trea&s;urer.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>Collonel <HI>Gifford.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel <HI>Cromwell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collonel <HI>Fletcher.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Lievtenant Collonels.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Lievten. Col. <HI>Matham.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L. Collonel <HI>Millington.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L. Collonel <HI>Hatton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L. Collonel <HI>Salkeld.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L. Collonel <HI>Ruly.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L. Collonel <HI>Broughton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>L. Collonel <HI>Rutherford.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Majors.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Major <HI>VVilliams.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Major Morris.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Major <HI>Magduggell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Major <HI>Magdoole.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Major <HI>Lacymouth.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Captaines.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Martin.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Swinlue.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Hen&s;haw.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>VVhite.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Gibbon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Starling.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Sheley.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Connyers.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>John&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Dixon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Pre&s;&s;e.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Louther.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>VVilley.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Moreton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Simp&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Bell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Boulton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine <HI>Vaughan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine St. <HI>Michaels,</HI> Capt. of the Queens Troop, with him a Scarfe taken, which the Queen took from about her necke, and gave him to weare as Colours for her.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Lievtenants.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Cottrell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Morgan,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Bartrom.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>A&s;telby.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Story.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Colborne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Con&s;table.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Mansfield.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Skipwith.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Jeffer&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>Power.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievrcnant <HI>Brooke.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievtenant <HI>VVhitney.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lievrcnant <HI>Ellyott.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Cornets.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Cornet <HI>El&s;ing.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cornet <HI>Julyan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cornet <HI>Rainsford.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Comet <HI>Morley.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cornet <HI>Peir&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cornet <HI>Fitz-VVilliams.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cornet <HI>Smith.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Quarterma&s;ters.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Shelden,</HI> the Kings Quarterma&s;ter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Quarterma&s;ter <HI>Collizer.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Quarterma&s;ter <HI>Lowe.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Quarterma&s;ter <HI>Brere.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Trumpets five.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Corporalls two.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Gentlemen of the Kings Lifeguard, &s;eventeen.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Twenty more Gentle|men.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Troopers between eight hundred and a thou|&s;and.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;ter <HI>Sherburne</HI> of <HI>Stannyhurst.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;ter <HI>VVillam Leigh|ton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;ter <HI>Lewis Darcy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;ter <HI>Henry Boucher.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;ter <HI>James Mounta|gue.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;ter <HI>Gilbert Mark|ham.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>The&s;e very con&s;iderable Gentlemen.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Slaine.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Two Lords, 2 Knights, 1. Collonel, 1 Lieute|nant-Collonel, and three hundred and more Offi|cers and common Soul|diers.</ITEM>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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