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<P>A LETTER FROM Serjeant Major Purefoy Governour of Compton-Hou&s;e in Warwick&s;hire, To his Colonell Colonell Purefoy A Member of the Honourable Hou&s;e of COMMONS.</P>
<P>Wherein is related the good &s;ucce&s;&s;e it plea&s;ed God to give unto that Garri&s;on again&s;t the Enemy, that came with a great &s;trength to have &s;urprized it.</P>
<P>With a Li&s;t of the per&s;ons &s;laine and taken, and the number of the Armes there taken.</P>
<P>London printed for <HI>A. R.</HI> Febr. 7. 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>A Letter from Serjeant Maior <HI>Purefoy</HI> Governour of <HI>Compton Hou&s;e</HI> in <HI>Warwick&s;hire to his Colonell, Colonell</HI> Purefoy.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_I Shall here relate in part (for all pa&s;|&s;ages would be too tedious for me to trouble you with all. Fir&s;t, with all my &s;oule I de&s;ire God may have his prai&s;e and glory which is due to a God that hath now and ever &s;hew|ed him&s;elf to me almo&s;t by miracles, in delivering me and all under my command. This night about two of the clock about 1000. or 1200. Hor&s;e and Foot fell upon me at <HI>Compton,</HI> &s;torm'd my out-works, gain'd the &s;tables, and cut down my great Draw-bridge, and po&s;&s;e&s;t them&s;elves of all my Troop hor&s;es, and took about 30. of my foot Souldiers in their beds, who lay over the &s;tables, almo&s;t before a man could think what to do; we received that alarm as we had good cau&s;e, and pre&s;ently made good the new Sconce before the &s;tone Bridge, &amp; beat them out of the great Court, there being about 200. entred, and
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ready to &s;torme the Sconce; but we gave them &s;o hot a &s;allie, that we forced them to retreat backe to the &s;tables, barnes and Brew-hou&s;e, where from the windowes they played very hot upon us: I then com|manded Lieutenant <HI>Purefoy</HI> and my quarter-Ma&s;ter (having no other Officers of quality at home, the re&s;t being abroad with about 30. of my be&s;t Troopers) to &s;ally out upon the enemy with a partie of 40. and to attempt the regaining of the Brew-hou&s;e and the roomes above, which they did with gallant re&s;olution and courage; Sergeant <HI>Bird</HI> was one who came not &s;hort in bravery of any. This party fought with the enemy and came to pu&s;h of Pike, nay to &s;words point, and did lay about &s;o bravely, that they forc't the ene|my to retreat from chamber to chamber; I then &s;ent out my younge&s;t brother the En&s;igne with my three Corporalls of hor&s;e, and about 40. more men, to re|lieve the fir&s;t partie, and I will a&s;&s;ure you the young boy will fight, he led on his men bravely and relieved his brother; by which meanes all the upper roomes were gained, and the enemy kept onely the &s;tables and the barnes &s;toutly; my Souldiers did then &s;o thunder their hor&s;e, and re&s;erves of foot that &s;tood within Pi&s;toll &s;hot, that Sir <HI>William</HI> and Sir <HI>Charles Compton</HI> began to give ground, which my Souldiers perceiving, &s;ome leapt out at the windowes, and &s;o into the out-works, by which meanes I recovered my out-works againe, and made good a &s;ally port, by which the enemy endeavoured to retreat at, but find|ing they were fru&s;trated of their hopes, and that my Musketeers did play &s;o hot upon the great Draw-Bridge
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that they could not be releived; and withall having beaten the enemy out of that worke which we &s;torm'd when you took the hou&s;e, I had time to reco|ver the great Draw-bridge, and pre&s;ently got new ropes and new lockes, and drew it up againe in &s;pight of them all. Now the&s;e (who&s;e names you have here inclo&s;ed were all in <HI>Cobbs</HI> pound, having no meanes in the world to retreat, whereupon they fought de|&s;perately for the &s;pace of 3. houres, and the valiant <HI>Comptons</HI> perceiving their extreame lo&s;&s;e, attempted three &s;everall times to &s;torme and to regain my out|workes, but all three times were beaten off with as much re&s;olution and gallantry as could be. The ene|mie within &s;et fire on the hay, &s;traw, and all combu|&s;tible &s;tuffe, to &s;mother my men out of the upper roomes, which did indeed much annoy them: And the Enemy without threw at lea&s;t 100. hand-Gra|nadoes upon the hou&s;es, that they &s;et them on fire in divers places; Sir <HI>Charles</HI> and Sir <HI>William Compton</HI> then thinking all was their own, &s;ent a Trumpeter to parlie, but I commanded that none &s;hould parlie, nor would I permit the Trumpet to &s;peak at all, though faine he would have &s;aid &s;omething to the Souldiers, but commanded him upon his life to be gone and re|turne no more at his perill. Wee continued in fight &s;till, and the fire did &s;o encrea&s;e, that I thought it fit to offer quarter to all tho&s;e in the &s;table, for their lives onely, but they would not heare me: Upon which I drew all my men together and fell violently in upon them, wherein was &s;laine and taken pri&s;oners all who&s;e names are in the in&s;uing li&s;t. This did &s;o di&s;|hearten
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the <HI>Comptons</HI> and all their forces, that they did pre&s;ently draw off all their foot, and onely faced me with their hor&s;e, and &s;ent another Trumpeter to parley, but I commanded to give fire upon him, &s;o that he returned with no other an&s;wer but what a Musket could &s;peake.</P>
<P>Sir, this is as true and as &s;hort a Narration as I can give you. I am (as we are all)</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your obliged &s;ervants and kin&s;men,
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<ITEM>GEORGE PUREFOY.</ITEM>
<ITEM>WILLIAM PUREFOY.</ITEM>
</LIST></SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Compton, <DATE>Jan. 30. at 9. a clock at night.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P>We recovered all our own men againe that the enemy had taken.</P>
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<HEAD>A Li&s;t of the Officers &s;laine, and taken Pri&s;oners.</HEAD>
<ITEM><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Capt. Chamberlaine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Capt. Colburne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Capt. Gannock.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>En&s;igne Layton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Quarterm. Blackford.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Corporall Bayleyes.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>The names of the Officers we have Pri|&s;oners.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Lievtenant Harvey.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lievtenant Clarke.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cornet Bi&s;hop.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Corp. H<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">yworth Corp.</HI> of Hor&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Corp. Lambert Corp.</HI> of Hor&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Serg. Francis.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Serg. Lin&s;ey.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Serg. Farbu&s;h.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Corp. Morgan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Corp. Scargill.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Atkins.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Troopers of Captain <HI>Coleburne.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>John Webb.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Tusker.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Ma&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Simon Berry.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Fo&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Chamberlain,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Adams,</HI> Earl of <HI>Northamptons</HI> man.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Dorrington.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert Moore.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Richard Collins.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Richard Willer.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM><LIST>
<HEAD>Foot Souldiers of the Earl of <HI>Northamptons</HI> own Company.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>George Grumbell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Childe.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Anthony Smith.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Ea&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry Taylor.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Roger Smith.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Sir <HI>Williom Comptons</HI> men.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Richard Abram.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Atkins.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jo&s;eph Walkes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Moore.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Smith.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Warde.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Robin&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Norman.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Major <HI>Waldrums</HI> men.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>William An&s;ill.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Freeman.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert Hurle&s;tone.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Aires.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Edward Gibbs.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Cotforth.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Captain <HI>Willoughbies</HI> men.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Richard Collins.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Walker.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Captain Territs.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Tradde.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Roberts.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><LIST>
<HEAD>Capt. <HI>Rawleys</HI> men.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>John Bee&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Wor&s;ley.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Captain <HI>Wardes</HI> men.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Richard Conerley.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Milburne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry Fenne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Clarke.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Li&s;&s;eman.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry Mu&s;grave.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Captain <HI>G<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nnocks</HI> men.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>William Smith.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>George Prince.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Wilkins.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
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<P>Be&s;ides &s;ixe Cart-load of wounded men carried off. And neer upon forty Common Souldiers left dead behind them.</P>
<P>Of mine own men, both Hor&s;e and Foot, only one de&s;perately wounded, and another &s;lightly hurt.</P>
<P>Hor&s;e and Foot Armes taken from the Enemy. Muskets 100 <HI>Pi&s;tolls</HI> 40. about 20. hand Granadoes.</P>
<P>The fight began about two of the clock in the morning, and continued till about nine, in which they &s;tormed us foure &s;everal<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> times, and were beaten off.</P>
<P>The number of the Enemie, Hor&s;e and Foot, were between 1000. and 1200. as the Pri&s;oners confe&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>With their hand Granadoes they fired the Stables, Barnes, and Brew-Hou&s;e, in three &s;everall places.</P>
<P>We lo&s;t about twenty Hor&s;e and &s;ome Muskets.</P>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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