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<P>A NARRATIVE, Together with LETTERS Pre&s;ented by CHAPTAINE <HI>TAYLOR,</HI> To the Honourable Hou&s;e of COMMONS, Concerning the late &s;ucce&s;&s;e obtained by the Parliament forces in <HI>Carnavan&s;hire</HI> in North <HI>Wales,</HI> again&s;t Sir <HI>Iohn Owen,</HI> and his forces, con&s;i&s;ting of Malignant Papi&s;ts and Cavaliers. As al&s;o, Of his barbarous and unparallel'd inhu|mane u&s;age towards the High Sheriffe of the &s;aid County, and others of the Parliaments party taken pri&s;oners by him.</P>
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<P>Ordered by the Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, that this <HI>Narrative</HI> together with the Letters be forthwith Printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Hen. El&s;ing</HI> Cler. Parl.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><DATE><ADD>June 13</ADD></DATE> LONDON, Printed for <HI>Humphrey Harward,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his Shop at the <HI>George</HI> upon <HI>Ludgate</HI>-hill over again&s;t the <HI>Bel-Salvage.</HI> 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>The Narrative, Together with Letters pre&s;ented by Capiaine <HI>Taylor,</HI> to the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons concerning the late &s;uc|ce&s;&s;e obtained by the Parliament Forces in <HI>Carnarvan&s;hire</HI> in North <HI>Wales</HI> again&s;t Sir <HI>Iohn Owen</HI> his Forces con&s;i&s;ting of Malignant Pa|pi&s;ts and Cavaliers.</HEAD>
<P>_SIr <HI>Iohn Owen,</HI> Commander in chiefe of the ene|mies Forces (and whom they called) and for|merly Major Generall again&s;t the Parlia|ment, with a hundred and forty hor&s;e, and one hundred and twenty foot or thereabouts, was growne &s;o &s;trong by &s;ome addition from the Coun|trey, that Major Generall <HI>Mitton</HI> together with <HI>William Lloyd</HI> E&s;quire, High Sheriffe of <HI>Carnarven,</HI> were forced for their &s;ecurity to repaire to <HI>Carnarvan</HI> Garri&s;on, (upon <HI>Sa|turday</HI> the third in&s;tant. Major Generall <HI>Mitton</HI> with the Sheriffe, and what hor&s;e were in the Garri&s;on, being a|bout twenty, and &s;ome Foot to the number of &s;ixty or thereabouts, marched forth the enemy; met them within three miles of the Garri&s;on; the Sheriffe who led the hor&s;e
<PB N="4" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 51 -->was &s;o farre ingaged, that being overpowred, he could not come off, but after long &s;trugling, having received &s;even or eight wounds, became their pri&s;oner, who&s;e barba|rous u&s;age towards him can hardly be related; they carried him, whil&s;t he was able to &s;it, from place to place on hor&s;e|back, his wounds never &s;earched nor dre&s;&s;ed, which had they been, its conceived they had not proved mortall, as by a Chirurgeons atte&s;tation appears, given by him under his hand, as followeth.</P>
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<HEAD>The Chirurgeons Atte&s;tation.</HEAD>
<P><HI>William Griffith</HI> Chirurgeon, being &s;ent for to dre&s;&s;e &s;ome men belonging to Sir <HI>Iohn Owen,</HI> found the High Sheriffe of <HI>Carnarvan-&s;hire,</HI> wounded in &s;even &s;everall pla|ces, be&s;ides burnings and skars, but no con&s;iderable helpe afforded for the healing of them, being un&s;earched, unten|ted, unrolled, from <HI>Saturday</HI> in the forenoon, untill <HI>Sunday</HI> night only &s;ome &s;hallow pledgets of Lint on the &s;uperfi|cies of the Orificies, which wounds (I beleeve) were all curable, if he might have re&s;ted in a &s;etled place but; be|ing marching in wind and raine, and cold getting into the wounds mu&s;t, needs cau&s;e death, and this I te&s;tify under my hand.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>William Griffith</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>But when his &s;trength began to faile, they carried him upon a Beare; and all this not &s;ufficing to take away his life, they threw him off of the &s;aid beare with &s;uch vio|lence that he pre&s;ently died, having continued in the lan|gui&s;hing condition afore&s;aid, from <HI>Saturday</HI> till <HI>Munday</HI> fol|lowing, after his wounding; fre&s;h cloaths being brought to him, Sir <HI>Iohn</HI> would not &s;uffer him to be &s;hifted, and
<PB N="5" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 51 -->Major Generall <HI>Mitton</HI> &s;ending to de&s;ire that he might come to <HI>Carnarvan</HI> to have his wounds dre&s;&s;ed, with en|gagement that after his recovery he &s;hould render him|&s;elfe pri&s;oner, it was wholly refu&s;ed, and no an&s;wer retur|ned thereunto; Colonel <HI>Carter</HI> Governour of <HI>Conway,</HI> and Lieutenant Colonel <HI>Twi&s;&s;elton,</HI> Governour of <HI>Denby</HI> u&s;ed their be&s;t endeavours to &s;uppre&s;&s;e the Forces rai&s;ed by Sir <HI>Owen</HI> as afore&s;aid, and having mounted thirty foot from <HI>Denby</HI> Ca&s;tle with Colonel <HI>Iones</HI> his Troop, and about thirty Volunteers mounted, being &s;ome late disbanded of|ficers and others well-affected in <HI>Denby-&s;hire,</HI> as al&s;o &s;even|ty Foot and thirty Hor&s;e, procured from Colonel <HI>Duck|ingfield</HI> Governour of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> together with thirty of Colo|nel <HI>Carters</HI> &s;ouldiers marched towards <HI>Carnarvan,</HI> intending before ingagement with the enemy, to adde &s;ome of the Forces in <HI>Carnarvan;</HI> but the enemy prevented this, and met them upon <HI>Munday,</HI> the fifth of this in&s;tant moneth, upon a plaine near the &s;ea-&s;ide, betwixt <HI>Bangor</HI> and <HI>Aben;</HI> the Forlorns of both Parties being drawne forth, charged each other with great re&s;olution; but ours at la&s;t were forced to a di&s;orderly retreat; the enemy pur&s;ued with much cou|rage, and were entertained by our re&s;erve, after &s;ome long encounter, to their totall routing; and in their retreat Cap|taine <HI>Tailor</HI> &s;ingled out Sir <HI>Iohn Owen,</HI> and after &s;ome &s;hort encounter wounded him, and unhor&s;ing him, took him pri&s;oner; there were of the enemy &s;laine about thirty, whereof three Captains, one Captaine <HI>Madrin;</HI> Captaine <HI>Morgan,</HI> and another, and fifty eight taken pri&s;oners, mo&s;t hor&s;e, whereof many of quality, as by the li&s;t appeareth; they threw away their Armes, and mo&s;t of them po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ed by us; few of them had e&s;caped, but that our words were &s;omewhat alike in &s;ound, and the &s;ignall on both &s;ides the &s;ame; their word was Re&s;olution, ours Religion;
<PB N="6" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 52 -->the &s;ignall was without bands, &s;o in the di&s;orderly pur&s;uit, we knew not each other; about fifty of their hor&s;e got a|way in a body, and carried three of our men with them, which we hear &s;ince they have put to death, it being ac|cording to their re&s;olution, as &s;ome of the pri&s;oners con|fe&s;t, not to give quarter to any they took. Sir <HI>Iohn Owen,</HI> after he was di&s;armed, upon di&s;cour&s;e uttered the&s;e words; though you have defeated me, yet foure&s;core thou|&s;and men, now in Armes in <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Kent</HI> will not be baf|led therewith; and &s;eemed therewith much to comfort him&s;elfe.</P>
<P>By the Barbarous, and unchri&s;tian-like u&s;age aforemen|tioned by the &s;aid Sir <HI>Iohn Owen</HI> and his rebellious crew, towards the afore&s;aid Gallant Gentleman, the late High Sheriffe of <HI>Carnarvan,</HI> (who with his life gave te&s;ti|mony of his good affection to Parliament, Mauger the late a&s;per&s;ions endeavoured to be fa&s;tned upon him by &s;ome per&s;ons really di&s;affected both to him and Parliament) as al&s;o towards others taken by them pri&s;oners, all un|bya&s;ed men and of any ingenuity and con&s;cience, may di&s;cover their bloudy re&s;olution, and others of their &s;tampe towards the Parliament and their adherents. Did not God in mercy prevent the execution of their bloudy de&s;ignes, as he hath been plea&s;ed mo&s;t eminently of late, (e&s;pecially in this expedition, and that &s;ucce&s;&s;e in <HI>Kent,</HI> and other parts of the Kingdome &s;o manife&s;t,) which is hoped and de&s;ired, may prove as an eye-&s;alve to open the eyes of &s;uch, as have been, or are apt to be deceived by the plau&s;ible Pretences of Malignants and Cavaliers, and &s;erve as a motive to all hone&s;t and religious men, to lay a|&s;ide divi&s;ions, and to unite again&s;t the common adver&s;ary, for the pre&s;ervation of Religion, and publick peace of the Kingdome.</P>
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<HEAD>To the honourahle <HI>William Lenthall</HI> E&s;quire, Speaker of the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Honourable Sir</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have &s;ent you enclo&s;ed a Relation of the good &s;ucce&s;&s;e God hath been plea&s;ed to give unto the forces which were coming to joyn with me (again&s;t Sir <HI>John Owen</HI>) un|der the command of Colonel <HI>Carter,</HI> and Colonel <HI>Twi&s;leton,</HI> as you will find it expre&s;&s;ed under their owne hands; and &s;urely it was in a mighty &s;ea&s;onable time; the few Foot that I had in <HI>Carnarvan,</HI> which Captaine <HI>Symkis</HI> turned out of <HI>Angle&s;ey,</HI> and a very few Hor&s;e, being tyred with continuall duty in marching out to endeavour the ob&s;tru|cting of the enemy his rai&s;ing of men, which by the helpe of the late high Sheriffe and <HI>Thomas Madrin</HI> E&s;quire, we did very muc<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> prevent untill Saturday la&s;t, when we marched out with a party, where meeting with the enemy, Mr. Sheriffe was taken pri&s;oner, and two more private &s;ouldiers, and we took a Lieutenant and an En&s;ign, and killed one of theirs.</P>
<P>The next day after the Sheriffe was taken, a great part of the County came in to Sir <HI>John Owen,</HI> and &s;o fa&s;t, that if it had not plea&s;ed God to give us this victory and deli|verance, this County had not been onely lo&s;t, but al&s;o al|mo&s;t all North <HI>Wales,</HI> the I&s;land of <HI>Angl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ey</HI> being in &s;o di|&s;tracted (or rather lo&s;t) condition, and which I hum|bly de&s;ire may be &s;peedily taken into con&s;ideration.</P>
<P>I cannot omit to give your Honour a relation of the un|chri&s;tianlike u&s;age of that gallant Gentleman by Sir <HI>John Owen</HI> and &s;ome others, during the time he was their pri&s;oner.</P>
<P>The note here enclo&s;ed under the Chyrurgions hand, will demon&s;trate one part of it.</P>
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As &s;oone as he was taken I &s;ent a Drum to &s;ee whether he were wounded, who brought me word that he was very &s;orely, the next morning I &s;ent a letter to Sir <HI>John</HI> to de&s;ire that he might come to <HI>Carnarvan</HI> to recover his health, which if it plea&s;e God that he did, I did engage my &s;elfe that he &s;hould become a pri&s;oner againe: unto which, and two letters more, he &s;ent me no an&s;wer at all; he did al&s;o deny to let him receive a &s;uit of cloathes that I &s;ent him for &s;hift: tho&s;e that he was wounded in, being exceeding bloody; and he did carry this Gentleman along with him every day, all the way he marched, untill it plea|&s;ed God to take him from &s;uch bloudy Tyrants, and put an end unto his time here; in the field as neer as po&s;&s;ibly could be di&s;cerned, when Sir <HI>John</HI> was routed and taken pri&s;oner him&s;elfe.</P>
<P>There be divers other barbarous things &s;poken of con|cerning his u&s;age, which I forbear at this time to write un|to your Honour of (till am better informed of the certain|ty of them,) though I am induced to beleeve divers of them.</P>
<P>I am emboldned to give your Honour this Relation, though tedious, not doubting but the Honourable Hou&s;e will be plea&s;ed to take &s;ome &s;peedy cour&s;e herein, the lives of your &s;ervants being &s;o much concerned (if &s;uch men &s;hall go unpuni&s;hed) and among&s;t the re&s;t of him, that is</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Carnarvan</HI> <DATE>the 6 of Iune 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your Honours faithfull and mo&s;t humble &s;ervant,
THO. MITTON.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>To the Honourable <HI>William Lenthall</HI> E&s;quire, &s;peaker of the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Honourable Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe &s;ad di&s;tempers of the&s;e times had reached the&s;e countreyes in a great mea&s;ure, and threatned &s;ad things to the&s;e Parts, had not God been plea&s;ed to give the Enemy a blow, and &s;uch an one, as we hope will cru&s;h and de&s;tory all their hopes in the&s;e Parts; and it was exceeding &s;ea&s;onable; all circum&s;tances con&s;i|dered, the relation whereof we leave to this bearer, who&s;e valour and courage much conduced to the &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">ice. Sir <HI>John Owen</HI> hearing of o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r march, and &s;u&s;pecti<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">n|tion, which was to joyn with Generall <HI>Myt<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3+ letters"></HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> he &s;ince confe&s;&s;ed, re&s;olved to engage us to hinder it, and ac|cordingly marched with all the &s;trength he could make, which was of Reformados and Fightingmen about 250. all well appointed, and of Countreymen a numerous many, and met us between <HI>Bangor</HI> and <HI>Aber</HI> in a very faire plain upon the Sea-&s;ide, where he found us ready to entertain him, having had intelligence of his advance, we were hor&s;e and foote 200. and upwards the di&s;pute was de&s;perate and hazardous, but at la&s;t (although our forlorn was fir&s;t routed) thorough the re&s;olutions of the Officers and Re&s;erves, the routed Partie rallied, we utterly routed the Enemy, killed and tooke many; and with no few knocks to our &s;elves, this indor&s;ed li&s;t &s;howes you the names and qualities of the Pri&s;oners and their number: we di&s;per&s;ed al&s;o all the Clubmen that were got|ten together, there is &s;ome hor&s;es of the Enemies gotten away which we could not immediately pur&s;ue, our hor&s;e being wearied in the fight and march, but intend to give them little re&s;t in the&s;e Parts. We thought it our
<PB N="10" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 54 -->duty to pre&s;ent you with this accompt, wherein we would a&s;cribe all to that good hand of God that fought with us and for us. We are, Honourable Sir,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your mo&s;t humble and faithfull Servants.
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<ITEM>JOHN MARTER,</ITEM>
<ITEM>GEORGE TWISLETON.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>A Li&s;t of the names of the Pri&s;oners both Officers and Souldiers.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>Sir <HI>John Owens</HI> Maj. Gener.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Richard Lloyd</HI> Colonell,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>William Owens,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Hugh Budurdah,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Jo&s;hua Cole,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Robert Wynn,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>James Kina&s;ton</HI> Capt.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Matthias Lloyd,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>John Wantom,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Thomas Lloyd</HI> Lieu.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Robert Wynn</HI> Lieu.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>John Mathews,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Samuel Conway,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Will. Sanders</HI> Capt.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Gilbert Fox</HI> Capt.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr <HI>Arthur Stapleton</HI> Cornet,</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Maurice Griffith</HI> &s;ervant to Sir <HI>John Owens.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Willian Hide</HI> of Che&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Harri&s;on</HI> of London.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Richard Thomas,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Thomas,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Pym,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert Jones,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Pirhard,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
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<HI>William Jones,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hugh Roberts,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert Davies,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Richard,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Richard George,</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Owen-ap-William</HI> Of Carnarvan&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ralph Davenport</HI> of Lanca&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Evan Roberts,</HI> Of Denbi&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Jones,</HI> Of Denbi&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Davies,</HI> Of Denbi&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hugh Greene,</HI> Of Denbi&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert Johns,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Hughes,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Danis,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Calladay</HI> of Hartfort&s;hire,</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Walter Morgan</HI> of Gloce&s;ter&s;hire,</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert Cre&s;well,</HI> Of Shrop&s;hire</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>William Cre&s;well,</HI> Of Shrop&s;hire</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Walter Roe,</HI> Of Shrop&s;hire</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Stochwell,</HI> Of Shrop&s;hire</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chri&s;topher Elmor</HI> of Lincoln&s;hire,</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>David Williams,</HI> Of Merioneth&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Henry Pughe,</HI> Of Merioneth&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Robert Williams</HI> of Flint&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>David Ellis</HI> of Montgomery&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Benjamin Par</HI> of Carmarthen&s;hire.</ITEM>
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<HI>John Morris</HI> of Cardigon&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Cro&s;&s;e,</HI> of Worce&s;ter&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thomas Cro&s;&s;e,</HI> of Worce&s;ter&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jeffrey Burch,</HI> of Worce&s;ter&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Clarke,</HI> of Worce&s;ter&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rich. Baxter</HI> of Stafford&s;hire.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>I&s;aac Edwards</HI> of Angle&s;ey.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>John Cadwalader</HI> of Carmarthen&s;hire.</ITEM>
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