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<P>A LETTER FROM Colonell Generall Poynts, TO THE HONOURABLE William Lenthall Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons: Concerning
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<ITEM>Sir <HI>Tho. Glenham,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Colonell <HI>Gerard,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM> And Sir <HI>Marmaduke Langdale,</HI></ITEM>
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In the la&s;t fight neere Che&s;ter.</P>
<P>With a perfect narration of Colonell <HI>Par&s;ons</HI> of the &s;aid proceedings. And the number of hor&s;e and men taken in the pur&s;uit, and which way His Maje&s;ty is fled.</P>
<P>Die Lune, 29 Septemb. 1645.</P>
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<P><HI>ORdered by the Lords a&s;&s;embled in Parliament that Col. Gen.</HI> Poynts <HI>his Letter, with Colonell</HI> Par&s;ons <HI>Relation be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<P>J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>John Wright</HI> at the Kings-head in the Old-baily. <HI>Sept.</HI> 30. 1645.</P>
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<HEAD>For the Right Honourable WILLIAM LENTHALL E&s;quire, Speaker of the Hou&s;e of COMMONS.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_IN the conclu&s;ion of a hard march it hath plea&s;ed God to deliver the enemy into our hands, wherein he hath &s;ufficiently manife&s;ted his pro|vidence. Ye&s;terday we di&s;covered the enemy on Millers heath within three miles of Che&s;ter, whereupon I &s;ent to Che&s;ter for &s;ome foot, which was very &s;ea&s;onably &s;ent me, and in my advance towards them we unawares met a body of them in a narrow pa&s;&s;e on the top of the heath, where we had a very violent encounter, wherein we cut off many of the King, Life guard and re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ted the re&s;t, then we retreated to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ne maine body, and toward foure of the clocke in the afternoon we advanced toward them, and finding the enemy ready for battell we pre&s;ently f<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ll upon them, kild, tooke, wounded, and routed the whole army, and I am confident they never received a greater blow. I have onely a Catalogue of few, the re&s;t being &s;ent to Tarvin and other garri&s;ons in the&s;e parts,
<PB N="2" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 7 -->cannot as yet be collected. The&s;e Colonels, Sir <HI>Thomas Glen|ham.</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Dacres,</HI> Sir <HI>Philip Mu&s;grave,</HI> Sir <HI>Tho|mas Dawbridge court,</HI> Sir <HI>Tho Gower,</HI> Col. <HI>Tho. We&s;ton&punc;</HI> &s;onne to the Earle of Portland and Col. <HI>Cromwell, Iames Martin</HI> Quarterma&s;ter generall, Col. <HI>John G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">fford,</HI> Lieutenant Col. <HI>Edward Hatton,</HI> and Lieut Col <HI>Con&s;table,</HI> Cap. <HI>Wyvell,</HI> Cap. <HI>Co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">terill,</HI> Cap. <HI>Morgan,</HI> Cap. <HI>Mountaine,</HI> Cap. <HI>Le Strange,</HI> Cap. <HI>Swinho,</HI> and Cap. <HI>Con&s;table.</HI> Its reported Sir <HI>Marma|duke Langdale</HI> is either killed or taken: you &s;hall with all con|veniency receive a compleat Li&s;t from me. There was killed the Earle of Litchfield, brother to the Duke of Lenox, and Sir <HI>Brian Stapleton</HI> a notorious Papi&s;t, who was lately in Ireland His Maje&s;ties &s;ollicitor for ten thou&s;and men. In this tender of my &s;ervice I de&s;ire it may be forthwith communicated to the Hou&s;e, from whom I de&s;ire to receive further orders, in the meane time I &s;hall continue thereabouts, u&s;ing my endeavours in reducing this City, wherein, and in all other my endeavours, I &s;hall ever re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE> <SIGNED>Your mo&s;t humble and faithfull &s;ervant, SEDNHAM POYNTZ.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><HI>Milers-heath,</HI> <DATE><HI>Septemb. 25. 1645.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
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<P><HI>Gerrard</HI> is deadly wounded if not already &s;laine.</P>
<P>This Gentleman Colonell <HI>Par&s;ons</HI> having the charge of brin|ging up the re&s;erves, has done very good &s;ervice in the di&s;charge thereof. I de&s;ire the hou&s;e may thinke of &s;ome further incourage|ment for the Yorke&s;hire hor&s;e.</P>
<P>Col. <HI>Beathell</HI> and Col. <HI>Graves</HI> de&s;erves very much for their &s;ervice.</P>
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<HEAD>The Relation of Colonell <HI>Par&s;ons</HI> communicated to both Hou&s;es of Par|liament, <HI>Sept.</HI> 29. 1645.</HEAD>
<P>ABout the 18 of <HI>August</HI> la&s;t, the King with about 4000 hor&s;e and Drag<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">oues advanced into Yorke&s;hire. The 19. Col. <HI>Ro&s;&s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ers</HI> hor&s;e came up to Generall <HI>Poyntz.</HI> The 21, they joyned with the Scots and Che&s;hire hor&s;e, a dayes re&s;t the Scots hor&s;e would have, the next day all marched; But the King got by that meanes a dayes retreat before, whom Gen <HI>Poyntz</HI> according to his Order from the Com|mittee of both Ki<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">gdomes, through many difficulties per|&s;ued above 300 miles, not re&s;ting above a day in any place. The knowledge of the Kings advance for the reliefe of Che&s;ter, being the onely certain intelligence he received of his motion, he marched day and night to be there be|fore him, and tooke in a &s;trong hou&s;e with a Draw-bridge, moted, (which &s;tood in the way of his march, and oppo|&s;ed him) in le&s;&s;e then an houres &s;pace; And after a very hard march all night, on the 24 of this in&s;tant in the mor|ning, his Van curriers di&s;covered the enemy on a moore within two miles of Che&s;ter called Rowten-moore, where|upon immediatly hee drew into Order, and advanced upon them (though all his force were not then come up) for he &s;uppo&s;ed to take the enemy at unawares, it being probable they could have no intelligence of his being &s;o neare, though it proved otherwi&s;e, for his Letters (written that night to the Commander within the out-Lines of Che&s;ter, giving notice of his advance) were intercepted and the enemy
<PB N="4" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 8 -->being po&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;ed of the advantage of ground, and in order confronted out van led by Colonell <HI>Hugh Bethell</HI> in the mid|de&s;t of a Lane betwixt two Moores covered with the ar|med men of both Battaliaes, where was given a very &s;harp and gallart charge by both parties, for after Pi&s;tolls were di&s;charged at halfe Pikes di&s;tance, they di&s;puted the mat|ter with their Swords a full quarter of an houre, neither yeilding ground to other, till at length the enemy were for|ced to retreate, whom, our men pur&s;uing were re-encoun|tred by a fre&s;h re&s;erve at the Lanes mouth, and they were likewi&s;e di&s;comfited, and a third, but being over powred were in the end forced to retreate through the Lane, un|capable of receiving a Re&s;erve to &s;econd them: here wee had &s;ome lo&s;&s;e, the enemy pur&s;uing to the Lanes end, but w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">re beaten back, for there were &s;pace for our re&s;erves to advance, Colonell <HI>Bethell</HI> and Colonell <HI>Graves</HI> were then &s;ore wounded, after this the Generall perceiving the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ne|my lay upon his advantage, only skermi&s;hed him with &s;ome flying parties, while hee h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ld corre&s;pondency with his friends in Che&s;ter Suburbs, who&s;e &s;igne was the di&s;charge of two peeces of Ordnance when they would i&s;&s;ue out with hor&s;e and &s;oot to joyne with him, upon who&s;e appearing the enemy quitted their &s;tation, and the Generall with a party advanced to take the mo&s;t convenient ground give|ing command to Col. <HI>Par&s;ons</HI> Quarterma&s;ter generall of the Army, Col. <HI>Sandies</HI> who performed the duty of Commi&s;|&s;ary Generall of the hor&s;e, during the afore&s;aid march be|ing then imployed to the Committee of both Kingdomes to order up the re&s;t, which was opportunely done, for they joyned with the Auxiliary force of hor&s;e and foote in the e|nemies ground, and was drawn into many &s;mall divi&s;ions and re&s;erves, being much over numbred by the enemy, who accompted them&s;elves 5000 hor&s;e, and Gen. <HI>Poyntz</HI>
<PB N="5" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 8 -->not above 2500 hor&s;e, be&s;ides two &s;mall bodies of foote, who were di&s;po&s;ed in the two outmo&s;t intervals of hor&s;e; up|on the very in&s;tant of this juncture the enemy advanced with their whole body, and the Generall (leaving the charge of the re&s;erves to Col. <HI>Par&s;ons</HI>) tooke care of, and led up the van divi&s;ions, with which after a round volly of &s;hot from the foot, he joyned battell, charging the enemy in Front and Flanck, where his hor&s;e was deeply wounded on the head, being continually &s;econded with re&s;erves as ofte<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> as there was occa&s;ion, the re&s;t being kept intire followe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> at a due di&s;tance; The prevailing Generall who put the Enemy to a totall r<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ut, and al<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">hough the pur&s;uit was as hot as could be expected from &s;uch wearied hor&s;e, through narrow durty lane and over ditches, the enemy ralied in a great moore wide of Che&s;ter in two va&s;t bodies a great di&s;tance a&s;&s;un|der, the fir&s;t (not without &s;ome di&s;pute) were againe rout|ed. and the other likewi&s;e, who retreated upon the War|wick Regiment with &s;uch violence as bore them away con|fu&s;edly, intermixed with the flying enemy up to the out|workes of the Suburbs, the Musketteers within were never the le&s;&s;e liberall of their Gun&s;hot, but the Divine provi|dence appeared much in the di&s;tribution of the impartiall Bullets, few or none lighting upon our men, though many of the Enemy were found there expiring.</P>
<P>A Body of hor&s;e all the while of the&s;e la&s;t di&s;putes ap|peared fixed on the top of a Hill, a little di&s;tant on that &s;ide Che&s;ter, wherein the King was very confidently repu|ted to be, for confronting whereof a party of foot winged with Colonell <HI>Lidcot,</HI> and Colonell <HI>Bethells</HI> Regiments were drawn into a convenient Clo&s;e in the bottome as a grand re&s;erve; but the night by this time falling the bo|dy on the Hill appeared not, and tho&s;e in the bottome re|turned to their comrades &s;aciated with &s;laughter, pri&s;oners,
<PB N="6" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 9 -->and booty of the vanqui&s;hed Enemy; while the&s;e things were thus agitated in the field the remainder of foote left with Colonell <HI>Lowthian</HI> in the Suburbs were not idle, for the Enemy made a &s;trong fally upon them out of the City, and were more &s;tremou&s;ly repul&s;ed, the number of the &s;laine of the pri&s;oners and hor&s;e taken is not yet knowne, but is generally conjectured 800 &s;laine, 1500 men and 2000 hor&s;es taken, there was brought in that night the und<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">r|written li&s;t, of the con&s;iderable&s;t men taken and &s;lame in the fight, the King with a party of about five or 600 was &s;eene going into Wales.</P>
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<HEAD>Pri&s;oners taken.</HEAD>
<ITEM>SIr <HI>Thomas Glenham.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Thomas D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">cres.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Philip Mu&s;grave.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Thomas Dabridgecourt.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Thomas Gore.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Col. <HI>Thomas We&s;ton,</HI> &s;onne to the Earle of Port|land.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Col. <HI>Cromwell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Iames Martin,</HI> Quarterma|&s;ter generall.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Col. <HI>Iohn Gifford.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieut. Col. <HI>Edw. Hatton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieut. Col. <HI>Con&s;table.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lieut. Col. <HI>Wigmore.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Captaine
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<ITEM><HI>Wivell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cotterill.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Morgan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mountaine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Le Strange.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Swinoe.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Con&s;table.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM>It is reported Sir <HI>Marma|duke Langdale</HI> is &s;laine.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Earle of Litchfield, brother to the Duke of Lenox, &s;laine.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Bryan Stapleton</HI> (the Kings agent for 10000 men in Ireland, &s;laine.</ITEM>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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