Siege, 1643

The siege of Redding: April 1643

Sarah Griffin.

A letter from Sir William Waller, a member of the House of Commons to the Right Honorable Robert Earl of Essex his excellencie: of a great victory he obtained at Malmsbury, 23 Martii in the county of Wilts : with the names of divers of the commanders in chief that he took, with 300 foot, a troop of horse, and many peeces of ordnance : also a true relation of Sergeant Major Burghells valour, who went into the enemies quarters at Sherston, routed them, took twenty five prisoners, one captain, two lieutenants, one quarter master, killed eight and took forty or fifty horses and arms, without the losse of one man

Waller, William Sir

Lieut: Generall Cromwells letter to the House of Commons, of all the particulars of taking the city of Bristoll: and the manner of P: Ruperts marching to Oxford. Together with two orders; the one, for a day of thanksgiving in all parts of the kingdom within the power of the Parliament. And the other, for a collection for a distressed and plundered party in the said city of Bristoll. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this letter and orders be forthwith printed, and read in all churches and chappels in the lines of communication and bills of mortality, and in all other parts of the kingdom within the power of the Parliament: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com

Oliver Cromwell

The siege of King's Lynn, 1643

edited by Susan Yaxley.

A perfect relation of all the proceedings betwixt his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his Highnesse Prince Rupert: About the delivery up of the city, castle, and all the forts in and about Bristoll. The severall summons letters and propositions on both sides, with the answers thereunto, before his Excellencies storming. And the articles agreed unto by the commissioners of both parties, of the surrender of the city, castle, forts, ordnance, armes, ammunition, &c. since the said storming. Read in the House of Peeres, on Friday the 12th. of September 1645. Published by authority

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron

A letter from Colonell Harvie to His Excellency Robert Earle of Essex

Edmund Harvey

The Siege of Gloucester

W.D. Pereira.

A letter from the Right Honourable Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax to His Excellency Robert, Earle of Essex: relating his late prosperous successe against the popish army in the north, his expelling them from their workers and forcing them to raise their siege from before the town of Hull : also certifying how the enemy have fled to Beverley and were forced to leave divers pieces of ordnance, much powder and ammunition behind them : being upon the same day wherein the Earle of Manchester obtained the victory neere Horn-castle in Lincolnshire

Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax Baron

The tvvo state martyrs, or, The murther of Master Robert Yeomans, and Master George Bowcher, citizens of Bristoll: committed on them by Nathaniel Fiennes (second sonne to the Lord Say) the pretended governour of that city, and the rest of his conspracie, whom some call a councell of warre

The last ioyfull intelligence from his excellency, his quarters in Reading: vvherein is contained the propositions of agreement upon which the town was delivered : with the manner of the delivery, how they marcht away without their ordnance, and the true estate of his excellencies army at this present : faithfully related in two letters

sent from good hands in the army, to a person of good quality in the city, bearing date April 27, 1643