A FULL RELATION OF The SCOTS besiedging Newcastle, and their taking the Glasse houses, and other Forts.

With a List of the chief Malignants in the Town.

Also, the Victorious Lord Fairfax his taking of Whitby,where he surprized;

  • 500. Officers and Soldiers.
  • 1000. Sailers and Inhabitants.
  • 40. Ships in the Channell.
  • Good store of Powder.
  • 500. Armes.
  • [...]0. Commissioners of Array.
  • All their traine of Artillery.
  • 100. Peece of Ordnance.
The Town and Forts of Newcastle.

London, Printed by Bernard Alsop, according to Order. 1644.

THE VICTORIOVS LORD FAIRFAX HIS Surprizing of Whitby in York shire, with the men, Armes, Ammunition, Ships and Ordnance; with divers other particulers thereof.

MY Lord Fairfax having taken Burlington Bay, the farthest Ha­ven Towne in the East-Riding of Yorkeshire, and placed a Garrison for the Parliament in it; he marched from thence into the North-Riding, and having passed [Page] over at Pottersbrimton, and so to Yerley, and quartering in those parts, the Countrey of the said East-Riding of Yorkeshire, came in to him in an abundance; being very ready to take the Covenant, and to assist the Parlia­ment against the Papists and Prelates the Ene­mies thereof.

So that the Lord Fairfax marched toward Whitby, a Haven Town in the farthest part of Yorkeshire, with a very considerable Army; intending that if the Enemy would not deli­ver up the Town, to storm it; for Whitby was a very strong Garrison of the Earle of Newcastles.

But the Enemy considering in what condi­tion they were, surrendred up the Towne to the Lord Fairfax, wherein were above five hundred Captaines, Lieutenants, Comman­ders, Officers, and common Soldiers; besides (at the least) twenty of the Commission of Aray, and almost a thousand Sailers and inha­bitants of the Town; all which have delive­red up the Town, and joyned themselves with the Lord Fairfax; besides forty ships which were then in the Channell.

Also the Lord Fairfax seized on all their Works, Ships, Powder, Ammunition, five hundred Armes, many Barrels of Powder, match, and other Ammunition, and traine of Artillery; and it is supposed, at the least a hundred Peece of Ordnance in the Ships and upon the Workes; all which the Lord Fair­fax hath seized on for the use of the Parlia­ment.

A Relation of the taking of the Workes at New­castle by the Scots; with divers other Pas­sages concerning the Siedge, and an on­set by them made upon the Town.

THe Earle of Newcastle (it seemes) fore­saw the danger he was in; and how probable it was that he might by all likely­hood lose, since not onely the Lord Fairfax encreased his strength; but our Brethren of [Page] Scotland also were so near him: and therefore the Earle of Newcastle, Generall King, and di­vers others of the chiefest Commanders went into Newcastle, it is supposed, to try if they can escape away by Sea; but our Brethren of Scotland are very glad to hear that they are there, for they have layd close Siedge to it; and making an onset upon them, beat upon their Workes, and with the losse of onely 14. men, slew many of the enemies, recovered the Glasse-houses, and one of their Forts, not the least considerable, and were got on both sides the Towne; so that it is not any wayes pos­sible, that they can hold out long.

Our Brethren of Scotland are quartered a­bout Morpeth, Ogle-Castle, Seton, Prude; and as many as well can, lye before Newca­stle.

The Scots sent forth a party, which with some Boates made as a Bridge over the River at Newcastle.

One Brigade of Horse and Foot, and Dra­goons, with some Ordnance, are marching towards Durham, and a party of them are to stay on the South side of Newcastle, in the [Page] Bishopricke, to secure the Coale Pits on that side, and to keep the Enemy from firing them.

In the taking of the Shelds there is no great difficulty, and Tinmouth Castle will be forced to yeild up, when Newcastle is taken. The Earle of Warwicks Ships lye before Tinmouth, to keep in the malignant Ships.

So that now we may see a plaine demon­stration of Gods blessing, since the taking of the Covenant; there is no more now between the Lord Fairfax and our Brethren of Scot­land, save only the Bishopricke of Durham; for Whitby, which the Lord Fairfax hath ta­ken, is adjacent to the hithermost part of the Bishoprick, and Newcastle at the further part adjacent to the Country of Northumberland: so that between them it is not forty miles. The City of Durham it selfe being just in the mid way: which when they hear that New­castle is taken, can have little hopes to build upon to stand out against the two Armies.

By this time there is no doubt but Newca­stle is in the hands of the Scots, it being a fortnight since the Messenger that brought this Message left them in this condition.

The Earle of Newcastle seeing that now he can do no more mischief in that Country, hath fired and burnt down (as it is supposed) nigh an hundred houses, and all the goods of so many poor families in the Suburbs of New­castle; notwithstanding the cryes of many poor widowes and fatherlesse children, that begged of him with teares, to refrain from the doing thereof.

A List of the Names of the chiefe Ma­lignants in Newcastle.
  • Earle Newcastle.
  • Lord Widdrington.
  • Vic. Carre.
  • L. Gray.
  • Sir Thomas Glenham.
  • Major Morlay.
  • John Emerson.
  • Henry Rowcastle.
  • Charles Clarke.
  • Ralph Cocke.
  • Robert Sherstoe.
  • Nicholaus Coole.
  • Thomas Lyddell.
  • Lionel Madison.
  • Alexander Davison.
  • Marke Milbanke.
  • Francis Bowes.
  • Francis Anderson.
  • Henry Maddison.
  • Leonard Carre.
FINIS.

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