A TRVE RELATION OF THE Taking of the City, Minster, and Castle of Lincolne, with all their Ordnance, Ammunition, and Horse.
By the Right Honourable the Earle of Manchester, On Monday the sixth of this instant May.
Together With a List of the names of the Commanders, and number of common Souldiers, that was there taken.
LONDON, Printed by R. Cotes for Joh. Bellamy. 1644.
A True Relation of the taking of the City, Minster, and Castle of Lincolne, with all their Ordnance, Ammunition, & Horse.
MY best respects to your selfe presented. Without further preamble, I have here sent you a briefe and faithfull Relation of our proceeding before Lincolne, where it hath pleased God to shew himselfe wonderfully on the side of his people, by a glorious and admirable Victory given to us.
On Fryday last, May 3. my Lord of Manchester, sate down before Lincolne. And after some small resistance was Master of the lower part of the City. The Enemy all flying from their out-workes, and betaking themselves to their upper workes, to the Minster, and to the Castle, which they conceived to be impregnable.
On Saturday May 4. there fell so much raine, that we could make no attempt against them. That night my Lord resolves to storme them, and to that purpose drew up his Foot, and sent for the Horse from their Quarters to be ready by two a clock in the morning, but the weather [Page 2]continuing so violent, prevented our attempt for that night, it being so slippery that it was not possible for our Foot to crawle up the hill to come to their workes, the Mount whereon the Castle stood, being nere as steep as the eaves of a house, and there was the chiefest place where we were to storm them.
The next day, being the Lords day, we sent out a party of Horse towards Gainsborough, and took some Prisoners, who told us of a great body of Horse, to the number of five or six thousand that were comming against us, under Colonell Gorings command: which made my Lord to resolve to storm them that afternoon, and to that intent the scaling ladders were brought forth and the Foot were ready to set on, but second and better thoughts stayed us till next morning, we having intelligence that they were sarre enough off from comming to their reliefe for that night. My Lord in the mean time sent two thousand Horse under the command of Lieutenant Generall Cromwell, to meet the enemy, and to stop them from comming to relieve the City, and thereupon the Foot were by order drawn off from about the Hill, which the Enemy perceiving, it caused them to insult, houping, and hollowing against us, thinking we were afraid to set upon them, but the next morning they sang another note, in another tune; There was that night order given for the Foot to lie upon the severall quarters of the hill, round about their workes, and to be all in a readinesse to fall on, from every quarter when they heard the great Ordnance go off, which was between two and three in the morning, there being six peeces together let fly, upon which we all fell to work, within lesse then a quarter of an houre we got up to their workes, which the Foot with much [Page 3]gallantnesse performed, receiving all their shot, which they powred out like haile, the Enemy being all of them ready to receive our charge, and expecting us when we came.
Our foot never left running till they came to the top of the Hill, which would have been enough to tier a Horse; being under their workes, we set up the Scaling ladders, which they seeing left their fiering, and threw mighty stones upon us from over their workes, by which wee received more hurt then by all their shot; but all would not daunt our men, but up to the top of the ladders they got, which proved too short most of them, to reach the top of their Wals and Works, they being most of them as high as London Wal; but yet they shifted to get up, which the enemy perceiving, they had no spirit left in them, but betooke themselves to their heels, and our men over their works shouting, & following as fast after them, but they not knowing whether to runne, cryed out for quarter; saying they were poore Array men: we slew about fifty of them, about twenty of which were slaine in the Castle yard, where they made the most resistance. We lost not more then eight men in the storming of it; whereof one a Captaine, Captaine Oglesby, another, Lieutenant Saunders. We tooke of them as followes; a List of whose Names I have here sent you, both of the Officers, and Common Souldiers, as I see them taken, which is with the least, there being more found since in corners, whose names were not inserted into this list of Prisoners: all the Common Souldiers after they were taken did chearfully desire to serve the Parliament, making many Protestations of their readines to venture their lives for our cause.
A List of the Commanders and Common Souldiers that were taken PRISONERS.
- SIR Francis Fane Governour.
- Colonells.
- Sir Charles Dalison Col.
- Colonell Midlemore.
- Colonell Baudes.
- Lieut. Colonells.
- Lieut. Benefield.
- Lieut. Browne.
- Sergeant Majors.
- Major Roberts.
- Major Rogers.
- Captaines.
- Captaine Giles.
- Cap. Dalby.
- Cap. Rachil.
- Cap. Daliston.
- Cap. Souze.
- Cap. Berisford.
- Cap. Woodrofe.
- Cap. Morecraft.
- Capt. Bradbury.
- Cap. Hewet.
- Cap. Roberts.
- Cap. Purdy.
- Cap. Corie.
- Cap. Balgie.
- Cap. Heslewood.
- Cap. Cockerill.
- Cap. Wright.
- Cap. Cha. Baudes.
- Cap. Moore.
- Cap. Quadring.
- Cap. Lieut. Monroy.
- Lieutenants.
- Lieut. Rich. Gregory.
- Lieut. Wil. Maxfield.
- Lieut. Christ. Shoare.
- Lieut. James Baldwin.
- Lieut. John Turner.
- Lieut. James Castle.
- Lieut. Robert Linsey.
- Lieut. Edmonds.
- Lieut. Wil. Hall.
- [Page 5]Lieut. Wil. Browne.
- Lieut. Sam. Gromet.
- Lieut. Tho. Kinsman.
- Lieut. Matth. Skeans.
- Lieut. Christ. Dighton.
- Lieut. Hardy.
- Lieut. Beard.
- Lieut. Bolt.
- Lieut. Thory.
- Ensignes
- Ensig. Tho. Patly.
- Ensig. Ralph Outlaw.
- Ensig. Roberts.
- Ensig. Ral. Armington.
- Ensig. Gervace Dighton.
- Ensig. James Aprice.
- Ensig. Henry Ash.
- Ensig. Henry Brooksby.
- Ensig. Jo. Yarmouth.
- Ensig. Skelton.
- Ensig. Algood.
- Ensig. Gardin.
- Ensig. Levin.
- Ensig, Rivelin.
- Sergeants.
- Serg. Jo. Machen.
- Serg. Wil. Smith.
- Serg. Robert Parker.
- Serg. Thomas Skelton.
- Serg. Richard Trist.
- Serg. Rand. Armstrong.
- Serg. William Hall.
- Serg. Richard Wood.
- Serg. William Clarke.
- Ser. Arthur Hammonds.
- Ser. John Coles.
- Ser. Jer. Roe.
- Ser. John Burnot.
- Ser. Thomas Jenkinson.
- Ser. William Scot.
- Ser. William Scales.
- Ser. Ed. Yarneton.
- Twenty Corporals.
- Gentlemen.
- Burrill.
- William Quaderin.
- Ed. Skipwith, senior.
- Ed. Skipwith, junior.
- George Bradley.
- Isaac Atkinson, Minister.
- Foure Drums.
- One Trumpet.
- David Prele Overseer of the Workes.
- Kilham Booth Master Gunner
- William Smith Gunners Mate,
- John Cedling Gunners Mate.
About seven hundred private Souldiers taken.
Fifty-slaine on the place.
All their Armes: All their Ammunition taken Eight Pieces of Ordnance. All the Pillage of the upper Town (which was taken by storming) was given to the Souldiers.
The place was taken by storming in halfe an houre.
Onely eight of our men killed; whereof Captaine Oglesby and Lieutenant Saunders, were two.
About fourty of our hurt, by casting down stones.
A hundred Horse taken.