Some speciall passages from Warwickshire. Concerning the proceedings of the Right Honourable the Lord Brooke. Sent in a letter from Samburne, to a friend in London, being a true relation of the distractions in those parts, this fourth of August 1642. Johnsons, Thomas. 1642 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A87611 Wing J851 Thomason E109_3 ESTC R6776 99873038 99873038 125485

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Some Speciall PASSAGES FROM WARWICK-SHIRE.

Concerning the proceedings of the Right Honourable the LORD BROOKE.

Sent in a Letter from Samburne, to a friend in London, being a true Relation of the diſtractions in thoſe parts, this fourth of August 1642.

London printed for Iohn Bull. 1642.
Some ſpeciall PASSAGES FROM Warwick-Shire. Mr. Iohn Gibbes,

IT is here in Warwicke-Shire, wee are like to fall into great calamities and diſtreſſes, if the Lord above doe not hold his holy hand over us; For you know that the Lord Brooke was made Lord Lievtenant for Warwick-Shire, in my Lord Comptons place. Now any Lord Brooke being choſe by the Parliament, and n •• by the King, My LORD Compton and my Lord Brooke are in great variance, for the Kings Majeſt • hath given Warwicke Caſtle unto the Lord Compton; Whereupon my Lord Brooke hath placed foure great peeces of Ordnance in the Caſtle, one of them is placed upon the round Tower, the other is placed at the Gate, the other at Caeſars Tower, and the other over the Gate.

Likewiſe my Lord Brooke ſent his warrants abroad in two or three hundreds of the Shire to gather the Traine band together at Stradford upon Avon, and as many Volunteeres as every Conſtable could raiſe. So there were aimed to be very neare two thouſand of Volunteeres of Horſe-men, and Foote men. I was there my ſelfe, I ſee it, but there were but very few traine men would come in, becauſe my Lord Brookes warrants did not give the Country ſatisfaction, for his warrants runne in the name of the Parliament, and not one word of the King: So my Lord Brooke tooke diſtaſte at the Conſtables, becauſe they would not obey his firſt warrants, and then he made a new Proclamation that his warrants ſhould goe in the Kings Majeſties name and the Parliaments, together and thoſe Conſt • bles that did not bring in their •• aine Souldiers unto Stradford, he commanded them in his Proclamation that they ſhould bring them unto Sutton Cofild, where there was a great meeting, the next Munday following, and ſo they did, and my Lord Brooke ſpake in his Proclamation that hee was, (and had tooke his oath) appointed by the Parliament to fetch away the Magazine from Coventry, which my LORD Compton had laid there for the good of the Country and ſo within one day after he had beene at Stradford, my Lord Brooke went unto Coventry unto the Major to demand the Magazin, hee delivered it unto him, hee brought it unto Warwicke Caſtle with him, and there it is. It was two great Cart loades, and a Waggon loaded with Gun-powder bullets and match, now my Lord Compton within foure or five dayes after (with threeſcore horſe-men, with Hats and Feathers) went unto Coventry to know of the Major the reaſon why hee had delivered the Magazine unto the Lord Brooke his anſwer was thus becauſe he ſhewed his Commiſſion from the Parliament; So the Major told my Lord Compton that the City would lay in as much of their owne proper Coſt and charges as my Lord Brooke tooke away, and ſo my Lord Compton was content with that promiſe: now my Lord Brooke he is in great feares that my Lord Compton will come and ceaſe upon the Caſtle, for the laſt Munday, my Lord Brooke did raiſe up three hundred men all with their muskets and ſwords to keepe the Caſtle, he thinking my Lord Compton would come with his forces then, but he did not, ſo our men came all home again; for hee had a great company out of our Towne of Alceſter and from Stradford and from Brummy chum ſide, and all the Country over, now my Lord Brooke ſent one of his chiefe men that he keepes, unto Maſter Bridges of our towne which is my Lords chiefe Steward, to certifie Maſter Bridges that hee would come unto dinner unto him, ſo there was greater providing for my Lords comming and about tenne of the Clock in the morning my Lords Poſt came unto Maſter Bridges to tell his LORD could not come at that time. But wiſhed him to ſend him as many luſty men as the Town could ſpare and to bring their Armes with them: So the Conſtables went about the Towne to get as many as they could ſo upon Thurſday night the Bayliffes and Conſtables ſent halfe a ſcore, and all that goe, my Lord hath promiſed them five ſhillings a weeke, and their beere and their lodgings, ſo upon Friday night laſt, my Lord ſent another Poſt unto the Towne for more men and ſo there went foure more, and now this day there are more men to goe out of our Towne of Alceſter, there was a hundred brave men went from Brummichum unto War-wicke Caſtle upon Saturday with their Armes of Muskets and Swords; and a hundred more went from Stradford, Henly, and Coſill unto the Caſtle this laſt Sunday, for the King came unto Leceſter upon Saturday laſt with his troope to demand the Magazine and the Armes of the Towne, ſo the Major denyed, and told the King that it ſhould bee kept for the good of his Majeſty, and for the Parliaments good. I could tell you more, but I have not time, but in the next place I will tell you how the King is to come unto War-wicke as this day, or to morrow with my Lord Comptons forces to demand the Magazine, which my Lord Brooke fetcht from Coventry, and upon Friday next my Lord Compton meeres at Stradford, he hath ſent out warrants already to the high Conſtables, that all other Constables meete there to heare his Proclamation, concerning the ſettling of the Commiſſion of Aray for the which my Lord Brooke will oppoſe, he ſayes, if he loſe his owne heart bloud, for hee is a ſworne man unto the Parliament, and hee will oppoſe it, and then it is ſuppoſed and thought that the King comes unto our Towne to demand the armes here, but they will not be delivered, but yet nevertheleſſe the Towne will bee for the King in a faire way as long as they live, and ſo the King, it is ſuppoſed will goe unto Worceſter, from thence unto Ragnole Caſtle in Wales, where the Earle of Worceſter dwelleth, and now I have writ ſo largely unto you how matters goe with us, I would entreat you either in print or in writing, to ſend unto your friend what newes you have in London, for here is nothing but providing of armes. The Lord Compton went laſt Friday with three hundred Horſe-men to meete the King, now there is ſuch providing in Warwicke Caſtle for the Kings comming the like hath not beene this many yeares, to receave him Royally, if hee come in peace, if otherwayes, I am afraid wee ſhall have a wofull time of it and ſo God of his mercy think upon us, I commit you unto God.

This which I have written is very true.

Samburne Your friend, Thomas Iohnſons. FINIS.