An Exact relation of an honovrable victory obtained by the Parliaments forces in Yorkshire as it was sent in a letter, and read in both houses of Parliament, on Saturday, Maii 27, 1643 / subscribed by Sir Tho. Fairefax ... [et. al] ; wherein is related their manner of the taking of Wakefield ... This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A38945 of text R40190 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing E3675A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A38945) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108287) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1652:5) An Exact relation of an honovrable victory obtained by the Parliaments forces in Yorkshire as it was sent in a letter, and read in both houses of Parliament, on Saturday, Maii 27, 1643 / subscribed by Sir Tho. Fairefax ... [et. al] ; wherein is related their manner of the taking of Wakefield ... Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671. [8] p. Printed Iohn Wright ..., London : May 27, 1643. Imperfect: print show-through. Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649. A38945 R40190 (Wing E3675A). civilwar no An Exact relation of an honovrable victory obtained by the Parliaments forces in Yorkshire as it was sent in a letter, and read in both hous [no entry] 1643 801 3 0 0 0 0 0 37 D The rate of 37 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2000-00 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2001-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2001-09 TCP Staff (Michigan) Sampled and proofread 2001-09 TCP Staff (Michigan) Text and markup reviewed and edited 2001-11 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion An Exact RELATION Of An HONOVRABLE VICTORY Obtained By The PARLIAMENTS Forces In YORKSHIRE . As it was sent in a letter , and read in both Houses of Parliament , on Saturday , Maii 27. 1643. Subscribed by Sir Tho. Fairefax : Sergeant Maj. Col. Gifford . Sir Henry Fowles . S. VVilliam Fairefax Lieu. Col. Holman . Major Layton . Major Talbot . VVherein is Related their manner of the taking of Wakefield , where 4 pieces of Ordinance , 27 Colours , of Foot , 3 Cornets of Horse , and 1500 Common Souldiers , were taken Prisoners , besides Captaines and Officers , a list of whose names is here also inserted . LONDON , May 27. Printed Iohn Wright , dwelling in the Old-bailey . 1643. An Exact RELATION Of An Honourable Victory , obtained by the Parliament Forces in YORKSHIRE . SAturday night last , the 20 of May , the Lord Generall gave Order for a party of a 1000. Foot , three Companies of Dragooners , and eight Troopes of Horse , to march from the Garrisons of Leeds , Bradford , Hallifax , and Howley ; Sir Thomas Fairfax commanded in chiefe ; the foot were commanded by Serjeant Major Generall Gifford , and Sir VVilliam Fairfax , the horses were divided into two bodyes , foure troopes commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax , the other foure troopes , by Sir Henry , Fowles . Howley was their Rendezvouz where they all met on Saturday last , about twelve a clocke at night ; about two next morning they marcht away , and comming to Stanley where two of the Enemies troopes lay , with some Dragooneers , that quarter was beaten up , and about one and twenty prisoners taken , and about 4 of the clocke in the morning we came before VVakefield , wher after some of the horse were beaten into the Towne , the foot with unspeakable courage beat the Enemies from the hedges , which they had , lyned with Musketeers , and assaulted it in two places , VVren-gate and North-gate , and after an houre and halfe sight , we recovered one of the peeces and turned it upon them , and entred the Towne at both places at one and the same time . When the Baracado's were opened , Sir Thomas Fai●fax with the horse fell into the Towne and cleered the streets , where Colonell Goring was taken by Lieutenant Allured , brother to Captain Allured a Member of the House ; y●t in the market place ther stood three troopes of horse , and Colonel Lamptons Regiment , to whom Major Generall Gifford sent a Trumpet with offer of quarter if they would lay downe their Armes , they answered they scorned the motion , then he fired a peece of their owne Ordinance upon them , and the Horse fell in upon them beat them out of the Towne , and tooke all these Officers exprest in this inclosed list , 27 Colours of Foote , 3 Coronets of Horse , and about 1500 Common Souldiers the Enemy had in the Town 3000 Foote and Seven Troops of Horse , besides Colonell Lamptons Regiment which came into the Towne after we had entred the Towne , the Enemie left behind them 4 peeces of Ordnance , with Ammunition which wee brought away . Subscribed by Sir Thomas Fairfax : Serjeant Major Colonell Gifford . Sir Henry Fowles : Sir William Fairfax . L. Colonell Hollman . Major Layton . Major Talbot . Prisoners Commanders taken at Wakefield , May 21. 1643. GEnerall Goring . Sir Thomas Bland , Lieutenant Colonell to Sir George Wentworth . Lieutenant Col. S. George . Lieutenant Col. Mackmoyler . Sergeant Major Car. Captaine Car. Capt. Knight . Capt. Wildbore . Capt. Rudstone . Capt. Pemberton . Captaine Croft . Capt. Ledgard . Capt. La●●y . Capt. Railey . Capt. Nuttall . Capt. Lieutenant Benson . Sergeant Major Carnaby , and Capt. Nuttall left wounded in Wakefield , upon their ingagements to be true Prisoners . Lieutenants . Monckton . Thomas . VVheately . Kent . Nicholson . Ensignes . Squire . Masken . Ducker . Balwinson . Car. Smaythwait . VVatson . Haliburton . Vavasour . Lumpton . Stockhald . Davies . Gibson . Ballinson . Smelt . Cornet VVivell . The six Regiments of Foot that were in VVakefield , when it was taken , were . Sir Francis Mackworths Sir Iohn Ramsdens Sir George VVentworths Sir Henry Griffiths Sir Marmaduke Langdals Sir VVilliam Lamptons . FINIS . Upon Monday you shall heare a full Relation with a Letter intercepted of great consequence .