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FNQ
Fenland Notes and Queries. Edited by Rev. W.D. Sweeting, Rector of Maxey.
Part 66. July 1905.
This quarterly periodical took the form of a forum in
which people sent in questions about the history, ecology and so on of the
Seventeenth
Century Civil War
1125 – Crowland Retaken, – In the third
book of Vicars’ Parliamentary Chronicle,
which is distinguished by the heading “GODS ARKE Overtopping the Worlds Waves,”
is this account of the surrender of Crowland to parliamentary forces in 1644.
Much also about this aforesaid time [April] came
certain information out of the Eastern-parts
of the Kingdome, that the affairs of those parts, and especially about Lincolnshire, went on
very prosperously, by God’s blessing on the forces of that most noble and pious
Patriot and successful Commander in
chiefe, the right honourable Earle of Manchester
who had (under the command of valiant Colonell King) regained and repossessed themselves of those Townes which the
enemy had lately before taken, and particularly Crowland alias Croyland,
a most Malignant Town, but a place of
very great consequence, which was surrendered to the said valiant Colonell King. The articles agreed on, between
the said Colonell and Captaine Styles
(a pestilent Malignant, and of the right Canterbury-cut,
Commander of the forces in the Towne) were; That the souldiers in the Town
should have quarter for their lives; should march out with their swords, but
leave all the armes and horses in the Towne unto the Colonell, which were
accordingly performed, and no violence offered them by any of our forces;
notwithstanding their most perfidious dealing with ours, so lately at Newark. There were taken in the Towne,
80 horses and 300 armes.
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