Extraordinary newes from Colonell Iohn Barkeer [sic] governour of Coventry, to a merchant of London Shewing how Sir VVilliam Brereton hath raised the siege from Namptwich in Cheshire. Barker, John, 17th cent. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78142 of text R212164 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.8[45]). 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. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A78142 Wing B771 Thomason 669.f.8[45] ESTC R212164 99870810 99870810 161096 2240949037

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A78142) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 161096) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f8[45]) Extraordinary newes from Colonell Iohn Barkeer [sic] governour of Coventry, to a merchant of London Shewing how Sir VVilliam Brereton hath raised the siege from Namptwich in Cheshire. Barker, John, 17th cent. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by E.G. for John Rothwell, London : 1643. [i.e. 1644] The same item as Wing (2nd ed.) E3932. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Feb. 1st". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Brereton, William, -- Sir, 1604-1661 -- Early works to 1800. Prisoners of war -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A78142 R212164 (Thomason 669.f.8[45]). civilwar no Extraordinary newes from Colonell Iohn Barkeer [sic] governour of Coventry, to a merchant of London. Shewing how Sir VVilliam Brereton hath Barker, John 1643 1 231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-10 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-12 Sampled and proofread 2008-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
EXTRAORDINARY NEWES FROM Colonell IOHN BARKEER Governour of Coventry , TO A MERCHANT OF LONDON . Shewing how Sir WILLIAM BRERETON hath raised the siege from Namptwich in Cheshire . SIR ,

I Have sent you the good News which we have in our parts . The Messenger being in haste I could not write any larger to you .

Iohn Barker . Ianuar. 30. 1643.
Prisoners taken at the raising of the siege from Namptwich , 26 Janu. 1643. SErgeant-major-generall Gibson . Sir Michael Earnly , Col: Sir Richard Fleetwood . Col. Colonell Monks . Colonell Warren . Sir Francis Butler , Lieutenant-colonell . Lieutenant-colonell Gibs . Major Hamond . 14 Captains . ATkins . Liddington Tinch . Disney . Fisher . Cooke Ward Deane Incas Ledcote Deetes Shotterwood Bawbridge Willis 19 Lieutenants . LOng Norton Rowe Pawlett Goodwin Kinerstone Dulaton Pate Morgell Strange Shipworth Ancars Billingley Custelion Milliner Bradshaw Lionnes Golden Smith 26 Ensignes . BRowne Brewreton Batch Ihnes Wright Dampell Southwood Addise Smith Vahan Reise Doreworth Musgrave Pennycocks Dunstermile Elliard Itlack Phillips Hewde Thomas Morgan Lewes Goodfellow Busbey Terringham Withers .

Ordnance 6 Peeces Carriages 20 Women with long Knives 120 Common Souldiers 1700 Gentlemen of Companies 20 Serjeants 41 Drummes 40 Corporals 63 Priests 40 Horse 120

Printed according to Order .

London Printed by E. G. for John Rothwell . 1643.