News from Manchester being a perfect relation of the passages which hapned there, between the Lord Strange, and the commissioners for the militia. Together with the occasion, and other circumstances of their skirmishing, and the number, and state of those which were slain and wounded. As also how the magazine for that county is disposed of. Sent in a letter from M. Jo. Ronsgore, an eye-witnesse, and an inhabitant of the said town of Manchester. Ronsgore, John. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A91967 of text xxx in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E108_3). 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 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A91967 Wing R1917 Thomason E108_3 ESTC R22121 99871595 99871595 124007 2240942155

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NEWS FROM MANCHESTER

Being A perfect Relation of the passages , which hapned there , between the Lord Strange , and the Commissioners for the MILITIA .

Together with the occasion , and other circumstances of their skirmishing , and the number , and state of those which were slain and wounded .

As also how the Magazine for that County is disposed of .

Sent in a Letter from M. Jo. Ronsgore , an eye-witnesse , and an Inhabitant of the said Town of Manchester .

July 23. Printed for T. N. 1642.

Sir ,

MY humble respects unto you , I have not any thing to write unto you about , save onely to acquaint you with some sad passages that hapned yesternight , here at Manchester .

My Lord Strange yesterday , six miles from Manchester , viz. at Bury , by virtue of the Commission of Array , summoned all persons of able body , betwixt sixteen and sixty yeers of age , to meet him therewith such Arms as they had , which was performed accordingly , whereof 2000 went forth of Manchester and the neighbouring villages .

After in the evening , about four of the clock , the Townsmen of Manchester hearing my Lord was coming to lodge all night at Sir Alexander Radcliffs house , went to meet him on the way , and invited him to take a banquet at Manchester , which his Lordship courtuously accepted of ; and about five of the Clock came into Manchester , attended with about 12● horse well accoutered .

My Lord and the Townsmen were all agreed about the Magazine , his Lordship promising the Town to joyn with them in any reasonable thing they would propose ; and withall , that he would stay with them till Monday morning : But in the mean while Captain Holcroft , Sir Thomas Stanley , and your Cosin Birch , who were appointed Commissioners for the Militia , began to strike up their Drum , to put the Militia in execution , in another part of the Town ; which when my Lord Strange , and my Lord Mollineux heard , they came and met them , and some blows passed on both sides , but two men of your Cosin Birch his Company are shot , one of which , dyed this morning and nine more are mortally wounded . There are on my Lord Strange his side , some eleven or twelve men wounded mortally ; your Cosin Birch was shot at twice , yet escaped with some few blows , by means of a Coach that stood in the Street .

The Townsmen are all gone to my Lord , and to Sir Alexander Radeliffs house , this morning to disavow the quarrell , and to intreat his Lordship to joyn with them , to expell Captain Holcroft and the rest of the Town ; That upon some private grudges , would have occasioned a generall quarrell betwixt his Lordship and the Town ? What the issue will be , God best knows ; But I hope all wil be well , for my Lord and the chief of the Town are all agreed . I made bold to write , because I beleeve you my perhaps hear a more terrible relation then is true .

Your obliged Sonne in Law John Ronsgore . 16. July . 1642.
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