AN
ACCOUNT
OF
THE
Manner
of
Taking
the
late
Duke
OF
MONMOUTH
,
&c.
By
His
Majesties
Command
.
IMmediately
after
the
Defeat
of
the
Rebels
at
Bridgewater
;
on
Monday
the
sixth
of
July
instant
;
the
late
Duke
of
Monmouth
,
late
Lord
Grey
,
and
the
Brandenburg
fled
;
and
coming
between
Gillingham
and
Shaftsbury
,
got
a
Guide
to
lead
them
the
way
to
the
New
Forest
,
most
free
from
Towns
and
Watches
;
he
led
them
by
White-Sheet
four
miles
East
of
Shaftsbury
,
and
thence
by
Cranborne
Ch●le
;
where
their
Horses
being
tir'd
,
they
let
them
loose
,
and
hid
their
Bridles
and
Saddle●
.
In
the
mean
time
,
the
news
of
the
said
Defeat
coming
to
the
Lord
Lumley
,
then
posted
at
Ringwood
in
Hampshire
,
with
three
Troops
of
Horse
of
Collonel
Stapl●es
Regiment
,
commanded
by
Major
Bridger
,
Captain
M●nk
,
and
Captain
Peckham
;
and
four
Companies
of
Foot
of
Collonel
Alfords
Regiment
,
Commanded
by
Lieutenant
Collonel
Cooper
,
Captain
Bickely
,
Captain
Best
,
and
Captain
Carre
,
all
of
the
Sussex
Militia
:
His
Lordship
was
pleased
to
send
his
Scouts
every
way
to
take
up
suspected
persons
;
and
Sir
William
Portman
,
for
the
same
end
,
had
taken
care
for
strong
Watches
to
be
set
,
made
up
of
his
yellow
Coats
,
and
others
,
on
the
Roads
from
Pool
to
the
most
Northern
Parts
of
Dorset
.
Upon
the
seventh
Instant
,
about
five
in
the
Morning
,
some
of
the
Lord
Lumleys
said
Scouts
(
riding
in
the
Road
near
Holt
Lodge
in
Dorset
,
four
miles
West
of
Ringwood
)
just
at
the
turn
of
a
crossway
,
surpriz'd
and
seiz'd
two
suspected
Persons
;
which
(
when
the
Lord
Lumley
came
up
)
prov'd
to
be
the
late
Lord
Grey
,
and
the
said
Guide
:
This
put
the
Lord
Lumley
upon
a
strict
examining
of
the
Cottages
(
with
which
that
Heathy
Countrey
abounds
)
and
call'd
in
the
Neighbourhood
that
were
acquainted
with
the
Countrey
,
&c.
Notice
of
this
being
brought
to
Sir
William
Portman
,
by
some
of
his
Watches
,
&c.
He
hasten'd
to
the
place
,
with
as
many
Horse
and
Foot
as
he
could
of
a
sudden
get
together
.
It
happen'd
upon
the
Lord
Lumley's
inquiry
amongst
the
Cottages
,
that
a
poor
Woman
,
one
Amy
Farrant
directed
his
Lordship
to
an
Hedge
,
where
she
had
seen
two
men
go
over
;
which
Hedge
prov'd
to
be
part
of
the
out-bounds
of
very
many
enclosed
grounds
;
some
overgrown
by
Fearn
and
Brakes
,
and
others
sown
with
Rye
,
Pease
,
or
Oats
,
&c.
Whereupon
a
strict
Guard
was
put
very
near
one
another
,
round
those
out-bounds
;
whilst
other
Foot
and
Horse
did
beat
within
:
These
Guards
kept
their
several
Posts
so
well
,
that
though
the
late
Duke
,
and
the
Brandenburgh
attempted
at
least
thirty
times
to
make
their
escape
out
,
yet
they
always
found
each
Guard
ready
;
and
upon
their
last
attempt
to
escape
,
two
of
the
Troopers
Fireing
on
them
,
made
them
immediately
to
retire
,
and
hide
themselves
apart
from
each
other
,
in
some
of
the
adjacent
Ditches
,
where
they
were
afterwards
found
▪
Upon
the
eighth
day
by
five
of
the
clock
in
the
morning
,
the
Brandenburgh
was
found
;
who
upon
Examination
,
confess'd
,
that
●e
parted
with
the
said
late
Duke
within
the
same
out-bounds
about
one
of
the
clock
that
morning
:
whereupon
every
individual
person
being
encourag'd
thereby
,
and
by
the
hopes
of
having
a
share
in
the
Five
thousand
pounds
(
as
was
before
agreed
of
in
the
Field
)
did
renew
the
pursuit
of
him
with
the
strictest
search
and
diligence
imaginable
;
and
about
seven
of
the
clock
of
the
same
morning
,
one
Henry
Parkin
(
Servant
to
Samuel
Rolles
Esq
;
)
happened
to
discover
the
said
late
Duke
hid
in
a
Ditch
covered
with
Fearn
and
Brakes
,
and
calling
to
two
of
the
Sussex
Troopers
that
were
by
him
,
all
three
seiz'd
him
together
:
Sir
William
Portman
happening
to
be
near
that
place
,
rid
presently
,
in
,
and
quieted
those
that
cried
Shoot
him
,
shoot
him
!
He
laid
hands
on
him
as
his
Prisoner
;
and
so
preserved
him
from
all
Violence
and
Rudeness
:
And
immediately
in
the
same
instant
,
the
Lord
Lumley
came
in
,
and
agreed
that
Sir
William
Portman
should
search
him
;
which
was
done
,
and
as
soon
as
they
had
sound
his
George
,
they
dispatched
that
,
with
the
News
to
His
Majesty
by
Captain
Bickely
,
and
Mr.
Chaldecot
,
a
Sussex
and
Dorset
Gentleman
.
The
Prisoners
after
this
were
kept
two
nights
at
Ringwood
.
On
Friday
the
Lord
Lumley
discharged
the
Foot
there
;
and
with
the
said
three
Troops
of
the
Sussex
Horse
,
and
one
Troop
of
the
Dorset
Militia
,
commanded
by
Captain
Fownes
,
they
were
conveyed
to
Winchester
,
where
joyn'd
them
two
Troops
of
his
Majesties
in
pay
,
and
two
of
the
Northampton
Militia
Troops
,
all
which
conducted
them
to
Farnham
Castle
upon
Saturday
the
eleventh
,
and
the
next
day
to
Guilford
,
and
upon
Monday
the
thirteenth
to
Fox-Hall
,
where
a
Regiment
of
the
Lord
Dartmouths
received
them
,
with
other
Troops
of
his
Majesties
in
pay
,
and
thence
by
Barge
they
were
carried
to
Whitehall
.
The
Papers
and
Books
that
were
found
on
him
are
since
deliver'd
to
his
Majesty
.
One
of
the
Books
was
a
Manuscript
of
Spells
,
Charms
,
and
Conjurations
,
Songs
,
Receits
,
and
Prayers
,
all
written
with
the
said
late
Dukes
own
hand
.
Two
others
were
Manuscripts
of
Fortification
,
and
the
Military
Art.
And
a
fourth
Book
fairly
written
,
wherein
are
Computes
of
the
yearly
Expence
of
His
Majesties
Navy
and
Land
Forces
.
And
as
for
his
Gold
;
only
twenty
Guinies
were
given
to
the
〈…〉
d
Parkin
,
and
ten
Guinies
apiece
to
the
two
Troopers
that
first
〈…〉
z'd
and
the
rest
was
return'd
to
the
said
late
Duke
.
As
the
Prisoners
passed
through
Rumsey
,
Winchester
,
Farnham
,
〈…〉
d
Guilford
,
one
would
admire
to
see
the
very
great
numbers
●f
〈…〉
e
Militia
,
with
the
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
and
Gentlemen
of
those
〈…〉
rts
,
that
were
ready
to
guard
them
,
and
take
off
the
Fatigue
of
〈…〉
h
as
were
on
the
march
.
Within
doors
none
but
Commission-Officers
were
trusted
to
〈…〉
tch
by
them
;
and
besides
those
,
the
Lord
Lumley
and
Sir
Wil
〈…〉
m
Portman
took
their
turns
to
watch
in
person
night
and
day
,
〈…〉
om
the
time
of
the
taking
of
the
said
late
Duke
,
until
they
had
〈…〉
livered
him
safe
at
Whitehall
,
from
whence
he
was
conveyed
to
the
Tower
.
FINIS
.