A true and exact relation of the great victories obtained by the Earl of Manchester, and the Lord Fairfax; against the Earl of Newcastles army in the north. As it appears by a letter of Sir William Widdrington, sent to the Earl of Newcastle; which letter was intercepted by the Parliaments Army, and sent to the House of Commons. Together with two letters concerning the said victories: the one from the Right Honourable, the Lo: Fairfax; the other from Sir John Meldrum, to the Honourable, Sir William Lenthall Esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this relation and letters forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl.D.Com
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Title: A true and exact relation of the great victories obtained by the Earl of Manchester, and the Lord Fairfax; against the Earl of Newcastles army in the north. As it appears by a letter of Sir William Widdrington, sent to the Earl of Newcastle; which letter was intercepted by the Parliaments Army, and sent to the House of Commons. Together with two letters concerning the said victories: the one from the Right Honourable, the Lo: Fairfax; the other from Sir John Meldrum, to the Honourable, Sir William Lenthall Esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons. Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, that this relation and letters forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl.D.Com
Classmark: BC CW (Dep) 1643/5
Creator(s): Widdrington, William Widdrington Baron (1610-1651)
Additional creator(s): Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax Baron (1584-1648) (Other); Meldrum, Sir John (1645) (Other); Great Britain. Parliament (Other)
Related people: Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax, Baron, 1584-1648; Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671; Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676; Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax; Meldrum, John
Publisher: Printed for Edward Husbands
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): October 19. 1643
Language: English
Size and medium: 8 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/287282
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002379259705181
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Place of publication from Wing.
Letter from Widdington to the Earl of Newcastle dated October 12, 1643; letter from Lord Fairfax also dated October 12; letter from Meldrum to Lenthall dated October 14.
Indexed in: Wing (2nd ed.) W2089.
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Spine lettered: Relation of victories against Newcastle army. Deposited from the Brotherton Library
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