A Brief
Historical Relation
&c.
by Narcissus Luttrell
1679 - June
In which Traitors' Deaths, News from Scotland and Oates pushes his luck
June: The 20th, Thomas Whitebread, William Harcourt, John Fenwick, John Gawen, and Anthony Turner, were drawn on sledges to Tyburn, and there hang'd and quartered, according to the sentence lately past on them.
Letters from Scotland inform, that the duke of Monmouth had joined the kings forces at Blackburne, and was marching toward Hamilton, where the rebells lay; and that he had drawn up the kings forces at Bothwell bridge, which the rebells had barricadoed which a party detached beat them from: so the kings forces advanced, and fell on the rebells: the horse began to run, leaveing the foot to shift for themselves, who were totally routed, some hundreds being slain, and many hundreds made prisoners, and the rest fled.
This victory was obtained against the rebells, though 7,000 strong, with the losse only of three or four common souldiers killed, and some few wounded.
And since, parties of the kings forces have been about to take up the straglers.
They have brought into Edenburgh 11 or 1200 prisoners.
On the 30th the king went early for Windsor, and the next day the queen went; where their majesties will passe some time.
Duke Hamilton has exhibited articles of a high nature against duke Lauderdale, and hath sent for his witnesses out of Scotland.
His majestie hath made a retrenchment in his household.
The drumms have been beaten here for raiseing souldiers for Scotland.
There hath been search made in severall great papists houses for arms; but I hear of no quantity found.
Dr. Oates hath on oath accused the queen of being privy to the plott, but 'tis thought t'will come to nothing.
Blundell the Jesuite was lately apprehended at Lambeth writing a letter to St. Omers, giveing the preists there an account how affairs stood in England.
The forces lately raised here for the service of Scotland against the rebells are ordered for Jersey and Guernsey and Tangier; and other of them are disbanded.
Letters from Scotland inform, that the duke of Monmouth had joined the kings forces at Blackburne, and was marching toward Hamilton, where the rebells lay; and that he had drawn up the kings forces at Bothwell bridge, which the rebells had barricadoed which a party detached beat them from: so the kings forces advanced, and fell on the rebells: the horse began to run, leaveing the foot to shift for themselves, who were totally routed, some hundreds being slain, and many hundreds made prisoners, and the rest fled.
This victory was obtained against the rebells, though 7,000 strong, with the losse only of three or four common souldiers killed, and some few wounded.
And since, parties of the kings forces have been about to take up the straglers.
They have brought into Edenburgh 11 or 1200 prisoners.
On the 30th the king went early for Windsor, and the next day the queen went; where their majesties will passe some time.
Duke Hamilton has exhibited articles of a high nature against duke Lauderdale, and hath sent for his witnesses out of Scotland.
His majestie hath made a retrenchment in his household.
The drumms have been beaten here for raiseing souldiers for Scotland.
There hath been search made in severall great papists houses for arms; but I hear of no quantity found.
Dr. Oates hath on oath accused the queen of being privy to the plott, but 'tis thought t'will come to nothing.
Blundell the Jesuite was lately apprehended at Lambeth writing a letter to St. Omers, giveing the preists there an account how affairs stood in England.
The forces lately raised here for the service of Scotland against the rebells are ordered for Jersey and Guernsey and Tangier; and other of them are disbanded.
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