z6 The Life of William, Duke of Newcastle 



marched in order that night before Bradford, with an inten- 

 tion to storm it the next morning ; but the enemy that were 

 in the town, it seems, were so discomfited, that the same night 

 they escaped all various ways, and amongst them the said 

 General of the Horse, whose Lady being behind a servant on 

 horseback, was taken by some of my Lord's soldiers, and 

 brought to his quarters, where she was treated and attended 

 with all civility and respect, and within a few days sent to 

 York in my Lord's own coach, and from thence very shortly 

 after to Kingston-upon-Hull, where she desired to be attended 

 by my Lord's coach and servants 1 . 



Thus my Lord, after the enemy was gone, entered the town 

 and garrison of Bradford, by which victory the enemy was 

 so daunted, that they forsook the rest of their garrisons, that 

 is to say, Halifax, Leeds, and Wakefield, and dispersed them- 

 selves severally, the chief officers retiring to Hull, a strong gar- 

 rison of the enemy ; and though my Lord, knowing they would 

 make their escape thither, as having no other place of refuge to 

 resort to, sent a letter to York to the Governor of that city, to 

 stop them in their passage ; yet by neglect of the post, it com- 

 ing not timely enough to his hands, his design was frustrated. 



The whole county of York, save only Hull, being now 

 cleared and settled by my Lord's care and conduct, he marched 

 to the city of York, and having a competent number of horse 

 well armed and commanded, he quartered them in the East 

 Riding, near Hull, there being no visible enemy then to 

 oppose them. In the meanwhile my Lord, receiving news 

 that the enemy had made an invasion into the next adjoining 

 county of Lincoln, where he had some forces, he presently 

 despatched his Lieutenant-General of the Army 2 away with 

 some horse and dragoons, and soon after marched thither 

 himself with the body of the army, being earnestly desired 

 by his Majesty's party there. The forces which my Lord 

 had in the same county, commanded by the then Lieutenant- 



1 Sir Thomas Fairfax had married, in 1637, Anne, daughter of Horace, Lord Vere 

 of Tilbury. ' My wife ', says Sir Thomas, ' ran the same hazard with us in this retreat , 

 and with as little expression of fear ; not from any zeal or delight in the war, but through 

 a willing and patient suffering of this undesirable condition.' Lady Fairfax was cap- 

 tured during the passage from Bradford to Leeds, being mounted behind an officer 

 named Hill. — Short Memorial, p. 428. ' Not many days after the Earl of Newcastle 

 sent my wife back again in his coach, with some horse to guard her ; which generous 

 act of his gained him more reputation than he could have got by detaining a lady prisoner 

 upon such terms.' — ibid., p. 431. 



2 The Lord Ethyn. 



