86 The Life of William, Duke of Newcastle 



his late Majesty (which he sent to him), together with some 

 arms-and'ammunition heretofore mentioned) until his High- 

 ness Prince Rupert came from his Majesty, to join with him 

 at the siege of York. He had, moreover, the power of coining, 

 printing, knighting, etc., which never any subject had before, 

 when his sovereign himself was in the kingdom ; as also the 

 command of so many counties, as is mentioned in the first 

 book, and the power of placing and displacing what governors 

 and commanders he pleased, and of constituting what garri- 

 sons he thought fit ; of the chief whereof I shall give you this 

 following list : 



A Particular of the Principal Garrisons and the Governors of 



them, constituted by my Lord 1 



In Northumberland 2 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sir John Marley, Knight. 

 Tynmouth Castle and Shields, Sir Thomas Riddal, Knight. 



In the Bishopric of Durham 3 



Hartlepool, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lambton. 

 Raby Castle, Sir William Savile, Knight and Baronet. 



In Yorkshire 4 



The city of York, Sir Thomas Glenham, Knight and Baronet ; and 



afterwards, when he took the field, the Lord John Bellasis. 

 Pomfret Castle, Colonel Mynn, and after him Sir John Redman. 

 Sheffield Castle, Major Beaumont. 



1 I have endeavoured to give as far as possible the dates of the capture of these garri- 

 sons, as they show the fate of the royalist cause in the North after Newcastle's departure. 



2 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The town captured by the Scots, October 20, 1644 ; the 

 Castle, October 27. Vicars' Burning Bush, pp. 46-61. 



Tynmouth Castle, October 27, 1644. Burning Bush, p. 63. 



3 Hartlepool, July 24, 1644. Thurloe, State Papers, i, 41. 



Raby Castle. The date of its first capture I have not been able to find. White- 

 lock notes on July 7, 1645 : ' the King's forces from Bolton surprised Raby Castle, 

 belonging to Sir Henry Vane, but were again close blocked up by forces raised by Sii 

 George Vane ', and notes its surrender to the Parliament on July 28. Whitelock, vol. 

 i, pp. 465, 487, ed. 1853. 



4 York. Articles signed July 16, 1644. Rushworth, III, ii, 640 



Pomfret Castle, July 21, 1645. Burning Bush, p. 202. See also the Surtees Society's 

 Volume of Miscellanies containing the history of the siege of Pontefract. 



Sheffield Castle, nth August 1644. Hunter's Hallamshire, ed. Gatty. p. 142. 



Wortley Hall. Possibly Walton Hall is meant, captured with Sir Francis Wortley 

 in it on 3rd June 1644. Rushworth, III, ii, 622. 



Tickhill Castle, July 26, 1644. Vicars' God's Ark, p. 293. 



Doncaster, fortified in January 1644. Rushworth, III, ii, 305. In The Kingdom's 



