JO A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



caftle in his way to Flint, againft the ill- 

 fated Richard II, and on his return fecured 

 him one night in the fortrefs,* and cruelly 

 put to death Sir Perkin a J^egh and other 

 gentlemen, whom he had taken with their 

 unfortunate matter. 



In the civil wars of Charles I. Chefter 

 adhered with great fidelity to the royal 

 caufe ; and it was not till every hope had 

 been cut off by the important victory which 

 the parliament's army had gained at Rowton 

 Heath, of which, from the leads of the 

 Phoenix Tower the King himfelf was an 

 anxious fpeclator, that it was furrendered 

 to them on the 3d of February 1645-6, 

 on the moft honourable terms, after a 

 gallant refinance for near five months, 

 during part of which time the garrifon 

 were reduced to fo great a want of provi- 



* Stow's Annals, edit. 1631, 322. Carte's Hif- 

 tory of England, edit. 1747, &c. II. 635. 



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