110 WAREHAM ! ITS INVASIONS AND BATTLES. 



the captain of the watch, who let them in, for which they, being 

 masters of the place, killed the captain and many others, and 

 committed divers rapes and cruelties." "April 13th, 1644, 

 intelligence came that Colonel Ashburnham, Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Froud, and Lord Inchiquin's brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Obryan, 

 and Major Pigot, the Thursday before attacked it, and took it by 

 break of day, with the loss of two men and five wounded. They 

 found twenty-five rebels dead in the streets, fourteen more were 

 drowned. They took six captains and 150 soldiers, the rest 

 escaped to Poole. They also took thirteen pieces of ordnance, 

 200 muskets, &c. Obryan was made governor." " June 1 5th, Prince 

 Maurice, before he raised the seige of Lyme, augmented the garrison 

 with 500 men." " July llth, Lord Inchiquin sent out a party of 

 240 horse and foot from Wafeham to Dorchester, who faced the 

 town several hours ; but the inhabitants sent to the Parliament 

 garrisons at Weymouth, &c., for relief, on which Colonel and Major 

 Sydenhani came with their forces and put them to flight, and 

 pursued them almost to Wareham, took a waggon laden with 

 plunder, slew 12, and took 60 horses, and made 160 men prisoners." 

 "July 18th or 21st, circiter, the Earl of Essex sent a party to 

 summon it, but in vain." " August -8th or 10th, circiter, Sir 

 Anthony Ashley Cooper, Colonel Sydenham, &c., with 1,200 horse 

 and foot, drawn out of the garrisons of Lyme, Weymouth, and 

 Poole, besieged and assaulted it, and gained the outworks, on 

 which it surrendered upon articles." " Most of the garrison was 

 sent into Ireland, Lord Inchiquin having ordered his brother 

 Obryan to come over to his assistance, he having then sided with 

 the Parliament, which was the occasion of so easy a surrender. 

 The thought of the Parliamentarians now was to utterly destroy 

 the town ; but, notwithstanding that it was terribly defaced, it still 

 retained some importance." Nov. 9th, by Governor Robert Butler's 

 accounts, 105 11s. lOd. were paid to the Blue Coats, 101 11s. lOd. 

 to the Grey Coats. 1645, Feb. 7th, "a party of 120 men from 

 Oxford marched hither, went to the governor's house, who, with 

 his son, defended it three hours till it was fired, and, a magazine 



