Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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cost they were now made very strong and usefull, and received to fitting
purpose good store of cannon (and might well have beeiie furnished
with more if neede had required). Upon the line comming from the
Lord Dunbarr's house was one iron peece.
The Mary Gate northward had two iron peeces over it, a great
chamber in the mouth of it, and a little distance fi'om the gate was a
new redoubt, four square, made with jDallisadoes round it, and a
continull watch of musquetiers lay in it.
On the same line tending towards the east was annother bulwarke
Avith three iron peeces planted on it.
Furtlier eastward annother little bulwarke with three iron peeces.
On the same line eastward a watch tower.
By it a little bulwarke new raised, with three iron peeces on it.
Next that a great bulwarke with seven iron peeces on it.
Next to that, allmost due east, seven brasse peeces whereof two
were very faire gunns.
The Cow-gate, three small brasse peeces in the mouth of the port.
On the bulwarke by the windmill, on the same line, seven iron
peeces.
On the corner bulwarke, south east, eight iron peeces.
The Shoare-gate southward.
The Bridge-gate southward.
On the great bulwarke, south west, neare the great gate called
New-gate, seven iron peeces.
Besides the walls that encompasse the towne there runns a line
within, acrosse from the watch towre north east to the New-gate southwest,
which is very strong and hath good batteries on it.
The totall of all the cannon upon the walls and in the ports were,
besides the murdering peece, ^^ fifty-six.
The government of this towne was now committed to the earle
of Lyndsay, who had a. strong regiment of 2,500 men and good able
captaines to command, besides which the Earle of New Castle with
allmost 200 horse was quarterd in the towne, and kept watch day and
night upon the bound*^ roade a mile or 2 out of towne.
When the king was at Yorke, the Scotts were suspected to have a
plot to surprise Barwick ; soe the' earle of Essex, with Sir Jacob
Ashley, went speedily downe, and tooke the trained men of the
bishoprick, and a regiment of Yorke-shire men, under the command of
Sir Charles Vavisour and Sir Wm. Pennyman, and put them into the
towne, and left Erneley'*'* commander over both regiments, lieutenantcolonell
to Sir Jacob Ashley.
The Scotts abjured any such designe, intending ever (as they
alleadged) noething but their owne defence.
All theise souldiours in the towne, and the army fast by, inhaunced
the price of meate exceedingly', yet there were l'2d. and 18c/. ordinaries
at first, wliere was reasonable good provision, but after -a little
^'
A great gun. '' Cf. p. 31, ;jo.s/, note 61.
" Sir Michael Ernley, knighted 27 July, 16-29.