His Majesty being thus, as they hoped, in a way of security, the Duke, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lauderdail, Lord Talbot and the rest (having for their guide Mr. Charles Giffard, and being then not above 40. horse, of which number his Majesties pad-nag was one, rode by Mr. Richard Lane, one of the groom's of his Majesties bed-chamber) march'd from Whiteladies Northward by the way of Newport, in hope to overtake or meet General Lesley with the main body of Scotch horse. As soon as they were got into the road, the Lord Leviston (who commanded his Majesties life guard) overtook them, pursued by a party of rebels, the Lords with their followers faced about and repeld them; but when they came a little beyond Newport, some of Lilburn's men met them in the front, other rebels from Worcester pursued them in the rear, themselves and horses being sufficiently tired, the Earl of Derby, Earl of Lauderdail, Mr. Charles Giffard and some others, were taken and carried prisoners, first to Whitchurch, and from thence to an inn in _Bunbury_, where Mr. Giffard found means to make an escape; but the noble Earl of Derby was carried to Westchester, and there tryed by a pretended court martial, held the first of October 1651. by vertue of a commission from Cromwell, grounded on an execrable rumpact, of the 12. of August then last past, the very title whereof cannot be mentioned without horror, but it pretended most traiterously to _prohibit correspondence with_ CHARLES STUART (their lawful soveraign) _under penalty of high treason, loss of life and estate_--Prodigious Rebels! In this black tribunal there sate, as judges, these persons, and under these titles: Col. Humphry Mackworth _(who was plac'd in the Sella Curulis) President_. Major General Mitton. Col. Robert Duckenfield. Col. Henry Bradshaw. Col. Thomas Croxton. Col. George Twisleton. Lieu. Col. Henry Birkinhead. Lieu. Col. Simon Finch. Lieu. Col. Alex. Newton. Capt. James Stepford. Capt. Samuel Smith. Capt. John Downes. Capt. Vincent Corbet. Capt. John Delves. Capt. John Griffith. Capt. Tho. Portington. Capt. Edward Alcock. Capt. Ralph Pownall. Capt. Richard Grantham. Capt. Edward Stelfax. This was the authority, and some of these the persons that condemned this noble Earl to death, notwithstanding his just plea, _That he had quarter given him by one Captain Edge, who took him prisoner_. But this could not obtain justice, nor any intercession, mercy; so that on the 15. of October, he was executed at Boulton in Lancashire, in a most barbarous and inhumane manner. The Earl of Lauderdail with divers others were carryed prisoners to Windsor castle, where they continued many years.