Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including non-standard spelling and punctuation. Some changes have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. OE ligatures have been expanded. [Illustration] The Victoria University of Manchester. LIBRARY EXCHANGE. WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. Acknowledgments and publications sent in exchange should be addressed to THE LIBRARIAN, THE UNIVERSITY, MANCHESTER. PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER HISTORICAL SERIES, No. X _The Great Civil War in Lancashire_ SHERRATT & HUGHES Publishers to the Victoria University of Manchester Manchester: 34 Cross Street London: 33 Soho Square W. [Illustration] The Great Civil War in Lancashire (1642-1651) BY ERNEST BROXAP, M.A. MANCHESTER AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1910 UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER PUBLICATIONS NO. LI. To ASPHODEL CONTENTS PAGE Preface ix Authorities xi Introduction 1 Chapter I. Preliminaries 9 " II. The Leaders on Both Sides 23 " III. The Siege of Manchester 37 " IV. First Operations of the Manchester Garrison 53 " V. The Crisis. January-June, 1643 67 " VI. Remaining Events of 1643: and the First Siege of Lathom House 89 " VII. Prince Rupert in Lancashire 115 " VIII. End of the First Civil War 135 " IX. The Second Civil War: Battle of Preston 159 " X. The Last Stand: Battle of Wigan Lane: Trial and Death of the Earl of Derby 177 Index 205 MAPS AND PLANS Map. Lancashire, to illustrate the Civil War. _Frontispiece_ PLANS IN TEXT. I. Manchester and Salford in 1650 see page 43 (_Reproduced from Owens College Historical Essays, p. 383_). II. The Spanish Ship in the Fylde, March, 1642-3 see page 72 III. The Battle of Whalley, April, 1643 see page 82 IV. Liverpool in 1650 see page 128 (_Reproduced from Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Session 6, 1853-4, Vol. 6, p. 4_). V. The Campaign of Preston, 1648 see page 164 VI. The Campaign of Wigan Lane, 1651 see page 191 PREFACE