Sir William Evers, my Lord Dacre, with all his company;
and with me remayned all the rest of the garnysons,
and the Northumberland men. I was of counsaill
with the marshallis at th’ ordering of our lodgingg,
and our campe was soo well envirowned with ordynance,
carts, and dikes, that hard it was to entre or issue,
but at certain places appointed for that purpos, and
assigned the mooste commodious place of the saide
campe for my Lord Dacre company, next the water, and
next my Lord of Westmoreland. And at suche tyme
as my Lord Dacre came into the fald, I being at the
sault of th’ abby, whiche contynued unto twoo
houres within nyght, my seid Lord Dacre wold in nowise
bee contente to ly within the campe, whiche was made
right sure, but lodged himself without, wherewith,
at my retourne, I was not contente, but then it was
to late to remove; the next daye I sente my seid Lorde
Dacre to a strong hold, called Fernherst, the lorde
whereof was his mortal enemy; and with hym, Sir Arthur
Darcy, Sir Marmaduke Constable, with viii c. of their
men, one cortoute, and dyvers other good peces of ordynance
for the feld (the seid Fernherste stode marvelous strongly,
within a grete woode); the seid twoo knights with
the moost parte of their men, and Strickland, your
grace servaunte, with my Kendall men, went into the
woode on fote, with th’ ordynance, where the
said Kendall men were soo handled, that they found
hardy men, that went noo foote back for theym; the
other two knightes were alsoo soo sharply assayled,
that they were enforced to call for moo of their men;
and yet could not bring the ordynance to the forteresse,
unto the tyme my Lord Dacre, with part of his horsemen,
lighted on fote; and marvelously hardly handled himself,
and fynally, with long skirmyshing, and moche difficultie,
gat forthe th’ ordynance within the howse and
threwe downe the same. At which skyrmyshe, my
seid Lord Dacre, and his brother, Sir Cristofer, Sir
Arthure, and Sir Marmaduke, and many other gentilmen,
did marvellously hardly; and found the best resistence
that hath been seen with my comyng to their parties,
and above xxxii Scottis sleyne, and not passing iiij
Englishmen, but above lx hurt. Aftir that, my
seid lord retournyng to the campe, wold in nowise bee
lodged in the same, but where he laye the furst nyght.
And he being with me at souper, about viij a clok,
the horses of his company brak lowse, and sodenly
ran out of his feld, in such nombre, that it caused
a marvellous alarome in our feld; and our standing
watche being set, the horses cam ronnyng along the
campe, at whome were shot above one hundred shief
of arrowes, and dyvers gonnys, thinking they had been
Scotts, that wold have saulted the campe; fynally the
horses were soo madde, that they ran like wild dere
into the feld; above xv c. at the leest, in dyvers
companys, and, in one place, above I felle downe a
gret rok, and slewe theymself, and above ij c. ran
into the towne being on fire, and by the women taken,
and carried awaye right evill brent, and many were


