Perfect Diurnall in London, Middlesex

Siege and skirmishes fill urgent Parliament notices

Detailed dispatches describe Puritan forces intercepting and repurposing provisions for Oxford while Major Parefey leads a raid on enemy quarters taking prisoners and loot. A Jacobite rebel is executed by hanging and quartering as Londons towers hold vigil. Parliament debates militia limits and heavy excise funding as naval and customs reforms progress. Scarborough falls after a swift assault by English and Scottish troops, governors flee, and the town with church and fortifications is seized with light casualties.