Perfect Diurnall in London, Middlesex

Siege Reports and Royalist Defences Amid Civil War Echoes

Fragmentary dispatches describe Parliaments forces maintaining the siege of Mewarke under Sir John Fairfax and Colonel Crumswed while Lincolne fortress and Builexgbrooke Castle reportedly surrender to Parliament. Sir William Waller amasses forces toward Penrheane Caffle with artillery and provisions, as Reading horse raids reach Oxbridge. The Commons impose a 6000 pound fine on Sir Edward Hales for internal arroy and plan to fund army and west safety committees, with Kent counties resolved to support Parliament. Saturday sees the Earl of Manchester andLife Guard arriving in London and then departing toward the Lord General for potential action.