Preston Fight by W. Harrison Ainsworth
Preston Fight by W. Harrison Ainsworth
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I
BOOK I
THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER.
Dilston Castle
The Chevalier de Saint George
Nicholas Ribbleton
The Little Chapel
Anna Webb and Dorothy Forster
Lady Webb
The Proposal
Colonel Oxburgh and his Companions
Confession
A Banquet
A Mysterious Occurrence in the Chapel
A Letter from the Earl of Mar
The Betrothal
The Spy
A General Departure
BOOK II
BAMBOROUGH CASTLE
The High Sheriff
Pursuit
Lord Widdrington
Dunstanborough Castle
How the Prince was lodged in the Old Fortress
Anna’s Adventure in the Cavern
An Alarm
How the Sheriff and his Troop were cared for
The Prince’s Parting Injunctions to Lord Derwentwater and Anna
The Escape
BOOK III
THE INSURRECTION IN SCOTLAND
The Hunting in Braemar
Brigadier Mackintosh of Borlum
How the Standard was set up, and King James proclaimed at Castletown
BOOK IV
THE RISING IN NORTHUMBERLAND
Dilston Revisited
A Warrant issued for the Earl’s Arrest
The Woodcutter’s Hut
The Maiden’s Walk
How Charles Radclyffe provoked Sir William Lorraine
How Charles Radclyffe joined the Earl at the Hut
How the Magistrates and the Militiamen were forced to quit the Castle
How the Earl took Leave of the Countess
Mad Jack Hall of Otterburn
The Race on Simonside
Wanny Crags
Warkworth Castle
Organisation of the Force
The Earl’s brief Visit to Dilston
How the Earl was rescued by Nathan the Woodcutter
BOOK V
THE MARCH FROM HEXHAM TO LONGTOWN
The Junction with the South-country Scots
Mackintosh’s Achievements
Sunday at Kelso
A Council of War
Further Dissensions
The Highlanders refuse to cross the Border
Lord Widdrington returns from Lancashire
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
BOOK VI
THE MARCH FROM PENRITH TO PRESTON
The Rout on Penrith Fell
Madam Bellingham
Hornby Castle
Sir Henry Hoghton and the Quaker
How the Prisoners in Lancaster Castle were released
Lancashire Witches
BOOK VII
THE ATTACK
Proud Preston
How King James was Proclaimed for the Last Time
The Countess and Dorothy arrive at Preston
Mrs. Scarisbrick
Important Recruits
The Ball at the Town-Hall
Ralph Fairbrother
Apathy of General Forster
Parson Woods of Chowbent
General Wills arrives at Preston
BOOK VIII
THE DEFENCE
The Barricades
What the Countess and Dorothy beheld from the Summit of the Mansion
The Commencement of the Assault
Altercation between Forster and Mackintosh
How the Two Large Houses in Church-street were taken by the Assailants
Houses burnt by the Assailants
The Windmill Barricade
How the Two Large Houses were illuminated
The Ford
By whom the Countess and Dorothy were liberated
An Unlucky Shot
BOOK IX
THE SURRENDER
How a Party of Dragoons was routed by Captain Gordon
Meeting of Carpenter and Wills
General Forster wishes to Capitulate
Colonel Oxburgh proposes Terms of Surrender to Wills
Captain Dalziel has a Conference with Wills
How Forster learnt that he had been betrayed
Colonel Cotton
Hostages required
In what Manner the Hostages were received by General Wills
Brigadier Mackintosh dissuades the Earl of Wintoun from sallying forth
The Terms of the Treaty are accepted
The Insurgent Officers deliver up their Swords
How Brigadier Mackintosh parted with his Claymore
The Two Generals enter the Town
The Town is plundered by the Soldiery
Captain Shaftoe is shot
BOOK X
THE DUNGEON
The Chief Insurgent Prisoners are taken to London
The Earl of Derwentwater is Imprisoned in the Devereux Tower
The Earl of Nithsdale’s Escape
The Earl of Wintoun’s Escape
General Forster’s Escape from Newgate
Brigadier Mackintosh’s Escape
BOOK XI
THE SCAFFOLD
The Last Parting between the Earl of Derwentwater and the Countess
How Lord Widdrington took a last Leave of the Earl of Derwentwater
How the Earl of Derwentwater was beheaded
What happened in the Chapel at Dagenham Park
The Journey to Dilston
The Interment
Preston Fight
BOOK OF THE FIRST
THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER
I
Dilston Castle
A SPLENDID place was Dilston Castle in Northumberland, the seat of the young Earl of Derwentwater, in the early part of the last century.
Crowning an eminence, overlooking a most picturesque district, approached by a long avenue of chestnut trees, and surrounded by woods, extending to the banks of the Tyne, the mansion formed a conspicuous object from whichever side it might be viewed.
Dilston Castle could not boast antiquity, having only been built some sixty years prior to the date of our story, by Sir James Radclyffe, subsequently created Earl of Derwentwater by James the Second, but it occupied the site of an old Border fortress, called Devilstone-since modified to Dilston-that had often resisted the incursions of the Scots.