"Sixteen men, upon whom the walls had fallen, lay beneath the ruins. Of some, only heads could be seen; of others, the feet or the hands. They could not be dragged out and where they lay they perished, because they could not be drawn forth. The sections of the wall held together so firmly that they could not be broken. Besides these, ten men were wounded, making a total of twenty-six killed and wounded. Most of them were Irishmen, for the Irish had their quarters near the church.

Sir George and his men were greatly alarmed by the disaster and, indeed, some of them fled away out of the Castle and escaped. Even before this, many had deserted, among whom were five who were recaptured and brought back to the Castle.

A Court martial condemned these men to draw lots and those who drew the lots on which a gibbet was depicted were to be hanged. Three of the lots were blanks and two bore gibbets. An Englishman and a Jerseyman each drew a gibbet, but while the Englishman was saved by his friends, the Jerseyman was hanged from the muzzle of a cannon. The three who had drawn blank lots were made to draw straw, and he to whom the short straw fell, a Jerseyman, had to act as hangman."