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A84440	A particular charge or impeachment in the name of His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the army under his command against Denzill Hollis Esquire, Sir Phil: Stapleton, Sir William Lewis, Sir John Clotworthy, Sir William Waller, Sir Iohn Maynard, Knights, Major Generall Massie, Iohn Glynne, Esquire, Recorder of London, VValter Long, Esquire, Col. Edward Harley, & Ant: Nicholl, Esquire, Members of the Honourable House of Commons. By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the Councell of Warre. Signed, Iohn Rushworth, Secret.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing E741A; ESTC R220515	14,617	16

up other Propositions then those mentioned in the precedent Articles which they affirmed were in their Judgements fit for the King to grant and for the Parliament to desire and being so drawn up sent them privately to his Majesty without any authority of Parliament to warrant the same 3. That the said Mr Hollis Sir Philip Stapleton Sir William Lewis Sir John Clotworthy Sir William Waller Sir John Maynard Major Generall Massie Mr Glyn Mr Long Collonel Edward Harley and Anthony Nicholls in the Months of March Aprill May and June last past and at other times in prosecution of the evill designes in the severall generall heads mentioned have frequently assembled and met together at the Lady Carliles Lodgings in White-Hall and in other places with diverse other persons disaffected to the State without any authority of Parliament for holding correspondency with the Queene of England now in France and her participants with an intent by such secret clandestine treaties amongst themselves to put conditions upon the Parliament and to bring in the King upon their owne tearmes and having a great power upon the Treasure of the Kingdome have therewith maintained and encouraged by Pensions and otherwise the Queenes Party in France thereby to beget a second and more bloudy War in this Kingdome and they or some or one of them assured the Queene 40000. l per annum if She would assist them in their designe and that they would do more for the King then the Army would do and that they would find out some meanes to destroy the Army and their friends 4. That in further pursuance of the same evill designes they the said Mr. Hollis Sir Philip Stapleton Sir VVilliam Lewis Sir Iohn Clotworthy Sir William Waller and Major Generall Massie by the combination aforesaid within the space of three months last past without any authority of Parliament invited the Scots and other forraigne forces to come into this Kingdome in a Hostile manner to abet and assist them in the prosecuting and effecting of their said designes And the said Mr Hollis very lately sent to the said Queene of England then and still in France advising her amongst other things speedily to send the Prince into Scotland to march into this Kingdom in the head of an Army And did send a speciall Messenger to her for such ends and purposes And the said Mr. Hollis Sir Philip Stapleton Sir VVilliam Lewis Sir Iohn Clotworthy Sir William Waller Sir Iohn Maynard Mr Glyn Major generall Massie Mr Long Collonell Edward Harley and Anthony Nicholls have underhand of their owne accord without authority of Parliament listed or caused or procured to be listed divers Commanders and Souldiers endeavouring thereby to leavy and raise a new War in this Kingdom to protect themselves in their unjust oppressions and factious designes and have at severall times within the space of two Months last past invited incouraged abetted and counselled multitudes of Reformado Officers and Souldiers and other rude persons tumultuously and violently to gather together at Westminster to affright and assault the Members of Parliament in their passage to and from the House to offer violence to the House it selfe locking the doore thereof upon them and so imprisoning them and by such violences out-rages and threats to awe and enforce the Parliament 5. That the said Mr. Hollis Sir Philip Stapleton and Mr Glyn have been and are obstructers and prejudgers of severall Petitions to the Parliament for redresse of publique grievances and the said Master Hollis and Sir Philip Stapleton in the Month of May last past did abuse and affront divers Petitioners who in a peaceble manner then attended the Committee whereof Collonell Lee was Chaireman not only reviling and reproaching them but violently haleing and boysterously assaulting them and offered to draw their swords upon Major Tuleday and others of the said Petitioners and without any authority or power committed Nicholas Tew one of the Petitioners and soone afterwards by the procurement of the said Mr Hollis and Sir Philip Stapleton and upon their mis-information to the House the said Major Tuleday and Nicholas Tewe were imprisoned not being permitted to speake for themselves and the said Master Glyn about three moneths since caused the said Nicholas Tewe to be imprisoned in Newgate and to be detained a long time there for no other cause but for having a Petition about him which was to be presented to the House 6. That the said Sir John Clotworthy Sir VVilliam VValler and Major Generall Massie have lately in prosecution of the said designes in the said generall heads mentioned against the knowne Lawes of this Realme and rules and Articles of Warre made by Parliament by an Arbitrary power imprisoned some Members of the Army without any authority particularly Ensigne Nicholas whose Pockets they without authority caused to be searched and severall Papers to be taken from him contrary to the liberty of every Subject and caused him to bee sent a Prisoner from the head Quarters to London without the authority or privity of the Generall or the chiefe Officers of the Army commanding in his absence 7. That in or about the Moneth of March last there being a Petition intended from the Officers and Souldiers of the Army to their Generall for such things onely as were justly due unto them and concerning them meerely as Souldiers The said Sir VVilliam VValler Sir John Clotworthy and Colonell Edward Harley a Member of the Army having gotten into their hands a Copy of the said Petition by combination with the other Members above mentioned with an intent to abuse the Parliament into prejudices and jealousies against the proceedings of the Army concerning the said Petition they well knowing that the said Army stood in their way and hindreth them from bringing to passe the designes in the said generall Charges expressed did falsely and malitiously informe the House That the said Petition was contrived and promoted to debauch and disoblige the Army from the Parliament And that it was managed and carried on by divers principall Officers in the Army that orders were given out for the reading of it in the head of every Regiment and whosoever would not subscribe it should bee put out of the Musters and cashiered the Army and by those and other aggravations did represent it to the House as a designe against the Parliament further adding that some Regiments which were remote were sent for to joyne with the rest of the Army for that purpose by which mis-informations they the said Members did the same day procure a peremptory Order to the Generall to suppresse the said Petition 8. That some few dayes after Colonell Edward Harley by the Combination aforesaid and in pursuance of the same designes did produce to the House a Letter supposed to be written from within the Quarters of the Army to him the said Colonell Harley by a person not named whereby it was informed that Colonell Harleys Lieutenant Colonell had drawne his Regiment to a rendezvous

Clotworthy Sr William Lewis and Major Gen. Massie Sr William Waller and Mr Glyn by combination aforesaid did of their owne accord without the knowledge or direction of the House on the sixt day of June last being Sabbith day without summoning a Committee command those Forces back again as far as Redding with an evil intent to draw Forces together to beget a new war in England XII That the said Sr John Clotworthy in prosecution of the designes in the said generall charges expressed hath in the yeer 1642 1643 1644. and since converted severall great sums of Money which by severall Orders of Parliaments and of the Irish Committee were designed for the relief of Ireland to his owne particular use namely the sum of 280. l. which by order of both Houses dated the 11. of Febr. 1642. was to be paid for 20. Buts of Sack for Ireland 700 l. which the same day was Ordered for 2000. swords 300 l. which was by Order of the said Irish Committee dated the 5. of Apr. 1643. was designed for 120. pair of Pistols and divers other sums of Money upon severall other Orders which he the said Sr John Clotworthy from time to time received for the use and relief of Irel. but were not imployed to the uses by the said Orders intended and directed but to his the said Sr John Chotworthies own private use as aforesaid and that he hath within two yeers last past received severall sums of Money Armes and other provisions for a Troop of Horse which he pretended he had raised in Ireland when as he had not nor did raise or furnish any such Troop as he pretended and that he the said Sr John Clotworthy for money and other rewards hath preferred John Davis and William Sommers and others to be entrusted with the Irish affaires who have kept correspondency with the enemy and have defrauded the state of other great sums of Money and he hath been privy to and a sharer in such their actions XIII That about Nov. last past the said Sr Joh. Clotworthy being by the Parl. sent a Commissioner with others into Irel. who all had a joint power and authority to treat w th the Earl of Ormond for the space of four days and no more he the said Sr Jo. Clotworthy contrary to the speciall trust reposed in him held secret intelligence with the said E. of Ormond by cipher or character without the consent or knowledge of those others in commission w th him and many weeks after the time so limited was expired about the same time he the said Sr Jo. Clotworthy held secret intelligence w th George L. Digby then in Irel. beyond the time prefixed without the consent of the said other Commissioners and in order thereunto the said Ormond and Digby lately imployed one Slingsby to come into this Kingdom about a design cōcerning the Prince as he pretendeth XIV That the said Sr J. Clotworthy M. Hollis S. Phil. Stapleton by combination with the rest of the Members before named in further prosecution of the designs beforementioned wel knowing that the L. Lyle late President of Irel. was both faithfull and vigilant while he was trusted in the same Kingdom and had now this last Spring made provisions ready to march into the field that the L. Baron of Brohil Gen. of the Parl s Horse in Munster Col. Sr Arthur Loftus persons of honor and reputation and of great fortunes in the said Kingdom lately came purposely into this Kingd to exhibit did exhibit many Articles of high treasō against the L. Inchiquin for betraying the Parlia s Army to the Enemy as formerly he had done yet by the great power and violent interposition of the said Sr J. Clotworthy M. Hollis Sr Phil. Stapleton by the practice and combinatiō aforesaid the said Articles have been obstructed and the businesse not suffered to come to a hearing and the said L. Lisle hastily called out of Irel. and the the power and command of the Parl. forces in that Kingdom committed to the said L. Inchiquin to the losse of this Summer service and the expence of much Treasure for new preparations and whereas the said L. Lisle being so suddenly called frō thence as aforesaid did design and depute S. Hardresse Waller Kt. Major Gen. of the Forces there a man of known integrity and courage both for his service in Eng. Irel. and of considerable fortunes there to take care of the said L. Lisles Forces till the pleasure of the Parl. may be further known but the said L. Inchiquin upon the receit of a Letter from the said Sr J. Clotworthy M. Hollis Sr Phil. Stapleton or one of them or from some other person by their or one of their direction privity or procurement did expresse that he had order or direction from London that no man that favoured the Independents under which name the said Lord of Inchequin hath comprehended all men that have shewed themselves opposite to Tyranny and Arbitrary Government should have any trust or command there Nay although they were of another judgment yet if they would not prosecute the Independents they should not be imployed there or words to that effect And under colour thereof the said Hardresse Waller and all others that had their Commissions from the said Lord Lisle while he commanded were displaced to the discouragement of those and other faithfull persons to the Parliament and to the great disservice and hazard of XV. That whereas a Committee of the House of Commons hath been lately appointed by the Parliament to consider of Propositions for the setling and preservation of Wales whereof the said Sir William Lewis and Mr Glyn were and are Members and to report the same to the House They the said Sir William Lewis and Master Glyn with others of the said Committee did on the 13 day of April now last past without any authority of Parliament before any report made to the Houses of their owne accord in stead of setling and preserving Wales order that all Committees for Sequestrations should forbeare all proceedings of Sequestrations against all or any the Inhabitants of Wales And although some few persons were upon generall heads excepted yet by vertue of that illegal Order all he Commissioners of Peace Commissioners of Association though never so active in pressing men and raising money for Forces against the Parliament all the Commissioners of Array that did or should at any time come in and submit to the Parliament or their Commanders in Chief all that had born armes against the Parliament unlesse they were Governours or other Officers of War that held some Town Castle or Fort against the Parliament all disaffected and scandalous Ministers though in their Sermons they usually reviled and scandalized the Parliament and their proceedings calling them Rebels and Traitors and not onely incensing the People against the Parliament but usually taking up Armes and leading their Parishioners in arms upon any Alarum against the