Dutch Ambassadour The City invites the Parliament Laud. City Feast Crommell Members expell'd Ordinance Fr. Ambassadour Mitton Scots Petition Letters from Oxford Nantwich Fight Monk Massey Sir Edw. Deering G. Essex's Answer Scots Orders of the House Irish Ormond Letters from Oxford Mitton Differences Letters from Oxford Cromwell Newark Irish Covenant Prince Elector The King's Letter Observations Proposals Laud. Netherland Divines Earl of Carlisle Parl. of Oxford Dutch Embassadours Gen. Essex discontented Letters intercepted Newark Army Model'd Winchester Fight Irish Prince Elector Dutch Ambassadours The King's Standard Laud. Fairfax Selby London Proclamation Association Letters from Oxford Scots Answer Laud. City Earl of Manchester Petition Massey London Petition Jealousies Association Laud. Gen. Essex Laud. Massey Gen. Essex Colonel Coningham Dutch Ambassadour Laud. City Lyme Earl of Warwick York Peeks York Laud. York Sudley Castle Compton-house Secluding Members Earl of Denbigh Lyme Queen brought to Bed York Laud. Secluding Members Laud. Earl of Calender Queen For secluding Members Edgehill York Queen Copredy Bridge Fight Message to Waller York Ambassadors Letters intercepted Monke Marston-Moor fight Ambassadours Greenland-house Articles Blandford Hotham York Laud. Parliament York rendred Irish Stratagem Judges Debate Hollis Laud. Message from the King York Marston L. Paulet Laud. Debate of Propositions London Petition Fr. Ambassadour Massey Montross Newcastle Letters to Essex Answer Kirk Jure Divino City Association Ireland General Essex Prince E. lector Plot. Letter from Essex Pr. Elector Laud. Pr. Elector Col. Jones Wallers Middletons Gen. Essex defeated Different relations The true account Skippon Articles Essex blamed Excused by the Parliament Lesley Summons to Plymouth Letter from the King Minister Petition Fr. Agent Montgomery Castle Scarborough Petition Committee with the Army Monmouth suprised Laud. France Court-Marshal Laud. Taunton The three Armies joyned Newbury Pâ— Elector Newcastle Gen. Essex Jealousies Petition Hotham Newbury fight Newcastle Newbury Laud. Sir Anth. Ashl Coop Laud. Laud. Assembly of Divines Leverpool Tinmouth Castle Lord Gerrard Newark Propositions for Peace King at Oxford Commissioners for the Propositions Assembly of Divines Jure divino Propositions for Peace Petition Answer Laud. Divines Laud. Hemsley Castle Kent Petition Names of Commissioners Safe conduct Assembly of Divines Scots Army Sir Alex. Carew Commissioners for propositions Directory Jealousies Sir Alex. Carew Miscarriages Commissioners at Oxford City Petition Monmouth Castle Commissioners at Oxford The King's answer Hotham Letter to P. Rupert Sydenham Cromwel Jealousies Conference against Cromwel Hotham Safe Conduct Vote Self-denying Ordinance Dutch Ambassadors Hotham Fast Lords from Oxford L'Estrange Several places to be betrayed Answer to the Propositions for Peace Answer to the King's Message Agent from Swedland Self-denying Ordinance Lords from the King Dissenters Sir A. Carew Laud. Taunton Gen. Essex Hotham Hotham Vote Hotham Hotham H. Peters Treaty Queen of Sweedland Laud. Treaty at Vxbridge Laud. Laud his pardon Laud's Petition Army Petition Discontents Laud. Breach of Privilege Laud Beheaded Differences betwixt Lords and Commons Model of the Army Commissioners for the Treaty Brown Plymouth Safe Conduct Army Church Houses differ Brereton Titles Treaty C. Craford Treaty Difficulties Scots Vxbridge Precedence Petition Mr. White Treaty Quaeries Dr. Steward Jure divinâ— Marquess Hartford's Speech Love's Sermon Puresoy Treaty Militia Assembly Army Malton Peerage Cardigan Castle Militia London Army Vxbridge Army Scots Macquire Peerage Petition Macquire Vxbridge Ireland Religion Souldiers unruly M. Bridges Covenant Mutinous Souldiers Cromwel Waller Souldiers insolent Capai Stone Vxbridge Jure divino Covenant Vxbridge Militia Argyle routed Colonel Brandling Mutinous Troops Sir Thomas Fairfax Vxbridge Militia Scots Army Macquire Vxbridge Militia Vxbridge Ireland Scarborough Sir Hugh Cholmley Meldrum Vxbridge Treaty brake off Dutch Ambassadors Brereton Treaty Shrewsbury taken Langdale Common Hall Melcombe Clubmen City Mutinous Souldiers Assembly The King's Forces Jones Massey Waller Morgan Ministers Clubmen Clubmen Fairfax Army Army French Agent Answer Sir James Long. Oxford Message to the Lords List of the Officers Swedes Lord Savile Cromwel Petition Brown Assembly Fairfax his Commission Conference Declaration Jealousies Meldrum Sir John Henderson Clubmen Assembly Cromwel Sweedish Agent Answer Officers Waller Mutiny Lord Savile Assembly Scotland G. Essex c. lay down their Commissions New Model York Tuitnam Clubmen York Fairfax Fairfax Skippon Abington Bishop of Durham Dutch Ambassadour E. Warwick lays down his Commission Du. bassadoâ— Commissioners of the Admiralty Pomfret Brown Scotland Thanksgiving Covenant King's Children C. Norton Blasphemies Creenvile London Cromwell Admiralty Taunton Brown Cromwell Massey Dutch Ambassadour Fairsax Pr. Elector Assembly Covenant London Spirits Plymouth The King leaves Oxford Cromwell Self-denying Ordinance Taunton relieved Massey King's Children Countess of Dorset Dutch Ambassadours Scarborough Taunton Welden Meldrum O Conelli Captain Stone Oxford Scots Army Counterfeit Oxford Vrrey Duch Ambassadors C. Norton Leicester Brown Eeicester storm'd Meldrum London Petition Martial Law Massey Taunton Leicester London Armies draw near each other Cromwel Langdale Ingolesby Taunton Naseby Battel Skippon Fairfax The King Cromwell C. Rosseter Taunton London Cromwell Sir J. Gâ—l Leicester Both Houses feasted Naseby Prisoners Carlisle King's Children Letters taken at Naseby C. Rosseter Marshal Law Ensigns taken at Naseby Scots Army Skippon Foreign Agents Oxford Parliament L. Savile Hollis and Whitelocke accused Carlisle Club-men Naseby Letters Scotland Remonstance Priests Fairfax Taunton Commissioners to Scotland Clubmen Fairfax Fleetwood Hollis and Whitelocke London Hollis and Whitelocke Martial Law Fairfax Langport fight Goring Bethel Desborough M. G. Porter Hollis and Whitelocke E. Denbigh Blasphemy Langport Particulars Thanksgiving Hollis and Whitelocke Langport Clubmen Countess of Dorset Hollis and Whitelocke Privilege Fairfax Mr. Cranford Hollis and Whitelocke Martial-Law Sir Thomas Fairfax Club-men Thanksgiving Fairfax Pomfret Bridgwater stormed Particulars Impeachment H. Peters Abington Prince Elector Scarborough Cannon-froom Leven Mr. Strickland Club-men Bath surrendred Petition of the Assembly Answer Scarborough Counâ—ess of Dorset Cambridge Petition Hereford Votes Col. Jephson Fairfax Clubmen Cromwel Assembly Lilburn Newark Skipton Assembly Spaniards defeated Brown Petition of Southwark Haverford West Scots Army North Wales Sherburn Castle Propositions for peace Thanksgiving Oath Parliament Forces York Tumults Bibles Book taken at Naseby New Elections Brown in discontent Ministers Petition Scotland The King retreats Huntington Bristol Lilburn Cambridge the King returns to Oxford Humiliation Militia New Elections Clubmen Ordinance explain'd Montross The King leaves Oxford Church Affairs Selden Montross Countess of Dorset Fast-day Prince Elector E. Essex Presbytery Bristoll Clubmen Intercepted Letters Mr. Strodes Bristolâ— Jersey Manner of storming Bristoll Speaker Bristoll Bristoll Cromwell Montross Club-men Courts of Wards Club-men Scots Cromwel Chester Presbytery Prince Charles Scots Army Defeat at Chester Judges Scots Judges Sir John Borlace Scots Winchester taken Votes Scots Votes Scots Army Gr. Scal. Differences with the Scots Propositions of Peace Morgan King of Denmark Cromwell Basing c. taken Leven Vote Presbytery Vote Chepstow Cromwell C. Payre C. Rossiter Copley Books Fairfax Tiverton storm'd The Speaker made
to the Army Votes upon the representation of the Army The Parliament Censured Cromwell Army Desires of the City Remonstrance of the Army Letter to the King Vote Army Eleven Members leave the House Sir Philip Stapleton flyes Letters from the Army Votes The Eleven Members Army The Eleven Members London Petition Answer Petitions Army Eleven Members Petition Prince Elector Vote Treaty Eleven Members Militia Fairfax Tumultuous Meetings Eleven Members Eleven Members Apprentices their Petition Answer Parliament Order Petition Answer Major General Pointz Ormond Kings Children Fairfax Eleven Members Col. Birch Ireland Eleven Members Tumults Army New Proposals Vote Petition Vote Conventicles Militia Army London Petition Apprentices Force upon the Parliament Kirk Fairfax City Militia Army Eleven Members Col. Jones Votes Militia Fairfax K. Children Lenthal Army Southwarke Fairfax Petition The City Rendezvous Pr. Elector Southwarke City Letters to Fairfax Col. Rainsborough Fairfax his Answer Fairfax enters Westminster Ordinances March through London Debate The Tower Fairfax Debate Great-Seal City Scotland Expedient Southwark Fairfax Petitions to him Apprentices Ordinance Col. Jones Victory in Ireland Ormond Assizes Col. Lamb. Oatlands Petition Eleven Members Army Remonstraâ—â—â— Eleven Members Ireland Eleven Members Brewers â—iâ—y Sir Philip Stapleton dyed Fairsaxâ— King Mr. Chiesely Petition of Bristol Answer Vote The Eleven Members Biddles Pamphlet Ireland Propositions for Peace Glyn. Army for mony Impeachments The City importuned Proposals by the Army to the King The Kings answer Petitions City Southwark Resolved Impeachments Vote Army Declaration Vote City Army Resolution Propositions for Peace Army Force upon the Parliament Lord Major sent to the Tower Delinquents Ireland Stratagem Scotland Army Sweden Propositions for Peace Force upon the Parliament Divine Army Force upon the Parliament Lambert Gifted men Army Army Maynard Army The Lords Votes Church-Government Commons Votes Indulgence Religion Additional Propositions Lilbure Army French Ambassador Assembly Propositions for Peace â—â—â—land Propositions for Peace York â—â—â—land Force upon the Parliament Army Prince Elector Scotland Army Army New Proposals Further Heads Army Scots Army Vote Army The Kings escape from Hampton Court His Letters King in the Isle of Wight Rendezvous Cromwell The Kings Letter Religion Militia Col. Hewson Col. 〈◊〉 Ciâ—â— Seditious Petition Assembly Lords Conference For Dissolving the Parliament Personal Treaty City Petition Army City Lord Inchequin Letters taken Kings Letters to Fairfax City Petion Answer Votes about Petitions German Prophet Petitions Great Seal Army Great Seal Letters from the King Ireland Commissioners to the King Answer to the Scots Armagh Declaration Scots Commissioners Army Saltmarsh Col. Rainsborough Isle of Wight Scots Commissioners Ireland New-cast Christ-maâ— day The Kings Person Mutiny Isle of â—ight Votes foâ— no Addresses Priviledges Isle of Wight Pamphlets Papers taken Isle of Wight Army's Address Ireland Scots Commissioners Declaration to the Lords Library Lilburns Wildman Lilburne and Wildman Tumults Isle of Wight Disbanding Discontented Officers Ireland Lord Willoughby The eleven Members Riotors The Kings Houshold Seven Impeached Lords City The eleven Members Navy Holland Impeached Lords Lord Wiloughby Taunton Army Non Addresses Tumults Disbanding Judge Jâ—â—kins Maynâ—d Isle of Wigh Judge Jenkins Duke of York Pamphlets Disbanding 〈◊〉 Scotlaâ—â— Commissioners of the Great Seal Pembroke Castle Scotland Force upon the Parliament Petition York â—â—ogan Impeachments Scotland Committee of danger Priviledge Sr. Hardrsss Waller Commissioners of the Great Seal Ireland Lord Fairfax dyes Scotland Col. 〈◊〉 Plot upon the Tower Mr. Wake An. 48. Car. 24. Col. Poyer Iâ—eland Oath Remonstrance Ireland Ireland Lord Iâ—chequin Church Tumultâ— Lord Inchequin Col. Jones Scotland Covenant Scotland Committee of Danger Prince Elector Col. Poyer Scotland Tumult of Apprentices Scotland City â—Votes Tumult Admiralty Great Seal London Assembly Lord Inchequin revolved Sermon Commissioners of the Great Seal Scotland Grand Jury Impeachments Scotland Oxford Collonel Poyer Oxford Earl of Pembroke Voteâ—â— Duke of York House called Scotland Prince Elector Aldermen London Norwich Riot Magazinefired Petition London Posts and Chains Answer Vote Duke of York Blasphemy Langdale City Petition Scotland Demands Essex Petition Answer Declaration Scotland Wales Berwick Carlisle London Petition London Petition Answer Vote Ireland Collonel Horton Victory in Wales May-pole Rioters York Kirk Petition â—nswer â—mâ—it City Chepstow Militia May-Pole Prince Elector London Parliament and City London Wales York Scotland Pontfret Castle Petition City Petition Answer Kent Vote Rioters in Kent Kent Chepstow Ships Revolt Vote Sir Hardress Waller Kent The North. Kentish Rioters Fairfax Petition Answer Kentish-men 〈◊〉 Scotland Kint. Maidston Fairfax Goring London 11. Members c. discharged Kent Goring Votes Indemnity Scotland Pontefract Castle surprised Spanish Ambassador Walet Assembly of Divine Dover Castle Goring Jersey Câ—â—it 〈◊〉 Goring D. of Gloucester Lancashire Revolted Ships Essex Revolted Ships Aspersions on the Parliament Goring Colchester Goring Colchester Langdale Lambert Scotland Votes Pembroke Colchester Sir Charles Lucas Colchester Committee of obstructions Colchester Pulpit Scotland Colchester Fairfax London Petition Answer Colchester Petitions Votes Petition Lady Capell Colchester Colchester Goring the 3 Bills Pontefrâ—â— Vote C. 〈◊〉 Pembroke Colchester London Petition Answer Haselrigge D. Buckingham E. Holland Colchester Poysoned bullets Vote Colchester 3. Bills Pontefract F. Holland Colchester 3. Bills C. Rossiter London Explanations Colchester Earl of Holland Langdale Hamilton Lambert Hamilton Pembroke Castle surrendered The 3 Biâ— Isle of Wight Colchester The three Propositions Personal Treaty Colchester Hamilton Lambert Scots London Petition Colchester Declaration Insurrection Votes Colshester Hamiltons Army Reasons for the three Prepositions Lords Answer Commons Reply Lambert Colchester Lambert Lord Willoughby 3. Propositions Isle of Wight Yarmouth the Princes Declaration London Petition Answer Petition Commission Letters London Colchester Votes Commissioners for the Isle of â—ight D. York The Prince London Kent Votes Colchester Yarmouth Colchester Self-denying Ordinance Colchester S. Hadress Waller Cromwell Scarborough Scots Monk Letter from the Prince Fleet. Lord Willoughby London Petition Answer Petition Officers Colchester Answer to City Petition From the King ThePrince E. Middlesex Commissioners with the King Conference Personal Treaty Yarmouth Princes Letter The Kings Letter C. Henry Lilburn Haselrigge Scots London C. Rich. Concurrence C. Martin Scots Letter E. Lauderdale Manifesto Debate Vote Colchester the Princes Letter Answer Treaty Passes Suburbs Skippon C. Harly Colchester Letter to Fairfax Petition Petition to Fairfax Fairfax his Answer to the Letter Cromwell Instructions for C. Hammond Star-chamber Colchester Cromwell Preson Wight Cromwell Colchester Leaguer Fairfax's Answer Deal Castle D. Hamilton Colchester D. Hamilton The Prince Colchâ—ster Treaty Scots Colchester surrenderd Lucas Colchester particulars London Commissioners to treat in the Isle of Wight Treaty Humiliation C. Hammond Prisoners Monroe Elections Star-Chamber New-Castle Treaty E. Cleveland Prince Answer from the King Fleet. Kent Colchester Cromwell Treaty Petition Answer Petition Revolted Ships North. Cromwell Scots York City Treaty Ipswich Fairfax Treaty Isle of Wight Cromwell Scott Pontifract Scarborough Duke Hamilton Treaty Army Treaty Prince Charles Treaty
to the Parliament and was received with all due respect by a Committee of Lords and Commons at Gravesend and conducted to the Parliament The Commons provided money for the advance of the Scots Army from the City of London The French Embassadour demanded the inlargement of Mr. Walter Mountagu as one imployed hither by the King of France but it was denyed The Cavaliers plundered and burnt part of Wokingham and quarter near Reading upon design to fortify it and summon the Country for that end The Parliament made some Orders for several Regiments to march out and for money which was wanting for Essex his Army and for Sir William Waller's forces who also desired more power than his present Commission from Essex allowed him The Earl of Manchester having setled Lyn marched with his Army into Lincolnshire where he joyned with the Lord Willoughby of Paerham Sir Thomas Faeirfax and Colonel Cromwel's forces and all together made up a very considerable Army Upon his desire the Parliament gave him power to levy monies out of the Sequestred Estates in the associated Counties towards payment of his Army They also sequestred the Estates of such Members of both Houses as had deserted the Parliament or were in actual war against them By Letters intercepted it appeared that by authority from the Pope a new Popish Hierarchy by Bishops c. was to be set up in all Counties in England with Letters sent to Rome about the same matter A Minister was voted out of his living for that he constantly pray'd for the Irish Rebels by the name of His Majestie 's Catholick Subjects Another for Preaching that the King was above the Law and all those to be Rebels and Traitors that obey not his verbal commands in all things though never so opposite to Law and Justice and many others ejusdem fairnae for scandal in their lives and doctrine Upon Letters from Colonel Massey of a designe of the enemy to take up their Winter quarters near Gloucester the more to distress it they order supplyes to be sent him Dr. Vsher Primate of Armagh now at Oxford was voted out of the Assembly The Earl of Manchester with the Lord Willoughby and Cromwel's forces gave a defeat to the Lord of Newcastle's forces at Hornecastle in Lincolnshire killed 500 of them took 1500 horse and 800 Prisoners and 35 Colours The King's forces took Daertmouth which occasioned the Parliament to send forces to the Isle of Wight The French Embassador complained that his person was stopped and his Coach searched as he went out of Town towards Oxford the Captain of the Guard being examined justified it upon notice he had of letters conveyed by the Embassador to the Enemy and it was passed over with a fair excuse to the Embassador Massey defeated a party of the King's forces coming to fortify Tewkesbury for their winter quarters killed about 300 took many prisoners with 500 Armes Colonel Bridges Governour of Warwick with a party from thence defeated a Regiment of Horse under the Lord Mollineux for the King killed divers took 100 horse and many prisoners The Commons passed sundry Ordinances for raising monies out of delinquent's Estates and Newcastle coals to satisfie those who had lent moneys for advance of the Scots Army into England And for apprehending all for spies who shall come from Oxford or any of the King's forces to any of the Parliament quarters without licence from either House or from the General A Proclamation was published in London for all Officers and Soldiers forthwith to repair to their Colours Colonel Vrrey who revolted from the Parliament and Sir Lewis Dives with a great party of horse entred Bedford took Sir John Norris and others prisoners there and routed 300 of their horse and sufficiently plunder'd the Town and other parts of that County The Lord Fairfax beat from about Hull part of the King's forces took from them 9 pieces of Cannon of which one was a Demyculverin one of those which they called the Queen's Gods and 100 Arms. Baron Trevor was sentenced in the house of Lords for his extrajudicial opinion in the case of Shipmoney to pay 6000 l. fine and be imprisoned during pleasure Colonel Cromwel routed 7 troops of the King's horse in Lincolnshire under Colonel Hastings The King sets forth a Proclamation for prohibiting the monthly fast to be kept the Parliament declare against that Proclamation and against another for adjourning part of Michaelmas Term to Oxford and held it at Westminster The Estates of Scotland declare against the Cessation of Armes made with the Irish Rebels and the Adventurers Petition against it Letters of Marque are granted by the Parliament against all such as have taken Armes against the Parliament or assisted the Irish Rebels A Collection was ordered for the maimed and sick Souldiers The Earl of Manchester took in Lincoln upon Surrender and therein 2500 Armes 30 Colours 3 peices of Cannon The Parliaments Commissioners being returned from Scotland Sir Henry Vane Jun. one of them made report of all that affair to the House General Essex marched forth to his Army to Windsor and from thence to St. Albans whither a gallant Regiment of the City under the Command of Colonel Rowland Wilson came to him and a commanded party was sent out of that and other Regiments to Newport Pannel to dispossess the King's forces there This Gentleman Colonel Wilson was the only Son of his wealthy Father heir to a large estate of 2000 l. per an in Land and Partner with his Father in a great personal Estate employed in Merchandize yet in conscience he held himself obliged to undertake this Journey as perswaded that the honour and service of God and the flourishing of the Gospel of Christ and the true Protestant Religion might in some measure be promoted by this service and that his example in the City of undergoing it might be a means the more to perswade others not to decline it Upon these grounds the chearfully marched forth with a gallant Regiment of the City which as I remember was called the Orange Regiment and went from the Army with the commanded party sent for the reducing of Newport Pannell This was the condition of this Gentleman and of many other persons of like quality and fortune in those times who had such affection for their Religion and the Rights and Liberties of their Countrey that pro aris focis they were willing to undergo any hardships or dangers and thought no service too much or too great for their Countrey but what requital if they had done it for a requital their Countrey gave them you will find afterwards in the Story When the Parliament Forces came before Grafton House and Newport Pannell after the loss of a few men and no long attendance the King's Forces thought it most wisedom for them to retire which they did and quitted the House and Town hasting away to Oxford 〈◊〉 and Essex thought fit to fortifie
from him and to the inhabitants of Surrey for satisfaction of their charges for supply of Sir William Waller A thousand Countrey men came in to Colonel Massey who represented the condition of his Garrison to the Parliament who ordered supplies for him and the Earl of Manchester was ordered with 4000 Horse and 5000 Foot to attend the motion of Prince Rupert The Lord Fairfax his Forces joyned with the Scots and care was taken to supply the Earl of Manchester Sir William Waller sent out a party which fell upon a Convoy of the Enemies for supply of Basing House and took of them divers Officers 40 Souldiers 1000 Sheep and fat cattle and money Sir John Gell routed 2 Troups of Colonel Goring's Regiment of Horse and dispersed the rest The Earl of Warwick took 8 ships bound for Bristol York was close besieged by the Scots and the Lord Fairfax his Forces The Dutch Embassadour and the Parliament courted each other but nothing came to effect between them The King's Forces whereof many were Irish burnt Bemister Cerne and Shaftsbury in Dorsetshire The Commons ordered that no private business should be heard in the House before the Armies were upon their march The Propositions for Peace were brought into the House and Read and Debated and the Debate adjourned The Marquess Huntley in Scotland made some commotion on behalf of the King but the Earl of Argile quieted him The Anti-Parliament at Oxford had written Letters to the Estates of Scotland dehorting them from giving any assistance to those at Westminster who were in arms against the King and these Letters set forth the unlawfulness and injustice of such undertakings and actions The Estates of Scotland sent up this Letter to the Parliament with a Copy of their answer to it which was to this effect That their expedition into England was not intended till all other means were first assayed and disappointed they deny not the Parliaments invitation of them and they declare that their pitty to see England bleed and their sense of the danger of their own Religion and Laws were the chief cause of their taking up Armes That they held not the invitation of the Parliament any ways invalid because they at Oxford are wanting or others are gone beyond the Seas having either wilfully deserted the Parliament or been expelled for Delinquency or why those that stay in Parliament are not a sufficient number without those at Oxford they do not apprehend with much of the like matter which was well accepted by the Parliament May 1644. An Ordinance for the supply of the Earl of Manchester's forces stuck with the Lords An Ordinance was published to prevent the adjournment of the Term or any the Courts of Justice from Westminster and all Judges and Officers were commanded to attend their places here Some 30 firelocks of the Garrison of Northampton being surprized by the Enemy and carried Prisoners to Banbury the Northampton forces marched forth entered Banbury fetched off all their Prisoners and took about 30 of them Sir Thomas Fairfax and Major General Lesley closely pursued the Earl of Newcastle's horse Southward The Archbishop of Canterbury came again to his tryal the evidence against him was mannaged by Mr. Nicholas Captain Swanley took in the town of Caernarvon with 400 Prisoners Arms Ammunition and much Pillage Plymouth sallyed out upon the besiegers took 40 Prisoners Horse Arms Ammunition The Speaker and some Members of the House were sent to the Dutch Ambassadours to complement and take leave of them The Commons sent to acquaint the City that they were preparing Propositions for Peace and desired to know from them what concerned their particular for which the City returned their humble thanks Particular Letters were ordered to be written from the Houses to the Scots General and to the Lord Fairfax and his son in acknowledgment of their good services The Lord General wrote to the Houses to appoint a Committee to reside with the Army and to supply the Army Mr. Rolles a Member of the House had satisfaction voted to be given him for his losses in opposing the King's taking of Tunnage and Poundage when it was not granted by Parliament At the taking of Caermarthen by Captain Swanly many Irish Rebels were thrown into the Sea The Earl of Manchester took the City of Lincoln by storm and in it Sir Francis Fane the Governor three Colonels many inferiour Officers 800 Common Souldiers 1000 Armes 8 pieces of Ordnance all their Armes Ammunition and pillage given to the Souldiers and 80 of them were slain A new Ordinance passed for abolishing all Popish Reliques fixed to Tombes or other places and all Organs Images c. The Earl of Holland desired licence to accompany the Lord General in the present expedition which the Lords granted but the Commons denyed which upon my knowledge distasted the General Sir Philip Stapleton and Hollis were two of the most secret Counsellors and Friends the General had they often advised with him about his affairs for his good and the advantage of the Parliament but he was not well fixed Newcastle's horse coming to relieve Lincolne were beaten back by Manchester's The siege of York was continued and the Scots and the Lord Fairfax's forces drawn very near to the wals The Lord Say Mr. of the Wards and the Officers of that Court sate Mr. Charles Fleetwood was made Receiver General and Mr. Miles Corbet Clerk of the Wards Captain Fox with one Troop of Horse went to Bewdely the enemies Garrison and in the night under pretence of being one of the Princes Troops passed the Guards to the main Guard where he killed the Sentinels seized the Guard and took Sir Thomas Littleton and divers persons of Quality prisoners The Londoners presented a Petition to the Lords desiring their free and mutual concurrence with the Commons in the great affairs now in agitation which was not well taken by the Lords A party of the King's horse came to Henly requiring the inhabitants to carry in all their Provisions for men and horse to Oxford else the Town should be burnt and faln upon by the Souldiers but Captain Buller being quartered not far from thence and hearing of it came unexpectedly and fell upon the enemy and rescued the Town Colonel Massey with his own forces and some of the Regiments of the Lord Stamford Colonel Devereux and Colonel Purefoy took Westbury by assault divers Officers and 60 Souldiers the same night he marched to little Deane and meeting with a party of the Enemy under Captain Congrave and Wigmore he slew them and 7 or 8 more and took divers prisoners Then he stormed Newnam a strong fort who shot at his Trumpet sent to summon them and that so inraged Massey's men that they entered the Town and slew about 40 took divers Officers and 130 common Souldiers and store of Arms. A new Ordinance for settling the Committee of both Kingdomes was sent up to the Lords who denyed to
time upon the besiegers but were beaten back with loss they were in great want of Salt in the City but the besiegers drew off to a greater distance from the City the better to resist their Sallies and to receive Prince Rupert who was come to Craven The Portugeses had a great Victory against the Spaniards The Lords consented to the Ordinance for secluding the Members of both Houses who had deserted the Parliament The Portugal Ambassadour desired to be heard before some Ships appointed for that purpose did go to the River Amazons within his Masters dominions which was referred to a Committee The Archbishop came again to his Tryal Prince Maurice sent a party to burn Barnstable but the Town rose against them shut them out and killed about 20 of them hereof they gave notice to the Lord General who sent the Lord Roberts with a strong party to secure them The Lord Grey routed a party of the Enemy near Stamford killed 6 of them took 40 horse and as many Gentlemen and divers inferiour Officers and pursued Colonel Hastings and his forces The besiegers of Greenland-house had almost beaten the house about the Ears of the Garrison A Committee was appointed to consider of the manner of reception of the Dutch Ambassadour and of other Ambassadours Upon Prince Rupert's coming towards York the besiegers drew off from the City to be the better prepared to receive the Prince Divers Letters were intercepted going from Oxford to the Queen wherein the King acquaints her with the Parliaments purpose to present him Propositions for Peace which if She likes he thinks will be the best way for settlement as things now stand In those and other Letters there are relations of the late fight at Cropedy-bridg and of other incounters much different from the relations thereof made by the Commanders upon the place Colonel Warren taken prisoner by the Parliaments Forces in the North and now prisoner in Hull was sent for up to the Parliament in whose service he had formerly been and they committed him to the Tower Colonel Monke is said to have done good service for the Parliament against the Irish Rebels till he received a Command from the King upon which he deserted his Regiment in Ireland and served in person against the Parliament whose forces took him prisoner with Colonel Warren and he was now likewise committed to the Tower Prince Rupert having relieved the Countess of Derby who had couragiously defended Lathom-house besieged 18 weeks by Colonel Ashton Moore and Rigby and they being all drawn off The Prince marched towards York with 20000 horse and foot upon notice whereof the three Generals for the Parliament Leven Manchester and Fairfax raised their Siege from before York and drew into a large plain about 8 miles from the City called Marston Moore The Prince fetching a compass about with his Army got into York and there the Earl of Newcastle with 6 or 7000 men joyning with him they both marched unto Marston Moore and possessed themselves of the best places of Advantage for ground and wind The Right Wing of the Parliament was commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and consisted of all his horse and three Regiments of the Scots horse the Left Wing was commanded by the Earl of Manchester and Colonel Cromwel One body of their foot was commanded by the Lord Fairfax and consisted of his foot and two brigades of the Scots foot for a reserve and the main body of the rest of the foot was commanded by General Leven The Right Wing of the Prince's Army was commanded by the Earl of Newcastle the left Wing by the Prince himself and the main body commanded by General Goring Sir Charles Lucas and Major General Porter thus were both sides drawn up into Batalia July the 3d. In this posture both Armies faced each other and about seven a Clock in the morning the fight began between them The Prince with his Left Wing fell on the Parliament's Right Wing routed them and pursued them a great way the like did General Goring Lucas and Porter upon the Parliaments main body The three Generals giving all for lost hasted out of the Field and many of their Soldiers fled and threw down their Arms the King's Forces especially Prince Rupert too eagerly following the chace the victory now almost atchieved by them was again snatched out of their hands For Colonel Cromwel with the brave Regiment of his Countrymen and Sir Thomas Fairfax having rallyed some of his horse fell upon the Prince's Right Wing where the Earl of Newcastle was and routed them and the rest of their Companions rallying they fell altogether upon the divided bodies of Rupert and Goring and totally dispersed them and obtained a compleat Victory after three hours sight From this Battel and the pursuit some reckon were buryed 7000 Englishmen all agree that above 3000 of the Prince's men were slain in the Battel besides those in the chace and 3000 prisoners taken many of their chief Officers 25 pieces of Ordnance 47 Colours 10000 Arms two Waggons of Carabins and Pistols 130 barrels of Powder and all their bag and baggage For this great Victory the Parliament ordered a day to be kept of publick thanksgiving and a Letter of thanks to be written to the three Generals who with their Armies kept a day of thanksgiving for the great success that God had given them Colonel Cromwel was much cryed up for his service in this Battel and received a slight hurt with a Pistol shot in the neck which some imagined to be by accident and want of care by some of his own men Sir Thomas Fairfax likewise performed very gallant service in this Action and both the Commanders and the Souldiers on both parts acquitted themselves like couragious Englishmen it pleased God upon this appeal to decide it for the Parliament Prince Rupert escaped narrowly by the goodness of his horse and got into York the Papers of the Earl of Newcastle were taken and among them the Commission of the Earl of Newcastle to be General and to make Knights and they were presented to the Parliament The Parliament ordered 30000 l. for Ireland A party from Oxford and Wallingford came to relieve Greenland-house whereupon the Parliament Forces then but a few before it drew off to Henly and the King's Forces brought their fellows little relief onely carryed away 29 women and some plunder and so returned and then the besiegers sate down again before it Oswestry being besieged by the King's forces under Colonel Marrowe Sir Tho. Middleton relieved it and took 200 Common Souldiers 7 Carriages 100 Horse the Lord Newport's eldest Son and divers Officers and Arms and the Lord Newport's Estate was ordered to be sold An Ordinance passed for the new Excise Sir William Waller mounted his foot the better to pursue the King's Forces and the adjacent Counties furnished him with horses Sir Ralph Hopton with about 500 men attempted Marleborough on the Fair day but
the several Committees to advance the coming in of the Excise The Assembly presented to the House the last part of the Confession of Faith 4. Petitions of the suffering Gentry of Durham and of Richmond-shire by the insupportable burdens of the Scots Army upon them ordered to be considered Debate upon the Ordinance for the Assesment for Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army and a Proviso to exempt the Northerne Counties from the Tax laid aside and another to exempt Colledge Rents the Ordinance sent up to the Lords Order to state the Accompts of Major General Massey now a Member of the House 5. Order to send down the hundred thousand pound to York for the Scots Army and for Sir Tho. Fairfax to send a Convoy with it An Ordinance sent to the Lords for redemption of the Captives of Algiers Great endeavours were to get hands to a Petition of the City of the former strain and to settle the Presbytery and suppress Sectaries c. contrived by some to raise Divisions 7. Debate about the latter part of the Confession of Faith and five hundred Copys of it ordered to be Printed for the Members of both Houses and that the Assembly do bring in their Marginal Notes to prove every part of it by Scripture and their Answer to the Queries touching the point of jus Divinum A Committee of both Houses appointed to consider of the business of the Petition now in Agitation in the City which may tend much to indanger the Peace of the Parliament and City and to find out some expedient to preserve the Peace Order for the Committee of both Kingdome to conclude the Treaty with the Scots Commissioners about the marching of their Army out of England Order for a new Election Order to send for the Bishop of Worcester Sir William Russel and the Mayor in Custody Order for a thousand pound for Phisitians and Chyrurgions to look to the maimed Soldiers Order to free the Libraries and other things in Oxford useful for Learning from Sequestration Letters from Ireland informed that the Lord Digby told the Nuntio there that he had done ill service to the King and the Nuntio told him thrice he lyed Four thousand pound allotted for Ireland 8. A full Agreement with the Scots Commissioners that when an hundred thousand pound comes to Topcliffe the Scots shall give Hostages to quit all their quarters possessions and Garrisons on the South of Tyne within ten days and then the Hostages to be re-delivered and upon delivery of the other hundred thousand pound on the North of Newcastle the Scots to deliver Hostages to march out of England Berwick Carlisle and the Garrisons in Scotland to be slighted within ten days For the second two hundred thousand pound the Scots are to have the publick Faith and nine hundred pound was allowed to the Tellers of the two hundred thousand pound and sixteen hundred pound for the charge of the carriages of it Vote That all who shall raise Forces against the Parliament or either House hereafter shall dye without Mercy and have their Estates confiscated And in all these Votes the Lords concurred Supplys for the Northern Forces Orders touching Compositions of Delinquents Upon suspition of a Plot to surprize York Major General Pointz drew in his Forces into the City General Leven and Sir James Lumsden Governor of New-castle published a Proclamation that all who had born Arms against either Kingdom should depart the Town and all quarters of the Scots Army within twenty four hours 9. The Fast day After Sermons the House Pass'd the Ordinance for the better observation of the Lords day 10. Debate touching Compositions Petition of Col. Whaley that the Earl of Newcastle unjustly possessed an Estate of three hundred pound per An. of the Colonel's Father and prayed that he might have that Estate upon Sale in lieu of so much of his Arrears which being proved the House ordered accordingly Order that Delinquents Tenants for Life might compound for one years value Letters of the French Ambassador stopped ordered to be re-delivered to him For Col. Purefoy to have fifteen hundred pound of his Arrears and for Sir Walter Earle to have seven hundred and fifty pound Order for new Elections The City Petition formerly mentioned was presented to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Council the Petitioners had thanks were desired to return home in Peace and the Petition referred to a Committee of the Aldermen and Common-Council 11. Upon debate in the Grand Committee a sub-Committee was appointed to bring in an Ordinance to take away all Coercive power of Committees and another to take away all Arbitrary Power from both or either of the Houses of Parliament or any of their Committees in any matter between Party and Party Upon Recommendation of Sir Thomas Fairfax the House voted Major General Skippon to be Governor of New-castle and Tinmouth and to keep still the Command of Bristol by a Deputy and to command in Chief the Convoy of the two hundred thousand pound Upon extraordinary confluence of Delinquents and Papists to London An Ordinance pass'd both Houses to put them out of London and twenty Miles distant for two Months Upon a Petition of reduced Officers an Ordinance was appointed to be brought in for sale of Delinquents and Papists Estates to pay the Petitioners in such manner as the sale is to be of Bishops Lands Debate about the Answer to the Queries touching jus Divinum and about Mr. Dells Sermon 14. Desires of the Scots Commissioners touching the Payment of the last two hundred thousand pound debated but not granted Letters from Newcastle informed of the continuance of Delinquents in great numbers thereabouts of a Dunkirk ship come to Tinmouth and a Book there Printed in answer to the Assembly of Divines and for Episcopacy That some of the Malignants there were apprehended by the Major That two thousand men were to be shipped from Holland French and English for England under the Duke of Lorraine to be General and Prince Rupert to be Lieutenant General to assist the King That this is procured by the French Ambassador now with his Majesty and that he hindred the surrender of Dublin to the Parliaments Commissioners 15. Sir David Watkins reported upon the Exchange that Sir Jo. Evelyn a Member of the house said that since the Citizens of London intended to come to the Parliament with their Petition in a tumultuous and unlawful manner that he thought fit Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army should be sent for to quell those Mechanick Spirits This testified by Mr. Pennoyer and thereupon Sir David Watkins was sent for to answer this Scandal Referred to the Committee of the North to name six Knights and six Esquires for the House to choose of them three Knights and three Esquires to be Hostages for payment of the Money to the Scots and care taken for sending down the Money Vote for Mr. Bence to be a Commissioner of the Navy Ordinance
bayling of Sergeant Glanvile Order of the Lords against Counterfeiting and Clipping the Kings Coin 16. Ordinance Read for making Mr. Bradshaw Chief Justice of Chester Votes for Captains of Ships for the next Summers Guard for Packet Boats for Ireland and Convoys for Merchants Ships Votes That the Houses intend to carry on the War for Ireland with the Forces of England and the Scots Forces there to be called away paying what is due to them and the Scots Commissioners here and the Parliament of Scotland to be acquainted herewith Order to treat with the General and his Field Officers how the Forces designed out of that Army may be disposed of for Ireland and sixty thousand pounds Voted for Pay per Mens of the Forces there and in England 17. A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of London Professing their Zeal to the Parliament and to the Covenant and their apprehensions of the advance of the Army not yet Disbanded nearer to the City and of a dangerous Petition now on Foot in the City the Copy whereof they annexed pray that the Army may be removed and Disbanded and the dangerous Petition suppressed and that they may yearly chuse their Militia The House answered them That most of the particulars in their Petition were under consideration and that the House would do what may be most for the ease safety and satisfaction fo the City and Kingdom that the annexed Petition was referred to a Committee and they had thanks for their sincere Affection Divers Governours of Garrisons Voted Fifty pounds a day allowed for the Kings Expences Collonel Jones Ordered by the Committee for Ireland to take Possession of Dublin with two thousand men 18. The Commons again Voted Sir John Brampston Sir Thomas Bedingfield and Mr. Chute to be Commissioners of the Seal The Lords Voted Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Warburton Mr. Keble and Mr. Littleton Mr. Powell and Mr. Clerke Mr. Lewis and Mr. Elkenhead to be Judges in Wales The House passed several Compositions of Delinquents 19. Report of the Counter-Petition in London and That the Committee had imprisoned one Tewleday an active man for that Petition Many excused him as being as lawful for those of one Judgment as of another to Petition the Parliament but it was carried in the House to approve of his Commitment and Mr. Tewleday was sent for in safe custody Order of both Houses to remove the Kings Children into the Country Orders for new Elections Some disturbance was in the Army about going into Ireland and for Petitioning the Parliament and Offence taken at the Essex Petition which reflected upon them but all was appeased and they promised not to Petition before they had acquainted their General therewith 20. The Ordinance Read for the Assessement of sixty thousand pounds per Mens for the Forces Order for the House to adjourn every Friday till Tuesday after Divers Citizens came to the House to avow the Petition complained of by the City Petition The Commissioners of the Great Seal continued for twenty days longer 22. The Ordinance for sixty thousand pounds per mens referred to a Grand Committee and the same proportions as formerly observed A Petition from the reduced Officers answered with a reproof for their giving directions to the Parliament Upon information of a great Riot in Moorfields and assaulting and Plundering the House of Mr. Hobbard a Justice because he Committed one for Tipling on the Lords day in Sermon time Both Houses past an Order for putting in due Execution the Laws for prevention of Riots and Tumults and for better observation of the Lords day and Fast days The Commons Voted that Mr. Hobbart should have reparation Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Field-Officers met with the Parliaments Commissioners at Saffron Walden about sending Eight thousand Foot and Four thousand Horse into Ireland the Officers as to a personal Engagement to go thither could then make no answer but agreed whether they go in person or not yet they shall endeavour to advance the Service among those under their respective Commands They desired satisfaction in Four Particulars 1. Vnder whose Command in chief they were to go 2. What particular Regiments Troops or Companies were to be continued in England 3. What assurance for Pay and subsistence for those that go to Ireland 4. Satisfaction in point of Arrears and Indemnity for past services A Petition was presented to these Officers from the Army to be by them presented to the General and by him if he thought fit to the Parliament upon these Heads 1. For indemnity for actions as Souldiers 2. For satisfaction of Arrears 3. That neither Horse nor Foot may be Pressed to serve 4. For relief of Widows and Maimed Souldiers 5. For Pay till disbanded 23. Mr. Bolton admitted one of the Assembly Mr. Cooke's Sequestration taken off The Ordinance recommitted for regulating the University of Oxford and the Ministers sent down thither to Preach Ordered to continue there and two hundred pounds allowed to them Order for Collonel Jones going for Dublin to have power of Martial Law A Pass for the Dutch Ambassadour to go to the King Debate upon the Ordinance of the Fleet and for Lambeth Library Votes touching Sequestrations The Parliaments Commissioners agreed with the Marquess of Ormond for the surrender of Dublin and other Forts in Ireland and returned to England with Hostages from the Marquess The Parliament of Scotland answered the English Commissioners That they could not render Belfast in Ireland whilst they had an Army there but upon Paying off their Arrears they will render Belfast and all they have in Possession The Jewel was presented to General Leven from the Parliament of England to whom the General wrote a Letter of thanks The Plague broke out in Edingburgh 24. Votes for Governours of Garrisons Anno 1647 Order of both Houses to free the States Ambassadors from Custom and Excise for things for his own use Orders that no private business be debated for ten days and for re-payment of Money to the Customers and for thanks to their Commissioners in Scotland The Lords gave Reasons to the Commons against the Armys quartering in the Association or near London 25. Votes for Governors of Garrisons Order for the Lord Herbert to have possession of his own Castle A Committee of both Houses to receive some intelligence which the Prince Elector desired to communicate to the Parliament of great concernment to the Protestant Religion Order that the Master and Wardens of the Stationers endeavour to find out the Authors and Printers of a Book called a warning piece c. to suppress it and to seize the Books 26. Order to bayl Mr. Tulida and his business referred to a Committee Votes for Governors of Garrisons Order for Money for Col. Birch who agreed to transport a thousand Foot and two Troops of Horse into Ireland A long report of what is paid and what in Arrears to the Army
Order about Soldiers Widows and Officers 27. A report from the Commissioners who treated with the General and his Officers about part of the Army going into Ireland and the result of the Officers and about the Petition intended from the Army Order to desire the General to use means to stop the progress of the Petition and thanks were given to the Commissioners and the House declared the good esteem they had of the Army 29. The Lords desired the concurrence of the Commons to an answer to the last Message from the King That they cannot consent to his desire in sending any of his Chaplains named in his Letter because they are disaffected to the present Government of the Church and have not taken the Covenant but for others of his Chaplains who have taken the Covenant if his Majesty please they will send them to him They desired the Commons concurrence also to the Ordinances for putting down Countrey Committees for prohibiting the killing of some flesh meats for eight weeks and for power to the Northern Committee Letters to Col. Harley and Col. Rossiter Members of the House from some of their Soldiers informed that the Petition of the Army was carried on and was subscribed by many and those who refused it threatned to be cashiered and that the subscriptions were to be sent to Lieutenant General Hammond Col. Hammond Col. Ireton Col. Rich. Order that a Letter be written from the Speaker to the General to hinder the progress of this Petition and a Declaration to require a desisting in it By this we may take notice how soon the Officers and Soldiers of an Army though never so successful and well disciplined will through want of Action fall into disorder and designs of trouble The Parliament took great care to prevent this and others were as busie to foment it Hammond Ireton Skippon and others were ordered to reside in the Army and some of their Quarters to be removed Car. 23 Vote that three Regiments of Horse under M. G. Pointz C. Bethel and C. Copley be continued and all the Foot of the Northern Association except those in Garrisons to be disbanded and all the Foot in England and Wales except those in Garrisons or such as are to be sent for Ireland shall be disbanded At a second meeting of the Officers of the Army at Saffron Walden by the desire of Sir William Waller and the rest of the Parliaments Commissioners this question was propounded to every Officer distinctly Whether upon the Votes and Resolutions of the House of Commons now read do you find cause to alter or recede from the third quaere concerning assurance of pay and subsistence It was resolved in the Negative by all except Col. Harley Col. Fortescue and Capt. Young The same question being proposed concerning the fourth Article To have satisfaction in payment of Arrears and Indemnity Resolved in the Negative by all except Captain Young The like question being proposed concerning the first quaere To know what particular Regiments Troops or Companies of this Army are to be continued in this Kingdom it pass'd likewise in the Negative All referring to the Votes yesterday Several other Officers that came in to the meeting agreed with the other Captain Young receded from what he concurred in yesterday and resolved upon the main question That he will engage with as many of his Soldiers as he can get and several other Officers did the like 30. Divers Compositions passed Letters from St. Malloe in France advising that a Pyrate about Jersey had made Prize of a vessel of the Parliaments going for Ireland with Cloath and Apparel for six thousand Soldiers Order for a Letter to the Parliaments Agent in France to desire the King to seize the Pyrate and restore the Ship The Lords desired the concurrence of the Commons to some desires of the Dutch Ambassador and for a Pass for him to go to the King and to an Ordinance for setling the Militia of London A Committee named to treat with the City of London about the loan of two hundred thousand pound upon the Assessment of sixty thousand pound per mensem that they might provide Money for sending the Forces into Ireland and to pay off those that were to be disbanded and to pay the Army here Both Houses passed a Declaration against the Petion in the Army as set on foot by some evil Spirits purposely to raise a Distemper and mutiny in the Army Pardons what is past and forbids further proceeding by any of them in that Petition The Parliament of Scotland named their Commissioners to joyn with the Commissioners of the Parliament of England to perswade the King to pass the Propositions for Peace Harleigh Castle the last in Wales surrendred to Col. Mitton whose Soldiers put a Guard upon Col. Jones for their pay 31. Very long Prayers and Sermons this Monthly Fast day as usual April 1647. April 1. Orders for the Letter to the Agent in France and for Ships to keep in Pyrates Voted That the Civil Government in Ireland shall be distinct from the Military and be by two Lords Justices as formerly That the Military Government shall be by a Commander in Chief and be to be directed by Commissioners on the Place Sir William Waller was named to be Commander in chief there but it came not to the Vote Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax informed that he had Communicated the Letter and Votes of the House to the Officers of his Army touching the Petition on Foot among them That they expressed a deep sence of their unhappiness in being misunderstood in their clear intention which were no other than by way of Petition to represent to him those inconveniencies which would necessarily befall most of the Army after disbanding desiring that as much as he should think fit might submissively be made known to the House of Commons and assuring him that they would wholly acquiesce in whatsoever he should think fit to offer and the House to grant That he had sent up Hammond Lilburne and some other Officers to give the House a full account of this business and that he doubts not of the Armys Obedience Hammond Pride and the other Officers sent up by the General were called into the House and Pride was charged to have read the Petition at the head of a Regiment where was threats to those that should not subscribe it which Pride denyed and they were all required to return to their charges and to suppress the Petition 2. Debate of the Ordinance for the Militia of London Vote That the Commander in Chief of the Forces in Ireland should be stiled Field-Martial and his pay be six pound a day and Major General Skippon to be Field Martial there and that Golonel Massey should be Lieutenant General of the Horse under him A Committee of both Houses named to go into the City for borrowing two hundred thousand pound for the service of England and Ireland 3. The House
suppose that as the Gentlemen themselves will forbear to offer the contrary so they expect the Wisdom and Justice of the House will not admit of any thing to the contrary to interrupt the proceedings upon the general affairs The House passed these Votes That no Officer or Souldier of the Army shall leave the Army without Licence or Discharge from the General That they do own this Army as their Army and will make provision for their maintenance and for their Pay equally with those that have deserted the Army Referred to the Committee of the Army to make provision accordingly Referred to the Commissioners in the Army to be earnest with the General That no obstruction or discouragement be given by the Souldiers to the levying of the Excise and other Assessments An Ordinance Read for saving harmless all well affected persons from any Bonds c. extorted from them by the Enemy in the time of War Referred to the Commissioners of the Great Seal to bring in a List of Judges for the next Circuit 29. An Ordinance past both Houses for Collonel Butler to be Governour of the Isle of Scilley A Petition from the Eleven Members except the Recorder Glyn to come to a speedy Tryal he earnestly advised his Brethren against this Petition but they were wilful and he would not joyn in it A day set for the particular Charge of the Army to be brought in against the Eleven Members Order for the Accounts to be stated of Collonel Graves and Collonel Pyes Forces and that the Officers and Souldiers come off from the Army advance for Ireland or be Disbanded An Ordinance committed for Souldiers not Inhabitants to depart the City Both Houses granted a Pass to the Dutch Ambassador to go to the King and so to return home 30 The Fast-day after Sermon A Committee appointed about reedifying the Church of Torrington Another to consider of able persons for accommodation in Religion Order for the Magistrates of the City to be careful to execute the Ordinances for observation of the Lords-day and Fast-days and for inquiry what Malignant Ministers have been admitted into Benefices Letters from the Commissioners in the Army and from Sir Thomas Fairfax That the last Votes of the House had met with such complyance in his Councel of War that in confidence of this further progress about the desires of the Army and in submission to the Votes of Parliament the Army had removed their Quarters further from London and were to be this night at Wicombe The Commissioners in the Army were desired by the Councel of War to procure from the Parliament a full answer to the last Propositions of the Army before which they cannot conclude any thing upon the Treaty Mr. Patrick Young formerly His Majesties Library-keeper at St. James's and a great Scholar with the assistance of Selden and Whitlock undertook the Printing of the Septuagint Translation of the Bible whereof he had in his custody a famous antient Copy if not an Original Manuscript July 1647. July 1. Orders about Pay for the Army That the King shall reside no nearer London than the Quarters of the Army will be born That the Committee do meet about accommodation in Religion Information of one Cousens an Alderman of Newcastle Negotiating to bring the Scots again into England The Lords were desired to expedite the Propositions to be sent to the King It was reported That part of the Charge against the Eleven Members particularly against Mr. Hollis would be the business of the Lord Savile's Information against him and Whitelock two years since 2. A Petition from the Common-Councel 1. That Command be given that no Officer or Souldier come within the Lines of Communication upon pretence to share monies for their Arrears 2. That such as are Paid may depart the City within two days 3. That all who have been in Arms against the Parliament may depart the City 4. That such as have come in from the Army may be otherwise disposed of 5. That all bring in concealed Goods 6. That the revenue be mannaged by Rules 7. That the Parliament would lay aside lesser businesses and prepare such Laws for the Kings concurrence as may settle the Government of the Church secure the people from Arbitrary Power and to restore his Majesty to his just Rights and Authority 8. That all Officers of State and Justice may be Persons of Honour of considerable Interest and known Integrity 9. That speedy care be had of Ireland 10. That Correspondence with Scotland according to the Covenant be maintained 11. That Elections may be examined and the House purged of such as are unduely Elected or have been against the Parliament 12. For a course to decide Admiralty Causes 13. That satisfaction being made by Delinquents an Act of Oblivion may be passed The Petitioners had thanks for their good affections and answer That most of the particulars were under consideration Some of the Members attended the less in the House when these matters were in agitation being unsatisfied that the Army and City should thus seem to impose upon the Parliament Reference to the Committee of Cheshire about Pay and lessening of the Garrison of Chester Orders about the affairs of Ireland That two thousand six hundred pounds be paid to the Lord of Ormond and for mony for Advance and Transport of Forces into Ireland and that three Commissioners be sent into Munster One of the Knights of Essex presented a Petition from part of that County and the Gentlemen that brought it had thanks for their good Affections and the House took notice of the delivery of it in a Parliamentary way Other Petitions from Norfolk and Suffolk Letters from the General and his Officers with a Declaration of the Army disclaiming a Pamphlet called Heads presented by the Army to the Kings Majesty and another called Articles agreed upon betwixt the King and the Army as false scandalous and injurious to them and which they detest and desire the Authors may be found out Letters from the Commissioners in the Army certified That the General had appointed Lieutenant General Cromwell Collonel Ireton Collonel Fleetwood Collonel Rainsborough Collonel Harrison Collonel Sir Har-Waller Collonel Rich Collonel Lambert Collonel Hammond and Major Rainsborough or any five of them to Treat with the Parliaments Commissioners upon the Papers sent from the Army to the Parliament and their Votes To the Vote touching the Eleven Members was answered That the Councel of War had a great willingness to answer the expectation of the House in all things so in this particular but the things being of great importance and the persons charged many it had taken more time than was expected they therefore desire respite for three or four days when they would bring in the particular Charge against the Eleven Members and the Kingdom shall see that they have not impeached the Gentlemen out of any private respects but their duty to the Publick The
intrusted therewith for one whole year when there was a full and free Parliament That they desire a happy and speedy Peace by the settlement of true Religion in this Kingdom and by re-establishing his Majesty in his just rights and authority by upholding all lawful priviledges of a free Parliament by maintaining the fundamental Laws of the Land by restoring and securing the Subject unto and in his just liberty and property and by freeing this long oppressed Kingdom from all taxes and inforced free quarter towards the maintenance of an Army which for a long time hath had no visible enemy to encounter Both Houses declared That the Ordinance that puts under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax all the Land Forces doth not give him any power over the Trained Bands Garrisons c. this order to be printed and published in London by sound of Trumpet and the Sheriffs to publish it in their several limits August 1647. August 2. Divers Officers of the Trained Bands in Southwarke intreated the Common Council That they might not go forth in an hostile manner under any Command but such as should be approved of by the generality of that Borough and that they might be left to defend themselves and stand on their own guard and a Petition was presented to the Common Council in the name of many thousands of well affected Citizens praying that some means may be used for a Composure c. At which time General Pointz with some other Officers of the new List attending for orders of the Militia came into Guild-Hall yard amongst the Petitioners and cruelly hacked and hewed many of them and some were mortally wounded and dyed afterwards and the Petitioners were forced to fly Some in the Common-Council declared the danger of a new War they sate till nine at night only agreeing to send a Letter to Sir Thomas Fairfax the next day The Army Quartered at Colnebrooke and the King at Stoke-Abby The Earls of Warwick Manchester c. sent to the General to acquaint him that they had quitted the Parliament for that there was no free sitting for them and they cast themselves into his Protection The Lord Say and divers other Lords and Members of the House of Commons came to the General to the Head Quarters desiring to be protected by him A Petition from the County of Devon to the General against Arbitrary Power and corrupt Officers and oppression of those who have served the Parliament and Malignants set up against undue Elections of Burgesses who are strong in Wine and weak in Wisdom They pray his Excellency to endeavour a settlement and prevent a new War and not to give over till the Nation be secured and they will engage with him herein 3. The Common-Council sent Commissioners and a Letter to the General to Colenbrook mentioning that they received no answer to their two last Letters but leave no means to prevent a new War desire him and his Council of War to hear their Commissioners A Declaration of the Army was given to those Commissioners of the grounds of their advance towards London and a Copy of the proposals of the Army A General rendezvous was at Hunsloe Heath of twenty thousand Horse and Foot and a great train of Artillery which the London Commissioners viewed and so returned to the City At this rendezvous were present the Earls of Northumberland Salisbury Kent the Lord Grey of Warke Lord Howard the Lord Wharton Lord Say and Lord Mulgrave and others about fourteen Lords the Speaker and about an hundred Members of the House of Commons The Army was drawn up in Battalia with reserves the General accompanied with the Lords and Commons and other Gentlemen rode along and took a view of the Army from Regiment to Regiment who received them with great acclamation of the Soldiers crying Lords and Commons and a free Parliament having gone to them all then they left the General The Prince Elector came and viewed the Army and the General received him with great respect Information to the General that Southwarke disliked the proceedings of London against the Army and desired assistance from the General who sent Col. Rainsborough's Brigade towards them the rest of the Army drew off and the Head Quarters were at Thistleworth General Massey sent out Scouts to Brainford but ten of the Army beat thirty of his and took a Colours from a Party of the City The City Militia and Common Council sate late and a great number of People attended at Guild-Hall When a Scout came in and brought news that the Army made a halt or other good intelligence They cry One and all But if the Scouts brought intelligence that the Army advanced nearer to them then they would cry as loud Treat Treat Treat and so spent most part of the night at last they agreed to send to the General an humble Letter beseeching him that there might be a way of composure The General made a Proclamation That no Soldier should go to London on pain of Death A Pass for Sir Robert Pye to go beyond Sea 4. Letters from Scotland informed That by order of the Clergy upon danger to Religion in England and Scotland a general Fast was kept to pray to God to enable them to be helpful to England That the Clergy out of their Pulpits moved the People to take up Arms. Letters from the City to the General That they received his Excellencies Declaration and observed one of the motives of his advancing near London was to bring home the Members of both Houses who retired because of the late tumults that they joyn with his Excellency therein and that all Ports shall be open for him and them to be conducted to both Houses of Parliament and will take the advice of Parliament what Forces of the City shall be continued and submit all matters to be determined by both Houses when they shall sit in safety That they have recalled their late Declaration and hope his Excellency will withold his Soldiers from doing any prejudice to the City About two a Clock in the morning Col. Rainsborough's Brigade marched into Southwarke without any opposition the Soldiers carrying themselves very civilly and finding the Gates shut and the Portcullis let down at the Bridge and a guard within they planted two pieces of Ordnance against the Gate and set a guard without and in a short time after the great Fort was yielded to them The Commissioners of the City returned from the Army to the Common-council with the Generals demands To have the Forts on the West side of London delivered up to him that security being given he would bring the Members of both Houses who were forced from the Parliament to Westminster to sit in a free House and of this answer was to be returned to the General by twelve a clock at night The Common-Council after a full debate sent a Letter to his Excellency That they had
were to be left to the Parliament and he thanked them for their respects to him Four thousand pounds seized upon as money to be sent to the King Addresses to Monk in his march from the Gentry of several Countries to the same effect with that in Northamptonshire He came to S. Albans and the High Sheriff of Hertford-shire met him he expressed all Duty and Obedience to this Parliament The L. Richardson Sir John Hobbert and Sir Horatio Townsend brought an address from Norfolk to the Parliament for the secluded Members to be re-admitted or a free Parliament Lawson and his Officers courted Monk 30. Upon Letters from Monk from S. Albans the House agreed to the quartering of his Forces as he propounded This Day the business appointed touching Fleet-wood Whitelocke Strickland and others was put off for a week longer Orders for money for the Forces of Monk 31. Officers approved and a Bill committed for approving the actions of G. Monk An Address to the Parliament from the Water-men protesting their fidelity and joy February 1659. 1. Dr. Clargies made Commissary G. of the Musters Letters from Monk to the Parliament and Monk made Keeper of S. Jame's Park Order for Sir Henry Vane to be taken into custody and sent to Raby Order for the Souldiers in and about London to march forth to make room for Monk's Souldiers Divers Addresses made to Monk and great resort to him Addresses to the City of London to the same effect as to Monk from some Counties 2. Several Commissions given by the Speaker to Officers of the Army Votes for money for the Army Votes touching the Admiralty 3. Commissions delivered to Officers of the Army and Letters to bring in the Assessments Referred to the Council of State to examin the business of the tumult Yesterday in London which was for a free Parliament 4. Commissions delivered to Officers of the Army and a Sheriff named Order that Commissioner G. Monk do attend the Parliament to receive their sense in relation to his signall and faithfull services and Scot and Robinson to accompany him Debate upon Qualifications of Members to sit in the next Parliament Letters of a Declaration of Kent for the secluded Members and a free Parliament but hearing that Monk had declared to submit to the settlements which this present Parliament should make they desisted Some of the Foot Souldiers who were to march out of Town to make room for Monk's Souldiers fell into a mutiny and kept Somerset-house as a Garrison but being assured of a months Pay and by the care of their Colonel Sir John Lenthall they were quieted and marched out Another tumult of Apprentices declaring for a free Parliament was suppressed by a party of Horse of the Army and many of the mutineers imprisoned Monck marched into London in all State with his Horse and Foot and came to White-hall where his quarters were provided for him The Speaker met him in the Strand and Monk alighted and the Speaker came out of his Coach and they embraced each other with extraordinary signs of kindness This Evening Monk was at the Council and visited by all the Members of Parliament against whom he was come and by the Grandees in Town Cockerams Regiment at Graves-end in a Mutiny Monk sent some Troops of Horse to reduce them 6. Divers of the King's party came from beyond Sea into England and talked very high and that they were sure that the King would be in England very shortly Orders for the Lent Circuits and about the Admiralty and for the profits of the Office of Custos Brevium to be for the Navy And so for the Profits of the Court of Admiralty and of probate of Wills and Orders about the Ingagement and the Government of Scotland and for money for the Army Commissions delivered to Officers Scot reported that Monk was come to attend the House and was in the Court of Wards The Serjeant at Armes was sent for him and brought him into the House accompanied with Scot and Robinson after his obeysance a Chair of Velvet being set for him on the Left Hand within the Bar the Speaker desired him to sit down but he desired to be excused and stood behind the Chair whilst the Speaker made a Speech to him magnifying his service and merits and giving him the hearty thanks of the House Monk answered him extolling the mercy of their restitution and acknowledging the goodness of God to him in making him instrumental therein which was but his duty and deserved not the Honour they had done him He told them of the many Addresses to him in his journey for a free and full Parliament and that this Parliament would determine their sitting That as to the secluded Members he answered them that this Parliament had already given their judgment in which all ought to acquiesce and that no Parliament had admitted new Members to sit without a previous Oath or engagement and he now saith it to the Parliament that the less Oaths and engagements are imposed the settlement will be the sooner attained and he hoped the Parliament would be carefull that neither the Cavalier nor Phanatick Party have yet a share in the Civil or Military Power Then he spake of Ireland and of Scotland who feared nothing more than to be over run with Phanatick Notions and he desired a settlement there and their favour to that Nation Part of his Speech troubled and amused some of his Masters of the Parliament and how himself pursued what he pretended will afterwards appear 7. Orders for a great Seal for Scotland and another for Ireland Commissions delivered by the Speaker An Additional Act of Sequestrations passed And an Order to take into consideration on Triday next the Cases of the Members of Parliament against whom matters have been obiected 8. Lists of Officers approved Debate of Qualifications of future Members of Parliament Letters of a great tumult in Bristoll for a free Parliament but quieted by promising an Address to the Parliament for it The Mutineers of Colonel Cockram's Regiment at Gravesend reduced and some of them taken The Dutch Ambassadour had audience at the Council of State 9. The Council of State finding the City of London generally inclined to the bringing in of the King or to have forthwith a free Parliament for that end and suspecting that they might disown the Parliaments Authority and set up for themselves and that the Presbyterians there and in the Countries joyned with the Cavaliers herein the Council made some Resolutions which they reported to the Parliament and were approved by them and Votes passed That the Commissioners for government of the Army do appoint Forces to be in London for preserving the Peace thereof and of the Commonwealth and for reducing of the City to the Obedience of Parliament And that the Commissioners take care that the Posts and Chains in London be
28. Divers Souldiers and Agitators apprehended in several places May 1660. 1. Sir John Greenvile of the Bed-Chamber to the King brought from Breda his Majesties Letter and Declaration to the House of Lords His message and declaration to the House of Commons His Letter and Declaration to Monk to be communicated to his Officers And His Majesties Letter and Declaration to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council of London By the Declaration The King grants a free generall pardon to all that shall lay hold of it within forty daies except such as the Parliament shall except and a liberty to tender Consciences and that none be questioned for difference of Opinion in matters of Religion which do not disturb the Peace of the Kingdom That differences and all things relating to grants sales and purchases shall be determined in Parliament and he will consent to Acts for that purpose and for satisfaction of the Arrears to Monk ' s Officers and Souldiers and they to be received into His Majesties Service and Pay These things being read in the House of Commons Mr. Luke Robinson formerly a most fierce man did now first magnifie his grace and goodness The Lords House gave thanks to Sir John Greenvile and declared That according to the ancient and fundamentall Laws of this Kingdom the Government is and ought to be by King Lords and Commons And the Lords desired that some way may be considered how to make up the Breaches and to obtain the King's return again to his people They voted a Committee to joyn with a Committee of the House of Commons to consider of an answer to His Majesties Gracious Letter and Declaration and to prepare something in order to this business The King's Letter and Declaration to the House of Commons was read and his Letter to Monk and they named a Committee to prepare an answer to the King's Letter expressing the joyfull sense of the House of His Gracious offers and their humble thanks for them with profession of their Loyalty and Duty to his Majesty and that they will give a speedy answer to His Gracious Proposals The House resolved to present 50000 l. to the King and the Committee ordered to go to the City to advance it upon security and interest and to treat about raising a further summ for the Army Order for Monk to communicate his Letter from the King to the Officers and Souldiers and to return an answer to the King which Monk did accordingly and it was received with great joy Order to enter the King's Letter in the Journall Book The Commons agreed with the Lords Vote of Government by King Lords and Commons and appointed a Committee to search the Journals what Acts or Orders there had been made inconsistent herewith An Assessment agreed of 70000 l. per mensem for three months Bonfires and ringing of Bells and great Guns fired in joy of these resolves 2. An Address to Monk from the Officers of the Army rejoycing in his Majesties offers of Indemnity of Liberty of Conscience satisfaction of Arrears and confirmation of purchases read in Parliament Dr. Clerges a Member of the House had leave to go to the King from Monk Sir John Greenvile that brought the King's Letter had the thanks of the House and 500 l. ordered for him to buy him a jewell The City had leave to send an answer to the King's Letter to them Letters that Lambert's party were all discharged and dispersed The City agreed to lend 50000 l. to the House of Commons 3. Orders touching returns of Elections The Lords agreed upon some of their Members six to be sent to the King and the Common Council of London did the like and gave 300 l. to the L. Mordant and Sir John Greenvile who brought the Letters from the King to buy each of them a Ring 4. The Commons agreed to an Order of the Lords for favour to the D. of Bucks for restoring his Estate The House gave leave to the Members of the Common Council named by them to go to the King and resolved to send twelve of their own Members to His Majesty Dr. Clerges with others went to the King with Monk's answer to the King's Letters to him and the Address of the Army 5. Orders touching returning of Elections An Opinion being discoursed abroad That the Long Parliament could not be dissolved but by themselves and the King 's and Lords consent which was not had for their dissolving and another Opinion being given out That if the Long Parliament were dissolved then the Trienniall Parliament was to take place and no other by that Act of Parliament The Commons thereupon passed a Bill for removing of disputes touching the sitting of this Parliament And they passed a Declaration for adjourning part of next Easter Term to which the Lords concurred and the Commons agreed that the E. of Manchester be one of the L. L. Commissioners for the Great Seal G. Mountague at Sea to whom the Letter to Monk was also directed from the King upon the receipt of it and of the Declaration he called together the Officers of the several Ships and communicated the Letter and Declaration to them who expressed great joy and satisfaction therein and desired Mountague to represent the same with their humble thanks to his Majesty Then Mountague fired the first Gun himself and all his Ships answered it round with loud Acclamations as their General had done crying God bless the King and the General gave two Pipes of Canary to his men 7. Order of the Common Council that at his Majesties return the new Park which Oliver had given them should be presented to the King and he assured that the City had only kept it as Stewards for his Majesty The Commons gave leave to General Mountague to return an answer to the King's Letter to him Resolved by both Houses that the King be proclaimed to morrow King of England Scotland France and Ireland and a Committee of both Houses to consider of the manner of it A Declaration against tumults and to continue Justices of Peace and other Officers in their places The King's Statue again set up in Guild-Hall and the States Armes taken down and the Kings Arms set up in their place Monk removed his Guards out of the City Collonel Salmon discharged upon security New Flags and Standards and Paintings ordered for the Ships 8. Resolved by the Commons That the King be desired to make a speedy return to his Parliament and to the exercise of his Kingly Office A Committee appointed to consider of the manner of his Majesties return and to prepare things necessary for his Reception The King was solemnly proclaimed at Westminster Hall-Gate the Lords and Commons standing bare by the Heralds whilst the Proclamation was made Then he was proclaimed in the several usual places in the City the Lord Mayor Recorder and Officers being present
Petition Another answer to the Petition of Right June 7th Dr. Lambe Votes against Bishop Neal and Laud and the Duke Remonstrance Message Remonstrance Parliament Prorogued to Octo. 20. The Duke stabbed by Felton Parliament Prorogued to Jan. 20. Merchants imprisoned for Tunnage and Poundage Felton Tunnage and Poundage Jan. 20. King's Speech Message Message for Tunnage and Poundage The Commons declaration The King's Answer Grievances Message Votes Protestation Message Members committed Parliament dissolved King's Speech Resolutions of Judges Habeas corpus Habeas corpus Habeas corpus Information in the-Star Chamber against the Members Habeas corpus The Judges perplext Members taken off Good behaviour Proceedings against Selden c. Information in the Star-chamber Information in the Kings Bench. Prohibitions Queen of Bohemia A Peace with France Prince Charls born May 29. King of Sweden Dr. Leighton stygmatized Peace with Spain King of Sweden Marquess Hambleton Papists in Ireland Earl of Essex Impropriations Huntley The High Commission Court Message to the Chief Justice The King 's express Command The Judges answer Walter dies His Opinion His Patent Lord Audley's Tryal Rea and Ramsey Appeal of Treason Judges Opinions Sir Nich. Hyde Questions to the Judges touching the Clergy Oxford Book of Sports Repair of Pauls Sir Paul Pindar The Princess Mary born Ambassador to Sweden Dr. Lamb. City of London fined Judge Whitelocke dies Abbot dies Laud made Archbishop of Canterbury Wentworth sent into Ireland King of Sweden slain Wallestein murthered Prynne's Histriomastix Prynne sent to the Tower The King's progress to Scotland October 13. the Duke of York born October 18. Masque of the Inns of Court Dr. Bastwick Bishops independent of the King Mare liberum Mare clausum Shipmoney Ambassador of Sweden slighted Noy dies Balmerino Treasurer Weston dies Sir Edw. Coke dies Spotswood A Fleet set out Lord Keeper's Speech The peace at Praguë Hollandâ—rs present Juxton made Treasurer Letters for Shipmony Laud's Visitation Northumberland Admiral Ferdinand the 2d Hampden refuses Ship-money Judges Opinion about Ship-money Croke alters his mind Arundel sent to the Emperor Burton Bastwick Pâ—yn Prince Elector defeated Sentence against Bishop of Lincoln Osbaldston Laud's Warrant Troubles in Scotland Proclamations Scot's Petition Hamilton Covenanters Answ The King's Declaration Covenanters Protest Hamilton's Proposals Declaration Covenanters protest Argile Covenanters prepare for War Calvin Whitgift's Articles Episcopacy restored The Queen mother in England Preparations for War with the Scots Arundel General Declaration The Covenanters Answer The King at York revokes several projects and Monopolies Articles of pacification The Covenanters perform not Assembly at Edenburgh Parliament Lords of the Articles The Parliament in Scotland prorogu'd Their Declaration Spanish Fleet beaten by the Dutch Prince Elector made Prisoner in France A Parliament appointed Subscriptions Coventry dies Commissioners from Scotland Loudon sent to the Tower Bagshaw's Reading A Parliament Glanvil Speaker Message from the King Sir H. Vane censured The Parliament dissolv'd Laud blam'd Convocation continues sitting Anno 1640. Tumult of Prentices Oath imposed by the Convocation Their Canons Knighthood Money Londoners discontented A Royal Army Duke of Glocester born Scots declared Rebels Conway Lesley The English worsted Wilmot Conway accused The Scots Petition The Kings Answer Demands of the Scots The Lords Petition The Kings Answer Petition of the Citizens of London The Council at York The Scotish War variously discoursed of Message to the Scots Complaint against Strafford Treaty at Rippon The Scots demands The Treaty variously censured Montross 3. Novem. a day ominous Strafford Perswaded to go to the Parliament Speech to the Parliament Petitions Pym of Grievances Lord Digby Proclamations against Papists Earl of Warwick Impeachment against Strafford Habeas Corpus Judges Crook and Whitelocke cleared Prynne and Burton Windebank Votes Committee against Strafford Alderman Pennington Votes Laud Impeacht Lord Keeper Finch His Speech Articles against Finch Petitions King's Speech Demands of the Scots yielded to Judge Berkley Triennial Parliament The Kings Speech Votes Foreign Affairs Strafford Disputes touching the tryal Undertakers Tryal of Strafford Sir Henry Vane Councel for Strafford Bill of Attainder Commons Petition The King's Answer Tumult Practices upon the Army Protestation Bill for continuing the Parliament Strafford voted guilty Letter from Strafford to the King Censures Balfour Great Officers resign their Places Discontents in the Army Officers Petition Church-Government Armagh Tonnage and Poundage granted High Commission Court Star-chamber Queen Mother dies Dr. Wren Ship-money Judges Essex Armies disbanded Parliament adjourn'd Irish Rebellion Earl of Leicester Irish Maxims Motives Owen O'Conelly Mac Mahon O Neale Votes The King's return from Scotland Speech in Parliament Proclamation Speech Parliament Petition Grievances of the Court Marshal Hyde Remonstrance Protestation Palmer Tumults Irish Oath Irish Cruelties Vote Articles against the five Members The King in the House of Commons The 〈◊〉 Speech The Spâ—â—ker The Action diversly censured Declaration Vote Tumults Bishops Protest Bishops accused of high Treason London Petition The King's Answer Petition Tumults The King removes to Hampton Court Five Members return to the House Lord Digby Lunsford Message Petition Answer Petitions Answer Bill for disabling Bishops Essex Holland Letters intercepted The Queen to Holland Pym. Militia Message Petition Skippon Petition Militia Answer Bill for Ireland Militia Petition Vote Declaration Militia Answer Vote Message Anno. 1642. Lords Report Answer Address at York Message Hull Reasons Answer Hotham Hull Messages Vote Militia Gardiner Different Opinions Declaration Scots interpose Vote Order Nineteen Propositions Commission of Array Lord Keeper Littleton Protestation at York Declaration Message Earl of Warwick Lord Willoughby Votes for an Army Petition Money rais'd Several proclaim'd Traytors Declaration Standard at Nottingham Message Answer Reply Vote Colours Hull Directions to the General Declaration Oxford King's Speech Vote Yorkshire Cornwal Edghill Fight The King at Oxford Essex An Address for Peace Petition Skippon his Speeches Turnham-green The King's Forces retreat Vote Message Petition Letters intercepted Petition Answer City Sir Hugh Cholmley Propositions for Peace Safe Conduct Treaty at Oxford Propositions The King's Propositions Massey Scots come in Lesley Ireland Richlieu dies Lewys the XIII dies Commissioners at Oxford Message Treaty breaks off Lord Brook E. Northampton Covenant Pym dies Waller Hampden Germany Swedes Henrietta Maria. Great Seal Sir W. Waller defeated Hotham Bristol taken by P. Rupert Great Seal H. Martyn Selden Earl of Kingston Cromwell Gloucester Massey Members disabled Gen. Essex Covenant Col. Potley Gloucester relieved Judge Berkley sentenced Newbery fight Lord Falkland Covenant General Essex Sir Philip Stapleton Pasquils Laud. Ormond Poole Dr. Featly Sir Nic. Crispe French Embassadour Manchester Ministers French Embassador Proclamations Commissioners for Scotland Great Seal Laud his Tryal Earl of Holland Col. Rigby Covenant Answer to Fr. Embassadour C. Mostyn Great Seal Fr. Embassadour Scotland Waller Great Seal Irish Proposals Indictment of H. Treason G. Essex Gr. Seal D. Hamilton C. Hutchinson Scots Army Parliament at Oxford Proclamations Plot. Letter intercepted Goring
Master of the Rolls Carmarthen and Monmouth-shire reduced Rolles and Phesant made Judges and Atkins a Baron A Pass for Sir William Vavasor Sir William Byron routed Gerrard Bellasis disagree Prince Rupert Prince Maurice c. leave the King Passes ordered for Prince Rupert c. Digby and Langdale routed Vaughan routed by Mitton The King to Oxford Letters from Pr. Charles to Sir Tho. Fairsax Answer of Fairesax His Answer to Goring Presbyterians Petition Answer to their Petition Vote of the Oxford Parliament Petition to the Lords Ambassador from Russia Si. T. Fairfax voted to be made a Baron The like for Cromwel Essex c. to be made Dukes Roberts c. to be made Earls Hollis a Vicount Waller and others to be made Barons Letters Intercepted Leven before Newarke Lathom House surrendred Thanks to the City of London A Letter from the King Answer to the Kings Letters Letters taken and ordered to be Printed Remonstrance by Dissenters Ordinances Letters Another Letter from the King The House Censured Perplext by the Scots Vote upon the Propositions for Peace The taking of Hereford Commissioners to reside in the Scots Army Newarke Order for Baron Tomlins Letters for Peace Debate about the Kings Letter Martial Law Day of Humiliation Votes about Ireland Vote for Hinry Martin Lieutenant Barrow Clamors against the Parliament L. G. Points Letters from Ireland The Parliament against a Treaty A Petition for Church Government Montross routed A Petition Answer A Letter from the King Offers to the Irish Answer to the Parliaments Letters Letters to the Speaker Lisle to be Governor of Ireland Day of Thanksgiving Dartmouth Stormed A Letter from the King Bills to be sent to the King Order against Blasphemy Letter from the King Order that no new Motion after twelve a Clock The Kings Letters voted unsatisfactory Letters taken Chester surrendred to the Parliament Hoptos routed 〈◊〉 Torrington particulars of the Success Against the Court of Wards Parliament of Scotland Church Affairs Letters from the King Victory at Cardiffe Mr. H. Peters Proclamation Corfe Castle-Stratagem Sr. T. Fairfax Abbington Breach of Priviledge Petition Sir T. F's Offers to L. Hopton L. Hoptâ—â—â— answer to Sir T. F. Assembly of Divine Heralds Office Articles between F. and Hopt Letter to the Prince Militia Lord Hopt Sir J. Ashley defeated A Letter from the King Answer to the Kings Letter The City cajol'd Both Houses invited to Dinner Paul Best 's Blasphemy Answer to the Kings Letter Worcester Vote of the Commons Paul Be. Exeter Newarke Scots dissent Exeter surrendred Voro Scots Papers Declaration Power of Parliaments Orders Differences Debate of the Scots Papers Answer from the Prince Church-Government The King leaves Oxford Dr. Williams Declaration The King in the Scots Army Vote Letters intercepted Letters from the Scots Votes particulars of the surrender of Newâ—arke Sir Thomas Fairfax Summons to Oxford Ministers for Ireland Reasons of the Commons A Letter to the prince Scots papers General Levens proclamation Vote against the Scots A Letter from the King Another Letter A Letter to the City Remonstrance from the City Answer of the Lords Of the Commons Committee of Heresies Discontents Aversion to peace Counter petition from the City Declaration against the Scots Letters from the King Votes Russia Ambassador Scots defeated by Irish Rebels Letters from the King From the Scots A Letter to the prince The Kings passage from Oxford to the Scots Oppressions of Committees March forth Foreign Kingdoms Carts Reproach Arms. Sued Sick Prize Strangers Remains Sequestration Oaths Said or done Excepted persons Excepted persons University City Corporation City Plunder Ladyes Kings Servants Clergy-men Injoy Goods Free from Oaths And broken Duke of Richmond Farringdon Certificate Messengers to the King Papers from the Scots Letter from the King Oxford Surrendred Farringdon surrendred Select Council French Ambassador Bish Williams The Seals Lilburne Pointz London's Petition Scots Papers Petition The Kings Answer Commissioners for Peace Vote against the Scots Scots Ministers Duke of York Propositions for Peace Letters from the Queen Master of the Ceremonies The Kings Answer The French Ambassador Message Answer Worcester surrendred Duke of York Mutiny at St. Albans Worcester Duke of York Walling-ford Castle surrendred Rutland Castle Worcester Propositions Col. Birch Letters from New-castle Vote The Kings refusal to sign the Propositions Seals broken Report concerning the propositions Scots Papers Vote for the Scots Marquess of Worcest Peace with the Irish Sir John Stowel Scots Arrears Articles of the Peace in Ireland Scots Petition Surrender of Ragland and Pendennis Castle Vote Petition of Sheriffs The Kings Children Hinderson Pendennis Castle Scots demands Vote Scots Vote for Scots Remonstrance of the Kirk The Kings Answer Scots press the King Essex died Ireland Scots Ministers Sr. Sackvil Crow Vote The Kings Answer to the Scots The Propositions to Ordinances Petition for Lilburn About disposing of the Kings person Scots Letters Great Seal Pamphlet Commissions altered Confession of Faith Great 〈◊〉 Ordinances Petition Ormonds propositions Great Seal Disposal of the Kings Person Great Seal Kings at Arms. Great Seal Priviledge Scots Commissioners Great 〈◊〉 Col. Monk Both Houses visit General Fairfax Mutiny at York Duke of York Petition from Kent About 〈…〉 Person Tombs defaced Scots Papers Ormond The Lords concurrence declined Assembly Divisions Assembly jus Divinum Agreement with the Scots Vote Petition The City Petition Scot's Ministers Hostages Petitions Commissioners for Scotland Durbams Petition Duke of York Proposals of the Irish Duke of York A Letter from the King Votes Assembly of the Kirk their Answer to Queries Votes of the Parliament in Scotland City Petition Commissioners to receive the Kings Person Great Seal Articles against a Preaching Trooper Votes for sufferers 3. Cor. Power to Imprison Letters from the King From Leven Great Seal The Kings Queries Declaration of Scotland The Scots desires agreed to Complaint against the Soldiers Confession of Faith Petition A Letter from the King Ormond French Ambassador Petition of Apprentices Sir Thomas Fairfax Supplies for Ireland Votes A Letter from the King Sir Thomas Fairfax at Cambridg Counter-Petition London Petition Answer Counter-Petition Disturbance in the Army Petition Irish service Quaeries of the Army Petition of the Army Prince Elector Answer to the Kings Message Quaere to the Officers Declaration Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax Complaint of the Army Col. 〈◊〉 Holmeby Bosvile L. L'Isle Army Holmeby Army Army their Vindication Militia Assembly of Divines Skippon Army Distempers in the Army A Letter from the King Confession of Faith London Petition Votes Votes for the Army City Petition burnt Letter intercepted Disbanding Petition of the Army Disbanding The City Petition Declaration against the Army razed out of the Journal The 〈◊〉 carried from Holmeby by the Army Army Petition London Petition Souldiers Votes Army The King Committee of Safety Petitions against Disbanding Shops shut Demands of the Army Charges against the eleven Members Declaration of the Army Desires of the Army Ireton Petition Petition All Addresses
next day he was accused before the Lords but he got up earlier gave them the slip and escaped into Holland The House of Commons upon debate of the Inconveniences by the intermission of Parliaments they appointed a Committee to bring in a Bill for a Triennial Parliament This Committee met often and was much frequented by all the Grandees of the House then in most repute after diverse and great debates and consultations they agreed upon the frame of a Bill as the same is extant The King taking notice thereof and of the many Petitions from several Counties subscribed with multitudes of hands and presented by great numbers of people and all the Petitions mentioning the late exorbitances and concluding for frequent Parliaments and against the Hierarchy of the Bishops The King being informed thereof and mistrusting the Inclination of the Parliament speaks to both Houses Of their slow Proceedings and the Inconveniences thereby in maintaining two Armies in the Kingdom at excessive charges and of the weakness of his Navy and Forts He takes notice of the strange Petitions from Counties against the established Government of the Church tells them He makes a difference between Reformation and Alteration of Government that he is for the first but not for the latter He will not say but that the Bishops may have over-stretched their power and incroached upon the Temporal If they will reform the Abuse he is with them he will consent to take away some temporal authority if they have any inconvenient to the State and not necessary to the support of Episcopacy But he cannot consent to the taking away their Voice in Parliament which they have so anciently enjoyed even before the Conquest and since and which he conceives he is bound to maintain as one of the fundamental Institutions of this Kingdom He wishes them to eschew another Rock upon the Bill for frequent Parliaments which he likes well but to give power to Sheriffs Constables and he knows not whom to doe his Office that he cannot yield unto The King had reprieved one Goodman a Priest who was condemned at the Old Baily the Commons desire the Lords concurrence and both Houses Remonstrate to the King the danger thereof in these times and the increase of Popery and boldness of Papists in resorting to Mass in London the King leaveth him to the Parliament The Treaty with the Scots Commissioners proceeded at London and their Demands were in effect all yeilded unto Upon their Seventh Demand from the Justice and kindness of the Kingdom of Reparation for their Losses and Charges a long Debate was in the House of Commons about framing the Words of the Question and the stating of it The Question stated was to give them Three hundred thousand pounds as a brotherly assistance towards their charges and losses The House commanded Mr. Speaker to write to the City of London to advance Sixty thousand pounds upon Security out of the next Subsidies which was done accordingly and several other Sums were advanced by them upon Security of the House for supply of the King's Army and providing for the Northern Counties The Dutch Ambassadour here made an Overture of a Marriage between William the young Prince of Orange and the King 's eldest Daughter the Princess Mary to which the King was well inclined but as his Condition then stood he thought fit to acquaint the Parliament with it which he did in a Speech to the House of Lords and That he thought the Alliance with the Prince and the Vnited Provinces would be of much Advantage to this Kingdom and shewed his Reasons for it The Proposition was generally affected and imbraced by all the People and without fears or jealousies upon our Liberties or Religion and was soon concluded The House of Commons sent up a Message to the Lords to acquaint them that the Commons were informed of a great Design of the Papists an Army of Fifteen thousand in Lancashire and Eight thousand in Ireland well Armed and in Pay raised by the Earls of Strafford and of Worcester this gave occasion for many other Petitions but nothing was made out of the Rumour thereof February 13 1640. Sir Robert Berkley one of the Judges of the King's Bench who gave his Opinion for Ship-money was Impeached by the Commons of High Treason in the Lords House and by their Command Maxwell the Usher of the Black Rod came to the King's Bench when the Judges were sitting took Judge Berkley from off the Bench and carried him away to Prison which struck a great terrour in the rest of his Brethren then sitting in Westminster-hall and in all his Profession This Judge was a very learned man in our Laws and a good Orator and Judge moderate in his ways except his desires of the Court-favour He redeemed himself afterwards by supplying the Parliaments Occasions with Ten thousand pounds and ended his days in a private Retirement Yet not without considerable gains by his Chamber-practice and left a plentiful Fortune to his Family The Committee for the Bill of the triennial Parliament had taken a great deal of pains in the framing of it and it being past both Houses the King was not without some Difficulty as it was reported perswaded to give the Royal Assent to it which he did in his Speech to both Houses setting sorth His Confidence thereby in them and in their future Proceedings and the favour he now did to his Subjects The King then also passed the Bill of Subsidies and both Houses by the Lord Keeper Littleton returned their humble thanks to his Majesty and by their Order were Bonefires and Bell-ringing signs of Joy throughout the City Mr. Pym was sent from the House of Commmons to the Lords with the charge of High Treason against the Archbishop Laud who was thereupon committed to the Tower Articles of Particulars against Episcopal Government were presented to the House of Commons annexed to some Petitions and being read in the House were referred to a Committee The Lord Digby spake smartly against them and for Episcopacy but not many others were very eager for them The Commons the tenth of March Voted That no Bishop shall have any Vote in Parliament nor any Judicial power in the Star-chamber nor bear any Authority in Temporal Matters and that no Clergy-man shall be in Commission of the Peace The King of Spain was brought low by the Defection of Catalonia Portugal and part of the Indies the loss of Arras and his ill Successes in Italy besides the approach of the Swedish War to the back of the Danube but this year was very fortunate to the French The Spaniards ill Success was attributed to the ill management of Affairs by the Conde de Olivarez his Favourite hated by the People as is usual And the good Successes of the French were attributed to the prudence of their Cardinal Richlieu He Invites the Duke of Lorrain to Paris where he was highly caressed but
of them their duty to the Parliament their desires of Peace and ingaged themselves not to act any thing against the Parliament The Officers of the Forces in Council with the Lord Lieutenant debated the consequence of this place the strength of its situation the plenty of the Countrey the nearness to London and the disaffection of the University to the Parliaments Cause That the King by his coming to Shrewsbury and looking this way and because of the conveniency of the place might probably make this a principal Quarter for his Forces and fortify the City which would prove a great prejudice to the Parliament To prevent which it was propounded to the Lord Lieutenant to take a course that the Scholars might not supply His Majesty if he came thither or rather to fortifie the City and place a good Garrison here under a Governour whom his Lordship might trust with so important a place as this was And Whitelocke was named to be a fit person to be the Governour and one whom both the City and the University and the Countrey thereabouts did well know and would be pleased with and the Scholars the more because they knew him to be a Scholar and a Member of this University But the Lord Say shewed no forwardness to fortify and make this City a Garrison This being spoken of abroad divers of the Neighbours offered to bring in 1000 men at any time within a days warning to be under Whitelocke's command in the Garrison and the Towns-men were very forward to ingage so Whitelocke might be Governour but the Lord Say declined it pretending favour to the University and Countrey and the improbability in his opinion that the King would settle there though that which follows in this Story will shew what a great errour was committed in not fortifying this place for the Parliament as it might easily have been done at this time and surely the Lord Lieutenant though a person of great parts wisedom and integrity yet did much fail in this particular Some of the Company moved his Lordship to seise upon or to secure the Plate in the several Colleges that it might not be made use of by the King if he should come thither but he did not think fit to doe it onely he and his Deputy Lieutenants went to the several Colleges and took an Ingagement and Promise from the respective Heads That their Plate should be forth coming and should not be made use of by the King against the Parliament Many with his Lordship were unsatisfied with this his favour to the University and foretold the ill consequences of it which afterwards happened to the prejudice of the Parliament But his Lordship had the sole power in himself and thus carried all this business for which he had no thanks from either party Sir John Biron marched away from Oxford with 500 Horse to Worcester and took in the Town for the King About the beginning of November the two Princes Palatine Rupert and Maurice arrived in England and were put into Command in the Army of the King their Uncle who had now gotten together a potent Army to whom he made a Speech declaring his intentions to preserve the Protestant Religion Laws and Liberties of his Subjects and Priviledges of Parliament Sept. 9. 1642. The Earl of Essex in much state accompanied by many of both Houses of Parliament sets out from London to St. Albans from thence to Northampton where his Forces met him and they were together above 15000 men The Parliaments Petition which he carried with him was refused to be received by the King who now had furnished himself with store of money by melting in his new Mint in Wales the Plate which was brought in to him in great quantities and from thence he marcheth towards London The Parliament having notice thereof order the Trained Bands to be in readiness and fortify the passages about the City with Posts Chains and Courts of Guard and it was wonderfull to see how the Women and Children and vast numbers of people would come to work about digging and carrying of earth to make their new fortifications The Parliament vote those that will not contribute to their Charges to be secured and disarmed Mr. Fountaine the Lawyer was for his refusal committed but afterwards as will appear in the progress of this Story he and many others refused and again assisted on both sides as they saw the Wind to blow The Parliament appoint a Committee for the Sequestration of the Lands of Bishops and of Deans and Chapters and of the King's Revenues to be employed for defence of the Common-wealth Colonel Nathaniel Fines with some Forces raised by the Lord Say and Colonel Sandys marched to Worcester to remove Sir John Biron from thence and expected General Essex to second them but in stead of him came Prince Rupert and slew and routed all the Parliament Party Sandys was taken Prisoner and shortly after died of his Wounds Essex coming on with his Army after he had Garrison'd Northampton Coventry and Warwick Rupert and Biron thought fit to quit Worcester to him and Essex sent from thence the Earl of Stamford with a Party to Hereford to hinder the Forces of South Wales from joyning with the King Stamford marches from Hereford to Gloucester and called away from thence leaves Massey Governour there Colonel Tho. Essex is sent to Garrison Bristol and left Governour of Worcester Some Forces are sent to Kiddermister and Beaudley to joyn with the Lord Wharton's Regiment and Sir Henry Chomley's and at Coventry and Warwick lay the Lord Peterburgh Sir William Constable and Colonel Brown with their Regiments to oppose the King's march to London and at Yarmouth they seised a Ship with 140 Cavaliers and 300 Barrels of Powder sent from Holland to the King In Yorkshire the King's Party grew strong under the Earl of Cumberland Sir Francis Worsley Sir Marmaduke Langdale Sir Thomas Glemham Mr. Nevill and others who forced Hotham to retreat to Hull In Cornwal under Sir Ralph Hopton their General Sir Nich. Slamning Sir Bevill Greenville and others they possessed Launceston for the King and with a considerable Body opposed the Parliamentarians In Wales the Earl of Worcester raised a great number of Welch and marched to the King The King having gained a days March of Essex toward London Essex finding his errour of so long a stay at Worcester hastens after the King The Parliament and their Party were not a little troubled at the King's March towards the City and the suspicion of a great Party hereabouts that would joyn with him and had invited him this way they used all means to stop his March and to hasten General Essex after him They sent down their Members Deputy Lieutenants into several Counties towards the Army to gather together such Forces as were raised and to send them to their General and to raise such further as they could Oct. 24. Intelligence was brought from Vxbridge Road that
divers of the Officers and Soldiers of the Parliaments Army particularly Sir James Ramsey a Scot who commanded a Regiment of Horse under Essex rode hastily this morning through Vxbridge and upon that rode towards London and reported That the Parliaments Army was broken and wholly discomfited and many of the Officers slain and taken Prisoners Other Scouts brought other Intelligence quite different from the former and much more welcom They had it from divers upon the Road who were galloping to London with the News That the Earl of Essex had totally routed the King's Army killed and taken many of them and gained a full Victory But the Parliament had a great Deliverance and a small Victory the particular passages were thus The King disdaining to be pursued by Essex turns back to meet him and Oct. 23. being Sunday both the Armies drew into the Field between Kineton and Edge-hill in Warwickshire The King had the top of the Hill from whence he viewed the Parliaments Army who saluted him with three pieces of Cannon which was answered with two shot of the Kings The Fight began about two a Clock in the Afternoon the Generals of both Armies performed their parts with great Courage and Gallantry leading on their Forces with Pikes in their hands but were advised to change that posture as fitter for a private Soldier than for a General The greatest Body of the King's Horse was in his Right Wing commanded by Prince Rupert who furiously charged the Left Wing of the Parliament commanded by Commissary General Ramsey whom he routed and pursued to Kineton down with great slaughter But the Left Wing of the King's Horse had not the same success but was broken and routed by the Right Wing of the Parliaments Horse commanded by Sir William Balfour Sir Philip Stapleton the Lord Fielding and Colonel Hurrey General Lindsey being far ingaged was taken Prisoner and died presently after of his Wounds with him was taken the Lord Willoughby of Ersby his Son Sir Edmund Verney the Standard-bearer was slain and the Standard taken and rescued again by Mr. John Smith who was Knighted for it and made Standard-bearer Both Armies Horse and Foot performed their parts with great Valour and Bravery night parted the Fight and both Armies retreat each counting themselves Victors On both sides were lost between 5000 and 6000 Men. On the King's side the General Lindsey and Sir Edmund Verney on the Parliaments part Colonel Thomas Essex and Lieutenant Colonel Ramsey and the Lord S. John taken Prisoner soon after died The King marched toward Aino Essex kept upon the place where the Battel was fought and the next day marched towards Coventry Some of his Friends were very much against his marching thither but rather advised him to pursue the King and to make a fresh attacque upon him there being come in to Essex after the Battel three fresh Regiments The Lord Willoughby of Parham his Regiment of Horse and the two Regiments of Foot of Hollis and Hampden gallant stout and fresh Regiments But Essex was disswaded from it by Colonel Dalbier and some others but the three fresh Colonels Stapleton and several others advised it and probably had he with these fresh Forces made a new assault upon the King 's disordered and tyred Army it might have gone far to have put an issue to the business Upon the News of this Battel all Countreys were alarmed and frighted being a strange thing in England From Aino Oct. 27. The King sends a Proclamation of Pardon to the Cities of London and Westminster excepting onely Fulke and Manwaring Banbury Town and Castle surrendred without Blows to the King two Foot Regiments and a Troup of Horse there of the Parliaments took up Arms for the King who now brought his whole Army to Oxford and thereby the Error of the Lord Say in not fortifying this place before when it was in his power for the Parliament was the more evident Prince Rupert takes in the Lord Say's House at Broughton and made excursions near London which caused the Parliament to order Essex to bring his Army near London for their safeguard which he did and was honourably received at Westminster Novemb. the 7 th and presented with a gratuity of 5000 l. and a Declaration of his valiant and acceptable Service in the bloody Battel of Edg-hill The Papists of Lancashire were allowed to bear Arms which in many Protestants wrought a Censure on the King for too much favouring and entertaining them in his Army The Parliament order That all Apprentices who will list themselves in their Army shall have their time of that Service for their Freedom which brought many of them into their Army they also invite the Scots to come in to their assistance which the King seeks to prevent but in vain Prince Rupert ranged abroad with great Parties who committed strange insolencies and violences upon the Countrey at Ailsbury he failed of his design by the care and stoutness of Colonel Bulstrode Governour there The King takes a resolution and not without grounds of reason to advance to London and all his Army marcheth to Reading Henley and those parts Prince Rupert's Brigade quartered at Henley and of them a Regiment of Horse at Fawley Court The King marched forward with his great Army towards London and the Parliament having voted an Address to him for Peace desired a safe conduct for the Earls of Northumberland and Pembroke and for Mr. Pierpoint the Lord Weenman Sir John Evelyn and Sir John Hippsley to present their Petition to his Majesty But he excepted against Sir John Evelyn because he had proclaimed him Traytor which so irritated the Houses that they voted it a refusal of a Treaty and acquainted the City therewith But afterwards the Petition was sent to the King at Colnebrook by the other Commissioners without Sir John Evelyn and was to desire him to appoint his residence in some place near London where the Commissioners of Parliament might attend him with propositions of a Peace and the King appointed his Castle of Windsor for that purpose and desired that the Treaty might be speeded The Commissioners of Parliament being newly departed from the King he was informed That Essex had drawn forth his Cannon and Forces out of London and was advised to take in Brainford whither he advanced the same Night There were quartered part of the Regiment of Colonel Hollis who were very stout men as appeared by the resistance which they made to the King's Forces and though many of them were slain and divers driven into the River and drowned being mightily overpowred with Numbers yet they defended themselves till the Lord Brook's and Hampden's Regiment came in to their relief and when Night came on they quitted the Town and the King possessed it This being known to the Parliament Nov. 13. they sent a Committee to the City to move them to send forth their Trained Bands the next day to joyn with Essex for
defence of the City and Parliament against the King's Forces at Brainford The City were in much trouble and different Opinions but the Lord Mayor Pennington and Officers of the Militia named by the Parliament were so forward that what was desired was resolved by the City General Essex was advised to order some of his Horse and Foot to the number of about 3000 who then were quartered at Kingston that they should march to Hunsloe and be on that side of the King's Army and Essex with his Party and the City Forces to advance on the other side of them from London and so the Army of the King would be encompassed between these two strong Parties of the Parliament Forces which doubtless would have been a very great advantage to the Parliament Forces But Dalbier chiefly and Sir John Meyricke and others gave contrary advice which was followed and the Forces at Kingston commanded to march round about by London-bridge into London and from thence to joyn with the Parliament Army whereby they came late and tyred when they were to have done Service The City Bands marched forth very chearfully under the Command of Major General Skippon who made short and encouraging Speeches to his Souldiers which were to this purpose Come my Boys my brave Boys let us pray heartily and fight heartily I will run the same fortunes and hazards with you remember the Cause is for God and for the defence of your selves your wives and children Come my honest brave Boys pray heartily and fight heartily and God will bless us Thus he went all along with the Souldiers talking to them sometimes to one Company and sometimes to another and the Souldiers seemed to be more taken with it then with a sett formal Oration Beyond Hammer smith in a Lane were placed the great Guns ready to be drawn up as there should be occasion a little beyond that were the Carriages in a Field close to the High-way placed with great Guards about them for their defence The whole Army was drawn up in Battalia in a Common called Turnham-green about a mile from Brainford Essex had there a strong Party of Horse stout men well horsed and armed Sir Philip Stapleton's Regiment and Colonel Goodwin's Regiments of Horse had the Van. The other Regiments of Horse were placed on both Wings the Foot of the Army were in good plight and well Armed and were placed in the Body one Regiment of them and another of the City Band one by another and some were left for reserves The order and marshalling of them was chiefly by the Earl of Holland who took great pains and shewed good skill in Martial affairs with him were the Earl of Northumberland and most of the Lords who continued with the Parliament divers Members of the House of Commons and all were armed The General Essex likewise took great pains in the Field and accompanied with the Lords and Commons with him rode from Regiment to Regiment encouraging of them and when he had spoken to them the Souldiers would throw up their Caps and shout crying Hey for old Robin The whole Army of Horse and Foot consisted of above 24000 Men stout gallant proper Men as well habited and armed as were ever seen in any Army and seemed to be in as good courage to fight the Enemy The General Essex and the Lords and others with him upon consultation together in the Field thought fit to command a Party of two Regiments of Horse and four of Foot to march about from the Green by Acton and so to get beyond the King's Army and upon a Sign when they fell upon the King's Army on that side Essex and his Forces were to fall upon them on this side and so to have them between both Parties of their Army Accordingly orders were given and Hampden's Regiment being one of that party which were to go about they had the Van next to the Horse and after they had marched about a mile on their way and the Enemy began to gaze on them Sir John Meyricke Major General to Essex rode galloping after them When he had overtaken them he told them that the General had changed his resolution of dividing his Forces and had sent him expresly to command them to retreat back again to the rest of the Army at which they were exceedingly troubled They all retreated according to command to Turnham-green where the whole Army stood many hours in Battalia as the King's Army had done facing one another Whensoever either of them advanced towards the other or that the Souldiers shouted then two or 300 Horsemen who came from London to be Spectators would gallop away towards London as fast as they could ride to the discouragement of the Parliaments Army and divers of the Souldiers would steal from their Colours towards their home the City It was then consulted whether the Parliament Army should advance and fall upon the King's Forces which was the opinion of most of the Parliament men and Gentlemen who were Officers but the Souldiers of fortune were altogether against it and while they were consulting the King had drawn off his Carriages and Ordnance and when every one spake his opinion the General gave his Orders as he thought best The City Good-wives and others mindfull of their Husbands and Friends sent many Cart loads of Provisions and Wines and good things to Turnbam-green with which the Souldiers were refreshed and made merry and the more when they understood that the King and all his Army were retreated Upon this was another Consultation whether the Parliament Army should pursue them which all advised but the old Souldiers of fortune on whose judgment the General most relied and their reasons were That it was too hazardous to follow the Enemy and honour and safety enough to the Parliament that the King was retreated But some of the King's Party did afterwards confess that if they had fallen on them at this time they had not Bullet enough to have maintained fight for a quarter of an hour but that in probability they had wholly broken them and that this was the Cause of their retreat And God had a further Controversie yet against them The King being marched away the General gave Orders for the Citizens to go home which they gladly obeyed to return to their Wives and Families that night The King marched back to Colnebrooke from thence to Reading and so to Oxford his most convenient quarter This Action of the King in the time of a Treaty was so ill resented by many men that they spake very hardly of it and the Parliament voted that they would have no accommodation Yet upon a Message from him that he intended to march at such a distance from London as might take away all misapprehension and not hinder the preparing of their Propositions They again send a Petition to him to desert his Army and to return to his Parliament In the mean time Letters from
Harvey with their Parties and many Voluntiers joyned with General Essex in his advance for the relief of Gloucester At Plymouth Mr. Alexander Carew a Member of Parliament and Governour of the Island there had a design to betray the Town and Island to the King But his own Souldiers discovering it seized upon their Governour to send him up to the Parliament and the Women were so enraged against him for his perfidiousness that it was difficult to rescue him from their execution The House by Vote disabled him from being a Member and the like they did for Sir John Harrison Sir Henry Anderson and Mr. Constantine of whom they were informed that he designed to betray Poole into the King's hands And these and divers other Members of the House being disabled and the new Great Seal finished they ordered that new Writs should be issued forth to the several places for which they served to choose new Members in their room Sir Edward Bainton another Member who deserted the Parliament and went to the Isle of Wight where he spake opprobrious words against them was put in Prison The Town of Lyn in Norfolk declaring for the King the Earl of Manchester with three thousand Horse and fifteen hundred Foot draws to them and blocks up the Passages to them by Land The Earl of Warwick did the like by Sea General Essex made the slower marches towards Gloucester being forced to keep his Army together in a continual posture of Defence for he was daily skirmished with by the Lord Wilmot who attended all his Removes with a Body of two thousand and five hundred Horse His Majesty understanding that Essex advanced apace towards the relief of Gloucester sent to him a Trumpet with some Propositions to be treated on But Essex too much acquainted with such small designs to hinder his march returned a speedy Answer That he had no Commission to treat but to relieve Gloucester which he was resolved to do or to lose his life there And his Souldiers hearing of a Trumpeter come with Propositions to treat they cried out for a long time together with loud acclamations No Propositions no Propositions And so the Trumpeter was dismissed The Ordinances for the Covenant and for the Excise were at a Conference delivered to the Lords as having past the House of Commons the Covenant was read to the Lords with the Explanation upon it and the Fifth Article touching the Pacification omitted and Ireland added The Ordinance for the Excise with some Amendments of the former was read to the Lords and their Concurrence to both desired which was given by them the next Morning Sir John Hotham and his Son were examined in the House touching their Treasons and committed to the Tower Sir William Brereton took Eccleshall Castle and defeated a Party of the Lord Capel's Forces under Colonel Hastings Two of the City Regiments were ordered to march out and joyn with Sir William Waller The Major General of his Army was Colonel Potley an old Souldier under the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus He was of such repute with that Crown that when he took his leave of them to come for England the Chancellor Oxenstierne by command of the Senators when they all sate in Council sent for this Colonel to come in to them and told him That he having been an ancient Servant to that Crown and who had done gallant Service for them they held him in the Rank of their Children and therefore by command of the Senate he put about the Colonel's Neck a rich Gold Chain with a Medal of the late King his Master to wear in Memory of him He told him that the Senate had ordered Two thousand Dollars to defray his Expences and Four thousand Dollars to bear his Charges to his own Country and to keep him still a Servant to that Crown and that he might eat of their Bread as long as he lived they had given him a Pension of Two thousand Dollars per annum during his Life Essex proceeded in his march to Gloucester and when the Enemy fell upon any of his Companies as they often did Essex relieved them fought with his Enemies and made his way through them The King understanding his near approach to Gloucester and finding his own Souldiers not forward to fight Essex as the King intended He upon Sunday and Monday the third and fourth of September drew off his Carriages and removed the Siege and on Tuesday morning Septemb 5. 1643. went over Severn with all his Army the way to Bristoll Essex came to Gloucester Septemb. 6. and sent four Regiments who entred the Town and himself the next day finding the Siege totally raised he sent Three thousand horse to attend the King's march and keep his Forces in a body that they might not plunder the Country er else to fight them Upon the coming of the Earl of Newcastle towards Beverly the Lord Fairfax finding the Town not tenable and the Inhabitants ill affected to the Parliament he drew off all the Carriages and Souldiers from thence to Hull and Newcastle entred and possessed Beverly The Mayors of Barnstable and of Bidiford in the West betrayed these Towns to the Lord Digby's Forces The Lords sentenced Judge Berkley to pay Twenty thousand pounds Fine and to be disabled from bearing any Office in the Commonwealth for his Judgment in the business of Ship-money The Lord Maitsland Mr. Henderson and another Scots Commissioner with Mr. Hatcher and Mr. Nye arrived in London and their Letters of Credence from the States of Scotland were read to the Lords and Commons with the readiness of the Scots to assist the Parliament This Business was referred to a Committee of both Houses to Treat with the Scots Commissioners upon their Propositions and at two Meetings all was agreed The Lords assented to the Covenant with the Alterations made by the Commons and the Scots Commissioners assented to them likewise The King sent his Proclamation to Scotland forbidding them to Treat any further with the Parliament of England or to give them any Assistance Newcastle's Forces from Beverly quartered about three miles distance round on the Lands-side of Hull upon whom Sir Thomas Fairfax made a sally out of Hull killed many and took fifty Prisoners The Town of Portsmouth petitioned that Sir William Waller might be their Governour and it was left to the General Essex to give him a Commission accordingly The Speaker acquainted the House with Letters he received from France That an Army of Twenty thousand was ready at S. Malloes to be shipped for Bristoll to assist the King The News of the King 's raising the Siege of Glocester occasioned various Discourses of that Action all men both Friends and Enemies agreed that Essex herein performed a very gallant Souldier-like Action And most men were of opinion that when the King went to Gloucester if he had marched up to London he had done his work For at that time the Parliament had
no considerable body of an Army and their party in some divisions but by the time of the King's march and stay at Gloucester they had recruited their Army provided Money and pieced up their Discontents among themselves The City of Excester having held out three Months Siege for the Parliament their Powder and Provisions failing them surrendred to the King's Forces upon Conditions which were broken by the Enemy as those at Bristoll were Both Houses ordered Supplies for Gloucester Essex followed the King and sends for Sir William Waller to hasten to him At Cirencester Essex beat up the King's Quarters drove Sir Nicholas Crispe and Colonel Spencer out of the Town with their two Regiments of Horse and took thirty Cart-loads of Victuals and about 400 horse Captain Brooke being discovered by his Mariners to have a design to betray the Ship which he commanded to the King the Sea-men clapt their Captain under Deck and discovered his Plot to the Earl of Warwick their Admiral Lyn in Norfolk was surrendred to the Earl of Manchester There was a Skirmish between the King 's and Essex his horse near Hungerford in Berkshire about 80 on both sides slain of the King's part the Marquess Delavive Essex surprized a troup of the King's horse and that night quartered at Hungerford the Marquess his Corps was brought into Hungerford and afterwards ransomed by the King's party for 500 pieces Sept. 19. Essex marched toward Newbery his Army in great want of Victuals both for men and horse to whom the Country thereabouts was ill affected and would bring in nothing to them without Compulsion The whole body of the King's Army had possessed themselves of the Town of Newbery on their right hand they had the advantage of the River and a hill half a mile from the Town where they had planted their Ordnance so that there was no passage to them but with great disadvantage and by a narrow Lane Yet Essex finding his Souldiers full of mettle and resolved to force their way he in person led them on first charged the Enemy with his own Regiment and the Lord Roberts his Brigade of horse and began the fight about six a clock in the morning Sept. 20. which continued with very hot service till ten or eleven a clock at night The Parliament forces beat the Enemy from all their advantages got the Hill from them pursued them to Newbury and out of the Town again but the night coming on they no further could pursue them and though the King's forces especially the horse which consisted most of Gentlemen made gallant resistance yet this place not being proper for their fight their foot were thus beaten and in the night they drew off their Ordnance and marched away leaving Essex Master of the Feild who kept it that night and part of the next day When night drew on the Enemy both horse and foot stood in good order on the further side of the green where they fought and the Parliament's forces expected they would have ingaged them the next day but the King's forces drew off by night The Parliament Souldiers had the Pillage of the dead bodies both parties performed their service with great manhood and animosity especially the King's horse who yet were worsted and the Earls of Caernarvan and Sunderland who commanded part of them were slain in the fight The Lord Falkland Secretary of State in the morning of the fight called for a clean shirt and being asked the reason of it answered that if he were slain in the Battle they should not find his body in foul Linnen Being diswaded by his friends to goe into the fight as having no call to it and being no Military Officer he said he was weary of the times and fore saw much misery to his own Countrey and did beleive he should be out of it ere night and could not be perswaded to the contrary but would enter into the battle and was there slain His death was much lamented by all that knew him or heard of him being a Gentleman of great parts ingenuity and honour courteous and just to all and a passionate promoter of all endeavours of peace betwixt the King and Parliament From the time of Essex his remove from his quarters at a Village called Chilton near Hungerford to the end of this Newbery fight there were of the King's part slain above 2000 besides the three Lords and divers other Officers of Note On the Parliaments part were slain about 500 Colonel Tucker and the Lieutenant Colonel of Essex his Regiment and one Captain more of Horse in this Service the London Regiments did their parts with much Courage and Gallantry Essex advanced from Newbery towards Reading to refresh his men and no enemy appeared till they came to Theale a Village four miles from Reading where a party of the King's horse fired upon the rear of Essex's Army as they marched up a Lane near to Theale and they had a hot skirmish for the time about 60 of the King's horse were slain and about eight of the Parliaments the rest of the King's party retreated and the Parliament forces took up their quarters at Reading The Lords and Commons sent a Committee to their General at Reading to complement him and congratulate his great successes and to inform themselves what supplies were wanting for the Army that they might be speedily provided They sent another Committee to acquaint the City with the happy Success of the Army under General Essex and to treat with them about supplies of money ammunition and other necessaries to be forthwith sent down to the Army They also took order to stop the passes between London and Oxford to prevent the King's Intelligence and supplies of money and ammunition whereof they understood he was in great want Sept. 25. Both Houses with the Assembly of Divines and Scots Commissioners met in St. Margarets Church Westminster where Mr. White one of the Assembly prayed an hour to prepare them for taking the Covenant then Mr. Nye in the Pulpit made some observations touching the Covenant shewing the Warrant of it from Scripture the examples of it since the Creation and the benefit to the Church Mr. Henderson one of the Scots Commissioners concluded in a Declaration of what the Scots had done and the good they had received by such Covenants and then he shewed the prevalency of ill Counsels about the King the Resolutions of the States of Scotland to assist the Parliament of England Then Mr. Nye in the Pulpit read the Covenant and all present held up their hands in testimony of their assent to it and afterwards in the several houses subscribed their Names in a Parchment Roll where the Covenant was written the Divines of the Assembly and the Scots Commissioners likewise subscribed the Covenant and then Doctor Gouge in the Pulpit prayed for a Blessing upon it The House ordered the Covenant to be taken the next Lords-day by all persons in their respective
Treason against the four Judges and to consider of a way to vindicate the Lords and Members of the Commons so indicted Several more forces about 1500 landed from Ireland in Wales and Sir William Brereton wrote to the Parliament that some of them were of the Rebels and the Lord Byron is joined with them The like power was given to Sir William Brereton and Sir Thomas Middleton for sequestrations and levying of moneys in Wales as was given to the Earl of Manchester in the associate Counties Five hundred of the Prisoners taken by Sir William Waller at Alton took the Covenant and served under him The Parliament wrote to General Essex to advance with his Army to joyn with Waller Essex answered that he held it not convenient for their Service and a little discontent began to kindle betwixt him and the House of Commons and the Committee of Safety The Commons ordered that none should elect or be elected Common Council men or Officers in London but such as had taken the Covenant The Commissioners of the Great Seal sate in the Queens Court Decemb. 22. and sealed above 500 Writs so desirous were people to have the course of Justice to proceed Colonel Brown is made Major General of the City Forces appointed to go to Sir William Waller Essex sent 600 Horse to Waller and removed his Army from St. Albans to Windsor to be the more in readiness to assist Waller and divers Kentish Forces came in to him and he sate down before Arundel Castle Duke Hamilton proscribed in Scotland gets to Oxford and there is committed close Prisoner an unhappy or unsteady man and by this you see the uncertainty of Greatness and of Princes favours Sir John Meldrum and Sir William Savile took in the Fort at Barton and after that Gainsborough for the Parliament about 600 Prisoners some of them Officers of Quality store of Arms and Ammunition The Parliament sate on Christmas day 1643. The Earls of Bedford and of Clare came from Oxford back again to the Parliament A Letter was intercepted from Oxford to Sir Peter Killegrew which brought him into suspicion Colonel Hutchinson Governour of Nottingham Castle acquainted the Parliament with an offer of the Earl of New Castle to pay him 10000 l. and to make him a Lord and Governour of that Castle to him and his heirs if he would deliver it to him for the King which Hutchinson refused The Scots Army of about 12000 advanced near to Berwick and publish a Declaration as they march of the justness of their undertakings in assistance of the Parliament Major General Skippon took Grafton House and in it Sir John Digby with 20 Officers of note and Horse and 200 Foot Arms and Money Some differences fell out at Coventry between the Earl of Denbigh and Colonel Purefoy a Member of the House of Commons they were both sent for to London and reconciled Many of the Protestants in Ireland refuse to submit to the cessation and joyn with the Scots Forces The King of Denmark providing to send assistance to the King of England and sending for men to the King of Poland to infest the Swedes the Letters being intercepted the Swedes enter Denmark and take sundry places there Colonel Fiennes was sentenced by the Council of War to be beheaded for the surrender of Bristol The King issued a Proclamation for adjourning the Parliament to Oxford and all the Members who had deserted the Parliament or been disabled met at Oxford General Essex came to London from St. Albans and was not well pleased with some Members and proceedings of the House of Commons Jan. 1643. The Earl of Bedford lately come from Oxford to the General to St. Albans was sent to London and committed to the Black Rod. Prince Maurice his Forces before Plimouth received a blow from the Garrison and the Princes men falling sick of the Camp Disease whereof many died he raised the siege Colonel Boswell with 800 Horse from Coventry took by storm Sir Thomas Holt's House 80 Prisoners store of Goods Money and Plate General Essex sent a new Commission with further powers to Sir William Waller which pleased the House of Commons A Plot was confest of setting on work a Petition from the City to the King for peace and to invite his Majesty to London and the Plotters were committed to Prison Mr. Riley a Clerk belonging to the Records in the Tower was committed for intelligence with Oxford The King sent Proclamations to the several Sheriffs to adjourn the Parliament to Oxford and to summon the Members of that County to appear at Oxford 22. of this month whereupon the Commons order their House to be called the same day Another Proclamation from the King was to adjourn the next Term and all the Courts of Justice from London which the Proclamation calls the Rebellious City to Oxford but the Parliament forbad it Arundel Castle was surrendred to Sir William Waller to mercy there were taken in it Sir William Ford High Sheriff Sir Edward Bishop Colonel Banfield and divers Gentlemen of Sussex 50 Reformades 1200 Prisoners with their Arms Money and with Pillage The Parliament imparted to the City at a Common Hall the late discovered Plot to make a difference between the Parliament and City to divert the Scots advancing hither and to raise a general Combustion under the pretence of Peace Sir Bazil Brooke and Mr. Riley were chief agents in this Plot. The Lord Byron took in Beeston Castle in Cheshire for the King The Parliament ordered the Commissioners of the Great Seal to issue forth a Proclamation for holding the next Term at Westminster and all Judges and Officers to attend here under pein of sequestration and forfeiture of their Offices The Lords sent to the Commons to hasten the impeachment against the Queen A new Ordinance of Excise passed The Lord Goring's Letter to the Queen was intercepted by which he gives her an account of Supplies of Money and Arms coming from France to our King that Monsieur Harecourt was to treat with the Parliament as the King should direct him and that all but two or three Jewels of the Crown were now pawned for money Upon this Letter and other Informations the Commons impeached the Lord Goring of High Treason and ordered the Letters of the French Ministers of State to be brought to the Committee of Safety A Party of Horse under Colonel Ashton in Lancashire marching to joyn with Sir William Brereton were by the way surprized and routed by the Lord Byron Brereton upon this alarm fell upon the Rear of the Lord Byron's Forces and killed and took many of them Major Brookban was shot to death for deserting his Colours and revolting to the King The Parliament wrote to Monsieur de Harecourt at Oxford to acquaint him with their grounds of stopping the Pacquet from France and with the Lord Goring's Letter from thence One Lord and Sir H. Mildmay and Sir William
Strickland were sent to Gravesend to entertain and conduct the Dutch Embassadour to the Parliament The City invited both Houses of Parliament to Dinner in Merchant Taylor 's Hall on such a day as the Parliament would appoint and the rather at this time the General Essex and the Earl of Manchester being in Town that the City might express their thankfulness to the Parliament for their unwearied labours and care for the defence and peace of the City and whole Kingdom The Houses returned thanks to the City and ingaged to live and die with them in this Cause and this was the rather contrived now that the Plot to raise differences between the Parliament and City and to bring in the King might appear to be the more frivolous The Parliament ordered publick thanks to be given at this Meeting at a Sermon and the Sunday after in all Parishes for the discovery and prevention of the Plot of Sir Bazil Brook A Ship laden with Arms and Ammunition sent from Bristol to relieve the King's Forces at Chester was by the Mariners compelling their Master brought in to Leverpool to the Parliament The Archbishop Laud was brought to the House of Peers and the impeachment against him read and he required to answer who said he was an old man and weak and could not answer without Counsel and desired a further time to answer which was granted Both Houses dined with the City at Merchant-Taylor's Hall in the morning they met at Sermon in Christ Church from thence they went on foot to the Hall the Trained Bands making a Lane in the Streets as they passed by First went the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in their Scarlet Gowns and the Common Council then the Lord General Lord Admiral Earl of Manchester and other Lords attended with divers Colonels and military Officers After the Lords came the Members of the House of Commons and the Commissioners of Scotland then the Assembly of Divines and as they went through Cheapside on a Scaffold many Popish Pictures Crucifixes and Superstitious Relicks were burnt before them The Lord Howard of Escrick petitioned for reparation of his losses by the Cavaliers out of Delinquents Estates The 22. of January being the day appointed for the Anti-Parliament to meet at Oxford the Parliament at Westminster called the House and there appeared 280 of their Members besides 100 more in the service of the Parliament in the several Counties and now they expelled by vote 40 Members who had deserted the Parliament The Anti-Parliament met at Oxford but have not taken upon them the name and power of Parliament The first day of Hillary Term the Commissioners of the Seal and the Judges sate in the several Courts at Westminster Hall The Ordinance passed That if any should deliver Proclamation or other thing to any persons from Oxford or sealed with any other Great Seal than that attending the Parliament that they should be proceeded against as Spies according to Marshal Law Monsieur de Harecourt sent a Letter to both the Speakers but not intituling them Speakers of the Parliament but only Messieurs Grey de Werke and Lenthall upon which the Parliament refused to accept the Letters Colonel Mitton routed a Party of the King's Horse convoying Arms and Ammunition to the Besiegers of Nantwich Mitton fell upon them unexpectedly killed many took Sir Nicholas Byron Governour of Chester Sir Richard Willis one hundred inferiour Officers and Troopers one hundred and fifty Horse and Arms and all the Ammunition and Powder which they brought from Shrewsbury The Lord Lovelace wrote to Sir Henry Vane Junior to perswade a Treaty of Peace and to raise divisions among the Parliaments party The House authorised Sir Henry Mr. St. John and Mr. Brown to keep a Correspondence with the Lord Lovelace to sift what they could out of him and his Lordship was too weak for these Gentlemen Three hundred Native Irish Rebels landed at Weymouth under the Lord Inchiquin to serve his Majesty Divers Papists Servants about the King's Children were removed Ogle for the King wrote to Mr. Thomas Goodwyn and Mr. Nye of the Independent Judgment to make great promises to them if they would oppose the Presbyterian Government intended by the Scots to be imposed on England and much to that purpose These two being persons of great Judgment and Parts acquainted their Friends herewith and were authorised to continue a Correspondence with Ogle who gained no ground upon them No more could Ogle upon the Governour of Ailesbury nor upon Mr. Davenish the one was sollicited to betray Ailesbury and the other Windsor with mountainous promises from Ogle on the King's part but all were refused The Scots Army now entred England were eighteen hundred foot and thirty five hundred of horse and Dragoons The Recorder and Citizens of London presented a Petition to the Commons for dispatch of the business of the Accounts of the Kingdom and for recruiting and reforming the Armies This gave a stroke of jealousie and discontent to Essex and his friends and the more because the House so well entertained it The Commons ordered Worcester-house to be furnished for the Scots Commissioners who desired some Members of both Houses might be appointed as a joynt Councel with them A Trumpet came from Oxford with Letters to the General and a Parchment-Roll signed by the Prince the Duke of York Duke of Cumberland Prince Rupert about fourty Lords and one hundred Knights and Gentlemen sometime Members of the House of Commons and now met by the King's Proclamation at the Assembly at Oxford to debate of the State and Peace of the Kingdom and to prevent effusion of more blood And therefore they desire the General to treat with his Friends and those by whom he is imployed not naming the Parliament to appoint a time and place to treat of Propositions of Peace The General acquainted the Parliament herewith who would not own nor receive the Letters having no Directions to them but left it to the General to return an Answer An Ordinance past to recruit the Lord General 's Army to 7500 Foot and 3000 Horse and Dragoons and they to have constant pay only eleven Officers to have but half pay The Forces of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Sir William Brereton joyning together marched to relieve Nantwich The King's Forces before the Town drew out to fight them and gallant Actions were performed on both sides the event of the Battel was long doubtful till unexpectedly the King's Forces gave ground and were pursued by the Parliaments till they were totally routed and dispersed There were taken Prisoners Major General Gibson Earnley Sir Richard Fleetwood Sir Francis Boteler an Irish Rebel Colonel Monk who afterwards served the Parliament and this was his first turn Colonel Gibs Harmon Sir Ralph Downes fourteen Captains twenty Lieutenants twenty six Ensigns two Cornets two Quarter-masters forty Drums forty one Serjeants sixty three Corporals and
Parliaments Souldiers endeavouring to enter were beaten back by the Garrison Colonel Smith of Bucks escaped out of prison and was retaken Letters from the Lord General informed That the King was drawn from Exeter near Shaftsbury where Sir William Waller was That they would endeavour to prevent his coming to Bristoll or back again to Oxford and they desire that the Earl of Manchester may hasten to joyn with them The King took up a great number of horses in the Country as he passed to the high distaste and prejudice of the Inhabitants and his Majesty by this means mounted all his Foot and made them Dragoons Many Gentlemen of Wales came in to the Parliament and rendred themselves to Sir Thomas Middleton Sir William Brereton took more of the King's Forces near Chester Captain Swanley's Forces encreased in South-Wales many of the Country coming in to him Colonel Leigh presented a Petition to the Commons subscribed by four thousand Staffordshire men praying That the Differences between the Earl of Denbigh their General and some of the Country might be reconciled and the Earl sent down again amongst them Upon delivery whereof the Colonel made a long Harangue to the Commons and all was referred to a Committee Colonel Butler suspected of miscarriage in the West was sent up by the General to be examined The Order passed the Commons House thereupon for a select Committee to go along with the Army and to advise with the Council of War upon all Occurrences Colonel Kerle who revolted from the Parliament upon the loss of Bristoll went out with a party near to Monmouth to fetch provisions and being full of Jollity and security Colonel Massey fell upon them in the midst of their mirth and surprised them Kerle doubting that he should not have quarter because he had revolted from the Parliament to make some recompence he undertook to bring Massey into Monmouth and himself to march in the front which was concluded accordingly When they came to the Guards they thinking them to be their own men let down the Draw-bridge and received them into the Town who demanded it for the Parliament at which the Garrison was so amazed that many of them fled away and left their Arms the rest called for quarter and so the Town and Castle being of great consequence was reduced to the Parliament with the loss of not above six men on both parties The new Sheriffs of London were presented at the Exchequer by a Speech of Mr. Glyn the Recorder October 1644. The Commons entred upon consideration of electing new Members in the room of those who were dead or expelled by Vote The Library belonging to the See of Canterbury was given to Sion College The Ordinance for Ordination of Ministers passed both Houses The Popish party in Scotland submitted themselves and the Lord Argyle pursued the Irish Rebels into the Highlands whereupon the Earl of Calender returned again to the Leagure before Newcastle The Garrison there made many Sallies upon the Besiegers and were beaten back with loss The Conmissioners of Array in Cumberland and Westmorland met to feast and consult about raising more forces for the King and the Country-people rose up against them took forty of them prisoners and sent them to General Lesley One Greenvile a kinsman of Sir Richard Greenvile was perswaded into a Plot to betray Plymouth to Sir Richard but the Plot was discovered and Mr. Greenvile executed But the King honoured Sir Richard with Title of Baron of Lestithiel Waller sent out a party of two hundred horse to Evill under Major Clutterbocke who met a party of the King's forces and took divers of them prisoners and presently after meeting another party of about three hundred of the King's horse drawn up into a body whose Commander came out from the head of his Troops singly this caused Major Clutterbocke to do the like and they two skirmished before their parties The King's forces seeing their Commander likely to have the worst came in hastily to his rescue and slew Clutterbocke before his men came in and they upon the loss of their Major were so discouraged that they wheeled about and retreated from their Enemy The Commons set apart a day for redress of private Grievances and gave much satisfaction to divers thereof Colonel Rosseter gave a blow to the King's forces about Newark Mr. Prynne Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Newdigate were appointed to be of Council for the State against Macquire and Macmahon the Irish Rebels at their Tryal appointed to be before Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer The Commons voted in the Case of the Arch-bishop that his Council should be heard in point of Law whether in the Charge against him there be contained any Treason But that they ought not to speak to any exceptions therein for matter or form Colonel Bliere laid down his Commission and had leave to go beyond Sea and part of his Arrears paid The Militia of London desired the passing of an Ordinance for the sending forth five Regiments of the City for a reserve of the Armies and for supplies for them which passed both Houses the same day A Declaration was agreed upon to be sent to the King of France to excuse the business of the search for Macquire and Macmahon in the house where the French Agent lay Essex Manchester and Waller all took the field to encounter the King's forces in their march to Oxford and all Officers and Souldiers in London were commanded forthwith to repair to their Colours Colonel Jepson's Garrison at Portsmouth was compleated to one thousand foot and an hundred horse Chester was blocked up by Brereton A party of Colonel Hastings his men came to Loughborough on the Lord's-day rode into the Church in Sermon-time and would have taken away the Preacher out of the Pulpit but the women rescued him and proved then more valiant than their husbands or Hastings his men An Ordinance was appointed to be brought in for augmentation of the Means of Ministers where their Maintenance was very small and that to be out of Deans and Chapters Lands A party of the King's forces surprized and took in Crowland Colonel Hurrey who revolted from the Parliament when Colonel Hampden was slain and served the King had now obtained his Majestie 's Pass to go beyond Sea and came to Sir William Waller to desire the like Pass from him who refused to do it but sent him up to the Committee of both Kingdoms The Counties of Norfolk and of Cambridge petitioned for their security in the Earl of Manchester's absence and some assistance for the pay of his Army The Commons ordred that no Carter coming to London should be pressed for a Souldier The Commons appointed to take in consideration the Propositions for Peace every day till they should perfect them Mr. Hoyle a Member of the House of Commons was by general approbation chosen Lord Mayor of York and took his place there A party of the King 's
altered A Petition from Bedfordshire complained of the unruliness of the Souldiers there taking Horses in Markets from the Countrey people and then making them to redeem them again for money and particularly against one Captain Crawford The like from Sussex and Bucks and complaining of the ravishing of Women and murthering of Men to redress which evils a Committee was appointed to consider These were the Fruits of Civil War Robberies Ravishings and innumerable Wicked actions committed by the barbarous Souldiers to the unspeakable Misery of the poor Countrey The Commons further Debated upon the Ordinance for the new Model of the Army and for the Assessment for their pay and ordered the Members of each County to bring in names of Commissioners for the Assessement in every County About 1100 of the King's horse and foot issued out of Chester and fell upon Sir William Brereton's quarters and to relieve Beeston Castle closely besieged by Brereton who hearing of the Enemies coming drew out a party to encounter them they placed their Ambuscadoes which the Parliaments brake through and routed the Enemy They took of them prisoners Colonel Worden Colonel Ware divers other Officers 200 common Souldiers as many horse and arms and killed and wounded a great number of them this party of the Parliament was commanded the horse by Lieutenant Col. Jones and the foot by Major Louthian News was brought that a Merchants ship from London bound for the East Indies revolted to the King and went to Bristol having in her 28 pieces of Ordnance and above 30000 l. in Goods A party of the King's forces from Newark came forth to gather Contribution and took prisoners some Countrymen that were in arrear the Committee of Nottingham having notice thereof sent forth a party who pursuing those of Newark they left their prisoners and five or six of their men behind and hasted to their quarters Nottingham men followed them close and so far that another party of the Newark forces came forth upon them routed them recovered their prisoners and took of the Parliaments party Major Meldrum Lieutenant Smith and about 28 Souldiers with their arms and horses The Commons resumed the Debate about the new Titles of the King's Commissioners in the Safe Conduct for them and at last it was agreed That the new made Knights should have that Title given them because it was not a Title under the Great Seal And for the new made Earl and the two new Lords their new Titles were not given them in the Safe Conduct because they were granted by the King after the Great Seal was carried away from the Parliament and so Sir Peter Killegrew was sent away towards Oxford with the Safe Conduct thus corrected The Commons were moved for the Exchange of the Lord Brereton for Sir John Northcot but they denied it till his Lordship should declare the business of the killing of divers of the Parliaments friends in cold blood at Nantwich The City petitioned the supply of Plymouth which had been two years besieged and concerning matters of Trade and had thanks for their care The Commons finished the Ordinance for the new model of the Armies and past several Votes concerning Church Government Sir Peter Killegrew who went to Oxford on Saturday returned on Monday with the King's Answer That he waved the matters of honour and was content that his Commissioners should treat under those Titles that were admitted by the Parliament A complaint was made against Colonel Harvey by several Petitions particularly by Mr. Squire concerning 3000 l. taken from him by the Colonel or some of his Officers which was referred to a Committee to be examined Divers Compositions of Delinquents were allowed The Ordinance for raising and maintaining forces under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax was sent up to the Lords An Ordinance was read for enabling the Scots to march Southwards Sir Charles Sherley and Mr. Devereux were sent for as Delinquents for sending a Challenge to a Member of the House of Commons who was also sent for Both Houses agreed that the three first days of the Treaty should be for Religion the three next for the Militia and another three days for Ireland and so alternis vicibus and sent these Votes to the Committee of both Kingdoms for the concurrence of the Scots Commissioners who desired some alterations upon which the Commons debated till ten at night and then adjourned the Debate till the next morning though it were the Fast Day Colonel Craford going from Aylesbury with about 80 horse to seek quarters met with about 120 of the King's men under Colonel Blake Governour of Wallingford and after a hot Dispute between them he routed Blake whom Craford wounded in a single charge between them two Blake escaped by the goodness of his horse all his men except 14 were killed and taken and some few desperately wounded and Craford lost but three men and some wounded News came from the West that Greenvile in discontent had pistolled Colonel Champernoun and his Brother The Commons sate all the Fast Day about the business of the Treaty the Lords sate in the after-noon and at length all was agreed with the Scots Commissioners that the Treaty is to be upon the three Propositions in order three days upon each and to begin with Religion And now some began to observe the difficulty if not inconvenience of carrying on their affairs with a concurrence of Commissioners of another Kingdom whereupon grew delays and difference of opinions and not overmuch inclination to submit to reason more than to will Letters from Colonel Jephson informed that Goring's forces had much endeavoured and offered great rewards for the betraying of Portsea-bridge and some who complied with him were apprehended that Goring was in Normandy beating up Drums for Souldiers to come for England A party of Goring's forces fell upon the quarters of some of the Parliaments forces near Farnham took forty Prisoners two Colours killed five or six of their Foot burnt a Barn full of Corn four Houses and set fire on several parts of the Town The Commons ordered Sir William Waller into the West to prevent these mischiefs The Covenant was ordered to be read in the Churches every Fast-day The Commons ordered a Letter for the speedy bringing up of the Scottish Army but many were not satisfied therewith A party of the King 's from Dunnington and Bazing going to joyn with the Lord Hopton by the way plundered the Countrey and surprized the West-countrey Carriers Colonel Devereux with a party from Marlborough fell upon them took Prisoners Sir Anthony Saint Leger their Commander in chief Major Hyde divers other Officers 30 Troupers 50 Horse and Arms and rescued the plunder Colonel Lucas was put out by the King from being Governour of Belvoir Castle and Sir Guy Palms put in his place and Sir John Byron was removed from being Governour of Newark upon jealousie that he held correspondence with some of the
Stocks in Trade and absent themselves and Orders for seizing suspicious persons and Arms and an Ordinance for raising Souldiers Gunners and Chirurgeons for Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army With an Exception to press none in the Universities Inns of Court and Chancery trained Bands c. or Esquires or their Sons or Officers Sea-men c. 26. The publick Monthly fast solemnly kept 27. A Messenger from Melcombe Regis informed that the Town held out still and expected Sir William Waller's approach to them that a party of 80 of their Horse sallied out and routed near 300 of the Enemy and took 60 horse and another time 30. The House ordered Colonel Cromwel to march with all speed into the West to joyn with Waller The Government of Shrewsbury was referred to the Committee of that County and 4000 l. to be provided for them to raise Forces and 20 l. given to their Messenger A party under Sir Maronaduke Langdale marching Northwards fell upon a party of the Parliaments in Northamptonshire whom they routed killed some and took divers of them prisoners and the rest shifted for their lives and by flight saved themselves The same party of the King 's fell upon some Dragoons of the Parliaments in Leicestershire and routed them 28. Several Officers of the new Army approved by the Commons A party of Col. Massey's men under his Brother fell upon Sir John Winter in the Forest of Dean routed him and made him swim the River of Wye in which 60 of Winter's men were drowned 70 slain besides Col. Gamme and Lieutenant Colonel Winter 120 taken prisoners 140 Horse taken several Officers and 300 Arms. The Commons ordered a Letter of thanks to Massey and Supplies March 1644. 1. The Commons proceeded in the List of the Officers of the Army They sent to the City to call a Common Hall the 4th of March That the Commissioners for the Treaty at Uxbridge might then acquaint the City with the proceedings at that Treaty and the aversness of the King's party to the peace They have already set forth a Declaration at Oxford for the vindication of themselves in that business An Ordinance for Provisions for the Parliaments Forces before Pomfret another for the Essex Forces Letters from Colonel Sydenham and Captain Batten informed that Goring had spent much time with 5000 horse and foot before Melcombe but had made no honourable attempt only the night before endeavoured to cast up a Work before Melcombe betwixt it and the Seas but Sydenham sent out a party who beat them from their Work killed two and took divers prisoners and all their Tools without any loss 3. The Commons past the List of Officers for the new Army Mr. Pryn was ordered to Print the Proceedings of the Archbishop's Tryal Orders for a Committee to hasten the Declaration of the Proceedings of the Treaty at Vxbridge in which much labour was put upon Mr. Pierpoint and Whitelocke Mr. Sherrington Talbot and Mr. Dowdeswell Commissioners of Array in Wigorn were taken and sent up The Chapel Fort at Weymouth was taken by the Parliaments Forces from the King 's Letters from Sir William Brereton informed that four Regiments of Irish Rebels were lately landed in Wales for the King's Service Sir Marmaduke Langdale's party were met with by Colonel Rosseter near Melton where they had a sharp Encounter and loss on both sides Of Langdal's party were slain Colonel Tuke Major Kertlington Captain Markham and about 100 others of Rosseter's about 50 but no Officer he lost one Colours and took two Langdale got Provisions into Newark and was recruited to 3000 and Rosseter followed him with 2000. 4. The French Agent sent a Letter to the Parliament of the desires of his Master and the Queen Regent That the Parliament would continue the Treaty with the King The House ordered a Committee to draw up a fair and respective Answer to the Letter but not to consent to any thing of renewing the Treaty The Speaker was authorized to give Passes to Delinquents to come into the Parliament and to compound at Goldsmiths-hall for their Delinquency The Parliaments Forces in Melcombe Febr. 25. having regained Chapel Fort of great prejudice to the King's Forces they resolved by a Council of War to fall again upon the Fort and upon the Town of Melcombe at once in several places The same Evening that they resolved to do it one of Melcombe Souldiers who had been taken prisoner escaped and gave notice to the Governour of this Design who got his men in readiness The King's men that night assaulted the Line about Melcombe in five or six places and the Chapel with great resolution but were in every place repulsed and lost about 150 of their men In which Service Captain Batten and his Seamen did very bravely the Enemy retreated back to Weymouth the Melcombe Souldiers stood still upon their guards expecting the return of the Enemy but they came not again But the next morning they all drew out of Weymouth in hast as in a Pannick fear and marched away both horse and foot to Dorchester leaving behind the Ordnance they had before taken from the Parliament in Weymouth and two pieces more with some Arms and took nothing with them but some Plunder and the Parliament Forces poslessed all the Forts and lost but ten men At the same time a Ship of the Kings of 12 Guns came into Captain Batten Great numbers of Clubmen in Worcestershire and Dorsetshire got into a posture of defence and refused to serve the King according to his Proclamation The Parliaments Commissioners for the Treaty at Vxbridge came to the Common-hall in London and acquainted the City with the proceedings of that Treaty and of the aversness on the King's side to come to a closure of peace so that now it was of necessity for their own defence to furnish out the Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax for which end they desired from the City the Loan of 80000 l. to be repaid with Interest Upon Information that the mutinous horse inclined to obedience the Parliament past an Order that if they submitted by a day they should be pardoned and continued in Service otherwise to be proceeded against as Traytors 5. Orders touching Money from the Customs and Excise The House approved of the Train of Artillery and their Officers under General Fairfax and passed all the Colonels except two And an Ordinance for 2000 l. for the Officers Souldiers and Seamen of Weymouth and Melcombe for their gallant Service Order for a Day of Thanksgiving for the Successes which God gave the Parliament since the breach of the Treaty ordered to be kept in Christ church London and the Lord Mayor and his Brethren desired to be there also Sir William Waller with Colonel Cromwel's Horse and Colonel Fiennes Regiment about 5000 Horse and Dragoons marched into the West Provisions grew scarce in Oxford Brown surprized a herd of Cattel going thither and brought them to Abington Craford
former self-denying pretences but the Houses judged this fit to be now done Sir Thomas Fairfax upon the Parliaments Order returned back to attend the Motions of the King and sent 6000 horse and foot to relieve Taunton 12. Order for Money for Plymouth An Ordinance committed for cutting down Malignants Woods in Hampshire to raise Money for Portsmouth Garrison Four hundred pounds ordered for the Lifeguard of Sir Wil. Waller now discharged A Regiment of 500 horse ordered for Grantham Orders that Sir Wil. Brereton Sir Tho. Middleton and Sir John Price Members of the House of Commons should continue their Command where they are for 40 days longer notwithstanding the Self-denying Ordinance and after that time Col. Mitton to be Major General of North-Wales and M. Bridges to be Governour of Warwick in the place of Col. Purefoy The Speaker was continued Master of the Rolls till after Trinity Term. 13. The business of the Church The ill usage of Col. Tilliere a Prisoner of War referred to be examined Five hundred pounds paid to the Prince Elector and Order for the Committee of the King's Revenue to take care for the payment of the 8000 l. per an to him A thousand pounds ordered for Col. John Fiennes his Regiment Col. Campion Governour of Borstall House for the King fell upon a party of Cromwel's foot near Tame and took divers Prisoners of them Captain Ireton of Sir Robert Pye's Regiment pursued Campion routed his party slew 8 took 20 Horse and about 40 Arms and rescued the Prisoners Major Purefoy sent a party from Compton House who fell upon the Rear of the King's Army near Stow and took some Prisoners Arms and Money they charged another party of the King 's at Cambden killed 14. and took some horse They quitted Cambden House setting it on fire and went to their Fellows in the King's Army 14. Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax and Colonel Welden certified That the party sent by Sir Thomas Fairfax under Col. Welden and Col. Graves to relieve Taunton came before the Town on the Lords-day May 11. That 10 of their men fell upon a 100 of the King 's and killed and took some of them That the Besiegers believed them to have been Goring's Forces till they came within 4 miles of the Town and then about 4 a clock in the afternoon they confusedly ran away blocking up the way with Trees and other matter that the Parliament Forces could not pursue That they came when all the Ammunition in the Town was spent much of the Town burnt after divers times being stormed and entred by the Enemy who was beaten out again that the Country thereabouts was much unpeopled by the Besiegers The Commons ordered a Day of publick thanks gi ving for the Relief of Taunton and Letters of thanks to Sir Thomas Fairfax for his care in sending speedy relief thither and recommended to him Colonel Welden for his good service and a Letter of the thanks of the House to the Governour and Souldiers there and 2000 l. to the Garrison for their valiant and faithful defence of it and 500 l. to Col. Blake the Governour They ordered the Committee of the Army to send down Shoes to Sir Tho. Fairfax Foot that were in that Journey An Ordinance past for 100 l. to the Lady Drake and 100 l. to Sir Francis Drake and 100 l. to the Lady Strode for their maintenance who had lost their Estates for their affection to the Parliament The Lords by Message desired that Colonel Dalbiere Col. Butler and Commissary Copley under accusation and restraint might be tryed or discharged At a Conference the Earl of Warwick related the state of the Navy That divers Dunkirk Ships had Commissions from the King and took the Merchants ships and threw over-board the Mariners of a Scots ship and that it was requisite to have an addition to the Navy 15. New Propositions from the Scots Commissioners touching money for the Army and shipping and for the Scots Officers left out of the new Model were satisfactorily answered Order for 3000 l. for the Scots Forces in Ireland and for Captain Batten to be Vice-admiral for the Summers Fleet. A day appointed to consider how to raise money for the constant pay of the Armies and to have a Stock for that purpose Order for the Prisoners taken by Cromwell and Brown to be sent up to London 16. A Letter agreed to be sent to Sir Tho. Fairfax expressing the danger to an Army by their Officers absence and desiring him to proceed against such Officers according to Marshal Law and that no Officer may be absent at any time without his leave An Ordinance committed to make M. G. Massey M. G. of the West subordinate to Sir Thomas Fairfax A Petition from Gloucester That Colonel Massey may continue there carried in the Negative not to be debated the like upon a Petition and Articles concerning him The Committee of Oxon Berks and Bucks ordered to go to the Militiae of London about raisirig monies for the Forces of those Counties and about sending a party out of the City to besiege Oxford Cromwell and Brown pursued the King's Forces towards Birmicham and sent to the associated Counties to be upon their Guard if the King's Army should break in there and promised them assistance Sir T. F. came to Newbury and from thence resolved to advance to Cromwell to joyn with him in pursuit of the Enemy Gerrard's Forces gave a Defeat to Major Gen. Langherne and took Haverford West in Pembroke-shire 17. An Ordinance for Sequestration committed The Lords sent an Order for the Earl of Northumberland and his Countess to take the care of the King's Children and for the Funeral of the Countess of Dorset To which the Commons concurred and ordered money for her Funeral and for Arrears to the servants of the children Debate concerning reducing of Oxford and an Ordinance appointed for selling Delinquents Estates to raise money for that purpose A Declaration touching the Transactions with the States Ambassadours passed and referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms to cause it to be translated into other Languages and to publish it Sir T. F. faced Dunnington Castle and took about 10 Officers and other prisoners 19. Rules for regulating the Army approved and 200 l. ordered to be paid to the Commissioners in the Army for buying horses for recruits An Order for augmentation of Means to Mr. Griffith a Minister The Sheriff of Warwickshire dispenced with to reside in Coventry Letters from Scarborough informed that some of the Garrison sallied out and at first put the Besiegers to a stand but they recovered and beat back the Enemy Sir John Meldrum wounded and Lieutenant Cockeram and other Officers slain and some of the Garrison slain Lieutenant Colonel Stanley was taken Prisoner and carrled into the Castle and there slain by them in cold blood In the siege of Taunton were slain of the Besiegers 1000 and 12 Cart-loads
30 wounded in all That they slew about 10 of the Enemy and took Prisoners Colonel Robert Legge about 50 other Officers and about 500 Common Souldiers with store of Arms and Ammunition The Declaration of the Transactions with the States Ambassadours was published wherein the Parliament set forth the abusive and ill carriage of the States Ambassadours Borelli and Rainsborough both made Knights and Barons by the King and that they shewed themselves rather parties for the King than Mediatours between him and his Parliament They demand justice against those Ambassadors and declare their own condition not to be yet so low but that they can resent if not return both Courtesies and Injuries They acknowledge the Christian and neighbourly Zeal of the States to the peace of this Nation and desire to know wherein they may be useful to them their honoure Neighbours and Predecessours in the like Sufferings 29. Order to Audite the Accounts of the Officers of the train of Artilery of Sir William Waller Cromwel drew off to the Isle of Ely Sir Tho. Fairfax blocked up Bostal-house and made a bridge with two Forts near Kidlington they came towards Leicester A party of Colonel Norton's Forces went towards Langford-house and placed an Ambuscado undiscovered by the Enemy who came forth to fall upon them they retreated to their Ambuscado the Enemy followed them and were all surprised There were taken Colonel Griffith the Governour divers Officers 63 Prisoners and their Arms and 10 killed 30. A Letter from the Committee of Gloucester of the danger of that place and County by the removal of Colonel Massey answer'd by the Commons that they would take care of that City and of the County Prisoners from Guernesey referred to a Committee and to examine that business Ordinance sent up to the Lords to enable the Committee of Plymouth to execute Martial Law there The Kentish Regiment continued and pay for them there Major General Browne came to London to hasten the Provisions for the siege before Oxford 31. The business of the Church debated and Ordinances touching the Excise and for money for the Forces in the West Letters written to the Sub-commissioners of Excise and to the Officers in the several Counties to give incouragement and assistance for the levying the Excise money Order of both Houses for their Committee touching Forts and Castles to be reduced in the Quorum to 2 Lords and 4 Commoners Letters Informed that the King was set down before Leicester June 1645. 2. On consideration of the King 's being at Leicester and the danger to the associated Counties thereby the House Ordered that the Committee of both Kingdomes should consider of such disposal of the Armies under Sir Thomas Fairfax as may be most advantageous for the publick and that the blocking up of Oxford be left to Major General Browne Browne being at the door of the House at that time was sent for in and had the thanks of the House for his good service and was desired to continue his care and constancy therein and to return to his charge Ordinances past for moneys for the West and other Forces Colonel Rainsborough with his Regiment of foot and three Troups of Colonel Sheffield's horse took in Gaunt-house 10 miles from Oxford and therein the Governour with all his Soldiers Arms Ammunition and Provisions The King's Forces having made their batteries stormed Leicester those within made stout resistance but some of them betrayed one of the Gates the women of the Town labour'd in making up the breaches and in great danger The King's Forces having entred the Town had a hot incounter in the Market place and many of them were slain by shot out of the Windows That they gave no quarter but hanged some of the Committee and cut others in pieces Some Letters said that the kennels ran down with bloud That Colonel Gray the Governour and Captain Hacker were wounded and taken Prisoners and very many of the Garrison put to the Sword and the Town miserably plunder'd The King entred the Town on Sunday June I st and sent part of his forces into Derbyshire 3. Order for Colonel Massey to advance into the West and the City and County of Gloucester to be governed by a Committee as the Parliament shall direct Ordinance for money for the siege of Oxford and two Regiments to go out of London to Major General Brown to that siege An Ordinance for money for the Isle of Ely The Papists and others in Northumberland plotted to surprize Sir John Fenwick the High Shiriff and the Militia there but were discovered and suppressed Sir John Meldrum dyed of his wounds received in the siege of Scarborough Castle Both parties in the West had often Skirmishes A party sallyed out of Oxford and took and killed about 80 of the Parliament's Forces the next day a party of the Parliaments took 12 of the Garrison and brought away 50 Cows from under their Walls Letters intercepted by Colonel Massey mention the King 's concluding a peace with the Irish-Rebels 4. Order of both Houses for 200 l. for L. G. Middleton and a pass for him to goe to his charge in the Scots Army 2000 l. of the Arrears due to the Earl of Essex charged on the Excise An Ordinance past for reimbursing money lent by the Commissioners of Excise for reducing Oxford Lieutenant General Cromwel got together 3000 horse in the associated Counties The City of London petitioned that recruits may be had for Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army and a Committee sent thither that the Army or part of it may be ordered to march towards the Enemy in the field and to regaine Leicester and to prevent the surprisal of other places and the Scots pressed to advance Southwards that Cromwel may command the association and care taken of the Navy and that the proceedings of the late Treaty may be published The House called in the Petitioners and gave them thanks for their care and good affections At a Conference the Lords acquainted the Commons with an Information concerning the taking of Leicester which was referred to a Committee to be examined 5. Orders for recruits of the Kentish Regiment and Colonel Fleetwood's Regiment An Ordinance considered for the sale of Delinquents Estates Another sent to the Lords to give power of Martial Law to the Committee of Kent The King continued at Leicester and began to fortify there and then marched forth to meet Sir T. F. who was drawn off from Oxford to advance towards the King 6. Massey wrote for recruits and some Members of the House were appointed to answer his Letters that they were sent to him and that he should never want the incouragement of Parliament and prayed him to go on in the business of the West with his wonted valour and prudence Upon the danger of Newport Paganel the King drawing that way and upon the Petition of the Town Sir Sam. Luke was continued Governour there
for 40 days notwithstanding the Self-denying Ordinance 7. The King's Forces under Goring Hopton Berkley and Greenvile and about 10000 in all joyned together the Forces at Taunton fought with them but being over powred with numbers and having lost many of their men they retreated into the Town where the King's Forces again besieged them Intelligence came that the Parliaments Forces at Pembroke beat off Gerrard's Forces that besieged them and routed his party Ordinance sent to the Lords for associating the Northern Counties Letters from Leicester informed that the Committee men and Scots there were not killed in cold bloud as was before reported but that the King's Forces killed divers who prayed Quarter and put divers women to the Sword and other women and children they turned naked into the streets and many they ravisht That they hanged Mr. Reynor and Mr. Sawer in cold bloud and at Wighton they murthred Mrs. Barlowes a Ministers wife and her children that in the storming of Leicester about 300 were slain on both sides and not more Order for exchange of Sir Rob. Pye for Colonel Tillier and others Sir T. Fairfax came to Newport Paganell Cromwel was by order coming up to him 9. Order for 500 l. to be raised by Coals for relief of the poor of Newcastle An Ordinance for Sir Tho. Peyton's fine to take off his sequestration Order for Captain Willoughby to Command Colonel Barker's Regiment Another to put Surrey into a posture of defence and for more Forces there and payment of the Garrison of Farnham sent up to the Lords An Ordinance passed for Sequestrations in Hampshire the money raised thereby to be imployed by the Committee for defence of that County Holland Ships taken by the Parliaments Navy and Order for a Declaration to the States about it Colonel Massey marched Westward The Common Council and others of London met and agreed voluntary Supplies and 4000 l. gathered for raising 1000 horse to joyn with Massey to relieve Taunton besides what the Parliament did send Sir Thomas Fairfax quartered at Brickhill thither Colonel Vermuden came to him with 2500 horse and Dragoons The Army was then 12500 besides Cromwel's Forces of 3000 foot and 1000 horse more drawing towards him The King was at Homeby-house four miles from Northampton and his Army marched towards Oxford Sir T. F. marched after him Upon the news of the two Armies being near one another Mr. William Lilly told one of his friends in London that If they did not engage before the 11. day of this month the Parliament would have the greatest Victory that they ever yet had and it proved accordingly as you will see by what follows The Scots Army were on their march Southwards as far as Borough-brigge but made no great haste till they saw what success the new Modelled Army would have 10. Letters from the chief Officers of Horse under Sir T. F. to the Parliament desiring that Colonel Cromwel might be Lieutenant General of the Horse under Sir Tho. Fairfax and after some debate the House ordered that Sir T. F. should appoint Cromwel to command the Horse under him as Lieutenant General if he thought fit Cromwel began to encrease in the favour of the people and of the Army and to grow great even to the envy of many Letters from the Committee of Kent of a Troup of horse and a Company of Dragoons raised by them to be under Massey for the relief of Taunton and had thanks for it The Ordinance for the Committee of Hampshire agreed unto An Ordinance past to impower Sir T. F. to press men for a month excepting Clergy-men Scholars and some others 100 l. ordered for Sir Robert Pye as a gratuity from the Parliament and in recompence of his losses at Leicester Sir T. F. and the King's forces were within six miles of each other Langdale's Regiment were in discontent near Leicester because they might not advance North-wards but the King quietted them with a promise that they should march thither within 15 days 11. Letters from Sir T. F. informing of his advance towards the Enemy and his resolution to engage them if they would stand the King's forces were about Daintree and they were there fortifying the Hills called Danes-hills The Commissioners in the Army sent for money and a months pay was ordered to be forthwith sent to the Army by the Committee of the Army Divers Officers left out of the new Army offered to list themselves as Reformadoes for relief of Taunton and the House ordered that such as should so list themselves should have a fifth part of their arrears paid them within a month after their advance and those that did not perform should forfeit all their arrears Informations against some Members of both Houses and Mr. Cranford a Minister committed for some words spoken by him in that business reference to a Committee to examine it Ordinance for 21000 l. for the Scots Army past and for 400 l. for Widows of Souldiers Letters from the West certified that Colonel Ingolesby fell upon the Enemies quarters near Taunton and slew divers considerable men Fasts in 12 Parishes to crave a blessing upon the Armies 12. Letters from Taunton That if Relief came not speedily to them they should be put unto great straits for Provisions and Ammunition they assured the House they never accepted of a parley from the Enemy but scorned it and they had left some Ammunition and resolved to feed upon their Horses they desired the House to take consideration of their condition and left all to God who they doubted not but would relieve them Orders for Letters to them That Relief should speedily come to them and what money they took up the House would pay and desired them to goe on in their vigilancy and valour and they should never want the encouragement of the Parliament Sir T. F. advanced near Tocester Three thousand Cattel driven by the King's forces towards Oxford which they had taken from the Countrey Letters from the North certified that the Scots were Southwards as far as Doncaster Letters written to Northampton Bedford and Bucks to bring in Provisions to Sir Tho. Fairfax his Army Ordinance for bringing in of money sent to the Lords Debate touching non admission to the Sacrament 13. Ordinance sent to the Lords to raise a Regiment of Dragoons for Taunton A Committee sent to the City to consider of raising a Months pay for the Scots Army Orders for exchange of Prisoners The Parliament forces sleighted the Garrisons of Cole-orton and Kirby and marched away 14. A Petition from the Scots Officers who had served the Parliament setting sorth their condition and want and praying to have money for their present necessity the House referred the auditing of their accounts to a Committee and to consider of some present Relief for them This was the day of the famous Battel at Naseby The King had drawn off from Borough-hill to Harborough purposing to march
pieces of Ordnance 8000 Arms 40 Barrels of Powder 200 Carriages all their Bag and Baggage with store of rich pillage 3000 Horse the King's Standard and divers Colours of horse and foot one of the King's Coaches and his Cabinets of Letters and Papers Sir Marmaduke Langdale fled to Newark 15. The Lord's day divers Preachers took notice of this great Victory in their Prayers and Sermons and returned Prayers to God for it 16. Several Gentlemen Colonel Jo. Ficnnes and others came from the Army with the Prisoners and Colours and some with Letters from the General of this great success at Naseby they were called into the House and made a particular Narration of the fight The House gave 100 l. to one of them 40 l. to another and gratified all the Messengers of this good News Then according to the desire of Sir T. F. in his Letters they ordered a Day of Thanksgiving to God for it the Parliament to keep it at Christ-church and the Lord Mayor Aldermen and the Common Council to be desired to meet the Parliament there and another Day of publick Thanksgiving for this Victory was appointed to be kept in all Counties within the power of the Parliament Letters of thanks ordered to Sir T. F. and his Field-Officers and 500 l. to be bestowed upon a Jewel for Sir T. F. Order that Lieutenant General Cromwel shall continue Lieutenant General of the Horse under Sir T. F. during the pleasure of the Houses notwithstanding the Self-denying Ordinance and shall receive the pay of Lieutenant General for the time of the establishment of this Army The same Night after the Battel of Naseby Sir T. F. blocked up Leicester with his Horse and next day his Foot came up to him Houghton Garrison being taken by a party from Newark was the same Day regained by Col. Rosseter who released the Prisoners taken there and took of them Prisoners M. Broughton and divers other Officers 55 Gentlemen Voluntiers and Souldiers and 60 Horse A party of Sir William Brereton under Lieutenant Colonel Venables fell upon a party of the Chester forces took 180 of them Prisoners and 30 Horse and forced the rest back into Chester Several parties of the King 's joyning to besiege Sir W. Whitmore's House a Garrison of the Parliament a party from Shrewsbury encountred with them slew and took Prisoners about 400 and dispersed the rest and Sir William Croft's was slain in the Fight Captain Stone and Captain Tuthall fell upon a party of the King 's near Litchfield took Major Henningham other Gentlemen and Officers of the name of Devexeux 25 common Souldiers 40 Horse and Arms i a Coach and Horses divers Port-mantles and good Pillage 17. Debate in a grand Committee of the business of the Church An Ordinance committed for the sale of Delinquents Estates The Town of Taunton understanding from Lyme of the Parliaments sending relief to them and having a small supply of Powder from Lyme a party of the Garrison issued out upon the besiegers took and slew above 400 of them with the loss of 100 of the Garrison and by this means the Enemy drawing back they have inlarged their quarters five or six miles compass 18. The Sheriffs of London came to both Houses and in the name of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council invited them to Dinner the next Day being the Day appointed by them for publick Thanksgiving and both Houses accepted of the invitation Order for a Collection at the day of Thanksgiving for those of Leicester now in Town The Lords agreed to the Ordinance for Lord General Cromwel to be L. General of the Horse but altered it in point of time to be but for 3 months to which the Commons upon Debate consented Colonel Fiennes sent up to London with the 4500 Prisoners taken at Naseby Battel was ordered to stay at St. Albans till the House should take order for the disposal of them 19. Both Houses and the City kept the Day of Thanksgiving together and news was brought to them of the regaining Leicester Letters informed that upon routing the King's Army Sir Jo. Gell gathered together all the forces of Derbyshire and the adjacent parts and June 16. they met with some of the King's Horse and took 200 and another party fell upon the Newarkers and routed them took 60 horse 42 Prisoners and 80 Arms. The same Day Sir T. F. came before Leicester and summoned the Town to surrender to him and not to force him to take it by storm the Governour answered that he would not surrender it Sir T. F. called a Council of War about the storming of it which was concluded The next Day they fell to raising Batteries and made all provision Night and Day for it June 17. Sir T. F. battered the Town and stormed it and the Governour sent for a parley to which Sir T. F. agreed and sent Colonel Pickering and Colonel Rainsborough his Commissioners into the Town to treat about the surrender of it In the mean time Sir T. F. lost no time to make provision for the storm and had intelligence that the King was advancing with about 4000 horse towards them But the Commissioners agreed with the Lord Loughborough Governour of Leicester for the rendition of the Town to Sir T. F. upon Articles and there he had 14 pieces of Ordnance 30 Colours 200 Arms 500 Horse 50 Barrels of Powder and all their Arms Ammunition Provisions Bag and Baggage Both Houses were magnificently feasted by the City at Grocer's-hall and after Dinner they sang the 46. Psalm and so parted 20. The Commons sent a Letter of Thanks to Major General Skippon and Dr. Clarke a Physician to visit him and desired Sir Tho. Fairfax to take care that the Chirurgeons of the Army might use their best endeavours for his recovery The Scots Army being at Nottingham and Sir T. F. at Leicester it was referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms to mannage the Armies to the best improvement of the publick service An Ordinance past for Rutlandshire A Petition from the Adventurers for Ireland An Ordinance past for the Northern association Sir T. F. his Army notwithstanding their hard service marched from Leicester and sate down before Ashby de la Zouche 3000 fresh horse of Sir John Gell Colonel Rosseter Colonel Lambert and others pursued the King's Army 21. Order for the Prisoners taken at Naseby to be put into the Military grounds till they should be otherwise disposed of Care was taken of the wounded Souldiers and for prosecuting the war and advancing of the Armies in pursuit of the King's forces The 4500 Prisoners taken at Naseby fight were conducted through London to Westminster and 55 of their Colours then taken carried before them 22. The Lord's Day great expressions in the Pulpit touching the Victory at Naseby 23. Carlisle was willing for a Treaty of surrendring the Town if they might be assured of an English
of the Brethren in Scotland The King was about Worcester with about 5000 Pointz and Rossiter followed him A party from Shrewsbury fell upon a party of the King 's at Bishops Castle as they were plundring on a faire day routed them rescued all the Plunder took 200 horse and many Prisoners 6. Care was taken for payment of the allowance to the Prince Elector The Declaration sent to the Lords for the Undeceiving the People of Wales A Committee appointed to cast up the Arrears due to the Earl of Essex and to consider of a way for payment of them and what mark or badge of honour is fit to be bestowed on him for his great services An Ordinance past for raising horse and Dragoons in London the Lord Herbert of Ragland was sent into Ireland to sollicite supplies from thence for the King Debate of the point of suspending from the Sacrament Voted that the Presbytery should not meddle with any thing of meum and tuum till it were determined by the Civil Magistrate An Ordinance touching the Wives and Children of Delinquents if dwelling here and Protestants to have the 5th part of the Delinquents Estates Passed Letters certified that the Scots Army had raised their Siege from before Hereford and were marching Northward to goe home again Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army before Bristol kept a day of humiliation and after that intended to storm the Town The Clubmen declared that they would all assist Sir Thomas Fairfax The Governour of Weymouth with the assistance of some Seamen entred Corfe Island took a Fort there and a Demy Culverin and slighted the Fort. 200 Reformadoes were surprised in their Quarters near Thame by Forces from Oxford and Bostall-House 120 horse and men were taken and the rest of them escaped 9. Mr. Pëters was called into the House and gave them a particular Account of the Siege of Bristol and the cause of sitting down before it to prevent the plunder and cruelties of Prince Rupert in that Country and he pressed the desire of Sir Thomas Fairfax to have Recruits sent to him Several Orders passed for Recruits and money shoes and stockings and all necessary supplies for the Army and touching the pressing of able men to serve in the Army and not such as were vagabonds who could not be found out if they ran from their Colours Intercepted Letters signified that a Peace was concluded by the King and the Irish Rebels and that many of them were expected to be shortly here to assist the King 10. Debate of the Church business Order for the burial of Mr. William Strode a Member of the House in the Abbey of Westminster near the Corps of Mr. Pym and for all the House to accompany his Corps at his Funeral and that 500 l. be paid to his Executors Divers private Petitions answered and one day in every week appointed to hear private petitions Sir Thomas Fairfax being provided to storm Bristol sent in to Prince Rupert to offer him honourable Propositions if he would forthwith surrender the Town to avoid shedding of more bloud and spoil of the City The Prince desired liberty to send a Messenger to the King to know his pleasure but that was denyed as too much delay Then the Prince declyning a Treaty by Commissioners sent high Propositions of his own which Sir Thomas Fairfax refused but returned his final Answer to the Prince how far he would grant what was desired and no further but this was not accepted by Prince Rupert 11. Order for a Declaration to be drawn of the cruel acts done by the Governour of Jersey upon the Inhabitants there and that if for the future he shall put to death any of the Isle whom he shall take Prisoners for every one so slain the Parliament will hang up three of the King's men their Prisoners 12. Debate about the business of the Church A Committee of both Houses appointed to receive from the Scots Commissioners what they had to impart to them touching the marching of the Scots Army northwards Writs ordered for new Elections of Members in several places Letters and Messengers from Bristol informed that Prince Rupert having delayed the Treaty for surrender of it till his Counterscarfes and inmost Lines were finished and then refused the honourable Conditions offered to him by Sir T. Fairfax thereupon Sir T. F. ordered to storm the City in this manner Col. Welden to have one Brigade of his own Twiseldens Fortescues and Herberts Regiments who were to make good Somersetshire side and to storm in three places Col. Mountague to command the General 's Brigade consisting of the Generals Mountagues Pickerings and Sir Hardres Waller's Regiment to storm on both sides of Lawford Gate Colonel Rainsborough's Brigade of his own Skippon's Harmond's Birche's and Berkley's Regiments were to storm on this side the River Froome and two hundred of them to go in Boats with the Seamen to storm Water Fort. One Regiment of foot and another of horse to be moving up and down in the Close to alarm the Royal Fort. One Regiment of Dragoons and two Regiments of Horse to attempt the Line and Works by Clifton September 9. At Twelve at Night all the Army both horse and foot were drawn round the City in a posture to storm the signs when to begin were by the kindling of a fire of straw and discharging four great Guns the Parliaments word during the storm was David and after the Line was entred the Lord of Hosts About Two in the Morning the storm began the Souldiers shouted for joy the service was hot especially at the Prince's Fort where Rainsborough performed very bravely They cut in pieces most of the Souldiers within the Fort with their Captain Price and took four great Pieces in the Fort and two more in a Redoubt Colonel Mountague's men took sixteen Pieces in the several Works and Half-moons which they gained by storm Welden's Brigade fell on with great resolution but the Mote being very deep on Somersetshire-side and his Scaling-ladders too short he only alarm'd them on that side The Club-men terrified the Enemy on Bedminster-side In Rainsborough's and Mountague's Brigades not above forty men slain The Parliaments Horse entred with the Foot the Pioneers having thrown down the Line The Prince's Horse were beaten off and Colonel Taylor formerly a Member of Parliament wounded and taken three Majors and other Prisoners On the Parliaments part Captain Ireton and M. Bethel were wounded Prince Rupert fled into the Castle and sent to Sir T. Fairfax for a Parley who yielded to it and the City was surrendred upon far lower terms on the Prince's behalf than he was before offered Three Messengers who brought this good News had 20 l. a piece given to them 13. Debate about providing money for the Army and sale of the Lands of Bishops Deans and Chapters for that purpose Report that the Commissioners of Scotland had acquainted the Committee of both
upon some design Sir Hardress Waller fell on them killed some and brought away many of them Prisoners 5. Debate about the Government of Ireland Voted not to be by Commissioners but by a single Person to be nominated by both Houses for a Year and that all Treaties with the Rebels should be nullified and the War to be managed by both Houses of Parliament This was communicated to the Lords at a conference for their concurrence with some votes touching the forfeitures of Delinquents Estates Several votes concerning the Assesments for Sir Tho. Fairfax's Army and directions to the Committee of the Army to the Committees of Counties to Sequestrators c. concerning the Assesments and that Military Officers shall pay the Assesment and that the Governors of the Inns of Court and Chancery do not permit any non-Resident Members in their Society Letters from Sir Tho. Fairfax certified that the Prince was marched towards Dertmouth with five hundred Horse and one thousand three hundred Foot that Greenvile began to be contemptible in Cornwal as Goring was in Devon that six hundred of the Cornish men mutinyed and half of them went home that many of their men come in to Sir T. F. that Col. Grey with a Commanded Party gave an Allarm to Exeter and took some Prisoners by the way 6. Proceedings upon the propositions for Peace Voted that a former Judgment against Mr. Henry Martin of Expelling him the House should be voyd and rased out of the Journal-Book and Mr. Martin to enjoy the benefit of his first Election This gave occasion to some to believe that the House began to be more averse from the King Upon the Petition of the Militia of London informing the danger to the City by the great number of Persons coming thither from the Kings Quarters and praying additional powers to themselves for securing the Parliament and City The House granted their desires and that they should compell the Aged and Rich persons to pay for others to serve in the Regiments and to search for Papists and Delinquents Order for Supplys for Windsor Garrison Some Difference between the Commissioners of the Parliament sent down to the Scots Army and G. Leven about the Pay of the Army Upon a Sally out of Newarke they killed six of the Parliament men wounded divers and took twenty five Prisoners and Col. Rossiter fell upon them in their retreat killed eight and took nine Prisoners A Party from Walling-ford and Dennington fell upon the Parliaments Quarters at Kinbury near Newbury took Mr. Web but killed none the Parliament Party killed a Knight and two more of theirs and they being allighted to Plunder the Town a Cornet with a part of a Troop of the Parliaments took twenty of the Kings Horse and two Men. 7. Lieutenant Barrow being the Gentle-man who acted the Constables part in the Surprize of Hereford was called into the House and made them a particular relation of that Service the House gave him an hundred pound and ordered fifty pounds per An. to be setled upon him and his Heirs Mr. Tompkins formerly a Member of the House now taken at Hereford was Brought to the Bar on his knees and committed to the Counter Order for a Charge to be drawn up against Mr. David Jenkins A Committee named to consider of the Prisoners in the Tower and other Prisons how they may be secured and to prevent their holding intelligence with the Kings Party 8. Intelligence came that the Inhabitants of Chester urged the Governor to a Treaty of Surrender which he promised to do if relief came not within a Week that they were in great want of Victuals and often in Mutinies Debates touching particular differences of Members and about the poor plundered Town of Woburne 9. Proceedings touching the propositions for Peace Divers Widows of Soldiers and Creditors of the Parliament were at the House crying and importuning for satisfaction of Moneys due to them and it was referred to Auditor Bond to compute what was due These were supposed to be set on to this Clamor by some of the Kings Party and it was strange at this time of the Parliaments Prosperous condition to see how rude and impetuous especially some of the women were crying out as the Members passed through the crowd of them Pay us our Money we are ready to starve and seeming ready to tear their cloaths from off their backs Order for Money for the Forces of the Militia of London and for the Guards Letters from Sir Tho. Fairfax informed that the Kings Forces were drawn up into a Body as intending to fight him and that Prince Charles was in the head of them and set out a Proclamation for all above sixteen years of Age to rise in his defence against the Rebels the House appointed a day to consider of this business of the Prince Order for Money for Windsor Garrison 10. Letters from the Commissioners in the Scots Army informed their proceedings and that a Party Sallying out of Newarke upon L. G. Pointz his Quarters some of them came to the Chamber of L. G. Pointz and rushing violently in the L. G. being there alone he engaged them with his Sword only and killed the first man that entred his Chamber at which the rest running down the Stayers he followed them and killed another of them and some of his Servants coming in to his Assistance two more of the Party were taken Prisoners and the whole Party were beaten back again Order for payment of the Arrears of L. G. Pointz and for his Forces and Supplys Col. Stockdale sent for to be examined touching the English taking of Commissions from the Scots General to raise Forces here and a day appointed to consider of the Scots raising Moneys in England bytheir Warrants Letters from Plymouth informed that some of their men after a small dispute took Canterbury-Work from the Kings Forces and in it seventeen Prisoners Arms and Ammunition That they afterwards marched to St. Budeaux where after an hot skirmish of an hour and an half they took the Church-yard and the Church-Fortified and in it ninety two Prisoners a Major three Captains three Lievetenants other Officers fifty five Horse Arms and Ammunition that ten of the Kings men were slain and seven of the Parliaments of whom Mr. Haines was one and twenty wounded 12. Debate of the Affairs of Ireland and to provide Money for that War a Committee named to compute the Charge of that War for next Summer and to consider how all Moneys by Assesment may be levyed one way and the Subject eased and of the powers of Committees in some particulars Debates about adding of Persons and Powers to the Committee of the Revenue Letters from Mr. Anesley and Sir Robert King and Mr. Beale the Parliaments Commissioners in Ireland certified That October 17. the Rebels having surrounded Sligo with a thousand Foot and three hundred Horse Captain Cook and Captain Cole with two hundred Horse Charged the
dismantle his Garrisons pass an Act of Oblivion and free pardon to all and give ample satisfaction to the Kingdom of Scotland A day was appointed to consider hereof and it was ordered to be communicated to the Scots Commissioners Orders for Money for the Garrison of Hereford and for the Officers of the two Regiments at Glocester At St. Mawes the General had thirteen Guns and store of Ammunition and between three and four hundred of the Kings Forces came in to him Major General Middleton in Scotland took the Earl of Montrosses House upon surrender many were shot the Castle burnt and all the Arms and Ammunition taken 25. The day of the Monthly Fast yet solemnly observed 26. Upon the debate of the Kings last Letter a Committee was â—amed to draw up an Answer to that Message adhering to the former resolutions to have the propositions first dispatched and assented to by his Majesty A Committee of both Houses was sent into the City and communicated to the Lord Mayor and Common-Council his Majesties last Letter and made some observations upon it and informed them of the danger by the great number of Malignants coming from the Kings Quarters to London desired the care of the Militia in searching for and apprehending them and that the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council would meet both Houses at Christ-Church on the thanksgiving day An Ordinance sent by the Lords authorising the Commissioners of the Customs to pay one thousand pound per An. to every one of the Judges and Barons of the Exchequer for their Salleries and in lieu of all Fees Two Letters taken about Sir Jacob Ashley of great intelligence read in the House Letters informed that all the Lord Hoptons Forces were disbanded according to the Articles and a Proclamation for all of them the next day to depart or else to be taken as Spyes that the disbanding was done with great Civility on both parts and not the least insulting by the Parliaments Forces nor the value of six pence taken from them by any of their Army That Orders were given for the Army to march Eastward except two or three Regiments left to block up Pendennis Castle which being Summoned they returned a peremptory Answer of denyal that a Ship of the Parliaments upon Intelligence came into Falmouth harbour and hawled a Dunkirk Ship who gave two broad-sides but after a little dispute the Parliaments Ship Boarded the Dunkirker and put all the Irish in her to the Sword and took the rest Prisoners That Helford Fort was surrendred to the Parliament and in it six pieces of Ordnance and will streighten Pendennis Castle Anno 1646 Car. 22 That Lieutenant Colonel Ingolosby going to view the Castle was shot by a Musquetier whereof he dyed within three hours and that M. Cobbet was shot 27. The City invited both Houses of Parliament to dinner at Grocers Hall on the Thanksgiving day A Fast day was kept by the English and Scots Armies before Newarke Intelligence came that a Party from Dunnington Castle sallied out upon Dalbiers men killed some took fifty Prisoners and the Mattocks c. of the Pioners 28. Debate of the Blasphemies of Paul Best Divines ordered to confer with him to convince him of his Sin and that a charge be prepared against him Order for four thousand pound for the Scots Reformadoes Consideration of six Preaching Ministers to be sent down to Hereford and to have an hundred and fifty pound per An. each of them The Governor of Plymouth sent a Party to Ince house a Garrison of the Kings which they summoned to surrender to the Parliament but the Garrison returned a scornful answer upon which the Plymouth men prepared for a Battery but as soon as the great Guns came the Garrison begged for Quarter and had it and left their Arms and Ammunition Sir Tho. Fairfax Marched towards Exeter 30. The Invitation of the Prince to come in to the Parliaments Quarters pass'd and sent up to the Lords The answer agreed on to the Kings last Letter in substance That they did not conceive it safe for his Majesty or his Subjects that he return to the Parliament till he have assented to the Propositions which they are about and will be shortly sent to him The Commission read for the Lord L'isle to be Governor of Ireland The Lords desired the Commons that they would give leave that one imprisoned by them might be sent for and examined by the Lords touching a dangerous Book lately published called the last Summons or Warning-piece to London to which the Commons did agree Order for three hundred pounds for Sir Peter Smith in part of his Arrears for Service in Ireland and for disposal of the Prisoners in Glocester and for sending down the Ministers of Cornwall c. to their Charges Col Morgan Col. Birch and Sir William Brereton with their joynt Forces marched to Worcester and summoned the City to surrender to the Parliament and informed them that the King had no Forces to relieve them They answered That if it had been so they supposed they should have known the Kings pleasure therein till when they would not Surrender the City The Besiegers replied that they would not inform them an untruth but that they might the better inquire and prevent their own ruine they would for a short time draw off a little farther from them Dunnington Castle being much indammaged by the Granadoes desired liberty to send to Oxford and upon answer from thence would come to a Treaty High-Archal was surrendred to the Forces of Shropshire with all the Arms and Ammunition 31. Letters from Sir Tho. Fairfax desired Favour to some Gentlemen that came in to him from the Kings Quarters and it was referred to a Committee to state their several Cases Mr. Steward who had the Parliaments protection was discharged from an Arrest and order for Money due to him to be paid The Commons Voted That in case the King contrary to the advice of both Houses of Parliament already given him shall come or attempt to come within the Lines of Communication That then the Militia of London with advice of the Committee of Lords and Commons for the Army shall raise Forces to prevent and suppress any tumult that may arise by his coming and to apprehend such as shall come with him or resort to him and to secure his Rerson from danger And the House ordered that all who had born Arms against the Parliament should depart London by the sixth of April or else to be taken as Spyes The Lords concurred in the Letter of Invitation to the Prince and in the answer to the Kings last Letter A summons was sent into Newarke on Saturday to render the Town to the use of the Parliament and they took time till Mondady for their Answer April 1646. April 1. Passes for some to go beyond Seas Difference about the Ordinance for Martial Law in London Order that the Proclamation
carry away any thing that is properly belonging to any of them 18. That all Ladies Gentlewomen and other Women now in Oxford whose Husbands or Friends are absent from thence may have Passes and Protections for themselves Servants and Goods to go to and remain at the Houses of their Husbands or at their Friends as they shall desire and to go or send to London or elsewhere to obtain the Allowances out of their Husbands or Parents Estates allotted them by Ordinance of Parliament 19. That such of his Majesties Houshold Servants who shall desire to go to his Majesty may have free Liberty and Passes to go accordingly at any time within one Month next after the Rendring of the Garrison And that his Majesties Houshold stuff and other his peculiar Goods which are now in Oxford may be carried to his Majesties House at Hampton Court and his Servants under whose charge or custody any of them are shall be allowed and assisted in the procuring of Carts Boats and Carriages for the removal of them thither and there to remain till his Majesty shall otherwise dispose of them and then to be sent or disposed accordingly And that such of his Majesties Servants who are not able for the present to go unto him shall have Liberty Passes and Protections to go to and remain at his Majesties said house at Hampton Court and have liberty to attend the Committee for his Majesties Revenues to procure a competent allowance out of his Majesties Revenue for their subsistence untill his Majesty shall otherwise provide for or dispose of them 20. That all Clergy-men now in Oxford who shall not upon Composition or otherwise be restored to their Church-Livings shall have Liberty to go to London to obtain some fitting allowance for the livelihood of themselves and their Families 21. That it is intended declared and agreed That all persons comprised within these Articles shall peaceably and quietly enjoy all their Goods Debts and Moveables allowed by these Articles during the space of six Months after Rendring the Garrison and that they shall be free from all Oaths Engagements and Molestations except an Engagement by promise not to bear Arms against the Parliament nor wilfully do any Act prejudicial to their Affairs so long as they remain in their Quarters and that they shall have liberty within the space of six Months in case they should be resolved to go beyond Seas to dispose of their Goods Debts and Moveables allowed by these Articles and depart the Kingdom if they shall think fit and to have Passes for their Transportation or otherwise to stay in the Kingdom 22. That if any of these Articles shall in any point be broken or violated by any Person or Persons in Oxford or comprised within this Capitulation the fault and punishment shall be upon him or them only who made the breach or violation and shall not be imputed to or charged upon any other not assenting thereunto or not an actor in it 23. That the Duke of Richmond the Earl of Lindsey and their Servants that came forth with them shall enjoy the benefit of these Articles in whatsoever may concern them 24. That the Garrison of Farringdon shall be Rendred to his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Governor Gentlemen Soldiers and all other of what quality soever within those Garrisons shall enjoy the benefit of these Articles in every particular which may concern them they rendring the Garrison accordingly as Oxford 25. That all persons comprised in these Articles shall upon request have a Certificate under the hand of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax or the future Governor of the City That such Persons were in the City at the time of the Surrender thereof and are to have the benefit of these Articles 26. That the General Sir Thomas Fairfax shall give a Pass to one or two Messengers with their Servants to go unto the King to give him an Account of the proceedings upon this Treaty and conclusion thereof and to return and receive the benefit of these Articles Dated at Water-Eaton June 20 1646. 22. The Propositions for Peace agreed upon and the City of London to have power of their own Militia they were ordered to be communicated to the Scots Commissioners here and upon their concurrence to be sent to his Majesty Mr. Dell the Generals Chaplain brought Letters and the Articles of Oxford to the Parliament Orders for Money for the Scots and about Mr. Charles Howards Composition Col. Birch Besieged Goodrich Castle 23. The Articles of Oxford approved and fifty pound gratuity to Mr. Dell and thirty pound to the Messenger Order for the Duke of York to be brought to St. Jame's and provided for in an honourable way Sir William Brereton being come into the House the Speaker by order gave him thanks for his good Services particularly for that of Chester 24. The Monthly Fast after the Sermons divers new Elected Members took the Covenant 25. Some Masters of Hospitals appointed Beumaris Town and Castle surrendred to Major General Mitton and he was voted to be Governor there Orders for Money and for a Ship at Anglesey The Marquess of Argyle and Scots Commissioners presented some papers to the Houses one was That the Quarters of their Army in the North might be inlarged and Money provided for them and other supplys as for the other Forces That Ships may be sent to prevent the landing of the Irish Rebels in Scotland That the Parliament here would send Commissioners to joyn with the Commissioners of Estates of Scotland at Newcastle to testifie the endeavours of the Scots and to assist them in perswading his Majesty to a good Peace and to have power to treat and settle the accounts between the two Kingdoms that all Forces may be disbanded and the fruits of Peace enjoyed by both Nations Another Letter was read being from the King to the Marquess of Ormond in Ireland to discharge all further Treaty with the Irish Rebels Letters informed that the Lord â—roghill had taken in the Garrison of Blaney in Ireland and given the Rebels some other small defeats Oxford was surrendred to Sir Tho. Fairfax no affront nor injury offered by any of his Soldiers to those of the Garrison when they marched forth but all the Articles punctually observed divers Irish men and Irish Women went out with them the Garrison were in all about seven Thousand men After the Governor was marched forth the Keys of the City were presented to the General who ordered three Foot Regiments to march into the Town and between them and the Citizens was courteous language and not a reproachful or uncivil word by any of the Army to them nor the least disorder They left in the City about thirty pieces of Ordnance but little provision for Man or Horse but after the Parliament Forces had entred the City the Countrey people thereabouts brought in store of Provisions The Duke of York
and divers great Lords remained in Oxford till they might receive the Kings order for which they had sent Messengers to him The next day the Citizens opened their Shops and there was a full Market again Farringdon was likewise surrendred and accommodation was sent for to London for removal of the Duke of York thither and surely no action or agreement either of War or Peace was ever more punctually observed than was this of the Oxford Articles Order for an Express to be sent to Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice that the Parliament took notice of their breach of the Oxford Articles by coming so near to London as Oatlands and requiring them to transport themselves beyond Seas within ten days if it could be or else to lose the benefit of those Articles Debate about the Preamble to the Propositions for Peace 27. The propositions for Peace were all agreed and a Committee named to consider of the manner of passing them and another Committee to be as Conservators of the Peace between both Kingdoms 29. Debate about the dismantling of Garrisons that of Oxford put off that of Winchester voted to be slighted Referred to the Committee of the Army to take care for the security of the City upon the repair of so many Delinquents thither from the Kings Quarters Order about the Judges who are to go Circuits and for allowances for them The General Commanded a select Council Cromwell Ireton Lambert Fleet-wood and Whitelocke to consult about disposing part of the Army to several Places and Sieges where there was need of them and also about the reducing of Wallingford and what conditions to send to them According to their advice Articles were drawn up to be sent to Wallingford and Whitelocke was made use of as their Secretary and there were two Regiments sent thither two more to Ragland and four Regiments to Worcester 30. The Princes Rupert and Maurice sent a very respectful answer to the Parliaments Letter to them that they were sorry that they had given them any offence had no intention to do it and would obey their orders The Prince Elector had leave to go and see his Brethren A Committee named to draw up an additional proposition for confirmation of the great Seal and invalidating of Acts passed by the Seal which was carried away to Oxford One Morgan a Popish Priest executed July 1646. July 1. Debate upon Ordinances touching the Excise and for moneys for Soldiers and Widows Order for reception of the French Ambassador one of the Lords and two of the Commons to come to him at his first landing The Garrison of Worcester agreed to a Treaty for the surrender of it 2. The Earl of Kent voted to be L. Lieutenant of Bedfordshire Orders that all Papists and Irish be put out of the lines of Communication and out of Corporations and that they that came from Oxford should be in their lodgings by nine a Clock the like for others that came out of any of the Kings Garrisons and that they have no Arms and that at Guild-hall they produce their Passes and ingage not to bear Arms against the Parliament and this order to be published by beat of Drum and sound of Trumpet Thus we may see that even after almost a Conquest yet they apprehended no safety such are the issues and miseries of a Civil War that the Victors are full of fears from those whom they have subdued no quiet no security O let our Prayers be to God never to have such calamitous times again Letters from Major General Mitton informed the readiness and assistance of Bishop Williams to promote the Parliaments affairs and particularly for the reducing of the Castle of Conwey giving his advice and being very active in that and all other matters for the Parliament 3. Letters from Sir Tho. Fairfax gave an account of the disposal of his Forces since the rendition of Oxford and the state he had put that City in and he sent up the great Seals and several other Seals which were there rendred to him Mr. Harbert one of the Commissioners for the Army presented the Seals to the House The great Seal which was carried away from the Parliament the Privy Seal the Signet Royal the Seal of the Kings Bench the Seals of the Exchequer and of the Court of Wards and of the Admiralty and the Sword Order for all those Seals to be broken and the Sword to be kept in the Kings Wardrobe Vote for the Earl of Salisbury to be one of the Commissioners of the great Seal in the place of the Earl of Bullingbroke deceased The proposition past the Commons and sent up to the Lords for making void what passed under the great Seal at Oxford and honours in Ireland and for confirming the great Seal here to which the Lords agreed and it was ordered to be communicated to the Scots Commissioners Order for Letters from both Houses to the King to desire him to send order to the Marquess of Ormond to deliver the Forts in Ireland in his hands to such as the Parliament should appoint A Petition from L. C. Lilburne to the Commons appealing from the judgment of the Lords who had Committed him referred to a Committee to consider of the priviledges of the Commoners of England 4. L. G. Pointz called into the House gave them an account of the Northern Forces they ordered a thousand pound to him in part of his Arrears and two hundred pound as a guift to buy him a Sword and a brace of Geldings and ordered three hundred pound per An. to him and his Heirs and gave him the thanks of the House Ordinance for ten thousand pounds for the Northern Forces Petition of London shewing that they intended to Petition the King a Copy of which they presented to the House for their approbation the House appointed a time to consider of it The Lords gave the City thanks for the like Petition Col. Jones his Regiment to be hastned for Ireland Papers from the Scots Commissioners which they received from New-Castle presented to the House One was a Declaration from General Leven and his Officers That they will adhere to the Covenant and will preserve the Vnion between the two Kingdoms and not countenance any disaffected to either Parliament that they abhor all wayes contrary to the Covenant Disclaim the Kings Letter to the Marquess of Ormond That as they came into England out of affection and not in a mercenary way so they will be as willing to return home and want of Pay shall be no hindrance thereunto and that the Kings unexpected coming to their Army hath not wrought in them any thing contrary to the Covenant Another Paper was a Petition of General Leven and his Officers to the King That his Majesty would take a speedy course to settle Religion and Church-Government the Liberties Priviledges of his Kingdoms to sign the Covenant and to comply with the Councils
the Earl of Essex to sit in Parliament Divers Scotch Ministers endeavoured to satisfie the Kings Conscience that he might take the Covenant but could not prevail 17. An Ordinance sent up to the Lords for charging ten thousand pound upon the Excise for poor Widows Officers Wives and others The Lords desired the concurrence of the Commons that the Earl of Northumberland be made L. Lieutenant of York-shire in the stead of the Earl of Essex deceased A Petition of the Levanâ— Merchants against Sir Sackvile Crow for Cruelties and Tyrannies exercised by him against their Company and desiring his Commission might be made void was referred to a Committee Order for four hundred pound for relief of poor Irish Protestants here 18. Order for a Letter to the Grand Seignior to revoke the Commission of Sir Sackvile Crow from being Agent at Constantinople and power given to the Merchants to chuse a new Agent Voted That no Consultation touching his Majestics Person should hinder the March of the Scots Army out of England nor violate the Treaties and that the Kings Person should be disposed of as both Houses of the Parliament of England should hold fit The Speaker desired he might communicate some secret Intelligence which he had to a Committee and was ordered to do it to the Committee of both Kingdoms and the Committee of the Admiralty Order for stating Arrears of Accounts 19. The Houses sate not The Estates of Scotland met about the surrender of the English Garrisons c. 21. The Commissioners from Scotland not being able to prevail with the King to pass the propositions returned into Scotland The Kings did not absolutely refuse to do it but said he hoped they would grant him a hearing which for better accommodation he desires may be near London and doubts not but after a full hearing he may not only have but receive full satisfaction Letters informed of the Irish Rebels drawing with a great Army towards Vlster and that the Marquess of Ormond was gone with Forces to joyn with them to suppress such as withstand the new Peace The Committee of Worcester took great care in listing their Soldiers for Ireland 22. No means prevailing with the King to pass the Propositions the House named a Committee to turn those Propositions into Ordinances of Parliament Order that the Committee of both Kingdoms do communicate to the Scots Commissioners the Votes of the House for disposing of the Kings Person Ordinance for Money A Committee for satisfying the City about the security for the two hundred thousand pound Letters of the surrender of Silley and Col. Rouse appointed Governor Reasons offered by the Commons to the Lords for continuance of the Commissioners and Treasurers of the Army The Lords Voted the Lord Roberts to be Governor of Silly but before that the Commons Vote was passed for Col. Rouse The Lords concurred with the Commons in the Vote for disposing of the Kings person The Duke d'Anguienne Besieged Dunkirk The Spaniard raised Forces to relieve it 23. The House proceeded in a grand Committee upon the Ordinance against Blasphemies and Heresies A Petition of Lieutenant Col. Lilburnes Wife accompanied with many Women at the door of the House and mentioning the Tyranny of the Lords by their imprisoning of her Husband and thereby divorcing her from him and desires Justice Intelligence came that upon discovery of a Plot against the Person of the Marquess of Ormond and those with him they returned back to Dublin 24. A new Committee appointed of both Houses to treat with the Scots Commissioners about disposing of the Kings Person this new Committee was purposely named to carry on the design touching the Kings Person as was intended The Committee of Foreign Affairs appointed to receive what the Spanish Ambassador desired to communicate to both Houses Order that no Passes should be granted to transport any Horses for six Months An Ordinance sent up to the Lords to put the Office of Chancellor of Chester in the Speakers of both Houses Order for the Forces of Cheshire for Money A day set to consider how the Army under Sir The. Fair fax shall be disposed of 25. Orders for Money and Cloaths for the Forces in Vlster Order to continue the Committee of both Kingdoms till the last of November next and that if the Scots Commissioners shall refuse to joyn with them then they were to act by themselves Votes That the Estates of the Lord Capell Lord Cottington Marquess of Winchester Earl of Worcester and Sir Charles Smith should be sold to raise Money for Ireland Some of the Assembly of Divines from the rest brought into the House such Heads of the Articles of Faith as they had perfected The Establishment and securing of Wallingford Castle referred to the General and a Committee named to draw up a new establishment thereof 26. The House sate not 28. Letters from the North certified that the Convention at Edinburg agreed that the Scots Army should march out of England upon the receipt of the two hundred thousand pound as agreed and all Towns and Castles held now by them in England to be delivered up that they are sending a Plenipotence to their Commissioners here to determine with the Parliament of England as to the dispose of his Majesties Person The Irish Rebels by Declaration disclaimed the Peace made with the Protestants The Articles of the Surrender of Silly Islands sent up 29. Vote That no Office shall be conferred by any Committee upon any person without consent of the Parliament A Committee of the long Robe appointed to make some amendmerts in the Ordinance for security to the advancers of the two hundred thousand pound Great complaints of the Quartering of the Scots Army in the North and in Lancashire Denbigh Castle was upon Treaty of surrender Order against the great resort of multitudes of People to the door of the House and it was observed then that some of those Gentlemen who formerly most incouraged such resort were now most fearful of them 30. The publick Fast day the House met after the Sermons and ordered an Ordinance to be drawn up to be read in every Congregation on every Fast day and therein the sins of the Nation to be mentioned and lamented and particularly in relation to Ireland The Ordinance for Observation of the publick fast day sent up to the Lords with some amendments An Ordinance to be drawn up to prevent clandestine Marriages without the consent of Parents October 1646. October 1. Order for five hundred pound to be paid to the Executors of the late Earl of Essex for defraying some ingagements and for the charge of his Funeral and that of four thousand five hundred pound due to his Countess who was disaffected to the Parliament four thousand pound should be paid to the State and five hundred pound to Col. Mathews and to the Servants of the Earl A question being propounded whether the great Seal be disposed of
into the hands of Members of both Houses the question was put whether that question should be put or not and carried in the Negative Voted That it should be disposed into hands of three Commissioners That the Members of both Houses late Commissioners of the great Seal as a token of Favour from the Parliament and Kingdom should have a thousand pound bestowed on them for all their faithful Services That the Earl of Salisbury one of the late Commissioners should have the thanks of the House That the Members of the Commons late Commissioners of the Seal should have the priviledge to plead within the Bar next to the Sollicitor General of the King An Ordinance voted to be brought in for setling five thousand pounds per An. upon Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Heirs Many Aldermen and Common Council-men of London desired to know the pleasure of the House whether the Works about the City should be slighted or not and if not then they desired twelve thousand pounds for the Maintainance of them the House appointed the Committee of the Army to treat with the Militia of London about it Letters informed that the Popish Clergy at Waterford have pronounced the supreme Council at Kilkenny to be perjured for agreeing to the Peace and proceed to excommunicate them 2. The House sate in a Grand Committee till seven at night upon the Ordinance for disposing of Bishops Lands 3 Private Petitions heard Order for two thousand pounds for the Officers and Garrison of Dover and for payment of the debts of the State to some Handy-crafts men and for two thousand pound for Col. Sandersons Regiment upon their disbanding Order for seizing upon a new Impression of the Common-Prayer Referred to a Committee to find out the Author and Printer of a Pamphlet called Yet another word to the Wise that they may be punished 5. Ordinance for setling two hundred pound per An. on Mr. Hugh Peters Order for a new Election The Negotiations of some Captains of the Parliaments Ships with the Marquess of Ormond confirmed as to lending to him Arms and Ammunition against the Rebels and order for Letters of thanks to Captain Willoughby one of those Captaius Orders for supplys for Ireland Ordinance sent up to the Lords for sale of Bishops Lands Treasurers and Trustees for it named Letters informed That the Estates of Scotland had fully agreed to the Scots Army marching out of England and the Garrisons to be delivered up upon payment of the two hundred thousand pound as was agreed The Irish Rebels drew their Forces towards Dublin and the Marquess of Ormond prepared for defence Col. Bethel was called into the House and had their thanks for his good Services Beaumarice Castle in Anglesey was surrendred to the use of the Parliament upon Articles Order that all Commissions made to Sea Captains which were as from the King and Parliament which some of them interpreted to the prejudice of the Parliaments Service should be altered and made in the name of the Parliament only Order for Money out of Delinquents Estates in Wilts for disbanding the Forces there The Confession of Faith brought in from the Assembly debated Order for one thousand seven hundred pound out of Delinquents Estates in Lincoln-shire to be paid to the Earl of Lincolne which he had disbursed for the Parliaments Service A French Pyrat taken by the Parliaments Ships The Irish Rebels prevailed A Conference by the Committee of Lords and Commons with the Scots Commissioners about disposing of the Kings Person 7. Upon Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax for Pay and Cloathing for the Army Ordered that the Assesment be continued for six Months longer for the pay of them Order for three pound a week for maintenance of the Widow and Children of Mr. Franklyn a Member of the House that dyed a Prisoner to the Kings Party and that the Arrears of M. Franklyn be computed and paid Order for hastning the payment of ten thousand pound to the poor Widows and for relief of Tenants whose Land-lords were of the Kings Party For supplys for the Northern Forces 8. Composition of the Lord Savile allowed and out of it a thousand pound was ordered for the Widow and Children of Captain Askwith who laid out nine hundred and sixty pound in raising a Troop of Horse for the Parliament Votes That Sir Rowland Wandesford Sir Tho. Beddingfield and Mr. Jo. Bradshaw be Commissioners of the great Seal for six Months sent up to the Lords 9. Progress upon the Articles of Faith Votes of both Houses that Captain Pen be Captain of the Assurance Frigot The Committee of both Houses debated with the Scots Commissioners about disposing of the Kings Person An Ordinance sent up to the Lords for four hundred pound for the poor Irish Protestants here The Lords desired the concurrence of the Commons in the Ordinance for dissolving of all Countrey Committees 10. Debate upon the Accounts of Sir Will. Brereton as Major General and a Committee named to consider of the pay of ten pound per diem to every Major General and of their incident charges and of the free quarter and provisions taken by them They ordered five thousand pound to Sir Will. Brereton out of such Delinquents Estates not yet compounded for as he should nominate Order that the Tax of one per cent for Plymouth shall continue till January 1 and no longer Vote for a Balleting box to be made 12. Report of seven Ordinances drawn out of the Propositions for Peace 1. For justifying and confirming the Proceedings of Parliament 2. For setling the Militia of England and Ireland in the Parliament for twenty Years 3. For confirming the Treaty with Scotland 4. For making void all Titles under the great Seal after it was carried away 5. For confirming the present great Seal and all Acts done thereby 6. For making void the Irish Cessation 7. For disposing Offices by consent of Parliament All these except that of the Militia and Scots Treaty pass'd and sent upto the Lords An Ordinance appointed to be drawn to injoyn all to take the Covenant Order touching Compositions of Delinquents A Malignant chosen Major of Berwick sent for and the old Major continued A Petition of many Officers and Soldiers of the Parliaments That they may not be prosecuted at Law for things done by them in the war and as Soldiers upon sundry Exigencies Conference about disposing of the Person of the King A Committee appointed to treat with the Commissioners come from the Marquess of Ormond The French Ambassador and Agent were with the King at Newcastle The Plague broke forth there brought from London Letters informed that divers Inhabitants of Northumberland had left their habitations by reason of the oppression by the Soldiers quartered with them 13. The Lords concurred to the Ordinance for sale of Bishops Lands for advance of two hundred thousand pounds for the Scots Army and to take away the power of Committees for disposing
sate not 5. The Houses sate not Letters from some in the Army informed that they were discontented at a Petition on foot in Essex against the Army That they might not be heard to Petition but Petitions against them were not suppressed That the Horse talked of drawing to a rendezvous to compose something for their vindication That the General was very industrious to keep them from disorders Letters from Scotland informed of good success by Major General Middleton against the Gourdons and that he had taken in the chief Fort of the Marquess Huntley 6. Orders for placing Ministers in Livings Letters from the Judges in the Norfolk Circuit of convicting one for Blasphemy Order for the Members of the House who serve for Essex and for Suffolk and for Norfolke to write into the Countrey for suppressing the Petition now on Foot there against the Army and to let the Inhabitants understand that the Parliament are upon a way so to dispose of the Army as may be best advantageous to the whole Kingdom The difference about the new Election at Newcastle referred to a Committee The Committee of both Houses propounded to the Common Council for the loan of two hundred thousand pound this security viz. the remainder of the Bishops Lands the Excise Delinquents Estates and the Ordinance for sixty thousand pound a Month or any other security in the power of the Parliament to give the Common Council appointed a Committee to consider of their answer to these Proposals Several Forces dispatched for Ireland For Dublyn divers Irish Rebels went out of that City and others were turned out by the Marquess Ormond Mr. Ashurst was careful in sending Forces and Supplys thither The Rebels were raising a great Army for Vlster 7. Reference to the Committee of Ireland to consider of the Exchange of some Scots Lords taken Prisoners in Ireland Scots Papers read about Belfast and calling home all their Forces upon payment of their Arrears Letters from Ireland from the Lord L'Isle Debate upon the Ordinance for sixty thousand pound a Month. A Clause offered to exempt the Universities Hospitals and Schools from the payment of it referred to a Committee Another Clause for abating all Counties the free Quarter in paying the Assessment was agreed unto Power to the Committee of Ireland to secure the Horses and Arms of such as shall not be listed for Ireland and to transport those that are designed thither The Lords desire the Commons concurrence to take off the Sequestration of the Duke of Bucks 8. Vote for Col. Jones to be Governor of Dublyn and to approve several contracts for supplys for Ireland and that Col. Sidney be considered for his good Service An addition of both Houses to the Committee for Ireland Votes to continue the Regiments of Horse of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Lieutenant General Cromwell of Col. Rossiter and Col. Whaley and Col. Needham and that Major General Mitton shall have an hundred Horse and an hundred Dragoons for North-Wales and Major General Laugherne the like for South Wales Letters from the Commissioners at Holmeby informed That notwithstanding all their care to prevent delivering of Papers to his Majestie yet one Col. Bosvill formerly of the Kings Party in the disguise of a Countrey mans habit as the King and the Commissioners were passing over a narrow Bridge put a packet of Letters into the Kings hand the Commissioners apprehended him and he confessed the Letters came from France and sent up his Examinations Order that Col. Bosvile be sent up as a Delinquent and a Letter of thanks to the Commissioners for their care and to desire the continuance of it 9. Order for greater pay for the Officers that go for Ireland than for those that continue here and to have Land in Ireland for that part that is respited upon the publick Faith and a Committee to draw up an Establishment of pay for the Forces there and in England Power to the Committee to grant Commissions to the Officers for Ireland to draw the Forces into Regiments and to take care to transport them Order to proceed a fortnight hence in the business in the Church for fourteen days together and no private business to intervene and the Assembly to examine such as are recommended to Livings Reasons given by the Lords at a Conference for taking away of Country Committees The present Commissioners of the great Seal continued for twenty days longer 10. The House sate not 12. Letters from Holmeby certified That when Bosvile delivered the Letters to the King no man perceived it but a Miller that stood by and he espying it cryed out Nobles and Gentlemen there is a man gave his Majesty Letters That Bosvile offered Gold to the Miller to be silent but he would not take it Bosvile got away and the Miller told some of it that attended the King and they rode after Bosvile and brought him back who being examined confessed he brought the Letters from Paris from the Queen That he was told the Letters contained a desire of the Prince to go into the War with the Duke of Orleans this Summer in point of Honour That the King being desired to make known the Contents of the Letters answered he was not to give an account to any man living That Bosvile was sending up to the Parliament 13. Votes touching Pay for the Forces to go into Ireland The Committee of both Houses sent down again to the Army to make further Propositions to the Forces that are to go for Ireland An Establishment agreed by the Commons for the Forces in both Kingdoms The Impost of five shillings per Chaldron upon Coals taken off and Vote That those who adventured mony for the reducing of Newcastle be repaid by Goldsmiths Hall Letters from the Lord L'Isle Lord Lieutenant of Ireland expressing his readyness to serve the Parliament and willingness to return if they think fit Letters Propositions and a Charge against a person in Ireland referred to the Committee for Ireland Unruliness of some of the Souldiers going for Ireland referred to that Committee A Citizen came and rendered himself Prisoner to the Sergeant at Arms saying He had a dangerous Plot to discover against the Parliament and Westminster which he had imparted to Mr. Marshal and Captain White The Lords concurrence desired to the Votes concerning Ireland and other Votes The Souldiers in North-Wales mutinyed for mony kept some of the Committee-men Prisoners in Wrexham Church and say they will have mony before Disbanding Letters from Ireland informed That the Lord L'Isle was ready to take the Field and to do all the service they should enable to do for the Parliament The Scots prevailed against the Gourdons Letters from Ireland informed That about sixty Men Women and Children that were stripped by the Rebels in Kerry coming from thence into the Protestant Quarters were taken and thrown into a deep rocky Cave and impossible to get out some with broken Arms Legs and other Limbs and most
grievously Wounded lay there and Starved 14. Letters to Collonel Mitton to hasten the slighting of the Garrisons in North-Wales A Committee appointed to draw Instructions for Commissioners of both Houses to press the King to grant the Propositions Upon a Petition of the reduced Officers of the Lord Fairfax and a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax Order for a fifth part of their Arrears to be paid to them 15. Difference about the alterations in the Ordinance for Oxford University and an Order about a fitting maintenance for the Heads of Houses there Upon a Petition of some of the Bishops Order for the Committee to dispatch the reference to them about maintenance for the Bishops and an Order to deface all Superstitious Monuments and Scandalous in both Universities and that the Committees for Ireland do meet daily about that business An Ordinance past the Commons giving power to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of London to choose thirty one persons of the City to Govern their Militia for one year Mr. Devereux newly returned a Member of the House for Wales was suspended being a Delinquent and a Charge against him 16. Orders for mony for Ireland and for four thousand pounds for the Lady Brooke and her Children whose Husband Sir William Brooke was slain in the Parliaments service and for five hundred pounds for Mr. Sanderson for his service and losses Allowance for the Treasurers to Goldmiths-Hall and Licence to Sheriffs to reside out of their Counties 17. Letters from Saffron Walden certified That the General with the Parliaments Commissioners and two hundred Officers of the Army had conference about part of the Army going for Ireland that the Earl of Warwick one of the Commissioners spake with many Exhortations to the Officers to accept of the terms and undertake for Ireland setting forth the necessity concernment and honour of the service That the General did much incourage the Officers to ingage for Ireland That Collonel Lambert in the name of the Officers desired to know what satisfaction the Parliament had given to the four Quaeries concerning Arrears Indemnity Maintenance in Ireland and Conduct That Sir John Clotworthy one of the Commissioners said they were all answered except that of Indemnity whereof the Parliament would take care and had given Instruction to the Judges not to receive any Indictment against Souldiers for things done in tempore loco belli till the Ordinance could be brought in Then it was moved concerning Commanders and answered That Major General Skippon and Major General Massey were named by both Houses to be General and Lieutenant General Collonel Hammond said that if they had assurance that Major General Skippon would go he doubted not but a great part of the Army would ingage with him It was cryed out All All Fairfax and Cromwel and we all goe Some few of the Officers subscribed to go for Ireland most of the rest signed presently a Declaration to the same effect as formerly and to Authorise Lieutenant General Hammond Collonel Hammond Collonel Lambert Collonel Lilburnc Collonel Hewson and Collonel Rich to declare their sence and to act for them 19. The House Sat not Letters come from Holmeby that the Dutch Ambassadour had Audience of the King and acquainted him with the death of the Prince of Orange The Earl of Lotherdale and Dumferling came to London with Commission to joyn with the Parliaments Commissioners in persuading the King to Sign the Covenant and Propositions 20. Apprentices of London came to the House for answer to their former Petition for days of Recreation the Commons referred it to a Committee to draw up an Ordinance to abolish all Festival-days and Holy-days and to appoint the second Tuesday in every Month a day of Recreation for all Apprentices Schollars and Servants with limits against Tumults Disorders and Unlawful Sports Referred to a Committee to settle Augmentations for Ministers in Dorchester A Bayliff Committed for Arresting a Servant of Mr. Speaker Debate about the Government of the Church by Presbiteries The City propounded for security for two hundred thousand pounds last desired to be borrowed of them the remainder of the Bishops Lands Papists and excepted persons Estates and the Excise in course which was agreed unto Order for twenty thousand pounds for Ireland The proceedings of the Commissioners to get Forces for Ireland proved not so effectual as was expected That generally they were unwilling to go unless the General and their other Commanders went with them The General sent a Letter to every Regiment to persuade them to ingage in this Service 21. Order for the third part of the Arrears of the Scots Officers be abated for free Quarter Horse and Arms c. The Lord Rich referred to his Composition Instructions sent up to the Lords for the Commissioners to go to the King to persuade him to Sign the Propositions c. Another for Collecting the Arrears of the Bill of four hundred thousand pounds upon the County of Bucks Order for Pay to the Messenger of both Kingdoms and fifty pounds apiece above it and for Pay for Sir Thomas Fairfax's Messenger An Ordinance Read for payment of mony long since borrowed of Mr. Steward Several Votes of either House Communicated to each other touching security for the two hundred thousand pounds and touching scandalous persons The Councel of War in Ireland Sentenced Collonel Brocket worthy of death and his Regiment was conferred on Collonel Monke That the Souldiers are in very great want there and the Lord L'Isle very careful to get Supplies for them and to do service 22. Letters informed the great resort of people to the King to be cured of the Kings-Evil Whereupon the House Ordered a Declaration to be drawn To inform the people of the Superstition of being Touched by the King for the Evil. And a Letter of thanks Ordered to the Commissioners at Holmeby Progress about the business of the Church Order for a Declaration for payment of Tithes and other Duties to Ministers and for Presentations to Benefices A Petition of a Merchant of Hull for ten thousand nine hundred pounds owing to him by the State referred to a Committee and Ordered that he have four thousand pounds in the mean time Report of the Transactions with the Army about going for Ireland The Argiere Duty continued for one year Labour to get the Souldiers ingage for Ireland proved not effectual 23. Votes pursuant to Truro Articles The Lords differed from the Commons about the Security for the two hundred thousand pounds to the City of London Officers that undertook for Ireland were of Horse seventeen of Dragoons seven and of Foot eighty seven but they could get only a few of their several Troops and Companies to go with them Much Debate about Disbanding of the Army or sending the Army intirely into Ireland and other motions the result deferred to another time 24. The House was Adjourned 26. The Commissioners returned from the Army presented to the House a List of
from Ireland of the delivery of Caterlogh upon Quarter to the Rebels and their preparations to besiege other Garrisons Letters from the Army informed that the Soldiers had chosen Committees out of every Troop and Company to confer about the matters communicated to them from the Parliament That the Committees of Horse and Foot two out of every Troop and Company met and returned That there was no distemper in the Army but many grievances whereof they complained and desired the General Officers to draw up into a Form the Particulars as the sence of the Officers and Soldiers of the Army which was done and delivered by them to the field Martial Skippon and the rest sent down to them to be presented to the Parliament 17. From Ireland informed of the taking Dungarnon Castle and other Garrisons from the Rebels by the Lord Inchequin's Forces and that twenty English taken there who had revolted from the Parliament were hanged That the Lord Digby riding forth without a Pass hardly escaped from some of the new English Forces who were upon the Guards and cryed stop the Traitor Digby That the Bishop of Downe Preached That any Power ought to be obeyed and explained himself that the War in England was a wicked Rebellion and he intended no other obedience than as to thieves and Rebels 18. A Letter read from the King to both Houses wherein he gives answers to the Propositions to some he consents in the whole to others in part others he denys and gives his reason He consents that the Presbyterian Government be setled for three years and to ratify the Assembly of Divines propounding a certain number of his own Ministers to be added to them to consider what Government to settle after the three years and in the mean time he and his house-hold to be free to use the Common Prayer Book The Militia he yields to for ten years and afterwards to return to him the Covenant he is not satisfied in but would have some of his own Ministers sent to him to satisfie his Scruples That he will confirm the great Seal and all done by it and for the future he to have it as formerly He grants what is desired for the City of London speaks in behalf of his Party promiseth to recall the Prince and desires to come to London the better to satisfie the Parliament To the seventh and eighth Proposition he assents and to the ninth upon satisfaction about the Penalties To the tenth for an Act against Papists he consents and propounds a general Act of Oblivion and Pardon to all on both parts The Lords desired the concurrence of the Commons to an Ordinance against clipping of Money Votes that all Forces not subscribing for the service of Ireland shall be disbanded except those for Garrisons That the General be forthwith to repaire to the Army if his health permit That the Commissioners in the Army send up any one or two Officers of their Company to give an account to the Parliament only Skippon to remain in the Army Orders for a Train of Artillery to be sent to the Lord Inchequin and a Letter of thanks to him and for supplys to Ireland The whole day spent in debate upon the confession of Faith Order about four hundred pound for Col. Mainwaring The list of Ships for this Summers Expedition passed 20. Several Compositions passed Many Citizens presented a Petition in prosecution of their former Petition and Mr. William Brown one of the Petitioners at the door said that they had waited many days for an answer and would wait no longer but take another course Upon which being attested to the House Brown was brought to the Bar on his knee as a Delinquent they being satisfied that he spake those words and further that when a Member of the House who heard him took his name Brown said time may come when I may take your name The House were sensible that it was fit for them to be more than formerly quick upon these occasions and therefore voted 1. That the Petition was an high breach of Priviledge 2. That it was Seditious 3. That this Petition and the former should be burnt in London The Petitioners were called in and told what a Sence the House had of this and the former Petition and did conceive that the Petitioners did not do it out of any disaffection to the Parliament but as being misled by others and wished them to be careful in not agitating in Petitions of that nature for the future Vote for one Kelsey to be Governor of an Hospital in Southampton The Lords desired the Commons concurrence in a congratulatory Letter to the Arch-Duke of Leopold In Flanders and for setling a correspondence there The Lords Voted that the King should come to Oatlands The Provincial Synod of London sate Sir Thomas Fairfax went to the Army 21. Both Houses pass'd the Ordinance for indemnity for all things done by Sea and Land during the late Troubles and Wars The Commons concurred with the Lords that Sir Peter Killegrew go with a congratulatory Letter from both Houses to the Arch-Duke Leopold Order a Writing in the hands of a Member of the House be delivered to Mr. Brown Clerk of the Parliament that he may examine a forgery of his name to an Act of Parliament A Petition from Northampton-shire of the pressures there appointed to be considered and the Petitioners had thanks Some of the Commissioners came from the Army and reported their proceedings to the House and the desires of the Army the Commissioners ordered all of them to have thanks for their good service and pains and upon debate of the particulars of the report the House Voted 1. That the Soldiers Arrears should be speedily audited and a visible Security given them for so much as shall not be paid off upon disbanding 2. That by Ordinance the Declaration of both Houses be made good for Apprentices to have their time allowed them that they have served in the Wars for the Parliament 3. That an Ordinance be for not Pressing such 〈◊〉 as have voluntarily served in the Wars for any Service beyond Seas 4. That an Ordinance be pass'd to provide for Widows maimed Soldiers and Orphans Touching the vindication of the Army about the aspersion of their sending to the King and concerning the Declaration against them and the imprisonment of some of their Members a day was set for further debate of it 22. The House sate not but Committees The City Petition was burnt at Westminster and the Exchange Intelligence came from the Army that they rejoyced at their General 's coming to them and were all in good order A Letter from Mr. Ashburnham to the King intercepted and unciphered advising him to forbear to make any absolute agreement with the Parliament for now that the Peace beyond Sea was almost concluded the King might rely upon the aid of forty or fifty thousand men 24. The House sate not Intelligence came
Regiment to attend the House to morrow and for ten thousand pounds for the service of Ireland 9. Each House kept a Solemn Fast in their several Houses 10. The City Petition Presented to the Lords and the Petitioners had thanks The Lords chose a Committee to consider of all the grievances of the Kingdom and to present them to the House They desired a conference with the Commons about paying such Officers as served under the Earl of Essex and Disbanded willingly upon the Order of the Houses and they put the Commons in mind of putting down the Country Committees The Commons resumed the debate of the Self-Denying-Ordinance and Voted That such Members as have any Office Place or Sequestration from the Parliament those places shall be void That the benefit such Members have received shall be paid in to the use of the Common-Wealth and the Committee to take the Accompts That the Lands and Estates of all Members of the House be liable to the Law for payment of their Debts A day set to hear Informations against Members and that no Member hereafter shall receive any reparation for damages by these times till the publick Debts be first satisfied Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax Certified That the King being ill accommodated at Sir Jo. Cutts House Sir T. F. went over thither to him and to advise with the Commissioners whither to remove him but they refused to advise or act in that business and the King declared That unless he were forced he would not return to Holmeby Whereupon the General Ordered Collonel Whaley to attend the King to New-Market The General Rendezvous of the Army was appointed at Triploe Heath near Cambridg Letters from the Commissioners related That the General Lieutenant General and other Officers came with him to the King who said that Cornet Joyce had the Commission of the whole Army for what he did and by consequence had the Generals Commission That Joyce being present said that he avowed to the King that he had not the Generals Commission The King replyed That surely Joyce durst not have attempted such a thing without that Commission 11. Both Houses passed the Ordinance to inable the Militia of London to raise Horse for defence of the City Another to take off the Excise of Flesh and Salt A Committee of both Houses named to advise with the Militia of London about Arming all within the Lines of Communication for the safety of the Parliament and City if there be occasion Collonel Sands Collonel Devereux and Collonel Wiltshire came to the House and acquainted them That meeting with a Major lately come from the Army at Triploe Heath he told them that the Army was upon their advance and the Horse would be here to morrow by Noon and said if they would come into the Army they should be included in the Capitulation of their Arrears Ordered to send for the Major in safe Custody The Committee of Safety was revived and to act this Evening The Sheriffs and Common-Councel came to the House this Evening with a Letter sent to them from the Army a Committee of both Houses was named to go down to the Militia about it and they Sat all night in Consultation The Commons Sat late this night Letters were Ordered from both Houses to Sir Thomas Fairfax to desire That the Army might not come within fifteen miles of the City Order That all Officers and Souldiers of the Army who will conform to the Votes of Parliament sent down to them shall receive the benefit of them and ten thousand pounds upon Account Ordered for them The General kept a Fast-day in Cambridge The Commissioners sent down to the Army came to Cambridge where the General visited them and they communicated to him the Votes of the House and to his Officers with him and desired their advice in communicating them to the Army The General ordered a general rendezvous near Royston where he and the Commissioners rode to each Regiment and first acquainted the General 's Regiment with the Votes of the Parliament and Skippon spake to them to perswade a complyance Then an Officer of the Regiment returned answer that the Regiment did desire that there might be an answer returned after perusal of the Votes by some select Officers and Agitators whom the Regiment had chosen and that it was the motion of the Regiment The Officer desired the General and Commissioners to give him leave to ask the whole Regiment if this were their answer to which they cryed All. Then he put the question if any man were of a contrary opinion he should say no and not one man gave his No. The Agitators in behalf of the Soldiers press'd to have the question put whether the Regiment did acquiesce and were satisfied with the Votes but in regard the other way was more orderly and they might after perufal proceed more deliberately that question was laid aside The like was in the other Regiments and all were very unanimous and after the Commissioners had done reading the Votes and speaking to each Regiment and received their answer all of them cried out Justice Justice A Petition was delivered in the field to the General in the name of many well affected people in Essex desiring that the Army might not be disbanded in regard the Common-wealth had many enemies who watched for such an Occasion to destroy the good People Some Musquets were taken out of Cambridge Castle and distributed among the Soldiers at the rendezvous Divers of the General 's Life-guard deserted the Troop and had Passes to go for London Another Petition to the General from Norfolk and Suffolk desiring the Army might not disband till grievances were redressed 12. Upon a Rumor that the Army was coming towards London all the Trained Bands were raised on pain of Death but afterwards dismist again and strong Guards set the Shops were also shut up but in a day or two opened again and all things were peaceable in the City The Common-Council resolved with the Houses approbation to send a Letter and some of their Members to the Army to treat with the General and Officers about a right understanding between the Army and the City Letters from the Commissioners in the Army of their proceedings and the Army's advance near London and the Petitions to the General by the Counties not to disband Information from Alderman Adams of a design to secure New-castle for the King referred to Field-Martial Skippon Sir Tho. Widdrington added to the Commissioners in the Army and larger instructions given to know what the desires of the Army were and what would give them satisfaction and the Lords concurred herein Orders for Ammunition for Plymouth c. Letters from the General that the Army was advanced near St. Albans before he received the Houses Letter that they should not come so near London and he doubted not to give a good account of the reasons of their advance and desired a Months pay for
them that they might not be burdensom to the Countrey The Houses approved the Letter to be sent from the City to the Army they sate late this night and ordered to sit again to morrow though Sunday 13. After the Evening Sermon the House sate and had a Letter from their Commissioners at St. Albans That Sir Tho. Widdrington and Col. White had acquainted the General with the additional instructions 14. Both Houses named a Committee to draw up a Declaration what they had done and intended to do for the ease of the People and for the Soldiery and for settlement of Peace and that a Committee was appointed to consider what place is fit for the King to come unto for the applications of both Kingdoms to be made to him for setling Peace Upon a Petition of divers Officers Order for a Declaration that hereafter none should presume on pain of Death to meet in a tumultuous way as they had lately done and the Militia to send a considerable Guard to the House Captain Falconbridge and Captain White ordered to bring the trained bands of Westminster for guards to the House A Committee of both Houses to draw a Declaration what the Army hath demanded and what the Houses have offered The Commons being informed that divers of the Parliaments old Officers and Soldiers were in the Hall and Palace they sent to them to withdraw Letters from Ireland that some of the Rebels were returned out of Scotland into Vlster That the Parliaments Commissioners and Col. Jones with some Forces were landed at Dublyn That the Lord Inchequin sent a Party to surprize some Castle near Waterford the Rebels Sallied out and were beaten back about a hundred of them slain and wounded many Prisoners and much Cattle taken 15. Order of both Houses that the General be required to deliver the Person of the King to such Persons as both Houses shall appoint to be placed at Richmond under such manner as they shall think fit to the intent that the Propositions agreed upon by both Kingdoms may be speedily presented to his Majesty for the setling a safe and well grounded Peace That the Persons to whom the King shall be delivered shall be the Commissioners now with him or any three of them That the Guards to receive Orders from the Commissioners shall be Col. Rossiter and his Regiment Order for Col. Birch to have the publique Faith for four thousand nine hundred pound upon his Accounts Officers whose accounts are not stated to have one months pay for Subsistence Order for the Committee of Indemnity to discharge those that are or shall be under restraint for any thing done tempore loco belli A Months Pay to Col. Graves his Forces Letters from the Commissioners in the Army informed that the Votes concerning those that would come away from the Army did much distast them The Results from the Army were 1. The Heads of a Charge against divers Members of the House of Commons which they delivered in to be speeded by the Parliament and when they should be admitted would appoint fit Persons on their and the Kingdoms behalf to prosecute and make good the same 2. If the Parliament shall admit these things at the desire of the Army and proceed for a general satisfaction therein then they desire 1. That the Persons Impeached may be suspended else they can expect no good issue if the same persons who have appeared most active in the late proceedings to the prejudice and provocation of the Army and hazarding the Peace of the Kingdom shall continue in the same Power and Judges of these things 2. For a Months Pay and a resolution thereupon in two days 3. That those of the Army may have as much Pay as they who have ingaged for Ireland or come away from the Army 4. That none who have so deserted the Army may have any more Pay till the rest of the Army be first satisfied in their Arrears 5. That during the transactions of this business the Parliament would not suffer as some have designed any new Forces to be raised in this Kingdom or to be brought out of any other Kingdom hither or any thing else to be done that may carry the Face of a new War or may indanger the settlement of the Liberties and Peace of this Kingdom 6. That the Parliament would be pleased without any delay to put these things into a speedy way of resolution and dispatch the present condition of the Kingdom and Army and of the King not admitting delayes 16. A Charge came to the Houses from Sir Tho. Fairfax and the Officers and Soldiers of the Army against eleven Members of the House of Commons whereby they are charged with obstructing the business of Ireland to have been Actors against the Army and against the laws and Liberties of the Subject and Obstructors of Justice The Members Charged were Denzill Hollis Esquire Sir Philip Stapleton Sir William Lewis Sir John Clot-worthy Sir William Waller Sr. Jo. Maynard M. G. Massey Mr. Recorder Glyn Col. Walter Long Col. Edward Harley and Mr. Anthony Nichols After reading of the Charge the Members severally made some defence thereunto and desired it might be put into a speedy way of tryal A Declaration of the Army was sent from the Commissioners vindicating their proceedings and their desires for the setling and securing their own and the Kingdoms common rest freedom peace and safety The Commissioners of the City returned from the Army with expressions of Love and the Common Council voted to send a Letter to the Army with leave from the Houses that according to their desire no Forces shall be raised against them and that they will move the Parliament for Money to pay the Army and that they may withdraw further from the City The Army further desired of the Parliament 1. That the Houses may be speedily purged of such as ought not to sit there 2. That those persons who have abused the Parliament and Army and indangered the Kingdom may speedily be disabled from doing the like 3. That some time may be set for the continuance of this and future Parliaments and new Elections made successively according to the Bill for Triennial Parliaments 4. That Provision be made that future Parliaments may not be dissolved at the Kings pleasure without their consent but continue the set time 5. That the right of the People to represent to the Parliament their grievances by Petition may be vindicated 6. That the large Powers given to Committees or deputy Lieutenants during the War as appear not necessary to be continued may be taken away and such as are necessary may be put into a regulated way and left to as little Arbitrariness as the nature and necessity thereof will bear 7. They wish that the Kingdom may be righted and satisfied in point of Accounts and other things wherein the Common-wealth may be conceived to have been wronged 8. That publick Justice being satisfied by some few Examples
of the worst of excepted Persons some course may be taken by a general Act of Oblivion or otherwise whereby the seeds of future War or Fears may be taken away In these Declarations and transactions of the Army Col. Ireton was chiefly imployed or took upon him the business of the Pen. And having been bred in the middle Temple and learned some grounds of the Law of England and being of a working and laborious Brain and Fancy he set himself much upon these businesses and was therein encouraged and assisted by Lieutenant General Cromwell his Father in Law and by Col. Lambert who had likewise studied in the Inns of Court and was of a subtle and working brain An Account was given by the Commissioners of the City of their transactions with the Army and was approved by the House A Petition was presented to the General in the name of Bucks men subscribed by a thousand hands extolling the merits and atchievements of the General and Army and expressing their readiness to joyn with them to bring to just Censures any that should endeavor to make them odious to the Parliament or Kingdom Both Houses ordered That the several Orders made by the Committee of Safety for the Listing and drawing together of any Forces of Counties shall be void and also the Order for Col. Dalbier and others to bring in a list of such Gentlemen and Reformadoes as are willing to ingage in the Parliaments Service 17. Orders for securing of Arms and Ammunition and for a Pass for the Lord Lotherdale and other Scots to go the King and for a Months pay for the Army in part of the three months pay for disbanding or ingaging for Ireland Orders for a Letter to the General to require him to retreat with his Army forty miles from London and another to the Commissioners in the Army to acquaint them with the votes for a Months pay Upon Letters from Col. Blunt of the misdemeanors of Sir Robert Pyes Troopers in Kent the examination thereof and the easing of the County of Kent referred to a Committee An Ordinance pass'd for indemnity of the Forces that deserted the Army Order for a Months pay for Col. Rossiters Regiment and for the Forces of Tinmouth and Newcastle A Petition from Hartfordshire subscribed with twelve hundred hands and presented by two hundred Knights and Gentlemen to the General much to the same effect as the former from Essex Bucks c. and that Malignants might not be elected Members of Parliament nor put in any places of trust and that the Parliament and others who had received any of the Parliaments Money might be called to account 18. Orders for issuing Money for Soldiers and for Guards for the Treasurers The Letter from the Common-Council of London to the Army now brought to the House was not approved of 19. A second Letter from the Common-Council to Sir Thomas Fairfax was brought to the House for their approbation and after a long debate the House left the Common-Council to themselves to write what Letter they thought fit to the General and they sent one to the General and his Officers The Commissioners attending the King sent to Sir Thomas Fairfax to know his Answer to the Votes concerning the disposal of the Kings person to Richmond The Lord Mayor with the advice of the Aldermen and Common-Council published a command for all the Trained-Bands and Auxiliaries to appear at their Colours taking notice of their former backwardness for suppressing of tumults and unlawful Assemblies in the City It was strange to see how several Counties and the Citizens of London began to make all their applications to the General and Army omitting the Parliament and all looked upon the Army in the chief place and were affraid of doing any thing contrary to them Mr. Peters went to the King to New-Market and had much discourse with him 21. Letters from Major General Laugherne of an Insurrection in Wales who declared themselves for the King and Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Major General went to suppress them Letters from Major General Pointz for Commission to stop the mutinying of the Soldiers and for Pay for them Sir Peter Killegrew sent with Letters to the Commissiones attending the King and to the King with the Votes for his removing to Richmond Votes Passed upon the representation of the Army 1. That no Person that hath been in actual War against the Parliament or acted in the Commission of Array or voluntarily aided the King or received Pardon from him shall presume to sit in the House 2. That if they do sit they shall incur the displeasure of the House 3. That the Committee for examining such cases be revived 4. That a Declaration be brought in for any who have any charge against any Member of the House to come in 5. That the Committee bring in by a day such charges as are already before them against by any Members 6. That the Report of Elections be brought in by a short day Orders for Pay of the Soldiers Divers Censures pass'd upon the Parliament for their Cow Votes and resolution to comply with a Mutinous Army who had their Pay and Power from them Others approved them as prudent respecting the time and to avoid blood Some wished the first Votes and severe prosecuting the business of disbanding had been declined which occasioned this trouble Cromwell began now to mount still higher and carried his business with great subtilty An Impeachment was against his Enemies in Parliament and business of the Army guided by his Son in Law Ireton and others under Cromwell Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax of his submission to the Votes of Parliament for the Kings going to Richmond and the House ordered the house to be prepared for him The Agitators of the Army sent to the Trinity-House concerning the Navy Ordered that Sir Robert Pye's Troop do not return to the Army without leave of the Parliament Sir Thomas Fairfax published a Proclamation that no Soldier of his Army molest any Countrey men or others or abuse any in their Quarters or Marches 22. Letters from the General and Commissioners in the Army of the receipt of the Parliaments Votes and the Moneths Pay and that shortly there would be a Council of War about them and then would be returned a positive and no doubt a satisfactory answer Order for proceedings against Judge Jenkins and Mr. Sollicitor St. John Sergeant Jermyn Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Prynne to prosecute him Order for a Months Pay for the Forces of the Northern Association and for Major General Pointz to secure such as disturb his Forces and to quiet his Regiments Order to put out the Justices of Peace as were of the Insurrection in Wales and the Letters of Major General Laugherne to be sent to the G. desiring him to take care for quieting those distempers about which the General sent to them and for supplyes for Laughernes Forces The Ordinance pass'd for
raising sixty thousand pound a Month for maintenace of the Forces in this Kingdom and for the service of Ireland and the lessening of the former assessment gave some content to the People 23. Col. Birch stopped by the Guards was discharged by the General Debate about the Charge of the Army against the eleven Members and a Letter sent to the General that what shall be particularly charged against their Members with Testimony and Witnesses shall be received and the House proceed in a legal way therein The third proposition of the representation of the Army upon the question resolved not to be debated and the fourth and a day set to debate the fifth Proposition The City Commissioners returned with Letters from the General further to satisfie the City of his real intentions towards them 24. The Common Council acquainted the House with a Remonstrance and a Letter sent from the General and the Army and in prosecution thereof they desired 1. That they may have further leave to send some of their Members to the Army to hold a good correspondence with the Army which after debate the House agreed 2. That all forces listed by the Committee of Safety or Militia may be discharged which was also hardly consented to 3. That the discontented and reduced Officers and Souldiers may be put out of the Lines of Communication to which was answered That they had put it in such a way as in their judgments they thought fit The Remonstrance of the Army was 1. That the Declaration inviting men to desert the Army be recalled 2. That the Army may be paid up equally to the deserters 3. That His Majesties coming to Richmond may be suspended until Affairs be better settled and no place appointed for his Residence nearer London then the Parliament will allow the Quarters of the Army to be 4. That the Members charged may be forthwith suspended the House 5. That those who have deserted the Army may be disperst and receive no more of their Arrears till the Army be first satisfied 6. That the Parliament and City may be freed from the multitudes of Reformadoes and Souldiers 7. That all Listings and Raisings of new forces and preparations towards a new War may be declared against and supprest The Lords desired the Commons consent to a Letter to the King That by reason of some late accidents they humbly entreated his Majesty either to stay at Royston or Theobalds or to return to New-market to which the Commons agreed 25. Debate of the Charge of the Eleven Members and Voted That by the Law no judgment can be given to suspend those Members from Sitting in the House upon the Papers presented from the Army before the particulars be produced and proofs made and that it doth not appear that any thing hath been said or done in the House by any of those Members touching any Matters in the Papers sent from the Army for which the House can in Justice suspend them Order for pulling down the new Excise-House in Smithfield to which work many people gladly resorted and carryed away the Materials The Head Quarters of the Army removed from St. Albans to Berkamstead the King was unwilling to return to Newmarket but stayed at Royston Power given to the Parliaments Commissioners to confer with the Commissioners of the City in the Army and Order for the Militia of London to send four Companies for the Guard of the Parliament 26. Letters from the Commissioners in the Army and from the General of the Grounds of the Armies advance nearer London Not to awe the Parliament or be a terror to them or the City and renewed their desires That the Members charged by them may be suspended the House and then they will give in a more particular Charge with the Proofs to make it good Letters from the General and his Officers to the City assuring them That they will keep their promise to them and intend not in their near approach any prejudice to the City That they tender their peace and welfare equal with their own and their aims are only to obtain a firm Peace and not a new War The Head Quarters came to Vxbridg and resolved not to march nearer London The King was at Hatfield Upon debate of a message from the eleven Members Charged by the Army the House at last agreed to it and they all left the House Mr. Hollis Sir Phil. Stapleton and Mr. Long went together in a Ship to France where that Gallant English Gentleman Sir Phil. Stapleton fell sick at Sea and grew more sick on Shoar at Callis and within two or three days dyed there as some suspected of the Plague Others of the eleven Members went to other parts and some of them retired into their Countries and there lived privately Mr. Hollis continued divers years after in Britany in France Letters from the Commissioners in the Army about their additional Powers Orders touching the Arrears of Listed Officers out of the twenty five thousand pounds The Ordinance past the Commons for relaxation of Schollars and Apprentices Letters from Vxbridge informed That Dr. Hammond and Dr. Shelden were come to the King to Hatfield That the Councel of War Sat all night at Vxbridge and recalled some of their Regiments who had Quarters nearer London 28. Upon Letters from the Commissioners with the King the House Ordered That they do remove the Duke of Richmond Dr. Shelden Dr. Hammond and all others who ought not to come to the King according to their instructions and that a Letter be sent to the General to give Order that the Guards attending His Majesty observe the Commands of the Commissioners in relation to their Instructions and in keeping Malignants from the King Letters from the Army to this effect That as to the Vote That for any thing done by the eleven Members in the House they could not in justice suspend them Though they doubted not but if it might be done without breach of Priviledg they could prove such proceedings and practises of theirs in the House that they ought to be suspended yet they were so tender of the Priviledges of Parliament that at present they would forbear to press any further upon that point To the Vote That by the Law no judgment can be given to suspend those Members upon the Papers from the Army till particulars produced and proofs made Though reasons may be given and precedents of this Parliament produced to the contrary as in Cases of the Earl of Strafford the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and the Lord Finch yet considering the proceedings thereupon will take up much time and the present unsettled affairs will require a speedy consideration they are willing that the greater and more general matters be first settled and will forbear giving in the particulars unless required Whereas they understand that the Members Charged by them desired leave to withdraw themselves from the House they take notice of the modesty thereof and
General set forth a Proclamation forbidding any abuse or obstruction to the Parliaments Officers in Levying the Excise or Assessments The King went to Windsor for two or three days to see his Children 3. Letters of an high Mutiny of the Souldiers in Chester Order for mony for them and to lessen the Garrison A Petition of one Goodwyn a Curate who gave uncivil words to divers Members of the House for an answer of his Petition Resolved That the Petitioner hath no cause of complaint but deserves punishment for his scandalous Petition Orders for pay for the Nothern Association and for Dover Upon the Prince Electors desire it was left to his pleasure to visit the King if he thought fit The Treaty proceeded in the Army and they removed their Head Quarters to Reading the King returned from Windsor to Causham the Lord Cravens House near Reading Several Members did not attend the House so frequently as heretofore seeing the designs put upon them by the Army and the City and Tumultuous Petitions 5. Vote to add a penalty to such as sit in the House not being duly chosen and that none who have assisted the King in the late War or the Cessation or Rebellion in Ireland or that have been sequestred for Delinquency shall sit in the Parliament Orders touching New Elections Upon a Petition of the Trinity House Order That Dr. Clerk shall be Judg Advocate and an Ordinance to give further power to the Trinity House Goodwyn the Curate for his insolency and revilings committed to Newgate Votes of the Lords to leave out of the first qualification of excepted persons Prince Rupert and Maurice and others The Treaty went on fairly and methodically between the Parliaments Commissioners and the Commissioners of the Army A Proclamation by the General That his Souldiers shall not take Horses without Warrant nor compel any where they Quarter to give them mony and he granted Commissions to every Regiment for Marshal-Law 6. Orders for the House to sit early and for sitting of the Committees and for Money for the Army and for dismantling of Carrisons according to former votes and for Money for Ireland Col. Scroop and other Officers presented to the House the particular Charge of the Army against the eleven Members who were sent for such as could be found and the Charge read unto them 7. The last day of the Term the House adjourned the Speakers being to sit in Chancery Mr. Bellieur the French Ambassador was received by the King at Causham The first part of the Charge of the Army against Mr. Hollis was the former business of the Lord Savile 8. A List agreed for Judges to ride this Summers Circuit and order for instructions for them The Militia of London desired new powers and Money from the House part whereof was assented to and orders given them for the guards of the House The House committed some Soldiers for assaulting the Person and House of Mr. Pury one of their Members The Charge against the eleven Members put off 9. Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax full of respect towards the King and taking notice of some reports as if he and his Officers were upon some under-hand contract with the King and so to slander their integrities and endeavour a misunderstanding betwixt the Parliament and their Army which their Enemies would fain effect to hinder the settlement of the Peoples Rights but a good accord between them is their design to preserve He declares that they have not done nor shall do any thing which they desire to hide from the Parliament and the World and shall not avow to the faces of their Adversaries their desires to settle the Kings Rights he first giving his concurrence to secure the rights of the Kingdom they have already declared publickly That since their Papers sent in to the Parliament several Officers were sent to the King to satisfie him concerning those Papers and some others sent to him about his removes in which Addresses they bargained not nor asked any thing of the King as to any private interest of their own But they endeavoured only the settlement of the publick Peace and rights of the Nation and assured the King that this being done with his concurrence the rights of his Majesty and his Family should be provided for and in the mean time his Majesty should find from them all personal civilities and respects and such freedom as may stand with safety and the trust lying upon them That they are no enemies to Monarchy and Civil Government that upon his Majesties importunity though with some reluctancy they did give way for the Duke of Richmond and the two Chaplains to come to his Majesty as that which they thought reasonable and Just and to make the King less prejudiced against others That they conceived to avoid all harshnesses and afford all kindnesses to his Majesty consisting with the Peace and Safety of the Kingdom is the most Christian Honourable and Prudent way and that tender equitable and moderate dealing towards his Majesty his Family and Party is the most hopeful course to take away the seeds of War and feuds amongst us and our Posterity and to procure a lasting Peace And that being setled with the Rights and Liberties of the Nation and propagation of the Gospel of Truth and they honoured to be instrumental therein they shall be willing to be dismist and be happy to be discharged not only from Military imployments but from all matters of Power whatsoever In the like Letter to the House of Lords was a Letter from the King to his Son the Duke of York Both Houses pass'd an Ordinance for all Papists and Delinquents to depart the Lines of Communication The House appointed a Committee to examine an Information concerning Listing of men in London An Ordinance for Money for the Army and Votes against Members sitting in the House not being duly Elected and qualified 10. Both Houses passd an Ordinance for disbanding Soldiers and their departing out of London Votes of the House against tumultuous meetings in the City and to give power to the Militia to prevent them and to punish the Offenders The Sheriffs and some of the Common-Council acquainted the House with Letters they received from the Army touching the proceedings in the Treaty for which the House gave them thanks Debate fore-noon and after-noon upon the Charge against the eleven Members but nothing concluded thereupon Two thousand pound ordered to Col. Massey in part of his Arrears 12. Upon long debate of the Charge of the Army against the eleven Members the House voted it to be aCharge and gave a weeks time for the Members to bring in their Answers Mr. Chute Mr. Glover Mr. Pryn and Mr. Hales to be of Council for them The Lords desired the Commons Concurrence upon a Letter from the King to his Son the Duke of York that the Kings Children might go to see him Sir Thomas Fairfax wrote
bringing in of any Forreign Forces 2. That the Army be paid up equal with the desertors of it and a constant course of pay for them and that the Lords do concur with the Commons for renewing the Committee of the Army that the Arrears may be collected and the Treasurers may be called to an Account 3. That the Militia of London may be in the former hands faithful to the Parliament and Kingdom 4. That persons imprisoned not for Delinquency but other matters by the Houses of Parliament of their Committees may be released or Bayled till tryal particularly Lieutenant Collonel Lilburne and Mr. Overton 21. Order to examine abuses in distributing Monies to the Officers and Soldiers and for an account about putting them out of the Lines of Communication The Lords concurrence desired for Disbanding those that came off from the Army Order for mony for maimed Souldiers Collonel Jones marching out from Dublin was set upon by Preston with double his number and his men forced to retreat Order That Sir Thomas Fairfax take some speedy course for sending Forces into Ireland Sir Thomas Fairfax removed his Quarters to Aylesbury and the King to Woburne in Bedfordshire 22. Votes upon the Armies Proposals That whosoever shall bring in any Forein Forces without consent of both Houses are Traitors A Petition of divers Ministers to the Lords That their Tithes may be paid They Ordered monies for one of Plymouth and for the Lord Inchequin's Forces and sent to the Commons for their concurrence Petitions from several Wards of London That their Captains being faithful men were put out by the new Militia Vote That the Militia of London be put into the old hands again Order That the General consider how the charge of the Forces here may be lessened and the service of Ireland advanced A Petition and Ingagement of dangerous Consequence of divers Officers Citizens Watermen and Seamen was brought to the House and they referred it to a Committee to find out the Authors and a Declaration to be drawn up against it Ordinance past for Dr. Walker to be Judg of the Admiralty The Commissioners sent another Proposal of the Army to the House for discharge of persons imprisoned or Indicted under pretence of being at Conventicles or other Religious meetings the Statute against them intending meetings of Conspiracy against the State and not for Religious Exercises 23. An Ordinance committed for putting the Militia of London into the Old Commissioners hands and a Declaration upon the Petition now in the City and the Committee Ordered to Report them in the Afternoon And then the Ordinance for the Militia passed both Houses and the Old Commissioners were Ordered to meet this night and to take Order for the security of the City and Parliament 24. An Ordinance past both Houses for the payment of Tithes Order to burn a Pamphlet of Paul Best 's and the Printers to be punished Both Houses agreed the Declaration against the Petition and Ingagement on foot in the City Upon notice to the General of a private Ingagement and Subscription in London and an agitation at Skinners-Hall against the Army a Paper was drawn up by the General and his Councel of War and sent to the Parliaments and Cities Commissioners Of their deep sence of that underhand design as the last and desperate design to put all into confusion they desired the Commissioners of the City to repair to London to take care to prevent the working of these or any such like underminings and they went presently to London The General published a Proclamation against entertaining of Cavaliers in the Army The Head Quarters removed to Bedford and the King to Latimers 26. Votes touching Elections and about satisfying some Officers Arrears The Commons agreed with the Lords about removing the Kings Children to Sion-House A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of London almost reproaching the Houses for passing the late Ordinance to put the Militia of the City into the hands of the old Commissioners and to put out the new Commissioners without first taking the sence of that Court about it And being sensible of two Petitions to them one from divers well affected Citizens the other from divers Young men and Apprentices what a general distemper this sudden change hath made in the City they pray that the Militia may be put into the hands of the new Commissioners again Many Young men and Apprentices of London came to the House in a most rude and Tumultuous way and presented to them some particular desires 1. That the Ordinance for change of the Militia of London be repealed 2. That the City may be vindicated against a late pretended Declaration that those are Traitours who shall act to get subscriptions and that it may be revoked 3. That all the Members of the House particularly the Eleven Members may be called into the House and act as a free Parliament The Apprentices and many other rude Boys and mean Fellows among them came into the House of Commons and kept the door open and their hats on called out as they stood Vote Vote and in this arrogant posture stood till the Votes passed in that way to Repeal the Ordinance for change of the Militia and the Declaration In the Evening about seven a Clock some of the Common-Councel came down to the House and understanding that they had in their presence forced the Speaker and the Members to put the Question and pass the Votes they required now so much of their work being done they that put their Apprentices upon it ordered them to disperse themselves again and they presently obeyed the Orders of their Masters 27. Both Houses met early and Adjourned till the thirtieth of this month The Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland ordered a Publick Fast 1. To Lament the growth of wickedness 2. By reason of the Pestilence 3. For the danger to Religion and Reformation by the Sectaries in England and that the Covenant may be kept 4. That God would incline the Kings heart to avoid new snares and to such resolutions as will contribute to the settling of Religion and Righteousness 5. That the Parliament of England and the Synod of Divines may do their duty 6. For the Committee of Estates that they may discern what is fittest to be done for securing that Kingdom and incouraging their Brethren 7. That God would grant even to all his Grace to Repent that he may remove his wrath from us 28. The Monthly-Fast The Common Councel of London sat in the Morning and again after the Sermons then they received a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax Of his affection to the City and his dislike of the late Petition and of the means to procure it Divers Young men then attended them to express their readiness to stand up for the Priviledges of the City and to defend them against all opposers The Common-Councel sent a Letter and
Commissioners to the General declaring their inclinableness to Peace entreating his Excellency that the Army might not advance this way nor intermeddle with the Rights and Priviledges of the City Conceiving that their strengthning of the City for the preservation thereof was no just cause to provoke the Souldiery and as for the Petition the Parliament had already declared their sence thereof and it had never been formally presented to them 29. Militia of London ordered That no persons should disturb the Parliament and if any did the Commander of the Guards should prosecute his Commission to kill and slay c. Upon intelligence That the Army was advancing Orders were given for the Trained Bands to go to the Works and for Raising Auxiliaries and all to come the next Morning who were able to bear Arms. all this part of the action and that which follows was contrived and directed by the Eleven Members and their Friends Collonel Jones Marching into the Rebels Country was by them overpowered six for one yet made a gallant retreat losing only two Officers and about ten Souldiers and killed divers of the Rebels 30. According to the Adjournment some Members met in either House but the Speakers came not and after some expectation the Lords chose the Lord Grey and the Commons then present chose Mr. Pelham to be Speaker Pro tempore and Mr. Sergeant Birkhead not appearing they put Mr. Norfolk into his place he made use of the City Mace the other being carried away and the Sergeant coming afterwards to offer his service was not admitted Then the House proceeded to Vote 1. That the King should come to London 2. That the Militia of the City have power to raise such Forces as they shall think fit for defence of the City 3. That they may choose a Commander in chief to be approved by the House and he to choose Officers to be approved by the Militia The Sheriff and Common-Councel who attended the House this Morning returned to the City and a Common-Councel in the Afternoon chose Major General Massey to Command in chief their Forces The Militia ordered all the Reformadoes Officers c. to appear to morrow in St. James's Fields and the Forces to be put into Regiments A Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel to this effect Mentioning The Armies complyance with their former desire to remove to this distance and the assurance given them by the City of their concurrence for the settlement of Peace and Liberty against which they never offered one objection or ground of dissent and their resolution to secure the Parliament and their Priviledges from any violence or attempt the reason given by the City for their late Listing of new Forces That upon this confidence the Army was disposed into several parts for the ease of the Kingdom to above one hundred and ten Miles distance and had given up themselves to their Proposals for a comfortable settlement and were in a hopeful way for the relief of Ireland That the Army cannot but be deeply sensible of the unparalelled violation acted upon the Parliament on Monday last by a multitude from the City because therein the Guards sent from the City did not only neglect their duty for security of the Parliament from such violence and the whole City to yield any relief to the Houses in that extremity but they are assured from Eye and Ear Witnesses that divers of the Common-Councel gave great incouragement to it Which doth not only gain-say their former professions but does violence to those many obligations that by their Charter Protestation and sundry other ways lye upon them to protect the Parliament That he cannot but look upon them who are in Authority as accountable to the Kingdom for the interruption of the hopeful way of Peace and settlement for this Nation and for relieving Ireland occasioned by the late destructive ingagements especially by the latter horrid and prodigious Force done upon the Parliament tending to dissolve all Government Upon which score the Army and the whole Kingdom shall have cause to put every thing of the like Nature that may happen to the Parliament or to any who are friends to them and to the Army except by the wisdom care and industry of the City the chief actors may be detected secured and given up to Justice and the best endeavour used to prevent the like for the future 31. The Lords desired the Commons concurrence for removal of the Kings Children into Loudon for their security There was a great appearance of Reformadoes Officers c. in St. James's fields and Order was given for staying and Listing of Horses in the City and that all the Shops should be shut up A Declaration was published in the name of the Speaker Lenthal of the reasons why he absented himself from the House The Army after a hard March lodged the last night at Vxbridge Letters from them certified That the General was tender of the City but laying to heart those unparalelled passages on Munday last at Westminster he is sensible of his Obligations to the Parliament That the Army are resolved what other neglect soever hath been for their security yet as God shall inable them they will use their best endeavours for preservation of the Parliament from violence One of the three Block-Houses at Gravesend was secured by a party of the Army Most of the Eleven Members Sat in the House and in the Afternoon Major General Massey Sir William Waller and Lieutenant General Points Listed the Reformadoes The City published their Declaration mentioning the Armies surprising of the King at Holmeby and denyed his resitlence nearer London than their Quarters That the City have endeavoured the settlement of the Kingdom relief of Ireland ease of their fellow Subjects and a good understanding between themselves and the Army That the Priviledges of Parliament have been violated by the Armies causing the eleven Members to withdraw and the Militia of London now demanded which had been established by Ordinance and is subject to no other Cognizance but of the King and Parliament That they desire nothing more than that his Majesty may be in a free and honourable condition and capacity and whilst he is environed by an Army and under their power he can neither freely grant nor will there be hope to enjoy what he grants in this condition That they are resolved earnestly yet with Humility to apply themselves to the Parliament to this Purpose and hope that all good Subjects who are touched with any sence of that Duty and Allegiance which by the Law of God and man they owe unto their King will unanimously joyn with them therein They state the difference between them and the Army to be That they could not submit the Militia of the City to be altered at the will of the Army after it had been so orderly setled in the hands of such as were
consented to his Proposal to manifest their complyance and have directed the Militia for drawing off all Forces and Ordnance to which work they now apply themselves and will give orders for quitting the Forts on Southwarke side and next under God will relye upon his Excellencies honourable word for safety and to be protected from all violence of the Soldiery Letters came from the King to the General wherein he acquits himself of the great scandal cast upon him concerning the late tumults which he disclaims and dislikes and desires rather to relye upon his Excellency and the Army 5. Two Regiments of the Trained Bands of Hertford-shire offered to attend the General but he dismiss'd them with thanks The General removed his Quarters nearer London to Hammersmith where the Commissioners of the City met him and acquainted him That the City were well satisfied with what he had required and accordingly had quitted the Forts unto his Forces who now had the Guards of them and they desired an answer of their last Letter Which the General returned to this effect That he was glad to find their ready complyance to his desires and had ordered three Regiments of Foot and two of Horse to possess the Forts they mentioned and to lye thereabouts till he with the rest of the Army came to Hammersmith in order to the security of the Lords and Commons who he supposed to morrow would sit in the Parliament That with freedom they may sit to discharge their trusts hath been the cause of his advance nearer London and he is confident nothing shall pass from the Army but what shall be for the safety of the City And he doubts not though some disaffected Persons to the Peace of the Kingdom have endeavoured to beget a misunderstanding between the Army and the City hoping thereby to imbroil the Kingdom in new troubles Yet that the Army will so behave themselves as to witness to the World the Integrity of their hearts in having no other design but the quiet and happy settlement of a firm and lasting Peace wherein the Kingdom and City will have cause to rejoyce and your most humble Servant Tho. Fairfax 6. In the Morning the Members of Parliament who were driven out by the tumults at Westminster met with the General at the Earl of Holland's House at Kensington and subscribed a Declaration of the Army and another of their approving and joyning with the Army in their last proceedings making null Acts passed by the Members since the 26th of July last Afterwards the General with the Lords and the Speaker and Members of the House of Commons and many other Gentlemen marched towards Westminster a guard of Soldiers three deep from the place at Hide-parke the Lord Major and Aldermen met the General to congratulate the fair composure between the Army and the City and after some Ceremonies they marched toward Westminster in this Order First Col. Hammond's Regiment of Foot then Col. Rich and Cromwell's Regiment of Horse then the General on Horseback with his Life-guard then the Speakers and Members of the Lords and Commons in Coaches and Tomlinson's Regiment of Horse brought up the rear-guard the General was accompanied with many Officers and gentlemen that rode with him and every Soldier had a branch of Lawrel in his Hat As they passed by Charing Cross the Common-Council of London who stood there saluted them and in the new Palace-yard at Westminster the General allighted and the Lords and Commons and they went to their several Houses The Lords Passed an Ordinance and the Commons concurred to make Sir Thomas Fairfax Lieutenant or Constable of the Tower of London and another for a day of thanksgiving to God for restoring the Members to their just Priviledges without the effusion of Blood and so far the settlement of Peace The Commissioners made a report of their transactions with the Army and had the thanks of the House for their good service Sir Thomas Fairfax was sent for to the Lords House and had their thanks for his good Service in restoring the Members of Parliament and was afterwards sent for to the House of Commons and with much importunity sat down in a Chair there placed for him and the Speaker gave him the thanks of the House for his great and faithful Services and in particular for restoring the Members of both Houses to their former Freedom and Priviledges The Commons Ordered a months Pay for all the Non-Commissioned Officers and private Souldiers as a Gratuity for their service in restoring the Members A Committee was named to find out the chief Actors Abettors and Countenancers of the late Tumults and design in forcing the Members from the Parliament and to raise a new War Debate of an Ordinance sent from the Lords for making void all Acts done by some Lords and Gentlemen Members of both Houses at Westminster since the twenty sixth of July when the Speaker and Members were scattered away by the Tumults 7. The Houses Sat not but the General and Army Horse and Foot and a gallant Train of Artillery marched through the City of London yet in so civil and orderly a manner that not the least offence or prejudice was offered by them to any man either in words action or gestures as they marched which confuted the surmises of some of their Enemies that the design of the Souldiers was to Plunder this Rich City the General Quartered at Croydon and the Army in Kent and Essex near him 9. The Lords desired the Commons concurrence to the Ordinance for making void all Acts done by the Members at Westminster from July 26. to August 6. and to the Declaration for vindication of the Army The House in a Grand Committee debated all day the Ordinance for making Null those Acts and upon the question it was carried by two Votes That the Votes so forced from the Houses are not to be made void but by a Repeal Both Houses past an additional Ordinance for payment of Tithes c. to such Ministers as are or shall be put into any Livings by the Parliament Sir Thomas Fairfax took possession of the Tower according to the Votes of Parliament attended by many Commanders and other Gentlemen his Life-Guard and part of Collonel Pride's Regiment of Foot and the City Guard that was there marched out In the Afternoon a Committee from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel came to the Tower to the General and Alderman Gibbes made a Speech to him to give his Excellency and his Army thanks for their love and care of the City of London and after Complements recommended to his Excellency the faithfulness and care of Collonel West Lieutenant of the Tower and concluded with an Invitation of the General and his Officers to Dinner to the City The General returned thanks for their expressions of love to him and care of the Peace of the Kingdom and said that for Lieutenant of the Tower He had appointed
for their Pay as for the rest of his Army That he was sent down to Command them by the General not of his own seeking or for private Interest and desired their complyance then they gave him a loud acclamation and had Orders to go to their several Quarters The News of the Parliaments being restored by the Army and the City of London agreeing with the Army hindered the intended proceedings of the Estates of Scotland Great resort was from London to the King at Oatlands 17. Upon the question it was carried in the Negative by three Votes That the Declaration should not pass that the proceedings in the House from July 26. to Aug. 6. were forced and that sitting not to be a free Parliament A Petition and Congratulation was presented to the General of many thousands Young men and Apprentices of London for his great services to the Kingdom and City which they acknowledg with thankfulness and as they refused to comply with those who lately acted against the Army so they resolved to live and dye with his Excellency and the Army in settling His Majesties Rrights the Parliaments Priviledges and the Peace and Freedom of the Nation To this the General gave a respectful and grateful answer The Councel of War Sat close about a Declaration of their proceedings in behalf of the Parliament the Kingdom and themselves 18. Order for a day of Thanksgiving for the great success in Ireland and for one thousand pounds for Collonel Jones one thousand pounds to Collonel Fenwicke and other gratuities to other Officers in this service and for Supplies for Ireland Upon a Letter from Mr. Nicholls one of the Eleven Members now under restraint in the Army Order to the General to discharge him or send him up to the Parliament for his Tryal A Complaint by Letters from the Scots Commissioners for breach of the Union in staying Mr. Chieseley their Secretary at Newcastle the Copy hereof sent to the General and that he give Order for Mr. Chieseley's release 19. Letters from the General to both Houses with the Remonstrance of the Army touching their late proceedings and chiefly driving at The purging of the Parliament by expunging such Members as did Act and Vote in the time that the Speakers and the rest were forced from the House The House of Lords approved of this Remonstrance and Voted a Letter of thanks to the General and to signifie to him that they would take care for the Punishment of those Delinquent Ministers and others by whose practises Ministers put into Livings by the Parliament had been disquieted and outed in which the Commons Concurred but did nothing upon the great Remonstrance The Examination of Collonel Ennis who sought to go beyond Sea under another name referred to a Committee Order for eight thousand pounds for Plymouth Garrison and to Treat with the General about the lessening of the Charge there 20. Order for a Collection for the poor English Irish here and for one hundred pounds for the poor visited people in St. Martins Parish and for a general Contribution for the visited City of Chester and an Ordinance for twenty thousand pounds for Ireland Mr. Strickland had leave to come to England Upon another debate the Ordinance passed For declaring all Votes Orders and Ordinances passed in one or both Houses since the force on both Houses July 26 until Aug. 6. 1647. to be null and void 21. Upon a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax Order for thirty pounds a week for Sick and Wounded Souldiers four shillings eight pence a week for each of them and an Ordinance passed for Judges and Justices to put it in execution Order for a months Pay for the Army to be borrowed of the City Upon a report touching the late Tumults Order That the Lord Mayor and Aldermen do call a Common Councel by Tuesday next and that the Clerk who attended the Committee of the Militia and of the Safety do deliver over the Books Papers and Warrants in his hands or be committed to the Sergeant Mr. Hollis Sir Philip Stapleton Sir William Waller Sir William Lewys Sir Jo. Clotworthy and Mr. Long being in a Vessel going towards Callis were pursued by a Frigot of the Parliament and taken within six Miles of Callis and by their desire brought back to Captain Batten who dismist them to their Voyage again and chid those that apprehended them The High Sheriff entertained the Judges and Lawyers very nobly at Shrewsbury The Ordinance pass'd both Houses for relief of Ministers put into Livings by the Parliament Another for a Collection for the poor visited Persons in Chester and an additional Ordinance concerning the sale of Bishops Lands A false Allarm of Scots Forces being upon the Borders Letters from Ireland informed That the Lord Inchequin had taken divers Castles from the Rebels in the County of Limricke That he defeated a Troop of the Rebels near Balling garry slew twenty three of them and took the rest That he beat the Rebells from a Pass near Limricke and killed about an hundred of them and took two hundred horses and two hundred Cows and took in New castle within a mile of Limricke some of his Forces got over the River Shannon and got eight thousand head of Cattle and five thousand Sheep and struck such a terror into the Rebels that they burnt the Earl of Thomond's Castle Bonratty which they had Garrisoned and fled away That they took in Grace-Castle and put all the Rebels there to the Sword and took eight hundred head of Cattle and Garrons They stormed and burnt the Abbey of Adare where four Fryars were burned and three taken they took Fox's Castle and put all in it to death 24. A Letter from the General touching Mr. Anthony Nicholls one of the eleven Members sent up Prisoner with the Grounds of his detainment by the Army and a further accusation of High Treason against him Ordered that he be continued in safe Custody but he escaped from Denham one of the Serjeants Deputys in whose Custody he was Denham being examined concerning the escape confessed That he took Mr. Nicoll's word as a Gentle-man to be a true Prisoner but he brake his word and escaped The House committed Denham and ordered all the Ports to be stopped for the apprehending of Mr. Nicolls and revoked the Pass formerly granted to Mr. Nicolls Upon a report by Mr. Corbet touching the Force upon the Parliament and Commitment of some of the Offenders the House approved of their Commitment and ordered an impeachment of high Treason to be brought in against Col. Chapman and Lieutenant Collonel Baines and of high misdemeanor against Col. Vaughan A Petition from the Brewers to take off the Excise of Beer and Ale They were told if they paid not the Excise by a day they should be distrained to pay The Common-Council excused themselves that they could not advance a Months pay by way of loan for the Army The
for Mr. Hollis Sir William Waller Sir Jo. Clotworthy Major General Massey Mr. Walter Long and Mr. Nicolls reported to have ingaged in that business and That Mr. Glyn and Sir Jo. Maynard do attend the House about that business 6. Mr. Recorder Glyn attended the House but his business was put off to the next day The non-concurrence of the Scots Commissioners to part of the Propositions of Peace hindred the sending them to the King and the House ordered the Committee of both Kingdoms to desire this afternoon their positive answer of concurrence or not because the Houses were resolved to send the Propositions to the King to morrow Order to call in Biddle's Pamphlet Blasphemous against the Deity of Christ and that it be burnt by the Hang-man and the Examination of Biddle referred to the Committee of Plundered Ministers Execution of Mackquire put off An Ordinance passed both Houses about calling in of clipt Silver An Ordinance pass'd the Commons for making Col. Hammond Governor of the Isle of Wight Letters from the Lord Inchequin for Money c. referred to the Committee Letters from Ireland certify That the Lord Inchequin Soldiers there were upon a Remonstrance resenting the proceedings of Parliament and Army in England they declared That they would prosecute the War against the Rebels but would not admit of any alteration in Martial Government till their Arrears both in England and Ireland were paid Ordinance pass'd the Commons to disable all who had born Arms against the Parliament from any publick Office or Imployment Six or eight thousand of the Scottish Forces were drawn Southwards to quarter upon the Borders 7. Upon the report of the Scots Commissioners concurrence to the Propositions for Peace both Houses pass'd a Letter to the Commissioners with the King That they with the Scots Commissioners now to be sent down should present the Propositions to the King and receive his answer within six days Both Houses agreed upon a Letter to the Estates of Scotland for recalling the Scots Forces out of Vlster according to the Treaty Upon the Petition of Col. Baines That the Counter where he was Prisoner was infected with the Plague he was removed to Peter-House Mr. Recorder Glyn attended the House according to their former Order and the Charge was read against him for being active in the late disorders of London for promoting a new War and incouraging the Riotous Petitioners To this he made his defence with much Prudence and clearness yet the sentence of the House was upon the question carried against him That he should be discharged from being a Member of the House and committed to the Tower during the pleasure of the House The like sentence was against Sir Jo. Maynard another of the eleven Members for the like offence and further That an Impeachment of High Treason be drawn up against him A Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Councel of War to the Common Councel about the advance of mony by way of Loan for the Army upon the security of the Arrears of the City and the Letter was quick and from an Army for mony 8. Upon the further report of what persons were active in the late Tumults and design of a new War The Commons Voted That an impeachment of high Treason should be against the Earl of Suffolk the Lord Willoughby of Parham the Lord Hundesden Lord Mainard the Earl of Lincoln Lord Barkley and the Earl of Middlesex The Commons by Message impeached these Lords of High Treason at the Bar of that House and prayed That they might be Sequestred from the House and Committed and That they would bring in a particular Charge against them Sir Jo. Mainard was sent to the Tower and the Commitment of Mr. Glyn suspended for a week that he might have time to sort and deliver out his Papers concerning the City of London and about his Clients at Law A Message to the Commons for taking off the Sequestration of the Duke of Bucks Estate and recommending a Petition of the Lord Grey's to the Commons Mr. Biddle's Book was burned The Propositions were delivered to the King by the Commissioners at Hampton-Court and he told them he would give his answer with all conveniency 9. Both Houses pass'd an Ordinance for constituting a Committee for the Militia of Westminster and the Out-Parishes with the same power as the Committee have for the Militia of London and another Ordinance for a Committee of the Militia of Southwark and another for the Tower Hamlets to be under the Command of the Lieutenant of the Tower Another Ordinance past to enable the Militia's of London and Westminster to pull down the Courts of Guard and Lines and to sell the Timber and the Citizens were invited to send their servants to assist in this work The Common-Councel had returned answer to the General and returned the like this day to the Commons That they could not advance the fifty thousand pounds as was desired for the Pay of the Army the Commons Ordered That they should be further desired to advance this sum Some of the Citizens were put in mind That not long since upon advance of the Army near them they would then willingly have parted with a much greater sum to purchase the favour of the Army and freedom from their fears and the Army having dealt so kindly with them and not taking a penny from any of them when they had so great an advantage against them and the Army having now writ to them to desire them to advance this sum it was wondred at and they wished to be well advised that they did not too far provoke the House and the Army by denying of it sullenly Commissary Copley for assisting in the late Tumults and to promote a new War was discharged of his service in the House and Committed to the Tower and Captain Mulgrave for the same offence was sent Prisoner to Newgate Ordered by the House of Peers That the Gentleman Usher of the Black-Rod bring in the Lords impeached by the House of Commons to answer to the Impeachment The House Sat again in the Afternoon my Lord Willoughby's Friends advised him to keep out of the way until the present heat and storm were a little past over The City of London had generally an inclination to make choice of Whitlocke to be their Recorder in the place of Mr. Glyn but he had no mind to it and sought to decline it 10. A Declaration of both Houses published That none shall be Elected into any Office that hath assisted the Enemy against the Parliament The Scots Forces Quartered upon the borders of England and Commissioners of the Estates were coming for England 11. The Houses Sat not but the Commissioners and Councel of War Sat close at Putney about the business of Ireland and of Garrisons and Disbandings but all was at a stand for want of monies to Pay the Souldiers which much discontented them Letters from
the Commissioners with the King That he is willing to settle Presbytery for three years and the Militia as he before offered but others he is not satisfied to assent unto but desires to put himself upon the Proposals of the Army and that they may be taken into consideration Some private Treaties were said to have been by some Officers of the Army with the King and instructions given by Cromwell and others That if he would assent to their Proposals lower than those of the Parliament that the Army would settle him again in his Throne But the unfortunate as to him his Bishops persuaded him against what he was inclined in his own judgment to have agreed unto and thereby ruined him and themselves at the present 13. The Commissioners returned with His Majesties answer to the Propositions He waves those now sent to him or any Treaty upon them and flies to the Proposals of the Army urgeth a Treaty upon them and such as he shall make professeth he will give satisfaction for settling the Protestant Religion with Liberty to tender Consciences to secure the Laws Liberty and Property and Priviledges of Parliament and of those concerning Scotland he will Treat apart with the Scots Commissioners A Copy of this answer was sent by the King to Sir Thomas Fairfax Many Addresses were dayly made by Petitions and otherwise to the General upon particular grievances and he and his Councel of War returned prudent answers to them The Agitators of the Army presented a Paper to the General in behalf of many who were in Prison for words spoken by them against the King in the time of the War and the General certified the same by Letter to the Parliament Letters from the North of the wise and just managing of the affairs in those parts by Major General Lambert That by his Councel of War he sentenced one Macro an Irish man a notorious proved Drunkard and Swearer to be bored through the Tongue with a red hot Iron imprisoned fourteen days with Bread and Water and to be Cashiered the like Sentences were against others to the contentment of the people 14. Upon reading the Kings answer to the Propositions for Peace a day was appointed by either House to consider of it and that in the mean time it be communicated to the Scots Commissioners Upon earnest Letters from the General in behalf of James Symbâ—l and others in Prison for speaking of words against the King in the time of War for which Justice Bacon and Sergeant Creswel Commited them the House referred their Cases to the Committee of Imdemnity with power to release the Prisoners if they found cause A Petition from divers Bucks men against Tithes and Free Quarter answered that the House would take the business of Tithes into consideration in covenient time and were now in debate touching Free Quarter Debate upon the report concerning Lieutenant Collonel Lilburne and touching some Compositions and a Vote to take off the Sequestration of Sir Robert Nappiers Estate The Common-Councel of London thought it discretion to comply with the desires of the Parliament and Army in advancing fifty thousand pounds for the Army and had such addition of security for it as they proposed 15. An Ordinance committed for settling some Lands of the Earl of Worcesters upon the Lord Say Sir Benjamin Rudyeard and Sir Rowland Wandesford for reparation of their losses by the taking away of the Court of Wards Orders for Commitment of some Actors in the late great Tumult A report of the proceedings of the Commissioners in the Army and a debate touching Tithes and referred to a Committee to consider of a way to redress the grievances in this business of Tithes Several Petitions from Oxfordshire Heriford-shire and other Countries against Tithes referred to a Committee A Petition of the Inhabitants of Southwark That the Houses may be purged of such as assisted in the late Tumults and Force upon the Parliament when the Members were driven away was laid aside for the present 16. the Petitions of London Southwark Oxfordshire Bucks Hertfordshire c. For purging the House of all Members that Sat in the absence of the Speakers was debated and resolved That the proceedings in that time should be Null but that no Member should be questioned for being then present in the House but such as were Actors in the Tumult City engagement and design of a new War The Petitioners had thanks for their good affections and were desired to be be satisfied in this business Order for an Impeachment of high Crimes and Misdemeanours against Mr. Glyn and against Collonel Copley and for the Lords to be desired to appoint a day for the Commons to bring in their particular Charge against the seven Impeached Lords Both Houses past the Ordinance concerning Delinquents Compositions and some particular Ordinances for taking off Sequestrations of the Estates of the Lady Bankes and her Son Sir Richard Price and others The Commons Concurrence desired to Ordinances touching Payment of Fee Farm Rents by Members of Parliament and recovery of monies due by Bonds given in the Court of Wards Debate touching the lessening of the Forces in England and Votes touching the Forces to be sent into Ireland and for Pay for them and referred to the Commissioners in the Army to Treat further with the General and his Field-Officers concerning these particulars 17. Orders touching the months gratuity appointed for the Army and the months Pay for them and about the fifty thousand pounds and touching the Charge against the seven Lords Vote That for present security of this Kingdom till affairs be settled here and in order to the future relief of Ireland seven thousand two hundred Horse one thousand Dragoons and eighteen thousand Foot be kept up in England The Scots Forces under Lieutenant General David Lesley Qnartering upon the Borders gave some cause of offence to the English many of their Commanders resorted often to Berwick 18. The Establishment of the Army and Garrisons was referred to the General and Commissioners of Parliament in the Army with reference to the former Orders of the House Information from Ireland of some underhand dealing and invitation of the Lord Inchequin and Col. Jones to joyn with the Scots Forces in Vlster After a Sermon in Putney Church the General many great Officers Field Officers inferiour Officers and Agitators met in the Church debated the Proposals of the Army and altered some few things in them and were full of the Sermon which was Preached by Mr. Peters The General and his Council agreed upon a Declaration concerning the delays in raising money for the Army and Garrisons and the sufferings of the Country by free Quarter occasioned by those wants and the hindrance of disbanding the Forces not necessary to be kept up and of relieving Ireland all this caused by their neglect on whom the Parliament did depend and especially they take notice of the delayes of
the City They declare 1. That for what time their defaults and delayes shall occasion the stay of the Army hereabouts the charge should be upon them and their adherents about the City 2. That the Houses would consider of the Delinquencyes of those that had a hand in the late tumults and design of a new War and that such Fines may be set upon them as are agreeable to Justice 3. That in case the Money be not brought in by the time appointed that the Parliament would give leave to the General with the advice of the Committee of the Army for levying of the Arrears This was sent by the Commissioners to the Parliament and by them communicated to the Common-Council of London at which they were much startled 20. An Ordinance pass'd for payment of Moneys due upon Bonds in the Court of Wards and a day set to consider of providing for Orphans Upon a Letter from the General of the necessities of Portsmouth Garrison referred to the General and Commissioners in the Army to take care thereof An Ordinance sent up to the Lords for suppressing unlicenced Pamphlets and punishing the Authors and Sellers of them Orders for seven thousand Suits of Apparel and for Shirts Shoes and Stockings for the Forces in Munster and the like for the Forces in Vlster to be deducted out of their pay Mr. Thomas Challoner and Col. Jo. Temple appointed Commissioners of Parliament in Munster The Army in Scotland was voted to be disbanded The Inhabitants of Richmond-shire stood upon their Guard against free Quarter Major General Lambert sent some Forces thither to keep all quiet and went himself to disband the Forces in Northumberland The General made Commissioners of Martial Law in every Regiment to punish the misdemeanours of Soldiers in their Quarters referring all cases extending to Life or Limb to the Council of War at the Head Quarters 21. Upon a long debate Voted by both Houses That the King denyes in his answer to give his assent to the Propositions Order for all the Members of the House to attend in their places by a day Ordinances pass'd for Compositions A Report from the City to satisfie the House That the City at this time could no ways advance the fifty thousand pound for the Army Mr. Porâ—y one of the Commissioners with the Army presented to the House the Explanations and resolutions of the Council of the Army to the Quaeries made upon the Army's Proposals by the Parliaments Commissioners residing with the Army 1. Touching the time when this Parliament should determine it was held fit to suspend that till it should appear what expedition will be made in the Settlement of the things proposed 2. That the Army shall be satisfied either with Biennial or Triennial Parliaments if Triennial then they to sit at least six or eight Months 3. The limitations that Parliaments shall not sit above two hundred and forty days to be understood unless the Parliament find it fit to sit longer but every Parliament to dissolve at least eighty days before the next is to be begun that the course of new Elections may not be interrupted 4. That the Liberty of entring dissents is not desired but where the Vote may be to the destruction of Right or Liberty 5. By the Power of the Militia they mean the power of raising arming c. according to the expressions in the Propositions 6. By the Power of raising and disposing Moneys they mean the same as in the expressions in the Propositions 7. By great Officers they mean the same as in the Propositions 22. Upon a long debate in a grand Committee touching the Kings answer to the Propositions and motions for a personal Treaty and for sending the Propositions again to the King the House resolved to fall upon the settlement of the Kingdom by establishing such additional Laws as may make for the present and future good of the Kingdom and turning the Propositions into Bills and Acts. The House resolved That the Militia should be setled as a Law for twenty years Ordinances sent up to the Lords for Money for the Forces in Lancashire and against unlicensed Pamphlets 23. Upon debate Whether the Parliament should once more send the Propositions or any of them to the King it was voted That they should once more make application to his Majesty for his assent to such things in the Propositions as they conceive will most tend to the good of the Kingdom In order to which it was voted That the Proposition for the great Seal concerning Honours and Titles the Proposition for taking away Bishops c. with some alterations the Proposition concerning Declanations and Proclamations against the Parliament and so much of the twelve Propositions as concern the raising of Moneys for payment of the publick debts of the Kingdom be drawn into Bills and sent to his Majesty for his Assent The Ordinance pass'd for continuing the Committee of the Army and Treasurers at War Orders touching thirty thousand pound for the Army and the Months gratuity to the private Soldiers The General Council of Officers of the Army at Putney agreed upon a representation to the Parliament of their desires as Soldiers and delivered to the Parliaments Commissioners 1. That a Committee may abide at the Head Quarters to state the Accounts and give Debenters 2. For a visible security for the Arrears 3. For an Ordinance That none who have served the Parliament shall be pressed to any Forraign Service nor a Horseman to serve on Foot 4. That the Ordinance concerning Apprentices Freedom who have served the Parliament may be an Act. 5. The like for maimed Soldiers c. 6. For an addition to the Act of Indemnity for all said or done by any of the Army concerning any thing about the Army's Petition at Walden or in vindication of themselves 24. Upon a further report touching the Force upon the Parliament It was voted That Sir John Gayer Lord Major of London Alderman Bunce Alderman Cullam Alderman Langham and Alderman Adams shall be committed to the Tower upon Accusation of High Treason for countenancing and abetting the Force and Tumult brought down and used against the House July 26 last and this to be in order to their Tryal and the Committee ordered to bring in Impeachments against them 25. The Impeached Lord Mayor and Aldermen were carried to the Tower and upon further debate touching the Tumult and Force upon the Parliament it was Voted That several Citizens be Impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors and others to be Indicted at the Kings Bench of High Treason Reference to the Aldermen and Common-Council to consider how the Civil Government of the City may be executed according to their Charters now that the Lord Mayor is committed Orders touching Wharton's Books and other Pamphlets scandalous to the Parliament 27. The Commons sent up to the Lords an Impeachment against the Lord Major and desired a time for his Tryal
and they then would bring up the Charge and Proofs Order about a new Lord Mayor Captain Batten laid down his Commission of Vice Admiral and Col. Rainsborough was voted in his place and a list of the Captains and Ships agreed upon for this Winters Flect Petitioners of Somerset shire had thanks for their good affections A thousand pound ordered for Col. Rainsborough for his Arrears An Ordinance to make void Elections of Delinquent Majors c. and order for the Speaker to write to the Corporations to make new Elections The like for Delinquent Sheriffs and no Delinquent to have a Voice in Elections Ordinances pass'd for Money for Lynne Garrison and for Cloaths for Soldiers Letters from Ireland of the good success of the Lord Inchequin taking twelve Castles in Tipperary and the Castle of Cahir in this manner An English Trooper was wounded and taken by the Rebels and carried into Cahir-Castle Col. Hepsely having observed some defects in the Works had a mind to get into the Castle to see them and was permitted to come in a disguise as a Chyrurgeon to dress the Troopers wounds Having thus espyed the defects in the Works he led on a Party to that place and Stormed the Castle A Letter was ordered to the Lord Inchequin to desire him to send over some of his Officers in safe Custody against whom some things were charged Col. Jones marched out of Dublin with a strong Party The Estates in Scotland ordered their Forces to be disbanded unless the Committee of Estates think fit to continue them in case the Kingdom be in any danger of trouble the person of the King in any hazard or the Nation like to be dishonoured and such as refuse to disband to be taken as Mutineers Major General Lambert quieted the difference about Quarter between the Soldiers and the Richmond-shire men and appeased a Mutiny with stoutness and sent a Party against the Moss-Troopers 28. Both Houses pass'd an Ordinance for suppressing Scandalous and unlicensed Pamphlets the Execution of it was left to the Militia of London and to the Committees of the several adjacent Counties An Ordinance was read for levying the Arrears to the Army of the City of London A Letter from the General Council of the Army to Lieutenant General Cromwel was read in the House mentioning the danger of Mutinys and loss of the Army and of new distractions for want of Pay and desiring him to acquaint the House therewith and to be a means to procure Money The Ordinance passed for thirty thousand pound for the Army and an Order for the Months gratuity and Months Pay Debate of Ordinances for Money for Soldiers Widows and touching Arrears A Letter agreed upon by both Houses from the Parliament to the Queen of Sweden and the state of the matter of Fact of what passed between the Ships of England and Sweden ordered to be delivered to the Swedish Agent Election of a new Lord Major of London 29. The Monthly Fast-day 30. Alderman Warner was presented to the Lords for the new Lord Major for the next year and for the remaining time of the last Lord Major now in Prison and approved of and sworn for both times The Ordinance read for continuing Tunnage and Poundage for two years and referred to the Committee of the Navy to treat with the Commissioners of the Customs about Money for the Winter-Guards Upon debate what should be further tendred to his Majesty upon the Propositions it was voted 1. That the Proposition concerning the prosecution of the War in Ireland by both Houses and in the intervals by a Committee 2. That the Proposition for making void the Cessation with the Irish Rebels 3. That the Proposition for nominating the chief Officers of England and Ireland by both Houses and in the intervals by a Committee be again tendered to his Majesty and drawn into Bills for his consent 4. The three Treaties between England and Scotland ordered to be considered and how far they stand in relation to the desire of his Majesty and that the Lords concurrence be desired October 1647. October 1. Order for Money for Officers and Widows in distress and for the poor English Irish Order for a Declaration That both Houses intend to desist from prosecuting any more that were active or abettors in the late tumults and force upon the Parliament than those whom they have already voted against Order about Cursitors places referred to the two Speakers Orders for removing Prisoners in the Tower to other Prisons The Impeachment agreed unto against Lieutenant Collonel Baines The Ordinance for Delinquents to have no voice in the Election of Officers pass'd and sent to the Lords 2. Some appointed to be examined upon the late tumult and the Declaration committed that no more should be questioned whereby peoples minds were quieted but this was not to extend to any Members of the House reduced Officers or Delinquents Pardon 's granted to some Prisoners Debate upon the Confession of Faith presented by the Assembly A Paper from the Army desiring 1. That the House would grant to the General and such Officers and Soldiers as he should appoint full power with the directions of the Committee of the Army to levy by way of distress from the City the Arrears due to the Army 2. That the Parliament would set a Penalty upon those that put them to this trouble of distreining 3. That they would give the like power and penalty for levying all the Arrears in other places 4. And that the Houses would provide for their own Guards so as the Army might Quarter further from the City 4. Vote for twenty thousand pound a Month above the 60 thousand pounds for the nine thousand Horse and Foot designed for Ireland and towards the Charge of that War And other Votes touching the Forces and Government there Order for two months Pay for all the Garrisons that are put out and so disbanded and all of the Army who are not of the Establishment nor to go for Ireland to be cashiered An Ordinance pass'd for money another for Guernsey c. and Col. Birch Col. Ludlow Mr. Harrington and Mr. Weaver named Commissioners for this business The Letter from the General touching the Arrears of the Army referred to the Committee of the Army Orders touching Guards for the Tower The Lords concurred with some small alterations about the Propositions to be again sent to the King The Lords ordered the Sequestration of the D. of Bucks his Estate to be taken off and recommended to the Commons the Earl of Newport's Petition for lessening of his Compositions and ordered the continuance of the allowance of eight hundred pound per An. to the Bishop of Durham and desired the Commons concurrence Both Houses pass'd the Ordinance for disabling Delinquents to have voices in Elections 5. Debate upon the Ordinance for Turinage and Poundage and Orders for Money for Mr. Prince Order for four hundred pound
Honour Freedom and safety with his two Houses as the only means to settle Peace And then he desires that the Proposals of the Army as to future Parliaments and Elections may be considered 20. Debate for raising Mony for the Army and upon a Letter from the General to the Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councel of London and another to the Committee of the Army That the General had ordered Col. Hewson's Regiment to Quarter in the City to assist the Committee in collecting the Arrears due to the Army The House ordered Lieutenant Collonel Cromwell to write to Col. Hewson to forbear marching into the City and a Committee of Lords and Commons were appointed to acquaint the Common-Councel with the inconveniencies that might arise if they did not speedily collect the Arrears due to the Army Both Houses ordered their Committee to press the Scots Commissioners to consent to the sending of the propositions to his Majesty Order about placing some of the Kings Servants about him Letters from Ireland informed a late and great defeat given by Col. Jones to the Rebels and that he had beat them off from Dublyn The General 's Head-Quarters were at Windsor 22. The Ordinance committed for setting the Poor to work Some from the Common-Councel came to the House with thanks for their care to prevent Quartering of Soldiers in the City and with an answer in writing concerning collecting of the Arrears of the Assessments and that they had given an account of it by a Letter to the General The House ordered a Committee to prepare an answer to the City and Voted That they should go on to collect the Arrears and speedily to bring them in Order to press the Commissioners for their answer touching the Propositions That the sending of them to his Majesty may not be further delayed Letters from Col. Hammond That he received by the hands of a Messenger from the General the Votes and Resolutions of both Houses relating to the security of his Majesties Person That as to the Vote not to permit such as have been in Arms or assisted against the Parliament to come into the Island he had before taken order and touching the Votes last come to his hands he will with the best of his endeavours see them put in Execution That as to a Warrant for apprehending Mr. Ashburnham Mr. Leg and Sir Jo. Berkley he desired the Serjeants Deputy to forbear the Execution thereof till he might know the further pleasure of the Houses in regard if those Gentlemen should be apprehended it would be very difficult for him to secure the person of his Majesty That the King said If these Gentlemen should be taken from him and punished as Evil doers for councelling him not to go out of the Kingdom but rather to come to this place for the more conveniency as to settlement of Peace and for endeavouring it accordingly in attending him hither he cannot but himself expect to be dealt with accordingly his case being the same That these Gentlemen have engaged their Honours not to depart from him and having cast themselves upon him in case they should be removed from thence it would much reflect upon him 23. A Petition delivered to the supream authority of the Nation presented to the Commons was read and voted to be a Seditious and Contemptuous avowing and prosecution of a former Petition and Paper annexed stiled an agreement of the People formerly adjudged by the House to be destructive to the being of Parliaments and fundamental Laws of this Kingdom Some of the chief Actors herein were committed to the Gate-house others to New-gate and a Letter sent to the General to prosecute the Examination of that business to the bottom and to bring such guilty Persons as he shall think fit to exemplary punishment Letters from Bristol of a Mutiny in the Garrison and that the Soldiers had secured an Alderman there till they had a Months Pay the House sent a Letter to the General to discharge the Alderman and to prevent the like abuses by the Soldiers for the future 24. The Monthly Fast-day 25. Order to press the Scots Commissioners for a further and speedy answer touching the Propositions to be presented to his Majesty and to take off the Commissioners Seal of his Bed-Chamber at Hampton-Court Some from the Assembly presented the short Catechism to the House who gave them thanks and desired them to give a speedy answer to the Quaeries formerly sent them and to perfect those things referred to them A Letter to the General from Buckingham-shire complaining of the unsufferable burden of free Quarter sent by him to the House and referred to the grand Committee who are to consider of taking off free Quarter and setling a constant Pay for the Army The Merchant Adventurers lent ten thousand pound towards the Months Pay for the Army Letters from the General to the City why he appointed some Soldiers to assist in collecting the Arrears of the Assessments that he submitted to what the Parliament had ordered concerning the stop of that Course and hoped the City would perform their undertaking in the speedy collecting of them otherwise it might be very inconvenient to the Parliament the Army and Kingdom and to themselves 26. The Grand Committee sate about Pay for the Army and ordered the disbanding of the supernumerary Forces At a conference the Lords acquainted the Commons That they had considered the desires of the King to treat with the Parliament and the Scots Papers and the desires of the Kingdom to be delivered from all burdens and fears and to be preserved in Peace That their Lordships propound to the Commons four Propositions to be speedily sent to his Majesty to be speedily passed for the safety and security of the Parliament and Kingdom and to treat with his Majesty upon the rest The Propositions were 1. That a Bill be past for setling the Militia of this Kingdom 2. That an Act be passed for calling in of all Declarations Oaths and Proclaimations against the Parliament and those who adhered to them 3. For an Act that those Lords who were made after the Great Seal was carried to Oxford may be made uncapable of sitting in the House of Peers thereby 4. That power be given to the two Houses of Parliament to adjourn as they shall think fit That his Majesty giving the Kingdom security by passing these four Propositions there may be a Personal Treaty with his Majesty and the Parliaments of both Kingdoms for passing the rest of the Propositions Herein they desired the Commons concurrence who appointed a time to debate this business fully A Representation was presented to the General under the hands of Col. Lilburne and the Officers of his Regiment acknowledging and promising their obedience due to the General and praying him to mind the Parliament of considering and resolving those things which have been presented to them from the Army and as soon as the necessary great
Affairs first to be setled shall be transacted that a period may be set to this Parliament Some thought it a piece of high assumption in the Army so often and so earnestly to press the dissolving of that authority under which themselves had so highly acted Some of the Officers were supposed to have hopes of coming in themselves to be Members of Parliament upon new Elections others were thought to act upon better Principles of the Nations Freedom by not being subjected too long to the same Persons in authority 27. Order of both Houses for Mr. Sollicitor to draw up Pardons for some convicted Persons at Northampton The Lords desired the Commons to take a speedy course for constant Pay for the Army that the Countries may not be burdened with free Quarter A Committee appointed to find out the Authors of Mercurius Pragmaticus and Mercurius Melancholicus and other Pamphlets scandalous to the Parliament to punish them and the Printers and Sellers of them and to seize the Impressions of them The Commons agreed with the Lords to have a Personal Treaty with the King after he should have Signed the four Propositions agreed on by the Lords which were to be sent to his Majesty 29. Many Citizens of London and others attended the House with a second Petition of the same Party who Petitioned the last Week this Petition reflecting highly upon the proceedings of the House and accusing them of Partiality desiring to know what are their Freedoms and that those Committed upon the Petition the last week may be released The Lord Major and the Militia of London gave notice of this Petition to the House before it came up and offered their Guards to the House who sent them thanks for it and order to bring their Guards as there should be occasion and set a day to debate this Petition The Committee of Lords and Commons for the business of London Agents was made a close Committee with power to send for Parties c. and to commit to custody In these passages we may take notice of the strange workings of God and of the perplexed condition in which the Parliament was at this time The Army whom they had raised paid and Commissionated now mutiny against them and with their Swords in their hands controule and oppose their Principals and Masters The City the old Friends joynt-actors and constant assistants of the Parliament with their lives and Fortunes become full of Sedition and averseness towards them question their integrity reproach them and seek to cast them off Letters from Ireland certified That the Lord Inchequin marching towards the Rebels in Munster was inforced to joyn Battle with them who were three for one more in number than the Protestants and had the advantage of ground so that the Lord Inchequin's Ordnance became useless His main Battle was hard put to it and by the Cowardise of some like to have been routed but the Lord Inchequin in person with what Horse could be got together made a desperate attempt upon the main Body of the Rebels and gave them a Rout. That Col. Grey with his handful of bare-legged men recovered the Ordnance whereby the Rebels whole Force was dissolved the Collonel was slain and Lieuetenant Collonel Crispe Captain Love and some other Commanders and divers wounded and about an hundred and fifty private Soldiers and Gunners slain and many wounded the whole number of Inchequin's Men were not above four thousand His men had the Pursuit of the Rebels seven miles three several ways as long as the day lasted and in the flight and pursuit were slain of the Rebels about four thousand their Lieutenant General Kilketto with divers Officers killed and taken 30. The grand Committee sate about a constant wayof Pay for the Army Captain Piggot who brought the Letters from the Lord Inchequin made a particular relation in the House of the late victory in Ireland and presented to the House two Letters under the Lord Digby's hand found in the Lord Taffes Cabinet after the Battle One was to direct him concerning the Kings interest in Ireland and to preserve the Army under his Command there and to please the French Agent and promising him great preferments Orders for a thousand pound for the Lord Inchequin to buy him Horses as a favour of the House for his good Services and for Letters of thanks to him and to his Officers and for fifty pound to Captain Piggot and for ten thousand pound for Provisions for Munster Ordinances debated about Money for the Army The King wrote a Courteous Letter to Sir Thomas Fairfax That he appointed Copies of his Letters to the Parliament about his withdrawing from Hampton Court to be delivered to Sir Thomas Fairfax and had also sent him a Copy of his last Message to both Houses from the Isle of Wight in order to the settlement of a good Peace and desires him to imploy his credit therein that Doctor Shelden Doctor Oldesworth and Doctor Hammond may be protected in coming to his Majesty December 1647. December 1. A Petition to both Houses from the Common Councel acknowledging the Supream authority of Parliaments to which all Persons ought to submit craving Pardon for former Errors of some of the City and desiring that a constant pay may be provided for the Army so that free Quarter may be taken off and the Army enabled to lye at a further distance from the City that so Provisions may be cheaper and Trade incouraged They pray that the Covenant may be observed and a good peace established and that the Aldermen and Recorder of their City lately imprisoned may by the favour of the Parliament be released The Houses gave them thanks for their good affections and answered that some of the Particulars desired by them were under consideration and the Parliament would in all the particulars do what belonged to Right and Justice and the good of the Kingdom The Grand Committee sat about the taking off free Quarter The four Propositions to be sent to his Majesty were read the first time 2. The Grand Committee sat about providing a constant Pay for the Army The House debate the Petition of the Citizens in favour of the agreement of the People and voted That it is the right of the Subject to Petition the Parliament and the right of the Parliament to judge of the Petitions that all Petitioners ought to acquiesce in that judgement of the Parliament and so they hoped and expected the present Petitioners would do The Impeachment against the Earl of Lincoln was read the first time and a Message sent to the Lords for further time to bring up the Impeachments against the seven Lords which was granted Order for the names of the Justices of Peace of every County to be given in to the several Members of each County that the House may consider of them 3. Debate all the day long upon the four Propositions to be forthwith sent
to his Majesty three of them were agreed unto and the fourth concerning the Militia was committed 4. The Speaker came very late to the House and was not able to sit above a quarter of an hour in the afternoon they sate in a grand Committee to provide a constant Pay for the Army and to take away free Quarter The House adjourned till Tuesday The Officers in every Regiment in obedience to the General 's Order put out all Soldiers who had been taken in since the engagement at New-Market or that had been of the Kings Party They flocked to the Head Quarters at Windsor desiring Money to bear their Charges or to return to their several Regiments from whence they came Those who had formerly served the Parliament were for want of Money to pay them off returned to their Regiments but not the Cavaliers or disorderly Persons A Corporal of Col. Lilburne's Regiment was sentenced to death by the Councel of War for putting on the Mutiny of that Regiment and five or six Troopers to run the Gantelope which was executed at Windsor but the Corporal was reprieved till Captain Braye's Tryal Who being tryed in part carried himself with great Pride and Arrogance The General Councel of the Army were informed of an universal denyal of Payment of the Assessment of the Army to make them odious and by that means to have free quarter taken off Twenty Resolute Fellows designed to rob the Exchequer but were discovered by a Water-man and Guards set to meet with them but sixteen of the Company fought resolutely and made their way through the Guards the other four were taken much wounded 16. the House sate not because of the Speaker's being sick The High German Prophet published a Maenifesto of great destruction to be in England the which he had before told to the King and to the General 7. A Petition for Hertford-shire to be eased of free Quarter the Petitioners had thanks for their good affections and were told that the House was now upon that business and hoped to give satisfaction therein to the whole Kingdom An information against a Member of the House that he had been a Delinquent was referred to a Committee A Petition from Bucks and another from Middlesex against free Quarter the Petitioners had the same answer as those of Hertford-shire had before Order to continue the Speakers to be Commissioners of the great Seal for twenty days after the next Term. Col. Sir Hardress Waller and Col. Whaley presented from the General and Council of the Army the representation of the Army and desired it might have a present reading It was read and referred to a Committee to report what parts of it were fit to be presently proceeded in 1. It takes notice how little hath been done since the Speakers return from the Army 2. That through this delay there have been dangerous attempts 3. That notwithstanding the Army is again setled 4. That the General engaged they should have content in Pay 5. The want of Pay occaesioning free Quarter but nothing done to take it off 6. They could have made their own way of Pay and destroyed their opposers but have studied the preservation of all 7. The Parliament have had sufficient cautions yet supernumeraries being twenty thousand are not disbanded 8. That the Pay be inlarged for the whole and they will engage that no free quarter shall be taken Much about Arrears and stating Accounts Till these things setled they offer That part of the Army may quarter in London till the Arrears be levied for maimed Soldiers and Apprentices Freedom and all must be done with all possible speed and if content be not given by the end of this Week they cannot answer for the Army but desire it may be under the conduct of others and that the Impeached Citizens may be proceeded against and the City pay the Countries dammage by free quarter occasioned by their not paying the Assessments 8. Upon a report from the Committee to whom the Representation of the Army was referred Order for a Committee of six to go to the General and treat with him and his Councel about disbanding the supernumeraries and Instructions agreed for them Votes for Pay and provision of Money free quarter to be upon those places which pay not the Assessment Both Houses passed the Ordinance of Tunnage and Poundage and some other Ordinances for Money and for the two Speakers to be Commissioners of the great Seal till twenty days after next Term. Mr. Walter Montague had liberty Order to exclude private business for eight days Letters from the Isle of Wight That the King was much retired his old Servants and Chaplains came to him Col. Jones had good success in Ireland 9. A Letter from the King to both Houses Taxing them for not answering his last Message and earnestly pressing for a personal Treaty that Peace may be setled the retarding whereof he lays on them and expresseth his own readiness to consent Order to communicate this to the Scots Commissioners Proceedings upon the Impeachments against the seven Lords 10. Upon a report from the Committee several Bills assented to to be presented to the King and Instructions for the Commissioners who are to present them A Letter from the Assembly in Scotland to the Assembly at Westminster ordered to be brought into the House Order for Fuel and money for the maimed Souldiers A further day desired to bring in the Charge against the Impeached Members and an Ordinance pass'd both Houses for Money for Plymouth Garrison 11. A Petition from the Gentlemen of Ireland now in London complaining of the want of Supplys for the Forces in Ireland the Petitioners had thanks for their care of that Kingdom and a day set for consideration of that business Difference upon amendments of the Ordinance of Tunnage and Poundage Order to re-imburse the Commissioners of the Customs and to continue them Mr. Scot added to the Committee of Sequestrations The Parliaments Commissioners conferred with the General about the disbanding of Forces and agreed that there be no addition of Forces and for securing of Arrears Representations were presented to the General from particular Regiments 13. The Speaker acquainted the House with a new design to raise an Army against the Parliament the Examination of it was referred to a Committee The Lieutenant of the Tower apprehended some suspitious Persons there and the House approved thereof Divers Compositions were passed Some brought out of Ireland referred to the Committee at Derby-House Order for Col. Mitton to secure Sir Faithful Fortescue Order for the Commissioners of the Great Seal to present to Livings The Impeachments against the seven Lords were long debated Letters from the Commissioners at Windfor of their proceedings Letters from York of a Soldiers being censured by the Council of War to a weeks imprisonment and dyet of Bread and Water for being unruly at his Quarters and not contented with his dyet another cashiered
Sequestration discharged of Doctor Hall Bishop of Norwich Order for Monies for repair of some Castles and Garrisons Votes for great Guns and supplys to be sent to Col. Jones into Ireland Debate in the Lords House touching a Proclamation against the Lord Willoughby and giving time to the other six Lords to put in their Answer 17. An Ordinance sent up to the Lords for selling the Lead of Worcester Steeple and imploying the Money for repairing of some adjacent Churches and some Hospitals in the City The Ordinance committed for attainting of Judge Jenkins Order for the Sheriffs of South-Wales to assist in the disbanding of the Forces there Referred to the Committee of Derby House to remove Obstructions in the Disbanding of the Forces Order for the Committee of the Army to pay off the Forces of Dover Castle that are to be disbanded and for renewing the Ordinance for maintenance of the Army for six Months longer 18. Letters from Col. Hammond with some intercepted Letters to the King referred to the Committee at Derby House Leave given to Mr. Barwis a Member of the House to execute the place of Major of Carlile Upon Letters of the mutinous condition of Plymouth Garrison for want of Pay Order for six thousand Pounds more than before for them Order for the Governor of the Isle of Wight to place and displace such persons as are to attend his Majesty as he shall think fit 19. Order for rewards for discoverers of the authors of some Pamphlets which were Blasphemous to God and Scandalous to the Parliament Two days in the Week ordered to consider of the Excise and Customs Leave given to the Lawyers to go the next Lent-Circuits Debate and Ordinances for Money for the Navy Upon hearing of proofs the Ordinance passed to be sent up to the Lords for attainting of Judge Jenkins 21. Judge Jenkins brought to the Bar of the House refused to kneel denyed their authority told them that they wronged the King willing that the Laws might be protected that there could be no Law without a King and used high expressions against the Parliament and their authority The House fined him a thousand pound for his contempt At another time when his charge was read against him at the Bar for giving Judgement of Death against men for assisting the Parliament and for being himself in Arms against the Parliament and perswading others to do the like and for denying the Power of the Parliament c. and asked what he had to say thereunto he told them that they had no power to try him and he would give no other answer After many Witnesses examined in the House to prove the matters of Fact contained in the Charge the House passed the Ordinance for Impeaching of Judge Jenkins and ordered it to be sent up to the Lords An Account by Letters from the Commissioners of the two Houses in Scotland of their transactions with the Committee of Estates there and of the meeting of the Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland and of part of the report made from the Commissioners of Scotland who were at London to the Committee of Estates An Ordinance passed both Houses for the Judges that are to go the Circuits in the next Assizes A Petition in behalf of Lieutenant Collonel Lilburne and Mr. Wildman laid aside Letters from the North that free Quarter was quite taken off and the private Soldiers all reduced 22. Report of a Letter from the Duke of York to the King intercepted and being only dutiful expressions to the King his Father and the Duke expressing he was sorry he had transgressed the Ordinance of Parliament The House only ordered that the Earl of Northumberland continue his care in the safe keeping of the Duke and the rest of the Kings Children and to place and displace Attendants about them and Delinquents were forbidden to have any resort to them Ordinances passed both Houses for Mr. Fenwick to be restored to a Fellowship in Cambridge for Money for the Navy and for some Garrisons Letters from Ireland of Successes by the Lord Inchequin Col. Jones and Col. Monk against the Rebels notwithstanding the want of Pay the hunger and nakedness of the English Soldiers 23. The Monthly Fast-day after Sermons upon long debate the Ordinance was committed for the better observing the Lords day Fast-days and other days for holy duties Order for two Scandalous and Blasphemous Pamphlets one intituled the Parliaments ten Commandments The other The New Testament of our Lords and Saviours the House of Commons be burnt by the Hangman A Paper was presented to the General of the desires of his Life-guard concerning their disbanding which not receiving that reception as was expected from the Committee and some having told them they were looked upon as disbanded men Divers of the life-guard went to Cornet Hall's lodging in Greys-Inne-Lane and fetched away the Colours of the Life-guard and carried them to a place at Snow-Hill 24. Debate till late at night about the Declaration in answer to the Scots last Papers Letters giving account of the disbanding the supernumerary Forces The General being tired with multiplicity of business and Petitions of London appointed Cromwell Ireton Fleetwood and divers other Officers and such Field Officers as were in Town or any five of them to meet every day in White-Hall to receive Petitions and consider of businesses relating to the Army and for the better preparing of dispatches 25. Debate from Morning till night upon the Declaration in answer to the Scots last Papers A Petition to the General from the Officers under M. G. Laugherne expressing the Services and Losses their Arrears of Pay for two years and an half praying the General 's recommendation of them to the Parliament aad stating their accounts The General and Lieutenant General and other Officers met as a Court-Marshal about the business of taking away the Colours by the Life-guard and which was looked upon as a great dis-respect and dishonour to the General one Mr. Clerke a chief Actor in it was found guilty of Mutiny and disobeying Superior Officers and adjudged to be shot to death 26. Debate all day upon the Declaration in answer to the Scots last Papers The General 's Life-Guard presented an humble and ingenious Petition to his Excellency acknowledging their fault and begging his Pardon and give a testimony of the great Honesty Valour Fidelity and integrity of Mr. Clerke condemned to dye and very humbly implore the General 's Mercy to him Clerke likewise humbly Petitioned for Mercy and acknowledged the Justice of the Court Marshal and the General gave him his Pardon 28. Debate this whole day upon the Declaration in answer to the Scots Papers wherein they set forth the whole transaction with the Scots their due observance of the Treaties and Covenants and the breach of them by the Scots c. Letters from Scotland That the Parliaments Commissioners at Edenburgh had no Lodgings provided for them but
that nothing might be concluded as to War till the lawfulness of it were first stated and agreed upon That reparation may be first sought for the Breaches by England and the Presbyterian Party there not disobliged That they may oppose and suppress the Popish Malignants Party as well as the Sectaries That the Kings concessions concerning Religion may be declared by the Parliament to be un-satisfactory as they have been by the Assembly For security from the King in matters of Religion before he be admitted to his Regal power and all other ends of the Covenant That none be imployed but of Integrity to the Cause Ingagements to be by Oath The Committee of Danger voted an Army to be raised of forty thousand men against which a Protestation was made by divers Lords and others as to their power to make such a Vote Divers more English came into Scotland 4. Debate touching the Commissioners of the Customs and their receipts The Commissioners vindicated and approved the like of Mr. Tomes Ordinance for disposing the Estate of the Earl of Chesterfield Order to secure Sir Sackvile Crowe and Mr. Hide and the complaints against them by the Merchants referred to a Committee Order to refer the Lord Pawlet to a tryal of Law for the death of one Hen. Illery slain by him and an hundred pound bestowed upon his Widow Letter of thanks from the Prince Elector for his allowance of eight hundred pound per An. The House Adjourned for a Week and ordered the Committee at Derby House to sit dayly 5. Letters from Pembroke shire of the continuance of Col. Poyer with some of Major General Laugherne's men in their defection and that they had taken divers Committee-Men and others Prisoners that some of the Parliaments Ships were come into the Harbour there to help block them up and that Col. Horton was come with a good Party against them Letters from Scotland of great Jealousies from thence That there were many Duels fought That Sir William Flemming was come thither with a man of War with thirty Guns That they hate the English Army and Parliament Letters from Edenburgh and Wales Poyer was grown five hundred strong in Foot and a hundred Horse and raised new Forces and laid Assessments thrice as much as that for the Army 7. The G. sent additional Forces against Poyer The forces of M. G. Laugherne except those with Poyer agreed to be disbanded by the prudence of the Commissioners and Col. Horton's care Letters that Poyer increased in strength some other Forces of Col. Butler and others fell in to him no Gentlemen of note or Estates came in to Poyer nor any of Major General Laughernes Officers Letters from Shrewsbury of a design of the Malignants to surprize that Town but by the Governers care it was prevented 8. Letters from Chester of the Plague breaking out there and the General for the ease of the City ordered all the Garrison to be drawn out except one Company 9. There hapned this night a very high and dangerous tumult by the Apprentices who with other people and Malignants who instigated them went towards the Soldiers at White-Hall and the Meuse but were met with in the way by a Party of Horse who killed some and wounded many of them and scoured the streets It began in Moorfields about tipling and gaming on the Lords day contrary to the Ordinance of Parliament they set upon and overpowred a Party of the Trained Bands about Finnesbury and from thence went to White-Chappel where they seized upon the Captains Colours and others went to Smithfield and some to Whitehal but they were met with by the Horse and dispersed 10. The last night they increased and surprised Newgate and Ludgate took the Keys went to the Lord Mayors and took thence a Drake in which action some of them were slain the Drake they brought to Ludgate the Lord Mayor left his house and went to the Tower This morning their numbers increased and they laboured to get Arms broke up a House in Milk-street and took out Arms from thence and other places with the Drake they went to Leaden-Hall where they possessed the Magazine and beat up Drums upon the Water to invite the Seamen and Watermen for God and King Charles Upon this high tumult the General sate up all night called a Councel of War where the question was whether they should hazard the two Regiments at the Meuse and White-Hall or stay for more Force and they agreed rather than to delay this business further which must needs be dangerous and hazard much blood and increase of the Mutiny that they would ingage with the two Regiments only Accordingly this Morning early the two Regiments entred at Aldersgate and came to Leaden-Hall and Charged the Mutineers they fired their Drake hurt Captain Merriman in the shoulder and his Lieutenant in the Belly and killed a Woman The Soldiers hurt many of the Mutineers a Waterman who shot off the Drake was killed divers Prisoners were taken the Mutineers in all parts of the City were presently dispersed the City Gates set open and all quiet before ten a Clock this Morning throughout the City This small Party of the Army behaved themselves against a great multitude of men with much Gallantry and Resolution and it was no small happiness to the Parliament that this insurrection was well quieted which in these times of discontent and distraction if it had not been so soon appeased and nipped in the bud might have proved of most dangerous consequence to all the Parliament Party and have occasioned a new War We may take notice of the incertainty of Worldly affairs when the Parliament and their Army had subdued their Common Enemy then they quarelled among themselves the Army against the Parliament when they were pretty well pieced together again then the Adprentices and others make an insurrection against the Parliament and Army Thus they were in continual perplexities and and danger Letters informed of some dissatisfaction betwixt the Parliament of Scotland and the Assembly of the Kirk concerning the matter of a new War That store of Arms were come thither from Holland and that Edenburgh is full of English The Estates of the Parliament of Scotland made this answer to the desires of the Commissioners of the General Assembly 1. That the causes of the War shall be cleared to be just and lawful 2. They think fit that the breaches of the Covenant and Treaty be represented and reparations sought 3. That Scotland will be so far from making War against England that any ingagement they shall enter into shall be for strengthning the Vnion and incouraging the Presbyterians and well affected in England 4. They agree to it 5. That they will declare his Majesties concessions concerning Religion not to be satisfactory 6. They will take care for his Majesties Oath and Acts of Parliament injoyning the Covenant and establishing the Presbyterian Government c. 7. That
Covenant and will oppose the Popish Prelatical and Malignant party as well as the Sectaries if they shall be put to ingage in a new War That as they will endeavour to rescue His Majesty who is detained Prisoner contrary to the resolution of both Kingdoms that he may come to some of his own Houses near London with honour freedom and safety where both Kingdoms may make Applications to him for a safe and well grounded Peace So they resolve not to put into the hands of His Majesty or any other such power whereby the ends of the Covenant may be obstructed or Religion or Presbyterian Government indangered but before any agreement that His Majesty give assurance by Oath and under his Hand and Seal that he will pass such Bills as shall be presented to him from both or either Kingdoms respectively for settling the Covenant the Presbyterian Government Directory of Worship and Confession of Faith and never to oppose them That if any War be made as it shall be on just and necessary Grounds so none shall have charge in the Armies or Committees but men of known integrity that the Church shall have interest therein That they think fit the Kingdom be put into a posture of defence and some discreet persons be sent with their demands to the Parliament of England 25. Upon a Letter from Prince Philip Son to the Queen of Bohemia to Vice Admiral Rainsborough desiring a Pass to come into England to visit his Brother the Prince Elector Wherein the Vice Admiral desired to know the pleasure of the House they ordered a Pass to be given to Prince Philip. A day set to consider of settling the Kingdom and Mr. Strong desired that morning to Pray with the House and a Letter sent from the House to all the Ministers in and about London to Pray to Morrow being the Fast-day For a blessing of God upon the Consultations of the Parliament Upon Information That Captain Brown Bushel who revolted from the Parliament with a good Ship and turned Pyrate was apprehended the House gave twenty pounds to the two men that took him and referred it to the Committee of the Admiralty to take order for his Tryal as a Pyrate and he was committed to Windsor Castle Orders for monies for repair of Hull and New-Castle Works The Aldermen Langham Adams and Bunce brought to the Lords Bar refused to kneel or be Tryed by their Lordships but Petitioned to be Tryed by the Common Law denying the power of the Lords to try Commoners They were fined five hundred pounds apiece sent back to the Tower and had liberty to name their Counsel in order to their Tryal The Common-Councel of London sat Yesterday and this day upon an Affidavit made by one Everard That he being at Windsor in an Inn in Bed heard some Gentlemen whereof he supposeth one was Collonel Grosvenour another Ewer and others with them in the next Room to him discoursing together to this effect That they doubted not but the Scots would come in and that the City of London would joyn with the Scots for the preventing of which they found no way but to disarm the City friend and foe That such as were friends to the Army should be armed and keep the rest in aw and that they would make the City advance a Million of mony or else would plunder them and that they had acquainted Ireton therewith Letters from Scotland That the Kings Party there carry all That the Irish Forces under Monke have offered their Service to Scotland and received thanks and a fornights Pay from the Parliament of Scotland 26. Letters came this Fast-day from Norwich to Collonel Fleetwood That the Major of Norwich being sent for to attend the Parliament the Malignants opposed his going and the Parlamenteers were for it That both Parties got into Arms and plundred many Inhabitants of the City That Captain Zanchie with his Troop and some other Horse of Collonel Fleetwood's Regiment Quartered thereabouts came into the City They sell upon the Rioters in several Partys drove them into Corners and wounded many of them and Captain Lloyd and divers of the Troopers were wounded That the Rioters got possession of the Magazine and being to get out Powder the Magazine was fired and about forty of them blown up and spoyled the blow shaked the whole City threw down part of some Churches wounded and killed many of the Town not one of the Troopers hurt by it Legs and Arms found in the Streets torn from the Bodies and about a hundred and twenty of the Citizens missing in the Evening all quieted 27. Order for all the Members who have not taken the Covenant to take it tomorrow Debate about setling the Kingdom the question was whether the business of the Church or of the State should be first considered but the business of the City intervening the House resolved to sit again in the afternoon The Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of London presented a Petition to the House informing the business beforementioned in the affidavit of Everard and desired That upon further examination thereof such course may be taken therein as the House shall think fit That the Chains of the City may be set up again and the Army be removed to a further distance That an Ordinance may pass to constitute Major General Skippon Major General of all Forces within the Lines of Communication for defence of the City and of the Parliament to whom the City resolve to adhere The Lords gave the Petitioners thanks for their good affections and resolutions to adhere to the Parliament As to the setting up again of the Chains they leave it to the Lord Major and Common Councel to do as they think fit as to Major General Skippon he being a Member of the House of Commons they can do nothing without the assent of the House The House of Commons approved the desires of the Common Council and ordered the Militia to see the Chains set up again and the Speaker acquainted the Petitioners therewith That the occasion of part of the Armies being drawn so near was the late tumults that the House would take this business into Consideration and gave their thanks to the Petitioners 28. The House proceeded in debate about the business of the State and voted That the Government of the Kingdom should be still by King Lords and Commons and the ground-work for that Government should be the propositions presented to the King at Hampton-Court and that every Member of the House shall have liberty to speak to any Votes c. concerning the King 29. Both Houses passed a Declaration upon the Duke of York's going away That whereas upon a former endeavour of his to escape which was prevented the Duke by his Letter to the Houses acknowledged his Errors and promised not to attempt the like for the future they declared that they conceived the Earl of Northumberland not to be
further accountable for the Duke The Commons ordered the allowance to the Duke of York to be taken off and an increase of allowance to the Duke of Glocester and that the Earl of Northumberland may remove him and his Sister to Sion House or Hampton Courr An Information concerning two Gentlemen relating to Everards business referred to the same Committee The General and his Officers kept a Fast-day at Windsor and the next day a Captain and others had their Tryals begun by a Councel of War Col. Poyer fell upon a Party of the Parliaments Forces under Col. Flemming routed them and killed and took most of them May 1648. May 1. Debate touching the business of the Church The Ordinance against Blasphemy and Heresie in some cases the punishment being death in other cases Abjuration c. passed both Houses but not without much opposition Order of both Houses for Ely House to be for the Sick and Wounded Soldiers Ordinance transmitted for placing of a Minister in Bathe Order for the Members of every County to present to the Commissioners of the Great Seal fit persons to be Justices of the Peace Letters from Bristol of some there privately listing for the King and the Forces there are cold in suppressing them Order for the Committee at Derby House to consult with the General about it Letters of the South-Welch rising in several places against the Parliaments Forces and driving away their Cattle and carrying away their Corn and Goods where the Parliaments Forces come not a Horse-shooe nor Smith to be found there Lieutenant General Cromwell ordered by the General to go into South-Wales with two Regiments of Horse and three Regiments of Foot Letters from Scotland that the Parliament there passed a Declaration thirty one protesting against it and the Clergy dissenting that two hundred and ten Barons and Lords met to perswade the Countries to rise in defence of Religion the King and Church 2. Vote for five thousand pound for repair of the Works of New-Castle and Tinmouth the like for Hull Scarborough and other Northern Garrisons and six thousand pound for Bristol Letters that Berwicke was surprised by Sir Marmaduke Langdale Sir Charles Lucas and other English with a Party of a hundred Horse pretending a Commission from Prince Charles that the Major endeavoured to get strength to oppose them but could not referred to the Committee of Derby House and the General Letters from the General that he had ordered the Regiments at White-Hall and the Meuse and other Forces near London to remove further off unless the Houses should give order to the contrary The House ordered a Letter to the General to stay the removal of those Regiments till farther order and a Committee to treat with the City what guards they will provide for the Houses if those Regiments be removed The General likewise acquainted the Houses with his sending Lieutenant Cromwell into Wales and with the not payment of Assessments whereby the Soldiers would be inforced to take free Quarter the House passed instructions to the Committee of the Army and Officers to rectifie it The Common Councel returned thanks to the Parliament for their confidence in the City and assured them that when the Forces of the Army should be removed the City would stand by the Parliament for their security The City allowed six hundred pound per An. to Major General Skippon Petitions to the Cities Common-Councel That the Impeached Aldermen may not be tryed by the Lords but by their equals That there may be a new Committee of the Militia every year the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs to be part and the rest to be chosed by the Common-Councel and approved by the Parliament and the Lieutenant of the Tower to be under the Cities Command referred to the Committee 3. Letters from the Lord Chancellor of Scotland by command of the Parliament there with their demands to the Parliament of England to this purpose 1. That the King may come to some of his Courts near London to abide with Safety Honour and Freedom 2. That a Personal Treaty may be had with his Majesty 3. That the Independent Schismatick Army may be Disbanded and none put into Garrisons but such as will take the Covenant and both Kingdoms may conside in 4. That all Anabaptists Separatists and Independents may be suppressed and no Toleration allowed for any of them 5. That all absent Members may be sent for to perform their duties in Parliament 6. That the Covenant may be inforced upon all men 7. That the Presbyterian Government may be effectually setled These demands were thought by some to be very strange a day was set for the debate of them Information of Tumults by the Malignants in Colchester Order for Letters to be sent to some Forces of the Army in that County to quiet them and the Committee at Derby House to take care thereof A Petition from many thousands Knights Gentlemen and Free-holders in Essex expressing the reason of their desires which were For a Personal Treaty with his Majesty that a course be taken for satisfaction of the Arrears of the Army with a disbanding of the same The Lords gave thanks to the County of Essex for their good affections and let them know that they would take their Petition into a serious and speedy consideration and not be wanting to contribute to their endeavours for the ease of the Countreys burdens and setling of a good Peace The Commons gave this Answer to the Petition That they take notice of the great service and good affections of that County to the Parliament and are consident they will so continue and as to their Petition the House is now in debate concerning the speedy settlement of the Kingdom and do not doubt but what they shall conclude there upon will give satisfaction to that County and to all well affected people It was earnestly pressed to have the words thanks of the House expressed in this Answer but it was carried in the Negative 5. Debate of the Letters from Scotland The Houses declared That they are resolved to maintain the Covenant and Treaties between the two Kingdoms and that they will be ready to joyn with Scotland in the Propositions presented to the King at Hampton-Court Order for Forces for the Northern parts and to put those Countries into a posture of defence and referred to the Committee at Derby House Instructions pass'd for the Parliaments Commissioners in Scotland to acquaint the Parliament there with the surprisal of Berwicke by enemies to both Kingdoms who had layn long in Scotland and were demanded by the English Commissioners Col. Horton published a Declaration to satisfie the Welch of the Parliaments Proceedings in order to disband the Forces of Major General Laugherne and to ease the Country of free Quarter and to settle Peace generally and of the revolt and opposition of Col. Poyer the trouble charge and danger to the Countries thereby
But this perswaded little among them the Common People few of them understanding English and the Gentry being generally against the Parliament and rising in most parts of South-Wales as soon as the Parliament Forces were gone from them 6. The Commissioners of the Customs advanced twenty thousand pound for the Navy The Votes sent up to the Lords concerning a new Address to the King c. Orders to sell the Duke of York's Houses and two hundred pound of the Money for lame Soldiers 8. Debate about the business of the Church Letters from the North That since the surprisal of Berwicke Sir Thomas Glemham and Sir Philip Musgrave have taken Carlisle That Langdale promised much to Captain Batten if he would keep Holy Island for the King but he refused That Sir Arthur Hazlerigge sent Forces to secure some other places that Langdale gives out that he is General of the five Northern Counties by Commission from Prince Charles and perswades them to Arm for the King Thus a new War was begun and new perplexities upon the Parliament but it turned only to the uniting of their Party again Major General Lambert sent Forces to secure Appleby Raby and other places The Parliaments friends in those parts fled to Newcastle The Parliaments Commissioners in Scotland delivered in Papers to the Parliament of Scotland touching the taking of Berwicke and Carlisle but had no answer to them they went on earnestly with their preparations for War in that Parliament 9. A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of London to the House That they are willing to undertake the guarding of the Houses the Militia being setled and they authorised That their nomination of the Lieutenant of the Tower being suspended and importation of Bullion hindred and Merchandising diverted Trade is much decayed They pray that the Committee of the Militia may be nominated by the Common Councel to be approved by both Houses of Parliament and the like for the Lieutenant of the Tower and the Soldiers now there removed and that Merchants may be invited to bring in Bullion The House passed several Votes according to the desires of the Petitioners and acquainted them therewith and told them The House doubted not but that their confidence in the City and affection to them would be answered with Love Trust and obedience from them to the Parliament Letters from Sir Arthur Hazlerigge of the condition of the North and of Captain Battens refusal to revolt to the King for which the House ordered thanks to be sent to him and continued his Government Letters from the Speaker to the Committees of every County to meet and to observe the motions and practices of disaffected Persons and such as they find active to endanger the Peace of their Country to secure them and to provide for the safety and for securing of places of strength that the Parliament may without disturbance intend the settlement of the peace of the Kingdom Vote that the General be desired to advance in Person into the North with such Forces as he shall think fit to reduce those places that are possessed by the Enemy and to prevent any danger in those parts and that a Committee acquaint the General with the grounds of these Votes Letters that the Duke of York was come into Holland Letters from Dublyn that Col. Monke defeated a Party of Owen Mac Arts Forces in Vlster killed between five hundred and a thousand of them and took all their Arms and Baggage That Corn is there at twenty shillings a Bushel and many perish for hunger 10. Ordinance committed giving power to Committees to secure disaffected and tumultuous Persons in South-Wales Another for Money for fortifying Bristol in some new places A Petition of many reduced Officers for part of their Arrears referred to a Committee Instructions passed to the Commissioners in Scotland to acquaint the Parliament there how ill the two Houses here resent the Title of their last Letter to which an Answer will be sent in convenient time Letters from Wales That when Collonel Hewes Governor of Chepstow Castle was absent Sir Nicholas Kemish and Mr. Thomas Lewis got possession of the Castle in the night at a Port and that Collonel Herbert got together some of the Parliaments Forces and besieged it 11. An Ordinance committed for satisfying Debts due from Delinquents to well affected persons Letters from Wales That the Forces under Collonel Horton about three thousand Horse and Foot fought with the Welch Forces under Major General Laugherne Major General Stradling Collonel Powel and others being near eight thousand men who were totally routed by Collonel Horton and Collonel Bethel Stradling taken Prisoner and Laugherne wounded twenty six Captains and an hundred and fifty Officers and three thousand Soldiers of the Welch taken Prisoners many Colours and Arms and divers slain The House gave Captain Mercer an hundred pound and Collonel Bethel an hundred and fifty pound for bringing this good news and ordered a day of thanksgiving for it and that Captain Wogan not the Revolter who had done with the rest gallant Service in this Action should have his Arrears audited They ordered also that the Land formerly given to Major General Laugherne and a thousand pound per Annum more out of the Delinquents Estates who were in this Action should be sold and the proceed thereof given as a gratuity from the Parliament to Collonel Horton and the Officers and Soldiers who ingaged in this action Order for a Declaration that all who should engage in any War Commotion or insurrection against the Parliament should dye without Mercy The Lords were put in mind to proceed against Judge Jenkins A Committee appointed for disposing of the Welch Prisoners 12. Upon debate of the Scots Letter a Committee was appointed to draw up an answer from the two Houses Order for a Commission of Oyer and Terminer to be sent down into Wales and Mr. Eltonhead Brother to the Master of Chancery and Mr. Parker to be Judges for Tryal of the Riotors there and that the General send for the Officers and chief Prisoners taken by Collonel Horton's Forces and try them by a Councel of War The City were desired to call a Common Council that the good success in Wales might be communicated to them and they desired to take course for the Collecting of the Arrears due to the Army upon the General 's March Northward Order upon the General 's Letters for Arms Ammunition and Money for the Forces that are to march with him into the North. 13. An Ordinance transmitted to the Lords for setling the Militia of the Kingdom A Tumult in Saint Edmonds Bury about taking down of a May-pole which came to the Plundering of some but was neer abated Order for the Members serving for that County to go down and take care to suppress all Tumults there Endeavours to put a Garrison of the Kings into Ash-by-de-la-zouch was prevented 15. The
not named 26. The Monthly Fast day Sir John Owen was sent to Windsor Castle upon a Charge of high Treason and Murder against him for the business of North Wales Letters from Colchester Leaguer that an Exchange was offered of M r Ashburnham for Sir William Masham That the Lord General had caused the Pipes of Water to the Town to be cut off whereby the besieged had no Water but what was muddy or annoyed with Dead Horses and the besiegers got a great store of Lead That the Common Souldiers in the Town had lived upon Horse-flesh five days together and at a Court of Guard they Roasted a whole Horse at which the Foot was merry but the Troupers discontented That the General sent in Papers upon the heads of Arrows into the Town by that means dispersed among the Common Souldiers in the Town that if they would deliver up the Lord Goring Lord Loughborough Lord Capell and some others of their Chief-men that the rest should have passes and quarter and go to their homes The Prince and Duke of York came to Yarmouth with nineteen Ships in which were supposed to be two thousand men some of them landing near the Town were set upon by a party of the Parliaments Horse who took seven of them Prisoners but a party of Townsmen issuing out rescued the Prisoners and the rest of the Princes men got into the Town The General sent Colonel Scroop with eight Troops of Horse and Dragoons towards Yarmouth and a thousand of the Norfolk Foot were ordered to joyn with him to hinder the landing of the Prince and his Forces there Letters from Major General Lambert that the Scots and his Forces are near one another and have had several Skirmishes but few lost on either side that the Yorkshire Horse and a thousand of Lieutenant General Cromwells Foot are joyned with him 27. Both Houses made the Earl of Pembroke Constable of Windsor Castle and Keeper of the great Park and Forest And his Lordship a little time after made Whitelock his Lieutenant of the Castle and Forest Sergeant Glanvile made his composition and was released from imprisonment Order for fourty thousand pounds for furnishing the stores of the Kingdom and for night thousand for the Fort of Tilbury and Colonel Willoughbies accompts for it to be stated Letters from the Lord Willoughby excusing to his Friends his going out of England without their advice He was in the beginning of the troubles very hearty and strong for the Parliament and manifested great personal courage honor and military as well as civil abilities as appears by his actions and Letters whilest he was in the service of the Parliament In whose favour and esteem he was so high that they voted him to be General for the Horse under the Earl of Essex and afterwards to be an Earl But having taken a disgust at the Parliaments declining a personal Treaty with the King and being jealous that Monarchy and consequently degrees and Titles of Honor were in danger to be wholly abolished he was too forward in countenancing and assisting the late tumults in the City when the Members of Parliament were driven away from Westminster to the Army Upon the return of the Members he was with other Lords impeached of high Treason for that Action and rather than appear and stand to a Tryal for it he left his Country and was now with the Prince in his Navy for which the Commons voted his Estate to be secured 28. After many hours Debate in the House of Commons it was carryed upon the question not to adhere to their first vote that the King should sign the three propositions before the Treaty And it was after that resolved upon the question that his Majesty in person should be treated with by Commissioners of both Houses of Parliament in the Isle of Wight upon the whole matter of the propositions at Hampton-Court for setling the Peace of this Kingdom Upon a Letter from Lieutenant General Cromwell advanced North-wards with his Forces as far as Gloucester the House ordered three thousand pair of shoes to be provided for his Foot to be ready for them as they should march through Northamptonshire Letters from Colchester Leaguer That two expresses from Yarmouth came to the General one from the Town showing how much they were laboured by the Prince for his admittance into the Town which they modestly excused and that the Prince put to Sea again towards Harwich or the Downes The other Express was from the Forces in Loving-land under Major Jarmey informing how confidently the Ships attempted to land a Trumpeter to summon Yarmoth That Major Jarmy took some of those who came with the Trumpeter whose examinations declared That aboard the Admiral was the Prince Prince Rupert the Lord Willoughby Willmot Hopton Culpeper and Gerard Sir Henry Palmer and many persons more of quality That they resolved by a Council of War to sink Ships in the Harbour because they had not admittance in the Town but did not put their resolution into execution That Major Jarmy was put to great Straits to secure both sides of the Town and being denyed the Ferry Boat or any other Boat was forced to swim over a Troup of Horse That Captain Johnson endeavoured to raise a tumult and make head against the Parliament the multitude throwing up their Caps and crying for Prince Charles and Captain Johnson but the Bayliffs and other Magistrates did appease the tumult and a present of provisions was sent aboard the Prince That the heads of a Declaration were taken from some that came from aboard the Prince to be published in his name to this effect showing the grounds and reasons of his Highness appearing in the fleet upon the Coast to be 1. The establishing of Religion according to the Agreement of his Majesty with the Scots Commissioners 26. Dec. last 2. The mutual performance of that agreement and pursuance of all concessions therein on his Majestys part 3. The restoring of his Majesty to his liberty and just rights in order to a personal Treaty with his Majesty with honour freedom and safety 4. The maintenance of the freedom and just priviledges of Parliament 5. The defence of the liberty and property of the subject against all violence and oppression and therein the abolition of excise contribution free quarter and other illegal taxes 6. The obtaining an Act of Oblivion and Indemnity 7. The disbanding of all Armies and setling a well grounded and happy Peace 8. For the defence of his Majestys just rights in the Narrow Seas the protection and securing the Trade of his Majestys subjects and the support of his Navy and all the Officers and Mariners of the same The Lords Willoughby Hopton and Culpeper together with his Highness's Secretary or any two of them are appointed to digest these heads into a Declaration and to present it to his Highness in Council Charles P. A Petition from the Lord Major
issue in several Counties to inquire what loss is sustained by particular persons by the invasion of the Scots that satisfaction may by given therein 24. An Ordinance for settling Delinquents estates for maintaining a Troop of Horse in Surrey A Committee made to examine a Plot in the City and the House approved of their Committing Major Rivers and others to Windsor Castle 25. Order for the Judges to go the Northern Circuit if they please A second Letter from Lieutenant General Cromwel confirming the total routing of the Scots Army with a list of the Prisoners and a hundred Colours taken sent up to the House who gave a hundred Pound to Captain Pilson that brought the Letters and referred them to the Committee of the Army as to providing necessaries for the Army Both Houses past the Letter to his Majesty with the Votes inclosed in relation to a Treaty and Sir Peter Kelligrew dispatched away with it to the King The fourty thousand Pound charged in Goldsmiths Hall for the Scots as part of their two hundred thousand Pound was now ordered for the service of the Navy Letters from Colchester Leaguer That the Lord Norwich Lord Capel and Sir Charles Lucas sent a Letter to the General That the Officers advising upon his former Letters demanding the persons of all the Officers with them above the quality of a Lieutenant to render themselves to mercy it was unanimously resolved by them not to yield to the mercy of any other but that of God alone That to avoid effusion of blood they sent now the lowest conditions which in Honour they can receive conceiving the like have never been refused to any lower reduced than they they offer to send one Gentleman or more to clear any scruples in words in the Letters the Articles proposed by them were inclosed To this the General returned answer That when he locked upon their condition to be far better than now it is he then offerd such terms as were thought suitable to their condition but now they being in a worse posture both in relation to themselves within and to any expectation of relief from without it is not to be expected from him that their conditions should be better therefore he was still resolved not to grant any such terms as were demanded by them 26. Referred to the Committee at Derby house to dispose of the Noblemen and other Prisoners taken at the fight at Preston unto such Castles and places as they shall think fit An Ordinance past for taking away obstructions in the sale of Bishops Lands Letters from Colonel Rich of the surrender of Deal Castle upon Articles which the House approved and ordered Colonel Rich to be Governour there and gave one hundred pound to Lieutenant Axtel who brought the news to them Referred to the Committee of the Army to take care to repair Deal and Warmer M r Ailburton staid at Tilbury in his going to the Prince was ordered to be delivered to the Lord Admiral to be transported into Scotland Debate about the Militia Intelligence that Langdale with about ten Gentlemen more disguised were taken about Nottingham and were now Prisoners there and that Duke Hamilton was forced by the Country who had eased him of one thousand of his Horse to fly to Vxeter in Staffordshire and was there blocked up and that Lieutenant General Cromwell was gone further against Monroe Letters from Colchester Leaguer that the enemy sent out a Drum with M r Bernadiston one of the Committee and Colonel Tuke one of their party to desire to treat upon what was formerly offered by the General And by a full Council of War it was resolved that in regard the inferiour Officers and Souldiers in the Town had slipt their opportunity that now they should only have fair quarter And provided that the Committee under restraint be forthwith released that a Treaty be admitted upon circumstances necessary for the clearing and orderly performance of the fair quarter now offered and to treat as to securing the Town from Plunder and the Lords General Officers Captains c. to be rendred up to mercy That the private Souldiers on both sides held treaties among themselves which caused the Enemy to send out so hastily to treat upon terms of mercy fearing that their private Souldiers among themselves had agreed to deliver them up That the Officers in the Town gave the Souldiers Sack burnt Claret Raisins and good words to joyn with them to break through the Parliaments Army and prepared Poles and Boards to break over North Bridge which way they intended to escape When they were all drawn out into the Town the Souldiers agreed among themselves not to consent to their going out knowing that then they would break through themselves and leave the Souldiers to the mercy of the Parliaments Army And some of their Souldiers got to the gates and said they would kill their Officers if they offered to stir out and so continued in an high Mutiny 28. Debate about Compositions An Ordinance for sequestring all Scots that ingaged in the late action and had any Estates or Places here Letters from Colchester concerning the surrender of the Town Colonel Wayte a Member of the House reported the taking of Duke Hamilton and above three thousand Horse and Men at Vxeter all prisoners at mercy but had quarter given them by the Lord Grey and the Duke was sent to Ashby de la Zouch The House gave one hundred pound to Major General Smithson and one hundred pounds to Major Evans and Ordered thanks to the Counties for their assistance Order to sequester Sir H. Gibbes Estate A Committee to examine Duke Hamilton and others who say they were invited to come into England by ten for one more now than they were before Intelligence from the Downs that the Prince had a design to go to the Scots Army but the Saylers would not agree to it but consented to go against the Earl of Warwick and in the mean time hearing of the defeat of the Scots Army they altered their course that the Earl of Warwick went out to fight with them Letters from Colchester that the Articles were signed and Colonel Raineborough's Regiment and another entered the Town and saw a sad sight of so many fair Houses burnt and so many Inhabitants sick and weak with living upon horses and dogs and eating the very draught and grains for preservation of their lives 29. Sir Peter Killigrew returned with the Kings answer to the Votes touching the Treaty That he did accept the Treaty and desired the Commissioners might be speedily sent fully authorized and instructed not doubting but what is now wanting will upon debate be fully supplied not only to the furtherance of the Treaty but to the consummating of a safe and well grounded peace He desired a pass for one to go from him into Scotland and inclosed in his Letter a List of such as he desired to be sent
to him A Committee appointed to consider how every County may maintain a proportionable number of the Scots Prisoners and to treat with Merchants about transporting them to forreign service Order for the Lord Grey to dispose of Duke Hamilton into safe custody till the House take further order and to keep in strong custody all the Officers then Prisoners in such places and Castles as he should think fit Letters from Colchester that the Town was surrendered according to Articles all Prisoners at Mercy the Town preserved from plunder paying fourteen thousand pounds That by the resolution of a Council of War Sir Charles Lucas Sir George L'Isle and Sir Marmaduke Gascoigne a Papist were to be shot to death That the two first were executed and the third respited That Sir Charles Lucas urged this was to be without precedent but a Parliament Souldier standing by told him that he had put to death with his own hand some of the Parliaments Souldiers in cold blood at which he was dismaid but took better courage afterwards before he died That Sir George L' Isle kissed his dead friend and then after much expostulation and discourse first with the General his Chaplain then by his own desire with one of the Lord Norwich his Chaplains and some private prayers with him Sir George died both he and Sir Charles Lucas with very much courage 30. The publick Fast-day The House passed an Ordinance for the Discipline of the English in new England 31. Votes for several persons named by the King to have leave to attend his Majesty during the Treaty only M r Dowcet and M r Legge disapproved of Order for Instructions to be prepared for the Commissioners who are to treat and for mony for their charges Order that Colonel Farre Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Warwick who ingaged ten thousand men of the Train'd Bands of Essex to joyn with the Enemy should be left to the Lord Fairfax to be executed as Sir Charles Lucas was A Committee appointed to confer with M r Moâ—bot about suppressing of scandalous Pamphlets and to bring in an Ordinance for that purpose Letter from the General of the particulars of the Surrender of Colchester and a Copy of the Articles with the explanations upon them That for some Satisfaction to Military Justice and in part of avenge for the innocent blood they had caused to be spilt and the trouble dammage and mischiefs they had brought upon that Town that County and Kingdom He had with the advice of a Council of War of the chief Officers both of the County Forces and the Army caused two of them who were rendred to mercy Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George L' Isle to be shot to death before any of them had quarter assured them and hopes the Parliament will not find cause in the Military execution of these two persons to think their own honour or justice prejudiced That as for the Lord Goring Lord Capel and the rest of the persons rendred to mercy and now assured of quarter whose names he sent in a List he did render to the Parliaments judgement for publick Justice and mercy to be used as they should see cause he desires that God may have the glory of his multiplied mercies In the List of the Prisoners were the Earl of Norwich Lord Capell Lord Loughborough eleven Knights nine Colonels eight Lieutenant Colonels nine Majors thirty Captains general Officers servants of the Lords and Gentlemen sixty five Lieutenants seventy two Ensigns and Cornets sixty nine Sergeants one hundred eighty three private Souldiers three thousand sixty seven Letters from Southampton that the Grand Jury found the Bill against Major Rolphe Ignoramus A Petition of the Common Council of London for Vnity and Amity between the Parliament the City and the Army approved of and thanks given to the Petitioners A Ship sent from the Prince to Garnsey taken by one of the Parliaments Ships September 1648. 1. An Ordinance for stating the accounts of Souldiers and Widows ordered to be Printed and published A place to be appointed for the Auditours Care for Augmentations for Ministers The five Commissioners for the Treaty named by the Lords were The Earl of Pembroke the Lord Say Earl of Salisbury Earl of Middlesex and the Earl of Northumberland The ten Commissioners of the House of Commons were M r Holles Lord Wenman M r Pierrepoint Sir Henry Vane junior Sir Harbottle Grimstone Mr. Samuel Brown Mr. Crew Mr. Recorder Glyn Sir John Potts and Mr. Bulkeley 2. A Letter agreed to his Majesty to acquaint him with the Commissioners named to attend him in the Treaty and that they should be dispatched to him with all convenient speed Sir Peter Killigrew sent away with this Message An Ordinance transmitted to the Lords for payment of fifty thousand pounds part of the last hundred thousand pounds formerly ordered for the Scots forty thousand pounds of it for the Navy seven thousand pound for Stores and three thousand pound for the pay of the Lancashire Forces A long debate about the Militia One thousand of the Prisoners taken at Colchester sent up to London Mr. Lilly's Astrological Predictions for the years 1648 49 and 50. published 4. Both Houses agreed for those servants of his Majesty who are to attend him during the Treaty And they passed an Ordinance to inable the Commissioners to treat with his Majesty upon the Propositions presented to him at Hampton-Court Those in the late insurrection in Essex c. admitted to a Composition at a fourth Value of their Estates Mr. Rolphe delivered his Remonstrance in the Lords House against the Judges and against his prosecutours and desired reparation the House ordered his discharge Lieutenant Colonel Lilburn desired reparation for the Sentences against him in the Star-chamber Order for the Committee to take care for transporting the Scots Prisoners in the first place to supply Plantations and the rest to send to Venice In a Vessel at Exeter one thousand five hundred pair of Carabins being found Order for Securing them till the matter be examined Both Houses agreed upon a day of publick Humiliation to desire a blessing upon the Treaty with his Majesty Colonel Hammonds Instructions for safe keeping his Majesty in Carisbrook Castle repealed The Colonel taking the Kings own ingagement for his going abroad in the Island Order for the Committee of the revenue to provide horses for the King to ride about the Island Upon Colonel Hammonds desire of an addition of Horse and Foot during the Treaty referred to the General and Committee of the Army and his desire for Shipping to ly about the Island referred to the Committee of the Army to prepare them The Forces of Suffolk and Essex had a rendezvous with the Army and after shaking hands and many Vollies of Shot they bid one another farewel Some Regiments marched towards Tarmouth The Lords that were Prisoners with two men a piece and twelve other
his Majesty had agreed to the proposition for recalling Oaths Proclamations c. and the preamble thereof Letters from Lieutenant General Cromwells quarters That Messengers came to him from the Lord Argyle and his Associates to inform him of their dislike of Duke Hamilton's coming into England with his Army and of Monroe's being there with his Forces and desired Cromwells assistance against them That Cromwell by advice of his Council of War answers that he will assist them and with all heartiness joyn with them against Monroe and desires nothing more than the subduing and rooting out of trust all loose persons and such as are Enemies to goodness and good men and desires his Letter may be kept as a Testimony against him and those under him of their hypocrisy if they did not joyn with them for these ends with all cordialness Letters that Monroe fell upon a Party of Argyle's men when they were in Treaty contrary to the Agreement The Lords voted the approbation of Lieutenant General Cromwells entring into Scotland by directions from the Committee of Derby House and that he may assist those in Scotland who dislike Duke Hamiltons coming into England if they shall desire it of him Divers after they were called over in the House went out of Town again the same day God forgive them for their Negligence 27. The publick Fast-day Letters from France of the troubles there and of Mazarine and the Prince of Conde c. 28. The Commons concurred to the Votes of approving Lieutenant General Cromwells entring into Scotland and to a Letter to be written to him to prosecute his Victory and take all advantages for recovery of Berwick and Carlisle Letters that Colonel Monk fell upon the Scots quarters in Ireland who were drawing out under Major General Monroe to joyn with his Nephew Monroe's Forces in Scotland that he had taken Carickfirgus and Belfast and had Monroe and all his Forces Prisoners Order for five hundred pounds to be bestowed on Colonel Monk and a Letter of thanks to him and his Officers and Souldiers and that he be Governour of Belfast and be advised with for a Governour of Carickfirgus and the Committee of Derby House to give him a Commission and to consider of an Establishment of pay for his Forces This Action and success was one of the first that brought Colonel Monk into extraordinary favour with the Parliament and Army who began to have more confidence in him than they had formerly since his revolt to them Order for a day of thanksgiving for this success in Ireland Letters that the King and the Commissioners in the Treaty proceeded upon the proposition for setling of the Church Government 29. Debate of an Ordinance for setling five hundred pounds per annum Salary upon each of the Judges of the Admiralty and a Proviso agreed upon that they take no mony of any persons upon any pretence whatsoever Order for five thousand pounds out of Delinquents Estates for payment of the Horse-guards that attend the Parliament Upon Petition of the Commissioners of the Excise all the Members of the House were added to the Committee of Excise and Ordered in their several Counties to endeavour the removal of all obstructions in that receipt Both Houses past a Declaratory Vote that nothing should be binding between the King and Parliament till all were concluded in the Treaty Major Miles Corbet a Member of the House being assaulted and wounded by some Cavaliers as he past in a Boat upon the Thames the Serjeant at Armes was ordered to apprehend the Malefactors Liberty given for Major Ashburnham to return into England to prosecute his Composition 30. Debate of an Ordinance for raising a hundred thousand pounds for pay of arrears of reduced Officers The Officers of the Committee of Haberdashers Hall coming to seise the goods of the Earl of Lauderdale who came with the late Scots Army to invade England they found a File of Musquetiers as a Guard to oppose them the House ordered the Militia of London to secure those guards and to give an account to the House of the business The Lord Admiral offered indemnity to the revolted Ships and the Prince offered the like indemnity to the Lord Admiral A Member of the House coming out of the City was assaulted by three Cavaliers but he and a Friend with him repulsed the Assaulters Colonel Rainsborough and a Captain with him upon the High way near London were assaulted by three others of the Kings party who after a little bickering ran away a Captain of the Army and a Major were in the like manner assaulted in London and both killed It was dangerous for any Member of the House or of the Army to walk without Company for fear of being assassinated and the Committee of Derby House were informed that a certain number of the Kings Party had combined to massacre eighty Members of the House of Commons whom they suspected averse to their hopes A Petition in the name of many thousands of Oxfordshire agreeing with the large Petition of the City against the Treaty Letters from the Head quarters of great want of pay for the Souldiers which forced them to take free-quarter and that it was to be feared neither the Country nor the Souldiery would long undergo it That Letters came to the General out of Scotland of the good corespondence betwixt Lieutenant General Cromwell and Argyle Letters came to the General from good hands and others from France of a design of the Cavaliers to stab him October 1648. 2. A Letter from his Majesty by Captain Titus That he will consent to confirm by Act of Parliament the sitting of the Assembly of Divines and the Directory of Worship for three years and the form of Church Government provided that the King and those of his judgment who cannot submit to it be not obliged to comply That a free consultation and debate with the Assembly be had in the mean time twenty of his Majesties nomination being added to them whereby it may be determined how Church Government and the form of publick Worship shall be after that time and how Religion may be settled and the Articles determined and care taken for the ease of tender Consciencs Concerning the Bishops lands and revenues his Majesty will consent to Acts of Parliament whereby legal Estates for lives or for ninety nine years shall be made of those lands towards satisfaction of purchasers or others to whom they are ingaged or his Majesty will order some other way for their further satisfaction providing that the propriety and Inheritance of those lands may still remain to the Church That his Majesty will consent to Acts for the better observation of the Lords day for suppressing innovations in Gods worship and for the advancing of Preaching And to acts against Pluralities and Non-residencies for regulating the Vniversities and Colledges for the better discovery and conviction of Popish Recusants and
said orders and that Colonel Hammond be set at Liberty to attend his charge in the Isle of Wight The Town was full of fears of the Army 30. The question whether the Remonstrance of the Army should be taken into speedy consideration was by ninety voices resolved in the Negative Report of the Letters from the General to the Committee of the Army wherein he takes Notice that the Committee intend not to furnish him with money for contingences which of necessity must be had for pay of Messengers and incident charges that he must be forced thereby to receive monies for this purpose out of the Collectors and Receivers hands where he can find it if speedy course be not taken to supply him This was held in the Debate an high and unbesceming Letter from the General but in conclusion it was referred to the Committee of the Army to take such course as they shall think fit for pay of the arrears of the Army Debate touching pay for the reduced Officers Intelligence from the Head quarters That a full Council of the Army had agreed upon a Declaration expressing their sad apprehensions of the danger and evil of the Treaty with the King and of any accommodation with him or restitution of him thereupon Then they recite their late Remonstrance presented to the Commons the Heads whereof they justify but say that to their grief they find that instead of any satisfaction or a reasonable answer thereto they are wholly rejected and the consideration thereof delayed from day to day That they can see in the Majority of those trusted with the great affairs of the Kingdom nothing less than a treacherous or corrupt neglect of and apostasie from the publick trust reposed in them And considering that as to the breach of that trust there is no higher formal power of man in being to appeal unto for judgment in such case as all others concerned in such breaches of trust will so as they cannot but exercise that Common judgment which in their Natural capacity is left to them And there being no way of a just succession of another proper Judicature to be appealed unto in due time and they being convinced of the greatness and destructiveness of those evils they have declared against and of the necessity of those better things they have propounded and how inconsistent with the publick trust and fundamental ends of it still to pursue the one and reject the other as that they dare appeal to the common judgments of indifferent and uncorrupted men and to the more righteous judgment of God above all That this Parliament being sole Judges of their own performance or breach of trust they hold themselves necessitated to and justified in an appeal from this Parliament in the present constitution as it stands unto the extraordinary judgment of God and good People Yet that in the prosecution of this Appeal as they will drive it on but to the speedy obtaining of a more orderly and equal judicaâ—ure of men in a just Representative according to their Remonstrance where in to acquiesce so they will endeavour to preserve so much of the matter and form of the present Parliamentary Authority as can be safe or useful till a just constitution can be introduced That they should rejoyce if the Majority of the House of Commons would become sensible of the destructiveness of their late way and would exclude from Communication in their Councils all such corrupt and Apostatized Members as have obstructed justice safety and publick interest However they desire that so many of them as God hath kept upright would by protestation or otherwise acquit themselves from such breach of trust and would withdraw from such as persist in the guilt thereof and that they will own such as shall so do as having materially the chief trust of the Kingdom remaining in them and shall adhere to them and be guided by them in their faithful prosecution of that trust till a more full power in a just Representative may he indeavoured That they will not hereby take any advantage to themselves in profit or power but should he willing to be presently discharged if they could but obtain a rational assurance for the effectual prosecution of these things and should give a proportionable assurance on their Parts concerning their laying down of Armes when required That for all these ends they are drawing up with the Army to London there to follow providence as God shall clear their way By the appointment of his Excellency the Lord Fairfax Lord General and his General Council of Officers held at Windsor Nov. 30. 1648. Signed Jo. Rushworth Secr. Major Cromwell returned with Letters from Colonel Hammönd that he was detained at Windsor and that Colonel Ewers had the charge of the Kings person in the Isle of Wight the Lords pressed on the consideration of his business December 1648. 1. The General Wrote a Letter to the Lord Mayor and Common Council of London to this effect That being upon an immediate advance with the Army towards London they thought fit to give them notice of it and for the grounds thereof refer them to the late Remonstrance and Declaration of the Army That they are far from the least plunder or wrong to any and for the better prevention of any disorder they desire forty thousand pound may be paid to them to morrow night and they will quarter in the void and great Houses in and about the City A report by the Commissioners of all his Majesties concessions at the Treaty twice read over and long and smartly debated About two a Clock the question was put whether they should then debate whether his Majesties answers and concessions were satisfactory or dissatisfactory and carried in the Negative and Ordered to resume the debate to morrow morning The Lord Wenman M r Holles and M r Pierrepoint three of the Commissioners who came last to the Town had the thanks of the House for their great pains and care in managing of the Treaty A Committee of the Common Council acquainted the House with the Letter they received from the General upon which the Common Council would not do any thing till they knew the pleasure of the House After a long debate till eight a Clock at Night it was voted That the House taking notice of the great arrears due from the City of London to the Army do declare that it is the pleasure of the House that the City do forthwith provide forty thousand pound of their arrears upon security of the said arrears And that the House doth leave it to the City either by Committee or Letter or otherwise as they shall think sit to address themselves to the General And that a Letter be written to the General upon the heads of this daies debate and that he be acquainted therein that it is the pleasure of the House that he do not remove the Army nearer to London In all places
they were full of trouble upon the Army's advance towards London and strange were the turnings and perplexities of these times 2. A long and high debate all day upon the King's Concessions and answers in the Treaty but no vote passed and the further debate of it put off till to morrow Morning The General and his Army marched to London and took up their quarters in White-Hall S t James's the Mues York-house and other vacant Houses and in villages near the City The City sent a Letter to the General that they will do their utmost to levy the arrears of the assessment to the Army and at present advance some thousands of pounds to pay quarters but desire the Souldiery may be removed further from London and to have a right understanding which was promised to them 4. The House being upon the debate of the Kings concessions and answers in the Treaty a Letter came to the Speaker from the Officers deputed by Colonel Hammond to take the charge of his Majesty that the King was removed from thence to Hurst-Castle by order of the General and Council of the Army That their orders were to secure the person of the King till they should receive resolution from the Houses upon their late Remonstrance and they had orders to use his Majesty with all civility The House upon reading this Letter voted that the Seising upon the person of the King and carrying him Prisoner to Hurst-Castle was without the advice or consent of the House After this they again debated the Kings answers but came to no resolution Letters from the Leaguer before Pontefract that the Garrison have many sick but have plenty of provisions that Major General Lambert is left to command the Leaguer the Lieutenant General Cromwell being come to London That the Garrison in Scarborough are in a mutiny because the Governour will not surrender it to the Parliament and are in want of provisions Letters from Ireland that the Marquess of Antrim hath relinquished the Lord Ormond and is declared Generalissimo of the Popish interest there Variance increased betwixt Antrim and Ormond The Souldiers behaved themselves with unusual Civility 5. Although the House sate all the last Night yet they were in the same debate again early this morning and voted That his Majesties concessions to the propositions of the Parliament upon the Treaty are Sufficient grounds for setling the Peace of the Kingdom and they named a Committee to go this after-noon to the head quarters to confer with the General and the Officers of his Army for continuance of a good correspondency between the Parliament and the Army The General caused a Proclamation to be made by beat of Drum and sound of Trumpet to require all Delinquents to depart ten Miles from London for a month else to be proceeded against as Prisoners of War And another Proclamation that his Souldiers demean themselves civilly and peaceably not giving any just offence or provocation by language or otherwise on pain of severe Punishment And not to do any unlawful violence to the persons or goods of any upon pain of Death and no Officer to be absent from his charge without leave upon such pain as the Party injured should sustain None of the Souldiers were quartered in the City the General sent to them for Beds and firing for the Souldiers and for Money but none came Many were glad of an honest pretence to be excused from appearing in the House because of the business of the Army the debates about which went extream high 6. The Regiment of Horse of Colonel Rich and of Foot of Colonel Pride were set for Guards for the Houses and the City Trained-Bands discharged Colonel Pride drew up divers of his Foot in the Court of Requests upon the Stairs and in the Lobby before the House and as the Members were coming in to go into the House Colonel Pride having a paper of names in his hand and one of the Door-keepers and sometimes the Lord Grey of Groby standing by him and informing him who the Members were the Colonel seised upon such of them as he was directed by his Note and sent them away with Souldiers some to the Queens Court and Court of Wards and other places by special order from the General and Councel of the Army The House of Commons being informed hereof sent their Sergeant at Arms to the Members so seised upon to acquaint them it was the pleasure of the House that they should forthwith attend the service of the House but the Officers under whose Guard they were still detained them The Committee sent to the General made their report that he desired time to advise with his Councel of War about his answer and the same Committee were ordered again to attend the General and the Army for his answer Colonel Axtell brought a Message from the Army to the House that they had somewhat to present to the House which would be ready for their present view the House caused him to be called in again and he delivered his Message to them the second time and their answer was that the House will be ready to receive it Not long after Colonel Whaley and other Officers presented the desires of the Army to the House desiring their speedy consideration of them The Officers being withdrawn the House named a Committee to treat with the General and his Councel of War about the discharge of their Members and to make their report with all speed The proposals and desires of the Army to the House were to this effect That having for a long time sadly beheld and tasted in the Houses proceedings the miserable fruits of Councils divided and corrupted by factions and personal interest and seeing no better or other way they propound and demand as followeth Whereas Denzil Hollis Esq Lionel Copley Esq Major General Massey and other of your Members were in 1647. impeached by your selves of treason or high crimes in relation to the Treasonable ingagement in the City of London the violence then done to the Parliament the Levying of a new War and other evils And upon clear proofs against them they were by your censure expelled the House and disabled from further trust therein and upon new Writs issued out new Members were chosen and returned in their rooms Yet by the prevalency of their faction when in the last summers War divers faithful Members were ingaged abroad and others through tumults could not safely attend the same persons were afterwards readmitted to sit in the House and Vote as formerly without any trial or satisfaction in the things whereof they were accused 2. Whereas by the confederacy of Major General Brown now Sheriff of London with the said impeached Members and others the Scots were invited and drawn in to invade this Kingdom the last Summer and the House upon their actual invasion proceeded to declare them enemies and those that adhered to them Traytors Yet those
of the Army two Regiments of Foot and several Troops of Horse were quartered in London and the Treasuries secured in Haberdashers-Hall Weavers-Hall and Goldsmiths-Hall whereof the General by his Letter acquainted the Lord Mayor and City before hand And gave his reasons for the doing of it because they had not paid their arrears of the Assessment nor furnished the Money which he desired of them and that they had by order of Parliament quartered in several Counties on those who did not pay the Assessment till they paid the same That yet if they would advance for the Army forty thousand pound in part of their arrears the Souldiers should not be further troublesome to them A party of Souldiers going by mistake to the Excise House to seize the Money there the General recalled them and wrote a Letter to the Commissioners of Excise to excuse it 9. A Committee of the Common Council made some proposals to the General and Council of the Army touching their security for forty thousand pounds which the General demanded of them which they promised to advance and humbly desired that the Army might this night withdraw out of the City To this the General answered that if within fourteen days the City would pay in all their arrears of the Assessment that then the Army should withdraw but that in the mean time their quartering in the City would facilitate the work The Foot were quartered in private Houses the Horse in Inns and two more Regiments marched into the City and took up their quarters there this day 11. The Houses sate not but to the General and general Council of the Army was â—resented a new Representative or an agreement of the people propounded as a Rule for future government to be published to the view of all that any might offer what they thought fit against it or of alteration or addition to any part of it Much of the same matter was contained therein as in their late Remonstrance this was more large giving rules for future Elections of Representatives of the people they to have the supream authority and this Parliament to be dissolved in April next and then a new Representative to sit Divers Rules for the Election of them Officers and Malignants to be incapable of electing or being elected and generally of the power and equal distribution of the Members of this Representative to be in all three hundred Persons c. The frame of this agreement of the people was thought to be for the most part made by Commissary General Ireton a man full of invention and industry who had a little knowledg of the Law which led him into the more errours Little business in the Chancery The Lord Grey of Groby came to the Lord Grey one of the Commissioners and wished them not to sit to morrow because it would be a busy day It seems he was acquainted with the private Councils of the Army They advised together about this matter and resolved to meet to morrow at Westminster and to do as they should see cause as to the hearing of Motions or other business of the Chancery 12. Both Houses sate the Commons ordered two Troops of Horse in Northamptonshire to be continued for a Month longer under Major Butler and Captain Strike Petitions from Bristol and Exon complaining of the neglect of guarding those Coasts that ten Merchants Ships had been taken by the Irish the last week the Petitions referred to the Committee of the Navy A Letter from the Lord Admiral of the grounds of his coming from Goree to the Downes to avoid the danger of being frozen up and because he wanted Victual referred to the Committee of the Navy Vpon debate of the last proposals and desires of the Army Voted That the Vote for revoking the Order of disabling the eleven Members and re-admitting them into the House when a charge of so high a nature lay against them was un-Parliamentary and of dangerous consequence and was now made Null They Voted likewise that the Vote of this House concurring with the Lords to take off the former Vote which forbid any more addresses to the King was highly dishonourable to the proceedings of Parliament and apparently destructive to the good of the Kingdom Major General Brown Sir Jo. Clotworthy Sir William Waller Colonel Massey and Colonel Copley were apprehended by the Army and sent Prisoners to S t James's House M r Pelham M r Vaughan and some other of the Members that were Prisoners had liberty given upon their Paroles The City sent in Beds for the Souldiers whereupon the General ordered them to be removed from private Houses and Quartered in empty Houses Letters from Ireland that the Marquess of Ormond was piecing up the differences among the Rebels and that their main design was against Dublin 13. Voted that the Votes of non-Addresses to the King shall stand and that the Votes for revocation of them and that for a personal Treaty with the King in the Isle of Wight were highly dishonourable to the proceedings of Parliament and apparently dectructive to the good of the Kingdom Letters with the Catalogue of twenty Commanders who were for the Parliament lately come in to the Lord Ormond Several Members did forbear going to the House not being satisfied whether they might with a safe conscience be in the House or not having such a force upon them and lest they should countenance that force On the other side they considered whether it were fit for such as had no force upon them and were not forbidden to be in the House to be absent and wholly to omit their duty or rather to continue therein whereby they might help to keep up the Parliament lest it should be dissolved which the Souldiers wished and thereby the whole power be given up into the hands of the Army Sir Thomas Widdrington did forbear going to the House this day 14. Referred to the Committee of the Army to confer with the General and Officers of the Army how the last six Months Assessment may be raised and payed to the Souldiers Order for two hundred pound for Colonel Ewers now Governor of Hurst Castle Order to repeal the former Ordinance for setling the Militia it being made upon design to destroy the present Army and that a new Ordinance be brought in for the Militia Debate of a Letter to be sent to the General to desire that a charge may be brought in against such of their Members not admitted to sit against whom they have any matter and that the rest against whom they have no matter may have the freedom to sit in the House Letters from Hurst Castle that his Majesty was in health and had good accommodations that he desired of the Governour to have two of his own Chaplains to pray and preach with him and to have liberty to write to the Queen and to the Prince 15. Debate touching provisions for the Navy and orders for pay
gave an answer to their Husbands and therefore desired them to go home and look after their own business and meddle with their huswifry Order for a Bill to settle the twenty thousand pound for Augmentation to Ministers c. Col. Poyer was shot to death in Covent-Garden and died very penitently 26. Upon a report from the Council of State that they thought for setling the peace of the Nation that there should be an Act of Oblivion the House Ordered one to be drawn up And Voted That the time to be set in the Act of Oblivion from which no Action or Suit shall be commenced or prosecuted for any thing said or done in the time of War shall be before the first day of this Term. Order that such as shall discover any monies raised to be imployed against the Parliament should have the sixth part of what they should discover and the remainder to be imployed for the service of Ireland in this Expedition Order that the Committee of the Revenue do speedily pay to Colonel Henry Martyn a Member of the House three thousand pound which Sum he had formerly advanced for the service of this Nation Order touching the arrears of the Dutchy of Lancaster Referred in a special manner to the Commissioners of the Seal to relieve according to equity and justice such persons as have lain under the power of the Enemy and have been thereby disabled to pay their debts yet are sued at Law and liable to great penalties Referred to the Council of State to receive from two Gentlemen a Proposition made by them for the great advance of Learning and Arts and to treat with the Gentlemen thereupon and report their opinions to the House Orders touching the Officers of the Customs Order for the Barons of the Exchequer and the Committee of the Revenue to consult together how the Arrears due by Papists may be collected and that the Arrears of Fee-farm rents be speedily paid Order for the Speaker to sign Letters from time to time tendered to him by the Committee of the Army Five Troopers condemned to die by the Council of War for a mutiny at the Bull in Bishopsgate-street refusing to march upon their Colonels Orders and violently fetching away the Colours from the Cornets quarters Upon their humble Petition the General pardoned them but another one Lockier was executed The Levellers were driven away from St. George's Hill in Surry by the Country people 27. Debate of the Act for Sale of Deans and Chapters Lands Order for the Committee to meet touching Colonel Pophams arrears Sir Edward Harrington desired to be excused from taking the charge of the Kings Children Order for one thousand three hundred pound for Plymouth Garrison Mr. Andrews re-admitted a Member 28. The House spent the whole day about perfecting the Act for sale of Deans and Chapters Lands 30. The Act passed for Sale of Deans and Chapters Lands and ordered to be Printed An Act passed giving power to the Commissioners to administer an Oath agreed upon in some cases of the Customs Letters from Lancashire of their want of Bread so that many Families were starved that there were many Souldiers quartered pretending for Ireland shew no Commission yet make Assessments for fourteen shillings a week for a Horse-man and seize goods for default and free-quarter and give the seed Corn to their Horses Referred to the Council of State and by them to the General to reduce those in Lancashire An Act passed for Justices of Peace for the County Palatine of Lancashire as for other Counties By Order of the House the Speaker sent Letters to the Commissioners in the several Counties for the speedy collecting the Assessment of ninety thousand pound per mens for the Forces in England and Ireland Some who counterfeited the Pass of the Council and by pretence thereof got Money in Suffolk which they said was for the relief of Ireland were committed to Peter-house Order of the General that no Regiment that is to stay in England do entertain any of the Forces designed for Ireland Mr. Lockier a Trooper who was Shot to death by sentence of the Court Martial was buried in this manner About one hundred went before the Corps and five and six in a File the Corps was then brought with six Trumpets sounding a Souldiers Knell then the Troopers Horse came cloathed all over in mourning and led by a Footman The Corps was adorned with bundles of Rosemary one half stained in blood and the Sword of the deceased with them Some thousands followed in Ranks and Files all had Sea-Green and Black Ribbon tied on their Hats and to their Breasts and the Women brought up the Rear At the new Church-Yard in Westminster some thousands more of the better sort met them who thought not fit to march through the City many looked upon this Funeral as an affront to the Parliament and Army others called them Levellers but they took no notice of any of them Letters from Ireland that Colonel Tothills Regiment of one thousand two hundred and fifty was not landed but beaten back by Tempest to Anglesey That London-Derry could not hold out the Siege That Colonel Monk stood off and did nothing being as he said not in a capacity Letters from Newcastle that many in Cumberland and Westmerland died in the high ways for want of bread and divers left their habitations travelling with their Wives and Children to other parts to get relief but could have none That the Committees and Justices of the Peace of Cumberland Signed a Certificate That there were thirty thousand Families that had neither Seed nor Bread-corn nor Money to buy either and they desired a Collection for them which was made but much too little to relieve so great a multitude Letters from Berwick that the Scots troubles increase that there are among them five for the King for one against him that they are incensed at the death of the Duke and Marquess Huntly and expect an agreement with the King That they take divers English Cavaliers into their Army May 1649. May 1. Debate of an Act to make many things Treason in relation to the Common-wealth As malitiously to affirm the present Government to be tyrannical usurped on unlawful Or that the Commons in Parliament are not the Supream Authority or to endeavour to alter the Government Or to affirm the Parliament or Councel of State to be tyrannical or unlawful or to endeavour to subvert them or stir up Sedition against them Or for Souldiers to contrive the Death of their General or Lieutenant General or others to endeavour to raise Monies or War against the Parliament or to joyn to invade England or Ireland to counterfeit the Great Seal or to kill any Member of Parliament or Judge in their Duty An Act committed for settling the Republique Letters from General Popham from Faymouth that he fought with a Squadron of Prince Ruperts
some other Troops designed for Ireland and they appointed a general rendezvous without their Officers Letters from Dublin that C. Jones sent out a Party under M. Cadogow to surprise Tecroghan which was hindered by the Fayler of Kildare men but Cadogow fired above 200 houses in the Town and a great number were killed and burnt Orders being to kill all but Women and Children the rest fled into the Castle Of Cadogows Men not one Officer killed only three private Suoldiers killed and three hurt and in his return with 200 Foot and 20 Horse he fell upon a Party of the Rebels with his 20 Horse only disordered them killed 50 and took 30 Prisoners Some Towns were delivered to the Rebels by treachery and sold for Mony by Captain White and others That Ormond was advanced within 27 Miles of Dublin that by reason of the great Spoil in the Countries Corn was with them at 8 l. 10 s. the Barrel and many dyed in the Highways and Streets for want of Food 9 An additional Act passed concerning Sequestrations in case of Appeals The Business of the great Level of the Fennes referred to a Committee Order for payment of Mony into Weavers-Hall for satisfaction of Mony lent upon the Publick Faith Letters from the Generals at Sea of several Ships taken by them Several Paroles granted for exchange of Prisoners in Scilly and Guernesey Letters from Edenburgh That the Committee of Estates sent to their Commissioners in Hclland that they adhere to their Instructions particularly for removal of evil Councellors from the King An Order of the General for raising Souldiers in Ireland and for their March and civil Carriage Letters from the Hague that 12 English Cavaleers in Disguise came into a room where Dr. Dorislaus who was a publick Minister there for the Parliament was with others at Supper that they murdered him by stabbing him in several places and cut his Throat and one of them said thus dyes one of the Kings Judges That the States declared that they would not assist either side in the Difference between the Prince of Wales and the present Power in England Captain Cook with his Troop forcibly disbanded Captain Bambers Troop and secured the Officers the Countrey beat out some other Troops who refused to disband Letters from the Hague that the King of Scots remonstrated to the Scots Commissioners the reasons why he could not comply with their Demands being so very high 10 Order for an account to be given to the House Why the Act against Kingship was not proclaimed in the City An Act passed for altering the Original Seales of Denbigh and Montgomery Shires An Act passed for altering the Nisi-prius Seal of the upper Bench. Order touching the Mint-Master Referred to a Committee to consider of reforming the Abuses in the Marshals Court. Order for Money for Lieutenant Colonel Beecher An Act past for altering the Seal for the Borough of Southwark Order for the Moity of Discoveries of Delinquents Estates in Dorsetshire by the Irish Officers to go to them Captain Smith's Troop in Oxfordshire met with other Troops of the Levellers at Banbury and there posted up their Declaration 1. Against the present Parliament and their proceedings 2. Against the Councel of State 3. Against the Councel of the Army 4. Against the proceedings of the late high Court of Justice Captain Tomson was a principal Ringleader of these men he had been formerly condemned by a Councel of War but by the Mercy of the General was spared now he marched up and down about 200 Horse and declared to joyn with those of C. Scroopes C. Harrisons and M. G. Skippon's Regiments in their Declaration and Resolution He published a Declaration of his own in print intituled Englands Standard advanced or a Declaration from Mr. William Tomson and the oppressed People of this Nation now under his Conduct in Oxfordshire for a new Parliament by the Agreement of the People 11 The House declared that Tomson and all that adhered to him or boar Arms without Authority of Parliament are Rebels and ordered a Proclamation to this purpose throughout the Nation and a Letter to the General to suppress them and directions to M. G. Skippon to suppress all Tumults and Insurrections and to preserve the Peace of the City and secure the Parliament as he shall receive Orders from them or the Councel of State And that the Militiaes of Westminster Southwark and the Hamlets take Course for security of the Suburbs from all Tumults and Insurrections Order that the Post-Master taken by Tomson and discharged upon his Parole should not render himself again to Tomson Referred to the Councel of State to take Order for Security of the Parliament and City and that the Souldiers of the Army joyn with those of the City herein Debate of setting a Period to this Parliament and for electing a new and equal Representative and ordered to be debated again in a grand Committee An Act committed declaring that the People of this Nation are a free State and Commonwealth Mr. Henry Darley re-admitted to sit in the House having satisfyed the Committee touching his Absence Some of Colonel Scroope's Regiment came in to the General and several other Troopes sent to him that they would assist him in reducing the Revolters 12 Voted that Lilburn Walwyn Prince and Overton should be restrained as close Prisoners apart and severally the one from the other in several Rooms and not to resort and consult together and that they should have no Allowance from the State during their Confinement An Act passed for taking off free Quarter Letters that Colonel Reynolds commanded a Party of about 60 Horse to fall into the Levellers Quarters at Banbury who by some treachery in the Town had notice thereof they drew up into a Body but held up at a Lanes end by Lieutenant Parry and Captain Owen They finding it difficult to force Colonel Reynolds his men cryed a Parly which Parrey and Owen having no Power to do refused but would for bear fighting till the Colonel advanced upon whose coming they were contented to submit Upon the delivery of his two Colours he discharged the rest dispersed them to their homes by Passes but secured two or three of the chief Ringleaders and such as were Officers in common in this Business Tomson the chief fled upon the approach of Colonel Reynolds unto Banbury they killed Captain Parrey and Reynolds might have killed them all but he forbore it The General marched after the Levellers Collonel Whaley's Regiment declared to adhere to the General 14 The Act passed declaring what shall be Treason against the State and present Government and ordered to be sent into all the Countries and a Copy of it to the General to be read to the Officers and Souldiers of the Army And Act passed for making Mr. Scobel Clerk of the Parliament and referred to a Committee to repair the Losses of Mr Brown Clerk of the Parliament to the Lords House
Referred to a Committee to consider how Deeds remaining with the Records of the Court of Wards may be delivered out to the Owners Referred to a Committee to consider what Powers are fit to be continued to the Committee of Haberdaeshers-Hall and to examine their Accounts Orders touching Sequestrations and Compositions of Delinquents The Parliaments Ships took five Officers going for Ireland in a Ship of the States and sent them up Prisoners Letters from Lancashire of great Scarcity of Corn and that the Famine was sore among them after which the Plague overspread it self in many parts of the Countrey taking away whole Families together and few escaped where any House was visited and that the Levellers got into Arms but were suppressed speedily by the Governour 29 The Act passed for draining the great Level of the Fennes Another past for the 20000 l. per annum for maintainance of Ministers and Schollars c. Upon a report by Lieutenant General Cromwel of the readiness of the Soldiers to go for Ireland if Mony were provided for them several Orders were made for that purpose The Petitions of Sir Peter Temple and his Wife and of his Creditors referred to a Committee Letters from Chester of relief of Dublin with Provisions from England Letters from the Hague that the Prince could not obtain from the States such an assistance of Shipping as he desired The Governour of Jersy invited the Prince thither and put out of the Island all whom he suspected to be well affected to the Parliament The Parliaments Ships took two Ships and thirty Pieces of Ordinance going for Ireland to the Rebels and many English Officers Some of them suspected to have had a hand in the Murder of Dr. Dorislaus were sent Prisoners to Pendennis Castle 30 Referred to a Committee to state the Business of the Isle of Anglesey in Relation to their Compositions and Sir Hugh Owen's Sequestrations discharged upon the Articles of Anglesey Referred to the Committee of the Navy to examine the Accounts and Business of Captain Dick and Captain Coningham in Relation to Ireland and to bring in an Act for settlement thereof the like for the Business of my L. Forbes and concerning the Original Contract with the Adventurers for Ireland Debate touching the Arrears of the Dutch Officers Referred to the two chief Justices and chief Baron to prepare an Act for settling the business between the Miners in Derbyshire and the Earl of Rutland Letters from Ireland that the little Quantity of Corn lately brought in thither hath much refreshed and incouraged the Inhabitants and Souldiers and that the Parliaments Ships have cleared that Coast that the Rebels are in much Division among themselves The Act for abolishing Kingly Government and establishing a Free State was solemnly proclaimed in London by the Lord Mayor and twelve Aldermen present with him Letters of the General his going to the Isle of Wight to view it and the Castles there and his Entertainment with the great Guns and Feasting and of his coming from thence to Southampton where he was saluted with great Guns round the Town and great Feasting That from thence he went to Portsmouth upon the same business to view the Fortifications from thence he came to Guildford the Major and Officers there shewed him all respect and near the Town he had a rendezvous of the Army He spake to the several Regiments exhorting them to Obedience and shewing them the danger that the late Mutineers might have brought the whole Nation into if God had not prevented it 31 A Committee from the Common Councel of London brought a Message to the House to desire them on the day of thanksgiving for suppressing the Levellers to dine with the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Councel at Grocers-Hall and that they might have the favour to Solemnize that Day with the House at such a Church as they should be pleased to nominate Voted that Christ-Church should be the Place of meeting for the Parliament and City to solemnize that Day that the House did accept of the Invitation from the City and ordered the hearty thanks of the House to be given them for their constant and great Affections to the Parliament and Nation The Committee of common Councel then invited the General and Officers of the Army to the same Feast which was well accepted of by them and thanks returned to the City Report of proclaiming the Act against King-ship in the City and that Alderman Chambers and Sir Thomas Soames would not accompany the Lord Mayor therein for which contempt they were ordered to appear at the Bar of the House Order for the Accounts of Mr. Rowland Wilson as Muster Master General of the Forces of Warwick and Coventry to be Stated Referred to the Committee of absent Members to consider what Members have not appeared in the House Jan. 11th last and what Members are and what Members are fit to be admitted and what expelled Order to get in 6000 l. in the hands of Mr. Gel a Member of the house Receiver for Derbyshire unaccounted for A Representation of the Officers and Souldiers of Lieutenant General Cromwells Regiment to the General reciting the great Successes God had given to the Army under his Conduct and the late horrid and unnatural Defection of some of them from the Parliament and General his Authority That from their Hearts they disown the having any hand in countenancing the Revolt and Capitulation of the 12 Troops of the Army or any others or the Papers which have scandalized the Parliament Councel of State or Army and bless God for the General his reducing of them They profess to hazard their Lives and all that is dear to them for Preservation of this Parliament and while they are Souldiers to submit to the General his Authority over them under the Parliament A Declaration came from Portsmouth in Vindication of themselves and others touching the Levellers June 1649. 1 Upon a Report from the Commissioners of the great Seal of the Names of fit Persons to be Judges and Barons of the Exchequer the house voted That Serjeant Nicholas and Mr. Ask be Judges of the upper Bench. That Serjeant Puleston and Peter Warburton Esq be Judges of the Common Pleas. That Serjeant Thorp and C. Rigby be Barons of the Exchequer And that the Commissioners of the Seal do grant them Patents accordingly That Mr. Broughton be Clerk of the Crown of the upper Bench in the Place of Mr. Ask he being made a Judge An Act passed declaring the Grounds of the next thanksgiving Day Upon the Generals desire the House confirmed what C. Pine had done in Somer setshire in raising Force there against the Levellers by Letters from the General he and Sir T. Wroth had the thanks of the House for what they did Sir Thomas Soames being called to the Bar and asked why having notice of the proclaiming the Act against Kingship he did not attend the Lord Mayor at the doing of it
of the House and of the City ordered to return the hearty thanks of the House to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Councel for their great Love and Civilities yesterday expressed to the Parliament and Army Referred to a Committee to consider what mark of Honour and Favour the Parliament should bestow upon the City for their real Affection to the Parliament Some Aldermen and Common Councel men in the name of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Councel presented the Lord General with a large and weighty Bason and Ewer of beaten Gold as a testimony of the Affections of the Giny to his Excellence They also presented from the City to the Lieutenant General Cromwel Plate to the value of 300 l. and 200 Pieces in Gold 9 A long debate touching absent Members voted that those who gave their Votes for Addresses to be made to the late King should state their Cases in Writing by a day to a Committee for absent Members which if they neglect to do then Writs to be issued out for new Elections in the places of those who shall so neglect 11 Debate touching the Earl of Chesterfields Composition Letters from the Countess of Leicester and the Earl of Northumberland for allowance for the late Kings Children referred to the Committee of the Revenue to provide Monies for them Order for demolishing Montgomery Castle and allowance to the Lord Herbert for his Damage thereby out of his Fine Order for demolishing Winchester Castle and Reparation for the Damage thereby to Sir Willi-Waller The like for Belvoir Castle and for Reparation of the Damage thereby to the Earl of Rutland referred all to the Councel of State The Act passed for relieving Persons comprized in Articles Another for altering the Original Seales of Caermarthen Pembroke and Cardigan Another for altering the Seal of Nisi-prius of the Common Pleas. Order that the Members of the House and of the Councel of State the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal and Judges do attend the Funeral of Dr. Dorislaus Letters that the Parliament of Scotland took many exceptions to the Letter sent to them from the Parliament of England That they go on in raising Forces but the Quelling of the Levellers in England did not please them But they bewaile the suffering condition of their Preshyterian Brethren in England That in Scotland are many English Officers and Soldiers who expect imployment when their new King cometh and are out of Patience and Mony by his longstay that the Scots fear a Famine and Execute very many for Witches 12 Order for 6000. Men for the Summer Guard to be Proportioned to the ships and 3000 for the Winter Guard Referred to the Commitee of the Army to conferre with the Councel of State touching the number of Forces to be kept up and the Pay of them Referred to a Committee to prepare an Act upon Sir Henry Vane's report touching the Excise The new Judges were Sworn in the several Courts And it came to Whitlock's turn to make the Speech to those who were sworn Judges of the Common-Pleas Who were Mr. Sergeant Penleston and Mr. Sergeant Warberton Wherein amongst other matters he told them of their being the first Judges Publickly Sworn in this Common-wealth and spake to them concerning Judges in general Judges of this Common-wealth and Judges of this Court. On the second Head he told them That the Judges in this Common-wealth are of as great Antiquity as is the Law it self That the Druides were Judges or Interpreters of the Law Amongst the Pritains And as they studyed the Law 20. Years yet committed nothing to writing So out Judges spend as much longer time in the same study and our common Law is Lex non scripta at this Day He also intimated to them what he found in Ingulphus p. 870. and in Seldens Janus Anglorum of the Division made by King Alphred or Allured in Judices quos nunc Justiclarios vacamus et Vicioomites And in the sanie Author that when W. I. upon the suit of the Abbot of Crowland confirmed the Laws of St. Edward he proclaimed them to be kept et Justiciarijs suis commendabat And then he thus proceeds All these are Testimonies of the Antiquity of our Judges but I hold not this essential to be largely considered save as it falls in our way Neither shall I rob you of your time by an elaborate Discourse of the Honour and Respect due to your Place only you may pardon a few Observations thereupon and the rather for the particular Relation I have to that Calling What respect the Sexons had to their Judges appeares in the Etymology of their Word Grave which signifieth a Judge and an Earl Sir John Danys Rep. As in the old Law of the Ripuarians C. 55. Act 1st The Title being Si quis Graffionem interfecerit The Text is Si quis Judicem Fiscalem quem Comitem vocant interfecerit Seld. Tit. Hon. f. 121. 127. and Haillan f. 274. But to come nearer home we find in the Law of H. 1. This Description of a Judge Regis Judicos sunt Barones Comitatus qui liberas in eis tenras habent villani vero corsetti vel ferdingi vel qui sunt viles aut inopes Personae non sunt inter Indices numerandi Whence appears the reason of the Judges of the Exchequer being called Barons Seld. Tit. Hon. f. 347. and 390. Lambert f. 186. 1 H. 6. f. 7. Agreeable with this is the Testimony of Bracton who saith thus Comites vero vel Barones nonsunt amerciandi nisi per pares suos et hoc per Barones Scaccarij vel corain ipso Rege Vpon which and the Case of the Earl of Northumberland under H. 6. Selden observes that all Judges were held antiently as Barons And the Writ by which they were Summou'd to Parliament is in the same Style and hath in it the same words with the Writs of Summons of Barons Consitium vestrum impensuri Those of the Commons being ad faciendum et consentiendum hiis quae de communi Confilio ordinari contigeunt And in some Entries of Judgments upon Writs of Error in Parliament the words are ex assensn Institiariorum and the Title of Lord was given antiently to all the Judges as appears in divers of our Books and Records and is still given to the Judges of Assize They have their Officers and their Purveyante as the Barons had untill taken away by the Statute front both Rot. Parl. 10. E. 2. pt 2. M. 20. and 2. E. 3. pt 1. M. 33. and Rot. Claus 11. E. 1. and this was taken away by the Statute 4. E. 3. C. 3. Theye be divers Cases and Records of Punishments inflicted on those who gave any affronts to Judges and especially that noted Case of Roger Hengham M. 33. and 34. E. 1. rot 71. in the Receipt of the Exchequer So tender hath the State alwayes been of the Honour of their great publick Officers and as the State
Lands and Revenues of the King Queen and Prince and securing thereby the Arreares of the Souldiery again debated and Committed A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Councel of London acquainting the House that one of the Members thereof Alderman Wilson was elected one of the Sherriffs and desired the leave of the House that he might serve according to his Election Upon the Question it was voted to be left to Alderman Wilson to except thereof if he should think fit and that the house would look upon it as an acceptable service to the Common-wealth if he would serve therein according to the election and desire of the City Alderman Wilson being very fit for that place and freely elected to it and a Conscientious worthy Person considering the Affection of the City and that God had blessed him and his Father with the gaining a plentiful Fortune in that place thought it fit for him to spend some of it and to undergo the Trouble of the place for the Honour and Service of the City A Petition of the well affected in Lancashire to the Officers of the Army reciting the Order of the Councel of State for demolishing Lancaster Castle shewing the danger thereof to the well affected praying them to be a Meanes to the General and to the Councel that it may not be done 14 Debate all day upon the Act for sale of the Kings Lands c. and Order to meet on Munday at 6 a Clock in the morning for the dispatch of this Act that the Souldiery may see the care of the Parliament for securing their Arreares before they go into Ireland Order giving further time for doubling upon the purchase of Deanes and Chapters Lands 16 An Act passed for sale of the Crown Lands to secure the Arrears of the Souldiery Order for allowing 3000 l. to Mr. John Brown Clerk of the Lords House for his Losses and referred to a Committee how to raise it Referred to the Councel of State to examine a Mutiny of the reduced Souldiers at York and to punish the Mutineers A Petition from South Wales that when Collonel Horton with his Regiment shall be drawn from thence to Ireland C. Martin or who the House shall think fit may be their Commander in Chief and they will pay his Forces Referred to the General to take care of South-Wales and the Petitioners had thanks for their good Affections Letters that the Fleet before Kingsale took a Vessel of Prince Ruperts of 11 Guns and in her Captain Leg and Sir Hugh Windham Captain Darcy and 60 Men and Ammunition That Captain Ball took a Holland Man of War of 30 Guns loaden with Stuffes and Provisions for Prince Rupert and Maurice and sent her up to the State Letters that Tredah holds out against Ormond who puts the English into Garrisons and keeps the Catholicks and the Irish in the Field to fight That Captain Jones out of Dublin fell upon Ormonds Quarters took 200 Horse killed and took 140 Men without the Loss of one Man cut their Tents and retreated to Dublin whither 4000 Quarters of Corn were brought in from Chester That the Lieutenant of Ireland was entertained with great Honour at Bristol and the Country came in great multitudes to see him that he lay there for a Wind. 17 The Act passed touching Coynes Upon a Report from the Conncel of State who had consulted therein with the General the House Voted That when the Councel should see Cause for the safty of the Common Wealth they might make an Addition of Forces both Horse and Foot to be in readiness to take the Field and march with the standing Army and they to have Pay only while they should be in Service Indemnity given to some well affected Justices of the Peace of Surrey who were sued for some things irregularly done by them Orders of Reference to Lords the Commissioners of the Seal touching Coynes Letters from Scotland that they resolve to levy a considerable Army forthwith and as they say for their own Defence Letters that Collonel Reynolds Regiment of Horse and Collonel Venable's and Collonel Hunks's Regiments of Foot were ready to be shiped Letters from Dublin that the Enemy fiercely assaulced Tredah but were beaten off with the Loss of 2000 Men that the Governour went forth with a Party of about 200 Horse and about 1500 Foot into the Enemies Camp brought away 200 of their Horse with some Bread Beer Fruit and Sack but are in great want of Provisions and can receive none from Dublin 18 Vote to discharge Mr. Abbot from being Register of the Prerogative Court and Mr. Oldsworth and Mr. Parker to have Patents for that Office Referred to a Committee to consider what to do concerning Ecclesiastical Offices and Courts An Act Passed for a Collection for the Propagation of the Gospel in New-England Leave given to Lieutenant Collonel Lilbourn to visit his sick Wife and Family Letters that Sir Charles Coot sent forth Captain St. John and Captain Taylor out of London Derry who fell upon the Enemies Quarters slew divers of them and took many Prisoners A Declaration passed in answer to the Letter from the Parliament of Scotland to vindicate the Proceedings of the Parliament of England 19 Order for the Printing and Publishing the Act declaring what Offences shall be adjudged Treason Several Orders passed relating to particular Persons and not of publick Concernment 20 Order for the Committee of Accounts to allow the Certificates of the several Sub-Commissioners for Accounts in the respective Counties Referred to the Commissioners of the Seal to consider how Monies may be raised for the Repair of Marlborough-Bridge Referred to the Committee of the Army to confer with the General and Officers of his Army how free Quarter may be totally taken off and the late Act passed for that end be put in effectual Execution and to give an Account thereof to the Councel of State Letters from Bristol from the Lieutenant of Ireland about Supplies for his Forces referred to the Committee of the Army Order for 500 l. for Mrs. Farrer of her Husbands Arrears Mr. Fell made Second Judge of Chester and the L. President Bradshaw made Chief Justice of Chester Order for 4000 l. to be paid to divers who were Labourers in Scotland Yard to his late Majesty Attourney General Prideaux moved the House in the behalf of the Lords Commissioners Whitelock and Lisle that they may have the Duke of Bucks House as a conveniency of their being together for their Service of the Seal and that they might have a Lease for 21 Years of that House The Parliament very freely ordered what Mr. Attourney desired and referred it to the Committee of Haberdashers Hall to set the Rent for it which they did the same day at 40 l. per annum and no more because of the great Charge they should be put to in the repair of it it being much ruined by the Quartering of Souldiers in it 21 Letters from Plymonth of Collonel
Provisions and Ammunition Order for 100 l. to Mr. King who brought the Letters from Sir Charles Coot for his good Service Referred to the Councel of State to examine the Business of Captain Kesar mentioned in Sir Charles Coots Letter and to send for and secure him if they find cause 25 By Vote the House declared That all such English and Scots and all others that have ingaged for the Parliament of England in the Nation of Scotland and have revolted from that Service and all such as have or shall adhere unto or joyn with Charles Stuart eldest Son of the late King in that Nation are Traytors and shall have their Estates confiscate and their Persons proceeded against by Martial Law Order for these Votes to be Printed and Published and a Copy of them to be sent to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Order to forbid proceedings in the Composition of the Earl of Derby because he holds the Isle of Man against the Parliament By two Printed Papers and three Letters to the Committee of the Army for discovery of Criminal Offenders Mr. Speaker was taxed for an ill Member and that he had conveyed a great Sum of Money to the King and Matters of Falsehoods and Breach of Trust are charged on him Upon the Order of the General the Officers of the Army certifyed under their Hands That they never examined any matter touching the Speaker nor had any Order from his Excellency for that purpose to authorize it That they find the same Business had been Judicially heard before a Committee of Parliament and by them reported to the House who declared those complaints raysed and prosecuted falsely malitiously and scandalously against the Speaker and that exemplary Punishment be inflicted upon the Prosecutors The Officers of the Army conclude their Certificates That they humbly conceive the said Information raysed and promoted since the Judgement of the House as aforesaid was a practice to bring an Odium upon the Speaker who hath so highly merited from the publick An Advertisement published That if any Countryman be injured by the Souldiers taking of Free-Quarter contrary to the Act that upon Complaint to the Judge Advocate of the Army and Proof thereof made he shall have Satisfaction out of the Pay of the Souldier and Protection from the Army 27 The House sate not Letters from Dublin to the Councel of State of some Correspondence betwixt the Governour of Tredagh and Lieutenant General Jones and that Ormond came thither with 1500 Horse and 2000 Foot That Owen Roe O Neal conceiving that he had merited from the Parliament desired a Convoy for his Men to serve the Spaniard but nothing was granted Letters that the Scots Army was full of Malignants and the Nation full of Feares That nothing will give Satisfaction there but the Kings putting Malignants from him and granting the particulars of the Covenant Letters from Mr. Peters to the Councel giving them an account of the Fleets setting sail for Ireland c. Lieutenant Collonel Morrice Governour of Pontfract Castle for the King was executed according to the Sentence of the Court Marshal Letters that 5 Men of War wearing the Scots Colours set upon 5 Ships of the Parliaments killed 4 of their Men wounded 18 and did much Prejudice to the Ships The Governours of the new Corporation in London for setting the poor to work sent their Warrants requiring the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor in every Parish to return the Names to them of all such as are able to work and have not meanes to maintain themselves and of all who are not able to work and want Livelyhood 28 Order for such as neglect to take out Discharges upon their Compositions for Delinquency to be taken into Custody The Act passed prohibiting the Importing of any Wines Wool or Silk from France into England or Ireland An Act passed for admitting the Purchasers of Bishops Lands to pay the whole purchase Money by Weavers-Hall Bills Another Act passed touching the second 40000 l. charged on the Excise and Goldsmiths-Hall 29 The Publique Thanksgiving day Solemnized The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland shortly after his landing at Dublin published a Proclamation reciting the great Mercies of God to that City particularly in the late Defeat given to the Rebels who incompassed it round about and finding that notwithstanding the Goodness of God to them yet by profane Swearing Cursing and Drunkenness his holy Name is dayly dishonoured and blasphemed contrary to the Laws of God and the known Laws of that Land and to the Articles of War He commands the Major and Magistrates of the City and the Officers of the Army to put in due Execution the Laws against such Offenders and that he will punish the neglect and contempt of this Proclamation with the severest Punishment of the Law 30 The Act for relief of Prisoners of Debt was after a long Debate and difference in Opinion ordered upon the Question to be ingrossed Debate touching Fees and Salaries of the Officers belonging to the House The Arrears of Sir Adam Lostus referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs Letters from Holland That the Prince his Men run away from him for want of Mony That 2 Irish Frigots brought into Dunkirk 6 Hull Ships for Prizes Letters from Dublin That the English Fleet which came thither with the L. Lieutenant strikes a great Terrour into the Enemy That Trumpets came to Jones from Ormond Inchequin and others but he sent them back with this Answer That now all Addresses must be made to the L. Lt. Cromwel 31 Order that Serjeant Dandey Serjeant at Arms to the Councel do proclaim the Act for prohibiting the Importation of Wines Wool and Silks from France Debate touching Mr. Warners Case An Act passed touching the West-India Islands and making them subordinate to the Government of England Order for an Act to prohibite the Brewing of Ale or Beer above 10 s. the Barrel Report by the Councel of a Letter from the Lieutenant of Ireland giving an Account of his Condition after his safe Arrival and laying open his necessities for Supplies and speedy Recruits Referred to the Councel of State to consider of the Letter and Desires of the L. Lieutenant and to answer his Expectation so far forth as it may not increase the Charge of this Common-Wealth Order for Payment of the 200 l. formerly given to Captain Poulton Order for 1200 l. for C. Fielder late Governour of Portsmouth for his Service there and 1148 l. for his Arreares out of concealed Delinquents Estates to be discovered by him Upon a Report from the Councel of their Opinion That Sir Kenelm Digby is a dangerous Person and to know the pleasure of the House concerning him they Voted That he was not within the compass of the Votes for compounding for his Delinquency And that he be injoyned to depart the Common-Wealth within 20 days and not to return without leave of the House under pain of Death
Seamen sufficient Volunteers with Proviso's not to press Masters Gunners and such as have served an Apprentiship to Seamen or Watermen Referred to the Committee of the Navy to consider of some further Incouragement to be given to those that shall voluntarily offer themselves to serve the State in their Ships and to present an Act to the House for it Order for the building of more Ships for the service and safety of the Commonwealth Upon a Letter from the Mayor of Salisbury of his seizing some Printed Books derogating from the Lords Day and setting up the Jewish Sabboth referred to the Committee for plundered Ministers to peruse the Book and to state and report the matter of Fact to the House and to bring in a Act for the more due observation of the Lords Day Order for the Commissioners of the great Seal to pass Pardons of Course for several Persons convicted at the Assise and certifyed by the Judges to be fit Objects for the Mercy of the Parliament Debate of a way of supplying the Remainder of the Money for Pay of the Army in England and Ireland about the Assessment of 120000 l. per mensem and to avoid Free Quarter Amendments reported to the Bill for the sale of Free Farm Rents Debate of an Act of Indempnity for Tenants and others who in the late Wars have expressed their good Affections to the Parliament against the Oppressions of their ill affected Landlords that have been against the Parliament Order that no private Business be heard in the House for a Month longer About this time Alderman Rowland Wilson one of the Sheriffs of London dyed He was son of Mr. Rowland Wilson a wealthy Merchant who loved to see his Son in that honourable Condition though but a young man for that imployment yet he was an Elder in Wisdome and Abilities He was a Gentleman of excellent parts and great Piety of a solid sober temper and Judgment and very honest and Just in all his Actions He was a Member of the House of Commons and of the Councel of State he had served the Parliament as Collonel of one of the City Regiments not in traynings only but in the Field against the Enemy He was beloved both in the House City and Army and by all that knew him and his death as much lamented The Members of Parliament and of the Councel of State the Lord Mayor Aldermen and divers Citizens of London and many Officers of the Army were invited and present at his Funeral and the City Regiment whereof he was Collonel with other Companies of Souldiers were in Arms to attend the Corps of their Officer to his Grave Letters from Chester of the Ministers in that Country bitterly exclaiming against the Ingagement and condemning all that take it to the Pit of Hell That 11000 l. was put on board for Dublin and 6000 l. for Carrickfergus from which Town the Enemy is 40 Miles and the Country thereabouts free from Troops 7 From Exeter Letters of the averseness of the Citizens to the Ingagement That on the Publick Fast day all the Ministers went out of Town and caused the Church Doors to be shut up purposely because they would not observe it being appointed by the Parliament That all the Magistrates except two Constables refused to take the Ingagement From Dartmouth That 22 Sail of Ships were ready to set out for Newfoundland From Taunton That the publick Fast day was not kept there The two Presbyterian Ministers of that Town being ready to observe the Parliaments Orders fer receiving their Tithes and Augmentations but not in other matters that they like not for then they affirm it not to be a Free Parliament That a Woman pretnding to Prophesy with others of her Crew denyed Christ and the Scripture wholly From Pool That 8 good Ships went from thence to Newfoundland and two to the Barba does From Edenburgh That the Scots had agreed upon their Commissioners to go to the King that first they were to go to Capher and from thence to send to the King and to the Prince of Orange for a safe Conduct to come to Breda and to stay there That they carry with them for the Supply for their King 40000 Marks Scotch Money that is 2200 l. English Money That 1000 Arms and twenty Cannon are lately landed in Orkney An Act passed for the Advancement of the Gospel and of learning in Ireland and for settling upon the Colledge in Dublin several Lands formerly belonging to the Archbishop of Dublin and other Ecclesiastical Persons and for erecting and maintaning a Free School in Dublin Order for an Act to abolish the Hierargy in Ireland and to forbid the use of the Common-Prayer Book there Debate of an Act for restrayning the killing of flesh Meat or Poultry from 14. March to the 15. of April Letters that C. Cook Governour of Wexford went out with a Party and took in Enniscorfie formerly betrayed to the Enemy and upon the Storm put them to the Sword 8 Letters from Ireland confirming the retaking of Eniscorfie and that no Enemy appeared to make any Opposition in those parts Letters to the same Effect as before touching the Commissioners agreed upon to go to the King from Scotland 9 Several Orders concerning Supplyes of Money Provisions and Recruits for Ireland 11 Letters concerning the further Successes of the Lord Lieutenant in Ireland since his last taking the Field from Yoghall and that at the taking of Castleton by the Lord Broghill he gave Quarter for Life and their wearing Apparrel to the private Souldiers but the Officers to be at his Discretion That thereupon by advice he caused all those Officers to be short to death to affright those little Castles from so peremptorily standing out That C. Zanchy reduced the Castle of Dundrum where were two Troops of Horse and some Foot os the Enemies Zanchyes Horse charged those without and the men stormed the Town which was delivered up to him leaving their Horse and Arms behind here Zanchey received a wound in his right hand That the Enemy scouting into their Quarters and taking a Castle 7 Miles from Cork C. Phayer the Governour there pursued them with 16 Foot and 50 Horse unto a Bogg where he killed 20 and took 30 of them Prisoners and the Castle was surrendred to him That they have settled themselves in the Heart of the Enemies Quarters and thereby much hinder them from recruiting and gathering together again in the Spring and have gained a very rich Country which by agreement are to give them 1500 l. per mensem From Newcastle that More Mosse-Troopers are dayly taken That Prince Ruperts Ships were in much confusion and many of them taken That the Scots Commissioners are not yet gone to the King and there is much difference about their going betwixt the Kirk and the State That the Forces in Orkney increase dayly From Beaumorris That M. G. Mitton and other Officers upon Intelligence that
marched from Muscleburgh towards Edenburgh in sight of the City for two or three miles together and had no opposition in their March nor so much as a salute from Edenburgh Castle or Dalkeith and the General pitched his Tents on Pencland Hills a convenient place to fight within view of Edenburgh but they gave no alarm to the Army That the Scots in Edenburgh were much streightned for Provisions by the Armies thus getting behind them That all the people fled with their Barns and Goods where the Army came being told by their Ministers That the English would destroy all with Fire and Sword and when some of the Souldiers burnt some Furse bushes they said they fired their Houses and Towns That the Parliaments Ships attended the Armies March with Provisions That a Trumpet came to the General with a Declaration and Letters from Lt. G. David Lesly which the General caused to be read to his Officers in the hearing of the Trumpet That upon desire and safe conduct of some of the Scots Officers they and some English Officers had conferences about a Reconcilement and the Scots Officers said they were deluded by the Malignants and that the King refused to sign the disowning of his Fathers actions and to adhere to the Covenant and repent for the Bloud shed by his Father and himself and that they had thoughts of relinquishing him That when the English Army drew off from Edenburgh the King would have sallied out in Person upon them but General Leuen told him If he did so he would lay down his Commission 24 Letters that the Plague increased and that there died the last week 797 in Dublin That in Wexford the people are almost all dead of the Plague That Waterford Duncannon and Carlowe are surrendred to the Lord Deputy That many Officers and Souldiers were dead of it 26 Letters of taking in and fortifying some Places by the General to secure Passes to the Army That a Sergeant was hanged on Pencland Hills for plundring a Countreyman's House and three Souldiers that were with him and sentenced to die were pardoned by the General That Parties on both sides pickeering and a Body of 3000 Horse of the Scots being drawn out Cromwel drew out a Forlorn and went in Person before them That one of the Enemy fired a Carabine at him upon which Cromwel called to him and said to him that if he had been one of his Souldiers he would have cashiered him for firing at such a distance which the Souldier told to Lt. G. Lesley and said he knew it was Cromwel That some Run-aways from the Army were apprehended at Berwick and sent back Prisoners to Cromwel and nine of them were condemned by a Court Marshal That the Scots drew out their whole Army out of Leith being about 30000 Horse and Foot and retreated without any Ingagement That in a full Council of War all the Officers were unanimously to fall upon the Enemy That in Pickeering a Scots Captain was killed and two Prisoners taken 27 Letters that the Lord Deputy sent a Summons to Waterford to surrender but they so much despised the weakness and small number of his Forces before the Town that in answer to his Summons they returned That one of their Gates should be set open for as many of his men as would come in That the Lord Deputy smiling at their vain Brags went on with his Siege sent for more Forces and great Guns and so laid the main Body of his Army between Waterford and Carlowe that they might be ready to give assistance to either Party That after this the Town sent for a Treaty but insisted upon high terms of Punctilio's of honour which the Lord Deputy rejected And when they heard that Carlowe was surrendred then they also agreed upon Articles of surrender That 700 Souldiers marched out of the Town and the Townsmen in Arms were more and the Town very strongly fortified and full of Provisions yet it pleased God to bring them to terms of surrender to a small Party before them as they had before done at Carlowe The Lord Deputy sent a Letter to the Parliament of the particulars and Copies of the several Articles of surrender of Waterford Duncannon and Cartelagh The Parliament ordered a day of Thanksgiving to be kept for those Successes An Act passed impowring the Commissioners of the High Court of Justice to hear and determine any Misprision or Concealment of Treason 28 An Answer passed to the King's Declaration in Scotland Letters that the Fairfax Frigot fought with three French Men of War who got so near the Shore among the Rocks that the Fairfax could not follow them and so they escaped 29 The Council of State took Order for better securing of Weymouth Letters of the decrease of the Plague at Dublin That M. Blunt fell upon a Party of the Enemy in Wicklowe fought with them killed and took many of them though they were two to one and had not a Bogg prevented they had been all killed or taken That he brought away with him 200 Cows and 120 Horses That Charlemont was surrendred upon Conditions 30 Letters that the Army in Scotland was well supplied with Provisions by Sea and inabled to lie near Edenburgh That the Enemy kept close between Edenburgh and Leith having a Trench before them and a River behind them and a strong Castle on the one hand and a strong Garrison Town on the other hand and it was impossible to fall upon them without the apparent hazard of the whole Army 31 Letters that the Army stormed Red-Castle a Garrison of the Enemies about a Mile and a half from Edenburgh which had about 80 Foot to defend it and though they stormed it in the sight of the Enemies whole Army yet they sent out no Parties to relieve it There were taken 60 Prisoners and the Place was of great advantage to the English That Dunster Castle was slighted That four Men out of Somersetshire pretending to have an immediate Call from God to go and Preach the Gospel in Galilee sold their Estates and went to London to imbarque themselves for that Place September 1650. 3 Letters that Prince Rupert came out of the River of Lisbon with 27 Ships and 20 Carvills That the Parliaments Generals with twenty three Ships made up to him and some Shot were spent between some of them but Prince Rupert got under the Command of the Castles and the Parliaments General thought not safe to pursue him thither the like was done several days after but the Prince would not ingage in Fight That the Duke of York came to Paris having gotten 100000 l. by Prizes 4 Letters of a great Pyrate taken about Dartmouth 5 Letters of the Plague increasing in Shrewsbury yet of about 200 Souldiers there not one was infected 6 Letters that the Scots Army though more in number than the English by a great many and well furnished with Arms and all accommodations in their
him quarter upon the refusal whereof they cryed kill the fellow in the Gold lace coat Which in all probability had been effected if a Reformado Leiutenant of his Troop had not come in to his rescue whose Horse was killed on that account and himself twice shot the Lord Broghil got off with a dry Pike beating by the Pikemen but his Horse received 3 Shots That the Irish lost 600 men among which many Officers Prisoners but few were taken besides some Officers of the Field That the defeated Army had designed conjunction with the Lemster Forces and the relief of Lymbrick 12. An Act passed to put the Militia in London and the several Counties into a present posture An Act passed prohibiting correspondence with the King and his party And declaring the successes in Scotland and that the King was fled into England and that it should be death to give any intelligence or assistance to them 13. An Act passed to expel Delinquents out of London and that all give in what Arms they have or know of and for raising of Forces And to indemnify all listed Persons in the Service of the Parliament An Account of Forces shipped for Scilly An Account of Forces preparing in Lancashire and Cheshire to joyn with Major-General Harrison 14. Letters That the King marched out of Perith with his Forces and Major-General Lambert quartered there next night that they took up many Straggling Scots That Major-General Harrison was in the Van of them that 16 great Lords of Scotland had deserted the King for invading England 15. Letters That the Scots were neer Preston that Cheshire had sent out 3000 Foot to maintain Warrington Bridge against the King and Lancashire was not wanting that in Coventry 700 Men were got together and That men were very ready to joyn against the Scots Of securing disaffected Persons That the Scots Army are supposed to be 12000 besides their Train That Major-General Lambert was within half a days march of the King and Cromwel was not far behind that the Scots were gone the ready way to Lancashire That the English Scouts took a Scots Laird and some letters to Mr. Crofts 16. Letters That the Towns in Fife began to revolt supposing that all the English were gone out of Scotland That Collonel Alured Stormed and Reduced them again killed many and took 200 Prisoners and took divers Arms Colours and great Guns That the Scots Army was advanced to Preston and in great confusion That Major-General Lambert with 4000 Horse pursued them and Cromwel with 10000 Foot followed him and Major-General Harrison with a considerable body coasted them with 4000 Horse more and many Forces were ready in the Countries they were to pass to joyn with them and Vessels were sent with intelligence to the Frigots That 3000 Lancashire Foot had undertaken to secure the pass at Warrington and that Lambert and Harrison were joyned that Cromwel was within 2 days March with 1000 Foot 18. Letters of the Soldiers to their fellow Soldiers to incourage them to oppose the Scots From Major-General Harrison to the Councel of of State that Lambert and he were joyned and were about 6000 Horse in the Van of the Enemy That the Enemy made some halt on a Moore 4 miles from Lancaster which some what amazed them but they went on to Preston and designed to get before to the pass at Warrington where were 3000 Foot to joyn with Lambert and Harrison who intended to march thither That they heard the King was cast down for that his Subjects came in no faster to him and did not answer his expectation in persons or number but divers ran away from him That Cheshire had been very forward in their Levies and most of the 3000 Foot came from thence that he was assured of a glorious issue of this work That Cromwel was come into England with 8 Regiments of Foot and the Train the Soldiers tyred with a long march That Newburn carried good store of Provisions to the Soldiers among whom was not a loud word or an Oath That Collonel Lilburn marched with 1000 Horse to joyn with Lambert That the English before Sterling Castle killed 30 of the Castle Soldiers in one days battery From the Governour of Oxford to the Councel that the Vice-Chancellor and Colledges had raised 120 Horse for the Parliaments Service and had ingaged in the University and City to raise a Regiment of Foot 19. Letters from Lambert and Harrison That the Scots Army came and pressed to pass at the Bridg and Fort neer it which we had broken down and spoyled as well as we could in so short a time a Company of our Foot were drawn down to the barricadoe of the bridge who behaved themselves gallantly and gave the Enemy opposition till we saw cause to draw off securing their retreat by parties of Horse Which we did because we were unwilling to ingage our Army where our Horse could not do us Service for the inclosures The Enemy thereupon hastened over their whole Army and their King in the Van if not forlorn with his own life guard as some Prisoners told us since and pressed hard upon our Rear whereof Collonel Rich had the guard who wheeled off parties and charged them thrice as they came on and the Lord caused the Enemy every time to fly before us Wee killed the Officer that commanded one of their parties and 2 or 3 Troopers and some Country men since tell us that 28 of theirs were slain in the several Skirmishes and but 4 of ours that I can hear of there and at the Bridg. As they fell on they cryed Oh you Rogues we will be with you before your Cromwel comes which made us think they would press to ingage us with all Speed We are drawing up at Knock-forth Moore to wait them but since we hear they are marched a good part of the night on London Road. Lambert wrote thus to the Councel I sent to you before my thoughts of the untenableness of the pass at Warrington since which the Enemy pressing close after us came to Warrington Town before we could get the Bridg broken The Enemy pressed hard on us in the lanes but we came off well I commanded the rear-guard to charge which they did and routed the Enemy and their own men falling foul upon their other 2 Bodies routed them also We had the pursuit of them at least a Mile we killed him who commanded the party and about 8 more and took 6 Prisoners besides divers wounded this gave us time to ride 2 miles without any more trouble and to draw out a new Rear-guard of Collonel Rich his Regiment Which having done they again ingaged us and we charged them with the same Success killed and took the same number and after marched quietly to Knock forth Heath and lost but one man who was taken Prisoner pursuing a Trooper That we endeavoured to amuse the Enemy and to flank and front them till
their parts Provided this liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy nor to such as under the profession of Christ hold forth and practise Licentiousness XXXVIII That all Laws Statutes Ordinances and Clauses in any Law Statute and Ordinance to the contrary of the aforesaid Liberty shall be esteemed as null and void XXXIX That the Acts and Ordinances of Parliament made for the Sale or other Disposition of the Lands Rents and Hereditaments of the late King Queen and Prince of Arch-bishops and Bishops c. Deans and Chapters the Lands of Delinquents and Forest Lands or any of them or of any other Lands Tenements Rents and Hereditaments belonging to the Commonwealth shall no way be impeached or made invalid but shall remain good and firm And that the securities given by Act and Ordinance of Parliament for any sum or sums of money by any of the said Lands the Excise or by any other Publick Revenue and also the Securities given by the Publick Faith of the Nation and the engagement of the Publick Faith for satisfaction of Debts and Damages shall remain firm and good and not be made void and invalid upon any pretence whatsoever XL. That the Articles given to or made with the Enemy and afterwards confirmed by Parliament shall be performed and made good to the persons concerned therein And that such Appeals as were depending in the last Parliament for relief concerning Bills of Sale of Delinquents Estates may be heard and determined the next Parliament Any thing in this Writing or otherwise to the contrary notwithstanding XLI That every successive Lord Protector over these Nations shall take and subscribe a solemn Oath in the presence of the Council and such others as they shall call to them That he will seek the Peace Quiet and Welfare of these Nations cause Law and Justice to be equally Administred and that he will not violate or infringe the matters and things contained in this Writing and in all other things will to his Power and to the best of his understanding govern these Nations according to the Laws Statutes and Customs XLII That each person of the Council shall before they enter upon their Trust take and subscribe an Oath That they will be true and faithful in their Trust according to the best of their knowledge And that in the Election of every Successive Lord Protector they shall proceed therein impartially and do nothing therein for any promise fear favor or reward The Oath taken by His Highness Oliver Cromwel Lord Protector WHereas the Major part of the last Parliament judging that their sitting any longer as then constituted would not be for the good of this Common-wealth did Dissolve the same and by a Writing under their hands dated the Twelfth day of this instant December resigned unto Me their Powers and Authorities And whereas it was necessary thereupon That some speedy course should be taken for the settlement of these Nations upon such a Basis and Foundation as by the Blessing of God might be lasting secure Property and answer those great ends of Religion and Liberty so long contended for And upon full and mature Consideration had of the Form of Government hereunto annexed being satisfied that the same through Divine Assistance may answer the Ends afore-mentioned And having also been desired and advised aswell by several Persons of Interest and Fidelity in this Commonwealth as the Officers of the Army to take upon Me the Protection and Government of these Nations in the manner expressed in the said Form of Government I have accepted thereof and do hereby declare My acceptance accordingly And do promise in the presence of God That I will not violate or infringe the matters and things contained therein but to My power observe the same and cause them to be observed and shall in all other things to the best of My understanding Govern these Nations according to the Laws Statutes and Customs seeking their Peace and causing Justice and Law to be equally administred O. Cromwel Oliver Cromwell Captain General of all the Forces of this Commonwealth and now declared Lord Protector thereof did this Sixteenth day of December One thousand six hundred fifty three Sign this Writing and solemnly promise as is therein contained in presence of the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England who Administred the same Oath and of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London divers of the Judges of the Land the Officers of State and Army and many other persons of Quality The Writing mentioned in the Oath was in these Words December 12. 1653. UPon a Motion this day made in the House that the sitting of this Parliament any longer as now Constituted will not be for the good of the Commonwealth And that therefore it was requisite to deliver up unto the Lord General Cromwel the Powers which they received from him These Members whose Names are underwritten have and do hereby resign their said Powers to his Excellency The same Day the Council did set forth this Proclamation BY THE COUNCIL WHereas the late Parliament Dissolving themselves and resigning their Powers and Authorities The Government of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland by a Lord Protector and Successive Trienial Parliaments is now Established And whereas Oliver Cromwell Captain-General of all the Forces of this Commonwealth is declared Lord Protector of the said Nations and hath accepted thereof We have therefore thought it necessary as we hereby do to make Publication of the Premises and strictly to Charge and Command all and every person and persons of what quality and condition soever in any of the said three Nations to take notice thereof and to conform and submit them selves to the Government so established And all Sheriffs Majors Bayliffs and other Publick Ministers and Officers whom this may concern are required to cause this Proclamation to be forthwith Published in their respective Counties Cities Corporations and Market Towns To the end none may have cause to pretend ignorance in this behalf Given at White-Hall this sixteenth day of December 1653. 17 The new Lord Protector observed new and great State and all Ceremonies and respects were paid to him by all sorts of Men as to their Prince 19 Letters that the Highlanders dispersed themselves for their Levys and intended to force unreasonable Contributions That some of them near Durham robbed the Post Boy took away his Letters Horse Coat and Twenty pence in money That Major Murryhead was taken Prisoner by a Party of the English he being on his Journey to the Highlanders That Captain Lisle with a Party of the English Army fell into the Enemies Quarters and took Two Captains one Cornet one Quarter-Master a Corporal and twenty private Souldiers and about forty Horse and some Armes fired the House and killed three Men and lost not one Man and but one wounded in the Thigh That by Order Captain Lisle met with Collonel Morgan and they marched seven Miles into the Highlands
not many days since they earnestly Laboured to hinder the doing of it now they Shout for Joy because it is done thus are the minds this is the practice of the Multitude whom nothing pleaseth long nothing more than Novelty The Ceremonies being performed at the Cathedral the New King with all His New Subjects and Servants returned back from thence unto the Castle in the same Order as they came thither and by the way He was Saluted by the People with their Loud Shouts of God save the King Thus coming to His Court the Abdicated Queen as He entred looks out of the Window and with a cheerful Countenance and Voice heard by the Company wisheth Her Cousin Joy of His Crown and Government He retires for a while to His private Chamber then is called forth to a Sumptuous Feast where most of the Senators and Nobility did Atend upon Him and rejoyce with Him 13 An Order of the Commissioners for setling the differences according to the Treaty with the Dutch between any of the Subjects of those Common-wealths 14 Letters of ten Days constant march of the English Army in the Highlands burning the Houses and Corn as they marched That they Traced the Enemy four days but could not meet with them nor with any Intelligence of them all the People removing before the Army and all their Goods and Cattle carried away That Middleton got away by water and lost one hundred Horse in his march but would not Engage with the English 15 Letters of a Brest Man of War taken Of a French Banker brought in Loaden with Fish and of eight more of them got away Of two French Prizes brought into Plymouth Of some Tories still abroad in Ireland 17 A List sent in and published of the Names of those who were Elected in the several Shires Cities and Burroughts in England and Wales to Serve in the next Parliament 18 Letters of the Armies March in the Highlands where in fourteen Days they saw neither Man Woman or Child and those they saw afterwards hardly to be called Men or Women by reason of their mishapes The Description of the strange bad Country of Loquaber and Kintal and the Mountains of Admannoth the difficult passages and the almost continual Fog and Rain there Of the Queen of Swedens private coming to Hamburgh 18 Letters of the King of Swedens proceedings in his Government and of his Brother Prince Adolphus his coming to Hamborough in his travail toward France 19 Letters that the English Army could by no means Engage the Forces of the Enemy in the Highlands in Scotland but after a most tedious and difficult march and being in great want of Provisions were returning back 20 A Ship Loaden of one hundred Tun near London Bridge was set on Fire by a Pot of Pitch heating upon the Decks and burnt with all her Lading and divers of her Men and some looking on her were slain with Pieces of her Timber blown up by the Gunpowder in her and much harm done to St. Olaves Church and to Houses near her 21 An other Ship Loaden with Oyl and other Goods had her Powder set on fire and all the Goods in her were burnt and sunck divers Men in her slain and some wounded and much damage done to the adjacent Houses Letters of the Brest Men Freebooters again upon the Western Coast 22 Letters of Middletons Forces being about Dunkel in Scotland eight hundred Horse and twelve thousand Foot much discontented complaining of the King and that amongst them four Horses Shooes were Sold for 15 d. That the English Army are still marching in pursuit of the Enemy 24 The French Ambassador and the three Ambassadors from the States of the United Provinces had Audience of the Lord Protector Letters that Middleton intended to dismount most of his Horse and to make use of his light Footed Highlanders to provoke the English to follow him in the Bogs and to prolong the War That Writs were received in Scotland for Election of Members in that Nation to Serve in the Parliament of England That a Party of Collonel Okeys Men fell upon the Earl of Atholls Men drove them up to their main Body killed three and took four of them upon which Allarum the Enemy fled and the English being tired could not pursue them nor gain intelligence where they were That the King of Scots the Princess of Orange the Queen of Sweden and Prince Adolphus were to meet at the Spaw in Germany 25 Letters of the great meeting at the Spaw with the Queen of Sweden and very many great Persons and Nobility upon which some English Design was expected 26 Mr. Sympson was enlarged from his Imprisonment and had liberty to Preach any where ten Miles from London The Lord Protector Sate very close with his Councel and gave Audience to several Ambassadors 27 Letters of some Tories in Ireland breaking out again into a Rebellion That one hundred thousand were come into Conought and Clare to be Tenants to particular Persons but refuse to become Tenants to the Common-wealth 28 Letters that divers of Middletons Forces left him that the English Vant Guard fell upon their Rear and did much Execution upon them till night prevented further dispute of them That General Blake went out of the Downs with a gallant Fleet as Admiral and Captain Lawson his Vice-Admiral 29 The Dutch sent seventy thousand pound into London for satisfaction of the Losses sustained by the English at the Sound in Denmark according to the late Articles of Peace A. C. came Post from Scotland with Letters from General Monk and from Collonel Morgan of the Routing of the Forces under General Middleton by Collonel Morgan divers killed and taken and his whole Body broken and dispersed Several Scots Officers of Quality taken Prisoners 31 Letters from General Monk to the Lord Protector of the particulars of the Routing of Middletons Army to this effect The Enemy having marched off in a very scattered posture upon our pursuit of them in Argyle and they bending Northwards I held it much necessary in regard that both Horse and Foot with me were much Beaten out with continual Marches to attend their motion slowly having sent to Collonel Morgan with his fresh Party to pursue them as he had Intelligence Who marching out of Baquenorth to Loughgary where he intended to quarter that night he fell upon Middletons Body of Horse who had also appointed that same place for their Quarter after a little resistance the Enemy ran and the pass being narrow and boggy quit their Horses and disperst themselves what Execution is done I have not yet Notice but by divers Prisoners who endeavoured to escape this way I am assured that their whole Body of Horse is routed totally so that they will not be able to get any considerable numbers together among those Prisoners taken there was one brought in by Cornet Baker Lieutenant-Collonel Hay who lately escaped out of Edenbrough Castle
now in my Return homewards give me leave Sir to acquaint you with some passages of Respect to this Common-wealth in my Journy both in Sweden Denmark and Germany The Magistrates and People of Stockholm were very Respectful to your Servants and General Wrangel and General Major Fleetwood with Here Lagerfelds and others Accompanied me Fourty English Miles to their Chief City There they freely showed me not only the Stately Castle Town Haven and Ships but their Works Magazines Arsenal Work-Houses for Arms and Shipping which were very strong and Considerable There I had two Ships provided for my Transportation over the Baltique Sea and in that where I went on Board a Vice-Admiral was sent to Command being a point of great Honour and the Ship was Richly Furnished and Accommodated for the Voyage After we had passed this deep and rough Sea through great Tempests and Dangers and were Arrived near to the Hans Town of Lubeck they hearing of it by our Guns sent their Coach and Officers to conduct me to their City where some of the Chief of their Lords with their Syndick or Recorder came from the rest to Salute me and in the Latine Oration made to me gave me all welcome to the Place and highly expressed their Valuation of this Common-wealth I Received also Civil Complements and Salutations from the Dukes of Saxony Holstein Curland Lunenburgh and other free Princes of Germany full of Respect and Honour to you Here I received likewise Respect and Ceremonies from the English Company at Hambourgh two days Journy from this City who sent Messengers to invite me to their House in Hambrough and expressed all Duty and Respects to you as their Superiours In my Land-journey which was not without hardship and want of Conveniencies where the Armies had been in their late Warrs betwixt these two Hans Towns of Lubecke and Hambourgh About two Leagues before I came to Hambourgh my Countrymen of the English Company there met me upon the way with about Fifty Coaches and about Two hundred Horsemen to welcome me to those Parts They Treated me Nobly by the way and Conducted me into Hamburgh where the Streets were so Crowded with People that we had a difficult passage through them and generally both in their words and carriage they expressed all civility and respect unto this Commonwealth The same Evening that I came hither the Lords of Hamburgh sent four of their Senators with their Syndicke to Salute and welcome me to their City and presented me nobly with Provisions of Fish and Flesh Wine and Beer for my Hospitality They Congratulated the success of your Treaty with Sweedland and expressed very high regard to our Commonwealth they invited me to Collations and did me the Honour to come to my Table and appointed one of their Chief Military Officers to shew me the Works and Ammunition of the Town and others of their own Number to accompany me to their Town-House and to inform me in Matters relating to their Judicatories Indeed their Fortifications are very strong and regular and they have great store of Armes and Ammunition and give therein a good Pattern for others as also for Provisions for their Shipping Sir I must do this right to them that both at my coming thither and during my stay there which was about ten days and at my departure from thence they did upon all occasions manifest as great an esteem and respect for this Common-wealth as any whom I have met with in Forreign Parts Sir it pleased God to stop our Voyage by contrary Winds and to stay us upon the Elbe near Gluckstade a Town of the King of Denmarks who hearing of my being there sent one of his Senatours Grave Rossen-Cross Vice Roy of Holstein to invite me to his Court. The Vice Roy came with many Attendants and not without great danger by the stormy Weather on Board my Ship and highly Complemented this Commonwealth from his Master but I knowing the course of Treatments in those Parts excused my self with the best Civility I could from going on Shore Alledging what was a truth That no person having the Command of your Ships as I then had and being on Board them ought to go from them without leave until his Voyage were finished and that this was my condition at that time I had much ado to satisfie the Vice Roy but he was well pleased with this Treatment and promised to make my Apology to his Master and to do all good Offices with him to testifie his Service to this Commonwealth After an extream dangerous and strong passage betwixt Hambourgh and England wherein the hand of God appeared wonderfully in the preservation of your Servants we all came in safety to our dear Country Thus Sir I have given you an Account of the whole Transactions of this business and for any Errours or Miscarriage of mind in the Negotiation or in this Account I have given you of it I humbly ask your Pardon After he had spoken the House gave a general Applause and divers of them stood up and moved That he might have the Publick Thanks of the House for the good Service done in this hazardous and Important Business of his Ambassie Then the Lord Broghil spake much in commendation of the Treaty and of the Ambassadour and seconded the Motion that he might have the Publick Thanks of the House for his good Service He added That there was a considerable Sum of Money due to him for the Expences of his Ambassy and no Gratuity or Reward given for his hazardous and Great Service done for this Commonwealth And further moved That two thousand pound might be ordered by the House to be paid in satisfaction of all Arrears due to him and as a mark of favour from the House Others who were well acquainted with the business informed the House That there was near Two thousand pound Arrears due to him and that there would be very little of the Two thousand pound if they should order it for him which would be a Testimony of their Favour and Reward of his Services The House unanimously ordered That two thousand pound should be forthwith paid out of the Publick Treasury in satisfaction of all his Expences in his Ambassy not yet paid and of all Arrears due to him and the Speaker according to the order did solemnly give him the Thanks of the House for the great Service preformed for this Common-wealth in his Ambassy in Sweden 7 Six English Vessels at several times were taken upon the Western Coast and carried into Brest and other Havens of France by the Pickeroons 8 The States of Holland sent their Command to the Governour of Breda That if the Queen of Sweden came thither he should entertain Her according to the Quality of so great a Princess Much Division was amongst them concerning the young Prince of Orange 9 Most of the great Commanders of the High-landers came in to the English upon Articles 11 The House all the three last
Gods Accompt that if he had not stept in the Disease had been mortal and destructive and what is all this Truly I must needs say a company of men still like Bryars and Thorns and worse if worse can be of another sort than those before mentioned to you have been and yet are endeavouring to put us into Blood and into Confusion more desperate and dangerous Confusion than England ever yet saw And I must say as when Gideon commanded his Son to fall upon Zeba and Zalmunna and slay them they thought it more noble to die by the hand of a Man than of a Stripling which shews there is some contentment in the hand by which a man falls so is it some satisfaction if a Common-wealth must perish that it perish by Men and not by the hands of persons differing little from Beasts That if it must needs suffer it should rather suffer from rich men than from poor men who as Solomon says when they oppress they leave nothing behind them but are as sweeping Rain Now such as these also are grown up under your shadow But it will be asked what have they done I hope though they pretend Commonwealths Interest they have had no encouragement from you but that as before rather taken it than that you have administred any Cause unto them for so doing from Delays from hopes that this Parliament would not settle from Pamphlets mentioning strange Votes and Resolves of yours which I hope did abuse you Thus you see what ever the Grounds were these have been the Effects And thus I have laid these things before you and others will be easily able to judge how far you are concerned And what have these men done they have also laboured to pervert where they could and as they could the honest meaning people of the Nation they have laboured to engage some in the Army and I doubt that not onely they but some others also very well known to You have helped in this work of debauching and dividing the Army they have they have I would be loth to say who where and how much more loth to say they where any of your own Number but I can say Endeavours have been to put the Army into a Distemper and to Feed that which is the worst humour in the Army which though it was not a mastering humour yet these took their advantage from delay of the Settlement and the Practices before mentioned and stopping the pay of the Army to run Vs into free Quarter and to bring us into the inconveniences most to be feared and avoided What if I am able to make it appear in Fact That some amongst you have run into the City of London to perswade to Petitions and Addresses to you for reversing your own Votes that you have passed Whether these practices were in favor of your Liberties or tended to beget hopes of Peace and Settlement from you and whether debauching the Army in England as is before expressed and starving it and putting it upon free Quarter and occasioning and necessitating the greatest part thereof in Scotland to march into England leaving the remainder thereof to have their Throats Cut there and kindling by the rest a fire in our own Bosoms were for the advantage of Affairs here Let the World judge This I tell you also that the Correspondency held with the Interest of Cavalleers by that Party of men called Levellers and who call themselves Common-wealths-men whose Declarations were framed to that purpose and ready to be published at the time of their Commonrising whereof We are possessed and for which We have the Confession of themselves now in Custody who confess also they built their hopes upon the assurance they had of the Parliaments not agreeing a Settlement Whether these humours have not nourished themselves under your Boughs is the subject of my present discourse and I think I say not amiss if I affirm it to be so And I must say it again That that which hath been their Advantage thus to raise Disturbance hath been by the loss of those Golden opportunities that God hath put into your hands for Settlement Judge you whether these things were thus or no when you first sat down I am sure things were not thus there was a very great Peace sedateness throughout these Nations and great expectations of a settlement which I remembred to you at the beginning of my Speech and hoped that you would have entered upon your business as you found it There was a Government in the possession of the People I say a Government in the possession of the People for many Moneths it hath now been exercised neer fifteen Moneths and if it were needful that I should tell you how it came into their Possession and how willingly they received it How all Law and Justice were distributed from it in every respect as to life liberty and estate How it was owned by God as being the Dispensation of his Providence after twelve years War and sealed and Witnessed unto by the People I should but repeat what I said in my last Speech made unto you in this place and therefore 〈◊〉 forbear When you were entred upon this Government raveling into it you know I took no notice what you were doing if you had gone upon that foot of Account To have made such good and wholsom Provisions for the good of the People of these Nation for the Settling of such matters in things of Religion as would have upheld and given Countenance to a Godly Ministry and yet would have given a just Liberty to Godly men of different Judgments men of the same Faith with them that you call the Orthodox Ministery in England as it is well known the Independents are and many under the Form of Baptism who are sound in the Faith only may perhaps be different in Judgment in some lâ—sser matters yet as true Christians both looking at Salvation only by faith in the Blood of Christ men professing the fear of God having recourse to the Name of God as to a strong Tower I say you might have had Opportunity to have setled Peace and Quietness amongst all professing Godliness and might have been instrumental if not to have healed the breaches yet to have kept the Godly of all Judgments from running one upon another and by keeping them from being over-run by a Common Enemy rendred them and these Nations both secure happy and well satisfied Are these things done or any thing towards them Is there not yet upon the Spirits of men a strange itch nothing will satisfie them unless they can put their finger upon their Brethrens Consciences to pinch them there To do this was no part of the Contest we had with the Common Adversary for Religion was not the thing at the first contested for but God brought it to that issue at last and gave it into Vs by way of Redundancy and at last it proved to be that which was most dear to us and
Armed Parties began to gather into a Body In Shropshire Sir Thomas Harris with a Party Endeavoured to surprize Shrewsbury Castle but was prevented and taken Prisoner Others were prevented at Chirke Castle endeavouring to Surprize it and the like was in other Places This Design the Protector had a jealousie was countenanced by the Parliament and he gave out that to be a cause of the Dissolving of them In Scotland Middleton and others of his Party the principal Men sent Proposals to the Parliaments Commander there upon which they offered to lay down Armes The Kings Party were very Active and had many meetings about New Castle some of their Letters were intercepted and sent to the Protector Some Quakers at Hasington in Northumberland coming to the Minister on the Sabbath day and speaking to him the Country People fell upon the Quakers and almost killed one or two of them who going out fell on their Knees and prayed God to Pardon the People who knew not what they did and afterwards speaking to the People so convinced them of the evil they had done in beating of them that the Country People fell a Quarrelling among themselves with those who occasioned it and beat one another more than they had before beaten the Quakers The Brest Men of War did much damage to the English Merchants in the Western Seas which were not well guarded by the States Ships whereof Complaint was made yet two of them were taken A great Fire happened in Fleet-street next door to the Red Lyon Inn and both Houses were burnt Letters of several Scots Commanders of the Kings Party taken by the English Forces in Scotland Major John Wildman was seized upon by a Party of Mr. Butlers Horse and carryed Prisoner from Exton near Marlborough where he was taken unto Chepstow-Castle They found him in his Chamber the Door being open leaning upon his Elbow and dictating to his Man who sat Writing by him They seized the Papers that which the Man was writing was sent up to the Protector it was thus Entituled and Written The DECLARATION of the free and well-affected People of England now in Armes against the Tyrant Oliver Cromwel Esq BEing satisfied in our Judgment and Consciences of the present necessity to take up Armes for the Defence of our Native Rights and Freedoms which are wholly invaded and swallowed up in the Pride and Ambition of Oliver Cromwell who calls himself Lord Protector of England and hath rendred all English-men no better than his Vassals we expect to be branded with the infamous Name of Rebells and Traitors or to be mis-represented both to the Army City and Country as common Enemics disturbers of the publick Peace arbitrary Cavaliers Levellers or under some other odious Notion that may provoke the Army and People to endeavour our Destruction but if we may prevail to be heard before we be Condimned and Executed we shall submit our cause and righteous End we seek to the judgment of the Army and every honest English-man and if the Army it self according to their many Engagements will undertake and their strength be sufficient to Redeem us from our present Slavery and settle that Right and Freedom unto which our Birth gave us Title we shall readily lay down our present Arms. The whole Christian World knows that our English Earth hath been Drunk with Blood these Twelve years through the great Contest for Right and Freedom and the whole Treasure of the Nation exhausted in that quarrel how then can any Man whose hand or heart hath been ingaged in that bloody Contest either acquit himself to God his Conscience or his Country in yielding up tamely and silently all the Laws Rights and Liberties of England into an Vsurpers hand We have for many years pattently born all kinds of Oppression Arbitrariness and Tyranny and suffered under such heavy burdens of Exercise and Taxes as England never knew in former Ages having been fed by him that now calls himself Lord Protector and his Army with specious pretences and most alluring Promises seconded with many appeals to God for their Integrity of heart in them that true English Liberty should be setled and secured impartial Justice provided for Arbitrary Powers Abolished and every Yoak of Oppression broken and every Burden eased And we did believe as they told us That our present sufferings were only like a rough stormy Passage to the Haven of Justice Right and Freedom we could not suspect these Ambitious Designs in Cromwell and his Confederates that are now Proclaimed to the World we could not think it possible that a Man of such a mean Quality and Estate as he should Aspire to make himself an absolute Lord and Tyrant over Three Potent Nations but above all his pretended Zeal for God and his People his high professions of Godliness Simplicity and Integrity his hypocritical Prayers and days of Fasting to seek the Lord his dissembled humility and meekness and his frequent compassionate Tears upon every occasion we say these things together with his Engagements publick and private his most solemn Protestations with Imprecations of Vengeance upon Himself and Family if he Dissembled and his most frequent Appeals to God for the truth of his Professions and Declarations that he design'd nothing but securing the Liberties of Gods People and Administration of Impartial Justice and sought no Power Honour Riches or Greatness to himself or any particular Party or Interest we say these things rocked us so asleep with the pleasant Dreams of Liberty and Justice until he hath made a Sacrifice of all our Laws Liberties and Properties unto his own Ambition and now is not afraid to own what he before disclaimed and declared against He that formerly Protested before the dreadful God and to the long Parliament That He and his Army should be wholly Subject to their Civil Authority and that whosoever should attempt any violence against them should make his way through his Blood he now owns the breaking them in pieces with scorn and contempt He that declared so much Humility and Self-denial claims and owns a Power Supream to Parliaments and exerciseth an Absolute Dominion over the Laws and Estates of Three Nations He that seemed so Zealous for Liberty now dares own every private English-man his Vassal and their Parliaments his Slaves He Publisheth in his Printed Speeches to his Parliament That the benefit all English-men have in the Execution of any Laws amongst them is from him and the Authority that their Parliaments have and shall have is wholly derived from him He hath Published to the whole World that he hath dissolved all Civil Government and that he had in himself an Absolute Vnlimited Arbitrary Power without check or controul until he put some limits upon himself if he may be believed in his paper of Government Now what Patroon in Argeire ever claimed more Mastery over his Slaves bought in the Market than this Claim of Cromwells extends unto over us If we have the benefit of the Execution
and his Countenancing Orthodox Ministers and frequenting the publick Ordinances The Sweeds had good Success in Poland and in Muscovia Collonel Harvey committed to the Tower The Swedish Ambassador had Audience and related to the Protector his Masters successes A Paper of the Special Commissioners for Charitable uses read in the Churches in London inviting discoveries Cracovia was Surrendred upon Articles to the King of Sweden The Major-Generals and their several Commissioners met in several Counties to execute their Commissions The Protector and his Councel referred to Sir William Roberts and others the Examination of the Accounts of Collonel Harvey and Collonel Langham upon which they stand Committed The Ratification of the Treaty with the King of France returned by Monsieur de la Bastile the Kings Ambassador under the Kings hand and then the Protector ratified it and it was Sealed with the Great Seal of both Parties A Declaration for a publick Fast A Commission for appointing Justices of the Peace in Scotland Major Rolt arrived in Poland Envoy from the Protector to the King of Sweden A Declaration for a New Assessment The Peace between England and France proclaimed in London The French Ambassador by Invitation dined with the Protector The Swedish Ambassador having often solicited the Protector that Commissioners might be appointed to Treat with him and none being yet appointed he grew somewhat impatient and the more because none of the Grandees would vouchsafe to visit him by reason of a former Order of the long Parliament prohibiting the Conversing with Forreign Ministers neither were they willing that the Ambassador should come to them at which he wondred being so contrary to the Practice in his Countrey December 1655. Instructions published by the Protectors Councel in Scotland for the Justices of Peace in that Kingdom and for Constables and they Order the former Great Seal and Privy Seal there to be brought in The Tories in Ireland brought in the Copy of a Letter from Queen Christiana to the King of Sweden of her declaring her self to be of the Roman Catholick Religion and some Complements to the King Divers Ministers sent for by the Protector whom he acquainted with the Proposals made by Manasseth Ben Israel the Jew and referred them to the Consideration of the Ministers and others A Day of Fast publickly kept The French Ambassador went away A Brest Man of War with Commission from the Duke of York brought in the Queen Christianaes Absolution from the Church of Rome A French Man of War sunk by one of the English Fleet the Peace not being yet known Instructions to the Majors-General to take Security of all who had been in Armes for the King for their Peaceable demeanour and obedience to the Protector Audience to the Envoy of the Duke of Brandenburgh A Conference with Manasseth Ben Israel about admitting the Jewish Nation to Trade in England The Swedish Ambassador had audience The Protestors in Scotland Petitioned with Reasons against the Power of the Civil Magistrate in Church matters as contrary to Law and Scripture The Queen Christiana of Sweden Honourably received at Ferrara Additional Instructions to the Major-Generals Letters of Mr. Mannings being put to death by King Charles at Duynwald for holding Correspondence with those in England He was a Servant to Sir Edward Hyde and shot to death Audience to the Venetian Ambassador No Commissioners being yet come to the Swedish Ambassador he grew into some high expressions of his Sense of the neglect to his Master by this delay which was excused and the Protector made acquainted with it who thereupon promised to have it mended and to send suddenly to the Ambassador Mr. Meadow by Command of the Secretary of State Translated the Sweedish Treaty made by Whitelock January 1655. An Arch-Rebel in Ireland taken A Committee appointed for the business of Piedmont most of the Protectors Councel were of it Orders by the Protectors Councel in Scotland touching Delinquents payment of their Fines The Committee for Piedmont were very careful of the poor Protestants there to send relief to them The Envoy of the Elector of Brandenburgh had private Audience with the Protector Letters of the King of Sweden's prosperous Successes The Major-General and Justices of the Peace in Shropshire made strict orders for the suppressing of Drunkenness and Disorders and of Ale-Houses Players taken in New-Castle and whipt for Rogues The Sheriffs of the Several Counties declared Popish Books burnt in London The King of Sweden had a Son born at Stock-holm he was Baptized Charles Donnah o Derry the Arch Irish Traytor who had Murthered many English was Hanged at Dublin Letters of a Gallant action performed by the English in Jamaica against the Spaniards in the Indies An agreement made between the King of Sweden and the Elector of Brandenburgh The Lord Deputy Fleetwood and Collonel Sydenham told Whitelock that his Highness and the Council had appointed them to acquaint him with a Business of very great importance which is that they considering the present Condition of Affairs did hold it necessary forthwith to send an extraordinary Ambassy to the King of Swedeland about a business of the greatest Consequence and Honour that could be and most conducing to the good of the Protestant cause which was the uniting of that Interest preventing the differences that were likely to fall between that King and the Vnited Provinces and the Elector of Brandenburgh for which ends they had thoughts of Whitelock and Sir Christopher Pack to go to the King as Ambassadors from his Higness Whitelock thought he had enough of Danger and Trouble in his former Ambassy without the least reward or acknowledgment of his Service therein but instead thereof and notwithstanding the Success which God gave him yet at his return home he found Neglects and Slightings and was removed from his place of Commissioner of the Seal and was 500 l. out of Purse upon his Accounts These Considerations stuck with him and made him endeavour by all handsome pretences to be excused that Service And when Collonel Sydenham spake in commendation of Sir Christopher Pack Whitelock replyed that they might send Sir Christopher alone for he did not apprehend a necessity of sending two Ambassadors together They both to that said that the intention of sending Sir Christopher Pack was to manifest the Engagement of the City in this business and in it to put an honour upon them Whitelock alledged also that the King of Sweden's Ambassador here might probably conclude upon the Business intended without sending one from hence to him The Lord Deputy said that the Ambassador here had no Instructions for it Whitelock told him the Ambassador here he believed had instructions sufficient or might have them before Ambassadors could go from hence to Sweden And that to send him now who had been so lately with the same King would give an alarm to all the Popish Princes and
whereby your Petitioner may receive Encouragement to proceed in the Management of his said Trade And he shall pray c. His Highness is pleased to refer this Petition to the Committee for Trade 15th Jan. 1655. Jo. Thurloe 15. His Highness having referred this Petition to the Committee for Trade they ordered Whitelock to attend them And they enquired the Reason of the Inhauncing the Impositions upon Coppar in Sweden and what Course might be found out to reduce that Imposition to the former Rate and to keep up the Manufacture of Lattin Wyer here Whitelock told them that he supposed the Reason of Inhaunsing the Imposition by the King of Sweden upon his Coppar was his extraordinary occasions for Money especially in this time of his Wars and that he was a free Prince who might lay what Impositions he did think fit upon the Commodities of his own Countrey That for the Reducement of those Impositions to the former or any lower Rates than they were at now he knew no way but either upon the present Treaty with the Swedish Ambassador here to see what might be done by way of ascertaining those and other Impositions or by buying up all the Coppar at certain Rates to be agreed upon That it had been usual in former times upon Treaties between England and Spain and with France and other Nations that the State here did agree what Impositions should be paid by the English upon the Commodities which they brought from those Countreys and thereby Trade was much encouraged the Merchant was upon a Certainty for payment of his Customs beyond Seas and the State here knowing what the Merchant was to pay beyond Seas as particularly for Wines did thereupon use to set the prices upon Wines here And concerning the buying up of the Coppar of Sweden he told them it would be in his poor Judgment of very great advantage to England if it might be compassed upon reasonable Terms and that it might be compassed he had the more Reason to believe because that himself had some Conference about it when he was Ambassador in Sweden with some there and since with some of the Swedish Ambassadors Company here and did perceive them inclinable to such a bargain and they had heretofore made such a Contract with the City of Lubec in Germany who gained great Wealth thereby for they became sole Merchants of the Coppar and had the Manufacture likewise within themselves of making it into Brass and of the Commodities made thereof which they vented at their own prices in all parts of Christendom and some of them they vended back again into Sweden it self That the late King Gustavus Adolphus finding the inconvenience and loss to Sweden hereby would not permit the Lubeckers to enlarge their time of that Contract but got the Manufacture of Brass within themselves and vented their own Coppar to the several Merchants who resorted thither for it That England hath a great advantage herein more than other Countreys by reason of the plenty of Lapis Calaminaris here by which the Coppar is turned into Brass and that there is not in any Countrey of Europe so great store of that Mineral as here that he knew of none but in Bohemia which was so great a Journey by Land to any Port that it would hardly quit the Cost of the Carriage of it That in case England could have the sole venting of Coppar and Brass they might make their own Rates of it they might furnish themselves and whom else they pleased and none other with Brass Ordnance which are of far better use especially for Shipping than those of Iron That it would bring the Manufacture of Lattin Wyre and all other Manufactures of Brass solely amongst us and be of great Consequence both as to matter of Profit and of security to us He told them further That he had some thoughts himself of being a Merchant for it if he could have procured others of Value to have joined with him therein but they found great difficulties for particular Persons to go through with such a business without the State especially in Relation to the Casting of Ordnance That he had acquainted some of the Councel with this business as a matter fit for my Lord Protector and the States Consideration but he found that their leisure would not admit them to think further upon it and therefore having made known his own poor Judgment therein as he conceived did become his duty and nothing being thought fit to be done in it he submitted to the Judgment of others who he supposed knew the business or the reasons of publick matters better than himself but now having received the commands of this Committee to attend them in a business which had relation to that matter of the Coppar he thought it his Duty to represent his thoughts at large to them to whose consideration he conceived it to be very proper Some of the Committee asked Whitelock what quantity of Coppar might belong to the King of Sweden and what to his Subjects and what payments might be expected for it and what the Terms might be in a contract for all their Coppar He answered that the King of Sweden had the Propriety in Right of his Crown of the most part of the great Mountains where the Coppar Mines were That all the Coppar digged out of those Mountains whereof the Soil or Royalty belonged unto him was his Majesties particular goods That of all the Coppar belonging to any of his Subjects and digged out of their particular Mines in their several grounds and soil yet a Tenth of all that is paid unto the King and by a late Composition for Customs Impositions and other duties they have agreed to pay a Fifthteenth or thereabouts of all the Remainder to the King so that a very little quantity remains but what is in his Majesties dispose and the quantity of the whole he guessed might come to about 250000 l. or 300000 l. yearly in value or thereabouts as he could guess That the way there is to make their Carriages in the Winter time by Sledds upon the Ice The Summer being so hot that they cannot Travail nor their Cattle work and the Frost so strong that the wayes are then best and then they bring all the Coppar to the Port-Towns where it lies ready for the Ships by the Spring when the Ice is gone and that they can come into those Seas That he was told they would expect one half of the money to be agreed upon before the Coppar were taken into Ships when it was ready for them and the other half of the money at the Arrival of the Ships here and would be contented to take Bills or the payment of the Money at Hamburgh or Lubec or some of those Towns not far from the Baltick But what conditions they would now expect he knew not the business having slept for some time The Committee generally expressed themselves with great approbation of the Proposition of buying
Officers Commissioners of the Seal and of the Treasury and his Council The Earl of Warwick carried the Sword before him and the Lord Mayor of London carried the City Sword His Highness standing under the Cloth of State the Speaker in the Name of the Parliament presented to him 1. A Robe of Purple Velvet lined with Ermine which the Speaker assisted by Whitelocke and others put upon his Highness then he delivered to him the Bible richly gilt and bossed after that the Speaker girt the Sword about his Highness and delivered into his hand the Scepter of massie Gold and then made a Speech to him upon those several things presented to him wishing him all prosperity in his Government and gave him the Oath and Mr. Manton by Prayer recommended his Highness the Parliament the Council the Forces by Land and Sea and the whole Government and People of the three Nations to the blessing and protection of God After this the people gave several great shouts and the Trumpets sounding the Protector sate in the Chair of State holding the Scepter in his hand on his right side sate the Ambassadour of France on the left side the Ambassadour of the Vnited Provinces Near to his Highness stood his Son Richard the Lord Deputy Fleetwood Claypole Master of the Horse his Highness Council and Officers of State the Earl of Warwick held the Sword on the right side of the Chair and the Lord Mayor of London held the City Sword on the left hand of the Chair near the Earl of Warwick stood the Lord Viscount Lisle general Mountague and Whitelocke each of them having a drawn Sword in their hands Then the Trumpets sounded and an Herauld proclaimed his Highness Title and Proclamation was made and loud Acclamations of the People God save the Lord Protector The Ceremonies being ended His Highness having his Train carried by the Lord Sherwood Mr. Rich the Earl of Warwick's Grandchild and by the Lord Roberts his Son accompanied by the Ambassadours and attended as before went in State to Westminster-Hall Gate where he took his rich Coach In the upper end of it himself sate in his Robes in the other end sate the Earl of Warwick in one Boot sate his Son Richard and Whitelocke with a drawn Sword in his hand and in the other Boot sate the Lord Viscount L'Isle and General Mountague with Swords drawn in their hands Cleypole led the Horse of Honour in rich Caparisons the Life Guard and other Guards attended the Coach the Officers and the rest followed in Coaches to White-hall The Speaker and members of Parliament went to the House where they passed some Votes and ordered them to be presented to his Highness Then according to the Act of Parliament the House adjourned it self till the twentieth of January next The Bills passed by his Highness this Parliament besides those mentioned before were An Act for the preventing of the multiplicity of Buildings in and about the Suburbs of London and within ten miles thereof An Act for quiet enjoying of sequestred Parsonages and Vicarages by the present Incumbent An Act for discovering convicting and repressing of Popish Recusants An Act and Declaration touching several Acts and Ordinances made since the twentieth of April 1653. and before the third of September 1654. and other Acts c. Instructions agreed upon in Parliament for Joseph Aylloffe Thomas Skipwith Jeremy Banes Adam Ayre Esq James Robinson and William Marr Gent. Commissioners for surveying the Forrest of Sher-wood Robert Frank John Kensey Thomas Wats Esq and George Sargeant Gent. Commissioners for surveying the Forrest or Chase of Need-wood James Stedman Robert Tayler Thomas Tanner Esq and John Halsey Gent. Commissioners for surveying the Forest or Chase of Kingswood Henry Dewell William Dawges Joseph Gamage Esq Richard Johnson Gent. Commissioners for surveying the Forrest or Chase of Ashdown or Lancaster great Park John Baynton Hugh Web Esq Major Rolph and Nicholas Gunton Gent. Commissioners for surveying Enfield Chase in pursuance of an Act of this present Parliament Intituled an Act and Declaration touching several Acts and Ordinances made since the twentieth of April 1653. and before the third of September 1654. and other Acts c. An Act for punishing of such persons as live at high rates and have no visible Estate Profession or Calling answerable thereunto An Act for Indempnifiing of such persons as have acted for the service of the publick An Act for the better observation of the Lord's Day An Act for raising of fifteen thousand pounds Sterling in Scotland An Act for an Assessment at the rate of five and thirty thousand pounds by the month upon England six thousand pounds by the month upon Scotland and nine thousand pounds by the month upon Ireland for three years from the twenty fourth of June 1657. for a Temporary supply towards the mantainance of the Armys and Navys of this Common-wealth An Additional Act for the better Improvement and advancing the Receipts of the Excise and new Impost A Book of Values of Merchandize imported according to which Excise is to be paid by the first Buyer An Act for continuing and establishing the Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage and for reviving an Act for the better packing of Butter and redress of abuses therein An Act for the better suppressing of Theft upon the Borders of England and Scotland and for discovery of High-way-men and other Felons An Act for the improvement of the Revenue of the Customs and Excise An Act for the assuring confirming and settling of Lands and Estates in Ireland An Act for the Attainder of the Rebels in Ireland An Act for the settling of the Postage of England Scotland and Ireland An Act for the Adjournment of this present Parliament from the 26th of June 1657 unto the 20th of January next ensuing The humble additional and explanatory Petition and Advice in these words TO HIS HIGHNESS THE LORD PROTECTOR OF THE Common-wealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging The humble Additional and Explanatory Petition and Advice of the Knights Citizens and Burgesses now assembled in the Parliament of this Common-wealth WHereas upon the humble Petition and Advice of the said Knights Citizens and Burgesses now assembled in the Parliament of this Common-wealth lately presented and consented unto by your Highness certain Doubts and Questions have arisen concerning some particulars therein comprised for explanation whereof May it please your Highness to declare and consent unto the Additions and Explanations hereafter mentioned and may it be declared with your Highness Consent In the fourth Article That such person and persons as invaded England under Duke Hamilton in the year 1648 Or advised consented assisted or voluntarily contributed unto that War and were for that cause debarred from publick trust by the Parliament of Scotland be uncapable to Elect or be Elected to sit and serve as Members of Parliament or in any other place of publick trust relating unto the fourth and thirteenth
but surpassing in Obstinacy the very Jews themselves they will not leave off their work but are as hard at it even at this Day as ever What shall we do with these men that will never be quiet Aeger intemperans crudelem facit medicum immedicabile vulnus ense recidendum There is another Rock and it is also a dangerous one it is a Rock upon which many have split themselves in our view and it hath lying right over against it a Quick-sand no less dangerous w ch hath swallowed up many in our sight The Rock is a Spirit of imposing upon mens consciences where God leaves them a Latitude and would have them free The Quick-sand is an abominable licentiousness to profess and practise any sort of detestable Opinions and Principles For the former the Prelates and all their Adherents Nay and their Master and Supporter too with all his posterity have split themselves upon it The bloudy Rebels in Ireland that would endure no Religion but their own amongst them have split themselves upon it and we doubt not but that the Prince of those Satanical Spirits under whose banner being cast out from hence they are now retired as unto their Belzebub will in God's good time split himself also upon this Rock and be brought down to the ground together with his bloudy Inquisition which therefore hath acquired the Sirname of the Spanish Inquisition But as God is no Respecter of Persons so neither is he any Respecter of Forms but in what Form soever this Spirit appeareth he hath he will testifie his displeasure against it though it be not of so deep a Dye as that I have spoken of before If men though otherwise good men will turn Ceremony into Substance and make the Kingdom of Christ to consist in Circumstances in Disciplines in Formes though these things also may have their use as to Order and Decency so they be strained no further and not carried beyond their line and measure But I say if Vniformity in these things shall dissolve Vnity among Brethren and especially if it grow to such a height of Animosity and so high a degree of Asperity that if one say but Siboleth instead of Shiboleth it shall be accounted Ground enough to cut his Throat though one of his Brethren If any men shall account all as Heathens and no Christians that are not under such or such an Ordinance all men Devils that are out of such a Circle such a Form and all men the Seed of the Serpent that will not Father such or such an Opinion it may be but fancies too when all his done such Principles such Practices men cannot bear God will not endure and in vain do they protest against the Persecution of God's People when as eagerly persecuting all others they make the Definition of God's People so narrow that their persecution becometh as broad as any others and usually more fierce because ordinarily edged with a sharper temper of Spirit It may be that many amongst these shall by God's mercy meet together in Heaven but certainly had they power at Will they would not suffer one another to live upon the Earth Therefore blessed be God who in mercy to us and them hath placed the power in such hands as make it their business to keep peace amongst them and to hinder them from biting and devouring one another Nay he is pleased sweetly to influence some amongst themselves of more moderate Spirits to ballance the rest and to keep them in Peace at present and not without hopes by God's blessing upon their Perswasions and Examples to bring them at length to a nearer Conjunction of Hearts and of Minds And if those that are more earnest amongst them would be but a little jealous over their own Spirits would but observe the Rebukes of God upon all that have been transported unto those extreams and trace the footsteps of his Indignation against them whereof he hath left several Prints in all the three Nations it might be a good help to reduce them to that Golden-mean which certainly is the right way which undoubtedly is God's way God was not in the Whirle-wind nor in the Earthquake nor in the Fire when he came to Eliah on the Mount of God but he was in the still and small voice There must be a voice but it must be a small and still voice enough to hold forth a certain and distinct sound but not to make so great a noise as to drown all other voices besides It is good it is usefull to hold forth a certain Confession of the Truth but not so as thereby to exclude all those that cannot come up to it in all points from the Privileges which belong to them as Christians much less which belong to them as men For that other extream that Gulf and Quick-sand whereupon so many wretched Souls have made Shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience abandoning themselves to all looseness of Opinions Principles and Practices denying and Blaspheming the Lord that bought us and the Holy Spirit that sanctified us making a mock of Scriptures of Heaven and Hell and of all the Fundamentals of our most Holy Faith I need not speak more to it there is Testimonium rei in the Case the things themselves speak loud enough to all sober Consciences that they are intolerable Between these two that Rock and this Quick-sand the Parliament in their humble Petition and Advice have most wisely and most Christianly steared their course wherein if they shall constantly persevere all good men in City in Country in Army and every where nay God himself will stand by them and own them in it And not only in matters of Religion but also in our civil concerns and liberties we have a very fair way traced out unto us by the Parliament to settle and secure them both and make the three Nations happy thereby if some therein would but rectifie their Opinions and bring them to things as God would have them and not strive to bring things with so much hazard and difficulty to their Opinions like one that being scorched with standing too near the fire rather than stir an Inch from the place where he hath set down his foot casts about for Masons and Work-men to pull the House down that so he may set the Chimney further off from him Give me leave to speak one word more in this familiar way of expression in the dialect and to the sense and experience of every plain Countrey-man The late Wars and Confusions had so trod and trampled down the Quick-wood whereby the Hedge was made to fence in our Laws and Liberties that there is a necessity of setting it over again Now some will admit of no other way but to set the very same Old Plants in the very self same Old Bank others run so far to the extream on the other side that they will have none of the Old Sets none of the Old Bank no Bank at all but will have
of Sir George Booth who heightened by that success where the Promoters of this Address In the afternoon a Letter was delivered into the House signed by many Officers of the Army superscribed to Ashfield Cobbet and Duckenfield by whom it was desired that the Paper and the Letter might be presented to Fleetwood and after to the General Council The Paper was entitled the Petition and Proposals to the Parliament of the Officers under the Command of Lambert in the late Northern expedition 23. A Vote passed contrary to one of the Armies Proposals That to have any more General Officers in the Army than are already settled by the Parliament was useless chargeable and dangerous to the Common-wealth This Vote was opposed as tending to cause greater Divisions among them and that it was not Prudent to exasperate those who had so lately done such great service for the Commonwealth by denying them a matter not of great Consequence and which for the present only would satisfie them but the House ordered this Vote to be Communicated to Fleetwood And Haslerigge Nevill and their Friends drove it on eagerly 24. A Petition from London in some things not pleasing Report of the examination of Sir George Booth with Letters from the King to him with ingagements of the King's Part and other examinations A Day of Publick Thanksgiving appointed Fleetwood Communicated to the Officers of the Army the Parliaments Votes touching their Petition and Proposals to them and they appointed some to draw up a writing to be presented to the Parliament to testifie their adherence to them Colonel Brook and others and some Ministers brought to Prison being in Booth's Conspiracy 26. Power to the Council of State to send the Lord Falconbridge and others to the Tower Orders about money 27. Officers of the Army approved and the Speaker to give them their Commissions 28. Left to the City of London to choose their Mayor and Officers The Field Officers of the Army met and considered of the Paper for their adherence to the Parliament 29. Serjeant Shepherd made a Judge in Wales Order for a pay of the Militia Forces Letters of Complyance from General Monk and some of his Officers approved 30. The Bill of Vnion proceeded All business set by but matter of money and the Government The House was called October 1659. 1. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London invited the Parliament to dinner at Grocers-Hall upon the Thanksgiving Day and the House accepted their Invitation The City also Invited the Council of State and the Officers of the Army to dinner the same day The Officers of the Army agreed upon the Paper for their adherence to the Parliament Debate touching the filling up of the House with Members Proposals Communicated to the Council touching the raising of money 3. A Committee to consider of qualifications and distribution of Members for Parliaments 4. Power continued to the Council of State to issue monies Votes for money for the Army and Navy The Chapel at Somerset-House where the French meet excepted from being sold Orders for maimed Souldiers 5. Petitions from divers of the Prisoners Monk would have had Whitelocke one of the Commissioners for Scotland but Whitelocke did put it off and others were reported from the Council to the House Letter agreed from the House to General Monk taking notice of his faithfulness to the Parliament Order for Seals for Scotland and Ireland Desborough and other Officers of the Army in the name of the General Council of the Army presented to the House a Petition and Representation in which were several matters displeasing to the House as infringing their Privileges and seeming to impose upon them But the House did return thanks for their good expressions and appointed a day to consider of it Orders for Provision for maimed Souldiers and for monies for the Army 6. The Members of Parliament and of the Council and the Officers of the Army after solemnizing the Thanksgiving dined together with the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-council at Grocers Hall where the City highly feasted them and there were many mutual expressions of respect and love among them 7. Order for thanks to the City for their Entertainment Several Addresses to the Parliament Order for the Council to examine the account of the Monies for Piedmont Letters from publick Ministers 8. Resolved That no Officer of Profit or Trust be passed the same day that he is propounded A new Act of Sequestrations Debate upon the Representations of the Officers of the Army 10. A Vote for liberty of Conscience Answers to some parts of the Armies Representation and in justification of those Members of the House who informed somewhat against the Officers 11. Answers to others of the Proposals in the Armies Representation somewhat reflecting upon the Officers and to allay them again Votes were past for pay for the Army and for respect to those in the late Expedition under Lambert and for relief for wounded Souldiers and for the Widows of Souldiers slain Haslerigge and his party being jealous that the Souldiers might break them and raise money without them past an Act against raising any money without consent of Parliament And this raised jealousies in the Souldiers especially being enacted High Treason 12. Debate upon the Armies Representation and a Letter directed to Colonel Okey reflecting upon the Parliament and a printed Paper of the Armies Representation and the Parliaments Answers which being read the Parliament discharged Lambert Desborough and seven or eight more principal Officers of the Army who had subscribed the Letter from their Military Imployment and ordered and past an Act for putting out Fleetwood from being Lieutenant General of the Army and appointing him and Ludlow Monk Haslerigge Walton Morley and Overton to be Commissioners to govern all the Forces This further exasperated Lambert and his party and most of the old Officers of the Army then in London and rashly added to the then Divisions Order for the next Officers to succeed those put out and the Serjeant to carry the Orders of the House to them 13. These proceedings of the Parliament netled the Officers of the Army especially those who had performed so late and good Service and caused them to consider what to do for their own Interest and of these Lambert Desborough Berry and the rost who were outed of their Commands were the chief This Morning the Souldiers drew out of Scotland Yard part of them to Westminster and possessed themselves of the Hall the Palace Yards and Avenues and these were such as Haslerigge Morley and their Party had to declare for the Parliament and to be Guards to them Evelyn who commanded the Life-guards of the Parliament marching forth with his Troop to doe his Service was met by Lambert at Scotland-yard Gate and Lambert commanded Evelyn to dismount who thought it safest to obey and
be too credulous of Monk's pretences 19. Monk's Commissioners sent away to him the Agreement made here by them according to the Powers which he gave them and expected his confirmation thereof Letters that Grave Rantzow was to come Ambassadour hither from the King of Denmark That General Monk had summoned a Convention in Scotland of two Persons for each Shire and one for each Borough The Committee of Safety holding it convenient and necessary for divers weighty Reasons to adjourn the remaining part of the present Term from Saturday the 19th of this instant November until the first day of the next Term to prevent the discontinuance of any Process Suits or Causes now depending or any inconvenience to the people thereby Ordered that Writs be issued and passed under the Great Seal of England in usual form for that purpose 20. Letters that when Captain Pool moved to send into England to be truly informed of the proceedings here Monk clapt him up in prison where he yet continues And that many of Mank's Souldiers were dissatisfied Mr. Barker and Mr. Caryl Ministers sent to Monk could perswade nothing with him nor have any but general and uncertain Answers from him 21. That many of Monk's men were dissatisfied and that Mr. Collins his Chaplain had left him 22. The General Council of Officers of the Army made choice of Commissioners to agree upon the qualifications of the Members for the next Parliament or Supream Delegated Authority and desired them to meet in the Horse-Chamber at Whitehall 23. Letters from the North of Lambert's being at Newcastle and that many of Monk's Officers and Souldiers came in to him A Letter from Monk was delivered to the Common-council of London which was not relished well by them 25. Monk's three Commissioners that were here were very confident that he would approve what they had agreed which was fully according to his Instructions Some Members of the former Council of State gave out Commissions sealed by them for raising of Forces Morley Walton Reynolds Scot Haslerigge Nevil and others of them met often Monk had a Convention in Scotland to whom he propounded 1. That he having a Call from God and Man to march into England to settle the Peace there that in his absence they would preserve the Peace in Scotland To this they answered That they could not engage for it wanting Arms but they would endeavour it 2. That if Troubles did arise they would assist him to suppress them To this they answered That they were incapable to do it and it would be imprudent in them to engage in these new troubles 3. He required money of them which they promised to levy Monk caused an Engagement to be signed by the Horse And Major General Morgan was forward to assist Monk 26. The Committee proceeded in preparing a Form of Government wherein Vane was hard to be satisfied but did much stick to his own apprehensions 28. Letters of Monk's March from Edenborough towards England with Bag and Baggage 29. Order to seal a Commission to Mr. Sadler Mr. Taylor and others for Probate of Wills 30. Letters from Monk to Fleetwood full of complements and expressions of his earnest desire of a speedy settlement of the present Differences And because he perceived in the Agreement signed by Fleet-wood that there are some things remain there untreated of and unagreed upon it was the resolution of him and his Officers to add two more to the number to have conference with the like number to be appointed here to put a final end to the business which he desired might be as soon as possible Upon consideration of this Letter some of the Committee declared their opinions That this was only a delay in Monk to gain time and be the better prepared for his design to bring in the King and to bring the Army here and their Party into more streights for want of Pay which he had got for his Forces And therefore advised to fall upon Monk presently to bring the matter to an issue before his Souldiers were more confirmed and Fleetwood's Party discouraged But this advice was not taken but a new Treaty consented to by Commissioners on each part to be at Newcastle The Committee of Safety set forth a Proclamation prohibiting the subscribing of Papers under colour of Petitions for the promoting of designs dangerous to the Peace of the Commonwealth They ordered that there be a Committee appointed to receive an account of Mr. Downing's transactions as a publick Minister for this Commonwealth with the States General of the united Provinces of the Netherlands And what other things he hath to offer in relation to this affair That the Lord Whitelocke Mr. Strickland Alderman Ireton General Desborough Colonel Berry and Mr. Holland or any two of them be a Committee to receive the said Account from Mr. Downing to morrow December 1659. 1. The Lord Fanshaw was released from his Imprisonment 3. Several Commissions of the Militia were sealed for Westminster and Essex Order of the Lord Mayor for preservation of the Peace of the City An Address to Fleetwood from the Officers under Lambert for expediting the Treaty with Monk 4. Some of the Forces about London began to be discontented for want of Pay and to favour the proceedings of Monk for restoring the Parliament an inchanting word And the Forces in the North were not well settled 5. Upon some disturbances in London some Forces marched into the City to keep the Peace and were there affronted by the multitude whereupon two of the rabble were killed and the rest were dispersed Intelligence that Colonel Whetham Governour of Portsmouth and the Garrison there had declared for the restoring of the Parliament and that Colonel Morley a Parliament man was there with them to incourage them therein whereupon the Committee order a party of Horse and Foot to march thither to reduce them 6. The General Council of the Armies of the three Nations met at White-hall to consider of a Form of Government A Committee of Aldermen of London came to the Committee of safety and excused the late tumult in the City and that they had no Hand in it 7. The General Council of the Officers considered of the Government The Committee of safety took care about the Militia Intelligence that Colonel Zankey with his Irish Brigade obeyed the orders of Monk and that Berwick was his Head Quarters 8. Great perplexity about the Publick Affairs 9. Sir George Booth was released upon security A Petition was delivered to the Common Council from many Citizens desiring to have such a Parliament as was 1642. The Petition was laid aside as a design to bring in the Common Enemy And they sent a Committee to Fleetwood to conferr with him who met at White-hall 10. Intelligence that Haslerigge Morley and Walton were in Portsmouth that Colonel Norton refused to engage with them
and found many of his old acquaintance as Reynolds Nevill and others very reserved to him And some of his friends advised him not to be in the House at the day when they had appointed to consider of the absent Members Order for Letters of thanks to be sent to Monk Lawson and the Commissioners at Portsmouth Letters from Monk of an Obstruction in the Treaty for that Haslerigge Walton and Morley acted at Portsmouth by the same authority and as equal Commissioners with Monk And that Lambert had denied a Pass for Monk's Messenger to go to them But this was not now thought to be of much effect 28. Colonel H. Ingoldsby reported to the Parliament that he and Major Wildman with three hundred Voluntier Horse came before Windsor Castle and the Governour Colonel Whitchcoat surrendred to them for the use of the Parliament Whitelocke doubted lest this might bring his Name in question he being Constable of that Castle and Wildman having been imployed with him by Fleetwood to consider of a Form of Government of a free State wherein they two and none else had gone far Whitelocke now feared lest Wildman had discovered this and the more because Wildman had before offered to bring three thousand Horse to Whitelocke to be commanded by him if he would keep Windsor Castle and declare for a free Common-wealth But Whitelocke saw no likelihood of effect in this and Wildman carried himself prudently and faithfully and nothing was said of Whitelocke And Ingoldsby had the thanks of the House for his good Service Several Votes for Money and for an Act of Indemnity 29. Desborough sent an humble Letter to the House acknowledging his fault and promising to be obedient to them The Militia Souldiers of Westminster drew together and met the Speaker and with shouts declared their adherence to the Parliament Sir Arthur Haslerigge Walton and Morley came into the House in their riding habits and Haslerigge was very jocund and high The House ordered thanks to be given them and to Wallop Love and Nevill for their good service at Portsmouth The House approved of the placing and displacing of Officers by Monk and ordered a Letter of thanks under the Seal of the Parliament to be sent to him for his fidelity and great services They also approved what had been done by the Members of the Council of State during the Interruption And thanks to the Speaker and to Lawson and his Officers and to Col. Whetham and his Officers A day of Humiliation appointed Thanks to Colonel Rich and Mr. Bremen and their Officers The House began to name a Council of State Whitelocke went to visit Haslerigge at his Lodgings in Whitehall and to bid him welcom to Town and to find how his Inclinations stood He found with him H. Nevill and they were both very reserved to Whitelocke and ranted high against the Committee of Safety 30. Orders about Moneys and for managing of the Army A great sharpness in the House towards all those who had acted during the Interruption was observed by Whitelocke And he being informed of a design of some in the House to question him and to have him sent to the Tower to be out of the way he retired to a friends house in the Country 31. The House agreed upon the Members of Parliament to be of the Council of State They read an Act of Indemnity for Officers and Souldiers appointed a Committee to confer with the Lord Mayor and Aldermen about the Peace of London Appointed Haslerigge Walton and Morley for the present to name Officers of the Regiments and Colonel Dixwell Governour of Dover January 1659. 2. An Act past for the Council of State Order for a Bill to renounce the Title of Charles Stuart and of the Line of King James to be taken by all Members of Parliament Orders touching Money for the Army Report of Vice-Admiral Lawson's concurrence with the Parliament and of the City's obedience to the Parliament and that they would take down the Posts and Chains lately set up An Act of Indemnity past for the Officers and Souldiers of the Army who should submit to the Parliament by a day and Lambert to be included in it 3. Several Letters to the Parliament one from Colonel Lockart of his concurrence with the Parliament and resolution to obey them He had thanks ordered to be sent to him and Provisions for his Garrison of Dunkirk Order for Writs to fill up the Parliament Whitelocke before his going out of Town had left order with his Wife to carry the Great Seal to the Speaker which she did lockt up in a Desk and gave the Key of it to him 4. The House kept a Day of Humiliation and afterwards read some Letters and made some References Letters from Monk in Scotland of the good condition of his Army and resolution to adhere to this Parliament and to march to reduce Lambert's Forces in case they did not conform to the Parliament The Messenger related that he met Lambert with about fifty Horse at North-Allerton that all his Forces and himself and the Lord Fairfax and his Forces and York had all submitted to this Parliament 5. Order to send for Ludlow and the Commissioners out of Ireland and referred to the Council of State to consider of settling the Civil Power and the Army there Vote to confirm the discharge of the Members in 48 and 49. 6. Letters from Monk to the Parliament owning his former prevarications in the Treaty with Fleetwood for the Service of the Parliament and promising obedience and faithfulness to this Parliament Order for a Letter of thanks to Monk for his high deservings and to desire him to come up to London as speedily as he can Letters from the Lord Fairfax and Sir Henry Cholmley and Arthington of their raising Voluntiers for the Parliament and of their taking in of York for the Parliament and complaining of Lambert's Assessments upon the Country Thanks ordered to be sent to them Letters from Lambert of submission 7. Order for observation of the Lords-day For the maimed Souldiers and for Money Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper admitted upon his Election to sit in Parliament Colonel Morley made Lieutenant of the Tower Letters from York of Colonel Lilburn's declaring for the Parliament A Conference between the Committee of Parliament and a Committee of London about the safety of the City 9. Letters from Monk from Weller Order for selling the Estates of those who were with Sir George Booth Orders about the Admiralty Lawson was brought into the House and at the Bar received the thanks of the House for his good Service in the late Interruption of Parliament and the House approved the Officers placed by him A Committee to consider of fit Persons to be Commissioners of the Seal and Judges Sir Henry Vane being sent for came and took
taken away and that the Gates of the City be forthwith destroyed And that the Commissioners of the Army do seize some Officers who have not consined themselves according to former Order and they approved what they had done in securing divers Citizens An Address of Divers Citizens presented by Mr. Praise God Barebones of adhering to this Parliament Upon a Letter from Monk the Parliament ordered to send to him the Resolves of the House That the Gates of the City of London and the Port-Cullises be destroyed and that he be ordered to put the said Votes in Execution Monk was not well satisfied that this Order was before directed to the Commissioners for Government of the Army and himself not named therein but left out as a Cypher but upon advise with his Friends he this Day Executed their Order and in the sight of the Citizens took down their Port-Cullises and Gates and took away their Posts and Chains many lookers on admired at it but none offered any Opposition And this night Monk and his Forces quartered in the City where he had many visitants of the chief Citizens and of the secluded Members and others To these he minced and excused this action and assured his confidents that it was still in Order to his and their great design and hardly gave the same account to two men but the thing was done and many amazed that he did it The Parliament finding the Common Council of London to be against them Ordered that it should be discontinued and an Act brought in to constitute a new Common Council They sent thanks to the Lord Mayor for his discreet carriage in this business They debate the Qualifications 10. Commissions delivered to Officers and Lists approved Orders about prize goods A Bill read for appointing Commissioners for the Army which was held no great Policy nor Courtship in Relation to Monk Orders for money for the Souldiers and for the Militia of London and about Trade Reference to the Council to consider what is further to be done for the fafety of the Parliament and City and to suppress seditious meetings 11. Commissions delivered to Officers Orders for Judges for next Circuit Upon a Letter from Monk and his Officers the House ordered thanks to him for securing the City and in answer to their desire for filling up the House they said they were upon the Qualifications Scot and Robinson ordered to carry this answer to him and they much boasted of their intimacy and favour with him The passed an Act to appoint Monk Haslerigge Walton Morley and Alured Commissioners for Government of the Army at which Monk was noted to be discontended and many judged it an Act of no great present Policy but Haslerigge especially did drive on furiously The House adjourned till Monday 12. Monk drew up his Forces in Finsbury dined with the Lord Mayor had conference with him and the Court of Aldermen retired to the Bull-head in Cheapside and quartered at the Glass-House in Broadstreet multitudes of People followed him congratulating his coming into the City making loud shouts and Bonfires and ringing the Bells he heard a Sermon at Pauls with the Lord Mayor Okey was sent with his Regiment to quiet Bristoll 13. Intelligence from Tork of an Address from the City and the Country to the Parliament for the secluded Members and a free Parliament Order for the Serjeant at Armes to carry Sir Henry Vane to his House at Bellew in Lincoln-shire A Proclamation for Lambert to render himself by a Day or to be sequestred Order for the Members of Parliament who acted in the Committee of Safety to attend this day sevennight and the Serjeant at Arms to summon them accordingly The Papers of the Committee of safety ordered to be brought in Orders for money for the Army Debare about the Qualifications The engagement agreed upon to be true and faithfull to the Commonwealth of England and the Government thereof in the way of Commonwealth and free State without a King single Person or House of Lords 14. Order for money for Monk's Forces that came out of Scotland with him as he shall order 15. Letters from Overton from Hull with a Declaration for the secluded Members or a free Parliament and a Letter to Monk with it referred to the Council of State A scandalous Paper against some Members of Parliament referred to a Committee Qualifications agreed upon for future Members of Parliament and an Order for Writs for new Elections to fill up the House An Address to Monk from Oxford-shire for readmitting the secluded Members and that no Previous Oaths or Engagements might be imposed on any that should be Elected Members of Parliament to this Monk answered That the Parliament had these matters under their present consideration and he wished these Gentlemen and all others to acquiesce in their determination Monk removed his Quarters to Alderman Wale's House where he was visited and consulted by the chief Citizens and Ministers and he gave them plausible hopes of their Design being compassed An Address from the North for the secluded Members or a free Parliament and no Taxes till then By Monk's Order many were disarmed in the City 16. Order for the Committee of plundered Ministers to sit and many added Commissioners for the Assessments Mr. Attorney General Reynolds reported Commissions for the Judges of the Admiralty and for Probate of Wills which passed Amendments agreed to the Qualifications 17. Additions to the Commissioners of Assessements A Form of a Writ agreed on for Elections of Members of Parliament 18. The Act of Qualifications past Several Addresses to Monk to the same effect with the former Two Souldiers hanged for disorders Other Souldiers were whipped their Offences were Mutiny and Robbery Some Members of the Parliament now sitting and about twelve of the secluded Members met at Monk's Quarters by appointment and had conference about readmitting the secluded Members And here began the great turn and the design of Monk to take place to the regret of Haslerigge Scot c. A Tumult at Bury appeased It pleased Monk that the secluded Members should sit again and neither Scot nor Robinson nor Hasterigge nor Nevil nor any of that Party could prevail with him to the contrary nor durst any to oppose him and the Spirit of the people generally especially of the Presbyterians ran that way and the Cavaliers agreed to it as the way to bring in the King 19. Other meetings of the secluded Members being had it was agreed That they should take their places in the Parliament on Tuesday next 21. The secluded Members came into the House several of the old Members absented themselves The House being thus changed made a great change in the public Affairs Several Votes were now passed without much debate to vacate all the Votes made by the House 1648 and 1649. against the secluded Members and to set all matters
reserved towards him than formerly April 1660. Anno 1660 2. News of several Elections of Parliament-men in several places 3. The Officers of the Regiments of Lon. came to Monk and in an Oration made by Alderman Robinson they sufficiently magnified him and declared their resolutions to adhere to him and to the Council of State and to the next Parliament 4. The Council Monk and his Officers were feasted at Skinner's Hall 7. Several returns of Elections for the next Parliament 9. The Council discharged Needham from writing the Weekly Intelligence and ordered Dury and Muddiman to do it The Council approved divers Officers of the Militia in several Counties and Cities An Address to Monk from the Officers of the Army of great conformity and obedience to him and to the Council and to the Parliament when sitting Monk and his Officers and the Council entertained at Goldsmiths-Hall with a Dinner an Enterlude and a Banquet The Council published a Proclamation for Lambert who had escaped out of the Tower to render himself within 24 Hours and that none entertain or harbour him 11. Commissioners of the Militia approved by the Council several returns of Parliament-men 12. Monk chosen one of the Knights for Devonshire unanimously Monk and the Council were feasted at Vintners-Hall 13. They were feasted at Fishmongers-Hall The City kept up their Chains and Guards every Night 14. Commissioners sent into Scotland to manage the Civil Affairs there A Letter of great Courtship from the King of Denmark to Monk magnifying his merits A Proclamation of the Council that they intend not to abate any of the Souldiers pay but to provide it for them Allen and Courtney committed and Captain Rainsborough Colonel Packer and Captain Wolley secured 16. A Proclamation by the Council forbidding the Subjects of England Scotland and Ireland to make use of any Sea Commission to disturb the Merchants of the three Nations or our Allies Several Addresses of Colonel Vnton Crook's Regiment Colonel Smithson's Regiment the Officers of Carlisle and of the Army in Ireland declaring their obedience to Monk the Council and Parliament 17. Several Elections of Parliament men returned 18. A Muster appointed of the Forces in London and Monk desired to be in the field The Treaty between England and Portugall signed in the Council-chamber by the Portugall Ambassadour A Mutiny at Hull prevented and punished Several Officers of the former Army imprisoned An Address to the like purpose as the other from the Army in Scotland Commissioners sent from Scotland to England to represent the desires of that Nation Letters from Monk to his Officers to apprehend Lambert 21. A Proclamation declaring Lambert and all that joyned with him to be Traytors Intelligence of some endeavours in Ireland to alienate the Souldiers from their Officers discovered The like attempts at York discovered Intelligence that Lambert intended to rendezvous his Party at Edgehill Monk intended to march out against Lambert but hearing that his Party was inconsiderable Monk altered his purpose 23. Order of the Council forbidding Stage-Players to Act. Officers of the Militia approved by the Council Colonel Ingoldsby being set out with a Party against Lambert and having his own Regiment and three other Troops of Horse and Lambert having but four Troops of Horse in all they met about two miles from Daventree where Captain Haslerigge Son to Sir Arthur Haslerigge led his Troop towards Ingoldsby's Forlorn and was taken Prisoner as some said willingly and was dismist again upon his Paroll and promise to bring over his Troop to Ingoldsby which was presently done This and Barker's Troop coming over to Ingoldsby did much dishearten Lambert and his Party yet one of his Officers desired leave of him to charge Ingoldsby assuring himself that thereupon many of Ingoldsby's men would come over to Lambert who would not permit it but desired a Parley and moved that Richard might be restored to the Protectorship and some conditions agreed upon Lambert was answered That he himself was one of those who pulled down Richard and now would set him up again and that they had no Commission to dispute but to reduce him and his Party Yet Lambert would not fight nor permit his Officers that desired it to fire a Pistol and himself prayed Ingoldsby to let him escape One of Lambert's Troopers fired a Pistol at Ingoldsby but there was no fighting Alured's Troop came in also to Ingoldsby and Lambert's wonted courage failed him neither could he escape but Ingoldsby took him Prisoner Others took Cobbet Creed and others of his Party Prisoners Oakey Axtell and others escaped and some Troopers with them Several Addresses from several Officers of the Army to the same effect as the former 25. Several dissaffected Officers of the Army secured Letters from Mountague that the Fleet joyned with those of the Army and resolved to obey the Parliament This Gentleman one of the Generals at Sea had engaged the Officers of the Fleet and had made his own terms with the King by a Kinsman of his who was in the Fleet with him for that purpose Mr. Edward Mountague eldest Son of the Lord Mountague of Bolton This Gentleman went often to the King and made terms for G. Mountague and others which were honourably performed but he himself was not so well requited for his Services as those for whom he acted The Souldiers generally and the Seamen were quite altered from their former Principles and Masters and where any were suspected to be wavering from or disaffected to the present intentions they were forthwith secured and prevented and the appointment of their meetings and risings were diligently discovered and Forces sent to hinder them The City Forces mustered in Hide-Park and made a gallant shew the Lord Mayor and Aldermen were present many Tents were in the Field and much good Cheer and Wine The same day Lambert Cobbet and Creed were brought up Prisoners to London and after examination by the Council were committed close Prisoners to the Tower The L. Falkonbridge made Colonel of Haslerigges Regiment by Monk Both Houses Lords and Commons met at S. Margarets Westminster where Dr. Reynolds preached to them and after Sermon they went to their several Houses the Commons chose Sir Harbottle Grimstone for their Speaker A Day of publick Humiliation moved by the Lords and agreed by the Commons Many Members of Parliament came to visit and consult Monk 26. Committee of Privileges named Order for a Day of Thanksgiving for raising up Monk and other Instruments in delivery of this Nation from thraldom and misery Order for thanks to Monk for his eminent and unparallel'd Services and for thanks to Colonel Ingoldsby 27. Orders about Returns of Elections Colonel Ashfield and Lieutenant Colonel Miller discharged upon their Engagement not to act any thing against the present Power M. G. Harrison and others secured Prisoners of Lambert's Party brought to London Divers disaffected Souldiers secured
in their formalities and the Militia Forces being there also and the People gave loud Acclamations and shouts the Bells rang the great Guns and small shot gave many Vollies and the City was full of Bonfires and joys 9. Several Addresses to Monk from Officers of the Army and from those of Dunkirke of their Submission to the King and his Government Order for all Ministers to pray for the King and the Duke of York publickly and to give thanks to God for the King's Letters and Declaration 10. The Day of Thanksgiving solemnly kept Common Prayer was read before the Lords After Sermon both Houses sat and the Commons voted 5000 l. to the Duke of York and 5000 l. to the Duke of Glocester as a present from them Order to stop felling Woods and committing wast in the King's Lands One committed for speaking treasonable words against the King The Commissioners for Ireland desired that in regard his Majesty in his Declaration had taken no notice of Ireland almost destroyed by the Rebellion that the Parliament would give their assistance for the calling of a Parliament there which both Houses agreed to offer to his Majesty The Commons voted 5000 l. more in all 10000 l. for a present to the Duke of York Both Houses declared the continuance of all Officers of the revenue and of the Navy Order about the monies collected for the Protestants of Piedmont and Poland Order for all Lodgers in Whitehall to quit their Lodgings except Monk and his family An Act of Oblivion under consideration by the Commons who heard the proceedings at the King's Tryal read The Earl of Winchelsea made by Monk Governour of Dover Major Holmes committed Some Phanaticks neer Portsmouth quelled by Colonel Norton Letters that the Spanish Ambassadour and other Publick Ministers congratulated the King at Breda and the States presented him with 6000 l. and invited him to the Hague that Dr. Clarges was long with the King 14. Letters from Ireland of their proclaiming the King there 22. Order for two new Maces Monk had leave to attend the King at his landing 23. Mr. Philip Howard the Earl of Berks Son brought a Letter to the House of Lords from the Hague The Commons received a Letter from their Commissioners at the Hague Letters of the King's Reception at the Hague many Knights made by him Letters of proclaiming the King in several Cities and Places in the Kingdom with great appearances of joy Order for two Declarations one prohibiting any Irish Rebels to enter into lands there and the other against Papists Monk received another Letter at Rochester from the King 25. The 50000 l. for the King not yet advanced by the City Divers Maids of the City petitioned to the Lord Mayor for leave to meet the King in White Clothes Letters to the City from their Commissioners of High Commendation of the King The Lords agreed upon a congratulatory Letter to be presented to the King at his landing A Bill for taking away the Court of Wards committed and a Vote passed to give the King 100000 l. per an in lieu of it Letters from General Mountague of the King's approach to England and Letters congratulatory ordered to be presented to him at his arrival 26. Order for relief of maimed Souldiers Widows and Orphans of Souldiers Mr. Clement one of the King's Judges committed to the Tower and ordered to seize the goods of all that sat as Judges upon the late King The King Knighted the Commissioners sent to him from the Parliament and those of the City and the Ministers sent with them had discourse with the King and were much satisfied with him The States highly entertained and presented the King at the Hague Letters that yesterday the King and the Duke of York and the Duke of Gloucester landed near Dover where Monk met them and the King kissed and embraced him and walked with him to his Coach and Monk rode in the Coach with the King and the Dukes and that night they came to Canterbury 27. The King staid at Canterbury and heard Sermons 28. He sent to the Lords that he would be at Whitehall to Morrow 29. An Act past for continuance of process and judicial proceedings This Day the King made his solemn entry into London At S. G's Field the L. Mayor and Aldermen received him the Lord Mayor on his Knees delivered the Sword to the King and the King gave it back to him and Knighted him and after a short repast in the Lord Mayor's Tent the King proceeded in his Entry The Streets were railed in the Windows and Balconees hung with Tapestry the Militia Forces on one side of the Streets and the Companies in their Liveries and with their Streamers on the other side to Temple Barr and from thence to Whitehall by the Militia Forces and several Regiments of the Army and Gentlemen and former Officers of the King's Army on both sides of the Streets First marched a Troop of about three hundred Gentlemen in rich Clothes after them another Troop of about two hundred in velvet Coates with footmen in Liveries then several other Troops with Trumpets and Lacques in Liveries then Trumpets and the Sheriffs men in red Clothes with silver lace about seventy nine of them then the Companies of London with their Streamers and every one of them wore a gold Chain about 600. Then rode twelve Ministers after them the Knights of the Bath with their Esquires in their habits then Kettle Drumms and Trumpets and the King's Life-guard then the City Marshall Officers and Aldermen the Maces and Heralds then the Lord Mayor bare carrying the Sword then Monk and Buckingham bare then the King between the Dukes of York and Gloucester After them a Troop bare with White Colours then Monk's Life-guards and after them five Regiments of the Army Horse and lastly two Troops of Noblemen and Gentlemen and thus they marched to Whitehall where Monk was invested with the Garter and sworn of the Privy Council and Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper was also made a Privy Counsellor Foreign Ambassadors especially of Sweden made great Testimony of their joy for this restitution of the King and this day was his Birth Day FINIS THE INDEX A ABbot Archbishop 8 17. Abbot 399 434. Abercorne Earl 644. Abercromway 1â—â— Abergavenny Lord 292. Abington 22. Acts of State 10. Acts proclaimed 423. Act for Mrrriages 504 544. Swearing 446. Adultery 440 449. Action at Bramford 62. Adams 256 273 301 405 643. Addresses 55 62 257 271 288 378 432 530 532 533 563 565 572 574 620 673 674 675 676 677 679 680 681 682 685 695 696 697 698 701. Admiralty 138. Adolphus PrinCe 587 625. Agitators 249 255 271 276 277 278 279 411. Agreement of the people 279 280 282 283 355 356 357 360 363 364 378 381. Ailburton 323 325 526. Ailsbury 153. Aires 169 290 324 325. Alcoran 380. Aldvin 235. Aldridge 73 132 360. Allegiance Oath 359 375. Allen 249
Ireland Anglesey Treaty Lots Scarborough C. Ashton Assembly Cromwell Declaration Isle of Wight Cromwell Scotland Cromwell Mank Admiralâ—y Vote Admiralty Assaults Petition Letter from the King Chaplains Vote Monroe Petition Cromwell Free quarter Scotland Monk Goring Capel Petition Berwick and Carlisle Isle of Wight reduced Officers Isle of Wight Sacriledge Liturgy Scotland Petitions Isle of Wight Vote Serjeants at Law Judges Isle of Wight Petition Appleby Cromwel Ireland Isle of Wight Army Petitions Isle of Wight Propositions Mr. Vines Vote Sir Henry Cholmely Free quarter Isle of Wight L. Goring and L. Capel Scotland Lambert Sir Henry Cholmley Exempted from pardon Newcastle Vote Scotland Votes Unsatisfactory Ireland Army Votes Bishops Lands Cromwel Petitions Army Vote Pomfret Rainsborough killed Vote Isle of wight Vote Isle of night Excepted from pardon Northern Counties Petition Army Excepted from pardon Lambert Pardon Isle of Wight Ireland Army Isle of Wight Banishment Votes Isle of Wight Excepted persons Army Lambert Pontefract Army Isle of Wight E. Warwick Votes Speech Sermon Isle of Wight Scotland Treason Isle of Wight Anny Speech to the Serjeants Remonstrance Isle of Wight Excepted persons New Sergeant C. Birch Judges Isle of Wight 〈◊〉 Sheriffs Army Isle of Wight Army Isle of Wight Army Declaration Isle of Wight Army London Isle of Wight Army Army The King removed Pontefract Scarborough Ireland Vote Army C. Pride's force upon the House Army Army-Proposals Secluded Members Army City Agreement of the people Ireton Army Votes Army Prisoners Vote Militia Army Hurst Castle Secluded Members Army-Declaration Malignants Expedient Army Army Secluded Members Petition Army City Design against the King Debates Scarborough Navy Dissecting Memberâ— Lord Willoughby Petition Mr. Elsing Petitions The King Widdrington and Whitelok The King Allegiance Charge Lilburn Fasts Distractions Kings Judges Vote Elsing Players Scotland Presbyterians The King Lords Navy Lords Journal Vote Votes London Scots Style London Ireland The King Lords Proclamation Votes Style Great Seal H. Martin Proclamation Petition Pryn. Kings Tryal Pryn. Habeas Corpus Pryn. Secluded Members Chief Justice Rolles Style Navy Petition Agreement of the people High Court of Justice Great Seal Speaker Army Perplexiâ—es Petition High Court of Justice Declaration France Style Scotland Petitions High Court 〈◊〉 Justice Commissioners of the great Seal House of Lords Lieutenant of the Ordnance High Court of Justice Agreement of the people Petition Great Seal Army Petition Answer The King Great Seal High Court of Justice Scotland Army High Court of Justice Commissioners of the great Seal Lady Fairfax Style High Court of Justice H. C. of Justice 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 C. of â—ustice France Style Heads of the Charge H. C. of Justice Style Proclamation Secluded Members Dutch Ambassadors Style Kings Children Scots Kings Speech Dr. Juxon Dutch Ambassadors Duke Hamilton Monthly Fast Secluded Members Vote D. Hamilton c. L. Capell Lords Surrey Petition Kent's Petition High Court of Justice House of Lords Dutch Ambassadors High Court of Justice Pamphlets Scotland Debate House of Lords Voted useless Debts Ireland Debate Vote Council of State Commissions Great Seal Judges Great Seal Widdrington Whitelockâ— Commissioners of the Great Seal Style Justices of the Peace Judges Vote Timber Scotland H. C. of Justice Upper Bench. New Oath E. of Holland Navy New Oaths Scotland Februa Council of State H. C. of Justice L. Capel Hamilton Council of State Powers Hamilton Dutch Ambassadors L. Goring Sir John Owen Seals L. Capel Hamilton Prince Elector Cromwell Hamilton Scotland Pontefract Test Scruples Earl of Warwick L. Capel Expedient Hamilton Army Vote Earl of Holland Navy Cromwel Scots Paper Declaration Lilburd Petition Hamilton E. of Holland Ireland Scotland Fasts Scots March London Norwich Army C. Whaley Petition Standard Sir George Ascue Earl of Holland Hamilton Charge Vote Prince Elector Scotland Standing Army Hamilton Votes L. Capell L. Goring Earl of Holland Hamilton Hamilton Earl of Holland L. Capel General Seal Poor Prisoners Wales Bradshaw Prisoners of War Pontefract Scotland Norfolk Petition Council of State Scotland Prince Elector Vote Tryals for life Ireland Cromwel Durch Ambasadour Kingly Office abolished Elections Petition Pamphlet Fairfax Alcoran House of Peers abolished Animosities Lady Carlisle Scotland Disband Bradshaw Denmark Kingly government Cromwell Ireland Ormond C. Jones Pontefract surrendred 1649. Ireland Irish Peace Cromwell Pamphlet Yorkshire Scots Instructions Huntley Dutch Ireland Preachers Ministers Cromwell April Souâ—â—wark London Cromwell Fairfax C. Potley Lord M. of London Petitions Anabaptists M. Huntly Declaration of Religion Alderman Atkins Petition New Oath L. Mayor Ships Petition London London Prisoners Great Seal London Lilburnâ— Whitelock C. Powel M. G. Laughern London Hague Ministers Priviledge Iustices of the Peace Ministers New Stamp Guinneâ— Earl of Pembroke Knight of the Shire Petitions Lilburn Pool Prince Rupert Ireland Tythes London Levellers Lilburn Lady Capel Ireland Fast-days Poor Debtors Levellers Lots for Ireland King of Scots Speaker Laughern Powel Poyer cast Lots for Life Du Moulin Petition for Lilburn Navy Scotland Petition Lilburn The King of Scots P. Elector Kings Children NewCoyn Women petition for Lilburn Answer Poytr Act of Oblivion Vote Henry Martyn A project for Learning Speaker Mutiny Kings Children M r Lockier Funeral Ireland Famine Scots Treasons Levellers Form of Government May. Ambassador Petitions Dr. Dorislaus Levellers Levellers Act for Treason Dr. Dorislaus Levellers routed Dorislaus Master of the Mint Declaration Dorislaus Levellerâ— Dorislâ—us Comonwealth Licensing Books 〈◊〉 D. of Glocester Sir Thomas Fairfax London invites the Parliament Dinner Declaration Judges Sir Thomas Soames Alderman Chambers New Mace June Speaker Parliament feasted Vote Dorislaus Scotland July Acts. Cromwell Scotland The Kings Houses Letter to the Parliament Ireland Prince Charles Vote Yorkshire Petitions Ministers Ireland Taylors Petitions Ireland Ireland St. James Library Scotland Ireland Monk Scotland Acts August Debate Ireland Scots Declaration Poor Prisoners Monk question'd Vote Dublin Ormond Routed Scotland Monk Jones Petition Answer Votes Sir Charles Coot Chancery Irish Letters Morrice and Blackbourn Ireland Tender Consciences Lilbourn Complaints French Trade Votes Lieuten of Ireland Ireland Sir Thomas Coot Vote Speaker taxed Army Poor Proclamation 〈…〉 C. Fielder Sir K. Digby Walter Montague Scots Letters Poor Prisoners Sir J. Winter Oath Levellers Intercept Letters Levellers at Oxford Septemb. Cardinal Mazarine Levellers Strickland Irish Affairs proclamation Mr. Peters Votes Irish Instructions Lerellen Duke of 〈◊〉 Psalms â—â—ellers Declaration Army Humiliation Letters from Hugh Peters Letters from Cromwel October Drogheda Scots Petition Acts. Scots Overtures Montross Negotiation in Spain Reasons Novemb. Intelligence Prince Maurice Prince â—â—pert Cromwel Parliament Lawyers Rot. Parl. N. 13. Rot. parl Rot. parl 2. N. 4. dorse Hist Eng. Anno 1404. p. 37. Ypodiâ—ma Neustriae aâ—â— 1404. The Iriment Votes Army Letters from Ireland Letters from Scotland Montross Denmark C. Bampfield Scots Kings Lands Ireland Sir Allen Apsly Scotland Montross Victory in Ireland Montro ss The Ingagement Acts of Parliament London Petition Lilburn Declaration of the Kirk Inchequin Janua Ireland L. 〈◊〉 Frigots Iealousâ—
June Cumberland Address Scotland Sea Fight Cromwells Summons Fleet. Highlanders Declaration Lilburn Fleet. Lilburn Highlanders Dutch Great Seal Thanks-giving Dean's Funeral Highlands Jersey Irish Dutch Petition Fens Address Nassaw Cromwel New Supream Authority July Address New Supream Authority Orange Dutch Parliament Lilburn Tithes Scotland 〈◊〉 Orange Tithes Dutch Sweden Committees Laws Fleet. Kirk Holland Petitions Frigot Highlands Proclamation 〈…〉 〈…〉 August Petition from Kent Court of Chancery The Dutch beaten Gold Chains for the Officers Old Van Trump dead The Marriage Act passed Lilburn acquitted Highlanders disperst Sâ—piâ—mbâ— Petition Several Orders Petition Hamp-shire Petition Minnes Committee for Prisoners October Hayton beats the French Fleet. Proclamation Union of Scotland Petition against the Lord Mayor Seamen Tumultuous Highlanders Proclamation Water-men Petition Mutiners Condemned Petition about Writs of Error A New Council of State Novem. Act of Repeal To take away the Chancery Synode in Scotland Order of the Council of State Presentations Tumult of the Portugal Ambassador's Brother c. Decemb. Report of a Committee for Tithes Motion for this Parliament to resign c. A Declaration Council called A Council of Officers The Protector Install'd Protector Proclaimed Coalition Ordinances January Captain Welch Foreign Ministers Dutch 〈◊〉 Address Treason February Quakers Ambassadours from the Duke of Tuscany Omerland Hollanders incline to Peace Lord Protector feasted by the City Protector Proclaimed at Dublin Ambassadour from the French King Vision Leopaldus Audience of the Dutch Ambassadors Ambassadours from Denmark March Middleton Inclinations of France Sea-fight Middleton April Resignation of the Queen of Sweden Great Seal Peace with the Dutch Speech of Chanute the French Ambassadour Peace with Holland Morgan Frigots Scots Morgan Scotland Proclamation Peace with the Dutch Scotland Army Proclamation Address Morgan May. Ireland Scotland Secret Article Sweedland Monck June Strike Sayâ— Plot. Proclamations Ministers Lilburn Bonfires Fire Plot. Parliament Monck Scotland Poor Prisoners Plot. Earl Oxford Fleet. French Monck Ireland High Court of Justice Election of Members High Court of Justice Scots July Portugal Ambassdor's Brother Whitelock's Embassy King of Sweden Crown'd Sweden Scotland Elections in Scotland Ireland Dutch Peace Middleton Routed Letters from Morgan Dutch Ambassadors Scotland August Commissioners Midleton Portugal Ambassador Monck Scots Recognition Prince of Orange Elections French Ambassador Ordinances Irish Members Scotland Dutch Ministers Parliament Cavalcade Protectors Speech Septemb. Speaker Chosen Negotiation with Sweden Debates about the Government Protectors Speech The Recognition Harrison Secur'd Vote Recognition Oxford Scotland Votes Act of Government Votes Ireland Debates Scotland October Scandalous Ministers Loâ—don Prince Orange Debateâ— Recognition Middleton Elections The Government Ireland The Government Scotland Novem. Parliament Corn Transported Duke of Guilders Civil Law Pamphlets Government Selden Sweden Government Middleton Votes Chancery Elections Votes Drunckards Government Scotland Assessment Pardon Vote Religion Decemb. Sweden Biddle Holy Ghost Blake Biddle Debates Vote Tender Consciences Government Standing Army York Revenue Parliament 〈◊〉 Council Whitehall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Craven Government Quakers January Government February March Chancery Crook Slingsby Maleverer Penruddock Scotland Ordinances Fast-day Artillery Company Conspirators Portugal West-Indies Expedition Hâ—spaniola Plot. Blake Cromwel Sweden Lauderdail April Chancery Reasons Visitors Pen. Jesuits Judges put out Chancery May. Pen. Barbadoes Piedmont Chancery June Lenthal L'Isle Blake Commissióners of the Treasury Venables Hispaniola July Jamaica Denmark Swedish Ambassadour Treasury Swedish Ambassadour Reception Audience August Ambassadours Speech Protectors Answer General Pen. 〈◊〉 Venables Queen of Sweden Piedmont Scotland Spain News Blake Novem. Swedish Ambassador Ireland Committee of Trade New raised Forces Ireland Decem. Swedish Ambassador Scotland Queen Sweden Jews Jews Manning Ambassadors Piedmont Dish Jamaica Swedish Ambassy Januar. Addresses Soldiers Februa Indians Scotland Sweedish Ambassador Cautions Expedient Dutch Ambassador Irish Sweden Debates Sweden Birth-day Ambassador Fidlers Ambassadors debates Admiralty March Major-Generals Swedish Ambassador Prohibitions Scots Durham Quaker April Coppar Manufacture Usher's Funeral Whitelock May. Swedes Ambassador Milton Contrebanda Passes Portugal July Parliament Mrs. Barlow Sir Georgâ— Ascue Sweden Septem Parliament Committees See the Parliaments Journalls on Monday March the 2d 1628. See and compare the 11th Rich. 2d with 21 of Rich. 2. chap. 12. And the 1 H. 4. ch 3. 4. Spanish War Novem. Plate-Fleet Lord Willoughby Great-Seal Upper-Bench James Naylor General Mountague Union Protector Acts. James Naylor Mr. Speaker Sentence Januar. Vote Union Sindercomb Speaker Resolutions Bible Syndercomb Ployglot Februa Votes Votes Bills Title of King April Plot. Harrison Title of King Title of King refused Petition and Advice Protector Q. Sweden May. Petition and Advice Lord Protector Petition and Advice Oath Other House Inauguration Acts. August Blake's death Bodiley dyes Spirits Colonel Jephson Sweden Duke of Buckingham Mardike Scandalous Ministry Mardike Mayern Bradshaw Novem. Piedmont Other House Lord Willoughby Piedmont Parliament Fiennes's Speech Bristoll January Anno 1658. Committee Protector Divisions Other House Fifth Monarchy-men Parliament Dissolution April Plot. Harrison Sweden Plots Addresses Protestants High Court of Justice Addresses High Court of Justice Dr. Hewet July Dunkirk D. Crequi Dunkirk taken Records Lady Cleypole Baronets Projects D. Bucks Earl Mulgrave dies Protector dies Richard proclaimed Septem Addresses Richard French Ambassadour Sea-fight Novem. Oliver's Funeral Oxford Gr. Seal Parliam Speaker Recognition Divisions Other House April Speaker Title Other House Army Richard Chute dies Quakers Dissolution Parliam May. Lambert Army Money Long Parliament Fleetwood Declaration Lenthal Long Parliament Declaration Committee of Safety Monk Addresses Council of State Gr. Seal Acts. Votes Scotland Union Scot. Intelligence Sir Anth. Cooper Votes Gr. Seal Richard Addresses Army Ireland Gr. Seal London Address Gr. Seal Fleetwood Zound Sweden and Denmark Army Votes June Haslerigge Lockart Overton Addresses Monk French Ambassadour Tythes Zound Richard H. Cromwel C. Alured Indemnity July Richard ' s debts Addresses Bradshaw Oath Addresses Sweden D. Bucks Piedmont Union Plots Law Union Massey Sir George Booth Lambert August Members fined Vote London Proclamation Council of State Union Plot. Lambert Prideaux Booth Lambert Zound Booth taken Septemb. E. Derby Zound Union Ingagement James Nailer S. G. Booth Sir Anth. Ashley Cooper Zound Ruthen Chester Army Addresses Vote Petition S. G. Booth October Army Falconbridge Army Monk Union London Monk Desborough Petition London Feasting Addresses Vote Answers Army Votes Jealousies Army Lambert Council of State Army Haslerigge Monk Commit of ten Fleetwood Lambers Zound Council of Officers New Council Monk Commit of Safety Desborough Novem. Declaration Monk Lambert Bradshaw dies Form of Governm Monk Gr. Seal Lords released Monk Col. Pearson London Lambert London New Commissions Fast Monk Address London Fleet. Ireland Treaty Monk suspected Treasury Militia Treaty Commit of 19. Ireland Monk Commit of Safety Term adjourned Monk Qualifications Council of State Proposals Decem. Morgan Form of Governm Monk Petitions Downing Army Tumult Portsmouth Form of Govern London Irish Brigade Booth Petition Parliament Articles Officers Parliament Monk Whitelocke Lawson Insurrections Distractions Lawson Souldiers Whitelocke and Fleet-wood Ingoldsby Parliament Ireland Lawson Desborough Zanchey Parliament Whitelocke Chaloner Whitelocke Monk Windsor Castle Whitelocke Wildman Desborough Militia Haslerigge Monk Haslerigge Whitelocke Parliament C. Dixwell City Indemnity Lockart Gr. Seal Monk Lambert Ludlow Monk Lord Fairfax A. Cooper London S. G. Booth Lawson Gr. Seal Vane Officers confined Scot. Crook Monk Speaker Scot. Robinson Monk Col. Sydenham Salwey Downing Gr. Seal Judges Ireland Monk Overton Free Parliament Commit of Safety Sir Robert Pye Scot and Robinson Monk Mr. Gomble Monk Free Parliament Addresses Water-men D. Clargies Monk Vane Addresses Tumults Monk Kent Mutiny Monk Febr. Mutiny Orders Monk in Parliament Speaker Answer Tumult London Votes Posts and Chains Barebones Posts and Chains Common-Council Scot and Robinson Commissioners of the Army Monk York Commit of Safety Engagement Overton Qualifications Secluded Members Address Secluded Members Monk Secluded Members restored Votes Monk Lawson Pye Common Council New Parliament City New Officers Monk Free Parl. Monk Sir George Booth Monk Assembly of Divines King of Sweden dies Lambert Overton March C. Rich. Haslerigge Overton New Parliament Overton Lawson Peter Killegrew Monk S. G. Booth Hollis Militia Engagement Disabling Vote Officers Judges Registers Office Sweden Monk April The King Desborough City Barebones Scot. London Needham Monk Lambert Proclamations Addresses Portugall Lambert Colonel Ingolsby Mountague Fleet. Souldiers Lord Falconbridge Parliament Thanksgiving Letter from Breda Declaration Luke Robinson Lord's House Commons May. Bonfires City D. of Buks Dr. Clerges Disputes Great Seal General Mountague City Proclamation King 's Arms. King Proclaimed Bonfires Prayers Ireland Colonel Norton Declarations Court of Wards King's entry
Parishes and the Ministers to exhort them to it The General with the Lord Gray Sir Philip Stapleton and others came to London and the Army removed to Windsor and thereabouts Sir William Waller's Forces quartering at Colnebrook Stanes and thereabouts The House of Commons with their Speaker went to Essex-house to congratulate the General his safe Return to them and his happy Success and Valour in the late Business at Newbury And caused their acknowledgment thereof and of their Protection by him under God to be entred in the Journal Book of the Parliament The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London waited in their Scarlet Gowns upon the General and highly complemented him as the Protector and Defender of their lives and Fortunes and of their Wives and Children and the Trained Bands sent out as he passed by loud acclamations of his praise In humane probability the King's Army was the more likely to have prevailed their Horse more and better than the Parliaments and their Foot were as good their advantages greater and their courages higher and their confidence too much God was pleased to raise the Courage of the Parliaments forces and to give them the success and indeed all success in war as well as in other matters is the free gift of the Lord of Hosts Essex and his Souldiers acknowledged much gallantry and courage in those of the King's party and the King's party acknowledged the like of Essex and his Souldiers all were Englishmen and pitty it was that such courage should be spent in the bloud of each other A passage or two I shall here remember of extraordinary mettle and boldness of Spirit One is of Sir Philip Stapleton though he would not acknowledg it that he being with other Parliament Commanders in the head of a body of horse facing another body of the King's horse before whom stood their Commanders and the cheif of them was Prince Rupert This Parliament Officer desiring to cope singly with the Prince he rode from before his Company up to the body of horse before whom the Prince with divers other Commanders were and had his pistol in his hand ready cockt and fitted Coming up to them alone he looked one and another of them in the face and when he came to Prince Rupert whom he knew he fired his Pistol in the Prince's face but his armour defended him from any hurt and having done this he turned his horse about and came gently off again without any hurt though many Pistols were fired at him Another passage was of Sir Philip Stapleton's Groom a Yorkshire man and stout if not two rash by this story he was attending on his Master in a charge where the Groom's mare was killed under him but he came off on foot back again to his own Company To some of whom he complained that he had forgotten to take off his Saddle and Bridle from his Mare and to bring them away with him and said that they were a new Saddle and Bridle and that the Cavaliers should not get so much by him but he would go again and fetch them His Master and Friends perswaded him not to adventure in so rash an Act the Mare lying dead close to the Enemy who would mall him if he came so near them and his Master promised to give him another new Saddle and Bridle But all this would not perswade the Groom to leave his Saddle and Bridle to the Cavaliers but he went again to fetch them and stayed to pull off the Saddle and Bridle whilst hundreds of bullets flew about his ears and brought them back with him and had no hurt at all The Lord Grey of Groby Sir Philip Stapleton and divers other Members of the House and divers Officers of the Army received the thanks of the House for their good service done in the late Gloucester journey and fight at Newbery and this to be entred in the Parliament journals for an honour to them and their posterity Amongst the Colours taken at Newbery one Cornet was the figure of the Parliament House with two Traitors heads standing on the top of it and by them this word ut extra sic infra but the Parliament nevertheless exposed them to publick view and censure The Commons ordered a Declaration upon a Bull from the Pope intercepted which was to encourage the Roman Catholicks in Ireland to the rigorous prosecution of the War Some discontents had been between the Earl of Essex and Sir William Waller which upon a Conference with a Committee of both Houses and a Letter from Waller to Essex were made up again and the General of a good nature declared himself to be fully satisfied The Commons borrowed 30000 l. of the Merchant Adventurers to supply the Navy and took up other large sums for supply of the Armies They past a Declaration against the Cessation of Arms then in treaty between the King and the Irish Rebels but the same was brought to a conclusion and many of the Irish came in to the King's service here This gave occasion for many Invectives and Pasquils That the Queen's Army of French and Walloon Papists and the King's Army of English Papists together with the Irish Rebels were to settle the Protestant Religion and the Liberties of England The Charge against Arch-bishop Laud was referred to a Committee to be drawn up and presented to the Commons and the Committee to manage the Evidence at the tryal against the Arch-bishop The Earl of Ormond concluded the Cessation of Arms with the Irish Rebels and divers of them under Colonel Ernely came over hither to serve the King The Earl of Craford for the King sought to gain the Town of Poole by treachery and dealt with Captain Sydenham one of the Garrison who promised to doe his work and received of him 40 l. and a promise of a great reward and preferment At an hour appointed Craford comes to the Town with 500 horse and some foot Sydenham and the Governor whom he acquainted with it let in Craford and half his men into the Town and then letting fall a chain shut out the rest few escaped of those who entred the town but were killed or taken prisoners A Letter from Dr. Featly to Oxford was intercepted wherein he held correspondence with them and fished for preferment from them and the Dr. being a Member of the Assembly of the Divines was for his Infidelity discharged of his attendance on the Assembly and of his two Parsonages Sir Nicholas Crispe upon a quarrel and affront offered to him in his own quarters by Sir James Ennyon who challenged him also to fight he killed Ennyon but was acquitted for it by the King's Council of War Mr. Walter Mountagu was apprehended at Rochester coming up towards London in a disguise and Letters of Consequence taken about him They ordered Copes and Surplices to be taken away out of all Churches Monsieur de Cressey came over Embassadour from the French King
the Road who interrupted Meldrum's men in the Storm but his Canoniers sunk two of them and the other three fled away Meldrum took in the Town and Church 32 pieces of Ordnance with store of Arms and other prize and in the Haven 120 Ships The Commons ordered 1000 l. to be bestowed on Sir John Meldrum and 20 l. to him that brought the news Weymouth still held out and a party from Melcombe Regis sallied out upon the King's Forces who besieged these Towns joyning together and took of them 60 horse and many prisoners The King's Commissioners the Lord Capel and Ashburnham returned from Oxford to Vxbridge after which the King's Commissioners delivered in no further Paper but only insisted upon longer time for the Treaty The Parliaments Commissioners answered that if the King had consented to any one of the Propositions it might have been some encouragement to move the Parliament for longer time but as things were it could not be expected Both Houses sate till nine a clock at night in expectation of some good news from Vxbridge this being the last day of the Treaty and about eight at night at a Conference the Lords communicated to the Commons a Paper from the King's Commissioners at Vxbridge For the King to come to Westminster upon a safe Conduct so that the Treaty might be continued for a longer time Which being debated and a Letter coming the same time from the Parliaments Commissioners from Vxbridge That all this day till seven at night there appeared no Compliance in the King's Commissioners to grant any of the Propositions and that they pressed only for a longer time Upon this the House of Commons did rise without doing any thing in the business and this night till twelve a clock the Commissioners may treat and not longer and the Parliaments Commissioners have declared That to morrow being the Lords-day is not intended for one of the two days within the safe Conduct for them to return This caused much trouble in the minds of many honest men Lovers of their Countries peace and divers of the Kings Commissioners as well as the other seemed sorry that all their endeavours to so good an end should prove so fruitless The King's Commissioners thought the advantage much on their part that longer time to treat was denied by the Parliament and gave it out That if that had been granted there would have been a happy issue of the Treaty Those of the other side affirmed That there could be no expectation of a good issue of the Treaty or Inducement for the Parliament to grant longer time for the Treaty when not one of the Parliaments Propositions was granted by the King during the whole time of the Treaty Various Judgments were passed by all persons according to their own fancies or interests most sober men lamented the sudden breach of the Treaty Colonel Fiennes sent out a party of his Regiment who fell upon a party of the King 's near Newbury took forty good Horse and all their Arms about 100 l. in Contribution-money which the Enemy had gathered in the Country took prisoners Major Maxwell Captain Paddon his Lieutenant and 16 Souldiers 23. The Lords-day the Commissioners had Sermons in their Lodgings 24. The States Ambassadors came to the Speaker in the morning before he went to the House and desired Audience in the House this morning To impart to them something of Consequence The Speaker excused it That the House could not give a Reception answerable to their quality on such short warning They desired not to insist on that and to come only with their own Attendants The Speaker acquainted the House herewith and they gave way to the Ambassadors coming who went first to the Lords and after to the Commons and delivered their Message to this effect Shewing the great desires and endeavours of their Masters continued for an accommodation between the King and Parliament which concerns all Protestants and particularly their Lords and Masters That his Majesty while they were at Oxford honoured them by communicating to them what passed at the Treaty at Uxbridge And declared to them that if the Parliament be not satisfied with what he offered concerning Church-government his Majesty is contented that a National Synod be called of Divines from all the Protestant Churches in Europe for their advice herein After this their Message delivered the Ambassadors returned and this morning the Commissioners of Parliament returned from Vxbridge to the two Houses but made no report till the next day Letters from Captain Batten informed that he had relieved Melcombe Regis by Sea with Provisions and 100 Seamen that 60 men in Weymouth were privy to a Plot for betraying Weymouth to the Enemy That the Parliaments Forces in Melcombe by the benefit of a fair wind fired divers of the Enemies Ships in the Haven and a part of Weymouth That Colonel Sydenham and his men maintain Melcombe with great gallantry Captain Swanley by Sea relieved Plymouth and landed some Foot-souldiers there who with a party of the Garrison sailled out upon the Besiegers that had gained a Hill and Mount Stamford work formerly slighted but now the King's Forces were busie in raising a very strong Work there The Garrison and Seamen fell upon them unexpectedly beat them from their new work and at length out of the field and pursued them two miles took 104 Officers and common Souldiers whereof a Lieutenant Colonel a Major 4 Captains and other inferiour Officers and 300 Arms and lost but one man slain and another wounded A party of Sir William Brereton's under Sir John Price a Member of Parliament took Apseley House in Shropshire and in it Sir William and Sir Thomas Whitmore Sir Francis Oatley Mr. Owen and other Commissioners of Array there sitting and about 60 common Souldiers Prince Maurice declined fighting with Brereton Colonel Craford at Rusham in Oxfordshire took 40 Horse with men and Arms of the King 's 25. The Parliaments Commissioners reported all the passages the last day of the Treaty The Commons approved of what was done by the Commissioners and that they had discharged their duties with singular judgment and fidelity and returned them thanks for their pains Letters from the Committee at Wem and from Sir William Brereton informed that the Committee having several times attempted the taking of Shrewsbury but failed therein On the last Lords-day about 1200 horse and foot under Colonel Mitton marched to Shrewsbury and unexpectedly entred and surprized the Town and Castle They took there 8 Knights and Baronets 40 Colonels Majors Captains and others of quality and 2000 thers prisoners one Captain and 5 Souldiers slain 15 pieces of Ordnance taken store of Arms and Ammunition Prince Maurice his Magazine divers Carriages Bag and Baggage of the Princes An Allowance was given to the Lord Herbert of Cherbury for his livelihood having been spoiled by the King's Forces Upon the Cities Petition an Ordinance for rating those who have