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Depositions and articles against Thomas Earle of Strafford, Febr. 16. 1640; Proceedings. 1641-02-16.
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England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
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1641
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STC 25248.5; Wing E2572bA; ESTC R204327
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the said Earle hath caused divers of the said Ships and goods of the Scots to be stayed seized and molested to the intent to set on the said warre XXI That the said Earle of Strafford shortly after his speeches mentioned in the last precedent Article to wit in the fifteenth yeere of his Majesties reign came into this Realme of England and was made Lord Lievtenant of Ireland and continued his government of that Kingdome by a Deputy At his arrivall here finding that his Majesty with much wisedome and goodnesse had composed the troubles in the North and had made a pacification with his Subjects of Scotland he laboured by all meanes to procure his Majesty to break that pacification incensing his Majesty against his Subjects of that Kingdome and the proceedings of the Parliament there And having incensed his Majesty to an offensive warre against his said Subjects of Scotland by Sea and by Land and by pretext thereof to raise Forces for the maintainance of that warre he councelled his Majesty to cal a Parliament in England yet the said Earle intended if the said proceedings of that Parliament should not be such as would stand with the said Earle of Straffords mischievous designes he would then procure his Majesty to breake the same and by wayes of force and power to raise monies upon the said Subjects of this Kingdome And for the incouragement of his Majesty to hearken to his advice he did before his Majesty and his Privie Councell then sitting in Counsell make a large Declaration that he would serve his Majesty in any other way in case the Parliament should not supply him XXII That in the moneth of March before the beginning of the last Parliament the said Earle of Strafford went into Ireland and procured the Parliament of that Kingdome to declare their assistance in a warre against the Scots And gave directions for the raising of an Army consisting of 8000 foot and 1000 horse being for the most part Papists as aforesaid And confederating with one Sir George Radcliffe did together with him the said Sir George trayterously conspire to imploy the said Army for the ruine and destruction of the kingdome of England and of his Majesties Subjects and of altering and subverting of the fundamentall Lawes of this Kingdome And shortly after the said Earle of Strafford returned into England and to sundry persons declared his opinion to be that his Majesty should first try the Parliament here and if that did not supply him according to his occasions he might then use his Prerogative as he pleased to Levie what he needed and that he should be acquitted both of God and man if he tooke some other courses to supply himselfe though it were against the will of his Subjects XXIII That upon the thirteenth day of Aprill last the Parliament of England met and the Commons house then being the representative Body of all the Commons in the Kingdome did according to the trust reposed in them enter into debate and consideration of the great grievances of this Kingdome both in respect of Religion and the publike Liberty of the Kingdome and his Majesty referring chiefely to the said Earle of Strafford and the Archbishop of Canterbury the ordering and disposing of all matters concerning the Parliament He the said Earle of Strafford with the assistance of the said Archbishop did procure his Majesty by sundry speeches and messages to urge the said Commons house to enter into some resolution for his Majesties supply for maintainance of his warre against his Subjects of Scotland before any course was taken for the reliefe of the great and pressing grievances wherewith this Kingdome was then afflicted Whereupon a demand was then made from his Majesty of twelve Subsidies for the release of Ship-money onely and while the said Commons then assembled with expressions of great affection to his Majesty and his service were in debate and consideration of some supply before resolution by them made He the said Earle of Strafford with the helpe and assistance of the said Archbishop did procure his Majesty to dissolve the last Parliament upon the fifth day of May last and upon the same day the said Earle of Strafford did treacherously falsely and maliciously endeavour to incense his Majesty against his loving and faithful Subjects who had been members of the said house of Commons by telling his Majesty they had denyed to supply him And afterward upon the same did treacherously and wickedly counsell and advise his Majesty to this effect viz. that having tried the affections of his people he was loose and absolved from all Rules of government and was to doe every thing that power would admit and that his Majesty had tryed all wayes and was refused and should be acquittea both of God and man and that hee had an Army in Ireland meaning the Army above mentioned consisting of papists his dependants as is aforesaid which hee might imploy to reduce this Kingdome to obedience XXIV That in the same moneth of May he the said Earl of Strafford falsely treacherously and maliciiously published and declared before others of his Majesties Prive councell that the Parliament of England had forsaken the King and that in denying to supply the King they had given him the advantage to supply himselfe by other waies and divers other times he did maliciously wickedly and falsely publish and declare that seeing the Parliament had refused to supply his Majestie in the ordinary and usuall way the King might provide for the Kingdome in such waies as he should hold fit and that he was not to suffer himselfe to be mastered by the frowardnesse of the people And having so maliciously slandered the said house of Commons he did with the helpe and advice of the said Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Finch late Lord Keeper of the great Seale of England cause to be printed and published in his Majesties name a false and scandalous booke entitled His Majesties Declaration of the causes that moved him to dissolve the last Parliament full of bitter and malicious invectives and false and scandalous aspersions against the said house of Commons XXV That not long after the dissolution of the said last Parliament viz. in the moneths of May and Iune he the said Earle of Strafford did advise the King to go on rigorously in leavying of the Ship-mony and did procure the Sheriffes of severall Counties to bee sent for for not levying the shipmony divers of which were threatned by him to be sued in the Starchamber and afterwards by his advice were sued in the Starchamber for not levying the same and divers of his Majesties loving Subjects were sent for and imprisoned by his advice about that and other illegall paiments And a great loane of a hundred thousand pounds was demanded of the City of London and the Lord Maior and the Aldermen and the Sheriffes of the said City were often sent for by his advice to the Councell Table to give an account of their