said Majesty or any other Person or Persons whatsoever And that they and every one of them shall and may have hold and enjoy their said Estates with other their Rights Liberties and Priviledges notwithstanding any Act or Acts by them committed or done or to be committed or done against his said Majesty or any other Person or Persons whatsoever untill the 26th of July Instant And that they their Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns shall have their Estates Personal and Real put in their actual Possession immediately after the said 26th of July Instant And that from the date hereof there shall no wast or harm be committed suffered or done on any of their Lands Iaheritances Possessions Woods Farms Houses Mills Barns Kills Stables or other Houses or on any of their Corns and other Goods and Chattels 2. That all Ecclesiastical Persons of the Protestant Religion within the said-Provinces shall immediately have the possession of their several Churches Chappels Tithes and other Ecclesiastical dues and enjoy the same as they did before the 7th day of December last And that all other Protestants as well Ministers as others shall from the said 26th of July Instant have the full and free benefit and exercise of their Religion as they had before the said 9th of December 3. That all persons whatsoever now in Lendon-derry shall have free liberty to depart this Kingdom for England or Scotland And those that are willing to remain in this Kingdom shall have safe Conducts to Dublin or any other part in Ireland with their Goods and Chattels And those that have a mind to transport themselves by the Shipping under the power of the said King or by other English or Scottish Ships shall have Passports from time to time allowed them and liberty of Boats from England or Scotland to transport them 4. That all persons to be pardoned that please shall transport and carry with them their Goods and Chattels unless they have a mind to sell them here and that then they may have liberty to dispose of them to their best advantage And likewise those that depart the Kingdom shall be put in Possession of their Goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements by their Attornies which they formerly enjoyed and Reprisals of Goods and Chattels if not to be found in specie 5. That such Persons Men Women and Children as are not able to Travel to their respective Habitations shall have a sufficient competency of Provisions to maintain them until they be able to depart and get to their several Dwellings And that all Officers and Soldiers that are sick or wounded now in the Garrison of London-Derry or shall be there the 26th of July instant shall have the same allowance and provision and as great care taken for their Recovery as those of the said Kings Army and that from time to time they shall be sent into England or Scotland or to any part in Ireland as they shall think fit and conveniency shall offer with Provisions and safe Passes 6. That all persons here designed to be pardoned shall have reprisals of their Goods and Chattels immediately after the said 26th of July instant given them by the said Lieutenant General and until they shall be so reprised they shall have sufficient Provisions of Meat Drink and Bedding allowed and given them 7. That no person or persons hereby designed to be pardoned shall be forced to take any Oath to his Majesty but those that voluntarily enter into his Service in the Army or shall take on him some Office or Place of Trust nor shall they be compelled to enter into his Majesties Service 8. That if any Prince or State shall Land an Army in this Kingdom against the said King the persons hereby designed to be pardoned and which shall remain in the same shall not be molested any ways in his Body Goods or Estate they not taking up Arms against his Majesty 9. That no person or persons hereby designed to be pardoned shall hereafter be Sued Arrested Impleaded or Imprisoned at the Suit of the King for any Debt due to his Majesty before the Date hereof And that none of the persons aforesaid hereafter shall be Sued Arrested Impleaded or Imprisoned for any Wounding Maiming Trespassing taking of Goods or Chattels or for any other cause whatsoever accrued or which shall accrue before the said 26th of July by any party or person whatsoever other than for Debt and not for Debt for twelve Months from the Date hereof And that his Majesty shall not call for or receive any of his Crown-Rents Quit-Rents Hearth-Money Excise or License of Wine Ale Beer Strong-Waters due or which shall fall due unto him by any of the persons aforesaid before the said 26 of July 10. That no Interest of Money shall be allowed or paid from the first of May 1688 until the first of November 1690 and then but a moderate Interest and not according to the rate of Ten pound per cent per annum 11. That the Officers and Gentlemen hereby designed to be pardoned that will remain in this Kingdom and each one of them a Servant shall have liberty to keep and wear Pistols and Swords and keep their Fuzees without Molestation and the Citizens and Townsmen to have the like Liberty And that the rest of the people may keep their Swords and wear them 12. That the said Half-Pike-men and Rabble of the meer Irish in the said Provinces be disarmed and care taken that they Kill not Rob or spoil the Protestants in the said Provinces and that they be sent to their Habitations and not suffered to cotier and wander in the Country or use reproachful Language to the Protestants 13. That all Troops and Companies now in the City of London-Derry which please shall have liberty to depart either by Land or Water to Culmore or any part near the same for conveniency of Shipping and that with their Arms Colours flying Drums beating light Matches and a suitable quantity of Ammunition and there to Ship or Embark and shall before their departure deliver up to the said Lieutenant General or to such whom he shall appoint for his Majesties use the Possession of the said City with all Stores Ammunition Artillery and other Implements and Habiliments of War other than the Arms herein before excepted 14. That all and every Person and Persons whatsoever that have taken the Possession of the Lands Houses Farms of the Persons hereby designed to be pardored shall immediately duit the Possession of the same and restore them to the Owners or their Agents and Assigns with their Goods and Chattels now in their Possession and that the said Owners their Agents and Assigns may cut and carry home their Corn and Hay 15. That all the said Articles and Conditions or such of them as shall be thought needful by those that are designed to be pardoned shall within _____ be confirmed by Act of Parliament to be passed in this Kingdom or by the King under the great
his Majesty's declared sense of their Services And the rather because his Carriage since to the Gentry and other Inhabitants of the North of Ireland has been but too agreeable to it And I may justly add that I have been so far from aggravating these matters beyond just bounds that I have omitted several things relating to these three Gentlemen that were not inconsiderable because not so necessary or pertinent to this Narrative Least any shou'd think there is on the other hand too much said of some particular Persons who were active in the Siege I shall so far prevent that Objection as to assure the Reader that as there is nothing mentioned concerning 'em but what they really did so several things have not been taken notice of tho to their Advantage because less considerable than what is here related One defect indeed I must acknowledge in this account viz. That several especially of the Inferior Officers and common Souldiers did excellent Service and shewed great Courage in the Sallies whose Names and particular Actions it was impossible for me to recover But what I could learn that was most remarkable I have represented with all the Impartialty I could having been rather sparing than lavish in the few Characters given of such as were most useful Having said thus much to Obviate any Cavils against the ensuing Relation I shall conclude this Preface with a few Reflections on the Contents of it 1. The first Attempts of Derry for it's own Preservation were very justifiable There were but too strong grounds to suspect a general Design of the Irish Papists against the Brittish Protestants and particularly of the Ultogh's who had given the earliest Demonstrations of their cruel Disposition in the Rebellion of 41. and engraven it in the most bloody Characters Of what sort of Men the Earl of Antrim's Regiment design'd to Garrison there was made up the Narrative gives a short but true Account And as these Presumptions of their extraordinary danger were the only Argument that induc't a few youths at first to shut the Gates and the Graver Citizens soon after to concur with them for ther own Defence So the Argument carries that weight and strength with it that will sufficiently clear 'em from any Imputation of Disloyalty or Sedition in the Judgment of all that are not Bigots for Unlimited Non-resistance To assert that in these Circumstances they might not justly deny Entrance to the Irish Souldiers till they had remonstrated their danger to the Government is in effect to say they should have taken no measures to prevent their own imminent ruine but such as were sure to come too late And perhaps if those Gentlemen that have so freely censur'd 'em had been in their Case their fears wou'd for once have brought 'em into their wits For whatever passion they seem to have for a Notion they have so long valued themselves upon as their Shibboleth I do not see that they are more fond of Slavery and Destruction than other Men when themselves are in any danger of it For what they did afterwards in Proclaiming K. William and Q. Mary and consequently in opposing King Jame's Army the Example of England and the dependance that Ireland has on it sets those Actions above the need of any Apology for ' em 2. T is not very easie to find a parallel Instance in History where so great Issues depended on the Defence or Surrender of so small a place Had Derry been Surrendred the whole Kingdom of Ireland had been entirely lost and particularly that brave people of Iniskillin whose resolute Opposition did not a little Contribute to the Preservation of Derry had been unavoidably exposed as a Sacrifice to the Fury of the Irish K. James might have pour'd so considerable a Force into Scotland as wou'd not only have embroyl'd that Kingdom for that was done by a few but in all human probability either overrun it or at least turn'd it into a Field of Blood And how difficult a Task it would have been in those Circumstances to have secur'd the peace of England where there were so many dangerous Symptoms of Disaffection among too many and a strange ferment among all is too easie to imagine But the Defence of that place as it obviated all these dismal Evils so it has in a great measure blasted all the other designs of the Popish Faction against Brittain and Facilitated the Reduction of Ireland the very Flower of K. James's Army having Perisht and the Courage of such as Surviv'd Sunk before those Walls 3. And yet scarce ever did a People Defend so weak a Place with so invincible Resolution under greater Discouragements The English Forces sent for their Assistance upon Collonel Lundy's Representing the condition of the Town as desperate return'd and all their principal Officers perceiving how Affairs were managed came with them After which Collonel Lundy and his Council were only Sollicitors to make the best Terms they cou'd for themselves When their Authority was broke by the Threats of those whom they call'd the Rabble there was scarce a Man left of any considerable Reputation for Experience or Conduct in Military Affairs They had too great reason given 'em to fear some Treacherous Friends within as well as a powerful Enemy without their Gates They could scarce reasonably expect any assistance from England when those sent before had left the place as hopeless The Ships that came afterwards under the Command of M. G. K. never made any Attempt to come up when they had no Obstacle but what the Castle of Culmore cou'd give them and had all the Advantages of Wind and Tide to favour them Nor did they make any Essay till the time we were reliev'd notwithstanding the frequent signs we made to them of our Distressed Condition And some weeks after their appearance in the Lough most of them were gone out of our sight so that we had little hope of Relief by them And yet tho Sickness and Famine then daily swept off great numbers for 't is thought no less than ten thousand dyed during the Siege besides those that dyed soon after we would not hear of Surrendring while there was any possibility for the Garrison to Subsist 4. The Conduct of Divine Providence in the preservation of that City deserves our admiration and thankful acknowledgments Besides what has been already suggested or is more fully observed in the Relation it self I may add That those few Youths should first shut the Gates against the Earl of Antrims Regiment when not one person of Note in the Town durst openly concur with them That the Multitude should obstruct the Surrender of it when signed by Collonel Lundy and his Council after the principal Officers had left it and resolutely adventure on the defence of it under so many and great disadvantages looks like the effect of some extraordinary impulse on their minds To what can we ascribe it that in so many Sallies we should lose so very few men
Irwin II. Captain Alexander Leckey Lieutenant James Lennox Ensign John Harvey III. Captain Matthew Cacken Lieutenant Henry Lâ—ng Ensign Francis Hunt IV. Capain Warham Jemmet Lieutenant Robert Morison Ensign Daniel Sherrard V. Captain John Tomkins Lieutenant James Spaight Ensign Alexander Coningham VI. Capt. Thomas Moncreiff Lieutenant James Morison Ensign William Mackee December the 11th Mr. Cairns went for London The same day Governour Philips went to Newtown and in a few dayes return'd with about 3 or 400 Horse William Hamilton of Moyagh brought near 200 more which they tendered to our service Soon after Letters from Dublin inform us that the Lord Tyrconnel had ordered the Lord Mountjoy and Lieutenant Collonel Lundy with six Companys of their Regiment to come down and reduce this City to its former Obedience But our Friends there caution'd us against the receiving of 'em and the City was generally averse to it and yet that their actions might not be mis-interpreted they endeavoured to represent the reasons of 'em in a Declaration which they Published about this time See in the end When the Lord Mountjoy came to Omagh he sent Captain Mac-Caustand with a Message to this City desiring two or three of their Number to meet him at Rapho upon which Captain Norman and Mr. John Mogredg were sent to hear his Proposals who at their return gave assurance of his Lordships being fully impower'd to Capitulate and that he would on the surrender of the Garrison with our Arms procure a Free and General Pardon for what was pass't these Terms our two Envoys did earnestly sollicit us to accept tho in vain But because these two had no power to Conclude any thing his Lordship desired there might be Commissioners with full power to treat with him at Mount-Gavelin Accordingly the Governour George Phillips Esq Captain Alexander Tomkins Horace Kennedy Esq Lieutenant William Crookshanks and Lieutenant James Lennox were impowr'd by the City to treat and conclude who after a full hearing of his Lordships Proposals would comply on no other Terms than the getting a Protestant Garrison and liberty to keep their Watches and Arms as formerly as also a free and General Pardon under the Great Seal which his Lordship declared he could not grant and so they parted without any Conclusion his Lordship then saying he wou'd next Morning come to the Gates and demand Entrance They returning with the report of these passages we began to examine again the Stores of Amunition and found only six Barrels of Powder a few Arms unfix'd and most of the Guns unmounted for want of Carriages Soon after his Lordship appears at the Bishops-Gate where for some time he was made to stand upon a warm debate within whether he should be admitted At length out of respect to his Lordship he was suffered to enter who being very importunate for an Accommodation there were Eleven persons of the City and Country appointed to treat with him viz. George Phillips Governour Horace Kennedy Esq Captain Alexander Lecky Captain Warham Jemmet Captain John Forward Captain George Canning Lieutenant Henry Long Lieutenant James Lennox William Coningham Esq and James Steward His Lordship after some debate that he might prevent any more Forces coming down upon us was at last prevail'd on to agree to such Articles as the City proposed which Articles are annext in the end Upon the Perfection of these Articles his Lordship for our better Satisfaction ordered Leiutenant Collonel Lundy to repair to Strabane there to stop his six Companies till the full Moyety being Papists were turned off and some Officers of the City were sent to see it done and Protestants inlisted in their stead Yet there were but two Companies all Protestants under Command of Leiutenant Collonel Lundy and Captain Stewart received at first into the City The other four consisting of one half Papists were ordered to quarter at Strabane Newton Stewart and Rapho till throughly reform'd Which so fully satisfied us that the Protestant Interest would be much strengthned by the interposition of the Lord Mountjoy that our Governour freely resign'd his charge to him and we all resolv'd to follow his orders and directions Accordingly his Lordship heartily Concurr'd with the Citizens advis'd 'em to repair the Carriages of the Guns fix the old Arms that lay in the Stores and every thing else that might be found necessary for the preservation of the City Whereupon there was a meeting in the Guild-hall of all the Inhabitants in orto the Levying of Moneys for that purpose And a voluntary Subscription being there made about 100 l. a select number was chosen to dispose thereof as also to regulate the Concerns of the City viz. Samuel Norman Alderman Alexander Lecky Alderman Matthew Cocken Alderman Horace Kennedy Sheriff Mr. Francis Nevill Mr. Frederick Coningham and Mr. James Lennox to whom Mr. John Mogredg was Secretary The Lord Massareene also some time after freely Contributed a considerable sum of Money towards the defence of the place They studied all possible means for the preservation and safety of the City and Countrey and since they still apprehended a Desscent of the Irish they kept up a good Correspondence with the Neighbouring Counties in what concern'd their Common Interest And that our Friends in the Country might be incouraged with a speedy supply of Powder and Arms Money was freely advanced by Horace Kennedy Esq Edw. ard Brooks Esq Lieutenant Henry Long Will. Crook shanks Ensign William Mackee Ensign John Harvey Ensign Francis Hunt Alexander Gordon Hugh Davey and William Maxwell Merchants and sent with James Hamilton Merchant to Scotland to buy Powder and Arms. He cou'd procure no more than 42 Barrels of Powder which except 10 left in the County of Down happily came and was secured in the Magazine Being also informed that a small Bark which was sent from Dublin with 30 Barrels of Powder for the Earl of Antrim lay Wind-bound at Killagh in the County of Down there were persons appointed to seize and bring the same about for our use who did so and leaving a share in some trusty hands for the Countries Service brought the remainder being about 20 Barrels to this City But all being too small a quantity pressing Letters were dispatch't to our Agent at London to sollicit their Majesties for Succours The Lord Mountjoy is sent for to Dublin by the Lord Tyrconnell His Friends here all disswade him from going up But the advice of some in Dublin prevail'd more upon him Upon his Coming there it was proposed to him by the Lord Tyrconnell that he should go with Lord Chief Baron Rice on a Message to King James in France to desire leave of Treating with England for that Kingdom upon which he procured the following Articles on our behalf to be perfected a Copy of which he sent down to the North with the ensuing Letter which I shall here add because it discovers how miserably he as well as many other well meaning Gentlemen were imposed upon by Tyrconnel who
Kingdom do give us just apprehensions of ill designs in them they pretending the Kings Commission for what they do whereas we are assured that the King has commanded all Roman Catholicks to lay down their Arms which we conceive should as well extend to Ireland as England And therefore we doubt that the Leaders of this Irish Army do act from their own heads upon designs of their own which we may justly fear will be prejudicial to the Lives Liberties and Properties of the Protestant Subjects of this Kingdom if not prevented Lastly We declare that as we will assault none that molest not us so we will to our powers protect all from Violence even Roman Catholicks themselves whilst they behave themselves peaceably and neighbourly amongst us tho we will admit none but Protestants into our Association until we be ascertained from the lawful Authority and Government of England what further Orders we are to obey And we doubt not but that all good Protestants in this Kingdom will where they are able joyn with us in the same publick Defence and that God will bless this so just innocent and necessary undertaking for our Lives Laws and Religion And whereas it will be necessary for the more effectual and successful carrying on of these our mutual endeavours for the preservation of our Laws Religion and Country and the security of our Lives and Properties and to avoid Confusions and Distractions which in such cases might otherwise happen to appoint some Eminent Person or Persons to whose Conduct we may intirely submit our selves in this our undertaking We do therefore by these Presents unanimously Nominate Elect and appoint the Right Honourable Robert Lord Baron of Kingston and the Honourable Chidley Coot Esq or either or both of them joyntly and severally as they shall think fit to be Commander or Commanders in chief of all the Forces in the said County of Sligo And do hereby oblige our selves to serve under his or their Command in such manner and in such place and Station as they or one of them in their discretion and judgment shall direct And that we will procure such Horse and Foot and such a number of Men Arms and Ammunition as we or any of us can possibly provide and that with all Expedition immediately to be arrayed and formed into Troops and Companies and to be disposed of from time to time according to their or either of their Orders In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our hands At Sligo this 4th of January 1688 9. Collonel Lundy's Instructions Instructions to our Trusty and Wellbeloved Lieutenant Collonel Lundy Commander in chief of the Town and Garrison of London-Derry or in his Absence to the Commander in chief there HAving taken into our Consideration the Danger that at present threatens the Protestant Interest in that Kingdom and how much it concerns the good of our Subjects that all our Garrisons there be in as good a posture of Defence as may be We therefore reposing Trust and Confidence in your good Affection and Courage have thought fit hereby to direct you 1. That you do upon receipt hereof Buy and Furnish that Garrison with such necessary Provisions and Ammunition as may enable it to subsist and make defence for some time in case of any Attack 2. That for its better defence you do break down such Bridges and cut up such Dikes and Sluces as in your Judgment shall be thought necessary 3. That you take special care in preserving the Gates of the Town the Guns with their Carriages as well as the Fortifications of the place in good order and repair and that you add such Works as you shall find necessary 4. That on prospect of any more imminent danger you do pull down such Houses and fell and cut down such Trees as may prove in the least a prejudice to its defence 5. That you put and set up Palisadoes in such places as shall be thought necessary and that you do and provide for the defence of that place what else you shall upon due consideration judge requisite 6. And to that end you are to receive and dispose of the Thousand pounds which shall be remitted to you to the best advantage of our Service and the safety of that Garrison and to transmit an account thereof hither 7. That you also send hither from time to time as opportunities offer a true and particular account of the Condition of that place to one of our principal Secretaries of State 8. That you also cause the Oath herewith sent you to be taken by all the Officers both Civil and Military in that Town and Garrison Given c. 21. Febr. 1688. Mr. Hamiltons Instructions Instructions to our Trusty and well-beloved James Hamilton Esquire appointed by us to carry Arms and other Provisions of War to the Town of London-Derry in our Kingdom of Ireland William R. YOU are to receive into your Charge as soon as they shall be put on Ship-board the Arms Ammunition and Stores of War which we have directed to be sent to Ireland with a Commission and Instructions to Lieutenant Costonel Lundy and the Sum of one Thousand pounds which we have ordered the Officers of the Customs and Excise at Chester to pay unto you to be delivered by you to the said Lieutenant Collonel Lundy who is to dispose thereof for the necessary occasions of that Garrison And you are to take care that the Ship on which the said Arms and Stores of War shall be laden do not leave the English Câ—ast without the Convoy of a Frigat Which we have appâ—inted to accompany the said Ship to the said Town of Londonderry And at your Arrival with the said Ships upon or near the Coastâ— of Ireland you are if you see convenient to deliver 50 Barrels of Powder to any Officer Commassionated by us within the County of Down or thereabouts in order to the better Defence of those parts taking the Receipt of the said Officer for the same And you are as soon as may be to inform your self in the best manner at what distance the Enemy stall be as that time from London-derry and with what safety the said Arms and Provision of War may be put on Shore at or near that place and secured within the said Town for the use and defence of the Protestants against the Papists according to your Directions in that behalf And in case the same may be done without apparent Danger you are to proceed accordingly in the Execution thereof and to deliver the said Commission and Instructions Mony Arms and Stores to the said Lievtenant Collonel Lundy or the Commander in Chief of the said Town taking his Receipt for the same Provided nevertheless that before you deliver the said Commission Instructions Mony Arms and Stores of War to the said Lieutenant Collonel Lundy or to the Commander in Chief of the said Town you first cause him to take the Oaths herewith sent on Board the Ship wherein you shall
Seal of Ireland Provided always that no person or persons now in Arms against the King in or about Inniskillin Bellishanny Donegall or Killebeggs that will accept of these or the like Articles before the said 26th day of July shall have the benefit of them they or their chief Commanders having eight days notice of these Articles before the said 26th of July by having delivered to them Copies of them which are to be sent them by the said Lieutenant General by some of his party and some of this Garrison 16. That a convenient number of persons be appointed as Commissioners in this City and in each County of the said Provinces before the 26th of July by the said Lieutenant General and the Governours Commanders Offâ—cers and Soldiers of this Garrison with sufficient Authority to see these Articles made good and performed 17. That Hostages be given by the said Lieutenant General to the Garrison of Derry to be kept there or on Board of the English Ships now in the River of Foile viz. And for the Garrison of Derry to be given as Hostages and kept in their Camp or at Strabane Lifford or Raphoe 18. That during the time of Treaty and until the said 26th day of July if in the mean time no Army shall come to relieve the City there shall be a Cessation of Arms between the Besiegers and the Besieged and that no Acts of Hostility shall be committed by either side provided that none of either party but such as shall have Licenses shall come within the Lines of the other 19. That as well the Persons that are in this Garrison or shall be there the 26th of July as shall embarque or Ship for England or Scotland as those that go to the Country shall at their departure hence have Horses and Boats allowed them for carrying the Officers Sickmen Women and Children home to their several Habitations or places whither they have a mind to resort Provided always that these Articles shall not be binding on either Party in case the said City shall be relieved by the English or some other Army before the said 26th day of July and if it shall be so relieved that then the said Hostages delivered on both sides shall be delivered to each other in safety The COMMISSION TO all Christian people to whom these presents shall come Know ye that we the Governours Commanders Officers Soldiers and Citizens now in the City and Garrison of London-Derry have nominated constituted appointed and authorized and by these presents do nominate constitute appoint and authorize Collonel Hugh Hamil Collonel Thomas Lance Captain Robert White Captain William Dobbin Matthew Cockins Esquire and Mr. John Mac-Kenzey as Commissioners for us and in our Name to repair to and treat with the Right Honourable Lieutenant General Richard Hamilton now encamped against London-Derry with an Army of his Majesty's King James the Second besieging the said City and Garrison or to somewhere near the said Camp and City or to Collonel Dominick Sheldon Coll. Gordon O Neal Sir Neal O-Neal Sir Edw. Vaudry Lieutenant Collonel Skelton and Captain Francis Marow Commissioners nominated constitutted appointed and authorized by the said Lieutenant General Hamilton and there to treat with him or them concerning the rendering up of the said City and Garrison to the said Lieutenant General for his Majesties use with all the Stores Ammunition Artillery Arms Implements and Habiliments of War according to the annexed Instructions and Articles and such other Instructions and Articles as you shall from time to time have from us and on such other Articles matters and things as shall be proposed to you our said Commissioners by the said Lieutenant General or by his said Commissioners And on such Treaty to conclude on such Articles matters and things for the delivering up of the said City to the said Lieutenant General or whom he shall appoint with the said Stores Ammunition Artillery Arms Implements and Habiliments of War for his Majesties use and for the giving and receiving of Hostages for the performance of what shall be stipulated and agreed upon And the same to reduce into Writing and Sign and Seal and to receive the counterpart thereof Signed and Sealed by the said Lieut. Gen. or the said Commissioners for us and in our behalf And what Articles Matters and things you shall agree upon and reduce into Writing and Sign and Seal for us and on our behalf We by these Presents bind and oblige our selves to observe keep and perform entirely In Witness whereof we hereunto put our Hands and Seals at London-Derry this 12th Day of July 1689. Signed and Delivered in the Presence of Francis Hamilton Robert Cockrane James Young Stephen Herd David Ross Robert Wallace Christophilus Jenney Arth. Noble Adam Downey Arch. Hamilton Henry Arkwright Tho. Ash Theophilus Morison Will. Ragston Will. Hamilton Warren Godfreâ— Geo. Holmes Jâ— Henderâ—on Hercules Burleigh * George Walker John Mitchelbâ—rn Richard Crofton Adam Murray Hemy Monroe Stephen Miller Alexander Stewart John Crooks Will. Campbell Will. Draper James Grabame John Cockrane Fran. â—brey John Crofâ—on John Thompson Will. Mare Richard Aplin * I should not take notice of so trivial a thing as Mr. Wâ—â—â—er's signing first if it had not been improved into an Argument of his being Governour of the Garrison as well as the Stores But as the foremenâ—ioned Debates about this very Commission as well as the whole Story of the Seige evidently shew the contrary So to obviate this Objection against the Truth of those passages I am obliged to add That Mr. Walker's signing first in some Papers during the Siege was partly owing to the Modesty and Complaisance of Governour Baker and afterwards Governour Mitchelburn but much more to the forward Temper of Collonel Walker who when Governour Baker or Mitchelburn sign'd first seldom failed to croud in his Name before them Of which I could produce several notorious Instances but shall only mention a late one Several Certificates were sign'd by Mitchelburn in Nov. last to some Officers of Baker's Regiment which when brought here he not only thrust in his Name above him but blotted out of each of these Certificates these words Collonel Baker Governour of the said City THese are to Certifie all whom it may concern That the Bearer hereof Robert Louther served during the late Siege of London-Derry in the Station or Post of a Lieutenant in Captain Nicholas Holmes 's Company under the Command and Regiment of Collonel Henry Baker late Governour of the foresaid City and also after under the Command of Collonel St. John and continued in the said Regiment till the 9th Day of October during which Siege he behaved himself with good Conduct and Courage both in the Sallies that were made against the Enemy and the Preservation of the said City Given under my hand at London-Derry the 27th Day of November 1689. George Walker I. Mitchelburn And how far he was from being esteem'd as Governour of the Garrison even after Governour