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parliament_n	house_n	sir_n	william_n	3,051	5	7.6129	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64031	The tvvo petitions of the Buckingham-shire men delivered the XIth of January one to the Peers, the other to the House of Commons, in the behalfe of Mr. Hampden, burgesse for their shire, &c. They being 4000. that came on horseback to deliver them. And also a relation of the free and voluntary offers of the trayned bands of the City of London; of the masters of shippes, mariners and seamen; of the aprentices of London; of the trayned bands of Southwarke, and of the watermen upon the Thames to defend the King and Parliament against malignant councells and plots of Papists.		1642 (1642)	Wing T3501A; ESTC R222408	4,130	10

THE TVVO PETITIONS OF THE BUCKINGHAM-SHIRE MEN DELIVERED THE XIth OF January one to the PEERS the other to the House of Commons in the behalfe of Mr. Hampden Burgesse for their Shire c. They being 4000. that came on Horseback to deliver them And also a Relation of the free and voluntary offers of the Trayned Bands of the City of London of the Masters of Shippes Mariners and Seamen of the Aprentices of London of the Trayned Bands of Southwarke and of the Watermen upon the Thames to defend the King and Parliament against malignant Councells and Plots of Papists LONDON Printed January 12. An. Dom. 1641. A TRUE RELATION Of sundry passages in and about the most honourable House of PARLIAMENT ON Munday the third of this instant month of January his Majesty by Warrant under his own hand Authorized Sergeant Frances Sergeant at Armes to come to the House of Commons and there to demand Mr. Denzill Hollis Sir Arthur Haslerigg Mr. Pym Mr. Hampden and Mr. Strowd whom in his Majesties name he accused of High Treason The House of Commons returned this answere that not only those five Gentlemen but also every one of them would lay downe their lives and fortunes at his Majesties feet so he would be but pleased to accuse them in a legall way and make known the cause of their Accusation The next day being Tuesday his Majesty unexpectedly came to the House of Commons attended with a multitude of persons Armed as aforesaid and there in the SPEAKERS Chaire demanded these five Persons saying he expected yesterday obedience and not an Answere When his Majesty a long time together had cast his eyes round about the House and could not discerne any of these five Members there he was pleased to command Mr. Speaker to tell him if they were there the Speaker falling upon his knees humbly beseeching his Majesty to excuse him for he was servant to the House of Commons and could neither see nor speake without their leave His Majestie discerning they were not in the House graciously departed but the bloody minded souldiers some of whom stood neere the doore of the House of Commons with their Pistols readie cockt and their Swords erected in their hands expecting when the word should have beene given with fearefull Oathes expressed themselves that they lost that they came for the persons were not there they mist the opportunity of cutting their throats and the throats of all those Parliament men of the House of Commons that would not have suffered these five persons to have beene taken out of the House his Majesties owne servants carrying themselves civilly and indeed ignorant of the Trayterous designe As soone as these damme blades about the number of 400. were gone the House of Commons full of griefe of heart to see the priviledges of Parliament thus broken adjourned in great discontent til Wednesday the 5. of Januarie at two of the clock at which time they met and concluded of an Order to adjourne the House till Tuseday the 11. of January 1641. And in the meane time appointed a Comittee of the House of Commons to sit in London to consider of the safety of the King Kingdome and Parliament and of repairing of the priviledges of Parliament so highly broken Which meeting hath produced severall Orders and Declarations for maintaining the priviledges of Parliament which are to be reported to the House and there to have it's force But for the safety of the Kingdome and Citie which they conceived to be in emminent danger the Committee for Irish affaires of the House of Commons propounded the consideration thereof to the Committee of the Lords House for Irish affaires who sate likewise in London who in regard the King had denyed both houses a Guard to protect them and in regard such an hostill plot was intended as was apparantly proved declared their opinion that whereas the King and Parliament was in so great danger that in that case the Sheriffes of London and Midlesex ought to come with the Posse Commitatus to the Parliament to defend the King and Parliament to which opinion the Comittee of the House of Commons assented which was communicated to the Lord Major Aldermen and Common Counsell of London and they delivered their opinions herein and expressed their forwardnesse hereunto This breach of priviledge of Parliament begot much discontent in the Parliament and people and the more in regard by speciall command the Articles against Master Pym and the rest was printed and the same published by Sir William Killegrue and Sir William Flemyn and delivered in his Majesties Name as they fasely pretended to the foure Innes of Court to the end to make these persons the more odious to them and the Kingdome And in regard the consequence of admitting this Accusation in this manner against these five persons is a president to take away the whole House of Commons at a breath under pretence of high Treason if as God forbid an Accunsation of this nature should be hereafter and considering that to this very day 11. Januar. 1641. no Articles of Impeachment is come into the House of Commons by the Kings Attourney or otherwise or from the Lords House if any be there against them till which time that it come from thence by messengers of their owne if their first depending the House cannot legally take notice thereof This and many other reasons made the House of Commons to insist upon it besides the great merit of these persons whom as the house hath declared though as deare as their lives unto them they will deliver over unto a tryall so as his Majestie will proceed against them in a legall way either at the Kings Bench or in Parliament and produce any Subject in England that will stand to make good the Accusation and in case they faile to make it good that his Majectie will let them be forth-comming and also to discover those wicked Counsells that have advised him to this course that they may be brought to condigne punishment The City ond people in the adjacent parts are so much moved in this businesse and fearing some suddaine execution may be done upon the Parliament both the House of Peeres and House of Commons and the Lords of the Privy Counsell having declared that this Act of his Majesties without their advice and against the privilledges of Parliament That they yesterday declared that eight Companies of the Trayned Bands with 8. pieces of Ordnance and divers Horsemen mounted shall Guard the Commitees of the House of Peeres and Commons from Grocers-hall in London to Westminster And the Sea Captaines Masters of Ships and Marriners with small Barges and long Boates sufficiently man'd and Armed with Murderers Rablets Faulchion and Minion with Musquets and halfe-Pikes to the number of 2000 persons have engaged themselves to Guard the Parliament by water The Trayned Bands in Southwark have offered themselves to secure all the other side of the water and the Aprentices tendred their

services to attend the Parliament to the number of ten thousand with Warlike weapons but those the Parliament enjoyned to stay at home And lastly the Watermen tendred their Barges for more safety to carry the Parliament men by Water All which to the great admiration of all the Beholders put in execution this day And that which is most considerable 4000 Horsemen are come to the house of Cōmons this day except some of them which lay at Vxbridg and places thereabouts with a Petition in the name of the whole County of Buckingham that Mr. Hampden their Knight of the Shire may receive his Tryall and not lie under the name of high Treason and cannot obtaine a legall way of Tryall and that if he acquit himselfe as no good men make doubt of Justice in a high measure may be done upon the false informers of his Majesty how neere or how a great soever They being confident that it is but designe of the Popish party to put an interruption in the proceedings of Parliament that no reliefe may be sent to Ireland but that more Protestant blood may be shed there and that all Acts made this Parliament may be avoyded under pretence of no free Parliament And lastly to force a breach of this Parliament by an untimely adjournment or fayle of meeting through fear of danger To the Right Honourable the House of PEEERS now assembled in PARLIAMENT The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the County of Buckingham Sheweth THAT whereas we hoped upon the happy assembly of this present Parliament wee should have had a speedy redresse of those great pressures we had for many yeares been under but have hitherto been in great measure frustrate of our hopes by the strange Counter-working of a malignant faction whereby the perfecting of Reformation is hindred the endeavours of the House of Commons in great part successelesse our dangers growne upon us by iterated plots Priests and other Delinquents unpunished to the encouragement of others Ireland neare lost by protracted Counsels while Thousands are there Butchered by inhume cruelties and to cut off all hopes of future Reformation the very being of our Parliaments indangered by desperate and unexampled breach of privilledges which by our Protestation lately taken we are bound with our lives and estates to maintaine And in respect of that late attempt upon the Honourable House of Commons we are now come to offer our service to that end as resolved in their just defence to live and die ANd do therfore humbly pray that this most Honourable House will cooperate with the House of Commons in most speedy perfecting the most necessary worke of Reformation bringing to condidge and exemplary punishment both wicked Counsellors and other plotters and delinquents That Ireland may be speedily relieved the Priviledges of Parliament fortified against all future attempts And the whole Kingdome put into such o present posture of defence that wee may be safe both from all pra ices of the malignant party at home and the endeovours of any ill affected States abroad And they shall pray c. To the Honourable the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons now assembled in Parliament Sheweth THat whereas for many yeares past we have beene under very great pressures which are cleerly set forth in the late Remonstrance of the House of Commons The redersse thereof which hath for a long time beene by you indeavoured with unwearied paines though not with answerable successe having still your endeavour frustrated or retarded and we deprived of the fruit thereof by a malignant faction of Popish Lords Bishops and others and now of late to take from us all that little hope was left of a future reformation the very being of the Parliament shaken and by the mischievous practises of most wicked Counsellors the Priviledges therof broken in an unexampled manner and the members therof unassured of their lives in whose safety the safety of us and our Posterity is involved Wee held it our duty according to our late Protestation to defend and maintaine the same Persons and Priviledges to the utmost expence of our Lives and Estates To which purpose we are now come to make the humble tender of our service and remaine in exepctation of your Command and Order to the execution whereof we shall with all alacrity addresse our selves ready to live by you or to die at your feet against whomsoever shall in any sort illegally attempt upon you MAy it therefore please this Honourable Assembly to assist the ardent Prayer of your poore Petitioners that Popish Lords and Bishops may be forthwith outed the House of Peeres that all Priviledges of Parliament Yours and our Posterities Inheritance may bee confirmed to you and that evill Counsellors the Achans of this Common-wealth may be given up to the hand of Justice without all which your Petitioners have not the least hope of Israels peace or to reape those glorious advantages which the 14. Months seed-time of your unparalleld endeavours hath given to their unsatisfied expectations So your Petitioners wil be bound 〈…〉