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A84656	A declaration from His Excellencie Sr. Thomas Fairfax, and his Councell of Warre. Concerning their proceeding in the proposalls, prepared and agreed on by the Councell of the Armie, to be tendred to the Commissioners of Parliament, residing in the Army, and with them to be treated on by the Commissioners of the Army. Together with the heads of the said proposalls, containing the particulars of their desires, in pursuance of their former declarations and papers, in order to the clearing, and securing of the rights, and liberties of the kingdome, and the setling of a just and lasting peace. To which are added some further particular desires, for the removing, and redressing of divers present pressing grievances, being also comprised in, or in necessarie pursuance of their former representations and papers appointed to be treated upon.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing F139A; Thomason E401_4; ESTC R201772	8,728	17

from having any power to sit or Vote in Parliament without consent of both Houses VI. That an Act be passed for recalling and making voyd all Declarations and other proceedings against the Parliament or against any that have acted by or under their authority in the late Warre or in relation to it And that the Ordinances for indempnity may be confirmed VII That an Act be passed for making void all Grants c. under the Great Seal that was conveyed away from the Parliament since the time that it was so conveyed away except as in the Parliaments Propositions and for making those ●adid that have been or shall be passed under the ●●eat Seale made by the authority of both Houses of Parliament VIII 〈◊〉 an Act be passed for ●●●●●●mation of the Treaties between the two Kingdomes 〈◊〉 and Scotland and for appointing Conservators of the peace betwixt them IX That the Ordinance for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries be confirmed by Act of Parliament Provided his Majesties Revenue be 〈◊〉 damnified therein nor those that last held Offices in the 〈…〉 without reparation some other way X. An Act to declare void the C●●ation of Ireland c. and to leave the prosecution of that War●● to the Lords and Commons in the Parliament of England XI An Act to be 〈◊〉 to take a●y all 〈…〉 power authority and jurisdiction of Bishops and all other Ecclesiasticall Officers whatsoever extending to any Civill penalties upon any and to repeale 〈◊〉 Laws whereby the Civill Magistracy hath been or is boun● upon any Ecclesiasticall censure to proceed ex officio unto any civill penalties against any persons to censured XII That there be a repeale of all Acts or C●●sses in any Act enjoyning the use of the Book of Common Prayer and imposing any penalties for neglect thereof as also of all Acts or Clauses in any Act imposing any penalty for not comming to Church or for meetings elsewhere for prayer or other religious duties exercises or Ordinances and some other provision to be made for discovering of Papists and Popish Recusants and for disabling of them and of all Jesuites or Priests from disturbing the State XIII That the taking of the Covenant be not inforced upon any nor any penalties imposed upon the Refusers whereby men might be constrained to take it against their judgements or consciences but all Orders or Ordinances tending to that purpose to be repealed XIV That the things here before proposed being provided for setling and securing the Rights Liberties Peace and safety of the Kingdome his Majesties person his Queen and Royall issue may be restored to a condition of safety Honour and freedome in this Nation without diminution to their personall Rights or further limitation to the exercise of the Regall power then according to the particulars aforegoing XV. For the matter of Compositions 1. That a lesse number out of the persons excepted in the t●● first qualifications not exceeding five for the English being nominated particularly by the Parliament who together with the persons in the Irish Rebellion included in the third qualification ●●y be reserved to the further judgement of the Parliament as they shall finde cause All other excepted persons may be remitted from the exception and admitted to Composition 2. That the rates for all future Co●●●sitions may be lessened and limitted not to exceed the severall proportions hereafter exprest respectively That is to say 1. For all p●r souls formerly excepted not above 〈◊〉 part 2. For the ●a●e Members of Parliament under the first branch of the fourth qualification in the Proposition a fourth part 3 For other Members of Parliament in the second and 〈◊〉 branches of the same qualification a sixth part 4. For the persons nominated in the said fourth qualification and those included in the tenth qualification an eight part 5. For all others in 〈◊〉 the s●●th qualification a tenth part And that reall Debts either upon Record or proved by witnesses be considered and abated in the 〈…〉 their estates in all the cases aforesaid 3. That those who shall hereafter 〈…〉 compound 〈◊〉 not ●●ve the Covenant 〈…〉 without which 〈◊〉 not compound but in case they shall 〈◊〉 willingly take it they may passe their Compositions without 〈◊〉 4. That the persons and 〈◊〉 of all English not 〈◊〉 two hundred pounds in La●● o● Goods ●e at liberty and discharged And that the Kings 〈◊〉 Servants that 〈◊〉 took 〈◊〉 Almes his ●●●ly attended his Person according to 〈◊〉 Office● may be fr●ed from Composition or to pay at most but the proportion of one ●●●ges 〈…〉 5. That is Order ●o the making and perf●cti●●●f Compositions 〈…〉 aforesaid 〈…〉 Profit of all sequestred 〈…〉 the Estates of such person wh● shall be 〈…〉 ●ee from henceforth suspended and 〈◊〉 the hand● of the ●●spective tenants occupants and other● from them they are due for the space of 〈…〉 following 6. That the Faith 〈…〉 ●●●lia●●nt 〈…〉 to have been made full reparation and satisfaction may 〈◊〉 to the 〈…〉 and the persons 〈…〉 may be 〈…〉 XV. Th●● 〈…〉 to extend unto all except 〈…〉 ●●ception as before 〈…〉 ●●anour● c. 〈…〉 from all trouble or prejudice for 〈…〉 their compositions past and to restore them to all pri●iledges c. belonging to other Subjects provided as in the 〈◊〉 particular under the second generall head ●for● 〈…〉 security And whereas there have beene of late strong indeavours and practices of a fa●tio●s and desperate party to imbroyle this Kingdom in a new warre ●●d for that purpose to induce the King the Queene and Prince to declare for the said party and also to excite and stirre up all those of the Kings late party to appeare and ingage for the same which attempts and designes many of the Kings party out of their desires to avoid further m●s●ry 〈◊〉 the ●ingdome have contributed their in devours to prevent as for divers of them wee have had particular assurance we doe therefore desire that such of the Kings party who shall appeare to have ●●pressed and shall 〈◊〉 expresse that way their good affections to the pence and welfare of the Kingdoms and to hinder the a broyling of the some in a new warre may bee freed and co●●●pted from compositions 〈◊〉 to pay but one yeares Rev●●● o● a twen●●●●● part These particulars aforegoing are the 〈…〉 proposall as wee have agreed 〈◊〉 to ●●●d in order 〈…〉 of the peace of 〈…〉 leaving the Termes or 〈…〉 the Kingdome of Scot●●●● to stand as in the proposi●●●● of both Kingdomes untill that Kingdome shall agree to any o●●●●tion Next to the proposals aforesaid for the pre●●●● 〈◊〉 of a p●●ce wee shall desire than 〈…〉 may be lo●● by the Par●●●●ent for dispa●●● of other things tending to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and just in 〈◊〉 of the Kingdome and 〈…〉 T●●● 〈◊〉 just and necess●●y liberty of the p●op●● to 〈◊〉 their grievances and desires by way of Petition may be 〈…〉 〈…〉 or Declaration of the Army sent from S● Albans ● Th●● 〈…〉 the common grieva●●● by the people may be speed●ly con●●●●● of and effectually red●ssed and in particular ● Th●● the Excise ●ay bee taken off from such Commodities 〈…〉 people of the ●and doe ordinarily free and a certain 〈…〉 for taking off the whole 2. That the oppressions and incroachm●●ts of ●ound Laws may be prevented for future 3. All Monopolies old or ne● and restraines to the freedome of trade to 〈…〉 4. That 〈…〉 to remedy and rectifie the 〈…〉 ●●ties and severall parts of each County in respect of others and to settle the proportions for L●●●●● are to more equally throughout the Kingdome in order to which we shall offer some further particular● which we hope m●y be usefull 5. The present unequall troublesome and contentions way of Ministers maintenance by T●t●●● to be considered of and some remedy applyed 6. That the rules and course of 〈◊〉 and the affirme of is ●ay be so reduced and reformed as that all 〈◊〉 and questions 〈◊〉 Rights may be more cleere and certaine in the issues and not so tedious nor chargeable in the proceeding as now in order to which we shall offer some further particulars hereafter 7. That Prisoners for D●bt or other 〈…〉 have Estates to disc●●●● go them may not 〈…〉 other wayes 〈…〉 but that the Estates of all 〈◊〉 may be some 〈◊〉 mo●e liable to their Debts as well as Tradesmen are by Commissions of Bankrupt whether they be imprisoned for it or 〈◊〉 And thee such prisoners for Debt who have not 〈…〉 have to their Cre●●●ors may b● 〈…〉 impris●●●ent or some may provided for so as neither they or the●● Families ●ay perish by their imprisonments 8. 〈…〉 to the 〈…〉 of themselves or their neerest Relations i● criminall causes 〈…〉 no mans life take taken away under 〈◊〉 witnesses 9. That 〈…〉 or 〈…〉 or else to quallifie and pr●●●●●e against 〈…〉 extend 〈…〉 or ensnaring of religious and peaceable people meerly for non-conformity in Religion 3. That according to the sixt Head in the Declaration of the Army the large powers given to Committees or Deputy Lieutenants during the late times of warre and distraction may be speedily taken into confu●●●tion to be recalled ●●d made void and th●● such powers of that nature as shall appears necessary to be continued may be put into a regulated way and left to as little Arbitrarinesse as the nature and necessity of the things wherein they are conversant will beare 4. That according to the seventh Head in the sai●● Declaration an effectuall course may be taken t●●● the kingdome may be righted and satisfied in point of Accounts for the vast summes that have been levyed 5. That provision may be made for payment of Arrears to the Army and the rest of the Souldiers of the kingdome who have concurred with the Ar●●●● in the late desires and proceedings thereof And in the near place for payments of the publique debts and da●mages of the kingdome and that to bee performed first to such persons whose debts or dammages 〈…〉 the publick Account are great and their estates shall so as they are thereby reduced to a difficulty of subsistence In order to all which and to the fourth particular last proceding we shall speedily offer see●●● further 〈…〉 th● nature of rule 〈…〉 hope will be of good 〈◊〉 towards publike 〈…〉 ●●on Signed by the 〈…〉 Fair●ax and the 〈◊〉 of Warre Jo. Rushworth Secre● August 1. 1647. FINIS