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
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
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
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
Antichristian c. That he held the Pope to be the Metropolitan Bishop of the World and that there could be no true Church without Bishops The Speaker offered to the house a petition which he received from the hands of the French Ambassadour touching the French and English Merchants in matters of Trade which the House referred to the Committee of the Navy and directed that when addresses should be made to them as a Parliament they would doe right Colonel Popham was ordered to go down to Taunton to take into his charge a Regiment raised by the Country for him The Lord Inchequin's party taken at Dorchester that were Irish Rebels were there hang'd The Lord Admiral upon the General 's advance to Exeter sent the James a Ship of 1200 Tun to lye before it at Torbay that 100 are come out of the Town to him and that he hearing of eleven Ships waiting for the Queen to carry her beyond Sea sent three lusty Ships to wait on them The King marched with 7000 horse and foot to Bath and from thence towards Bristol where Hopton joyned with him Bostal-house in Bucks was re-fortified by the King's party York was rendered upon Articles to the three Parliament Generals who entred the Town and went to the Minster where they had a Sermon and thanks returned to God for the recovery of it An Order was made touching compounding for Wardships Colonel Massey wrote that the King with about 400 horse and 3000 foot was marched Westward whereof he had given notice to the General and to Sir Will. Waller and that he with three Troops of horse followed the King's Rear to keep them from plunder By Letters from the General he desires a pass for an Irish Gentlewoman Governess to the young Princess and sends a Letter which he received out of Exeter from Sir John Berkley the Governour The Irish as was informed by the King's allowance made a Declaration and Vow to assist the King against the Puritan Parliament and to defend Episcopacy and the Papists of England and protest against the Covenant and that they will proceed against all that take it The Lord Grey of Groby and Sir John Gell joyning together to reduce a Garrison of the King 's at Wilney-ferry who did many outrages to the Countrey and much infested them they used this Stratagem to get the Fort. They took about 60 Cart-loads of Hay and other combustible Matter and carried them with their Forces up to the very Fort under the shelter of which their men were secure from any hurt from the Enemy and putting fire to the combustible Matter with the advantage of the wind did so annoy the Enemy that they were driven out of the Works and their Trenches filled with the Hay and other stuff Captain Robinson the Governour offered to render upon terms to march away with Bag and Baggage but that being denied he prepared for a resolute defence but when the Parliament forces began the storm Robinson's men threw down their Arms and craved quarter which was given them and but one man killed there was taken three Captains divers inferiour Officers two Drakes and seventy common Souldiers after this they took in Wink field Manor and Shelford Manor The Parliament ordered a Letter of thanks to them The House being informed that Sir John Berkeley Governour of Exeter hanged up Captain Turpine in cold blood ordered that the Judges who condemn'd him Heath Banks Forster and Glanvile might be impeached of High Treason which was ordered against Glanvile onely being in their power Two Priests who were in the Earl of Newcastle's Army were sent up to the Parliament and ordered to be tried according to Law The Commons ordered a Letter of thanks to the Lord General for his good service in the West The Lord General sent word to the Parliament That he was advancing to relieve Plymouth and to fight with Prince Maurice Indeed there was a great Debate at the Council of War whether they should march on Westward or face about and meet the King who was marching towards them and rather fight with him than with Prince Maurice Most of the Council were of opinion to face about and to meet the King but the Lord Roberts was very earnest for them to advance into Cornwal and by the way to relieve Plymouth and from thence to march into Cornwal to fight Prince Maurice affirming that when they came into Cornwal which was his Lordship's Countrey they should find great assistance and many to come in to them by his interest among them The General followed his advice and wrote to the Parliament as before That the King was in Somersetshire and that the Queen with Bristol and Jermin were landed at Brest in France The House ordered that Mr. Hollis one of their Members shall have out of the King's Revenue the Fine which was imposed on him by the Star-chamber 3 Car. for his fidelity to the Common-wealth A Ship loaden with Arms and Ammunition for the King was taken and brought into Sunderland with 22 pieces of Ordnance in her A Committee of seven Lords and fourteen Commons was appointed to hear any complaints sent in by the Dutch Ambassadours concerning taking of Ships that right may be done A Committee most of Lawyers was appointed to consider what Ordinances were fit to be made into Laws when the King and Parliament should be agreed The Archbishop was again brought to his Trial and proofs produced against him that he should say the Pope was not Antichrist but the Head of the Church and that the Protestant and Romish Religion was all one and if the one was false so was the other and that he concealed a Plot revealed to him that 7000 men were in pay attending an opportunity to kill the King and to massacre the Protestants The Lord General sent up to the Parliament a Letter which he received from the Earl of Forth now made Earl of Brainford General of the King's Army acquainting that a Letter was sent by His Majesty from Eversham by the French Agent to be by him presented to the Parliament for Peace It was intituled A gracious Message directed to the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled at Westminster It propounded a Treaty of Peace and that Commissioners might be appointed on both sides to meet and treat thereof and it was signed by the Lord Digby Secretary A Letter came from the three Generals That now if it pleased the Parliament they believed the the King would be more inclineable to Peace than formerly This was excepted against by some who were no friends to Peace but those who longed for Peace carried it against them to have a day set to consider of this business Major General Brown was ordered to march to Abington to secure the Magazine and Artillery there The Earl of Manchester wrote to the Parliament for their advice which way the Scots Army and his should march and that the L. Fairfax
turned their Musquets against their fellows This so discouraged Argyle's men that they gave back and retreated which Montross perceiving fell on with great resolution upon them routed the whole body of Argyle's men killed divers and took many of them Prisioners A party of about 150 of the King 's from Skipton beat up Colonel Brandling's quarters at Heightley surprized the Guards came into the Town and took near a hundred prisoners 60 horse and other booty As they returned Colonel Lambert's men fell upon them rescued their friends and the booty took Captain Hugh's who commanded the King's party killed his Lieutenant and about 15 of his men and took about 20 of them prisoners pursuing the rest to Skipton Samon one of Lambert's Captains and about eight of his Souldiers were killed Sir John Meldrum got the Power of the Harbour at Scarborough and appointed to storm the Town 18. Orders about the Navy and new Commissioners of the Customs A Letter from Prince Rupert to the Lord General for release of some persons imprisoned contrary to Articles was referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms to have right done Sir Thomas Fairfax came privately to Town and a Committee was appointed to consider of raising Moneys and Recruits for his speedy taking of the Field About 700 of the mutinous Troops being come near London care was taken to prevent Surrey Kent and the adjacent Counties from any inconveniences by them Tobias Basely formerly a Porter condemned by the Council of War for a Spy and betraying Carriers was hanged in Smithfield Prince Griffith petitioned that since he was in custody he was poysoned and had but a few days to live Whereupon two Doctors were approved by the House to visit him 19. Four Members of the Commons House were sent by them for Sir Thomas Fairfax to bring him to the House where a Chair was set for him but he modestly refused to sit down The Speaker told him somewhat of Agamemnon and of the old Romans which I have forgotten then he informed him of the trust the Kingdom reposed in him in the Command of the Army and the good opinion they had of him for his valour and fidelity giving him thanks in the name of the House for the many and great services he had done for the publick and in the defence of Religion Laws and Liberty and incouraged him to go on as he had begun The Ordinance for Tunnage and Poundage sent up to the Lords and another touching the Excise Weymouth held out and received some relief by Sea from Poole Sir William Waller was upon his march to them The House received Letters from their Commissioners at Vxbridge with several Papers concerning the Militia and the Reply made by the King's Commissioners who took advantage the last point of time to deliver in their Reply when it might be conceived no Answer could be made to it by the Parliaments Commissioners But they being impowred by their additional Instructions to reassume the business of the Militia when they pleased the Parliament voted that their Commissioners shall have power to treat with the King's Commissioners about passing a Bill for settling the Militia in the power of the Parliament until such time as the three Kingdoms shall be reduced to peace and so declared by Parliament and three years after or else for seven years from the time of the granting the Militia and after that his Majesty to take the advice of both Houses of Parliament for the settling thereof And the Commissioners of both Kingdoms delivered in a Paper accordingly The Earl of Southampton and some others of the King's Commissioners went from Vxbridge to Oxford to the King about the business of the Treaty to receive some further directions from his Majesty therein The Doctors reported Griffith to be in no danger 20. The Ordinance for Tunnage and Poundage with the Clause for Currants passed both Houses Orders for setting forth the Fleet. Letters from Holland to the Parliament advise that Brown Bushel was at Sea with a small Fleet intended for Piracy Information of a Design to cause the Souldiers to mutiny was referred to be examined An Ordinance passed for raising of 21000 l. for the Scots Army to be repaid out of Sequestrations The Committee at Goldsmiths-hall had 30000 l. ready to be sent to the Scots Army upon their advance Southwards The King's Forces intending to keep a Guard near Harrington Brown sent out a party of Horse from Abington who suddenly fell upon them surprized the whole Guard being about nineteen and brought them prisoners to Abington After that he sent out another party who intercepted and brought away 27 horse-loads of Corn Cheese and other Provisions going towards Oxford Major Purefoy fell upon the Enemy near Oxford tooâ— a Lieutenant and other Officers 12 Troupers and Arms. The Lord Macquire was executed at Tyburn he refused to make any Confession but died desperately 21. The Parliament sent an Express to their Commissioners atVxbridge with their Vote to propound a Limitation of the Militia for three years after the three Kingdoms are declared by the King and Parliament to be settled in peace or to have it settled in the Parliament for seven years after the time the King is willing to settle it To this effect they delivered in a Paper to the King's Commissioners and endeavoured to perswade their Compliance and were full of hopes that they would have consented to it Several Ordinances passed for 20000 l. supplied by the Commissioners of Excise and an Ordinance for all Souldiers to repair to their Colours within 48 hours and an Ordinance was sent up to the Lords for the new Commissioners of the Customs Orders for the Commissioners of the Navy and for the Prince Elector 22. The Commissioners at Vxbridge sent a Letter to the Parliament with all the Papers containing the three Treaties of the three last days about Ireland wherein the Kings Commissioners did not think fit to yield to any of the Propositions but again justified the Cessation with his Majestie 's Catholick Subjects there The Parliaments Commissioners in their Reply laid home the innocent blood shed by the Irish Rebels Letters from Sir John Meldrum informed that Feb. 18. about ten a Clock the Town of Scarborough was stormed in four places by the English and Scotish Souldiers who gained the Town and Church with the loss of eleven men in the Church they took 80 Souldiers and the Governour of Hemsley Castle Cholmley perceiving the Town like to be lost fled into the Castle and was pursued and one of the Works taken but the White Tower in the Castle commanding it they beat out Meldrum's men with stones Cholmley laboured to escape by Sea in a little Pinnace he had there which he called his Running Horse but Meldrum got Boats between him and the Pinnace and forced him back again into the Caâ—tie Sir Hugh Cholmley had five Dunkirk Vessels lying in
to Pomfret and thinking if he were followed he should fight with more advantage Northward Fairfax sent out Ireton with a flying party of Horse who fell upon a party of the King's Rere quartered in Naseby Town took many Prisoners some of the Prince's Life-guard and Langdale's Brigade This gave such an alarm to the whole Army that the King at Midnight leaves his own quarters and for security hastens to Harborough where the Van of his Army was quartered raiseth P. Rupert and calls a Council of War There it was resolved and chiefly by P. Rupert's eagerness old Commanders being much against it to give Battel and because Fairfax had been so forward they would no longer stay for him but seek him out Fairfax was come from Gilborough to Gilling and from thence to Naseby where both Armies drawn up in Battalia faced each other The King commanded the main Body of his Army Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice the Right Wing Sir Marmaduke Langdale the Left the Earl of Lindsey and the Lord Ashley the right hand Reserve the Lord Bard and Sir George L'Isle the left Reserve Of the Parliaments Army Fairfax and Skippon commanded the Main Body Cromwel the Right Wing with whom was Rosseter and they both came in but a little before the Fight Ireton commanded the Left Wing the Reserves were brought up by Rainsborough Hammond and Pride P. Rupert began and charged the Parliaments Left Wing with great resolution Ireton made gallant resistance but at last was forced to give ground he himself being run through the Thigh with a Pike and into the Face with a Halbert and his Horse shot under him and himself taken Prisoner Prince Rupert follows the chase almost to Naseby Town and in his return summoned the Train who made no other answer but by their Fire-locks he also visited the Carriages where was good plunder but his long stay so far from the Main Body was no small prejudice to the King's Army In the mean time Cromwel charged furiously on the King 's Left Wing and got the better forcing them from the Body and prosecuting the advantage quite broke them and their Reserve During which the Main Bodies had charged one another with incredible fierceness often retreating and rallying falling in together with the But-ends of their Muskets and coming to hand blows with their Swords Langdale's men having been in some discontent before did not in this Fight behave themselves as they used to doe in others as their own party gave it out of them yet they did their parts and the rest of the King's Army both Horse and Foot performed their duties with great courage and resolution both Commanders and Souldiers Some of the Parliament horse having lingred awhile about pillage and being in some disadvantage Skippon perceiving it brought up his foot seasonably to their assustance and in this charge as himself related it to me was shot in the side Cromwel coming in with his victorious Right Wing they all charged together upon the King who unable to endure any longer got out of the Field towards Leicester P. Rupert who now too late returned from his improvident eager pursuit seeing the day lost accompanied them in their flight leaving a compleat Victory to the Parliamentarians who had the chase of them for 14 Miles within two Miles of Leicester and the King finding the pursuit so hot left that Town and hasts to Litchfield This Battel was wone and lost as that of Marston Moor but proved more destructive to the King and his party and it was exceeding bloody both Armies being very courageous and numerous and not 500 odds on either side It was fought in a large fallow Field on the North west side of Naseby about a Mile broad which space of ground was wholly taken up On the Parliaments side were wounded and slain above 1000 Officers and private Souldiers M. G. Skippon an old experienced Souldier was ordered to draw up the form of the Battel he fought stoutly that day and although he was sorely wounded in the beginning of the Fight and the General desired him to go off the Field he answered he would not stir so long as a man would stand and accordingly staid till the Battel was ended Ireton was dangerously hurt and taken Prisoner for a while after he had done his part but in the confusion of the Fight got loose again and saw the Victory atchieved by his party The General had his Helmet beat off and riding in the field bare headed up and down from one part of his Army to another to see how they stood and what advantage might be gained and coming up to his owne Life Guard commanded by Colonel Charles D'Oyley he was told by him that he exposed himself to too much danger and the whole Army thereby riding bare headed in the fields and so many Bullets flying about him and D'Oyley offered his General his Helmet but he refused it saying it is well enough Charles and seeing a Body of the King's foot stand and not at all broken he asked D'Oyley if he had charged that Body who answered that he had twice charged them but could not break them With that Fairfax bid him to charge them once again in the front and that he would take a commanded party and charge them in the Rere at the same time and they might meet together in the middle and bad him when Fairfax gave the sign to begin the charge D'Oyley pursued his General 's Orders and both together charging that Body put them into a confusion and broke them and Fairfax and D'Oyley met indeed in the middle of them where Fairfax killed the Ensign and one of D'Oyley's Troupers took the Colours bragging of the service he had done in killing the Ensign and taking the chief Colours D'Oyley chid the Trouper for his boasting and lying telling him how many witnesses there were who saw the General doe it with his own hand but the General himself had D'Oyley to let the Trouper alone and said to him I have honour enough let him take that honour to himself Both the General and the Lieutenant General performed their work with admirable resolution and by their particular examples infused valour into their followers so likewise did the other Officers of whom divers were wounded On the other side the King shewed himself this day a courageous General keeping close with his Horse and himself in person rallying them to hot encounters The Earl of Lindsey Lord Ashley Col. Russel and others wounded performed their parts with great gallantry 20 Colonels Knights and Officers of note and 600 private Souldiers were slain on the King's part but much more was the dammage he susteined by those taken That is 6 Colonels 8 Lieutenant Colonels 18 Majors 70 Captains 8 Lieutenants 200 Ensigns and other inferiour Officers 4500 common Souldiers besides 100 Irish women and many other women who followed the Camp 13 of the King's Houshold-servants 4 of his footmen 12
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
with his Army through deep wayes to Launceston that Col. Butler was sent with a thousand Horse and four hundred Dragoons to beat up the enemies Quarters that he forced the Pass at Tamerton Bridge beat the Enemy from place to place put them to flight took about three hundred Horse and eighty Prisoners and had taken more but they escaped by the Soldiers greediness of prey and taking of Horses That within two miles of Launceston Sir Tho. Fairfax's men met with several of the enemies Scouts by whom he understood that Col. Basset with Horse and Foot was resolved to keep Launceston whereupon Sir Tho. Fairfaix sent a Forlorn Hope of Horse and Foot to force entrance into the Town the Enemy shut the Gates made some opposition but at last quitted the Town disorderly about two of them were killed and some Prisoners taken Night coming on the rest escaped in the dark the Arms and Magazine in the Town was seized on The Countrey and this Town expressed much joy at the coming of the Parliaments Army thither although the Kings Forces told them That the Parliaments Army would give no Quarter to any Cornish man or Woman Which caused a terror upon them but the Parliaments Soldiers notwithstanding their entring was opposed they did not plunder any one house nor do any prejudice to the Town Some Sallyes were made out of Banbury but they were beaten back 3. Progress in the business of the Church Order for the Serjeant at Arms to apprehend Sir Jo. Aubery and bring him as a Delinquent to the House The Commons desired the Lords to pass the Ordinance for Sale of Delinquents Estates News came that a strong Party from Oxford fell upon Abbington cut off some of the Centinels entred at the Abby gate passed three of their Guards came near as far as the Market-place and possessed themselves of three pieces of Ordnance That Major Blundell having then together but eight Horse came up and charged the enemy retreated and came on again which incouraged the Foot at the main Guard and the allarm being given through the whole Town the Soldiers betook themselves to their Arms and leaving their cloaths ran forth to encounter the enemy in their Shirts and fought with such resolution that they regained the Ordnance put the Enemy to flight many of them killed and some Prisoners taken and nine only of the Parliaments men killed and Major Blundell wounded Order for supplys for Abbington and for the Blocking up of Oxford and Major General Browne to command them 4. By consent of the Scots Commissioners leaving it to the House of Commons they appointed a Committee to consider of the desire of Mr. Sabrand and M. Manterent desiring a Pass to go into Scotland and to take Oxford in the way and to consider of all Ambassadors Agents and Residents here from Forraign Princes Referred to a Committe to examine the uncivil carriage of some pretending to be Messengers to a Committee in entring into the House of the Lady Wray Order for Col. Ven to convoy the pressed men to Sir Tho. Fairfax's Army Ashby-de-la-zouch was surrendred to the Parliament upon the conditions agreed upon five pieces of Ordnance were taken in it Arms and Provisions and the Garrison to be slighted 5. The Ordinance for setling Presbyterian Government sent up to the Lords Order for the Committee of the Admiralty to send Ships to guard the Western Coast according to the desire of Sir T. F. Vote to slight Corfe Castle and Warcham 6. Several Votes touching the relief of Ireland Upon information that several Troops of horse were raised by some Scots Officers in Ireland ordered that no Horse or Foot should be raised or brought in thither nor Moneys levied there without warrant of the Parliament Order for auditing the Accounts of Major General Browne and that he should have ten pound per diem allowed him and some Honour conferred upon him Letters informed that Sir Tho. Fairfax marched to Bodman in Cornwall which was quitted by the Kings Forces that L. G. Cromwell with a thousand Horse and five hundred Dragoons went to secure the pass at Ware-bridge That six of the Parliaments Troopers seized and brought to Bodman a waine load of the Kings Ammunition going to Foy. That a Party of the Parliaments sent out another way overtook forty two Musquetiers with their Matches lighted and Musquets loaded and four Troopers riding up to them made them all lay down their Arms and brought them back Prisoners to the head quarters That Sir J. Greenvile's Lieutenant Col. and divers others were taken Prisoners 7. Order for Money for Major General Masseys Forces The Lords sent to the Commons concerning an assesment on some Western Counties for M. General Massey's Forces which the Commons voted a Breach of Priviledge the power of Moneys resting wholly in the Commons Order that the Speaker do give a Pass to Mr. Montruell to go to Oxford and so to Scotland he giving security not to return to England Sir Thomas Fairfax gave twenty shillings a piece to the four Troopers that took the forty two Musquetiers Letters informed that the Prince with the Lord Capell Lord Culpepper and Sir Ed. Hyde put to Sea with three Ships from Pendennis Castle with much Company for France and that one of the Ships with the Horses and Provisions were cast away 9. Order for the Serjeant at Arms to apprehend and bring to the Bar Sir Ed. Herbert the Kings Attorney lately come to London Ordinance sent up to the Lords for an Assesment for the Garrison of Henley Another for Money for Plymouth Garrison Order that the Ministers of the West to repair to their Charges Letters informed that Sir Tho. Fairfax's Army was Quartered about Bodman and Lestithiel some time having been spent to secure the Passes and make all sure behind them That Mount Edgecombe was surrendred to Sir Tho. Fairfax and the Regiment in it disbanded That many of the Princes Servants came in to the Parliament and desired Sir Tho. Fairfax to make their Peace That there came in to him likewise the High-Sheriff the Lord Mohun and thirty other Gentle-men of Quality and submitted to the Parliament The Cornish men neer St Columbe presented a Petition to Sir Tho. Fairfax offering themselves lives and fortunes to serve the Parliament acknowledging the General the instrument of their deliverance from Bondage The Countrey people assisted Sir Tho. Fairfax in blocking up the Passes to hinder the Kings Forces from escaping Sir Thomas Fairfax sent a Summons to the Lord Hopton to lay down Arms to prevent effusion of Blood and courted his Lordship and offered him and all his Forces very honourable conditions to go beyond Sea or to their own homes as they pleased and to have his pass or protection and desired their speedy answer thereunto The Townsmen of Padstow took an Irish Vessel in their Harbour and two others going with Plundered goods and in them were several Packets of letters from
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are said to be committed in Parliament and ought not to be punished in this or any other Court except in Parliament The Kings Attorney moved the Court to over-rule the Plea though he did not demur to it but the Court would not and gave a day to joyn in Demurrer and to have the point argued The Attorney exhibited an information in the Star-Chamber against Mr. Long for that he contrary to his Oath when he was made Sheriff and was by his Oath to keep within his County yet he did come to Parliament and serve as a Member there and in the time of Parliament resided out of his County For this the Court sentenced him to pay Two thousand Marks to the King for a Fine to be imprisoned in the Tower and to make a submission In Hillary Term the Information in the King's Bench against Sir John Elliot and the rest touching the point of the Jurisdiction of the Court came to be argued All the Judges severally declared their Opinions That in this case the King's Bench hath jurisdiction of the Cause And the Defendants were ruled to plead further but they would not put in any other Plea Whereupon Judgment was given against them upon a Nihil dicit that they should be imprisoned and not delivered till they had given Security for their good behaviour and made a submission and acknowledgment of their Offences and they were also fined Anno 1630. Anno 1630 In Easter Term Sir Henry Martyn Dr. of Laws and Judge of the Admiralty made a great Complaint to the King against the Judges of the King's Bench for granting Prohibitions against that Court and all the Judges were before the King about it and they mannerly and stoutly justified their proceedings in those Cases to be according to Law and as their Oaths bound them Sir Henry Vane was sent to the Queen of Bohemia about a Marriage for her Son with the Emperor's Daughter and the Son to be brought up in the Court of the Emperor to which the Queen would by no means hearken The Venetians were set on to mediate a Peace between England and France which took effect and Sir Thomas Edmonds was sent to take the Ratification thereof by the King of France by his Oath and signing of it Car. 5 A Book of Sir Robert Dudley's making being of purpose to increase the King's Revenue and containing in it somewhat in prejudice of the proceedings as to the Parliament was dispersed by the Earls of Bedford and Clare Sir Robert Cotton Mr. Selden and Mr. St. John for which they were committed to prison but Sir David Fowlis discovered the Author and so the matter ended and the prisoners were released William Earl of Pembroke died suddenly as was predicted to him by an Astrologer Upon the 29th of May 1630 the Queen was brought to Bed of a Son Prince Charles to the exceeding joy of the Subjects and the same day a bright Star appeared shining at Noon-day in the East About Midsummer this year Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden landed in Germany with about 8000 Men and as soon as he came on shore he kneeled down upon the ground his Officers and Soldiers round about him and there gave thanks to God for his safe Arrival and prayed for his blessing upon that Action he prayed very pathetically in the presence of his Army and incouraged them by Texts out of holy Scripture himself being the Preacher The Prince Palatine sent his Plea to the Dyet at Leypsick and Sir Robert Amstrother was sent thither from our King to Negotiate the Palsgrave's Restitution but he received only a general Answer That at present the Affairs of the Empire were so pressing that they could not take into consideration the business of the Palatinate but that shortly it should be done and to the satisfaction of the King of Great Britain Dr. Leighton a Scotch-man for his Book Intituled Sions Plea dedicated to the last Parliament counselling them to kill all the Bishops by smiting them under the fifth Rib and railing against the Queen calling her a Canaanite and Idolatress had the Sentence of the Star-Chamber executed upon him he was stygmatized his Ears cut off and his Nose slit and imprisonment Sir Humphrey May Vice-chamberlain of his Majestie 's Houshold and one of his Privy Council died the 10th of June 1630. The Peace with Spain was concluded in November and the Articles solemnly signed and sworn to be observed upon a Latin Bible brought for that purpose by Bishop Laud. At this time the Face of War was over most parts of Christendom in Italy and France it was begun and in Spain also France fuller of fears and Germany full of the calamities of War and infested on all sides with potent Enemies Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden being entred into Germany carries on his Designs vigorously and successfully first he declares the Cause of his Invasion For succour and relief and assistance to the Protestant Princes and the Cause of Religion so much oppressed by the Emperor and the Popish Party The Emperour answers the Declaration and justifies his Proceedings It is certain that the King of Sweden had not the least ambition or thought of beginning a War in Germany wanting Strength and Treasure to carry on so great a Design and therefore for a long time would not hearken to any Motions or Proposals made to him about that matter until he was earnestly sollicited and pressed by the Protestant Princes of Germany to take their Cause and Oppression and the Cause of all the Protestants in Germany into his Compassion and Intreated for the Cause of God and of his People to assist them for their deliverance from the miserable and unjust oppressions and persecutions under which all the Protestant Party did then groan by the Emperor's violence and cruelty towards them And yet it was then after many denials and excuses and dissatisfaction in himself as to the lawfulness of his undertaking this action that at length he was prevailed with by their Importunities and fair Promises but more by the sadness of the condition of the poor Protestants in Germany and the danger to the Protestant Religion there and in his own and all other Countries designed to be rooted out to pity their Estate Paries cum proximus ardet and for defence of the Protestant Religion to confederate with the Protestant Princes of Germany He thereupon made a League with them and raised an Army though but a small one and landed happily as is before mentioned and some of the Princes of the League joyning with him they went on prosperously through the blessing of God going along with them The particular proceedings of this great King Generalissimo of the Protestant Army are set down in the Histories of that War therefore I shall not insert them here But shall only in the general say this that the relation of those Affairs by our later Chroniclers is so
Judges were sent for to be consulted with touching the Tryal of the Lord Audley who was Indicted for a Rape committed upon his Wife with his assistance by one of his own Servants and for Buggery The Tryal was very solemn before the Lord Keeper made Lord High Steward for that day and eight Judges Assistants and twenty seven Peers the Jury or Judges of the Fact The Matters were of the most horrid and foul wickedness that ever was heard of and therefore I have esteemed it not convenient to preserve the memory of the particulars of such infamous and beastly Abominations By Letters from the Lord Keeper all the Judges of the King's Bench were required to come up to London and the business was for their Advice touching the Conference had in Germany between certain Scots about making of the Marquess Hambleton Head of a Party against the King and his Kingdoms of England and Scotland and what was sit for the King to do thereupon The Lord Rea a Scotch Baron did Impeach Ramsey and Meldram for moving him to this Conspiracy They denied it punctually and no Witness could be produced Ramsey a Souldier offered to clear himself by Combate that he was innocent and the Appellant Rea accepted of the Challenge The King was desirous it should be put upon a Duel and the Judges were consulted with 1. What the Offence was 2. Where the Tryal should be 1. They all with the Lord Keeper were of Opinion That it was an high and horrible Treason if that in the Examinations were true 2. That the Tryal might be by an Appeal of Treason upon which Combate might be joyned but that the King must make a Constable durante bene-placito for the Marshal could not take the Appeal without him and that it must be after the manner of the Civil Law the Judges not to intermeddle Car. 6 The Judges were also of Opinion That this proceeding before the Constable and Marshal was as it was before the Stat. 35 H. 8. c. 2. and that that Statute devised a way how to try foreign Treasons in England but did not take away the other and that the Stat. 1 Mar. cap. 10. did not take it away nor intend it and that a Conviction in this Appeal was no corruption of Blood nor a forfeiture at the Common Law According to the advice of the Judges there was a Court of the Constable and Marshal appointed and the Earl of Lindsey made Constable for that purpose and the proceedings between Rea and Ramsey in that Court were very solemn and multitudes of people attending that Novelty In this Tryal it was delivered for Doctrine That if the Defendant do send a Challenge to the Appellant it is a proof of the Defendant's guilt That no Testimony is to be neglected in matter of Treason And the Story in Livy was cited That it is not base to undergo any Office to save a Nation but that it was unbecoming a gentle-man to fish for Circumstances and then to be an Informer That in France the holding up of the Hand is taking an Oath and in this Case it was urged That if Ramsey be guilty of Treason that Rea is so likewise for that both did speak the words in the Accusation The Business was taken up by the King through the interest of the Marquess Hambleton whose Servant Ramsey was and the Lord Rea returned to his Command under the King of Sweden in Germany Sir Nicholas Hyde chief Justice of the King's Bench died in August this year he was promoted to that place by the Duke of Buckingham and demeaned himself in it with good Integrity and prudence in those difficult times he was somewhat reserved and not affable In Michaelmas Term certain Questions were propounded to the Judges touching the Clergy 1. Whether Clergy-men were bound to find Watch and Ward Day or Night To this the Answer was deferred till the Judges had informed themselves of the practice in the Countries where they went Circuit 2. Whether Clergy-men might be compelled to take Apprentices by the Stat. 43 El. of the Poor On this all agreed that no man was out of the Statute but there was a discretion to be used in the Justices of Peace to consider where it was fit to put the Child to be kept and where it was fitter to take money toward the putting of it out And it was held that the meaning of the Statute was not for the Education of them in Arts but for Charity to keep them and relieve them from turning to Roguery and Idleness so a man's House was as it were an Hospital in that case rather than a Shop of Trade for they might be brought up to Husbandry Cookery Dayery and the like Services in an house This Case I have reported because it sheweth somewhat of the expectation and temper of the Clergy in that time The same likewise appeared by proceedings against some of the University of Oxford for Sermons preached by them against Arminianism and upon other Points of Religion then in Controversie upon which divers of them were censured and some expelled the University Much difference of Opinion was also preached and published touching the Observation of the Lord s-day And in the North they kept their Wakes and Ale-meetings upon the Sabbath-day Whereof complaint being made at the Assizes Judge Richardson was so hardy as to make an Order to suppress them But the Bishops took this as an Intruding upon the Ecclesiastical Power and Bishop Laud complaining of it to the King the Judge was checkt and occasion was taken from hence to republish the former Book for allowance of Pasttimes upon the Lord's-day which was not very pleasing to many who were no Puritans as well as to them generally About this time the Repair of Pauls was set on work chiefly by the Zeal of Bishop Laud and new Images and Ornaments other than formerly were set up to the discontent of many persons The King came himself to this Church and made a kind of Procession to view it and granted a Commission to some Bishops and others to have a Contribution and to see the Work done Some affirm that about Eighty thousand pounds was gathered for it and Sir Paul Pindar is remembred to have laid out Nineteen thousand pounds of his own Money towards it A piece of London Bridge was burnt down The King fell sick of the Small-pox but was well recovered again to the joy of his Subjects Anno 1632. Car. 8 The Chancellor of Poland came Ambassador hither for Assistance against the Turks and got some Money and two thousand Men of our King He was bred up a Lawyer and at length came to be a principal Civil Officer of Justice and was also at the same time a great Commander in the Army In November our Queen was brought to Bed of the Princess Mary Our King sent an Ambassador to the King of Sweden in behalf of the Prince Elector in
Opinions in these words We are of Opinion that when the good and safety of the Kingdom in general is concerned and the whole Kingdom in danger Your Majesty may by Writ under the Great Seal of England Command all Your Subjects of this Your Kingdom at their Charge to provide and furnish such number of Ships with Men Victual and Ammunition and for such time as Your Majesty shall think fit for the defence and safeguard of the Kingdom from such peril and danger And that by Law Your Majesty may compel the doing thereof in case of refusal or refractoriness And we are also of Opinion that in such case Your Majesty is the sole Judge both of the dangers and when and how the same is to be prevented and avoided This Opinion was Signed by Davenport Denham Hatton Jones Croke Trever Bramston Finch Vernon Berkley Crawley Weston This Opinion and Subscription of the Judges was Inrolled in all the Courts of Westminster and much distasted many Gentlemen of the Country and of their own Profession as a thing Extrajudicial unusual and of very ill consequence in this great Business or in any other The King upon this Opinion of his Judges gave order for proceeding against Hampden in the Exchequer where he pleaded and the King's Council demurring the Point in Law came to be argued for the King by his Council and for Hamden by his Council and afterwards the Judges particularly argued this great Point at the Bench and all of them except Hutton and Croke argued and gave their Judgments for the King The Arguments both at the Bar and Bench were full ofrare and excellent Learning especially in matter of Record and History but they are too voluminous to be here inserted Judge Croke of whom I speak knowingly was resolved to deliver his Opinion for the King and to that end had prepared his Argument Yet a few days before he was to argue upon Discourse with some of his nearest Relations and most serious thoughts of this business and being heartned by his Lady who was a very good and pious woman and told her husband upon this occasion That she hoped he would doe nothing against his Conscience for fear of any danger or prejudice to him or his Family and that she would be contented to suffer want or any misery with him rather than be an occasion for him to doe or say any thing against his Judgment and Conscience Upon these and many the like Incouragements but chiefly upon his better thoughts he suddenly altered his Purpose and Arguments and when it came to his turn contrary to expectation he argued and declared his Opinion against the King But Hampden and many others of Quality and Interest in their Countries were unsatisfied with this Judgment and continued to the utmost of their power in opposition to it yet could not at that time give any further stop or hinderance to the prosecution of the business of Ship-money but it remained Alta mente repostum The Earl of Arundel was sent Ambassador to the new Emperor Ferdinand the Third where he stayed and treated some Months about the restitution of the King's Nephew the Prince Elector but being opposed by the Duke of Bavaria who had gotten possession of part of the Palsegrave's Territories and by others after their Interest and being discontented at the delays they put upon him in the Treaty at the Dyet the Ambassador without taking any leave or effecting any thing for which he was sent returned home in much distaste and choller Anno 1637. Car. 13 The Sickness began to increase in London which caused many to post into the Country and kept others from coming to Town and it was thought fit to adjourn part of the Term. Three Delinquents were sentenced in the Star-Chamber Mr. Burton a Divine for writing and printing two smart and sharp Tracts against Episcopacy Doctor Bastwick a Physician for writing Books reproachfull against the Prelates particularly against Archbishop Laud and Bishop Juxton And in his Answer to the Information against him in the Star-chamber he hath this Passage Anno 1637 That the Prelates are Invaders of the King's Prerogative Royal Contemners and Despisers of the holy Scriptures Advancers of Popery Superstition Idolatry and Prophaneness Also they abuse the King's Authority to the Oppression of his loyalest Subjects and therein exercise great Cruelty Tyranny and Injustice and in execution of those impious Performances they shew neither wit honesty nor temperance Nor are they either Servants of God or of the King but of the Devil being Enemies of God and the King and of every living thing that is good All which the said Dr. Bastwick is ready to maintain c. None of the Doctors friends could prevail with him to expunge this and other the like Passages out of his Answer The third Defendant was Mr. Prynn of Lincolns-Inn a Barrister at Law for writing a Book scandalous to the King and Church who had been there censured before and was now fined five thousand pounds to loose the remainder of his Ears on the Pillory to be stygmatized on both Cheeks with an S. for Schismatick and to be perpetually imprisoned in Caernarvan Castle Burton and Bastwick were fined five thousand pounds apiece to loose their Ears in the Pillory and to be imprisoned the one in Launceston Castle and the other in Lancaster Castle The Prince Elector and his Brother Prince Rupert departed into Holland and having gotten together a small Army marched into Westphalia and besieged Limgea but was fought with by the Emperor's General Halisfeild his Army discomfited two thousand of them slain and his brother Prince Rupert and the Lord Craven taken Prisoners himself hardly escaping by flight The Bishop of Lincoln was brought to a Sentence in the Star-chamber for disloyal words charged to be spoken by him against the King and for suborning Witnesses to conceal a Truth and to stifle a Crime He was at last fined ten thousand pounds committed to the Tower during pleasure suspended ab Officio Beneficio and referred to the High Commission Court for that which concerned their Jurisdiction Mr. Osbaldston was also heavily sentenced in the Star-chamber upon the Business of the Bishop of Lincoln but he got out of the way leaving a Paper in his Study with this Inscription That Lambert Osbaldston was gone beyond Canterbury But Canterbury after this Sentence sends this Warrant to the King's Sollicitor Mr. Sollicitor It is his Majestie 's pleasure that you prepare a Commission to the Prebendaries of the Collegiate Church of Westminster authorising them to keep their Audits and other Capitular Meetings at their usual times to treat and compound with the Tenants for Leases and to pass the same accordingly choose Officers confirm and execute all other lawful Acts for the good and benefit of the College and the said Prebendaries And to take out the Common or Chapter Seal for sealing such Leases and Grants as
Fortification at Leith and their meetings and Councils and inforce Subscription to the late Assembly at Glasgow contrary to the King's declaration they Brand those who had taken Arms for the King as Incendiaries and Traytors and null all the Acts of the College of Justice Matters being in this doubtful posture the King had little mind to see himself affronted and thought that these distempers might be better born and sooner quieted at a distance Therefore towards the latter end of July he returns to England This year was the great and strange Eruption of fire near the Ferrera Islands with a horrible noise and carrying a huge quantity of earth with it whereby became a new Island and continuing in burning The King being returned to London with his pacification the same was not well relished by many of his Subjects who held it dishonourable to him and to this nation especially having so brave an Army with him far exceeding the Covenanters forces both in Horse and Foot by whom he might have constrained them to reason but those who inclined to Presbytery or were discontented at some publick actions were the better pleased with this pacification August 6. According to the King's Direction the general Assembly â—ate at Edenburgh who abolished Episcopacy the 5 Articles of Perth the high Commission the Liturgy and the Book of Canons all this was assented to by the Earl of Trequayre the King 's new Commissioner The Marquess Hamilton having gotten himself out of this troublesome imployment The Assembly being risen the Parliament sate and highly debated about the choice of the Lords of the Articles in regard the Bishops were abolished The Ancient course was that the King first named eight Bishops they chose eight Noblemen who chose so many Barons and they the like number of Burgesses these thirty two with eight officers of the Crown made up fourty who were to consider upon such Articles as were to be brought to Parliament and this Committee were called Lords of the Articles The Commissioner demanded that the King instead of the eight Bishops whom he used to name might now in their place name eight Noblemen which for this time was consented to but voted that for the future every State should chuse their own Commissioner Anno 1639 Then they debated about constituting the third Estate and what to be brought in in lieu of the Bishops The Commissioner urged for the King to have 14 Laicks of such as were called Abbots and Priors to represent the third Estate but it was voted that the third Estate should be compleated by small Barons who represented the Commonalty Then they framed an Act rescissory touching the Exchequer Judicatory Proxies and Ward-Lands to the displeasure of the King who apprehending them to indeavour a new form of Government and to eclipse his Regal Power order'd his Commissioner to prorogue them Which being signified to the Parliament they made a Declaration that this Prorogation was of no force in Law being without consent of the Parliament that they might justify their continuance of sitting but in regard to his Majesty they would only at present make a Remonstrance to him of the reasons of their Propositions and Proceedings after which if their Enemies should prevaile by false suggestions that then it should not be to them an imputation that they were constrain'd to take such course as might best secure the Kirk and Kingdom from the extremity of Confusion and Misery Their Deputies the Earl of Dunferlin and the Lord Loudon came to the King with this Remonstrance and there was come the Earl of Trequayre the King's Commissioner a Committee of the Council heard both Parts and many passionate Expressions and Recriminations between them The Deputies justified the Acts of the Assembly and Parliament and desired they might be ratified the which the Committee thought not fit to be done as lessening the Sovereign Authority and that there was no way but by force to reduce the Covenanters The Scots had delivered a Paper to some of the English Lords intituled some Conditions of His Majestie 's Treaty with His Subjects of Scotland before the English Nobility The Privy Council judging this Paper to be false and scandalous to his Majesty and the late Pacification were suitors to His Majesty that it might be burnt by the hand of the Hangman and all Copies of it to be brought in for which a Proclamation was issued The Spanish Fleet of about 70 Saile bound for Dunkirke with recruits of Men and Money met with some of the Holland Fleet and sank two of them the rest made to Dunkirke where the Holland Admiral lay who came forth with his Fleet and joyning together betwixt Dover and Callice attacked the Spanish Fleet took two of their Gallions sunk another and shatter'd the rest though but 25 Saile and the Spaniard's 60 and having forced them upon the English Coast near Dover the Dutch fell off to Sea not willing to attempt any thing against the Spaniard within the Dominions of the King of England The Spanish Resident in London importuned the King to keep off the Hollanders for two Tides the Dutch Ambassador made application to him against the Spaniards the King in amity with both resolved to stand newter and forbids His Subjects to transport any of the Spaniards to Dunkirke but their Admiral by night conveyed away 14 Dunkirke Ships and 4000 men in them The King sent the Earl of Arundel on Board the Spanish Admiral Don Antonio D' oquendo to desire him to retreat upon the next fair Wind because he would not have any Ingagement upon His Seas but the Wind continued long contrary and the Dutch had great Supplies wherewith they encompassed their Enemies within Pistol-shot for some days At length Van Trump the Dutch Admiral ingaged them and by Cannon and Fire-ships forced them to cut their Cables and of 53 Spanish Ships 23 ran on shoar and stranded in the Downs of which three were burnt two sunk and two perished on the shoar the rest were manned by the English to save them from the Dutch With the other 30 Ships Don Oquendo put to Sea where in a Fogg the Dutch again ingaged them fired the Admiral of Portugal took 11 of their Ships three were lost upon the Coast of France one near Dover five sunk in the Fight and onely 10 escaped with their Admiral Oquendo into Dunkirke This Armado was believed by many to have been designed for an Invasion of England and many Discourses pro and con were vented about it The Prince Elector came into England by advice of the Prince of Orange to solicite his Uncle to procure him the command of the Army of Duke Bernard who was lately dead the King desired the French Ambassadour to move it to his Master who willingly undertook it and that Cardinal Richlieu would be ready to further it In the mean time the Prince by ill advice passed through France in disguise to
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
Kingdom shall not be laid down till Delinquents be left to Justice that their Estates may discharge the Debts of the Commonwealth The Souldiers commit Outrages which the King and Parliament labour to rectifie Sir Thomas Barrington and Mr. Grimstone in Essex seize upon Sir John Lucas and his Lady and commit them to Prisons and Lucas is proclaimed Traytor The Parliament for repayment of Loans upon Publick Faith order Satisfaction out of the Estates of Delinquents The Lord Strange is impeached of high Treason for raising Lancashire-men by whom one Percivall was killed The King adjourned Michaelmas Term and proclaims Nichols Macworth and Hunt of Shrop-shire to be Traytors The Lord Fairfax and Mr. Bellasis conclude a Neutrality for Yorkshire but the Parliament declare the Lord Fairfax not bound to observe the Articles but to assist the Parliament The Earl of Essex's Colours was a deep Yellow others setting up another Colour were held Malignants and ill-affected to the Parliaments Cause So small a thing is taken notice of in the Jealousies of War Intelligence being given to the House of Commons that the Earl of Berkshire and divers Gentlemen of principal quality in Oxfordshire intended shortly to put in execution the King's Commission of Array at Wattleton They commanded Whitelocke to use his utmost Endeavours to prevent the execution of that Commission in Oxfordshire and to apprehend such of the Commissioners as should meet for that purpose and the better to enable him hereunto they ordered some of the Regiment of Horse of Colonel Goodwyn and of the Regiment of Foot of Colonel Hampden to attend his Commands The Commissioners of Array having appointed their Meeting at Wattleton at a day and the Country summoned to come in to them Whitelocke sent for the Forces appointed to meet him and in the Afternoon came to him a Troop of Horse and a Company of Foot and Hampden himself with them and when they were met they had Information that the Commissioners having notice of the Parliaments Forces being in the Field thought not fit to continue at Wattleton but brake off their business and not taking leave or dismissing the Country the Commissioners with their Company hasted to Sir Robert Dormer's house and thither they were pursued and when the Parliaments Company beleagured the house they fired some Musquets and Pistols at them but finding themselves too weak for the Parliament Party and that they went about to storm the house they presently yielded upon quarter Most of the Commissioners of Array were got away only the Earl of Berkshire and two or three more were taken and conveyed to London The House of Lords committed the Earl and the rest to Prison where he lay for a long time after The King's General was first the Marquess of Hertford and shortly after the Earl of Lindsey divers of his Forces quartered near Hull seemed as if they had some design of beleaguring it Sir John Hotham and Sir John Meldram his Assistant sallied out upon them surprized them killed some and took others Prisoners and shortly after having a supply of five hundred men from London they sallied out again and discomfited some of their Forces and burnt a Barn with some Ammunition of the King 's in it and this was the first place where blood was drawn in this Contest The King marched from Nottingham to Stafford and Leicester and so to Wales and at Shrewsbury his Army encreased to a considerable body The Parliament Forces rendezvous'd at S. Albans and from thence marched Northward to meet the King with a Petition from both Houses and these Directions to their General 1. To restrain all profaneness in the Army 2. To march and fight the King's Army and by Battel or otherwise to rescue his Person and the Prince and Duke of York from those about him 3. To present the Petition to his Majesty and if he shall please to withdraw himself from his Army and resort to his Parliament then to cause those Forces to disband and to guard the King in his Return 4. To declare pardon to those that will withdraw fom the King except Richmond Cumberland Newcastle Rivers Caernarvan Newark Falkland Nicholas Porter and Hyde 5. To receive and certifie Contributions to be repaid 6. To protect the good people and to restore their losses 7. To apprehend Traytors and Delinquents 8. To observe further Directions He had a Committee with him who with the General were to take Subscriptions of Loans and order Matters concerning Malignants and to consider of the good of the Army The Parliament finding Supplies and Officers sent by the Queen from Holland to the King they sent over to the States Mr. Strickland to be their Resident in the Low Countries and with him a Declaration from the Lords and Commons The effect of it was To acquaint them with the affairs and proceedings of the Parliament and that it was not expected that they who had formerly received the assistance of the English to recover their Liberty should now assist those whose design was to deprive the English Nation of their Rights and Liberties Goring held Portsmouth for the King and hearing the County Trained Bands designed to surprize it he met and skirmished with them and retired to the Town but Sir John Meyrick's Regiment and a Troup of Horse being sent by the Parliament to joyn with the Countrey they so streightned Goring that though Marquess Hertford hastened to his Relief yet he surrendred the Town and took Ship for Holland The Marquess giving a Brush to the Earl of Bedford by the way seised upon Sherburne Castle and from thence marched to the King to Shrewsbury Sir John Biron with some Troups for the King was unexpectedly set upon at Brackley by the Towns-men and some Troups of the Parliament in his March to Oxford by whom he received some loss yet came on to Oxford The Lord Say Lieutenant of Oxfordshire being then in the Countrey upon this Alarm sent to Whitelocke and the rest of his Deputy-Lieutenants to bring what Forces they could to meet him near Oxford to remove the Lord Biron Whitelocke had a gallant Company of Horse of his Neighbours under his command When he came near Oxford his Scouts brought him intelligence that the Lord Say with a Regiment of Dragoons and the Lord St. John with him and several Companies of his Regiment of Foot were upon their march towards the place appointed for their Rendezvouse but that Sir John Biron hearing of their approach had quitted the Town Whitelocke went on till he met the Lord Say and with him were the Lord St. John the Lord Weenman and most of his Deputy-Lieutenants and their Forces were in all above 3000 Horse and Dragoons and Foot with whom they entred the City without any resistance and were welcomed by the Towns-men more than by the Scholars Yet besides the Mayor and Aldermen the Vice-Chancellor and Heads of Houses and Proctors gave my Lord Say a visit and protested all
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
Holland to the King are intercepted whereby Notice is given him of store of Ammunition and Money sent to him from thence and of an Embassadour coming from Denmark to the King and Colonel Cockeram with him The Earl of New Castle in the North hath great Forces for the King and overpowred the Lord Fairfax Norfolk Suffolk Essex Hertford Cambridge and Ely associate under the Lord Grey of Warke for the Parliament Winchester and Chester are gained by the Parliaments Forces Goring lands with the Queen's Standard and store of Officers and Ammunition from Holland and joyns with New Castle The City of London petition the King professing their grief for his distrust of them and their loyalty to him he answers that he hath a good opinion of many of them and could willingly pardon all except Pennington Ven Fowke and Manwaring and he threatens such as shall continue to assist his Adversaries The City were put in heart again by the Speeches of Mr. Rym and the Committee of Parliament to their Common Council of the Houses love to the City and resolution to live and die in their defence In the North the Parliaments Forces prevail again Sir Hugh Cholmley defeats some of the Enemies at Malton and Jan. 16. he and Sir Matthew Bointon at Gisborough rout a party of 600 killed many took 15 Prisoners whereof their Commander Slingsby was one and 200 Arms. Sir Thomas Fairfax carries Leeds and took there four Colours 500 Prisoners with much Arms and Ammunition then Wakefield and Doncaster yield themselves to the Parliament The Earl of New Castle draws down his Forces towards York to prepare for the Queen's entertainment and proclaims the Lord Fairfax and Sir Thomas Fairfax his Son Traytors and the Parliament did the like for the Earl The Parliament resolved to send some Propositions to the King and named their Commissioners two of the House of Lords and four of the House of Commons to present their Propositions to His Majesty The Lords were the Earl of Northumberland and the Lord Say the King refused to grant a safe conduct for the Lord Say because he had been proclaimed by him to be a Traitor so another was put in and four Lords and eight Commoners named to carry the Propositions to the King and January 28. the King granted his safe Conduct for them to come to him which was in this form CHARLES REX Our will and pleasure is and we do hereby streightly charge and command all the Officers and Souldiers of our present Army and all our Ministers and Subjects whatsoever to permit and suffer our Right Trusty and Right well beloved Cosins and Counsellors Algernoon Earl of Northumberland Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery William Earl of Salisbury and Henry Earl of Holland Our right trusty and right well beloved Thomas Viscount Weenman and Richard Viscount Dungarnon and our trusty and well beloved Sir John Holland and Sir William Litton Knights William Pierpoint Bulstrode Whitelocke Edmund Waller and Richard Winwood Esquires together with their Servants to pass and repass to and from us they being sent to tender us Propositions from our two Houses of Parliament This our safe Conduct under our Sign Manual and Privy Signet we charge and command them and every of them punctually to observe and obey as they will answer the contrary at their utmost perils Given at our Court at Oxford the 28. day of January 1642. After this safe Conduct sent from the King the Parliament Commissioners took their Journey to Oxford the Commissioners were admitted by the Lords two with each Lord in their Coaches which were with six gallant Horses in every Coach and a great number of their Servants on Horse back to attend them In this Equipage they came to Oxford where the Governour assigned them their quarters They had their first access to the King in the Garden of Christ Church where he was walking with the Prince and divers of the Lords attending him All of them kissed his hand not as they were ranked in the safe Conduct but according to their several degrees Mr. Pierpoint before the Knights he being an Earls Son and Mr. Winwood before Mr. Whitelocke he being the eldest Knights Son and Mr. Waller was the last The King said to him though you are the last yet you are not the worst nor the least in my favour The discovery of a Plot then in hand in London to betray the Parliament wherein Mr. Waller was ingaged with Challoner Tomkins and others which was then in agitation did manifest the King's Courtship to Mr. Waller to be for that Service After they had all kissed the King's Hand the Prince gave them his Hand to kiss The Earl of Northumberland read the Propositions to the King with a sober and stout carriage and being interrupted by the King he said smartly Your Majesty will give me leave to proceed the King answered I I and so the Earl read them all through The Heads of the Parliaments Propositions to the King were To disband his Army and return to his Parliament leave Delinquents to Trial and Papists to be disarmed To pass a Bill for abolishing Bishops c. and such other Bills as should be presented for Reformation Recusants to abjure Papacy to remove malignant Counsellors to settle the Militia as the Parliament desired to prefer to Offices such as the Parliament should name to take in all that were put out of Commissions of the Peace A Bill to vindicate the Lord Kimbolton and five Members to enter into Alliance for the Palatinate to grant a general Pardon excepting New Castle Digby and others To restore Parliament Members to their Offices and to restore their losses On the other side the King proposed That his Revenue Magazins Towns Ships and Forts be restored That what hath been done contrary to Law and the King 's Right may be recalled That all illegal power claimed or acted by Orders of Parliament be disclaimed As the King will consent to the execution of all Laws concerning Popery or Reformation so he desires a Bill for preserving the Book of Common Prayer against Sectaries that all persons excepted against in the Treaty may be tried per pares with a cessation of Arms and for a free Trade Thus way was made for a Treaty but nothing further done in it till 4. Martii after The Queen landed with Officers Money and Ammunition in the North and is conveyed to York where she forms an Army Massey attempting to storm Sudely Castle was beaten off he possesseth the Garden fires much Hay and Straw and under the smoak thereof planted his Ordnance so advantageously against it that the besieged rendred it upon quarter leaving their Arms behind A few days after Prince Rupert with 4000 Horse and Foot marcheth by it to Cirencester where the Magazine of the County lay this he took putting the Earl of Stamford's Regiment and many others to the sword took
now delivered The Treaty upon the King's Propositions as well as upon the Commissioners going slowly on and their Instructions being strict and such as they could not shew to the King when he desired it he thought fit Apr. 12. to send a Message to the Parliament during the Treaty to this effect That as soon as he was satisfied in his first Proposition and as soon as the Members of both Houses should be restored and that his Majesty and both Houses may be secured from tumultuous Assemblies which he conceived could not otherwise be done but by adjourning the Parliament to some place twenty miles from London such as the Houses should agree upon His Majesty would consent to the Disbanding of the Armies and would return speedily to his Parliament This being intimated to the Commissioners they disswaded the sending of it as that which they feared might break off the Treaty and the improbability that the Houses would adjourn and leave the City of London their best Friends and Strength and put a discontent upon them Yet the King was prevailed with to send it and upon the Receipt of it by the Houses they presently resolved to call away their Commissioners and sent their Orders to them to return to the Parliament which they obeyed and so this Treaty having continued from the 4. of March to the 15. of April was now dissolved and all their labours and hazards become fruitless and of no effect and all good English men lovers of the Peace of their Countrey were troubled and disappointed The Earl of Northumberland demeaned himself with much courage and wisedom and was full of civility to the other Commissioners and the port they lived in at Oxford by the Earl's direction and managed by his Officers was full of State and Nobleness Mr. Pierpoint acted his part with deep foresight and prudence and was exceeding courteous to his fellow Commissioners Sir William Ermyn was a Gentleman of good understanding and conversation and would give his opinion upon good reason Sir John Holland a Gentleman of excellent parts as well as person shewed a very good Judgment and testimony of his Abilities Mr. Whitelocke was put upon very much labour and had both from the Earl and the rest of the Commissioners a great share of favour and respect When they were come to the Parliament they gave them a particular Account of all their Negotiation wherewith they were so well satisfied that they ordered the thanks of the House to be given them and by vote approved of all their proceedings The Lord Brooke having seised the King's Ammunition at Northampton marched from thence to Warwick and so to Stratford upon Avon where he beat out of the Town the Forces of Colonel Crocker and Wagstaffe and coming to Lichfield the Earl of Chesterfield and his Forces left the Town and betook themselves to the Close But in the fight one of his men shooting at the Window of the Lord Brook's Chamber where his Lordship was the Bullet pierced his Eye and my Lord instantly died At which Brook's Souldiers inraged recollected themselvers renewed the fight and took the Close with the Earl and all his Souldiers and Ordnance Shortly after the Earl of Northampton with part of the King's Army enters Lichfield and drives the Parliaments Forces into the Close and Sir John Gell and Sir William Brereton coming with 3000 Horse and Foot to relieve them were fought with and defeated but the Earl was slain in the head of his Forces Afterwards Prince Rupert fell upon the Parliament Forces there under Colonel Russell who rendred the place upon honourable conditions April 17. General Essex sate down before Reading where he made two attempts and was beaten off The King marched from Oxford to Wallingford to relieve Reading and Essex his Forces encreasing they worsted and killed many of the King's party at Cavesham and they furiously playing upon the Town Fielding the Lieutenant Governour Sir Arthur Aston being hurt with the fall of a Brick surrendred the Town to Essex Fielding for this was sentenced by a Council of War to lose his Head but was afterwards pardoned May 3. Cheapside Cross and other Crosses were voted down The Queen was voted a Traytor for raising Arms against the Parliament She met the King at Edg-hill with 3000 Foot 30 Companies of Horse and Dragoons 6 pieces of Canon c. Monsieur Harcout came Embassadour from France to mediate an Accommodation but effected nothing The King drew to his assistance the Irish and the Parliament brought in the Scots to whom they swore the Solemn League and Covenant This was long debated in the House of Commons whether the Members of Parliament should take it or not and carried in the Affirmative and those looked upon as ill affected who were backward to take it And after that upon a new and great Debate it was ordered to be taken by all persons in the City and Countrey and those who were known to refuse it were branded with the mark of Malignancy Sir Ralph Hopton at Launceston drove back Chidley and his forces but by a pannick fear in a tempestuous Night they fled back to Launceston Yet shortly after they defeated the Parliament forces Chidley revolts to the King and defeated the Cornish May. 27. The Parliament forces gained a Victory at Wakefield against the King's forces Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes discovered a Plot of Yeoman's and others to betray Bristol to the King for which they were sentenced by a Council of War to be hanged and though the King wrote to the Magistrates and General Ruthen to Colonel Fiennes the Governour to spare their lives yet they were executed In the end of this Month of May died Mr. John Pym that eminent active Member of the House of Commons and it was believed that the Multitude of his business and cares did so break his Spirits and Health that it brought his Death June began with the Arraignment of Waller a Member of the House of Commons Tomkins Challoner and others for conspiring to surprize the City Militia and some Members of Parliament and to let in the King's forces to surprize the City and dissolve the Parliament Waller a very ingenious man was the principal Actor and contriver of this Plot which was in design when he and the other Commissioners were at Oxford with the Parliaments Propositions And that being then known to the King occasioned him to speak the words to Waller when he kissed his hand though you are the last yet you are not the worst nor the least in our favour as is before remembred When he was examined touching this Plot he was asked whether Selden Pierpoint Whitelocke and others by name were acquainted with it he answered that they were not but that he did come one Evening to Selden's Study where Pierpoint and Whitelocke then were with Selden on purpose to impart it to them all and speaking of such a thing in general terms those Gentlemen did so
or beyond Seas Lyme was brought to some streights by the Enemies Countermining of them Captain Temple beat up the Enemies quarters at Islip slew 15 took divers Officers Sir James Fortescue and others and 37 prisoners and 18 bayles of Serge. The Garrison at Plymouth sallyed out two miles and took from the Enemy 9 peices of Ordnance 150 Prisoners 100 Cows and 500 Sheep General Essex advanced to Bullington-green within a mile of Oxford and faced it Mr. Walter Long was by Ordinance made Register of the Chancery and a Committee was appointed to consider of fit persons to be made Judges Colonel Massey took Beverston Castle in Gloucestershire and in it sixty persons with all their Ordnance and Ammunition From thence at Malmesbury he took the Garrison being three hundred men and among them two of the Earl of Berkshire's Sons four hundred Arms seven pieces of Ordnance Powder and Ammunition From thence he went to Chippenham which the Enemy quitted to him with much Provision and Arms. An Ordinance was agreed to bestow on him a thousand pounds per annum out of Sir John Winter's Estate By advice of the Assembly of Divines an erronious Print of the English Bible at Amsterdam and sent over hither was suppressed by order of Parliament The Earl of Denbigh took in Russell house in Staffordshire and in it Colonel Lane and divers Officers with two hundred Prisoners and their Arms and 10000 l. worth of Goods and so opened the passage betwixt Coventry and London the stout Morelanders joyned with him The Earl of Manchester's Horse joyned with the Scots Horse and those of Sir Thomas Fairfax and advanced to interpose between Prince Rupert and York or Lancaster Mr. Hix a Minister appointed to Preach before the Parliament and complaining that he wanted Books being plundered the Commons gave him 30 l. to buy more A Gentleman who came from Ireland to Oxford and so to London informed the Parliament That the Propositions of the Protestants there were cast off but those of the Rebels countenanced June 1644. Sir William Brereton was made Major General of Cheshire and the adjacent parts with like power as in other Associations The Enemy assaulting Lyme Major Rutsford with a party of the Garrison sallied out and beat them back took about three hundred Prisoners one brass piece of Ordnance and great store of Arms. Prince Rupert took Bolton in Lancashire by storm after three Repulses which so irritated the Prince his Forces that they put to the Sword many after they had laid down their Arms and among them were named four Ministers Heycocke Tilsbury Harper and Fogge this was highly discoursed of by the Parliament party That a foreign Prince should be allowed to exercise so much severity upon the lives of the English in their own Country The Lord Chandois left Oxford and came in to the Parliament The Earl of Calender possest himself of Morpeth for the Parliament By Combination between the Mayor of Newcastle and the Governour of the South-shields for the Parliament they were betrayed to the King's Forces The Seamen discovering a Plot to betray Sunderland put themselves in Arms planted two pieces of Ordnance and secured the Town For which Service the Parliament gave them 200 l. and ordered the Captain that betrayed the South-shields to be tryed for it by a Council of War Letters of Credence were received by the Parliament from the King of Denmark Colonel Jones Governour of Farnham Castle was assaulted in his Quarters by some of the Garrison of Basing-house but three Troups of Colonel Norton's coming to his assistance they took divers Officers and about seventy five Souldiers and drove the rest to Basing Sir Edward Baynton upon a submissive Petition was restored to the House Captain Swanley was called into the House of Commons and had thanks given him for his good Service and a Chain of Gold of two hundred pounds value and Captain Smith his Vice-Admiral had another Chain of one hundred pounds value The Lord General Essex had a skirmish with the King's Forces at Anslow-Bridge near Islip where they had made Breast-works on both sides but Essex forced them to retreat and took thirty of them Prisoners Waller on the other side took sixty Prisoners and about forty were slain of the Parliaments party Coningham one of Essex's Colonels having his Arm shot off by a great Shot was so far from being daunted at it that he held up his other Arm and said I have yet another Arm left to fight for the Parliament but he died not long after Major Mathews was likewise wounded and the report was that the King lost that day near two thousand men that were killed and wounded and ran away Colonel Hutchinson Governour of Nottingham met with a party of the Newarkers slew Captain Thimbleby and took fifty of them The same party from Nottingham the next day took more of the Newarkers twenty Gentlemen and Officers and sixty of their Horse and Furniture The Lords sent to the Commons that a Regiment of Foot or more might be sent to joyn with the Forces then before Greenland-house and that they might batter it from the other side of the Thames The Dutch Ambassadour came from the King to the Lord General to know if he were inclined to Peace and would treat with them he answered That he had much desired Peace but was not impowred to treat about it that being reserved to the Parliament And so the Ambassadors returned to London The Marquess of Argile quieted the Commotions in Scotland Mr. Nichols one of the Committee sent to the Army informed the Parliament that the King and Prince with the three thousand Horse and a party of Musquettiers were marched from Oxford towards Bristoll as was conceived That the King sent a Party before to Burford whither he followed and that the Duke of York with some Forces was in Oxford and that the Town was in some streights and want of Provisions there are fifteen hundred of the King's Army besides the Scholars and eight hundred Towns-men At Burford the King was fain in person to drive his Souldiers out of the Town The Archbishop was again brought to his Tryall and urged against him That he so furnished the King's Chapel that Seminary Priests would come thither for their Devotion and Adoration and some of them were instanced who said they knew no difference between their Churches and this Chapel and some other of our Churches as they were new ordered The King went from Burford with five thousand horse and foot twenty Carriages and some small Drakes Sir William Waller closely pursued him they are supposed to intend for Worcester and so to Shrewsbury that they may the more conveniently joyn as there shall be occasion with Prince Rupert General Essex pursued them another way by Chipping Norton The Commons sent a Committee to London to treat about the sending of more Forces speedily for the reducing of Oxford and Greenland-house and the
was in York Upon the defeat at Marston divers persons of Quality in discontent at that action and at passages of Prince Rupert distastfull to them quitted their charges under the King and went beyond Sea there landed of them at Hamborough the Earl of Newcastle and his two Sons General King the Lord Falconbridge the Lord Widderington the Earl of Carnwarth the Bishop of London-derry Sir Ed. Widderington Colonel Carnaby Colonel Basset Colonel Mazen Sir William Vavasour Sir Francis Mackworth and Sir Charles Cavendish and about 80 other A party from Northampton came to Banbury beat the Enemy into the Castle and took some Prisoners A party of the Irish Rebels took in Woodhouse in Devonshire near Warmestre where after the Parliament Forces had yielded up the House upon Quarter yet the Irish inhumanely abused both the Men Women and Children and afterwards hanged 14 honest wealthy men Clothiers who were fled thither for shelter Eighteen of the King 's best Ships and ten Merchantmen with some Frigots were ordered to be fitted for the Winter guard at Sea Mr. Constantine was sent up Prisoner from Poole and committed to the King 's Bench. The Widow of Captain Turpine who was executed in cold blood at Exeter petition'd for satisfaction from Sergeant Glanvill who gave judgment against him and from Meredeth and Seymour Justices of the Peace which was voted by the Parliament and a Letter Written to the General that if any of their Estates came within his power he should cause this to be done accordingly Captain Hammond sent out by Colonel Massey with a party of Horse to relieve the Countrey whom the Garrison of Berkley Castle had miserably plundered went to the Castle beat in the Enemy drove the Park rescued and restored to the Countreymen all their Cattel and killed and took divers Officers and Souldiers of the Garrison Prisoners By Letters from the Lord General the House was informed that he with his whole Army marched from Tiverton Eastward whereof Prince Maurice having notice marched after him with 4000 Horse and Foot that part of the Lord Paulet's Regiment took up their Quarters at Cheriton where part of the Lord General 's Horse fell in upon them took 60 of their Horse routed the whole Regiment killed divers of their Officers and Souldiers took store of Arms Bag and Baggage In his Letter was inclosed a Petition from the Town of Barnstable newly made a Garrison by the General that their Major might be their Governour and Colonel with power to levy money all which was granted That he intended to goe for the relief of Plymouth The King was at Evil in Somersetshire with about 5000 Horse and Foot After the business of Cherington the Lord Paulet went to Exeter where the Souldiers at his entring into the Town asking money of him he Caned some of them whereupon they pulled him off from his Horse and beat him and his life had been in danger if not rescued Waller sent a party of Horse and Dragoons into the West under Lieutenant General Middleton The Commons took great care to provide money and other necessaries for supply of their Armies in the North and of the English and Scots Forces in Ireland The Ordinance passed for the Court Martial in London for the trial of the Irish Rebels and others of greatest distast with the Parliament The Lords put the Commons in mind of the propositions for Peace and desired that the Scots Commissioners might be conferred with about them and the business hastened and the Commons appointed a day for it The Dutch Ambassadours desired respit of the sale of some ships taken for prize which was granted The Commons had debate about the sale of the Estates of some Papists in Arms and notorious Delinquents and of Bishops Deans and Chapters The Archibishop came again to his Trial and the Evidence being over he desired a day for his Counsel to plead to the matter in Law which was granted and that afterwards he himself might give his general Answer to the whole Charge The Earl of Manchester took in Tickhill Castle near Doncaster upon terms that the Officers Soldiers and Gentry there might go quietly to their own homes all the Arms Ammunition and Provisions were left to the Earl and were considerable A party of the King's Horse fell upon some Troops of the Earl of Denbigh at Evesham but the Earl's men took 120 of the Enemies Horse prisoners slew many in the place and lost but two or three men A party of the King's Garrison at Donnington Castle came from thence to Newbury on the Lord's day with design to seize upon some of the chief men of the Town but a party of Sir William Waller's men rescued them and beat the Enemy back to the Castle and took about 20 of them prisoners Aug. 1644. The Lord Henry Piercy's Regiment marching with the King Westward quartered at Collyton and a party of them came in the Evening and faced Lyme which Garrison to requite their visit sent out a party of about 120 Horse that night under Captain Pyne Herle and Bragge who beat up their Quarters took about 120 of their Horse 55 Prisoners divers Officers 100 Arms and good pillage After which a like party marched from Lyme to Chard the King being newly gone with his main Body out of the Town there they took eleven brave Horses with rich Saddles supposed to be the king's own Saddle horses and divers Prisoners General Essex marched into Cornwal the Enemy removing before him most of the Garrisons near Plymouth and on the borders of Devon and Cornwal were quitted by the Enemy Mount Stamford with four pieces of Ordnance was regained Plimpton with eight pieces of Ordnance Salt Ash and a great Fort with some great Guns and many Arms Launceston and other small Garrisons yielded to the General At Newbridge was a hot encounter betwixt a party of the General 's and Sir Richard Greenvile disputing the passe into Cornwal but the General took the Bridge with the losse of about 40 of his men slain and of the Enemy about 200 killed and taken The General from thence went to Greenvile's House where the Garrison desired a parley but the General 's Souldiers had not patience to treat but stormed it all within had quarter except the Irish Rebels There was taken in the house two pieces of Canon 150 Prisoners many Arms great pillage for the Souldiers Money and Plate to the value of 3000 l. and great quantities of provisions At Launceston the Shire-town the Countrey came in many of them to the General and he had 2500 of the Plymouth Forces that joyned with him The King came to Exeter and there joyned with some Forces of P. Maurice and of Hopton The Propositions for Peace were taken into Debate by the House and divers of them voted the proceedings in them were the more slow because of the Scots concurrence to be required in every one of them Sir Philip Stapleton
and Mr. Herbert came from the General to the Parliament and made report to the Commons of the General 's progress in the West as before mentioned and that the General came to Bedman in Cornwal they desire the House to take care for supplies for the General 's Army and that Forces might be sent to be in the Rear of the King's Army Sir Peter Osborn and Sir Thomas Fanshaw for deserting the Parliament whereof they were Members were discharged of their Offices which were conferred upon others A party of the Lord Robert's Brigade was sent to pursue Greenvile and his Army which was about 3000 strong and fell upon him at Lestithiel in Cornwal killed divers of Greenvile's men and took many Prisoners The General took in Foy a Haven and place of importance with several ships there and in all 17 pieces of Ordnance and summoned the Countrey to come in to his assistance By Letters from the Lord Inchequin Lord Brohale and Burchet from Ireland they certify the Parliament That they had thrust the Rebels out of most part of the Port-towns in Munster that many considerable places there have declared for the Parliament and that those Lords have 12000 men in Arms for the Parliaments service they desire some supplies and send over a Declaration of the Protestants there against the cessation The City of London petitioned that obstructions in Justice might be removed that Delinquents might be proceeded against speedily and that the City debts might be paid out of Delinquents Estates General Hastings for the King sent out a party to relieve Wink field Manor besieged by the Earl of Denbigh and Sir John Gell who marched out with 500 Horse sent them lately by Sir William Waller fell upon the Enemy killed many of them and took 150 Prisoners The Earl of Calender with some of the Scots forces took in Hartlepoole in the Bishoprick of Durham and Stockton places of importance for the Parliament and another party of the Scots under Sir John Meldrum besieged Leverpoole in Lancashire The French Ambassadour sent a Letter to the Speaker wherein he acknowledged that the Parliament at Westminster was the Parliament of England and informed that he had a Message to them from the King his Master this was referred to the Committee concerning the Dutch Ambassadours The Commons gave 150 l. gratuity to the Governour of Lyme and some provision of money formerly ordered for Glocester was transferred to Plymouth which was ill taken by Colonel Massey Several Ordinances past for giving power to Committees in several Counties and the Irish Remonstrance was permitted to be printed Commissary Copley was inlarged upon bail A Committee of the Lawyers of the House were ordered to consider of the plea of the Archbishop upon the Act of Oblivion and to report their opinions to the House Captain Moulton did some service for the Parliament in Pembrokeshire The Earl of Antrim landed in the North of Scotland with 2500 Irish and the Marquess of Argile went to resist them with a considerable Army General Leven advanced toward Newcastle to joyn with the Earl of Calender in besieging that City Colonel Massey having drawn out his Forces against Berkley Castle Colonel Myn with about 700 of the King's Forces entred Glocestershire and began to spoil the Countrey and to streighten Glocester Massey wheeled about and fought with them slew Colonel Myn and about 100 of his men and Lieutenant Colonel Mercy and took one Colonel four Majors divers inferiour Officers and about 300 common Souldiers Of his part Colonel Hartley was shot in the Arm some others wounded but not above three men slain Orders were made concerning relief to be sent to Ireland and for supplies of the Earl of Manchester's Army and the Forces of Sir William Waller Colonel Middleton sent up to the Parliament from Sarum many Copes Surplices Tippets Hoods Plate and the Picture of the Virgin Mary taken in the Minster there other Relicks being divided amongst the Souldiers Colonel Doddington with a party of the King's Forces came to Dorchester and was repulsed by Major Sydenham The Commons ordered 250 l. out of the Lord Capel's Woods to the Window of Colonel Meldrum slain in their service and 50 l. to another like Widow They gave power to Waller for exchange of Prisoners except such as had been Parliament men and some others A party of about 1600 from Oxford came to surprize Sir William Waller's Forces at Abington but were repulsed and Sir Richard Grimes and some others of them slain and about 40 taken Prisoners The three Generals and the Committeeresiding with them had a meeting and consultation how to dispose of their forces for the service of the Parliament and agreed upon several considerable things and concluded That if any of the three Armies should be in any distress upon notice thereof all the others should come in to their assistance The Parliament in Scotland voted the Earl of Montross and other Lords taking part against them to be traitours and confiscated their Estates The King being joyned with the Lord Hopton and Prince Maurice followed General Essex into Cornwal and drove away all the Cattel and took away all the Provisions to streighten the Parliaments Army The Parliament ordered Lieutenant General Middleton with the 3000 Horse now with him to march with all speed to the assistance of the Lord General and 4000 Horse more to be sent speedily after him but it was too late Upon the motion of the Assembly of Divines a day was appointed for publick humiliation to implore the assistance of God for the prosperous undertaking of the Lord General Divers of the County of Lincoln were desirous that Colonel King might be restored to his Commands in that Countrey Colonel Hastings coming to plunder some Carriers at Belgrave was beaten back with losse by a party from Leicester The Earl of Calender took Gate-side and blockt up Newcastle on that side beating back a party of the Garrison that sallied out upon him and General Leven marched towards him Sir Thomas Middleton and Sir William Brereton took about 320 Horse of Prince Rupert's Regiment 60 Prisoners many Arms and much Pillage Colonel Ashton took 200 of the Earl of Derby's Horse near Preston Letters came from the Lord General from Lestithiel in Cornwal and in them a Letter inclosed from the King to the Lord General dated Aug. 6. with another Letter from Prince Maurice and the Earl of Brainford the King's General dated Aug. 9. and another Letter from the Lord Hopton and most of the King 's chief Officers to the Lord General The King's Letter was with more than ordinary mildness inviting the General to join with him in that which is both their aims to make the Kingdom happy and to ingage the King to him in the highest degree and if any shall oppose them to make them happy against their wills and promiseth great rewards to him and his Army The Letters from the others were
That the next morning the Enemy appeared again and was beaten back by the Parliaments forces who behaved themselves with very great courage doing great execution but the certain number of the slain on either side was not known that he hoped Middleton was on his way towards him The House ordered a Letter of thanks to be written to his Excellence and to assure him that he should not want their utmost assistance The Commissioners of the Great Seal ordered to grant Commissions of Sewers Middleton fell on a party of the King's forces in Lancashire upon the first charge of them by Colonel Booth they fled and were totally routed the Lord Byron and the Lord Mollineux escaped by the darkness of the night divers of them were killed and many inferior Officers and others taken By Ordinance the Wardship of the Lord Brook was settled upon his Mother Divers Gentlemen and Officers who were of the Earl of Newcastle's Army came into the Parliament desiring to make their compositions The Commons being informed that the Prince Elector was landed at Graves-end appointed a Committee to attend him with salutations from the House and to consider of his reception at White-hall prepared for him An Ordinance for liberty for Foreigners to trade here provided that they bring no Ordnance Arms nor Ammunition which shall be employed against the Parliament Divers of Worcestershire offered to raise forces for the Parliament and an Ordinance passed for that purpose Middleton took a Troup of the King's horse near Exeter The Prince Elector was brought to White-hall with great respect by a Committee of Parliament September 1644. Letters from the General to the Parliament inform that they had the best in many Skirmishes and acknowledge God's goodness in delivering them and the whole Army from a Conspiracy of the Enemy to blow up two of his Waggons with 60 Barrels of Powder in them That when they thought to have effected this design they drew up their whole Body towards that part of the Parliaments Army expecting the blowing up of his Magazine upon which they intended to fall upon his forces and not to have given quarter to any of them This Plot was so closely carried and so near effecting that in each of the Waggons an Engine was placed to doe the work the ends of them fastned to lighted Matches which were burnt within an inch of the Wild-fire when it was discovered and the other Match was burnt to the very neck of the Engine where it was to give fire and there the Coal of it self went out The Engine was sent up and shewed to the Parliament by which the strangeness of it and the miraculous deliverance from that Plot appeared The Letters conclude If succour ome not speedily we shall be put to great extremity if we were in a Countrey where we could force the Enemy to fight it would be some comfort but this Countrey consists so much upon passes that he who can subsist longest must have the better of it which is a great grief to me who have the command of so many gallant men My Lords I am sorry I have no discourse more pleasing resting Your Faithfull Servant ESSEX Upon this Letter the House ordered that the Earl of Manchester should send a party of Horse and Foot for the assistance of the General but neither any from him who was indeed furthest off nor of Waller's Forces who some thought did not make much hast in this business nor Middleton nor any other of the Parliaments Forces but his own Army came up to give him any the least assistance Liberty was given to Delinquents who were gone beyond Sea to return hither to make their compositions with the Parliament A Messge of Complement was sent to the Prince Elector and likewise to acquaint his Highness that the Parliament conceived that his Residence at this time in Foreign parts might be of greater advantage to the Publick Indeed the Parliament were jealous considering his near relation to the King and the engagements of his Brothers in the King's Service that the Prince Elector would do no good offices for the Parliament here The Archbishop was again brought to the Bar of the Lords House where he made his last general Defence to the Charge against him and a day was appointed for the Commons to make their reply In the Archbishop's Diary under his own hand are passages of his being offered to be made a Cardinal which he said that he could not suffer till Rome were other than it is The Prince Elector sent a Message to the Parliament That he held himself much obliged to them for their former favours that his coming was to express that in Person which he had often done by Letters of his affection to them and the Cause which they maintain and to take off such Jealousies as the Actions of his nearcst Kindred or ill Offices of the Enemy might by his absence cast upon him That his wishes are constant for their good success for a thorough Reformation and his desires are to be ruled and advised by their grave Counsels and would be ready to serve them Sir William Brereton's Letters informed that he sent Colonel Jones with a party who fell upon 2000 Horse of Prince Rupert's about Malpasse took 140 Horse two Majors and divers inferiour Ofsicers and Souldiers slew Colonel Baines and Co-Ionel Connyers in the place with three Majors and 100 Common Souldiers routed the whole Brigade and forced them to flie back to Chester and Sir Marmaduke Langdale was wounded in the fight This Colonel Jones was a Barrister at Law a Gentleman tam Marte quam Mercurio and shews that the undertaking of a Civil Profession doth not disable but rather further a man in Martial Affairs when there is occasion of trial Major Dowet marching with a party of the Parliaments forces in Somer setshire was set upon by Captain Poulton whom he took Prisoner with his Lieutenant thirty Horse and twenty Souldiers and routed all the party Colonel Sands for the Parliament besieged Pomfret Castle and Sir Thomas Fairfax was before Hemsley Castle where he was shot into his Shoulder and well again The Commons took order to reconcile some private differences between some Majors General and the Associations under them Colonel Purefoy and Colonel Boswell came up with Forces and some Ordance to assist the Besiegers of Banbury Sir William Waller lay still at Farnham near Basing-house The Commissioners for the Court-marshal kept a particular Fast-day to pray to God for his directions to them in that business A Committee was appointed to meet with the Common Council of London and to advise with them touching the business of Farthings Letters from Sir William Waller desire the supplies allotted to him may be speedily sent and the forces that are to joyn with him he expresseth his forwardness to assist the Lord General and calls the God of Heaven to witness it is not his fault and wisheth the
their Forces The Governour of Poole set upon the Queens Regiment of horse marching that way near Blandford slew sixteen of them took about forty prisoners a hundred brave horse two Colours and much Popish trumpery and lost but one man and a few hurt Colonel Lambert fell upon a party of the King's horse near Plumpton in Yorkshire took about a hundred and forty Horse the Commander in chief an Irish Rebel three Captains and many prisoners The King faced the Parliaments Armies with his horse and in the mean time drew away his Foot towards Newbury whither he followed with the horse Captain Fincher waiting on their march surprised sixty of their horse Orders were sent to the several Counties to be in a posture of defence and the Chirurgeons were sent down with Medicaments to the Army and Mr. Bell to provide them An Ordinance passed that no quarter should be given to any of the Irish Rebels taken either at Sea or Land By a Letter from Pembroke was certified that some of Prince Rupert's Forces particularly of the Irish Rebels drove away their Cattel risled their Houses eat and destroyed all their Provisions burnt their Villages and standing Corn destroyed all Sexes and Degrees Aged and unarmed persons were stripped naked by them â—and some they inhumanely murthered in cold blood others they half hanged and afterwards stigmatized and burnt their flesh off from their bodies to the bare bones and yet suffered them to live in great torture The Commons ordered that all the Judges and King's Council should meet to consider of the Tryal of Macquire and Macmahon An Ordinance passed to free the Heir of Sir William Fairfax who was slain in the Parliaments Service from Wardship An Order past to admit the Prince Elector to come when he pleased to the Assembly of Divines to hear their Debates according to his Highnesse's desire Newcastle Town not agreeing to Propositions of a Treaty the Scots stormed and entred part of the Town and became Masters of it that Sir John Merlay and others for the King fled to the Castle and offered to render it upon quarter which was denied but that they should render at mercy Some of the Scots Officers were slain as Major Hepburne and others but more of the Enemy Publick thanks to God were ordered to be given for the mercy in gaining Newcastle Sergeant Whitfield had the thanks of the House for his pains in preparing the Evidence for the Tryal of Macquire and Macmahon and the former Lord chief Justice Bramston was ordered to be advised with in that Business An Ordinance passed for the sale of some Delinquents Lands in Essex By Letters from the Commissioners in the Army it was certified that the Armies were near engagement that the King's horse faced the Parliaments Forces within a mile their Foot and Artillery marched up and were drawn into Bartalia at Bucklebury and nothing more done that day but they resolved the next day to charge the King's Forces if they would stand to it and they desired provisions might be sent to the Army Two Barges loaded with Bisket and Cheese were sent to Reading to be conveyed to the Army The Houses being informed that the Lord General was not well and stayed behind the Army they sent a Committee of Lords and Commons to visit him and to express the affections of both Houses to him This was not as was given out a piece of Courtship but I think real and there was cause enough that it should be so the General having so highly deserved from them Yet there were some had Designs against him and were desirous to remove him from his Command because they were jealous that he was too much inclined to peace and favouring of the King and his party I think I knew as much of his mind as others did and always observed him to wish for peace yet not upon any dishonourable or unjust terms he was a Lover of Monarchy and Nobility which he suspected some designed to destroy together with Gentry Ministry and Magistracy which humour began then to boyl up but he resolved to support them and wanted not advice to that end But the Jealousies upon him who was a most faithful and gallant man and servant to the publick gave him great trouble in his thoughts and they did work so high with his Enemies that some gave out he was by private intimation to forbear engaging in this Service and for certain he was not in it A party of the King 's coming to relieve Banbury were repulsed by Captain Fiennes their Bag and Baggage taken divers of them killed and some of them taken prisoners The City Propositions to be sent with the general Propositions for peace were voted and approved Divers Citizens petitioned That Justice might be done against Delinquents especially the two grand Incendiaries the Bishop of Canterbury and Wren and that the Commons House might be recruited with new Members Sir John Hotham petitioned That he might not be tryed by the Commissioners for the Court-Marshal and demanded the Judgment of the House thereupon and offered his Reasons but they would not hear them The Commons being informed that in probability the Armies were now engaged they sent to the Assembly of Divines to spend some time in Prayer for the good success of the Parliaments Forces which was done accordingly In the Evening the same day news came to the Parliament of a considerable Victory obtained by their Forces against the King's Army near Newbury That the Fight began on Sunday October 27th about Three a Clock in the Afternoon That before Seven they had nine pieces of Ordnance from the Enemy took the Earl of Cleveland and three hundred prisoners killed Charles Goring Son to the Lord Goring Sir Humphrey Mildmayâ—s eldest Son and divers others of quality and that the King about Twelve at Night marched with a party towards Wallingford Another party of the Kings under the Earl of Northampton came to relieve Banbury and taking the Besiegers at unawares made their way into the Castle and relieved it and made good their Retreat Scout-master General Bedford came to the house with Letters from the Commissioners in the Army of the particulars of the Battel at Newbury to this effect That after a Weeks tedious but speedy march of the Lord General 's Infantry and one nights refreshment at Reading in two days further progress they drew up before Newbury as near the Town as the Enemies Cannon would suffer this was upon Friday Oct. 25. The King kept within the Town guarded by his Artillery but his Body of Horse and Foot drew out into Speen-field the midway between the Town and Castle both to make his Army seem more numerous and to imbattel them in a place of extraordinary advantage that day afforded nothing but an Interview the interposing River hindred the desire to fight On the King's part appeared rather a declining to be engag'd either that their numbers
went from Aylesbury towards Cambridge to secure that Association 6. The Assembly sent to the Parliament a Message touching the Title to the Directory for Worship and the Ordinance for taking away the Common Prayer-book and for settling an able Ministry and that no prophane or ignorant persons might be admitted to the Sacrament Orders touching Delinquents Lands and for sale of Lands of such as did not compound or refused to pay the Fines set on them The Commons desired the Lords to hasten the passing of the List of Officers of the Army The King had now Goring with a considerable party in the West Prince Maurice in Cheshire Langdale in Yorkshire Prince Rupert and Sir Jacob Ashley gone towards Shropshire and the Parliament yet no formed Army The Commons adjourned for three days to treat in the mean time about raising Moneys Letters from Sir William Brereton informed that Prince Maurice sent about 13 Foot-companies over the River Dee to force the passage at Holt-bridge which was maintained by two Companies of Fire-locks under Lieutenant Colonel Jones for the Parliament Who beat back the Prince's men over the River where many of them were drowned and slew of them Sir Owen a Colonel 100 Officers and Souldiers took divers Prisoners and five Arms and Colours and lost only 6 men and Major Jackson Captain Aber Cromwey and Captain Ennis with a party of the Parliaments from Aylesbury surprized 50 of the King's horse near Oxford quartered there for want of Provisions in the Town Letters from Major General Langherne and Captain Thomas informed of their good success in Wales and the House ordered 500 l. for Langherne as a token for his faithful Service 7. The House sate not but their Committees sate about providing of Moneys Letters from Massey confirmed his late success against Sir John Winter that of the Enemies were slain Sir John's Brother Colonel Gamme Colonel Van Garres and another Colonel 70 more slain 60 drowned 2 Lieutenant Colonels and 120 others taken prisoners Colonel Ogle Governour of Winchester for the King sent out a party to beat up Sir William Waller's quarters who was prepared to receive them and slew Colonel Philips who commanded the party and took Lieutenant Colonel Gardiner and divers others prisoners 8. Sir Marmaduke Langdale being on his march towards Pomfret Colonel Forbes drew from the Siege to meet him the Lord Fairfax ordered them not to engage but upon great advantage till his additional forces came up to them But they did engage and Langdale's Horse were beaten back to the last reserve in which Encounter Colonel Lambert and other Commanders received some slight hurts the Parliaments Foot there being deserted by others who did not their parts and galled by the Garrison Souldiers who sallied out of Pomfret were forced to retreat with the loss of many Arms an Iron piece of Ordnance two Carriages and some of their fellows The rest of their Carriages they drew off over Ferrey-bridge almost a mile from the fight which pass was made good by Colonel Morgan and his Dragoons against Langdale's men The same night when this fight was a party of the Yorkshire Forces fell upon a party of the King 's at Houghton and took 100 Horse and divers prisoners The Lord Fairfax with the Yorkshire Horse drew out their Forces but the fight was over before they came and the rallied Forces joyned with them 10. Some Ministers of London petitioned both Houses for an Appendix to the Directory of Worship to give power to Ministers to deny the Sacrament to ignorant and scandalous persons and that there might be Elders in every Parish to joyn with the Ministers therein And the Lords past an Ordinance for that purpose and sent it to the Commons The Lords past the List of Officers of the Army and sent it to the Commons who appointed a Committee to consider how to imploy those who were not in the List in some other Service or to allow them maintenance Alderman Chambers his Petition for recompence for his former sufferings for opposing the Prerogative was taken into consideration and divers Orders past for money Langdale retreated to Newark Colonel Rosseter and other of the Parliaments Forces fell on his Rear near Doncaster and took divers prisoners Fourteen Troops and 2000 of the Scots foot advanced Southwards The King's Forces in Shropshire quitted Routhsea Castle and Medley House and burnt Tongue Castle and other places The Committee put out of Shrewsbury 50 Families of Malignants A Ship of 26 Guns with Arms and Ammunition from France came into Weymouth supposing it to be the King's Garrison News came of a Mutiny in Oxford among the Souldiers and Scholars and that Prince Charles the Bishop of Armagh Hopton and 300 Horse were gone towards Bristoll and the King was to follow them 11. Ordinances for Money for Brereton Shrewsbury and Langherne Ordinance to make up the breaches in the Fenns in Lincolnshire Another for Sir Thomas Fairfax to choose Officers out of the other Armies Another for Money for the Scots Letters from Sir William Waller and Colonel Cromwel certified the taking of the Lord Piercy and 30 with him at Andover Divers Clubmen were up in several Counties and 4000 of them armed in Dorsetshire threatned to plunder all who did not joyn with them to extirpate the Cavaliers the Governour of Wareham for the Parliament sent some Horse to joyn with them In Worcestershire about 2000 of them were got together and put out a Declaration of their Intentions against the Popish party and to preserve the King 's Rights and Privilege of Parliament 12. Both Houses of Parliament and the Lord Mayor and Aldermen kept this as a day of Thanksgiving for the good success of the Parliament 13. The Lords sent to the Commons to hasten the passing of the List for the new Model A Petition of Seamen for relief and satisfaction for Prizegoods taken care of Langdale marched towards Shropshire and was followed by Rosseter and Yorkshire Horse The mutinous Horse returned to their duty and Colonel Graves was sent to take the command of them and to joyn with Craford to assist Brereton The Earl of Northampton's Regiment of Horse from Banbury surprized about 80 Horse loaden with cloath with a Convoy of about 80 men of whom they killed some took about 20 prisoners and the rest fled away The Worcestershire Clubmen increased Prince Rupert sought to pacifie them but in vain the Constables refused to bring in a List of their Names that assembled 14. Orders for Horses Saddles c. for Sir Tho. Fairfax his Horse and for recruiting his Foot out of the Lord General Essex his Regiment and otherwise and the Recruits to have a Fortnights pay and clothes This brought in almost all Essex his Foot to Fairfax they being such Creatures as will be carried any where for money Order for Sir Thomas Fairfax to give Commissions to his Colonels Lieutenant Colonels Majors Captains
and other Officers Letters to the Committee in the Army to keep the Army together and to assist for Sir Tho. Fairfax his Recruits Orders for providing the Train Waggons Artillery Arms Powder and a Magazine for Sir Tho Fairfax and for Draught-horses and Carriages out of several Counties for him A thousand pounds ordered for General Brown The mutinous Horse returned to duty were allowed a Fortnights pay but none for the time they were in mutiny and were now sent upon Service Several Committee-men added in divers Counties and Orders for money and clothes for the Scots Army in Ireland 15. Ordinances past for 1. per Cent. for supply of Plymouth and for money upon the Custom of Currans for Gloucester and for recruiting the Kentish Regiment at Plymouth The Lords at a Conference gave Reasons why they left some Officers out of the List of Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army but they waved the nominating of others they sent to the Commons an Ordinance for Marshall Law differing from the former and to continue two Months Waller and Cromwell beat up Goring's quarters who sled to Exeter 17. Captain Smith of Colonel Martins Regiment for a slight offence murdred an honest Buckinghamshire man the Commons sent to inform the Lord General thereof and ordered Smith to be sent for and punished Letters from the Committee of Nantwich informed that Prince Rupert Maurice and Langdale were all joyned in one great body and that without a speedy relief Sir Will. Brereton's Forces would be in great danger The House Ordered a Letter to be forthwith sent by the Committee of both Kingdomes for a party of the Scots horse and Dragoons to advance towards Sir Will. Brereton and ordered Supplies for his Forces And they referred it to the Members serving for Yorkshire and Lancashire to consider of some means for the supply of the Forces in those Counties At a free Conference the Commons offered their reasons to the Lords why they could not consent to the leaving out of the list those Officers whom the Lords had left out because they were such as Sir Tho. Fairfax nominated and the Commons approved and a delay in passing this list would be dangerous to Sir Will. Brereton ' s Forces to the association and to the whole Kingdome The Lords acquainted the Commons with a Paper from the French Resident desiring the transportation of Gunpowder from Holland to France without interruption of the Parliaments Navy The Commons Ordered for Answer that there being Amity between the Crown of England and the Crown of France there needed no particular Licence for the same Colonel Sir James Long High Sheriff of Wilts for the King returning from the Convoy of Prince Charles to Bristol was set upon by a party of Sir William Waller's at the Devizes and 40 of his men killed the Colonel 8 Captains 7 Cornets and most of the other Officers with 300 Souldiers taken Prisoners about 340 Horse and store of Arms taken and but 30 of the whole Regiment escaped Oxford was much streightned for Provisions Browne did them no small prejudice from Abington some of the Souldiers and Townsmen grew very mutinous and the Antiparliament there were about to question the Lord Digby for an Incendiary but they were dissolved 18. 1000 l. Ordered for Abington Colonel Stephenson a Member of the House was taken Prisoner at Royden-house in Wilts Ordered that Sir James Long taken at the Devizes be exchanged for him An Order for supply of the Town of Henly upon Thames with Match 1000 Bandeliers c. and Whitelocke was appointed Governour of that Town and of the Fort of Phillis Court which he rather accepted being his own house and he had there in Garrison about 300 foot and a Troup of horse The works of the Fort were strong and regular and the Thames brought round the Fort in a large Graft all the horse and foot were quartered within the works the great Guns about it were good and the Souldiers stout men and well armed and good Officers The Officers and Souldiers of Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army had a fortnights pay allowed them The Lords concurred with the Commons in passing the list of the Officers of Sir T. Fairfax's Army without any alteration which was so well taken by the Commons that they appointed a Committee to prepare a Message to be sent to the Lords from them to assure their Lordships of the real affection and endeavours of the House of Commons to support their Lordships in their honour and privileges The List of the Officers was this Sir Thomas Fairfax Commander in chief Major General Skippon Colonels of Horse Middleton Sidney Graves Sheffield Vermuden Whaley Sir M. Livesey Fleetwood Rosseter Sir Robert Pye Colonels of Foot Craford Berkley Aldridge Holborne Fortescue Inglesby Mountague Pickering Welden and Rainsborough A Petition of the East India Company for transporting some things agreed unto The Governour of Hurst Castle took two of the King's Ships bound for France forced by weather into the Isle of Wight in them they had 300 barrels of Herrings 11 pieces of Cloath 10 pieces of Ordnance 40 Prisoners and a pack of hounds News came that the Swedes in Germany gave a great defeat to the Emperours Forces 8000 of them slain the two Generals the whole Army routed many Prisoners taken all their Colours Ordnance Carriage and Ammunition Letters from Holland mentioned some difference rising there between the Prince of Orange and the States 19. The care of the education of the King's Children was committed to the Earl of Northumberland and his Countess and they took into Consideration the great losses of this noble Earl for his affection to the publick Care was also taken for an allowance for the Earl of Mulgrave and the Lord Sheffield in lieu of their losses Mr. Ford was voted to be one of the Assembly in the room of Mr. Bolles deceased Orders for expediting Sir Thomas Fairfax into the field and for money for the Lord Generals old Foot Souldiers and for monies for Sir William Brereton's Forces and for supplies for Ireland The Lord Savile left the Oxford party and came to London he was staid by the Guards and this day examined by a Committee of the Lords of the grounds of his coming in and was committed to the custody of the black Rod. Colonel Holborne routed a party of Goring's horse near Crookehorne and took about 500 of them About 400 of Banbury horse faced Northampton and endeavoured to take a Parliament Captain out of his house near Northampton but he with his Servants and about 16 firelocks kept the house and repelled the enemy and a party of horse drawing forth of Northampton the Banbury Horse fled away with some loss Letters from Colonel Cromwel informed that since his coming to his Regiment their Carriage had been obedient respective and valiant a good testimony whereof they gave in the late defeat of Long 's Regiment that they were sorry
were left out of the new Model should be equally provided for as the English Officers Order for Coat and Conduct money for those that were pressed for Souldiers Debate of non-admission to the Sacrament Letters from Gen. Leven certified that he had sent part of his Army to assist Sir William Brereton and would be ready to march Southwatds A Letter from Prince Rupert to the Earl of Essex in answer to his Letter touching the hanging up of the Parliaments prisoners full of haughtiness and that he would follow his own judgment without the Earl of Essex his advice Upon which the Commons ordered a Declaration to be drawn 24. Debate in a Grand Committee touching non-admission to the Sacrament An Ordinance past for pressing of Souldiers and that all repair to their Colours and none to depart from their Colours without licence and search for them that depart and to be punisht Letters from Abington certifie that Cromwel and others coming within a mile of Oxford hindred the King's remove towards Worcester Colonel West nominated by the Common-council to be Lieutenant of the Tower 25. Letters from Skippon informed that the discontented Horse came in and were reduced and promised faithful Service Ordinance committed for supply of the wants of Members of Parliament whose Estates were in the power of the Enemy Ordered that those late of the Lifeguard of the Earl of Essex shall have 3 s. a day above the allowance of a common Trouper and have Horse and Arms from the State and Sir Tho. Fairfax to appoint their Rendezvous This is to be one of the six Troups to attend the body of Sir Thomas Fairfax Ordinance for reimbursing monies raised for Sir William Brereton sent to the Lords and for other monies for Lancashire forces Ordinance past both Houses That none be admitted to preach but such as are ordained by this or some other reformed Church except persons permitted Colonel John Fiennes sent out a party near Newbury who took of the Enemy 17 Prisoners and Arms and all their Horse then they summoned Brocas House which the Enemy quitted and fled and Major Temple pursued and did executiou on them 26. The Mayor Aldermen and Common-council came into the House thanked them for the favour in admitting them to make choice of a Lieutenant of the Tower and presented Colonel West for that Service and desired care might be had of Gloucester and for bringing in the Arrears of London Colonel West was admitted Lieutenant of the Tower till further order of the Houses And an Ordinance to be brought in for raising a considerable force in Gloucestershire and for money to pay them Ordinance past for reimbursing monies for the Lifeguard Letters from Lieutenant General Cromwell informed that he had fallen upon a party of the King's Horse under the Earl of Northampton and part of the Queens Regiment near Oxford and took of them 400 horse 200 prisoners whereof many Officers and Gentlemen of quality and the Queens own Colours the rest fled to Bletchington where Colonel Windebank kept a Garrison for the King L. G. Cromwell pursued them thither and after some Treaty took the House also upon Articles and therein store of Arms and Ammunition and 72 horse more 28. After long debate the Commons resolved that the business of the Admiralty should be managed by Commissioners of both Houses consisting of three and those were the Earl of Warwick Mr. Bense and Mr. Pelham of the Commons House A thousand men of the King 's lost before Taunton and Col. Popham's House at Wellington being taken and the Siege of Taunton continuing very close it was ordered that Sir Thomas Fairfax and Skippon should advance into the West with the forces for relief of Taunton 8000 horse and foot and care taken for money and provisions for them Order for the Train of Artillery to be sent down to him A quarrel in Westminster-hall between Sir William Andrews and Col. Tyrrell informed to the House and that Tyrrell behaved himself discreetly in it he was called into the House and had their thanks for his carriage therein Sir William Andrews ordered to be taken into safe custody and when the House were not sitting Mr. Speaker was authorized to send his Warrants to prevent quarrels Letters from the North informed that the Scots were upon their march Southwards with 9000 foot and 3 Regiments of horse 29. Debate touching providing of Arms and Ammunition and 12000 l. allowed for it Sir Theodore Mayhernes Order to be discharged of Taxes was vacated The power of Marshal Law ordered to be given to persons in every County for suppressing and punishing of Insurrections Debauchery of some Officers of the Army occasioned an Order to Sir Tho. Fairfax That the Discipline of War be duly executed Lambeth Parsonage conferred on Mr. White one of the Assembly Two thousand pounds ordered for Taunton Proclamation for all Officers and Souldiers to repair to their Colours upon pain of cashiering for the Officers and death for the common Souldiers M. G. Brown with a party from Abington fell upon a party of the King 's near Farington took a Captain and other Officers and Souldiers Then upon Intelligence met with another party and took Col. Conquest M. Bamfield 3 Captains 3 Lieutenants and other prisoners Colonel Fiennes fell upon a party of the King 's near Witney and took from them 120 horse 3 Colours 40 prisoners and 50 Arms. L. G. Cromwell at Bampton Bush fell upon another party of the King 's surprized them all and took Col. Sir H. Vaughan 2 Lieutenant Colonels M. Lee 5 Captains 8 Lieutenants 8 Ensigns Dr. Dunse 20 Sergeants 230 Prisoners and Arms. May 1645. 1. Letters from Col. Massey certified that Prince Rupert with a party of about 6000 horse and foot intercepting his Scouts charged upon Massey into Ledbury who received him and beat his men back to a Retreat his horse made several charges till his foot got off 40 of the Prince's men were slain many of them Officers and the L. Hastings one That Massey lost about 7 men and some of the horse from the Countries not standing well to it the Enemy got in among the Foot and took divers prisoners whereof they sent a List to Massey of 110 but 80 of them were none of his men but country-people M. Bacchus was wounded and taken prisoner Major Harley wounded Captain Bayly and Captain Forster taken prisoners by the Prince's forces That Lydney House was fired and Sir John Winter left there 8 pieces of Ordnance An Ordnance ordered to be brought in for setling 1000 l. per annum upon Col. Massey for his gallant services for his life and 200 l. in present and a Letter of Thanks was sent to him The Resident of the States had a day appointed for his audience Debate touching non-admission to the Sacrament 2. The States Ambassadour had audience in the usual solemn way and he made demands for restitution of some ships taken
of some of the King 's and Queen's Letters taken at Naseby Fight 16. The House passed many Compositions for delinquency for Sir Richard Halford Sir John Cotton and others and appointed a Committee to examine the abuses of Sequestrators and Sollicitors of Committees Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army informed that they made a breach of about 30 foot wide in the Wall of Sherburne Castle and then sent a Summons And Sir Lewis Dives returned a peremptory denyal whereupon Sir Thomas Fairfax his men went on to storm 20 of the Garrison leaped over the Wall and came in to him demanding Quarter those within cryed out for a Parley but it was denied only Quarter offered for their Lives upon which terms the Parliament Souldiers soon made themselves masters of the Castle There they took Sir Lewis Dives the Governour and Sir John Stangeways formerly members of Parliament One of the Lord Paulet's Sons â—ussell an Attorney 10 Ministers divers of the Gentry and Commissioners of Array and 600 prisoners 1400 arms great store of Ammunition and Provisions 18. Order for the House to sit some daies in the week as a Grand Committee to consider of Propositions of Peace to be sent to his Majesty and the Scots Commissioners to be acquainted therewith Col. Rowe and Mr. Booker chosen by the City to go as Commissioners into Ireland were approved A Petition from Kent referred to a Committee Order for a Letter of thanks to Sir Thomas Fairfax and for a Day of thanksgiving for the taking of Bath Bridgwater and other Garrisons Goring failed of recruits in the West At Exeter an Oath was tendred to all the Inhabitants and Souldiers to oppose all forces not raised by the King's consent and particularly Sir T. F ' s. Army Letters informed that Prince Rupert had in Bristol a 1000 horse and 2000 Foot and took in a Garrison of the Parliaments called Stenchcombe where he put 40 men to the Sword in cold bloud In the King's march the Scotch horse fell upon his quarters at Bewley and took 70 horse and divers Officers At Litchfield the King confined Col. Hastings for delivering up of Leicester about Tilbury Sir John Gell fell upon his Rear took Captain Blake and others and 40 prisoners but the King's Forces returned upon him and rescued 20 of their own men and took 10 of Sir John Gell's prisoners Lieutenant G. David Lesly with the Scotch horse was near him and Mr. G. Pointz with 2500 horse Colonel Rositer with 1500 horse and the Country horse about 2000 intended to joyn together in all about 10000 horse to follow his Majesty 19. The House resolved That the Committees in the North had no power to appoint Governours of Forts there and the House nominated M. G. Pointz to be Governour of York and Colonel Sir Matthew Boynton of Scarborough A Declaration against Tumultuous Assemblies by any persons in Arms without Authority from the Parliament sent to Governours of Forts to be published and they impowered to seize on the Leaders of them to be proceeded against as Traytors Orders for Captain Doyley Governour of New-port Paganel to command the Regiment that was Sir Samuel Luke's Orders for levying the Arrears in London of the Assesment for Sir Thomas Fairfax's Army and for the Arrears to the Scots Army Order for money for several Forces 20. The House were in debate of the point for suspending from the Sacrament but nothing was determined in it Order for superstitious Pictures in York-House to be sold Orders for money and supplies for Garrisons Order That no foreign Impressions of English Bibles be vended here without perusal of the Assembly The King with 5000 Horse and Dragoons was at the Lord Fretswell's House and the Parliament forces not far from him G. Leven having planted his Batteries sent his summons to Hereford to come to a Parley and to expect no further offer A Book was brought into the House taken at Naseby fight wherein were the names of divers members of the House with summs of money supposed to have been contributed by them to the King and his Majestie 's hand in many places of it The Speaker said he had perused the Book and did not find there his own name nor Mr. Dunch or Mr. Whitelocke's name and he believed the reason was because the King had taken all from them 21. The House were in a Grand Committee in debate of new Elections for members and upon the Question it was carried by three voices to have new Elections and the Speaker ordered to issue out his Warrants for Writs for new Elections at Southwark Bury and Hithe and none to be chosen and sit unless they took the Covenant Both Houses granted a pass for the Lord Houghton the Earl of Clare's Son and another for Mr. Hollis's Son for going beyond Sea But Captain Bettisworth praying the like was desired to stay in England to doe further Service Sir Thomas Fairfax with advice of his Council of Warr proposed to go before Bristol The Plague was much in Scotland and Montross lately routed aBrigade of horse of the Covenanters 23. Order for supplies for M. G. Langherne and for 10 l. a Week to be allowed to his Wife in part of his Arrears A Bookseller questioned for Printing sheets unlicensed and order that none shall doe the like An Ordinance sent to the Lords for Mr. Case one of the Assembly to be Parson of Sapport in Cheshire Order for Colonel Jephson to beat up Drums for Voluntiers for Ireland Five hundred pounds Allowed to Scots Reformadoes Order for payment of Waggoners according to Contract and of Trades-men for their Commodities M. G. Brown continued very scrupulous and a discontent seemed to remain with him 25. Orders for recruits which came in but slowly for the Army and for money for the Forces of M. G. Massey A Petition of Ministers of London and Westminster concerning non-admittance of gross sinners to the Sacrament referred to the Grand Committee Order That the sad Condition of Scotland in respect of the sickness there and the late defeat given them by Montross shall be remembred in the publick prayers on the next fast day Upon Information of the King 's returning Southward and to prevent the plundering of his Souldiers and the breaking into the Associated Counties care was taken to put them into a posture of defence and for supplies of Garrisons in his way and Colonel Graves and Colonel Whaley were to go with more Forces into those parts Order for 300 l. for Colonel Graves The Scots Horse and Dragoons to whom M. G. Pointz Colonel Rositer and the Countrey Forces joyned makeing in all 10000 Horse and Dragoons got betwixt the King and the North so that he retreated back to Newarke a party of the Parliaments fell upon his Rear took the L. Harris a Papist 100 horse and divers prisoners From Newarke the King marched into Lincoln-shire where his Army
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
desired for the Scots Foot intending to besiege Newark Orders for Col. Welden to be Governour of Plymouth for giving Sir John Banks his Books to Mr. Maynard and the Books to Mr. Vaughan of Lincolns-Inn to Mr. Recorder Glyn. Letters read that were taken in the Lord Digby's Coach some of them ordered to be published As that of the King to the Marquess of Ormond touching the Irish Rebels and one touching the Earl of Thomond upon which his Estate here was ordered to be sequestred Letters informed the taking of Tiverton Castle 23. The House received Letters from Sir T. F. of the motions of his Army in the West That the Enemy designed with 2000 horse to break through his Quarters towards Oxford That they taking the darkness of the Night passed by his Guards fell into the Quarters of his Dragoons and took 50 prisoners That he marched after the Enemy with his whole Army lay in the field all night to prevent their going by him and quartered part of his Army along the River Ex near to Exeter to prevent the Enemies return and with the rest marched to Tiverton where M. G. Massey was sent before The Governour of Tiverton resolving to hold out Sir T. F. resolved to storm it and after the morning Sermon on the Lord's-day one of his Canoneers with a great shot brake the Chain of the Draw-bridge whereby it fell down and the Parliament Souldiers immediately entred and got over the works with little opposition The Enemy fled into the Castle and Church and had quarter for their lives Col. Sir Gilbert Talbot and about 200 more were taken prisoners and they found there 4 pieces of Ordnance and 40 Barrels of Powder 34 Officers 168 common Souldiers a Spy and a Minister Order for Recruits for the Army Order that the Earl of Devon being beyond Seas should return by a day Order to sequester the Estates of such as refused to pay Taxes in Sussex 24. An Ordinance for disfranchising of some of Bristoll and settling the Government there and the Militia Ordinance touching Ordination of Ministers and others touching Monies The Jewel provided for Sir Thomas Fairfax appointed to be presented to him by a Member of the House A Messenger from Sir Tho. Fairfax related that he was before Exeter and a numberof Clubmen of Devonshire under Colonel Popham assisted him 25. New High-Sheriffs named and Writs for new Elections granted The Commissioners sent to the Scots Army about their delivering up the places Garrisoned by them had the thanks of the House for their good Service L. G. Points Besieged Newark where the King was and Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice Consideration of Differences between the Committee of Derby and Sir Jo. Gell. 27. Both Houses agreed in making the Speaker Master of the Rolls Order for all Commanders of Forces to be under Sr. Tho. Fairfax Col. Dalbier named to Command the Forces for Besieging Dunnington Castle Letters informed the taking of Carmarthen by Major General Langherne whereby the whole County was reduced and so was Monmouth-Shire by taking of Monmouth Town and Castle by Col. Morgan in which they had seven pieces of Ordnance and store of Ammunition Order for thanks to God for this success and a Letter of thanks to Col. Morgan Sir Trevor Williams was made Governor of Monmouth The House gave 1500 l. to Mr. Green Chair-man of the Committee of the Navy and 500 l. per Annum for the future for his Service at that Committee a reward which few others obtained 28. Mr. Browne made a Speech in the Kings Bench and then swore Mr. Justice Rolles to be one of the Judges Serjeant Pheasant was sworn of a Judge of the Common Pleas and Serjcant Atkins a Baron of the Exchequer Mr. Soliciter and Serjeant Wild made Speeches to them Goring went out of Exeter with 1000 Horse before Cromwel came up thither upon which Sir Tho. Fairfax drew off part of his Forces after him 30. The Lords sent their Concurrence to the Commons in several Ordinances for the Government of Bristoll for the Isle of Wight and for Westminster Colledge The Commons Ordered new Elections for Knights in Bucks and for other places Upon a Letter from Sir William Vavasor Prisoner to the Parliament he had a Pass to go beyond Sea ingaging never to return to take up Arms against the Parliament and they ordered that if any who have Passes to go beyond Sea shall return and take up Arms against the Parliament they shall have neither Pardon nor Quarter Goring went to the farther part of Devon-shire and Sr. Tho. Fairfax returned towards Exeter where Goring had burnt most part of three Parishes to make the rest more tenable The Garrison of Chester made divers resolute Sallies upon the Besiegers and were beaten back and the Forces of M. G. Pointz slew many of them in the Streets Sir Will. Byron the Lord Byrons Brother got together four hundred Horse about Holt Castle upon notice whereof Col. Jones drew out a Party of Horse from before the Leaguer fell upon the Enemy in the Field who worsted the Forlorn-Hope of Jones but he rallied them and after a sharp dispute routed them took Sir William Byron and others of Quality Prisoners divers Troopers slew forty and took forty Horse Sir William Wain-waring was slain by the Parliament Forces in Chester Street News was brought of a great difference between Col. Gerrard and the Lord Bellasis Governor of Newark about the Lord Digby and the King had much ado to reconcile it 31. An Ordinance past for putting in Execution the Seal for Lancaster Doctor Oldesworth Was Bayled upon good Security to speak or act nothing prejudicial to the Parliament Order for the Covenant to be tendred to all that come in to compound for their Delinquency and such as refuse it to be secured The Gentlemen of Bucks withdrew to consider about the business of the Countrey and Mr. Fountain carried himself very high Letters from Col. Rossiter informed that Prince Rupert Prince Maurice G. Gâ—â—â—ard the Lord Hawley Sir Richard Willis and about four hundred other Gentlemen of Quality the meanest whereof was a Captain had laid down their Commissions deserted the King and betook them to Wotton-House fourteen Miles from Newarke where they stood upon their Guard They subscribed a Declaration that if they may obtain from the Parliament a Pass to go beyond Sea they will all engage upon their Honour and Oath never to return to take up Arms against the Parliament and sent to Col. Rossiter to acquaint him herewith the Messenger informed that the Prince had sent to Mr. G. Pointz to the same purpose and offers of Surrendring of Welbeck House to him The House referred this matter to the Committee of both Kingdoms to report their opinions what was sit to be done in it News came that Sir Tho. Fairfax set his Posts for Besieging Excester that Cromwell was come up to him and a Party
the Marquess of Ormond the Earl of Glamorgan the Lord Digby and others of great concernment and mentioning preparations for Irish Rebels hither which so inraged the Countrey people that they put to the Sword thirty Irish taken by them in that Vessel at Padstow 10. Difference of Opinion between the Houses about the Earl of Derby the Lord Pawlet Sir John Byron and Sir Jo. Strangways whom the Lords thought fit not to except from Pardon Col. Rainsborough sent to command the Forces before Banbury had power of Martial Law given him Letters informed that Sir William Brereton entred Litchfield with the loss of three men slain and some wounded that he killed six of the enemy and beat the rest into the Close being a thousand horse and soot A Sally out of Newarke with four hundred horse and a thousand foot upon the Scots Guards the Bridge being down none of the rest of the Army could come to assist them and the Newarkers were double the number to the Scots in that place but after a little time some got over to them and the Newarkers retreated having killed one Captain two Lieutenants and eight Soldiers and about twenty wounded and few of their own party left behind them 11. The accounts of the Committee of Excise brought in and a Vote passed to continue the Excise in such hands as both houses shall think fit and order for advancing of eighty four thousand pound upon the Excise for the Army Divers other orders about the Excise and one for two thousand pound for Abbington Garrison Letters informed that the Army advanced from Bodman towards Truro but by reason of bad weather put into Quarters that a party of 800 Horse and Dragoons was sent under Col. Rich to fall upon the enemies Quarters which they did near St. Columbe being the Princes Regiment consisting of about eight hundred they of the Van Charged Rich's men but were quickly put to the rout and pursued three or four miles Rich's men took about an hundred Prisoners most of them Reformado's whereof M. G. Perâ— was one twenty nine of the Princes Guard and a hundred Horse this so allarm'd the Enemy that they left their head Quarter for a Mile and drew all their Horse to a rendezvous upon a down at eleven a clock at night where they stood in the rain till the next morning A Trumpet came with an Answer from the Lord Hopton to Sir Tho. Fairfax's Summons implying a willingness to end the business of the West without more blood-shed but desires to know whether the King and Parliament be not near to a conclusion of a Peace that he being intrusted may be careful of the Kings Honour and a Treaty is entertained and in the mean time Sir Tho. Fairfax's Army advanced The Letters taken in the Trish Ship mentioned the Commitment of the Earl of Glamorgan to be to colour that business and that a Peace was concluded with the Irish Rebells and that ten thousand of them were ready to come into England to assist the King 12. The day of thanksgiving for the late successes in the West Letters from Abbington certified that they had several allarms from Oxford and the last Lords day at six in the Morning a great party of Horse and Foot came near to Abbington Town who took the Allarm and were in a posture to receive them That the Cannon played upon them half an hour from the Town and did good execution that the Oxford Party notwithstanding their words that they would gain the Town or leave their bones there yet they ran away and the Horse could not be perswaded to stay but taking up about ten of their Fellows dead bodies they all retreated to Oxford That the Soldiers wanted no Courage but Money and are put to watch almost every night 13. The Assembly of Divines desired by some of their brethren sent to the House That Mr. Patrick Young might be incouraged in the Printing of the Greek Testament much expected and desired by the Learned especially beyond Seas and an Ordinance was read for Printing and Publishing the Old Testament of the Sepâ—uagint Translation wherein Mr. Young had formerly taken pains and had in his hand as Library-keeper of St Jame's an Original Tecta Bible of that Translation Orders for Money for Soldiers Wives and Widows and to the train of Artillery The Petitions of London Westminster and Middlesex touching the setling of the Militia and the differences thereupon referred to a Committee to be composed A Party from Oxford plundring Basing-stoke and the pressed men going to Sir Thomas Fairfax mutinied at Farnham their Conductor Col. Ven being very imperious and not pleasing to them but it was soon appeased Foy was delivered up to Sir T. Fairfax and thirteen pieces of Ordnance in it 14. An Ordinance past both Houses for setling and regulating the Heralds Office to effect which Whitelocke laboured and was one of the Committee for that end but opposed by many inclining to leveling Order for a Pass for the Earl of Northampton and twenty Officers with him to go beyond Sea provided they take the Negative Oath Votes that the Great Seal should be in the hands of Commissioners Members of both Houses and in the present Commissioners for six Months longer Both Houses agreed to the Ordinance for setling Presbyterian Government Letters informed that Sir Tho. Fairfax and the Lord Hopton agreed upon these Articles That the Lord Hoptons Army should presently be disbanded and his Horse Arms and Ammunition Artillery Bag and Baggage delivered up to Sir Tho. Fairfax Officers to have their Horses and Troopers twenty shillings a man Strangers to have Passages to go beyond Sea and English to go to their homes A hundred and twenty Musqueteers Armed came out of Pendennis Castle and yielded themselves to Sir T. F. That the Lord Hopton surrendred to Sir Tho. Fairfax near three thousand horse 16. Votes touching the Affairs of Ireland and the Commission to be granted to the Lord L'isle appointed Governor there Care for Money for Major General Massies Forces Reference to a Committee to consider what places of benefit are held by any Members of the House and to report it Conference about the propositions for Peace Harwarden Castle was surrendred to Major General Mitton and he besieged Holt Castle A Party from Hereford and Monmouth surprised sixty Horse in the Stables of Gotherick Castle burnt the Stables and Besieged the Castle A Party from Worcester came within a Mile of Evesham plundered and took away some Country men Prisoners but were pursued by a Party from Evesham the Prisoners and Plunder rescued and eighteen of their Horse taken 17. The House being informed that the Prince was in Silley and in some streights for want of Provisions they agreed that a Letter should be written to him in a loving and tender way from both Houses of Parliament to invite him to come in to the Parliament and to reside in such place and have such
attendants and Counsellors about him as should be approved by both Houses Composure of the business of the Militia of London Letters informed of many of the Kings Party daily coming in to Sir Tho. Fairfax and the Governor of Penrin desired to be included in the Treaty with the Lord Hopton and here some of the Earl of Essex's old Soldiers said they were even with the Kings Forces for the business of G. Essex in Cornwall 18. A Letter from both Houses to the Prince agreed upon and to be sent away Nottingham-shire being highly oppressed by the Armies lying before Newarke the House ordered to take it into Consideration The Scots Commissioners differed from both Houses touching the propositions to be sent to the King for Peace and a Committee was appointed to consider of it and report to the Houses how they found it Power of Forraign Plantations continued in the Earl of Warwick Col. Kerle continued Governor of Monmouth Conference about Lords Lieutenants being of Committees in the Western Association The Commons pressed the Lords of pass the Ordinance for tryal of Mr. Murray for a Spy Eight Troops of Col. Fleetwoods charged twenty of the Oxford Horse who had been out to fetch Money took fourteen horse and men and a hundred and forty six pounds in Money his Regiment and Col. Rainsboroughs streightned Oxford Intelligence came that the Forces in France supposed to be for England are disposed of another way and that the States will not admit the Prince of Orange to transport men hither for the King that Major General Skippon Governor of Bristol fitted twenty ships to oppose the Landing of any Irish for the King Letters from Ireland informed that the Lord Broghill sent a party of a hundred and twenty horse and three hundred foot under Col Crokey to Mallo and they fell on it an hour after day that there were three hundred and fifty in the Town and Castle of the two hundred in the Town all but ten killed or taken an hundred and fifty killed as many Arms gotten four Drums one Colours several Officers and thirty three Common Soldiers prisoners Pillage worth five hundred pounds besides five hundred Sheep and a hundred Cows and but two Soldiers and one Trooper of the Parliaments lost 19. Consideration of the business of Ireland and setling the Lord Inchequin and raising of six thousand pounds and for four thousand Suits of apparel for the Forces in Munster A Committee of both Houses appointed to draw up the invitation of the Prince to come in to the Parliaments Quarters By desire of the Common Council of London all proceedings of the house touching their late Petition about the Militia were rased out of the Book and the Common Council were desired to rase out of their Registers that Petition and all their proceedings thereupon Letters informed that the Articles between the Lord Hopton and Sir Tho. Fairfax were performed and Hoptons Forces took the Oath never to bear Arms against the Parliament and a thousand of their Officers and Soldiers listed themselves to serve the Parliament in Ireland The Governor of St. Maws Fort which commands Falmouth sent to Sir Tho. Fairfax to be received into Favour and that he will deliver up the Fort Castle Ordnance Arms and Ammunition and Sir Tho. Fairfax sent Forces to take possession of them two great brass Pieces were in it of four thousand weight apiece The General and Lieutenant General took care that not a man of the Lord Hoptons Army that came off should be Plundred 20. Care for Money for Major General Massey's Forces Two days in every Week set aside for providing Money for the Forces Four thousand pound of Mr. Henleys Fine ordered for Abbington Garrison 21. Ordinances sent to the Lords for Money for Sir Tho. Fairfax's Army Mr. Peters newly come from the Army was called into the House and made them a particular relation of the proceedings of Sir Thomas Fairfax there as is before mentioned and that Hoptons Horse that were disbanded were near five thousand That the Lord Hopton was not gone for Oxford but took Shipping for France and many of the Commanders with him and some before and others went to their own houses that Pendennis Castle was closely besieged and that the General intended to return towards Exeter Order for an hundred pound per An. to be setled on Mr. Peters and his Heirs out of the Earl of Worcesters Estate and fifty pound to the Gentleman that brought the Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax Order for a day of Thansgiving to God for these great Mercies Order for the Gentlemen and Ministers of the West now in London to go down into their several Countries and for Money for them Letters brought by M. Temple informed that Col. Morgan Governor of Glocester with his Forces and those of Sir William Brereton joyned together fell upon Sir Jacob Ashley and all his Forces intending for Oxford at Stow in the Woald on the edg of Glocester-shire and after a sore conflict on both sides Sir Jacob Ashley was totally routed himself taken Prisoner and fifteen hundred more Horse and Men all their Carriages Arms Bag and Baggage taken Morgans Word was God be our Guide Ashleys Word was Patrick and George 23. A Report and debate about the Compositions of Delinquents An Ordinance for Money for the two Regiments at Glocester Order for a Warrant for a new Election Order for four thousand pound to be distributed to the Wives and Widows of Soldiers and to the Train of Artillery of the Earl of Essex and of Sir Will. Waller Letters farther informed of the defeat of Sir Jacob Ashley that the dispute was hot and the Parliaments Forces at first were worsted twice together yet came on again and Sir Jacob Ashly's Forces being three thousand were totally routed That two hundred of his men were slain on the place many of them Gentlemen of Quality two thousand Arms taken twelve Carriages and one thousand six hundred Prisonors that Sir Jacob Ashley was Prisoner to Sir William Brereton the rest of the Prisoners sent to Glocester and the wounded men taken care off that the Parliament lost only two Lieutenants and some few of their men slain and wounded That some of the Kings Forces escaped to Farrington and Oxford and Sir Jacob Ashley after he was Prisoner told some of the Parliament Officers Now you have done your work and may go play unless you fall out among your selves 24. Order for a Collection on the Thanksgiving day for the maimed Soldiers Another Letter came from the King in which he offers to come in to his two Houses of Parliament upon their assurance for the safety of his Person and to advise with them for the good and safety of the Kingdom provided that all those who have adhered to him may return home and live in quiet without taking the Covenant and the Sequestrations of their Estates to be taken off and that he will disband all his Forces
upon which the House revoked their last Order about the Muster and set a day for it and informed the Militia that both Houses would be present at it Order for the safe keeping and disposing of the Princess Henrietta and for all things fitting for her Person Order for a Declaration to take off Scandals and Jealousies of the Parliaments Proceedings Conferrence about the Votes touching the demand of the Kings Person and the Lords desired reparation about some words spoken by a Member of the House of Commons at the last conference touching this business The King was at Lumley House three miles from Newcastle Letters from the Leaguer before Oxford certified that a Treaty was begun about the surrender of Oxford 18. Progress in the business of the Church Ordinance passed for eight hundred pound per An. to Bishop Morton of Duresme A Petition from M. G. Massey put off The Commissioners of the Excise continued Pass'd in the afternoon by the Commons for Compositions of Delinquents near twenty Ordinances Intelligence came of the Kings coming into Newcastle but without any Solemnity and lay at G. Levens Quarters Proclamation made by G. Leven that no Papists or Delinquents be permitted to come to the King Upon a Letter from the English Commissioners another Proclamation that all do conform to the Orders and Ordinances of Parliament Gen. Leven forbids all compliance of his Officers and Soldiers with any Malignants The Estates of Scotland forbid any to go out of that Kingdom without a Pass 19. Reasons given in the House why Mr. Ashburnham could not be delivered up according to the order of Parliament and complaints of the Scots Forces quartering in York-shire Voted That this Kingdom had no farther need of the Army of their Brethren the Scots in this Kingdom and that a hundred thousand pound should be raised and paid to the Scots Army fifty thousand pound thereof after they shall have surrendred New-Castle Carlisle and other English Garrisons possessed by them and the other fifty thousand pound to be paid to them after their advance into the Kingdom of Scotland Order to desire the Scots Commissioners in London to give in the Accounts of their Army that the Arrears may be audited and paid Both Houses went into Hide Park to see the general Muster Hartlebury Castle was surrendred to Col. Morgan upon Articles 20. The Speaker ordered to give a Pass for six Horses for the Prince of Orange Supply of Ammunition for Garrisons Progress upon the propositions for Peace and to sit daily till it were finished Letters of the Surrender of Ludlow to Col. Birch and Col. Mackworth 21 Wholly spent about the business of the Church Letters informed that the Treaty went on for the surrender of Oxford 22. Col. Rich brought Letters to the House from the General giving an account of the demands for the surrender of Oxford which were very high and so esteemed by the House who writ a Letter of thanks to the General for his care and desired him to proceed in the business for the reducing of Oxford The Copy of the Instructions to the Commissioners from Oxford to treat about the surrender of it sent up 23. Order for the Serjeant at Arms to fetch up from New-Castle Mr. Hudson one of the Persons that conveyed the King into the Scots Army who was said to confess that his Majesty was near London upon the day that the General Muster should have been Progress in the business of the Church The Houses differed upon some amendments of an Ordinance for Ely House for the Serjeant at Arms. The Oxford Commissioners for the Treaty of Surrender insisted upon liberty to send to the King wherein Sir Tho. Fairfax would not resolve and in the mean time the Treaty was adjourned for two or three days yet both sides prepared for War great Guns came from Reading and they shot from the Garrison at those in the Leaguer but little hurt was done Col. Whaley coming before Worcester Col. Morgan drew farther off and the Garrison sallyed out upon Col. Whaley who beat them back and took eight Prisoners Captain Batten summoned Pendennis Castle to surrender to the Parliament 25. Order for the Princess Henrietta to be brought to St. Jameses and Provision to be made there for her answerable to her Quality and Richmont was appointed for the Prince his Residence if he shall come in A Letter from the King to both Houses expressed That his Majesty was not come into the Scots Army out of any intent to divide the Kingdoms in assection or prolong the War but to secure his Person and labour to compose the differences between him and his Kingdoms and settle all well He desired that Religion might be first insisted on and setled according to the advice of the Assembly of Divines of both Kingdoms For the Militia he was willing to concur with that propounded at Uxbridge For Ireland he will do what he can to satisfie desires of that kind That for surrender of the Garrisons in his hands he hath given order for Oxford to be surrendred and will do the like for the rest and is willing that all Forces may be disbanded and that the Debts of the Nation should be paid He sent another Letter to the Commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland Professing his Intention to settle Peace and give them satisfaction and that he hath written to all that have Commissions from him in Scotland to disband their Forces and to render their Garrisons and professeth his resolution to give all just satisfaction to the joynt desires of both Kingdoms and to comply with both Parliaments and for the expression of their loyal intentions towards him he returns them hearty thanks He acquaints them that he hath written to the Governor of Oxford to quit that Garrison upon honourable conditions and disband those Forces and that being granted he will give the like order to his other Garrisons and Forces he desires this Letter may be published with a proclamation in Scotland He also wrote another Letter to the City of London complementing them and acquainting them with his Letters to the Parliaments of both Kingdoms Ashburnham escaped from New-Castle before the Deputy of the Serjeant at Arms came thither for him and another Messenger was sent thither for Hudson 26. Debate about the Irish business and supplys thither and the Arrears of the Lord Inchequin and Lord Broghil A Remonstrance from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council of London was presented to both Houses desiring a strict course for suppressing all private and seperate Congregations That all Anabaptists Hereticks and Sectaries c. as conformed not to the publick Discipline may be declared and proceeded against That all may be required to obey the Government setled or to be setled That none disaffected to the Presbyterian Government may be imployed in any place of publick Trust That the Propositions for Peace may be hastned That the Vnion may be preserved
of his Parliaments that all differences might be composed and all Armies disbanded To which the King answered That he came to the Scots Army with intent to settle Peace and to satisfie the just desires of his good Subjects and to comply with his Parliament in all things for the good of Religion and the Happiness of his Subjects and when Peace shall be setled he will find out some honourable means for imployment of so many gallant men as are in this Army 6. Malignant Ministers to be disabled from any Livings of the Church Instructions passed for the Commissioners to go to the King with the propositions for Peace they were to demand his Majesties positive Answer to them which if not given within ten days they were to return to the Parliament Commissioners for the House of Lords were the Earls of Pembroke and Suffolke for the House of Commons Sir Jo. Danvers Sir Jo. Hippesley Mr. Robinson and Sir Walter Earle Letters from the Deputy Major of New-Castle that he had hindred Delinquents from coming to his Majesty His action was approved and order for a Declaration to give power to the Northern Committees to hinder Delinquents from coming to his Majesty Debate touching slighting of Inland Garrisons and referred to the respective Committees to do it in the North and West Vote against the Scots renewed That this Kingdom had no more need of the Scots Army and that the Scots Commissioners should be desired to take order that their Army might be withdrawn out of this Kingdom which is no longer able to bear them The Lords desired a Committee of both Houses might be appointed to reform Cambridge University and to slight that Garrison 7. Sir John Danvers desired to be excused and Mr. Robert Goodwin was named in his stead one of the Commissioners to go with the Propositions to his Majesty Captain Johnson that brought up the last Message from the King had twenty pound Divers Ordinances past for Compositions Petitions about Tyn and about the Fens Divers Ministers from the Assembly in Scotland came to the King with a Petition to him to take the Covenant but would preach to him before it were delivered Sir Peter Killegrew went to the King with the Letter of both Houses touching Ireland 8. Order for stating the Accounts of Sir Will. Brereton as Major General The Committee of Examinations dissolved not having done well Order for five thousand pound for the Forces before Litchfield and that Sir Will. Brereton should go down to that Siege Orders for relief of Ireland Reports of Compositions and Orders Worcester demanded higher Articles than Oxford had Wallingford was upon Treaty but the Governor Col. Blagge sent an high and proud Letter to the General Blagge desired a Cessation and the General agreed to it to prevent the burning of the Town which Col. Blagge intended and the Commissioners met on both parts about it The Cessation from all acts of Hostility was agreed for four days 9. Order to discharge the attendants of the Duke of York when he should come to St. Jameses and six hundred pound to buy a Coach and Apparel for him Mr. Marshall ordered to go with the Commissioners that carried the Propositions Money for the Scots Officers Intelligence that the Prince was come into France to his Mother and that the Lord Digby was gone for Ireland and that the Earl of Glamorgan was in the head of an Army there Monsieur Bellieure the French Ambassador to the Parliament landed Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice took Shipping Major General Massey took his place in the House The Treaty for Worcester broke off 10. Ordinance committed for Sale of Delinquents Estates another past for Irish and Papists to go out of London Order for all that came in upon the Articles of Oxford and Exeter to ingage before the Committees to act nothing prejudicial to the Parliament Ordinance past for Mr. Woodcocke to be Parson of St. Olave Southwarke another for redemption of Captives Letters from the general Assembly of the Kirke of Scotland after complements earnestly desire the Parliament of England timeously to settle Church-Government according to the Covenant with expressions against those who hinder Uniformity they resolve to observe the Covenant Another Letter from them to the Assembly of Divines thanking them for their care and pains in the work of Religion that Sectaries ought to be suppressed c. Another to the Lord Mayor and Common Council of London commending them for their Petition to the Parliament about Religion and mentioning those of London in Queen Maries days and the zeal of the Citizens for God commending them for their actions in the present times and for their countenancing the Assembly and the Scots Commissioners and highly incouraged them to go on The French Ambassador was received into London in great State 11. Order for reducement of the Forces of Nottingham and for Money for that work and for the losses and damages of that County Order for a pass for the Earl of Bristol to go beyond Sea according to Exeter Articles Liberty to the Earl of Cleveland upon bail to go into the Countrey for three weeks for his health The propositions for Peace fully passed both houses Money for M. G. Massey's Forces Order for slighting divers Garrisons Lieutenant Col. Lilburn brought to the Barr of the Lords House had his charge read to him but he seemed to slight it and was re-committed 13. The Houses sate not having resolved to adjourn this hot season two days in the week till they had an answer to the propositions but a Committee sate to examine the ingrossment of the propositions and to see them signed by the Speakers and the Scots Commissioners and to declare them to the Commissioners The Propositions were to sign an Act. 1. To take away all Oaths and Proclamations against the Parliament and their Actions 2. To Sign the Covenant and an Act for the general taking of it 3. To pass an Act to abolish Bishops c. 4. To confirm the Assembly 5. That Religion be setled as both Houses should agree 6. Vnity and Vniformity of Religion to be confirmed by an Act. 7. An Act against Jesuits Papists c. 8. An Act for educating Papists Children in the Protestant Religion 9. For Penalties against Papists 10. Against saying of Mass in any place 11. The like for Scotland as they shall think fit 12. For the due observation of the Lords day and against Pluralities non Residents and regulating the Vniversities in the same Act. 13. The Militia to be in the Parliament for twenty Years so for Scotland with power to raise Moneys and use the Militia c. Londons Priviledges as to their Militia confirmed 14. All Honours and Titles since the great Seal was carried from the Parliament to be void and no Peers to be but by consent of both Houses 15. To confirm the Treaty between England and Scotland and conservators of the Peace to be appointed
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
and assistance of a Justice of Peace 26. Debate in a Grand Committee upon the Ordinance of Tunnage and Poundage The House finished the Propositions to be sent to the King and ordered them to be presented within ten days and had a conference with the Lords for their concurrence Order for the Lead of Worcester Church to be taken off and sold A Petition from the Northern parts to both Houses for the erecting of an University at York Letters from Dublin informed that Collonel Jones having joyned to his Forces those of Collonel Cootes and Collonel Monke in all two thousand two hundred Horse and five thousand five hundred Foot took in several Castles from the Rebels then they Battered Port-Lester most of the Garrison leaped into the water and swam away the rest were put to the Sword Then some of his men without Order fell upon Athboy unexpectedly surprised the Guards and entred and possess'd the Town which was strongly fortified and five hundred men in it they took also two thousand Cows and other Cattle from the Rebels Owen their General could not get his men to ingage for want of mony 27. The Monthly Fast-day the House did set days to consider of the Ordinance for setting of poor people to Work and of the Ordinance against heinous sins and Blasphemies 28. A Petition from the Trustees for Sale of Bishops Lands about removing some obstructions referred to special Committee Impeachments against the seven Lords agreed upon and sent up to the House of Peers and an Impeachment against Sir Jo. Maynard and Collonel Midhup was apprehended for being active in the late Force upon the Parliament and Impeached of Treason Order for several Members of the House to take some of the Deputies of the Sergeant at Arms and to break open doors and seize Trunks and Papers of one Captain Vernon which Order was much opposed by some Members of the House as altogether illegal The Earl of Northumberland desired leave at any time to carry the Kings Children to His Majesty which was granted The Agitators of the five Regiments that presented the former Papers to the General and General Councel now put forth another Paper to clear themselves and that they had no intention of making divisions in the Army c. 29. The grand Committee sat about Tunnage and Poundage Several meetings were of the General-Councel of the Army 30. Order about the eight thousand pounds per annum to be paid to the Prince Elector A free Conference of both Houses touching some difference about part of the propositions and the Commons appointed a Committee to prepare reasons to satisfie the Lords why the Commons adhered to their former resolutions in those particulars November 1647. November 1. Orders for Clothes and Provisions for the Forces in Ireland and a Committee for Ireland appointed to Treat with Merchants to advance the Clothes Provisions and Ammunition to be sent over thither and to give security by the Excise the assessment of sixty thousand pounds per mensem and Delinquent Estates Order for the Chargers of the Officers of the Committee of Accounts An Information of endeavours to Raise Forces against the Parliament and Army referred to be examined by a Committee An Ordinance past giving power to Collonel Monke to execute Martial-Law Both Houses agreed upon the Propositions to be sent to the King and referred them to a Committee to be drawn up in form Some of Major General Lambert's Forces apprehended divers Moss Troopers The Committee of Estates caused the Lord Harehill to be Beheaded at Edenburgh notwithstanding the Kings Pardon he dyed boldly and after his Speech to the people he threw down two Papers among them which mentioned strange new Troubles in England A further Paper of Proposals came to the House from the Agitators of the five Regiments and of four other Regiments of Horse and of seven Regiments of Foot joyning with them They declare 1. That the people being unequally distributed by Counties Cities and Boroughs for Election of their Deputies in Parliament ought to be more indifferently proportioned according to the number of Inhabitants the Circumstances to be set down before the end of this Parliament 2. That to prevent the inconveniences by the long continuance of the same persons in Authority this present Parliament be dissolved by the last day of September next 3. That the people do of course choose themselves a Parliament once in every two years 4. That the power of this and all other future Representatives is inferiour only to theirs that choose them and extends without the consent of any other person to the Enacting Altering and Repealing of Laws to the erecting and abolishing of Offices and Courts to the appointing removing and calling to account Magistrates and Officers of all degrees to the making War and Peace to the Treating with Forreign States and generally to whatsoever is not reserved by those represented to themselves Which are these 1. That matters of Religion and Gods Worship are not at all intrusted to any Human power because therein we cannot admit or exceed a tittle of what our Consciences dictate to be the mind of God without wilful sin Nevertheless the publick way of instructing the Nation so it be not compulsive is referred to their discretion 2. That impressing or constraining any of us to serve in the War is against freedom and not allowed to our Representatives the rather because it is at their disposal 3. That after this Parliament none be questioned for any thing said or done in reference to the late differences 4. That in all Laws every person be bound alike and that Tenure Estates Charter Degree Birth or Place do not confer any exception from the ordinary course of Legal proceedings whereunto others are subjected 5. That the Laws must be equal and good and not destructive to the safety and well-being of the people These They declare to be their Native rights and are resolved to maintain them and not to depend for the settlement of our Peace and Freedom upon him that intended our bondage and brought a cruel War upon us 21. A Grand Committee Sat all day about mony for the Army and to take away Free-Quarter Letters from the Lord Inchequin for Cloaths c. for the Munster Forces The House appointed a Committee to Collect all Papers Letters and Writings or Commissions of Publick concernment in the hands of any Secretaries or Officers and to take a Catalogue of them and to preserve them in some place for Publick use New Proposals of the Army 1. That this Parliament be Dissolved by the last day of September next 2. That secure Provisions may be made for the Succession Constitution and clearing the Power of Parliaments 3. That a Parliament shall biennially meet upon the first Thursday in April every year 4. And shall sit till the last day of September after the meeting and then Dissolve and not sooner except by their own
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
Southwark c. That the personal Treaty may be hastened and those Militiaes united to the City They had thanks for their good affections and were told that the house had already voted the uniting of the Militiaes Letters from Colchester Leaguer that the Enemy attempted to escape by a Ford but the Parliaments Scouts firing at them they retreated in again That the General to prevent shedding of more blood and the ruine of the Town sent another Summons to the Earl of Norwich the Lord Capel and Sir Charles Lucas to surrender the Town to the service of the Parliament to which they returned a scornful answer that if any more Letters of that kind were sent to them they would hang up the Messenger That presently after the return of the Generals Trumpet the Enemy set fire on another Street of the Town That before any attempt upon the Town the General intends to send for all women and children to come out Letters from the North that Duke Hamilton was come in person into Carlisle where he was received with shooting of Ordnance and ringing of Bells that he marched himself in the Van of his Army his Trumpets in rich Liveries and his Life-guard with Standards and Equipage Prince-like with his Carriages but little Artillery that being expected by them at Carlisle and Sir Marmaduke Langdale with three thousand English to joyn with the Duke The Duke sent a Letter to Major General Lambert to the effect before mentioned and that he was commanded by the Committee of the Estates of Scotland to prosecute their desires here against the Sectaries to liberate the King from his base imprisonment and the two Houses of Parliment from constraint and for the disbanding of all the Armies whereby the subject may be free from Taxes and Quarter and for setling peace and a firm Vnion That being the intentions and desires of the Kingdom of Scotland he expects Lambert will not oppose their just pious and loyal undertakings but rather joyn in prosecution of these ends and desires his present and positive answer To this Letter Lambert returned answer that as to the transactions of the Parliament he could give no answer seeing they are laid open to the view of the world and known to his Excellency That as to the English Forces being drawn upon the borders of Scotland he can the better give answer to that having the conduct of those Forces by Commission from the Lord General Fairfax and his positive Command to be most tender in acting any thing that might give any seeming occasion of offence to our Brethren of Scotland which he hath punctually observed That he believes it never entred into the thoughts of the Parliament or his Excellency the Lord General Fairfax to act any thing prejudicial to the Kingdom of Scotland That the occasion of their drawing Forces near the borders is notoriously known to be for suppressing of Sir Marmaduke Langdale and his adherents many of them Papists and grand Delinquents opposers to the ends of the Covenant and who are risen in rebellion against the Parliament That he wonders at the suggestions of the Parliament of Scotland that the Parliament of England is under Force when all English men except Sir Marmaduke Langdale and his adherents do act only by the immediate authority of the Parliament who sig and command all freely Then he vindicates the Parliaments Proceedings for Peace and to free the People from Taxes and Quarter he concludes that the resolutions of the Committee of Estates are wholly grounded upon mistakes and desires the Duke to consider if they be not contrary to the Covenant He saith that he must in prosecution of the trust reposed in him to the utmost of his power oppose all Forces raised or brought into this Kingdom except those by authority of the Parliament of England in which he hopes the D. will not oppose but rather assist him if the Parliament of England shall desire it 18. A Declaration transmitted to the Lords of the Victories God had given to the Parliaments Forces within a few late Months Letters from Major General Lambert that the Scots Army was joyned with Sir Marmaduke Langdale that they were in all about twelve thousand Horse and Foot he desired supplies of Money and men and it was referred to the Committee of Darby house to take care of it A Petition from the Common Council of London to the House of Commons that no Tax or Imposition may be laid upon New-Castle Coals and that the House would consider of disposing the profits of all places and imployments injoyed contrary to the self-denying Ordinance and the Votes of Parliament Junii 10. 1647. and of Customers Excise-men Committee-men c. for the publick occasions of the Kingdom Another Petition was to both Houses for adding fifteen persons named by the Common Council to be of the Militia of London Another Petition not from the Common Council but with ten thousand Hands to it that the Militiaes may continue distinct that the Parliament would keep the power in their own hands and call what Forces they please to their assistance These and other Petitions from Southwark Westminster c. for joyning the Militiaes together and some against it were referred to a Committee to hear all parties and their Claims and report their opinions to the House A Petition from the Water-men upon the Thames for a personal Treaty and settlement of Peace the Petitioners had thanks for making their Addresses by a few of their Company and were told that they were witnesses of the Parliaments indeavours for Peace who had now the same things under consideration for which they petitioned and would do therein what they judged best for the Kingdom Order for a day of thanksgiving for the great Victories obtained by the Parliaments Forces Letters from Colchester Leaguer that those within the Town made several attemps to escape away but were beaten back again some of them killed and divers wounded That they refused another summons of the General to surrender the Town 19. Intercepted Letters from one in Carlisle that they expect the Prince of Wales there that he sent a Declaration to Sir Marmaduke Langdale to publish to the Army and Country that the King his Father being kept Prisoner by the Parliament he is resolved to use all possible means to free him and re-inthrone him and desires all men to joyn with him therein And he ingages and desires Langdale and his friends to ingage in the Princes name that all who have formerly acted for the Parliament and shall now come in and joyn with him shall not only have their Pardon and Indemnity but all their Arrears satisfied 20. Letters from the Committee of Surrey of a late Insurrection at Horsham but suppressed and that Mr. Middleton a member of the House of Commons was a party in it and imprisoned by that Committee which the House approved and sent for Mr. Middleton
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
the King to acquaint him that the Houses desire a Treaty with his Majesty's person in what place of the Isle of Wight he shall appoint upon the propositions tendered to his Majesty at Hampton Court and concerning Wards and Liveries and to treat with honour Freedom and safety to his Majesty's person To this Vote the Commons added And with safety and freedom to the Commissioners 2. To receive such other propositions to be treated on as shall be presented to his Majesty 3. The Commissioners to be dispatched within two dayes with these Votes and to return within ten dayes The Lords chose the Earl of Middlesex and the Commons chose Sir Jo. Hippesly and Major Bulkley Commissioners to go to the King A Paper presented to the Lords from Major Huntington of the reasons why he left the Army and touching the carriage of Lieutenant General Cromwell and Commissary General Ireton since the Parliaments going to disband the Army and of overtures to his Majesty The Duke of York went back to Holland and the Prince continuing in the Downes sent a Letter to the Merchant Adventurers of London signed with the Prince his hand which was delivered and read in Common Council The effect of the Letter was to signify that his Highness had caused to be staid divers Merchants of London but would discharge them again upon condition that the City would send him twenty thousand pound with this his Letter the Prince sent to the City his Declaration that his endeavour was to rescue the Kings Majesty his Royal Father from base imprisonment to restore the Rghts and Liberties of London c. as before The Common Council ordered to acquaint the Parliament herewith the next day 3. Debate of an Ordinance to give Commission to the Lord Admiral to execute Martial Law A Committee from the Common Council presented to the House a Copy of the Letter and Declaration sent from the Prince to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council of London who commanded Copies thereof to be presented to both Houses before they did any thing concerning the same After much debate the House ordered the Originals to be sent to them the Copies not satisfying and that no answer be returned by the Common Council nor they to proceed thereupon without special leave from Parliament Order for the Committee of the Army to bayle such Officers of the Army then in restraint who were in the Kentish insurrection as that Committee should think fit and the rest to be examined by the Committee of Kent Reference to a Committee to slight or continue Queenborough Castle as they should think fit and to the Committee of Derby House to consider of the Fort at Gravesend if it be tenable to fortify it and provide Ordnance for it 4. Debate upon the Prince his Declaration and Letter to the Common Council which was brought to the House of Peers from the Common Council but not to the House of Commons After most part of the day spent in debate thereof the Commons voted That all persons subjects of this Nation and others who did joyn with or assist Prince Charles in this war by Sea or land against this Kingdom are Traitours and Rebels and ought to be proceeded against as such and this Vote ordered to be printed and published Order for one thousand pound for the Children of D r Twisse The Ordinance past the Commons for better regulating of the Estates of Papists and Delinquents Letters from Colchester Leaguer That a small party came out of the Town and were beat in again That divers Souldiers Horse and Foot a Lieutenant a Cornet and an Ensign came out of the Town to the General and said that many more of their Party watched for an opportunity to do the like and were weary of eating Horse-flesh The Town of Yarmouth returned an answer to Colonel Scroope that they will adhere to the Parliament against all interests and if his Excellence the Lieutenant General shall command it they will admit Colonel Scroop's Forces into the Town and that he shall have liberty upon all occasions to march through the Town and that they are able of themselves to suppress all tumults that shall arise 17. of the Enemy came out of Colchester to the Parliament guards complaining that their allowance of Bread in the Town was abated from fourteen ounces to ten ounces a day and that their Horse-Flesh was much tainted That twenty more came out of the Town to the General complaining of the Horse-flesh and said that many of their fellows will come after them 5. Order for a day of publick humiliation to bewail the Sins of the Nation and to pray to God for seasonable weather Debate upon the Ordinance for settling Church Government Order for two thousand Oaks for repair of the Town of Lynn The self-denying Ordinance for taking away all publick places of benefit conferred upon any Member of Parliament since the beginning thereof was debated and committed This was looked upon as a design tending to remove Whitelock again from being a Commissioner of the Seal which was not a place of profit to him having left his practice that brought him in near two thousand Pounds a year and the profit of this place being not above fifteen hundred Pounds a year Letters from Colchester Leaguer That they conceive themselves able to take the Town by Storm when they please but hope to have it without and are not willing to lose so many mens lives as a storm will cost that the flux increaseth among them in the Town and that two hundred of their men lately ran from them to the General that they exchanged thirty five Prisoners with the Town 7. The House being called and a small appearance another day ordered for a new call Debate upon the ordinance for the Militia Order for six hundred pound for M r Sleigh late Major of Berwick in regard of his losses when the Town was surprised Order for the General to recall his orders for the March of Sir Hardress Waller out of the West that the Country might not be left in danger and for pay for his Brigad Sir William Masham was exchanged for M r John Ashburnham Letters from the North of the advance of Lieutenant General Cromwel towards Major General Lambert whom he desired not to ingage with the Scots before his coming up to them Commissioners were sent to Treat with Colonel Boynton for the surrender of Scarborough Castle to the Parliament from whom he had revolted but they made no agreement with him that the Commissioners shot in a Printed order to the Souldiers in the Castle promising them one thousand Pound to deliver it up to them That Appleby Castle was surrendred to Major General Langdale upon conditions that some quarrels were between his men and the Scots who killed an English man and one of Langdales men killed a Scots man that the Scots Army
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
City Petitioners desired that the House would reassume the consideration of every part of their former Petition before they proceed in the Treaty with the King but the House did nothing in it Captain Bethan made Provost Martial with power to apprehend such as staid in Town contrary to the Ordinance and to seise upon all Ballad Singers Sellers of Malignant Pamphlets and to send them to the several Militias and to suppress Stage-playes The Instructions and Propositions were delivered to the Commissioners in the House and they took their leave to go to the King Orders for maintaining the Militias in the North out of Delinquents estates there and by other means Orders for money for Plymouth Garrison and for Herefordshire 14. The Houses sat not but the Committee of Derby House and other Committees sat and Letters came that the Lords and others sent for by the King were come to him and from the North that fifteen hundred old Souldiers were joyning to march with David Lesley to the Marquess of Argyle That Monroe was dispatching a guard to Edenburgh that Cromwell allarmed the English Cavaliers near to Berwick and that the inhabitants of Carlisle Petitioned the Governour to let in no more Souldiers neither Scots nor English That the General was gallantly entertained by the Town of Ipswich Where M r Edgar made a speech to his excellency who removed from thence to Yarmouth who sent out three Aldermen to meet him and gave him great entertainment they agree to admit three Troops of Horse and a Company of his Foot to quarter there 15. Letters that the General went from Yarmouth to S. Edmonds Bury thence to Malden where he viewed the remaining reliques of the Roman industry That he viewed the Fort of Mercy Island and gave orders at Harwich for keeping the guards and manning of the works there That he viewed Langarfort a place of great strength and concernment and there and at Harwich and other places had a great number of Ordnance discharged to salute him He ordered Colonel Desborough to command the Forces in Yarmouth and took care not to prejudice the fishing trade there by the Souldiers That he was highly entertained at Sir John Wentworths in Lovingland and at Norwich the High Sheriff of Norfolk and the Mayor Aldermen and Sheriffs of the City in their Scarlet Gowns with the Trained bands of Horse and Foot came out of the Town and accompained the General in thither and highly treated him 16. The House sat not Letters from the Isle of Wight that the Commissioners of the Parliament for the Treaty were come to Newport where the King was with those whom he had sent for to attend him and that there was a very fair correspondence betwixt them and the Parliaments Commissioners Some noted the Astrological predictions of M r Lilly to fall out very strangely according to what he had predicted particularly concerning the danger of the Kings person by a fall from his Horse 18. The Houses sat not Letters came from Lieutenant General Cromwel that he sent Major General Lambert with a summons to Berwick That Sir T. Tildesly with about fifteen hundred lay on this side Berwick but were not suffered to come in That Monroe marched through with three thousand and was joyned with Lannerick who had five thousand more that Argyle lay twelve miles from Edenburgh with about ten thousand men and both parties were upon a Treaty that they found no Bread in that Country but Bisket which they brought from New-Castle That Colonel Ashton with the Lancashire Foot is marched towards Carlisle Letters from Lambert's quarters of their march towards the borders and that David Lesley with old Leven and Argyle are in the head of eight thousand Horse and Foot about Edenburgh and have made the Committee of Estates to fly That Lesley the Governour of Berwick hath kept out of that Town all both English and Scotch Cavaliers and reports that he keeps it for the Parliament of England and will deliver it up to them That the English Cavaliers in the North sware they are bewitched and will fight no more and daily depart from their Colours That the Parliaments Army are discontented for want of pay and many of them slain and wounded and divers Horse lost Letters from York that the siege of Pontefract continues that the Prince hath sent relief to Scarborough of Men Victuals and Ammunition whereupon the Besiegers stormed the Castle and took it four of the assailants slain and eighteen of the besieged and an hundred and fifty Prisoners taken some Walloons whom the Souldiers took for Irish men were put to the Sword A day of Thanksgiving was kept at Leicester after which the Lord Grey feasted his Officers one hundred and fifty of them and they all rejoyced for the Victory against the Scots and promised to stand together upon their first undertakings for a good peace Colonel Martyn went to Lieutenant General Cromwell and the Parliaments Commissioners went to Ashby de la Zouch to speak with Duke Hamilton to see what he would discover to them for the good of this Kingdom 19. Letters that the Parliaments Commissioners for the Treaty were entertained with great respect at Southhampton and met and received by Colonel Hammond at the Cows with great vollies of shot and expressions of joy That the King kept a Fast with his Company for a blessing upon the Treaty in which the Common Prayer was exactly read with the Litany and a particular Prayer drawn by his Majestys direction and dictates That after Sermon the Commissioners went to the King to acquaint him that they were come to treat the King said he was glad they were come and desired God to perfect this blessed work and professed he was in Charity with all of them and not willing to seek revenge against any nor give occasion of delayes That the Commissioners presented the Three Bills to his Majesty for Religion the Militia and recalling his Majesties Proclamations c. but as yet have received no answer to them The House approved the report of the Committee of the Army for recruiting all the Regiments of the Army and for pay for them And they allowed a Quarter-Master to each Company of Dragoons and renewed the Ordinance for the assessments for the Army for six months longer Referred to the Committee of the Army to provide clothes shoes and Stockins for the Army and order for pay of the two new Companies in the Isle of Wight A Letter from Sir Edward Walker for some more persons to be sent down to the King the House did nothing upon it but declared that upon a Letter from the King or from their Commissioners for that purpose the persons should be sent to his Majesty An addition of Salary to Colonel Hammond in regard of his extraordinary charges upon the Treaty Divers Compositions passed that of M r Geoffery Palmer was five hundred pound The House approved of what
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
The King desired that in respect sentence of death was past upon him and the time of his execution might be nigh that the House would give him leave to see his Children and that he might have D r Juxon to be private with him in his Chamber and to give him the Sacrament This was ordered accordingly and Dr. Juxon preached before the King in his private lodgings this night at White-Hall 28. The Commissioners of the High Court of Justice kept a Fast in the Chappel at White-Hall 29. The House sate early and one of the secluded Members coming in they Voted That such Members as 5. Dec. last Voted that the Kings concessions were a ground of setling peace in this Nation should not be readmitted but disabled to sit as Members for the future The Dutch Ambassadours had their Audience in the House they read their Instructions and Credentials in French and promised Copies of them in English to morrow but would not part with the Originals Their business was to interceed for the Kings life and to preserve a fair correspondence betwixt this Nation and the States An Act passed for alteration of names and forms in Writs Grants Patents procedings in Courts c. That in England Ireland and Berwick c. instead of the style title and teste of the King shall be used Custodes libertatis Angliae Authoritate Parliamenti c. That the date shall be the year of our Lord and no other That instead of the former words Juratores pro Domino Rege c. the words now to be used shall be Juratores pro Republica Instead of the words Contra pacem dignitatem vel Coronam nostram the words shall be Contra pacem Publicam That all Writs Patents Commissions c. shall stand good notwithstanding the death of the King The High Court of Justice sate and appointed the time and place for the Execution of the King The Kings Children came from Syon-House tovisit him at S t Iames's he took the Princess in his Arms and kissed her and gave her two Seals with Diamonds and prayed for the blessing of God upon her and the rest of his children and there was great weeping The Prince Elector the Duke of Richmond and others made suit to see him which he refused Letters from Scotland that the Ministers there preach against the Army in England and the proceedings against their King they say they are bound by their Covenant to preserve Monarchy and that in the Race of the present King That their Parliament have passed several votes against those that were in the late ingagament against England Letters that Prince Rupert was at Sea with about fourteen of the revolted Ships and took divers Merchant men the Parliament having no Ships abroad The Commissioners met at Mr. Browns House where the Seal lay to have had a Private Seal but by reason of my Lord Grey's absence who had the key and because of the sentence given against the King they did not seal any thing but they heard divers Petitions 30. The King walked from St. James's through the Park guarded with a Regiment of Foot and Partisans to White-Hall Divers Gentlemen went bare before him D r Juxon followed next to him and Colonel Thomlinson had the charge of him they brought him to the Cabinet-Chamber where he continued at his devotion He refused to dine having before taken the Sacrament but about twelve a clock at noon he drank a Glass of Claret Wine and eat a piece of Bread from thence he went with D r Juxon Colonel Thomlison Colonel Hacker and the Guards through the Banqueting House adjoyning to which the Scaffold was erected it was hung round with black and the Floor covered with black and the Ax and block laid in the middle of it Divers Companies of Foot and Horse were on every side of the Scaffold and great multitudes of People came to be spectators the King looked earnestly on the Block asked if there were no place higher and directing his speech to the Gentlemen upon the Scaffold he spake to this effect I shall be very little heard of any Body here I shall therefore speak a word unto you here indeed I could hold my peace very well if I did not think that holding my peace would make some men think that I did submit to the guilt as well as to the punishment but I think it is my duty to God first and to my Country for to clear my self both as an honest man and a good King and a good Christian I shall begin first with my innocency in troth I think it not very needful for me to insist long upon this for all the world knows that I never did begin a War with the two Houses of Parliament and I call God to witness to whom I must shortly make an account that I never did intend for to incroach upon their priviledges They began upon me it is the Militia they began upon they confest that the Militia was mine but they thought it fit to have it from me and to be short if any Body will look to the dates of Commissions theirs and mine and likewise to the Declarations they will see clearly that they began these unhappy troubles not I. So that as to the guilt of these enormous Crimes that are laid against me I hope in God that God will clear me of it I will not I am in Charity God forbid that I should lay it upon the two Houses of Parliament there is no necessity of either I hope they are free of this guilt for I do believe that ill Instruments between them and me have been the chief cause of all this Blood-shed so that by way of speaking as I find my self clear of this I hope and pray God that they may too Yet for all this God forbid that I should be so ill a Christian as not to say that Gods judgments are just upon me many times he does pay justice by an unjust sentence that is Ordinary I only say this that an unjust sentence that I suffered for to take effect is punished now by an unjust sentence upon me that is so far I have said to shew you that I am an innocent man Now for to shew you that I am a good Christian I hope there is a good man pointing to Dr. Juxon that will bear me witness that I have forgiven all the world and even those in particular that have been the Chief causers of my Death who they are God knows I do not desire to know I pray God forgive them But this is not all my Charity must go further I wish that they may repent for indeed they have committed a great sin in that particular I pray God with St. Stephen that this be not laid to their Charge nay not only so but that they may take the right way to the peace of the Kingdom for Charity commands me not only to forgive particular men but
Forces of Colonel Aston about four thousand refuse to disband profess for the Covenant and are incouraged by the Clergy that Major General Lambert is gone to disband them by force if there be no other way The Scots Anti-Covenanteers offered to joyn against the Sectaries in England In the Council of State the President Bradshaw spent much of their time in urging his own long arguments which are inconvenient in State matters and his part was only to gather the sence of the Council and to state the question not to deliver his own opinion 21. Vote That Papists in Arms might compound at a Moiety of their Estates Reference to the three Commissioners of the Navy of matters relating to the Fleet A Letter from the Lord Chief Baron Wilde of the Mayor and Justices of Excester refusing to appear at the Assizes referred to the Council of State and referred to them to take care against the ingrossing of Coal from Newastle A Book of the Lancashire Ministers called the Agreement of the People referred to the Committee of plundered Ministers to examine 22. The House sate not but divers Committees to prepare business for them The Countess of Carlisle was again before the Council of State about the last Summers Ingagement A Complaint to the Council of the Army against Woolaston Keeper of Newgate and an Officer sent to desire justice against him The King of France's agreement with the Parisians was refused by them The King of Denmark sent an Ambassadour to Prince Charles to offer him assistance A Minister of the Hague in the presence of divers others his Brethren made a complemental Speech to Prince Charles and stiled him most Illustrious King The Swedish Resident at the Hague made great rejoycing for the peace in Germany at every health 30. Pieces of Ordnance were discharged two Fountains were made to run with Claret and White Wine and in their Fire Works as the Letters relate the name of the Queen of Sweeden might be read very perfectly The Parliaments Declaration of their grounds and intentions of their late transactions published 23. An Act committed for relieving and setting the poor to work Order for the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London in Person to proclaim the Act for dissolving Kingly government and a Writ agreed for proclaiming it in the Market Towns of the Several Counties by the Sheriffs Order for eight thousand pound which should have been paid to the Scots to be for the Navy Order for Commissioners to be appointed to Inventory the goods and Personal Estate of the late King Queen and Prince and apprise them for the use of the Publick Order for an Act to be brought in to satisfy well affected persons to whom the King Q. or P. were indebted before the Wars out of the value of those goods and estate but that the first 30000â— to be raised by them be for the use of the Navy the Council of State to keep such of the goods as they should think fit for the use of the Common-wealth An Act for an assessment of 90000â— per mensem Ordered to be debated in a Grand Committee Order for a Commission to the Judge and other Officers of the Admiralty to try and give sentence on such Sea-men Prisoners as revolted to the Enemy A Report from the Council of State of several great Ships to be presently set out to Sea approved Referred to them to consider of raising monies by the Forests Chaces and Parks and the timber in them which is unfit for shipping The Council of the Army named two Officers of every Regiment to meet and seek God what advice to offer to the G. concerning Ireland and the Lieutenant General Cromwell was to give in his answer to the Council of State whether he will go for Ireland or not within two daies 24. The House sate in a grand Committee upon the Ordinance for assessments for the Army The Council of the Army proposed incouragements for those who would ingage for Ireland and the Regiments to be drawn out by lot Letters that Ormond proclaimed King Charles II. in Ireland and sent a Letter to C. Jones to advise him to come in to the obedience of the King and promising him great rewards if he do it and safety to all that come in with him and leave the pretended Parliament of England who have murdered their King and would introduce Anarchy C. Jones returned answer That he understood not how his Lordship came to that power that the Parliament of England would never have consented to such a peace as his Lordship made with the Rebels without any provision for the Protestant Religion That he knew not how that could be established by an Army of Papists to whose hands his Lordship had given up that whole Kingdom that he had rather suffer in his trust than to purchase to himself the ignominy of perfidy by any advantage offered to him Letters that Pontefract Castle was surrendred upon Articles six persons were excepted whereof three escaped that the Souldiers and Officers were to go to their homes first subscribing an ingagement not to advise act or take up Arms against the Parliament or Common-Wealth of England that they had two Months provisions and forty Barrels of Powder in the Castle 25. Easter day 26. The House sate not The Council of the Army agreed for incouragement of those who shall ingage for Ireland that they shall have three months advance of their pay and of their arrears and if they be slain those to have it to whom they shall assign it That a Court of Admiralty be in Ireland c. these things to be proposed to the House for their confirmation Letters from Ireland of Ormond's preparations for his Forces that the Vlster Scots declared against the Parliament and declined Monk that the Parliaments Army there are in great want and their interest in danger to be wholly lost in that Kingdom The heads of the Articles of Peace made by Ormond were 1. That the Roman Catholicks of Ireland have free exercise of Religion all penalties to be taken off not to be obliged to the Oath of supremacy to injoy Church livings in their possession and jurisdiction 2. For a Parliament when the Catholicks shall desire it 3. All Laws made in England since 1641. in blemish of the Catholicks to be vacated 4. All Indictments against them since that time to be vacated 5. That Catholicks may be elected and vote in Parliament 6. Debts to remain as in 40. 7. The Estates of freeholders in Connaught c. to be secured 8. All incapacities of the Natives to be taken away 9. All honours trusts imployments c. to be conferred on the Catholicks as well as Protestants 10. That the King take two thousand pound per annum for the Court of Wards 11. Noble men to have but two Proxies in Parliament 12. The depending of the Parliament of Ireland upon England to be
knowledge of the languages and being one whom they could trust c. but he insisted upon the former matters of excuse and so the business as to him went off 12. Order for a Writ to elect a new Burgess for Carlisle in the place of M r Barwis deceased An Ordinance committed to give power to the Committee of Admiralty to proceed to sentence of Death in Criminal causes Order for the Committee to meet the Common Council of London this afternoon for borrowing one hundred and twenty thousand pound for Ireland A long debate upon the Act for Sale of Deans and Chapters lands and provisoes in it for allowances out of those lands to itinerary Ministers and disposing their impropriations for additional means to the Ministery recommitted An Act for inventorying the late Kings goods committed and a Committee appointed to consider of the Sale of his Deer and Parks reserving such as shall be needful for the State The Common Council of London were willing to lend one hundred and twenty thousand pound for Ireland but disliked the security proposed and the Committees agreed to treat upon further security The Council of War after full hearing of the parties and witnesses passed sentence of Death against Colonel Powell and Major General Laughern as they had done upon Colonel Poyer before upon the two first Articles of War That such as have intelligence with the Enemy or any communication with them without direction from the General shall be punished as Traitors and Rebels and that none shall relieve the Enemy with money victuals ammunition or harbour or receive any of them upon pain of Death The wife of Major General Laughern presented a Petition to the Court Martial imploring their mercy to her husband and that this one unadvised act of his might not cause all his former eminent services to be forgot and the great loss of her and his Children and two Sisters by his Death At Bristol were discovered three brass pieces of Ordnance made up in Fatts sent from London and directed to the Lord Inchequin in Ireland In the Evening the Commissioners of the Seal the Lord General the Lieutenant General Cromwel the Chief Justice Rolls the Chief Baron and many Gentlemen of the House as a Committee of Parliament went to the Common Council of London to borrow of them 120000 l for Ireland The Common Council gave them a fair and hopeful answer by their Recorder 13. Upon a Report from the Committee of Yesterdays transactions with the Common Council and their forwardness and desire in that business a Committee was appointed to treat with a Committee of Common Council concerning the advance of the 120000 l for Ireland and to give them the thanks of the House for their willingness to promote this business Order for monies for the Garrisons of Barwick and Carlisle to be disposed as the Governour of New-Castle shall direct An Act committed for appointing Treasurers for the ninety thousand pound assessment no Member of the Army to be of this Committee Letters from the Hague that the Prince Elector arrived there was slighted by the King of Scotland and his Court that the States appointed a Council to assist the King to treat with the Scots Commissioners and commanded all their Ministers to pray for no Kings or Princes but those under whose Government they are Letters from Excester that the Mayor and Justices there refuse to Execute their Office and to punish any offenders perswaded to it by the Ministers who also inveigh against those that open the Flood-gate of wickedness 14. Order that upon any suit commenced against any Member of Parliament the Commissioners of the Seal and the Judges shall certify such Members thereof respectively and if after such notice they shall refuse to answer or plead according to the usual proceedings of Law That then the Commissioners of the Seal and the Judges shall award such process against their persons and Estates as according to Law is meet and such Members to have no more priviledge in person or Estate than any other Commoner Referred to the Commissioners of the Seal and to the Judges in their Circuits to receive complaints against any disaffected Justices of Peace and upon proof of the charges against them to remove them from being Justices of the Peace as they shall see cause and to put other well affected persons into Commission in their stead A Committee appointed to receive Informations and complaints against such Ministers as in their Pulpits vilify and asperse the Anthority and late proceedings of Parliament and to proceed against such Ministers according to justice Referred to the Council of State to consider of a stamp for the gold newly brought from Guinnea and for the advantage of the State and incouragement of the Merchants And to consider how the statutes against transportation of gold and Silver may be strictly put in Execution and how the melting of Coyn here and selling of Silver for beyond Seas may be prevented An Act committed for appointing of Commissioners and Treasurers for prize goods and disposing of all prohibited commodities for the advantage of the State and for putting all statutes concerning the same into Execution Referred to the Council of State a proposition of Colonel Temple to stop the transportation of Bullion and all prohibited commodities Order that the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal be required to give in the names of such persons as they conceive will be fit for Judges to supply the places that are vacant 16. Upon the Death of Sir Francis Pile Knight of the shire for Berks a Writ issued out for a new election and the Sheriff returned the Earl of Pembroke with all his titles to be chosen Knight of the shire for Berks primae impressionis the House approved of the election and admitted the Earl a Member of the House of Commons and his Lordship attended by many eminent Members was received into the House with great respect Referred to a Committee to examine and consider the impositions laid upon Corn and Coals and the ingrossing of Corn the Earl of Pembroke named of this Committee Oxford Petition referred to the Committee for regulating the University of Oxford Order that none go beyond Seas without licence and an ingagement to act nothing against the Common-Wealth A Petition from Colonel Poyer for Mercy A Petition often thousand well affected persons of London Westminster Southwark and the Hamletts in the behalf of Lilburn Walwyn Prince and Overton Complaining of the illegal proceedings against them by power of Souldiers and undue examinations of them c. and prayeth their inlargement from prison and that for the future no person may be censured condemned or molested concerning life limb liberty or estate but for the breach of some Law first made and published and that the Tryals of all such causes may be left to subordinate Magistrates and ordinary proper Courts of Justice That the
Execution of Civil affairs may be wholly freed from the interposition of the Sword and that Martial Law during the times of Peace when all Courts are open may not be exercised upon the persons of any according to Magna Charta and the Petition of Right Nothing done upon these Petitions The Inhabitants of Pool subscribed an ingagement to adhere to and assist their Governour by Authority of the Parliament or the General and to discover all Plots to the prejudice of the Parliament Letters from Scotland that they are raising Forces to the number of fifteen thousand Horse and Foot Letters from Dublin that the Scots in Vlster are again on Foot with the Govenant and a Declaration against the Army in England which they call the Sectarian Army that murdered the King that they have taken in some Towns there That Dublin expected to be besieged by Ormond That eight of Prince Rupert's Ships went to Scilly and he with sixteen more went to block up the Road of Dublin 17. Letters reported by the Council of State that the Scots in Vlster had declared for King Charles the Second had taken several places and were set down before London-Derry That they demanded the delivery of the Town for the use of the King and the Governour Sir Charles Coot to depart the Kingdom That Ormond with a party was come within thirty miles of Dublin The House referred it back to the Council of State to take speedy care hereof An Act passed for the Judges of the Admiralty and for judging of Prizes at Sea and for incouragement of Seamen An Act passed for appointing the Lord Mayor Andrews Sir John Woolaston Alderman Dethicke and Mr. Allen to be Treasurers for the ninety thousand pounds per mens Assessment Debates about taking away of Tythes and setling a sufficient maintenance for the Ministry another way as by an Assessment of twelve pence per pound upon Lands by Deans and Chapters Lands Impropriations c. Order for ten thousand pounds for Ireland out of the Welch Compositions Order to send to the City to summon all the Companies to meet and consider their own interest about London-Dery to hasten the advance of the Monies for Ireland and about sending a Message to the Scots to withdraw their Siege from London-Derry The Council of State had intelligence of new Levellers at S t Margarets Hill near Cobham in Surry and at St. George's Hill and that they digged the Ground and sowed it with Roots and Beans one Everard once of the Army and who terms himself a Prophet is the chief of them and they were about thirty men and said that they should be shortly four thousand They invited all to come in and help them and promised them Meat Drink and Cloaths they threaten to pull down Park Pales and to lay all open and threaten the neighbours that they will shortly make them all come up to the Hills and work The General sent two Troops of Horse to have an account of them 18. Another Petition on the behalf of Lilburn c. to the like effect with the former which had a quick answer from the House and that the Prisoners should be proceeded against according to Laws in force before their crimes committed Debate upon the Act for Sale of Deans and Chapters Lands and several Votes past for allowances to Ministers and Scholars out of the Revenues of those Lands to the Value of above twenty thousand pounds per annum And for the arrears of the Souldiers to be charged upon the Parks and Lands belonging to the Crown and left to the Lord General and Council of the Army to propound six Persons to be approved by the House to joyn with others whom the House will name as Trustees for disposal of those Parks and Lands for that use and the Attorney General ordered to bring in a Bill for this purpose Upon the Petition of the Lady Capel referred to the Committee of Complaints to examine it and in the mean time Ordered that the Sequestrators do forbear to cut down any more Woods or Timber upon the Lady Capels Lands Upon a Charge in a Petition against Mr. Edward Vaughan a Member of the House he was Ordered to attend and answer it Letters from Sir Charles Coot of his being straitly besieged in London-Derry and that without speedy relief he must be forced to surrender Ormond sent a second and more peremptory Summons to Colonel Jones at Dublin Letters from the Hague that since the news of Cromwels ingaging for Ireland the Prince hath no mind to go thither 19. A Solemn Fast kept by the Commons the Lord General and Officers of the Army 20. Several Members of the House appointed to go to the Ministers that preached yesterday and to give them the thanks of the House Order for the third of May next to be a general Fast-day and a Committee appointed to bring in an Act for dissolving the former Ordinance for a Monthly Fast and to injoyn the observance of such Fast-days as from time to time shall be appointed by Parliament An Act recommitted for discharging poor Prisoners who are not able to pay their debts and to compel such as are able to pay and the Committee to confer with the Judges Everard and Winstanly the chief of those that digged at S t George's Hill in Surry came to the General and made a large Declaration to justify their proceedings Everard said he was of the race of the Jews that all the liberties of the people were lost by the coming in of William the Conquerour and that ever since the people of God had lived under Tyranny and Oppression worse than that of our Forefathers under the Egyptians But now the time of the deliverance was at hand and God would bring his people out of this slavery and restore them to their freedom in injoying the Fruits and Benefits of the Earth And that there had lately appeared to him a Vision which bad him arise and Dig and plow the Earth and receive the Fruits thereof that their intent is to restore the Creation to its former condition That as God had promised to make the barren Land fruitful so now what they did was to renew the ancient Community of injoying the fruits of the Earth and to distribute the benefit thereof to the poor and needy and to feed the hungry and cloath the naked That they intend not to meddle with any mans Propriety nor to break down any pales or inclosures but only to meddle with what was common and untilled and to make it fruitful for the use of man that the time will suddenly be that all men shall willingly come in and give up their Lands and Estates and submit to this Community And for those that will come in and work they should have meat drink and cloaths which is all that is necessary to the life of man and that for money there was not any
and confiscation of his Estate They also voted that Mr. Walter Montague shall depart this Nation within 10 Dayes and not to return without leave of the House upon pain of Death and confiscation of his Estate and that this Vote be sent to him Ordered that the Commissions formerly granted by the King and his privy Councel to Mr. Mayo and others for apprehending of convicted Recusants be renewed The House declared That if any after the publishing of these Votes shall harbour or conceal the Bodies of Sir Kenelm Digby and Mr. Montague their Estates shall be Sequestred Order for these Votes to be Printed and proclaimed in the City Referred to the Councel of State to take care for the apprehending of Sir John Winter he having stayed beyond the time formerly granted to him This being Fryday the House adjourned till next Tuesday September 1649. Sep. 1 This day the House did not sit Letters of some of the Train Horse and a Regiment of Foot designed for Ireland yet behind and Shipping expected for them Letters of a Ship in Weymouth Harbour that by the late fierce Thunder and Lightning there had her main Mast rent from the top to the bottom in 40 pieces and the Missen Mast quite hurled out of its place and so broken that if she had been at Sea it would have sunk her 3 Letters giving an account of the Parliaments Ships before Kingsale and proposals for a winter Guard and that Prince Rupert hanged 10 of his Men for offering to go away from him Letters that in Scotland they are framing new Letters to be sent to their King putting him in mind of the Covenant but for his parting with Malignants a few will serve their turn and if he saitsfy the Kirk he then becomes a godly Man That those of their Party are faithful and none other That they put no difference betwixt Malignants and Sectaries That if the King imploy excommunicated Montrofs he will be left to himself That they see it will be impossible to govern these wilder Parts of Britaine without the Name and Authority of a King That more and more Witches were condemned to the Fire 2 that day 11 the next day and 25 burnt before Letters from Chester That Ireton was designed for Munster but after 10 dayes lying at Sea he was fain to put in at Dublin That Ormond cleared Tredah of all Superfluous Persons and made it as strong as he could That the Buffe Coats were in the Pulpits of Dublin An Act passed prohibiting the bringing of Hats or Hatbands from beyond Seas An Act passed for all Officers to take the Oath to be true and faithful to the Common-Wealth of England without King or Lords One Summer for counterfeiting the Hand and Seal of the General and cozening the People thereby was committed to the Marshal Goal to be tryed for it by a Councel of War 4 Order to renew a Lease for 40 Years of Deanes Lands for relief of 20 poor People in Lincoln The Act past for discharging poor Prisoners for Debt who are unable to satisfy their Creditors Letters from St. Germins That there were great Consultations what Course should be taken by the Prince of Wales Letters that 4 Men of War Ostenders took 4 Coal Ships and sunk 3 of them gave the 4th to 40 poor Mariners to carry them home into England having taken from them all they had Letters from Ostend That there was great Endeavours to draw in Assistance for Prince Charles pretending that Ormond was possessed of Dublin and with a very great Army was preparing for England and that the Prince was going over to take Possession of Ireland That there was a Proclamation reciting that by the Mariners there going to the King of Scotland in hopes of profit the King of Spains Navy wanted men and therefore commands that upon pain of Death no Flemming or Spaniard do serve in the Ships of the King of England 5 Debate of a new Oath and Ingagement to the present Government A Proclamation from the General forbidding the Souldiers to have Hounds or Greyhounds or to kill Deer or Conyes in any Chases Parks or Warrens 6 Order for Mr. Hallowes to have his Lease renewed of Lands which he held of the Duke of Bucks Order giving more time to double upon the purchase of Deans and Chapters Lands Order touching Compositions Sir John Winter disclaimed the Pope and all Forreign Power and put himself upon the Mercy of the Parliament Letters that the Lieutenant of Ireland Mustered 17 Regiments of Foot and 5000. Horse in all 15000. 18 Souldiers brought Prisoners for stealing Deer in Surrey The Act passed for Oaths to Majors Justices of Peace and other Officers in this Form You shall Swear that you shall be true and faithful to the Common-wealth of England as it is now established without a King or House of Lords You shall well and truly Execute the Office of a Major c. Divers Compositions of Delinquents past Letters that C. Popham lost a Vessel overset with the foul Weather Mr. Love was before the Commitee of Plundered Ministers but the charge against him not proved Letters that the Lieutenant of Ireland was Marched forth out of Dublin Souldiers appointed to be tryed by a Court Martial for killing of Deer Two Souldiers Sentenced by a Court Martial one to Ride the Wooden Horse with 8 Muskets at his Heels and the other to run the Gantlope for robbing on Orchard and affronting an Officer of the Army Petitions of Maiemed Souldiers for Money Another of reduced Officers and Souldiers for their Arreares referred to a Commitee 17 Several Gentlemen of the House and of the Army and others met with some of those called Levellers to confer together and indeavour a right understanding and Agreement between all Interests And for the better effecting thereof it was moved that Walwyn Prince and Overton close Prisoners in the Tower might have the Liberty of the Tower Which the Councel thought â—it and upon their Reports to the House it was assented unto A Petition of the Garrison of Plymouth referred to a Commitee Allowed to the Earl of Denbigh 1700 l. for his Charges due to him when he was Ambassador in Italy Order for an Act for 7000 l. for the Town of Taunton out of Sir John Stowells Estate and another Delinquents The House adjourned 8 Letters of some disorder in the Garrison of Oxford somented by the Levellers and Cavaleers The Souldiers proposed to have a new Representative and this to be dissolved to have Agitators to maintain the Ingagments at Triplo-Heath c. Intercepted Letters to the L. Cotington advising the King to a seeming complyance with the Levellers as the likelyst way to do his work that they have caused the Speaker to be accused by some Discontented Prisoners and that the best Service the Kings Friends do him is to set on the Levellers C. Thomlinson and C. Ingolesby sent to Oxon to quiet the distractions
much as one Son of the whole Estate of their Father thus divided by the Law Whereas with us every Possessor of an Estate hath Power to dispose of it by his Deed or by his Will as he pleases which must necessarily occasion the more Differences and Suits at Law upon Constructions of those Deeds and Wills and Contests of Parties claiming than where the Known Law gives a certain Rule and Distribution of Estates which none can alter Another Ground of what I say is the Freedom of our Nation where every one hath equal Right and Title to his Estate and there is as full a Propriety to the meanest as to the greatest Person which causeth our Countrymen to insist upon their Right and Priviledges and to contest for them with the greatest Men or the Prince himself if right of Law be on their Side This occasions many more Law Suits than do arise in those Countries where the Boors and Peasants do wholly depend upon the Will of their Lords to whom they are Slaves and dare not dispute any Matter of Right with him but tamely submit unto their Lords good or bad pleasure And though in some of those Northern Countries they have no Councellors at Law as a publick Prefession because the smallness of their Law Business will not maintain them and the great Lords are oft-times there Parties and Judges themselves Yet in Germany France Spain and other Countries the Doctors and Professors of the Laws are in great Numbers and Credit and gain vast Estates though by small Fees yet often taken and long continuing Whereof particularly in France there are many Precedents And if we look so far as the times of the antient Romans and Graecians their Lawyers will be found numerous and of Esteem among them and when their Common-Wealth enjoyed the greatest Freedom this Profession was in highest Reputation Sir The worthy Gentleman was pleased to mention one thing with some weight that Lawyers were permitted to Councel and to plead for Men in Matters touching their Estates and Liberties but in the greatest Matters of all others concerning a Mans Life and Posterity Lawyers were not permitted to plead for their Clients I confess I cannot answer this Objection that for a trespass of 6 d. value a man my have a Councellor at Law to plead for him but where his Life and Posterity are concerned he is not admitted this Priviledge and help of Lawyers A Law to reform this I think would be just and give right to People What is sayed in defence or excuse of this Custom is That the Judges are of Councel for the Prisoners and are to see that they shall have no wrong And are they not to take the same Care of all Causes that shall be tryed before them To that part of the Gentlemans Motion that Lawyers being Members of the House should during that time forbear their Practise and pleading I shall only give this Answer That in the Act which he may be pleased to bring in for this purpose it may likewise be inserted that Merchants shall forbear their trading Physitians from visiting their Patients and Country Gentlemen shall forbear to sell their Corn and Wool whil'st they sit as Members of this House which hath the same reason as to debar Lawyers from their Practise But I doubt Sir I have held you too long my Profession and the Subject matter of the Debate will plead in my excuse and I hope Sir that by your Prudence such Motions as these will be less frequent among us December 1649 Decemb. 1 The Affairs in Ireland went on prosperously and Cromwells Honour increased with his Successes The Treaty between the Scots and their King began to grow to some Head and was very likely to take Effect The Parliament went on in their usual way debating Acts making Reference to the Councel of State for the raising of Money and providing Supplies for their Forces in Ireland and for the standing Army and Garrisons in England A List prefented to the Parliament of divers Regiments and Garrisons who have subscribed the Ingagement 10 Letters that every Officer and Souldier subscribed the Ingagement and that it was so unanimously done by them that not one of a thousand did scruple the Signing of it 11 The General Councel of the Army being careful that the Souldiers should not be injured in reaping the Benefit of the late Act for sale of the Lands of the late King Queen and Prince made several Votes For a Letter of Attourney to be sent to the several Regiments Troops Companies and Garrisons of the Army and to the Forces in Ireland and other Forces not of the Army who are Original Creditors and have Interest in the Security That Attournies may be authorized for the purchasing of those Lands according to the Act with the Opinion and Advice of the Councel concerning the Letter of Attourney to be sent to every Regiment of the Army and to be Signed by them The General and Officers of the Army met at Somerset-House according to appointment to meet every Month to seek God for a Blessing upon the Army both in Ireland and here Letters from Ireland of the further Successes of the Army there which were to this Effect On the 15th of November Our Army marched over the River Barrowe into the County of Kilkenny towards the Enemy about 300 of their Men lay at Emstronâ— a Party of the Parliaments Horse and Dragoons were sent thither in the dusk of the Evening At first the Enemy vapoured over the Wall but when the Dragoons had set fire to the Gate it so quasht them that they presently quitted the Town and escaped by Boats over the Water leaving the Town to the Parliaments Men to plunder and possess it The Parliaments Army still advanced towards the Enemies Body who upon their approach brake down the Bridge at Thomas Town and this Winter Season the Foords were unpassable so that the Parliaments could only have a Sight of the Kings Army but could not come to joyn Battle with them nor proceed in â—heir Designs for Kilkenny In their March back they took Cnoctofer Castle and put into it thirty Horse and twenty Dragoons but recalled them the Castle being too far into the Enemies Countrey On the 19th Captain Reynolds was sent with a Party of Horse and Dragoons unto Carrick a walled Town where is a fair House of the Lord Ormonds in the Town was a Regiment of Foot and two or three Troops of Horse The Dragoons after a little dispute set Fire to the Gate and the Enemy both Horse and Foot quitted the place and escaped over the Water only some eighty Welchmen who were in the great House submitted to Mercy and took up Arms with the Parliament On the 21st The Army marched to Carrick to pass over the River where it is fordable And 32th November the Parliament incamped before Waterford presently the Lieutenant General with some Horse and Dragoons marched to Passage
Town six Miles below where there is a strong Fort that secures the River The Dragoons fell presently upon the Storm and in a short time set fire on the Gate whereupon the Enemy within called out for Quarter and upon assurance given by the Lord Lieutenant that they should have Quarter for their Lives and their wearing Apparel they surrendred the Fort to him where was six pieces of Ordinance and the Town was of great Advantage to the Parliament The Parliament left in Carrick Collonel Reynolds with his Regiment of Horse a Troop of Dragoons and two Foot Companies The next day after they marched out of it Ormond whom they supposed inclined towards Cromwel marched towards Carrick and Besieged it The Kings Forces made themselves sure of carrying the Town and therefore drew a Party of Horse and Foot over the Water to prevent the Parliaments escape that way The Vlster Forces undertook the storm they came on very resolutely and made desperate Assaults for the space of four Hours they set fire to all the Gates and in one place undermined the Wall attempting to blow it up with a Barrel of Powder But through the Mercy and Strength of God Collonel Reynolds with the rest maintained the Town very gallantly and beat off the Enemy with the Loss of about 4 or 500 Men and wounded very many he loosing not above four of his Men all the while God hath prospered Collonel Reynolds very much he goes out almost upon every Party and behaves himself with much gallantry and Resolution The Parliaments Dragoons have done them great Service About a Mile from Carrick is a little Castle upon the River where the Parliament put six or seven Dragoons to keep it Inchequin Summons them by his Trumpet none of them could read the Summons but perceived by the Trumpet what it was and though they could not write yet without complement and in plain phrase they returned no other answer but this to the Trumpet Bid Inchequin go about his Business and be hanged for he had nothing to do with them And thus though they could not return an Answer in writing they did in Resolution The Parliaments Forces are now before Waterford and make Preparations for a Storm when their great Guns with other necessaries shall be dispatched to them Ruisile and Bandon Bridge are theirs The L. Broghil and C. Fair since their Arrival in Munster have gained many a Horse and Foot unto them The Lieutenant General and Officers received an Order of Parliament for stating the Accounts and giving Debenters to such reduced Souldiers as should ingage for Ireland In Prosecution of that Order of Parliament and according to the further Direction of the Councel of State the General sent his Orders and Instructions for the reducing of Troops to the number of 60 and concerning such so reduced as shall ingage for Ireland and such as refuse to go for Ireland to be dismissed the rest to be conducted into Ireland for Recruits for the Forces there and care taken for their present Pay and for their Accounts to be Stated and Debenters given them to purchase Kings Lands 13 Letters from Berwick That every Officer and Souldier of that Garrison except two only signed the Ingagement That Wheat there was at 10 s. a Bushel Corn and other Provisions desired From Carlile of the want of Corn That the Garrison unanimously subscribed the Ingagement That they give out in Scotland that Cromwel was routed in Ireland and with four broken Troops escaped to Dublin which much rejoyced them at Edenburgh That they expect the return of the Lord Libberton from Jersy From New-Castle of the unanimous Subscription of the Ingagement by that Garrison That many Witches were apprehended thereabout of late that the Witchtryer taking a Pin and thrusting it into the Skin in many parts of their Bodies they were insensible of it which is one Circumstance of Proof against them From Scarborough of the Garrisons free subscribing of the Ingagement That they see our Enemies at Sea chase our Ships desire Care of the Winter Guard From Hull That the Regiments both Officers and Souldiers signed the Ingagement not one refusing 14 Order for Ships to convoy and transport the Recruits for Ireland An Account for Leverpool of about 2000 Souldiers shipped from thence to Ireland From Weymouth That C. Popham was there with Ships ready to transport C. Coxes Men for Guernsey and the men also ready Order of Parliament for a thanksgiving throughout the City for the good Successes in Ireland 15 A private Souldier sentenced to be shot to death for killing a man In the Road at Broadway Hills many were robbed and murdered A Naylor found dead with seven or eight Wounds with 50 s. in his hand and his Horse loose by him Directions given to several Regiments of Horse to quarter in such places as are most convenient to scoure the High-wayes of Thieves and Robbers Letters from Dover That the Garrison freely subscribed the Ingagement That the King of France and those of Burdeaux were upon Agreement That the States of Holland intended to disband 5000 Horse and Foot and many of the Commanders purposed to come into England hoping for entertainment 17 The G. Councel of the Army after a long Debate about settling the business for the Sale of the Kings Lands referred it to a Committee to consult with the Committee of Parliament for Obstructions in the Sale of the Kings Lands c. Referred to some Officers to consider of a Course for pay for Captain Harrisons Company of Lancashire men who marched with Cromwel into Scotland One Vaughan a Minister once a Cavaleer then turned a Zealot then turned against the Commonwealth and preached that they were guilty of Perjury c. Letters that the Souldiers quartering about Tossiter and riding abroad in the Night had frighted away the Thieves from Broadway Hills and those Parts to the great contentment of the Countrey 18 The Committee of Officers had a long Debate about making the way practicable of buying the Kings Lands c. appointed for the Armies Security Mr. Penruddock an Agent for Prince Charles was taken and committed close Prisoner to the Tower Letters from York That there was a Rendezvous of C. Lilburns Party that are marching for Ireland about 100 old Blades stout men and well horsed ready for the Service An Account from Chester of Souldiers Shipped from thence to Ireland The Port at Coventry intercepted a Pacquet of scandalous Books intituled The Character of K. Cromwell The Woodstock Skuffle c. Letters that Montross having sollicited the King of Denmark and the Duke of Holstein for 6000 Men to be levyed in their Dominions for Prince Charles and for a place of Rendezvous and-Free Quarter in Holstein and for Shipping and Money to transport them was put off by them without obtaining any of his Requests to them That from thence he went to Stock-Holm to Sollicite the Court of Sweden for their Assistance One Hammond a
near to Dublin and took away much Cattle From Coventry That a Souldier of C. Prides Regiment was sentenced to be tyed neck and heels together and to be set where the whole Regiment should march by him and to be cashiered for stealing a Hen and putting it under his Coat in his March which Justice pleased the Country 12 A Letter from the Officers of the General his Regiment of Foot to their fellow Souldiers exhorting them to Prayer and Vnity and full of pertinent and wholsom Scripture Expressions and good Councel 13 From Chefler that the Bishop General Macmoghun a vicious wicked wretch is in the head of the Northern Irish From Newcastle That in the Marches of Scotland they have listed every fourth man That some of their Forces are marched to Sea Towns to attend the arrival of their King That they are much started at the News of the English Armies marching Northwards That they will not believe Cromwel to be come to London That the Kirkmen bid the People not to fear as the Malignants even so shall all Sectaries Perish The Solemn Fast kept the Parliament Councel of State G. Fairfax L. G. Cromwel and the Judges being all together 14 From Edenburgh That Dalgely of Montrosses Party being sentenced to be beheaded and brought to the Scaffold ran and kissed the Scaffold and without any Speech or Ceremony layed down his Head on the Block and was presently beheaded That they recruite their Army That they put it to the Vote in Parliament Whether they should make any more addresses to the King and it was carryed to send another Letter to him To desire his speedy coming thither and they will endeavour to set him on his Throne and will passe by those things contrary tohis Agreement found in the Letters about Montross if he will now come in and comply with them and they forbid divers great Men to come into Scotland From Beaumaris That Sir Thomas Armstrong the Lord Moore M. G. Oneal M. G. Barry with divers Officers and 250 Horse came into Dublin From C. Reynolds That few strong Places in Ireland remain unreduced That some of their Ministers Preach Damnation to the Parliaments Army and to all that Assist them That the Army and Garrisons there subscribed the Ingagement unanimously so have the Magistrates and generally the Inhabitants though not required to do it That the Enemy taking Toome Veneables was sent to reduce them which he did and in the mean time the Enemy got into the Woods between his Party and Sir Charles Coots that they could not joyn That in their absence many Scotch Ministers were sent to debauch the People in those parts of Ireland That the Enemy are about 5000 Foot besides Horse yet dare not fight with a much smaller Party of the Parliaments Forces who are almost naked and full of sickness for want of Cloaths That they secured some Scotch Ministers 15 Letters of a very solemn keeping of the Fast day at Shrewsbury and of the Militia settled in Herefordshire Of a great perplexity in Scotland by the Kings delaying his coming thither and of Montrosses Brother designing to sail with his Brothers Frigot to Norway the Captain and divers others being on Shore the rest of the Mariners brought the Ship to Leith and in it divers Papers of consequence with Subscriptions of Ministers and Lords to the Declaration of Montross 17 Letters That the Levyes go on in Scotland and that the People cry out upon the Taxes and they shall be undone if the English Army come into Scotland before theirs be ready That the Ministers do preach against what their Commissioners have done That the Parliament Army about York is full of Courage and desirous of Service That in Holland Van Trump commanded out all the Men of War to wait on the Prince into Scotland The Parliament had a long debate and passed several Votes about ordering of Monies for the Armies in England and Ireland 18 Several Orders about Monies for the Navy and for Supplies for them and for the Forces in England and Ireland Letters from several Garrisons to the Officers of the Army at the Head Quarters in answer to theirs about the Fast and which were full of Courage and Piety 19. Letters that the Vlsters about 6000 in a body 〈◊〉 dmuch spoyl in Sir Charles Cootes Quarters That the Clergy about Chester kept a Fast Day rather to pray against than for the Parliament and Army Of Recruits ready for Ireland That 900 in one Parish near Leverpool willingly took the Ingagement That divers Gentlemen about Exon were secured by the Militia there That the Ministers there refused to publish the Fast Day but the People generally kept it and shut up their Ships That the Ld. G. his Regiment and the Train were at Nottingham in their March North-wards 20 Letters to the Officers of the Army at the Head Quarters from some of their fellow Officers and Souldiers and it was strange to see in many of those Letters the wonderful zeal and affection of the Officers and Souldiers to the Parliaments Service and with what a Spirit of Prayer and Piety not usual in Camps they were carried on and incouraged one another Letters that Mr. Ayscam the Parliaments Agent to the King of Spain at his first arrival at Madri took up his lodging in an Inn there the first night that the next day a more convenient house was provided for him by his Steward That in the mean time Mr. Ayscam and his Interpreter being at dinner in the Inn with one Footman attending them six English Men three of them habited as Merchants the other three as Souldiers knocked at the door and being admitted because they were English Men Mr. Ascam rose from the Table to salute them As he saluted them the formost laid hold on his hair and stabbed him into the Head whereupon the Interpreter endeavoured to escape but was stabbed in the belly and they both fell down dead immediately The Murderers fled for refuge to the Venetian Ambassadors house but he denyed them entrance and then they took Sanctuary in the next Church Mr. Ayscams Papers and Goods were secured by the Spanish Secretary of State and a Guard allowed to Mr. Ascams Secretary till his return for England Two Troopers sentenced by a Court Marshal for Raunters and Cashiered the Army 21 Letters that 5000 of the Irish were fallen into the County of Derry to hinder the joyning of Sir Charles Coot and Veneables Of an Hue and Cry sent from the Lords Commissioners of the great Seal after Captain Dowglas and that in search of him another notorious Delinquent was found who leaped out of a Window eight foot high yet was apprehended and sent to Prison That since the Forces went from Dublin to Trecoghan the Tories fell into those Parts and drove away many Cows from about Dublin That a Party of 80 of the Parliaments Horse being sent after the Tories to rescue the Prey and dispersed
of the Defeat given to C. Ker. That there is a great Distraction and mighty Workings of God upon the hearts of divers Religious People in Scotland both Ministers and others much of it tending to the Justification of your Cause A Declaration was published in Scotland of the King and Committee of Estates concerning the Remonstrance of Col. Straughan and his Party And another Declaration and Resolution of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland 17 An Act passed for continuing two former Acts touching Elections in London of Commmon-Councel-men c. Vote That the Fee called Damna Clericorum or Dammage Cleer shall be taken away and an Act to be brought in for that purpose An Act passed for the Sale of the L. Deincourt's Lands Upon a Report from the Councel of State of all the Proceedings of the High Court of Justice upon the Trial of the King the House Ordered them to be Recorded amongst the Records of Parliament and to be transmitted into the Chancery and other Cours at Westminster and to the Custos Rotulorum of the several Counties That an Ambassador from the King of Portugal to the Parliament was arrived in the Isle of Wight 18 Letters from the Admirals at Sea That upon a Letter from the Councel of State to improve all Opportunities for the Service of the State he took the French Man of War and went on in pursuit of P. Rupert That Blake pursued the Prince to the Port of Carthagena belonging to the King of Spain where the Prince with five Ships was put in and Blake sent to the Governor That an Enemy to the State of England was come thither That he had Orders from the Parliament to pursue him c. and the King of Spain being in Amity with the Parliament Blake desired leave to take all Advantages there against an Enemy To this the Governor returned Answer That he could not take any Notice of the Difference of any Nations or Persons among themselves only such as were Declared Enemies to the King his Master that they came in thither for Safety and therefore he could not but give them Protection and that he would do the like to them assuring them all Safety if they also did come in whilst they should stay there That Blake sent a Reply pressing the Governour for leave to fall upon the Prince and thanking him for his Offer to himself But the Governour sent to the King of Spain to know his pleasure herein and in the mean time Blake waited without the Harbour That since the Defeat of C. Ker they took 100 Horse more about Aire and Col. Straughan came in to Major General Lambert with about 60 Horse many of them Officers Jasper Collins was hanged at Charing-Cross for extorting Money from the Countrey and other Outrages as he marched with Recruits towards Ireland Another was tied by the Thumbs to the Gibbet for concealing a Design to betray Walling-ford-Castle where he was a Souldier Two others whipped at the Gibbet for running from their Colours 19 Letters That the Money and Supplies sent from the Parliament to the Army were arrived at Leith That three of the Parliaments Souldiers defended a weak House three hours together in their Shirts against 100 Moss-Troopers 20 Letters That Prince Rupert came to Malago and other Ports and fired and sunk divers English Merchants Ships and demanded the Master of a London Ship who had signed the Petition against the Personal Treaty saying that he would boyl him in Pitch but the Governour of Malago refused to deliver up the Master to him Of a French Ship sent in Prize to Poole by Capt. Mildmay 21 Letters That Blake fell upon Prince Rupert in Malago Road sunk two or three of his Ships run on Shore and exposed to Ship-wrack the rest of his Fleet only two Ships escaped wherein it is conceived Prince Rupert and his Brother Prince Maurice were and Blake in chace of them That when the Great Guns and Mortar-pieces played against Edenburgh-Castle they hung out a Flag of Defiance but after they had played a while and some Execution done by them those in the Castle hung out another Flag for a Treaty And sent a Messenger to the General that they might have time to send to their Friends at Sterling to know by what time they might expect Relief from them and if their expectation was not answered therein that then they would treat for Surrender of the Castle Or if this should be denied then they desired that some of the Scots Prisoners with the General might be permitted to come into the Castle to speak with them which the General granted That the Souldiers in the Castle were many of them sick for want of Water 23 Letters That the Battery went on against Edenburgh Castle and dismounted three of their Guns and shattered their Platform in pieces Copies sent to the Parliament of the Summons sent by the General to the Governour of Edenburgh Castle with his Answer and the General 's Replies 24 Upon a Petition of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland a Committee appointed to consider of it and to state the Matter of Fact of that Business An Act passed giving power to the Lieutenant General Deputy and Commissioners of Ireland and declaring several Laws to be in force in Ireland Order touching the Trade of Gold and Silver Wyer A safe Conduct granted for the Ambassador of Portugal to repair to London Upon Information by the Speaker That the Spanish Ambassador had been with him and delivered to him a Copy of the Credentials directed to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England and Signed by the King of Spain the House Ordered That the Ambassador should have Audience The General sent his Letter to the Commanders at Chester Conwey and and other parts commanding That none of the Souldiers offer to give any Disturbance to Justice in the Case of Cheadle who had murdered Bulkley Letters That the High Court of Justice at Norfolk had condemned six of the Mutiniers in the late Insurrection who were Executed at Norwich 25 Letters That Prince Rupert was got on shoar in Spain and being demanded by C. Blake the King of Spain refused to deliver up the Person of the Prince but sent a Messenger to the Parliament about it 26 Letters That Sir Arthur Haselrigg and Mr. Scot members of the Councel of State were come to Edenburgh That the King made a Speech in the Parliament at St. Johns Town expressing much Joy that he was the first Covenanted King of the Nation 27 Letters That Major General Lambert was come to Edenburgh with C. Ker and other Prisoners That after much Execution done by the great Guns and Mortar-pieces in Edenburgh Castle and the General denying them to send to the Committee of Estates The Governour admitted a Treaty and the Commissioners agreed upon the Surrender of the Castle to the L. General Cromwel with all the Ordnance Arms Magazine and
the sickness of the General From Waterford That the Army fell upon the Rebels beyond the Shannon did some execution upon them and brought away some booty That they rejoyced to hear that the Parliament had sent a Fleet towards Dunkirk to keep in the Duke of Lorrains Fleet if they should attempt any thing upon Ireland That Prince Rupert was gone to Sea with 5 Ships and 2 Fire-ships That 2 French Ships laden with Silk were taken by the English 27. The Parliament sent a Message to the General to desire him to retire for his health to some convenient place in England for the fresh Air and to intrust the Army in the mean time in such hands as he should think fit The Parliament discharged all Recognizances Fines and Amercements and Process upon them untill 30 Jan. 1648. That the General being Sick of an Ague the Officers of the Army provided to march without him That several Ships were arrived at Lieth with Provisions for Men and Horse That Prince Edward was summoned to appear at the Hague to answer his misdemeanor against the English Ambassadors That the 6 Gentlemen of the English Ambassadors who where taken Prisoners by Collonel Hatter the Lorreiner were carried by him to the Spaw to drink the waters there with him and there a Gentleman who had received civilities in England looking earnestly upon them imagined that they were gentle-men in some distress inquiring of them was told all the story of their being surprised by Collonel Hatter upon which the Gentleman raised the Town and rescued the English Gentlemen from the Collonel and brought them from thence in liberty to Lymburgh That there the English Gentlemen bragging of their good fortune and that now they should save 1200 l which they had promised to pay to Collonel Hatter for their ransom This coming to the Ear of the Governour of Lymburgh he kept the English Gentlemen in restraint and told them That seeing they had ingaged to pay 1200 l to Collonel Hatter for their ransom and that now they were fallen into his power in Lymburg that they should pay the same Summ to him which they should have paid to Collonel Hatter That the States sent to the PrincessRoyal to the Duke of York and to the Queen of Bohemia to desire them that none of their trains might be suffered to offer any affront to any of the English Ambassadors company whom the States had taken into their Protection and would not regard any great Person that should affront them That they all promised to conform to the States desire That they caused a new Court of Guard to be built at the English Ambassadors door That they visited the Spanish Ambassador who had been very courteous to them by their desire had written to the Governour of Lymburgh who was under the Spanish Jurisdiction to set free the Ambassadors Gentlemen in his power without any Ransom That the Dutch inquired much after the Affairs in Scotland and seemed inclinable to a good Correspondence with England 29. An account of Recruits for Ireland That the Scots Foot were very poor in Cloaths and both Men and Horse in great want of Provisions 30. Letters That the Earl of Derby was victualling and furnishing his Castles in the Isle of Man Letters That the Enemy took some Cows from the Garrison of Charlemont which the Lord Caufield having notice off lay in the way and met them in their return killed about 30 of them and took 120 Arms and brought away the Cows That another party of the Enemy came into the English quarters who routed them and took divers of them That the Foot at Scilly entred at St. Maries Island and that those in the Castle were in great want of water 31. Letters That the Country between Edenburgh and Dunbar was full of excellent Corn. That there were many Ships come into Lieth with Provisions A Soldier shot to death for killing his fellow Soldier in a Duel June 1651. 2. The Parliament ordered 2 Physicians Dr. Wright and Dr. Bates to go into Scotland to attend the General and to take care of his health they being his usual Physicians in London and well esteemed by him they were by this time come to Edenburgh 3. Letters of several incounters with the Rebels in Ireland who in all conflicts were worsted by the Parliaments Forces 4. That the Scots lay still in their Quarters onely sometimes by parties they fell into the quarters of the Parliaments Forces neer them but were as often repulsed as they made any Attempt 5. Debates in Parliament and several Orders for Mony and Recruits for the Armies in Scotland and Ireland 6. An account of Recruits marching and of some Shipped for Ireland and others sent by land for Scotland 7. Account of Prizes taken by the Parliaments Ships 9. Letters of the General his good recovery of Health again and that the Doctors were returned from him Of a Ship loaden with Oats taken from the Scots That the Malignants with the King did some of them cause the Soldiers to plunder some of the Presbyterians by whom they had formerly Suffered That Major-General Massy had found out new inventions of fire works and Engines of War That Major-General Harison was advanced with his Brigade to the furthest part of Cumberland That the Enemy took all the Horses and 20 Men of Captain Wrights Troop the Horses being at Grass That some of the Duke of Lorraines Forces were come down about Dunkirk but retired upon the coming of General Popham thither That the Parliaments Ships chased and forced 3 Dunkerkers to run on Shoar Letters from the General acknowledging the favour of the Parliament in sending the Doctors to him and giving him leave to come into England for his health That he hath unexpectedly been restored to Health by the goodness of God 10. Letters That the Assembly of the States was adjourned for a week and that they thought the propositions made by the English Ambassadors to be too much for them to consent unto That Holland is more inclinable to an agreement with the Ambassadors than the other Provinces are That fair words are given and now and then a visit to the Ambassadors by some of the Deputies who are not gone Home That the rest are jealous of Amsterdam as if they designed to make themselves like Venice to domineer over all the other Towns 11. Letters That upon intelligence of a great party of the Enemy drawn out upon design to fall upon the English Garrison at Hamilton the General sent Collonel Whaley with 8 Regiments of Horse to bring off the Garrison which he did and slighted the House That Major-General Massy was making of Leather Ordnance and Fire-works for the Scots Soldiers to carry on the top of their Pikes to slaughter his own Country Men. That the Scots Parliament have nulled the Act of Classis whereby all Hamiltons and Montrosses party may be of all Parliaments and Judicatories
winds 29. Of a Soldier in Scotland who had stollen Cloaths and coming up to the Centry was shot and dyed with the Cloathes under his Arms other Soldiers were Sentenced for stealing Cloaths Boots c. out of the Stores 30. That Holland were much inclined to have peace with England but that Zealand was averse to it Of an English Man of War who Fought with 2 Pickeroons 4 hours and many men being Slain on both Sides they parted Of several Ships from Stockholm Gottenburgh Hamborough Dantzick and other places arrived in the Thames with Hemp Pitch Tar and the like Commodities That the English Fleet now out at Sea and joined together were an Hundred and more Gallant Men of War well provided and manned for Service Cromwell and his Councel of Officers made a Committee to examine the Grievances and Oppression committed by Sir John Lenthal in managing the Prison of the Upper Bench both as to the Debtors and Creditors and how the same may be redressed May 1653. 2. Upon Letters from Cromwell and his Councel of Officers to Vice-Admiral Pen and the Officers and Sea-men under his Command they returned an answer of Submission to their Orders and of their readiness to joyn with them An acknowledgment and owning of the Dissolution of the late Parliament sent up from many in Durham and their ingagements to stand to Cromwell and his Councel of Officers 3. Letters That Captain Bodiley in the Streights took a very rich Ship of the Dutch a Merchant man and a Man of War besides and that he met and fought the great Pyrate Chevalier de Ferrier and killed and sunk 600 of his men Of a Dutch Man of War burned by accident in the Texel Of the English Fleet being come near to the Dutch Fleet. The Committee touching the Prison of the upper Bench. Ordered the Debtors there to shew Cause why their Estates should not be sequestred for payment of their just Debts for which they were in Prison 4. Many acknowledgments of the Justice of the late action in dissolving the Parliament were sent up to Cromwell and his Councel of Officers from several parties of the Army and from others in several Counties with ingagements to stand by them An Ostender brought 2 Prizes to Jersey and set their Men there on Shoar to get moneys for their redemption 6. Soldiers in Scotland for coyning new half Crowns of Pewter were Sentenced by a Court Marshal to have 40 lashes on their bare backs and to march through the High-street of Edenburgh with a counterfeit half Crown nailed to each of their Ears and that pieces of their Ears should be cut off with the half Crowns and nailed to the Gallows 7. A Letter from the Officers of the English Army at Edenburgh commending Cromwell and his Councel for the late action of Dissolving the Parliament and ingaging to stand and fall with them A Messenger of the Councel of State brought news that the English Fleet consisting of about 100 Sail was so near the Dutch Fleet being about 70 Sail that he saw the headmost of the English Fleet Fire upon the Sternmost of the Dutch Fleet and that the Dutch hastened what they could to escape An other Messenger brought word to the Councel of State that the Dutch Fleet fled away to the Texel and were pursued by the English Fleet who took 40 or 50 of their Dogger-boats from them that the people in Holland earnestly cry out for a Peace with England Letters that 300 Dutch Merchant-men who Sailed round about by Scotland to get home 6 of them were taken up by some English Ships there 9. The Committee touching the upper-Bench Prison gave in a List of 399 Prisoners in that Prison and the Rules and that their Debts amounted to above nine Hundred Thousand pounds A Remonstrance from the Town and Garrison of Leith approving the late action of Dissolving the Parliament and ingaging to assist Cromwell and his Officers The Commissioners for the Affairs of Ireland upon the Declaration of Cromwell and his Councel of Officers about the Dissolving the Parliament set forth a Declaration in Ireland that all Officers and Soldiers and others should proceed in the Execution of their several Charges and Trust that the Enemy might not take any advantage of the late change in England and they ordered a day of publick Humiliation The Queen of Sweden offered to the States their mediation of Peace betwixt England and them Of divers Fisher-men taken by the English Ships 10. The English Fleet Sailed by the Texel along the Dutch Coast to the Northward and took 54 Busses going a Fishing 3. Captain Bodiley returned from the Streights with 8 Men of War and 8 Merchant-men to the Downs A Frigot took 2 private Dutch men of War 11. A Remonstrance of the General Councel of Officers at Dalkeith in behalf of themselves and the Forces in Scotland shewing their Concurrence with Cromwell and his Councel of Officers at White-Hall in dissolving the Parliament 12. That Prince Rupert went little abroad in France and was very sad that he could hear nothing of his Brother Maurice 13. Letters That some of the Kerns in Ireland having got together in Arms Collonel Nelson with a party fell into their Quarters by break of day killed about 300 of them took 900 Cattle and 2 Garrons 40000 l. sent to the Soldiers in Ireland That Captain Barrow took O Ronies Island in Ireland and put 80 there to the Sword 14. The Councel of State ordered new Treasurers for the Excise and a Committee to consider how all the Treasuries of the Common-wealth may be best managed Of a Bark of Jersey taken by a Dutch Man of War and a French man by Commission from the Scotch King Of much sickness amongst the Dutch Prisoners at Southampton whereof many of them were dead 16. Letters from the Fleet that they were in pursuit of Van Trump and his Fleet to the North-ward and came upon the Coast of Scotland that divers Dutch Marriners Prisoners at Tinmouth were by the Governour distributed into the Colliers Ships and their names taken this was to avoid the charge of keeping them 17. A private Soldier was Sentenced to be shot to death for killing a man in Holborn That the English Fleet were at Aberdeen in Scotland That the Sweeds had 20 Men of War at Sea The Lord Chandois and Count Arundel were tryed in the Upper-Bench for Killing Mr. Compton in a Duel and were found Guilty of Man-Slaughter by the Jury One Faulkener who was Witness against the Lord Craven upon his Sequestration was tryed in the Upper-Bench for perjury in the Tryal it was proved that at Petersfield in Sussex Faulkener kneeled down upon his knees in the middle of the Town and drank a health to the Devil 18. Letters That the Dutch much rejoiced at the Dissolving of the Parliament hoping for some disabling of the English
of the Paâ—liament Montross Obstructions Jones Ireton U 〈◊〉 ties Ireland Cromwel sent for Reasons Scotland Ingagement Courts Marshal Durham Reports Pembroke Scots Declaration Kings Lands New Representatives Acts of Parliament proclaimed Ireland Report Letters from Rome February Gospel Stile Scotland Humiliation publick Register Hinderson Scotland Academy Scotland Army humilation Ingagement Scotland Ireland Gospel Scotland Preachers â—ct for â—eamen March Ministirs Ingagement Taunton Scots â—reland vote Sabboth Blasphemy Blasphemy Ireland Army Petition Ireland 〈◊〉 Judge Nicholas Ireland Letters London Address Answer April New Inventions L. Broghall 〈◊〉 Ireland 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Orders G. Blake Scots Ireland Kilkenny Witches Petition Vote Montrosse Massey Letter Cromwell 〈◊〉 Army Petition Scots Bonds Ireland Proposals Ireland Montross defeated May. Leeds Montress Kirk Montresse Adultery Act. H. Martin trepaâ— Montross Montross Scots Army Law Scotland Ireland 〈…〉 Ireland Clonmel Scots Ireland Scotland Cromwel Cromwel June Blake Scotland Cromwel Scotland Ireland army Ascham Murdered Lady Fitz-gerald acts South-wales Iuncto of State Resolution to invade Scotland Fairfax unsatisfy'd Conference with Fairfax Farfax Lays down his Commission Cromwell made General Court Marshal Ireland Scots Cromwel Scotland Act against Swearing Fleet. Barbados Message from the Scots York Ireland Victory Scotland Letters from Sir Charles Coot July High Court of Justice Plague Cromwel Adultery Act. Scots Scotland Blasphemy Proclamation Portugal Russia Amsterdam Ireland Cromwel G. Lesly Proclamation Baâ—bados Scotland August Amsterdam Spain Scotland Ireland Scotland Scotland H. C. of Justice Scots Scots Officers Cromwel Ireland Scotland Septemb. Call from God Fleer Scots Cromwell Victory at Dunbarre Scots Ministers Colours hung in Westminster Hall Scots London Ireland 〈◊〉 Ministers Letter from Cromwel Another Letter Barbados Blasphemy Ireland Scotland Proclamation sir John Gell. Lady Elizabeth H. C. of â—ustice Scots Barbados Scotland October Ireland Petition Scotland Portugal Kirk Ireland Scots The Engagement Trained Bands Fleet. The Law in English Scotland Cromwel Return of Iuries Cromwel Blasphemy Scots Pr Rupert Scots Ireland Novem. Law-business Irish Scots Proclamation Ministers Moss-Troopers Middleton The English Laws Kirk Ireland Victory C. Axtel December Blake Scots Portugal Sermon Scots Letters from Cromwel Declarations H. C. of Justice Blake Blake Scotland Spanish Ambassador Blake January Scotland Edenburgh Castle sâ—t rendred Scots H. C. of Justice Ireland Portugal Ambassador Coronaâ— at Schone Gr. Seal Scotland Blake New Seal Kirk February Kirk Aysebam Ambassadors to the States Hume-Castle Kings-Armes Ministery Hume-Castle Fenwick Councel of State Court-Marshal Cromwel Ireland Blake Mr. Fryes Book Ireland March Scotland Admirals Revolters Cook Dangerous Opinions Scotland English Ambassadors Holland April Apseley Ireland Van Trump Pyrates Kirk Ireland English Ambassadors Coalition Scilly Island May. Scots Scotland Scilly Island Petition Massey Scotland Cromwel P. Edward English English Ambassadors Scots Cromwell Holland Scotland June Sir George Ascut Scilly Island Ireland Scotland Mr. Love Scots English Ambassadors Holland Mr. Love Scots Lord Broghill Ireland July Ireland Scotland Mr. Love Cromwell Ireland Scots Cromwell Mr. Love Petition St. James's Fair. Jersey Ireland Scotland Love Cromwell Lambert Victory in Scotland Primers Ireland August Fise Battle Ministers Questions Brunt Island Mr. Love Scotland Cromweâ— Harrison Ireland Lord Broghill London Scots invade England Co. Alured Preston Harrison Oxford Letters from Lambert Mr. Love Scots Motion Sterling Castle Scots Letters from Fleetwood E. Derby Ministers Worcester Septem Scotland Worcester Vote C. Alured Tory. Ireland Monk Worcester Fight Letters from Cromwel Harrison Scotland Dundee Massey Sir Arth. Haselrigge Ireland Dundee Dundee Cromwel Scots Cromwel Fast-day Scots General Popham Ireland New Representative Hewson Okey C. Alured Scotland E. Derby October Conspirators Scotland Countess of Derby E. Derby Bill for a New Parliament Conspirators London Scots Moss-Troopers E. Derby King landed in Holland English and Dutch quarrel Ireland Bills Scots Discipline Commissioners for Scotland Holland Ambassadors The Kings Escape from Worcester Prisoners Petition Novem. Jersey taken Argyle Monk Isle of Man Jersey 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Isle of Man Scotland Jersey Votes for Dissolution Jersey Ireland Monk Kirk Huntley Massey Jersey Council of State Ireland Limbrick surrendred Scotland Scotland Jersey Ireland Decem. Ireton dies Preaching Cromwel Conference Petitions Scotland Dutch Ambassadors Votes Dutch Ambassadors Jersey Scotland Dutch Ambassadors Ireton Advice Jersey Elizabeth Castle Lambert Law Barbadoes Scotland Jersey Ayscham Januar. Scotland Haselrigge Scotland Monke Lilburne Committee of the Law Court-Marshal Scotland Votes Sweden Declaration Sea Vision 〈◊〉 Committee of Law H. Peters Februa Acts. Scotland Declaration Ireland Jersey Dutch Scotland Hewson Sir George Ascue Barbadoes Lambert Declaration Committee of Law Scotland Kens Town Ireland Petition Answer Scotland Hans Towns Holland March Blake Kirk Covenant Scotland Ireland Barbadors taken Lord willoughby Ireland â—â—ts Union Petition Danish Minister Scotland Union Ireland Bills Union Scotland Frigots Argyle April Dutch Union Ireland Lieutenant-General Ludlow Ireland Cracovian Catechisme Kirk Ireland Union Dutch Ambassadors Union Scotland Merchants Ireland Vote Hamilton Sir George Ascue Barbadon Scotland France L. Willoughby Sweden Conde Argyle May. Union Representative Captain How Judges in Scotland Ireland Fleet. Dutch Flag Ireland Van Trump Dutch Ambassadors Fight in the Downs Ireland June Throckmorton Judges Scotland Scotland Dunotter Castle Blake Dutch Paper Answer Scotland Dutch Ambassador Fight at Sea Blake Ireland Vote Cromwel Lambert distated Whitelocke Ireland Scotland Kirk Prerogative Sir George Ascue Register Kirk Tumult Storm Petition Votes in Answer to Dutch Paper Dutch Ambassadors Hewson Ireland Blake Ascue July Ireland Ascues Sea Fight Highlands Blake Dr. Winston Fleetwood Ascue Ireland Scots Dutch Fleet. Ascue Highlands Blake Kirke Highlands Dutch-Fleet Q. Sweeden Scots Presbyterian Blake Ascue Kirke Blake Ireland Blake Ireland Highlands Van Trump Ascue St. Pauls Van Trump August Army Petition Answer Cromwel Blake Kirk Ascue Fight Committee for Ireland Ascue Blake Scotland Blake Pen. Compalint Virginia Highlands Dutch Fleet. De Wit Denmark Septem Ireland Blake Wales Ireland â—udges â—rcuits in Scotland Highlands Dutch Bill Parl. Blake Dutch Mutiny Scotland English Judges Blake D. Tuscany Portugal Ambassador October Dutch Fleet. Witches Sea fight Ireland Storm Union Blake Denmark De Witt. Denmark Dutch Denmark Union Ireland Alderman Fowk Kirke Witches Scotland Dutch Petition Union Novem. Dutch Fleet. Union Cromwell Whitelock Blake Monk Parliament Navy Scotland Forreign Ministers Seamenincouraged Februa Placard Sea Fight Cromwell and Army against Parliament Prince Rupert Captain Bodiley Lord Lisle Holland March Scots Dutch Scotland Army Holland Anno 1653. Scots Declaration Sea Fight Irish Scotland Captain Appleton Ministers Sweden Cromwell Colliers April Irish Pamphlet Holland Scots Van Trump Cromwell Parliament turned out of Doors Kirk Cromwell Holland Declaration Great-Seal Sea Captains Scotland Dutch Holland Fleet. May. Durham Acknowledgments Coynen Cromwell Fleet. Dutch Kings-Bench Prison Army Ireland Bodiley Army Ireland Dâ—al Dutch Danâ—s French Ambassador Fleet. Ireland Highlands Army Dutch Ireland Cromwell Van Trump London Addresses Radnor Fleet. Van Trump Scots Jus divinum Sea Fight Dean Monk
were not equal or from an expectation of Prince Rupert's advance with 3000 horse and Dragoons and the return of the Earl of Northampton from Banbury with 1000. The King's strength is reported to have been 8000 foot and 500 horse which albeit a gallant Army yet upon the Parliaments Forces drawing into Battalia they durst not take the Field but to counterpoise the Parliaments numbers the King fell to Stratagems to fortifie the Town especially the Avenues and having raised his Batteries and lined the hedges stood upon his guard and with some great pieces where he saw the biggest bodies and most advantage liberally sent them some Bullets which killed 2 or 3 horse but hurt not their Riders For many hours some parties of horse skirmisht 'twixt both the Armies in which play the Parliament had the best of whose part but one man fell of theirs four or five of which one was knighted It being impossible to engage the King's Forces without much hazard that night the greatest part of the Parliaments Forces marched unto Chevely the horse commanded by Waller and Balfour the foot by Skippon whilst the other encamped before the Eastside of the Town and ordered by Manchester at one same time having agreed to storm the Garrison on both sides That night and the next the Parliamentarians quartered in the open fields but neither the coldness of the weather nor want of usual provision any whit disanimated the Souldiers the expectation of fight swallowing up all other extremities howbeit most of them had three days provision prepared by command in their Snapsacks By Daybreak upon Sunday the horse and foot commanded by Waller and Skippon were upon their march in four hours surrounded Dunnington Castle and made their approach towards the West of Newbury By the way they intercepted two or three Carts of Provision and took about 100 horse and foot of the King 's as they straggled and the King's Forces from the Castle fell upon the Parliaments Rear and took 10 or 12 prisoners Upon this march they received the Report that Newcastle was taken by storm and the Ulster Rebels defeated which much incouraged the Parlaiments Forces It was One a Clock ere the Train and Rear came up and near Three ere they could be put into Battalia with extraordinary shouts and other symptoms of courage and joy the Western body advanced and by the Forlorn-hope of horse quickly began the fight which with as much eagerness was seconded by the foot who cryed They would now be revenged for the business of Cornwall For three hours the fight was maintained with as much resolution and bravery on both parts as hath been since these Wars the Cannon and small shot on both sides firing with as quick a motion as was possible Among the foot the General 's Regiment especially did eminently well and among all of the whole Army there was not one man or party horse or foot seen either to desert their duty or to dishearten their fellows After a long and hot dispute the Parliamentarians beat the King's Forces first from their Work and then from their Ordnance nine in number in which atchievement they lost a few men and among them Captain Gawler The Day was of so much discontent to his Majesty that an hour after midnight he marched out of the Town with an attendant Troop only towards Winchester and sent up his Cannon Carriages and Baggage to the Castle where at day-break the Parliamentarians saw them placed and Colonel Cromwell followed the body of the Enemy two hours before day The E. of Cleveland was taken prisoner by a Lieutenant of Colonel Barkley's General Goring hardly escaped his Brother was shot dead as he charged most of his Troop were cut off Major Trevillian and divers others of quality and 200 common Souldiers of the King's part slain and 300 taken prisoners Letters came of the taking of the Town and Castle of Newcastle surrendred to General Leven Oct. 29. the Governour and the rest submitting for their lives In that little compass of the Castle were 500 men besides women and children Three Scots Lords taken there Craford Rea and Maxwell were sent into Scotland to be there tryed The Town though taken by Onslaght was not much ransackt most of them redeeming their goods from plunder upon reasonable satisfaction in moneys A Day of publick Thanksgiving was appointed for these successes at Newbury and at Newcastle Some differences among the Committee of Sussex were referred to a Committee of the House and another Committee appointed to consider of settling the Garrison of Windsor and reducing it to a less number and half pay Alderman Atkins was sworn Lord Mayor of London in the Exchequer according to custom Letters from Sir William Waller and Sir Arthur Haslerigge further confirmed the Parliaments success at Newbury and that they had taken 1000 Arms there that if they had had but one hour more of day-light in probability they had totally routed and dispersed the King's whole Army Which was in so great distraction after the fight that they retreated three several ways at once in great confusion That the King as they were informed with a small party wheeled about by Marlborough and so to Oxford Since the fight they took many prisoners stragglers and the King 's own Coach and General Forth 's Coach with his Lady many Sumpter-horses and other good Prizes An Ordinance was committed for the Attainder of the Archbishop and they that managed the Evidence against him at his Tryal were appointed to bring in the state of all the Evidence to the House Letters from Captain Hacker informed that a party of the King 's coming to relieve Crowland were set upon by the Parliaments Forces 600 horse and 400 hundred prisoners taken of Newark and Belvoir Forces and the Town much discouraged thereby A hundred horse of the Queen's Regiment were taken by the Garrison of Weymouth wherein the Country people assisted the Parliaments Forces Sir Authony Ashley Cooper with 1500 horse and foot from several Garrisons took the field to encounter Sir Lewis Dives Sir William Vvedale was readmitted to sit as a Member of the House Novemb. 1644. The Lord Paget petitioned expressing much sorrow for his deserting the Parliament and adhering to the Enemy whose Counsel and Designs he now seeth to tend to the destruction of the Kingdom humbly submitting himself to the Favour of the Parliament Letters from Newcastle desire the Parliament to consider of the new framing and settling the Government of that Town and that fit and able men may be chosen for that purpose which was referred to a Committee of both Houses General Leven sent 5000 horse and foot of the Scots Army to the Lord Fairfax in Yorkshire to suppress the stragling Enemy there An Ordinance was sent down to Newcastle for the Tryal of Sir John Marley the late Mayor there by a Council of War A Commander in Surrey sent to some Members of Parliament there to