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A38035 The Parliaments answer to the armies proposals, or, A true extract of the iurnalls in Parliament so far as they relate unto the petition and proposals of the Army and present distempers 1659 (1659) Wing E2128; ESTC R29762 9,868 18

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also forthwith paid to the Officers and Souldiers in Scotland and Ireland and that the Councel of State do give order for the Payment thereof accordingly Ordered That the former Votes for making provisions for Officers and Souldiers and wounded and maimed Souldiers be also part of the Answer to this fourth Proposal Ordered That the Councel of State do take care that the moneys formerly ordered to be paid to the use of the wounded and maimed Souldiers Widows and Orphans at Ely-house and the Savoy be forthwith paid unto the old Officers there and that they pay it according to the regelation made by the Trustees and Contractors at Worcester-house Ordered that it be referred to a Committee to bring in a Bill for saving to such Apprentises as have served the Parliament in the late War their time and to compel their Masters to grant them their Freedome as if they had been in their Masters service during the time they were in the Parliaments service 5. Proposal was read as followeth THat such who have freely offered themselves in the several Counties and Cities of these Nations to own and stand by you and your cause in the late insurrection with the hazard of all which is dear unto them may have your encouragement and be imployed in places of trust and command Resolved That this be the Answer to the fifth Proposal That such persons as have been faithful active for the Parliament in the late Insurrection the Parliament will take care to give them all due encouragement as occasion shall be offered Ordered That this debate be adjourned until to morrow morning the first business nothing to entervene the House also passed the Act against raising of moneys upon the People without their consent in Parliament which is as followeth An Act against the raising of Moneys upon the People without their consent in Parliament BE it Enacted by this present Parliament and by the Authority thereof and it is hereby Enacted That all Orders Ordinances and Acts made by any single Person and his council or by both or either of them or otherwise or by any Assembly or Convention pretending to have Authority of Parliament from and after the Nineteenth day of April 1653. and before the seventh of May 1659. and which have not been or shall not be enacted allowed confirmed by this present Parliament be and are hereby declared deemed taken and adjudged to be of no force or effect from and after the said seventh of May 1659. And be it further Enacted That no person or persons shall after the eleventh of October 1659. Assess Levy Collect Gather or receive any Custome Impost Excise Assessement Contribution Tax Tallage or any sum or sums of Money or other Imposition whatsoever upon the people of this Common-Wealth without their consent in Parliament or as by Law might have been done before the third of November 1640. And be it further Enacted and Declared that every person offending contrary to this Act shall be and is hereby adjudged to be guilty of high Treason and shall forfeit and suffer as in case of high Treason Provided that this Act or any thing herein contained shall not be construed or taken to make void or impeach one Act made this Parliament the twelfth of July 1659. Entituled An Act of Indempnity and Free Pardon nor any Article or Clause therein contained Provided also That nothing in this Act extend to interrupt the possession of any Soldier or adventurer or any Purchaser their Heirs or Assigns in possession of any Lands or Hereditaments in Ireland or of any Purchaser of any Lands or Hereditaments within this Commonwealth unlesse where this Parliament hath taken or shall take further or other order therein Tho. St. Nicholas Clerk of the Parliament VVednesday 12. October The House reassum'd the debate upon the Proposals the sixth being read and also a Letter dated at White-Hall October the 5th 1659. signed by divers Officers of the Army directed for Collonel John Okey and a paper in print Entituled The humble Representation Petition of the Officers of the Army to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England presented to them October the 5th by Major generall Disbrow accompanied with the field Officers of the Army and subscribed by two hundred and thirtie Commission-officers in and about London together with the Parliaments answer thereunto Resolved that the severall Commissions of these severall persons Collonel John Lambert Collonel John Desbrow Collonel James Berry Collonel Thomas Kelsey Collonel Richard Ashfield Coll. Ralph Cobbet Collonel VVilliam Packer Collonel Robert Barrow and Major Richard Creed who have subscribed the said Letter shall be and are hereby made voyd and null and they and every of them be and are hereby discharged from all Military imployment Resolved that the Army shall be governed by Commissioners Resolved that the number of Commissioners be seven Whereupon a Bill was drawn up impowering several persons therein named Commissioners for the government of the Army which after thrice reading upon the question passed as followeth An Act appointing Commissioners for the Government of the Army BE it Enacted by this present Parliament and the Authority thereof and it is hereby Enacted That one Act made this Parliament Entituled An Act connstituting Charles Fleetwood Esq Lieutenant General and Commander in chief of the Forces raised and to be raised by Authority of Parliament within England and Scotland and a●l Powers and Authorities thereby given be and are hereby repealed and made void and that the Army and forces in England and Scotland of this Common-wealth shall for the Future be governed by Commissioners in the place and stead of a Lieutenant General and that Lieutenant Generall Charles Fleetwood Lieutenant Gen. Edmond Ludlow Gen. Georg Monk Sir Arth. Hesilrigg Col. Herbert Morley Col. Valentine Walton Colonel Robert Overton be and are hereby appointed Commissioners to execute all and singular the Powers and Authorities incident or belonging to the Office of the Lieutenant General of the Army of this Commonwealth in England and Scotland in as large and ample manner as in and by the said recited Act was granted expressed and that they or any three or more of them shall and may execute the said office and Powers from the 11 day of October 1659 unto the 12 day of February 1659. any Act or Commission whatsoever made or granted to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And that all Officers and Soldiers of the Army and other persons concern'd are hereby required to yield their obedience to the said Commissoners accordingly And the said Commissioners are to obey and observe such Orders and Directions as they or any three or more of them shall from time to time receive from the Parliament or Council of State appointed or which shall be appointed by Authority of Parliament After which the House passed the following Resolves Resolved That it be referred to the Commissioners for commanding the Army to bring in the names of the next superior Officers in every of the Regiments late of Col. John Lambert Col. John Disbrowe Col. James Berry Col. Tho. Kelsey Col. Rich. Ashfield Col. Ralph Cobbet Col. William Packer Col. Robert Barrow and Major Rich. Creed and present them to the Parliament to morrow morning Resolved that Col. Dixwell be Lieutenant of Dover Castle and that his Commission be brought in to morrow morning Referred to a Committe to consider of an answer to be given to the 6 7.8 proposals of the Officers of the Army and report it to the House Ordered that the Commissioners for the management of the Army be and are hereby injoyned forthwith to meet and give order that the Forces may be disposed of as may be for the peace of the Common-wealth and safety of the Parliament Thus gentle Reader hast thou from the first Beginning the whole progresse of our present Distempers without any Observations thereupon leaving all to thy serious Consideration Begging that thou also wouldst petition the mercifull Father to put some period to the Distractions of poor England FINIS