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A37634	The answer of both Houses of Parliament presented to His Majestie at York the ninth of May concerning Sir Iohn Hothams refusal to give His Maiestie entrance into his town of Hull : with His Majesties reply thereunto.	England and Wales. Parliament.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)	1642 (1642)	Wing E1219A; ESTC R29999	2,655	16

THE ANSWER OF Both Houses of Parliament Presented to His Majestie at YORK the ninth of May. Concerning Sir Iohn Hothams Refusall to give His Maiestie entrance into His Town of Hull VVith His Majesties REPLY thereunto YORK Printed by ROBERT BARKER Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie And by the Assignes of JOHN BILL 1642. ¶ The most humble Answer of the Lords and Commons in Parliament to two Messages from His Sacred MAJESTIE Concerning Sir Iohn Hothams Refusall to give Him entrance into the Town of HULL YOur Majestie may be pleased to understand That we your great Councell finding manifold Evidences of the wicked Counsels and Practises of some in neer Trust and Authority about you to put the Kingdom into a Combustion by drawing your Majestie into places of Strength remote from your Parliament and by exciting your People to Commotions under pretence of serving your Majestie against your Parliament Lest this Malignant Party by the advantage of the Town and Magazine of Hull should be enabled to go thorow with their mischievous intentions Did in discharge of the great Trust that lies upon us and by that Power which in Cases of this Nature recides in us command the Town of Hull to be secured by a Garrison of the adjoyning Train Bands under the government of Sir Iohn Hotham requiring him to keep the same for the service of your Majesty and the Kingdom wherein we have done nothing contrary to your Royall Soveraignty in that Town or Legall Propriety in the Magazine Upon consideration of Sir Iohn Hothams proceedings at your Majesties being there wee have upon very good grounds adjudged That he could not discharge the Trust upon which nor make good the end for which he was placed in the Guard of that Town and Magazine if he had let in your Majestie with such Councellors and Company as then were about You. Wherefore upon full Resolution of both Houses we have declared Sir Iohn Hotham to be cleer from that odious Crime of Treason And have Avowed That he hath therein done nothing but in Obedience to the Commands of both Houses of Parliament Assuring our selues That upon mature deliberation your Majestie will not interpret his Obedience to such Authority to be an Affront to your Majestie or to be of that nature as to require any Justice to be done upon him or satisfaction to be made to your Majestie But that you will s●e just cause of joyning with your Parliament in preserving and securing the Peace of the Kingdom suppressing this wicked and Malignant party who by false colours and pretensions of maintaining your Maiesties Prerogative against the Parliament wherein they fully agree with the Rebels in Ireland have been the causes of all our Distempers and Dangers For prevention whereof we know no better Remedy then setling the Militia of the Kingdom according to the Bill which we have sent your Ma●estie without any intention of deserting or declining the validity or observance of that Ordinance which past both Houses upon your Maiesties former refusall But we still hold that Ordinance to be effectuall by the Laws of this Kingdom And we shall be exceeding glad If your Maiestie by approving these our Just Dutifull and Necessary Proceedings shall be pleased to entertain such Councell as wee assure our selves by Gods blessing will prove very advantagious for the Honour and Greatnesse of your Maiestie the safety and peace of your People amongst which we know none more likely to produce such good effects then a Declaration from your Maiestie of Your purpose to lay aside all thoughts of going into Ireland And to make a speedy return into these parts to be neer your Parliament Which as it is our most humble Desire and earnest Petition so shall it be seconded with our most dutifull care for the safety of your Royall Person and constant Prayers That it may prove Honourable and Successfull in the happinesse of your Maiestie and all your Kingdoms 10. Maii. 1642. His Majesties Answer to the Petition of both Houses of Parliament Presented to Him the ninth of this Moneth by the Lord Ed. Howard Lord Fairfax Sir Hugh Cholmley Sir Ph. Stapleton and Sir H. Cholmley HIs Majestie was in good hope that the Reason why you so long defer'd your Answer to His Messages concerning Hull was That you might the better give him satisfaction therein which now adds the more to His astonishment finding this Answer after so long advisement to be of that nature which cannot but rather increase then diminish the present Distractions if constantly adhered unto by the Parliament Was it not too much That His Majesties Town of Hull had a Garrison put into it to the great charge of the Countrey and inconvenience to the poor Inhabitants without His Majesties consent and approbation under colour at that time of forraign Invasion and apprehensions of the Popish party but now the Reasons thereof must be enlarged with a scandall to His Majestie and His faithfull Servants onely to bring in the more specious pretence for the avowing of Sir John Hothams treasonable insolency His Majestie hath often heard of the great trust that by God and Mans Law is committed to the King for the defence and safety of His People but as yet hath never understood what trust or power is committed to either or both Houses of Parliament without the King they being summoned to counsell and advise the King but by what Law or Authority they possesse themselves of His Majesties proper Right and Inheritance he is confident that as they have not so they cannot shew His Majestie hitherto hath not given the least interruption to publique Iustice But you rather then suffer one of your Members to come so much as to a legall triall for the highest crime will make use of an Order of Parliament to countenance Treason by declaring him free from that guilt which all former ages never accounted other And that without so much as enquiring the opinion of the Iudges For His Majestie is confident That you would have mentioned their opinion if you had asked the same Therefore His Majestie expects That upon further and better consideration of the great and necessary consequence of the businesse of Hull and seriously weighing how much this doth concern the peace and quiet of the Kingdom you will without further instance from His Majestie give him full and speedy Iustice against Sir John Hotham and He leaves all His good People to think what hope of Iustice there is left for them when you shall refuse or delay to give your own Soveraign satisfaction And as His Majesty hath already said Till this be done he will intend no businesse whatsoever other then that of Ireland And His Majestie likewise expects That in the way you have exprest in this your Answer you will not put the Militia in execution untill you can shew him by what Law you have authority to do the same without His consent or if you do Hee is confident that He shall finde much more Obedience according to Law then you against Law and His Majestie shall esteem all those that shall obey you therein to be Disturbers of the Peace of the Kingdom and in due time call them legally to a strict accompt for the same As for Ireland His Majestie refers you to His former Answer And lastly Concerning His Return He never heard That the slandering of a Kings Government and His faithfull Servants the refusing of Him Iustice in a case of Treason and the seeking to take away His undoubted and legall Authority under the pretence of putting the Kingdom into a posture of Defence were Arguments to induce a King to come neer or hearken to His Parliament FINIS