to him to submit to the Parliament upon good terms and Letters to the same effect from other Friends were the cause of his surrender of the Island 30. Orders for Recruits from Pendennis Castle for Ireland and six weeks pay for them before they were transported out of England May 1652. 1. Letters That the Declaration of the Parliament of England for the Union of Scotland with England and their sending of Members to the Parliament of England was proclaimed with great solemnity at Edenburgh Cross but the Scots shewed no rejoycing at it 3. Letters justifying the Proceedings of the Commissioners for propagating the Gospel in Wales written by Mr. Vavasour Power a Minister there 4. Referred to the Committee to consider how a competent Maintenance for Godly Ministers may be setled in lieu of Tithes Order for relief of maimed and sick Soldiers Mr. Weaver one of the Commissioners of the Parliament in Ireland came into the House whereof he was a Member and gave them an account of the State of their Affairs there Letters of Credence of the Queen of Sweden to the Noble Hareldus Applebone her publick Minister to the Parliament of England were read and Letters from the Prince of Conde to the Parliament read and both of them referred to the Council of State Letters That Argyle did again solicit for some singular Act of Favour from the Parliament of England but his ways were known That Three Judges were come from England to administer Justice to the Scots in Scotland 5. That some Travellers upon Hunsloe Heath saw a strange Apparition of the Sun about sixth Clock in the Evening c. 6. Letters That the Ministers of Scotland were as bitter as ever against the Interest of England Of more Counties and Boroughs accepting the Vnion with England and that Argyle had agreed to Terms to come in to the Parliament of England but they were not published That the Lord Chief-Justice St. John Mr. Salloway and Alderman Tichburne the Parliaments Commissioners in Scotland went away for England That the Deputies of Argyle Shire had consented to the Vnion 7. Letters That the Magistrates of Musselborough had taken the Ingagement of the Parliament of England Of a Pyrate who took several English Vessels to the Westward of Recruits Shipped from Pendennis for Ireland That the Irish begged for Conditions to come in to the Parliament and some of them were admitted 10. Letters of Preparations to reduce Dinnoter Castle in Scotland That the new Judges sent into Scotland were very busie in setling of new Judicatories there That Ireland was wholly reduced and had no other refuge but Bogs and Woods that the Plague was much abated there That Commissary-General Reynolds had gotten most of the Provisions of the Rebels and killed and taken many of them and prevented their fortifying That he setled Three considerable Garrisons upon Passes in Kings County took in the strong Forts in those Parts upon Quarter for Life only 11. The Scots Commissioners returned and were in the Parliament The Committee revived for setting a Period to this Parliament and providing for future Representatives 12. Debate upon Qualifications of such Persons as shall be received into the House as Members Letters That Captain Howe a Young Gentle-man who had done gallant Service for the Parliament in Ireland being assaulted in his Quarters by a Party of the Tories he at the first Charge routed them but then they came on again with a fresh Party and routed Captain How 's Party who endeavoured to make good his Soldiers Retreat and himself charged Three times and came off well but upon a Fourth Charge he was unfortunately slain and his Death was very much lamented 13. A Duel between the Lord Chandoys and Mr. Compton and the Lord killed Mr. Compton 14. The knocking of a Link near some Reeds set the Reeds on fire and they fired a House in Redriffe and Two Ships lying near the Shore and burnt them at low water when no Boats could come to help them nor could they get Water Letters That the Inhabitants of Virginia willingly submitted to the Government of the Parliament 15. That the Army in Scotland was taking the Field Of the refractoriness of the Ministers That the Judges sent out of England published a Proclamation at Edenburgh That they would sit at the usual place for administring of Justice 17. Letters from the Commissioners in Ireland to the Parliament giving an account of the Affairs there of the Provisions received and acknowledging the great care of the Parliament therein and how they had disposed thereof to the Forces Of the Ports in Kerry fit for a Forreign Enemy to land in That Clenrickard and others were gone to Vlster to joyn with Phelim O-Neale That in some places the Enemy have made some Incursions in small Parties and taken some prey and Dragoon Horses but upon their return they being 250 Horse and 500 Foot they were met by Lieutenant-Collonel Throckmorton with 140 Horse and 400 Foot who had no Pikes and the Horse at first made some retreat But at length after a sharp Dispute the English Horse routed the Irish and killed 200 of them on the place and in the pursuit and took and killed divers Officers and had but twenty one killed and 100 Soldiers wounded That the Irish Clergy have excommunicated Collonel Fitz-Patrick for submitting to the Parliament and the Laity published a Declaration against him and all that joyned with him and some of his Party were cut off by the Irish who also cut off the Ears of some whom they took Prisoners That Fitz-Patrick met with some of them That Shipping was wanting to transport those who are to go beyond Seas 2000 of Fitz-Patricks Party 1000 of O-Dwyers Party and 4000 more Of many Applications made by divers chief Officers of the Irish to come in to the Parliament and Commissioners were sent with Instructions to give the same Terms which Collonel Venables was authorized to give to those in Vlster That Sir Charles Coote explained the Articles of Galloway which he yielded to to prevent charge to the Parliament and to get the possession of that City 18. Letters of a Squadron of the Parliaments Ships meeting with Three Dutch Men of War and Seven Merchants that the Dutch Admiral came under the Lee of the Parliaments Ships and kept his Flag up whereupon the English Ship sent a Boat to him to acquaint him that they had received Orders from their General to cause those Ships they met to take down their Flags and presently the Dutch Admiral took down his Flag and saluted the English Ships with Three Pieces of Ordnance and the English did the like to him After the Admiral came the Vice-Admiral of the Dutch but came to the Windward of the English contrary to the custom in the Narrow Seas and saluted the English with 13 Shot but took not down their Top-Flag The English called to them to take it down
proof against them was a forced Confession before the Kirke That some accused for Witches had been Tortured to make them Confess by tying their Thumbs behind them and then hanging them up by their Thumbs while two Highlanders whipped them after which they set lighted Candles to the Soles of their Feet and between their Toes then burned them by putting light Candles into their Mouths and then burning them in the Head That 6 of them were accused of whom 4 of them dyed of the Torture The Judges resolved to examine the business and to find out these Scots Tormentors that another woman being accused for a Witch was kept 28 days with only Bread and Water and stript naked and laid upon a cold Stone with onely Hair Cloath over her that among the Accused others had Hair Shirts dipped in Vinegar put over them to fetch off the Skin That the Marquess of Argyle had procured the release of the English Prisoners in the Highlands and used them very civilly 30. Letters of some Dutch men of War appearing near Yarmouth but upon sight of one of the Parliaments Frigots they got away That the Dutch Free-booters had taken 3 English Vessels near Newcastle That one of the Parliaments Frigots near Plymouth fought 2 hours with 2 Dutch men of War till night parted them Of 2 Prizes taken by a private man of War one Dutch and the other a French Vessel laden with Wine and Salt Of a Holland Prize brought into Falmouth by a Parliament Frigot and was laden with considerable goods November 1652. 1. Letters of a little unruliness in the Regiments lately come to Scotland for Recruits but 2 of them being Sentenced by a Court-Martial the rest were quiet That at the Assizes in Scotland 1000 appeared before the Judges accused for Adulteries and other Crimes committed 20 and 30 years past No Lords or Lairds brought in That since the Parliaments Convoys came on the North Coast no Dutch men of War appeared That above 100 Colliers were ready to set Sail for London with them Of 7 Dutch Ships loaden taken by one of the Parliaments Frigots upon the Western Coast but pretend themselves Hamburgers Of 3 Dutch Vessels taken near the Lands end 2. Debate upon the Delinquents Bill and divers Voted to be inserted and others left out Order for the Education of the Children of Sir Christopher Nevil out of his Estate Letters from Amsterdam of their Fleet ready to come forth being 120 Sail whereof 20 Fire Ships Trumps design being to Convoy their Merchants being 200 Sail. That the King of Denmark was forward to assist the Dutch who promised to save him harmless that Sweeden refused to assist the Dutch Of 3 Ships taken by the Pelican and 2 great Dutch Ships taken by the Non-such which had in them 700000 Dollars the one pretends to be a Lubeker the other an Hamburger and 2 more brought into the Downs That the English Ships at Porte Longone were beset with the Dutch who had leave to come into the Harbour upon pretence to bury some of their Officers slain in the late Ingagement with the English and both lay quiet there That the Governour planted his Guns and doubled his Watch resolving not to permit them to Fight A Petition from the Merchants in Scotland agreed upon to the Parliament that those in Leith and other places may not be forced to go to Edenburgh and live there under their Slavery That a Town of English being there will be much for the safety of the Parliaments Affairs in Scotland 3. We came to some agreement of Propoposals to be presented to the Parliament from the Committee for the Scotch Union 4. Letters of the 7 Ships taken who pretended to be Hamburgers but had Holland Colours up and letters to Amsterdam 5. Letters That the few Irish yet standing out were pent up in an Island and make the Sea their Shelter and Defence Of Pickeroons upon that Coast That the Vlster Irish were agreed upon the Articles to lay down Armes Of 200 Collyers set Sail for London 6. Letters of Dutch Free-booters taking Fish from Fishermen and so let them go That a Merchant Ship of 400 Tun was by foul Weather cast upon the Kentish Shore where she stuck and the Lord of the Mannor and People thereabouts took her Lading to the value of 40000 l. 7. Letters That in the Levant Seas a small Fleet of the English men of War Convoying certain Merchant men from Scandaroon were unawares assailed by 11 Sail of Dutch men of War who having great advantage of the English and much over-powring them in number took and blew up about 5 of the English Ships Several other Letters touching Prizes taken by the Dutch from the English but many more from the Dutch by the English and of Mischief done by the Pickeroons on the English Coasts and of the pursuit and taking of some of them by the Parliaments Men of War That the business in Ireland was almost finished and the Enemy there in effect wholly subdued and many of the Irish Transported beyond Seas not a body of them considerable to be met within the Field That the Forces under General Monk in Scotland had great success there taking in divers strong places and giving many defeats to the Kings Forces in the Highlands The debate upon the Bill for the Scotch Vnion and for an Act of Oblivion there was so far proceeded in by the Committee that they ordered the Report thereof to be made to the Parliament It was about this time that the Lord-General Cromwell meeting with Whitelock saluted him with more than ordinary courtesie and desired him to walk aside with him that they might have some private discourse together Whitelock waited on him and he began the discourse betwixt them which was to this effect Cromwell My Lord Whitelock I know your faithfulness and ingagement in the same good Cause with my self and the rest of our Friends and I know your ability in Judgment and your particular Friendship and Affection for me indeed I am sufficiently satisfied in these things and therefore I desire to advise with you in the main and most important Affairs relating to our present condition Whitelock Your Excellency hath known me long and I think will say that you never knew any unfaithfulness or breach of trust by me and for my particular Affection to your Person your Favours to me and your publick Services have deserved more than I can manifest onely there is with your Favour a mistake in this one thing touching my weak judgment which is uncapable to do any considerable service for your self or this Common-wealth yet to the utmost of my power I shall be ready to serve you and that with all diligence and faithfulness Cromwell I have cause to be and am without the least scruple of your Faithfulness and I know your kindness to me your old Friend and your abilities to serve the
of such as were then known An Act of the Councel of State touching the adventurers for Lands in Ireland An Address from Cumberland approving the actions of Cromwell and his Army and resolving to stand by them and assist them 7. Letters from Scotland that the 2 great Fleets missed one an other to the admiration of all men that the Malignants report the Dutch to be 150 Sail of Men of War That there continues great feud betwixt the Assembly and Protesting Party about placing and displacing of Ministers That the Lord Wareston is angry at every thing but himself and at that too sometimes Intelligence that about 20 of the Dutch Fleet were taken burnt and sunk 3 Fire-Ships taken one Vice-Admiral and 2 Rear-Admirals one Rear-Admiral towed by the Entrance being far bigger than her self having 14 Guns on a Tire and of 1200 Tun. But 126 men Slain in the English Fleet none of note but General Dean and one Captain no English Ship lost 8. Letters were sent from Cromwell to the several persons called to take upon them the trust of the Government of the Common-wealth and were to this effect For as much as upon Dissolution of the late Parliament it became necessary that the Peace Safety and good Government of this Common-wealth should be provided for and in order thereunto divers persons fearing God and of approved Fidelity and Honesty are by my self with the advice of my Councel of Officers nominated to whom the great Charge and Trust of so weighty Affairs is to be committed And having good assurance of your love to and courage for God and the Interest of this Cause and of the good People of this Common-wealth I Oliver Cromwell Captain-General and Commander in chief of all the Armies and Forces raised and to be raised within this Common-wealth do hereby summon and require you being one of the Persons nominated personally to appear at the Councel-Chamber at White-Hall within the City of Westminster upon the 4th day of July next insuing the date hereof then and there to take upon you the said Trust unto which you are hereby called and appointed to serve as a Member of the County of Bucks and hereof you are not to fail Given under my Hand and Seal the 8th day of June 1653. O. Cromwell Further Relations of the late Fight at Sea with the Dutch but to the same effect with the former and that the English Fleet were still in chase of the Dutch Fleet towards their own Coast 9. Letters of 2 Dutch Ships taken by the Warwick Frigot that as soon as the Dutch discovered her to be one of the States Men of War they presently submitted to her 10. Of a Tumult lately in Linlithgow in Scotland the people refusing to receive a Minister whom the Presbit'ry would have imposed on them and some of the Kirk-men were soundly beaten in the scuffle A Ship of Jersey taken by the French 11. Of a private Man of War of Captain Williams who brought to Pendenuis 3 prizes whereof one had store of money but how much it was the Marriners took course it should not be discovered An other private Man of War brought 3 Dutch Prizes into the Isle of Wight That the English Fleet was before the Brill and other Dutch Harbours blocking up their Ships and that thereupon the Dutch People were in very great confusion 13. A party of Soldiers being sent into the Highlands to gather the Sess there a Company of Highlanders got together in Arms and followed the Soldiers 8 Miles who making a hault fired upon the Highlanders and slew their Captain and thereupon all of them fled distractedly and left divers of their Company dead upon the place those that ran away were too nimble for the English Soldiers to pursue them eight Men of War of the English Fleet brought into Leith Road 20 small Dutch Vessels Busses and other Prizes 14. The General and Councel of State published a Declaration to invite all the good People in these Nations to thankfulness and holy rejoycing in the Lord for the late great Victory at Sea against the Dutch and appointed a Day for meeting of himself and his Councel of Officers to praise the Lord. This took the more with many People because it was not a command and imposing upon Men but only an Invitation of them to keep a day of publick thanksgiving Collonel John Lilburn arriving at London sets forth an Address to Cromwell under this Title The banished Mans suit for Protection to his Excellency the Lord-General Cromwell being the humble Address of Lieutenant-Collonel John Lilburn This was written from his Lodging in little More-fields where by Warrant of the Councel of State he was taken into Custody and Committed to Sherriff Vnderwood's House 15. The English Fleet were plying to and again betwixt the Texel and the Vly to hinder Ships coming out from thence to joyn with that part of the Dutch Fleet now at the Weilings and to stop up their Trade and Fishing 16. Lieutenant-Collonel Lilburn being Prisoner in Newgate now published another Address to Cromwell and the Councel of State for repealing the Act of the late Parliament for his banishment for which he gave divers reasons because it was a Judgment against him by the Parliament according to no law in being That the Act is a Law made after the Fact done to ordain a punishment for that Fact which was never ordained or heard of before That the Parliament which made that Law being now dissolved the Law ought to be of no Force He prays the Suspension of any proceedings against him upon that Law till the Justice of the matter and manner of it be legally examined Two small Vessels of Scilly Loaden with Provisions for the Island were taken by the Brest Pickaroons One of Prince Rupert's Men in a mad humour leaped over-board into the Sea and was drowned and another of them in a bravado killed himself with his own Pistol 17. The Highlanders in Scotland began to gather together in Arms upon Commissions they received from the King of Scots The English Fleet were upon the Dutch and French Coasts 18. Captain Steiner brought into Lee Road 12 prizes Dutch Men of War taken in the late Fight and of Dutch Prisoners 1350 who were brought to London and secured in Chelsey Colledge An Agent came from Holland with Letters to Cromwell about their Ambassadors coming hither to Treat for Peace Cromwell received and carried the Letters to the Councel of State 20. The last week arrived in England Mnr. Bevering a Commissioner from Holland and had Audience before the Councel of State and made a short Speech in French for amity between the two Common-wealths this day arrived 3 more New-port Van Dorpar and Yongstall Commissioners from the United Provinces Lieutenant-Collonel Lilburn made a 3d Address to Cromwell and the Councel of State A Petition in the names of 5000 Citizens of London
and Henry Nevil and their Flock were a great cause of disturbance in this Parliament The Commons voted That in all messages to and Conferences with the other House equal Ceremonies should be used and no other respect observed by the Members of this House than what is observed by the Members sitting in the other House 6. The Dutch assisted the King of Denmark and the English assisted the King of Sweden 14. On the sixth of this Month a Representation was signed by all the Officers of the Army and afterwards presented to his Highness setting forth their want of pay the insolencies of the Enemies and their designs together with some in power to ruin the Army and the good Old Cause and to bring in the Enemies thereof to prevent which and to provide against free quarter they desire his Highness to advise with the Parliament and to provide effectual remedy Now there being yet nothing done hereupon the Souldiers began to speak high and threatning This was the beginning of Richard's fall and set on foot by his Relations Desborough who married his Aunt and Fleetwood who married his Sister and others of their Party and the Parliament disputed about the other House but took no course to provide money but exasperated the Army and all those named of the other House The Commons sent up the Declaration for a publick Fast to the other House who answered that they would take it into further consideration and the Lord Commissioner Fiennes and the rest went to the Bar to receive the Message The Speaker Mr. Chute died an eminent man in his profession Mr. Bamfield was chosen Speaker The Quakers delivered a Paper to the Speaker seconding the Representation of the Army and adding to it and the Houses answer was that they disliked the scandals therein cast upon the Magistracy and Ministry and ordered them to resort to their Habitations and apply themselves to their callings and submit to the Laws and Magistracy of the Nation 17. His Highness sent for the Officers of the Army and had conference with them The Commons sent up to the other House several Votes derogatory to that House and distastfull to the Army 20. A Representation from the Officers of the trained Bands of London to his Highness of the danger from the publick Enemy and seconding the Representation of the Army 21. The Parliament grew into heats Haslerigge and Nevil and their party laboured to overthrow the Government by a Protector and two Houses of Parliament and pretended to have a free Commonwealth divers Officers of the Army joyned with them Desborough Fleetwood Sir Henry Vane Berry and others endeavoured to lessen Richard's power and some of them were for altering the Government and Lambert who had been discontented closely wrought for that end Richard advised with the Lord Broghill Fiennes Thurloe Wolseley Whitelocke and some others whether it were not fit to dissolve the present Parliament most of them were for it Whitelocke doubted the success of it and wished a little longer permission of their sitting especially now they had begun to consider of raising money whereby they would engage the Souldiery but most were for the dissolving of the Parliament in regard of the present great dangers from them and from the Cavaliers who now flocked to London and under hand fomented the Divisions 22. By Commission under the Great Seal to Fiennes and others this Parliament was dissolved and a Proclamation issued to declare it dissolved which caused much trouble in the minds of many honest men the Cavaliers and Republicans rejoyced at it Richard and his Council sate close to consult what was fit to be done and among them were many Enemies to Richard and his Government 23. Many were much troubled at these changes and unsettledness 24. A Proclamation for all Papists and Cavaliers to depart twenty miles from London 27. Lambert and other Officers of the Army consulted how they might again bring in the old Members of the Parliament whom themselves had before thrust out May 1659. 3. Richard was abused and betrayed by his near Relations and those of his Council Whitelocke was wary what to advise in this matter but declared his judgment honestly and for the good of Richard when his advice was required 4. The Souldiers and their party grew high in their imagined designs that some could not forbear their Scoffs 5. News of Sir George Ayscoughs favour with the King of Sweden All matters were at a stand the Army had thoughts of raising money without a Parliament but upon advice they durst not adventure upon it they thought it a safer way to restore the Members of the long Parliament The Great Officers of the Army were advised to consider better of their design of bringing in the Members of the Old Parliament who were most of them discontented for their being formerly broken up by Cromwel and did distast the proceedings of the Army and whether this would not probably more increase the Divisions and end in bringing in of the King but the Officers had resolved on it 6. Fleetwood and the General Council of the Officers of the Army published a Declaration inviting the Members of the long Parliament who continued sitting till April 20th 1653. to return to the exercise and discharge of their trust The Declaration was as followeth THE publick concernments of this Commonwealth being through a vicissitude of dangers deliverances and backslidings of many brought into that state and posture wherein they now stand and our selves also contributing thereunto by wandring divers ways from righteous and equal paths and although there hath been many essays to obviate the dangers and to settle these Nations in peace and prosperity yet all have proved ineffectual the only wise God in the course of his providence disappointing all endeavours therein And also observing to our great grief that the good Spirit which formerly appeared amongst us in the carrying on of this great work did daily decline so as the Good old Cause it self became a reproach We have been led to look back and examine the cause of the Lords withdrawing his wonted presence from us and where we turned out of the way that through mercy we might return and give him the glory And among other things call to mind that the long Parliament consisting of the Members which continued there sitting untill the 20th of April 1653. were eminent Assertors of that Cause and had a special presence of God with them and were signally blessed in that work the desires of many good people concurring with ours therein we judge it our duty to invite the aforesaid Members to return to the exercise and discharge of their trust as before the said twentieth day of April 1653. And therefore we do hereby most earnestly desire the Parliament consisting of those Members who continued to sit since the Year 1648. until the 20th of April 1653. to return to the
from him and to the inhabitants of Surrey for satisfaction of their charges for supply of Sir William Waller A thousand Countrey men came in to Colonel Massey who represented the condition of his Garrison to the Parliament who ordered supplies for him and the Earl of Manchester was ordered with 4000 Horse and 5000 Foot to attend the motion of Prince Rupert The Lord Fairfax his Forces joyned with the Scots and care was taken to supply the Earl of Manchester Sir William Waller sent out a party which fell upon a Convoy of the Enemies for supply of Basing House and took of them divers Officers 40 Souldiers 1000 Sheep and fat cattle and money Sir John Gell routed 2 Troups of Colonel Goring's Regiment of Horse and dispersed the rest The Earl of Warwick took 8 ships bound for Bristol York was close besieged by the Scots and the Lord Fairfax his Forces The Dutch Embassadour and the Parliament courted each other but nothing came to effect between them The King's Forces whereof many were Irish burnt Bemister Cerne and Shaftsbury in Dorsetshire The Commons ordered that no private business should be heard in the House before the Armies were upon their march The Propositions for Peace were brought into the House and Read and Debated and the Debate adjourned The Marquess Huntley in Scotland made some commotion on behalf of the King but the Earl of Argile quieted him The Anti-Parliament at Oxford had written Letters to the Estates of Scotland dehorting them from giving any assistance to those at Westminster who were in arms against the King and these Letters set forth the unlawfulness and injustice of such undertakings and actions The Estates of Scotland sent up this Letter to the Parliament with a Copy of their answer to it which was to this effect That their expedition into England was not intended till all other means were first assayed and disappointed they deny not the Parliaments invitation of them and they declare that their pitty to see England bleed and their sense of the danger of their own Religion and Laws were the chief cause of their taking up Armes That they held not the invitation of the Parliament any ways invalid because they at Oxford are wanting or others are gone beyond the Seas having either wilfully deserted the Parliament or been expelled for Delinquency or why those that stay in Parliament are not a sufficient number without those at Oxford they do not apprehend with much of the like matter which was well accepted by the Parliament May 1644. An Ordinance for the supply of the Earl of Manchester's forces stuck with the Lords An Ordinance was published to prevent the adjournment of the Term or any the Courts of Justice from Westminster and all Judges and Officers were commanded to attend their places here Some 30 firelocks of the Garrison of Northampton being surprized by the Enemy and carried Prisoners to Banbury the Northampton forces marched forth entered Banbury fetched off all their Prisoners and took about 30 of them Sir Thomas Fairfax and Major General Lesley closely pursued the Earl of Newcastle's horse Southward The Archbishop of Canterbury came again to his tryal the evidence against him was mannaged by Mr. Nicholas Captain Swanley took in the town of Caernarvon with 400 Prisoners Arms Ammunition and much Pillage Plymouth sallyed out upon the besiegers took 40 Prisoners Horse Arms Ammunition The Speaker and some Members of the House were sent to the Dutch Ambassadours to complement and take leave of them The Commons sent to acquaint the City that they were preparing Propositions for Peace and desired to know from them what concerned their particular for which the City returned their humble thanks Particular Letters were ordered to be written from the Houses to the Scots General and to the Lord Fairfax and his son in acknowledgment of their good services The Lord General wrote to the Houses to appoint a Committee to reside with the Army and to supply the Army Mr. Rolles a Member of the House had satisfaction voted to be given him for his losses in opposing the King's taking of Tunnage and Poundage when it was not granted by Parliament At the taking of Caermarthen by Captain Swanly many Irish Rebels were thrown into the Sea The Earl of Manchester took the City of Lincoln by storm and in it Sir Francis Fane the Governor three Colonels many inferiour Officers 800 Common Souldiers 1000 Armes 8 pieces of Ordnance all their Armes Ammunition and pillage given to the Souldiers and 80 of them were slain A new Ordinance passed for abolishing all Popish Reliques fixed to Tombes or other places and all Organs Images c. The Earl of Holland desired licence to accompany the Lord General in the present expedition which the Lords granted but the Commons denyed which upon my knowledge distasted the General Sir Philip Stapleton and Hollis were two of the most secret Counsellors and Friends the General had they often advised with him about his affairs for his good and the advantage of the Parliament but he was not well fixed Newcastle's horse coming to relieve Lincolne were beaten back by Manchester's The siege of York was continued and the Scots and the Lord Fairfax's forces drawn very near to the wals The Lord Say Mr. of the Wards and the Officers of that Court sate Mr. Charles Fleetwood was made Receiver General and Mr. Miles Corbet Clerk of the Wards Captain Fox with one Troop of Horse went to Bewdely the enemies Garrison and in the night under pretence of being one of the Princes Troops passed the Guards to the main Guard where he killed the Sentinels seized the Guard and took Sir Thomas Littleton and divers persons of Quality prisoners The Londoners presented a Petition to the Lords desiring their free and mutual concurrence with the Commons in the great affairs now in agitation which was not well taken by the Lords A party of the King's horse came to Henly requiring the inhabitants to carry in all their Provisions for men and horse to Oxford else the Town should be burnt and faln upon by the Souldiers but Captain Buller being quartered not far from thence and hearing of it came unexpectedly and fell upon the enemy and rescued the Town Colonel Massey with his own forces and some of the Regiments of the Lord Stamford Colonel Devereux and Colonel Purefoy took Westbury by assault divers Officers and 60 Souldiers the same night he marched to little Deane and meeting with a party of the Enemy under Captain Congrave and Wigmore he slew them and 7 or 8 more and took divers prisoners Then he stormed Newnam a strong fort who shot at his Trumpet sent to summon them and that so inraged Massey's men that they entered the Town and slew about 40 took divers Officers and 130 common Souldiers and store of Arms. A new Ordinance for settling the Committee of both Kingdomes was sent up to the Lords who denyed to
need of it nor of Cloaths more than to cover nakedness That they will not defend themselves by Arms but will submit unto Authority and wait till the promised opportunity be offered which they conceive to be at hand And that as their Fore-fathers lived in Tents so it would be suitable to their condition now to live in the same with more to the like effect While they were before the General they stood with their Hats on and being demanded the reason thereof they said because he was but their fellow Creature being asked the meaning of that place Give honour to whom honour is due they said their mouths should be stopped that gave them that offence This was set down the more largely because it was the beginning of the appearance of this opinion and that we might the better understand and avoid these weak perswasions The Council of the Army after a solemn seeking of God by prayer cast Lots which Regiments of the old Army should go for Ireland there were fourteen Regiments of Horse and fourteen of Foot of the established Army which came to the Lot And it being resolved that four Regiments of Horse and four of Foot should go upon the service ten Blanks and four Papers with Ireland writ in them were put into a Hat and being all shuffled together were drawn out by a Child who gave to an Officer of each Regiment in the Lot the Lot of that Regiment and being in this impartial and inoffensive way no Regiment could take exceptions at it The Regiments whose Lot it fell to go were of Horse Iretons Scroopes Hortons and Lamberts of Foot Ewers Cooks Hewsons and Deans Several troops of Dragoons and all the Officers whose Regiments were to go expressed much forwardness Letters from the Hague that the Swedish Ambassadour there saluted the King of Scotland and condoled the death of his Father and that he and the Danish Ambassadour invited the States to joyn with them in assisting the King of Scots to gain his birth-right 21. Monies charged upon the Excise Ordered to be taken off from that Receipt and charged upon Deans and Chapters Lands Order that the Speaker be Authorised from Time to Time to Sign such Letters as should be agreed on by the Council of State to be sent to the States of the United Provinces The General sent an Order for Major General Laughern Colonel Poyer and Colonel Powell to draw Lots which of them should die the other two to be spared their lives In two of the Lots was written Life given by God the third Lot was a Blank the Prisoners were not willing to draw their own destiny but a Child drew the Lots and gave them and the Lot fell to Colonel Poyer to die The Commissioners sate in Chancery by seven a Clock in the Morning and heard many motions because two of the Motion daies in this Term were disappointed by the Fast-days After the Motions they heard eleven Causes then they rose 23. An Act recommitted for setting the Poor People to work and punishing Vagrants The Act for punishing Criminal matters by the Court of Admiralty passed The Act passed for repealing the former Act for observation of a Monthly Fast and requiring such to be kept as Fast-days which should be appointed by special order of Parliament Licence given for the French Ambassadour to transport eight Horses and eight Mares Custom Free The Amendments passed to the Act for Sale of Deans and Chapters Lands and Rowland Wilson Esq was Voted one of the Trustees Vote for one hundred pounds per annum for Mounsieur du Moulin out of the twenty thousand pound per annum for Augmentation to Ministers Some hundreds of Women attended the House with a Petition on the behalf of Lilburn and the rest it was reproachful and almost Scolding and much to the same effect with former Petitions for them An Act passed to authorise the Court of Admiralty to proced to Sentence in divers causes notwithstanding prohibitions to the contrary Colonel Popham one of the Admirals was out at Sea with one Squadron of Ships Colonel Blake and Colonel Dean the other two Admirals were with another Squadron in the Downs A petition to the General and Officers of the Army for poor Prisoners for debt to be released A Flemish Ship bound for Ireland was taken with sixty Field Officers and one hundred other Officers Cavaliers Letters from Scotland that the Levies of Souldiers there go on apace that divers new Insurrections were in that Kingdom that their new King was unwilling to put away Montross from him The Council of State wrote to Major General Ashton to disband Captain Bambers Troop by force and to secure the Officers of it because they had disobeyed the Orders of the Council and taken Free-quarter 24. Upon a Petition from Kendal referred to the Council of State to consider of Convoys for Merchants Ships and to send to Hamburgh and other parts for Corn to be imported A Petition from Colonel Poyers wife for sparing her Husbands life laid aside The Women were again at the House with a Petition in the behalf of Lilburn and the rest but could not get it received Orders for six Commissioners of the Customs and about other Officers of the Customs The King put off his answer to the Scots Commissioners with him at the Hague telling them he was to receive the Sacrament keep a day of Humiliation and entertain several Foreign Ambassadours and until these things were over he desired to be excused The Prince Elector gave the King a Visit had a Chair set for him was desired to put on his Hat and parted friendly from the King who sent the Lord Treasurer Cottington and the Lord Keeper in his name afterwards to give the Prince Elector a Visit 25. Upon a Letter from the Earl of Northumberland the House Voted That the Lady Elizabeth one of the late Kings Children should not have leave to go beyond Seas That the Kings Children should not be put under the tuition of any Member of Parliament That Sir Edward Harrington should be intrusted with them That three thousand pound per annum be allowed to him for their maintenance The forms of the new Coyn were agreed on by the House to be thus On the one side to be the Arms of England and a Laurel and a Palm on each side with this inscription about it The Commonwealth of England On the other side of the Coyn to be the Arms of England and Ireland with this inscription God with Vs Order that the Attorney General bring in Indentures and an Act for establishing this form of Coyn. The Women Petitioners again attended at the door of the House for an answer to their Petition concerning Lilburn and the rest The House sent them this answer by the Sergeant That the Matter they petitioned about was of an higher concernment than they understood that the House