Rebels Horse fell to the Sword pell mell and beat them among the Divisions of their own Foot and routed them Which Lievetenant Colonel Sanderson with the Foot recovered and Sir Francis Hamilton coming with his Troop of Horse they had the Execution of the Rebels for five miles their Foot taking flight upon the giving ground of their Horse In the flight and pursuit their Commander and President of that Province the titular Arch-Bishop of Tuam was slain The Parliament took an hundred and fifty of their Horse with Pistols all their Baggage Tents and Ammunition two Waggons with rich Spoil and Money in them they took several of the Rebels Standards and Colours twenty four Drums and Officers of note forty eight two hundred of their men killed but Plunder prevented further Execution But one of the English killed some men and horses hurt With the Arch-Bishops Carriages they took several Letters and Papers Notes and Instructions from the Pope and matters relating to the King and many of the great men of Ireland and to the carrying of the War there Letters to the Speaker certified that Sir Thomas Fairfax Marched near the Kings Forces and ordered Sir Hardress Waller to amuze them near Okehampton whilst L. G. Cromwell was designed with one Regiment of Horse and two of Foot to fall upon them who after a March of fourteen miles about six a clock at night fell upon three Regiments of their Horse at Bovey of the Lord Wentworths Brigade took four hundred Horse five Colours and many Prisoners some of Quality 13. The Answer passed both Houses to the Kings last Letters concerning Peace and ordered to be sent forthwith to his Majesty by a Trumpet This resolution of the Parliament against a Personal Treaty was not liked by divers who expressed their discontent at it and it brake out farther afterwards A Committee named to draw a Letter to Prince Charles forthwith to disband his Army Reference to the Committee of the West of the Differences in Somerset-shire concerning the Election of a new Knight of that Shire Debate of Ordinances touching the Excise A Conference with the Lords about the Ordinances for Martial Law in London for continuance of the Committee of the Army and Treasurers at War and that no Delinquent should wear a Sword or other weapon of War in London 14. The two Houses at St. Martins in the Fields and the Lord Mayor and Aldermen kept a Solemn Fast Letters informed that in the late action at Bovey they took seven Colours of Horse whereof one was the Kings that some of their chief Officers being in a house shut the doors and threw out at the Window about ten pound in Silver which the Foot-Soldiers were so busie to get that in the mean time the Officers escaped That the Parliaments Foot took twenty Horse and nine Prisoners at Ashburton and then quitted the pass to Totness 15. The Ordinance pass'd for continuance of the Committee of the Army and Treasurers at War and several Ordinances for Martial Law in the Garrisons of Glocester and Hereford Another for the several Committees to punish Soldiers that run away from their Colours by Martial Law Another sent up to the Lords for Martial Law for Col. Jephsons Regiment Ordinances debated for five pound a Week allowance for the Marquess of Winton and an Impeachment ordered against him of Treason for levying War against the Parliament A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Council of London for the speedy Settlement of Church-Government referred to a Committee and thanks given to the Petitioners Debate of the Irish Affairs and dispatch of Col. Jephson with his Regiment thither Preparations of Forces in Oxford for the Relief of Chester and Col. Whaley is attending their Motions Letters from Scotland informed that Montrosse was beaten from the Siege of Anderness by the Earl of Sleford that after a sharp fight two hundred of Montross's men were slain and his whole Party consisting of two thousand routed and pursued to the Mountains divers of note slain many Prisoners Arms and Ammunition taken A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Council of London to the House of Peers desiring the speedy setling of Church-Government according to the Covenant That no Toleration be granted of Popery Prelacy Superstition Heresie Schisme Prophaneness or any thing contrary to sound Doctrine and that all private Meetings contrary to the Covenant may be restrained The Lords Answered complementing the City and thanking them for their care and zeal for Gods Worship and assured them as they had been so should they continue ready to advance so good a work whereto they held themselves obliged by the Covenant and they recommend it to the City to suppress such unlawful courses as are by them mentioned in their Petition Debate in the House of Commons about the business of the Church A Letter from Sir Tho. Glemham Governor of Oxford and therein another from the King to both Houses much to the same effect as his former for a Treaty to which he complained that he had received no Answer but this Trumpet met the Parliaments Trumpet who carried their Answer near to Oxford The King desires that the Church-Government may continue as it was in the days of Queen Elizabeth and of King James and is contented that the Directory shall be used as now in some Churches in London That he doubts not but he shall give both Houses satisfaction touching the choice of the Lord Admiral and other Officers of State if he finds them inclinable to a Treaty in which he will assist in Person and he makes no question but he shall give all his Subjects satisfaction about the debts of the Kingdom and the business of Ireland After this some Papers were read that were taken about the Arch-Bishop of Tuam when he was slain in Ireland discovering the transactions between the King and the Rebels and his large offers to them of Toleration of their Religion and to have all the Forts in their possession on condition they should raise ten thousand men to assist the King here Hereupon a day was set to debate this business and the Letters ordered to be printed Debate of sending Commissioners into the Netherlands 17. Proceedings in the business of the Church Order for Money for the Forces The Ordinance for further Power to the Militia of London sent up to the Lords An Exchange for Mr. Jennings a Member of the House Letters from the West informed of the Kings Forces quitting Totnesse and Plymouth and the Prince and Hopton flying into Cornwal that at Plympton they took seven pieces of Ordnance Arms and Provisions and many Prisoners and freed Plymouth of their Besiegers Sir Thomas Fairfax Besieged Dartmouth 19. Orders for Martial Law for the Garrisons of Henley Reading and Apsely Order for a new Election and for the letters taken in the Lord Digby's Coach at Sherburne to be printed Proceedings in the Church-business An Answer
between the two Nations and all jealousies removed That the Priviledge of Parliament may be so qualified that men may recover their Debts That the publick Revenues may be imployed to publick use and the Taxes of the City abated That the compositions of Delinquents may be imployed to pay the Debts owing to the City and Citizens That Plymouth Duty may be taken off That the Committee at Haberdashers Hall may be dissolved That the reducing of Ireland may be considered That the Letter of the Parliament of Scotland to this City may be returned That the City may enjoy the Militia as it was presented at Uxbridge Treaty That Quatermaine may be punished for his affront to this City That the Lord Mayor may be vindicated That none of their expressions in this Remonstrance may be interpreted as charging any thing upon any Members of the House or intrenching upon their Priviledges and profess their readiness to serve the Parliament The Lords returned answer acknowledging the great Services and Merit of the City and giving them thanks for the testimony of their Duty and good Affections The Commons had a long debate upon this Petition many expressed great offence at it and that the City should now prescribe to the Parliament what to do and many sober men were unsatisfied with this action of the City and looked upon it as wholly a design of the Presbyterian Party and it was not liked They came at last to this Answer That the House had debated their Remonstrance and Petition and would take it into Consideration in convenient time A Committee appointed to receive an Information of importance from a Member of the House The King sent orders to the Marquess of Montross to disband his Forces Lieutenant Col. Coffes-worth was slain by a shot from Oxford A Pass was desired for the Lady Aubigney to go forth of Oxford but was denyed Radcot House was surrendred to the General Col. Whaley Besieged Worcester and Col. Morgan besieged Ragland Castle 27. The Monthly Fast day A Petition from the Ministers of Essex c. that Church-Government might be setled answered that it was in consideration Order to revive a Committee for examination of divulging and maintaining Heresies 28. The Lords passed an Ordinance for taking away the abuse and delay in writs of Error A Conference about the disposal of the Princess Henrietta Debate about compositions of Delinquents and many Ordinances passed the House for them 29. A long report and debate touching the transactions between the Parliaments Commissioners and the Scots before Newarke The Kings Letter to the Governor of Oxford to surrender that Garrison upon honourable terms was read and voted unsatisfactory and not to be sent Some Sallys were made out of Worcester upon the Besiegers but they were driven back Sir Trevor Williams fell upon the Ragland horse at Vske killed about sixteen of them and took twenty Prisoners and the next day he siezed upon eighty of the Kings horse as they were grazing under the Castle wall the Garrison burnt the greatest part of Ragland Town The Forces before it of Col. Morgan Major General Laugherne and Sir Trevor Williams were in all about five thousand 30. A further report from the Commissioners who resided in the Scots Army before Newarke of their transactions with the Scots and of several Papers and Petitions and of divers complaints against some of the Scots Forces for plunderings and misdemeanours of the Scots and proof thereof by Witnesses examined The House approved what the Commissioners had done and gave them thanks for their good service herein and Ordered a Committee to peruse those Papers Petitions and Examinations and to make a full report thereof and touching the Scots surrender of the English Garrisons in their hands Thus the matter of discontent began to increase betwixt the two Kindoms the Presbyterian Party here sought as far as modestly they could to support the interest of their Brethren of Scotland Others did not spare to aggravate matters against them the General was much inclined to the Presbyterians Cromwell and his Party were no friends to their designs of conformity but carried their business with much privacy and subtilty The House proceeded upon the propositions for Peace and voted to have the Militia in the hands of both Houses of Parliament not complying with what the King desired herein Many Sober men and lovers of Peace were earnest to have complyed as far as in safety they might with what the King proposed from Nen-Castle but the Major Vote of the House was contrary and for the most part the new elected Members took in with those who were averse to a complyance with that which his Majesty propounded and their number swayed very much upon the questions June 1646. June 1. Letters of the sufferings of the Northern parts by the Scots Army who instead of eight thousand pound per men have charged nine thousand pound a Month and the refusers or persons not able to pay are plundered and cruellyused referred to a Committee to state the matter to the House They desired the Lords concurrence to their former vote That this Kingdom hath no further need of the Scots Army A Paper from the Scots Commissioners here desiring present Moneys for their Army auditing of their Accounts and payment of their Arrears referred to a Committee to draw an answer to it Progress upon the Propositions for Peace The General sent honourable conditions to the Governor of Oxford who desired a day or two to consider of them the General had all things ready for a Storm Charles Fort was surrendred to Col. Welden for the Parliament upon Articles Major General Mitton Besieged Caernarvon Denbigh Flint and Holt Castles 2. An humble acknowledgment and Petition of many thousands of London was presented to the House setting forth the power of Parliaments and the labours and successes of the present Parliament which causeth the more opposition against them Prayes them to proceed in managing the affairs of the Kingdom according to their own best wisdoms and the trust reposed in them and to punish Delinquents and procure Peace And that they would never suffer the free born people of this Kingdom to be inslaved upon what pretence soever nor any other to share with the Parliament or to prescribe to them in the Government or Power of this Nation That the Petitioners will stand by the Parliament with their Lives and Fortunes This was a Counter Petition to the former from the City and now the designs were to make Divisions Arms beginning to fail The Petitioners were called in and had thanks for their good affections Ludlow Castle was surrendred to the Parliament Progress in the business of the Church Hudson escaped from New-castle the French Agent was busie there 3. Order for pay for the Garrison of Henley Orders for Money for Reading and Abbington Garrisons The Ordinance for Church-Government sent up to the Lords Referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms to
for Mr. Hollis Sir William Waller Sir Jo. Clotworthy Major General Massey Mr. Walter Long and Mr. Nicolls reported to have ingaged in that business and That Mr. Glyn and Sir Jo. Maynard do attend the House about that business 6. Mr. Recorder Glyn attended the House but his business was put off to the next day The non-concurrence of the Scots Commissioners to part of the Propositions of Peace hindred the sending them to the King and the House ordered the Committee of both Kingdoms to desire this afternoon their positive answer of concurrence or not because the Houses were resolved to send the Propositions to the King to morrow Order to call in Biddle's Pamphlet Blasphemous against the Deity of Christ and that it be burnt by the Hang-man and the Examination of Biddle referred to the Committee of Plundered Ministers Execution of Mackquire put off An Ordinance passed both Houses about calling in of clipt Silver An Ordinance pass'd the Commons for making Col. Hammond Governor of the Isle of Wight Letters from the Lord Inchequin for Money c. referred to the Committee Letters from Ireland certify That the Lord Inchequin Soldiers there were upon a Remonstrance resenting the proceedings of Parliament and Army in England they declared That they would prosecute the War against the Rebels but would not admit of any alteration in Martial Government till their Arrears both in England and Ireland were paid Ordinance pass'd the Commons to disable all who had born Arms against the Parliament from any publick Office or Imployment Six or eight thousand of the Scottish Forces were drawn Southwards to quarter upon the Borders 7. Upon the report of the Scots Commissioners concurrence to the Propositions for Peace both Houses pass'd a Letter to the Commissioners with the King That they with the Scots Commissioners now to be sent down should present the Propositions to the King and receive his answer within six days Both Houses agreed upon a Letter to the Estates of Scotland for recalling the Scots Forces out of Vlster according to the Treaty Upon the Petition of Col. Baines That the Counter where he was Prisoner was infected with the Plague he was removed to Peter-House Mr. Recorder Glyn attended the House according to their former Order and the Charge was read against him for being active in the late disorders of London for promoting a new War and incouraging the Riotous Petitioners To this he made his defence with much Prudence and clearness yet the sentence of the House was upon the question carried against him That he should be discharged from being a Member of the House and committed to the Tower during the pleasure of the House The like sentence was against Sir Jo. Maynard another of the eleven Members for the like offence and further That an Impeachment of High Treason be drawn up against him A Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Councel of War to the Common Councel about the advance of mony by way of Loan for the Army upon the security of the Arrears of the City and the Letter was quick and from an Army for mony 8. Upon the further report of what persons were active in the late Tumults and design of a new War The Commons Voted That an impeachment of high Treason should be against the Earl of Suffolk the Lord Willoughby of Parham the Lord Hundesden Lord Mainard the Earl of Lincoln Lord Barkley and the Earl of Middlesex The Commons by Message impeached these Lords of High Treason at the Bar of that House and prayed That they might be Sequestred from the House and Committed and That they would bring in a particular Charge against them Sir Jo. Mainard was sent to the Tower and the Commitment of Mr. Glyn suspended for a week that he might have time to sort and deliver out his Papers concerning the City of London and about his Clients at Law A Message to the Commons for taking off the Sequestration of the Duke of Bucks Estate and recommending a Petition of the Lord Grey's to the Commons Mr. Biddle's Book was burned The Propositions were delivered to the King by the Commissioners at Hampton-Court and he told them he would give his answer with all conveniency 9. Both Houses pass'd an Ordinance for constituting a Committee for the Militia of Westminster and the Out-Parishes with the same power as the Committee have for the Militia of London and another Ordinance for a Committee of the Militia of Southwark and another for the Tower Hamlets to be under the Command of the Lieutenant of the Tower Another Ordinance past to enable the Militia's of London and Westminster to pull down the Courts of Guard and Lines and to sell the Timber and the Citizens were invited to send their servants to assist in this work The Common-Councel had returned answer to the General and returned the like this day to the Commons That they could not advance the fifty thousand pounds as was desired for the Pay of the Army the Commons Ordered That they should be further desired to advance this sum Some of the Citizens were put in mind That not long since upon advance of the Army near them they would then willingly have parted with a much greater sum to purchase the favour of the Army and freedom from their fears and the Army having dealt so kindly with them and not taking a penny from any of them when they had so great an advantage against them and the Army having now writ to them to desire them to advance this sum it was wondred at and they wished to be well advised that they did not too far provoke the House and the Army by denying of it sullenly Commissary Copley for assisting in the late Tumults and to promote a new War was discharged of his service in the House and Committed to the Tower and Captain Mulgrave for the same offence was sent Prisoner to Newgate Ordered by the House of Peers That the Gentleman Usher of the Black-Rod bring in the Lords impeached by the House of Commons to answer to the Impeachment The House Sat again in the Afternoon my Lord Willoughby's Friends advised him to keep out of the way until the present heat and storm were a little past over The City of London had generally an inclination to make choice of Whitlocke to be their Recorder in the place of Mr. Glyn but he had no mind to it and sought to decline it 10. A Declaration of both Houses published That none shall be Elected into any Office that hath assisted the Enemy against the Parliament The Scots Forces Quartered upon the borders of England and Commissioners of the Estates were coming for England 11. The Houses Sat not but the Commissioners and Councel of War Sat close at Putney about the business of Ireland and of Garrisons and Disbandings but all was at a stand for want of monies to Pay the Souldiers which much discontented them Letters from
of the Army came to the Parliament with Letters from the G. of the Proceedings of the Army and desiring that the 3000 Tun of French-Wines taken at Leith might be Custom and Excise-free and sold and distributed among the private Souldiers which the House granted and ordered the Letters found in the L. Chancellor's Cabinet to be Printed at the end of the Declaration for the Publick Thanks-giving 23. Letters That the Scots were raising new Forces upon the Presbyterian Interest and That the King was at Dundee with some of his Cavalier Party as well as Presbyterians That the G. sent to the Governour of Edenburgh-Castle that the Ministers with him might return to their Churches and have free liberty to Preach there and commanded that none of the Army should molest them The Ministers sent Answer That they found nothing exprest whereby to build any Security for their Persons and for their Return they resolved to reserve themselves for better Times and to wait upon him who had hidden his Face for a while from the Sons of Jacob. The G. Replied in a Letter to the Governour to this effect Our Kindness offered to the Ministers with you was done with ingenuity thinking to have met with the like but I am satisfied to tell those with you That if their Masters Service as they call it were chiefly in their eye imagination of suffering would not have caused such a Return Much less the Practices of our Party as they are pleased to say upon the Ministers of Christ in England have been an Argument of personal Persecution The Ministers of England are supported and have liberty to preach the Gospel though not to rail nor under pretence thereof to overtop the Civil Power or debase it as they please No man hath been troubled in England or Ireland for Preaching the Gospel nor has any Minister been molested in Scotland since the coming of the Army hither The speaking Truth becomes the Ministers of Christ When Ministers pretend to a Glorious Reformation and lay the Foundation thereof in getting to themselves Power and can make worldly mixtures to accomplish the same such as their late Agreement with their King and hopes by him to carry on their Designs they may know that the Syon promised and hoped for will not be built with such untempered Mortar And for the unjust Invasion they mention time was when an Army of Scotland came into England not called by the Supreme Authority We have said in our Papers with what hearts and upon what account we came and the Lord hath heard us though you would not upon as solemn an Appeal as any Experience ean parallel When they trust purely to the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God which is powerful to bring down strong Holds and every Imagination that exalts it self which alone is able to square and fit the Stones for the New Jerusalem Then and not before and by that means and no other shall Jerusalem which is to be the praise of the whole Earth the City of the Lord be built the Syon of the Holy One of Israel I have nothing to say to you but that I am Sir Septemb. 9. 1650. Your Humble Servant O. CROMWELL The Scots Ministers sent an Answer to this Letter and the General another Letter in Answer to them and says therein We look upon Ministers as Helpers of not Lords over the Faith of Gods People I appeal to their Consciences whether any denying their Doctrines and dissenting shall not incur the Censure of Sectary And what is this but to deny Christians their liberty and assume the infallible Chair Where do you find in Scripture that Preaching is included in your Function Though an Approbation from men hath Order in it and may do well yet he that hath not a better than that he hath none at all I hope he that ascended up on high may give his Gifts to whom he please and if those Gifts be the Seal of Mission be not envious though Eldad and Medad Prophesie you know who bids us covet earnestly the best Gifts but chiefly that we may Prophesie Which the Apostle explains there to be a speaking to Instruction and Edification and Comfort which the Instructed Edified and Comforted can best tell the Energy and Effect of If such Evidence be I say again Take heed you envy not for your own sakes lest you be guilty of a greater fault than Moses reproved in Joshua for envying for his sake Indeed you err through the mistake of the Scriptures Approbation is an act of Conveniency in respect of Order not of Necessity to give Faculty to Preach the Gospel â—our pretended fear lest Error should step in is like the man that would keep all the Wine out of the Countrey lest men should be drunk It will be found an unjust and unwise Jealousie to deny a man the liberty he hath by Nature upon a supposition he may abuse it when he doth abuse it judge 24 An Act passed for Encouragement and Indempnity of such as voluntarily engaged themselves in the Service of the Parliament in this time of common Danger An Act passed for appointing new Commissioners for the Excise A Vote approving the late Transactions of the Militia of London and Westminster 25 Proceedings in the Trial of Sir John Gell before the High Court of Justice By the Letters taken in the Cabinet of the L. Chancellor London at Dunbar-Fight appeared that the Scots designed to invade England Letters that the L. Willoughby and others had Proclaimed King Charles the Second in the Barbadoes and That the Assembly there had Sentenced Capt. Tienman and Lieut. Brandon to be disfranchized their Estates to be seized their Tongues cut their Cheeks burnt with the Letter T and afterwards to be banished and That they had Fined and Banished most in the Island who were well affected to the Parliament 26 Order for the Thanks of the House to be given to the old Commissioners of the Excise for their good Service Letters That the Ministers about Dartmouth would not read any Act or Ordinance commanded by the Parliament Rumors of Hopton's and Greenvile's Landing with Forces in the West which caused the Governor of Weymouth and the Militia thereabouts to be in a readiness Recruits ordered for Scotland Letters That Sir Charles Coot with 600 Horse and 1300 Foot Marched to the L. Deputy before Athlowe That there was Difference amongst the Irish occasioned by their Clergy That the E. of Westmeath took in a Castle of the L. Dillon's and put all in it to the Sword 27 Upon the Report from a Committee The House Voted That one Clackson who made and Published an Impious and Blasphemous Book called The Single Eye should be sent to the House of Correction and afterwards be Banished and that the Book be Burned by the Common Hangman And That Mr. Rainsborough a Justice of peace in Middlesex who countenanced the Book be disabled from being a Justice
before he sit in Parliament shall from and after the first day of July 1657. take an Oath before persons to be Authorised and appointed by your Highness and Successors for that purpose in the form following I A. B. doe in the presence and by the name of God Almighty promise and swear that to the uttermost of my power in my place I will uphold and maintain the true Reformed Protestant Christian Religion in the purity thereof as it is contained in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament and encourage the Profession and Professors of the same and that I will be true and faithfull to the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions and Territories thereunto beloâ—â—â—ng as Chief Magistrate thereof And shall not Contrive Design or Attempt any thing against the Person or lawfull Authority of the Lord Protector and shall endeavour as much as in me lies as a Member of Parliament the preservation of the Rights and Liberties of the People That your Highness would be pleased in convenient time before the next meeting of this Parliament to cause several summons in due form of Law to be issued forth to such persons as your Highness shall think fit being qualified according to the Humble Petition and Advice of the Parliament whereto your Highness hath consented to sit and serve as Members in the other House of Parliament by which summons the said persons shall be respectively commanded to be and personally to appear at a certain place and time to be appointed by your Highness to give their Advice and Assistance and to do such things concerning the Great and Weighty Affairs of this Common-wealth as to the other House of Parliament doth appertain by the said Humble Petition and Advice That the Persons so summoned and Assembled together shall be and are hereby declared to be the other House of Parliament and shall and may without further Approbation of this House from such time of their meeting proceed to do and perform all such matters and things as the other House of Parliament ought to do and perform and shall and may have and exercise all such Privileges Powers and Authoryties as the other House of Parliament ought by the aforesaid Humble Petition and Advice to have and Exercise the said Humble Petition and Advice or any thing thereincontained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding Which Petition being presented the 26 day of June 1657. His Highness answer thereunto was read by the Clerk of the Parliament in these words The Lord Protector doth consent July 1657. 1. The Protector was proclaimed in the City with great solemnity 16. Letters of the Victory obtained against the Moscovites by Grave Magnus de la Garde in Liefland August 1657. 10. News of the Death of General Blake on Ship-board in his return from the Spanish coast in Plimouth sound he was a man of as much Gallantry and Sincerity as any in his time â— and as successfull 11. Vice-Admirall Bodiley dyed 13. News of the War proclaimed by the King of Denmarke against the King of Sweden 15. News of the engagement between the Swedes and Danes in Schonenland and that the Swedes had the better 18. Order of the Protector and Council for releasing Children taken up and put on Ship-board by such as are called Spirits and for punishment of such persons 24. New Plots against the Protector discovered 28. Applications about farming of the Customs and Excise and reasons given against it 29. Colonel Jephson was sent by the Protector as a publick Agent to the King of Sweden 31. Mr. Meadow one of Thurlow's Secretaries went a Publick Agent from his Highness to the King of Denmarke September 1657. 2. The Portugal Ambassador had audience 4. The Funeral of General Blake which was performed with great solemnity 14. The Protector advised with Whitelocke about the besieging of Dunkirke by the English and French Forces which were now drawn near to it 16. The Lord Ambassador of France had audience of the Protector 17. News of the King of Sweden's driving the Danish Forces out of Jutland and his advancing near Scagan 24. The Lord Fairfax his Daughter and Heir was married to the Duke of Buckingham 25. Letters of the taking of Mardike by the English and French Forces 29. The Protector discoursed with much pleasure about the taking of Mardike 30. News of the Sea fight between the Swedes and Danes and that the Swedes got the better of it October 1657. 11. Whitelocke was desired to meet the Committee for Ejecting scandalous and insufficient Ministers but he liked not the work 13. Warrants sent to Whitelocke to sign for one hundred thousand pound per. ann for the expences of his Highness House-hold and for one thousand pound for Mardike 25. The Provost of Eaton College Mr. Rous being dead Whitelocke had some thoughts and was advised by some friends to endeavour to have the place of Provost a thing of good value quiet and honourable and fit for a Schollar and Whitelocke was not wholly uncapable of it he therefore made applications to his Highness concerning it but found him Ingaged or at least seeming to be so for another Whitelocke's service was past and therefore no necessity of a Recompence but this was reserved as a Bait for some others to be imployed by his Highness 30. The Protector advised about incouraging the Fishing Trade News of the Enemies attempt to regain Mardike and how gallantly they were repulsed by Sir John Reynolds and the English in the Fort and that the King of Scots was with them November 1657. 3. Applications from Sir Charles Wolseley for his salary of one thousand pounds per. ann to be paid as a Counsellor In favour of the poor Lord Ruthen it was procured that his Petition should be referred from his Highness to the Council for relief of the Lord. The Commissioners of the Treasury with many Grandees were present at the Tryal of the Pixe in the Tower 5. Mrs. Mayerne Daughter and Heir of Sir Theodore Mayern the great and rich Doctor of Physick made Applications to the Protector about matters of her Estate This Young and wealthy Lady was afterwards married to a French Marquess of Mountpellion who had hopes to make up his small fortune by this Ladies great Estate This Marquess came into England with Letters from the King of France and from the Marshall Turene to the Protector in favour of the Marquess who earnestly sollicited the Protector about it and Sir John Colladon Doctor of Physick with all the Interest that he could make as earnestly opposed the Marquess claiming a Title to part of the Estate by Sir Theodore Mayern's Will if his Daughter dyed without Issue The Protector would doe nothing in this business without Whitelocke's advice and his Highness did very justly determine what belonged to him to do in it 8. Souldiers were shipped for the service of the King of Sweden
be of dangerous consequence to the Peace and Rights of his Country To prevent which and to keep things in a better order and form he might be instrumental in this Imployment Upon these and the like grounds as also by the ingagement of divers of the Committee to joyn with him therein he was perswaded to undertake it and did meet with them at the place appointed where he was received by them with all respect and civility The Instructions of the Committee of Safety were presented to them 29. The Committee sate all day The Armies Declaration was published of the grounds of their late proceedings A Letter came from General Monk to the Officers of the Army here of the dissatisfaction of himself and some of his Officers in the late proceedings of the Army here Persons were sent to him for his better information He secured Berwick for himself Lambert was appointed to command the Forces in the North and to have more Regiments with him 31. Bradshaw died of a Quartan Ague which had held him a year a stout man and learned in his Profession No friend of Monarchy November 1659. 1. The Committee of Safety appointed Fleetwood Whitelocke Vane Ludlow Salwey and Tichburn a Committee to consider of a Form of Government for the three Nations as a Commonwealth and to present it to the Committee of Safety Whalley and Goffe and Caryl and Barker Ministers were sent to Monk to perswade him to a right understanding of things and to prevent effusion of blood This Order was made at the Committee of Safety Thursday Novem. 1. 1659. At the Committee of Safety at Whitehall The Committee of Safety taking into consideration the necessity of disposing of the Great Seal so as the same may be made use of for the publick service and the administration of Justice Ordered that the custody of the Great Seal of England be committed to the Lord Whitelocke as Commissioner and Keeper of the said Great Seal until further Order And the same was accordingly delivered to his hands by the Lord President And ordered That an Entry of the delivery of the Great Seal to the said Lord Whitelocke as Commissioner and Keeper of the said Great Seal be made in the close Roll in Chancery and in the Office of Petty Bagge William Robinson Clerk of the Committee of Safety 2. A new Letter was sent to General Monk from the Officers here The Lords Northampton Falkland Castleton Herbert Howard and Bellasis were discharged from Imprisonment upon security to live peaceably and this was to ingratiate with the Cavaliers Letters from Edenburgh that General Monk and many of his Officers had declared for the Parliament against the Officers of the Army in England and that General Monk had imprisoned some of his Officers who were of a different judgment and put others out of their Command and was preparing all things in order to restore the Parliament Letters from Colonel Pearson who dissented from Monk and that many of his Officers and Souldiers would not joyn with him against the Army in England 3. The Commissioners of the Militia of London wrote to Monk to perswade him to an Accommodation Lambert went towards the North. 4. Letters from Ireland of the Forces there concurring with those here An Answer Agreed upon to a Letter from Monk Fleetwood Whitelocke Desborough and Tichburn went to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen in London and acquainted them with the proceedings of Monk and with the danger of a new Civil War to the City and Kingdom and advised them to take special care for the prevention of it and for securing the City 5. New Commissions ordered for raising of new Forces to Vane for a Regiment of Horse and another to Whitelocke for a Regiment of Horse and other Commissions to others The General Council of Officers kept this a day of fasting Letters from Scotland that Monk had secured several of his Officers and resolved to march into England That divers of his Officers and Souldiers were discontented Other Letters that Monk was entered England with some Regiments but retreated An Address to Fleetwood from the Officers of the Northern Forces of their resolution to joyn with the Forces here 7. The General Council of Officers met and received Letters from the North. 8. An Answer to Monk's Letter agreed upon by the General Council of Officers Fleetwood Whitelocke Desborough and divers principal Officers of the Army went to the Common Council in London and represented to them the proceedings of Monk and that the bottom of his design was to bring in the King upon a new Civil War They shewed the danger of it to the City and Nation and counselled them to provide for their own safety and to joyn for the safety of the whole Nation and for preservation of the Peace The Common-council returned thanks to them and resolved to follow their advice 9. Letters from Scotland of the probability of a friendly Accommodation The like from several persons in the North. Letters from the Officers of the Fleet to Monk and his Officers to incline them to an Accommodation to this effect THE deep sense we have of the Duty incumbent on us in this day of Englands fears tryals and temptations puts us upon this Application to your Honour unto whom not long since most of us had a more immediate relation and the experience we had then of your readiness to receive and grant our just desires gives us encouragement to believe this present tender will have the like resentment As private Members of this Commonwealth we cannot but take notice of and in secret bewail before the Lord the intestine divisions that are amongst us at this day and the dreadfull consequence likely to ensue thereupon when duly pondered do exceedingly afflict and even break our hearts All the force that the common Enemy whilst in his strength was able to muster up against the good people of this Nation either at home or from abroad could never raise such Clouds of fears nor impress those terrours on our hearts as we now lie under from the apprehension of that evil which attends that distance which is between you and the Army in England which being manifested to us by a Declaration lately sent from Scotland and published by your command and resolutions therein expressed of your vindicating the late Parliament in opposition to the general proceeding of the General Council of Officers here we have taken the boldness not only as private Christians but in our pubblick capacity as Officers of the Fleet to beseech you in the bowels of mercy and compassion to this your Native Country and especially to all the Lord's people therein whose interest we remember hath formerly been precious to you seriously to consider 1. Whether the undertaking you are ingaged in will not make the hearts of the righteous sad whom the Lord hath not
Borlace Sir John 45 86 169 186 195 290. Borlace 666. Boswell 97 117 246 247 250. Boston 477. Boteler 77. Bouchier 474. Bourn 525 681. Boutholmey 430. Bowes 643. Bowen 681. Boynton 63 67 158 161 320 322. Boys 243 643 Boyoneal 434 442. Brabson Lord 124. Bradbury 119. Bradshaw 101 228 242 244 258 337 361 362 363 372 376 380 394 400 404 425 474 521 556 657 671 672 673 674. Bragg 193. Brain 267. Brainford Earl 92. Brampston 24 25 103 238 241 244 248. Brandley 127 278 412. Brandon 458. Brandenburgh 618 619 620 622. Bray 280 284 380. Breederode 580. Bremen 685. Brent 88. Bret 198 248 312. Brereton Sir Will. 66 69 73 75 76 77 85 87 96 97 99 100 101 105 114 121 126 129 130 131 132 133 136 138 140 141 142 167 187 188 189 194 195 196 197 202 204 205 206 207 208 210 218 220 221 228 474. Brereton Lord 222. Bridges 388 667. Bridges 68 72 126 140 158. Bridgeman 56 120. Briggs 186. Bright 117 158 334. Brightman 672. Bristoll Earl 4 5 35 37 107 220. Britton 267. Brocket 248. Broghill 93 203 207 208 212 218 418 427 429 432 434 439 447 485 490 491 519 527 529 547 595 647 658 670 673 692. Bronal 485. Brooke 247. Brooke 675 677 690. Brooke Lord 35 37 65 96. Brooke Sir Basil 75 76 126. Brooke 69. Brooks 360. Brookbar 76. Brough 336. Broughton 100 146 237 390 393. Brown 67 73 105 106 117 251 387 398. Brown Sir John 488. Brown 75 84 86 88 90 92 99 115 116 117 119 128 130 132 134 136 137 139 140 141 142 143 147 159 160 161 162 170 185 186 195 197 201 209 237 238 313 314 333 354 356 382 395 455 643 669 676 684 690 692. Brown 147 151 152 372 676 681. Brown 140 251 312 329 337 343 351 366 369 374. Brown Bushel 128 301 380 448. Bruce Lord 96 621. Bruce 189. Bryan 583 585. Buchannan 28 222 488. Buchurst 186. Buckingham Duke 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. Buckingham Duke 231 246 271 275 313 314 316 318 319 378 399 400 460 461 484 490 503 656 667 674 675 694 696. Buckland 643. Bulkeley Lord 333 335. Bulkeley 285 321 324 329 471 642. Bull 453 509. Bullen 1. Bullenbrooke Earl 35 67 73 219. Buller 83 110 141. Bulstrode Col. 62 73 116 186. Bulstrode 394 557 570 690. Bun 551 681. Bunce 273 295 301 687. Bunch 675. Burchet 93. Burdeaux Lord 575 579 581 589 598 622. Burgoigne 456. Burghill 221. Burgess 74 310 330. Burley 290 291 364. Burley Lord 389. Burn 268. Burroughs 64. Burton 24 36 37. Bury 671. Butler 89 98 101 198 201 243 252 259 268 298 313 316 336 356 388 395 478 599. Butler Sir Walter 599. Buxton 643. Byron 53 60 61 74 75 76 78 96 100 118 121 185 188 196 202 208 210 213 322 333 335 343 350. C CAdogow 386. Calendar Earl 84 85 93 94 95 101 309 442 506. Call from God 454. Calvin 27. Cambel 82. Cambridge Earl 371 374 375 376 377 378 379. Cambridge 7 159. Campion 140 308. Canfield Lord 482. Cannon 135. Canoul Lord 87. Cant 40 403 500 509 516. Canton 378. Capel Lord 120 128 189 202 208 227 307 308 310 311 312 314 317 319 323 326 327 329 336 339 343 371 374 375 376 377 378 379 383. Lady 380 400. Carr 572. Carbury Earl 115 198. Carey 195 394 474. Carew 68 107 109 116 208. Carlton 44. Carlisle Earl 79 140 380 389. Carnagy Lord 333. Carnaby 92. Carnworth Earl 92. Carrol 389. Carter 206 235 307 308. Carteret 510 511. Carteret 250 307 380 440 485 504 505 506 507 510 511 666. Case 161 170 481 503. Cassils 411 412 658. Castle 645. Castlehaven Earl 409 426 432 434 437 438 439 440 441 448 483 485. Castleton Lord 680. Cave 250. Cavendish 92. Caughton 404. Cawley 474. Ceely 86 102 432. Ceremonies 22. Cesar 509. Chalcedon 405. Chaloner 66 272 474 671 685. Chambers 11 13 131 238 390. Chamberlain 333 560. Chamberlain Sir Tho. 7. Champernoon 121. Chancery Reform'd 405 543 590 602 603. Chandois Lord 85 478 523 547. Chanute 561 570 574 576. Chapman 269 289 337 511 554. Charles Proclaimed King 1. His Espousals 1. desires to change his Style 1. His first Parliament 1. his Coronation 3. Letters to the Speaker 3. Progress to Scotland 18. At York 29. Answer to the Lords Petition 35. Return from Scotland 48. Enters the House of Commons 50. Leaves the City 52. At York 55. Newcastle 290. Holmeby 242 253. Hampton Court 270. Wight 280. Hurst Castle 353. Tryal 359 360 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370. Prince Charles 14 131 132 133 167 187 203 303 304 316 318 319 320 321 322 323 325 328 330 333 342 243 375 378 379 380 397 398 408 410 411 394 395 396 381 382 383 384 386 412 413 418 419 420 421 422 424 425 435 441 447 454 456 548 551 562 578 694 695. Charles II. Proclaimed 703. Charlton Sir Dudley 6. Cheadle 471. Cheesly 122 268 270 340. Cherbury Lord 100. Chesterfield Earl 243 298 392. Chetwyn 420. Cheynel 301. Chicheley 191. Chichester Earl 120 191 215. Chiesley 461 483. Chidley 66 88. Child 305. Chiverton 667. Cholmeley 61 63 79 100 102 128 327 339 340 341 342 381. Cholmly 315 686. Chowney 21. Christian 507. Church 45 120 163 194 200 208 275 402. Chute 73 238 244 261 375 405 643 669 670. Clackston 458. Claneboy Earl 419 420. Clanrickard Earl 403 427 438 440 463 469 479 483 485 498 507 518 519 520 521 524 529 530 531. Clare Earl 14 67 75 76 90 137 262 690. Clarke 506 581. Clarke 89 146 244 260 268 293 299 318 319 478 514 518. Clargies 688 690 694 695. Clavering 643. Claydon 432. Cleaveland Earl 103 104 134 220 224 225 288 289 325 330 460 498 499 501 571. Clement 695. Clergy 16 37. Clerk 340 378 645 667 679 681. Clerks 196. Cleypole 590 653 654 657. Lady 542 639 667. Clifton 191. Cloberry 672. Cloher Bishop 436 438 439 441 448. Clotworthy 100 240 247 249 256 268 270 290 308 310 330 356 382. Clubmen 131 133 149 151 154 158 159 162 165 166 167. Clutterbock 101. Coat and Conduct money 1. Coalition 464 561. Cobbs 117. Cobbet 204 284 394 503 551 556 557 672 677 686 693. Cockain 160 162 357. Cocke 512. Cockeram 62 141 292 435 688. Codd 420. Codrington 451. Coffes-worth 212. Cole Sir Will. 46. Colladon 657. Collins 682 470. Combat 16. Commission of Excise 9 10 11. Committees 215 234. Of Safety 255. Of Grievances 287. Of Danger 294 295 297 298. Of Heresies 312. Of Law 496 497 499 504. Of Trade 618. Of Safety 687 690 693 697. Committees 535 547. Common Fame 3. Common Prayer 25. Commonwealth 389. Communion Table 18 24 33. Compton 123 523 547. Con Nuntio 31 291. Conde Prince 552 562 5â—â— Coningham 65 222 389. Conference King Hollis and Wh.
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
Deportment he came to Edenburgh and there fell presently into Communication with the Covenanters 1. What they expected from the King in satisfaction to their Grievances 2. What assurance they would give of their returning to due obedience and renunciation of the Covenant To the first they answered That nothing but a general Assembly and a Parliament could give them satisfaction 2. They answered That they disavowed any Retreat from their Loyalty and therefore needed no Return towards it And for the Covenant That they would sooner renounce their Baptism than it and would not endure to hear this Proposition a second time The Covenanters doubled their Guards upon the Castle and City and the Marquess for his safety returned to Dalketh and sent to the King for new Instructions His Majesty ordered him to publish the King's Declaration Assuring that Kingdom of his Constancy in the Protestant Religion that he would not further urge the Practice of the Canons and Service-book but in a fair and Legal way and had given order for the discharge of all Acts of Councel concerning them And that he had taken into consideration the Indicting of a general Assembly and Parliament wherein might be agitated what should most concern the peace and welfare of the Kirk and Kingdom Whereupon he expected that those his Subjects sensible of his gracious Favour would give Testimonial of their future Loyalty and no further provoke him to make use of that Power which God had given him for the reclaiming of disobedient people As soon as the Proclamation was ended the Covenanters were ready with a Protest against it highly distasted To have their Actions branded with the Notion of Disobedience and declared that they would never abandon their Covenant upon such suggestions And that they would not wait the King's Conveniency for calling of an Assembly but if he did not approve of their Proceedings they would call a general Assembly themselves The Marquess finding them thus obstinate told them That the Stock of his Instructions was spent and that he must resort to England for a fresh Supply Thereupon the Covenanters acquainted him That they expected his Majestie 's Answer and his Return upon the Fifth of August next at furthest and promised in the mean time to continue in a peaceable condition and not to act any thing till his Return The Marquess came to England to the King making known to him the state of his Affairs in Scotland and was dispatched away with new Instructions so as by the time prefixed he returned to Scotland By the Fifth of August the Marquess returned to Scotland and there found a Rumour That he approved the Covenant which occasioned him for his Vindication to call in the Lords of the Councel and others of the Nobility to be his Compurgators Then he falls to confer with the Covenanters about Indicting of the Assembly demanding of what Members it should consist and of what Matters they should treat At which the Covenanters in great passion answered That these Proposals were destructive to their Liberties and a prelimitation of that Assembly who ought to be free and to be judge both of their own Members and the Matters of their Cognizance This caused the Commissioner to declare his Instructions to Indict an Assembly upon the Concession of Ten Articles To which the Covenanters would not Assent but appealed to the General Assembly where they said those matters were properly to be decided Anno 1638 Upon this refusal the Commissioner resolved to go again for England and the Covenanters raysed a rumour That he had neither power from the King nor Inclination to give the People satisfaction which seemed so to Incense him that he contracted his former proposals into Two 1. That no Laicks nor any but Ministers of the Presbyterians should have Votes in the chusing of Ministers for the General Assembly 2. That things Ecclesiastical should be left to be determined by the Assembly and things setled by Acts of Parliament to the Parliament This being graunted he would presently indict a General Assembly and promised upon his honour immediately after to call a Parliament The Covenanters were so distasted at these proposals that they presently gave order for a General Assembly but upon second thoughts they held fit to forbear till the Commissioner should return from the King with a more pleasing Answer for which they gave him time till the 21. of September next promising in the Interim not to proceed to Election The Commissioner posted to the King who advising with his Privy Council and pursuing the advice of his Council in Scotland Resolved on a way which he thought would take away all Discontents there and sent back the Commissioner with ample Instructions for that purpose Who returning within the time limited found that the Covenanters had ordered an Election to be on the next day the 22d. of September yet took no notice thereof but according to his instructions assembled the Council and delivered to them a Letter from the King acquainting them with what course he meant to pursue for the benefit of the Kirke and State Then he appointed the King's Declaration to be read wherein he nulled the Service Book the Book of Canons The high Commission discharged the pressing of the 5 Articles of Perth ordered that all persons whatsoever Ecclesiastical or Civil should be lyable to censure of Parliament and General Assembly That no other oath be administred to Ministers at their entry but what was contained in the Act of Parliament That the ancient confession of Faith and Band thereunto annexed should be subscribed and renewed as it was in his Father's time That a General Assembly be holden at Glasgow Nov. 21. and a Parliament at Edenburgh the 15 th of May next wherein he pardoned all bygonne offences and Indicted a General Fast After this Declaration published the Confession of Faith was read and Subscribed by the Marquess and the Council Then a Proclamation for the General Assembly and another for the Parliament Then an Act of the Council requiring a general Subscription of the Confession of Faith and a Commission to diverse for taking the Subscription The Covenanters brought up the reare with a Protest moved the people to consider with whom they had to deal decryed the new Subscription to the Confession of Faith and excepted against the Archbishops and Bishops as not to have any Votes in the Assembly Then they Elect Commissioners for the Assembly and order at their Table That every Parish should send to the Presbytery one Layman whom they stiled a Ruling Elder to have equal Vote with the Minister They moved the Commissioner for his Warrant of citation against the Archbishops and Bishops to appear at the Assembly as Delinquents which he refusing they fram'd a Bill against them for many misdemeanours which was preferred to the Presbytery at Edenburgh against them and they warned them to Compeer at the General Assembly at Glascow Car. 14
great Court Lady their Friend who over heard some discourse of this intended Action and thereof gave timely notice to these Gentlemen whereby they got out of the House just before the King came Otherwise It was believed that if the King had found them there and called in his Guards to have seized them the Members of the House would have endeavoured the defence of them which might have proved a very unhappy and sad business and so it did notwithstanding that was prevented This sudden Action being the first visible and apparent ground of all our following Miseries Divers Excuses were made for this Action some said it was the womens counsel and irritation of the King telling him That if he were King of England he would not suffer himself to be baffled about these Persons provoked him to go to the House himself and fetch them out Others said he was put upon it by those who designed his prejudice by it Others said it was in passion unadvisedly undertaken and rashly executed None could make a satisfactory Apology for it and the King himself â—fterwards acknowledged his too much passion in it At his unexpected coming into the House they were in a very great amazement but upon his going away and so as he might hear them the House was in a great disorder crying aloud many of them together Privilege Privilege Some of them brake out into expressions That there never was so unparallell'd an Action of any King to the breach of all Freedom not only in the Accusation of their Members ransacking and searching their Studies and Papers and seeking to apprehend their Persons but now in a hostile way he threatned the whole Body of the House They thereupon frame and publish a Declaration Jan. 5. 1641. By which they set forth all this matter of the King 's coming to the House in a warlike manner to the terrour and affrightment of them and that this is a high breach of the Privileges of Parliament and inconsistent with the liberty and freedom thereof They conceive they cannot safely sit without a Guard in whom they may confide for which they have been Suitors to the King but could not yet obtainit They appoint a Committee to sit at the Guildhall in London to consider of these things and of Ireland and adjourn the House They publish another Vote That if any Arrest a Member of Parliament by Warrant from the King only it is a breach of Privilege and that the comming of Papists and Souldiers to the number of five hundred armed men with the King to the House was a trayterous design against the King and Parliament They vindicate the Five Members and declare that a Paper issued out for apprehending them was false and scandalous and illegal and that they ought to attend the Service of the House and require the Names of those who advised the King to issue that Paper and the Articles against the Five Members Upon these Passages and Declarations a great number of persons in a tumultuous manner came from the City to Westminster where they offered many affronts and violences to divers of the Bishops and others Jan. 12. The Bishops by Petition and Protestation in the Lords House set forth this and their own Right to Sit and Vote in Parliament which by reason of those Tumults and Insolencies they could not doe They say they have no Redress upon their Complaints hereof and cannot attend the Service of the Parliament without danger of their lives they therefore protest against all Acts and Votes in their absence as null and void And desire this their Protestation may be entred Divers of their Adversaries were much pleased with this unadvised Act of the Bishops being as they wished a way prepared by themselves for them to be set aside and removed from the House of Lords For this not long after they were accused by the Commons of high Treason Glyn was the Messenger they were brought on their knees to the Lords Bar Ten of them committed to the Tower and the other two in regard of their age to the Black Rod. The House of Commons upon suspicion of some Designs against their Persons petitioned the King for a Guard to be commanded by the Earl of Essex which the King denied but promised to take care for their Security as for Himself his Wife and Children Many Citizens tumultuously flocked to the King's Coach as he passed through the City of London Beseeching him to agree with his Parliament and not to violate their Privileges After this at a Common-Council they draw up a Petition to the King complaining That Trade is decayed to the ruine of the Protestant Religion and the Lives and Liberties of the Subjects by the designs of Papists more particularly their fomenting the Irish Rebellion by changing the Constable of the Tower and making Preparations there by fortifying Whitehall and his Majestie 's late invasion of the House of Commons They pray that by the Parliaments advice the Protestants in Ireland may be relieved the Tower put in the hands of Persons of trust a Guard appointed for the safety of the Parliament and that the Five Members may not be restrained nor proceeded against but by the Privileges of Parliament To this the King gave answer That he could not express a greater sense of Ireland than he had done that meerly to satisfie the City he had removed a worthy Person from the charge of the Tower and that the late Tumults had caused him to fortifie Whitehall for the security of his own Person That his going to the House of Commons was to apprehend those Five Members for Treason to which the Privilege of Parliament could not extend and that yet he would proceed against them no otherwise than legally During this time the Five Members had got into Friends houses of the City where they were highly caressed and had the company of divers principal Members of the House to consult together and to lay their further Designs and they wanted nothing Soon after this divers Buckinghamshire-men came up with a Petition to the King for Mr. Hampden their Knight of the Shire whereof probably he was not altogether ignorant beforehand They pray that Hampden and the rest that lie under the burthen of accusation may enjoy their just Privileges Great numbers of people gathered together in a very tumultuous manner about Whitehall and Westminster and it was a dismal thing to all sober men especially Members of Parliament to see and hear them The King fearing danger from them or perhaps by the unfortunate Counsel of some about him thought fit to remove to Hampton Court and took with him the Queen Prince and Duke of York This was another and great wonder to many prudent men that the King should leave this City the place of his and his Predecessors usual residence where most of his Friends and Servants were about him the Magazine of all Provisions
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
Strickland were sent to Gravesend to entertain and conduct the Dutch Embassadour to the Parliament The City invited both Houses of Parliament to Dinner in Merchant Taylor 's Hall on such a day as the Parliament would appoint and the rather at this time the General Essex and the Earl of Manchester being in Town that the City might express their thankfulness to the Parliament for their unwearied labours and care for the defence and peace of the City and whole Kingdom The Houses returned thanks to the City and ingaged to live and die with them in this Cause and this was the rather contrived now that the Plot to raise differences between the Parliament and City and to bring in the King might appear to be the more frivolous The Parliament ordered publick thanks to be given at this Meeting at a Sermon and the Sunday after in all Parishes for the discovery and prevention of the Plot of Sir Bazil Brook A Ship laden with Arms and Ammunition sent from Bristol to relieve the King's Forces at Chester was by the Mariners compelling their Master brought in to Leverpool to the Parliament The Archbishop Laud was brought to the House of Peers and the impeachment against him read and he required to answer who said he was an old man and weak and could not answer without Counsel and desired a further time to answer which was granted Both Houses dined with the City at Merchant-Taylor's Hall in the morning they met at Sermon in Christ Church from thence they went on foot to the Hall the Trained Bands making a Lane in the Streets as they passed by First went the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in their Scarlet Gowns and the Common Council then the Lord General Lord Admiral Earl of Manchester and other Lords attended with divers Colonels and military Officers After the Lords came the Members of the House of Commons and the Commissioners of Scotland then the Assembly of Divines and as they went through Cheapside on a Scaffold many Popish Pictures Crucifixes and Superstitious Relicks were burnt before them The Lord Howard of Escrick petitioned for reparation of his losses by the Cavaliers out of Delinquents Estates The 22. of January being the day appointed for the Anti-Parliament to meet at Oxford the Parliament at Westminster called the House and there appeared 280 of their Members besides 100 more in the service of the Parliament in the several Counties and now they expelled by vote 40 Members who had deserted the Parliament The Anti-Parliament met at Oxford but have not taken upon them the name and power of Parliament The first day of Hillary Term the Commissioners of the Seal and the Judges sate in the several Courts at Westminster Hall The Ordinance passed That if any should deliver Proclamation or other thing to any persons from Oxford or sealed with any other Great Seal than that attending the Parliament that they should be proceeded against as Spies according to Marshal Law Monsieur de Harecourt sent a Letter to both the Speakers but not intituling them Speakers of the Parliament but only Messieurs Grey de Werke and Lenthall upon which the Parliament refused to accept the Letters Colonel Mitton routed a Party of the King's Horse convoying Arms and Ammunition to the Besiegers of Nantwich Mitton fell upon them unexpectedly killed many took Sir Nicholas Byron Governour of Chester Sir Richard Willis one hundred inferiour Officers and Troopers one hundred and fifty Horse and Arms and all the Ammunition and Powder which they brought from Shrewsbury The Lord Lovelace wrote to Sir Henry Vane Junior to perswade a Treaty of Peace and to raise divisions among the Parliaments party The House authorised Sir Henry Mr. St. John and Mr. Brown to keep a Correspondence with the Lord Lovelace to sift what they could out of him and his Lordship was too weak for these Gentlemen Three hundred Native Irish Rebels landed at Weymouth under the Lord Inchiquin to serve his Majesty Divers Papists Servants about the King's Children were removed Ogle for the King wrote to Mr. Thomas Goodwyn and Mr. Nye of the Independent Judgment to make great promises to them if they would oppose the Presbyterian Government intended by the Scots to be imposed on England and much to that purpose These two being persons of great Judgment and Parts acquainted their Friends herewith and were authorised to continue a Correspondence with Ogle who gained no ground upon them No more could Ogle upon the Governour of Ailesbury nor upon Mr. Davenish the one was sollicited to betray Ailesbury and the other Windsor with mountainous promises from Ogle on the King's part but all were refused The Scots Army now entred England were eighteen hundred foot and thirty five hundred of horse and Dragoons The Recorder and Citizens of London presented a Petition to the Commons for dispatch of the business of the Accounts of the Kingdom and for recruiting and reforming the Armies This gave a stroke of jealousie and discontent to Essex and his friends and the more because the House so well entertained it The Commons ordered Worcester-house to be furnished for the Scots Commissioners who desired some Members of both Houses might be appointed as a joynt Councel with them A Trumpet came from Oxford with Letters to the General and a Parchment-Roll signed by the Prince the Duke of York Duke of Cumberland Prince Rupert about fourty Lords and one hundred Knights and Gentlemen sometime Members of the House of Commons and now met by the King's Proclamation at the Assembly at Oxford to debate of the State and Peace of the Kingdom and to prevent effusion of more blood And therefore they desire the General to treat with his Friends and those by whom he is imployed not naming the Parliament to appoint a time and place to treat of Propositions of Peace The General acquainted the Parliament herewith who would not own nor receive the Letters having no Directions to them but left it to the General to return an Answer An Ordinance past to recruit the Lord General 's Army to 7500 Foot and 3000 Horse and Dragoons and they to have constant pay only eleven Officers to have but half pay The Forces of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Sir William Brereton joyning together marched to relieve Nantwich The King's Forces before the Town drew out to fight them and gallant Actions were performed on both sides the event of the Battel was long doubtful till unexpectedly the King's Forces gave ground and were pursued by the Parliaments till they were totally routed and dispersed There were taken Prisoners Major General Gibson Earnley Sir Richard Fleetwood Sir Francis Boteler an Irish Rebel Colonel Monk who afterwards served the Parliament and this was his first turn Colonel Gibs Harmon Sir Ralph Downes fourteen Captains twenty Lieutenants twenty six Ensigns two Cornets two Quarter-masters forty Drums forty one Serjeants sixty three Corporals and
better securing those Counties for the Parliament The City freely agreed hereunto and resolved to send out another Brigade of horse and foot under Major General Brown to joyn with the Forces of these three Counties The Earl of Warwick relieved Lyme with Provisions and Ammunition which they greatly wanted and with some of his Seamen helped to keep the Line Prince Maurice stormed the Town but Captain Ceely the Governour and his Garrison with the Seamen made such a Defence that sixty of the Prince's men were slain two Captains and many of his Souldiers taken prisoners and but eight men lost of the Garrison in this storm The chief Commanders before Lyme were Prince Maurice the Lord Pawlet and Sir John Borlace with about 2500 horse and foot in all The next day but one they began again to storm the Town and came on with as much bravery and resolution as could be performed by English men against English-men and they were as gallantly received by the Garrison and 400 of the Prince's men were slain on the place and not above seven of the Garrison All this was certified to the Parliament by Letters from the Earl of Warwick to whom a Letter of thanks was sent from both Houses for his great Service in relieving this Town and they ordered 1000 l. per an to the Town out of the Lord Pawlet's Estate and full satisfaction to the Inhabitants for their losses and the Lord General was desired to send a party to relieve them It was much wondred at that this Town could so long hold out being of little strength more than by the courage of their men and situate low under a Hill which was of great advantage to the Besiegers and they were sometimes brought unto such streights that their Water was noisom with the bloud of those slain and they much wanted provision of Victuals and Ammunition which the Earl of Warwick supplyed He also certified the Parliament that he had taken two Pinnaces at Sea one bound for Bristoll valued at 18000 l. A Troup of the Earl of Dallensie's Regiment marched to the Walls of York killed thirty and took thirty four Prisoners sxity Horse and forty Oxen and Cows from the Garrison General Lesley and the Earl of Manchester intrenched on each side of York very near to the City and the Scots took and fortified a Windmill near the Town though the Garrison made 200 great shot at them The Parliament ordered the Lord General to pursue the King and Sir William Waller to march into the West which was contrary to the General 's liking and it was thought strange that the Committee of both Kingdoms would at that distance take upon them to give particular Orders for the Services and course of their Armies March and not rather to leave it to the chief Commanders that were upon the place and who upon every motion of the Enemy might see cause to alter their Counsels This increased the jealousies and peeks between the General and Waller both gallant men but the General thought himself undervalued and Waller was high enough Nor did there want Pick-thanks to blow these coals of jealousie and this proved unhappy to the Parliament Affairs as will appear afterwards Mr. Hungerford a Member of the House of Commons was committed for going to the Anti-Parliament at Oxford Colonel Massey took in Tewksbury and in it Lieutenant Colonel Mynne and many Prisoners Powder and Ammunition and slew several inferiour Officers A Battery was made at the Windmill-hill at York five pieces of Ordnance planted which shot into the Town and did much hurt the Lord Eglinton with four thousand Scots entred some of the Gates and made a passage into the Mannor-house A strong party sallying out of the City were beaten back with loss General Leuen with his Regiment took a Fort from the Enemy and in it 120 prisoners the Garrison burnt up much of the Suburbs The Archbishop came again to his Tryal and the Matters against him were Touching his Ceremonial and Popish Consecrating of Churches and concerning the Book of allowing Recreation on Sundays The Earl of Manchester having made a Mine forced the great Fort at York where all the Defenders were slain and taken and but ten or twelve Scots lost The Earl of Newcastle sent to General Leuen to know the Cause of his drawing thither Leuen answers That he wondred Newcastle should be ignorant thereof that his intent was to bring that City to the obedience of the King and Parliament and therefore for avoiding further effusion of blood he summoned him once more to render the Town The Earl of Newcastle Sir Thomas Widderington and other chief Commanders with a strong party sallyed out of the Town endeavouring to escape but were driven back into the City from whence they shooting at a Tent where Leuen was took off part of the Tent but did no other hurt Sudley Castle in Glocestershire was yielded to Sir William Waller at mercy and taken in it nine Captains twenty two inferiour Officers and all the common Souldiers of whom a hundred and fifty took the Covenant and listed themselves for the Parliament they took here likewise 4000 l. worth of Cloth The same day Colonel Purefoy with the Warwick Forces took Compton-house and in it 5500 l. in money and five or six Pots of money more found in a Pond all their Arms four hundred Sheep about a hundred head of Cattel and great store of Plunder The King's Forces as they hasted to Worcester broke down the Bridges after them to hinder the pursuit of them and many of them crouding to get over Pursow Bridge the Planks left for their passage brake and about sixty of them were drowned The Commons again desired the Lords Concurrence to the Ordinance for secluding the Members who had deserted the Parliament and assisted their Enemies but the Lords were not yet satisfied therein A Party continued before Greenland-house An Ordinance passed for the relief of the maimed and sick Souldiers and for the Wives and Children of those who were slain in the Service of the Parliament The King sent from Bewdely a party of three thousand Horse to relieve Dudley Castle besieged by the Earl of Denbeigh who coming suddenly upon the Earl he sent out a Forlorn commanded by Colonel Mitton who charged the Enemy so home and was so far engaged that the Earl's friends advised him to draw off as fast as he could to save himself and the rest of his Company the Forlorn being given over for lost and the King's Forces far in number exceeding the Forces of the Earl But the Earl would not so leave his Friends ingaged but in person led on his Party and charged the Enemy so hotly that they retreated in disorder and the Earl rescued and brought off his Forlorn and the Enemy lost about a hundred of their men besides many Officers and common Souldiers taken Prisoners by the Earl and lost but
30 wounded in all That they slew about 10 of the Enemy and took Prisoners Colonel Robert Legge about 50 other Officers and about 500 Common Souldiers with store of Arms and Ammunition The Declaration of the Transactions with the States Ambassadours was published wherein the Parliament set forth the abusive and ill carriage of the States Ambassadours Borelli and Rainsborough both made Knights and Barons by the King and that they shewed themselves rather parties for the King than Mediatours between him and his Parliament They demand justice against those Ambassadors and declare their own condition not to be yet so low but that they can resent if not return both Courtesies and Injuries They acknowledge the Christian and neighbourly Zeal of the States to the peace of this Nation and desire to know wherein they may be useful to them their honoure Neighbours and Predecessours in the like Sufferings 29. Order to Audite the Accounts of the Officers of the train of Artilery of Sir William Waller Cromwel drew off to the Isle of Ely Sir Tho. Fairfax blocked up Bostal-house and made a bridge with two Forts near Kidlington they came towards Leicester A party of Colonel Norton's Forces went towards Langford-house and placed an Ambuscado undiscovered by the Enemy who came forth to fall upon them they retreated to their Ambuscado the Enemy followed them and were all surprised There were taken Colonel Griffith the Governour divers Officers 63 Prisoners and their Arms and 10 killed 30. A Letter from the Committee of Gloucester of the danger of that place and County by the removal of Colonel Massey answer'd by the Commons that they would take care of that City and of the County Prisoners from Guernesey referred to a Committee and to examine that business Ordinance sent up to the Lords to enable the Committee of Plymouth to execute Martial Law there The Kentish Regiment continued and pay for them there Major General Browne came to London to hasten the Provisions for the siege before Oxford 31. The business of the Church debated and Ordinances touching the Excise and for money for the Forces in the West Letters written to the Sub-commissioners of Excise and to the Officers in the several Counties to give incouragement and assistance for the levying the Excise money Order of both Houses for their Committee touching Forts and Castles to be reduced in the Quorum to 2 Lords and 4 Commoners Letters Informed that the King was set down before Leicester June 1645. 2. On consideration of the King 's being at Leicester and the danger to the associated Counties thereby the House Ordered that the Committee of both Kingdomes should consider of such disposal of the Armies under Sir Thomas Fairfax as may be most advantageous for the publick and that the blocking up of Oxford be left to Major General Browne Browne being at the door of the House at that time was sent for in and had the thanks of the House for his good service and was desired to continue his care and constancy therein and to return to his charge Ordinances past for moneys for the West and other Forces Colonel Rainsborough with his Regiment of foot and three Troups of Colonel Sheffield's horse took in Gaunt-house 10 miles from Oxford and therein the Governour with all his Soldiers Arms Ammunition and Provisions The King's Forces having made their batteries stormed Leicester those within made stout resistance but some of them betrayed one of the Gates the women of the Town labour'd in making up the breaches and in great danger The King's Forces having entred the Town had a hot incounter in the Market place and many of them were slain by shot out of the Windows That they gave no quarter but hanged some of the Committee and cut others in pieces Some Letters said that the kennels ran down with bloud That Colonel Gray the Governour and Captain Hacker were wounded and taken Prisoners and very many of the Garrison put to the Sword and the Town miserably plunder'd The King entred the Town on Sunday June I st and sent part of his forces into Derbyshire 3. Order for Colonel Massey to advance into the West and the City and County of Gloucester to be governed by a Committee as the Parliament shall direct Ordinance for money for the siege of Oxford and two Regiments to go out of London to Major General Brown to that siege An Ordinance for money for the Isle of Ely The Papists and others in Northumberland plotted to surprize Sir John Fenwick the High Shiriff and the Militia there but were discovered and suppressed Sir John Meldrum dyed of his wounds received in the siege of Scarborough Castle Both parties in the West had often Skirmishes A party sallyed out of Oxford and took and killed about 80 of the Parliament's Forces the next day a party of the Parliaments took 12 of the Garrison and brought away 50 Cows from under their Walls Letters intercepted by Colonel Massey mention the King 's concluding a peace with the Irish-Rebels 4. Order of both Houses for 200 l. for L. G. Middleton and a pass for him to goe to his charge in the Scots Army 2000 l. of the Arrears due to the Earl of Essex charged on the Excise An Ordinance past for reimbursing money lent by the Commissioners of Excise for reducing Oxford Lieutenant General Cromwel got together 3000 horse in the associated Counties The City of London petitioned that recruits may be had for Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army and a Committee sent thither that the Army or part of it may be ordered to march towards the Enemy in the field and to regaine Leicester and to prevent the surprisal of other places and the Scots pressed to advance Southwards that Cromwel may command the association and care taken of the Navy and that the proceedings of the late Treaty may be published The House called in the Petitioners and gave them thanks for their care and good affections At a Conference the Lords acquainted the Commons with an Information concerning the taking of Leicester which was referred to a Committee to be examined 5. Orders for recruits of the Kentish Regiment and Colonel Fleetwood's Regiment An Ordinance considered for the sale of Delinquents Estates Another sent to the Lords to give power of Martial Law to the Committee of Kent The King continued at Leicester and began to fortify there and then marched forth to meet Sir T. F. who was drawn off from Oxford to advance towards the King 6. Massey wrote for recruits and some Members of the House were appointed to answer his Letters that they were sent to him and that he should never want the incouragement of Parliament and prayed him to go on in the business of the West with his wonted valour and prudence Upon the danger of Newport Paganel the King drawing that way and upon the Petition of the Town Sir Sam. Luke was continued Governour there
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
dismantle his Garrisons pass an Act of Oblivion and free pardon to all and give ample satisfaction to the Kingdom of Scotland A day was appointed to consider hereof and it was ordered to be communicated to the Scots Commissioners Orders for Money for the Garrison of Hereford and for the Officers of the two Regiments at Glocester At St. Mawes the General had thirteen Guns and store of Ammunition and between three and four hundred of the Kings Forces came in to him Major General Middleton in Scotland took the Earl of Montrosses House upon surrender many were shot the Castle burnt and all the Arms and Ammunition taken 25. The day of the Monthly Fast yet solemnly observed 26. Upon the debate of the Kings last Letter a Committee was â—amed to draw up an Answer to that Message adhering to the former resolutions to have the propositions first dispatched and assented to by his Majesty A Committee of both Houses was sent into the City and communicated to the Lord Mayor and Common-Council his Majesties last Letter and made some observations upon it and informed them of the danger by the great number of Malignants coming from the Kings Quarters to London desired the care of the Militia in searching for and apprehending them and that the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council would meet both Houses at Christ-Church on the thanksgiving day An Ordinance sent by the Lords authorising the Commissioners of the Customs to pay one thousand pound per An. to every one of the Judges and Barons of the Exchequer for their Salleries and in lieu of all Fees Two Letters taken about Sir Jacob Ashley of great intelligence read in the House Letters informed that all the Lord Hoptons Forces were disbanded according to the Articles and a Proclamation for all of them the next day to depart or else to be taken as Spyes that the disbanding was done with great Civility on both parts and not the least insulting by the Parliaments Forces nor the value of six pence taken from them by any of their Army That Orders were given for the Army to march Eastward except two or three Regiments left to block up Pendennis Castle which being Summoned they returned a peremptory Answer of denyal that a Ship of the Parliaments upon Intelligence came into Falmouth harbour and hawled a Dunkirk Ship who gave two broad-sides but after a little dispute the Parliaments Ship Boarded the Dunkirker and put all the Irish in her to the Sword and took the rest Prisoners That Helford Fort was surrendred to the Parliament and in it six pieces of Ordnance and will streighten Pendennis Castle Anno 1646 Car. 22 That Lieutenant Colonel Ingolosby going to view the Castle was shot by a Musquetier whereof he dyed within three hours and that M. Cobbet was shot 27. The City invited both Houses of Parliament to dinner at Grocers Hall on the Thanksgiving day A Fast day was kept by the English and Scots Armies before Newarke Intelligence came that a Party from Dunnington Castle sallied out upon Dalbiers men killed some took fifty Prisoners and the Mattocks c. of the Pioners 28. Debate of the Blasphemies of Paul Best Divines ordered to confer with him to convince him of his Sin and that a charge be prepared against him Order for four thousand pound for the Scots Reformadoes Consideration of six Preaching Ministers to be sent down to Hereford and to have an hundred and fifty pound per An. each of them The Governor of Plymouth sent a Party to Ince house a Garrison of the Kings which they summoned to surrender to the Parliament but the Garrison returned a scornful answer upon which the Plymouth men prepared for a Battery but as soon as the great Guns came the Garrison begged for Quarter and had it and left their Arms and Ammunition Sir Tho. Fairfax Marched towards Exeter 30. The Invitation of the Prince to come in to the Parliaments Quarters pass'd and sent up to the Lords The answer agreed on to the Kings last Letter in substance That they did not conceive it safe for his Majesty or his Subjects that he return to the Parliament till he have assented to the Propositions which they are about and will be shortly sent to him The Commission read for the Lord L'isle to be Governor of Ireland The Lords desired the Commons that they would give leave that one imprisoned by them might be sent for and examined by the Lords touching a dangerous Book lately published called the last Summons or Warning-piece to London to which the Commons did agree Order for three hundred pounds for Sir Peter Smith in part of his Arrears for Service in Ireland and for disposal of the Prisoners in Glocester and for sending down the Ministers of Cornwall c. to their Charges Col Morgan Col. Birch and Sir William Brereton with their joynt Forces marched to Worcester and summoned the City to surrender to the Parliament and informed them that the King had no Forces to relieve them They answered That if it had been so they supposed they should have known the Kings pleasure therein till when they would not Surrender the City The Besiegers replied that they would not inform them an untruth but that they might the better inquire and prevent their own ruine they would for a short time draw off a little farther from them Dunnington Castle being much indammaged by the Granadoes desired liberty to send to Oxford and upon answer from thence would come to a Treaty High-Archal was surrendred to the Forces of Shropshire with all the Arms and Ammunition 31. Letters from Sir Tho. Fairfax desired Favour to some Gentlemen that came in to him from the Kings Quarters and it was referred to a Committee to state their several Cases Mr. Steward who had the Parliaments protection was discharged from an Arrest and order for Money due to him to be paid The Commons Voted That in case the King contrary to the advice of both Houses of Parliament already given him shall come or attempt to come within the Lines of Communication That then the Militia of London with advice of the Committee of Lords and Commons for the Army shall raise Forces to prevent and suppress any tumult that may arise by his coming and to apprehend such as shall come with him or resort to him and to secure his Rerson from danger And the House ordered that all who had born Arms against the Parliament should depart London by the sixth of April or else to be taken as Spyes The Lords concurred in the Letter of Invitation to the Prince and in the answer to the Kings last Letter A summons was sent into Newarke on Saturday to render the Town to the use of the Parliament and they took time till Mondady for their Answer April 1646. April 1. Passes for some to go beyond Seas Difference about the Ordinance for Martial Law in London Order that the Proclamation
for Delinquents to depart London be proclaimed by beat of Drum and sound of Trumpet Intelligence came from the Governor of Reading of a design of the Kings to come to London suddenly The Answer to the Kings last Letter sent away and Commissioners from both Houses and from Scotland to be named to present the propositions to the King Debate touching matters of Religion Dunnington Castle was surrendred upon Articles to Col. Dalbier for the use of the Parliament and in it sixpieces of Ordnance Arms and Ammunition Col. Bestworth High Sheriff of Hamp-shire fell upon a Party of Oxford Horse fetching Provisions out of Berks and took about eighty Prisoners of them The General Marched towards Exeter 2. The day of publick Thanksgiving and both Houses were highly Feasted by the City at Grocers Hall 3. The Ordinance passed for Martial Law in London upon such as shall offend against the Artiticles then agreed on Order for Col. Grave's Regiment to be removed nearer Oxford and referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms to consider of blocking up the passages between Oxford and London and for the disbanding Col. Starres Regiment and for continuing the Assesment for Sir Tho. Fairfax's Army for four Months longer and that an Account be given to a grand Committee of the House of all Receipts by Ordinances and Assessments and how they may all be brought into one way through the same hands Paul Best brought to the Bar heard his Charge and by his Answer confest the Trinity and that he hoped to be saved thereby but denyed the three Persons as a Jesuitical Tenent A day was set to determine this business and in the mean time some of the Members of the House appointed to confer with Best to convince him of his Errors Letters informed of Sir Tho. Fairfax's return to the Siege of Exeter and the Garrisons for the Parliament made great shouts and volleys for Joy of his return that he and the Lieutenant General and others rode about the Works and within Musquet shot of them to view them and afterwards by advice of his Council of War sent a summons to the Governor to surrender Exeter and he returned answer that he was contented that Commissioners on both parts might treat about the Surrender of that City and that the Commissioners were to meet about it The General sent three thousand Horse to joyn with Col. Fleetwood to streighten Oxford The Abbington Horse and Col. Bestworth fell upon a Party of six hundred Horse of the Kings going to â—arrington routed them took three hundred of their Horse many Prisoners and pursued the rest to the Walls of Oxford and lost but one man Sir William Brereton Col. Morgan and Col. Birch withdrawing from Worcester fell suddenly upon Bridge-North entred the Town by Storm drave the enemy into the Castle where they have closely Besieged them The Garrison of Newarke made a Salley upon Lieutenant General Pointz's Quarters thirty of his men were killed and drowned Captain Jephson and Captain Murray slain with the wind of a Canon Bullet but after a sharp encounter the Newarkers were beaten back again some slain and some of them taken Prisoners 6. Order to prevent Danger by the multitude of Delinquents remaining near to the Lines of Communication A Pass granted to the Wife of Mr. Endymion Porter to go into France to her Husband Votes to continue the Northern Association for six Months the Forces there to be Eight thousand Foot and two thousand Horse and to be under the Command of Sir Tho. Fairfax Oxford was much blocked up by Col. Fleetwood Ireton Rainsborough and the Abbington Forces The Earl of Northampton came to London to go beyond Sea but was ordered to go out of the lines of Communication and his Horses were restored to him The Lord Culpepper Sir Nicholas Crispe and Col. Monke landed in France The Kings Forces quitted Barn-stable and betook themselves to the Castle Portland Castle was surrendred to the Parliament the Garrison had liberty to go to their homes leaving their Arms behind them 7. A brass Statue in Windsor Church ordered to be sold and the Money to go for pay of the Garrison Both Houses conferred the place of Master of the New Hospital at Leicester upon Mr. George Grey The Scots Commissioners sent in a Paper of their dissent in some Points to the Propositions touching Religion and the Militia the House named a Committee to debate the Points with the Scots Commissioners and to endeavour to satisfy them A Committee named to consider of setling a Preaching Ministry in all places and about presentations belonging to Delinquents Bishops Deans and Chapters Major General Pointz went on in his approaches at Newarke and turned the River from the Town on the North side the Scots took Sandy Fort near the Castle Montrosses Forces were beaten from Enderness in Scotland two hundred of them killed and taken 8. Debate upon the Ministers Petition Col. Morgan and his Forces blocked up Worcester on St. Johns side Col. Fleetwood blocked up all the passes by Wood-stock side to Oxford and Besieged Radcot and Bostal House Col. Whaley goes on in the siege against Banbury 9. A Petition from the poor Inhabitants near Dunnington Castle whose houses were burnt by the late Governor for the King and the Articles for surrender of it read Order for the Arrears of Col. Keere late Governor of Plymouth Ordinance sent to the Lords for making the Lord L'isle Lieutenant of Ireland Order about Delinquents resort to London Intelligence came that the Kings Forces in Bridg-North-Castle because the Town did not bring in to them a months Provisions shot Granadoes into the Town and fired most part of it The Kings Forces also Fired the greatest part of Farrington to prevent the Parliaments Forces from having of any Shelter there 10. Referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms to imploy the Forces under Col. Dalbier and such other Forces as could be spared for the blocking up of Oxford and to preserve the adjacent Counties from Plunder A Committee named to draw up an Ordinance in the nature of a general Summons to all the Kings Garrisons to surrender to the Parliament under a Penalty and not to demolish fire or destroy those Garrisons or of the Adjacent houses Upon information that the Governor of Bridge-North had burnt the Town the House revoked the power of the Committee of Salop to treat with him The Ordinance passed for tryal of Mr. Murray Debate about Mr. Wither's Book reflecting upon a Member of the House 11. A Committee of both Houses named to give their Answer to the Scots Papers touching the Propositions for Peace Debate touching the Ministers Petition about Commissioners to Judge of Scandalous Offences c. News came that the Articles were agreed for the surrender of Exeter and four Hostages given by them for performance of them Col. Sr. J. Coventry Sir Ja. Thyn Col. Croker and another and that three of their Forts were surrendred and the
consider what Garrisons are fit to be demolished 4. Progress upon the propositions for Peace and both Houses agreed to trust London with their own Militia Col. Rossiter was called into the House and had thanks for his good services The Treaty proceeded for the surrender of Oxford 5. The Ordinance past both House for the Church Government Ammunition ordered for the Forces at Monmouth and Money Divers Ordinances past the House of Commons for compositions of Delinquents 6. Order for the Commissioners of Excise to pay ten thousand pound a Month for the Northern Forces A Declaration ordered to be drawn of the misdemeanors Plundrings and Cruelties of the Scots Army and their refusal to surrender the English Garrisons and to undeceive the People â—ouching a Book of the Lieutenant of the Scots Army justifying their proceedings and to draw the affections of the English to the Scots Sir Robert King brought Letters from Ireland to the House one from the King to the Marquess of Ormond to be communicated in Ireland to this effect That his Majesty having sent many Messages and Propositions for Peace to the Parliament received either no answer or such as shews their intentions to ruine him and Monarchy it self and a refusal of what formerly themselves desired but to have That hereupon having received good security that he and all that would adhere to him should be safe in their Persons Honours and Consciences in the Scots Army who would joyn with the King and his Forces in procuring a happy Peace and his rights he resolved to put himself into that Army and to use the best means by conjunction of them with the Forces of the Marquess of Montross and his Friends in England and Ireland to endeavour the setling of a good Peace The Treaty proceeded for the surrender of Oxford the General had nineteen thousand five hundred men in his Army 8. Mr. Hudson one of the Kings guides to the Scots Army was discovered at Rochester coming to London and apprehended Papers from the Scots Commissioners here touching the Kings Letters to the Marquess of Ormond whereof they say they had no knowledge nor hand in it ordered to be considered at a set day Ordinance for a thousand pound a Month for the Garrison of Henley Bostall House was surrendrd to the Parliament upon Articles A Letter of thanks to the General and order for thanksgiving to God for the several late successes 9. Votes That the King in going to the Scots Army intended to prolong the War against the Parliament in England and to make a difference between the two Kingdoms That there should be a Declaration to set forth the Jealousies and fears and the grounds thereof this Kingdom had to be presented to the States of Scotland and their Commissioners here Order for the Execution of the Ordinance for Church-Government Letters intercepted going to Oxford to incourage them to hold out and that the King was in the Scots Army Recruits came out of Scotland to the Army at New-castle The Lord Byron surrendred Caernarvon Castle to Major General Mitton upon Articles Letters and Papers read of transactions between the Marquess of Worcester and the Committee of Monmouth and L. G. Morgan and his Lp. for the surrender of Ragland Castle which Morgan by command of Sir Thomas Fairfax summoned and the Marquess desired liberty to send to the King to know his Pleasure which Morgan denied alledging that the King was in the Army of the Scots our Friends who had proclaimed that none formerly in Arms against the Parliament should be admitted to any conference with him The Marquess resolved to stand it out to the uttermost 10. Order for Circuits to be gone and the Commissioners of the Seal to appoint Judges Messages between the two Houses about the reception of the Russia Embassador and about an house for him 11. Several Orders in private matters Col. Glyn voted to be Governor of Caernarvon Castle The Garrison of Bostall house marched out and left four Brass Pieces and one Iron Gun store of Provisions and Ammunition 12. A Ship was taken with Ammunition and Provisions for Pendennis Castle and divers Letters intercepted in her Some of the Sheriffs and Common Council of London came to the House gave them thanks for their unwearied labours and desired that in any act or propositions care might be taken of the Rights and Priviledges of the City and were answered that the House have been and ever will be tender of the Rights and Priviledges of the City Order concerning an honourable reception of the Russia Ambassador 13. The Russia Ambassador solemnly received and delivered his Message for Unity between the two Nations and concerning Trade The Judges were appointed in several Circuits and the Commissioners of the Seal ordered to issue forth Commissions and Warrants requisite for that purpose The Order for Church Government published and ordered to be put in Execution Two hundred Sallyed out of Farrington House fell upon the Guards but the Parliament Forces wounded their Commander Major Hen and took him Prisoner killed two Lieutenants and five others took four Horses forty brown bills and forced the rest into the House again and lost but four men 15. Letters from Ireland informed of a great defeat given to the Protestant Forces in Ireland by the Irish Rebels the House ordered several Supplys for those Forces and ordered five thousand Foot and fifteen hundred Horse to be provided for that Service Referred to the Committee of Ireland to dispose of the Forces under Major General Massey for the Irish Service and the rest to be disbanded the like for other Forces in several Counties Complaint of the Major and others of Derby against some of the Soldiers of that Garrison upon his commitment of four of them for Sheepstealing the House ordered those Forces to be disposed of for Ireland and that Garrison to be dismantled The Scots Forces in Vlster marched out of their Garrisons under Major General Monrow to fall upon the Rebels all of them were about five thousand Foot and eleven Troops of Horse they were informed that the Rebels had eight Regiments of Foot and twelve Troops of Horse compleatly armed but the Scots would not believe it nor valued it but the Brittish Forces marched after them The Rebells drew up in good order in a place of advantage and set divers Ambuscadoes the Brittish Horse drew up so near them that they were galled and retired their Ambuscadoes made the Protestants retire and after some hours hot dispute the Rebels prevailed near five hundred of the Protestants killed taken and routed five field pieces with all the Ammunition and Baggage lost and about five thousand Foot Arms and most of the Officers killed and taken The Lord Mont-gomery and Lord Blaney taken the Lord Conweys Son had two Horses killed yet mounted on a third and escaped many Horses lost and men wounded Letters from the King to both Houses of Parliament to the same effect
bayling of Sergeant Glanvile Order of the Lords against Counterfeiting and Clipping the Kings Coin 16. Ordinance Read for making Mr. Bradshaw Chief Justice of Chester Votes for Captains of Ships for the next Summers Guard for Packet Boats for Ireland and Convoys for Merchants Ships Votes That the Houses intend to carry on the War for Ireland with the Forces of England and the Scots Forces there to be called away paying what is due to them and the Scots Commissioners here and the Parliament of Scotland to be acquainted herewith Order to treat with the General and his Field Officers how the Forces designed out of that Army may be disposed of for Ireland and sixty thousand pounds Voted for Pay per Mens of the Forces there and in England 17. A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of London Professing their Zeal to the Parliament and to the Covenant and their apprehensions of the advance of the Army not yet Disbanded nearer to the City and of a dangerous Petition now on Foot in the City the Copy whereof they annexed pray that the Army may be removed and Disbanded and the dangerous Petition suppressed and that they may yearly chuse their Militia The House answered them That most of the particulars in their Petition were under consideration and that the House would do what may be most for the ease safety and satisfaction fo the City and Kingdom that the annexed Petition was referred to a Committee and they had thanks for their sincere Affection Divers Governours of Garrisons Voted Fifty pounds a day allowed for the Kings Expences Collonel Jones Ordered by the Committee for Ireland to take Possession of Dublin with two thousand men 18. The Commons again Voted Sir John Brampston Sir Thomas Bedingfield and Mr. Chute to be Commissioners of the Seal The Lords Voted Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Warburton Mr. Keble and Mr. Littleton Mr. Powell and Mr. Clerke Mr. Lewis and Mr. Elkenhead to be Judges in Wales The House passed several Compositions of Delinquents 19. Report of the Counter-Petition in London and That the Committee had imprisoned one Tewleday an active man for that Petition Many excused him as being as lawful for those of one Judgment as of another to Petition the Parliament but it was carried in the House to approve of his Commitment and Mr. Tewleday was sent for in safe custody Order of both Houses to remove the Kings Children into the Country Orders for new Elections Some disturbance was in the Army about going into Ireland and for Petitioning the Parliament and Offence taken at the Essex Petition which reflected upon them but all was appeased and they promised not to Petition before they had acquainted their General therewith 20. The Ordinance Read for the Assessement of sixty thousand pounds per Mens for the Forces Order for the House to adjourn every Friday till Tuesday after Divers Citizens came to the House to avow the Petition complained of by the City Petition The Commissioners of the Great Seal continued for twenty days longer 22. The Ordinance for sixty thousand pounds per mens referred to a Grand Committee and the same proportions as formerly observed A Petition from the reduced Officers answered with a reproof for their giving directions to the Parliament Upon information of a great Riot in Moorfields and assaulting and Plundering the House of Mr. Hobbard a Justice because he Committed one for Tipling on the Lords day in Sermon time Both Houses past an Order for putting in due Execution the Laws for prevention of Riots and Tumults and for better observation of the Lords day and Fast days The Commons Voted that Mr. Hobbart should have reparation Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Field-Officers met with the Parliaments Commissioners at Saffron Walden about sending Eight thousand Foot and Four thousand Horse into Ireland the Officers as to a personal Engagement to go thither could then make no answer but agreed whether they go in person or not yet they shall endeavour to advance the Service among those under their respective Commands They desired satisfaction in Four Particulars 1. Vnder whose Command in chief they were to go 2. What particular Regiments Troops or Companies were to be continued in England 3. What assurance for Pay and subsistence for those that go to Ireland 4. Satisfaction in point of Arrears and Indemnity for past services A Petition was presented to these Officers from the Army to be by them presented to the General and by him if he thought fit to the Parliament upon these Heads 1. For indemnity for actions as Souldiers 2. For satisfaction of Arrears 3. That neither Horse nor Foot may be Pressed to serve 4. For relief of Widows and Maimed Souldiers 5. For Pay till disbanded 23. Mr. Bolton admitted one of the Assembly Mr. Cooke's Sequestration taken off The Ordinance recommitted for regulating the University of Oxford and the Ministers sent down thither to Preach Ordered to continue there and two hundred pounds allowed to them Order for Collonel Jones going for Dublin to have power of Martial Law A Pass for the Dutch Ambassadour to go to the King Debate upon the Ordinance of the Fleet and for Lambeth Library Votes touching Sequestrations The Parliaments Commissioners agreed with the Marquess of Ormond for the surrender of Dublin and other Forts in Ireland and returned to England with Hostages from the Marquess The Parliament of Scotland answered the English Commissioners That they could not render Belfast in Ireland whilst they had an Army there but upon Paying off their Arrears they will render Belfast and all they have in Possession The Jewel was presented to General Leven from the Parliament of England to whom the General wrote a Letter of thanks The Plague broke out in Edingburgh 24. Votes for Governours of Garrisons Anno 1647 Order of both Houses to free the States Ambassadors from Custom and Excise for things for his own use Orders that no private business be debated for ten days and for re-payment of Money to the Customers and for thanks to their Commissioners in Scotland The Lords gave Reasons to the Commons against the Armys quartering in the Association or near London 25. Votes for Governors of Garrisons Order for the Lord Herbert to have possession of his own Castle A Committee of both Houses to receive some intelligence which the Prince Elector desired to communicate to the Parliament of great concernment to the Protestant Religion Order that the Master and Wardens of the Stationers endeavour to find out the Authors and Printers of a Book called a warning piece c. to suppress it and to seize the Books 26. Order to bayl Mr. Tulida and his business referred to a Committee Votes for Governors of Garrisons Order for Money for Col. Birch who agreed to transport a thousand Foot and two Troops of Horse into Ireland A long report of what is paid and what in Arrears to the Army
suppose that as the Gentlemen themselves will forbear to offer the contrary so they expect the Wisdom and Justice of the House will not admit of any thing to the contrary to interrupt the proceedings upon the general affairs The House passed these Votes That no Officer or Souldier of the Army shall leave the Army without Licence or Discharge from the General That they do own this Army as their Army and will make provision for their maintenance and for their Pay equally with those that have deserted the Army Referred to the Committee of the Army to make provision accordingly Referred to the Commissioners in the Army to be earnest with the General That no obstruction or discouragement be given by the Souldiers to the levying of the Excise and other Assessments An Ordinance Read for saving harmless all well affected persons from any Bonds c. extorted from them by the Enemy in the time of War Referred to the Commissioners of the Great Seal to bring in a List of Judges for the next Circuit 29. An Ordinance past both Houses for Collonel Butler to be Governour of the Isle of Scilley A Petition from the Eleven Members except the Recorder Glyn to come to a speedy Tryal he earnestly advised his Brethren against this Petition but they were wilful and he would not joyn in it A day set for the particular Charge of the Army to be brought in against the Eleven Members Order for the Accounts to be stated of Collonel Graves and Collonel Pyes Forces and that the Officers and Souldiers come off from the Army advance for Ireland or be Disbanded An Ordinance committed for Souldiers not Inhabitants to depart the City Both Houses granted a Pass to the Dutch Ambassador to go to the King and so to return home 30 The Fast-day after Sermon A Committee appointed about reedifying the Church of Torrington Another to consider of able persons for accommodation in Religion Order for the Magistrates of the City to be careful to execute the Ordinances for observation of the Lords-day and Fast-days and for inquiry what Malignant Ministers have been admitted into Benefices Letters from the Commissioners in the Army and from Sir Thomas Fairfax That the last Votes of the House had met with such complyance in his Councel of War that in confidence of this further progress about the desires of the Army and in submission to the Votes of Parliament the Army had removed their Quarters further from London and were to be this night at Wicombe The Commissioners in the Army were desired by the Councel of War to procure from the Parliament a full answer to the last Propositions of the Army before which they cannot conclude any thing upon the Treaty Mr. Patrick Young formerly His Majesties Library-keeper at St. James's and a great Scholar with the assistance of Selden and Whitlock undertook the Printing of the Septuagint Translation of the Bible whereof he had in his custody a famous antient Copy if not an Original Manuscript July 1647. July 1. Orders about Pay for the Army That the King shall reside no nearer London than the Quarters of the Army will be born That the Committee do meet about accommodation in Religion Information of one Cousens an Alderman of Newcastle Negotiating to bring the Scots again into England The Lords were desired to expedite the Propositions to be sent to the King It was reported That part of the Charge against the Eleven Members particularly against Mr. Hollis would be the business of the Lord Savile's Information against him and Whitelock two years since 2. A Petition from the Common-Councel 1. That Command be given that no Officer or Souldier come within the Lines of Communication upon pretence to share monies for their Arrears 2. That such as are Paid may depart the City within two days 3. That all who have been in Arms against the Parliament may depart the City 4. That such as have come in from the Army may be otherwise disposed of 5. That all bring in concealed Goods 6. That the revenue be mannaged by Rules 7. That the Parliament would lay aside lesser businesses and prepare such Laws for the Kings concurrence as may settle the Government of the Church secure the people from Arbitrary Power and to restore his Majesty to his just Rights and Authority 8. That all Officers of State and Justice may be Persons of Honour of considerable Interest and known Integrity 9. That speedy care be had of Ireland 10. That Correspondence with Scotland according to the Covenant be maintained 11. That Elections may be examined and the House purged of such as are unduely Elected or have been against the Parliament 12. For a course to decide Admiralty Causes 13. That satisfaction being made by Delinquents an Act of Oblivion may be passed The Petitioners had thanks for their good affections and answer That most of the particulars were under consideration Some of the Members attended the less in the House when these matters were in agitation being unsatisfied that the Army and City should thus seem to impose upon the Parliament Reference to the Committee of Cheshire about Pay and lessening of the Garrison of Chester Orders about the affairs of Ireland That two thousand six hundred pounds be paid to the Lord of Ormond and for mony for Advance and Transport of Forces into Ireland and that three Commissioners be sent into Munster One of the Knights of Essex presented a Petition from part of that County and the Gentlemen that brought it had thanks for their good Affections and the House took notice of the delivery of it in a Parliamentary way Other Petitions from Norfolk and Suffolk Letters from the General and his Officers with a Declaration of the Army disclaiming a Pamphlet called Heads presented by the Army to the Kings Majesty and another called Articles agreed upon betwixt the King and the Army as false scandalous and injurious to them and which they detest and desire the Authors may be found out Letters from the Commissioners in the Army certified That the General had appointed Lieutenant General Cromwell Collonel Ireton Collonel Fleetwood Collonel Rainsborough Collonel Harrison Collonel Sir Har-Waller Collonel Rich Collonel Lambert Collonel Hammond and Major Rainsborough or any five of them to Treat with the Parliaments Commissioners upon the Papers sent from the Army to the Parliament and their Votes To the Vote touching the Eleven Members was answered That the Councel of War had a great willingness to answer the expectation of the House in all things so in this particular but the things being of great importance and the persons charged many it had taken more time than was expected they therefore desire respite for three or four days when they would bring in the particular Charge against the Eleven Members and the Kingdom shall see that they have not impeached the Gentlemen out of any private respects but their duty to the Publick The
to his Majesty three of them were agreed unto and the fourth concerning the Militia was committed 4. The Speaker came very late to the House and was not able to sit above a quarter of an hour in the afternoon they sate in a grand Committee to provide a constant Pay for the Army and to take away free Quarter The House adjourned till Tuesday The Officers in every Regiment in obedience to the General 's Order put out all Soldiers who had been taken in since the engagement at New-Market or that had been of the Kings Party They flocked to the Head Quarters at Windsor desiring Money to bear their Charges or to return to their several Regiments from whence they came Those who had formerly served the Parliament were for want of Money to pay them off returned to their Regiments but not the Cavaliers or disorderly Persons A Corporal of Col. Lilburne's Regiment was sentenced to death by the Councel of War for putting on the Mutiny of that Regiment and five or six Troopers to run the Gantelope which was executed at Windsor but the Corporal was reprieved till Captain Braye's Tryal Who being tryed in part carried himself with great Pride and Arrogance The General Councel of the Army were informed of an universal denyal of Payment of the Assessment of the Army to make them odious and by that means to have free quarter taken off Twenty Resolute Fellows designed to rob the Exchequer but were discovered by a Water-man and Guards set to meet with them but sixteen of the Company fought resolutely and made their way through the Guards the other four were taken much wounded 16. the House sate not because of the Speaker's being sick The High German Prophet published a Maenifesto of great destruction to be in England the which he had before told to the King and to the General 7. A Petition for Hertford-shire to be eased of free Quarter the Petitioners had thanks for their good affections and were told that the House was now upon that business and hoped to give satisfaction therein to the whole Kingdom An information against a Member of the House that he had been a Delinquent was referred to a Committee A Petition from Bucks and another from Middlesex against free Quarter the Petitioners had the same answer as those of Hertford-shire had before Order to continue the Speakers to be Commissioners of the great Seal for twenty days after the next Term. Col. Sir Hardress Waller and Col. Whaley presented from the General and Council of the Army the representation of the Army and desired it might have a present reading It was read and referred to a Committee to report what parts of it were fit to be presently proceeded in 1. It takes notice how little hath been done since the Speakers return from the Army 2. That through this delay there have been dangerous attempts 3. That notwithstanding the Army is again setled 4. That the General engaged they should have content in Pay 5. The want of Pay occaesioning free Quarter but nothing done to take it off 6. They could have made their own way of Pay and destroyed their opposers but have studied the preservation of all 7. The Parliament have had sufficient cautions yet supernumeraries being twenty thousand are not disbanded 8. That the Pay be inlarged for the whole and they will engage that no free quarter shall be taken Much about Arrears and stating Accounts Till these things setled they offer That part of the Army may quarter in London till the Arrears be levied for maimed Soldiers and Apprentices Freedom and all must be done with all possible speed and if content be not given by the end of this Week they cannot answer for the Army but desire it may be under the conduct of others and that the Impeached Citizens may be proceeded against and the City pay the Countries dammage by free quarter occasioned by their not paying the Assessments 8. Upon a report from the Committee to whom the Representation of the Army was referred Order for a Committee of six to go to the General and treat with him and his Councel about disbanding the supernumeraries and Instructions agreed for them Votes for Pay and provision of Money free quarter to be upon those places which pay not the Assessment Both Houses passed the Ordinance of Tunnage and Poundage and some other Ordinances for Money and for the two Speakers to be Commissioners of the great Seal till twenty days after next Term. Mr. Walter Montague had liberty Order to exclude private business for eight days Letters from the Isle of Wight That the King was much retired his old Servants and Chaplains came to him Col. Jones had good success in Ireland 9. A Letter from the King to both Houses Taxing them for not answering his last Message and earnestly pressing for a personal Treaty that Peace may be setled the retarding whereof he lays on them and expresseth his own readiness to consent Order to communicate this to the Scots Commissioners Proceedings upon the Impeachments against the seven Lords 10. Upon a report from the Committee several Bills assented to to be presented to the King and Instructions for the Commissioners who are to present them A Letter from the Assembly in Scotland to the Assembly at Westminster ordered to be brought into the House Order for Fuel and money for the maimed Souldiers A further day desired to bring in the Charge against the Impeached Members and an Ordinance pass'd both Houses for Money for Plymouth Garrison 11. A Petition from the Gentlemen of Ireland now in London complaining of the want of Supplys for the Forces in Ireland the Petitioners had thanks for their care of that Kingdom and a day set for consideration of that business Difference upon amendments of the Ordinance of Tunnage and Poundage Order to re-imburse the Commissioners of the Customs and to continue them Mr. Scot added to the Committee of Sequestrations The Parliaments Commissioners conferred with the General about the disbanding of Forces and agreed that there be no addition of Forces and for securing of Arrears Representations were presented to the General from particular Regiments 13. The Speaker acquainted the House with a new design to raise an Army against the Parliament the Examination of it was referred to a Committee The Lieutenant of the Tower apprehended some suspitious Persons there and the House approved thereof Divers Compositions were passed Some brought out of Ireland referred to the Committee at Derby-House Order for Col. Mitton to secure Sir Faithful Fortescue Order for the Commissioners of the Great Seal to present to Livings The Impeachments against the seven Lords were long debated Letters from the Commissioners at Windfor of their proceedings Letters from York of a Soldiers being censured by the Council of War to a weeks imprisonment and dyet of Bread and Water for being unruly at his Quarters and not contented with his dyet another cashiered
tryed forthwith The General removed Northwards Lieutenant General Cromwel possessed Carmarden the Forces being drawn into Pembroke Castle where Laugherne Powel and Poyer were but some differences reported to be among them there 22. Order for supplying the Stores and taking off the Salt Peter Letters from the Mayor of Sandwich That a young man was lately come thither who gave himself out to be the Prince of Wales and That many came to him to kiss his hand and others sent him money Vice-Admiral Rainsborough advertised by Letters the fame thing referred to the Committee at Derby House to examine this business and to send for this pretended Prince of Wales and Messengers went to bring him up The Gentry of York agreed to raise Horse and Foot for defence of their Country against all Opposers of the Parliament Which the House approved and Ordered thanks to them for it Thanks Ordered to the Militia of London and to Major General Skippon for preserving the Peace of the City and securing the Parliament The Ordinance past for advancing fifty thousand pounds for the service of Ireland An Ordinance past both Houses against Tumultuous meetings to present Petitions to the Parliament Letters from Edenburgh of great preparations in Scotland for raising Forces Horse and Foot And that an Act was published for putting that Kingdom into a posture of defence against Malignants Sectaries and others That General Leven laid down his Commission and Thot Duke Hamilton was chosen General That they gave a rich Jewel to General Leven and promised him one thousand pounds Letters That Eighty Horse each Horse-man carrying a Foot-man behind him came to Pontfret Castle and set up their Scaling Ladders in the Night designing to surprize it for the King but the Garrifon took the Allarum and the Centries firing upon them they all got away Collonel Rigby and the Gentlemen of Lancashire raised the Forces of that County to oppose the Enemy Some Gentlemen of Surrey came to the General and desired him in the name of that County to command his Soldiers that no affront might be offered to the Countrymen by the Soldiers and the Country will take care that no affront be offered to the Soldiers but that they have necessary and lawful accommodation and respect And that they were grieved That so much injury was offered to their Petitioners and so much Christian blood of their Country shed 23. Both Houses passed the Ordinance for putting Malignants and Papists out of the Lines of Communication and twenty miles distant from London A Petition from the supernumerary Officers and Soldiers for part of their Arrears for their present subsistence answered That they must be satisfied with the security given to them and others already A Petition from the City of London expressing their Thankfulness for the granting of their former desires and their joy for the Votes of Parliament that they will not alter the Government by King Lords and Commons and will preserve the Covenant and Treaties but that they are much grieved that their Magistrates and fellow Citizens for a long time have been under restraint They humbly pray the prosecution of their Votes by the Parliament for the settlement of Peace preservation of the Vnion Covenant and Treaties and that the Aldermen now in the Tower their Recorder and the rest of their fellow Cittizens restrained upon the same occasion may be restored The Lords Gave thanks to the Petitioners and assurance that they would indeavour the settlement of Peace and to prevent a new War and the discharge of the Recorder and that they may be united their hearts fastned and their hands strengthened to serve the Parliament The Commons gave an answer to the same effect and Voted the discharge of Mr. Recorder Glyn and divers other Citizens from their Imprisonments that the Forces at the Tower be joyned with those at White hall and the Meuse till the City Militia be in a posture for the Guard of the Parliament The Gentlemen of Montgomeryshire subscribed an Ingagement To adhere to the Parliament and to put themselves into a Posture of Defence 24. Instructions passed for the Earl of Thanet to go down into Kent to quiet the Rioters there by assuring them 1. That the Houses have no such intent as the Malignants have given out to Execute two of every Town of them 2. That they may have leave to present their Petition by a few 3. That upon laying down their Arms and repairing home they shall have an Ordinance of Indemnity Vote by the Commons That after His Majesty hath signed the Bills for setling the Militia and for the Presbyterian Government and recalled his Declarations c. against the Parliament that then a Treaty shall be had with him upon the rest of the Propositions at Hampton-Court The Author and Printer of a Scandalous feigned Engagement of the Counties of Kent Surrey Essex c. ordered to be whipt and Imprisoned Letters from Collonel Duckenfield That the Gentry of Cheshire have ingaged to adhere to the Parliament and to raise three Regiments of Foot and one of Horse if occasion be for defence of their Countrey Letters of some Forces for the King come into Lancashire and North-Wales and of the readiness of the Countries to oppose them 25. Intelligence of the increase of the Rioters in Kent and their seizing some Shipping and Ammunition at Rochester and their approaching near London which it was given out they intended to Plunder Referred to the Committee at Derby-House to order Forces for the better security of the Parliament and City and notice hereof to be given to the General The Lords Voted an addition to the Committee at Derby-House Debate touching provision of Money for the Forces in London and for raising new Forces 26. Debate about the Bills to be presented to the King in order to a Treaty with him and about the discontents and desires of the County of Surrey Upon Information that the Rioters of Kent had Plundered the Houses of many Members of Parliament who serve for that County Orders for the suppressing of them Some of their Members had the thanks of the House for removing the Ordnance and Ammunition from Wolwich to the Tower Letters from Wales of the Insurrections there well nigh suppressed That two hundred and forty of the Welchmen Batchellors were sent to the Barbadoes and three shot to Death at Cardiffe 27. Orders for slighting of Banbury Castle and for Money for Repairing and Victualling of Windsor Castle and for a hundred Beds for the Soldiers there and for Victualling of Dover Castle Reference to the Committee of Derby House touching additional Guards for the Isle of Wight and to the Committee of the Navy touching the Sea Guards Upon a Petion from the Rioters in Kent Ordered That they shall have Indemnity and Pardon if they forthwith lay down Arms restore what they have taken retire to their own dwellings and ingage to be quiet for the
of the Army two Regiments of Foot and several Troops of Horse were quartered in London and the Treasuries secured in Haberdashers-Hall Weavers-Hall and Goldsmiths-Hall whereof the General by his Letter acquainted the Lord Mayor and City before hand And gave his reasons for the doing of it because they had not paid their arrears of the Assessment nor furnished the Money which he desired of them and that they had by order of Parliament quartered in several Counties on those who did not pay the Assessment till they paid the same That yet if they would advance for the Army forty thousand pound in part of their arrears the Souldiers should not be further troublesome to them A party of Souldiers going by mistake to the Excise House to seize the Money there the General recalled them and wrote a Letter to the Commissioners of Excise to excuse it 9. A Committee of the Common Council made some proposals to the General and Council of the Army touching their security for forty thousand pounds which the General demanded of them which they promised to advance and humbly desired that the Army might this night withdraw out of the City To this the General answered that if within fourteen days the City would pay in all their arrears of the Assessment that then the Army should withdraw but that in the mean time their quartering in the City would facilitate the work The Foot were quartered in private Houses the Horse in Inns and two more Regiments marched into the City and took up their quarters there this day 11. The Houses sate not but to the General and general Council of the Army was â—resented a new Representative or an agreement of the people propounded as a Rule for future government to be published to the view of all that any might offer what they thought fit against it or of alteration or addition to any part of it Much of the same matter was contained therein as in their late Remonstrance this was more large giving rules for future Elections of Representatives of the people they to have the supream authority and this Parliament to be dissolved in April next and then a new Representative to sit Divers Rules for the Election of them Officers and Malignants to be incapable of electing or being elected and generally of the power and equal distribution of the Members of this Representative to be in all three hundred Persons c. The frame of this agreement of the people was thought to be for the most part made by Commissary General Ireton a man full of invention and industry who had a little knowledg of the Law which led him into the more errours Little business in the Chancery The Lord Grey of Groby came to the Lord Grey one of the Commissioners and wished them not to sit to morrow because it would be a busy day It seems he was acquainted with the private Councils of the Army They advised together about this matter and resolved to meet to morrow at Westminster and to do as they should see cause as to the hearing of Motions or other business of the Chancery 12. Both Houses sate the Commons ordered two Troops of Horse in Northamptonshire to be continued for a Month longer under Major Butler and Captain Strike Petitions from Bristol and Exon complaining of the neglect of guarding those Coasts that ten Merchants Ships had been taken by the Irish the last week the Petitions referred to the Committee of the Navy A Letter from the Lord Admiral of the grounds of his coming from Goree to the Downes to avoid the danger of being frozen up and because he wanted Victual referred to the Committee of the Navy Vpon debate of the last proposals and desires of the Army Voted That the Vote for revoking the Order of disabling the eleven Members and re-admitting them into the House when a charge of so high a nature lay against them was un-Parliamentary and of dangerous consequence and was now made Null They Voted likewise that the Vote of this House concurring with the Lords to take off the former Vote which forbid any more addresses to the King was highly dishonourable to the proceedings of Parliament and apparently destructive to the good of the Kingdom Major General Brown Sir Jo. Clotworthy Sir William Waller Colonel Massey and Colonel Copley were apprehended by the Army and sent Prisoners to S t James's House M r Pelham M r Vaughan and some other of the Members that were Prisoners had liberty given upon their Paroles The City sent in Beds for the Souldiers whereupon the General ordered them to be removed from private Houses and Quartered in empty Houses Letters from Ireland that the Marquess of Ormond was piecing up the differences among the Rebels and that their main design was against Dublin 13. Voted that the Votes of non-Addresses to the King shall stand and that the Votes for revocation of them and that for a personal Treaty with the King in the Isle of Wight were highly dishonourable to the proceedings of Parliament and apparently dectructive to the good of the Kingdom Letters with the Catalogue of twenty Commanders who were for the Parliament lately come in to the Lord Ormond Several Members did forbear going to the House not being satisfied whether they might with a safe conscience be in the House or not having such a force upon them and lest they should countenance that force On the other side they considered whether it were fit for such as had no force upon them and were not forbidden to be in the House to be absent and wholly to omit their duty or rather to continue therein whereby they might help to keep up the Parliament lest it should be dissolved which the Souldiers wished and thereby the whole power be given up into the hands of the Army Sir Thomas Widdrington did forbear going to the House this day 14. Referred to the Committee of the Army to confer with the General and Officers of the Army how the last six Months Assessment may be raised and payed to the Souldiers Order for two hundred pound for Colonel Ewers now Governor of Hurst Castle Order to repeal the former Ordinance for setling the Militia it being made upon design to destroy the present Army and that a new Ordinance be brought in for the Militia Debate of a Letter to be sent to the General to desire that a charge may be brought in against such of their Members not admitted to sit against whom they have any matter and that the rest against whom they have no matter may have the freedom to sit in the House Letters from Hurst Castle that his Majesty was in health and had good accommodations that he desired of the Governour to have two of his own Chaplains to pray and preach with him and to have liberty to write to the Queen and to the Prince 15. Debate touching provisions for the Navy and orders for pay
his place in the House and was questioned for his acting during the late Interruption to which he made an ingenious Answer And it was voted That he should forthwith repair to his house at Raby in the County of Durham and remain there during the pleasure of the Parliament And he was discharged from being a Member of this Parliament Lambert Decborough Ashfield Berry Kelsey Cobbet and Creed were confined to their several Houses furthest off from London And the Council of State ordered to send for and confine other Officers of the Army who had acted against the Parliament in the late Interruption 10. Order to consider this Day seven-night of the Members of Parliament against whom Matters are objected 11. Scot made Custos Rotulorum of Westminster Vnton Crook made Colonel of Berry's Regiment Walton of that late Colonel Morley's and Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper of that Regiment of Horse late the Lord Fleetwood's Letters that Monk was come as far as York with about 5000 men 12. Letters from Monk from Newcastle brought by Mr. Gumbell who had a hundred pounds given him Order for the Speaker to seal a Commission of Oyer and Terminer for London Thanks sent to General Morgan for his good Service Letters of submission from Ludlow and Corbet from Ireland Lists of Officers brought in 13. The Speaker being sick had leave to absent for ten dayes and Mr. Say was Speaker pro tempore The Great Seal delivered to the Speaker Lenthal till further order of the House 14. Order for the Council to secure the Officers formerly confined or any other that do not repair to their Houses in the Country to which they are confined Order for Scot to be Secretary of State Letters of Monk's advance to Newark with sixty six Companies of foot and two and twenty Troops of Horse 16. Flattering Letters of Monk's carriage in Scotland when there Alderman Bunce and others released out of Prison Mr. Scot and Mr. Luke Robinson ordered to go to meet Monk and to congratulate from the Parliament his great Services and good success and his repairing towards London and to let him know that the House would provide money for his Forces 17. The House proceeded against Colonel Sydenham for acting against them during the Interruption and after his Answer discharged him from being a Member of this Parliament Then they proceeded against Major Salwey and voted him to be suspended from sitting in Parliament and to be sent to the Tower during the Parliaments pleasure Downing was sent Agent to the States of the Netherlands Widdrington Tyrrell and Fountain Voted to be Commissioners of the Seal Newdigate to be chief Justice Hill and Nicholas Judges of the Vpper Bench St. John chief Justice Windham and Archer Judges of the Common Pleas Wilde chief Baron Thorpe and Parker Barons of the Exchequer 19. Officers out of Ireland brought into the House gave an account of Affairs there and brought Letters from Sir Hardress Waller Sir Charles Coote Sir Theophilus Jones with Articles of Treason against Ludlow Corbet Jones and Thomlinson former Commissioners there The Powers formerly granted to them were suspended by the House And they appointed new Commissioners for Ireland Sir Hardress Waller Mr. Weaver Robert Goodwyn Sir Charles Coote and Colonel Markham Order for Ludlow and the rest to attend the House to answer to the Articles of Treason against them The Officers of Ireland had thanks The Great Seal was delivered in the House to Widdrington Tyrrell and Fountain Commissioners given in the House to several Officers of the Army A Letter to Monk to congratulate him sent by three of the City 21. Letters from Monk of his approach near London desiring the Order of Parliament how to dispose of his Forces for their Service and protesting all faithfulness and obedience to them Letters from Monk to Overton about the security of Hull and their adhering to this Parliament to which Overton the Governour made an ingenious Answer that reflected upon Monk as to the secluded Members and a single Person 23. Commissions given out to Officers The House agreed upon a Declaration Letters of a Tumult in Excester the people declaring for a free Parliament quieted Letters that Monk and his Forces were complemented in their march and Addresses made by some for the secluded Members by others for a free Parliament That Monk gave the hearing to all but declared his purpose to none That Hull is for this Parliament 24. Order That Colonel Charles Fleetwood the L. Whitelocke Mr. Strickland and Mr. Holland do attend the House this day sevennight Order That Papers of the Committee of safety and Council of Officers be brought in to the Clerk of the Parliament and Mr. Scobell to attend the House and all Members to attend the House this Day sevennight on pain of 20 l. Order for the Members to name Justices of Peace The People of Berks met at Abbington upon a false rumour that a Knight of the Shire was to be chosen 25. Orders about monies and touching the Militia Forces Sir Robert Pye and Major Fincher committed to the Tower for delivering a seditious Paper to the Speaker Letters That Scot and Robinson the Parliaments Commissioners to Monk went out to meet him six miles from Leicester and the Forces with Monk gave Vollies of shot and the Bells rang where Monk came and many Gentlemen of the Countries came and saluted him Monk alighted from his Horse to salute the Parliaments Commissioners and went with them in their Coach to Leicester and there supped with them in their Quarters multitudes of People came to see them and Monk expressed the height of respect to the Commissioners The Mayor and Aldermen banquetted Monk The Officers of the Army in Ireland wrote to Ludlow to surrender the Fort of Duncannon to the Parliament 26. The House was busie about the assessment and sate all Day Order about discoveries of monies due to the Commonwealth Order for an Act to justifie the proceedings of Monk he was made Custos Rotulorum of Devon Letters from Monk and from the Commissioners with him who highly extoll his respects to the Parliament and his faithfulness to them and his civilities to their Commissioners Mr. Gomble Monk's Chaplain recommended by the House to be a fellow of Eaton College Lambert confined to Holmeby 27. Order about a suit between Mr. Nevil and the High Sheriff concerning a return of his Election Votes about the Committee of the Army and about the Admiralty And divers Officers of the Army approved 28. Letters of Monk's coming to Northampton with the Parliaments Commissioners that a hundred Gentlemen presented a Paper to Monk desiring him to be instrumental for the secluded Members or for a free Parliament to which he answered That he was but a servant to the Parliament in a Military capacity and these things of great and civil concernment
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
Petition Another answer to the Petition of Right June 7th Dr. Lambe Votes against Bishop Neal and Laud and the Duke Remonstrance Message Remonstrance Parliament Prorogued to Octo. 20. The Duke stabbed by Felton Parliament Prorogued to Jan. 20. Merchants imprisoned for Tunnage and Poundage Felton Tunnage and Poundage Jan. 20. King's Speech Message Message for Tunnage and Poundage The Commons declaration The King's Answer Grievances Message Votes Protestation Message Members committed Parliament dissolved King's Speech Resolutions of Judges Habeas corpus Habeas corpus Habeas corpus Information in the-Star Chamber against the Members Habeas corpus The Judges perplext Members taken off Good behaviour Proceedings against Selden c. Information in the Star-chamber Information in the Kings Bench. Prohibitions Queen of Bohemia A Peace with France Prince Charls born May 29. King of Sweden Dr. Leighton stygmatized Peace with Spain King of Sweden Marquess Hambleton Papists in Ireland Earl of Essex Impropriations Huntley The High Commission Court Message to the Chief Justice The King 's express Command The Judges answer Walter dies His Opinion His Patent Lord Audley's Tryal Rea and Ramsey Appeal of Treason Judges Opinions Sir Nich. Hyde Questions to the Judges touching the Clergy Oxford Book of Sports Repair of Pauls Sir Paul Pindar The Princess Mary born Ambassador to Sweden Dr. Lamb. City of London fined Judge Whitelocke dies Abbot dies Laud made Archbishop of Canterbury Wentworth sent into Ireland King of Sweden slain Wallestein murthered Prynne's Histriomastix Prynne sent to the Tower The King's progress to Scotland October 13. the Duke of York born October 18. Masque of the Inns of Court Dr. Bastwick Bishops independent of the King Mare liberum Mare clausum Shipmoney Ambassador of Sweden slighted Noy dies Balmerino Treasurer Weston dies Sir Edw. Coke dies Spotswood A Fleet set out Lord Keeper's Speech The peace at Praguë Hollandâ—rs present Juxton made Treasurer Letters for Shipmony Laud's Visitation Northumberland Admiral Ferdinand the 2d Hampden refuses Ship-money Judges Opinion about Ship-money Croke alters his mind Arundel sent to the Emperor Burton Bastwick Pâ—yn Prince Elector defeated Sentence against Bishop of Lincoln Osbaldston Laud's Warrant Troubles in Scotland Proclamations Scot's Petition Hamilton Covenanters Answ The King's Declaration Covenanters Protest Hamilton's Proposals Declaration Covenanters protest Argile Covenanters prepare for War Calvin Whitgift's Articles Episcopacy restored The Queen mother in England Preparations for War with the Scots Arundel General Declaration The Covenanters Answer The King at York revokes several projects and Monopolies Articles of pacification The Covenanters perform not Assembly at Edenburgh Parliament Lords of the Articles The Parliament in Scotland prorogu'd Their Declaration Spanish Fleet beaten by the Dutch Prince Elector made Prisoner in France A Parliament appointed Subscriptions Coventry dies Commissioners from Scotland Loudon sent to the Tower Bagshaw's Reading A Parliament Glanvil Speaker Message from the King Sir H. Vane censured The Parliament dissolv'd Laud blam'd Convocation continues sitting Anno 1640. Tumult of Prentices Oath imposed by the Convocation Their Canons Knighthood Money Londoners discontented A Royal Army Duke of Glocester born Scots declared Rebels Conway Lesley The English worsted Wilmot Conway accused The Scots Petition The Kings Answer Demands of the Scots The Lords Petition The Kings Answer Petition of the Citizens of London The Council at York The Scotish War variously discoursed of Message to the Scots Complaint against Strafford Treaty at Rippon The Scots demands The Treaty variously censured Montross 3. Novem. a day ominous Strafford Perswaded to go to the Parliament Speech to the Parliament Petitions Pym of Grievances Lord Digby Proclamations against Papists Earl of Warwick Impeachment against Strafford Habeas Corpus Judges Crook and Whitelocke cleared Prynne and Burton Windebank Votes Committee against Strafford Alderman Pennington Votes Laud Impeacht Lord Keeper Finch His Speech Articles against Finch Petitions King's Speech Demands of the Scots yielded to Judge Berkley Triennial Parliament The Kings Speech Votes Foreign Affairs Strafford Disputes touching the tryal Undertakers Tryal of Strafford Sir Henry Vane Councel for Strafford Bill of Attainder Commons Petition The King's Answer Tumult Practices upon the Army Protestation Bill for continuing the Parliament Strafford voted guilty Letter from Strafford to the King Censures Balfour Great Officers resign their Places Discontents in the Army Officers Petition Church-Government Armagh Tonnage and Poundage granted High Commission Court Star-chamber Queen Mother dies Dr. Wren Ship-money Judges Essex Armies disbanded Parliament adjourn'd Irish Rebellion Earl of Leicester Irish Maxims Motives Owen O'Conelly Mac Mahon O Neale Votes The King's return from Scotland Speech in Parliament Proclamation Speech Parliament Petition Grievances of the Court Marshal Hyde Remonstrance Protestation Palmer Tumults Irish Oath Irish Cruelties Vote Articles against the five Members The King in the House of Commons The 〈◊〉 Speech The Spâ—â—ker The Action diversly censured Declaration Vote Tumults Bishops Protest Bishops accused of high Treason London Petition The King's Answer Petition Tumults The King removes to Hampton Court Five Members return to the House Lord Digby Lunsford Message Petition Answer Petitions Answer Bill for disabling Bishops Essex Holland Letters intercepted The Queen to Holland Pym. Militia Message Petition Skippon Petition Militia Answer Bill for Ireland Militia Petition Vote Declaration Militia Answer Vote Message Anno. 1642. Lords Report Answer Address at York Message Hull Reasons Answer Hotham Hull Messages Vote Militia Gardiner Different Opinions Declaration Scots interpose Vote Order Nineteen Propositions Commission of Array Lord Keeper Littleton Protestation at York Declaration Message Earl of Warwick Lord Willoughby Votes for an Army Petition Money rais'd Several proclaim'd Traytors Declaration Standard at Nottingham Message Answer Reply Vote Colours Hull Directions to the General Declaration Oxford King's Speech Vote Yorkshire Cornwal Edghill Fight The King at Oxford Essex An Address for Peace Petition Skippon his Speeches Turnham-green The King's Forces retreat Vote Message Petition Letters intercepted Petition Answer City Sir Hugh Cholmley Propositions for Peace Safe Conduct Treaty at Oxford Propositions The King's Propositions Massey Scots come in Lesley Ireland Richlieu dies Lewys the XIII dies Commissioners at Oxford Message Treaty breaks off Lord Brook E. Northampton Covenant Pym dies Waller Hampden Germany Swedes Henrietta Maria. Great Seal Sir W. Waller defeated Hotham Bristol taken by P. Rupert Great Seal H. Martyn Selden Earl of Kingston Cromwell Gloucester Massey Members disabled Gen. Essex Covenant Col. Potley Gloucester relieved Judge Berkley sentenced Newbery fight Lord Falkland Covenant General Essex Sir Philip Stapleton Pasquils Laud. Ormond Poole Dr. Featly Sir Nic. Crispe French Embassadour Manchester Ministers French Embassador Proclamations Commissioners for Scotland Great Seal Laud his Tryal Earl of Holland Col. Rigby Covenant Answer to Fr. Embassadour C. Mostyn Great Seal Fr. Embassadour Scotland Waller Great Seal Irish Proposals Indictment of H. Treason G. Essex Gr. Seal D. Hamilton C. Hutchinson Scots Army Parliament at Oxford Proclamations Plot. Letter intercepted Goring