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A87982	A letter from the Lord Major, aldermen and Common-Councel of London, to His Excellency Sir Tho: Fairfax. With another letter from His Excellency to the City, in answer to the same. Also two orders and a letter of the General and general Councel of the Army, for the discharging such soldiers the Army, as formerly served in the Kings army : and for the apprehending of others to be tryed by a Councel of War, about the late distractions in the Army. Novem. 25. 1647. Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot.	City of London (England). Court of Common Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; England and Wales. Army. Council.	1647 (1647)	Wing L1530; Thomason E417_3; ESTC R204440	3,651	12

A LETTER FROM The Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councel of LONDON To His Excellency Sir Tho Fairfax WITH Another LETTER from His Excellency to the City in Answer to the same Also two Orders and a Letter of the General and general Councel of the Army For the discharging such Soldiers the Army as formerly served in the KINGS Army And for the apprehending of others to be tryed by a Councel of WAR about the late Distractions in the ARMY Novem. 25. 1647. Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot LONDON Printed for Laurence Chapman Novem. 27. 1647. To His Excellency Sir Tho Fairfax Knight General of the Forces raised by the Parliament of ENGLAND May it please your Excellency YOur Letter dated at Kingston the 19 instant we received this day and having duly weighed the contents thereof we cannot but as in the first place with all due thankfulness acknowledge the great favor and respect unto this City for the tenderness and care had by your self and the Army to preserve it from the least damage or prejudice and for other favors in the Letter intimated Do also express our hearty sorrow for your apprehension of Just Occasions and great Provocations to have bin given by this city which might have diverted that your Honorable favor And that the Arrears to the Army or any thing else from this City have given occasion both of the coming and stay of the Army so long about the same as to oppress these parts if not the undoing of some as is expressed in the Letter And that Colonel Hewson with one thousand Foot should be appointed to come as upon this day to quarter in this City within the Lines of Communication in such places as he findes fittest until the service of Collection and levy both of the Arrears and penalties imposed by Ordinance of Parliament be accomplished Verily we cannot but with sadness of heart consider how this City which hath always shewed it self upon all occasions to its power instrumental for the preservation of Parliament and Kingdom should now without president have been disturbed and disquieted by the Soldiery and what ill consequence it might produce to the Parliament City Kingdom and Army it self if not prevented by the wisdom of the Parliament and your Excellency we are not willing to express It is our humble Desire That your Excellency and Councel of War will vouchsafe to take the same into due consideration as a matter of great concernment and to be assured That we have not obstinately withholden what has been due to the Army in affront to the Ordinances and Demands of Parliament And we profess That we have done and shall do our best indeavors to further the speedy Collection and getting in of the Arrears due from particular inhabitants upon whom the same are charged by Ordinance of Parliament It is also our humble Desire That your Excellency will be pleased to take a view of the Paper inclosed of some apparent obstructions presented from us unto the Parliament touching the not getting in of the Arrears to the end your Excellency may see the readiness of our indeavors to remove the same Likewise That you will be pleased further to consider of the great sums of Money yet unsatisfied exhausted from the City by Loans and otherwise for service of the Parl. and Kingdom The Free-quarter of the Army upon Citizens who have dwellings in the countrey The great and many Taxes upon the City The great decay generally of Trade within the same and The high prizes of all maner of Victual All conducing to the impoverishment of the people and obstruction to the ready payment of the Assessments upon the City And for remedy herein we relie upon your Excellencies goodness That we doing our indeavors in this business you will be pleased in a short time to remove your Army to a further distance from hence Lastly It is our earnest Desire as formerly to manifest our Integrity and faithfulness unto the Parliament and Kingdom giving to our power all obedience to their Ordinances and likewise to keep and maintain a right understanding and good correspondency between your Excellency Councel of War the Army and this City London 20 Nov. 1647. By Command of the Major Aldermen and Commons of the City of LONDON in Common-Councel assembled MICHEL To the Right Honorable The Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councel men of the City of London in Common-Councel assembled My Lord and Gentlemen MY last to Your Lordship from Kingston was not intended to charge you with the Arrears of the City or to put the levying thereof upon any other besides those that are impowered and charged by the Parliament for that purpose But the business of sending for their assistance some Soldiers into the City being resolved on as the best way and of present necessity for the timely and effectual dispatch of that Service I thought fit by that Letter to acquaint you therewith both as a respect to your Lordship and the City and that by you the City might the better understand the Grounds and Intentions of that Resolution to prevent any inconveniencies from misapprehensions thereof Nor did I expect that either that Resolution or the Letter in stead of a vigorous and speedy dispatch in a business so just and necessary should beget any Interposals or Intercourse tending to further Delays But since the Parliament hath thought fit to put a stop for present to that way of Proceeding which here was conceived most necessary and agreeable to their Orders and to undertake some other effectual course in the business I shall wait the hoped issue thereof and of your promised concurrent endeavors Which if it prove not timely answerable to their Undertakings to your Professions and the Armies and Kingdoms Expectations I much doubt the consequences whatever you or I can do to prevent them will be every way sad and that not more to the Parliament Kingdom or Army then to the City it self The safety and prosperity of which shall be always endeavored as much as lies in the power of Windsor 24. Nov. 1647. Your faithful Friend and Servant T FAIRFAX Two Orders of the General and general Councel of the ARMY ACcording to a Resolution of the general Councel you are upon the issuing forth of this Moneths Pay to dismiss and discharge or cause to be dismissed or discharged all such Soldiers as have been entertained in the several Troops of your Regiment since the day that the Army marched through London as also all such Soldiers and Officers as have served the King in the late War and have been entertained in any Troop within your Regiment since the Engagement of the Army at Newmarket Heath And you are to return to the Commissary of Musters a List of the Names of all such persons in any Troop as are to be and shall be so discharged as aforesaid with a particular Accompt for how much time every one of them since his Entertainment doth remain unpaid The chief Officer of