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
time upon the besiegers but were beaten back with loss they were in great want of Salt in the City but the besiegers drew off to a greater distance from the City the better to resist their Sallies and to receive Prince Rupert who was come to Craven The Portugeses had a great Victory against the Spaniards The Lords consented to the Ordinance for secluding the Members of both Houses who had deserted the Parliament The Portugal Ambassadour desired to be heard before some Ships appointed for that purpose did go to the River Amazons within his Masters dominions which was referred to a Committee The Archbishop came again to his Tryal Prince Maurice sent a party to burn Barnstable but the Town rose against them shut them out and killed about 20 of them hereof they gave notice to the Lord General who sent the Lord Roberts with a strong party to secure them The Lord Grey routed a party of the Enemy near Stamford killed 6 of them took 40 horse and as many Gentlemen and divers inferiour Officers and pursued Colonel Hastings and his forces The besiegers of Greenland-house had almost beaten the house about the Ears of the Garrison A Committee was appointed to consider of the manner of reception of the Dutch Ambassadour and of other Ambassadours Upon Prince Rupert's coming towards York the besiegers drew off from the City to be the better prepared to receive the Prince Divers Letters were intercepted going from Oxford to the Queen wherein the King acquaints her with the Parliaments purpose to present him Propositions for Peace which if She likes he thinks will be the best way for settlement as things now stand In those and other Letters there are relations of the late fight at Cropedy-bridg and of other incounters much different from the relations thereof made by the Commanders upon the place Colonel Warren taken prisoner by the Parliaments Forces in the North and now prisoner in Hull was sent for up to the Parliament in whose service he had formerly been and they committed him to the Tower Colonel Monke is said to have done good service for the Parliament against the Irish Rebels till he received a Command from the King upon which he deserted his Regiment in Ireland and served in person against the Parliament whose forces took him prisoner with Colonel Warren and he was now likewise committed to the Tower Prince Rupert having relieved the Countess of Derby who had couragiously defended Lathom-house besieged 18 weeks by Colonel Ashton Moore and Rigby and they being all drawn off The Prince marched towards York with 20000 horse and foot upon notice whereof the three Generals for the Parliament Leven Manchester and Fairfax raised their Siege from before York and drew into a large plain about 8 miles from the City called Marston Moore The Prince fetching a compass about with his Army got into York and there the Earl of Newcastle with 6 or 7000 men joyning with him they both marched unto Marston Moore and possessed themselves of the best places of Advantage for ground and wind The Right Wing of the Parliament was commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and consisted of all his horse and three Regiments of the Scots horse the Left Wing was commanded by the Earl of Manchester and Colonel Cromwel One body of their foot was commanded by the Lord Fairfax and consisted of his foot and two brigades of the Scots foot for a reserve and the main body of the rest of the foot was commanded by General Leven The Right Wing of the Prince's Army was commanded by the Earl of Newcastle the left Wing by the Prince himself and the main body commanded by General Goring Sir Charles Lucas and Major General Porter thus were both sides drawn up into Batalia July the 3d. In this posture both Armies faced each other and about seven a Clock in the morning the fight began between them The Prince with his Left Wing fell on the Parliament's Right Wing routed them and pursued them a great way the like did General Goring Lucas and Porter upon the Parliaments main body The three Generals giving all for lost hasted out of the Field and many of their Soldiers fled and threw down their Arms the King's Forces especially Prince Rupert too eagerly following the chace the victory now almost atchieved by them was again snatched out of their hands For Colonel Cromwel with the brave Regiment of his Countrymen and Sir Thomas Fairfax having rallyed some of his horse fell upon the Prince's Right Wing where the Earl of Newcastle was and routed them and the rest of their Companions rallying they fell altogether upon the divided bodies of Rupert and Goring and totally dispersed them and obtained a compleat Victory after three hours sight From this Battel and the pursuit some reckon were buryed 7000 Englishmen all agree that above 3000 of the Prince's men were slain in the Battel besides those in the chace and 3000 prisoners taken many of their chief Officers 25 pieces of Ordnance 47 Colours 10000 Arms two Waggons of Carabins and Pistols 130 barrels of Powder and all their bag and baggage For this great Victory the Parliament ordered a day to be kept of publick thanksgiving and a Letter of thanks to be written to the three Generals who with their Armies kept a day of thanksgiving for the great success that God had given them Colonel Cromwel was much cryed up for his service in this Battel and received a slight hurt with a Pistol shot in the neck which some imagined to be by accident and want of care by some of his own men Sir Thomas Fairfax likewise performed very gallant service in this Action and both the Commanders and the Souldiers on both parts acquitted themselves like couragious Englishmen it pleased God upon this appeal to decide it for the Parliament Prince Rupert escaped narrowly by the goodness of his horse and got into York the Papers of the Earl of Newcastle were taken and among them the Commission of the Earl of Newcastle to be General and to make Knights and they were presented to the Parliament The Parliament ordered 30000 l. for Ireland A party from Oxford and Wallingford came to relieve Greenland-house whereupon the Parliament Forces then but a few before it drew off to Henly and the King's Forces brought their fellows little relief onely carryed away 29 women and some plunder and so returned and then the besiegers sate down again before it Oswestry being besieged by the King's forces under Colonel Marrowe Sir Tho. Middleton relieved it and took 200 Common Souldiers 7 Carriages 100 Horse the Lord Newport's eldest Son and divers Officers and Arms and the Lord Newport's Estate was ordered to be sold An Ordinance passed for the new Excise Sir William Waller mounted his foot the better to pursue the King's Forces and the adjacent Counties furnished him with horses Sir Ralph Hopton with about 500 men attempted Marleborough on the Fair day but
the several Committees to advance the coming in of the Excise The Assembly presented to the House the last part of the Confession of Faith 4. Petitions of the suffering Gentry of Durham and of Richmond-shire by the insupportable burdens of the Scots Army upon them ordered to be considered Debate upon the Ordinance for the Assesment for Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army and a Proviso to exempt the Northerne Counties from the Tax laid aside and another to exempt Colledge Rents the Ordinance sent up to the Lords Order to state the Accompts of Major General Massey now a Member of the House 5. Order to send down the hundred thousand pound to York for the Scots Army and for Sir Tho. Fairfax to send a Convoy with it An Ordinance sent to the Lords for redemption of the Captives of Algiers Great endeavours were to get hands to a Petition of the City of the former strain and to settle the Presbytery and suppress Sectaries c. contrived by some to raise Divisions 7. Debate about the latter part of the Confession of Faith and five hundred Copys of it ordered to be Printed for the Members of both Houses and that the Assembly do bring in their Marginal Notes to prove every part of it by Scripture and their Answer to the Queries touching the point of jus Divinum A Committee of both Houses appointed to consider of the business of the Petition now in Agitation in the City which may tend much to indanger the Peace of the Parliament and City and to find out some expedient to preserve the Peace Order for the Committee of both Kingdome to conclude the Treaty with the Scots Commissioners about the marching of their Army out of England Order for a new Election Order to send for the Bishop of Worcester Sir William Russel and the Mayor in Custody Order for a thousand pound for Phisitians and Chyrurgions to look to the maimed Soldiers Order to free the Libraries and other things in Oxford useful for Learning from Sequestration Letters from Ireland informed that the Lord Digby told the Nuntio there that he had done ill service to the King and the Nuntio told him thrice he lyed Four thousand pound allotted for Ireland 8. A full Agreement with the Scots Commissioners that when an hundred thousand pound comes to Topcliffe the Scots shall give Hostages to quit all their quarters possessions and Garrisons on the South of Tyne within ten days and then the Hostages to be re-delivered and upon delivery of the other hundred thousand pound on the North of Newcastle the Scots to deliver Hostages to march out of England Berwick Carlisle and the Garrisons in Scotland to be slighted within ten days For the second two hundred thousand pound the Scots are to have the publick Faith and nine hundred pound was allowed to the Tellers of the two hundred thousand pound and sixteen hundred pound for the charge of the carriages of it Vote That all who shall raise Forces against the Parliament or either House hereafter shall dye without Mercy and have their Estates confiscated And in all these Votes the Lords concurred Supplys for the Northern Forces Orders touching Compositions of Delinquents Upon suspition of a Plot to surprize York Major General Pointz drew in his Forces into the City General Leven and Sir James Lumsden Governor of New-castle published a Proclamation that all who had born Arms against either Kingdom should depart the Town and all quarters of the Scots Army within twenty four hours 9. The Fast day After Sermons the House Pass'd the Ordinance for the better observation of the Lords day 10. Debate touching Compositions Petition of Col. Whaley that the Earl of Newcastle unjustly possessed an Estate of three hundred pound per An. of the Colonel's Father and prayed that he might have that Estate upon Sale in lieu of so much of his Arrears which being proved the House ordered accordingly Order that Delinquents Tenants for Life might compound for one years value Letters of the French Ambassador stopped ordered to be re-delivered to him For Col. Purefoy to have fifteen hundred pound of his Arrears and for Sir Walter Earle to have seven hundred and fifty pound Order for new Elections The City Petition formerly mentioned was presented to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Council the Petitioners had thanks were desired to return home in Peace and the Petition referred to a Committee of the Aldermen and Common-Council 11. Upon debate in the Grand Committee a sub-Committee was appointed to bring in an Ordinance to take away all Coercive power of Committees and another to take away all Arbitrary Power from both or either of the Houses of Parliament or any of their Committees in any matter between Party and Party Upon Recommendation of Sir Thomas Fairfax the House voted Major General Skippon to be Governor of New-castle and Tinmouth and to keep still the Command of Bristol by a Deputy and to command in Chief the Convoy of the two hundred thousand pound Upon extraordinary confluence of Delinquents and Papists to London An Ordinance pass'd both Houses to put them out of London and twenty Miles distant for two Months Upon a Petition of reduced Officers an Ordinance was appointed to be brought in for sale of Delinquents and Papists Estates to pay the Petitioners in such manner as the sale is to be of Bishops Lands Debate about the Answer to the Queries touching jus Divinum and about Mr. Dells Sermon 14. Desires of the Scots Commissioners touching the Payment of the last two hundred thousand pound debated but not granted Letters from Newcastle informed of the continuance of Delinquents in great numbers thereabouts of a Dunkirk ship come to Tinmouth and a Book there Printed in answer to the Assembly of Divines and for Episcopacy That some of the Malignants there were apprehended by the Major That two thousand men were to be shipped from Holland French and English for England under the Duke of Lorraine to be General and Prince Rupert to be Lieutenant General to assist the King That this is procured by the French Ambassador now with his Majesty and that he hindred the surrender of Dublin to the Parliaments Commissioners 15. Sir David Watkins reported upon the Exchange that Sir Jo. Evelyn a Member of the house said that since the Citizens of London intended to come to the Parliament with their Petition in a tumultuous and unlawful manner that he thought fit Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army should be sent for to quell those Mechanick Spirits This testified by Mr. Pennoyer and thereupon Sir David Watkins was sent for to answer this Scandal Referred to the Committee of the North to name six Knights and six Esquires for the House to choose of them three Knights and three Esquires to be Hostages for payment of the Money to the Scots and care taken for sending down the Money Vote for Mr. Bence to be a Commissioner of the Navy Ordinance
bringing in of any Forreign Forces 2. That the Army be paid up equal with the desertors of it and a constant course of pay for them and that the Lords do concur with the Commons for renewing the Committee of the Army that the Arrears may be collected and the Treasurers may be called to an Account 3. That the Militia of London may be in the former hands faithful to the Parliament and Kingdom 4. That persons imprisoned not for Delinquency but other matters by the Houses of Parliament of their Committees may be released or Bayled till tryal particularly Lieutenant Collonel Lilburne and Mr. Overton 21. Order to examine abuses in distributing Monies to the Officers and Soldiers and for an account about putting them out of the Lines of Communication The Lords concurrence desired for Disbanding those that came off from the Army Order for mony for maimed Souldiers Collonel Jones marching out from Dublin was set upon by Preston with double his number and his men forced to retreat Order That Sir Thomas Fairfax take some speedy course for sending Forces into Ireland Sir Thomas Fairfax removed his Quarters to Aylesbury and the King to Woburne in Bedfordshire 22. Votes upon the Armies Proposals That whosoever shall bring in any Forein Forces without consent of both Houses are Traitors A Petition of divers Ministers to the Lords That their Tithes may be paid They Ordered monies for one of Plymouth and for the Lord Inchequin's Forces and sent to the Commons for their concurrence Petitions from several Wards of London That their Captains being faithful men were put out by the new Militia Vote That the Militia of London be put into the old hands again Order That the General consider how the charge of the Forces here may be lessened and the service of Ireland advanced A Petition and Ingagement of dangerous Consequence of divers Officers Citizens Watermen and Seamen was brought to the House and they referred it to a Committee to find out the Authors and a Declaration to be drawn up against it Ordinance past for Dr. Walker to be Judg of the Admiralty The Commissioners sent another Proposal of the Army to the House for discharge of persons imprisoned or Indicted under pretence of being at Conventicles or other Religious meetings the Statute against them intending meetings of Conspiracy against the State and not for Religious Exercises 23. An Ordinance committed for putting the Militia of London into the Old Commissioners hands and a Declaration upon the Petition now in the City and the Committee Ordered to Report them in the Afternoon And then the Ordinance for the Militia passed both Houses and the Old Commissioners were Ordered to meet this night and to take Order for the security of the City and Parliament 24. An Ordinance past both Houses for the payment of Tithes Order to burn a Pamphlet of Paul Best 's and the Printers to be punished Both Houses agreed the Declaration against the Petition and Ingagement on foot in the City Upon notice to the General of a private Ingagement and Subscription in London and an agitation at Skinners-Hall against the Army a Paper was drawn up by the General and his Councel of War and sent to the Parliaments and Cities Commissioners Of their deep sence of that underhand design as the last and desperate design to put all into confusion they desired the Commissioners of the City to repair to London to take care to prevent the working of these or any such like underminings and they went presently to London The General published a Proclamation against entertaining of Cavaliers in the Army The Head Quarters removed to Bedford and the King to Latimers 26. Votes touching Elections and about satisfying some Officers Arrears The Commons agreed with the Lords about removing the Kings Children to Sion-House A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of London almost reproaching the Houses for passing the late Ordinance to put the Militia of the City into the hands of the old Commissioners and to put out the new Commissioners without first taking the sence of that Court about it And being sensible of two Petitions to them one from divers well affected Citizens the other from divers Young men and Apprentices what a general distemper this sudden change hath made in the City they pray that the Militia may be put into the hands of the new Commissioners again Many Young men and Apprentices of London came to the House in a most rude and Tumultuous way and presented to them some particular desires 1. That the Ordinance for change of the Militia of London be repealed 2. That the City may be vindicated against a late pretended Declaration that those are Traitours who shall act to get subscriptions and that it may be revoked 3. That all the Members of the House particularly the Eleven Members may be called into the House and act as a free Parliament The Apprentices and many other rude Boys and mean Fellows among them came into the House of Commons and kept the door open and their hats on called out as they stood Vote Vote and in this arrogant posture stood till the Votes passed in that way to Repeal the Ordinance for change of the Militia and the Declaration In the Evening about seven a Clock some of the Common-Councel came down to the House and understanding that they had in their presence forced the Speaker and the Members to put the Question and pass the Votes they required now so much of their work being done they that put their Apprentices upon it ordered them to disperse themselves again and they presently obeyed the Orders of their Masters 27. Both Houses met early and Adjourned till the thirtieth of this month The Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland ordered a Publick Fast 1. To Lament the growth of wickedness 2. By reason of the Pestilence 3. For the danger to Religion and Reformation by the Sectaries in England and that the Covenant may be kept 4. That God would incline the Kings heart to avoid new snares and to such resolutions as will contribute to the settling of Religion and Righteousness 5. That the Parliament of England and the Synod of Divines may do their duty 6. For the Committee of Estates that they may discern what is fittest to be done for securing that Kingdom and incouraging their Brethren 7. That God would grant even to all his Grace to Repent that he may remove his wrath from us 28. The Monthly-Fast The Common Councel of London sat in the Morning and again after the Sermons then they received a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax Of his affection to the City and his dislike of the late Petition and of the means to procure it Divers Young men then attended them to express their readiness to stand up for the Priviledges of the City and to defend them against all opposers The Common-Councel sent a Letter and
defence of the City and Parliament against the King's Forces at Brainford The City were in much trouble and different Opinions but the Lord Mayor Pennington and Officers of the Militia named by the Parliament were so forward that what was desired was resolved by the City General Essex was advised to order some of his Horse and Foot to the number of about 3000 who then were quartered at Kingston that they should march to Hunsloe and be on that side of the King's Army and Essex with his Party and the City Forces to advance on the other side of them from London and so the Army of the King would be encompassed between these two strong Parties of the Parliament Forces which doubtless would have been a very great advantage to the Parliament Forces But Dalbier chiefly and Sir John Meyricke and others gave contrary advice which was followed and the Forces at Kingston commanded to march round about by London-bridge into London and from thence to joyn with the Parliament Army whereby they came late and tyred when they were to have done Service The City Bands marched forth very chearfully under the Command of Major General Skippon who made short and encouraging Speeches to his Souldiers which were to this purpose Come my Boys my brave Boys let us pray heartily and fight heartily I will run the same fortunes and hazards with you remember the Cause is for God and for the defence of your selves your wives and children Come my honest brave Boys pray heartily and fight heartily and God will bless us Thus he went all along with the Souldiers talking to them sometimes to one Company and sometimes to another and the Souldiers seemed to be more taken with it then with a sett formal Oration Beyond Hammer smith in a Lane were placed the great Guns ready to be drawn up as there should be occasion a little beyond that were the Carriages in a Field close to the High-way placed with great Guards about them for their defence The whole Army was drawn up in Battalia in a Common called Turnham-green about a mile from Brainford Essex had there a strong Party of Horse stout men well horsed and armed Sir Philip Stapleton's Regiment and Colonel Goodwin's Regiments of Horse had the Van. The other Regiments of Horse were placed on both Wings the Foot of the Army were in good plight and well Armed and were placed in the Body one Regiment of them and another of the City Band one by another and some were left for reserves The order and marshalling of them was chiefly by the Earl of Holland who took great pains and shewed good skill in Martial affairs with him were the Earl of Northumberland and most of the Lords who continued with the Parliament divers Members of the House of Commons and all were armed The General Essex likewise took great pains in the Field and accompanied with the Lords and Commons with him rode from Regiment to Regiment encouraging of them and when he had spoken to them the Souldiers would throw up their Caps and shout crying Hey for old Robin The whole Army of Horse and Foot consisted of above 24000 Men stout gallant proper Men as well habited and armed as were ever seen in any Army and seemed to be in as good courage to fight the Enemy The General Essex and the Lords and others with him upon consultation together in the Field thought fit to command a Party of two Regiments of Horse and four of Foot to march about from the Green by Acton and so to get beyond the King's Army and upon a Sign when they fell upon the King's Army on that side Essex and his Forces were to fall upon them on this side and so to have them between both Parties of their Army Accordingly orders were given and Hampden's Regiment being one of that party which were to go about they had the Van next to the Horse and after they had marched about a mile on their way and the Enemy began to gaze on them Sir John Meyricke Major General to Essex rode galloping after them When he had overtaken them he told them that the General had changed his resolution of dividing his Forces and had sent him expresly to command them to retreat back again to the rest of the Army at which they were exceedingly troubled They all retreated according to command to Turnham-green where the whole Army stood many hours in Battalia as the King's Army had done facing one another Whensoever either of them advanced towards the other or that the Souldiers shouted then two or 300 Horsemen who came from London to be Spectators would gallop away towards London as fast as they could ride to the discouragement of the Parliaments Army and divers of the Souldiers would steal from their Colours towards their home the City It was then consulted whether the Parliament Army should advance and fall upon the King's Forces which was the opinion of most of the Parliament men and Gentlemen who were Officers but the Souldiers of fortune were altogether against it and while they were consulting the King had drawn off his Carriages and Ordnance and when every one spake his opinion the General gave his Orders as he thought best The City Good-wives and others mindfull of their Husbands and Friends sent many Cart loads of Provisions and Wines and good things to Turnbam-green with which the Souldiers were refreshed and made merry and the more when they understood that the King and all his Army were retreated Upon this was another Consultation whether the Parliament Army should pursue them which all advised but the old Souldiers of fortune on whose judgment the General most relied and their reasons were That it was too hazardous to follow the Enemy and honour and safety enough to the Parliament that the King was retreated But some of the King's Party did afterwards confess that if they had fallen on them at this time they had not Bullet enough to have maintained fight for a quarter of an hour but that in probability they had wholly broken them and that this was the Cause of their retreat And God had a further Controversie yet against them The King being marched away the General gave Orders for the Citizens to go home which they gladly obeyed to return to their Wives and Families that night The King marched back to Colnebrooke from thence to Reading and so to Oxford his most convenient quarter This Action of the King in the time of a Treaty was so ill resented by many men that they spake very hardly of it and the Parliament voted that they would have no accommodation Yet upon a Message from him that he intended to march at such a distance from London as might take away all misapprehension and not hinder the preparing of their Propositions They again send a Petition to him to desert his Army and to return to his Parliament In the mean time Letters from
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
sent out to drive Goring farther into Cornwall and that Plymouth was in good Condition November 1645. Novem. 1. An Ordinance pass'd concerning the Composition for Fines in the Court of Wards for signing of Bâ—â—â—s and passing them under the great Seal An Ordinance for the Government of Bristol sent up to the Lords The House approved of Sir Anthony-Ashly-Cooper to be high-Sheriff of Norfolk and of other Sheriffs Letters from Col. Rossiter with one inclosed from Prince Rupert desiring Passes for him and his Brother and the rest before-mentioned to come to London and from thence to go beyond Sea ingaging their Honours never to return to take up Arms against the Parliament Upon debate thereof and the Report from the Committee of both Kingdoms Who thought this fit to be done Ordered that Colonel Rossiter should grant them Passes accordingly Letters to the Scots Commissioners informed that the Lord Digby and Langdale with eight hundred Horse advancing towards Scotland to joyn with Montross were fallen upon at Carlile Sands by a party of the Scots Forces under Sir John Brown who though less in number after a sharp dispute routed Digby's Party killed an hundred on the place took two hundred of their Horses divers Officers three Colours and many Prisoners dispersed the whole Party and Digby and Langdale fled into the Isle of Man 3. The Form of a Pardon for Delinquents sent up to the Lords Order touching their Compositions Order about a Convoy for a Spanish Don to be transported into Flanders Orders for raising Moneys and for the Lord Buck-hurst to have the fifth part of the Earl of Dorset his Fathers Estate Other Letters taken in the Lord Digby's Cabinet at Sherbourne were read touching persons imployed to get Foraign Forces to assist the King Intelligence that many of the Kings Forces came in to Sir Thomas Fairfax And that since the defeat of the Lord Digby at Carlile-Sands some of his scattered Forces were met with near Dumfrize in Scotland where Sr. John Browne took an hundred more of them Col. Briggs took two hundred of them about Beeston Castle and M. G. Vaâ—â—â—uske took an hundred and eighty more of them in Westmerland Debate in the House touching propositions for Peace Orders to prevent transporting of Irish Rebels to assist the King here and for Money for the Forces before Dunnington Letters from Col. Mitton Col. Jones and Col. Louthaine informed that one thousand seven hundred Horse and seven hundred Foot under Sir William Vaughan designing to relieve Chester the Council of War of the Besiegers ordered to draw forth a Party to meet them before they came near Chester That one thousand four hundred horse under Col. Jones and a thousand Foot under Louthaine all commanded by Mitton yet leaving the Works manned before Chester marched to the Kings Party near Denbigh and after several hot Ingagements routed Vaughans Party took about five hundred Horse and four hundred Foot slew above an hundred and pursued them six miles not above an hundred of them left together That M. G. Langherne had taken in Aberathwait a strong Garrison of the Kings in Cardigan-shire and in it two pieces of Ordnance store of Arms and Ammunition The House gave fifty pounds to the Messenger of this good News and ordered a Letter of thanks to Col. Mitton and the rest for their good Service 5. The day of thanksgiving for 〈◊〉 deliverance from the Gun-powder-Treason was solemnly kept Sir T. F. By reason of the bad weather and want of Provisions drew off his Forces to a farther distance from Exeter but still continued blocking up of the City Letters from M. G. Pointz informed the taking of Shelford Mannor near Newarke and the Earl of Chester-fields house The Garrison within were very resolute refusing Summons and Quarter so that of two hundred the greatest part were slain and the Governor the Earl of Chester-fields Son wounded there were taken four Colours of Horse two of Foot store of Arms and Provisions 6. The grand Committee sate about Propositions for Peace Debate in the House about regulating the University of Cambridge Order for Money for Abbington Garrison Colonel Dalbier marched with the Forces of the three Counties to meet with the Hampshire Forces at Newberry for the Besieging of Dunnington Castle Intelligence came that the King by night got out of Newarke and was come to Oxford Mr. Fountain and Mr. Scot brought Col. Fleet-wood one of the new Knights of Bucks into the House with great Triumph though the Election was but yesterday 7. Order for Sussex to send a Troop of Horse to Abbington and for allowances for Preaching Ministers in Glocester A Petition from Bucks against the Election of their new Knights as not free by reason of the Garrisons in that County and other obstructions and passages referred to a Committee The Lord Cromwell revolted from the King to the Parliament and was by the Lords committed to the black Rod. Letters from Scotland informed that Montross keeps the Monntains and that L. G. Lesley returned from Scotland to New-Castle 8. debate upon a Declaration touching matters of the Church Musgraves Petition Referred An Ordinance debated touching stipends for the Officers and Attendants on the Kings and Princes Housholds The Grand Committee sate in the afternoon about the East-India Company 10. Debate of a Declaration from the Assembly touching Church-Government The Pass agreed upon for Prince Rupert and the rest of the Commanders who desired with him to go beyond Seas Sir John Burlaces Composition agreed and three hundred pound of his Fine assigned for the Garrison of Abbington and the Fine of the Lord Downes also Order for a new Election for Hampshire Order to take off the Fine formerly imposed by the Star Chamber upon L. C. Lilburne and for the Arrears due to him to be audited The Ordinance pass'd for Ordination of Ministers The Lord Wharton and other Commissioners returned from Berwick The Commissioners of Excise were perswaded to advance ten thousand pound for M. G. Browne 11. The grand Committee sat about Propositions for Peace The House voted that L. Col. Bulstrode should be Governor of Aylsbury Bolton Castle the Lord Scroops House in York-shire was surrendred to the Parliament upon Articles and in it store of Ammunition and Provisions 12. The Commissioners who treated with the Scots about surrendring the Garrisons in their Possession in England had the thanks of the House for their good Service The House voted to insist upon this demand and that a Letter be sent to the Parliament of Scotland from both Houses here for this purpose Orders for Money and supplys for the Scots Army intending to sit down before Newarke Order for a new Election in Surrey Letters informed the taking of Worton house upon Articles and that Welberke house was agreed to be slighted upon condition of slighting of Tickhil Castle and Belvoir by the Parliaments Forces Dalbier was at Aldermaston and forbore to sit down before Dennington Castle till
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
intrusted therewith for one whole year when there was a full and free Parliament That they desire a happy and speedy Peace by the settlement of true Religion in this Kingdom and by re-establishing his Majesty in his just rights and authority by upholding all lawful priviledges of a free Parliament by maintaining the fundamental Laws of the Land by restoring and securing the Subject unto and in his just liberty and property and by freeing this long oppressed Kingdom from all taxes and inforced free quarter towards the maintenance of an Army which for a long time hath had no visible enemy to encounter Both Houses declared That the Ordinance that puts under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax all the Land Forces doth not give him any power over the Trained Bands Garrisons c. this order to be printed and published in London by sound of Trumpet and the Sheriffs to publish it in their several limits August 1647. August 2. Divers Officers of the Trained Bands in Southwarke intreated the Common Council That they might not go forth in an hostile manner under any Command but such as should be approved of by the generality of that Borough and that they might be left to defend themselves and stand on their own guard and a Petition was presented to the Common Council in the name of many thousands of well affected Citizens praying that some means may be used for a Composure c. At which time General Pointz with some other Officers of the new List attending for orders of the Militia came into Guild-Hall yard amongst the Petitioners and cruelly hacked and hewed many of them and some were mortally wounded and dyed afterwards and the Petitioners were forced to fly Some in the Common-Council declared the danger of a new War they sate till nine at night only agreeing to send a Letter to Sir Thomas Fairfax the next day The Army Quartered at Colnebrooke and the King at Stoke-Abby The Earls of Warwick Manchester c. sent to the General to acquaint him that they had quitted the Parliament for that there was no free sitting for them and they cast themselves into his Protection The Lord Say and divers other Lords and Members of the House of Commons came to the General to the Head Quarters desiring to be protected by him A Petition from the County of Devon to the General against Arbitrary Power and corrupt Officers and oppression of those who have served the Parliament and Malignants set up against undue Elections of Burgesses who are strong in Wine and weak in Wisdom They pray his Excellency to endeavour a settlement and prevent a new War and not to give over till the Nation be secured and they will engage with him herein 3. The Common-Council sent Commissioners and a Letter to the General to Colenbrook mentioning that they received no answer to their two last Letters but leave no means to prevent a new War desire him and his Council of War to hear their Commissioners A Declaration of the Army was given to those Commissioners of the grounds of their advance towards London and a Copy of the proposals of the Army A General rendezvous was at Hunsloe Heath of twenty thousand Horse and Foot and a great train of Artillery which the London Commissioners viewed and so returned to the City At this rendezvous were present the Earls of Northumberland Salisbury Kent the Lord Grey of Warke Lord Howard the Lord Wharton Lord Say and Lord Mulgrave and others about fourteen Lords the Speaker and about an hundred Members of the House of Commons The Army was drawn up in Battalia with reserves the General accompanied with the Lords and Commons and other Gentlemen rode along and took a view of the Army from Regiment to Regiment who received them with great acclamation of the Soldiers crying Lords and Commons and a free Parliament having gone to them all then they left the General The Prince Elector came and viewed the Army and the General received him with great respect Information to the General that Southwarke disliked the proceedings of London against the Army and desired assistance from the General who sent Col. Rainsborough's Brigade towards them the rest of the Army drew off and the Head Quarters were at Thistleworth General Massey sent out Scouts to Brainford but ten of the Army beat thirty of his and took a Colours from a Party of the City The City Militia and Common Council sate late and a great number of People attended at Guild-Hall When a Scout came in and brought news that the Army made a halt or other good intelligence They cry One and all But if the Scouts brought intelligence that the Army advanced nearer to them then they would cry as loud Treat Treat Treat and so spent most part of the night at last they agreed to send to the General an humble Letter beseeching him that there might be a way of composure The General made a Proclamation That no Soldier should go to London on pain of Death A Pass for Sir Robert Pye to go beyond Sea 4. Letters from Scotland informed That by order of the Clergy upon danger to Religion in England and Scotland a general Fast was kept to pray to God to enable them to be helpful to England That the Clergy out of their Pulpits moved the People to take up Arms. Letters from the City to the General That they received his Excellencies Declaration and observed one of the motives of his advancing near London was to bring home the Members of both Houses who retired because of the late tumults that they joyn with his Excellency therein and that all Ports shall be open for him and them to be conducted to both Houses of Parliament and will take the advice of Parliament what Forces of the City shall be continued and submit all matters to be determined by both Houses when they shall sit in safety That they have recalled their late Declaration and hope his Excellency will withold his Soldiers from doing any prejudice to the City About two a Clock in the morning Col. Rainsborough's Brigade marched into Southwarke without any opposition the Soldiers carrying themselves very civilly and finding the Gates shut and the Portcullis let down at the Bridge and a guard within they planted two pieces of Ordnance against the Gate and set a guard without and in a short time after the great Fort was yielded to them The Commissioners of the City returned from the Army to the Common-council with the Generals demands To have the Forts on the West side of London delivered up to him that security being given he would bring the Members of both Houses who were forced from the Parliament to Westminster to sit in a free House and of this answer was to be returned to the General by twelve a clock at night The Common-Council after a full debate sent a Letter to his Excellency That they had
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
part of them in the Warrants The Officers of the Army fully complyed with the Parliaments Commissioners and at their parting all expressed much joy and the General Councel that they would live and dye with the Parliament and gave the Commissioners twenty five Guns from the Castle at their going away from Windsor January 1647. January 1. Letters from Col. Hammond of the great Mutiny two days since in the Isle of Wight in New-port when the Parliaments Commissioners went away That the Mutineers designed to seize upon Carisbrooke Castle and to take away the King That Captain Barley and others of the Mutineers are in Custody and the King yet secured at Caresbrooke Castle and stronger guards set upon him than formerly Divers Letters came from the Parliaments Commissioners at the Cowes to the same purpose Some related not without ground that Mr. William L'Isle had undertaken to provide a Ship for the King's escape out of the Isle of Wight but the Ship failed not without some reflection upon the undertaker and the Kings escape was thereby prevented Order for Vice-Admiral Rainsborough to repair with some Ships to the Isle of Wight and the House approved the Order of the Commissioners for some of the Parliaments Ships to attend at the Island Order for the General to give Commission to Col. Hammond to try by Martial Law the actors in that Mutiny and a Commission of Oyer and Terminer to Try the others Order for a Letter of thanks to the Major and well affected Inhabitants of Newport for their good affections expressed upon the late Mutiny and for Money for the Soldiers there Sir William Constable Lieutenant Collonel Goffe and Lieutenant Collonel Salmon sent from the General into the Isle of Wight More Forces sent thither and Mr. Ashburnham Sir Jo. Berkley Dr. Shelden and the rest of the Kings retinue were discharged 3. Upon a long debate from Morning till late at night of the Kings last Message and the report of the Commissioners who presented the four Bills to him and his not giving any satisfactory answer thereunto the Commons passed these Votes 1. That no more Addresses be made from the Parliament to the King nor any Letters or Messages received from him 2. That it shall be Treason for any to deliver any Message to the King or to receive any Letter or Message from him without leave of both Houses 3. That the Members of both Houses of the Committee of both Kingdoms have power to sit and act alone as formerly the Committee of both Kingdoms for the safety of the Kingdom 4. That the Earl of Kent Sir Jo. Evelyn and Mr. Fines be added to that Committee in the rooms of the Earl of Essex Sir Philip Stapleton and Mr. Glyn. 5. That a Committee draw up a Declaration to satisfie the Kingdom of the reason of the Votes 6. That the Concurrence of the Lords be desired to them The General and his Council published a Declaration reciting tho Orders of Parliament they do now declare and assure That the Army by the fifteenth of January next according to the said directions shall be drawn into Towns Cities and Garrisons and that the Parliament supplying the Soldiery with Pay no free Quarter shall be taken after that day upon any that pay their Assessments nor any inforcement for Horse-meat or Mans meat during the Pay 4. The Commons considering the many weighty Affairs which prolong this Session of Parliament and being willing to for bear their own priviledge for the publick good they did order That from 20th of this January no person under the authority of that House except the Members thereof shall during this Session of Parliament have any Protection or Immunity by reason of any Priviledge of this House in any Suit for Debt or upon contract or security or upon any Title to Lands c. Their Estates to be liable but not their Persons to be imprisoned nor prosecuted upon Poenal Laws and if they refuse to appear to any Suit the House being moved therein will do Justice and appointed a Committee to hear and report complaints of this Nature A Committee of Grievances was named to consider of such whereof redress hath been promised to the People and what ease is fit to be given in relation to their Burdens Freedoms and Liberties and of reforming Courts of Justice and proceedings in Law and in all matters of Trade and to prepare Ordinances for the same to be presented to the House Orders for Money for disbanding the Supernumeraries and for supplyes for Carisbroke Castle and other Forts in the Isle of Wight Several Copositions were passed Letters from the Isle of Wight That the King was much Discontented since the Insurrection at New-port That he much desired Dr. Shelden and Dr. Hammond might continue with him whereof Col. Hammond gave notice to the Parliament and to the General 5. Debate about Compositions Power given to Col. Hammond and Sir William Constable to place and displace such attendants about the King as they think fit for security of his Person Order for allowance for his attendants Divers Compositions passed Both Houses passed some additional Directions for Billeting the Army when they are upon a March or setled in their Quarters The Civil Officers to joyn with the Quarter-masters of the Army and what the Soldiers shall have and what he shall pay for it 6. Order touching relief of Widows and maimed Soldiers One presented to the House a Book concerning the Power of Civil Magistracy for which he was Committed and the Committee about Scandalous Pamphlets ordered to sit and Money ordered to gratifie such as shall discover Presses or Authors of Scandalous Pamphlets Order for Supplies of Garrisons 7. Order for a Letter of thanks to the Committee of Kent for their care in suppressing the tumult in Canterbury and for a Commission of Oyer and Terminer to try the chief Mutineers there The Commons agreed with the Lords for further Liberty upon Bayl for the Marquess of Winton and Earl Cleaveland 8. More Power given to the Committee of Grievances and order for the Printing of that business Order of both Houses to restore to Duke Hamilton his Pictures An Ordinance sent up to the Lords to prohibit the transportation of Wool and of Fullers Earth and of Irish Wool Order for a further Ordinance against Scandalous Pamphlets and Reports from that Committee to have Precedence Upon a petition of the Primate of Armagh Order for him to continue Preacher at Lincolns Inne The general Councel of the Army sat at Windsor and were very Unanimous in the results of their debates and to morrow they were appointed to dine with the General in the Castle to congratulate the Unity of the Army and to take leave of one another before the Armies going into Towns and Garrisons after the fifteenth of this Month. 10. Upon a Report from a Committee of some Papers and Warrants taken in the time of War as a Warrant under
Commissioners sent down to try the Riotors at Canterbury could not perswade the Grand Jury to find the Bill and therefore they adjourned the Court they and the Committee of Kent had the thanks of the House for their care in this business and the Committee were desired to proceed in the further execution of it Intelligence from Vice Admiral Rainsborough of two Men of War from France appointed to transport Arms and Horse for Scotland Letters from the North of a design to surprize York for the King and at the time appointed for the Royalists to enter the City a Troop of the Parliaments Horse coming thither accidentally the Malignants taking them for their own Party cryed up the King and so were discovered and prevented Letters from Newcastle That Colonel Bright's Regiment and other Parliament's Forces are come that way to guard the Borders That the Governour of Berwick laies heavy Taxes upon the English That they and the King's Party in Carlisle are impatient that the Scot's Forces do not come in to assist them being dayly expected The Commissioners of the Kirk of Scotland sent to the Ministers to admonish their people not to engage in the intended War under the pain of the displeasure of God but the other Party proceeded in their Levies The Commissioners of the Kirk passed a Declaration in answer and opposition to that of the Parliament of Scotland Which they say is to restore the King to his Honour before Jesus Christ be restored to his and they declare their dissent from the intended War 16. An Ordinance transmitted for punishing Defaulters at Musters in Kent Letters from the Gentlemen of Cheshire That they had fortified the Castle and City of Chester the House approved thereof and Ordered thanks to the Gentlemen Letters from the Gentlemen of the Counties of Flint Denbigh and Montgomery That they had entred into an Association for securing those Counties against the Enemy the House approved thereof and Ordered them hearty thanks for it The like from Lancashire The House agreed to the Ordinance for the Militia of London A Petition to both Houses accompanied with divers hundreds of that County That the King may be restored to his due honour and just Rights according to the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance that he may be forthwith Established in his Throne according to the splendour of his Ancestors That he may for the present come to Westminster with Honour and Safety to Treat personally for composing of Differences That the Free born Subjects of England may be Governed by the known Laws and Statutes That the War beginning may be prevented That the Ordinance for preventing Free-Quarter may be duly Executed and speed made in disbanding all Armies having their Arrears due paid them The Lords answered the Petitioners That they were at present upon consideration of the Settlement of the Kingdom and doubted not but to satisfie all This Petition was presented to the Commons in the Afternoon when some of the Country-men being gotten almost drunk and animated by the Malignants as they came through Westminster-Hall they fell a Quarrelling with the Guards and asked them why they stood there to Guard a Company of Rogues Then words on both sides increasing the Countrymen fell upon the Guards disarmed them and killed one of them and wounded divers Upon this Alarum more Soldiers were sent for from White-Hall and the Meuse who fellupon the Country-men and killed five or six of them and wounded very many chasing them up and down through the Hall and the Lanes and Passages there abouts 17. The day of Thanksgiving for the success in Wales observed by the Houses but not much in the City After the Sermons the House Ordered the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Council of London not to suffer any multitudes of men to pass through the City nor any to come in Armed and that the Ordinance be renewed for putting Papists and Delinquents c. out of the Lines and twenty Miles from London Order That the Committees of Kent and Surrey take care to prevent tumultuous meetings in those Counties One hundred pounds given to Captain Nichols who brought Letters from Collonel Horton Order to examine and find out the Authors and Printers of some Pamphlets Letters That Lieutenant General Cromwel came to Chepstow where they drew out some Forces against him but Collonel Pride's men fell on so furiously that they gained the Town and beat the Soldiers into the Castle which being strongly fortified and provided Cromwel sent to Bristol for some Great Guns left a Party before it and Marched with the rest to Pembrokeshire 18. Both Houses passed the Ordinances for appointing the Militia of London and the Liberties during the pleasure of the Houses and for Collonel West to be Lieutenant of the Tower and for Major General Skippon to be Major General of London Westminster and the Lines Letters of St. Edmondsbury That about six hundred got together in Arms there about setting up a May-Pole and they cried out for God and King Charles laid hold upon some of the Soldiers and set Guards in several places That some Troops of the Parliament Quartered near and some Country Foot drew together and kept in a Body before the Town all night and kept them in on every side who seeing themselves in that condition sent for a Parley and submitted to mercy Upon a Letter from the Prince Elector his Brother Prince Philip had leave to raise one thousand Voluntiers for the Venetian service Report of a great design in London and the Suburbs of rising for the King in a great Body and to destroy the Parliament and City The House Ordered notice hereof to be given to the Common-Council and That the Militia be put into a posture of defence And That Prisoners be secured and a Committee appointed to draw Heads for an Union and good correspondence between the Parliament and City 19. Mr. Ashburnham and Mr. Legge being apprehended were committed to Windsor Castle Orders for the Committee of Salop to secure such Prisoners as they have surprized in Ludlow Castle and for Winchester Castle to be Garrisoned at the request of that Country 20. An Ordinance transmitted to the Lords for suppressing tumults The Common Councel of London returned in answer to the Parliament's Proposals for Union and good Correspondence That they resolve to remain firmly joyned against the Common Enemy And for this Parliament they did acknowledge with thankfulness their great care and pains for the Kingdom and particularly for this City and that they would live and die with that Parliament according to their former protestation An Ordinance past the Commons for putting Papists and Malignants out of the Lines Order for Captain Wogan and other Officers and Soldiers who came off from Major General Laugherne to the Parliament's Forces to have their Arrears and that the Prisoners taken in Wales and tryable by Marshal-Law shall be so
and are fully satisfyed in what hath been delivered to them from the Committee in relation to the Clemency of the Parliament The Commons seeing the City a little staggering and inclining to favour if not to assist the Kentish-men and knowing the great danger thereof held it the most prudent Course to seek to win them by fair and courteous and condescending means to the Parliament rather than to adventure a ruffle with them Their Committee carried it with much discretion and moderation this way and the issue proved effectual The house order'd these Proceedings with the Common Council to be Printed that the Kingdom may take notice of the good understanding between the Parliament and City and how far both are sensible of the designs of the Common Enemy to bring a second war upon the Kingdom Order to send the three Bills to the Commissioners in Scotland to be by them communicated to the Parliament there that both Kingdoms may proceed in a brotherly Vnion against the Common Enemy and in prosecution of the Covenant according to the Example of the Kirk of Scotland Letters from Kent That after the Passe gained by Major Husbands which was kept by Sixteen hundred of the Kentishmen they fled and although they were Six thousand Foot and one thousand Horse equal in number to the Parliaments Army yet they would not stand a Fight That the General advanced towards Maidston sooner than he was expected and had intimation that two hundred of the Enemy were quartered there a commanded party was drawn out to force entrance into the Town the Enemy prepared for a defence and had a thousand Horse and Foot brought in for their assistance About seven a Clock in the evening Orders were given out for storming the Town at which the Souldiers shouted and fell on with much violence but contrary to expectation found as resolute opposition Yet after a small dispute forced their entrance into the Town and then thought the difficulty of the service had been over But the Enemy had drawn in eight hundred more to their assistance which made them up compleat two thousand and had so lined the streets in the several Houses and placed so much case Shot in every Street that the business became very disputable till almost twelve a Clock at Night and every Street in the Town was got by Inches The number of the Slain of the Kentish men were above two hundred of the Parliaments Forces not above forty of them Captain Price was one The Prisoners taken by the Parliament were fourteen hundred and upwards with four hundred Horse and two thousand Arms of this select Brigade of the Enemy few were Countreymen but many of the Kings party and men of quality some Sea-men and the rest Apprentices and Water-men who came from London and thereabouts That the Enemy drew out of Rochester in a main Body within two miles of Maidston and the General to answer them drew out three Regiments of Horse and one of Foot the better to secure those that stormed and they stay'd at that distance till the whole business was disputed The General though much disabled by indisposition of health and having a great fit of the gout then upon him yet could not be prevailed with to remain with the Body in the Field but with his foot wrapped up he mounted on Horse-back led on his men in the greatest danger and was one of the first in all this action Both sides did their part with much valour and resolution and there was scarce any action in the former war more desperate and hazardous and better performed than this was 3. Letters from the General of the defeat of the Kentishmen at Maidston and that they had since quitted Rochester and the General was possessed of it and that the Women of the Town were so much inraged against the Cavaliers for leading their Husbands into ruine that they were ready to have beaten them out of the Town That since the quitting of Rochester the Countrey-men leave the Field apace and return home that some thousands of their Forces Horse and Foot with Goring in the head of them took their March towards London thinking a great part of the City would joyn with them that the General sent five hundred Horse to pursue them Order for thanksgiving to God for this Victory and the Messengers that brought the news from the General had good gratuities given them Letters came from the Kentishmen to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council of London desiring assistance and association with them but the City would do nothing thereupon but acquainted the Parliament with the Letters Thereupon the House order'd that they should have thanks for communicating these Letters and for not doing any thing in answer or satisfaction thereof Then the House being in a good humor it was moved That they should consider of the Eleven Members and the Aldermen of the City now Prisoners in the Tower and the House voted the discharge of all of them the impeached Lords Willonghby c. the Eleven Members Hollis c. and the three Aldermen Order for a Letter of thanks to the General and his Officers and Souldiers for their great service at Maidston Whilst the Chancery Court was Sitting there was a tumult and drawing of Swords in Westminster-Hall which some feared had been a new rising but it proved only upon the arrest of a Souldier 4. Intelligence came that the Lord Goring and his Company were at Black Health but seeing none of the City came forth to joyn with them and the Country-men divided and not willing to ingage further or that Goring should be their General and a small party of the Parliaments Horse coming within sight of them the Kentish men were struck with fear and most of them fled the Parliaments Horse came on and took many Prisoners and much pillage Goring with about five hundred of the chief of them hasted to Greenwich and thence ferryed over in Lighters and Boats to Essex side and making great haste some of them did swim and many were drowned The Sea-men and Water-men that had before joyned with them now set upon them and took many Prisoners and good pillage 5. Letters from the General of a full account of the whole business of Kent and recommending to the House the Widow of Captain Price slain in that service the House Ordered his arrears to be audited and allowed two hundred pounds more to his Widow and Children Order for thanks to the General for his great service and that his Letter be Printed that the People may see how they are deluded by the Malignant Party The Ordinance past for setling the Militia of Cornwal and Devon The House voted the Lord Goring to be a Rebel for raising Forces in Kent and in Essex against the Parliament and referred to the Committee of the North to continue such Garrisons as they think fit Goring prevailed with a party
and Major General Lamberts Forces were near one to another but did not ingage There being extreme violent Storms of wind and rain which did much hurt six Prisoners in Tinmouth Castle escaped letting themselves down through a Privy-House by Ropes and several Sheets tyed together Letters from Dublin that Colonel Monk and Colonel Hungerford with eight hundrd men took the Field and stormed Ballahor Castle which they gained and besieged Nabor Castle From Chester that the Lord Byron was out with three hundred men and advanced towards Anglesey 8. A Letter came from the Prince to the Speaker of the House of Peers without any mention to be communicated to the Commons in which Letter the Prince takes notice of the progress made as to a personal Treaty and desires 1. That the Treaty be in such a place and manner as may consist with the honour freedom and safety of his Majesty his Father so that the agreement many not be blemished with any face of restraint 1. That the Treaty be between the King and his two Kingdomes of England and Scotland that things may go on fairly to all persons concerned therein 3. That during the Treaty there be a general cessation of Arms that the affection of the People of this and the other Kingdom be not lessened by Acts of hostility 4. An ordinary moderate subsistence during the Treaty may be agreed upon for all Forces on Foot and which in no sort must go unmentioned for the Scots Army now in England and so as may be with least pressure to the Northern parts And if the two Houses will agree to these things he will endeavour to his utmost power with his Father for a good agreement He concludes with a desire that a course may be taken to content him and his Ships now in the Downes with mony and Provision that so he nor they may not hinder the City trade and discharge the Ships he hath now in hold One of those Ships taken by the Lord Willoughby who was Vice-Admiral of the Prince his Fleet had in her near twenty thousand Pound in Gold which she brought from Guiney most of it belonging to M r Rowland Wilson the Father and Son and their partners The Lord Willoughby did affirm that when the Earl of Warwick with his Fleet came near to the Prince his Navy the Lord Willoughby and some others were earnest to have fought the Parliaments Fleet and had some assurances given them that several of the Earl of Warwicks Ships would have revolted to the Prince But that others about the Prince disswaded him from Fighting pretending the danger to his Highness person and carryed it by that argument again Fighting whereas in probability and as the Sea-mens affections then stood if they had fought the Parliaments Fleet had been indangered A Petition was presented to both Houses from the Common Council of London desiring 1. That the King may be free from his restraint 2. Invited to a Treaty 3. That all Acts of hostility by Sea and Land may by command of King and Parliament cease 4. That the Government of the Church may be settled according to the Covenant 5. That distressed Ireland may be relieved 6. The People of England by disbanding all Armies eased 7. The Liberty of the subject restored 8. The Laws of the land established 9. The Members of both Houses injoyned to attend 10. That the self-denying Ordinance may be effectually observed 11. That speedy consideration be had of such Merchants whose Ships and goods are staid by those with the Prince in the revolted Ships and that some expedient may be thought of for discharge of all Ships that trade be not destroyed The Lords gave thanks to the Common Council the Commons appointed a Committee to draw up their answer A Petition to the Commons from the reduced Officers that there may be a speedy settlement of Religion the King Parliament and Kingdom in a Parliamentary way by a free and personal Treaty according to the late desire of the City of London and that all Officers and Souldiers without exception whose accounts are not stated may have them audited Order for payment of the Petitioners arrears out of their discoveries and for a Committee to give them further satisfaction and to make payment to the Non-commission'd Officers of Sir Robert Pyes Regiment of their arrears Order for M r Ailburton who brought Letters to the King from the Committee of Estates in Scotland to stay here for a month for the Kings answer Major Huntington made Oath in the Lords House that the Narrative given in by him was true and would be attested Letters from Colchester Leaguer that twenty or thirty a day run from the enemy and the last day a whole Guard together came from them that their Wine and Raisons are near spent so that the Common Soldiers get none That they killed thirty Horses to powder them up and have the Bloody-flux much among them that they have drawn off their Guns from the Wall some say they will carry the Parliament Committee with them into the Castle and cut their throats if they may not have conditions for themselves The General sent a Letter by a Drummer to the Lord Norwich Lord Capell and Sir Charles Lucas about exchange of prisoners 9. The grand Committee sat long about the Ordinance for the Militia Debate upon the Self-denying Ordinance The answer to the Cities last Petition was sent to them to this effect Shewing how far they have proceeded to a Treaty with the King the Votes thereof their expectation of the Kings answer and hopes that he will treat That the Scots are declared Rebels for invading the Kingdom and they hope the City will joyn in the subduing of them That they offered the revolted Ships indemnity but they refused to come in the Votes for reducing them and the reference to a Committee to treat with the King for a way for free Trade A Collection ordered on the Fast-day for the poor people that are come out of Colchester M r Thomas Cookes Composition passed The Keeper of the Prison in Canterbury put out Letters from the Commissioners with the King that his Majesty is willing to have the Treaty and likes the terms of honour freedom and safety and though he have no Secretary yet he will give them his answer in their time Order that none speak with M r Ailburton but in the presence of his Keeper 10. The Fast-day Letters from Holland that the Merchants there do highly resent the Prince of Wales his being in the Downes as a great hindrance of traffick That there is tampering to borrow some Regiments to attempt something in England adviseth to look to Poole Lyme and Weymouth That the Letters and Declaration of the Prince of Wales were printed there in Dutch and French 11. Debate upon the Ordinance for settling Church government and the title to it agreed The Ordinance for setling the
the General come up to us that we have 9000 Horse and between 3 or 4000 Foot to give them battle if they force us to ingage That not one County in England appeared in the least for the King but generally they raised Forces against him yet his Army marched without committing any outrage or doing any injury to the Country The Parliament passed an act to impower the Militias of London c. to raise Foot That the Earl of Derby was landed but with 250 Foot and 60 Horse unarmed that the Enemy seemed to bend towards North Wales The Councel of State during this action had almost hourly Messengers going out and returning from the several Forces carrying advice and directions to them and bringing to the Councel an account of their motions and designs and of the Enemies motions It could hardly be that any affair of this nature could be managed with more Diligence Courage and Prudence than this was nor peradventure was there ever so great a Body of men so well Armed and Provided got together in so short a time as were now raised and sent away to joyn with the rest of the Forces attending the King 20. Letters That they supposed it would be 8 days before the General could get up to the Enemy A Dutch prize brought into Plymouth loaden with Ammunition for the King and richly guilded 21. An account of Forces raised in Salop and the Neighbour Countries and breaking of Bridges and indeavouring to divert the course of the Scots Army That the Governour of Stafford went to Harrison with 700 Men. That 4000 of the Generals Foot march in their Shirts 20 Miles a day and have their Cloaths and Arms carried by the Country 22. Mr. Love the Minister and Mr. Gibbons were beheaded at Tower-Hill according to the Sentence of the High-Court of Justice The Under-keeper of Newgate having treated for the escape of Mr. Gibbons and received 100 l. in hand and a bond for 100 l. more after this discovered it and secured Gibbons Letters from Lambert to the Council with an intercepted Letter the Copy whereof he had sent to the General The Letter intercepted was taken from a Scots Prisoner it was from the King to Collonel Massey for leaving out a clause in the Letter from the Presbitery in the Army to the Ministers of Lancashire for taking notice of former Malignancy of Persons That the Scots began to plunder extreamly and many of them were weak 23. Letters That the Scots were marched from Nantwich towards Newport and steered for London That the General was expected within one day and That the Scots were come to Litchfield That 5000 Country men appeared with Horses at Coventry ready to serve the Parliament That Lambert and Harrison were at Vttoxeter and the Scots at Nantwich their Foot discontented and sick with their long marches and the King came to them with Cap in hand desiring them to march a little further That Harrison and Lambert had sent some Forces to Worcester to secure that place lest the King should make it a Quarter or Garrison and that Gloucester was supplyed That the next day they expected to joyn with the General That the Governour of Stafford made a Sally upon a party of the Scots and killed some of them and gave an Allarum to the whole Army That a Declaration was lately published by the King That the Scots were marched to Whit-Church the way to Wales That they hoped to hinder the Earl of Derby from raising any Forces in Lancashire and if they make a halt as t is supposed they must by reason of the weariness of their Infantry the Major-General hopes to give a good account of that business That Lieutenant-General Monk had the Castle of Sterling surrendred to him upon Articles with all their Ordinance and Ammunition 25. Letters That Collonel Pintchback had deserted the King and disliked his way That the Highlanders in Sterling Castle beat a parley without the consent of the Governour being frighted with the Morter pieces and threatned to throw the Officers over the walls if they did hinder them and said they would fight for their King but not for their Countries geer That the Soldiers had broken open divers Trunks in the Castle and carried out with them most of the best geer That in the Castle were 40 pieces of Ordinance 27 of them brass Guns and Provision for 500 Men for 12 Moneths 50 Barrels of Beef and about 5000 Arms. That all the Records of Scotland Chair and Cloath of State the Sword and other rich furniture of the Kings the Earl of Marr's Coronet and Stirrops of Gold with his Parliament Robes and store of the goods of the Country were in the Castle which they carried away according to the Articles little or nothing being imbezelled but what was by their own Men. That Sterling was one of the strongest and most magnificent Castles of Scotland and a pass of the greatest consequence That Collonel Okey took some in the West of Scotland who were raising Forces there That the Scots came to Worcester where the Country Forces made a gallant resistance and beat back the Enemy several times but the Towns-Men having laid down their Arms and some of them shooting at the Parliament Soldiers out of the Windows they removed their Ammunition while 30 Men only resisted the Enemy and beat them back and then withdrew and left the Town to the Enemy and came to Glocester That the King sent a Summons to Collonel Mackeworth Governour of Shrewsbury inviting him to surrender that Garrison to him but the Governour returned him a peremptory denial That the King sent also Letters to Sir Thomas Middleton to raise Forces for him in Mont-gomery-shire but he detained the Messenger Prisoner and sent up the Letter to the Parliament That Lieutenant-General Fleetwood and Collonel Desborough and other Officers met with Cromwel at Warwick Letters That Lymbrick was in great streits that the Irish increased in numbers that they had surprised a Garrison of the Parliaments the Soldiers being asleep and stormed Fenagh but were beaten off with great loss The trained bands of London Westminster c. drew out into Tuttle-Fields in all about 14000 the Speaker and divers Members of the Parliament were there to see them 26. The Parliament kept this a day of humiliation at St. Margarets Church in Westminster A Letter from the King to the City of London was burnt by the Hangman and the Parliaments Declaration was Published by beat of Drum and sound of Trumpet proclaiming all those to be Traitors and Rebels that do or shall adhere to the King and his party Letters from Lieutenant-General Fleetwood That the Scots had left a party in Worcester and had transported their Army over Severne intending to secure the passes and invite their Friends to them and to refresh their wearied Army That they have Summoned the Country to come in to repair to the works and Royal fort at Worcester Indeed
defeated by the Parliament Forces 15. Letters to the Parliament from their Forces they approved Officers and gave Commissions 16. Letters from Lambert from Stafford and from others Sir William Dâ—venant was released out of Prison 17. Letters that the Moorlanders and others in Staffordshire were in Arms for the Parliament That Colonel Croxton held out the Castle of Chester against Sir George Booth An Insurrection in Surrey was suppressed 18. Audience appointed for the French Ambassadour Bourdeaux Letters of Sir Arthur Haslerigge's Son active in Lancashire for the Parliament 19. Letters from Lambert to the Parliament with one inclosed sent to him from Sir George Booth for capitulation with Lambert's Answer and refusal of it which the Parliament approved In the Evening a Messenger came from Lambert to the Parliament with a Relation That the Parliament Forces followed Sir George Booth so close that he could not avoid fighting with them and after a smart contest Lambert gave a total rout to Sir George Booth's Forces pursued them a great way and killed and took many of them the particulars were not yet exactly known Mr. Prideaux the Attorney General died a generous person and faithfull to the Parliaments Interest A good Chancery-man 20. The Messenger sent by Lambert declared in the House the good news of defeating Sir George Booth and his Forces And the great courage of the Officers and Souldiers of the Parliament Two Regiments from Ireland under Colonel Zankey and Axtell came over to joyn with Lambert 22. Letters to the House from Lambert and others and Captain Brown sent up by him related in the House the good success against Sir George Booth The House voted a Reward for Brown and Letters of thanks to Lambert The House agreed to a Letter to be sent to the King of Sweden drawn by Whitelocke in Answer to the King's Letter to the Parliament A Seal for the Speaker agreed The French Ambassadour had his Audience very solemnly in the House and after it the House referred it to the Council of State to confer with him 23. Letters from Lambert of the Surrender of Chester to him and Letters from him to the Council and Letters from Waring Order for a Jewel of a thousand pounds value to be bestowed on Lambert and a Letter of thanks to him and for a Thanksgiving Day to be kept Captain Spilman sent from Lambert made a full relation to the House of all Lambert's proceedings 24. Reward ordered to Jo. Roden who took the Earl of Derby Prisoner An Act for sequestring the Estates of the last Rebels passed Letters from the Parliaments Plenipotentiaries at the Zound An Account given to the House by Mr. Gibbes Minister of Newport Paganel in Bucks of the apprehending of Sir George Booth whither he came with four Servants and behind one of them himself rode in the habit of a woman but acting that part not well he was suspected and being apprehended and examined he confessed himself to be Sir George Booth and was sent up to London and by the Parliament committed to the Tower He made applications to many of the Parliament and Council by his friends for favour The Earl of Derby was taken in the habit of a Serving-man Colonel Shawcrosse and others were taken 25. Referred to the Council of State to give further Instructions to the Plenipotentiaries in the Zound 26. The Grand Committee sate upon the Bill of Vnion Leverpoole surrendred to the Parliament 27. Letters from Lambert of the surrender of Chirke Castle The Examination of Sir George Booth taken by Haslerigge and Vane referred to the Council of State 29. Orders touching the Militia's Applications from the Lord Say and others to save the life of Sir George Booth 30. Several Officers of the Army approved by the House a List of Prisoners sent to them 31. A Report to the House of the Examination of Sir George Booth September 1659. 1. The House made Provision for sick and wounded Souldiers and for the Wives and Children of those that were slain 2. Letters from the Zound and from Lambert Order for Ireton to continue Lord Mayor for another year 3. Votes touching the Pay of commissioned Officers for the Militia and touching Sequestrations and for an Engagement to be taken by the Officers in these words viz. I A. B. do hereby declare That I do renounce the pretended Title of Charles Stuart and the whole Line of the Late King James and of every other person as a single person pretending to the Government of these Nations of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging And that I will by the grace and assistance of Almighty God be true faithfull and constant to this Commonwealth against any King single Person and House of Peers and every of them and hereunto I subscribe my Name Order for Mordant Brown c. to come in by a day or else to be taken as Traytors 5. The House were busie in debate of the Government to be settled in the three Nations 7. List of the Prisoners at Chester 8. The House discharged James Nailer from his Imprisonment 9 A Committee for the Government in Scotland A Representation from the Ministers of Leicester Letter of thanks to Colonel Zanchey 10. General Mountagne returned from the Zound 12. The House were upon the Bill of Assessment the neglect whereof was ill taken by the Souldiery 13. Mr. Brooke a Member of the House at the Bar confessed his joyning with Sir George Booth for which he was disabled from being a Member of Parliament and sent to the Tower for high Treason 14. Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper voted Not guilty of the Accusation against him of having correspondence with the King The question was not brought against Whitelocke for the same matter there being no ground for it as there was for the other Some service was done for the Lady Mary Howard at the Council which was ill requited by her and her Father afterwards 15. Debate about the Irish Adventurers 16. Letters from the Commissioners at the Zound with an account of their Treaty referred to the Council of State to draw answers The Lord Ruthen petitioned for maintenance 17. Vote to dissolve the Corporation of the City of Chester and that the County be no more distinct 18. Orders for the Winters Guard of Ships and divers Officers approved 20. Order for the poor Knights of Windsor Lambert returned to London 21. Private business excluded Debate about Commissioners for the Treasury 22. The House being informed of an intended Address to them from the Army wherein were things unacceptable to them imposing on them and contrary to the privilege of Parliament they ordered Ashfield Cobbet and Duckenfield in whose hands the Original Paper thereof was to bring it into the House in the afternoon this discontented the Officers of the Army especially Lambert and those who were with him in the defeat
taken away and that the Gates of the City be forthwith destroyed And that the Commissioners of the Army do seize some Officers who have not consined themselves according to former Order and they approved what they had done in securing divers Citizens An Address of Divers Citizens presented by Mr. Praise God Barebones of adhering to this Parliament Upon a Letter from Monk the Parliament ordered to send to him the Resolves of the House That the Gates of the City of London and the Port-Cullises be destroyed and that he be ordered to put the said Votes in Execution Monk was not well satisfied that this Order was before directed to the Commissioners for Government of the Army and himself not named therein but left out as a Cypher but upon advise with his Friends he this Day Executed their Order and in the sight of the Citizens took down their Port-Cullises and Gates and took away their Posts and Chains many lookers on admired at it but none offered any Opposition And this night Monk and his Forces quartered in the City where he had many visitants of the chief Citizens and of the secluded Members and others To these he minced and excused this action and assured his confidents that it was still in Order to his and their great design and hardly gave the same account to two men but the thing was done and many amazed that he did it The Parliament finding the Common Council of London to be against them Ordered that it should be discontinued and an Act brought in to constitute a new Common Council They sent thanks to the Lord Mayor for his discreet carriage in this business They debate the Qualifications 10. Commissions delivered to Officers and Lists approved Orders about prize goods A Bill read for appointing Commissioners for the Army which was held no great Policy nor Courtship in Relation to Monk Orders for money for the Souldiers and for the Militia of London and about Trade Reference to the Council to consider what is further to be done for the fafety of the Parliament and City and to suppress seditious meetings 11. Commissions delivered to Officers Orders for Judges for next Circuit Upon a Letter from Monk and his Officers the House ordered thanks to him for securing the City and in answer to their desire for filling up the House they said they were upon the Qualifications Scot and Robinson ordered to carry this answer to him and they much boasted of their intimacy and favour with him The passed an Act to appoint Monk Haslerigge Walton Morley and Alured Commissioners for Government of the Army at which Monk was noted to be discontended and many judged it an Act of no great present Policy but Haslerigge especially did drive on furiously The House adjourned till Monday 12. Monk drew up his Forces in Finsbury dined with the Lord Mayor had conference with him and the Court of Aldermen retired to the Bull-head in Cheapside and quartered at the Glass-House in Broadstreet multitudes of People followed him congratulating his coming into the City making loud shouts and Bonfires and ringing the Bells he heard a Sermon at Pauls with the Lord Mayor Okey was sent with his Regiment to quiet Bristoll 13. Intelligence from Tork of an Address from the City and the Country to the Parliament for the secluded Members and a free Parliament Order for the Serjeant at Armes to carry Sir Henry Vane to his House at Bellew in Lincoln-shire A Proclamation for Lambert to render himself by a Day or to be sequestred Order for the Members of Parliament who acted in the Committee of Safety to attend this day sevennight and the Serjeant at Arms to summon them accordingly The Papers of the Committee of safety ordered to be brought in Orders for money for the Army Debare about the Qualifications The engagement agreed upon to be true and faithfull to the Commonwealth of England and the Government thereof in the way of Commonwealth and free State without a King single Person or House of Lords 14. Order for money for Monk's Forces that came out of Scotland with him as he shall order 15. Letters from Overton from Hull with a Declaration for the secluded Members or a free Parliament and a Letter to Monk with it referred to the Council of State A scandalous Paper against some Members of Parliament referred to a Committee Qualifications agreed upon for future Members of Parliament and an Order for Writs for new Elections to fill up the House An Address to Monk from Oxford-shire for readmitting the secluded Members and that no Previous Oaths or Engagements might be imposed on any that should be Elected Members of Parliament to this Monk answered That the Parliament had these matters under their present consideration and he wished these Gentlemen and all others to acquiesce in their determination Monk removed his Quarters to Alderman Wale's House where he was visited and consulted by the chief Citizens and Ministers and he gave them plausible hopes of their Design being compassed An Address from the North for the secluded Members or a free Parliament and no Taxes till then By Monk's Order many were disarmed in the City 16. Order for the Committee of plundered Ministers to sit and many added Commissioners for the Assessments Mr. Attorney General Reynolds reported Commissions for the Judges of the Admiralty and for Probate of Wills which passed Amendments agreed to the Qualifications 17. Additions to the Commissioners of Assessements A Form of a Writ agreed on for Elections of Members of Parliament 18. The Act of Qualifications past Several Addresses to Monk to the same effect with the former Two Souldiers hanged for disorders Other Souldiers were whipped their Offences were Mutiny and Robbery Some Members of the Parliament now sitting and about twelve of the secluded Members met at Monk's Quarters by appointment and had conference about readmitting the secluded Members And here began the great turn and the design of Monk to take place to the regret of Haslerigge Scot c. A Tumult at Bury appeased It pleased Monk that the secluded Members should sit again and neither Scot nor Robinson nor Hasterigge nor Nevil nor any of that Party could prevail with him to the contrary nor durst any to oppose him and the Spirit of the people generally especially of the Presbyterians ran that way and the Cavaliers agreed to it as the way to bring in the King 19. Other meetings of the secluded Members being had it was agreed That they should take their places in the Parliament on Tuesday next 21. The secluded Members came into the House several of the old Members absented themselves The House being thus changed made a great change in the public Affairs Several Votes were now passed without much debate to vacate all the Votes made by the House 1648 and 1649. against the secluded Members and to set all matters
the Projectors After this and the rest of the Antimasques were past all which are not here remembred there came six of the chief Musicians on Horseback upon Foot-clothes and in the habits of heathen Priests and Footmen carrying of Torches by them After these Musicians followed a large open Chariot drawn with six brave Horses with large Plumes of Feathers on their Heads and Buttocks The Coachman and Postillion in rich antique Liveries In the Chariot were about a dozen persons in several habits of the Gods and Goddesses and by them many Footmen on all sides bearing Torches After this Chariot followed six more of the Musicians on horseback with Footclothes habited and attended with Torches as the former were After them came another large open Chariot like the former drawn with six gallant Horses with Feathers Liveries and Torches as the other had These Chariots were made purposely for this occasion and in this latter Chariot were about a dozen Musicians in like habit but all with some variety and distinction as those in the first Chariot These going immediately next before the Grand Masquers Chariots play'd upon excellent and loud musick all the way as they went After this Chariot came six more Musicians on Footcloth Horses habited and attended as the other Then came the first Chariot of the Grand Masquers which was not so large as those that went before but most curiously framed carved and painted with exquisite Art and purposely for this service and occasion The form of it was after that of the Roman Triumphant Chariots as neer as could be gathered by some old Prints and Pictures extant of them The Seats in it were made of an Oval form in the back end of the Chariot so that there was no precedence in them and the faces of all that sate in it might be seen together The colours of the first Chariot were Silver and Crimson given by the Lot to Grays-Inn as I remember the Chariot was all over painted richly with these colours even the Wheels of it most artificially layd on and the carved work of it was as curious for that Art and it made a stately Show It was drawn with four Horses all on breast and they were covered to their heels all over with cloth of Tissue of the colours of crimson and silver huge Plumes of red and white Feathers on their heads and buttocks the Coachman's Cap and Feather his long Coat and his very Whip and Cushion of the same stuff and colour In this Chariot sate the four Grand Masquers of Grays-Inn their habits Doublets Trunk-hose and Caps of most rich cloth of Tissue and wrought as thick with silver Spangles as they could be placed large white silk Stockings up to their Trunk-hose and rich Sprigs in their Caps themselves proper and beautiful young Gentlemen On each side of the Chariot were four Footmen in Liveries of the colour of the Chariot carrying huge Flamboies in their hands which with the Torches gave such a lustre to the paintings spangles and habits that hardly any thing could be invented to appear more Glorious After this Chariot came six more Musicians on Footclothes and in habits like the former these were followed by the second Chariot as the lot fell for the Middle-Temple this differ'd not in any thing from the former but in colours only which were of this Chariot silver and blue the Chariot and Horses were covered and deckt with cloth of Tissue of blue and silver as the former was with silver and crimson In this second Chariot were the four Grand Masquers of the Middle-Temple in the same habits as the other Masquers were and with the like Attendance Torches and Flamboys with the former After these followed the third and fourth Chariots and six Musicians between each Chariot habited on Footclothes and Horses as before The Chariots were all of the same make and alike carved and painted differing onely in the colours In the third Chariot rode the Grand Masquers of the Inner-Temple And in the fourth Chariot went those of Lincolns-Inn according to the Lot of each of them The Habits of the sixteen Grand Masquers were all the same their Persons most handsom and lovely the Equipage so full of State and height of Gallantry that it never was out-done by any representation mentioned in our former Stories The Torches and flaming huge Flamboys born by the sides of each Chariot made it seem lightsom as at Noon-day but more glittering and gave a full and clear light to all the streets and windows as they passed by The march was slow in regard of their great number but more interrupted by the multitude of the Spectators in the streets besides the windows and they all seemed loth to part with so glorious a Spectacle In the mean time the Banquetting-house at White-hall was so crouded with fair Ladies glittering with their rich Cloths and richer Jewels and with Lords and Gentlemen of great quality that there was scarce room for the King and Queen to enter in The King and Queen stood at a Window looking strait-forward into the Street to see the Masque come by and being delighted with the noble Bravery of it they sent to the Marshall to desire that the whole Show might fetch a turn about the Tilt-yard that their Majesties might have a double view of them which was done accordingly and then they all alighted at Whitehall-Gate and were conducted to several Rooms and places prepared for them The King and Queen and all their noble Train being come in the Masque began and was incomparably performed in the Dancing Speeches Musick and Scenes the Dances Figures Properties the Voices Instruments Songs Airs Composures the Words and Actions were all of them exact and none failed in their Parts of them and the Scenes were most curious and costly The Queen did the honour to some of the Masquers to dance with them her self and to judge them as good Dancers as ever she saw and the great Ladies were very free and civil in dancing with all the Masquers as they were taken out by them Thus they continued in their Sports until it was almost Morning and then the King and Queen retiring to their Chamber the Masquers and Inns of Court Gentlemen were brought to a stately Banquet and after that was dispersed every one departed to their own quarters Thus was this earthly Pomp and Glory if not Vanity soon past over and gone as if it had never been The Queen who was much delighted with these Solemnities was so taken with this Show and Masque that she desired to see it acted over again wereupon an Intimation being given to the Lord Mayor of London he Invited the King and Queen and the Inns of Court Masquers to the City and entertained them with all state and magnificence at Merchant-taylors Hall Thither marched through the City the same Show that went before to Whitehall and the same Masque was again presented to them in the City the same Horsemen Lacquies Liveries Torches
Habits Chariots Musick and all other parts of the former Solemnity and in the same state and equipage as it was before presented This also gave great contentment to their Majesties and no less to the Citizens especially to those of the younger sort and of the female sex and it was to the great honour and no less charge of the Lord May or Freeman The persons imployed in this Masque were paid justly and liberally some of the Musick had one hundred pounds apiece so that the whole charge of the Musick came to about a thousand pounds The Clothes of the Horsemen and the Liveries of their Pages and Lacquies which were at their own particular charge were reckon'd one with another at a hundred pound a Suit at the least and one hundred of those Suits to amount to ten thousand pounds The charges of all the rest of the Masque and matters belonging to it were reckon'd at as much more and so the charge of the whole Masque which was born by the Societies and by the particular Members of it was accounted to be above one and twenty thousand pounds A little while after the Masque was performed the Committee order'd Sir John Finch Mr. Gerling Mr. Hyde and Whitelocke to attend the King and Queen in the name of the four Inns of Court to return their humble thanks for their Majesties gracious acceptance of the tender of their service in the late Masque They were first brought to the King who gave to all of them his hand to kiss then Sir John Finch in the name of the rest spake to the King to this effect Sir by the Command of your Majestie 's most affectionate and loyall Subjects the Readers and Gentlemen of the Four Inns of Court we are here to attend you with their most humble thanks for your great Favour to them in your gracious acceptance of the tender of their Service and Affections to your Majesty in the late Masque presented to you and for vouchsafing your Royal Presence at it The King with great affability and pleasingness answered him presently to this purpose Gentlemen pray assure those from whom you come that we are exceeding well pleased with that Testimony which they lately gave us of their great respect and affection to us which was very acceptable and performed with that Gallantry and in so excellent a manner that I cannot but give them thanks for it and shall be ready upon all occasions to manifest the good opinion I have of them and to do them and you in particular any favour From the King they were brought to the Queen and kissed her hand and Sir John Finch her Attorney having made the like Complement to her Majesty she answered quick and well pleased That she never saw any Masque more noble nor beter performed than this was which she took as a particular respect to her self as well as to the King her Husband and desired that her thanks might be returned to the Gentlemen for it This being reported to the Benchers of each Society they gave thanks to their respective Members that were of the Committee for the Honour they had done to the Society by the well ordering of that business of the Masque Thus these Dreams past and these Pompes vanished It will be now time to return to the publick story of the latter part of this year The Arch-bishop Laud procured a sharp sentence to be passed in the Star Chamber against Prynne that he should be imprisoned during his life fined 5000 l. expelled Lincolns-Inne Disbarred and Disabled to Practice Degraded of his Degree in the University be set on the Pillory and his Ears to be cut off and his Book to be burnt by the common Hangman which sentence was as severely Executed But before the fine was estreated the Archbishop and other high Commissioners by their Warrant caused Prynne's Books and Papers to be seised upon and brought away from his Lodging and had them perused and sifted to find matter against him of which Prynne complaining in the Star Chamber the Arch-bishop denyed any such Warrant During Prynnes Imprisonment Dr. Bastwick a Physician was brought into the High Commission Court for his Book called Elenchus Papismi Flagellum Episcoporum Latialium in Answer to one Short a Papist who maintained the Pope's Supremacy the Mass and Popery And Bastwick's Epistle to his Book declared that he intended nothing against our Bishops but against those of Rome Yet this Dr. was sentenced by the high Commissioners in a thousand pound Fine to be Excommunicated debarred his practice of Physick his Books to be burnt and he to be Imprisoned till he made a Recantation and this was for maintaining the King's Prerogative against Papacy as the Doctor pleaded But on the other part one who was a fierce Papist named Chowney wrote a Book in defence of the Popish Religion and of the Church of Rome averring it to be a true Church and the Book was dedicated to and Patronized by the Archbishop so far was Chowney from being punished and questioned for that Doctrine In the censure of Bastwick all the Bishops then present denied openly that they held their Jurisdiction as Bishops from the King for which perhaps they might have been censured themselves in H. 2. or E. 3. times But they affirmed That they had their Jurisdiction from God only which denial of the Supremacy of the King under God H. 8. would have taken ill and it may be would have confuted them by his Kingly Arguments and Regiâ manu but these Bishops publickly disavowed their dependance on the King And the Archbishop maintained the Book of Chowney and that the Romish Church was a true Church and erred not in Fundamentals and somewhat was noted to pass from him and other Bishops in defaming the holy Scriptures and Calvin was very much slighted and abused by them I cannot precisely aver all this though I heard most of it as it is here set down and heard the rest of it to this purpose from those who were present at the debating of these matters in the high Commission Court Anno 1634. Car. 9 Our Coasts were much infested by Pyrats even by Turks and Algiers men to the great prejudice of trade The Dutch men became almost Masters of the Sea in the Northern fishing Overtures were made concerning Herring fishing and Busses for our own Coasts and to prevent Strangers Some petty quarrels fell out between us and the Hollanders about those matters of fishing upon which Grotius did write his Book of Mare liberum but is clearly answered by that learned treatise of Selden's called Mare clausum The King finding the Controversie begun and that it must be maintained by force which his want of money could not doe He by the advice of his Attorney Noy and of the Lord Keeper Coventry who as far as his learning in those matters did extend and that was not far did approve and assist the project And by
West as in other Associations The Earl of VVarwick with his Fleet sailed along the Coast as the Lord General marched and carried his Ammunition and sent Ships to keep in the Enemy and some to assist the Parliament Forces who besieged Gernesey Castle The Earls of Leicester and of Newport left the King and came in to the Parliament Upon the General 's advance towards Exeter the Queen sent a Trumpeter to desire him to forbear any Acts of hostility against the Town for that she was weak and ill being lately brought to Bed there The Covenant was ordered to be tendred to all Physicians Surgeons and Apothecaries in London and to be sent in to the several Counties Mr. Peters gave a large Relation to the Commons of all the Business of Lyme where he was with the Earl of Warwick and that after the Siege raised the Enemy set fire on divers gallant houses about Studcome Frampton and other places The Earl of Denbigh took in Oswestry in Shrop-shire but would not suffer his Souldiers to plunder it the Town giving Five hundred pounds to the Souldiers In the Town and Castle were taken one Lieutenant Colonel four Captains divers inferiour Officers three hundred and five common Souldiers and Arms. Sir William Waller sent for Major General Brown to joyn with him Letters of thanks were sent from the Houses to the Earl of Denbigh Greenland-house was besieged by Major General Brown their Batteries planted on the further side of the River Thames yet neer the house against which they made many shot and much battered it they sent to London for some Petards and two more pieces of Battery At a Conference with the Lords Mr. Prideaux offered to them the Reasons why the Commons insisted upon the Ordinance as they had past it For secluding the Members of both Houses who have deserted the Parliament and the Lords shortly after concurred therein with the Commons Mr. Bagshaw a Member of the House of Commons who had deserted them and was one of the Anti-Parliament at Oxford was taken in Oxford-shire and brought to London to the House of Commons who committed him prisoner to the King's Bench in Scouthwark where he had been with so much glory chosen to be their Burgess for this Parliament An Ordinance passed for the cutting and drying of Turf upon the Lands near London for Fuel for the City July 1644. The Parliament gave way for 4000 quarters of Grain to be transported beyond Sea and to have in return from thence Arms and Ammunition and twelve Iron pieces of Ordnance The Houses adjourned every Tuesday and Thursday several Ordinances past for associations in the West and other Counties The King's forces finding an advantage fell upon a party of Sir William Waller's Horse near Edge-hill and forced them to a disorderly retreat with the loss of 100 of their men and divers of the King's party were slain the Armies lay upon the Hill all the night and the next day fought Sir Henry Vane Jun. from the North informed the Commons of the state of the Siege of York closely begirt by the Parliaments forces that a Mine being sprung by the Earl of Manchester's Men without giving notice thereof to the Scots it did not succeed but 300 of the Earl's Men were lost about 40 of them slain and the rest taken Prisoners That provisions in the City are scarce and probably it had been rendered before this time but that they expect Prince Rupert's coming to relieve them who with 8000 Horse besides Foot is reported to be come out of Lancashire but Major Shuttleworth fell upon a party of his forces and took Sir Simon Fanshaw and other prisoners The Garrison of Plymouth sallied out of the Town and fell upon the Enemies quarters took from them about 50 Horse slew Captain Arundel and divers inferiour Officers and many Souldiers Young Captain Chudley with his Major Drake revolted to the King's party in Cornwal The Queen sent to General Essex for a safe conduct to go to the Bath for her health he answered that if she pleased he would give her Majesty a safe conduct to London where she might have the best means for her health but the other way he said he knew not Sir William Waller by Letters informed the Parliament that the King marched towards Copredy-bridge and some other passes that Colonel Middleton with four or five Troops of Horse charged them and Waller with his Horse passed over a little below that place and seeing the Enemy had placed a strong Body on the top of the Hill he staid for his other Regiments to come up to him That Middleton routed the Enemy and pursued them near a mile which being perceived by some of Waller's forces they left a passage which they were to have maintained and deserted their great Guns to adventure on the Enemy and thereby dispossessed themselves of the Guns and Passage together That a strong party of the Enemy wheeling about forced Middleton to retreat with some loss and in the skirmish he was dismounted among the King's Forces who taking him to be one of their Commanders mounted him again wishing him to make hast to kill a Roundhead by which means he escaped On Waller's part Colonel Baker Colonel Vanes and a Dutch Captain were taken prisoners and about a hundred Common Souldiers Lieutenant Colonel Bains slain or taken and they lost five Drakes a Minion and two Leather Guns and about 140 of his men slain and taken prisoners The King lost Colonel Clark and Colonel Butler and another Colonel and divers inferiour Officers and about 160 of his Souldiers killed and taken prisoners and he lost two pieces of Ordnance Waller drew all his horse and foot to the top of the Hill and faced the Enemy and they skirmished all that day both parties in this fight demeaned themselves with great courage Middleton had a particular incounter with the Lord Wilmot whom he took prisoner but he was reseued by the Soldiers who had him in custody being wounded The King's Forces thought they had much the better of this day but Waller kept the ground and the Enemy drew off About Chard in Somersetshire 400 Country-men came and offered their service to the Parliament The Queen sent again for a safe Conduct but General Essex did not think fit to grant it Waller by his Letters informed the Parliament that after the fight at Cropedy Bridge the King sent a Trumpeter to him with a gracious Message to which he returned answer that he had no. Commission to entertain any Message from His Majesty without permission from the Parliament to whom application was to be made in these matters The Dutch Ambassadour sent to the Parliament about some ships seised on which was referred to the Committee of both Kingdomes The tenth of all prizes were ordered to be for the Earl of Warwick towards satisfaction of his great disbursements in the Parliaments service The Forces of York sallyed out several