The day of the Assembly the Marquess his Commission was read and the next day a declaration and protestation was presented to the Commissioner in the name of the Archbishops and Bishops against the Assembly and containing a Nullity of it This was denyed to be read against which refusal The Commissioner entred a Protestation and took Instruments thereupon In the debate of Elections they left no man standing as a Commissioner who was not fully of their mind but the admission of Lay Elders past not without an high contest Many places protested against the Legality of their Session and the King having nominated six Lords of his Privy Council to be Assessors to his Commissioner in that Assembly they refused to entertain them or allow their suffrage affirming that If the King himself were present he should have but one Vote and that no negative one The Commissioner seeing no good likely to be done by continuing the Assembly and upon consultation the Council advising to dissolve it he went thither and caused a Paper to be read which was a Declaration the same in effect with the Proclamation discharging the Service Book Book of Canons c. After the Reading of it the Commissioner signed it and required it to be entred in the Books of the Assembly provided that the registring thereof be no approbation of the Lawfulness of the Assembly and protested that whatsoever should be done or said in it should not be obliging or reputed as an Act of a General Assembly The Commissioner assembled the Council to draw up a Proclamation for dissolving the Assembly which being agreed on was subscribed by all but the Earl of Argile who now began to shew himself for the Covenanters party The publishing of the Proclamation was Incountred with a Protestation of the Covenanters That is was lawful for them to continue the Assembly and that they would still adhere to all their former Protestations In pursuance hereof they presently declared six former General Assemblies which they thought would be against them to be null then they deprived all the Bishops and some they excommunicated and soon after they abolished Episcopacy it self as inconsistent with the Laws of that Church The Commissioner being returned in discontent for England the Covenanters began to levy Souldiers to impose Taxes to raise Fortifications to block up some and seise others of the King's Castles and to prepare for War This was the Fountain from whence our ensuing troubles did spring and therefore may deserve the larger Relation and tend the more to the full knowledge and understanding of our following story It was now 100 years since Calvin first set his foot into Geneva from whence the Bishop being expelled it was necessary to Institute some other Ecclesiastical Government Calvin being of great credit and esteem in that City the framing of this new Government was committed to his care he observing the civil state there to be Democratical he thought it must best suit therewith and with the liking of the People to frame the Ecclesiastical Government agreeable thereunto He therefore formed a Consistory of Elders a great part whereof were Lay men and they were to manage all matters Ecclesiastical This pleased the People of Geneva and some Entituled it to a Jus Divinum and it found good reception in the Gallican and Belgick Churches where it was generally setled The next design was to plant it in Britaine for which end Beza writes to Queen Elizabeth recommending this form to her as the onely thing to be desired in England ' s Reformation the Queen was loth to proscribe Episcopacy and to entertain this new model of Presbytery and therefore gave Beza his saying but not his desires and shortly after she and the Parliament whereof some Members inclined to this way were admonished in several treatises written and dedicated to them to abolish Episcopacy as Antichristian But the Queen and the Parliament stood fixed and could not be wrought to any unsettlement of the ancient discipline by Episcopacy In Scotland the new form prospered better for there about the year 1560. The Earl of Murray Prior of St. Andrews the Queen 's base Brother with his party Knox Buchanan and others gave such a shock to Popery as made every thing and by consequence Episcopacy which stood near it to Reel Yet in 20 years it could not be supplanted but it was gained upon by degrees first in an Assembly 1580. It was ordered that all Bishops on pain of Excommunication should resign up their offices and about three years after the Parliament the King being a minor annext their temporalties to the Crown of Scotland This was supposed to be Instigated from some of the Nobility and Ministers from England Whereupon the then Archbishop Whitgift by the Queen's command contrived three Articles in the late Canons to which all were to subscribe at their taking of holy orders 1. Acknowledging the Supremacy of the Queen 2. Professing conformity to the Book of Common Prayer and approbation of the Book of Ordering of Bishops Priests and Deacons 3. Assenting to the 39 Articles of the Church of England In Scotland the Hierarchy began somewhat to revive again by their Parliaments ratifying the Clergy as the third Estate 1584. But the other Party 1592. prevailed with that state to ratify their Discipline Thus Episcopacy and Presbytery took their turns of Government for about 30 years But about the year 1598. King James caused the Prelates in Scotland to be restored to their Votes in Parliament and in his Book Basilicon Doron he expressed no great affection to the Consistorian Government 1603. At his accession to the Crown of England he was urged by Petition of 1000 Ministers against Episcopacy but he slighted it and by several Acts of Parliament in Scotland he rescinded what had been formerly enacted there to the prejudice of Episcopacy and from that time till these commotions this year in Scotland the Presbyters did not appear in opposition In October Mary de Medices the Queen Mother of France came into England the people were generally discontented at her coming and at her followers which some observed to be the Sword or Pestilence and that her restless Spirit Imbroyled all where she came That her combining with Monsieur the Duke of Orleans and the ill success of that Enterprise made France too hot for her and drave her to Bruxells where the Cardinal Infanta carressed her a while but there she was pursued with such curses that for fear of violence to her person she quitted that Country and betook herself to the protection of the Prince of Orange where she stay'd not long but receiving an invitation from the Queen her daughter she repayred into England The King perceiving that the Scots intended nothing but War thought not fit to yield them the start but by advice of the Archbishop Laud and others he hastened his levies of men and money and because this was the Bishops War
Regal Government and now take up Arms and Invade England He declares all those who have already entred or shall enter in warlike-manner in England their Adherents and Assistants to be Rebels and Traytors Yet if they shall acknowledge their former Crimes and crave pardon he tenders it to them A Prayer was likewise published to be said in all Churches for the King in his Expedition against the Rebels of Scotland But nothing could alter the opinion and humour of divers of the Officers and private Souldiers of his Army who in their March to their Rendezvous spared not to declare their Judgments against this War and that they would not fight to maintain the pride and power of the Bishops And this their Resolution seemed not to be feigned by the ill success afterwards The Lord Conway Commander in chief then upon the place to secure some Passes August 27. drew out Twelve hundred Horse and two thousand Foot placing the Foot under a Breast-work to gall the Scots in their pass over the River Tine near New-Castle General Lesley over-night had planted nine Pieces of Ordnance on his side of the River and blinded them with Bushes In the Morning he craves leave of the Lord Conway to pass with his Petition to the King he was admitted to pass with a considerable Number but not with his Army But Lesley would not divide his Forces and Foards over three hundred Horse whom the English behind the Breast-work forced to retire and Lesley to relieve them plays his Cannon from the Blind upon the English drove them from their Post and they cast down their Arms and fled Then their Horse advanced upon Wilmot Commissary General of the King's Horse who accompanied with prime Gentlemen stood to the Charge of the Scots Horse and Cannon till galled and over-powred with Number they retired in disorder three hundred of them being slain and taken Prisoners Conway was fain to Retreat with this Ill News to the King whom he found at North Allerton Sir Jacob Ashley Governour of Newcastle for the King quitted that Town to the Scots and they became possest of it and within two days after of Durham likewise Strafford brought up the Rear of the Army retreating to York where the King staid and the miscarriage of Conway was examin'd who being accused of Cowardise or Treachery used his best Art and Flourishes to vindicate himself yet something stuck upon him The English Garrison at Berwick Issued out and recovered some Peices of Cannon which Lesley had left at Dunce as not usefull for his Train This gave Alarm to the Earl of Hadington who with two thousand Horse and Foot pursued and rescued the Cannon and the next day he and twenty more Knights and Gentlemen in an instant were all slain by an accident of Fire which blew up the Magazine of Powder in a Vault and they were killed by the Stones which flew from the Vault The Scots having got on this side the Breeze in a warmer and more fruitful Country than their own with Fires of Newcastle Coal with Meat Drink and Lodging of the best They now Petition the King In the Name of the Lords of the last Parliament and others his Majestie 's Loyal Subjects of Scotland Complaining of their Grievances in general for relief whereof they are constrained to come without prejudice to the Peace of England till they were with Arms opposed their Passage at Newborn and now present themselves to his Majestie 's goodness for satisfaction of their full Demands and repair of their Wrongs and Losses with the Advice of the Parliament of England to be Convented The King answers That he expects their particular Demands having already summoned the Peers of England to meet at York September 24. and commands them to advance no further The Scots three days after sent their particular Demands 1. That the late Acts of Parliament may be published in his Majestie 's Name with the States of Parliament 2. That Edenburgh Castle and other Strengths of Scotland may be fortified and used for our defence and security 3. That our Country-men in England and Ireland may not be pressed with Oaths and Subscriptions contrary to the National Oath and Covenant 4. That the common Incendiaries may receive their Censure 5. That our Ships and Goods and Damage may be restored 6. That the Wrongs Losses and Charges which all the time we have sustained may be repaired 7. That the Declarations against us as Traytors may be recalled 8. That by Advice of the Parliament of England Garrisons may be removed from the Borders and all Impediments of free Trade and Peace settled for our Religion and Liberties 9. That the meeting of the Peers the 24th Septem will be too long ere the Parliament be convened the only means of settling Peace and enabling us to obey his Majestie 's Commands In this time some of the English Lords well affected to a Parliament and no bitter enemies to the Covenanters had framed a Petition which they sent by some of their number to the King to York and it was to this effect They set forth their Zeal to the King and Kingdom moving them to be seech his Majestie 's leave to offer to his Princely Wisdom the Apprehension they and others of his Loyal Subjects have of the Distempers and Dangers to the Church and State and to his Person and the means to prevent them The Evils they mention are first That his Sacred Person is exposed to danger in this Expedition and by the War his Revenue wasted his Subjects burdened with Coat and Conduct-money Billetting of Souldiers and other Military Charges and divers Rapines and Disorders by the Souldiers and the Kingdom full of fears and Discontents 2. The Innovations in matters of Religion the Oath and Canons lately Imposed 3. The great Increase of Popery and imploying Popish Recusants and others ill affected to Religion in places of Power and Trust 4. The Mischiefs which may fall if the Intentions which have been credibly reported of bringing in Irish and foreign Forces should take effect 5. The urging of Ship-money and prosecuting Sheriffs for not Levying of it 6. The heavy Charge upon Merchandize and the Monopolies 7. The great Grief of the Subjects by long Intermission of Parliaments and the late and former Dissolutions of them For Remedy they humbly beseech his Majesty to summon a Parliament whereby the Causes of these Grievances may be taken away and the Authors and Counsellors of them punished That the present War may be composed without Blood to the honour and safety of the King the comfort of his People and the uniting of both Realms Concluded August 28. 1640. Subscribed Bedford Essex Mulgrave Say and Seal Ed. Howard E. of Bristoll Hartford Warwick Bullingbrook Mandevill Brook Paget The King's Answer to this Petition was That before the receipt of it he well foresaw the danger that threatens Himself and Crown and therefore resolved to
mightily increased the Scots Successes animated other Subjects to their illegal Pretences and impious Actions and in this time of the King's absence in Scotland the Irish Flames of Rebellion brake forth having been thus kindled The last year the Parliament at Dublin sent a Committee hither with a Remonstrance to the King of their Grievances and Pressures under the Government of the Earl of Strafford whom they had accused of high Treason The King gave them most favourable Answers and Redresses and parted with much of his own to give contentment to his Irish Subjects Mr. Wainsford Deputy there to the Earl of Strafford Lieutenant being dead the King by Commission constituted the Lord Ditton and Sir William Parsons in the Government there but finding Ditton not well liked he made Sir William Parsons and Sir John Borlace generally approved to be the Lords Justices there These applyed themselves to give all satisfaction to the people they abated the Subsidies given in Strafford's time from 40000 l. to 12000 l. Passed an Act of Limitation much desired to settle all Estates for sixty years precedent and another for relinquishing the King's Right found for him by Inquisition to four Counties in Connaght and other Territories He declared the Earl of Leicester Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Papists there were permitted a private enjoyment of their Religion and a general good Agreement was had between the English and Irish In this Security the Irish Army was disbanded after which and in the King's absence in Scotland about October 23. there brake forth so horrid black and flagitious a Rebellion in Ireland as cannot be parallell'd in the Stories of any other Nation This was fomented and contrived by their Popish Priests and Lawyers some of their Maxims in Law were That any one being slain in Rebellion though found by Record gave the King no Forfeiture That though many thousands were in Arms and exercising the violences of War yet if they professed not to rise against the King it was no Rebellion That if one were Outlawed for Treason his Heir might reverse the Outlawry and be restored These and the like Tenets they published in their Parliaments and endeavoured a Suspension of Poyning's Act and the Act for annexing that Kingdom to the Crown of England and assumed a power of Judicature in Criminal and Capital Causes to be in their Parliament They took advantage of the Scots Sucesses of their Favourers in England and our Distractions here of the disbanding the Army there and the Death of the Earl of Strafford They raise Forces give out that the Queen was in the head of them and the King was coming with an Army to them and the Scots had made a League with them that they were authorised by the King's Commission and asserted his Cause against the Puritans of England To their Country-men they scatter Advertisements out of England of a Statute there lately made That all Irish shall come to the Protestant Worship on pain of loss of Goods for the first Offence of Lands for the second and of Life for the third Offence They give them hope to recover their Liberties and ancient Customs to shake off the English Yoke to have a King of their own Nation and to possess Goods and Estates of the English These Motives they published in Print That the King and Queen were curbed by the Puritans and their Prerogatives abolished which these as loyal Subjects take to heart and that the Catholick Religion is suppressed in England and the Catholicks there persecuted with all rigour even to death and that the Puritans in Ireland have threatned to doe the same there That in Ireland the Catholicks are made uncapable of any Office to the decay of them in their Estates Education and Learning That the Government of their Country is in the hand of Strangers who come thither poor and mean yet soon rise to wealth and honour by oppressing the Natives That there have been threatnings to send Forces to compel the Consciences of the Irish and to cut their Throats and that the Catholicks are not allowed to have any Arms or Ammunition but the Protestants and Puritans may Vpon all which they saw no way but to attempt to seize upon Arms where they could get them to save their Lives maintain the King and Queen their Religion and Country Upon these pretences and manifest untruths they ground their taking up of Arms. The first suspicion whereof was by Sir William Cole who about Octob. 11. wrote to the Lords Justices of great resort to Sir Phelim Oneale and to the Lord Macquierre and they were exceeding busie about dispatches About October 21. He wrote another Letter to them of what some Irish had revealed to him of a design to seize the Castle of Dublin to murther the Lords Justices and Councel and all the Protestants there and throughout the Kingdom But this Letter came not to their hands When many of the Conspirators were come to Dublin and met there at a Tavern one Owen O Conelly an Irish-man but a true Protestant came to Sir William Parsons about Nine a Clock at Night with a broken relation of a great Conspiracy to seize the Castle the next morning and that Mac Mahon who was one of them had told him so much Parsons seeing Conelly distempered with drink gave the less credit to his relation but wished him to return to Mac Mahon to get out of him what he could further of the Plot and to return to him again that Night Yet he did not so slight the Information but that secretly he ordered strong Guards in several places and assembled the Councel where they expected the return of Conelly who coming to them was seized on by the Guards who had carried him to Prison and so prevented the discovery of the Plot had not a Servant of Sir VVilliam Parsons accidentally come by and rescued Conelly and brought him somewhat recovered of his drinking unto the Lords Justices and Councel who confessed that a few days before upon Letters from Mac Mahon he went to meet him at Connaght but he being gone to Dublin Conelly followed him thither and they two went to the lodging of the Lord Macquierre that by the way Mac Mahon told O Conelly that this Night there would be a great number of Irish Noblemen Papists in Dublin who with himself would take the Castle by Morning then force the City by the Ordnance and destroy all the Protestants and so divers others were ordered in all parts of the Kingdom to seize and destroy all the English at an Hour designed viz. to Morrow by Ten a Clock and that no posting nor speed could prevent it That Conelly moved Mac Mahon to discover it rather to the State to prevent the mischief But he answered He could not help it yet that they owned their allegiance to the King and pay it to him but what they did was against the tyrannical Government over them and
persons in authority to put the Ordinance of the Militia in execution which the King declares to be no legal power in the Houses and commands that none do obey it and summons the Gentry of the County to York to whom he relates these illegal proceedings of the Parliament and tells them his purpose to have a guard onely to secure his person in which he desires their assistance And the rather because the Members that came with the last Message to the King returned to York and before them all these proceedings were had Sir Thomas Gardiner Recorder of London was impeached for advising the Lord Mayor to pay Ship-money and other illegal things and against Scotland and opposing the Parliament but he got to the King The County of York being Summoned the Committee prevailed with some of them to oppose the raysing of a guard for the King and the Parliament declared against it and that such as do are disturbers of the Peace The Ordinance of the Militia being now past and Lieutenants named for the several Counties they nominated their Deputy Lieutenants to the Parliament for their approbation The Lord Paget being named in the Ordinance and approved to be Lieutenant of Bucks he named Hampden Goodwyn Grenville Tyrrell Winwood and Whitelocke to be his deputy Lieutenants who were approved by the Parliament The Lord Paget not long after this began to boggle and was unfixed in his resolutions and upon the King 's publishing of his Commission of Array and Declaration against the Ordinance of Parliament for the Militia his Lordships heart failing him and being unsatisfied in his Judgment he revolted from the Parliament and went to the King Whereupon the Lord Wharton was nominated and approved by both Houses of Parliament to be in his roome Lieutenant for the County of Bucks Mr. Palmer Mr. Hyde and Mr. Bridgeman and divers other eminent Lawyers and Gentlemen had given their opinions positively against it and left the House upon the passing of it On the other part the Lord Littleton was most confident for the legality of it and divers other Lawyers and Gentlemen of the short robe were cleerly for it and that the Lords and Commons in case of the King's minority sickness or absence had done the same in other times As when H. 3. dyed and his Son E. 1. was in the holy Land and came not home in almost two years after his Father's death yet in the mean time the Lords and Commons appointed Lieutenants in the several Counties and made several Ordinances which are of force at this day So are the Ordinances made by them in the minority of H. 6. and upon the difference between him and the Duke of York and the Ordinances in the minority of E. 6. and in other times That the King was now absent and having called his Parliament at Westminster was himself gone as far from them as York and had before he came thither and since appeared with Warlike forces about him to the terror of the Parliament That the business of Ireland and other threatning dangers gave too much cause of Fears and Jealousies to the Parliament and to stand upon their guard and for defence of themselves and the Kingdome Without which the King would so grow upon them and his evil Counsellors so prevaile that they would undoubtedly bring their designs to pass of a speedy introducing of Popery and Tyranny whereas if they saw the Parliament in a good posture of defence and that the people generally would adhere to them as no doubt but they would that then the King would be brought to a good accommodation and agreement with his Parliament without a blow to be struck between them Whereby they should preserve the just Rights and Liberties of the Subject the privilege of Parliament and themselves and their friends and the Protestant Religion from Ruine which without this appearance onely of arms or power to arme if there should be occasion would unavoidably be brought to pass These arguments together with the solemn protestations of the most powerful and active Members That they had not the least purpose or intention of any War with the King but to arme themselves for their necessary defence prevailed with most men to keep their station and at present to accept those Commissions of Deputy Lieutenancy Maynard Glyn Grimstone St. John Selden and divers other Gentlemen of great parts and interest accepted of the like Commissions and continued in their service in the Parliament The King resolves that Easter Term be adjourned from London to York the Parliament Vote it to be illegal and Order that the Lord Keeper Littleton issue no Writs or Proclamation for that purpose They publish a large Declaration much to the same effect as the former were mentioning that the Rebellion in Ireland was countenanced by evil Council about the King the proclaiming them Traitors deferred from October to January after and then but 40 Copies ordered to be Printed nor any of them to be published without the King's Order whereas the proceedings against the Scots and proclaiming them Traitors was very sharp and speedy To this the King gives an answer in effect the same with what he had said before to these particulars after which he writes to his Council in Scotland to acquaint them with the State of his affairs in England to which he receives a dutiful and affectionate answer with a Petition from divers of the Nobility and people there full of zeal and loyalty to his service The Parliament hearing of this took course to turn the Ballance and within eight days after the Scots Council declare their earnest desires both to King and Parliament to joyn in a perfect union and humbly desire the King to hearken to his greatest his best and most unparallel'd Council They disswade the King from a personal Journey into Ireland and pray that a Mediation may be at home ere the breach be wider And in fine they come to a large manifestation of their true and hearty affection to the Parliament of England protesting to do nothing contrary to them in their Privileges A multitude of people at Edenburgh hearing of the King's Letter to his Council there and of the Answer to it and Petition before mentioned they petition the Council there not to meddle by any verball or reall engagement for the King against the Parliament of England These Passages in Scotland gave much advantage to the Parliaments Affairs in England who protest their Fidelity to the King and court the Scots with very kind expressions The Earl of Bristol moved for an accommodation and a select Committee to be appointed to consider of some way to effect the same But the Parliament voted that which was done at York for a Guard for the King to be a preparation for War against the Parliament a breach of the trust reposed in him by his People contrary to his Oath and tending to the dissolution of his Government
himself The Scots generally took it except Hamilton and some three other Lords and the Estates ordered it to be taken by all men on pein of confiscation whereof they gave notice by their Letters to the Parliament of England The Houses in answer to the Prince de Harecourt declared their good acceptance of the affection of the King and Queen regent of France in their offer of a mediation of a Peace and that as soon as the Prince should make it appear that the Propositions were by authority from the King and Queen regent of France the Parliament will give such an answer as may stand with the interest of both Kingdoms and with the Solemn League and Covenant A Party from the Garrison of Poole under Captain Laye went by Water to Warham seven miles from them whereof the enemy having an alarm laid Ambuscadoes in the Hedges in the way from the landing place to the Town but Laye commanded his men it being in the Night to keep their Matches close so that the enemy could not see where to shoot at them But the Party of Poole entred Warham in two places and came into the midst of the Town where their Garrison was drawn up together who after one good volley of shot threw down their Arms and fled away Those of Poole took about 200 Prisoners much arms cloth and provisions and so returned The King's Officers having caused divers of the Parliament to be hanged for Spies as one poor man by Prince Rupert's order upon the great Elm near the Bell in Henly and many others Now the Council of War at Essex-house condemned two for Spies who brought a Proclamation and Letters from Oxford to London which were taken about them and they were both hang'd The Judges and Officers were commanded by the Parliament not to adjourn the Term by colour of any Writs or Proclamations from Oxford without order of the Parliament The Commons pressed the Lords for dispatch of the business of the Great Seal and the Earl of Rutland named for one of the Commissioners desired to be excused as not understanding the Law nor the Oath to be taken by them The Castle of Flint was besieged by Sir William Brereton and Sir Thomas Middleton the Governour of it for the King held it out till all provisions even to Horses failing him he then rendred it upon honourable terms Then the Parliament forces took in Mostynhouse belonging to Colonel Mostyn the Governour of Flint and in Mostyn they took 4 pieces of Ordnance and some Arms. This Colonel Mostyn was a Gentleman of good parts and mettle of a very ancient family large possessions and great interest in that Countrey so that in twelve hours he raised 1500 men for the King and was well beloved there living very nobly Ships were sent to relieve Plymouth and secure Milford Haven and to watch the coming over of any of the Irish Rebels The Earl of Rutland was excused from being one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal and the Earl of Kent named in his place Some of Sir Ralph Hopton's forces drove a party of Sir William Waller's Horse into Farnham but Waller drew his party into the Castle they being inferiour in number to Sir Ralph Hopton's party The Great Seal was carried up by the Speaker of the House of Commons the whole House attending him and delivered to the Speaker of the Lords House who in the presence of both Houses delivered it to the Commissioners and they all took their Oaths and then carried it to Mr. Brown's House the Clerk of the Parliament where it was put into a Chest with three different Locks not to be opened but when three of the Commissioners were present The Earl of Warwick was voted Lord High Admiral of England and an Ordinance passed that all who would set forth Private Men of War should have all Ships and Goods they could take which were employed against the Parliament or for supply of the Irish Rebels Sir Peter Osborn Governour of Jersey delivered it up to Sir John Pennington for the King A Regiment of the Irish Forces landed about Mostyn in Flintshire for the King's service Colonel Hastings marching to relieve Fulbury Castle held for the King was by the way set upon by the Moore-landers who routed his Troups killed 100 of them took about 150 Horse 100 Arms and many Prisoners The Commons thought not fit to treat further with Monsieur de Harecourt untill he shewed that he was Embassadour extraordinary from France and that he would direct his Papers to one of the Speakers The Estates of Scotland by Letters informed the Parliament of England of a French Agent who had been with them to propound their desisting from giving any assistance to the Parliament of England but the Scots justified to him their proceedings The Scots declared the Lords Hamilton Morton Roxborough and Lonmerick to be publick enemies and seised their Estates because they came not in to take the Covenant The King's Forces took Arundel Castle and fortified there Divers Forces from Ireland landed in Wales and the Lord Byron went to joyn with them Sir Walter Earle was made Lieutenant of the Ordnance in the place of Mr. Pym deceased The Garrison at Plymouth gave a brush to the King's forces besieging them Sir William Waller set upon the Lord Craford's forces in Aulton routed them and took about a thousand Prisoners Arms and rich Booties Colonel Morley beat back the Lord Hopton's forces advancing to take Lewys in Sussex Mr. Walter Long was by the House appointed Register of the Chancery Dr. Burges by motion from the Militia of London is made Lecturer at Pauls with 400 l. per annum salary out of Deans and Chapters lands A Letter of thanks was sent to Sir William Waller from the House for his good service at Aulton Mr. Lenthall Speaker was sworn Master of the Rolls before the Lords and he and the Commissioners of the Great Seal took the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegeance in the Lords house they also took the Oath for observation of the Act for the Triennial Parliament The Rebels in Ireland proposed to the Council there 1. To have confirmed to them the free exercise of their Religion 2. That all Laws there against Papists may be repealed 3. That all Lands there belonging to Religion Houses may be restored 4. That their Popish Bishops and Hierarchy may be confirmed 5. That the English Protestants may pay tithes to the Popish Priests These things were after the cessation of Arms in Ireland Colonel Norton in Hampshire routed four Troups of Colonel Bennet's Horse and took about 200 of them The Earls of Northumberland Pembroke Salisbury and divers Members of the House of Commons were indicted of High Treason at Salisbury for assisting the Parliament before Judge Heath Banks Forster and Glanvile but they could not perswade the Jury to find the Bill The Commons ordered a Committee to draw up an Impeachment of
for these Mercies Fifty pound given to Mr. Row the Commissioners Secretary before Newarke A Committee appointed to draw Reasons to satisfie the Lords for demanding the Kings Person as was formerly voted 11. Letters advised of the Kings advancing Northwards with the Scots Army and that a house was preparing for his Majesty in Newcastle this caused the resuming of the debate for demanding the Kings Person but voted to be disposed of and to reside near his Parliament not to go to Warwick Castle The Lords concurrence desired to Votes That his Majesty be desired to give command for the Delivery up of all Forts in England Ireland and Wales into the hands of the Parliament and to dissolve the Commissions for Peace with the Irish Rebels and to leave the prosecution of that War to the Parliaments care Letters from Col. Whaley of the surrender of Banbury Castle upon Articles and left there ten pieces of Ordnance five hundred Arms nine Colours Arms Ammunition Malt Beef Wheat Bisket twenty Cows and sixty Sheep An hundred pound ordered to Col. Whaley to buy him two horses and five hundred pounds to the Engineer twenty pounds to the Messenger Letters of the Particulars of the surrender of Newarke that there went out with the Lord Bellasis the Governor the Lord Deincourt the Lord Lexington twelve Knights and many Gentlemen of one thousand five hundred foot all went to their several homes that the Articles were exactly performed and they left in the Town fourteen Pieces of Ordnance three thousand Arms store of Ammunition and Provisions and the Town very strong but the sickness was violent in it Letters of oppressions by some of the Scots Forces in the North upon whom the Countrey rose and some of both partys were killed A day appointed to consider thereof and of sending Forces into the North to protect the well affected and to hinder resort of malignants to the King and how to dispose of the Scots and other Forces and of Carlisle and other Forts which the Scots supplyed being in their hands 12. The day of thansgiving observed Letters of the Scots Army being on their march Northward the King in the van of them and that the Scots Commissioners desired a Meeting with the English Commissioners to give an account of their sudden departure and reasons for their not delivering up Mr. Ashburuham according to the Order of Parliament Letters that Sir Tho. Fairfax had made his approaches near the works at Oxford and finished the Bridge at Marston that Oxford Garrison made a Sally out but were beaten back one of their men killed and one of the Parliaments wounded that the approaches were so near that the Officers and Soldiers of either Parties parlied one with another and those of the Garrisonseemed troubled at the Kings goingto the Scots Army The General was a person of as meek and humble carriage as ever I saw in great imployment and but of few words in discourse or Council yet when his Judgment and Reason were satisfied he was unalterable except it were by Letter whereof as was fit he was the only Judge But I have observed him at Councils of War that he hath said little but hath ordered things expresly contrary to the judgement of all his Council and in action in the Field I have seen him so highly transported that scarce any one durst speak a word to him and he would seem more like a man distracted and furious than of his ordinary mildness and so far different temper The General sent a Summons to the Governor to surrender Oxford for the use of the Parliament expressing his unwillingness to do any thing of damage to that famous University and offering to them honourable terms Sir Thomas Glemham the Governor desired a safe conduct for Sir Jo. Mounson and Mr. Philip Warwick to come to the General to speak with him from Sir Thomas Glemham first which was assented to and the same day a Summons was sent to Wallingford Bostol and Radcot 13. An Ordinance sent to the Lords enabling the Lord L'isle Lieutenant of Ireland to beat up Drums to raise six thousand Foot and eight hundred and fifty Horse for Ireland another for Money for the Forces there A Letter for Sir Thomas Fairfax to spare a hundred Horse for recruits for Col. Jephson and referred to consider how an able Ministry might be setled in Ireland and that a thousand pound given by a Gentleman for the service of Ireland should be imployed for maintainance for Ministers there Reasons given by the Commons to the Lords why they adhered to their Votes for demanding the Kings Person That in England the disposal of him belonged to the Parliament of England and that the Scots Army were in Pay of the Parliament of England that the King ought to be near his Parliament and it was consonant to the Covenant The Scots Commissioners here presented papers to the House touching stay of their Packets of Letters the last Week Another Letter agreed on to be sent to the Prince further inciting him to come in to the Parliaments Quarters with offers of due respects beseeming a Prince Letters that M. G. Mitton fell upon the Lord Byron at Carmarthen beat them out of the Town into the Castle Letters of Dudley Castle being surrendred to Sir William Brereton upon Articles which were sent up to the Parliament and approved by them 14. A Letter of thanks to the Commissioners at Newarke for their care in that business and in demolishing the works of the Town Debate of the Scots Commissioners Papers touching the seizing of their Pacquet at the Court of Guard and the Speaker was ordered to deliver to them a paper inclosed in their pacquet which was in characters and no subscription to it nor Superscription Debate touching the Scots Commissioners Papers about the propositions for Peace and what inteterest Scotland had in the affairs of England in relation unto Peace and some Votes passed thereupon The Scots Commissioners failed to meet with the English Commissioners in the North about the delivering up Mr. Ashburnham Sir Jo. Mounson and Mr. Warwick who came from the Governor of Oxford to Sir Tho. Fairfax desired only liberty for the Governor to send to the King to know his pleasure touching the surrender of Oxford which the General denyed next day a Trumpet was sent to the General to desire longer time Wallingford also desired leave to send to the King but it was denyed News came that Prince Rupert made a Sally out of Oxford but was beaten back and himself wounded in the shoulder 15. Debate about the Scots Papers concerning the propositions for Peace Order for the Arrears of M. Mathews The General Muster put off The high Sheriff of Devon impow'red to bring forth his Regiment out of his County Allowance ordered to the Marquess of Winton 16. Some of the Common Council came to the House and desired the general Muster might not be wholly put off
consider what Garrisons are fit to be demolished 4. Progress upon the propositions for Peace and both Houses agreed to trust London with their own Militia Col. Rossiter was called into the House and had thanks for his good services The Treaty proceeded for the surrender of Oxford 5. The Ordinance past both House for the Church Government Ammunition ordered for the Forces at Monmouth and Money Divers Ordinances past the House of Commons for compositions of Delinquents 6. Order for the Commissioners of Excise to pay ten thousand pound a Month for the Northern Forces A Declaration ordered to be drawn of the misdemeanors Plundrings and Cruelties of the Scots Army and their refusal to surrender the English Garrisons and to undeceive the People â—ouching a Book of the Lieutenant of the Scots Army justifying their proceedings and to draw the affections of the English to the Scots Sir Robert King brought Letters from Ireland to the House one from the King to the Marquess of Ormond to be communicated in Ireland to this effect That his Majesty having sent many Messages and Propositions for Peace to the Parliament received either no answer or such as shews their intentions to ruine him and Monarchy it self and a refusal of what formerly themselves desired but to have That hereupon having received good security that he and all that would adhere to him should be safe in their Persons Honours and Consciences in the Scots Army who would joyn with the King and his Forces in procuring a happy Peace and his rights he resolved to put himself into that Army and to use the best means by conjunction of them with the Forces of the Marquess of Montross and his Friends in England and Ireland to endeavour the setling of a good Peace The Treaty proceeded for the surrender of Oxford the General had nineteen thousand five hundred men in his Army 8. Mr. Hudson one of the Kings guides to the Scots Army was discovered at Rochester coming to London and apprehended Papers from the Scots Commissioners here touching the Kings Letters to the Marquess of Ormond whereof they say they had no knowledge nor hand in it ordered to be considered at a set day Ordinance for a thousand pound a Month for the Garrison of Henley Bostall House was surrendrd to the Parliament upon Articles A Letter of thanks to the General and order for thanksgiving to God for the several late successes 9. Votes That the King in going to the Scots Army intended to prolong the War against the Parliament in England and to make a difference between the two Kingdoms That there should be a Declaration to set forth the Jealousies and fears and the grounds thereof this Kingdom had to be presented to the States of Scotland and their Commissioners here Order for the Execution of the Ordinance for Church-Government Letters intercepted going to Oxford to incourage them to hold out and that the King was in the Scots Army Recruits came out of Scotland to the Army at New-castle The Lord Byron surrendred Caernarvon Castle to Major General Mitton upon Articles Letters and Papers read of transactions between the Marquess of Worcester and the Committee of Monmouth and L. G. Morgan and his Lp. for the surrender of Ragland Castle which Morgan by command of Sir Thomas Fairfax summoned and the Marquess desired liberty to send to the King to know his Pleasure which Morgan denied alledging that the King was in the Army of the Scots our Friends who had proclaimed that none formerly in Arms against the Parliament should be admitted to any conference with him The Marquess resolved to stand it out to the uttermost 10. Order for Circuits to be gone and the Commissioners of the Seal to appoint Judges Messages between the two Houses about the reception of the Russia Embassador and about an house for him 11. Several Orders in private matters Col. Glyn voted to be Governor of Caernarvon Castle The Garrison of Bostall house marched out and left four Brass Pieces and one Iron Gun store of Provisions and Ammunition 12. A Ship was taken with Ammunition and Provisions for Pendennis Castle and divers Letters intercepted in her Some of the Sheriffs and Common Council of London came to the House gave them thanks for their unwearied labours and desired that in any act or propositions care might be taken of the Rights and Priviledges of the City and were answered that the House have been and ever will be tender of the Rights and Priviledges of the City Order concerning an honourable reception of the Russia Ambassador 13. The Russia Ambassador solemnly received and delivered his Message for Unity between the two Nations and concerning Trade The Judges were appointed in several Circuits and the Commissioners of the Seal ordered to issue forth Commissions and Warrants requisite for that purpose The Order for Church Government published and ordered to be put in Execution Two hundred Sallyed out of Farrington House fell upon the Guards but the Parliament Forces wounded their Commander Major Hen and took him Prisoner killed two Lieutenants and five others took four Horses forty brown bills and forced the rest into the House again and lost but four men 15. Letters from Ireland informed of a great defeat given to the Protestant Forces in Ireland by the Irish Rebels the House ordered several Supplys for those Forces and ordered five thousand Foot and fifteen hundred Horse to be provided for that Service Referred to the Committee of Ireland to dispose of the Forces under Major General Massey for the Irish Service and the rest to be disbanded the like for other Forces in several Counties Complaint of the Major and others of Derby against some of the Soldiers of that Garrison upon his commitment of four of them for Sheepstealing the House ordered those Forces to be disposed of for Ireland and that Garrison to be dismantled The Scots Forces in Vlster marched out of their Garrisons under Major General Monrow to fall upon the Rebels all of them were about five thousand Foot and eleven Troops of Horse they were informed that the Rebels had eight Regiments of Foot and twelve Troops of Horse compleatly armed but the Scots would not believe it nor valued it but the Brittish Forces marched after them The Rebells drew up in good order in a place of advantage and set divers Ambuscadoes the Brittish Horse drew up so near them that they were galled and retired their Ambuscadoes made the Protestants retire and after some hours hot dispute the Rebels prevailed near five hundred of the Protestants killed taken and routed five field pieces with all the Ammunition and Baggage lost and about five thousand Foot Arms and most of the Officers killed and taken The Lord Mont-gomery and Lord Blaney taken the Lord Conweys Son had two Horses killed yet mounted on a third and escaped many Horses lost and men wounded Letters from the King to both Houses of Parliament to the same effect
Army 23. Debate upon the Ordinance against Blasphemies and Heresies and the Punishment voted to be death The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London gave a congratulatory visit to Sir Tho. Fairfax and the Recorder made a Speech to him The Committee of Westminster imprisoned Bayliffs who arrested their Officers Letters from New-castle informed that the Earl of Antrim and Kilketto in Scotland refuse to lay down Arms and the rest of the Gourdons part though the King sent to them to do it Some of the Mutineers at York executed Some of the supplys for Ireland were safely landed there 24. A Report from the Committee touching the conference with the Scots Commissioners about disposing of the Kings Person in which the Scots urged that it might be done by joynt consent of both Kingdoms and in their Speeches seemed to reflect and bring an Odium upon the proceedings of the Parliament in that business and to perswade the people into such an opinion and in favour of what the Scots Commissioners had said therein That the Papers of the Speeches of the Scots Commissioners in this business had been unduly Printed to this end that the Scots had promised to bring in their positive answer to this business but had not yet done it whereupon the Committee had framed a Declaration in vindication of the Parliaments proceedings which was read Referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms to treat with the Scots Commissioners about the time and place of Payment of the first hundred thousand pound to them which was now ready and about the march of their Army out of England A Committee made to consider of the losses of the Lord Say Sir Rowland Wandesford Col. Fleet-wood and other Officers of the Court of Wards by the taking away that Court and how they may have a satisfaction Order for payment of Arrears to Sir Edward Doddesworth Commissary of the Horse to the Earl of Essex and for auditing the Arrears of the Officers of Col. Massey's Brigade and about forty thousand pound for Officers of the fourth List Letters that Dublin was well fortified to resist the Rebels 25. The Fast day and some new Members took the Covenant 26. A Declaration pass'd for Security of those who double their Money owing upon the publick Faith towards the raising of the two hundred thousand pound for the Scots Order for a new Election Order touching the ten thousand pound for the necessitous persons Widows c. Leave for Col. Popham and Mr. Gaudy to go into the Country Letters informed the landing of the English Forces at Dublin and Sir Charles Coote breaking through the Rebels Army with a Party caused them to draw further off from Dublyn and that the Lord Inchequin hath had success against the Rebels in Munster 27. The House sate till six at night about the Declaration of the Arguments and answers in the Conferences with the Scots Commissioners touching the disposing of the Kings Person The Herse and Effigies of the late Earl of Essex was cut to pieces and defaced as it stood in the Abbey of Westminster and the like barbarous action was to the Tomb of old Cambden there 28. Vote of both Houses for the Earl of Rutland to be Justice in Eyre of all his Majesties Forrests and Chaces beyond Trent The House sate till five at night about the Declaration touching the Scots Papers and passed it Carried in the Negative not to be sent to the Lords for their concurrence but to be inclosed and sent in a Letter from the Speaker to the Scots Commissioners here and afterwards to be printed and published 30. Debate upon the Ordinance against Heresies and Blasphemies wherein those of the Presbyterian Judgment were very violent and severe Letters from Major General Pointz informed of a design to surprize Pomfret for the King but discovered and prevented others that his Majesty had given Commissions to divers Gentlemen in the North lately to raise Forces against the Parliament others that there was a late Conspiracy to betray Lynne The House ordered all the Conspirators to be sent for by a Serjeant at Arms and Letters to Major General Pointz and General Leven to assist the Serjeants Deputies for the apprehending of them Orders for Supplys for Money for the Garrisons of Lynne and of Portsmouth The Lords concurrence desired to the Vote for the Committee to treat with the Scots Commissioners about the time and place of payment of the two hundred thousand pound and the advance of the Scots Army Referred to the Committee of the Navy to consider of raising Money to repair the banks of Humber Letters from Ireland informed that after the Parliaments Commissioners and Forces were landed at Dublyn Road the Marquess of Ormond contrary to expectation and the former Treaty denyed to deliver possession of Dublyn to them because he had not yet received his Majesties consent thereunto and upon this the Parliaments Commissioners Shipped again the Forces to joyn with the Brittish Forces at Belfast That the Irish Rebels upon the coming of the English Forces were so terrified that they drew off and attempted nothing against Dublyn and that nothing was attempted against them by the Marquess of Ormond December 1646. December 1. Report from the Committee appointed to give in three names of Gentlemen in each County fit to be made Sheriffs and the House chose one of the three and went this day through most of the Counties Order to revive Committees that sate de die in diem that old businesses may be dispatched Order to state accompts of Massey's men The Declaration touching the Scots Papers being sent to their Commissioners they sent it back again because it came not from both Houses and the Commons ordered it to be printed It was wondred at by many that the Concurrence of the Lords was declined in this business but a great ground thereof was to have the more expedition and because the Lords were supposed would not consent to many parts of it The single and great question was Whether the Kingdom of Scotland had any right of joynt exercise of Interest in disposing of the Person of the King in the Kingdom of England The Papers Arguments Objections and Answers between the Committee of Parliament and the Scots Commissioners upon this point were very long and are in Print by themselves therefore here omitted And their proposal That the King might come to London with honour freedom and safety is there considered 2. The Ordinance sent up to the Lords for the Assesment for the Army and orders for speedy collecting it past and a complaint against Col. King for obstructing the levying of Moneys in Lincolne shire referred to a Committee A Fast appointed for averting Gods Judgments by the unseasonable Rain Debate about Provisions for the next Summers Fleet and about habeas Corpus 3. Orders touching Arrears of reduced Officers and about the ten thousand pound for Widows of Soldiers c. Order for the Speaker to write to
midnight about the City Petition and some perhaps were a little awed by the multitudes of Citizens attending at the door of the House They agreed upon a Declaration against all such Persons as take upon them to Preach or expound the Scriptures except they be Ordained And this gave much offence to those of the Independent Judgment January 1646. January 1. Orders for payment of Moneys formerly ordered to the Earl of Stamford and for eight hundred pound to the Commissioners that are to go into the North for their accommodations and their instructions Debate upon the Ordinance against Blasphemies and Heresies Vote for Sir Peter Killegrew to be sent with the Preamble and vote in answer to his Majesties last Letters 2. A Letter from General Leven complying with the Parliaments desires in their Letters to him and order given to have the Jewel ready for him Letters informed an endeavour of the King to escape from New-castle without the Scots privity and a more strict Guard upon him Orders for stay of Sir Peter Killegrew's Journey and for a thousand pound for Mr. Pury out of the Earl of Worcesters Estate and a thousand pound for Mr. Hodges in repair of their losses and for a thousand pound for Sir Robert Pye Jun. out of Sir Edmond Pye's Composition Order for allowances to the Officers of the Court of Wards 4. Upon a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax Orders for two thousand pound for Sir Hardress Waller of his Arrears and for two thousand pound for Col. Sidney Order to continue the two Speakers Commissioners of the Great Seal for ten days longer An Ordinance sent up to the Lords for the Government of Chester Instructions and powers agreed for the Lieuetenant of Ireland and a Sword to be born before him and Counsellors of State named for Ireland and they to have five hundred pound per An. apiece till their Estates shall be recovered An Ordinance appointed to settle the same Church-Government in Ireland as in England Vote to name Commissioners of both Houses to receive the King from the Scots and to bring him to Holmeby and the Committee of both Kingdoms to draw instructions for the Commissioners and Letters to be written to General Leven and to the Scots Commissioners at New castle to acquaint them with these Votes and that the Commissioners should speedily come for the King Letters sent from Major General Laugherne and the Committee of Haverford West informed That Mr. Hudson the Kings Guide having escaped out of Prison was by the King imployed upon another design to carry Letters to be delivered to Major General Laugherne to invite him to betray his Trust and to revolt to the King That the Major General sent up the Letters and other Papers to the Parliament and Hudson and Price one of his Agents and the examining them was referred to a Committee The Commons agreed that Mr. Godolphin Governor of Sâ—ylly upon his surrender of that Island and all Forts c. and taking the Covenant and Negative Oath should enjoy his Estate and be free from Arrests for any acts of War 6. Both Houses agreed the Instructions for the Commissioners that go to the Scots Army and to the Declaration in answer to the Kings last Letter and about disposing of his Person and to the Letters to General Leven and to the Scots Commissioners at Newcastle touching this business and Sir Peter Killegrew was to post with them to Newcastle The Earl of Pembroke the Earl of Denbigh the Lord Mountague named by the Lords and by the Commons Sir William Armine Sir Jo. Hollond Sir Walter Earle Sir John Cooke Mr. John Crew and Major General Browne Commissioners to receive the Kings Person and with such Guards as they shall think fit to bring him to Holmeby House Ordinance for Sir Anthony-Ashley-Cooper Sheriff of Wilts to live out of the County Order for Winchester Castle to be dis-garrisoned and delivered to Sir William Waller the owner A Committee named to consider of several debts owing by the Earl of Corke who is gone beyond Sea without perfecting his Composition Letters informed that the Money for the Scots was safe come to Yorke The Parliament Forces after great Storms at Sea Landed in Ireland and had course entertainment there 7. Mr. Sandys reported what places and profits Members of the House had that an Account thereof may be given Order for two thousand five hundred pound for the Commissioners that are to receive the Kings Person and their instructions debated Sir William Ermyn upon his own desire excused and Sir James Harrington Commissioner in his stead and Mr. Marshall and Mr. Carill appointed to go along with them Articles presented to the House against one Harris referred to the Justices of Peace Endeavours were in Countries to get hands to Petitions to second that of London 8. Debate upon the Ordinance against such as Preach or expound the Scriptures not being ordained Upon Petition of the Countess of Peterburgh Order that she should have her Husbands Arrears out of such Delinquents Estates as she should discover 9. Orders for ten thousand pound for the Lord Say for the loss of his place in the Court of Wards Sir Rowland Wandesford to have five thousand pound Sir Ben. Rudyeard six thousand pound and Mr. Bacon to have three hundred pound Reference to the Committee of the Navy about adding four Frigots to the next Summers Fleet. The Commons agreed with the Lords to have Goring House for the Ambassador of France Orders for Petitions to be read in rank as they were presented and for ten thousand Pound for the reduced Officers and a thousand pound to Colonel Waite for Arrears and to Summon Col. King to attend the Committee The Commissioners to name Attendants for the King 11. Major General Skippon sent up intercepted Letters from Hudson the Kings Guide to his Majesty bewailing his unhappiness in failing of success with Major General Laugherne and being again apprehended Order for a Letter to the Governor of Hull to send up Dr. Hudson in safe Custody by Land to the Parliament and reserred the Letters to a Committee Upon a Letter from Sir Tho. Fairfax Order for four thousand pound for the standing Officers of the County of York Approbation of the Convoy sent by Sir T. Fairfax with the Money to the Scots Order for four thousand five hundred pound for Sir Samuel Luke for his Arrears out of Goldsmiths Hall The Town of Cirencester elected Sir Th. Fairfax and Col. Rich for their Burgesses Debate upon the instructions of the Lord L'Isle Lieutenant of Ireland The Scots refused to surrender Belfast to the Parliaments Forces Ireland in great want of Supplys Commissioners came from the Parliament of Scotland to Newcastle to perswade the King to Sign the Propositions 12. Order for Sir Oliver Fleming Master of the Ceremonies to go to the French Ambassador to know whether he hath any thing from his Master the King of France to the Parliament that he may be dispatched
in Essex to Joyn with him they quartered at Bowe and Colonel Whaley with a party of the Parliaments Horse at Mile-end some Skirmishes were between their Scouts The Houses passed an Act of Indempnity for all of them except Goring and some few others if they forthwith lay down Armes and the Act was sent down to them Letters from Scotland of great distractions among them and difficulties to raise their Army which the Clergy opposed and Mr. Galaspe preached to be against the Covenant Letters from New-castle of the preparations in Scotland if their differences hinder not for an Armies coming into England that Berwick and Carlisle are supplyed with Armes and other things from thence that the Scots in Ireland are expected and money sent to fetch them that Langdale's Forces were about eight thousand and no relief from the Parliament of England to their Party 6. About twenty of the Kings party came with Corn and Frocks over their Clothes pretending to supply Pontefract Castle and having Armes under their Frocks they seised upon the main guard part of whom they had corrupted and another Party of the Kings lying in Ambuscadoe near hand entred and surprised the Castle The House referred it to the Committee of Derby house to consider of the speedy sending some of the Forces in Wales to the Northern parts Upon information from the Militia of London that the Spanish Ambassador here by reason of some Victories lately obtained in Spain had appointed Bonefires to be made which would occasion great confluence of Malignants and tumults the House sent to desire the Ambassador to forbear the same in these tumultuous times till the Peace of the Kingdom should be better setled Order for the Garrison of Leverpoole to be taken into pay The Lords concurred in the discharge of the seven impeached Lords the eleven Members and the three Aldermen in London An Ordinance committed for the sequestring the Estate of Powell Langhorne and Poyer and proceeding against them as Delinquents The General sent Colonel Rich to raise the siege at Dover Letters from Wales that Overton's Regiment and part of Sir W. Constable's Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Reade Stormed the Suburbs of Tenby took twenty Horse and killed some that about a Week after that the Town and Castle were surrendred upon mercy to the Parliament That the Townsmen seeing nothing but ruine brought the desperate Officers and Country Gentlemen to a complyance although they had sufficient provision three hundred Souldiers thirty five Guns mounted and twelve Barrels of Powder That Pembroke Town and Castle was besieged by Lieutenant General Cromwell that Poyer had in the Castle three hundred Horse and many Foot That the Lion a Ship of the Parliaments riding in Milford Haven sent to Cromwell two Drakes two Demy Culverins and two whole Culverins that when two of them were planted and shot off against the Castle at the same time the Parliaments Souldiers Stormed a Village under the South gate of the Town of great advantage to the Besiegers Which Poyer perceiving pulled in his red Flag That the Horse in the Town made desperate Sallies but were beaten back with loss on both sides they desired to come out but it would not be granted but upon Mercy that they had no grass for their Horses but pulled off the thatch from the Houses for them they gave no quarter to the Parliaments Dragoons nor the Dragoons to them 7. The assembly of Divines presented to the House a congratulatory Letter from the Assembly here to the Assembly in Scotland to strenghen the Amity and Vnion of both Kingdoms which the House approved Order to forbid the making of Reading a Garrison or any other Town in Barkshire without leave from the Parliament A Passe from both Houses to Prince Philip to return with twelve Horses beyond Seas Upon a Petition of the Inhabitants of Westminster M r. Glyn who served for them was readmitted a Member of the House Order for securing New-port Paganel Intelligence that the Malignants were up in Lincolnshire under Colonel D r. Hudson and Colonel Stiles Letters that Co. Rich had relieved Dover-Castle and that Sir Richard Hardresse who besieged it with two thousand men and had taken the block Houses Ordnance and Ammunition fled upon the approach of Colonel Rich and Sir Miles Livesy who were possest of the Town block-Houses and all their quarters and Ordnance and Colonel Rich in pursuit of Sir Richard Hardress Letters from Essex that the Parliaments Commissioners having published the Indempnity at Bowe Sir William Hickes and divers other Gentle-men submitted and the Lord Goring retreated but Sir Charles Lucas perswaded them not to lay down Armes but to continue in a Body and that they had seised upon Sir William Hickes and other Gentlemen and plundered some to the discontent of the Inhabitants The General sent some additional Forces to Colonel Whaley by direction of the House and that he should presently fall on the Essex men And the Members of Norfolk and Suffolk had Instructions from the Committee of Derby House for preservation of the Peace of those Counties Letters from Jersy of cruel oppressions and tyranny by Cartwright the Governor there and solliciting for relief 8. Letters from Colonel Waite that he had fallen upon those who made an insurrection at Stamford had killed their Commander D r. Hudson and others and taken many of them Prisoners but discharged the Country-men The House approved what he had done and Ordered him thanks for it and that the General should send him a Commission of Marshal Law to try the Prisoners Referred to a Committee to take order for transporting beyond Sea some of the Prisoners taken in Kent and Essex except such as had formerly served the Parliament and revolted from them and those to be tryed by Marshal Law Referred to the Master and Wardens of the Water-men to sind out and disfranchise such Water-men as had joyned with the Rebels in Kent and Essex and the like for the London Apprentices Order for the Militia to put in execution the Ordinance for putting Papists and Delinquents out of the Lines Letters from the Navy that the Ships at Portsmouth submitted to the Earl of Warwick and resolved to be for the Parliament 9. Intelligence that the Lord Capell was very active in Hertfordshire to raise a Body for the King referred to the Committee of Derby House to take speedy order to suppress them A Petition from the County of Sussex answered with Courtesy 10. Letters from North-Wales that Colonel Garter and Lieutenant Colonel Twisselden with the assistance of thirty Horse and seventy Foot from Chester intending to joyn with Colonel Mason and Colonel Mitton who were in Caernarvon Castle marched towards them but Sir Jo. Owen to prevent their joyning drew off from his siege of Caernarvon with an hundred and fifty Horse and an hundred and twenty Foot and met Colonel Carter upon his March The
desired 4. To that concerning the Court of Wards a recompence being assured to his Majesty his heirs and successours of one hundred thousand pounds per annum The General explained his former Letter concerning the quarter given to the Lord Goring and Lord Capel that it did not extend to any other but the Military power and that they were notwithstanding liable to Tryal and Judgment by the Civil Power otherwise any who was Treacherous or had revolted might get quarter from a private Souldier and so not be further questionable With divers other reasons given by him to the same purpose Letters from Scotland that M r Parsons sent to them from the King had complaints of the miseries suffered by the late Ingagement that they refer the King to their agreement with Lanerick and their Declaration and beseech him at last to hearken to the advice of his Parliament in consenting to the propositions of both Kingdoms Especially to those concerning the Covenant and Reformation of Religion which they understand to be the Point he sticks most at and they in Honour and interest are most obliged to stick to and without which they tell him his Kingdom cannot be established in righteousness That they have also writ to the Prince dehorting him from that course of opposition he is now in and from attempting any act of hostility against that Kingdom and since all worldly policy and projects have failed that he would apply his endeavours to mediate with his Father to consent to the propositions of both Kingdoms and especially the Covenant Letters from Major General Lambert's quarters that divers of his men were set upon as they past up and down by some of the Scots and many injuries offered to the English that six of his Regiment with Quarter-Master Diamond were set upon by fourteen of the Scots and fought with them about a quarter of an hour left three of the Scots sprawling upon the ground and wounded most of the rest routed them and came off without any hurt only one of the English had a cut of his hand That the Committee of Estates taking notice of these things have indeavoured to prevent the like for the future and to give satisfaction for what is past The Lords consented to the Sergeants that were named and the Commons also the Speaker moved that Whitlock might be suspended from being a Sergeant at present in regard of Swearing the rest which was likely to fall to his share But this was opposed until Whitlock spake and shewed them the necessity that either Sir Thomas Widdrington or he must make the Speech to the rest of the Sergeants and Swear them which they could not do if both of them were to be Sworn and that upon Conference together he was perswaded to take that trouble upon himself and to have his Swearing suspended if they pleased Nevertheless the House in favour to Whitlock would not wholly excuse him but Voted that he should not be Sworn a Sergeant till further order The House passed Mr. Hatton to be Sergeant 24. Order for five hundred pound for Sir Anthony Welden in satisfaction of his losses by the Kentish Rebels against whom he was very active Upon the Generals answer to the Parliaments Letter touching Sir Henry Cholmley the question was whether he should be subject to the commands of the General or the Parliament only and Voted that he should be subject to the General Orders for disbanding Supernumerary Forces in several Counties not of the Army Debate about Ordinances for Dr. Bastwick Mr. Burton and Mr. Pryn to have reparations for the illegal Sentences against them in the Star-Chamber Both Houses agreed upon seven persons to be exempted from pardon viz. The Lord Digby Lord Cottington Sir Robert Heath Sir Francis Doddington Sir George Ratcliffe Sir Richard Greenvile and Sir Charles Dalison Several compositions past Letters from Newcastle that Cromwel Haselrigge and the Committee ordered the slighting of several Northern Garrisons that the Army coming thither was entertained with great Guns and ringing of Bells and feasting That Sir John Chiesely and others were posting up to London to declare that Kingdoms dislike of their late Armies invading England and to desire a fair correspondency Letters of a design to betray Pendennis Castle some of the conspirators were taken and one of them adjudged to death by Sir Hardresse Waller and his Council of War Another who was imployed to corrupt the private Souldiers was not tryed but sent up to the Parliament because he was no Souldier himself but a Country-man many others of them fled 25. The publick Fast-day 26. Voted that the Kings last Message concerning Episcopacy was un-satisfactory And a Committee appointed to draw up the particulars wherein it was un-satisfactory that his Majesty might have the same in writing An Ordinance transmitted to the Lords for payment of Tithes to the Ministry Letters from the Committee of Estates in Scotland desiring a fair correspondency and brotherly Vnion between the two Nations And that Sir John Chiesely was intrusted to deliver by word of mouth other particulars of their desires Order that the Letter be communicated to the Lords and Sir John Chiesely referred to the Committee of Derby-house to impart further particulars to them Order for five thousand Suits of Cloaths for Cromwels Souldiers The Lords concurred that the Kings Paper concerning Episcopacy was not satisfactory 27. Voted that that part of the Kings answer concerning the taking of the Covenant is un-satisfactory Also that concerning the taking away of Arch-bishops Bishops Deans c. Also that concerning the abolishing of Popery in desiring to have it tolerated in the Queens Chappel and for her Family Also that for alienating of Bishops Lands and sale of Dans and Chapters Lands and many others A Committee appointed to draw up the Covenant in such a form as may be proper for his Majesty to take it A Committee ordered to consider of his Majesties Concessions to any part of the Propositions and to draw them up into Bills to be tendred to his Majesty An Ordinance past for repayment of Money advanced by the Merchant Adventurers for the service of the Navy 28. Letters from Colonel Jones in Ireland That the Marquess of Ormond was upon concluding a peace with the Irish Rebels the Lord Inchequin complying and all to joyn against the Parliaments party there the design hatched in England by the fomenters of the second War and the Scots who last invaded England and should then have broken out and given forth to be by Commission from the King He desires the House seriously to consider of it Order that a Message be forthwith sent to his Majesty to desire him to declarè against the Rebellion of Ireland and against this Truce with the Rebels and to require the Marquess of Ormond to forbear joyning with the Rebels against the Protestants The Parliaments Commissioners with the Army agreed with the General
Pawlets composition at three thousand seven hundred and sixty pound allowed and four thousand and two hundred pound for the Lord Pawlet An Act for a new Seal for the Courts of Wales and for Powell Eltonhead Parker and Clerk to be Judges there Letters from Scotland that the Parliament resolved to raise an Army of seventeen thousand Foot and six thousand Horse against the Sectarian Army in England in prosecution of the Covenant they having a report that an Army of English was upon their Borders That Colonel Monroe and Colonel Fizen with a party of Horse and Foot in the Northern parts of Scotland having Declared for King Charles II. taken Enderness and increased to four thousand the Scots Parliament repealed their votes of raising an Army against England and Ordered Forces against Monroe and his Party Pontefract desired a Treaty and were full of sickness in the Garrison 6. Report from the Council of State of forty thousand Horse and Foot to be kept up in England and Ireland whereof twelve thousand for Ireland their pay to be eighty thousand pound per mensem and free-quarter to be taken off Mr. Cauton a London Minister in his Prayer before the Lord Mayor having prayed for Charles II. as lawful King referred to Mr. Steel and Mr. Coke to prosecute him in the Upper Bench for Treason upon the late Declaration Letters of proclaiming King Charles II. in Guernsey Island by Sir George Carteret Letters from Holland that the Ministers there in their Pulpits inveigh against the proceedings in England and Pray for King Charles II. Referred to the Council of State to consider what is fit to be done herein and to preserve a good correspondence betwixt the two Nations The Earl of Cambridge brought before the High Court and asked what he had further to say why sentence should not be pronounced against him spake to the same effect as formerly The Earl of Holland and Lord Goring extenuated what they could their Offences as being rash not much hurtful c. The Lord Capel briefly repeated what he had formerly said and further observed an Ordinance of Parliament That Quarter should not be given to Irish Rebels for life which implyed that quarter given to others should be inviolable for life Sir John Owen pleaded quarter The President in his Scarlet robes spake many hours in answer to the several pleas of the Prisoners and at last sentence was given against them all that their heads should be severed from their Bodies yet with relation to the Mercy of Parliament 7. Referred to a Committee to draw up an Act for taking off all priviledge from Noblemen and to make their persons as liable to Law as any Commoner An Act committed for taking away Kingly Government and another for dissolving the House of Peers The Earl of Warwick and the Countess of Holland presented a Petition for the life of the Earl of Holland and divers Ladies for the others against whom the High Court had pronounced sentence of Death After some hours Debate upon these Petitions the House resolved upon the Question not to proceed any further upon these Petitions but to leave them to the Justice of the Court that sentenced them Then the Ladies Petitioned the High Court who only reprieved the Execution for two daies 8. A New form for electing Members of the House assented to Order that the Council of State nor Committees do not sit after nine in the Morning when the House sits Orders for seventy thousand pound per mensem for the Forces in England and thirty thousand pound per mensem for the Forces in Ireland and for an Act for eighty thousand pound per mensem assessment for the Forces and free quarter to be taken off New Petitions of the condemned Lords and a Letter from the General touching their Articles and after a long Debate the Question was put of them severally and voted That the Lord Capel should not be reprieved And carried by one vote that the Lord Goring should be reprieved this one vote was the Speaker who carried the House being equally divided four and twenty of each part and he said he did it because he had formerly received some civilities from the Lord Goring and his single vote now saved his life The House was also divided upon the question whether the Earl of Holland should be reprieved or not and the Speaker gave his voice against him Thus the Lord Goring who had been no friend to the Religious party was saved and the Earl of Holland who had been a most civil person to all and a very great friend to the old Puritans and protected them in the time of his greatest interest by the same single Vote lost his life This may be a caution to us against the affectation of popularity when you see the issue of it in this Noble Gentleman who was as full of Generosity and Courtship to all Sorts of Persons and readiness to help the oppressed and to stand for the rights of the people as any person of his quality in this Nation Yet this person was by the Representatives of the people given up to execution for Treason and another Lord who never made profession of being a friend to liberty either Civil or Spiritual and exceeded the Earl as much in his Crimes as he came short of him in his popularity the life of this Lord was spared by the people The resolution touching Duke Hamiltons Reprieve past in the Negative and for Sir Jo. Owen in the Affirmative and these Votes ordered to be sent to the High Court of Justice 9. Amendments to an Act for provision for the Forces of England and Ireland assented to The House rose early being thin because of the execution of the Lords The Earl of Cambridge was brought to the Scaffold in the Palace-Yard at Westminster and after some discourse with Dr. Sibbalds a Minister that came with him he turned to the people and seeing them so great a multitude he said his voice would not serve for them to hear him and therefore directed his speech to those upon the Scaffold with him He confessed his Religion to be according to that of the Kirk of Scotland that he had ever been Loyal to the late King and wished well to his Posterity and that none more desired the peace and happiness of this and other Kingdoms than himself That his coming into England with the late Army was out of no Treasonable or ill intent but for the ends contained in the Scots Declaration and what he did was as a servant to that Parliament and Kingdom That in that imployment next to the setling of Religion the establishing the King was his greatest aim and he wished his blood in order to the Kingdom might be the last that should be spilt That if he would have confessed who invited the Scots Army into England it would probably have saved his life Then he made a short Prayer Dr. Sibbalds kneeling with
some other Troops designed for Ireland and they appointed a general rendezvous without their Officers Letters from Dublin that C. Jones sent out a Party under M. Cadogow to surprise Tecroghan which was hindered by the Fayler of Kildare men but Cadogow fired above 200 houses in the Town and a great number were killed and burnt Orders being to kill all but Women and Children the rest fled into the Castle Of Cadogows Men not one Officer killed only three private Suoldiers killed and three hurt and in his return with 200 Foot and 20 Horse he fell upon a Party of the Rebels with his 20 Horse only disordered them killed 50 and took 30 Prisoners Some Towns were delivered to the Rebels by treachery and sold for Mony by Captain White and others That Ormond was advanced within 27 Miles of Dublin that by reason of the great Spoil in the Countries Corn was with them at 8 l. 10 s. the Barrel and many dyed in the Highways and Streets for want of Food 9 An additional Act passed concerning Sequestrations in case of Appeals The Business of the great Level of the Fennes referred to a Committee Order for payment of Mony into Weavers-Hall for satisfaction of Mony lent upon the Publick Faith Letters from the Generals at Sea of several Ships taken by them Several Paroles granted for exchange of Prisoners in Scilly and Guernesey Letters from Edenburgh That the Committee of Estates sent to their Commissioners in Hclland that they adhere to their Instructions particularly for removal of evil Councellors from the King An Order of the General for raising Souldiers in Ireland and for their March and civil Carriage Letters from the Hague that 12 English Cavaleers in Disguise came into a room where Dr. Dorislaus who was a publick Minister there for the Parliament was with others at Supper that they murdered him by stabbing him in several places and cut his Throat and one of them said thus dyes one of the Kings Judges That the States declared that they would not assist either side in the Difference between the Prince of Wales and the present Power in England Captain Cook with his Troop forcibly disbanded Captain Bambers Troop and secured the Officers the Countrey beat out some other Troops who refused to disband Letters from the Hague that the King of Scots remonstrated to the Scots Commissioners the reasons why he could not comply with their Demands being so very high 10 Order for an account to be given to the House Why the Act against Kingship was not proclaimed in the City An Act passed for altering the Original Seales of Denbigh and Montgomery Shires An Act passed for altering the Nisi-prius Seal of the upper Bench. Order touching the Mint-Master Referred to a Committee to consider of reforming the Abuses in the Marshals Court. Order for Money for Lieutenant Colonel Beecher An Act past for altering the Seal for the Borough of Southwark Order for the Moity of Discoveries of Delinquents Estates in Dorsetshire by the Irish Officers to go to them Captain Smith's Troop in Oxfordshire met with other Troops of the Levellers at Banbury and there posted up their Declaration 1. Against the present Parliament and their proceedings 2. Against the Councel of State 3. Against the Councel of the Army 4. Against the proceedings of the late high Court of Justice Captain Tomson was a principal Ringleader of these men he had been formerly condemned by a Councel of War but by the Mercy of the General was spared now he marched up and down about 200 Horse and declared to joyn with those of C. Scroopes C. Harrisons and M. G. Skippon's Regiments in their Declaration and Resolution He published a Declaration of his own in print intituled Englands Standard advanced or a Declaration from Mr. William Tomson and the oppressed People of this Nation now under his Conduct in Oxfordshire for a new Parliament by the Agreement of the People 11 The House declared that Tomson and all that adhered to him or boar Arms without Authority of Parliament are Rebels and ordered a Proclamation to this purpose throughout the Nation and a Letter to the General to suppress them and directions to M. G. Skippon to suppress all Tumults and Insurrections and to preserve the Peace of the City and secure the Parliament as he shall receive Orders from them or the Councel of State And that the Militiaes of Westminster Southwark and the Hamlets take Course for security of the Suburbs from all Tumults and Insurrections Order that the Post-Master taken by Tomson and discharged upon his Parole should not render himself again to Tomson Referred to the Councel of State to take Order for Security of the Parliament and City and that the Souldiers of the Army joyn with those of the City herein Debate of setting a Period to this Parliament and for electing a new and equal Representative and ordered to be debated again in a grand Committee An Act committed declaring that the People of this Nation are a free State and Commonwealth Mr. Henry Darley re-admitted to sit in the House having satisfyed the Committee touching his Absence Some of Colonel Scroope's Regiment came in to the General and several other Troopes sent to him that they would assist him in reducing the Revolters 12 Voted that Lilburn Walwyn Prince and Overton should be restrained as close Prisoners apart and severally the one from the other in several Rooms and not to resort and consult together and that they should have no Allowance from the State during their Confinement An Act passed for taking off free Quarter Letters that Colonel Reynolds commanded a Party of about 60 Horse to fall into the Levellers Quarters at Banbury who by some treachery in the Town had notice thereof they drew up into a Body but held up at a Lanes end by Lieutenant Parry and Captain Owen They finding it difficult to force Colonel Reynolds his men cryed a Parly which Parrey and Owen having no Power to do refused but would for bear fighting till the Colonel advanced upon whose coming they were contented to submit Upon the delivery of his two Colours he discharged the rest dispersed them to their homes by Passes but secured two or three of the chief Ringleaders and such as were Officers in common in this Business Tomson the chief fled upon the approach of Colonel Reynolds unto Banbury they killed Captain Parrey and Reynolds might have killed them all but he forbore it The General marched after the Levellers Collonel Whaley's Regiment declared to adhere to the General 14 The Act passed declaring what shall be Treason against the State and present Government and ordered to be sent into all the Countries and a Copy of it to the General to be read to the Officers and Souldiers of the Army And Act passed for making Mr. Scobel Clerk of the Parliament and referred to a Committee to repair the Losses of Mr Brown Clerk of the Parliament to the Lords House
of the House and of the City ordered to return the hearty thanks of the House to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Councel for their great Love and Civilities yesterday expressed to the Parliament and Army Referred to a Committee to consider what mark of Honour and Favour the Parliament should bestow upon the City for their real Affection to the Parliament Some Aldermen and Common Councel men in the name of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Councel presented the Lord General with a large and weighty Bason and Ewer of beaten Gold as a testimony of the Affections of the Giny to his Excellence They also presented from the City to the Lieutenant General Cromwel Plate to the value of 300 l. and 200 Pieces in Gold 9 A long debate touching absent Members voted that those who gave their Votes for Addresses to be made to the late King should state their Cases in Writing by a day to a Committee for absent Members which if they neglect to do then Writs to be issued out for new Elections in the places of those who shall so neglect 11 Debate touching the Earl of Chesterfields Composition Letters from the Countess of Leicester and the Earl of Northumberland for allowance for the late Kings Children referred to the Committee of the Revenue to provide Monies for them Order for demolishing Montgomery Castle and allowance to the Lord Herbert for his Damage thereby out of his Fine Order for demolishing Winchester Castle and Reparation for the Damage thereby to Sir Willi-Waller The like for Belvoir Castle and for Reparation of the Damage thereby to the Earl of Rutland referred all to the Councel of State The Act passed for relieving Persons comprized in Articles Another for altering the Original Seales of Caermarthen Pembroke and Cardigan Another for altering the Seal of Nisi-prius of the Common Pleas. Order that the Members of the House and of the Councel of State the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal and Judges do attend the Funeral of Dr. Dorislaus Letters that the Parliament of Scotland took many exceptions to the Letter sent to them from the Parliament of England That they go on in raising Forces but the Quelling of the Levellers in England did not please them But they bewaile the suffering condition of their Preshyterian Brethren in England That in Scotland are many English Officers and Soldiers who expect imployment when their new King cometh and are out of Patience and Mony by his longstay that the Scots fear a Famine and Execute very many for Witches 12 Order for 6000. Men for the Summer Guard to be Proportioned to the ships and 3000 for the Winter Guard Referred to the Commitee of the Army to conferre with the Councel of State touching the number of Forces to be kept up and the Pay of them Referred to a Committee to prepare an Act upon Sir Henry Vane's report touching the Excise The new Judges were Sworn in the several Courts And it came to Whitlock's turn to make the Speech to those who were sworn Judges of the Common-Pleas Who were Mr. Sergeant Penleston and Mr. Sergeant Warberton Wherein amongst other matters he told them of their being the first Judges Publickly Sworn in this Common-wealth and spake to them concerning Judges in general Judges of this Common-wealth and Judges of this Court. On the second Head he told them That the Judges in this Common-wealth are of as great Antiquity as is the Law it self That the Druides were Judges or Interpreters of the Law Amongst the Pritains And as they studyed the Law 20. Years yet committed nothing to writing So out Judges spend as much longer time in the same study and our common Law is Lex non scripta at this Day He also intimated to them what he found in Ingulphus p. 870. and in Seldens Janus Anglorum of the Division made by King Alphred or Allured in Judices quos nunc Justiclarios vacamus et Vicioomites And in the sanie Author that when W. I. upon the suit of the Abbot of Crowland confirmed the Laws of St. Edward he proclaimed them to be kept et Justiciarijs suis commendabat And then he thus proceeds All these are Testimonies of the Antiquity of our Judges but I hold not this essential to be largely considered save as it falls in our way Neither shall I rob you of your time by an elaborate Discourse of the Honour and Respect due to your Place only you may pardon a few Observations thereupon and the rather for the particular Relation I have to that Calling What respect the Sexons had to their Judges appeares in the Etymology of their Word Grave which signifieth a Judge and an Earl Sir John Danys Rep. As in the old Law of the Ripuarians C. 55. Act 1st The Title being Si quis Graffionem interfecerit The Text is Si quis Judicem Fiscalem quem Comitem vocant interfecerit Seld. Tit. Hon. f. 121. 127. and Haillan f. 274. But to come nearer home we find in the Law of H. 1. This Description of a Judge Regis Judicos sunt Barones Comitatus qui liberas in eis tenras habent villani vero corsetti vel ferdingi vel qui sunt viles aut inopes Personae non sunt inter Indices numerandi Whence appears the reason of the Judges of the Exchequer being called Barons Seld. Tit. Hon. f. 347. and 390. Lambert f. 186. 1 H. 6. f. 7. Agreeable with this is the Testimony of Bracton who saith thus Comites vero vel Barones nonsunt amerciandi nisi per pares suos et hoc per Barones Scaccarij vel corain ipso Rege Vpon which and the Case of the Earl of Northumberland under H. 6. Selden observes that all Judges were held antiently as Barons And the Writ by which they were Summou'd to Parliament is in the same Style and hath in it the same words with the Writs of Summons of Barons Consitium vestrum impensuri Those of the Commons being ad faciendum et consentiendum hiis quae de communi Confilio ordinari contigeunt And in some Entries of Judgments upon Writs of Error in Parliament the words are ex assensn Institiariorum and the Title of Lord was given antiently to all the Judges as appears in divers of our Books and Records and is still given to the Judges of Assize They have their Officers and their Purveyante as the Barons had untill taken away by the Statute front both Rot. Parl. 10. E. 2. pt 2. M. 20. and 2. E. 3. pt 1. M. 33. and Rot. Claus 11. E. 1. and this was taken away by the Statute 4. E. 3. C. 3. Theye be divers Cases and Records of Punishments inflicted on those who gave any affronts to Judges and especially that noted Case of Roger Hengham M. 33. and 34. E. 1. rot 71. in the Receipt of the Exchequer So tender hath the State alwayes been of the Honour of their great publick Officers and as the State
6 Returns of Subscriptions to the Ingagement from several Regiments and Garrisons Letters from Taunton That the Commissioners for settling the Militia in that County had agreed upon Officers of Horse and Foot to be named to the Councel of State for Commissions That C. Pine is most Active in this and all other Business of that County At a Horse Race near Blackley there being many Gallants with Pistols Swords and Arms C. Smith with the Oxfordshire Troop came thither and disarmed some of the chief and most suspected of the Company The same Captain Smith in 6 Months apprehended 50 Robbers in those Parts 30 of them were hanged Letters from Shrewsbury of the meeting of Cavaliers in that County and Suspicions of new Plots Account of Troops and Recruits marching towards Chester for Ireland 8 Letters from Newcastle That the Cavaliers report generally that the Scots and their King are agreed and thereupon many of them are gone into Scotland That course is taken to prevent them for the future That the Ministers in Yorkshire preach openly against the Ingagement That many Mosse Troopers are dayly taken From Yarmouth That Commissions came from the Councel of State for the Militia which the Bayliffes and others are putting in Execution and Souldiers list themselves and take the Ingagement very willingly That the like was done in Norwich for that City and for the County of Norfolk The like was done in Essex That the four Ships sent to guard the Fishers have much advanced the Fishing Trade From Cork That 5 Ships with Souldiers were all cast away coming from Minehead for Ireland only 20 or 30 men swam to shore That the Enemy besieged Captain Barrington in Arklow Castle and he sallyed out upon them beat them off and killed many of them That Lieutenant Collonel Axtel Governour of Rosse made several Incursions into the Enemies Quarters in the County of Kilkenny took many Prisoners and great store of Cattle Account of Recruits for Ireland Some debauch't Persons in a Tavern drinking Healths in a Balcone breaking Glasses and drawing a great deal of Company together some Souldiers who saw it went up to the Gentlemen and carryed them away Prisonees to Whitehall 9 Letters from Dunstar confirming the sad news of the 5 Ships that went from Minehead to Ireland all cast away Captain Ensor and Captain Whiting with 80 Horse and 150 Foot and all the Seamen drowned except 20 or 30. From Ireland that the Popish Clergy there have agreed to raise 7000 Men by March next and to pay them and that Antrim shall command them That the Estates of Scotland are setting out a Declaration in answer to Montrosses Declaration and conform to that of the Kirk One Hinderson proclaimed in several Streets of Newark I pronounce Charles the Second of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. as King of England although his Father suffered wrongfully Yet you cannot be Governed without a Head but now you are Governed by a stinking lowsy Committee For these words he was apprehended and sent to Prison A Petition to the General and his Councel of Officers in the behalf of 3000 maimed Souldiers and Widdows whose Husbands were slain in the Service of the Parliament the General and his Councel recommended it to C. Rich to move the House therein The Councel of State sent three of their Messengers to apprehend one Mercer who stabbed two of them that they dyed immediately and wounded the third and so escaped from them 11 Letters that an Irish Frigot boarded a Newcastle Ship near Hartlepool which the Governour seeing caused some of his Guns to be so planted that they shot the Irish Frigot through and through and caused her to hasten away and leave her Prize behind which came in safe to Hartlepool From Scotland that Libberton was returned with a Message from the King which was read but nothing done upon it that he speaks high what the King will do for and stand by Scotland yet they go on in purging the Army That an English Merchant having a cause to be pleaded there the Scots Lawyers refused to plead for him because the business was drawn up in the new way in the Name of the Councel of State About 24 Persons came in the Night to White-Fryars with Muskets as Souldiers called up the Constable and required him to go along with them to apprehend some dangerous Persons and brought him to the Lodging of Sir Edward Hales whom they knew to have a great Sum of Money there That when they came into the House they bound the Constable and Sir Edward Hales and the Master of the House broke open Trunks and carryed away with them 100 l. besides Rings Watches c. Then they locked the Doors after them left theirMuskets behind them and got away in Boats which they had laid ready at White Fryars Stairs but 7 of those thieves were afterwards apprehended 12 The House named these Persons to be of the Council of State for the Year following viz. E. of Denbigh L. C. Justice St. John Sergeant Bradshaw L. Grey of Groby M. G. Skippon Alderman Pennington Sheriffe Wilson Sir William Masham Lord Commissioner Whitelock Sir James Harrington C. Hutchinson Mr. Bond. Mr. Alderman Popham Mr. Wanton̄ C. Purefoy Mr. Jones C. Ludlow E. of Salisbury Mr. Luke Robinson L. C. Justice Rolle L. Ch. Baron Welde L. G. Fairfax L. Lt. Cromwel Mr. H. Martyn Sir Gilbert Pickering Mr. Stapely Mr. Heveningham Sir Arthur Hassterig Mr. Wallup Sir H. Vano Junior L. Lisle Sir William Armyne Sir Henry Mildmay Sir William Constable Lord Commissioner Lisle Mr. Scot. Mr. Holland Debate touching meanes of advancing the Gospel of Christ An Act touching the way of Presentations and settling of Ministers in Livings committed An additional Act for the more severe punishing of prophane Swearing and Cursing committed An Act for suppressing and punishing the abominable sins of Incest Adultery and Fornication committed 13 Letters from the West That many Presbyterians in their Pulpits prayed very Zealously for restoring the King of Scots to his Fathers Crown in England That a French Vessel which came from the Barbado's was wracked and 13 of her men lost and the rest saved Sir Bathazer Gerbier set up his Academy in White Fryers for the teaching of all manner of Arts and Sciences a good design if the conduct and Success had been answerable 14 Letters from Scotland That their King in his Message by Libberton would have exempted from any benefit of the Agreement all such as shall be found to have had a hand in the Death of his Father without mentioning whom which breeds a general Jealousy that it may reach to all that consented to the giving up of his Father at Newcastle or joyned in the Covenant with England That the King will only acknowledge the Scots Commissioners to be Commoners of Parliament during the Treaty or after as it shall succeed and private Letters were sent from the King to
to be hanged That in this Defeat at Kerny the L. Broghil slew about 700 and took 20 Captains Lieutenants and other Officers and the Standard of the Church of Munster it being a Church Army That the Horse did the Service before the Foot came up at such a Passe where 100 Musquetiers might have beaten back all the Horse in Ireland 27 From Edenburgh the Particulars of the Execution of Montrosse That being brought before the Parliament the Chancellor made a large Speech to him telling him how much formerly he was for the Covenant and how he had since broken it He told them his Cause was good and that he had not onely a Commission but particular Orders for what he did from his Majesty whom he was ingaged to be a Servant to and they also had prefessed to comply with and upon that Account however they dealt with him he would own them to be a Parliament That if they would take away his Life the World knew he regarded it not It was a debt that must once be payd and that he was willing and did much rejoyce that he must go the same way his Majestie did And it was the joy of his Heart not onely to do but to suffer for him The Parliament gave Sentence upon him that he should be hanged upon a Gibbet of six Ells and a half high and after he was hanged his Head to be severed from his Body and put upon the Toulbooth at Edenburgh his right Hand to be cut off and sent to Glascow his left to Aberdeen his right Foot to Saint Johns Towns and his left to Dundee That all the time of his Sentence and Execution he seemed to be no way altered but his Speech full of Composure when they bid him kneel he told them he would observe any Posture to manifest his Obedience especially to them who were so near to a Conjunction with his Majesty and a Minister attending to offer him Absolution he refused it from the Minister but defired him to pray with him Which the Minister refused unless he would take Absolution from him He himself prayed very zealously and suffered with great Meekness and Courage From Leverpoole That the Ingagement is willingly taken that some Powder and Match going to some Cavaliers was seized upon 28 A Bill for setling the Militia of the Commonwealth committed Order for an Act to be brought in to impower the Militia of London to raise Horse another for Westminster another to be for setting the Poor to work throughout the Nation Letters from Clonmel May 10. This Day we entered Clonmel which was quit by the Enemy the last Night after a tedious Storm which continued 4 houres Our men kept close to the Breach which they had entered all the time Save onely one accidentall Retreat in the Storm We lost in this Storm C. Cullum and some other Officers with divers private Souldiers and others wounded The Enemy had made many great Preparations within by a Traverse or Crossework and to beat our men off as they entred but afterwards many of them stole out of the Town and left some few with the Inhabitants to make Conditions in the morning our Forces pursued and killed all they could light upon 29 From Newcastle That the Scots are in dayly Expectation of their Kings landing in some Part of the North that some Parliament Ships are wafting up and downe on that Coast under Captain Hall 30 From Clonmel That C. Reynolds is wayting upon the Motions of Castlehaven with 1500 Horse and Dragoons That they found in Clonmel the stoutest Enemy that ever was found by the Army in Ireland and that there was never seen so hot a Storm of so long a Continuance and so gallantly defended neither in England nor Ireland From Portsmouth of a man of War taken with the Commission of Charles the Second From Berwicke That the Scots Commissioners went beyond their Instructions in promising their King Assistance against England that their Ministers pray for the Confusion of the Sectarian Army in England And that their Army is marching Southwards 31 From Coventry That few or none of the Commonalty of that Countey but had taken the Ingagement From Bristol That the L. Lt. of Ireland was landed there and that they fired their great Guns thrice over at his Arrival From Guernzy That M. Harrison had besieged the Castle and made 150 Shot at it From Dublin That C. Reynolds was sate downe before Tecroghan where C. Hewson met him that they made their Approaches within Pistol Shot of it without the loss of one man That it is a very strong Place never possest by the Parliaments Forces during all the time of the Rebellion That the Titular Bishop of Clogher G. of the Northern Irish marching with about 300 Horse and 4000 Foot being faced by 1000 of the Parliaments Horse retreated and many of his men dispersed From Scotland That Montrosse would have nothing to do with the Kirkemen at the time of his Execution and that the People shewed much sorrow and regret at his Death That the Scots Parliament invited the King thither and expect his sudden Arrival That the Lord Argyle late turned Royalist and other Lords are so desirous of his coming that they postpone the Churches interest thereto The L. Lt. of Ireland came to Town he was met on Hounstow-heath by many Members of Parliament and Officers of the Army and at Hide-parke saluted with great Guns and a Volly of Shot from C. Barksteads Regiment and lodged in Whitehall June 1650. 1 Great Ceremonyes and Appeareances of joy upon the coming of the L. Lt. of Ireland to London most of the Persons of Quality the Members of Parliament and Officers of the Army about the Town paid their Visits to him and congratulated the safe Arrival of his Excellence after so many Dangers both by Sea and Land wherein God had preserved him and the wonderfull Successes which he had given him 3 From Edenburgh That the Ministers are earnest in Prayer for the Kings coming but so that he may first condescend to all that is propounded That they are busie in setling Officers for his Majesties House and in purging the Army That Letters came from the King expressing much sorrow at the Report he hears that there is some blood of his good Subjects shed of late But not knowing how it is desires to understand the business fully That Sir John Vrrey and C. Spotteswood are forthwith to be beheaded From Leverpool That the Excise was quietly settled in those parts A Souldier for Swearing and Blastheaming and abusing a poor Woman to whom he owed Money was sentenced by the Court Marshal To ride the Wooden Horse an hour three days with a Gag in his mouth to run the Gantlope through two Companies of Foot to have his Sword broken over his head and to be cashiered the Army 4 Visits from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the Lord General Fairfax and the
much wounded with several other Pensons of Quality and 200 Horse and have killed 2 or 300 more of the Enemy so that I do verily believe there were at least in all 3000 killed Those Officers of ours that were most eminently instrumental in this great Victory were C. Fenwick C. Rich. Coot Lt. C. Gore and Captain Duckinfield Whom I have presumed to add because their merits have justly deserved this my Acknowledgement to the end if your Honours think fit some mark of Honour may be conferred upon them 9 The Parliament ordered a day of publick thanksgiving for the Victory obtained by their Forces under Sir Charles Coot in Ireland An Act passed for the Tryal of Sir John Stowell David Jenkins Walter Slingesby Brown Bushell William Davenant and C. Gerrard by an high Court of Justice Letters of the ceasing of the Plague about Tiverton 10 Letters of the spreading oft he Plague in Shrewsbury That the Governour commanded all the Souldiers that were ill to be in the Field and all that were well to continue in the Castle and not to stir out of it From Chester That the Parliaments Forces in Ireland are 4000 Horse and Foot That Trecoghan with 1700 Foot is taken in 11 Letters that the Royal Presbyterians about Exon raised many false Reports to disparage the Proceeding of Parliament for which some of them were secured till they should produce their Author That the Plague was much dispersed in Salop and half the Inhabitants removed from thence 12 Letters that since the taking of Trecoghan the Army was sat down before Carlowe in Ireland And That the Earl of Antrim was come in to the Lord Deputy That eight Officers of C. Axtels Regiment riding upon the Highway were murdered by those bloody highway Rogues called the Tories That a Party sent out by the Lord Deputy fell on some of the Earl of Castlehavens Forces killed 140 of them and took twice so many Arms the rest fled to Carlowe where they are now besieged That Waterford yet holds out but in great distress the Plague and Famine encreasing much upon them 13 Letters of Cromwels being at Durham and marching 24 Miles-a day That the King was at St. Johns Town and the Committee of Estates had sent back all his Followers and commanded them to depart the Kingdom by a day upon great Penalties That the Scots Horse upon the Borders were there only to forward the new Levies and are since retreated and the new Levies go on very fast there That Sir Arthur Haselrigg came from Newcastle where he is Governour to meet the General Cromwell at Durham That seven Ships were taken and brought into Newcastle one loaden with Arms and Ammunition for Scotland and in another of them two Purses to carry the Great Seal of Scotland one very rich for the day of the Coronation and many Letters from an Alderman of London at the Hague to the King That one of the Parliaments Ships going into the Frith of Scotland the People rose and secured both Ship and men till they drunk the Kings Health upon their knees and then they were discharged 15 Letters of the General his coming to Newcastle where Sir Arthur Haselrigge the Governour entertained him with much Gallantry and they kept a Fast to pray for a Blessing upon their expedition into Scotland The next day they agreed upon the Letter to be sent to their Brethren in Scotland in general to satisfy them of the grounds of their present Ingagement That the Scots have chosen a Councel by whose advice the King is to Govern That the Nobility and Gentry flock to him That the Royalists and Presbyterians in Lancashire joyn together to disturb the Parliaments Affairs in those parts against the Army of Sectaries as they call it 16 An Act passed for setting the Militia of the Common-wealth with Instructions for the Commissioners An Act passed for Sheriffs to appoint Deputies to receive and transmit the Acts Orders and directions of Parliament and Councel of State and to make return thereof Debate of the business of Treasurer of the Navy An Act for bringing down the Prizes of Corn and Grain and preventing abuses in Meal and in forestalling committed 17 The Letter from the Parliament of Scotland together with the Messenger C. Grey were sent to the General to be by him with a sufficient Guard sent into Scotland and also the Answer of the Parliament of England to that Letter 18 An Act passed touching the removal of Malignants and Papists out of London c. Letters of the great Levies in Scotland and multitudes drunk with Carowsing the Kings Health That the Ministers press the People to serve the King against the English Army of Sectaries which they prophesied the Lord would blast and published may gross mistakes or untruths touching the Parliament of England their Affairs particularly in Ireland That the King had given Satisfaction to the Scots in all things they desired of him and a Proclamation was published at Edenburgh giving the King all his Royal Power and at that time the Cross was covered with Crimson Velvet and Cloth of Tissue Dr. Lewen a Civilian being apprehended for a Spy and having found about him divers Commissions from the Prince to himself and others was executed according to a Sentence of the Court Marshal 19 Letters of a Man of War of Scilly brought in Prize to Plymouth Of C. Desboroughs giving the charge at the Sessions at Exon to the Contentment of the Country and of a Woman of Taunton condemned upon the new Act for adultery with a Priest 20 Letters of the General his advance to Berwick Of the Armies Declaration sent into Scotland of the Grounds of their March into that Kingdom one Copy of it sent to the Scots General another to the Parliament and a third to the Committee of Estates That the Scots Ministers in their Prayers say That if God will not deliver them from the Sectaries he shall not be their God That the Town of Newcastle feasted the General and his Officers That the Lord Deputy lies with the Army before Waterford Duncannon and Carlowe 22 Letters that many who formerly served the Parliament of England in their Army are now in the Scots Army That the Earl of Newcastle and some others were sent away out of Scotland That Massy is to command a Regiment in their Army That an Act passed in Scotland for all Persons to come into their Armies and none to stay in the Countries lest they should relieve the English Army That G. Louen Published a Proclamation That no Malignant should come near his Army till they had submitted to the Parliament An Act passed and several Orders touching the Militia of London and Westminster An Act passed against Atheistical Blasphemous and Execrable Opinions and the unlawful meetings of such Persons A Declaration passed concerning Delinquents Compositions An Act passed to prohibit Trade between this Commonwealth and Scotland Upon a Report from the Councel of State
was gone to St. Johns Town and the Forces to Sterling Voted to seclude all private business for a Month. An Act for Incouragement and Indemnity of all such as ingage in the Parliaments Service Letters that the Enemy had quitted Edenburgh and Leith and left there 24 Pieces of Ordinance That a Son of Mr. Burgoine one of the Commissioners for the Militia at the Cross in Coventry proclaimed King Charles the Second and was apprehended for it but escaped 12 Letters of the settlement of the Militia in several Counties And Suspicions of Designs to raise new Troubles against the Parliament 13 Letters that the Scots were driven like Turkies by the English Souldiers and went along cursing their King and Clergy for insnaring them in misery That a Scots Captain taken Prisoner told the English Officers That their Ministers advised them if they were taken they should throw away their Bibles for if the English took any with Bibles they should have no Quarter That the words in most of their Colours were Covenant Religion King and Kingdom the same when they came in with D. Hamilton That the day before the Ingagement they consulted of sending Propositions to the English that they should have leave to pass into England with their Swords drawn leaving their Ordnance Armes and Ammunition behind And they had thoughts of sending those they should take Prisoners beyond Sea 14 Letters that the English Officers were fain to break the Pikes and many Muskets they had taken from the Scots there not being conveniency to send them for England That the Governour of Berwick gave to each Scotch Prisoner for one day three Biskets and a pottle of Pease which they said was more than their own Officers gave them three days together 16 Letters from a private hand describing the Religion Laws and Government of Scotland both Civil and Military with a character of their People and manners not much to their Honour That August the 21st The English shipped near 600 of their Sick men for Berwick and the Scots observing many boats going off thought they intended to ship away all their Foot and Ammunition and with their Horse to escape for England Whereupon the Scots pursued the English to Dunbarre and considered of sending them to the Barbadoes if they refused such Propositions as they should offer them and thinking they had the English in a net did Ingage with them That they having taken 20 of C. Prides Men they killed three of them and wounded the rest in cold blood That the English were in a sad posture very many of their men sicks and wanting Provisions the Enemy having made up the Passes before them the whole Scots Army on the right hand and the Sea on the left hand of them and the whole Nation of Scotland behind them That the Scots having a resolution to fall upon the English were prevented by the unseasonableness of the weather and Cromwell and his Officers seeing no other way resolved to fall on them which was done and after one hours hot dispute they were deseated and quitted Edenburgh and Leith which was the same day possessed by the English Army The Letter sharply censures them to be a People who delight to enslave others yet are of a Servile and slavish condition themselves a People whose Freedom is Service whose Mercies are cruel A Kirk whose Religion is Formality and whose Government is Tyranny a Generation of very Hippocrites and Vipers whom no Oaths or Covenants can bind no Courtesies or Civilities obliege 17 An Act passed for a day of publique Thanksgiving for the Victory against the Scots An Answer passed to the Kings late Declaration and published An Act passed against the Electing and Swearing Majors and other Officers upon the Lords day Order for Mr. Caryl and Mr. Owen to go into Scotland according to the desire of the Lord General Recruits of 600 drawn out of C. Barksteds Regiment for Scotland Rules given concerning Augmentations of Ministers Livings Sir John Gell was tryed before the High Court of Justice Several Ministers of London appeared before a Committee for not observing the Thanksgiving day for the Victory against the Scots Letters that the General had settled things at Edenburgh and Leith That since his coming to Edenburgh not a man had appeared out of the Castle That upon news of the Victory at Dunbar brought to the King He thanked God that he was so rid of the Scots and said the Kirk might now see their Errour in prohibiting him to be in Person with their Army and keeping out the English and the rest of his Followers That he is now with the Army about Sterling 19 The Lord Major Aldermen and Common Councel of London kept a day of Thanksgiving by themselves for the Victory in Scotland and invited divers Officers of the Army Parliament Men and other Gentlemen to dine with them at Guild-Hall That the Ministers about Taunton would not observe the day of Thanksgiving for the Victory in Scotland but prayed indirectly to the contrary 20 Letters of the decrease of the Plague in Dublyn That the Lord Deputy in his March through Wicklowe took from the Rebels 3000 Cows and advanced towards Athlow That Money was arrived for the Souldiers That Sir Hardress Waller was set down before Limberick That the Enemy sallyed out of Waterford upon C. Essex his Quarters took many of his Troop horses killed some few of his men sorely wounded his Lieutenant and himself hardly escaped That the Enemy are drawing all their strength together and give out that they will fight the English From Edinburgh That the G. Marched with his Army and Six days Provision from thence towards Sterling having left Forces in Edinburgh and Leith and cast up a Work cross the Streets of Edinburgh between his Forces and the Castle and there was little or no Action between them and his Forces That the General sent all his sick Souldiers to a Lord's House in Leith where they had good Accommodations and great Care taken of them That the King insists to have the L. Ruthen G. but the Kirk will have none but the L. Lowthian and the old L. Leuen is laid aside with Dishonour That the Scots are upon Raising new Forces That in Edenburgh they took 3000 new Foot-Arms which the Scots had not time to carry away nor put into the Castle they were in so great a Confusion That in Leith they took store of French-Wines part of which was spent to refresh the Souldiers who for too long time before had drunk nothing but Water the rest is to be sold for the benefit of the Army That about 1500 Foot and 1000 Horse of Recruits were come from England to the Army in Scotland That the L. Lowden's Cabinet was taken in the Fight and in it Copies of his Letters to the King and other Papers of consequence he being Chancellor but ill beloved of the Scots and upbraided by them for Whoredom and other Sins 21. A Member
place neer it That Major-General Whaley marched along the Sea side having some Ships to sail by him and hath taken store of Artillery and divers Ships that the Enemys Affairs are in some discomposure That they will not adventure all upon one Army but have sent for the new levyes An Account of Monys Recruits and Provisions gone for Ireland and of prizes taken and brought into Portsmouth Of Prizes taken by the Pyrats 7. Letters of much damage done by the Jersey Pyrats Of Collonel Hunkin going to be Governour of Scilly with Forces That Collonel Hewson was going into Cavan where the People stood upon their guards refusing to pay contribution 8. Letters That Sr. George Askue was set sail for the Barbadoes That the General was marched with the Army to St. Johns Town to prevent supplies to the Enemy from the North of Scotland That Collonel Fortescue coming to the General with a Petition on the behalf of Mr. Love the General and the Army would not intermeddle therewith and the Collonel with a Convoy of 18 Troopers was set upon by 80 of the Enemies Horse the Collonel first cryed for quarter and had it most of his Convoy were slain only 4 of them escaped That 6000 of the Scots are reported to have Run away from them since the last Rout in Fife In the Armies march towards St. Johns Town 2 Troopers were executed for Straggling and Plundering That some Country People being left to cut down the Bridge between St. Johns Town and Sterling they ran away upon the approach of the English Army before it was quite done and left their tools behind them That the General sent a summons to St. Johns Town that understanding they had no Garrison that they should immediately Surrender to him and he promised to free their Goods from plunder and their Persons from violence The Town denying his entrance he sent parties to attempt it and some were slain on both sides but the English gaining upon them they sent a Drum with a letter to the General to let him know that his Information was not good and that they had a Garrison and could do nothing without the Governour Here upon the General sent a Summons to the Governour who returned no answer and therefore Cromwel planted his Batteries and played all night upon them and the next day the Lord Dasseres the Governour who came into the Town the day before with 1300 Men sent to Cromwel for a Treaty and Cessation That newes was brought to Cromwel That the Scots Army was marched about to Hamilton and so intended for England That Collonel Fortescue with 28 Men in his Company were taken some suspected willingly by the Moss Troopers between Lieth and Berwick 9. Letters That the Lord Muskerry having gotten Forces together to relieve Lymbrick the Lord Broghil met with them routed them killed 500 on the place besides many that were drowned in the Black-water That St. Johns Town was rendred to Cromwel upon Articles That he had in it 4 pieces of Ordinance much Arms Ammunition and Provision That the General left a Regiment of Horse and another of Foot And 4 Troops of Dragoons under the Command of Collonel Overton to secure that place and the parts adjacent and sent Lieutenant General Monke with 4 Regiments of Horse 3 of Foot and 4 battering pieces to beleaguer Sterling The General hastened to march after the King who he had notice was advanced for Ireland and that by the way David Lesley summoned Bigger and the Governour returned a resolute answer that he kept it for the Common-wealth of England That Argyle and many other Scots Lords were retired to their private Dwellings That the King Hamilton and Bucks with other Lords are with the Army which is about 8000 and supposed to be near Carlisle That Major-General Harrison with a considerable Party was at Berwick and expects a conjunction of the Forces with him to hinder the Kings march That Major-General Lambert was marched after the King 11. Letters from Cromwel to the Parliament of the reducing of St. Johns Town and of the Enemies march for England and his following them who in desperation and fear and out of inevitable necessity were run to try what they could doe in this way It is our Comfort that in simplicity of heart as to God we have done to the best of our Judgements knowing that if some issue were not put to this business it would occasion another Winters War to the ruine of your Soldiery for whom the Scots are too hard in respect of induring the Winters difficulty of that Country and being under the endless expence of the Treasure of England in prosecuting this War He shows the reasons why he did not interpose more between the Enemy and England and prays the Parliament to use their courage by such Forces as they have in readiness and can get together to give the Enemy a check till he can come up to them and doubts not but the desperateness and folly of this Councel of theirs will appear and puts them in mind of the Scots former invasion when England was much more unsteady than now and the success of it not to be forgotten It is good to wait upon the Lord upon the earnest of former experiences and hope of his presence which only is the life of your cause He gives them an account that Major-General Harrison and Collonel Rich and the Forces with them shall endeavour to keep the Scots together and impede their march and to joyn with your other Forces and that Major-General Lambert marched with a considerable Body of Horse up to the Enemies Rear and himself was hasting after them and that he hoped he had left a commanding Force under Lieutenant General Monk in Scotland Major-General Harrison gave an account by his letters to the Parliament of the Scots coming into England and of his giving notice to the Commissioners of the Militia of Lancashire Cumberland and other Counties to raise what Forces they could to joyn with him That he had gotten together 3000 Horse and hoped to hinder the Enemies march He desires some Provision for 4 or 500 Godly men for 2 or 3 Moneths if he can get them mounted and dated his Letter 7th of the 6 Moneth 1651. at 11. a Clock Forenoon Newcastle T. Harrison That in the success the Lord Broghil lately had against the Lord Muskerry in Ireland the Lord Muskerries Army consisted of 1000 Horse and Dragoons and neer 2000 Foot My Lord Broghil had but 400 Horse and Dragoons and under 600 Foot That the charge was very desperate on both sides the Lord Broghil had 120 Horsemen shot and 30 killed he charged him that led up the Irish opposite wing and killed him but the Irish did so overwing him that his own Troop that consisted most of Gentlemen Reformadoes was charged in front flank and Rear both by Horse and Foot amongst which my Lord was so far ingaged that they offered
him quarter upon the refusal whereof they cryed kill the fellow in the Gold lace coat Which in all probability had been effected if a Reformado Leiutenant of his Troop had not come in to his rescue whose Horse was killed on that account and himself twice shot the Lord Broghil got off with a dry Pike beating by the Pikemen but his Horse received 3 Shots That the Irish lost 600 men among which many Officers Prisoners but few were taken besides some Officers of the Field That the defeated Army had designed conjunction with the Lemster Forces and the relief of Lymbrick 12. An Act passed to put the Militia in London and the several Counties into a present posture An Act passed prohibiting correspondence with the King and his party And declaring the successes in Scotland and that the King was fled into England and that it should be death to give any intelligence or assistance to them 13. An Act passed to expel Delinquents out of London and that all give in what Arms they have or know of and for raising of Forces And to indemnify all listed Persons in the Service of the Parliament An Account of Forces shipped for Scilly An Account of Forces preparing in Lancashire and Cheshire to joyn with Major-General Harrison 14. Letters That the King marched out of Perith with his Forces and Major-General Lambert quartered there next night that they took up many Straggling Scots That Major-General Harrison was in the Van of them that 16 great Lords of Scotland had deserted the King for invading England 15. Letters That the Scots were neer Preston that Cheshire had sent out 3000 Foot to maintain Warrington Bridge against the King and Lancashire was not wanting that in Coventry 700 Men were got together and That men were very ready to joyn against the Scots Of securing disaffected Persons That the Scots Army are supposed to be 12000 besides their Train That Major-General Lambert was within half a days march of the King and Cromwel was not far behind that the Scots were gone the ready way to Lancashire That the English Scouts took a Scots Laird and some letters to Mr. Crofts 16. Letters That the Towns in Fife began to revolt supposing that all the English were gone out of Scotland That Collonel Alured Stormed and Reduced them again killed many and took 200 Prisoners and took divers Arms Colours and great Guns That the Scots Army was advanced to Preston and in great confusion That Major-General Lambert with 4000 Horse pursued them and Cromwel with 10000 Foot followed him and Major-General Harrison with a considerable body coasted them with 4000 Horse more and many Forces were ready in the Countries they were to pass to joyn with them and Vessels were sent with intelligence to the Frigots That 3000 Lancashire Foot had undertaken to secure the pass at Warrington and that Lambert and Harrison were joyned that Cromwel was within 2 days March with 1000 Foot 18. Letters of the Soldiers to their fellow Soldiers to incourage them to oppose the Scots From Major-General Harrison to the Councel of of State that Lambert and he were joyned and were about 6000 Horse in the Van of the Enemy That the Enemy made some halt on a Moore 4 miles from Lancaster which some what amazed them but they went on to Preston and designed to get before to the pass at Warrington where were 3000 Foot to joyn with Lambert and Harrison who intended to march thither That they heard the King was cast down for that his Subjects came in no faster to him and did not answer his expectation in persons or number but divers ran away from him That Cheshire had been very forward in their Levies and most of the 3000 Foot came from thence that he was assured of a glorious issue of this work That Cromwel was come into England with 8 Regiments of Foot and the Train the Soldiers tyred with a long march That Newburn carried good store of Provisions to the Soldiers among whom was not a loud word or an Oath That Collonel Lilburn marched with 1000 Horse to joyn with Lambert That the English before Sterling Castle killed 30 of the Castle Soldiers in one days battery From the Governour of Oxford to the Councel that the Vice-Chancellor and Colledges had raised 120 Horse for the Parliaments Service and had ingaged in the University and City to raise a Regiment of Foot 19. Letters from Lambert and Harrison That the Scots Army came and pressed to pass at the Bridg and Fort neer it which we had broken down and spoyled as well as we could in so short a time a Company of our Foot were drawn down to the barricadoe of the bridge who behaved themselves gallantly and gave the Enemy opposition till we saw cause to draw off securing their retreat by parties of Horse Which we did because we were unwilling to ingage our Army where our Horse could not do us Service for the inclosures The Enemy thereupon hastened over their whole Army and their King in the Van if not forlorn with his own life guard as some Prisoners told us since and pressed hard upon our Rear whereof Collonel Rich had the guard who wheeled off parties and charged them thrice as they came on and the Lord caused the Enemy every time to fly before us Wee killed the Officer that commanded one of their parties and 2 or 3 Troopers and some Country men since tell us that 28 of theirs were slain in the several Skirmishes and but 4 of ours that I can hear of there and at the Bridg. As they fell on they cryed Oh you Rogues we will be with you before your Cromwel comes which made us think they would press to ingage us with all Speed We are drawing up at Knock-forth Moore to wait them but since we hear they are marched a good part of the night on London Road. Lambert wrote thus to the Councel I sent to you before my thoughts of the untenableness of the pass at Warrington since which the Enemy pressing close after us came to Warrington Town before we could get the Bridg broken The Enemy pressed hard on us in the lanes but we came off well I commanded the rear-guard to charge which they did and routed the Enemy and their own men falling foul upon their other 2 Bodies routed them also We had the pursuit of them at least a Mile we killed him who commanded the party and about 8 more and took 6 Prisoners besides divers wounded this gave us time to ride 2 miles without any more trouble and to draw out a new Rear-guard of Collonel Rich his Regiment Which having done they again ingaged us and we charged them with the same Success killed and took the same number and after marched quietly to Knock forth Heath and lost but one man who was taken Prisoner pursuing a Trooper That we endeavoured to amuse the Enemy and to flank and front them till
bring in the Enemy thereabouts to the Parliament of England Whereupon the Forces removed and a Cornet of Collonel Okey coming to his Regiment with a small Party was set upon by many Moss-Troopers who gave seven of them quarter yet afterwards killed them in cold Blood and only the Cornet and four more scaped That Collonel Heane was shipping with his Men at Weymouth for the design of Jersey 18. Letters That Captain Benboe was shot to death at Shrewsbury according to the Sentence of the Court-Martial and that the Earl of Derby was beheaded at Bolton the same day That Captain Duckinfield with his Men were shipped for the Isle of Man 20. Letters of the Particulars of the Earl of Derbies Death who carried himself with stoutness and Christian-like temper 21. Letters came from Holland That the Scots King was landed there with the Duke of Buck's and the Lord Wilmot and others in Sea-mens Cloaths and that upon the news thereof the Princess Royal and many with her went to Scheveling where they met the King That an English Man of War meeting with some Dutch Fishermen demanded of them the Tenth Herring as an acknowledgement of the Sovereignty of England in those Seas but the Dutch denying it they fell from words to blows and the Dutch shooting first at the English the English Man of War sunk one of their Ships and all their Men were lost Others relate That the Quarrel began upon the English Man of War requiring the Dutch-men to strike Sail to him according to the usage and they refusing it he sunk one of them Of the dispersing of Dungans Forces by Collonel Reynolds and his recovery of some Castles and joyning with Collonel Zanchey That Fitz-Patrick stormed Castle-Jorne and took 30 of the Parliaments Soldiers and ingaged Collonel Hewsons Troop took 25 and killed 27 of them That the Irish are numerous and desperate That Two Congregational Churches were gathered in Dublin 22. Debate upon the Bills for a New Representative and on a Bill for propagation of the Gospel and ordered that they be considered de die in diem till ended Letters of Forces shipped from Chester against the Isle of Man being 3000 Men and between 30 and 40 Sail. Mr. John Sayer condemned by a Court-Marshal at Chester to be hanged for Treason but upon his Penitence was reprieved That Collonel Venables rose from the Siege of Dundalke in Cavan That the Irish attempted Bellinger but were beaten off with the loss of 40 of their Men and divers of their Officers and Soldiers wounded 23. Letters of some Endeavours for new Levies in Scotland 24. The Thanksgiving-day observed solemnly Letters That the Scots are ready to embrace what the Parliament of England shall require of them That divers Ministers confer at Edenburgh and are permitted That Argyle and Huntley are raising Forces yet have none in a Body but a few stragling Highlanders That an English Soldier for lying with a Scots Woman was by Sentence of the Court-Marshal together with the Woman whipped through Edenburgh and a Scotch Laâ—s that held the Candle to them in the Action lighted them all the way and was duck'd with them That Augustine the Moss-Trooper took an English Sutler and 60 l. in Money at Monrosse That Argyle sent a Trumpet to Sterling to desire a Treaty and that the Scots generally desired to be governed by the English That the Lord Chef-Justice St. John Sir Henry Vane jun ' Major-General Lambert Major-General Deane Lieutenant-General Monk Collonel Fenwicke Alderman Tichburne and Major Sallowey were appointed Commissioners for the Affairs of Scotland and being there it was hoped they would soon settle the Civil Affairs there 25. Letters That many of the Scotch Prisoners and others at Shrewsbury were dead of a Contagious Feaver That there was no certainty of the King of Scots Arrival in Holland and that upon the Rumor of it the States propounded to pass a Decree That no forreign Prince or Noble-man should come into their Dominions without their Privity That Meen heere Scape and Meen heer Parre were nominated Ambassadors for England 27. Letters That the King of Scots was arrived in France and got to Paris met by the way and conducted thither by the Duke of Orleans and visited by the Queen his Mother and divers of the great Lords That he told them his Adventures after the Battle of Worcester to this effect That about Six a Clock in the Evening his Army being in all likelihood beaten he quitted Worcester with a Party of Horse and marched towards Lancashire being fearful of being pursued and lest some of the Scots Officers should deliver him up he with the Lord Wilmot quitted their Horses and sent the Party of Horse upon their March That he and the Lord Wilmot betook themselves the second days march from Worcester into a Tree where they remained until night and then marched on foot that night That the third day they took Sanctuary in a Wood and night approaching marched on foot towards Lancashire where they were received by a Lady who furnished them with Cloaths for a disguise and cut off their Hair very short Having reposed two or three days the Lady resolved to endeavour to ship them out of England to which purpose she riding behind the King and Wilmot as another Servant by they went to Bristol But finding a narrow and hot Inquiry there they went to London where they stayed three Weeks and the King went up and down in London in a Gentlewomans Habit and at Westminster-Hall he saw the States Arms and the Scots Colours That the Lord Wilmot procured a Merchant to hire a Ship of 40 Tuns to transport them which cost them 120 l. but as soon as the Lord Wilmot was entred the Bark and the King as his Servant the Master of the Vessel came to him and told him That he knew the King and in case it should be known he could expect no mercy which Saying troubled them But at length what with Money and Promises they Prevailed and so set Sail for Haver de gras and there landed and from thence went to Rohan where they were cloathed and wrote from thence to Paris That this Arrival of the King stopped the French King from sending Ambassadors for England That the King sent for the Lords Inchequin Taffe and Ormond That the Lord Taffe had treated with the Duke of Lorrein for his undertaking the Business of Ireland That divers Prisoners presented a Petition to the Lord General reciting That the Law was the Badge of the Norman Bondage and that Prisons were Sanctuaries to Rich Men Prisoners and Tortures to the Poorer sort who were not able to fee Lawyers and Goalers They pray the General into whose Hands the Sword is put to free them from oppression and slavery and to restore the Nations fundamental Laws and Liberties and to gain a new Representative and that the Poor may have Justice and Arrests
and Imprisonments may be taken away 28. Order for Mr. Goodwyn and Dr. Owen to preach in Oxford and for Masters of Art to preach in their turns Letters That the Marquess of Argyle studied how to make his peace with England and Monros could raise but few Men. That the Garrison at Ludlow were willingly disbanded and expressed a great affection one to another Of the neglect of the Minister of Taunton and other Ministers to celebrate the Thanksgiving-day 30. Letters That Collonel Heyne with his Regiment and other Forces after being beaten back by a Storm at last anchored under Jersey and resolved to attempt the Island the next day though the Sea was very rough because else their Horses would be starved That the same night the Storm ceased and at Three the next Morning by advice of the Councel of War they boated their Men but could not land till about 11 at night and then ran their Boats on ground and the Soldiers leaping into the Sea most of them Neck high they got to Shoar Where they were desperately charged with a Body of Horse for about half an hour after which the Enemy fled and the Parliaments Forces took Eight Pieces of Ordnance and marched a Mile into the Island finding no Enemy to oppose them That the next Morning they marched to several Forts and found in them Guns and Colours left That Parties brought in divers Prisoners to them The next day they drew on a Hill in the sight of Elizabeth Castle where the Enemy quitted the Fort under the Hill They also quitted and surrendred another Fort and went to Elizabeth Castle that here they had 14 Guns That Collonel Heyne sate down before Argyle Castle and in taking this Island lost but three or four Men and about 25 wounded That Sir George Carteret the Governour had 4000 Men. 31. Letters That the Marquess of Argyle sent a Trumpet to Lieutenant-General Monk desiring That some Persons well affected to the good of both Kingdoms might meet and treat about settlement and to prevent the shedding of more Blood The Lieutenant-General answered That he would not treat without Order of Parliament That the meeting of the Ministers at Edenburgh was dissolved without doing any thing That Captain Fannes the Governour of Anderwick was dead That the Forces sent against the Isle of Man were under Sail with a fair Wind. November 1651. 1. Letters That Sir Timothy Fetherston was executed at Chester according to the Sentence of the Court-Marshal and used only a few Prayers out of the Common-Prayer-Book Letters That the Parliaments Forces killed 100 Tories in Ireland took 50 and 500 Arms. 3. Letters That all the Parliaments Forces Horse and Foot were landed in the Isle of Man that the Islanders sent their Boats to bring them on Shoar and did secure Bartlet the great Pyrate and divers others That the Countess of Derby was retired to Peele Castle That the Parliaments Forces sent to Jersey after much conflicting with Seas and Winds and other difficulties and a short dispute with the Enemy landed about 11 a Clock at night That the Enemy after a hot Charge with their Horse fled and forsook divers small Forts That the next day they took the Tower of St. Andrews with 14 Guns in it which was a Refuge to their Ships That Sir George Carteret the Governour retreated to Elizabeth Castle which General Blake had blocked up The Parliament ordered That the Ministers of London and Westminster do on the fifth of November next in their several Congregations give thanks to God for the gaining of Jersey Island That the Governour of Bas Island in Scotland was summoned to deliver up the Island to the Parliament of England or else that his Lady and his Two Brothers in the Town should be sent up to the Parliament and that the Lady wrote to her Husband to surrender it 4. The Parliament passed the List of Sheriffs for the several Counties of England and Wales A List passed of Ships for the next Years Guard with Instructions to the Council of State for disposing of them Letters That the King of Scots for two days after the Defeat at Worcester staid in Woods near the Place and Trees and that some of Cromwels Soldiers looked into those Woods but found him not That he cut off his Hair and wore a Red Perriwig and was two or three days in Cromwels Army as a Boy or Servant to a Gentleman That he went to Sea in a Marriners Habit and landed at Diepe and had not Money to carry them to Paris Letters That a Party of the Parliaments Army stormed Mulick Castle in Ireland killed 34 of their Men and took 140 Prisoners but lost 80 Men. That Collonel Russel Commander of the Forces before Galloway had made strong Works there which those from the Town attempted to storm but were beaten off with loss That Lymbrick was surrendred to the Parliament all the Garrison had Quarter for their Lives only the Town was plundered and the Army drawn off to besiege Galloway That Shurlock the great Tory was slain 5. The Gunpowder-treason-day was solemnly observed 7. Letters That the Marquess of Argyle had summoned a Parliament in Scotland That divers Gentlemen in Scotland had a meeting to consider of some Propositions to be presented to the Commissioners of the Parliament of England in order to their Submission to them Of Recruits come from England to Scotland and of some Scots taken that fled away from the Battle of Worcester That the Lieutenant-General published a Proclamation in Scotland forbidding the raising of the English Coin to an higher rate than it was currant in England That there are great Divisions among the Clergy in Scotland 8. Letters That the whole Isle of Man with all the Forts and Castles in it were surrendred to the Parliaments Forces That the Parliaments Forces in Jersey had besieged Elizabeth Castle which was very strong situate upon a Rock in the Sea 10. Letters of the Particulars of the taking of the Isle of Man the Summons sent to the Countess of Derby and her Soldiers deserting of her and the Articles of Rendition of it to the Parliament without a Shot or Blow struck That they had there great store of Arms and Ammunition and Ordnance 11. The Parliament spent several days in debate of the Business for a New Representative They approved the Articles for the Isle of Man and ordered a Letter of Thanks to Collonel Duckenfield and Collonel Birch for their good Service in that Action and gave the Messenger that brought the News 100 l. and referred it to the Council of State to consider of preserving that Island for the benefit of the Parliament James Hinde the great High-way-man was examined before the Council of State and confess'd his serving of the King in England Scotland and Ireland and was sent to Newgate 12. Letters That the Lord Wareston and others sate privately in a Committee at Edenburgh preparing
in a third Summons to the Barbadoes to submit to the Parliament of England which being refused he formed a Regiment out of the Ships of 600 Men whereof 170 were Scots The Enemy having notice four hours before of their coming made opposition at their landing with nine Companies of Foot and three Troops of Horse who made a gallant Charge But the Parliaments Forces having received the on-set immediately fell in upon the Lord Willoughby's Forces and wholly routed them and their Commanders ran away and left the Foot ingaged after which the Parliaments Forces pursued the Enemy to their Fort-Royal and stormed it with the loss of nine Men some hurt as Collonel Morrice his Major and others That 50 of the Enemy were killed and 100 Prisoners taken all their Ordnance dismounted and many of their Houses burned by the Parliaments Forces the Place being not tenable That soon after Sir George Ascue sent a Trumpet to the Lord Willoughby which produced a Treaty and Hostages being given Articles were concluded between them for the surrender of the Barbadoes and the rest of the Islands to the obedience of the Common-wealth of England That the Lord Willoughby Collonel Walrond and divers others should have protection for enjoyment of their Estates in England or elsewhere That the Inhabitants be protected from the fury of the Sword and to enjoy and live peaceably in their own Habitations acting nothing prejudicial to the Parliament Sir George Ascue was very courteous to my Lord Willoughby and gave him very good Terms upon his rendition of the Island and did great service in it for the Parliament That Collonel Pointz Governour of St. Christophers seeing the Inhabitants of that Island generally well affected to the Parliament quitted that Island and went to Virginia That Sir George Ascue by reason of Prince Ruperts being near him his Fleet having watered and ballasted he sailed towards Virginia to prevent Prince Ruperts getting that Place Letters from Lieutenant-General Ludlow concerning the Earl of Clenrickards Letters That the Lord of Muskerry was in treaty with the Lord Broghill and Collonel Fitz-Patrick with Collonel Reynolds That Collonel Axtel fell upon the Enemy killed 100 took 300 Horse That Captain Gilbert took Lieutenant-Collonel Farrel a Major and Two Captains Major Meredith drove 30 of the Enemy into a Bog and put them all to the Sword That Captain Cotterel slew another Captain Major Bolton killed and took 25 of the Enemy with their Horse and endangered Scurlocke Captain Preston took a Captain Prisoner and killed 16 of his Men Captain Staffe fell upon the Enemy in Thomond and was shot yet his Party routed the Enemy and killed their Two Officers That Collonel Renolds took in the Collowe and garrison'd a Fort there A Vessel taken by Captain Church attempting to go into Galloway with Corn and bulged on a Rock another Vessel taken loaden with Wheat for Galloway Three Companies of the Enemy at Dingel routed and all their Arms taken That the Synodal Assembly at Edenburgh emitted a Declaration for every one of their Congregation to subscribe any thing tending to an Union and desire every one to do what is publickly commanded in reference to Quarter and Assessments That Sir James Stuart protested against the acting of the English Commissioners and of the Scotch Deputies and left Edenburgh That Argyle wrote to all of his Name though some of those Gentlemen lived 100 Miles from him to attend him to Dunbarton to meet the English Commissioners That he hath a considerable part of the Highland in League with him 16. Sir Hen. Vane and another of the Parliaments Commissioners sent into Scotland returned and gave an Account to the Parliament of their Commissioners Proceedings in Scotland and what had passed between them and the Deputies of the Scots That 20 Shires and 35 Boroughs had assented to the Union A Petition presented to the House by divers Merchants and Sea-men Ship-Carpenters c. Answered That the Parliament did accept well of the Petition and gave the Petitioners thanks for their good affections An Act passed for impressing of Sea-men Reports from the Committee appointed to receive the Danish publick Minister That he after a short Preamble delivered his Letters of Credence from the King of Denmark his Master with Papers of what he delivered by word of mouth which were read and referred to the Council of State to hear the Danish Agent and to treat with him Reports touching the payment of small Debts owing upon publick Faith Votes upon it Reports and Orders upon them touching Compositions of Delinquents 17. Letters That Major-General Deane was gone to treat with the Marquess of Argyle That the Country People followed their Husbandry That the Cavaliers in Scotland were most forward to submit to the Parliament of England 19. Letters That Galloway was reported to be surrendred that the Rebels wanted Victuals and were much divided so that Collonel Venables had intelligence from their Provincial Council 20. Letters from Orkney of great dangers passed by the Parliaments Forces in going thither and the Inhabitants willingness to submit to the Parliament of England That Deputies from more Countries came in daily to the Parliaments Commissioners in Scotland and a fair compliance was expected They desire a general meeting to comply and carry on the general Union That the Provost of Edenburgh by the Parliaments Authority convened a Minister for preaching against the Vnion but the Minister said That he knew better what to preach than the Provost could instruct him That the Isles of Orkney and Sheathland sent their Deputies to the English Commissioners and consented to the Union That the Commissioners ordered a Cittadel to be built at St. Johns Town to hold 500 men The Parliament ordered an Act to be brought in to Incorporate Scotland one Common-Wealth with England 22. Letters That the Treaty was begun with Argyle in relation to his coming in and for the good effect thereof the Presbytery daily meet and fast and pray That the Hollanders called away their Ships from Scotland and some of their Ships hung out the Scots Kings Colours That a considerable Fleet was come into Leith with Corn and other Provisions very Seasonably there being before Some Scarcity That many formerly refractory came in daily and a face of Peace was upon the whole Nation the bitterness of Some Spirits began to asswage and the Union with England desired Severall persons desired the inlargement of their Friends the Scots who are prisoners of War in England and offered sufficient bayle for their appearance when required and in the mean time to live peaceably and submit to the Parliament and to subscribe the Ingagement Letters of great divisions among the Irish Rebells most of them being for a Treaty but the Priests had inflamed the rest especially those of Galloway against it That they have sent severall expresses of Dean King into France for relief else they cannot hold out any longer
clear some Countries from any suspition of assisting the Highlanders That the Lord Lorne with one hundred and twenty Horse came near some of the English quarters and the Soldiers coming out upon them the Lord Lorn retreated and that his Father the Marquiss of Argyle hath cast him off 9 That the chief of the Hebriedes had sent to the English Commander for Protection for Themselves and their People under the Parliaments Government 10. Of thirty sive Dutch Prizes brought into Yarmouth and thereabouts Laden with French Wines Fish and other Commodities That the foul weather drove the English Fleet from the Holland Coast upon which De Witt got out with Sixty Men of War to Convoy their East-Country Fleet and to fetch home their East-India Ships from Copenhagen 12. That the English were in possession of Lewes-Island a Place of great Consequence for the English affairs particularly as to the Highlanders That the Lord Lorn with his party killed and wounded twenty of the English but were driven away Of Six Prizes taken by the Frigots from the French That the Dutch East-India Ships were at Copenhagen That the Lilly Frigot was cast away by a violent storm near Weymouth four of them drowned as they endeavoured to get on Shoar upon the Mast and Planks of the Ship the Captain and twenty eight others who stayed in the Ship after the Ship was sinking were saved by Boats sent from Weymouth 13. Order for a Bill to dispose two Parts of Papists Estates for publick uses And for an other for Sale of the Forrest Lands And an other for Sale of some Houses and Lands of the late King formerly exempted from Sale And an other for the Sale of the remainder of Dean and Chapters Lands Referred to the Council to take Order for suppressing Forged Briefs and Patents and for punishing them Letters that the Fleet was safe after the late great storms That Eighty Dutch Ships belonging to the Merchants were got through the Channel safe into Ireland and 〈◊〉 with Sixty Men of War was gone East-ward to Convoy two hundred Merchant Men Trading to the East-Country 14. Complaints from Cornwall against the Free-booters of France who took many English Vessels and of the want of Convoys for Trade on that Coast Order for Thanks to God within the House for the Preservation of the Fleet. Vote that the Lord Whitelock shall go Ambassador from this Common-wealth to the Queen of Sweeden and Referred to the Council to prepare Instructions for him Debate for Ease of the publick Charge by multiplicity of Officers and unnecessary Charges 16. Letters of a Defeat of some few of the Highlanders of three Dutch Prizes brought in Petition of Purchasers of Sir John Stowels Estate Ordered to enjoy their Purchases quietly The Act passed for the Relief of Creditors and poor Prisoners An Act passed for Continuance of the Jurisdidiction of the County-Palatine of Lancaster in Serjeant Bradshaw and Mr. Fell. 17. Of a Ship richly Loaden belonging to Hambrough Wracked near to Plymouth Leters of the King of Seots being again fallen sick at Paris That a Hurrican in the Barbadoes cast away thirteen Ships there of the English Of Shipwracks at the Severn-mouth and at Mine-head that the storms beat in the Pyrats and two of them were cast away at Anglesey 19. Letters from Collonel Lilburn Commander in Chief of the Parliaments Forces in Scotland Of the conveniency of the Harbour in Lewes-Island of Fortifications appointed there Of a quarrel between the Lord Lorn and Glencorn Of great Shipwracks upon the Northern Coast of the English Vessels Petition from the Town of Sudbury Deploring the want of Fruitfulness for Mercies and owning Instruments of good and fearing the Judgment of Elies House they Pray That burning Lights may be placed in all parts of the Land and maintenance provided for them That ignorant and Scandalous Preachers may be ejected and not readmitted and the un-Gospel-like power of Patrons may be taken away 20. Referred to a Committee to consider how to Sell Forrest Lands Order for a Bill to have Probats of Wills in all Countries Order for the House to Sit in a Grand Committee to Rectifie the inequallity of Taxes Proposalls touching Guernsey and Jersey and touching a Mine of Coals in the New Forrest Letters of surprisal of the Town of Enchusen by the States for their Riotous and Mutinous carriage Orders of the States for Trial of the Dutch Captains who neglected their Duties in the late Ingagements with the English at Sea 21. Orders for Farming of the Excise Orders for a Bill for the Sequestring the Estates of Delinquents since January and a Sixth part of their Estates to be given to the Discoverers 23. Letters of Murders committed by the High-landers upon English Soldiers under pretence of Friendship and Treacherously and the Murderers applauded by the Scots for it Ministers Accused and Committed for Praying for the King Of Prizes taken by the English Ships and sent into Yarmouth Road. 24. Letters of Part of the Fleet come into the Downs and the Resolution and others come into Chatham Of the French Pyrats increasing and having Commission from the King of Scots 26. Of the Irish Pyrats taking English Vessels Of the bitter Enmity of the French especially at Brest against the English and their entertainment of the Dutch and the King of Scots Ships joyning with the Dutch That the Lord Lorn went to his Fathers Tenants in the Highlands to rise with him or else that he would take them for Enemies 27. The Act passed for the Adventurers in Ireland The Bill passed for Relief of Creditors and poor Prisoners Order to Admit the Countess of Derby to Composition 28. The Recorder of Winchester Mr. Hooper and others brought into the House a Petition from the well affected in Hampshire in behalf of the the Ministers against taking away of Tithes being above Five Hundred Years growth Confirmed by Magna Charta c. The Petitioners had Thanks for their good Affections That Mynheer Opdam had accepted the Command of Lieutenant-Admiral of the Dutch Fleet. 29. Letters that Colonel Cobbet had landed Eight Companies in Mula Island and gave Notice to the Inhabitants of the Cause of his coming they with the consent of the Marquiss of Argyle submitted to the English Government Of a Ship cast away on the Coast of Scotland wherein were the provisions for the Army and another wherein 60 men were drowned and but one saved Of Colonel Cobbet's subduing divers Castles in the Highlands the Inhabitants and Soldiers flying away and making no resistance and at last came to an Engagement to act nothing prejudicial to the Parliament of England and to pay Sâ—sses as other Countries 30. The Lord Taffe sent to the Highlanders in answer to their Message to the King of Scots Letters of Dutch Prizes sent into Aberdeen and of six Dutch Prizes sent into Leith October 1653. Octob. 1. Frigots sent Westward All the Parliaments Frigots repaired and sent out again
the Shires and Borroughs of Scotland by their Deputies convened at Dalkeith and again at Edenburgh did accept of the said Vnion and assent thereunto For the compleating and perfecting of which Vnion Be it Ordained And it is Ordained by his Highness the Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereto belonging by and with the advice and consent of his Council That all the People of Scotland and of the Isles of Orkney and Zethland and of all the Dominions and Territories belonging unto Scotland are and shall be and are hereby Incorporated into Constituted Established Declared and Confirmed one Commonwealth with England And in every Parliament to be held Successively for the said Common-wealth thirty persons shall be called from and serve for Scotland And for the more effectual preservation of this Vnion and the freedom and safety of the People of this Common-wealth so united Be it Ordained And it is Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That all the people of Scotland and of the Isles of Orkney and Zethland and of all the Dominions and Territories belonging unto Scotland of what Degree or Condition soever be discharged of all Fealty Homage Service and Allegiance which is or shall be pretended Due unto any of the Issue and Posterity of Charles Stewart late King of England and Scotland or any Claiming under him or that Charles Stuart Eldest Son and James called Duke of York second Son and all other the Issue and Posterity of the said late King and all and every person and persons pretending Title from by or under him are and be disabled to hold or enjoy the Crown of Scotland and other the Dominions thereunto belonging or any of them or to have the Name Title Stile or Dignity of King or Queen of Scotland or to have and enjoy the Power and Dominion of the said Kingdom and Dominions or any of them or the Honours Mannors Lands Tenements Possessions and Hereditaments belonging or appertaining to the said Crown of Scotland or other the Dominions aforesaid or to any of them any Law Statute Vsage Ordinance or Custom in Scotland to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the said Office Stile Dignity Power and Authority of King of Scotland and all right of the Three Estates of Scotland to Convocate or Assemble in any General Convocation or Parliament and all Conventional and Parliamentary Authority in Scotland as formerly Established and all Laws Vsages and Customs Ordaining Constituting or Confirming the same shall be and are hereby and from henceforth abolished and utterly taken away and made null and void And that this Vnion may take its more full Effect and intent Be it further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Arms of Scotland viz. a Cross commonly called Saint Andrews Cross be received into and born from henceforth in the Arms of this Common-wealth as a Badge of this Vnion and that all the Publick Seals Seals of Office and Seals of Bodies Civil or Corporate in Scotland which heretofore carried the Arms of the Kings of Scotland shall from henceforth instead thereof carry the Arms of this Commonwealth And be it further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That all Customes Excise and other Imposts for Goods transported from England to Scotland and from Scotland to England by Sea or Land are and shall be so far taken off and discharged as that all Goods for the future shall pass as free and with like Priviledges and with the like Charges and Burdens from England to Scotland and from Scotland to England as goods passing from port to port or place to place in England and that all Goods shall and may pass between Scotland and any other part of this Commonwealth or the Dominions thereof with the like Privileges Freedom Charges and Burdens as such Goods do or shall pass between England and the said parts and Dominions any Law Statute Vsage or Custom to the contrary thereof in any wise notwitstanding And that all goods prohibited by any Law now in force in England to be transported out of England to any Foreign parts or imported shall be and hereby are prohibited to be transported or imported by the same Law and upon the same penalties out of Scotland to any Foreign parts aforesaid or from any Forein parts into Scotland And be it further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That all Sesses publick Impositions and Taxations whatsoever be imposed taxed and levyed from henceforth proportionably from the whole people of this Commonwealth so united And further to the end that all Dominion of Tenures and Superiorities importing Servitude and Vassalage may likewise be abolished in Scotland Be it further Declared and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That all Heritors Proprietors and Possessors of Lands in Scotland or the Dominions thereunto belonging and their Heirs shall from and after the twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred fifty and four hold their respective Lands of the respective Lord and Lords by Deed Charter Patent or Enfeoffment to be renewed upon the death of every Heritor Proprietor Possessor as now they do to his Heir or Heirs by and under such yearly Rents Boons and Annual Services as are mentioned or due by any Deeds Patents Charters or Enfeofments now in being of the respective Lands therein expressed or by vertue thereof enjoyed without rendring doing or performing any other Duty Service Vassalage or Demand whatsoever by reason or occasion of the said Lands or any the Clauses or Covenants in the said Deeds Charters Patents or Enfeoffments contained saving what is hereafter herein and hereby particularly expressed and declared that is to say Heriots where the same are due Fines certain where the same is already certain and where the Fine is uncertain reasonable Fines upon the Death of the Lord and upon the Death or alienation of the Tenant or any of them where the same have usually been paid which said Fine not being already certain shall not at any time exceed one years value of the Lands and also doing suit and service to such Court and Courts Baron as shall be constituted in Scotland in such manner as is Ordained by one other Ordinance Entituled An Ordinance for Erecting Courts Baron in Scotland And be it Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That all and every the Heritors Proprietors and Possessors aforesaid and their Heirs are and shall he from henceforth for ever discharged of all Fealty Homage Vassallage and Servitude which is or shall be pretended due from them or any of them unto any their Lords or Superiors whatsoever claiming Dominion or Jurisdiction over them by vertue of the said Patents Charters Deeds or Enfeoffments and other rights thereof or of any Clauses or Conditions therein contained other than as is before Declared and Ordained And that all the said Superiorities Lordships and Jurisdictions other than as aforesaid shall be and are hereby
Articles to Captain Swayn 13 An Ordinance past for reviving the Judges at Salters-Hall and for releif of Creditors and poor Prisoners which formerly was in force and for some time laid aside by Ordinance of the Lord Protector and his Councel 14 An Ordinance published for an Assesment to be continued for six Months at 120000 l. for maintenance of the Armies and Navy for the three first Months and at 90000 l. for the three last months An Ordinance to inable Judges to keep Assizes at Durham 16 A privy search made through out the Town for persons suspected to be in the Plot against the Lord Protector and his Government and divers Examinations taken and an Ordinance published for an high Court of Justice to try the Conspirators 17 Letters of two Troupes newly leavied by the Enemy routed by the English that Lieutetenant Moor took a Captain and seven of another Party another took a Captain and eight more and Captain Daniel took thirteen of another Party and killed divers 19 Letters that the English in Parties had sometimes in one Day marched Sixty Miles after the Enemy and killed and taken many of them That Collonel Daniel took Four hundred Men and Horse from them going to a Rendezvous 20 The Earl of Oxford and other Persons were Apprehended as Conspirators in the late Plot against the Lord Protector An Ordinance past for Continuance of the Commissioners of the Admiralty Of Two Brest Men of War assaulting a Fleet of English Vessels loaden with Coals and other Commodities which were rescued by Captain Gawden who had a small Ship with Four Guns only yet Fought singly with the Brest Pyrate and made them Flye That the English at Saint Maloes in France were abused by the French without any Provocation and beaten by them in Tumults and one English Man thrown by them over the Key of which he dyed The like insolencies offered by the Papists to the Protestants at Rheimes 21 An Ordinance past for bringing the Publick Revenue into one Treasury Letters of the Insolencies and Drunkenness of the Enemy in Scotland 23 An Ordinance past for giving further time for Approbation of Publick Preachers Letters that since the Peace with England Trade was much revived in the Netherlands and that Eight hundred Vessels were from divers Parts come into the Port of Rotterdam besides those come into their other Harbours That General Monck was come into the High-lands and sent a Summons to a Garrison of the Enemies in Lough Tay and the Governour Answered He would keep it for the King to the last drop of his Blood He being perswaded that the English would not get over the Water to him but perceiving them to make a passage over with Planks his Courage abated and he yielded the Garrison upon terms proposed by General Monck the place was very considerable 24 Letters that General Monk passed by some Garrisons of the Enemies and would not spend time to Besiege them but left them to be reduced by some English Garrisons near them Of a Party sent from Edenburgh which slew Three Tories and took twelve Prisoners and many Horse from them 26 Letters that Collonel Morgan was Marched into the Highlands in Scotland to indeavour to ingage Montross before his Conjunction with Middleton That Lieutenant Collonel Bryan was Landed with a Party from Ireland to assist the Highlanders From Dublin that all things were well there only some interruption for want of the new Authority and that they had sent some of their Forces into Scotland to assist General Monks Provisions Shipped from Chester for the North of Scotland That in Ireland they were reducing Supernumeraries and had Armes come for them which they were to have for their security in their Plantations An Ordinance Published for further incouragement of Adventurers for Ireland and of the Solers and Planters there 27 The High Court of Justice Sate the Lord Commissioner Lisle was President Order of the Lord Protector and his Councel about the Election of Members for the Parliament Letters of the Lord Ambassador Whitelocks Journey in Germany and the Caresses made to him at Lubeck and at Hamburgh 29 An Ordinance published for distribution of the Election for Scotland The like for distribution of the Election of Members in Ireland for the next Parliament in England they to be also thirty and they to have Vote with the Members in the Parliament of England as those thirty from Scotland also are to have their Votes A Romish Priest who was formerly condemned and pardoned and banished and now returned again was Hanged Drawn and Quartered 29 That the King of Scots and his two Brothers went to visit the Jesuit's College at Chantilli and were entertained with divers Speeches extraordinary respects and compliments and with a sumptuous Collation 30 An Ordinance Published against Duels Challenges and all Provocations thereunto The High Court of Justice sate in the Chancery prepared for them and first Mr. Somerset Fox was brought before them who Confessed much of that which was charged against him by Mr. Attorney Prideaux Mr. Solicitor Ellis and Mr. Serjeant Glyn the Protectors Council Then Mr. John Gerrard and Mr. Vowel were brought before them and charged for a Conspiracy to Murder the Lord Protector as he should be going to Hampton Court to seize the Guards and make themselves Masters of the City and Tower and Magazines and to proclaim the King with other Treasons all which they denyed and several Witnesses were heard to prove the charge against them and then the Court Adjourned July 1654. July 1 Letters that Colonel Morgan upon sight of the Highlanders went out with a party to engage them but they sted That Captain Goodfellow with a party took Ten Scotch Prisoners and 60 Horse the Captain was Killed much Provision taken from them That 40 English with their Swords naked did Swim over to an Istand that stood out against them and took it and many Provisions Plate money and other goods in it 3 That Argyle joined with the English Letters of General Monck his taking of Fosse and Lough-Gery in the Highlands That Colonel Bryan with the Forces which he brought from Ireland Killed divers of the High-landers and among them three Commanders of great Note were slain 4 The High Court of Justice sat and Ad journed A Conference with the French Ambassador about a Treaty of Peace 5 The Portugal Ambassador's Brother and two other Portuguises were tried before Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer in the Kings-Bench He pleaded That he was not onely the Ambassador's Brother but had a Commission to himself to be Ambassador when His Brother should be absent and that by the Law of Nations he was priviledged from his Trial and he demanded Councel The point of priviledg of Ambassadors by the Common Law and by the Civil Law and by the Law of Nations was long debated by the Court and the Lord Protectors Councel and the
the Citizens and 30 of them and of the Inhabitants were Slain by the fall of Timber and Houses on fire upon them Some small Skirmishes were between little parties of the Highlanders and the Parliaments Forces 31 Voted by the Parliament that any Natives of the Commonwealth may transport Wheat when the Price shall not exceed six and thirty Shillings the quarter paying Four-pence the Quarter Custome And Rye when it exceeds not Four and twenty shillings the Quarter paying three pence the Quarter Custom And Barly or Mault when the Price of it exceeds not twenty shillings the Quarter paying two pence the Quarter Custom And Pease not being above four aâ—d twenty shillings the Quarter paying three pence the quarter Custom And Beans not being above four and twenty shillings the Quarter paying three pence the Quarter Custom The Corn to be transported in Vessels of this Commonwealth Butter to be transported when it is not above six pence the pound A Bill to be brought in for this purpose November 1654. 1. Nov. The Officers of the Army met at St. James's to keep a day of praying together The Resident of the Duke of Guelders had Audience of the Protector declaring the late decease of his Master and the acknowledgment he made upon his death bed of the Favours and Protection he had receiv'd from the Protector desiring the continunuance of his Favour and Protection to his Son 2 The Lord Lorn the Marquls of Argiles Son continued in Rebellion against his Father Collonel Hammonds Funeral solemnized at Dublin with much State 3 The Parliament sat upon the Articles of Government and voted the forfeiture of Lands for Treason and Delinquency 4 Petitions of the Lord Craven Sir John Stowell and others referred to several Committees 6 Debate about the Bill for Ejecting Ignorant and Scandalous Ministers and School-Masters and Voted That in the mean time the Ordinance for Ejecting them passed by the Protector and his Councel shall not be suspended Order for Accounts to be brought in of the value of all Customs and Receipts in several Offices Petition of the Doctors of the Civil Law in behalfe of themselves and their profession was referred to a Committee A Committee of Ten persons appointed to confer with His Highness about stating the Point of Liberty of Conscience 7 Order to examine and punish the Authors and publishers of a Scandalous and Treasonable pamphlet entituled Collonel Shapcots speech in Parliament and the Sergeant at Arms to seize the Copies 8 The Protector and his Councel considered of the Nomination of new Sheriffes in the several Counties 9 Long debate by Councel at the Committee for the Lord Cravens and Sir John Stowells Petitions 10 Debate in Parliament upon the Articles of Government That the Supream Legislative power shall be in one Person and the People assembled in Parliament being the first Article And upon the 24 Article That if the Protector consent not to Bills presented to him within twenty days that they shall pass as Laws without his consent This Letter came from Seldon to Whitlock My Lord I am a most humble Suitor to your Lordship that you would be pleased that I might have your presence for a little time to morrow or next day Thus much wearies the most weak hand and body of Novemb. 10. 1654. White Fryers Your Lordships most humble Servant J. Selden Whitlock went to him and was advised with about settling his Estate and altering his Will and to be one of his Executors But his weakness so encreased that his intentions were prevented He dyed the last of this Month. He lived at the Countess of Kents house in the White-Fryers His mind was as great as his learning He was as hospitable and generous as any man and as good Company to those whom he liked The Primate of Ireland preached his funeral Sermon in the Temple Church and gave him a great and due Eulogie 11 The Parliament agreed upon the first and 24th Articles of Government with little alteration 13 A Petition of the Purchasers of the Lord Cravens Estate referred to the former Committe likewise a Petition of Sir John Stowell The King of Swedens Marriage was solemnized at Stockholm the 14th of October last 14 Prince William of Nassaw received by the Province of Over-Issell to be Governour there during the minority of the Prince of Orange 15 The House proceeded in the debate of the Articles of Government They considered of an Assesment for the preventing of free Quarter The Lord Lorn sent parties into his Fathers Countrey to steal Cows 16 The Parliament voted His Highness to be Lord Protector c. during his life They debated about the business of the Militia by Sea and Land 17 A List published of the several Sheriffs for England and Wales agreed on by the Protector and his Councel Much debate at the Committee concerning the Lord Cravens and Sir John Stowels business A Fire in Amsterdam quenched by casting Sand upon it Some few of Middletons party in Scotland roaming up and down were routed by the Parliaments Forces The Funeral of the Protectors Mother Solemnized at Westminster Abby 20 The Parliament sat Forenoon and after-noon upon the Government and agreed fully upon the first Article and the 24th 21 Vote for an Assesment of 60000l a month for three months to be laid on England Petition concerning Sir Peter Vanlores Estate referred to a Committee Some small Skirmishes were in the Highlands 22 A Committee appointed to consider of the Accounts of the Kingdom and who have any publick moneys in their hands The King of Scots was at Colen and the Queen of Bohemia went to Flanders to visit the Queen of Sweden 23 The House in the Forenoon upon the Government and in the Afternoon upon the Assessment 24 Five Hundred Irish were landed in some Isles of Scotland to joyne with Middleton and Seaford 160 horse more were to joyn with them and to force the Clans to rise with them The Parliament voted That no Law should be altered or repealed nor new Laws made nor any Tax imposed but by assent of Parliament 25 The Parliament voted That a new Parliament should be summoned to meet upon the third Monday of October 1656. They called for a Report from the Committee for Regulating the Chancery Seven English Ships and divers Forreign Ships cast away by a storm near Dover 27 The Parliament passed several Votes touching Qualifications of persons to be chosen to serve in Parliament and for the Electors Vote that a new Parliament shall be every third year and not to sit above six Months but by Act of Parliament with the Protectors Consent and that to be but for three Months longer That the Protector may Summon Parliaments within the three years if he see Cause to sit for three Moneths and the Summons to be by Writ according to Law The Chancellor or Commissioners of the Seal to issue Writs
Peace published between the Protestant and Papist Cantons of the Switzers The Plague swept away many thousands of the Irish Monsieur Bordeaux the French Ambassador arrived in England March 26. New Commissioners for the Customs appointed News of the King of Sweden's Successes in Prussia and in Poland Of the King of Scots Conference with the King of Spains Officers Letters from Scotland that all there was quiet Mr. Meadow was going for Denmark Agent for the Protector Fiennes Strickland and Whitelock went to the Swedish Ambassadors House and proceeded in the Treaty with him The debates were upon matters of Trade The Ambassador thought the demands not equal that the English should pay no greater Impositions in the King of Sweden's Ports than his own Subjects paid and said That the former Articles were reciprocal and that herein nothing was offered for the Swedes priviledge in the Ports of this Common-wealth The Commissioners answered That this being granted to the English would cause them to frequent the Kings Ports to bring a great increase of Trade thither to have Ships there in a readiness to be hired for his Majesties Service if he should have occasion and that they were better fitted for War than any other Merchants Ships in Europe and that if his Excellencie should think fit to propound any thing on the behalf of the Swedes the same would be taken into due Consideration The Ambassador replyed That Neither the English nor any other Nation did afford equal priviledge to Strangers in point of Impositions as to their own people but made a difference as to the persons only in Sweden the difference was not made as to the persons of Swedes but as to Swedish Ships whosoever brought any goods in them paid less Impositions than others which was done to increase their Shipping and to prevent the deceipt of Strangers Consigning their Goods to Swedes names that thereby they might Pay the less Custom Whitelock told them that this was the Work of the wise old Chancellor whereby they did not only increase their Ships but likewise were provided of Mariners for those Ships which was the greatest want in Sweden as to their Navigation and the deceipts of Strangers venting their goods in Swedes names was also thereby prevented This Matter was referred to further Consideration and they proceeded to the demands for Setling the Trade and Priviledges of the English Merchants in Prussia and Poland wherein Whitelock observed to them the injustice of the Sealing the English Cloaths at Dantzick and the Not confirming of the general pact of Prussia agreed to be done formerly in relation to the English by the King of Poland who had not kept his word therein The Ambassador answered That his Mr. was but newly Mr. of Poland and Prussia which he hoped by the blessing of God to keep That he was not Mr. of Dantzick and prabably he may have granted and confirmed to those Towns that had submitted to him their ancient Priviledges And that he could not grant to the English there any thing contrary to those Priviledges of the Townes which he had confirmed and this was thought reasonable and not to be pressed further than might stand with the Confirmation of priviledges which the King had granted to the Townes that were come in to him The Ambassador then propounded That the English might have all the Trade of Russia brought down the River Volga into Narva the King of Sweedes Port upon the Balticke Sea and by that meanes save the going about to Archangel which voyage can be made but once in a year but to Narva may be made 3 voyages in a year Whitelock informed them of much discourse between the old Chancellor and his Son and him about this Matter and the Ambassador having his Mapps there Whitelock shewed them the great difference of the Voyage going about by Norwey and the frozen Sea to the Archangel and going through the Balticke Sea to Narva He shewed them likewise that there was a probability of having the Persian Silks and Commodities from the Caspian Sea to the River Volga and from thence to be brought to Narva and thereby to save that vast voyage which Merchant-Men now take of going to Persia the usual way But Whitelock objected now as he had done formerly to the Chancellor That it would be difficult to procure the Russes Commodities to be brought down to Narva and to satisfie the Emperour of Russia that he should be no looser in respect of his Customs which he now received at Archangel and the goods being brought to Narva the Customs would be payable there to the King of Sweeden To which the Chancellor then answered That the people of Russia would be more willing to bring their Commodities to Narva than to Arch-Angel because it would be done at a less Charge almost by the halfe and that the Emperor would be no looser as to his Customs for the same Custom which was now paid at Arch-Angel would be paid at Blesgo a Town of the Emperors whither the goods must be brought before they came to Narva and that notwithstanding the payment of Custom twice yet the Commodities would be afforded at easier rates than they are at Archangel by reason of the cheapness and conveniency of bringing them to Narva All this was agreed unto by the Ambassador who inserted a Story of a Dutch-man who observing the Boats passing upon the Volga to be manned with 300 Men in a boat who in a Storm and high Wind held the bottom of the Sayls down this Dutch-man offered to the Emperor that he would shew him a way how with 30 Men in a boat they should be as well Manned as now they were with 300 men in a boat and so the Charge to be lessened but the Emperor called him Knave and asked him if a Boat that now went with 300 Men were brought to go but with 30 Men how then should the other 270 Men get their living After long debate upon this and the other particulars of the Treaty they were deferred unto a more full Answer upon further Consideration and a new Meeting 5. The Commissioners were summon'd to meet at Whitehal with Thurloe to look over together the several matters which had been treated on with the Swedish Ambassador and to consider how farr it was fit to go on to an agreement and wherein not to consent that so they might come to some conclusion with the Ambassador The Lord Major Aldermen and Common Council of London were with the Protector 11. The Commissioners were with the Swedish Ambassador and most of the Articles for Levies of Men and hiring of Ships and for the Passe-ports and Contrebanda Goods were near ageed between them The Articles for Trade and restitution for Damages in the time of War between England and Holland were not concluded but deferred to another time In the mean while the matters agreed upon were ordered to be drawn up in Form 13. The Swedish Ambassador did very earnestly press that
have an opportunity than which a fitter your hearts did never pray for to finish the work of Reformation that hath been so long upon the wheel and met with so great Obstructions that you would not heal the wound of the daughter of God's people slightly but make so sure and lasting provision for both their christian and civil Rights as that both this and future Generations may have cause to rise up and call you Blessed and the blackest of Designs may never be able to câ—st dirt in your faces any more and as helpfull to these two great Concernments Religion and Liberty we humbly propose unto your mature consideration these two Desires First That you would be pleased to countenance Godliness and all the sincere Professors thereof encourage an able and laborious Ministry and suffer no other Yoak to be imposed upon the Consciences of God's people than what may be agreeable to the word of God and that you would be a terrour to all impious prophane and licentious people whatsoever Secondly That you would so vindicate and assert the Native â—ights and Liberties of these Nations in and by the Government of a Free State that there may not be the voice of an oppressed one in our Land but that all may enjoy the blessed fruits of your righteous and peaceable Government And for the prevention of all possibility for ambitious Spirits ever to work their ends against you we humbly desire you to be very carefull as well what persons you entrust with the management of the Armies and Navies of this Commonwealth as of the measure of that Power and Authority you depart with to them or substitute in them Touching the qualifications of the Persons we desire they may be truly godly and conscientious Touching the measure of their Authority that it may be adequate to the nature and being of a Commonwealth And whilst you are thus pleading and asserting the Interest of God and his People you may rest assured with greatest confidence that we shall appear in your defence and the vindication of your Authority against the opposition of all Arbitrary Powers whatsoever And to that blessed and All-powerfull God who is able to spirit you for this great work you are and shall daily be recommended in the prayers of Your most loyal and most Obedient Servants George Monk Thomas Read Ralph Cobbet Tim. Wilks Robert Read John Cloberry Abra. Holmes Henr. Dorney Dan. Davison Rich. Heath Mi. Richardson J. Hubbelthorn Tho. Johnson P. Crisp He. Brightman Phil. Watson Tho. Dean Jerem. Smith Will. Davis James Wright Jos Wallinton Will. Helling Ethelb Morgan Rob. Winter John Paddon Anthony Nowers 18. Order to refer it to the Members of the House of the Council of State or any five of them to consider of the Union between Scotland and England and to prepare an Act for it Whitelocke was by the Council particularly desired to take care of this business VVhitelocke had private Intimation from Fleet-wood that Scot had Intelligence that Whitelocke kept a Correspondence with the King of Scots or some of his Ministers and that Scot intended to charge Whitelocke with it at the Council and therefore Fleetwood did advise Whitelocke that if it were so that he should forbear coming to the Council and Fleetwood would take care that nothing should be further done against him but if that Whitelocke were innocent he might use his discretion Whitelocke wondered at this knowing his own innocency and therefore he did not absent himself from the Council but Scot in a cunning way represented his Intelligence to the Council from one of his Spies beyond Sea who wrote him word That Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper and Whitelocke had Correspondence with Sir Edward Hyde beyond Seas And this Intelligencer was a beggerly Irâ—sh Fryar Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper made the highest professions that could be of his Innocency denying that ever he had any Correspondence with the King or with Sir Edward Hyde or any of the King's Ministers or Friends and his Expressions were so high that they bred in some the more suspicion of him but at this time he was believed and what followed afterwards is known Whitelocke positively denied any Correspondence with the King or with Hyde or any of the King's Party and desired no favour if they could prove any such thing against him and moved to know his Accuser but that was waved and Whitelocke admitted in his Imployment of one of the Council of State 19. The House appointed Judges of the Admiralty for six weeks 20. Order for a Day to be kept of publick Humiliation Letters that the Jews were destructive to our Trade 21. Votes of the Parliament for a free Common-wealth without a single Person Kingship or House of Pears And for maintaining Magistracy and Ministry and regulating of Law and Equity 23. Vote for the Speaker Lenthall to be Keeper of the Great Seal for eight days 24. An Ambassadour had publick Audience in the House in great solemnity 25. The House having sent a Committee to Richard to know whether he would acquiesce in the present Proceedings and that they would provide for the payment of his Debts and an honourable subsistence for himself and his family They returned with his Answer under his hand That he would acquiesce and sent a List of his Debts 26. Several Addresses were made to the House and they referred Matters touching the Forces and the Navy and the Prize-goods to the Council of State 27. Reference to the Council of State to proceed in the Treaty with the Dutch 28. An Address to the Parliament from Bucks The House considered of settling the Officers of Fleetwood's Regiment this began to give some distaste to the Officers of the Army that the Parliament should not trust them in this business but do it themselves A Committee named to prepare an Act of Indemnity and Oblivion 29. Letters of the present state of Affairs in Ireland from the Lord Broghill and of my Lord 's joyning with this Parliament 30. Addresses from the North to Fleetwood and the Army The House proceeded upon the Act of Indemnity 31. Votes for addition of Pay to the Souldiers about London Order for sequestring the Profits of the Keeper of the Great Seal for the use of the Common-wealth and that the Chancery be throughly reformed and regulated June 1659. 1. The Council of State ordered Whitelocke to draw a Letter to General Mountague about the business of the Navy The House proceeded about the Act of Indemnity An Address from the Common Council of London to the Parliament who gave them thanks for their good Affections 3. Bradshaw Tyrell and Fountain were voted to be Commissioners of the Great Seal for five Months 4. An Address from the County of Kent answered with thanks An Act past for constituting of Bradshaw Tyrell and Fountain Commissioners of the Great Seal and the Oath was administred and the Great Seal
Petition Another answer to the Petition of Right June 7th Dr. Lambe Votes against Bishop Neal and Laud and the Duke Remonstrance Message Remonstrance Parliament Prorogued to Octo. 20. The Duke stabbed by Felton Parliament Prorogued to Jan. 20. Merchants imprisoned for Tunnage and Poundage Felton Tunnage and Poundage Jan. 20. King's Speech Message Message for Tunnage and Poundage The Commons declaration The King's Answer Grievances Message Votes Protestation Message Members committed Parliament dissolved King's Speech Resolutions of Judges Habeas corpus Habeas corpus Habeas corpus Information in the-Star Chamber against the Members Habeas corpus The Judges perplext Members taken off Good behaviour Proceedings against Selden c. Information in the Star-chamber Information in the Kings Bench. Prohibitions Queen of Bohemia A Peace with France Prince Charls born May 29. King of Sweden Dr. Leighton stygmatized Peace with Spain King of Sweden Marquess Hambleton Papists in Ireland Earl of Essex Impropriations Huntley The High Commission Court Message to the Chief Justice The King 's express Command The Judges answer Walter dies His Opinion His Patent Lord Audley's Tryal Rea and Ramsey Appeal of Treason Judges Opinions Sir Nich. Hyde Questions to the Judges touching the Clergy Oxford Book of Sports Repair of Pauls Sir Paul Pindar The Princess Mary born Ambassador to Sweden Dr. Lamb. City of London fined Judge Whitelocke dies Abbot dies Laud made Archbishop of Canterbury Wentworth sent into Ireland King of Sweden slain Wallestein murthered Prynne's Histriomastix Prynne sent to the Tower The King's progress to Scotland October 13. the Duke of York born October 18. Masque of the Inns of Court Dr. Bastwick Bishops independent of the King Mare liberum Mare clausum Shipmoney Ambassador of Sweden slighted Noy dies Balmerino Treasurer Weston dies Sir Edw. Coke dies Spotswood A Fleet set out Lord Keeper's Speech The peace at Praguë Hollandâ—rs present Juxton made Treasurer Letters for Shipmony Laud's Visitation Northumberland Admiral Ferdinand the 2d Hampden refuses Ship-money Judges Opinion about Ship-money Croke alters his mind Arundel sent to the Emperor Burton Bastwick Pâ—yn Prince Elector defeated Sentence against Bishop of Lincoln Osbaldston Laud's Warrant Troubles in Scotland Proclamations Scot's Petition Hamilton Covenanters Answ The King's Declaration Covenanters Protest Hamilton's Proposals Declaration Covenanters protest Argile Covenanters prepare for War Calvin Whitgift's Articles Episcopacy restored The Queen mother in England Preparations for War with the Scots Arundel General Declaration The Covenanters Answer The King at York revokes several projects and Monopolies Articles of pacification The Covenanters perform not Assembly at Edenburgh Parliament Lords of the Articles The Parliament in Scotland prorogu'd Their Declaration Spanish Fleet beaten by the Dutch Prince Elector made Prisoner in France A Parliament appointed Subscriptions Coventry dies Commissioners from Scotland Loudon sent to the Tower Bagshaw's Reading A Parliament Glanvil Speaker Message from the King Sir H. Vane censured The Parliament dissolv'd Laud blam'd Convocation continues sitting Anno 1640. Tumult of Prentices Oath imposed by the Convocation Their Canons Knighthood Money Londoners discontented A Royal Army Duke of Glocester born Scots declared Rebels Conway Lesley The English worsted Wilmot Conway accused The Scots Petition The Kings Answer Demands of the Scots The Lords Petition The Kings Answer Petition of the Citizens of London The Council at York The Scotish War variously discoursed of Message to the Scots Complaint against Strafford Treaty at Rippon The Scots demands The Treaty variously censured Montross 3. Novem. a day ominous Strafford Perswaded to go to the Parliament Speech to the Parliament Petitions Pym of Grievances Lord Digby Proclamations against Papists Earl of Warwick Impeachment against Strafford Habeas Corpus Judges Crook and Whitelocke cleared Prynne and Burton Windebank Votes Committee against Strafford Alderman Pennington Votes Laud Impeacht Lord Keeper Finch His Speech Articles against Finch Petitions King's Speech Demands of the Scots yielded to Judge Berkley Triennial Parliament The Kings Speech Votes Foreign Affairs Strafford Disputes touching the tryal Undertakers Tryal of Strafford Sir Henry Vane Councel for Strafford Bill of Attainder Commons Petition The King's Answer Tumult Practices upon the Army Protestation Bill for continuing the Parliament Strafford voted guilty Letter from Strafford to the King Censures Balfour Great Officers resign their Places Discontents in the Army Officers Petition Church-Government Armagh Tonnage and Poundage granted High Commission Court Star-chamber Queen Mother dies Dr. Wren Ship-money Judges Essex Armies disbanded Parliament adjourn'd Irish Rebellion Earl of Leicester Irish Maxims Motives Owen O'Conelly Mac Mahon O Neale Votes The King's return from Scotland Speech in Parliament Proclamation Speech Parliament Petition Grievances of the Court Marshal Hyde Remonstrance Protestation Palmer Tumults Irish Oath Irish Cruelties Vote Articles against the five Members The King in the House of Commons The 〈◊〉 Speech The Spâ—â—ker The Action diversly censured Declaration Vote Tumults Bishops Protest Bishops accused of high Treason London Petition The King's Answer Petition Tumults The King removes to Hampton Court Five Members return to the House Lord Digby Lunsford Message Petition Answer Petitions Answer Bill for disabling Bishops Essex Holland Letters intercepted The Queen to Holland Pym. Militia Message Petition Skippon Petition Militia Answer Bill for Ireland Militia Petition Vote Declaration Militia Answer Vote Message Anno. 1642. Lords Report Answer Address at York Message Hull Reasons Answer Hotham Hull Messages Vote Militia Gardiner Different Opinions Declaration Scots interpose Vote Order Nineteen Propositions Commission of Array Lord Keeper Littleton Protestation at York Declaration Message Earl of Warwick Lord Willoughby Votes for an Army Petition Money rais'd Several proclaim'd Traytors Declaration Standard at Nottingham Message Answer Reply Vote Colours Hull Directions to the General Declaration Oxford King's Speech Vote Yorkshire Cornwal Edghill Fight The King at Oxford Essex An Address for Peace Petition Skippon his Speeches Turnham-green The King's Forces retreat Vote Message Petition Letters intercepted Petition Answer City Sir Hugh Cholmley Propositions for Peace Safe Conduct Treaty at Oxford Propositions The King's Propositions Massey Scots come in Lesley Ireland Richlieu dies Lewys the XIII dies Commissioners at Oxford Message Treaty breaks off Lord Brook E. Northampton Covenant Pym dies Waller Hampden Germany Swedes Henrietta Maria. Great Seal Sir W. Waller defeated Hotham Bristol taken by P. Rupert Great Seal H. Martyn Selden Earl of Kingston Cromwell Gloucester Massey Members disabled Gen. Essex Covenant Col. Potley Gloucester relieved Judge Berkley sentenced Newbery fight Lord Falkland Covenant General Essex Sir Philip Stapleton Pasquils Laud. Ormond Poole Dr. Featly Sir Nic. Crispe French Embassadour Manchester Ministers French Embassador Proclamations Commissioners for Scotland Great Seal Laud his Tryal Earl of Holland Col. Rigby Covenant Answer to Fr. Embassadour C. Mostyn Great Seal Fr. Embassadour Scotland Waller Great Seal Irish Proposals Indictment of H. Treason G. Essex Gr. Seal D. Hamilton C. Hutchinson Scots Army Parliament at Oxford Proclamations Plot. Letter intercepted Goring
summon all the Peers to his Presence the twenty fourth of September and with them to consult what in this Case is fittest to be done for his Honour and Safety of the Kingdom when the Petitioners with the rest might offer any thing conducing to these ends This was followed with a Petition of the Citizens of London Setting forth their Grievances and the Remedy by calling a Parliament Much to the same effect with the Petition of the Lords The Scots at Newcastle seize four great English Ships laden with Corn lay a Tax of Three hundred and fifty pounds a day on the Bishoprick of Durham and Three hundred pounds a day on Northumberland on pain of Plundering and committed many Injuries and Insolencies on the English where they quartered The great Council met at York 24. Septem according to summons and the King spake to them that he had called them for their advice and assistance in this time of exigency according to the custome of his predecessors That he of himself had resolved to call a Parliament to meet 3d. Novemb. next and in the mean time required their advice in those things which could not stay untill the meeting of the Parliament The War being begun with the Scots put many men to think of a posture of defence for themselves and to a provision of arms The discourses of the Scottish War were very various those who favour'd the Popish and Prelatical ways did sufficiently inveigh against the Covenanters but generally the rest of the people favoured and approved their proceedings and there was a strange spirit of division in the opinions and wishes of most men in these affairs too many not onely favouring but joyning with and assisting the proceedings of the Scots Covenanters After several meetings and debates in the great Council at York a Messenger was sent from the King and Lords to the Scots Army to give notice to them that on Tuesday next sixteen of the English Lords should meet with as many Scotch Lords at York to treat of the differences But the Scots refuse York to Treat in as not secure for their Commissioners so long as the Lieutenant of Ireland commanded there in chief who had proclaimed them Traitors in Ireland before the King had done it in England threatning to destroy their memory against whom they had high matters of complaint This was the first publick appearance of the Scots enmity against Strafford which some affirm was set on from hence and it was strange that it should not be more regarded Another place of Treaty was named at Rippon where the Commissioners on both sides met The English proposed a Cessation of Arms but the Scots as they would obey the King's commands not to advance so they could not return till they had effected their business They presented their Demands how their Army should be maintained till the Treaty ended and peace secured 2. For safe Convoys for their Commissioners 3. Safe Convoys for all Letters to and from the Parliament 4. For free trade of both Kingdomes and Newcastle trade not to be hindred At length the Commissioners on both parts agree To a Cessation of Arms. To a Contribution of 850. l. per diem for the Scots Army in Northumberland Westmorland Durham and Newcastle The River Tees to be the bound of both Armies Private Insolencies to be no breach of the Treaty with divers other conditions and their chief demands were referred to a general Treaty to be proceeded in at London Many wondred and some inveighed against this Treaty wishing the King would have put it rather to the Issue of a Battel than to have given such Terms to his Subjects in Rebellion and of this Judgment was Strafford and the Episcopal party But the other party cryed up this treaty as Just Honourable and Pious to prevent effusion of Bloud and to settle peace and the King saw plainly that both divers officers of his Army and even the private Soldiers generally which was a most remarkable Inclination had no mind to fight against the Scots which cheifly caused the King to conclude this Treaty The Resolution of calling a Parliament set many on work to canvase for places The Court laboured to bring in their friends but those who were most favour'd at Court had least respect in the Country and it was not a little strange to see what a spirit of opposition to the Court proceedings was in the hearts and actions of most of the people so that very few of that Party had the favour to be chosen members of this Parliament The Earl of Montross of great alliance in Scotland came into England to serve the King but by Hamilton's cunning as was supposed the King at his first coming to him neglected him which caused his resort to and joyning with the Covenanters being weary of them he now writes to the King to York professing his Loyalty and Service to His Majesty This Letter by Hamilton's means as was reported was stoln out of the King's pocket copyed and sent to the Convenanters they made use of it as shall be mentioned hereafter The third day of November the Parliament was to meet some perswaded the Archbishop to get it adjourned for two or three days because that the third of November was an ominous day the Parliament called on that day 20 H. 8. beginning with the fall of Cardinal Woolsey and ending in the dissolution of Abbeys but the Archbishop took little heed of such things The time of the Parliaments meeting drawing near it was considered at York whether the Earl of Strafford should repair to the house or continue in the north with the Army The King was earnest for his going up to the Parliament as one of whose service he should have great occasion and placed much confidence in his faithfulness and abilities The Earl humbly desired His Majesty to excuse his going to the Parliament alledging that he should not be able to do His Majesty any service there but should rather be a means to hinder his affairs in regard he foresaw that the great envy and ill will of the Parliament and of the Scots would be bent against him Whereas If he kept out of sight he would not be so much in their mind as he should be by shewing himself in Parliament and if they should fall upon him he being at a distance what soever they should conclude against him he might the better avoid and retire from any danger having the liberty of being out of their hands and to go over to Ireland or to some other place where he might be most serviceable to His Majesty but if he should put himself into their power by coming up to the Parliament it was evident that the house of Commons and the Scots with all their Party especially being provoked by his coming amongst them would presently fall upon him and prosecute his destruction The King notwithstanding these reasons continued
to imitate Scotland who got ther Priviledge by that course And Mac Mahon swore that they would not part but go together to the Castle and if this Matter were discovered some Body should die for it Whereupon Conelly feigned some necessity of easement to go out of the Chamber left his Sword in pawn and Mac Mahon's Man came down with him into the Yard where in a trice he leaped over a Wall and two Pales and so came to the Lord Justice Parsons Examined Octob. 22. 1641. Owen O Conelly Presently upon this the Justices sent and seised Mac Mahon and his man and they before the Councell confessed all the Plot that on that very day all the Forts and Castles in Ireland would be surprised that he and Mac Guire and Hugh Bim Brian O-neale and others 20 out of each County were to surprise Dublin Castle Thatâ— all the Nobility and Gentry Papists were confederates herein and however they used him now in their power his bloud would be revenged Then Mac Guire and others were suddenly seised on and the Town filling with strangers the Councel removed into the Castle upon the Rumor hereof Bim and Moore and others chief of the Conspiratours escaped and divers others who found friends to help them but about fourty of the meaner sort of them were taken The next day the Lords Justices proclamed this discovery and that all good Subjects should betake themselves to their defence and to advertise them of all occurrences and that no levies of men be made for foreign service The same night the Lord Blancy arrived with the news of the Surprisal of his House his Wife and Children by the Rebells This execrable Rebellion began in Vlster and every day and hour ill news came of fearful Massacres upon the English which increased a fear of the like at Dublin by the Papists there The Council seised upon what money they could some Artillery Armes for 10000 men 1500 barrels of powder and match and lead stored by the Earl of Strafford The old Army was but 2297 foot and 943 horse and these dispersed Yet the Council sent to several Garrisons to march to Dublin They dispatched Letters to the King in Scotland and to the Lord Lieutenant in London of the Rebellion and the state of the Kingdom and the small number of their forces they pray supplies and that Conelly the discoverer and messenger may be rewarded All their dispatches were sent by Sea the Rebells having stopped the Land passages The Lords of the English pale repair to the Council offer their faith and service and the Rebels in Vlster by the latter end of October had possest themselves of allmost all that Province Such English as had gotten into any places of strength able to indure a siege yet upon good terms rendring themselves were sure to be murdered in cold bloud men women and children And for the Scots they professed they would and did indeed spare them that they might the more easily swallow them up afterwards Phelim O Neale a man but of mean parts or courage was their General he was of near alliance to the late Earl of Tirone bred in England a Student in Lincolns-Inn and till of late a Protestant lived lazily till now elected by his Countrymen to be their leader He with a numerous Rabble marched to Lisnagamy near the Scots and fell upon them without mercy with other forces he came up into the Pale took in Dondalke then marched to Ardee seven miles from Tredah The news from Dublin was posted to Tredah and there incountred with news of the Treacherous surprisal of divers Castles in the North. The Lord Moore brought some Horse to the Town whither he came to escape the Rebels The Town drew out some old peices scoured and planted them and four out of a Merchants Ship with some powder and Captain Gibson commanded there Sir Faithful Fortescue leaving his charge Some forces sallyed out upon the Rebels and got from them who hastily fled away some plunder and Cows and 80 Prisoners whereof six onely were hanged Many treacherous designs of the Town Papists fayled Sir Henry Tichburne came to be Governor with 100 horse and 1000 foot not without some Jealousie of the Protestants There was dropped in the streets a Declaration of the Catholicks of Ireland framed upon presumption that the design had been effected and to the like purpose as is before remembred The first Letters of the business from the Lords Justices and Council arrived at London the last of October and were delivered that evening Next morning the Lords House sent them down to the House of Commons by the Lord Keeper Lord Privy Seal and 14 other Lords who had chayrs in the House and sate while the Letters were read and then departed The House presently resolved into a Committee and ordered That 50000 l. be forthwith provided The Lords to be moved that Members of both Houses should move the City of London to lend this money That a Committee of both Houses consider of the affairs of Ireland O Conelly to have 500 l. presently and 200 l. per Annum in Land All Papists of quality in England to be secured None but Merchants to pass without Certificate to Ireland To all which the Lords agreed They voted many other particulars in Order to supply for Ireland and a pardon to be offered The Lords Justices and Council in Ireland neglected no means in their power by fortifying Dublin and other Castles and places and making provisions for defence against the Rebels they also granted out Commissions to diverse Noblemen and Gentlemen and some of them Papists whom they in prudence thought not fit yet to suspect though they afterwards joyned in the Rebellion with the rest They also delivered Armes to many of them who imployed them to cut the throats of the English such were the Lord Gormanstone and others and by the midst of November several Counties declared for the Rebels in Leimster and other Provinces the miserable English men women and children whom they took were savagely butchered by them and those who fled from them came to Dublin for Succour where wanting relief they perished so that the publick burying places would not contain their dead bodies The Lord Ormond and several others came with some forces to Dublin The Members of the Irish Parliament were discontented that it had been adjourned for so long a time as next February to please them they were called together for one day to make their Protestation against the Rebellion there was but a thin meeting of them and but a saint Protestation against the Rebels the Popish Members not induring to have it called a Rebellion but traiterous and rebellious actions of some persons against which they protested They sent Commissioners to treat with the Rebels in the North who tore the Order of Parliament and returned a scornfull answer The Lord Ditton and the Lord Taff coming for London were committed and their papers seised and
several persons of the great prejudice and wrong to the Subject by the illegal Proceedings of the Court-Marshal and the supercilious magisterial and illegal exercise of Earl-Marshal by the Earl of Arundel Hyde Palmer Maynard Whitelocke and others had Conference about it and resolved to put it on in the House of Commons Hyde spake to it smartly and ingeniously He called those Proceedings A piece of Pageantry shewed the illegallity of them and the vexation to the Subject by attendance and expence many times for a hasty word whereof the Law of England takes no notice nor gives any Action for them Yet in this Court people are summoned and wait and are wrongfully treated Anno 1641 And he moved the House to declare their sense of these proceedings he was seconded in this Motion and the House voted The Court and their Proceedings to be illegal and a Grievance And Mr. Hyde gained credit by it The Marquesses Hamilton and Argyle withdrew from the Parliament in Scotland upon jealousie of some Design against their Persons but upon examination of that Matter by the Parliament there it was found to be a misinformation yet the same took fire in our Parliament upon the like surmises of some whereupon the Parliament here appointed Guards for London and Westminster and some spake not without reflection upon the King himself The House of Commons prepared a Remonstrance of the State of the Kingdom wherein they mentioned all the mistakes misfortunes illegallities and defaults in Government since the King 's coming to the Crown the evil Counsels and Counsellors and a malignant Party that they have no hopes of settling the Distractions of this Kingdom for want of a Concurrence with the Lords This Remonstrance was somewhat roughly penned both for the matter and expressions in it and met with great oppositions in the House insomuch as the Debate of it lasted from Three a Clock in the Afternoon till Ten a Clock the next Morning and the sitting up all Night caused many through weakness or weariness to leave the House and Sir B. R. to compare it to the Verdict of a starved Jury When the Vote was carried though not by many to pass the Remonstrance Mr. Palmer and two or three more made their Protestation against this Remonstrance At which those who were for the Remonstrance spake sharply against this Protestation as a thing directly against the Order and Privilege of the House of Commons and tending to the frustrating of all their Proceedings And it was strongly moved and seconded and carried upon the question That Mr. Palmer and those who had made their Protestation against the Vote for the Remonstrance might be sent to the Tower which was done the next day But after a few days and some Expences extraordinary upon his Petition he was released and took his place again in the House as formerly This Remonstrance was presently Printed and Published by the Parliament contrary to the King's desire and before his Answer made to it which came forth shortly after to all the Heads of the Remonstrance and a little after that the King caused to be Printed and Published his Declaration in Answer to the Remonstrance of the Parliament During this time and taking opportunity from these Differences betwixt the King and Parliament divers of the City of the meaner sort came in great Numbers and Tumults to Whitehall where with many unseemly and insolent Words and Actions they incensed the King and went from thence in like posture to Westminster behaving themselves with extream rudeness towards some of the Members of both Houses This caused the King to send to the Lord Mayor to call a Common-Council to receive his Majestie 's Pleasure which was sent to them touching the late riotous Assemblies about his Palaces of White-Hall and Westminster and to command their care to prevent the like especially in the ensuing Holy-days and calls them The unruly people of the Suburbs but is assured of the Affections of the Citizens and wishes them to take care not to be disturbed by Fears and Jealousies During these Distractions in England the Affairs of Ireland lay miserably bleeding the Lords of the Pale refused to come into the Council upon their Summons but joyning with the other Rebels form an Army of Twenty thousand besides Brigades in several Provinces The Scots propounded to send into Ireland Ten thousand of their Country-men upon some conditions but nothing was effected in it Tredah was besieged by the Rebels by Sea and Land they style themselves the Catholick Army Three thousand of them were defeated by a Party sallying out of the Town The Prisoners taken by the English were well used and pampered by the Popish-women in the Town The English whom the Rebels took were crowded into Dungeons fed with Garbages and Offals without Salt or Fire and almost starved seldom any of them recovered The Rebels sent a Fryar their Ambassadour into the Town to demand no less than the absolute surrender of it for his Majestie 's use and service which being with scorn denied by the Governour the Fryar gave him a Copy of the Oath which he said the Catholicks had taken To maintain with their Lives and Fortunes the Exercise of the Roman Catholick Religion To be faithful to the King and to bring to punishment all such as should do any thing contrary to this Oath The Governour hereupon framed an Oath to be taken by the Souldiers and Towns-men To defend the Town to discover any Plot and not to consent to deliver up the Town Which Oath the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town and others refused to take The Souldiers from the Town made several Sallies upon the Rebels and slew and took many of them but their Victual grew scarce nothing but Herrings and Water without any Bread the Cows killed Firing and Horse-meat all spent Sickness Famine and Death raged Some relief it pleased God to send to the Town by Sea and then the Rebels by treachery of the Towns-men had a Design which they attempted to Surprize the Town but by the Care and Courage of Tichborn the Governour and those with him it was prevented The Rebels Storming the Town were repulsed they in other places executed horrid Tortures upon the English they murthered the Lord Cautfield basely hanged one Blaney tortured a Woman to force her to hear Mass drowned many hundreds Men Women and innocent Children in the Rivers some they sent to Sea in a rotten Vessel without any Sails or Rudder to be cast away and great Numbers of the English after they had done all Drudgeries for the Rebels in hopes of mercy had all their Throats cut by them and with some of them the execrable Villains and Monsters would make themselves pastime and sport before their death trying who could hack deepest into the English-mens flesh and so with the highest torture and cruelty mangled them to death But their Inhumanities to both Sexes and all Ages are
no considerable body of an Army and their party in some divisions but by the time of the King's march and stay at Gloucester they had recruited their Army provided Money and pieced up their Discontents among themselves The City of Excester having held out three Months Siege for the Parliament their Powder and Provisions failing them surrendred to the King's Forces upon Conditions which were broken by the Enemy as those at Bristoll were Both Houses ordered Supplies for Gloucester Essex followed the King and sends for Sir William Waller to hasten to him At Cirencester Essex beat up the King's Quarters drove Sir Nicholas Crispe and Colonel Spencer out of the Town with their two Regiments of Horse and took thirty Cart-loads of Victuals and about 400 horse Captain Brooke being discovered by his Mariners to have a design to betray the Ship which he commanded to the King the Sea-men clapt their Captain under Deck and discovered his Plot to the Earl of Warwick their Admiral Lyn in Norfolk was surrendred to the Earl of Manchester There was a Skirmish between the King 's and Essex his horse near Hungerford in Berkshire about 80 on both sides slain of the King's part the Marquess Delavive Essex surprized a troup of the King's horse and that night quartered at Hungerford the Marquess his Corps was brought into Hungerford and afterwards ransomed by the King's party for 500 pieces Sept. 19. Essex marched toward Newbery his Army in great want of Victuals both for men and horse to whom the Country thereabouts was ill affected and would bring in nothing to them without Compulsion The whole body of the King's Army had possessed themselves of the Town of Newbery on their right hand they had the advantage of the River and a hill half a mile from the Town where they had planted their Ordnance so that there was no passage to them but with great disadvantage and by a narrow Lane Yet Essex finding his Souldiers full of mettle and resolved to force their way he in person led them on first charged the Enemy with his own Regiment and the Lord Roberts his Brigade of horse and began the fight about six a clock in the morning Sept. 20. which continued with very hot service till ten or eleven a clock at night The Parliament forces beat the Enemy from all their advantages got the Hill from them pursued them to Newbury and out of the Town again but the night coming on they no further could pursue them and though the King's forces especially the horse which consisted most of Gentlemen made gallant resistance yet this place not being proper for their fight their foot were thus beaten and in the night they drew off their Ordnance and marched away leaving Essex Master of the Feild who kept it that night and part of the next day When night drew on the Enemy both horse and foot stood in good order on the further side of the green where they fought and the Parliament's forces expected they would have ingaged them the next day but the King's forces drew off by night The Parliament Souldiers had the Pillage of the dead bodies both parties performed their service with great manhood and animosity especially the King's horse who yet were worsted and the Earls of Caernarvan and Sunderland who commanded part of them were slain in the fight The Lord Falkland Secretary of State in the morning of the fight called for a clean shirt and being asked the reason of it answered that if he were slain in the Battle they should not find his body in foul Linnen Being diswaded by his friends to goe into the fight as having no call to it and being no Military Officer he said he was weary of the times and fore saw much misery to his own Countrey and did beleive he should be out of it ere night and could not be perswaded to the contrary but would enter into the battle and was there slain His death was much lamented by all that knew him or heard of him being a Gentleman of great parts ingenuity and honour courteous and just to all and a passionate promoter of all endeavours of peace betwixt the King and Parliament From the time of Essex his remove from his quarters at a Village called Chilton near Hungerford to the end of this Newbery fight there were of the King's part slain above 2000 besides the three Lords and divers other Officers of Note On the Parliaments part were slain about 500 Colonel Tucker and the Lieutenant Colonel of Essex his Regiment and one Captain more of Horse in this Service the London Regiments did their parts with much Courage and Gallantry Essex advanced from Newbery towards Reading to refresh his men and no enemy appeared till they came to Theale a Village four miles from Reading where a party of the King's horse fired upon the rear of Essex's Army as they marched up a Lane near to Theale and they had a hot skirmish for the time about 60 of the King's horse were slain and about eight of the Parliaments the rest of the King's party retreated and the Parliament forces took up their quarters at Reading The Lords and Commons sent a Committee to their General at Reading to complement him and congratulate his great successes and to inform themselves what supplies were wanting for the Army that they might be speedily provided They sent another Committee to acquaint the City with the happy Success of the Army under General Essex and to treat with them about supplies of money ammunition and other necessaries to be forthwith sent down to the Army They also took order to stop the passes between London and Oxford to prevent the King's Intelligence and supplies of money and ammunition whereof they understood he was in great want Sept. 25. Both Houses with the Assembly of Divines and Scots Commissioners met in St. Margarets Church Westminster where Mr. White one of the Assembly prayed an hour to prepare them for taking the Covenant then Mr. Nye in the Pulpit made some observations touching the Covenant shewing the Warrant of it from Scripture the examples of it since the Creation and the benefit to the Church Mr. Henderson one of the Scots Commissioners concluded in a Declaration of what the Scots had done and the good they had received by such Covenants and then he shewed the prevalency of ill Counsels about the King the Resolutions of the States of Scotland to assist the Parliament of England Then Mr. Nye in the Pulpit read the Covenant and all present held up their hands in testimony of their assent to it and afterwards in the several houses subscribed their Names in a Parchment Roll where the Covenant was written the Divines of the Assembly and the Scots Commissioners likewise subscribed the Covenant and then Doctor Gouge in the Pulpit prayed for a Blessing upon it The House ordered the Covenant to be taken the next Lords-day by all persons in their respective
the Town for a Winter quarter Twyford and Okingham were plundered by the King's Forces and then the poor inhabitants could not prevail with the insolent Souldiers but that they burned many of their Houses affirming they had orders for it from the King 's chief Commanders At Aulton Sir William Waller surprized 100 of the King's Forces under Colonel Bennet Some of the Irish landed at Bristol to serve the King under the command of Sir Charles Vavasour Colonel Henry Bulstrode being above sixty years of age yet underwent the hardships and hazards of war in this cause and was a discreet and stout Governour of Aylesbury in his own Countrey After him succeeded Colonel Alderidge whom the Lord Byron sought by promises of reward and preferment to corrupt to betray the Town to the King's Forces but Alderidge preserved his fidelity and prevented the design The Commissioners to goe into Scotland were named the Earl of Rutland Sir Henry Vane Junior Mr. Hatcher Sir William Armyn and Mr. Darley The Prisoners having great liberty and many private consultations by the favour of the Gaolers the House made an order against it upon pein of an Escape in the Gaoler that should permit it They also took care for the relief of sick and maimed Souldiers and of the Widows and Orphans of those who were slain in the Parliaments service Mr. Chute and Mr. Hern were assigned to be of Counsell with the Archbishop in his Trial to be shortly had in the Lords House The Earl of Warwick was made Governour in chief of all the English Plantations in America and a Committee to assist him The Lord Willoughby of Parham took in Bulling-brooke Castle in Lincolnshire The King's Forces at Reading sent a Party to beat up the Parliaments Quarters at Henly who thought themselves too secure and their Guards were not placed about Midnight the King's forces came up a narrow Lane in the Town towards the Cross where four or five Pieces of Ordance were planted but none there with them save one half drunken Gunner He seeing the King's forces advancing towards him cried out Tom and Jack and other names as if there had been many about him and when he discerned the King's Souldiers to come near him he made a shift to fire a Gun that stood just against them which in that narrow Lane did so great execution both upon Men and Horse that in a great terrour they faced about brought off their dead carrying their bodies back to Reading but left many Horses and much blood in the Lane and in the way to Reading The House appointed a Committee of some Members and others to look into the Accounts of the Kingdom for publick satisfaction therein Some bickerings were between the forces under Major General Skippon and Colonel Harvey and the King's forces in Northamptonshire wherein as is usual fortune was variable Many inveighed sharply against a Warrant of Prince Rupert's commanding provisions and labourers to be sent to him Vpon your utmost perils as the total plundering and burning of your Houses with what other mischief the licenced and hungry Souldiers can inflict upon you An Ordinance passed for associating Hampshire Sussex Surrey and Kent and Sir William Waller to be their Major General Mr. Pierpoint asked leave of the House of Commons to go beyond Seas but they were so desirous of his assistance being a Gentleman of great wisedom and integrity that they gave him a friendly denial The Speaker Lenthall was made Master of the Rolls Nov. 8. and Mr. Selden Keeper of the Records in the Tower Sir William Waller sate down before Basing-house The Commissioners for the Great Seal were agreed upon the Earls of Rutland and Bullingbrooke for the Lords House and Mr. St. John Sergeant Wilde Mr. Browne and Mr. Prideaux for the Commons and the same authority given to them as the Lord Keeper had and all Acts passed under the Great Seal at Oxford made void The Irish forces which came over with Vavasour refused to fight against their fellow Protestants the Parliament but joyned with General Essex his Army The Archbishop was brought to his Trial in the Lords House Nov. the 13. where he made a short Speech and desired that his Counsel might be heard who were Mr. Chute and Mr. Herne and Mr. Hale who having spoken to the points in Law the Lords adjourned Upon the news of the Cessation of Arms in Ireland many of the Earl of Newcastle's Army laid down their Arms and offered composition to the Parliament The Houses agreed that Committees should onely sit three times in the Week and the Houses to sit onely the other three Days Several of the English Regiments were sent for out of Ireland to assist the King here and since the Cessation the Irish Rebels committed many cruel murthers there The Earl of Holland returned from Oxford and examined here said that after he heard of the Cessation in Ireland his Conscience would not give him leave to stay any longer with them at Oxford The young Earl of Caernarvon came from Oxford into the Parliament and was by them committed to the care of his Grandfather the Earl of Pembroke A Paper was communicated to both Houses which was sent from the Prince Harecourt to the Earl of Northumberland by way of general Proposals for an accommodation between the King and Parliament and that in the name of the French King whose Embassadour he was Buisie Mr. Pryn prosecuted Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes for the surrender of Bristol but it was referred to the Council of War The King's Forces besieging Plymouth took one of their Out-works Sir William Waller drew off his Forces from Basing-house not willing to put them upon a Winter siege Sir William Brereton and Sir Thomas Middleton took in Holt Castle and other places in Shropshire for the Parliament Colonel Rigby with the Lancashire Forces routed a party of the King 's beyond them in number near Thurland Castle killed many and took 400 Prisoners and Arms and their Commander in chief which was the more discoursed of because Rigby was a Lawyer The Garrison of Poole made several attempts upon the King's forces in Dorsetshire killed and took divers of them and 1500 of their Horse and lost not one of the Garrison Divers of the Militia of London made Propositions to the House of Commons touching the Recruits of the Armies c. the Houses ordered them to search for any Officers of the Armies who had deserted their Colours and lay skulking in London to apprehend them and send them to the General to be punished by Martial Law Some small bickerings past between Sir William Willer's forces and the King 's near Farnham The King sent to his subjects in Scotland to forbid their taking of the Covenant or joyning with the Parliament of England but the States of Scotland returned in answer to the King the Reasons of their undertaking those lawfull actions and humbly advise the King to take the Covenant
Strickland were sent to Gravesend to entertain and conduct the Dutch Embassadour to the Parliament The City invited both Houses of Parliament to Dinner in Merchant Taylor 's Hall on such a day as the Parliament would appoint and the rather at this time the General Essex and the Earl of Manchester being in Town that the City might express their thankfulness to the Parliament for their unwearied labours and care for the defence and peace of the City and whole Kingdom The Houses returned thanks to the City and ingaged to live and die with them in this Cause and this was the rather contrived now that the Plot to raise differences between the Parliament and City and to bring in the King might appear to be the more frivolous The Parliament ordered publick thanks to be given at this Meeting at a Sermon and the Sunday after in all Parishes for the discovery and prevention of the Plot of Sir Bazil Brook A Ship laden with Arms and Ammunition sent from Bristol to relieve the King's Forces at Chester was by the Mariners compelling their Master brought in to Leverpool to the Parliament The Archbishop Laud was brought to the House of Peers and the impeachment against him read and he required to answer who said he was an old man and weak and could not answer without Counsel and desired a further time to answer which was granted Both Houses dined with the City at Merchant-Taylor's Hall in the morning they met at Sermon in Christ Church from thence they went on foot to the Hall the Trained Bands making a Lane in the Streets as they passed by First went the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in their Scarlet Gowns and the Common Council then the Lord General Lord Admiral Earl of Manchester and other Lords attended with divers Colonels and military Officers After the Lords came the Members of the House of Commons and the Commissioners of Scotland then the Assembly of Divines and as they went through Cheapside on a Scaffold many Popish Pictures Crucifixes and Superstitious Relicks were burnt before them The Lord Howard of Escrick petitioned for reparation of his losses by the Cavaliers out of Delinquents Estates The 22. of January being the day appointed for the Anti-Parliament to meet at Oxford the Parliament at Westminster called the House and there appeared 280 of their Members besides 100 more in the service of the Parliament in the several Counties and now they expelled by vote 40 Members who had deserted the Parliament The Anti-Parliament met at Oxford but have not taken upon them the name and power of Parliament The first day of Hillary Term the Commissioners of the Seal and the Judges sate in the several Courts at Westminster Hall The Ordinance passed That if any should deliver Proclamation or other thing to any persons from Oxford or sealed with any other Great Seal than that attending the Parliament that they should be proceeded against as Spies according to Marshal Law Monsieur de Harecourt sent a Letter to both the Speakers but not intituling them Speakers of the Parliament but only Messieurs Grey de Werke and Lenthall upon which the Parliament refused to accept the Letters Colonel Mitton routed a Party of the King's Horse convoying Arms and Ammunition to the Besiegers of Nantwich Mitton fell upon them unexpectedly killed many took Sir Nicholas Byron Governour of Chester Sir Richard Willis one hundred inferiour Officers and Troopers one hundred and fifty Horse and Arms and all the Ammunition and Powder which they brought from Shrewsbury The Lord Lovelace wrote to Sir Henry Vane Junior to perswade a Treaty of Peace and to raise divisions among the Parliaments party The House authorised Sir Henry Mr. St. John and Mr. Brown to keep a Correspondence with the Lord Lovelace to sift what they could out of him and his Lordship was too weak for these Gentlemen Three hundred Native Irish Rebels landed at Weymouth under the Lord Inchiquin to serve his Majesty Divers Papists Servants about the King's Children were removed Ogle for the King wrote to Mr. Thomas Goodwyn and Mr. Nye of the Independent Judgment to make great promises to them if they would oppose the Presbyterian Government intended by the Scots to be imposed on England and much to that purpose These two being persons of great Judgment and Parts acquainted their Friends herewith and were authorised to continue a Correspondence with Ogle who gained no ground upon them No more could Ogle upon the Governour of Ailesbury nor upon Mr. Davenish the one was sollicited to betray Ailesbury and the other Windsor with mountainous promises from Ogle on the King's part but all were refused The Scots Army now entred England were eighteen hundred foot and thirty five hundred of horse and Dragoons The Recorder and Citizens of London presented a Petition to the Commons for dispatch of the business of the Accounts of the Kingdom and for recruiting and reforming the Armies This gave a stroke of jealousie and discontent to Essex and his friends and the more because the House so well entertained it The Commons ordered Worcester-house to be furnished for the Scots Commissioners who desired some Members of both Houses might be appointed as a joynt Councel with them A Trumpet came from Oxford with Letters to the General and a Parchment-Roll signed by the Prince the Duke of York Duke of Cumberland Prince Rupert about fourty Lords and one hundred Knights and Gentlemen sometime Members of the House of Commons and now met by the King's Proclamation at the Assembly at Oxford to debate of the State and Peace of the Kingdom and to prevent effusion of more blood And therefore they desire the General to treat with his Friends and those by whom he is imployed not naming the Parliament to appoint a time and place to treat of Propositions of Peace The General acquainted the Parliament herewith who would not own nor receive the Letters having no Directions to them but left it to the General to return an Answer An Ordinance past to recruit the Lord General 's Army to 7500 Foot and 3000 Horse and Dragoons and they to have constant pay only eleven Officers to have but half pay The Forces of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Sir William Brereton joyning together marched to relieve Nantwich The King's Forces before the Town drew out to fight them and gallant Actions were performed on both sides the event of the Battel was long doubtful till unexpectedly the King's Forces gave ground and were pursued by the Parliaments till they were totally routed and dispersed There were taken Prisoners Major General Gibson Earnley Sir Richard Fleetwood Sir Francis Boteler an Irish Rebel Colonel Monk who afterwards served the Parliament and this was his first turn Colonel Gibs Harmon Sir Ralph Downes fourteen Captains twenty Lieutenants twenty six Ensigns two Cornets two Quarter-masters forty Drums forty one Serjeants sixty three Corporals and
the Town and his coming down the hill near the Bridge the Enemy in Bath took an Allarm and discharged their Ordnance and some of Rich's Dragoons let fly their Musket shot and a sharp Summons was sent to the Town which so terrified them that although none of the Parliaments forces were on the other side of the Town Yet the next Morning they sent for a Parley at which they agreed to surrender the City with all the Common Souldiers Arms and Ammunition and Ordnance to the Parliament upon this condition only that their Governour Sir Thomas Bridges and his Officers should march to Bristol which was condescended unto The Parliaments forces thereupon entred the Town and took in it 200 prisoners but most of them got away 6 pieces of Ordnance 300 Arms 10 Barrels of Powder 10 Barrels of Match and much Ammunition divers heaps of Bullets great store of Beef Corn and other Provisions The Standard Colours upon the Fort Royal and all other Colours in the Town That Colonel Massey was gone with 8000 Horse and Foot towards Exeter and that the Enemy from thence drew out their Horse and Foot into the Field and some Field pieces into their out works August 1645. 1. Some from the Assembly of Divines were called in and presented to the House a Petition in the name of the Assembly desiring that a speedy course might be taken about those who should be thought not fit to be admitted to the Sacrament viz. The ignorant scandalous and profane c. It being a thing if effected exactly to the Rule would much tend to the Glory of God and the good of this whole Kingdom The speaker in the name of the House gave them Answer That the House was in debate of the same business and long before their coming And that they would expedite it with as much conveniency as could be A Letter from the Committee at York informed that they had chosen Colonel Boynton to be Governour of Scarborough Castle Colonel Poyntz desired the same Government and it was referred to a Committee to consider of it and of the vote of the House to bestow the next Command upon Col. Pointz which should be worthy of him An Ordinance sent up to the Lords for continuing the Monthly Assessment in Northampton Order for the payment of the 600 l. formerly ordered for the Charges of the Funeral of the Countess of Dorset Debate about the business of the Church Major General Brown was called into the House and had their thanks for his good service notwithstanding the nearness for so long time of a potent Enemy Then he informed the House of the state of the Garrison at Abington and the Enemies adjacent Garrisons The House ordered money for his Recruit Then he presented to the House several Propositions for reducing the Enemies Garrisons which were referred to the Committee of both Kingdomes The Commons assented to an Ordinance sent to them from the Lords concerning Trinity College in Cambridge Upon a Petition of 300 Reformado Officers who served under Colonel Saunderson for the Relief of Taunton and were promised by the Committee of the West to have the fifth part of their Arrears but after their service performed they could not get it The House referred to the Committee of the Army to audit their arrears and ordered 2000 l. for their present subsistence A day appointed for Alderman Foukes Petition to be heard News came that the Scots Army was sate down before Hereford The King was yet in Wales Sir T. Fairfax at Wells and Colonel Massey gone towards Excester 4. A Petition touching drayning in the Isle of Ely c. referred to a select Committee Upon debate of Alderman Foukes Petition Ordered that he should be accountable as other Commissioners of the Customes ought to be The Assembly presented to the House a Petition from Cambridge University expressing their thanks for being freed from the Excise and praying the Confirmation of their Rights and Privileges which was ordered untill the differences between the University and the Town should be determined by Law and they were referred to a Committee The House sent some of their Members to the Lord Mayor to desire that a Common Council might be called for the choosing of some more persons to be added to the Militia of London Letters informed that General Leven sent a summons to the Town of Hereford and the Parliament sent another to render the Town but the Governour Scudamore refused to surrender it without special Order from the King or Prince That the King is still in Wales and that a Party of Gloucester Horse gave Bristol an Alarm took a Lieutenant Colonel some Prisoners and 150 l. in money About 200 of the Newarkers fell upon Tocksey House a Garrison of the Parliaments in Lincolnshire surprized it and took all in it Prisoners Plundered the Town fired the House and then Retreated 5. The House gave the Credit of the Excise for 5000 l. more for the three Counties The House made several orders about supplies and the establishment of the Garrisons in the Eastern Association and about the blocking up of Newarke Orders for the Militia of London and Major General Browne to press 2000 Souldiers and to beat up Drums for the Voluntiers for reducing Oxford Propositions for reducing of Chester referred to a Committee the Ordinance continued for the payment of Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army Debate touching the business of the Church and that Chapels of Ease or in private Houses should not be exempt from the Church Government in Presbyterial way Sir Thomas Fairfax beleagured Sherbourne Castle where Sir Lewis Dives was Governour Goring was in the West with 7000 men 6. The House was in debate about sending Propositions of peace to his Majesty They Voted that to such Propositions as shall next be sent to the King for a safe and well grounded Peace His Majestie 's positive Answer shall be desired without any Treaty And that such as shall be presented for England and Ireland shall be by Bills And that the Scots Commissioners shall be acquainted with these Votes The Lords consented thereunto The Ordinance sent up to the Lords for setling the Government of the Church in a Presbyterial way A Common Council ordered to be called for choosing two of the City to goe as a Committee into the Province of Munster and that Colonel Jephson should goe thither as another of that Committee and have the Command of a Regiment of Horse An Ordinance past for 2000 l. to Maximilian Beard for Commodities sent by him into Ireland Referred to the Committee of Prisoners to dispose of the Prisoners sent up by Sir Thomas Fairfax from the West and to treat with the Officers Prisoners for money for their Ransome 7. The House was Adjourned at Mr. Speaker's desire who was to goe out of Town 8. The House heard Letters from Sir T. Fairfax to his Father the Lord Fairfax of his leaving
Houses with the Calamities in Scotland which occasioned the advance of their Army Northward and some Flourishes about it A Committee to consider of the Excise another of what Prisoners are fit to be ransomed 15. Upon the Report touching the Speaker and his Brother's sending 6000 l. to Oxford from the Committee of Examinations it was voted by the House a false and malicious scandal and they referred to a Committee to consider what punishment was fit to be inflicted on the Authors of it Divers of Bristoll petitioned That M. G. Skippon might be Governour there and the House referred it to Sir Thomas Fairfax L. G. Lesley marched with his Forces beyond Tweed M. Temple with a Party from Henley came undiscovered to a Village near Wallingford where a Party of the King 's were quartered killed the Sentinels took a Captain and six and thirty Horse The King's Forces burned down Master Cartwright's House at Ayno and all the Outhouses and plundered him to the value of eight hundred pounds 16. The House ordered that all the Books and Manuscripts of the Lord Littleton which should be discovered should be bestowed upon Whitelocke and the Speaker to grant his Warrant to search for them and to seize them and deliver them to him Whitelocke undertook this business as he had done others of the like kind to preserve those Books and Manuscripts from being sold which the Sequestrators would have done but he saved them to have the present use of them and resolving if God gave them an happy accommodation to restore them to the Owner or to some of his Family An Ordinance was sent up to the Lords touching the Church in Covent-Garden The Hangings taken at Bridgewater after being sold the moneys were sent to Sir T. F. to bestow among the Officers and Souldiers Several Ordinances about Money and for payment of their Debts to Tradesinen The Prince Elector's Ordinance debated An Ordinance for the Government of Vlster and disposing the Church-lands there by Sir Arthur Onslow and Sir Robert King and others Five thousand pounds Composition on the Earl of Devon The Scots Papers referred to a Committee 17. Debate about the Church-business Orders for new Elections Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax and Lieutenant General Cromwell brought by Colonel Mountague and Colonel Hammond informed the particulars of the taking of Bristoll as before and that Prince Rupert went for Oxford convoyed by two Regiments of their horse That they took in it about a hundred and forty pieces of Cannon mounted store of Arms and Ammunition and Provisions In Cromwel's Letter was this passage It may be thought that some praises are due to these gallant men of whose Valour so much mention is made their humble suit to you and all that have an interest in this blessing is that in remembrance of God's praises they may be forgotten It 's their Joy that they are Instruments to God's glory and their Countries good It 's their honour that God vouchsafes to use them Sir they that have been imployed in this Service know that Faith and Prayers obtained this City for you Sir Thomas Fairfax lost but two hundred men in the Siege and storm They retook here and at Bridgewater all the Cannon which the Earl of Essex lost in Cornwall The Sickness was much in Bristoll yet but one of the Parliament Souldiers died of it though they were often in the infected Quarters A day of thanksgiving ordered for the Success at Bristoll and a Collection for the poor there and a Letter of Thanks to Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Officers and Souldiers and a Committee appointed to consider what reward is fit to be given them The House sate in the Afternoon about private Petitions 18. Debate about besieging Chester The Speaker rose not being well and the House sate in a Grand Committee in Debate of the business of the Church A Paper published taken in the King's Cabinet at Naseby Fight wherein the Earl of Portland late Lord Treasurer acknowledgeth to have received of the King's Gift Ten thousand pounds and in Gratuities which some call Bribes Thirty three thousand five hundred pounds more and the King's hand was to it in allowance of it Letters from the Earl of Argile and others to the Scots Commissioners here and communicated to the House informed that they had cut off all Montross's Foot and routed all his Horse taken many Prisoners and some General Officers That Lieutenant General David Lesly was prosecuting the Victory 19. A Letter of Thanks to Sir Thomas Fairfax passed and another to Lieutenant General Cromwell Order for the Ministers in and about London the next Lords-day to give thanks to God for the late good success against Montross in Scotland and some of their members were sent to the Scots Commissioners to Congratulate this Victory Order for imploying the horse under Colonel Jephson till they be ready to be transported into Ireland About six hundred in Sussex were risen in the Nature of Club-men but well armed and declared for the King The House referred it to the Committee of both Kingdoms to take special care for the suppressing of them The Clubmen of Devonshire declared for the Parliament killed the Governour of Barnstable Sir Leven Apsley and divers of his party 20. The Grand Committee for money sate and after much debate voted That the Court of Wardes and all the tenures except soccage should be taken away and in lieu thereof should be raised in England and Wales 100000 l. per. ann this was confirmed by the House and Ordinances appointed to be brought in for this purpose and to free from Wardship those whose Fathers died in the service of the Parliament Whitelocke made report of the answer which he drew to the Scots papers and a day was set for the debate of it An Ordinance for money for Portsmouth Sir Thomas Fairfax with his Army advanced towards the Devises the King from Worcester attempted to go to Oxford but was hindred by M. G. Pointz 22. Order for money for Souldiers Widdows Disabling of Sir Ralph Verney to be a member of Parliament and an Order for a new Election at Aylesbury Orders for raising money and Forces Major Young dispersed the Club-men in Sussex took two Ministers leaders of them and divers other prisoners News came from Oxford that Prince Rupert and Colonel Legg were confined and Sir Thomas Glenham made Governour there M. G. Pointz took about 100 of the King's horse 23. Order That the Scots Army be desired to sit down before Newarke and that they gather no Contribution nor levy any Tax in England Another Order for money for their Army Upon a Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax of the good service of Mr. Ash and Mr. Moore in Somersetshire they had the thanks of the House they being members of it Letters informed of the taking of the Castle of the Devizes by L. G. Cromwell surrendred to him upon conditions and in it five
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
conditions were very honourable one much insisted on was that the Cathedral should not be defaced The General advanced towards Barn-stable and sent Parties to Besiege Salt-combe and Dunster Castle 13. Letters from Sir Tho. Fairfax certified the Surrender of Exeter and that he had nominated Col. Hammond to be Governor there which the House approved Lieutenant Colonel Grimes and Mr. Potter Messengers from Sir Tho. Fairfax of this good success had one hundred pound a piece given them Letters from Major General Mitton informed the surrender of Ruthin Castle to him and in it two Drakes and a Murdering-piece Arms Ammunition and Provisions That Captain Simkins and Captain Carter fell upon the Enemy near Denbigh killed seven of them and took divers Officers and Soldiers Prisoners That Sir Trevor Williams fell upon a party of those of Ragland killed fourteen and took forty Prisoners and Arms that divers Officers and others came in to him to submit to the Parliament Col. Mason by desire of Major General Mitton was made Governor of Ruthin Castle and Mr. Fogge a Minister that brought these Letters had fifty pound for a gratuity Letters certified divers good successes of the Parliaments Forces in Ireland and the taking of the Earl of Thomond Prisoner 14. Debate about reducing the receipts of the Kingdom into one general way Order that Committees shall not meddle with any matter of Title or any private interests between Party and party without special authority from both houses of Parliament Upon a Book of printed papers touching the Scots differing about the Propositions for Peace both houses voted That the matter in those printed papers was false and scandalous against the Parliament and Kingdom of England and should be burnt by the common Hangman and a Declaration to be of the truth of those proceedings and that the Author of this Book was an incendiary between the two Kingdoms It was not without some ground of suspition that some of the Scots Commissioners themselves encouraged if not appointed the printing of this Book which caused the more sharpness in divers towards it Order for other Papers to be published about the payment of their Army Religion and the propositions for Peace 15. The Ordinance for the Assesment for Sir Thomas Fairfax's Army sent to the Lords to be continued for four Months longer A Convoy ordered for Ships trading from New-Castle and the Northern parts An Ordinance sent to the Lords for constituting a Church in Dover for the Protestants French and Walloons A Pass granted to the Earl of Northampton to go beyond Sea The Siege of Newarke went on smartly and the Town wanted Provisions Barn-stable was surrendred to the Parliament on the same terms as Exeter and Sir Tho. Fairfax was upon his march towards Oxford many old Soldiers wondred at his speed 16. A Committee named to consider of the Breach of Priviledges of the Parliament in the Ministers Petition A Committee named to consider of those well affected persons who had Offices in the Court of Wards which would be lost by taking away of that Court and how they might be recompensed particularly the Lord Say and Sir Benjamin Rudyeard 17. Order to Licence the East-India Company to transport five thousand pound of Forreign Bullion A Petition of the Lord Inchequin Lord Broghil and others referred to the Committee of the Irish Affairs Maintenance as formerly continued to Sir Robert King Mr. Annesley and Col. Beale the Parliaments Commissioners in Ireland The Declaration touching the Scots Papers passed and ordered to be printed Col. Rainsboroughs men received some loss attempting to Storm Woodstock Mannour 18. Major Dingley made Governor of Evesham The Declaration was published upon occasion of the Scots Papers and to settle a right understanding between England and Scotland and to vindicate the proceedings of the Parliament of England the same is in Print and worth the reading Letters from the Army informed that Exeter was surrendred according to the Articles and Sir John Berkley the Governor marched forth with about two thousand men that as soon as they were out of the Gate seven hundred of them being Cornish men and divers others laid down their Arms and went to their own dwellings and that Sir Allen Apseley was to surrender the Fort the next day 20. Order for ten thousand pound per An. for the Queen of Bohemia and for Money for the Prince Elector Order for the Chambers of Mr. Mostyn and Mr. Stampe in the Temple to be given I think to Mr. Hill A Message from both Houses to the Scots Commissioners desired their speedy answer touching the propositions for Peace that they might be speedily sent to the King Mr. Norfolke and others made Serjeants at Arms. The Batteries went on against Newarke and the Garrison desired liberty to send to the King about surrendring of it Sir William Brereton summoned Litchfield Close to surrender and informed them of the defeat of Sir Ja. Ashley and the rendition of Exeter Barnstable c. Sir Thomas Tidsley and Col. Bagot returned a short and peremptory denyal 21. Almost the whole day was spent in debate of the Ministers Petition and many votes passed for the power of Parliaments in spiritual matters sought to be impeached by this Petition as well as in Temporal and Questions ordered to be drawn up concerning Government jure Divino to have the answer of the Assembly thereunto The Preface to the Pamphlet entituled the Scots Commissioners Papers and the stating of the question concerning the propositions for Peace were burnt by the Hangman In Exeter the Parliament had thirty pieces of Ordnance store of Ammunition and Provisions Mount-Edgecombe was surrendred to Col. Hammond Governor of Exeter and in it thirty pieces of Ordnance store of Arms and Ammunition The Earl of Bristol and Lord Pawlet had leave to stay sometime in Exeter to make their Peace with the Parliament or to get Passes to go beyond Sea 22. Order that every Member that came into the House after Prayers should pay one shilling to the Poor For a new Election and for a new High-Sheriff For payment of a debt of Arms and for continuing the Committee of Middlesex Lieutenant General Cromwell and Sir Hardress Waller came to London from the General to advise about the motion of the Army The Kings Party gave out that six thousand Irish were Shipped for Wales that Montross with twelve thousand men was upon the Borders advancing to the King and their hopes upon the differences between the Presbyterians and Independants and between the Scots and the Parliament 23. Lieutenant General Cromwell sate in the House and the Speaker by command gave him hearty thanks of the House for his good Services Differences between Sir Jo. Danvers and the Lady Gargrave referred to a Committee Order for fifteen thousand pound a months pay for the Scots Army before Newarke the Countrey not being able to bear their Quarter St Michaels Mount Surrendred Order to recommend to Sir
marched through Abbington where Major General Brown gallantly entertained him and took up his Quarters at Garrington that Col. Trevor and Sir Jo. Vaughan came in to him from Oxford That the Army was on both sides the River intending closely to begirt the City that the King is gone for London as is supposed and that a hundred Officers are come out of Oxford 4. Letters from the General before Oxford informed that those who came out of Oxford informed confidently that the King was in London whereupon both houses declared by beat of Drum and sound of Trumpet That what Person soever shall harbour or conceal or know of the harbouring or concealing of the Kings Person and shall not reveal it immedately to the Speakers of both Houses shall be proceeded against as a Traitor to the Common-wealth forfeit his whole Estate and dye without Mercy An Ordinance committed for all Papists Officers and Soldiers of Fortune that have come out of the Kings Quarters to remove twenty miles from London and power given to the Militia of London to search within twenty miles of London for all Papists Malignants and suspected persons and to secure and disarm them and to search for Arms this to continue for twenty days The General Training was put off Orders for Provisions for the Army 5. Upon Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax of Suspition of the Kings being gone towards the Associated Counties care was taken for their security and Col. Russel sent down to the Isle of Ely and Col. Wharton to Lynne Sir Hardress Waller named to be Governor of Jersey A Petition of many of Hertford-shire against Tithes but nothing was done in it Letters from the Generals Quarters informed that the General Quartered at Heddington within a mile of Oxford the Horse were so disposed as to prevent the Enemies Sallies forth the Foot thus The Generals Regiment and Col. Pickerings at Heddington the Major General 's and Col. Harley's at Marston Col. Herberts and Col. Sir Hardress Waller's Regiments at Cowley the Train of Artillery at Ellesfield An hundred Officers and Soldiers came forth of Oxford in two days many of Quality have sent for Passes to go forth the Lady Hertford Lady Digby Lady Stourton and many of Quality but the General denyes all except it be for Treaty or Parley That the Grandees of Oxford give it out the King is in London and hath made his Peace with the Parliament that Wallingford was blocked up on the one side by the Forces of Reading and of Henley and on the other side by Col. Welden That the Governor of Wallingford sent a Letter to the General desiring him not to make his approach to the Castle for then he must be forced to fire the Town which he the rather urged because he heard the King was in London and upon agreement with the Parliament so that he hoped in seven or eight days to receive a command from his Majesty for the Surrender thereof Some Foot sallied out of Oxford but soon retreated a Party from Farrington did some hurt in the Generals Quarters 6. Letters from the Commissioners of the Parliament before Newarke and from Lieutenant General Pointz certified that the King came to the Quarters of the French Agent at Southam and thence sent to G. Lesley and was conducted by a Troop of Horse into the Scots Army where he now remains That the Commissioners soon after his coming sent a Letter to the Commissioners of the Parliament to acquaint them therewith which Letters were read in the House and an abstract of a Letter from Paris discovering what was written from the King to the Queen touching his going from Oxford Upon debate the Commons Voted That the Commissioners and the General of the Scots Army be desired that his Majesties Person be disposed of as both Houses shall desire and direct and that he be thence disposed of and sent to Warwick Castle That Mr. Ashburnham and the rest that came with the King to the Scots Army be sent for as Delinquents by the Serjeant at Arms. The Commissioners of Parliament before Newarke were to acquaint the Scots General with these Votes and to take care that Mr. Ashburnham and the rest be sent up to the Parliament and they were to make a Narrative of the Kings coming to the Scots Army and to present it to the House Thirty pounds given to Lieutenant Gen. Pointz his Secretary who brought these Letters and thirty pounds to the Messenger of the Commissioners Order for reducement of Major General Massey's Horse and those Forces to be disposed of by the General 7. An Ordinance sent to the Lords for Establishment of the Garrison of Hull and order for Ammunition for them Order for a new Election Order for a Letter from the Speaker to the Committee of Northumberland to send some Forces to preserve the holy Island a place of great concernment Provision of Money for Plymouth and other Garrisons 8. Letters intercepted and read in the House going from the Scots Commissioners here to the Scots Commissioners at Newarke of great concernment A Committee was appointed to examine the manner of the stay of the Gentleman that carried these Letters Order to desire the Commissioners in London that Mr. Wakerly who signed the Letter to the Lord Balcarris might be examined by a Committee and that the Speaker should deliver to the Scots Commissioners here such of the Letters as they desired and should claim as their hand-writing Other Letters were read from the Scots Commissioners in London concerning the Kings being in the Scots Army and their perswading him to deliver up Newarke to the Committee of both Kingdoms for the use of the Parliament of England which is to be surrendred to the Commissioners for the Parliament upon Articles the ninth of this instant May the House sate this day till nine at night A Letter from the Scots General and the Committee of Estates of Scotland now with the Scots Army to the Committee of both Kingdoms informed That they were astonished at the Providence of the Kings coming into their Army which was so private that it was long ere they could find him there and now desired that it might be improved to the best advantage for promoting the work of Vniformity for setling of Religion and Righteousness and attaining of Peace according to the Covenant and Treaty by advice of the Parliaments of both Kingdoms or their Commissioners That they declare there hath been no Treaty betwixt his Majesty and them and in so deep a business they desire the advice of the Committee of both Kingdoms c. 9. The Articles of the surrender of Newarke brought to the Parliament After the surrender the Scots Army drew off and retreated about four miles the King with them in the Army An hundred pound given to the Colonel that brought these Letters and thirty pounds to the other Messenger Banbury Castle was surrendred to Col. Whaley upon Articles Order for thanksgiving to God
Limrick in Ireland The Lord Inchequin took Pilborne Castle by Storm and put all in it but eight to the Sword The Governor of Silley Islands for the King sent to Captain Batten to treat for the surrender of them to the Parliament and the Treaty was begun Letters informed the Particulars of the surrender of Pendennis Castle that there was taken great store of Arms and Ammunition ninety five pieces of Cannon two Murderers but little Provision That there marched out of it four Knights eight Colonels many other Officers and Gunners and a thousand Soldiers and two hundred left sick behind Mardike in the Low Countreys was surrended upon Articles to the French September 1646. September 1. An Ordinance for Sir Jo. Heles Composition The Commissioners of the great Seal continued for a Month longer Upon Papers from the Scots Commissioners demanding four hundred thousand pound for their Army after long debate the House agreed to it and to days of payment of it Voted that the Election of Mr. Toll a Member of the House to be Major of Lynne ought not to have been without the consent of the House yet in respect it was for the advantage of that place the House granted the petition of the Town that he might execute the place of Major there and have Power to make a Deputy 2. An Ordinance for punishment of Blasphemies and Heresies committed Order for divers Committees to give account what Moneys they had issued The Scots Commissioners insisted to have two hundred thousand pound upon their advance to Scotland but the House would allow only an hundred thousand pound 3. The Earl of Cleaveland is released he ingaging his Honour to the Lieutenants of the Tower to render himself again if required by the Parliament An Ordinance to make Mr. Hallingham Vicar of South-Wales in Essex Order for Money for Soldiers Wives and Widows upon the Excise An Ordinance to make Mr. Elliston Parson of Sandford in Essex Ordinances past for Compositions 4. Orders concerning new Elections Letters of the Generals gallant entertainment by the Welch and in other places 5. Though a day of Adjournment yet the House sate till seven at night to dispatch the business of the removal of the Scots Army and at length voted to give them two hundred thousand pound at their advance to Scotland if it could be raised and sent a Committee to treat with the Common Council of London for the raising of it 7. Commissioners fram the States of Scotland came to perswade his Majesty to Sign the Propositions The Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland presented a Remonstrance to the Committee of Estates there desiring that Malignants and Incendiaries may not be favoured that all possible means might be used to confirm the union between England and Scotland and to preserve the Reformation of Religion and to bring the Churches in both Kingdoms to the nearest Conjunction and perfect Reformation according to the Covenant They sent another Remonstrance to the King to the same effect to which the King answered That the Assembly had no authority to intermeddle in the affairs of this Kingdom or Church and then justifies his own proceedings Earnest Letters came from Ireland for supplys and recruits 8. The day of publick thanksgiving no intelligence received 9. Sir Jo. Stowell was found guilty of Treason by a Jury of Somersetshire Orders touching Compositions of Delinquents another touching a general day of thanksgiving After the Surrender of Mardike the French designed the taking in of Dunkirke 10. The Common Council of London propounded for security of the two hundred thousand pound to be advanced for the Scots That all who had contributed upon the propositions for Horse Money and Plate may contribute the like Sum upon this proposition for the two hundred thousand pound and be secured both sums out of the Excise and Bishops Lands The House agreed to this and returned thanks to the Common Council only they excepted Advowsons out of the security and added to it the Sale of Delinquents Estates Order for an hundred pound for the Church-Wardens of the Abbey and St. Margarets Church in Westminster to maintain Watchmen to look to the doors of houses infected with the Plague The Lords desired the Concurrence of the Commons for taking away all Countrey Committees and for appointing new Commissioners for the great Seal 11. Mr. Edwards continued Major of Chester by Ordinance for thirteen Months A Menial Servant of Mr. Martin a Member of the House being arrested contrary to the Priviledge of the House was released and the Bayliff that arrested him and knew him to be Mr. Martins Servant was sent for as a Delinquent Ordinance touching the Excise in the Northerne and Westerne Associations not consented to by the Commons Orders for new Elections 12. The Commons sate not but the Lords sate about the two hundred thousand pound for the Scots and agreed to what the Commons had voted except the additional security by sale of Delinquents Estates which the Common Council of London did not insist upon the Committee of the Parliament met with the Committee of Common Council as often as was held requisite for the carrying on of this business and agreeing upon the security to those who should lend Money or double their former Loans according to the propositions for raising of the two hundred thousand pound 14. Letters certified that the Commissioners of the Estates of Scotland had been often with the King and pressed him to consent to the propositions and to take the Covenant That the King questioned their power which they justified as relating to both Kingdoms and were very plain with his Majesty who said he was not satisfied in point of Conscience to subscribe it they moved that some able Divines might be conferred with by him for his satisfaction and that was appointed Letters informed a discontent among the Irish Rebels about the Peace the Popes Nuntio Bishops and Clergy protesting against it because done without their consent and because it gave liberty of Conscience to the Protestants Forces were hastning thither out of England This Evening the noble Earl of Essex dyed at Essex House Orders for twelve hundred pound for the Duke of York and for a constant maintenance for him and for Money for the Northerne Forces A Remonstrance from Cleveland and other Northerne parts of the insupportable burden of the Scots and English Forces upon them referred to the Northerne Committee Order for a new Election Order that the House should accompany the Earl of Essex his Body at his Funeral Order for Money for Masseys Brigade H great Petition of Lancashire debated Upon the news of the death of the Earl of Essex both Houses adjourned to the next day 16. The House sate in a grand Committee to debate the Ordinance touching Blasphemies and Heresies The Lords ordered a Writ to be sent to the new Viscount of Hereford to whom that honour descended by the death of
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
settle differences between well affected Tenants and disaffected Landlords and to consider of Judges for Wales Dr. Hudson the Kings Guide was long examined in the House and committed close Prisoner to the Tower for Treason Orders for sixty pound to the Officers and Troopers that brought up Dr. Hudson and for the discharge of Col. Morrice and for sixty pound to the Serjeants Deputies 22. The Grand Committee sate upon matter of Religion and the Lords Ordinance prohibiting any to Preach but those who are ordained The King propounded to the Scots Commissioners two Quaeries in what condition he stood whether a free man or under restraint if not a free man then his answer to their desires would not be valid They pressed him to assent to the Propositions if not they must acquaint him with the resolutions of the Parliament of England The King replied he knew them and demanded if he went to Scotland whether he should be there with Honor Freedom and Safety to which they gave no answer 23. The Grand Committee sate about the payment of the Soldiers 25. The House received a Declaration of Scotland sent to the Scots Commissioners here to be communicated to both Houses of Parliament to this effect Reciting former transactions with the King and his denyal to sign the Propositions that the King hath often declared his desires to be near the Parliament of England who have communicated to them that Holmeby House is the place they think sit for his Majesty to come unto there to remain with safety of his Person in the preservation and defence of the true Religion and Liberties of the Kingdoms according to the Covenant Therefore and in regard his Majesty hath not given a satisfactory answer to the Propositions and to keep a right understanding and prevent new troubles to satisfie the desire of his Majesty the Parliament of England to prevent misinformation and to satisfie the estates of the Parliament of Scotland do declare their concurrence for his Majesties coming to Holmeby House or some other of his Houses in or about London there to remain till he satisfie both Kingdoms in the Propositions of Peace And that in the interim there be no harm done to his Person that there be no change of Government other then hath been the three years past and that his Posterity be no way prejudiced in their Lawful Succession They are assured that the intentions of their Brethren are the same and they conclude that they will endeavour to keep all right between the Kingdoms according to the Covenant and Treaties They desire 1. That a Committee of both Kingdoms attend his Majesty and press him to grant the Propositions and if he refuse to determine further what is necessary for continuing the Vnion and that no agreement be made with the King distinct 2. That such Scots as have Places about the King may exercise them except Persons excepted and none be barred access or attendance who have warrant from either Parliament 3. That the one Kingdom assist the other in case of trouble 4. That England agree for some Competency for the Scots Forces in Ireland A Committee touching the Accounts of the Kingdom Orders for one thousand eight hundred pound for Sir Philip Stapleton for his Arrears and for two thousand five hundred pound for Col. Thompson and for Captain Torneton Major of London Derry to be sent for in Custody to answer the Committee of Accounts Order for Sir Thomas Fairfax to have his five thousand pound per An. out of Delinquents Estates excepted Orders for Disbanding the Troop of Wilts and for six thousand pound for the Regiment of Northampton-shire and for twelve thousand five hundred pound for the reduced Officers A Committee to confer with the Judges about bringing excepted Persons to a speedy Tryal An Ordinance read for Sale of Delinquents Estates who are excepted but they to be first tryed Order for six thousand pound for the Garrison of Portsmouth out of such Delinquents Estates as the Gentlemen of Hampshire should name Upon the Lord L'Isle's desire Major Harrison voted to go with him into Ireland A Letter from the French Ambassador to the Lords that he had Letters of Consequence from the King his Master to the Parliament 26. Divers Compositions past that of Mr. Goodale rejected because he lately killed a man in cold Blood In the afternoon the House sate about the Scots Papers Letters from the North informed that the Scots had received their Money and given Acquittances for it That the Parliament of Scotland sent their resolution to the General and Commissioners to deliver the King to the Commissioners of England to be conducted to Holmeby Major General Skippon published a Proclamation at the head of every Regiment of his Convoy that no Officer or Soldier under his Command either in Word or Deed give any just occasion of offence to any Officer or Soldier of the Scots Army but demean themselves towards them civilly and inoffensively as becometh Brethren Letters from the North that the Scots had shipped their own Ordnance and Carriages that they sent but fourteen Troopers to Convoy their Money 27. The Monthly Fast After the Sermons the House met and ordered a general Fast day throughout the Kingdom to beseech God for the rooting out of Heresie and Blasphemies At a Conference both Houses agreed to the Scots desires That when the Scots Army is out of the Kingdom and the King come to Holmeby Commissioners be sent from both Kingdoms to press his Majesty to pass the Propositions and Sign the Covenant And if he refuse then to consider how to settle the Kingdoms according to the Covenant and Treaties that nothing be concluded with the King but according to the Treaties that no Person excepted be admitted to the King that those chosen to attend him at Holmeby be but for a time nor any prejudice to be to those who have adhered to the Parliament and that when any trouble ariseth in either Kingdom the other to assist according to the Treaties 28. Order for Money for the reduced Officers Mr. Barrill approved to be Attorney General in Ireland Orders for the Assesments for Ireland to be continued for discharging of Sir Robert King and Sir Jo Clotworthy from being Commissioners for Ireland upon their own desires and for supplys for Dublin Order for Newport Pagnell to be slighted and the Ammunition there to be sent to Ireland Orders for all the Officers and Soldiers designed for Ireland speedily to repair to the Sea Side and for six pound a Week allowance for the Lady Ranelagh and for five hundred pound for Col. Temple for his Arrears The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland took his leave of the House 29. Debate in the Grand Committee concerning Persons Preaching who were not Ordained The Commission agreed for the Agent of the Turkey Company to Constantinople sent up to the Lords and they consented to it 30. The Grand Committee sate concerning the pay for the Army Letters
bayling of Sergeant Glanvile Order of the Lords against Counterfeiting and Clipping the Kings Coin 16. Ordinance Read for making Mr. Bradshaw Chief Justice of Chester Votes for Captains of Ships for the next Summers Guard for Packet Boats for Ireland and Convoys for Merchants Ships Votes That the Houses intend to carry on the War for Ireland with the Forces of England and the Scots Forces there to be called away paying what is due to them and the Scots Commissioners here and the Parliament of Scotland to be acquainted herewith Order to treat with the General and his Field Officers how the Forces designed out of that Army may be disposed of for Ireland and sixty thousand pounds Voted for Pay per Mens of the Forces there and in England 17. A Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Councel of London Professing their Zeal to the Parliament and to the Covenant and their apprehensions of the advance of the Army not yet Disbanded nearer to the City and of a dangerous Petition now on Foot in the City the Copy whereof they annexed pray that the Army may be removed and Disbanded and the dangerous Petition suppressed and that they may yearly chuse their Militia The House answered them That most of the particulars in their Petition were under consideration and that the House would do what may be most for the ease safety and satisfaction fo the City and Kingdom that the annexed Petition was referred to a Committee and they had thanks for their sincere Affection Divers Governours of Garrisons Voted Fifty pounds a day allowed for the Kings Expences Collonel Jones Ordered by the Committee for Ireland to take Possession of Dublin with two thousand men 18. The Commons again Voted Sir John Brampston Sir Thomas Bedingfield and Mr. Chute to be Commissioners of the Seal The Lords Voted Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Warburton Mr. Keble and Mr. Littleton Mr. Powell and Mr. Clerke Mr. Lewis and Mr. Elkenhead to be Judges in Wales The House passed several Compositions of Delinquents 19. Report of the Counter-Petition in London and That the Committee had imprisoned one Tewleday an active man for that Petition Many excused him as being as lawful for those of one Judgment as of another to Petition the Parliament but it was carried in the House to approve of his Commitment and Mr. Tewleday was sent for in safe custody Order of both Houses to remove the Kings Children into the Country Orders for new Elections Some disturbance was in the Army about going into Ireland and for Petitioning the Parliament and Offence taken at the Essex Petition which reflected upon them but all was appeased and they promised not to Petition before they had acquainted their General therewith 20. The Ordinance Read for the Assessement of sixty thousand pounds per Mens for the Forces Order for the House to adjourn every Friday till Tuesday after Divers Citizens came to the House to avow the Petition complained of by the City Petition The Commissioners of the Great Seal continued for twenty days longer 22. The Ordinance for sixty thousand pounds per mens referred to a Grand Committee and the same proportions as formerly observed A Petition from the reduced Officers answered with a reproof for their giving directions to the Parliament Upon information of a great Riot in Moorfields and assaulting and Plundering the House of Mr. Hobbard a Justice because he Committed one for Tipling on the Lords day in Sermon time Both Houses past an Order for putting in due Execution the Laws for prevention of Riots and Tumults and for better observation of the Lords day and Fast days The Commons Voted that Mr. Hobbart should have reparation Sir Thomas Fairfax and his Field-Officers met with the Parliaments Commissioners at Saffron Walden about sending Eight thousand Foot and Four thousand Horse into Ireland the Officers as to a personal Engagement to go thither could then make no answer but agreed whether they go in person or not yet they shall endeavour to advance the Service among those under their respective Commands They desired satisfaction in Four Particulars 1. Vnder whose Command in chief they were to go 2. What particular Regiments Troops or Companies were to be continued in England 3. What assurance for Pay and subsistence for those that go to Ireland 4. Satisfaction in point of Arrears and Indemnity for past services A Petition was presented to these Officers from the Army to be by them presented to the General and by him if he thought fit to the Parliament upon these Heads 1. For indemnity for actions as Souldiers 2. For satisfaction of Arrears 3. That neither Horse nor Foot may be Pressed to serve 4. For relief of Widows and Maimed Souldiers 5. For Pay till disbanded 23. Mr. Bolton admitted one of the Assembly Mr. Cooke's Sequestration taken off The Ordinance recommitted for regulating the University of Oxford and the Ministers sent down thither to Preach Ordered to continue there and two hundred pounds allowed to them Order for Collonel Jones going for Dublin to have power of Martial Law A Pass for the Dutch Ambassadour to go to the King Debate upon the Ordinance of the Fleet and for Lambeth Library Votes touching Sequestrations The Parliaments Commissioners agreed with the Marquess of Ormond for the surrender of Dublin and other Forts in Ireland and returned to England with Hostages from the Marquess The Parliament of Scotland answered the English Commissioners That they could not render Belfast in Ireland whilst they had an Army there but upon Paying off their Arrears they will render Belfast and all they have in Possession The Jewel was presented to General Leven from the Parliament of England to whom the General wrote a Letter of thanks The Plague broke out in Edingburgh 24. Votes for Governours of Garrisons Anno 1647 Order of both Houses to free the States Ambassadors from Custom and Excise for things for his own use Orders that no private business be debated for ten days and for re-payment of Money to the Customers and for thanks to their Commissioners in Scotland The Lords gave Reasons to the Commons against the Armys quartering in the Association or near London 25. Votes for Governors of Garrisons Order for the Lord Herbert to have possession of his own Castle A Committee of both Houses to receive some intelligence which the Prince Elector desired to communicate to the Parliament of great concernment to the Protestant Religion Order that the Master and Wardens of the Stationers endeavour to find out the Authors and Printers of a Book called a warning piece c. to suppress it and to seize the Books 26. Order to bayl Mr. Tulida and his business referred to a Committee Votes for Governors of Garrisons Order for Money for Col. Birch who agreed to transport a thousand Foot and two Troops of Horse into Ireland A long report of what is paid and what in Arrears to the Army
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
Southwark c. That the personal Treaty may be hastened and those Militiaes united to the City They had thanks for their good affections and were told that the house had already voted the uniting of the Militiaes Letters from Colchester Leaguer that the Enemy attempted to escape by a Ford but the Parliaments Scouts firing at them they retreated in again That the General to prevent shedding of more blood and the ruine of the Town sent another Summons to the Earl of Norwich the Lord Capel and Sir Charles Lucas to surrender the Town to the service of the Parliament to which they returned a scornful answer that if any more Letters of that kind were sent to them they would hang up the Messenger That presently after the return of the Generals Trumpet the Enemy set fire on another Street of the Town That before any attempt upon the Town the General intends to send for all women and children to come out Letters from the North that Duke Hamilton was come in person into Carlisle where he was received with shooting of Ordnance and ringing of Bells that he marched himself in the Van of his Army his Trumpets in rich Liveries and his Life-guard with Standards and Equipage Prince-like with his Carriages but little Artillery that being expected by them at Carlisle and Sir Marmaduke Langdale with three thousand English to joyn with the Duke The Duke sent a Letter to Major General Lambert to the effect before mentioned and that he was commanded by the Committee of the Estates of Scotland to prosecute their desires here against the Sectaries to liberate the King from his base imprisonment and the two Houses of Parliment from constraint and for the disbanding of all the Armies whereby the subject may be free from Taxes and Quarter and for setling peace and a firm Vnion That being the intentions and desires of the Kingdom of Scotland he expects Lambert will not oppose their just pious and loyal undertakings but rather joyn in prosecution of these ends and desires his present and positive answer To this Letter Lambert returned answer that as to the transactions of the Parliament he could give no answer seeing they are laid open to the view of the world and known to his Excellency That as to the English Forces being drawn upon the borders of Scotland he can the better give answer to that having the conduct of those Forces by Commission from the Lord General Fairfax and his positive Command to be most tender in acting any thing that might give any seeming occasion of offence to our Brethren of Scotland which he hath punctually observed That he believes it never entred into the thoughts of the Parliament or his Excellency the Lord General Fairfax to act any thing prejudicial to the Kingdom of Scotland That the occasion of their drawing Forces near the borders is notoriously known to be for suppressing of Sir Marmaduke Langdale and his adherents many of them Papists and grand Delinquents opposers to the ends of the Covenant and who are risen in rebellion against the Parliament That he wonders at the suggestions of the Parliament of Scotland that the Parliament of England is under Force when all English men except Sir Marmaduke Langdale and his adherents do act only by the immediate authority of the Parliament who sig and command all freely Then he vindicates the Parliaments Proceedings for Peace and to free the People from Taxes and Quarter he concludes that the resolutions of the Committee of Estates are wholly grounded upon mistakes and desires the Duke to consider if they be not contrary to the Covenant He saith that he must in prosecution of the trust reposed in him to the utmost of his power oppose all Forces raised or brought into this Kingdom except those by authority of the Parliament of England in which he hopes the D. will not oppose but rather assist him if the Parliament of England shall desire it 18. A Declaration transmitted to the Lords of the Victories God had given to the Parliaments Forces within a few late Months Letters from Major General Lambert that the Scots Army was joyned with Sir Marmaduke Langdale that they were in all about twelve thousand Horse and Foot he desired supplies of Money and men and it was referred to the Committee of Darby house to take care of it A Petition from the Common Council of London to the House of Commons that no Tax or Imposition may be laid upon New-Castle Coals and that the House would consider of disposing the profits of all places and imployments injoyed contrary to the self-denying Ordinance and the Votes of Parliament Junii 10. 1647. and of Customers Excise-men Committee-men c. for the publick occasions of the Kingdom Another Petition was to both Houses for adding fifteen persons named by the Common Council to be of the Militia of London Another Petition not from the Common Council but with ten thousand Hands to it that the Militiaes may continue distinct that the Parliament would keep the power in their own hands and call what Forces they please to their assistance These and other Petitions from Southwark Westminster c. for joyning the Militiaes together and some against it were referred to a Committee to hear all parties and their Claims and report their opinions to the House A Petition from the Water-men upon the Thames for a personal Treaty and settlement of Peace the Petitioners had thanks for making their Addresses by a few of their Company and were told that they were witnesses of the Parliaments indeavours for Peace who had now the same things under consideration for which they petitioned and would do therein what they judged best for the Kingdom Order for a day of thanksgiving for the great Victories obtained by the Parliaments Forces Letters from Colchester Leaguer that those within the Town made several attemps to escape away but were beaten back again some of them killed and divers wounded That they refused another summons of the General to surrender the Town 19. Intercepted Letters from one in Carlisle that they expect the Prince of Wales there that he sent a Declaration to Sir Marmaduke Langdale to publish to the Army and Country that the King his Father being kept Prisoner by the Parliament he is resolved to use all possible means to free him and re-inthrone him and desires all men to joyn with him therein And he ingages and desires Langdale and his friends to ingage in the Princes name that all who have formerly acted for the Parliament and shall now come in and joyn with him shall not only have their Pardon and Indemnity but all their Arrears satisfied 20. Letters from the Committee of Surrey of a late Insurrection at Horsham but suppressed and that Mr. Middleton a member of the House of Commons was a party in it and imprisoned by that Committee which the House approved and sent for Mr. Middleton
up to be examined Debate upon the Scots Declaration of the grounds of their Armies coming into England The Lords desired the concurrence of the Commons to Indemnify the Duke of Buckingam for his late Ingagement if he came in within fourteen days Scots Letters intercepted by Major General Lambert communicated to the Lords and a Vote passed that all who have invited the Scots Army into England or shall assist them are Traitors and recalled their Commissioners from Scotland they having proclaimed War against England 21. A Vote that all who have served the Parliament and afterwards revolted to the Enemy shall be tried for their lives being Prisoners by a Council of War and that the General do give Commissions to persons in the several Counties for Tryal of such revolted persons by Martial Law Captain Yarrington informed the House of a design of Sir Henry Lingen and other Deliquents to surprise Doily Castle Hereford and other places which the Captain by his indeavours prevented and the House ordered him five hundred pounds out of Lingens Estate and the rest Instructions transmitted to the Lords for Mr. Bence and Mr. Strickland to go to the Lord Admiral and to advise him and be assistant to him upon all occasions 22. Upon a Petition from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council of London concerning the listing of Souldiers under Major General Skippon the House insisted upon their former Ordinances touching this business and approved what was done therein Referred to the Militia of the out-parts and of the several Counties to receive all Complaints touching miscarriages in listing of Souldiers without authority of Parliament Letters from Colchester Leaguer that those in the Town have begun to eat Horse-flesh and have provided store of Pitch and Tar to fire and throw upon the Besiegers and sithes to cut them off in case they attempt a storm 24. Power given to the Lord Admiral to grant indempnity to such revolted Mariners as shall come in An Ordinance past the Commons for forty thousand pounds for the Northern Forces out of the Excise and another for the revenues of the King Queen and Prince in those parts for those Forces and an Order for a train of Artillery for Major General Lamberts Army Captain Clarks action approved in hindring the transporting of some Scots out of Ireland into England and ordered that those Scots who shall refuse to be so transported and shall not desert the Parliaments service shall be equally provided for with the rest of the English Souldiers of that Kingdom Debate upon the large Catechism Letters from the North that upon the advance of the Enemy with their whole body the Parliaments Forces by directions from their Council of War did retreat being fewer in number and expecting additional Forces and being not forward to ingage before they understood the pleasure of the Parliament concerning the Scots Army coming into England That the Enemy followed them but Colonel Harrison gave some check to them and was wounded and Captain Cromwel slain that the Enemy attempted to enter Appleby where the Parliaments Foot were who repulsed them and Colonel Hatfield charged a great body of the Enemy and forced them to retreat that about forty of them were slain and not above three or four of the Parliaments Forces 25. At a Conference the Commons gave reasons to the Lords why the three propositions should be sent to the King to pass before the Treaty 1. Because the disaffected party in and near London where the Treaty is likely to be is such that if the King grant not the Militia before he comes there will be no safety nor likelihood of the Treaty to proceed for many will indeavour to bring in the King without any agreement and to the destruction of the Parliament 2. If the Presbyterian government be not setled all things in the Church will be in great confusion and the Ministers great sufferers and in high distaste with the Parliament 3. If the Declarations be not recalled the Parliament is not in a Capacity to treat having been declared Rebels and Traytors and no Parliament but a pretended one which was never done by any of the Kings Predecessors The Lords answered that they could not imagine nor was it probable that the parts about London who had petitioned for a Treaty would put it on for the disadvantage of the Parliament 2. They did not apprehend any prejudice to the Parliaments party during the Treaty 3. His Majesty had declared he would consent to all together and not to any before all was agreed and that in case there were no agreement they were all in state as before and that these particulars would require Debate To these the Commons replied that his Majesty was not ignorant of the full demand of those particulars having been often presented to him and to the two first he had declared a willingness and was not obliged to pass them as Bills unless all other things were agreed upon and if no agreement he being at liberty a new War was like to insue That there was no doubt but those about London who had petitioned for a Treaty would put it on to the disadvantage of the Parliament being such who have not only Petitioned the re-establishment of his Majesty without conditions but have taken up Arms and were now in Arms to cudgel the Parliament as those of Colchester said into a Treaty That if these three propositions be not past before the Treaty which is supposed will be in or near London nothing will be determined how his Majesty shall be who shall be with him or how the disaffected to the Parliament shall be ordered and things not setled by Law may be received Episcopacy may be set on foot again Ministers put out Ordinances for money be denied and his Majesty and the Parliament be in War again as formerly Intercepted Letters from the Scots referred to a committee to find out the Key of the Characters with power to send for and secure persons concerned Letters from Major General Lambert of his retreat and referred to the Committee of Derby House to command Forces from Gloucester or any other Garrisons to joyn with Lambert in the North. Order for the Ships at Munster to joyn with Captain Clerk to hinder the transport of Scots out of Ireland into England Order for collecting the arrears of the assessments in the City and Counties Power given to the Lord Admiral to dismiss such Ships as he shall find not fit for the Parliaments service Order for addition to the Forces at Southampton Several Ordinances past both Houses for removing obstructions in sale of Bishops Lands and for the Militia in Dorset and Huntington-shires Orders for money for Hurst Castle and for Carisbrook Castle and for two thousand pounds out of the Estates of the Duke of Bucks and Earl of Holland for pay of a Troop of Horse in the Isle of Wight And for five hundred pounds for another Garrison
issue in several Counties to inquire what loss is sustained by particular persons by the invasion of the Scots that satisfaction may by given therein 24. An Ordinance for settling Delinquents estates for maintaining a Troop of Horse in Surrey A Committee made to examine a Plot in the City and the House approved of their Committing Major Rivers and others to Windsor Castle 25. Order for the Judges to go the Northern Circuit if they please A second Letter from Lieutenant General Cromwel confirming the total routing of the Scots Army with a list of the Prisoners and a hundred Colours taken sent up to the House who gave a hundred Pound to Captain Pilson that brought the Letters and referred them to the Committee of the Army as to providing necessaries for the Army Both Houses past the Letter to his Majesty with the Votes inclosed in relation to a Treaty and Sir Peter Kelligrew dispatched away with it to the King The fourty thousand Pound charged in Goldsmiths Hall for the Scots as part of their two hundred thousand Pound was now ordered for the service of the Navy Letters from Colchester Leaguer That the Lord Norwich Lord Capel and Sir Charles Lucas sent a Letter to the General That the Officers advising upon his former Letters demanding the persons of all the Officers with them above the quality of a Lieutenant to render themselves to mercy it was unanimously resolved by them not to yield to the mercy of any other but that of God alone That to avoid effusion of blood they sent now the lowest conditions which in Honour they can receive conceiving the like have never been refused to any lower reduced than they they offer to send one Gentleman or more to clear any scruples in words in the Letters the Articles proposed by them were inclosed To this the General returned answer That when he locked upon their condition to be far better than now it is he then offerd such terms as were thought suitable to their condition but now they being in a worse posture both in relation to themselves within and to any expectation of relief from without it is not to be expected from him that their conditions should be better therefore he was still resolved not to grant any such terms as were demanded by them 26. Referred to the Committee at Derby house to dispose of the Noblemen and other Prisoners taken at the fight at Preston unto such Castles and places as they shall think fit An Ordinance past for taking away obstructions in the sale of Bishops Lands Letters from Colonel Rich of the surrender of Deal Castle upon Articles which the House approved and ordered Colonel Rich to be Governour there and gave one hundred pound to Lieutenant Axtel who brought the news to them Referred to the Committee of the Army to take care to repair Deal and Warmer M r Ailburton staid at Tilbury in his going to the Prince was ordered to be delivered to the Lord Admiral to be transported into Scotland Debate about the Militia Intelligence that Langdale with about ten Gentlemen more disguised were taken about Nottingham and were now Prisoners there and that Duke Hamilton was forced by the Country who had eased him of one thousand of his Horse to fly to Vxeter in Staffordshire and was there blocked up and that Lieutenant General Cromwell was gone further against Monroe Letters from Colchester Leaguer that the enemy sent out a Drum with M r Bernadiston one of the Committee and Colonel Tuke one of their party to desire to treat upon what was formerly offered by the General And by a full Council of War it was resolved that in regard the inferiour Officers and Souldiers in the Town had slipt their opportunity that now they should only have fair quarter And provided that the Committee under restraint be forthwith released that a Treaty be admitted upon circumstances necessary for the clearing and orderly performance of the fair quarter now offered and to treat as to securing the Town from Plunder and the Lords General Officers Captains c. to be rendred up to mercy That the private Souldiers on both sides held treaties among themselves which caused the Enemy to send out so hastily to treat upon terms of mercy fearing that their private Souldiers among themselves had agreed to deliver them up That the Officers in the Town gave the Souldiers Sack burnt Claret Raisins and good words to joyn with them to break through the Parliaments Army and prepared Poles and Boards to break over North Bridge which way they intended to escape When they were all drawn out into the Town the Souldiers agreed among themselves not to consent to their going out knowing that then they would break through themselves and leave the Souldiers to the mercy of the Parliaments Army And some of their Souldiers got to the gates and said they would kill their Officers if they offered to stir out and so continued in an high Mutiny 28. Debate about Compositions An Ordinance for sequestring all Scots that ingaged in the late action and had any Estates or Places here Letters from Colchester concerning the surrender of the Town Colonel Wayte a Member of the House reported the taking of Duke Hamilton and above three thousand Horse and Men at Vxeter all prisoners at mercy but had quarter given them by the Lord Grey and the Duke was sent to Ashby de la Zouch The House gave one hundred pound to Major General Smithson and one hundred pounds to Major Evans and Ordered thanks to the Counties for their assistance Order to sequester Sir H. Gibbes Estate A Committee to examine Duke Hamilton and others who say they were invited to come into England by ten for one more now than they were before Intelligence from the Downs that the Prince had a design to go to the Scots Army but the Saylers would not agree to it but consented to go against the Earl of Warwick and in the mean time hearing of the defeat of the Scots Army they altered their course that the Earl of Warwick went out to fight with them Letters from Colchester that the Articles were signed and Colonel Raineborough's Regiment and another entered the Town and saw a sad sight of so many fair Houses burnt and so many Inhabitants sick and weak with living upon horses and dogs and eating the very draught and grains for preservation of their lives 29. Sir Peter Killigrew returned with the Kings answer to the Votes touching the Treaty That he did accept the Treaty and desired the Commissioners might be speedily sent fully authorized and instructed not doubting but what is now wanting will upon debate be fully supplied not only to the furtherance of the Treaty but to the consummating of a safe and well grounded peace He desired a pass for one to go from him into Scotland and inclosed in his Letter a List of such as he desired to be sent
his Majesty had agreed to the proposition for recalling Oaths Proclamations c. and the preamble thereof Letters from Lieutenant General Cromwells quarters That Messengers came to him from the Lord Argyle and his Associates to inform him of their dislike of Duke Hamilton's coming into England with his Army and of Monroe's being there with his Forces and desired Cromwells assistance against them That Cromwell by advice of his Council of War answers that he will assist them and with all heartiness joyn with them against Monroe and desires nothing more than the subduing and rooting out of trust all loose persons and such as are Enemies to goodness and good men and desires his Letter may be kept as a Testimony against him and those under him of their hypocrisy if they did not joyn with them for these ends with all cordialness Letters that Monroe fell upon a Party of Argyle's men when they were in Treaty contrary to the Agreement The Lords voted the approbation of Lieutenant General Cromwells entring into Scotland by directions from the Committee of Derby House and that he may assist those in Scotland who dislike Duke Hamiltons coming into England if they shall desire it of him Divers after they were called over in the House went out of Town again the same day God forgive them for their Negligence 27. The publick Fast-day Letters from France of the troubles there and of Mazarine and the Prince of Conde c. 28. The Commons concurred to the Votes of approving Lieutenant General Cromwells entring into Scotland and to a Letter to be written to him to prosecute his Victory and take all advantages for recovery of Berwick and Carlisle Letters that Colonel Monk fell upon the Scots quarters in Ireland who were drawing out under Major General Monroe to joyn with his Nephew Monroe's Forces in Scotland that he had taken Carickfirgus and Belfast and had Monroe and all his Forces Prisoners Order for five hundred pounds to be bestowed on Colonel Monk and a Letter of thanks to him and his Officers and Souldiers and that he be Governour of Belfast and be advised with for a Governour of Carickfirgus and the Committee of Derby House to give him a Commission and to consider of an Establishment of pay for his Forces This Action and success was one of the first that brought Colonel Monk into extraordinary favour with the Parliament and Army who began to have more confidence in him than they had formerly since his revolt to them Order for a day of thanksgiving for this success in Ireland Letters that the King and the Commissioners in the Treaty proceeded upon the proposition for setling of the Church Government 29. Debate of an Ordinance for setling five hundred pounds per annum Salary upon each of the Judges of the Admiralty and a Proviso agreed upon that they take no mony of any persons upon any pretence whatsoever Order for five thousand pounds out of Delinquents Estates for payment of the Horse-guards that attend the Parliament Upon Petition of the Commissioners of the Excise all the Members of the House were added to the Committee of Excise and Ordered in their several Counties to endeavour the removal of all obstructions in that receipt Both Houses past a Declaratory Vote that nothing should be binding between the King and Parliament till all were concluded in the Treaty Major Miles Corbet a Member of the House being assaulted and wounded by some Cavaliers as he past in a Boat upon the Thames the Serjeant at Armes was ordered to apprehend the Malefactors Liberty given for Major Ashburnham to return into England to prosecute his Composition 30. Debate of an Ordinance for raising a hundred thousand pounds for pay of arrears of reduced Officers The Officers of the Committee of Haberdashers Hall coming to seise the goods of the Earl of Lauderdale who came with the late Scots Army to invade England they found a File of Musquetiers as a Guard to oppose them the House ordered the Militia of London to secure those guards and to give an account to the House of the business The Lord Admiral offered indemnity to the revolted Ships and the Prince offered the like indemnity to the Lord Admiral A Member of the House coming out of the City was assaulted by three Cavaliers but he and a Friend with him repulsed the Assaulters Colonel Rainsborough and a Captain with him upon the High way near London were assaulted by three others of the Kings party who after a little bickering ran away a Captain of the Army and a Major were in the like manner assaulted in London and both killed It was dangerous for any Member of the House or of the Army to walk without Company for fear of being assassinated and the Committee of Derby House were informed that a certain number of the Kings Party had combined to massacre eighty Members of the House of Commons whom they suspected averse to their hopes A Petition in the name of many thousands of Oxfordshire agreeing with the large Petition of the City against the Treaty Letters from the Head quarters of great want of pay for the Souldiers which forced them to take free-quarter and that it was to be feared neither the Country nor the Souldiery would long undergo it That Letters came to the General out of Scotland of the good corespondence betwixt Lieutenant General Cromwell and Argyle Letters came to the General from good hands and others from France of a design of the Cavaliers to stab him October 1648. 2. A Letter from his Majesty by Captain Titus That he will consent to confirm by Act of Parliament the sitting of the Assembly of Divines and the Directory of Worship for three years and the form of Church Government provided that the King and those of his judgment who cannot submit to it be not obliged to comply That a free consultation and debate with the Assembly be had in the mean time twenty of his Majesties nomination being added to them whereby it may be determined how Church Government and the form of publick Worship shall be after that time and how Religion may be settled and the Articles determined and care taken for the ease of tender Consciencs Concerning the Bishops lands and revenues his Majesty will consent to Acts of Parliament whereby legal Estates for lives or for ninety nine years shall be made of those lands towards satisfaction of purchasers or others to whom they are ingaged or his Majesty will order some other way for their further satisfaction providing that the propriety and Inheritance of those lands may still remain to the Church That his Majesty will consent to Acts for the better observation of the Lords day for suppressing innovations in Gods worship and for the advancing of Preaching And to acts against Pluralities and Non-residencies for regulating the Vniversities and Colledges for the better discovery and conviction of Popish Recusants and
Committee An Act brought in by the Councel of State for repealing the Statutes 23. El. and 35. El. Against Pretended Sectaries and the Statute 1. Jac. Recommitted Order for Payment of the Sallaries to the Judges of the Admiralty Order to borrow 150000 l. for Ireland An Act past for discharge of the Commissioners of the Excise upon their accounts Sir Henry Heyman and another re-admitted to sit in the House Upon the report of the L. Commissioner Whitlock Baron Gates by reason of his sickness was excused from riding the Circuit and Serjeant Green ordered to go Judge in his place Power given to the Commissioners of the Seal to grant Commissions of Sewers and of Charitable uses as any L. Chr. L. Keeper or Commssioners of the Seal used to do Letters that the Enemie had besieged Dublin that C. Hewson twice beat off their Parties with loss to them and came off with flying Colours that C. Jones sent to Chester for Corn. That the Enemy was within one Mile of Dublin from whence a Party skirmished with them and took one Captain Duncan Prisoner That London Derry was not in a very bad Condition 30 The Lord Commissioner Lisle being formerly by the House made Master of St. Cross Hospital did now voluntarily surrender it to the House again and they bestowed it upon the Sollicitor G. Mr. Cook and ordered Augmentations of Meanes to the Ministers and poor Brethren as the Lord Commissioner Lisle had formerly given Debate upon the Act for sale of the Kings Houses Parks c. And Voted that St. James House and Park Theobalds Park Windsor Castle and Little Park Greenwich House Castle and Park should be reserved from Sale for the use of the State And referred to the Councel of State to consider what other Houses should be reserved from Sale The New Park near Richmond was given to the City of London as a Testimony of the Favour of the House to them Order for saving the Timber in the Parks c. for the use of the Navy Letters from Cheshire that Ormond had besieged Dublin with 14000 Men and doubted not but to carry it in a short time and that divers Ministers in Cheshire did pray publickly for restoring Charles the Second to his Fathers Crowns and Honours July 1649. 2 A Letter from the Parliament of Scotland in answer to the Letter sent to them from the Parliament of England in high Language and invective against the late proceedings in England but desiring that Commissioners of both Kingdoms may meet and treat about a good Correspondency between the two Nations Referred to the Councel of State how to prosecute the Desires of the Parliament of England and to vindicate it from the Aspersions cast upon them by the Parliament of Scotland Captain Row who brought the Scots Answer had 100 l. given him Divers Orders for Mony and Approbation of the Generals Allowance of more than ordinary Pay in regard of Billet Mony A Petition of the Car-men setting forth the Oppressions and Exactions of the Woodmongers and desiring to be made a new Corporation of the Car-men referred to a Committee The 400 l. per annum allowed to Dr. Vsher Primate of Armagh continued Order for 70 to be of the Life Guard to the Lieutenant of Ireland and Mr. Owen to go his Chaplain and his Wife and Children to have 100 l. per annum in his Absence Letters that C. Jones put out all the Men Roman Catholicks out of Dublin that Ormond took in all the Country about Dublin and put Jones to great wants that Sir George Askue secured the Harbour for the Army to land from England and that most of the English joyned with Ormond Letters that five Witches were burnt at Edenburgh who had the marks upon them which they had from the Devil The Parliament of Scotland sent a Gentleman to the Queen and Chr. of Sweden to acquaint them with their Proceedings with England and their falling off from them upon their late transactions c. That they prepare for new Levies of 15000 Horse and Foot to be added to the 5000 now in being 3 Debate upon the Act for sale of the Parks Lands c. of the late King and Officers agreed upon Captain Martins Accounts stated and he ordered to have 1000 l. per annum Inheritance in lieu of his Arrears The Lord Grey's Accounts passed A Pardon ordered for some Prisoners condemed in the Circuits Referred to the Councel of State to take care for bringing in the Arrears of Londons Assessement Letters from Dublin that C. Jones sent out 12 Horse who charged 30 of the Enemy routed them and took Lieutenant Collonel Duncan Prisoner and wounded Captain Dungan mortally and that Ormond stood within half a mile looking on That divers Malignants are imprisoned and the Papists driven out of the Town but their Wives and Children stay That Jones his Men killed a Captain and a Lieutenant of Ormonds Horse took a Cornet and 4 Horse and lost a Quarter Master That Inchequin wrote to Jones to treat but he returned a sharp denyal Letters that Prince Charles near Antwerp was met by some eminent Persons and presented by the Arch Duke with a sumptuous Coach studded with Silver and six gallant Flanders Mares drawing it and six Saddle Horses of the Neapolitan Race That at Antwerp the Magistrates conducted him to a stately Pallace where he stayed two dayes and was entertained as if he had been King of Spain Letters from France that the Queen of Englands Pension was lessened there from 12000 Crowns to 7000 Crowns and no Pension allowed to Prince Charles but what his Mother gives him Letters from Scotland of the strange number of Witches executed there that the Kingdom was quiet and in great Expectation of their new King 4 The Act passed for sale of the Goods of the late King Queen and Prince part of the Mony to pay some of the Kings Houshold Debts and 30000 l. for the Navy Debate upon a report from the Councel of State for borrowing 150000 l. of the City for the Service of Ireland Vote that the Letter from the Parliament of Scotland to William Lental Esq doth disobliege the Parliawent of England to proceed with Scotland to a Treaty and referred to the Councel of State to draw up a Declaration upon this and the former Scots Letters Letters of 1660 Barrels of Beer with other Provisions proportionable ready at Bristol for the Souldiers designed for Ireland Letters that Captain Harris with the Phenix Frigot had rescued divers Prizes taken by the Jersy Men. 5 Orders for Mony for lame Souldiers and the Widdows of Souldiers slain Mr. Steel was chosen Recorder of London in the place of Mr. Glyn. Divers Surveys returned of Deanes and Chapters Lands The Train of Artillery and Ammunition was shipped for Ireland 6 The Account of the Lieutenant of Ireland approved and he discharged The Lord Commissioner Whitelock did voluntarily surrender the place of Attourney of the Dutchy
good That C. Mark Treavor was there a great purchaser and Bought Choice Sheep for 3 Pound a Score Cowes for 30 Pound a Score and Horses for 40 Pound a Score and so made himself up a Regiment and was made Governour of the Town to Boot That this Defeat of Owen was a great advantage to Ormond that in Dundalke were store of Provisions taken that Owen was so inraged at this defeat that he Swore he would be Revenged That there were Divisions in Ormonds Army between the English and the Irish for that Ormond gave the Lands so regained to the English and put them into Garrisons but kept the Irish in the Field in most hardship and danger that many the of Ministers in Dublin are suspected and Suspended Letters from Scotland that the Levies there were much prest on by Lieutenant General David Lesley and his party to consist of about 14000 Foot and 6000 Horse and that they were in great fear of an Invasion either from England or Ireland August 1649. Au. 1 Debate touching Accounrs and the Assessment of 90000 l. Per mensem continued 3 Monthes Letters that C. Reynolds C. Venables and their Regiments were Landed at Dublin Letters from France that the Prince of Wales was still there and that the Lord Cottington and Sir Edward Hyde came to him from Bruxells with a Present of 20000 Crownes from the Arch Duke Leopold From Scotland that they are Listing 1400 Auxiliaries And that their Forces are 6000 Horse and Foot some of them Quartered on the English Borders that have demanded their Cannon at Berwick and Carlisle That they are troubled they can have nothing from their King but according to the Councel of the Queen Mother and those with her who are all for the Irish Interest and the Catholicks And that they are about a Declaration to receive all to Mercy upon their repentance and and taking the Covenant Except a few only 2 Order to Refrain Private Business for 8 dayes Order touching the Accounts of the Irish Officers and Stating of their Pay Debate Touching Excluding all from Offices who shall not subscribe to the Present Government Letters from Ireland that since the Landing of C. Reynolds and the other Regiments Ormond drew off his Army further from Dublin and that Trym held out still for the Parliament 3 An Act passed to enable the Comittee of Indemnity to receive Information and Articles against any Justice of Peace Maegstrate or other Officer touching their Malignity c. And to cause Witnesses to be Examined there upon in the Countrey And to proceed to Sentence against them Referred to a Comittee to bring in an Act to take down and raze out the Armes of the late King in all Churches Chappels and other publick Places throughout the Common Wealth Order for allowing 1300 l. to a Member of the House to be doubled upon the Purchase of Deanes and Chapters Lands Referred to a Commitee to consider of the Obstructions in the Sale of the Kings Goods Another Member readmitted A Letter from Hamborough of wrongs as to their shipping referred to the Commitee of the Navy And referred to the Councel of State to write to the Governour and States of Hamborough touching some Complaints of English Merchants against them 41 Debate of an Act for Admitting the 6 Counties of North Wales to a Composition fraâ— sum in grosse Debate of an Act touching Probate of Wills Administrations Mariages Divorces c. Debate of an Act for settling Tythes upon such Ministers as shall own the present Authority 6 Debate of an Ordinance touching Ministers publick worship and Government by way of a Declaration The House passed the preamble declaring their Resolutions for Propagation of the Gospel the establishing Presbyterial Government and the Ministers to have sufficient Maintenance and upon the Question whether Tythes should be continued it passed in the Negative Letters that Captain Norwood one of those who Landed last at Dublin Sallied out of the Town with a Troop of 80 and some additional Horse upon Sir Thomas Armstrong who came with part of 4 Regiments to drive away the Cattel of the Town That Norwood repulsed Armstrong Killed 30 of his Men and took some Prisoners and lost but 4 Men. That Trym Castle was Surrendred to Ormond or Inchequin by the Treachery of Captain Martin An Act past giving power to the Committee of Indemnity to transmit the Examination against Malignant Magestrates Officers or Justices of the Peace An Act past for settling the new Comissioners of the Customes The Declaration of the General Assembly of Scotland against those that ingaged in the late unlawful War against England and such as persevere in the like designs to be Excommunicate and further Punished and such as repent c. to be received to Mercy Letters from New-Castle that there were Condemned by the Judges 29 Moss Troopers Scots that Robbed upon the Borders and other Felons 7 Debate upon the Declaration touching Ministers and Church Discipline referred to a Commitee to consider of the Debate of the House and to bring it in again with the amendments with respect to tender Consciences Letters of the taking of Trym Castle and that 3000 in it went to the Enemy who afterwards took also a strong House near it belonging to Sir Adam Loftus Letters that part of C. Hortons Regiment refused to go with the Lieutenant for Ireland and disbanded themselves That Major Bethel and other Officers refused to go that about Chester they feared the Malignants rising again Letters from Hamborough that one Mr. Harrington an English Merchant came thither and designed to trapan Mr. Crispe and other English Merchants there and got on board a Ship provided for that purpose to carry them over into England But by the contrary Winds the ship being Wind bound the rest of the English Merchants over took the Ships and rescued their Friends 8 An Act passed for taking of the Customes and Navy-Accounts Debate upon the Act for poor Prisoners recommited as to Prisoners and Creditors and the Commitee to receive any offers from the Judges or any others for the good of the Common Wealth therein Instructions to the Commitee for bringing in the Form of a Commission to Passe the great Seal for relief of those that lye in Prison for Debt and have nothing to pay but are like to starve for want of Maintainance Letters that a Woman came out of Cleveland to York and there Preached several times and was much Admired by some Ladyes and other Persons of Quality who heard her but the Ministers were very Angry with her 9 Debate of an Act for suppressing false and Scandalous Letters Informations c. Commited Another for suppressing Scandalous and unlicensed Pamphlets and for Regulating the Press Upon the Motion of C. Martin Ordered that the Regalia of the Crown be delivered up to the Trustees for Sale of the Kings Goods to raise Money for the service of Ireland 10 The Act
heard of Himself being again followed by the Parliaments Generals lost all his Ships but two which his Pursuers looking upon as inconsiderable and not worthy their time and pains to hunt after returned and left him Sea room to come with them into France The Parliament fearing least now the Scots King should joyn Interest with the Scots which was now generally talked of they had good Intelligence of all proceedings in that Business and provided for a Storm from thence They endeavoured to prevent all trouble which might happen in England by quartering their Army up and down in the several Counties to be ready to attend all Motions and to defend themselves from an Invasion of the Scots they ordered some Force to lie constantly upon their Borders Cromwel proceeded prosperously in his Affairs in Ireland took in many considerable Places and Countries there and gave a constant account of all his proceedings to the Parliament and Councel of State and in all his Letters gives Glory to God to whom 't is only due The Parliament and the Councel of State by their Order was busy in making Provisions and Supplies of Men and Mony for the Service of Ireland which caused their business to proceed the more happily and willinglyon the Souldiers part who without Money are without Discipline and commonly without good Success In the Parliament were many Debates about Reformation of things according to the late Petitions and amongst the rest of particulars there was a great Peek against the Lawyers Insomuch as it was again said as it had been formerly That it was not fit for Lawyer 's who were Members of Parliament if any Lawyers ought to be of the Parliament to plead or practise as Lawyers during the time that they sate as Members of the Parliament which gave Occasion to one of the Members of that Profession to speak as followeth Mr. Speaker I was unwilling again to have troubled you upon this Argument had I not been again called up by the mistakes of the worthy Gentleman that spake last to give you a true account of those Matters and to vindicate the Honour of that Profession whereof I am an unworthy Member The Gentleman was pleased to intimate That Lawyers were heretofore excluded from being Members of Parliament but I suppose he had not much studyed the Records of that Matter and therefore related the Discourses of others by hearsay only But for his Conviction and for the satisfaction of others I shall acquaint you with the clear passages of what he aimed at as I suppose and as I find them upon Record which are much more authentick than some perhaps Table talk or Discourses at Random The Statute 23. E. 3. called the Members of Parliament the learned Men whereof many were learned in the Laws and therefore supposed to have had that Title But shortly after this the great Men degenerating in the Old Age of the same King into several Fastions And being much offended with those who were learned in the Laws because they hindred their Oppressions by pleading the Right of Law on the behalf of their Clients 46. E. 3. petitioned That Nul home de ley pursuont busoignes en le Courtle Roy ne Viscount pour le temps que il est Viscount soient retournez ne accepteze Chivaliers des Countees That no man of Law following Business in the Kings Courts nor Sheriff be returned or accepted Knights of Shires To this the King Answers Voet le Roy que Chivaliers et Serjeants des Meaux Vaues du paijs soint retournees desore Chivalters en Parlements ep qu'ls soint esteus in pleni Counte The King willeth that Knights and Serjeants that is Esquires of the best rank in the County be from henceforth returned to be Knights in Parliament and that they be chosen in full County After this Ordinance and pursuant to it a Clause was inserted into the Writ for choosing Members for the House of Commons 5. H. 4. to this effect Nolumus autem quod tu seu aliquis alius Vicecomes Regni nostri sive aliquis alius homo ad Legem aliqualiter sit electus We will not that you or any other Sheriff of our Kingdom or any other Man of Law by any meanes be chosen According to this Ordinance and Clause of Nolumus the Sheriffs have been since excluded from sitting in Parliament as Members during the time of their Shrivalty the Debate of which point was had and full of Learning in a former Parliament in the Case of a very learned and worthy Person Sir Edward Cook whom most of us knew He being made Sheriff of Bucks upon displeasure against him was chosen Knight of the Shire for Bucks and sate in Parliament and I had the Honour then to be a young Parliament Man in the second Year of the late King The Objections against him were the constant usage not to permit Sheriffs to sit as Parliament Men their Oath to reside in their Counties the custody whereof was committed to them and that their Office was but Annual and so the disability was but for that time only But for a man to be disabled from being a Parliament Man in regard of his being a Lawyer is to disable him during his Life or his continuance in his Profession by which he gaines his livelyhood and they are not publick Officers oblieged to another attendance on the publick Affairs as the Sheriffs are Yet 't is true that in this Parliament which was held 6 H. 4. All Lawyers were excluded and none of them returned to serve in this Parliament and perhaps from some general Discourse hereof by others the worthy Gentleman is pleased with confidence to vent his Doctrine and Motion But in case he did read and understand the Records of this Ordinance and of the Clause of Nolumus yet I suppose he never looked into the ground of this Business nor into that which followed thereupon wherein I shall hope to satisfy him and so as to alter his Opinion King Henry the fourth being in great want of Money Summon'd that Parliament and caused to be inserted in the Writ this Clause of Nolumus to exclude the Lawyers because he doubted that they would oppose the excessive Demands which he was to make to the Parliament Thomas Walsingham sayeth That all the Lawyers being excluded the Demands of the King were by this meanes obtained and by this Parliament was granted an unusual Tax and to the People Tricabilis et valde gravis A Tax full of Trouble and very grievous whereof the Historian sayeth he would have set down the manner hâ—d not the Grantors and Authors of the same desired to be concealed for ever to Posterity by causing the Papers and Records thereof to be burned Mr. Speaker This is the precedent intimated by the worthy Gentleman and this was the Occasion and Issue of that Precedent the like whereof I presume is not wished by him Walsingham Styles
they killed all Straglers by the way That seven Parliament Troopers fell upon thirty Vlsters in a house and killed all of them Many Persons were slain and great mischief done by a sad accident in a Ship Chandlers House which was blown up with Gunpowder and divers Neighbours houses together with it The Speaker and the Lord General were feasted at Blackwall by a Captain lately come from the Streights 7 Letters from Carlile That the Mosse Troupers grew very insolent and committed many Robberies and Outrages upon the Borders and were harboured by the Scots but some of them were taken by the Parliaments Souldiers From Berwick That C. Hamilton who was the Death of C. Oconelly at the Storm of Trym was taken That the Scots went on to purge their Army of Sectaries and insufficient men that is such as never before were in Service 8 Letters of the great want of Physitians for the Parliament Forces and Protestants in Ireland so that any of them being sick were faine to trust themselves in the hands of Papist Doctors which they write is more than the Adventures in the Field That some chief of the Enemies Army are very zealous to make their Peace with the Parliament The House ordered the Commissioners of the great Seal to grant out a Commission and Patent for M. G. Ireton to be president of Munster Order that Mr. Thomas Goodwyn be President of Magdelen Colledge in Oxford and referred to the Committee of the Universities to consider how the Heads of Houses in the several Universities may be setled and disposed of without trouble to the House Several Orders and References to the Councel of State and Committee of the Army touching Recruits and for Supplies of Provisions Ammunition and Money for the Forces in Ireland 9 Letters from Newcastle that L. C. Hobson sent his Warrant to apprehend some Cavaliers but they and the Moss Troopers joyned together stood upon their Guard took away the Warrants by force secured themselves and disarmed the Men but a greater Party of Souldiers being sent brought them away Prisoners From Scarborough That there was a Meeting at York of the Commissioners for settling the Militia of that County where according to the Instructions from the Councel of State they were to raise 3000 Foot and 400 Horse for defence of that County and Service of the Common-wealth That the Pirates took away a great Ship within Sight of Burlington Key and carried her away From Dunstar That the Enemy surprised Ensiscoisle Castle in this manner That some Irish Gentlemen feasted the Garrison Souldiers and sent in Women to sel them Strongwater of which they drunk too much and then the Irish fell upon them took the Garrison and put all the Officers and Souldiers to the Sword That upon hearing of this the Lord Lieutenant gave Orders that the Irish should be put out of all the Garrisons in the Power of the Parliament That an Irish Frigot coming a shore for Provisions near to Cardiffe the Governour suspected and apprehended them and sent out a Party in small Boats which took the Frigot which was richly loaden with plate and other Commodities From Weymouth That in the night some Persons in Blandford proclaimed Prince Charles King of England but some of them were apprehended and Imprisoned From Yarmouth that sixty Prisoners that were in the Goal did brake Prison yet all but three of them were again apprehended 10 Account of several Companies and Parties of Souldiers willing to serve in Ireland and marched to the Seaside to be transported and many undertook the Service very chearfully Three Troopers condemned to death for killing a man but Evidence appearing to extenuate the Crime the General pardoned them The Ship which carried the Souldiers unto Guernsey returned to the general Rendezvous of the Ships at Stoakes Bay Letters of Account of Sea Affairs 11 Proposals for a Fleet to be sent into the Streights to meet with those French who have lately taken many Merchants Ships of London and disposing of their Goods refusing to make any restitution Letters that Montross could get but few to joyn in assisting Prince Charles and those he had were more by connivance than by any Act of State 12 Several Proposals made to the General and his Officers in order to the removing of Obstructions in the sale of the late Kings Lands The Parliament ordered a Letter to be written by the Speaker to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and to confer with him concerning further supplyes of Men Money and Ammunition and for the settling of the civil Government there The ground of this resolution was That the news of the Kings coming to Scotland became more probable than formerly and the Scots Proceedings in the raising of new Forces gave an Allarum to the Parliament and some of their Members who had discoursed with the Lord General upon those Matters and argued how requisite it would be to send an Army into Scotland to divert the War from England they found the General wholly averse to any such thing and by the meanes of his Lady a strict Presbyterian to be more a Friend to the Scots than they wished therefore they thought this a sit time to send for the Lieutenant of Ireland and the rather his Army being now drawn into Winter Quarters Order for Relief of some of those who suffered great loss in the late unhappy accident of the Houses in Tower-Street being blown up with Gunpowder Referred to the Councel of State to send a Letter into Russia touching the Trade there 14 Letters from Scotland That in the Pulpits they preach altogether for the Kings coming in and yet proceed to purge their Army of all Cavaleers that nothing certain was yet returned from the Lord of Libberton Letters that C. Hacker had taken 60 Moss Troopers That Montross was expected every day in Scotland One Coppe an Anabaptist in Prison a great Swearer and Curser and held that God could not damn him yet perswaded many to be of his Religion Many were drowned in the great Floods upon the melting away of the Snow 15 Letters that the Forces landed in Guernsey wanted Accomodations of Beds c. and were fain to lye in a Church ever since they were landed That two Frigots of the Prince prepared from Jersy to attempt Guernsey hearing of the Parliaments Souldiers landed there were presently diverted Letters from Oxford That the Judges sate there upon a Commission of Oyer and Terminer and at the first sitting they and the high Sheriffe Under Sheriffe Officers of the Court and Grand Jury all took the Ingagement in the Face of the Country solemnly and cheerfully That one of the Prisoners obstinately refusing to plead was pressed to death in the sight of two others who refused to plead upon which one of them pleaded but the other refusing was also pressed to death An Account of divers of C. Desboroughs Men shipped for Ireland and of the apprehending C. Slingsby and another
other Provisoes Referred to the Committee of Goldsmiths Hall to take into consideration the Business concerning the Souldiery and Ministers in Lancashire that such satisfaction may be given them as may tend to the Service of the Commonwealth and to take into consideration the Troupe of Horse in Oxfordshire and to pay it out of the Sequestrations in Oxfordshire until further order from the House or Councel of State 26 Ordered that the Lord Commissioners of the great Seal do take care that Writs be issued out and sent down into every County to the several Sheriffs to proclaim the Act touching the Ingagement This Course of proclaiming new Acts of Parliament was very antient and constantly used especially in elder times as appears by the Records but of late disused It was thought fit to have it revived again that the People might be informed what Acts were passed which they were not so fully by the Printing as by proclaiming of them at their Markets Orders touching the Composition of Delinquents Votes for taking off the additional Exercise upon most of the Commodities mentioned in the last Act touching the Excise Letters from Ireland of C. Hewsons taking in some Forts near Dublin 28 Letters that the Scots had no Answer from Sir George Windram Laird of Libberton but that the King would be satisfyed from him whether his Subjects of Scotland would ingage to Establish him in England as King That he is not yet removed from Jersy That divers Souldiers came from Ireland into Orkney Letters That the States Provincial of Holland have resolved to send an Agent into England for their better Correspondence with the Parliament 29 Letters from Ireland of taking the Fort upon the Bogg of Allan of a Dutch Ship of 300 Tun cast away upon that Coast that the Lord Lieutenant had sent to besiege Eniscorsie Castle belonging to Mr. Wallop a Member of the House which the Enemy had lately surprised That the Lord Lieutenant visited all the English Garrisons in Munster and gave Orders to them That Inchequin was in Kerrcy That 16 of the Enemies Horse came from Duncannon to the Lord Lieutenant 30 Letters from Holly-Head that a Vessel bound for London Derry with Coals Cloaths and other Merchants Goods was taken by a Scots Man of War the Mariners and sixteen Passengers put on Shore the Owner and Master carryed away Prisoners That the Gentlemen and Commonalty of Ireland do generally submit to the Lord Lieutenants Orders From York That a Minister lately informed that there would be shortly a Massacre of the well affected in the Nation From Shrewsbury That many Cavaliers wear Ribbands with Motto's God prosper That the Ministers incourage them and Preach against the present Government They report an Agreement between the King of Scots and his People of that Kingdom upon the terms proposed at the Isle Wight and that the Presbyterians of England will joyn From Plymouth That a Vessel of Dartmouth was by a storm forced into the Mounts Bay and wracked and all lost save one Person Returns of Subscriptions to the Ingagement 31 The Town of Pool having warned a general Sessions to be held not one Justice came to joyn with them The Act giving 10 l. to him that shall apprehend a Fellon caused the Countrymen to apprehend many of the Thieves and Robbers in all places and the Mony was duely paid to them February 1649. Feb. 1. Divers People took away by violence from the Owners Wheat and other Corn carrying to Market to Basing-Stoak and beat the Carters and some of them being imprisoned for it the rest brake the Prison and let out them and other Malefactors Letters from Rome That there an Agent from England and the English Priests seem very confident that within few Years their Religion would be Established in England 2 At a Court Marshal in C. Prides Regiment a Souldier was sentenced to run the Gantlope and afterwards to be cashiered for threatning to cut his fellow Souldiers throats in case King Charles the Second came in and for swearing and drunkenness Another had the like sentence having been found to have been in Arms against the Parliament and then came in to them and at his disbanding gave out threatning words against the Officers The Parliament Voted that a Book written by one Coppes intituled a fiery flying Roll c. contained many horrid Blasphemies and damnable and detestable Opinions and that the Book and all Copies of it that can be found shall be burnt by the hands of the Hangman A Petition from Wiltshire for Propagation of the Gospel c. approved by the House and in order thereto they appointed every Fryday to consider al wayes for the better advancing the Gospel of Christ An Act committed for the better propagating of the Gospel in Wales The Parliament ordered touching Negotiations with Forraign Princes and States That the Stile and Title to be used by this Parliament in all Negotiations shall be Parliamentum Rei-publicae Anglicae And the Style when any address shall be made to them The Parliament of the Commonwealth of England And no other Title to be used Order for an Act to be brought in for the Punishment of insolent Profanations of the Sabbath and Adultery The Parliament upon the hearing Sir Jacob Garrets Business sentenced three of his false Accusers to stand in the Pillory Thus they took upon them and exercised all manner of Jurisdiction and sentenced Persons Secundum Arbitrium 4 Letters that Jermin and other Lords and Courtiers are hastning from Paris to Breda hearing that the Scots are sending Money to defray the charges of their King and Court there That the Scots are busy in purging their Army but are startied at the news of the Parliament sending for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland That they report the ground thereof to be That he is routed in Ireland and That the Parliament of England fear new Troubles Yet the Scots sent an Express into Ireland to know the certainty 5 Letters of the Losses by Pirates about Scarborough From Weymouth That one Mr. Thomas May was secured by the Governour there and to be sent up in Custody to London for raysing false Rumors concerning the Parliament and the General From Portsmouth That G. Deane came thither with the Phenix and informed of several Vessels with Recruits for Ireland cast away An Act passed for a day of publick Humiliation throughout England and Wales to seek God for a Blessing upon the Proceedings of Parliament and their Armies in England and Ireland Debate about an Act for a publick Register to inroll all Deeds and to find Incumbrances upon all Estates and Lands An Additional Act passed for removing of Obstructions in the sale of the late Kings Lands c. A Petition from Westminster for settling the civil Government there referred to the Committee for Corporations Debate of an Act for regulating and erecting a Corporation in Norfolk concerning the Worsted-Weavers and Yarn-Men
by a Irish Man of War under the Fort of Ostend and by the Governours Order rescued from them he saying That he would not indure such things to be done under his Command From Pendennis Castle that C. Slingsby Prisoner there was by Order of the Councel of State carried from thence to Exeter to be tryed by the Common Law for levying War against the Parliament An Account of Recruits shipped for Ireland 30 From Exeter of the solemn reception of the Judges of Assize by the Magistrates and Military Officers and of the conducting them through the several Counties by the Troops of Horse and of the great respect shewed by the Souldiery to the civil Magistrates From Taunton That the Commissioners had settled the Militia in that County C. Popham a Regiment of Horse and another of Foot C. Pine C. Ceely and C. Gorge Regiments of Foot From Scotland That their Commissioners gone to the King had power to to take up 300000 l. Scotch that is 25000 l. Sterling to gratify the King it he agreed with them That the Kirkmen were generally very zealous for the closing with their King yet some of them averse to it and Praying against it Aprill 1650. April 1. From Newcastle That very many Cavaliers passe into Scotland and some of them come out of Norfolk and Suffolk From Cork That the Lord Lieutenant had taken in all the three Counties of Tipperary Lymerick and Kilkenny except the three Shire Towns and had kept the Enemy from drawing together That the Lord Broghall beat up the Quarters of three Regiments of Inchequins Horse most of them English brought the Officers to Cashel tryed C. Claydon C. Johnson and Lieutenant Collonel Laughern three of them by a Court Marshal for betraying their trust having formerly served the Parliament and they and M. Sims were sentenced to dye that three of them were shot to Death and C. Claudon was pardoned That the Enemy burnt and destroyed the County of Lymerick and drove away the Cattle seven or eight Miles round the City Letters to a great Man That there is no rest to be found in the wisest Constitutions and Laws of Men until they acknowledge the Weakness thereof and fly to the Infallible and alsufficient Wisdom of the Scriptures to rule Mankind in the World The only Magna Charta in this World is the Holy Scriptures which give perfect Rules for the Peoples Liberties and for Rulers Government and Authority and so guide all Judgements that none shall suffer Injury That the People will never fix quietly upon any Form or way till they are brought to the Word of God 2 A Declaration of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and Common Councel of London returning Thanks to the Parliament for their Gift of the New-Park to the City and of the Houses and 1000 l. for the Poor and that they do declare and resolve through Gods Assistance with the hazard of their Lives and Estates to stand and fall with the Parliament against all wicked Practices and opposite pretended Powers whatsoever The Speaker in Answer to it told them That the House took notice of this their Resolution and of the Seasonableness of it that the house kindly accepted it and gave them thanks for it Several Orders touching the Forces and Payment of Monies into Weavers Hall An Act for adding some of the Judges to be Commissioners in the High Court of Justice An Act for one to make use of a new Invention to prevent the great Consumption of Coal and Wood about Lead Iron Copper Saltworks c. From Dublin That the Lord Broghil and Henry Cromwel fell into the Lord Inchequins Quarters killed 160 and took 120 Prisoners with the Officers and 150 gallant Horse That Collonel Reynolds fell into the Earl of Castlehavens Quarters routed them and drove them to a Bogge From Coventry That Salmon and Wyke Prisoners there Preached every Lords Day at the grate of the Prisons and very many stood in the streets to hear them 3 From Portsmouth That a Ship of London of 16 pieces of Ordinance and her Bills of Lading from the Streights were of 30000 l. was taken by an Irish Man of War near the Isle of Wight and another Vessel in her Company run her self on Shore and thereby lost all but the Lives of the Mariners 4. A Letter sent from the Diggers and Planters of Commons for universal Freedom to make the Earth a common Treasury that every one may injoy Food and Rayment freely by his labour upon the Earth without paying Rents or homage to any fellow Creature of his own kind that every one may be delivered from the Tyranny of the Conquering Power and so rise up out of that Bondage to enjoy the Benefit of his Creation The Letters were to get Money to buy Food for them and Corn to sow the Land which they had digged 5 From Ireland That the Lord Lieutenant was gone near to Lymerick and that C. Hewson was marching with near 3000 men to him That the Spanish Agent had obtained leave of the Lord Lieutenant to send to Spain for Money Ships and Instructions for transporting Irish Officers and Souldiers who were willing to go into the Service of his Master A Messenger brought Intelligence to the Governour of Kinsale that Macke Carke and O Sullipht were raising Forces Westward and that all the Priests were gone to them That Inchequin for 20 Miles burnt and wasted the County of Lymerick and then retreated over the Shannon with more Cows than Horses that thereby Kilmallock could get no Forrage for their Horse and many of them came in to the Lord Lieutenant That C. Hewson came to the Lord Lieutenant with 3500 Horse and Foot that C. Reynolds and C. Ewers Regiments were sent out as a Forlorn hope and discovering the Enemies Body of above 3000 attempted to fight notwithstanding the disproportion but they had no mind to it That the Parliament had there a healthy and gallant Army all new clothed and well armed and Money in their Purses That they have in Ireland 6000 good Horse and 18000 Foot That Ormond came to Clare with six Horse only and sent Propositions to the Lord Lieutenant that most of the Irish had left him That they have Ships to prevent Commerce and Sea Assistance That eight Ships were come in from Wales and England loaden with Oats and 15000 yards of Cloth and 200 pair of Boots From Cork That the Scots and Irish are at great difference and the Irish fly to connaght as their last refuge excepting Spain That the Catholicks hasten the Prince iuto Scotland to divert the Army from Ireland if they can possibly Granger and others according to the Sentence of Parliament lost their Ears at the new Pallace Yard in Westminster and at the Old-Exchange in London for forgeing Warrants from the Committee of the Army and Counterfeiting hands to Bill of Exchange whereby they procured 3000 l. to be paid them out of
Acknowledge to be you and fearing onely in obeying you to disobey you I most humbly and earnestly be seech you to judge for me whether your Letter doth not naturally allow me the liberty of begging a more clear Expression of your Command and Pleasure which when vouch safed nnto me will find most ready and chearfull Observance from Sir Your most humble Servant O Cromwell Carrick 2 April 1650. Directed to the Speaker 16 An Act passed impowring Commissioners for managing Estates under Sequestration An Act passed for the better keeping of the Lords day An Act passed for preventing wrongs and abuses done to Merchants at Sea and prohibiting Marriners from serving forreign Princes or States without Licence and to impower the Councel of State to issue Commissions under the Seal of the Admiralty giving Authority to English Ships to fight with and take such French or other forreign Ships as shall require them to be visited or disturb them in their Trade under colour of visiting Provided that if they take any forreign Vessels that after the fight they shall not kill any Persons therein A Declaration passed upon this Act. An Act for general Commissions of Marque committed An Act for reducing and bringing in all the Monies and revenues belonging to the Common-wealth into one Treasury committed 17 Upon a Petition from divers of London Westminster c. The House voted That the Scope thereof was to bring scandall and reproach upon the just and necessary Laws and Proceedings of the Parliament and to weaken the present Government to give thereby advantage to the common Enemy and to raise new Tumults and Troubles in the Nation Referred to a Committee to examine by whom and by what Practices this Petition was contrived and promoted From Pendennis that the Commissioners settle the Militia there from Scilly conjectures of a contest there betwixt the English and Irish 18 From Poole of a Man of War of 200 Guns wracked upon that Coast that she struk Ground about midnight and could never be got off again that they fired 8 Guns but no help came to them till next day noon tide in the mean time the Ship brake in two Parts and all the People which were in that Part that fell away were drowned suddenly That the other Part stood firm above Water till the next day about 2 of the Clock in the After-noon when a Gentleman living near got a Boat and brought away about 60 Men Women and Boys and saved their Lives That before they were got to Shore the other Part of the Ship wherein they were brake to Pieces and sunk down into the Sea and that in all there were drowned about 50 Men Women and Children Passengers and Goods Gold Silver Pearl and rich Jewels to a great value From Holland that Montrosse is at Bergen in Norwey staying for some Officers and Men that he left at Hamburgh that he hath sent 500 Men to Orkeney that Sir John Cockeram hath received some Monyes from the King of Poland and from Dantzick for the Prince that G. King can procure nothing in Sweden That the Agent sent by Montrosse into Livonia Curland and Lithuania is come back with little Comfort that his Frigot with 10 Guns and 40 Men is gone from Gottenburgh to him into Norwey That nothing is done at the Treaty at Breda the P. of Orange not being yet come thither and the Kings Counsel are unwilling to resolve any thing without him because they expect his assistance and to transport them into Scotland 19 From Exon 5 Men secured for swearing to each other to be ready for a rising to cut the Throats of all the Parliaments Friends c. From Chepstow of a Scotchman who went about begging but he went about under that Pretence to inform the Kings Friends that there would be shortly a strong Party of Scots in their Country to joyn with them to set up King Charles the Second From Coventry of the Care of the E. of Denbigh and other Commissioners for settling the Militia of that County of 3 Regiments of Horse and 2 of Foot besides those of the City and their being Feasted at the Cities charge Complaint of Rudeness of some Troopers and that they fell out and 2 or 3 of them were killed From Bristol of a Highwayman that came to the Major and confessed that he had been a long time in that wicked Course and was weary of it and if they would procure him his Pardon he would discover many Robbers to them and accordingly he invited his old Companions to go forth with him as formerly and when they were together he had a Party of Soldiers ready who came and apprehended them From Chester that the L. Lt. having great Offers from Inchequin is hasted to Lymerick where 100 dye of the Plague weekly That Hugh O Neale cheif in Clonmel offers to yield the Place for a Sum of Money so that his Garrison there may be transported for the Spanish Service That Sir Charles Coot and M. G. Veneables are marched out with 5000 Horse and Foot as is supposed towards Catherlowe which is a very strong hold incompassed with the River Barrowe 20 Orders for Compleating of 12 Regiments of 600 Horse of the Army under the L. G. Fairfax 8 of them to 600 in a Regiment and four to 80 in a Troope Information by C. Shilborne come from Ireland that Sir Tho. Armstrong having made his Terms to come in and by agreement being to do some Service at his best Opportunity he with a Considerable Party of Horse that were to come in with him fell upon a Party of the Vlster forces put near 500 of them to the Sword and brought away some Prisoners Thus did Theives and Soldiers betray one another and you will see more of the same Nature hereafter according to the old Verse Nulla Fides Pietasque viris qui Castra sequuntur The L. Lt. sent this Sir Tho. Armstrong to the Governour of Waterford upon some Overtures of surrender of the Town upon Terms the Governour of Duncannon desired 20 dayes to fit his Busines to come off the better the L. Lt. suspecting it as a delay would give him but 3 dayes onely For Waterford 2 Points were in difference 1 For G. Preston to have leave to carry away 500 men for Spain which the L. L. inclined to grant 2 For a Church for exercise of publique Masse which the L. Lt. positively denyed 22 From Berwicke that Montross and Hurrey are raising a great Army to march into England From Edenburg that they are strongly allarm'd with Intelligence that Hurrey is landed in the Naas with 1400 men and that Montross is speedily to follow from Orkney That David Lesly is gone out of Town and the Scots Horse ordered Northward From Pendennis that the Commissioners of the Militia secured some persons of Quality That a Letter was sent to one Courtney with a Declaration from M. J. Massey revolted to the Prince From Dartmouth of the
to hunt after them a Party of the Enemies Horse fell suddenly upon them and took 64 of them Prisoners That Mr. White who formerly betrayed the Bogg of Allen to the Rebeils coming from them to Dublin was met with and killed by the Tories That the Lord Deputy Ireton came to the Siege of Catherlow and sent Collonel Axtel with 1100 Horse and Foot to Tecrohan That the Lady Fitz-Gerald whom the Souldiers called Col. Mary she defending Tecrohan wrote to her Husband for Supplyes else that she must be forced to surrender upon Conditions and that none in the Castle but one doth know her wants 22 Letters of much trouble in Scotland by reason of the Army of English Sectaries marching Northwards That one Whitford another of the Assacinates of Dr. Dorislaus was executed in Scotland as one of Montrosses Party 24 Letters that the King had left Holland and either was already or would shortly be in Scotland That a Holland Ship Loaden with goods for Edenburch was taken by the Parliaments ships and brought to Newcastle That the Scotch Levyes proceed apace and some Lords are questioned for having a hand in the Invasion of Montross 25 Orders touching the Forces marching Northwards and about Recruits for Ireland and for Widdows maintenance whose Husbands were slain in the Parliaments Service An Act passed for continuance of the Committee for the Army and Treasurers at War An Act passed for constituting M. G. Skippon Commander in chief of all the Forces in London and the Lines of Communication The Act touching Articles of War continued for six Months Debate of an Act for suppressing Raunters An humble Acknowledgment to the Parliament from the Gentlemen and well affected of South-Wales with thankfulness and Profession of their future duty and Obedience And the Speaker gave them the hearty Thanks of the Parliament The juncto of the Councel of State with whom Cromwel consulted having Intelligence of the Kings resolution for Scotland and of the Laws there made of Forces to assist him in his intended Invasion of England whereof they had more than ordinary assurance They thought it therefore not prudent to be behind hand with their Enemy nor to be put to an after Game to stay till they should first invade England but rather to carry the War from their native Country into Scotland As to the Objection that their invading Scotland would be contrary to the Covenant they were satisfyed that the Covenant was by the Scots broken and dissolved before and was not now binding betwixt the two Nations and the levying of Forces In Scotland and marchinng some of them to the Borders of England with the Hostile Acts done by them formerly were sufficient Grounds for the Parliament to provide for the Security of themselves and Countreymen the which could not be so effectually done as by carrying the War which they designed upon us unto their own Doors Upon these and many other weighty considerations it was resolved here That having a formed Army well provided and experienced they would march it forthwith into Scotland to prevent the Scots Marching iuto England and the Miseries accompanying their Forces to our Conutreymen The Ld. G. Fairfax being advised with herein seemed at first to like well of it but afterwards being hourly perswaded by the Presbyteriam Ministers and his own Lady who was a great Patroness of them he declared himself unsatisfyed that there was a just ground for the Parlament of England to send their Army to Invade Scotland But in case the Scots should invade England then he was forward to ingage against them in defence of his own Country The Councel of State fomewhat troubled at his Excellencies scruples appointed Cromwel Lambert Harrison St. John and Whitelock a Committee to confer hereupon with Fairfax and to endeavanr to satisfy him of the Justice and lawfulness of this undertaking The Committee met with the L. G. Fairfax and being shut up together in a room in Whitehall they went first to Prayer that God would direct them in this business and Cromwel began and most of the Committee prayed after which they discoursed to this effect Cromwel My Lord General we are commanded by the Councel of State to conferr with your Excellency touching the present design whereof you have heard some debate in the Councel of marching the Army under your Command into Scotland and because there seemed to be some hesitation in your self as to that Journey this Committee were appointed to endeavour to give your Excellency Satisfaction in any doubts of yours which may arise concerning that affair and the Grounds of that resolution of the Councel for the Journey into Scotland Lord General I am very glad of the Opportunity of conferring with this Committee where I find so many of my particular Friends as well as of the Commonwealth about this great business of our March into Scotland wherein I do acknowledge my self not fully satisfyed as to the grounds and justice of our Invasion upon our Brethren of Scotland and I shall be glad to receive satisfaction therein by you Lambert Will your Excellency be pleased to favour us with the particular Causes of your Dissatisfaction Lord General I shall very freely do it and I think I need not make to you or to any that know me any Protestation of the continuance of my Duty and Affection to the Parliament and my readyness to serve them in any thing wherein my Conscience will give me leave Harrison There cannot be more desired nor expected from your Excellency Whitelock No Man can doubt of the Fidelity and Affection of your Excellency to the Service of the Commonwealth you have given ample Testimony thereof and it will be much for the advantage of their affairs if we may be able to give you satisfaction as I hope we shall touching the particular points wherein your doubts arise St. John I pray my Lord be pleased to acquaint us with your particular Objections against this Journey Lord General My Lords you will give me leave then withall freeness to say to you that I think it doubtful whether we have a just cause to make an Invasion upon Scotland With them we are joyned in the national League and Covenant and now for us contrary thereunto and without sufficient cause given us by them to enter into their Country with an Army and to make War upon them is that which I cannot see the justice of nor how we shall be able to justify the lawfulness of it before God or Men. Cromwel I confess My Lord that if they have given us no cause to invade them it will not be justifyable for us to do it and to make War upon them without a sufficient ground for it will be contrary to that which in Conscience we ought to do and displeasing both to God and good men But My Lord if they have invaded us as your Lordship knows they have done since the national Covenant and contrary
ingaged as that you will not especially at this time leave your old Servants and Officers and the conclusion of the most glorious cause that ever men were ingaged in Harrison It is indeed My Lord the most righteous and the most glorious Cause that ever any of this nation appeared in and now when we hope that the Lord will give a gracious issue and conclusion to it for your Excellence then to give it over will sadden the hearts of many of Gods People Lord General What would you have me do as far as my Conscience will give way I am willing to joyn with you still in the service of the Parliament but where the Conscience is not satisfyed none of you I am sure will ingage in any service and that is my condition in this and therefore I must desire to be excused Much other discourse passed between the General and the Committee to the same purpose as before mentioned and none of the Committee so earnest to perswade the General to continue his Commission as Cromwel and the Souldiers Yet there was cause enough to believe that they did not over much desire it This Committee made report back to the Councel of State of the L. G. his total averseness to march with the Army into Scotland but that he resolved rather to lay down his Commission And the House being made acquainted with it new endeavours were made to perswade his Lordship to continue his Command but in vain so he was pleased to lay down his Commission 26 An Act paffed for repealing the Ordinance and Act whereby the Lord Fairfax was appointed Commander in chief of all the Forces of the Parliament And this being of fo great consequence and which could admit of no delay it not being safe for the Army to be without a head Cromwel was presently by contrivance named to be General and Commander in chief of all the Parliaments Forces and upon the Question it was voted nemine contradicente that he should be General An Act passed for constituting and appointing Oliver Cromwel Esq to be Captain General in chief of all the Forces raised and to be raised by Authority of Parliament within the Common-wealth of England All Commissions to Officers of the Army formerly granted were continued till Cromwel should renew or alter them Great Ceremonies and Congratulations of the new General were made to him from all sorts of People and he went on roundly with his Business A Souldier for drawing his Sword in a drunken mood quarrelling and abusing some Towns-People was by a Court Marshal sentenced to stand an hour in the Market place at Plpmouth to run the Gantlope twice through 4 Companies to have his Sword broken over his Head and to be cashiered Which was executed and several other sentences and one adjudged to death for running away from his Colours Captain Green by letters of Mark brought in three French Prizes 27 Letters that the Plague rageth much in the Irish Quarters and sweeping away whole Towns That it was also in the English Quarters That in Dublin there dyed of it 200 a Week That the Irish in the North fet forth a Declaration courting the King and the Scots Interest 28 That the Scots mustered their Army to four Regiments of Horse and six Regiments of Foot their Horse 100 in a Troop their Foot 120 in every Company for their new Levyes they go on slowly and with much discontent their Intention being if there shall be occasion to make of every Troop two and of every Company two for which they have already named Officers and intend for their Field Army to have 8 Regiments of Horse and 12 Regiments of Foot That some of the Scots Horse are already marched towards the Borders and divers other Troops are dispatching towards Carlisle and Berwick That C. Hackers Regiment of Horse are quartered in the Villages bordering upon Tweed and resolve to fight the Scots if an Inroad be attempted That the Fortification at Berwick are repaired and about 30 pieces of Ordnance planted That the Mount upon the Sea Coast hath 10 brass Pieces and commands the River 29 Letters of Recruits Shipping for Ireland That the Siege continues at Waterford That the Plague increaseth at Galloway The L. G. Cromwel went out of London towards the North the News of the Parliaments Army marching Northwards much startled the Scots who alledge the Covenant and Articles of Pacification that they ought not to be invaded without three Months warning Letters came from their Parlament directed to the Speaker of the House of Commons but the House being adjourned till tuesday next nothing could be done upon the Letter July 1650 July 1. Letters that the King landed in Scotland 16. of June but so privately that it was not known till the 24. of June That they have levyed to be immediately at a Rendezvous 10000 Foot and 27 Troops of Horse besides their old Army and refolve to invade England if England do not invade them first That 2000 of their Foot are about Leith which is strongly fortifyed for a reserve That the Scots give it out that Cromwel hath a Commission to come for Scotland with Fire and Sword and is to give no Quarter to any Scots Man and must have all that he can conquer for himself and his Souldiers this they report to incense the People against the English That some of their Friends in England advised them to write to the Parliament here to know whether they intend to come into Scotland and whether the March of their Army Northwards be in an offensive or defensive way That this they have done and hope the debate of it will produce some interruption or delay of their march That the Kirk there appointed a general day of Humiliation 2 The Parliament published a Declaration of the Grounds of their Armies March North-wards An Act passed for preventing and suppressing the detestable Sins of prophane cursing and Swearing Every Lord to pay for the first Offence 30 s. Every Baronet and Knight 20 s. every Gentleman 6. s. 8. d. every other Person 3. s. 4. d. the second Offence to be doubled to the 10th and for that the Party to be bound to the good Behaviour Referred to a Committee to consider what Publick Officers are burdensome to the Common-wealth and how they may be taken away or regulated for the ease of the People Order that Mr. Strickland the Parliaments Resident in Holland do take the Subscriptions of the English Mercants there to the Ingagements and such as refuse to be disabled from having any Vote in the Company Order that C. Ludlow be Lt. G. of the Horse in Ireland and that Commissioners be sent over thither with Instructions from the Parliament Letters that the Scots in Ireland contributed to the Popish Forces Letters that the Plague was broken out in Shrewsbury Letters from the Fleet before Lisbon That the Brazile Fleet consisting of 9 English Ships and as
the West before the Judges inveighed against the Proceedings of the Parliament 10 Letters that both the English Army and the Scots likewise were in want of Provisions That in the last encounter with M. G. Straghan 200 of his Party were slain and 109 of his Troopers taken Prisioners and 60 Countreymen that the Parliaments Forces had but 6 killed and about 40 wounded who were sent by Sea with a Chyrurgeon to Berwick That the General sent the chief Officers of the Scots who were wounded and taken in his own Coach to Edenburgh and the rest in Waggons and took Parolles of others That the King sent out a Proclamation requiring all Gentlemen to depart Edenburgh in regard of the scarcity of Provisions 12 Letters that the Scots sent out a great Party of Horse and Foot and the General sent out a Party to attend their motion least they should go for England That by reason of the great Storms the Ships with Provisions from London could not come up to the Army so that they were in great Streights The General and Army sent a Reply to the Scots Answer to the Declaration of the Army and their insinuating Letter to the under Officers and Souldiers of the English Army was fully answered in a Letter from the General 13 An Act passed for explaining a former Act touching the Fee-farm Rents An Act passed against Atheistical Blasphemous and Execrable Opinions Several Votes passed by way of Instructions to the Commissioners of Goldsmiths Hall and Habberdashers Hall That Captain Wyer with one of the States Ships of 22 Guns being commanded to convoy four Ships of Hull was set upon by six Irish Frigots fought with them 12 hours after the four Hull Merchants Ships were run away and came off from them though much torn with the loss of one man 14 Letters of Prizes taken at Sea from the French 15 Sentences by a Court Marshal of Souldiers for Mutiny and Misdemeanours Letters of a rich Ship of Hull taken by the Irish and Scots Ships That the Plague was decreased in Ireland That Charlemont sent to Sir Charles Coot to treat but he denyed it That the General his Coach and Waggons sent with the Scots Prisoners to Edenburgh were not permitted to come into the Town because they had not buryed their dead but they sent Horses for their wounded men to Arthurs Hill and sent back the Coach and Waggons That 10 Scots Prisoners were taken by C. Okey That the Army retreated to Dunbarre to meet and take in their Provisions brought thither by Sea Upon C. Hackers approach to a House where a Party of Scots were they quitted it and Hacker had in it store of Meal and Provisions That the City of Coventry raised a Regiment of 1100 of the choicest Citizens for their Militia 16 Letters that C. Ingoldsby with a few of his Dragoons fell upon a great Party of the Enemy that came out of Lymerick to plunder killed about 20 of them and pursued the rest to the Gates of the City That a Party from the Camp before Carlowe fell upon a Party of the Enemies Horse took about 40 Horse but the Men fled to Boggs and escaped That C. Phayers took in the Castle of Kilmorry which was surrendred to him upon Quarter for Life and in it were 82 private Souldiers besides Officers That Lymbricke desired some conditions of Newtrality but C. Ingoldsby denyed them That Captain Mildmay had a sharp Fight with one Frigot against three French Men of War and took one of them who had 16 Guns whereof 4 were brass 17 Letters that the Army at Dunbarre received their Tents and Provisions from the Ships and two days were spent in Exhortations to the Army and in seeking God for his Blessing upon their Action and then they again advanced towards Edenburgh That C. Andrews a Lawyer sometimes of the Kings Party was sentenced by the High Court of Justice to death 19 Letters that a Trumpet came to the Army from Lt. G. David Lesly with an Answer from the Commissioners of the General Assembly to the General his last Letter Execution of the Sentence of a Court Marshal upon 5 Souldiers for offering violence to a Country man and his Wife and Family and Goods That the Inhabitants of Dunbarre were in such want of Provisions that they pickt the Beanes from the Horses off the ground and eat the Sheeps Guts which were thrown away by the Souldiers That the Countreymen are so inslaved to their Lords that they cannot get any thing considerable of their own before hand and many of their Women are so sluttish that they do not wash their Linnen above once a Month nor their hands and Faces above once a year The General caused the Commissioners to distribute a great Proportion of Pease and Wheat to the value of 240 l. of that which was sent from London to the Army among the poor People of Dunbarre yet when they can have an Advantage the Countrey robbed and killed many of the Souldiers That upon the Armies return to Muscleburgh they found it more forlorn than before Lesly having commanded That the Gude Women of the Town should awe come away with their Gear and not any stay to brew or bake for the English Army on pain of death That the Ministers in Edenburgh gave God thanks for turning back the Army of Sectaries by the way that they came and string a Terrour into their hearts which made them flee when none pursued That Captain Bull with the Adventure Frigot fought with a French Man of War and sunk her some of her men saved upon Quarter about 120 of them killed and drowned 20 An Act passed for continuing the Excise for three years longer An Act passed for Authorizing Commissioners of the High Court of Justice to issue their Warrant for beheading of Mr. Andrews according to his Petition to the Parliament and the like in other Cases notwithstanding their sentence for hanging drawing and quartering Power of naming Fellows and Demies in Magdalen College in Oxford ordered to be left to the then President Letters that the Armies returning to Muscleburgh the Scots Ministers were ashamed of their Thanksgiving for their running away That Provisions and Tents were distributed to the Horse and Foot Divers Scots killed and taken at meeting of several Parties That a Dutch Ship laden with Goods worth 50000 l. was wracked near Pembroke That the Grand Jury at Hereford Assises presented a Remonstrance to the Judges of their readiness to assist the Parliament against the Scots 21 Letters that M. G. Langhern in Wales and other Gentlemen there and in other places were secured upon suspicion of designs by them against the Parliament 22 Letters of some Fights at Sea between the Parliaments Frigots and some French Men of War who were soundly beaten Mr. Euseby Andrews was beheaded at the Tower-Hill according to the sentence of the High Court of Justice and died very resolutely 23 Letters that the Army
that time 16 Letters That General Blake sent in four Prizes one was a French Man of War with forty Copper Guns whose Captain being commanded on Bord by General Blake he asked him if he was willing to lay down his Sword the Captain answered No. Then Blake bid him return to his Ship and fight it out as long as he was able which he did and after two hours Fight he came in and submitted and kissing his Sword delivered it to Blake who sent him and his Ship with the rest into England 17 Letters of a Remonstrance of divers Ministers sent to the Commissioners of the Kirk against their present Proceedings but the Ministers were threatned to be proceeded against unless they desist 18 Letters that the Scots Army was 8000 Horse and 8000 Foot and they resolved to bring it up to 50000 and then to give Battle to the English Army That C. Fenwick took Possession of Edenburgh Castle as Governour thereof That a Party of Dragoons took a Ship loaden with Herrings going to the Scots 20 Letters that at the Coronation of the King in Scotland many Speeches were made to him and the Kirk promised him good Success if he did hearken to their Councel That he gave them fair Answers and signed the Covenant and promised to defend them and maintain their Laws Government and Covenant That a Party of 800 choice Horse attempted the Quarters of the English at Lithlingow but were beaten back Letters of great Mischiefs Murders and Plunderings by the Tories in Ireland many of whom the Governour of Dublin had killed and taken That the Governour is turning the Papists out of Dublin 21 A Pardon granted to four Persons condemned to dye by the High Court of Justice for the late Insurrection in Norfolk A new Seal for the Parliament approved and an Act passed for the use of it and that it shall be Treason to Counterfeit it 22 Letters That at the Assises at Taunton two men accused a poor Fellow and preferred eight Indictments against him for stealing eight Sheep but upon the Tryal some being accidentally present came in as Witnesses and fully proved that those eight Sheep were stolen by the Accusers themselves who were Indicted for it and hardly escaped the Gallows Letters That the States of Holland Zealand and Groningen did acknowledge the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England 23 Letters that one Story a Souldier was hanged by sentence of the Court Marshal for killing a Countreyman and another Souldier accescessary to it was hanged on the same Gibbet whil'st one walked ten paces and was then cut down and recovered to Life again 24 Letters that some Conntrey-men Scots were hanged in chains by sentence of the Judge Advocate of the English Army for killing some of the English Souldiers That several Rendezvouzes of the Scots Army were appointed and the King present at them That the Commissioners of the Kirk presented a Remonstrance to the King at St. Johns Town 25 Letters that the Kirk pressed the King to humble himself and to quit the Nation of their Enemies now in the Bowels of the Kingdom 27 Letters of a Mutiny at Sterling which David Lesly had much to do to appease That the General intends to attempt Hume Castle That a Ship loaden with Cloaths and Provisions from London submitted to a Garrison of the Scots on the Sea through the Malignancy of the Master That the Kirk set forth an Exhortation to their Brethren at Edenburgh from Communion with the English or any that desert the Kirk That there were Jealousies between Argyle and Hamilton 28 An Act passed for continuing the Act for the Militia A Charge of the Grand Jury of Northumberland against one Musgrave who had much traduced Sir Arthur Haselrigg ordered by the Councel of State and Musgrave committed 29 Letters that means are used in Spain by the King and his Councel to give Satisfaction to the Parliament of England for the Murder of their publick Agent Mr. Ayscham there but that the Church opposed the punishing of the Murderers being fled to Sanctuary But the Parliament insisted upon it to the Spanish Ambassadour here to have them punished or no further Treaty with that Crown 30 Letters of divisions among the Irish by the Popish Clergy And Opposition made against Ormond and Inchequin That the Rebels in Kerry being 5000 Foot and 500 Horse dispersed the Quarters of C. Le Hunt And that Major General Waller was gone to fight them That divers Robberies and Murders were committed near Tade after and the Thieves demanded of those they robbed whether they had taken the Ingagement 31 Letters of the Kings going about to several Rendezvous and Garrisons to encourage the Souldiers That a Party of Horse from Sterling took seven or eight stragling Souldiers of the Parliâ— ments February 1650. 1 The Parliament appointed the Lord Chief Justice St. John and Mr. Strickland to go Ambassadors extraordinary to the States of the United Provinces Strickland had been Agent there before and for his Experience thought â—it to be sent with St. John who was Cromwells Creature and his Disposition suited with such an Imployment which met with good Abilities though not much versed in Forraign Affairs or Languages Mr. Strickland was an honest rational Gentle-man and versed in the Dutch Business but St. John was looked upon as the principal man The number of Ships and men agreed upon for the reducing of the Barbadoes A difference between C. Sidney Governour of Dover and his Officers referred to the Councel of State 3 Letters of an allarm taken by the Enemy at Sterling upon notice that the English Army intended a March thither That many of their new listed men run away That C. Fenwick Summon'd Hume Castle to be surrendred to General Cromwel But the Governour answered That he knew not Cromwel and for his Castle it was built upon a Rock That the General Assembly of the Rebels in Ireland which they call their Parliament declared their due and perfect obedience to his Majesty Yet that they will insist upon the Articles of Peace and provide against the violation of them And that the King being in the hands of the Scots Presbyterians who had vowed the extirpation of their Religion they would receive no Governour from him whil'st he was in this unfree Condition 4 Order that the Kings Arms be taken down in all publick places and the Armes of the Common-wealth set up in the room thereof and the charge of it paid out of the Parish-Rates and the Justices of Peace Church-wardens and other Officers to see this order executed An Additional Act passed for the sale of Fee-Farm Rents Letters of the Commissioners safe arrival in Ireland 5 Letters that the Ministers about Leverpoole refused to observe the Thanksgiving Day Of several Prizes brought in 6 Letters of an agreement of the Ministers of Somerset and Devon to refuse subscribing the Ingagement or observing the Orders of Parliament
their Men and taken 120 Prisoners that of the Parliaments Forces 8 were killed and about 20 of them wounded that they intended to send a summons to St. Maries Island and if they refused then to Attempt it 5. Letters of a strange Apparition at Madely in Staffordshire seen by a Woman and her Maid the Sun as blood and dark bodies like men about it That they seemed to fall down into the Court and there to fight and the Moat about the house seemed to be all of blood and Cannons and Holsters in the Court. That 3 great Birds with Wings like Angels came flying to the Woman and the Maid and frighted them 6. Referred to the Council of State to consider of the business of Securing Mr. Case and other London Ministers who preached against the Parliaments proceedings Letters of prizes brought into Hull and of Convoys for Merchants Ships That the chief Ringleaders of those in Holland who assaulted the English Ambassadors house were sentenced to be whipped That the Collonel of the Lorraine Troopers who pillaged Mr. Steward and the rest of the Ambassadors Gentlemen in Germany showed them a Commission from the King to him to take any of the Ambassadors men That there was an agreement between the Duke of Lorraine and the Irish Rebels for him to come over to them with Forces and Arms to assist them That the Rebels have accepted him as their Protector That the plague was still at Cork and at Waterford 7. Letters confirming the taking of all the Isles of Scilly except St. Maries and of taking 3 Ships prizes one of them richly laden and many Prisoners 8. Letters That the Parliaments Forces in Vlster of 3000 Foot and 1500 Horse were upon their March towards Connaught That General Blake and Sr. George Ascue with the Fleet at Scilly intended to fall upon St. Maries Island that the Governour thereof Sr. John Greenvile sent to them for a Treaty which was agreed but took no effect and there upon the great Guns played upon St. Maries 9. Letters That some Scots at Leith fired 2 Stacks of Hay at Lieth That they hanged a Scots-man for drowning an English-man in a Cole pit That t is to be supposed the Scots intend to get by the English Army and to make the Seat of the War in England And that they are 20000 strong and that the English Army is very desirous to ingage with them 10. Letters that the General and the Army were returned to Edenburgh and had received a weeks Provisions That the Enemy have a Rendezvous every moneth and their Horse are quartered to keep their Foot from running away That if it were not for the provisions that come out of England the Army could not subsist either Men or Horse 12. That a Scots-man who was subject to England by his relation to Ireland being sent by the General on a message to the Scots was by them executed as a Spy Upon Examination by a Court Martial it appearing that the Lady Kelsith kept a conrespondence with the Enemy and indeavoured to inviegle some of the Parliaments Soldiers to be for the King the General and his Council ordered her House and Goods to be burned That Middleton refuseth to take orders from any but the King and would be an Independent Army and his interest is to be kept up against Lesley's that they would fain be upon their March for England but their friends there have sent them word they cannot be ready till next moneth That a Scots man took a Flemmish Ship prize and a Parliament Frigat met them and took them both prizes Letters from Sr. George Ascue of the action at Scilly that Captain Morris behaved himself most gallantly in the storming of the Island That the Scilly Islands are the key that open a passage to several Nations Sr. George Ascue desires to know the pleasure of the Council that he may proceed upon his Voyage to the Barbadoes 13. A Petition to the Parliament from the Justices of peace Grand-Jurors and other well affected persons in Cheshire Shewing their good affection to the Parliament their being over burdened in Taxes wherein they pray relief and were answered with good words and the thanks of the House for their good affections An Act committed prohibiting the transporting of Lead Oare Fullers-earth and Tobacco Pipe clay An Act read and committed for Transporting 60 Persons convicted for petty Felonies into Ireland and the English Plantations in America That the English Ambassadors in Holland received letters to stay for some longer time there That the Cavaliers report the Kings Army in Scotland to be 60000 Men. 14. Letters of divers of the Parliaments Officers and Soldiers killed by the breaking of a piece of Ordnance 15. Letters of Recruits and Mony arrived at Dublin and an account how the Forces there are disposed and of visiting the Western Garrisons 16. Letters that after the Parliaments Fleet had taken the 2 Islands of Trisco and Briers they had a Treaty with Sir John Greenvile by Commissioners which took no effect 17. Letters that the Scots ordered a new levy of every 12th man for a reserve and have ordered all the English to serve under Massey who courts them and mounted 3 or 4 foot Soldiers that ran away from Cromwel to him 19. Letters of the Armies posture in Scotland but little Stirring 20. Letters of Collonel Reynolds and Sir Charles Coote being upon their march to attend the Enemies motions in Connaght 21. Letters of Sir George Ascues departure from Scilly Islands towards the Barbadoes 22. The Parliament debated several Acts touching the Assessment putting the publick Treasury into a way most for the püblick advantage and other Acts. 23. Letters of the Scots gathering their forces together to a Rendezvous and intelligence of their design to slip by the English Army into England and so to draw the Seat of the War out of their own Country into England where they expected many to befriend them 24. Letters of the forces in Ireland upon their march for Connaght and of Recruits come thither 26. Letters That the Scots drew up together 8 Regiments of Foot at Sterling their Horse were in other places and Middleton with his party stood still at a distance That they brought Straw 30 miles for their use That one of their Collonels said he hoped to see the word in their Colours to be Covenant for Tobacco Stong-waters and Whores That Collonel Lidcott fell upon a Garrison of the Enemies with his Horse and brought away many Prisoners That Major Sydenham was dead of his Wounds That a party of Collonel Montgomeries fell upon some of the English Dragoons and surprized about 40 or 50 of them as they were in the Country gathering the Assessment That it was conjectured the Scots would decline any ingagement with the English but weary them out and take the first opportunity to get by them into England That there was some damp upon the English Army by
the sickness of the General From Waterford That the Army fell upon the Rebels beyond the Shannon did some execution upon them and brought away some booty That they rejoyced to hear that the Parliament had sent a Fleet towards Dunkirk to keep in the Duke of Lorrains Fleet if they should attempt any thing upon Ireland That Prince Rupert was gone to Sea with 5 Ships and 2 Fire-ships That 2 French Ships laden with Silk were taken by the English 27. The Parliament sent a Message to the General to desire him to retire for his health to some convenient place in England for the fresh Air and to intrust the Army in the mean time in such hands as he should think fit The Parliament discharged all Recognizances Fines and Amercements and Process upon them untill 30 Jan. 1648. That the General being Sick of an Ague the Officers of the Army provided to march without him That several Ships were arrived at Lieth with Provisions for Men and Horse That Prince Edward was summoned to appear at the Hague to answer his misdemeanor against the English Ambassadors That the 6 Gentlemen of the English Ambassadors who where taken Prisoners by Collonel Hatter the Lorreiner were carried by him to the Spaw to drink the waters there with him and there a Gentleman who had received civilities in England looking earnestly upon them imagined that they were gentle-men in some distress inquiring of them was told all the story of their being surprised by Collonel Hatter upon which the Gentleman raised the Town and rescued the English Gentlemen from the Collonel and brought them from thence in liberty to Lymburgh That there the English Gentlemen bragging of their good fortune and that now they should save 1200 l which they had promised to pay to Collonel Hatter for their ransom This coming to the Ear of the Governour of Lymburgh he kept the English Gentlemen in restraint and told them That seeing they had ingaged to pay 1200 l to Collonel Hatter for their ransom and that now they were fallen into his power in Lymburg that they should pay the same Summ to him which they should have paid to Collonel Hatter That the States sent to the PrincessRoyal to the Duke of York and to the Queen of Bohemia to desire them that none of their trains might be suffered to offer any affront to any of the English Ambassadors company whom the States had taken into their Protection and would not regard any great Person that should affront them That they all promised to conform to the States desire That they caused a new Court of Guard to be built at the English Ambassadors door That they visited the Spanish Ambassador who had been very courteous to them by their desire had written to the Governour of Lymburgh who was under the Spanish Jurisdiction to set free the Ambassadors Gentlemen in his power without any Ransom That the Dutch inquired much after the Affairs in Scotland and seemed inclinable to a good Correspondence with England 29. An account of Recruits for Ireland That the Scots Foot were very poor in Cloaths and both Men and Horse in great want of Provisions 30. Letters That the Earl of Derby was victualling and furnishing his Castles in the Isle of Man Letters That the Enemy took some Cows from the Garrison of Charlemont which the Lord Caufield having notice off lay in the way and met them in their return killed about 30 of them and took 120 Arms and brought away the Cows That another party of the Enemy came into the English quarters who routed them and took divers of them That the Foot at Scilly entred at St. Maries Island and that those in the Castle were in great want of water 31. Letters That the Country between Edenburgh and Dunbar was full of excellent Corn. That there were many Ships come into Lieth with Provisions A Soldier shot to death for killing his fellow Soldier in a Duel June 1651. 2. The Parliament ordered 2 Physicians Dr. Wright and Dr. Bates to go into Scotland to attend the General and to take care of his health they being his usual Physicians in London and well esteemed by him they were by this time come to Edenburgh 3. Letters of several incounters with the Rebels in Ireland who in all conflicts were worsted by the Parliaments Forces 4. That the Scots lay still in their Quarters onely sometimes by parties they fell into the quarters of the Parliaments Forces neer them but were as often repulsed as they made any Attempt 5. Debates in Parliament and several Orders for Mony and Recruits for the Armies in Scotland and Ireland 6. An account of Recruits marching and of some Shipped for Ireland and others sent by land for Scotland 7. Account of Prizes taken by the Parliaments Ships 9. Letters of the General his good recovery of Health again and that the Doctors were returned from him Of a Ship loaden with Oats taken from the Scots That the Malignants with the King did some of them cause the Soldiers to plunder some of the Presbyterians by whom they had formerly Suffered That Major-General Massy had found out new inventions of fire works and Engines of War That Major-General Harison was advanced with his Brigade to the furthest part of Cumberland That the Enemy took all the Horses and 20 Men of Captain Wrights Troop the Horses being at Grass That some of the Duke of Lorraines Forces were come down about Dunkirk but retired upon the coming of General Popham thither That the Parliaments Ships chased and forced 3 Dunkerkers to run on Shoar Letters from the General acknowledging the favour of the Parliament in sending the Doctors to him and giving him leave to come into England for his health That he hath unexpectedly been restored to Health by the goodness of God 10. Letters That the Assembly of the States was adjourned for a week and that they thought the propositions made by the English Ambassadors to be too much for them to consent unto That Holland is more inclinable to an agreement with the Ambassadors than the other Provinces are That fair words are given and now and then a visit to the Ambassadors by some of the Deputies who are not gone Home That the rest are jealous of Amsterdam as if they designed to make themselves like Venice to domineer over all the other Towns 11. Letters That upon intelligence of a great party of the Enemy drawn out upon design to fall upon the English Garrison at Hamilton the General sent Collonel Whaley with 8 Regiments of Horse to bring off the Garrison which he did and slighted the House That Major-General Massy was making of Leather Ordnance and Fire-works for the Scots Soldiers to carry on the top of their Pikes to slaughter his own Country Men. That the Scots Parliament have nulled the Act of Classis whereby all Hamiltons and Montrosses party may be of all Parliaments and Judicatories
and Argyles party lyes low That the Lord Warreston Sr. James Stuart and Sir John Chiesly continued with the General at Edenburgh 12. Letters of pressing Men for Ireland That Sr George Ascue was not gone for the barbadoes but was come into Plymouth with Sr. John Greenvile and other Prisoners taken at the Isle ofSt Maries and other of the Scilly Islands they being all Surrendred to the Parliament upon Articles 13. Letters of a notorious Jersey Pyrate taken by the Parliaments Ships That both the Armies in Scotland lay still in their Quarters as in the midst of Winter attending one anothers motions That the General was abroad again That a Merchant's man was Shot to Death for killing a Soldier 14. Letters confirming the rendition of St. Maries Island to the Parliament That there were in the Island 800 Soldiers some of them were Shipped for Ireland others for Scotland others for France and some for England with Sr. John Greenvile That there were in it likewise Commissioned Officers enough to head an Army That Collonel Axtel Collonel Sadler and Collonel Le-Hunt prisoners there were Released That these Islands will now be a Shelter to the Merchants which before were their ruine and is a Check to the Trade of many Nations 16. Letters That 5 or 6000 Scots used to beat up the quarters of one Troop of the Parliaments Horse but that they now are quiet That the English do but stay their march till they can have Horse meat in the Fields That the Provinces of Holland Zealand and Vtrecht are more agreeing than the other Provinces to the Articles proposed by the English Ambassadors That the Lord Deputy passed the River Shannon and fought with Castlehaven who was appointed to hinder his passage over that River whilst Clanricard's Army prepared to stop Sr. Charles Cootes passage out of the North and to fight with him But Sr. Charles Coote understanding this marched 30 miles in a Day and a Night slipt beyond them another way and joyned with the Lord Deputy who wholly routed the Lord Castlehaven's Army that some of the Parliaments Forces are sat down before Galloway 17. Letters from Collonel Hewson of the defeat given by the Lord Deputy to Castlehaven's Forces and that the Lord Dillon was reported to be slain An account from the Parliaments Commissioners in Ireland of the Recruits and Provisions arrived there and how their several Forces are disposed and where they are upon Service in that Kingdom 18. Letters That the Scots Army was inclosed in Sterling Park which was their own works and not to be attempted but upon great disadvantage That old Leven continues General under the King and they have several Major-Generals That their Forces are about 28000 and they have hanged 3 or 4 for refusing to bear Arms they expect many in England to joyn with them That their Soldiers have no pay but 2 l. of Meal a day That there was a Proclamation at St. Johns-Town that the word Malignant should be forborn for that all Interests were agreed 19. Letters That Sr. Charls Coote and Collonel Reynolds had given a great overthrow lately to the Enemy in the North of Ireland and had killed and taken 3000 of them That at Exon there was a great quarrel between the Seamen and Soldiers and many broken Pates but the Officers made them Friends again An account of Prest-men Recruits for Ireland and 1000 Pioneers Tools safely arrived 20. Letters That the Lord Deputy was marched to the very Gates of Lymbrick Here Collonel James Whitelock commanded a Forlorn with whom he marched up to the Enemy and the charge was so hot and he so far ingaged that his Horse was killed under him his Hat shot through and his thigh bruised with the But-end of a Musket but he beat in the Enemy and killed many of them That Collonel Ingolesby finding about 200 Horse grazing neer the City followed them to the Gates where those that escaped the Sword the Shannon devoured in all they lost about 100 Men and 150 Armes and 1000 Cows Oxen and Sheep That Portumney was surrendred to S. Charles Coote who also took in several other Forts and Castles That 3 Merchant men of London met with a French man of Warr who fought with them some time but finding himself too weak gave over but meeting with another French man they both set upon the Merchant men but could not prevail and after many killed on both sides they parted 21. Letters of Allarums given by the Scots Army but nothing done by them And that the English Army were quickly in a readiness to bid them welcome Mr. Love the Minister was brought to his Tryal before the High Court of Justice in Westminster and many Witnesses heard to prove the Accusation of High Treason against him 23. Letters That the King was very active and rode into Fife to gather together the Horse and new Levyes that they appointed a general Fast but the Kirk in the West were not pleased with their doings but refused to publish it and that all their Speech was for England That Massy is in great esteem with them That their new Committee of States is of Malignants and a Committee is selected out of them to go along with the Army to consult about their Affairs That they were much disappointed by discovery of the design of rising in Lancashire and that they heard nothing yet of any rising in Wales under the Earl of Derby That some of the Scots Ministers were sent from the Classis of the West of Scotland to the Classical Presbytery of Sterling with some Proposals which where rejected and Mr. Galaspy and the rest that brought them were threatned to be punished That a Committee was appointed to examine and punish by conâ—iscation and otherwise all such as had a hand in the Remonstrance of Ker and Straughan That London and all England is promised to be divided among the Scots Officers and Soldiers if they can conquer it That a party of Scots appearing neer to Carlisle Major-General Harrison sent 2000 Horse and Dragoons towards them to fight them but they retreated in hast back to Sterling That 100 Waggons and Carts with Arms Ammunition and Provisions were come to New-Castle 24. Letters of a rising in Cardigan Shire of 400 Horse and Foot got together in a Body and intending to march North wards That some Troops of the Parliament quartering there abouts came up to them and they fought the Troopers but after a short dispute were routed about 40 of them killed and 60 taken prisoners among whom were some of the chief Conspirators An account of 4700 prest Soldiers and 4300 Voluntiers gone for Recruits into Ireland Letters of a Ship of the Parliaments arrived at Helford-sluce one of those sent to bring back the English Ambassador which was unexpected and unwelcome News to the States but the Courts of the Queen of Bohemia and of the Princess Royal rejoyced at their departure That
the other side the Enemy had the advantage of the ground our left wing of Horse being upon a very ill ground where was a pass lined by the Enemies Musketiers Upon consideration whereof we placed our greatest strength in our right wing consisting of my own Regiment of Horse and 2 of Collonel Lidcots and 2 of Collonel Okeys Troops the charge of that wing being left with him and in the left only 4 Troops of Collonel Okeys and 2 of Lidcots to whom the charge of that wing was committed The Battle consisting of mine and Collonel Daniels Regiment of Foot and reserved by Collonel West and Collonel Sylers Regiment being commanded by Collonel Overton We continued faceing one another about an hour and half supposing they would have come to us being come so far to seek us but finding they delayed and having just then received notice from my Lord that more Forces were come from Sterling to their assistance and that My Lord was upon his march to Lithgow and by that means the Enemy at liberty to send more Forces hither It was resolved we should climb the Hill to them which accordingly we did and through the Lords strength by a very short dispute put them to an absolute rout we killed upon the place as most judge 2000 and took 1400 Prisoners and amongst the rest Sr. John Brown Major-General of their Horse and Commander in chief of their Forces Collonel Buchannan and divers other Officers were taken and slain The reason why the slain exceeded the number of prisoners was because divers of them were Highlanders and had very ill quarter and indeed I am perswaded few of them escaped without a knock I think we lost not above 8 men but divers wounded thus easy hath the Lord given us this mercy My Lord is again Remarched towards Sterling Upon his advance I heard the Enemy who were upon their way 5 Miles with their whole Body towards us on this side Sterling is drawn back and lieth in Sterling and there abouts My Lord hath since sent me Collonel Ingolesby's Regiment and Collonel Ashfields with Collonel Lilburns and Collonel Alureds Regiments of Horse that I judge the Forces with me to be above 7000. North Ferry John Lambert July 22. 1651. Other letters That the Scots retreat to Sterling was in very great hast for they left several of their sick Men in their Huts and a pretty quantity of Powder and Match That the King and all the English did strongly oppose their going over Sterling Bridge and would have had them marched directly for Glascow and so for England That at the Battel of Fife there were 5 of their best Regiments of Horse and 5 of their best of Foot and of all these scarce 200 returned to them That the Scots taken Prisoners prove 1500. That the English Soldiers got good booty and that night when their Army retreated over Sterling they lost neer 2000 Men. That the Purple is much among them That the Scots are putting forward new levyes That such was the Gallantry of Major-General Lambert that had it not been for his Armour he had been lost a brace of Bullets being found between his Coat and his Armes That the King upon the rout of his Forces called a close Councel some were sent Northward to press more Men. That some of their own Soldiers plundered their carriages That Massy is more in favour than before but some of the Presbyterian Neutrals are retired and have private meetings That the English fetched in 40 load of Provisions out of the Scots quarters in Fife and lay on both sides of their Army 29. Letters read in Parliament from the Ambassador of Spain and from the States of Genoa An Act passed for relief of maimed Soldiers An Act passed prohibiting the hunting or killing of Deer Vote That former Primers used in the late Kings time be suppressed and new ones used 30. Letters That Cromwel sent more Forces to Lambert who ranged with his Horse in the Country of Fife and kept his Soldiers from all disorder That the strong Fort of Enisgarwey was delivered to Lambert 31. Letters That Lymbrick and Galloway are both in Treaty for surrender but stand upon high terms An account of Recruits and Provisions sent for Ireland That Sr. Charles Coote took in a Castle with 20 Barrels of powder and 8 great Guns and store of Provisions That he is sat down before Galloway and Collonel Reynolds was sent to him with additional Forces That the Lord Deputy sent a party to attempt the Island neer Lymbrick who landed out of their Boats before their Seconds came up to them and were all drowned or killed as was supposed they were slain after quarter given them or desired That the Lord Deputy demanded satisfaction and resolved no further Treaty if they come not down to low conditions That Collonel Hewson was burning Wickloe demolishing some Forts and fortifying others August 1651. 1. That the Treaty for surrender of Lymbrick was broken off yet their expected relief failed them that the Lord Deputy had possest 2 Forts within Musket Shot of their Walls Letters That in the late Battel of Fife Captain Augustin the great Mosse Trooper lost his Troop of 200 commanded Men and himself hardly escaped That the General commanded that the Sick Scots Soldiers left behind by their fellows should have Provisions given them and no injury to be offered to them And that those left dead in their Trenches should be buried That the General shipped the rest of his Army and Train into Fife leaving only 4 Regiments of Horse and 4 of Foot to secure this side of the Water That the Isle of Ingarney was surrendred to Cromwel the Soldiers to march away with their Swords only leaving all Arms and Ammunition behind them and in it Cromwel had 15 pieces of Ordnance That many of the Scots Prisoners were sent to New castle 2. Letters That some of the Scots Ministers protested against the general Assembly abetting the Kings design That a Minister and 2 Students came to the General from Angus for protection That one of them was excommunicated for not answering 2 questions 1. Whether Presbyterian Government in Scotland be not in all things conforme to the Word of God 2. Whether Cromwel be not Antichristian That another was excommunicated for praying with Persons of divers families in private 3. The Lords day thanks was given in the Churches in London for the late victory in Fife in Scotland Letters That Brunt Island was surrendred to Cromwel upon Articles and in it 3 Men of war and it was an excellent harbour much better than Lieth Harbour and in it was 500 Soldiers That many of the Scots Soldiers do run away dayly 5. Letters from Cromwel of the taking of Brunt Island and in it 30 or 40 great Guns and 3 little Men of War that the harbour at an high Tyde there is a fathom higher then Lieth and the Town not commanded by any
Council of State the Lord Major Sheriffs and Aldermen of London the Militia and many Thousand others of Quality There was a great Guard of Soldiers Horse and Foot and Multitudes of People in the Fields and in the Streets he was entertained all the way as he passed to his House with Vollies of great and small shot and loud Acclamations and Shouts of the People He carried himself with great affability and seeming humility and in all his Discourses about the Business of Worcester would seldom mention any thing of himself but of the gallantry of the Officers and Soldiers and gave as was due all the Glory of the Action unto God 13. A List sent up to the Parliament of many Officers taken in Pursuit of the Scots near Manchester That Collonel Gerrard who fell upon the Rear of the Scots Party in Cheshire was by them taken Prisoner and carried four or five Miles when coming to a Passe where they saw Clubmen ready to oppose them Two Majors Three Captains and Twelve Soldiers desired the Collonel that they might be his Prisoners to avoid the Club-men which he did and brought them Prisoners to Chester That the King was escaped but the Earl of Montgomery and about 80 more divers of them Men of Quality were brought Prisoners to Halifax That Collonel Lilburne's Regiment took divers Officers of Quality and 200 Soldiers and sent them Prisoners to York That the York-shire Forces took Lieutenant General Lesley Major General Middleton many Officers Gentlemen and Soldiers That Duke Hamilton was dead The Scots Prisoners were conducted through the City to the new Artillery-ground in Tuttle-fields 15. Letters That a Party under Collonel Okey took several Houses in the Highlands by Storm That the Scots threatned to hang all between sixteen and sixty that would not joyn with them and executed some That 80 Women were killed at the Storming of Dundee 100 Ships Prize in the Harbour That about 1000 Scots were brought Prisoners by the Country joyning with the Parliaments Forces in Lancashire and that of 2000 Horse of the Enemy that fled from Worcester few or none escaped 16. Cromwel sate in the House and the Speaker made a Speech to him and gave him the Thanks of the House for his great Services Lieutenant General Fleetwood and other Officers of the Army had also the Thanks of the House Cromwel and most of the Members of Parliament and divers Commanders of the Army were Feasted by the Lord Major in London The Parliament resumed the Debate touching a New Representative Debate of an Act of Oblivion and General Pardon with some Expendients for satisfaction of the Soldiery and the Ease of the People Order for a Fast-day in the House to seek God for Counsel and Assistance for improvement of his great Mercies and for doing things most to his Glory and the good of the Common-wealth Report to the House from the Committee of the Army of all the Forces in England and Ireland and the Monthly Charge of them A Committee appointed to receive the Agent from the Common-wealth of Genoa Letters That the Mosse-Troopers killed four of the Parliaments Soldiers and Two Passengers and indangered the Packet and that the Forces in the North were on the Borders to meet with the Flying Scots That the Commissioners of the Militia in Worcester-shire were disbanding the Militia Forces demolishing the Works and securing the Persons and Estates of such as adhered to the King 17. The Scots Prisoners came to London and among them who were not discovered before were the Lord Grandison Collonel Blague and others of Quality the Parliament ordered the Trials of the Earl of Cleveland Lauderdale Derby Major and Sheriffs of Worcester and others 18. Letters That Aberdeen was quitted by the Scots That divers died of the Spotted Feaver at Lieth Collonel Hubbold and others and that Lieutenant General Monk had been dangerously sick That the Gentlemen of Fife submitted to the Government of England An Account of dismissing Militia Forces and of the trouble to the Countries by the Scots Prisoners 19. Letters That upon the Suit of General Leven Sir Arthur Hasclridgge had given leave for his being Prisoner at his Son-in-law's House Mr. De la Vale upon his Parole and Mr. De la Vale gave Bonds of 20000 l. for his being a true Prisoner 20. Upon the desire of the Guinnee Merchants 1500 of the Scots Prisoners were granted to them and sent on Ship-board to be transported to Guinnee to work in the Mines there and upon a Quarrel among the Soldiers in the Barges Two or Three of them were drowned 22. Letters That Lymbrick would gladly accept of the first Offers of the Lord Deputy That they have Divisions among themselves That they made a Salley with 1000 Foot upon the Parliaments Forces who after an hours Dispute killed 80 of the Irish and wounded many and had nine slain and 35 wounded of the Parliaments Soldiers The House kept a Private Fast in the House Act read for a Thanksgiving-day and another Act for a yearly Observation of the third day of September in all the Three Kingdoms with a Narrative of the Grounds thereof The High Courts of Justice continued for Three Months by a new Act. Letters of a Prize taken with 20000 Dollers and rich Lading 24. The Funerals of General Popham were accompanied from Exeter House by the Speaker and Members of Parliament the Lord General and Council of State with great Solemnity to Westminster 25. Two of the Parliaments Soldiers in Scotland sentenced to ride the Wooden Horse for seizing and carrying away a Chest of Goods buried by a Country-man in the Fields and the Lieutenant General Monk published a Proclamation for the better prevention of disorders and plundering in Dundee 26. That the Enemy in Limbrick have made many Overtures for another Treaty but it would not be granted That the Priests and Friers among them bind them by new Oaths but they dare not trust one another That the Lord Deputy is before Clare Castle 27. Letters of the Jersey Pyrates doing mischef upon the Western Coast The Parliament ordered a Bill to be brought in for setting a time for the ending of this Parliament and for constituting a New Representative 29. The Narrative of the Mercies and Victories obtained by the Parliaments Forces in Scotland and England The Lord Major and Sheriffs of London were presented at the Exchequer 30. Letters That Collonel Reynolds had taken in Bellebeg Castle in Ireland and dispersed Dungans Forces That whilst Collonel Hewson was abroad the Enemy took in Two or Three small Garrisons of the Parliaments near Dublin but upon Hewsons return they quitted them An Act passed for providing Maintenance for Maimed Soldiers and Widows of Soldiers Order for a Bill for Confirmation of the Sale of Bishops Lands and the Lands of Deans and Chapters c. October 1651. 1. Several new Acts of Parliament Fead and debated in the House 2. Letters of
some discontent in Collonel Okey and his Party for chat the taking of General Leven and those with him was misrepresented to the Parliament and General and that right was not therein done to others as well as to Collonel Alured and his Party An Account from Hull of Recruits sent for Scotland 3. Letters That in Scotland they report the King to have entred London in Triumph and to be shortly Crowned and that Middleton was upon the Borders with 8000. That the Ministers gave Thanks in their Pulpits for the great Victory obtained by their Forces in England That they were confident that the Lord General went not about to Conquer Kingdoms to attain Titles or Territories to propagate his Praise or Promotion but the Publick Peace the Prosperity of the People and the Praise of God more than the Praise of Men. That the Soldiers seized a Man of War in the Harbour of Aberdeen That the Marquess of Huntley with 600 Horse and 1000 Foot was marched into the Highlands and that Balcarris had some Forces 4. Letters of four Soldiers in Scotland sentenced for robbing a Country-man of 7 l. to be led to the Gallows with Ropes about their Necks and there to have 30 Stripes and to be kept in Prison with Bread and Water till they had restored four Fold to the Country-man and asked him forgiveness on their Knees That Evandale Castle was surrendred upon Conditions and that divers Gentlemen returned to their Habitations about Lieth and ingaged to live quietly and submit to the Parliament of England 6. Letters That the Earl of Derby was tryed at a Court-Marshal at Chester at which were 20 Officers Captains and above that Degree five Collonels Major General Mitton and Collonel Mackworth the President That the Earl confessed the Plot for a General Rising of the Presbyterians in Lancashire to joyn with the King but it was disappointed by the apprehending of Mr. Birkenhead That Sir Tho. Tiddesly Major Ashurst and Major General Massey were principal Actors in that Conspiracy He confessed the matters of Treason charged against him and submitted to the mercy of Parliament And for Plea 1. He alledged he had Quarter given him and therefore was not to be tryed by a Court-Martial for Life but this was over-ruled by the Court. 2. He pleaded ignorance of the Act of Treason set forth by the Parliament which Plea was also over-ruled and the Court sentenced him to be beheaded for his Treasons at Bolton where he had killed a Man in cold Blood The Earl seemed very desirous of Life and petitioned the Lord General upon the Point of his having Quarter but had no relief from him The Court sentenced Sir Tho. Feverston to be beheaded for the same Treasons and Captain Benbow to be shot to death The Parliament ordered Dr. Drake and several Ministers and others to be tryed by the High Court of Justice for being Conspirators with Mr. Love Letters That the Lord Argyle was fortifying his House and other Places in Scotland and that the Lords and Gentlemen thereabouts came slocking home and were willing to close with England That the Remonstrants Kirk Party damned all that was done by the other Kirk Party who were for the King That Marquess Huntley was much disappointed by the Countries refusing to come in to him and that now they begin to fear that their Army in England is defeated 7. The Parliament ordered Three Regiments of Horse and Five Regiments of Foot and 30 single Companies to be disbanded for the ease of the Common-wealth and several Garrisons to be slighted The Committee for regulating the Law ordered to sit de die in diem An Act passed for the increase of Shipping and incouragement of the Navigation of this Nation 8. Letters That Captain Young who commanded the President Frigot coming to the Isle of Man summoned it for the Parliament but the Countess of Derby being there returned answer That she was to keep it by her Lords Command and without his Order she would not deliver it up being in duty bound to obey her Lords Commands 9. Orders of Parliament for disbanding several Regiments and Companies and some to be sent for Ireland and the Council of State to issue Warrants for Money for those disbanded and for pay of the Garrisons that are to be dismantled The Bill committed for setting a time for the ending of this Parliament and for calling a new one 10. Letters of difference between the Marquess Huntly and Argyle That the Pickeroons are busie upon the West of England and that one of Prince Ruperts Fleet that ran from him was come into Weymouth Harbour Letters of 1000 Scots Prisoners shipped out of Shrop-shire and of Collonel Cobbetts Regiment gone for Scotland Collonel Vaughan Dr. Drake and Captain Massey were tryed by the High Court of Justice for being in the Conspiracy with Mr. Love and they submitted to the mercy of Parliament 13. Letters That the Earl of Derby attempted to escape and was let down by a Rope from the Leads of his Chamber but some hearing a noise made after him and that he was re-taken upon Dee Bank He wrote a handsome passionate Letter to his Lady to comfort her and advised her as then matters stood to surrender the Isle of Man upon good Conditions Of divers Castles in Scotland surrendred to the Parliament of England and that their new Levies go on there very slowly 14. The Parliament sate in a Grand Committee about the Bill for putting a Period to this Parliament and appointing a new one and ordered to sit every day except Wednesdays for 14 days about this Bill Order for the Forces reduced out of the Garrisons to be put into Regiments and to march for Scotland and Ireland and the standing Army to be put into Garrisons 15. Several Petitions from Mr. Jenkins Mr. Case and others who were in the Conspiracy with Mr. Love by way of humble acknowledgement and submission The Parliament pardoned them all and ordered the Commissioners of the Great Seal to pass their Pardons 16. The Lord Major Aldermen and Common-Councel of London kept a special Thanksgiving-day for Gods Mercies to the Common-wealth and feasted at Guildhall Letters That divers Scots Ministers were permitted to meet at Edenburgh to keep a day of Humiliation as they pretended for their too much compliance with the King That the Northern Scots were got together 1800 but divided among themselves From Ireland That Collonel Zanchey took 30 Tories Prisoners and redeemed many English Prisoners and another Party took 60 more of the Tories That the Irish stormed and took Rosse but quitted it upon approach of the Parliaments Forces That they lost 20 Men and killed 15 of the Parliaments 17. Letters That Collonel Okey and three other Regiments quartering in the Country about Monrosse the Gentlemen finding that all their Provisions would be eaten up petitioned them to remove and ingaged to come in themselves and to
Proposals to be tendered to the Parliament of England for their Submission to them That they are contented to wave Kingly Government That no Lord shall exceed in Power a Private Person That the Tyrannical Power of the Clergy may be dissolved 14. Letters That the Lord Argyle had called a Parliament and that Mr. Alexander Kant a Minister said in his Pulpit That God was bound to own that Parliament that all other Parliaments were called by Man but this was brought about by his own Hand That the Lord Belcarris levying Forces in the North of Scotland his Officers would not allow Men and Horses sent in though they were very good but would find fault with them and demanded 20 l. for every one and they would find Men and Horses for 20 l. a-piece themselves Whereupon the Countrey rose upon them killed some of them and made the rest run away A Soldier shot to death by Sentence of a Court-Marshal for striking a Serjeant who was correcting him for a misdemeanour That 800 Recruits were landed in Scotland and more expected That the Lieutenant-General sent out a strong Party under Collonel Overton That the greatest part of the Gourdons had laid down their Arms and most of the Gentry were willing to comply with the Parliament of England only the Ministers endeavoured to keep up the War 15. Letters That the Marquess Huntley sent to the Governour of Lieth for a Treaty as Argyle had done the Countrey forsaking them and inclining to submit to England That Mount Orgel in Jersey was surrendred to the Parliament Forces and in it 20 Brass and Iron Guns and 20 Barrels of Powder and that Admiral Blake was in a Treaty for Elizabeth Castle That a Master of a Ship coming by saw Boats passing up and down between the Ships and the Castle with Flags of Truce and many Guns fired The Parliament voted That it was a convenient time to declare a certain time for the continuance of this Parliament beyond which it should not sit 17. Letters That the Gentlemen of Fife and other Counties met and prepared Letters and Commissions to be sent into every County for authorizing Commissioners to attend the coming of the Commissioners from England to make Proposals to them for setling the Peace of the Kingdom 18. The Parliament voted That the time for continuance of this Parliament beyond which they resolve not to sit shall be the third day of November 1654. And that such Scots Prisoners who have been disposed of by the Parliament or Council of State and any Officers of the Army if they run away and go into Scotland without licence shall suffer death and be proceeded against by Marshal Law Letters from Collonel Heane from Jersey of his Proceedings there with the Summons Answers and Conditions of the Surrender of Mount Orgeil Castle That they had in the Castle 18 Pieces of Ordnance four Barrels of Powder Match and Bullet proportionable 1000 Arms Two Months Provisions for 70 Men. The Parliament confirmed the Articles and voted Thanks to General Blake and Collonel Hayne for their good Service 19. Letters That at the Surrender of Lymbrick the Bishop the Major and the Deputy-Governour were hanged the Governour was condemned but reprieved to be sent to the Parliament That the Bishop and Major were hanged for breach of the Articles in disguising many Friars Priests and Bloody Rogues whereby they escaped contrary to the Articles 21. Letters from Lieutenant-General Monk giving thanks to God for the good news of the Rendition of Orgeil Castle That he appointed some Gentlemen to meet with the Marquess of Argyle to treat with him according to his desires That the Country are expecting the coming of the Parliaments Commissioners from England to settle the Civil Affairs of Scotland The Protestation of 28 Ministers given in to the Provincial Assembly at Aberdeen which the Assembly condemned as prejudicial to the Priviledges of the Kirk whose Proceedings they justifie 22. Letters That the Marquess Huntley was come to live privately at his own House upon a Passe sent to him That one of his Proposals was That the Lieutenant-General should put him in possession of certain Lands which was kept from him by his Cousin the Marquess of Argyle That the Earl of Kalander and others of Quality were come in That some Gentlemen in Scotland have done great Service for the Parliament of England at which the Kirk are much enraged and call those Gentlemen Malignants and inveigh against them and against the Parliaments Forces That the Scots rose against Captain Augustin their Countryman killed some of his Men and drave away the rest That the Lord Forbes and others were come in to the Parliament of England and the Country generally desired to be under the Protection of the English Commander in chief in that Kingdom 24. Major-General Massey and others were brought up Prisoners to London Massey endeavoured to escape by the way as he was brought up having a good Horse to ride on he set Spurs to his Horse thinking to ride away from his Convoy but the Soldiers overtook him and brought him back Letters That the Enemy in Cornet Castle in â—uernsey were besieged and very high but the Inhabitants of Guernsey Island were generally the Parliaments Friends That Collonel Hayne shot with his great Guns against Elizabeth Castle and did very great execution and Sir George Carteret had much ado to appease the Mutiny of his Soldiers That Major-General Sterling was come in to the Protection of the Parliament That Argyle and Huntley were to meet with some Persons appointed by the Lieutenant-General to treat with them about their Submission to the Parliament 25. The Parliament ordered the new Council of State to be constituted for the year ensuing That 20 of the last years Council should be continued and â—1 new ones joyned to them The Parliament passed further Instructions to the Council of State The Power of the Admiralty was placed in the Council of State They ordered That the Council of State take care that no Meetings should be in Scotland under any pretence of consulting touching Matters of Government Order That no Chair-man shall continue in the Chair of any Committee above a Year and this to extend to the President of the Council of State Several Votes touching Compositions of Delinquents in Durham Letters That Major-General Dungan with 600 Horse attempted Rosse in Ireland and possessed the Town and took Collonel Markham and killed 12 sick Men in their Beds and took 13 Prisoners and plundered the Town although Irish upon the coming of Forces from Waterford they deserted the Town That Zanchey and others fell upon them killed 100 of them and took 50 of them Prisoners That 4 or 500 of Lymbrick were dead of the Plague That the Lord Deputy had the Castle of Clare surrendred to him 26. Letters That the Lord Belcarris had disbanded his Forces in Scotland and was come to his own House to
the Judgment of Banishment against Lieutenant-Collonel Lilborne An Act passed to make void all Titles of Honour Dignities or Precedencies given by the late King since 4 June 1641. Referred to the Committee for considering of things of greatest Importance to take care for ascertaining the Debts on Publick Faith Order for constant Pay and Supplies for the Forces in Ireland Order for Moneys for Incident Charges to be disposed of by the Committee for removing Obstructions in the Sale of Forfeited Lands 4. One who undertook to cure the Blind and Deaf took Money before-hand of divers People and then ran away 5. Letters that by the late great Snows and Rain in Ireland the Waters rose so high that it drowned and spoiled most of the Corn and Provisions which the Rebels had got into Islands so that they were in a starving Condition That a Party of Collonel Venables men surprised some of the Rebels at their Markets took 20 Horse Slew 20 Men and 120 of them were Drowned 6. Letters that a Petition was presented to the Commissioners at Dalkeith that Dundee might chuse Officers according to their ancient Custome and Rights the Commissioners ordered them to bring in their Charter by a day A Copy of the Letter sent to Major-Ceneral Lambert and intended for the Lord-General Cromwell from the Lord Wareston and other Presbyterians setting forth That they made their Addresses to him because he had charge of those Forces that had unjustly Invaded that Land and had shed the Blood of many of the Saints of Scotland But they confess themselves justly punished for their late Treaty with the King but this doth no way justifie the Instruments They charge the Army with divers Errors countenancing of deposed Ministers to Preach silencing of Ministers that Preach of State proceedings and suffering Officers to Preach Scandalizing the Ministers subordinating the Church to the State in things of Christ which will tolerate the gathering of Churches in Scotland as it is in England Abridging the Assembly of the Kirke and imposing Magistrates principled against the Government of the Kirke They offer compliance in any thing not against their Conscience and the Liberty of the Kirke and Intreat the Major-General to imploy his indeavours with the rest of the Commissioners of England for the obtaining of their desires That the City of Edenburgh had a Commission to choose new Officers and such as should be chosen were to take an Oath of Fidelity to the Common-Wealth of England Letters That the Grandees of the Rebells in Ireland have often meetings to draw up Propositions in order to a Submission to the Parliament of England but cannot agree 7. Letters That many of the Commissioners of Shires and Buroughs in Scotland are chosen to attend the English Commissioners at Dalkeith The Committee for Regulating the Law presented several Results to the Committee of Parliament appointed to receive them 9. Letters That the Oath of Fidelity to the Common-wealth of England much troubled the new chosen Burgesses of Edenburgh That there were great Contests in their Presbyteries and contradictory Orders by them and Appeals to the English Commissioners The English Commissioners published another Declaration for equal Execution of Justice and for the present appointed Persons to Administer Justice till the Judicatories should be Established and forbid any power under the King or any other than under the Common-wealth of England Letters That the Army in Ireland was disposed into convenient Quarters to meet with the Enemy if they came abroad and Collonel Reynolds to lye with a nimble Party of 3000 Horse and Foot to be ready upon any occasion A Copy of the Articles between the Irish and the Duke of Lorraine sent to the Parliament whereby Lorraine was to have the Lordship Spiering Silvercroon Agent from the Queen of Sweden to the Parliament dyed in the Strand 10. The Act of Oblivion passed and some Provisoes to be added to it debated Order for paying Mariners and for lessening the publick charge Order for the Lord-General to send down all the Officers belonging to the Forces in Scotland which was upon Letters from the Commissioners A Declaration of the Inhabitants of Jersey of their Fidelity to the Parliament of England with praise to God for his Justice and giving Success to the Parliaments Forces and beating out the Tyrant Carteret That 3000 Subscribed this Declaration and took the Ingagement Of the opposition of the Presbyters in Devon ' 11. An Account of the Frigats on the Western-Coast and that a great Fleet of Dutch-men of War lay there abouts that the Dutch Captains were rough against the English and demanded Restitution of some of their Ships taken by the English 13. Letters That a small Party of Highlanders Murthered five of the Parliaments Soldiers in their Beds near Innerness and another Party stole away some Cattle That the Scots Ministers pray for their King and the Prisoners in England That Argyles Countrey refused the Warrants sent thither for Contribution by the Parliaments Officers The English Commissioners published a Proclamation against entertaining any Scots in their house without giving up their names to the Governour of the place and that no Scot have any Armes 14. Letters That the English Commissioners in Ireland had settled the Affairs there and were returned to Dublin That Collonel Hewson sent out a Party who killed a whole Troop of Tories except two only That Captain Clerk took 200 Tun of Wheat and Rye carrying to relieve Golloway That Bellitan a strong hold of the Rebels was Stormed by Collonel Zanchey and Collonel Axtell and taken and 4 or 500 of the Rebels killed The Parliament ordered their Committee to call together the Adventurers for Ireland who met and chose a Committee of their own to make Proposals to the Parliament for Setling that Business with their Consent From Sir George Ascues Fleet That he had taken Eleven Dutch and One English Ship at the Barbadoes And that Sir George Shot many Pieces at their chief Castle and they Shot at him and killed one man That he took Two more Dutch Ships loaden with Provisions and Horses Sugar c. That he sent Summons to the Lord Willoughby who answered that he would keep that place for the King That he was informed the King was near London and that all the Countrey came in to him as a Dutch Ship related to him 16. Letters That Sir George Ascue came within half a Musquet Shot of the Fort at the Barbadoes that the Ships he took there were of great Value That his Voyage thither was 10 Weeks and 2 Days yet none of his Men Sick The Commissioners from the Parliament in the Fleet with Sir George Ascue sent a Declaration to the Inhabitants of the Barbadoes to perswade them to submit to the Parliament of England and to desert the Lord Willoughby and his Party there that this course they thought fit to take before they used any acts of
to him to submit to the Parliament upon good terms and Letters to the same effect from other Friends were the cause of his surrender of the Island 30. Orders for Recruits from Pendennis Castle for Ireland and six weeks pay for them before they were transported out of England May 1652. 1. Letters That the Declaration of the Parliament of England for the Union of Scotland with England and their sending of Members to the Parliament of England was proclaimed with great solemnity at Edenburgh Cross but the Scots shewed no rejoycing at it 3. Letters justifying the Proceedings of the Commissioners for propagating the Gospel in Wales written by Mr. Vavasour Power a Minister there 4. Referred to the Committee to consider how a competent Maintenance for Godly Ministers may be setled in lieu of Tithes Order for relief of maimed and sick Soldiers Mr. Weaver one of the Commissioners of the Parliament in Ireland came into the House whereof he was a Member and gave them an account of the State of their Affairs there Letters of Credence of the Queen of Sweden to the Noble Hareldus Applebone her publick Minister to the Parliament of England were read and Letters from the Prince of Conde to the Parliament read and both of them referred to the Council of State Letters That Argyle did again solicit for some singular Act of Favour from the Parliament of England but his ways were known That Three Judges were come from England to administer Justice to the Scots in Scotland 5. That some Travellers upon Hunsloe Heath saw a strange Apparition of the Sun about sixth Clock in the Evening c. 6. Letters That the Ministers of Scotland were as bitter as ever against the Interest of England Of more Counties and Boroughs accepting the Vnion with England and that Argyle had agreed to Terms to come in to the Parliament of England but they were not published That the Lord Chief-Justice St. John Mr. Salloway and Alderman Tichburne the Parliaments Commissioners in Scotland went away for England That the Deputies of Argyle Shire had consented to the Vnion 7. Letters That the Magistrates of Musselborough had taken the Ingagement of the Parliament of England Of a Pyrate who took several English Vessels to the Westward of Recruits Shipped from Pendennis for Ireland That the Irish begged for Conditions to come in to the Parliament and some of them were admitted 10. Letters of Preparations to reduce Dinnoter Castle in Scotland That the new Judges sent into Scotland were very busie in setling of new Judicatories there That Ireland was wholly reduced and had no other refuge but Bogs and Woods that the Plague was much abated there That Commissary-General Reynolds had gotten most of the Provisions of the Rebels and killed and taken many of them and prevented their fortifying That he setled Three considerable Garrisons upon Passes in Kings County took in the strong Forts in those Parts upon Quarter for Life only 11. The Scots Commissioners returned and were in the Parliament The Committee revived for setting a Period to this Parliament and providing for future Representatives 12. Debate upon Qualifications of such Persons as shall be received into the House as Members Letters That Captain Howe a Young Gentle-man who had done gallant Service for the Parliament in Ireland being assaulted in his Quarters by a Party of the Tories he at the first Charge routed them but then they came on again with a fresh Party and routed Captain How 's Party who endeavoured to make good his Soldiers Retreat and himself charged Three times and came off well but upon a Fourth Charge he was unfortunately slain and his Death was very much lamented 13. A Duel between the Lord Chandoys and Mr. Compton and the Lord killed Mr. Compton 14. The knocking of a Link near some Reeds set the Reeds on fire and they fired a House in Redriffe and Two Ships lying near the Shore and burnt them at low water when no Boats could come to help them nor could they get Water Letters That the Inhabitants of Virginia willingly submitted to the Government of the Parliament 15. That the Army in Scotland was taking the Field Of the refractoriness of the Ministers That the Judges sent out of England published a Proclamation at Edenburgh That they would sit at the usual place for administring of Justice 17. Letters from the Commissioners in Ireland to the Parliament giving an account of the Affairs there of the Provisions received and acknowledging the great care of the Parliament therein and how they had disposed thereof to the Forces Of the Ports in Kerry fit for a Forreign Enemy to land in That Clenrickard and others were gone to Vlster to joyn with Phelim O-Neale That in some places the Enemy have made some Incursions in small Parties and taken some prey and Dragoon Horses but upon their return they being 250 Horse and 500 Foot they were met by Lieutenant-Collonel Throckmorton with 140 Horse and 400 Foot who had no Pikes and the Horse at first made some retreat But at length after a sharp Dispute the English Horse routed the Irish and killed 200 of them on the place and in the pursuit and took and killed divers Officers and had but twenty one killed and 100 Soldiers wounded That the Irish Clergy have excommunicated Collonel Fitz-Patrick for submitting to the Parliament and the Laity published a Declaration against him and all that joyned with him and some of his Party were cut off by the Irish who also cut off the Ears of some whom they took Prisoners That Fitz-Patrick met with some of them That Shipping was wanting to transport those who are to go beyond Seas 2000 of Fitz-Patricks Party 1000 of O-Dwyers Party and 4000 more Of many Applications made by divers chief Officers of the Irish to come in to the Parliament and Commissioners were sent with Instructions to give the same Terms which Collonel Venables was authorized to give to those in Vlster That Sir Charles Coote explained the Articles of Galloway which he yielded to to prevent charge to the Parliament and to get the possession of that City 18. Letters of a Squadron of the Parliaments Ships meeting with Three Dutch Men of War and Seven Merchants that the Dutch Admiral came under the Lee of the Parliaments Ships and kept his Flag up whereupon the English Ship sent a Boat to him to acquaint him that they had received Orders from their General to cause those Ships they met to take down their Flags and presently the Dutch Admiral took down his Flag and saluted the English Ships with Three Pieces of Ordnance and the English did the like to him After the Admiral came the Vice-Admiral of the Dutch but came to the Windward of the English contrary to the custom in the Narrow Seas and saluted the English with 13 Shot but took not down their Top-Flag The English called to them to take it down
and carryed into Brest Of the like Solemn Proclaiming of the Lord Protector at Weymouth Bristol Shrewsbury Exeter Yarmouth and many other places 31 That the King of Scots was present with the King of France and the Cardinal at Evening Prayer in one of the Jesuits Convents and the Dukes of York and Gloucester were with them That the Highlanders were grown up to the Number of at least Three thousand that some of them over-powring in number a Party of Collonel Thomlinsons Men killed Two of them That they imprisoned some Heritors in those parts for refusing their Levys and denying their Orders and giving out That whosoever shall not conform to their commands shall be proceeded against with Force and compelled to a Submission January 1653. Jan. 2. The Instrument of Government by the Lord Protector and His Council was Published for the View of all Persons together with the Oath Publickly taken by him 3 Letters of the Enemies increasing in Numbers in the Highlands who meeting with Four of Collonel Morgans Dragoons near Edenburgh Barbarously Murdered them and the adjacent Houses would not Protect them some of them were killed by a Party of the English 4 Letters of several small bickerings between Parties of the Highlanders and of the English Army That the Highlanders threaten sorely and seize the Persons of divers who refuse to assist them in their Levys The Dutch Ambassadors took their leave at a Conference at Whitehall and went to Gravesand for Holland Of General Monks Riding with his Squadron in the Channel and sending Frigots abroad 5 The Protector and his Councel had several Applications and Addresses made to them from divers considerable places acknowledging his Power and Government and promising Obedience to it 6 Letters that Judge Bulstrode came with a Commission of Goal-delivery to Warwick and in the Execution thereof gave great satisfaction to the People commended the present Government and charged the Grand Jury to bring to Justice any disturbers of it Of the Lord Whitelock his Arrival and Honourable reception at Gottenburgh 7 Letters of an English Ship Cast away near Weymouth and all her Men drowned except the Shipman and Two Passengers and of Picaroons coming into the mouth of Severn and taking some Vessels there That the Dutch Ambassadors remained at Gravesend and from thence made a further Application to his Highness and his Councel Of great Thunder about Amsterdam Lightning and Tempest which destroyed about Five hundred Houses and about Forty Merchants Ships sunk in the Texel 9 Collonel Lilburn Published a Proclamation for all the Scots to bring in their Horses to the next Garrison to them to prevent the Enemies taking of them or being sent to them and that for the Horses so brought in the owners shall have satisfaction or may keep their Horses in the Garrisons That a Commanded Party of Collonel Rich's Troop routed a Party of the Lord Kinoules Men and took his Lordship Prisoner and Fourteen more all Wounded and Thirty five Horse killed three of them and lost but one Man and five Wounded 10 Letters of a Lamentable Fire at Amsterdam which burnt Six hundred Houses there That Captain Welch after he had Landed the Lord Ambassador Whitelock of whose Squadron of Ships he was one took Two Holland Ships Riding at the Seah one of Four hundred the other of Three hundred and fifty Tuns loaden with Corn Wool and Plancks which he took and brought away with him and by Storm was forced to come a little way within the Port of Gottenburgh but without the Command of the Fort. That the Lord Ambassadour Whitlock was earnestly pressed to send for the Captain and to discharge the Prizes but he answered He conceived it to be a matter not appertaining either to himself or to the Queens Officers to meddle with and that he believed the Queens Ports would not be denyed to any English-man who had Commission by Authority of Parliament coming thither to shelter himself against Storms That the Conflict had been upon the High Seas betwixt the English and the Dutch who were Enemies for these reasons his Excellency refused to do any thing in it Some of Captain Welch his Men coming to Gottenburgh were stayed and brought before the Lands-Here who examined them and sent his Major to the Ambassadors to know whether he would own the Captain whereto he Answered He did own him as one that had a Commission by Authority of Parlioment and one of his Fleet whereupon the Men were dismissed That the English have the more trouble there and the less favour because the Queens Vice Admiral was a Hollander 11 That the Lord Protector and his Councel sate very close and all things seemed to favour them both at home and abroad 12 Divers Forein Ministers came over to the Lord Protector and acknowledged his Power Courted him and gave him his Title of Highness 13 Letters of Six months Pay brought to the Forces in Scilly Islands Of Prince Ruperts Arrival at the French Camp before Beffort 14 Letters that a Frigot chased a French Man of War till he forced him on Shore and shot at him so fiercely that some of the French coming down to the Sea-side Four of them were killed with the Shot from the Frigot That the Highlanders continued Stealing and Plundering their Countreymen who would not joyn and Rise with them or not Pay their Taxes That the Scots chose rather to be Destroyed by the Highlanders than to give any Intelligence of them to the English when they Marched near them That some of the English Fleet plyed about the Lands-end and others between that and the Downs and others upon the French Coast 16 Copies of Letters sent up from Glencarry to Captain Hill Governour of Bagnoth Castle courting him and informing him of the unsetledness in England and Answering his Letters to the Gentlemen of Bagnoth and affirming divers to be up in Armes in England for the King with other the like stuff and perswading him to Return to his Fidelity to the King Also the Answer to the Earl of Glencarnes Letter by Captain Hill full of stoutness and handsome Expressions and also his Letter to the Gentlemen of Bagnoth 17 Letters that the Dutch did exceedingly desire a Peace with England and the States sate often about it and that the People in Holland were not so high as formerly in speaking against England and that their Neighbour Princes feared and indeavoured to hinder a Conjunction between the Two Common-wealths That the Supply from England came to their Forces in Scotland That the Highlanders were very Active and great Men flock to them as young Montross and the Lord Gourdon That Lieutenant General Fleetwood and the Commissioners in Ireland appointed to try the Lord Muskerry and sent some Parties against some Tories An Agent came from Hamburgh to congratulate the Lord Protector Of many Protestants coming by Boat from Charington after Sermon towards Paris the Boat was cast away and about Sixty
made sad and strengthen the hands of the wicked that he should not return from his wicked way It being obvious to us where ever we come that few or none take pleasure in your proceedings but the Cavaliers who make their boast of you and place their confidence in you which as it is irkesom to us to hear so we trust and shall pray that the Lord will preserve you from such a defection as knowing that never any prospered that helped them 2. Whether this suddain resolution against your Brethren of the Army on account of their late Transactions have not some proportion with what the Israelites intended against the Tribes of Reuben Gad and the half Tribe of Manasseh when they had built an Altar of Memorial on this side Jordan And whether the same means if used by you for information of matter of fact as by them might not through the Lord's blessing have the same effect and thereby not only blood-shed be prevented but the work of Reformation carried on And truly though we shall not undertake to justifie the Army in their late Actions as being very unable to judge of such important Affairs not having been of the Council yet we hope that in the integrity of their heart and innocency of their hands they have done this thing which we apprehend to be the ground of your dissatisfaction And on this occasion we crave leave to remind you That as you were satisfied with the former Dissolution of this very Parliament in the year 1653. and were pleased to continue your Command at Sea in that juncture when as the undertaking of the late Lord General Cromwell was not so clear to others and through the blessing of God obtained two signal Victories against the Dutch even in that Interregnum so we earnestly desire you will hearken unto and receive satisfaction from the Officers of the Army in what they have to offer in this particular 3. We humbly offer to consideration Whether in your own observation it be not apparent that this Army have in their actings hitherto cordially designed the advancement of God's glory and the promoting and encouragement of godliness and vertue though in persons of different judgments and perswasions And whether the Cause of God and his people hath not hereby been preserved and maintained against all opposition 4. Whether by such undertaking if prosecuted the common Enemy in Scotland will not soon recover strength and become as obnoxious to England as in former times though of late through your singular Prudence Industry and Care they have been kept under And whether the espousing of an Interest distinct from your Brethren of the Army in England as is reported contrary to those righteous Principles that have hitherto been contended for will not instead of purchasing our desired Liberties render the good people of these Nations to a condition of perfect thraldom and bondage The state of Affairs being such in our weak apprehensions we have taken this freedom to unbosom our hearts to your Honour and shall earnestly pray they may take some place with you in order to the begetting of a good understanding and agreement between your self and your Brethren here that both you and they as also our selves in our several stations by Land and Sea may with one heart and consent be found doing the Lords work in this present Generation in opposition to all corrupt Interests whatsoever In attending whereunto a blessing may be expected from the Lord. In him we are Novem. 4. 1659. Your Honour 's humble Servants Richard Stainer John Lambert Tho. Bunn John Bourn Robert Clark Tho. Sparling Bartholom Ketcher Charles Wager Will. Goodson Anthony Earning Rich. Newberry Henry Fen Franc. Allen Nath. Brown Peter Bowen John Stoakes Robert Story Henry Pack John Grove Edw. Witheridge Richard Haddock Christoph Myngs Commissions granted to raise Voluntiers 10. Letters to Monk and his Officers to the same purpose from the Forces in Ireland It was agreed that three Commissioners of Monk's part should treat with three Commissioners on Fleetwood's part 11. Monk's three Commissioners coming to York discoursed there with Lambert and so far satisfied him of the reality of Monk's Intentions for Peace that Lambert sent Orders to stop his Forces from marching further Northward This being informed to the Committee of Safety it was moved to write to Lambert to advance with all his Forces speedily to Monk to indeavour to attaque him before he should be better provided and it was said by some that they suspected the reality of Monk's Intentions for Peace but believed rather that he sought delays This advice was not taken The Committee of Safety made this Order Whereas this Committee have thought it necessary for the better management of the publick Revenue of this Commonwealth to appoint several persons to be Commissioners of the Treasury and have directed a Commission giving them powers in that behalf to be engrossed to pass the great Seal of England These are therefore to authorize you to pass the said Commission under the said Great Seal accordingly For doing whereof this shall be your Warrant Given at the Committee of Safety at Whitehall the 11th of Novem. 1659. Signed in the Name and by order of the Committee of Safety A. Johnson President To Bulstrode Lord Whitelocke Keeper of the Great Seal of England They also made this Order Whereas this Committee have found it necessary for preservation of the peace and safety of the City of London to appoint several persons to be Commissioners for the Militia of the said City and Liberty thereof and have directed a Commission in that behalf to be engrossed to pass the Great Seal of England These are therefore to authorize you to pass the said Commission under the said Great Seal accordingly for doing whereof this shall be your Warrant Given at the Committee at Whitehall this 11th day of November 1659. Signed and delivered as the other 12. An account of their Forces given by the Militia of London and other Militia's to the Committee of Safety Monk's three Commissioners arrived to Treat 16. The Treaty proceeded with the three Commissioners of Monk and three of Fleetwood's and they agreed upon some Articles They agreed that a Committee of Nineteen should be appointed Five for England not Members of the Army which were Whitelocke Vane Ludlow Salwey and Berry and Five for Scotland St. John Wareston Harrington Scot and Thompson the rest for England Scotland and Ireland to be Members of the Army They to determine of the qualifications of Members of the Parliament That two Field Officers of every Regiment and one Commissioned Officer of every Garrison and ten Officers of the Fleet shall meet as a General Council to advise touching the Form of Government 16. This Argument was concluded Letters from the Commissioners in Ireland of the quiet posture there 17. Monk gave more cause of the suspicion of his design 18. Fleetwood was advised not to
of the Paâ—liament Montross Obstructions Jones Ireton U 〈◊〉 ties Ireland Cromwel sent for Reasons Scotland Ingagement Courts Marshal Durham Reports Pembroke Scots Declaration Kings Lands New Representatives Acts of Parliament proclaimed Ireland Report Letters from Rome February Gospel Stile Scotland Humiliation publick Register Hinderson Scotland Academy Scotland Army humilation Ingagement Scotland Ireland Gospel Scotland Preachers â—ct for â—eamen March Ministirs Ingagement Taunton Scots â—reland vote Sabboth Blasphemy Blasphemy Ireland Army Petition Ireland 〈◊〉 Judge Nicholas Ireland Letters London Address Answer April New Inventions L. Broghall 〈◊〉 Ireland 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Orders G. Blake Scots Ireland Kilkenny Witches Petition Vote Montrosse Massey Letter Cromwell 〈◊〉 Army Petition Scots Bonds Ireland Proposals Ireland Montross defeated May. Leeds Montress Kirk Montresse Adultery Act. H. Martin trepaâ— Montross Montross Scots Army Law Scotland Ireland 〈…〉 Ireland Clonmel Scots Ireland Scotland Cromwel Cromwel June Blake Scotland Cromwel Scotland Ireland army Ascham Murdered Lady Fitz-gerald acts South-wales Iuncto of State Resolution to invade Scotland Fairfax unsatisfy'd Conference with Fairfax Farfax Lays down his Commission Cromwell made General Court Marshal Ireland Scots Cromwel Scotland Act against Swearing Fleet. Barbados Message from the Scots York Ireland Victory Scotland Letters from Sir Charles Coot July High Court of Justice Plague Cromwel Adultery Act. Scots Scotland Blasphemy Proclamation Portugal Russia Amsterdam Ireland Cromwel G. Lesly Proclamation Baâ—bados Scotland August Amsterdam Spain Scotland Ireland Scotland Scotland H. C. of Justice Scots Scots Officers Cromwel Ireland Scotland Septemb. Call from God Fleer Scots Cromwell Victory at Dunbarre Scots Ministers Colours hung in Westminster Hall Scots London Ireland 〈◊〉 Ministers Letter from Cromwel Another Letter Barbados Blasphemy Ireland Scotland Proclamation sir John Gell. Lady Elizabeth H. C. of â—ustice Scots Barbados Scotland October Ireland Petition Scotland Portugal Kirk Ireland Scots The Engagement Trained Bands Fleet. The Law in English Scotland Cromwel Return of Iuries Cromwel Blasphemy Scots Pr Rupert Scots Ireland Novem. Law-business Irish Scots Proclamation Ministers Moss-Troopers Middleton The English Laws Kirk Ireland Victory C. Axtel December Blake Scots Portugal Sermon Scots Letters from Cromwel Declarations H. C. of Justice Blake Blake Scotland Spanish Ambassador Blake January Scotland Edenburgh Castle sâ—t rendred Scots H. C. of Justice Ireland Portugal Ambassador Coronaâ— at Schone Gr. Seal Scotland Blake New Seal Kirk February Kirk Aysebam Ambassadors to the States Hume-Castle Kings-Armes Ministery Hume-Castle Fenwick Councel of State Court-Marshal Cromwel Ireland Blake Mr. Fryes Book Ireland March Scotland Admirals Revolters Cook Dangerous Opinions Scotland English Ambassadors Holland April Apseley Ireland Van Trump Pyrates Kirk Ireland English Ambassadors Coalition Scilly Island May. Scots Scotland Scilly Island Petition Massey Scotland Cromwel P. Edward English English Ambassadors Scots Cromwell Holland Scotland June Sir George Ascut Scilly Island Ireland Scotland Mr. Love Scots English Ambassadors Holland Mr. Love Scots Lord Broghill Ireland July Ireland Scotland Mr. Love Cromwell Ireland Scots Cromwell Mr. Love Petition St. James's Fair. Jersey Ireland Scotland Love Cromwell Lambert Victory in Scotland Primers Ireland August Fise Battle Ministers Questions Brunt Island Mr. Love Scotland Cromweâ— Harrison Ireland Lord Broghill London Scots invade England Co. Alured Preston Harrison Oxford Letters from Lambert Mr. Love Scots Motion Sterling Castle Scots Letters from Fleetwood E. Derby Ministers Worcester Septem Scotland Worcester Vote C. Alured Tory. Ireland Monk Worcester Fight Letters from Cromwel Harrison Scotland Dundee Massey Sir Arth. Haselrigge Ireland Dundee Dundee Cromwel Scots Cromwel Fast-day Scots General Popham Ireland New Representative Hewson Okey C. Alured Scotland E. Derby October Conspirators Scotland Countess of Derby E. Derby Bill for a New Parliament Conspirators London Scots Moss-Troopers E. Derby King landed in Holland English and Dutch quarrel Ireland Bills Scots Discipline Commissioners for Scotland Holland Ambassadors The Kings Escape from Worcester Prisoners Petition Novem. Jersey taken Argyle Monk Isle of Man Jersey 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Isle of Man Scotland Jersey Votes for Dissolution Jersey Ireland Monk Kirk Huntley Massey Jersey Council of State Ireland Limbrick surrendred Scotland Scotland Jersey Ireland Decem. Ireton dies Preaching Cromwel Conference Petitions Scotland Dutch Ambassadors Votes Dutch Ambassadors Jersey Scotland Dutch Ambassadors Ireton Advice Jersey Elizabeth Castle Lambert Law Barbadoes Scotland Jersey Ayscham Januar. Scotland Haselrigge Scotland Monke Lilburne Committee of the Law Court-Marshal Scotland Votes Sweden Declaration Sea Vision 〈◊〉 Committee of Law H. Peters Februa Acts. Scotland Declaration Ireland Jersey Dutch Scotland Hewson Sir George Ascue Barbadoes Lambert Declaration Committee of Law Scotland Kens Town Ireland Petition Answer Scotland Hans Towns Holland March Blake Kirk Covenant Scotland Ireland Barbadors taken Lord willoughby Ireland â—â—ts Union Petition Danish Minister Scotland Union Ireland Bills Union Scotland Frigots Argyle April Dutch Union Ireland Lieutenant-General Ludlow Ireland Cracovian Catechisme Kirk Ireland Union Dutch Ambassadors Union Scotland Merchants Ireland Vote Hamilton Sir George Ascue Barbadon Scotland France L. Willoughby Sweden Conde Argyle May. Union Representative Captain How Judges in Scotland Ireland Fleet. Dutch Flag Ireland Van Trump Dutch Ambassadors Fight in the Downs Ireland June Throckmorton Judges Scotland Scotland Dunotter Castle Blake Dutch Paper Answer Scotland Dutch Ambassador Fight at Sea Blake Ireland Vote Cromwel Lambert distated Whitelocke Ireland Scotland Kirk Prerogative Sir George Ascue Register Kirk Tumult Storm Petition Votes in Answer to Dutch Paper Dutch Ambassadors Hewson Ireland Blake Ascue July Ireland Ascues Sea Fight Highlands Blake Dr. Winston Fleetwood Ascue Ireland Scots Dutch Fleet. Ascue Highlands Blake Kirke Highlands Dutch-Fleet Q. Sweeden Scots Presbyterian Blake Ascue Kirke Blake Ireland Blake Ireland Highlands Van Trump Ascue St. Pauls Van Trump August Army Petition Answer Cromwel Blake Kirk Ascue Fight Committee for Ireland Ascue Blake Scotland Blake Pen. Compalint Virginia Highlands Dutch Fleet. De Wit Denmark Septem Ireland Blake Wales Ireland â—udges â—rcuits in Scotland Highlands Dutch Bill Parl. Blake Dutch Mutiny Scotland English Judges Blake D. Tuscany Portugal Ambassador October Dutch Fleet. Witches Sea fight Ireland Storm Union Blake Denmark De Witt. Denmark Dutch Denmark Union Ireland Alderman Fowk Kirke Witches Scotland Dutch Petition Union Novem. Dutch Fleet. Union Cromwell Whitelock Blake Monk Parliament Navy Scotland Forreign Ministers Seamenincouraged Februa Placard Sea Fight Cromwell and Army against Parliament Prince Rupert Captain Bodiley Lord Lisle Holland March Scots Dutch Scotland Army Holland Anno 1653. Scots Declaration Sea Fight Irish Scotland Captain Appleton Ministers Sweden Cromwell Colliers April Irish Pamphlet Holland Scots Van Trump Cromwell Parliament turned out of Doors Kirk Cromwell Holland Declaration Great-Seal Sea Captains Scotland Dutch Holland Fleet. May. Durham Acknowledgments Coynen Cromwell Fleet. Dutch Kings-Bench Prison Army Ireland Bodiley Army Ireland Dâ—al Dutch Danâ—s French Ambassador Fleet. Ireland Highlands Army Dutch Ireland Cromwell Van Trump London Addresses Radnor Fleet. Van Trump Scots Jus divinum Sea Fight Dean Monk
of his Parliaments that all differences might be composed and all Armies disbanded To which the King answered That he came to the Scots Army with intent to settle Peace and to satisfie the just desires of his good Subjects and to comply with his Parliament in all things for the good of Religion and the Happiness of his Subjects and when Peace shall be setled he will find out some honourable means for imployment of so many gallant men as are in this Army 6. Malignant Ministers to be disabled from any Livings of the Church Instructions passed for the Commissioners to go to the King with the propositions for Peace they were to demand his Majesties positive Answer to them which if not given within ten days they were to return to the Parliament Commissioners for the House of Lords were the Earls of Pembroke and Suffolke for the House of Commons Sir Jo. Danvers Sir Jo. Hippesley Mr. Robinson and Sir Walter Earle Letters from the Deputy Major of New-Castle that he had hindred Delinquents from coming to his Majesty His action was approved and order for a Declaration to give power to the Northern Committees to hinder Delinquents from coming to his Majesty Debate touching slighting of Inland Garrisons and referred to the respective Committees to do it in the North and West Vote against the Scots renewed That this Kingdom had no more need of the Scots Army and that the Scots Commissioners should be desired to take order that their Army might be withdrawn out of this Kingdom which is no longer able to bear them The Lords desired a Committee of both Houses might be appointed to reform Cambridge University and to slight that Garrison 7. Sir John Danvers desired to be excused and Mr. Robert Goodwin was named in his stead one of the Commissioners to go with the Propositions to his Majesty Captain Johnson that brought up the last Message from the King had twenty pound Divers Ordinances past for Compositions Petitions about Tyn and about the Fens Divers Ministers from the Assembly in Scotland came to the King with a Petition to him to take the Covenant but would preach to him before it were delivered Sir Peter Killegrew went to the King with the Letter of both Houses touching Ireland 8. Order for stating the Accounts of Sir Will. Brereton as Major General The Committee of Examinations dissolved not having done well Order for five thousand pound for the Forces before Litchfield and that Sir Will. Brereton should go down to that Siege Orders for relief of Ireland Reports of Compositions and Orders Worcester demanded higher Articles than Oxford had Wallingford was upon Treaty but the Governor Col. Blagge sent an high and proud Letter to the General Blagge desired a Cessation and the General agreed to it to prevent the burning of the Town which Col. Blagge intended and the Commissioners met on both parts about it The Cessation from all acts of Hostility was agreed for four days 9. Order to discharge the attendants of the Duke of York when he should come to St. Jameses and six hundred pound to buy a Coach and Apparel for him Mr. Marshall ordered to go with the Commissioners that carried the Propositions Money for the Scots Officers Intelligence that the Prince was come into France to his Mother and that the Lord Digby was gone for Ireland and that the Earl of Glamorgan was in the head of an Army there Monsieur Bellieure the French Ambassador to the Parliament landed Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice took Shipping Major General Massey took his place in the House The Treaty for Worcester broke off 10. Ordinance committed for Sale of Delinquents Estates another past for Irish and Papists to go out of London Order for all that came in upon the Articles of Oxford and Exeter to ingage before the Committees to act nothing prejudicial to the Parliament Ordinance past for Mr. Woodcocke to be Parson of St. Olave Southwarke another for redemption of Captives Letters from the general Assembly of the Kirke of Scotland after complements earnestly desire the Parliament of England timeously to settle Church-Government according to the Covenant with expressions against those who hinder Uniformity they resolve to observe the Covenant Another Letter from them to the Assembly of Divines thanking them for their care and pains in the work of Religion that Sectaries ought to be suppressed c. Another to the Lord Mayor and Common Council of London commending them for their Petition to the Parliament about Religion and mentioning those of London in Queen Maries days and the zeal of the Citizens for God commending them for their actions in the present times and for their countenancing the Assembly and the Scots Commissioners and highly incouraged them to go on The French Ambassador was received into London in great State 11. Order for reducement of the Forces of Nottingham and for Money for that work and for the losses and damages of that County Order for a pass for the Earl of Bristol to go beyond Sea according to Exeter Articles Liberty to the Earl of Cleveland upon bail to go into the Countrey for three weeks for his health The propositions for Peace fully passed both houses Money for M. G. Massey's Forces Order for slighting divers Garrisons Lieutenant Col. Lilburn brought to the Barr of the Lords House had his charge read to him but he seemed to slight it and was re-committed 13. The Houses sate not having resolved to adjourn this hot season two days in the week till they had an answer to the propositions but a Committee sate to examine the ingrossment of the propositions and to see them signed by the Speakers and the Scots Commissioners and to declare them to the Commissioners The Propositions were to sign an Act. 1. To take away all Oaths and Proclamations against the Parliament and their Actions 2. To Sign the Covenant and an Act for the general taking of it 3. To pass an Act to abolish Bishops c. 4. To confirm the Assembly 5. That Religion be setled as both Houses should agree 6. Vnity and Vniformity of Religion to be confirmed by an Act. 7. An Act against Jesuits Papists c. 8. An Act for educating Papists Children in the Protestant Religion 9. For Penalties against Papists 10. Against saying of Mass in any place 11. The like for Scotland as they shall think fit 12. For the due observation of the Lords day and against Pluralities non Residents and regulating the Vniversities in the same Act. 13. The Militia to be in the Parliament for twenty Years so for Scotland with power to raise Moneys and use the Militia c. Londons Priviledges as to their Militia confirmed 14. All Honours and Titles since the great Seal was carried from the Parliament to be void and no Peers to be but by consent of both Houses 15. To confirm the Treaty between England and Scotland and conservators of the Peace to be appointed
16. To establish the Declaration of both Kingdoms 30 June 1643. with the qualifications of exception from Pardon both English and Scots and the names of those made incapable of Office and such as have deserted the Parliament 17. To make void the Cessation in Ireland the War there to be left to the Parliament and the same Religion to be setled there as in England 18. The Militia and Tower of London to be in the Government of the City and their Charters to be confirmed 19. All grants and Process under the Great Seal here to be confirmed and all by any other Great Seal to be void and the like for Ireland and all Honours granted since the Cessation there to be void And all these particulars to be pass'd by several Acts of Parliament 14. Order for disposing and paying the Forces under Major General Massey Differences between the Soldiers and Towns-men of Exeter referred to a Committee to be composed and orders for pay of that Garrison Search ordered for Materials for coining in some Trunks The Commissioners set forth with the Propositions Letters informed that Montrill the French Agent came to New-Castle and brought letters from the Queen to the King advising him to make Peace upon any Terms at which the King was very joyfull That Montross desired liberty to go beyond Sea and that great levys of men were made in Scotland and the Garrisons of New-Castle Carlisle and Berwick re-inforced by the Scots who lay heavy upon Northumberland and the Bishoprick of Durham 15. An Ordinance committed for setling three hundred pound per An. on Mrs. Burghill whose Husband was slain in the Parliaments Service and upon their Heirs Upon Information of the Master of the Ceremonies an Order for the reception of the French Ambassador One Grady and Irish Rebels and other Papists apprehended and committed and orders for apprehending all of their condition and a day set for their departure out of London Orders for pay for several Forces The Kings answer to the Letters of both houses for delivery up of the Garrisons in Ireland into the the hands of such as the Parliament should appoint was read and was very General expressing great desires of Peace and that the Propositions for it might be speedily sent to him And that business being once well setled those Garrisons and all the rest of the Forces will be ordered for the publick good 16. Great complaints from Cumberland and Westmorland of the heavy pressures of the Scots Army Ragland Castle held out the Siege some of their Officers as M. Price and others were taken Prisoners by L. G. Morgan Major General Mitton Besieged Denbigh Castle Letters informed that the Rebels in Ireland were come within twenty miles of Dublin 17. Letters from Sir Tho. Fairfax gave an account to the House of the Treaty for surrender of Wallingford Castle and desired the direction of the House upon one Article insisted on by Col. Blagge That they might have no Oaths nor Covenants imposed upon them after the surrender The House ordered the General to continue his Siege of that Castle and would not allow of that Article Order that the Heads of Houses in Cambridge for bear cutting down of Timber in Colledg Lands till they had order from Parliament to do it An Ordinance sent up the Lords for fifty thousand pound for Ireland Monsieur Bellieure the French Ambassador was received in great State and usual Ceremonies in both Houses 18. A day of Thanksgiving appointed for the reducing of Oxford Litchfield was surrendred upon Articles to Sir Will. Brereton with all their Ordnance Arms and Ammunition 20 Montross demanded that his Son and the Gentleman with him might enjoy their liberty and Estates and he to go beyond Sea otherwise he resolved to hold out and not disband Letters informed great resort of Malignants English and Scots to the King The City of Worcester was agreed to be surrendred to the Parliament upon Articles 21. The day of publick thanksgiving for the surrender of Oxford 22. Debate of the French Ambassadors Message which was That he had in command from the Queen Regent and the King of France to interpose and endeavour a good reconciliation of the differences between his Majesty and the Parliament of England but seeing in what forwardness they were and the Propositions sent to his Majesty he had now nothing further to do but to take his leave and desired their Pass to go to the King and to the Estates of Scotland The Answer of the Parliament was That they took in good part and thankfully from the King of France his good affections and intentions to these Kingdoms and willingness to see their troubles over to end the which they had done and would continue to do their utmost But they could not agree that any Foraign State should interpose in the remaining Differences nor in particular the King of France by his extraordinary Ambassador And they agreed that he should have a Pass and be used with all respect and civility Mr. Herle voted to be Moderator of the Assembly Dr. Twist being dead Letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax of the surrender of Worcester and thanks ordered to be sent to him and his Messenger had a gratuity Letters from the Northern Committees of the insupportable burden upon them by the Forces there and relief of those Counties A Letter from both Houses inviting the Duke of York to come to London Order for an Ordinance for the Government of North-Wales and for Committees there The Lords pass'd a Declaration for restraining Malignants from coming to the King 23. A Committee appointed to receive complaints against such as have been in Arms against the Parliament with power to imprison Order for re-imbursing Commissioners of Excise Some Forces of the Eastern Association met at St. Albans in a kind of mutiny the House ordered them to return to their several Counties Order for a new Election Goring House ordered for the Speaker The Ordinance for sale of Delinqueuts Estates sent up to the Lords 24. Letters informed the surrender of Wallingford with a Copy of the Articles Several Ordinances pass'd for Compositions by Delinquents Order for the slighting of all the Garrisons in Worcester-shire except Worcester City and all the Horse there to be disbanded except eighty to attend upon the High Sheriff An Ordinance appointed to be drawn for obedience to be yielded to Committees so long as they should be continued and no affronts to be offered to them or to any publique Officer Order for a Collection for the poor in the places in Devon-shire visited with the plague Order for all the Horse in Bucks to be reduced to eighty only 25. The House did not sit The Commissioners arrived with the propositions at New-Castle and the King seemed well pleased 27. The Houses sate not many Letters came from the Northern Counties of the Miseries and devouring Charge indured by them from the Scots Army and
fell into the Lord of Kinoules Quarters took seven or eight Prisoners and about twelve Horse killed one rescued the Lord of Egles Sheriff dispersed the Regiment and the Lord of Kinoule hardly escaped The Lord Protector was Proclaimed by sound of Trumpet in the Pallace yard at Westminster at the Old Exchange and several other places in London divers of the Councel and the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in their Robes with three Serjeants at Armes with their Maces and the Heraulds attending And command to Publish the same Proclamation in all Counties 20. Letters of a Dutch Prize taken by a Private Man of War and brought to Hull 21 A Proclamation Published by his Highness the Lord Protector with the consent of his Councel for continuing all Persons being in Office for the Execution of Publick Justice at the time of the late change of Government until his Highness further direction in these Words OLiver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland considering That whereas the exercise of the chief Magistracy and the Administration of Government within the said Commonwealth is Invested and Established in his Highness assisted with a Council and lest thereupon the setled and ordinary course of Justice in the Commonwealth if remedy were not provided might receive interruption his Highness in his care of the State and publick Justice thereof reserving to future consideration the reformation and redress of any abuses by misgovernment upon better knowledge taken thereof is pleased and doth hereby expresly signifie declare and ordain by and with the advice and consent of his Council who have power until the meeting of the next Parliament to make Laws and Ordinances for the Peace and Welfare of these Nations where it shall be necessary which shall be binding and in force until Order shall be taken in Parliament concerning the same that all persons who on the Tenty day of this instant December were duly and lawfully possessed of any place of Judicature or Office of Authority Jurisdiction or Government within this Commonwealth shall be and shall so hold themselves continued in the said Offices and Places respectively as formerly they held and enjoyed the same and not otherwise until his Highness pleasure be further known And all Commissions Patents and other Grants which respect or relate unto the doing and executing of Publick Justice and all Proceedings of what Nature soever in Courts of Common Law or Equity or in the Court of Admiralty or by Commissioners of Sewers shall stand and be in the same and like force to all Intents and Purposes as the same were on the said Tenth day of this instant December until further Order given by his Highness therein And that in the mean time for preservation of the publick Peace and necessary proceedings in matters of Justice and for safety of the State all the said Persons of whatsoever Place Power Degree or Condition may not fail every one severally according to his respective Place Office or Charge to proceed in the performance and execution of all Duties thereunto belonging as formerly appertaining to them and every of them whilst the former Government was in being Given at White-Hall this 21st of December in the year of our Lord 1653. 22 Letters that the States of the Netherlands keep from their People the knowledge of the Offers of England for coalition and Peace with them Of great Preparations for the Sea against the Spring of above One hundred Sayl of Ships of War 23 Letters of the Highlanders dividing themselves in several Territories that they often remove their Quarters and are in want of Provisions That a Party of the English killed three and a Captain of the Lord Lords 24 Letters of two Dutch Prizes brought in by a Private Man of War That the Dutch about the Lands-end took an English Ship which came from New England That some French Wines were taken and brought into Deal That the Highlanders make so high Demands from the Country that they are not able to supply them 26 Letters that Captain Hart about Dumfrize with a Party of English pursued some of the Enemies by the tract of the Snow and fell upon them took Sixty five Horses sixteen Prisoners and many Armes and four of them slain they fought very Resolutly for a while Captain Hart lost but one Man and sixteen Wounded That the late Change of Government in England was well Resented by the Army in Scotland and they were unanimous to obey the Lord Protector That some Gentlemen about Ruthen Castle in Scotland sent to Captain Hill the Governour to know if an Enemy should come into those Parts whether he would give them leave to furnish the Enemy with Provisions c. to rid them out of the Country to which he answered That if any did so they should forfeit their Lives and Estates Then he showes them the Power of the State of England and their kind dealing with the People of Scotland under their Power and the inconsiderableness of those in Armes against the State of England concludes with an absolute forbidding of them to give any Assistance to the Enemy and to pay in their Sesses Letters from Swedland of the safe Arrival of the Lord Ambassadour Whitelock and of his gallant Reception there 27 The Lord Protector and his Councel passed several Ordinances For continuing the Excise and the Commissioners For the continuing the Act for Redemption of Captives For alteration of several Names and Formes used heretofore in Courts Writs Grants Patents Commissions c. and setling Proceedings in Courts of Law and Equity Divers Prizes taken by Captain Newberry between the Isle of Wight and the French Coast and several other Prizes taken and brought in by others of the Parliament Frigots 28 An Order Published of the Protector and his Counsel for reviving of a former Act for the Probat of Wills and granting Administrations Letters that Chanut Ambassadour from the French King with the States did freely offer to them an Alliance and Assistance from his Master if they would break with Spain and England That Captain Crispin pursued some French Vessels into Conquet Road where he Anchored and the Town and Country came down to assist the Pickaroons and Dutch there and Crispin made Two hundred and thirty great Shot into the Town and did much spoil to the Ships which got close under the Houses 29 The Lord Protector and his Councel sate very close in Ordering their dispatches to the several Forces in England Scotland and Ireland and to their Publick Ministers abroad 30 The Lord Protector with his Councel and the Officers of his Army kept a Day of Humiliation at Whitehall That the Lord Protector was Solemnly Proclaimed at Plymouth the Magistrates present in their Robes the Trumpets sounding and Guns firing the Bells Ringing and Shouts and great Acclamations of Joy of the People Of Two English Ships loaded with Masts c. coming from New England taken by three Dutch-men of War