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B03011 A message from both Houses of Parliament sent to Yorke to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, the 28 of March 1642. With His Majesties letter to the Lord Keeper, in answer to the same, dated March the last, 1642. England and Wales. Parliament.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) 1642 (1642) Wing E1653A; ESTC R221181 1,111 8

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A MESSAGE FROM BOTH HOVSES OF Parliament Sent to YORKE to the Kings most Excellent Majesty the 28. of March 1642. With his Majesties Letter to the Lord Keeper in answer to the same Dated March the last 1642. Sabbati 2. of April 1642. Ordered by the Lords in Parliament that the Message of both Houses to his Majesty dated 28. of March 1642. That the Earle of Warwicke might command this Summers Fleet in chiefe under the Lord Admirall and his Majesties Answer thereunto shall be forthwith printed and published Iohn Browne Cler. Parliament Printed at London for Andrew Coe 1642. May it please Your Majesty THE Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled having found it necessary to provide and set to Sea a strong and powerfull Navy for the defence of this Kingdom against forrain force the security of your other dominions the charge whereof is to be borne by the Common-wealth and taking notice of the indisposition of the Lord Admirall which disables him at this time for commanding the fleet in his owne person did thereupon recommend unto his Lordship the Earle of Warwicke a person of such quality and ability as in whom they might best confide to supply his Lordships roome for this imployment and understanding that your Majesty hath since signified your pleasure concerning that command to Sir Iohn Pennington wee doe hold it our duty to represent unto your Majesty the great danger and mischiefe the Common-wealth is like to sustaine by such interruption And therefore doe humbly beseech your Majesty that the person recommended by both Houses of Parliament for this service may no longer bee detained from it out of any particular respect to any other person whatsoever To our Right trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Edward Lord Littleton Keeper of our Great Sea●e of ENGLAND RIght trusty and welbeloved Counsellour we greet you well we wonder both at the forme and matter of that inclosed Paper ye sent Us in the name of both House of Parliament in yours of the 28. of March it beng neither by way of Petition Declaration or Leter and for the matter Wee beleeve it is the first ti●e that the houses of Parliament have taken upon them the nomination or recommendatiō of the chiefsea Commander but it ads to the wonder that Sir Iohn Pennington being already appointed by Us for that service upon the recommendation of our Admirall which is so well known that none can be ignorant of it and no fault so much as alledged against him another should be recommended to Us Therefore Our Resolution upon this poynt is that Wee will not alter him whom we have already appointed to command this yeares Fleet whose every way suffeciency is so universally knowne the which We are confident Our Admirall if there shall bee occasion will make most evident against whose Testimony We suppose our Parliament will not except and though there were yet none appointed or the said Sir John through some accident not able to perform the service yet the men of that Profession are so well knowne to Us besides many other Reasons that our Admirall ●ccepted because of his place Recommendation of that kind would not be acceptable to Us. Given at Our Court at Yorke the last of March 1642. FINIS