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A84768	A letter from His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, to Mr. Speaker; concerning, the forces of the Northern Association, and Nottinghamshire Horse joyning with the Army. With their severall declarations and representations. Also, two petitions from the Nottinghamshire Horse; the one to both Houses of Parliament; the other, to His Excellencie Sir Thomas Fairfax.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.	1647 (1647)	Wing F175; Thomason E399_7; ESTC R201713	4,878	12

but hitherto by the management of the affaires of so great importance have appeared we shal no lesse endeavour to defen● with our lives and estates the lawfull designes of those truly well-affected Souldiers then we would oppose a forreign invasion or prevent an indirect or unwarrantable warre our warrant being the same for either nature or law and our Covenant binding thereunto Wee shall therfore prosecure the discovery of all persons complotting and combining against us that we may keepe our friends and Nation free from any inforcement injury or prejudice especially wee giving to understand that we have not any intentions to spill the blood of any man or to wrong their propriety of goods or intrench upon the conscience of any our chiefe care being in this our Declaration and intention at present and for future to provide for a correspondency with that army to live or dye rejoyce or suffer with them as we are mutually engaged our expectations of reward being no other then the salving of those griveances published from that Army with our own the Souldiers honour and lively-hood repaired their service thankfully requited and all corrupt avthority in Courts of Indicature and Offices of the Kingdom expunged and all those severall good Acts for the present and future concernment of the Kingdome established which as they were most satisfactory to the generality so we desire not to require an addition of redresse of any particular mens wants or sufferings but attend to the generall businesse in hand with the accomplishment of the Armie and our candid and just demands the justice and sincerity whereof we desire to vindicate as our lives Pontefract Iuly 5. Colonell General Poyntz Regiment of Horse Robert Bradley Nathaniel Croft Collonel Bethels Regiment George Issot Thomas Iackson Collonel Copleyes Regiment Nicholas Baker William Bates Collonel Orvertons Regiment Iohn Bennington William Wren Collonel Brights Regiment John Marke Edward Field Collonel Ponsonbyes Regiment Thomas Hunter Thomas Wharton Collonel Collenwords Regiment Robert Shayre Thomas Shacklock Collonel Legards Regiment Robert Tod William Blanchard Agitating in behalfe of the severall and respective Regiments This to be subscribed by all the Officers and Souldiers in the Regiment c. Whereas the Officers and Souldiers of severall Regiments of the Army under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax did on the 5. of Iune last past at a generall Randezvouze neere Newmarket enter into an engagement to and with each other and to and with the Parliament and Kingdome which ingagement having been since printed and published hath now been read unto us We the Officers and Souldiers under the Command of Collonel Thornehaghs do hereby declare our selves to enter into the same ingagement with the Army and to and with each other and to and with the Parliament and Kingdome In testimony whereof we subscribe our hands Nettingham Iuly 7. 1646. George Palmer Captaine Rich. Franke Quarterm Edward Kirke Quartm Francis Sutley Iohn Pinerder Iohn Cocke William Roofe Robert Marshall William Royston Robert Alfiet Robert Hide Iohn Brittan Thomas Pond To His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax Generall of the Forces raised by Authority of Parliament The humble Petition of Nottinghamshire Horse c. SHEWETH THat although we the Regiment under the Command of our honoured Colonell Col. Thornhagh never had so much our owne desires as to serve under the immediate command of your Excellency in that your gallant and faithfull Field Army yet having received a resolution next to the Justice of our Cause by your Excellencies virtuall presence in the Commissi●ns of our honoured Commanders we may without vanity professe That in our Orbes we have moved for the advancing and procuring this Kingdomes peace and liberty so cheerfully that we cannot doubt your Excellencies countenance and assistance which we humbly implore in our humble addresses to the Parliament professing that such is our resentment of the injuries done unto you as done unto our selves neither will we hope to stand if you fall nor fear we falling if you stand when nothing is controverted but the same for which wee first engaged and dare not recede from viz. The priviledge of Parliament Of Free born Subjects and Reformation of Church and Common-wealth And as to the better effecting all these the necessary and just vindication of the too much slighted Souldiery amongst wee your humble Petitioners who haue from the beginning of our engagements which beare date almost with the beginning of these warres served the Parliament these five yeares and have not received for our service past 6.8 per weeke in money nor free quarter one weeke wish another and that there is at this time due unto this Regiment in Arreares 40000 l. and upwards that we have not received above one Moneths pay these 50 weekes and having for our present accomodation and maintenance no other subsistence then what a small and harrassed County of Charity which is malignant will afford in meat and drink A slender requitall as we conceive for our losse of bloud Our humble request unto your Excellency is That you will recommend our further addresses unto the consideration of the Honourable Houses of Parliament whereby we may obtain the wages of our bloud our Arreares and such present maintenance as first when we engaged under their service were promised and yet that we may not hereby be understood to be unconcern'd in or disingaged from the past or future necessity of the Army in the plaine and honest prosecution of their Proposition and Desires in the late Declaration and that we according to our proportion of time and arreares may be satified as the Army shall be for their proportions Subscribed George Palmer Captain and the rest as in the next Paper before To the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament The humble Petition of the Nottinghamshire Horse c. Humbly sheweth THat whereas we the Regiment under the command of our noble and ever honoured Col. Francis Thornhagh a Member of the House of Commons have for the space of five years or thereabouts with faithfulnesse served the kingdome by the Authority and Command of the Parliament against theirs and the Kingdomes enemies having bin according to our imployment accessaries to what ever harn bindon as to the deare purchasing of Peace and liberty to the poore yet free-borne people of this Kingdome and are notwithstanding in Arrears at the least fourty thousand pounds for that voluntary yet conditionall service which with the expence of some blood we have performed neither have we ever received our monies or free quarter in a sume if the totall of all was here remised as might computed make every week worth 6 s unto us since we have borne armes our present quallity now being such as renders us unable to subsist or compell a lively-hood by any regular way or our poore exhausted County neither are we assured of the wages of our blood our just well deserved and often promised arrears Wee therefore humbly pray that whatsoever shall be granted in relation to the souldiers and peoples good to that faithfull Army of yours under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax who have bin alike faithfull to their trust according to the propotion of their Arrears time and in the meane while that such pay as by the new Modell was allowed to all but never paid to us may be duly deposited for our present maintenance And wee shall pray c. Subscribed as the former LONDON Printed for R. Royston at the Angel in Ivie-lane 1647.