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A43880	Historical collections, or, A brief account of the most remarkable transactions of the two last Parliaments consisting of I. The speeches, votes, accusations, addresses, and article of impeachment, &c., II. The bills of association, exclusion, and repeal of 35 Eliz. &c., III. The several informations, messages, narratives, orders, petitions, protestation of the Lords, and resolves of both Houses, etc., IV. The tryal and sentence of William Howard Lord Viscount of Stafford in Westminster Hall, his speech and execution on the scaffold at Tower Hill with many other memorable passages and proceedings of the two last Parliaments, held and dissolved at Westminster and Oxford, V. A perfect list of each Paraliament, VI. His Majesty's declaration, shewing the causes and reasons that moved him to dissolve the two last Parliaments.		1682 (1682)	Wing H2100; ESTC R32032	89,184	314

Worcester Dr. John Fell Lord Bishop of Oxford Dr. Thomas Lamplugh Lord Bishop of Exeter Dr. William Thomas Lord Bishop of St. Davids Dr. William Gulston Lord Bishop of Bristol Dr. William Beaw Lord Bishop of Llandaff The COMMONS Bedfordshire 4. William Lord Russell Sir Humphrey Monoux Bar. Town of Bedford Pawlet St. John Esq Sir William Franklin Kt. Berks 9. William Barker Esq Richard Southbey Esq * Borough of New-Windsor Richard Winwood Esq Samuel Starkey Esq Borough of Reading John Blagrave Esq Nathan Knight Esq Borough of Wallingford William Lenthall Esq * Scorie Barker Esq Borough of Abbington Sir John Stonehouse Bar. Bucks 14. Thomas Wharton Esq John Hampden Esq Town of Buckingham Sir Richard Temple Kt. of the Bath and Bar. * Edward Lord Latimer Borough of Chipping Wiccomb Sir John Borlase Bar. Thomas Lewes Esq Borough of Aylisbury Sir Thomas Lee Bar. Sir Richard Ingoldesby Kt. of the Bath Borough of Agmondesham Sir Roger Hill Kt. Sir William Drake Kt. Borough of Wendover Richard Hampden Esq Edward Backwell Esq Borough of Great Marlow John Borlace Esq Sir Humphrey Winch Bar. Cambridge 6. Sir Levinus Bennet Bar. * Sir Robert Cotton Kt. * Vniversity of Cambridge Sir Thomas Exton Kt. Sir William Temple Bar. * Town of Cambridge William Lord Allington Sir Thomas Chicheley Kt. Chester 4. Henry Booth Esq Sir Robert Cotton Kt. Bar. * City of Chester William Williams Esq Sir Thomas Grosvenor Bar. Cornwall 44. Francis Robarts Esq Sir Richard Edgcomb Kt. of the Bath Borough of Dunhivid alias Lanceston Sir John Coryton Bar. Sir Hugh Pyper Kt. * Borough of Leskard Sir Jonathan Trelawny Bar. John Buller Esq Borough of Lestwithiel Sir John Carew Bar. Walter Kendal Esq Borough of Truro William Boscawen Esq Edward Boscawen Esq Borough of Bodmin Hendar Robarts Esq Nicholas Glyn Esq Borough of Helston Sir Viel Vivian Bar. Sydney Godolphin Esq Borough of Saltash Sir John Davie Bar. * William Jennings Esq * Borough of Gamelford Robert Russel Esq Sir James Smith Kt. Borough of Port-Pigham alias Westow John Trelawny of Trelawney Esq John Trelawney of Westmin Esq Borough of Crampound Nicholas Herle Esq * John Tanner Esq Borough of Eastlow Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bar. Henry Seymour of Langley Esq Borough of Penryn Charles Smith Esq * Sir Nicholas Slanning Kt. of the Bath and Bar. * Borough of Tregony Hugh Boscawen Esq Charles Trevannian Esq Borough of Bossiney Charles Bodvile Roberts Esq Narcissus Luttrel of Grays-Inn Esq * Borough of St. Ives Edw. Noseworthy Senior Esq Edw. Noseworth Junior Esq Borough of Foway Jonathan Rashlegh Esq John Trefry Esq Borough of St. Germans Daniel Elliot Esq Richard Elliot Esq Borough of St. Michael Sir John S. Aubin Bar. Walter Vincent Esq Borough of Newport William Coryton Esq Ambrose Manaton Esq Borough of St. Mawes Sir Joseph Tredenham Kt. Henry Seymour Jun. Esq Borough of Killinton Richard Carew Esq * William Trevisa Esq * Cumberland 6. Edward Lord Morpheth Sir John Lowther City of Carlile Sir Philip Howard Kt. Sir Christopher Musgrave Kt. Borough of Cockermouth Sir Richard Grahme Bar. Orlando Gee Esq Derby 4. William Lord Cavendish William Sacheverell Esq Town of Derby Anchitel Gray Esq George Vernon Esq Devonshire 26. Sir William Courtenay Bar. Sam. Rolle Esq City of Exeter William Glyde Esq Malachy Pine Esq Borough of Totnes Sir Edward Seymour Bar. Edward Seymour Esq Borough of Plymouth Sir John Maynard Kt. His Majesty's Serjeant at Law John Spark Esq Town of Okehampton Sir Arthur Harris Bar. Josias Calmady Esq Borough of Barnstable John Basset Esq Richard Lee Esq Borough of Plympton George Treby Esq John Polexfen Merchant * Borough of Honiton Sir Walter Young Bar. Sir Thomas Putt Bar. Borough of Tavistock Edward Russel Esq Sir Francis Drake Bar. Borough of Ashburton Thomas Reynell Esq Richard Duke Junior Esq * Borough of Clifton Dartmouth and Hardness John Upton Esq Edward Yard Esq * Borough of Beralston Sir John Trevor Kt. Sir William Bastard Kt. Borough of Tiverton Samuel Foot Esq Sir Henry Ford Kt. Dorsetshire 20. Thomas Strangeways Esq Thomas Freke Esq Town of Pool Henry Trenchard Esq Thomes Chafin Esq Borough of Dorchester Sir Francis Hollis Kt. and Bar. Nicholas Gould Merchant Borough of Lyme-Regis Henry Henley Esq Thomas Moore Esq * Borough of Weymouth Sir John Coventry Kt. of the Bath Sir John Morton Kt. and Bar. * Melcom-Regis Thomas Brown Esq Michael Harvey Esq Borough of Bridport Sir Robert Henley Bar. * William Bragge Esq * Borough of Shafton alias Shaftsbury Sir Matthew Andrews Kt. * Thomas Bennett Esq Borough of Wareham Thomas Erle Esq George Savage Esq Borough of Corf-Castle Nathaniel Bond Esq * Sir Nathan Naper Kt. and Bar. Durham 4. William Bowes Esq * Tho. Fetherston Hough Esq * City of Durham Sir Richard Lloyd * William Blakeston Esq * Essex 8. Henry Mildmay Esq John Lemot Honywood Esq * Borough of Colchester Sir Harbottle Grimston Bar. Sir Walter Clarges Bar. Borough of Malden Sir William Wiseman Kt. and Bar. Sir Thomas Darcy Bar. * Borough of Harwich Sir Philip Parker Bar. * Sir Thomas Mydalton Kt. Gloucestershire 8. Sir Ralph Dutton Bar. Sir John Guise Bar. City of Gloucester Evan Seys Serjeant at Law by one Indenture Sir Charles Berkley * by one Indenture Evan Seys Serjeant at Law by another Indenture William Cooke Esq by another Indenture Borough of Cirencester Sir Robert Atkins Junior Kt. Henry Powle Esq Borough of Tukesbury Sir Hen. Capel Kt. of the Bath Sir Francis Russel Bar. Herefordshire 8. John Viscount Scudamore Sir Edw. Harley Kt. of the Bath City of Hereford Bridstock Hartford Esq Paul Foley Esq Borough of Lempster John Dutton Colt Esq Thomas Coningesby Esq Borough of Webley John Birch Esq John Booth Esq * Hertfordshire 6. Sir Jonathan Keat Bar. * Sir Charles Caesar Bar. Borough of St. Albans Thomas Pope Blount Esq Samuel Grimston Esq * Borough of Hertford Sir Thomas Bide Kt. Sir William Cooper Bar. * Huntingtonshire 4. Sir Thomas Proby Bar. * Silus Titus Esq Borough of Huntington Sidney Wortley alias Montague Esq Lyonel Walden Esq * Kent 10. Sir Vere Fane Kt. of the Bath Edward Dering Esq City of Canterbury Sir Thomas Hardress Kt. His Majesty's Serjeant at Law * Edward Hales Esq City of Rochester Sir John Banks Bar. Francis Barrel Serj. at Law * Borough of Maidston Sir John Tufton Kt. and Bar. Thomas Fane Esq * Borough of Quinborough Sir Edward Hales Bar. William Glanvil Esq Lancaster 14. Charles Lord Brandon Sir Charles Houghton* Borough of Lancaster Richard Kirkby Esq William Spencer Esq * Borough or Town of Preston in Amounderness Sir John Otway Kt. Edward Rigby Serjeant at Law Borough of Newton Sir John Chicheley Kt. Andrew Fountain Esq Borough of Wigorn. Charles Earl of Ancram Banks Esq * Borough of Clithero Sir Ralph Ast on Bar. Sir Tho. Stringer Serj. at Law Borough of Leverpool Ruishee Wentworth Esq John Dubois Merchant Leicester 4. Bennet Lord Sherrard Sir John Hartop Bar. Town of Leicester John Grey Esq Sir Henry

Esq Borough of Old Sarum Henry Lord Colerain* Sir Eliab Harvey Borough of Wooton Basset Henry St. John Esq * Laurence Hyde Esq Borough of Marleborough Thomas Lord Bruce * Thomas Bennet Esq Worcestershire 9. Samuel Sandys Esq Thomas Foley Esq City of Worcester Sir Francis Winnington Kt. Thomas Street one of His Majesty's Serjeants at Law Borough of Droitwich Henry Coventry Esq Principal Secretary of State Samuel Sandys Junior Esq Borough of Evesham Sir James Rushout Bar. Henry Parker Esq Borough of Bewdley Philip Foley Esq York 30. Charles Lord Clifford Henry Lord Fairfax City of York Sir Henry Thompson Kt. Sir John Hewly Kt. Town of Kingston upon Hull Sir Michael Warton Kt. * William Gee Esq * Borough of Knaesborough Sir Thomas Slingsby Bar. William Stockdale Esq Borough of Scarsborough William Thompson Esq Francis Thompson Esq Borough of Rippon Richard Stern Esq Christopher Wandesford Esq Borough of Richmond Thomas Craddock Esq Humphry Wharton Esq Borough of Heydon Sir Hugh Bethell Kt. Henry Guy Esq Borough of Corfe Boroughbrig Sir Thomas Mauliverer Bar. Sir John Brook Kt. * Borough of Malton William Palmes Esq Sir Watkinson Payler Bar. Borough of Thirske Nicholas Sanderson Esq Sir William Franklan Kt. Borough of Aldborough Sir Brian Stappleton Bar. Sir Godfrey Copley Bar. Borough of Beverly Sir John Hotham Bar. Michael Warton Esq Borough of North-Allerton Sir Gilbert Gerrard Bar. Sir Henry Calverly Kt. Borough of Pontefract Sir John Dawney Kt. Sir Patience Ward Kt. BARONS Of the CIN QUE-PORTS 16. Port of Hastings Sir Robert Parker Bar. John Ashsburnham Esq Town of Winchelsea Creswel Draper Esq Thomas Austin Esq Town of Rye Sir John Dorrell Kt. Thomas Frewen Esq Port of New Rumney Sir Charles Sedley Bar. Paul Barrett Esq Port of Hythe Sir Edward Dering Bar. Edward Hales Esq * Port of Dover William Stokes Esq Thomas Papillon Esq Port of Sandwich John Thurban Esq Sir James Oxenden Kt. Bar. Port of Seaford Sir William Thomas Bar. Herbert Stapley Esq WALES 24. ANGLESEY II. Richard Bulkeley Esq Town of Bewmorris Henry Bulkeley Esq BRECON II. Richard Williams Esq Town of Brecon John Jefferys Esq CARDIGAN II. Edward Vaughan of Trouscoad Esq Town of Cardigan Hector Phillips Esq CARMARTHEN II. John Lord Vaughan Kt. of the Bath Town of Carmarthen Altham Vaughan Esq CARNARVAN II. Thomas Bulkley of Dinas Esq Town of Carnarvon Thomas Mostin of Glotheth Esq DENBY II. Sir Thomas Mydelton Bar. Town of Denbigh Sir John Salisbury Bar. FLINT II. Mutton Davis Esq Town of Flint Roger Whitley Esq GLAMORGAN II. Bussy Mansel Esq Town of Cardiffe Sir Robert Thomas Bar. MERIONETH I. Sir John Wynne Kt. Bar. PEMBROOK III. Sir Hugh Own Bar. Town of Haverford West Thomas Owen Esq Town of Pembrook Arther Owen Esq MONTGOMERY II. Edward Vaughan Esq Town of Montgomery Matthew Price Esq RADNOR II. Rowland Guynne Esq Town of Radnor Griffith Jones Esq The COMMONS in all 513. Historical Collections OR THE CONTINUATION Of the PROCEEDINGS Of the PARLIAMENT Begun and Dissolved AT OXFORD LONDON Printed in the Year 1681. Historical Collections OR THE CONTINUATION Of the PROCEEDINGS Of the PARLIAMENT Begun and Dissolved AT OXFORD Fame BEing fully satisfied with the accompt which you gave me of the Proceedings of the last Parliament at Westminster I took my flight into the Country thinking to have open'd my Pacquet But when I came there I could hardly find any Body at home all People were so busied with the New Elections and taken up with future expectations that they little minded what was past Thereupon I resolv'd to stay a while before I expos'd my self to those whose thoughts I found were bent another way Upon these considerations I followed the Croud to Oxford But I had hardly trimmed my Weather beaten Wings before the Parliament was dissolved there too So then I thought it my best way to come up to London again and find out my Old Friend Truth and then to take my Progresses with a compleat and perfect Relation Now therefore I desire thee to favour me with an Accompt of the main Transactions in this same short Parliament at Oxford Truth That 's soon done Fame 'T is so and therefore the trouble being the less I am the more bold to desire it in hopes that by keeping Thee company I may convince the World of the ill Opinion it has of me of being a Lyar. Truth Falshood in things of this Nature is of a dangerous importance and therfore I will tell the Relation barely without Welt or Guard and do thou be sure to make no Additions thy self Fame I shall be very punctual in observing thy Instructions Truth Know then that the Parliament being appointed to meet upon the 21st of March 1681. And the time of Sessions approaching the King upon the Twelf of March removed to Windsor Upon the Fourteenth he removed to Oxford and in his way was met upon the Borders of the County by the High Sheriff with his Attendants and at Whateby by the Lord Norris Lord Lieutenant of the County with such an appearance of the Gentry that hardly any were found missing but such as were known to be hindred by Sickness or other lawful Impediment By whom together with the Two Troops of the County Militia his Majesty was conducted to the East-Gate of the City where he was received by the Mayor and the rest of the City Magistrates and the Recorder Serjeant Cook welcom'd in a set Speech and after the usual Presents made by the Maior and among the rest of the Mace which was return'd the Mayor then carrying the Mace before his Majesty with the rest of the Brethen attended his Majesty to Christ-Church-Gate After that the King passing to his Appartment in the Colledge was received by the Bishop with a Latin Speech upon his Knes attended by the Canons and the next Morning was attended by the Vice-Chancellour the Doctors Professors Proctors and University Orator The Vice-Chancellor laid the Beadle's Staves at the Kings Feet and then the Orator addressed himself in Latin to the King and in English to the Queen the Vice-Chancellor Orator and Doctors kneeling all the while Fame These Ceremonies do not happen every day and therefore you have obliged me with the Relation Truth Upon the 21st of March the parliament met according to Summons at Oxford in the Convocation House at what time his Majesty went to the House of Lords which State in the Geometry-School and being seated in his Throne with his Royal Robes and the usual Solemnities declar'd himself in a Gratious Speech to Both Houses to the Effect as followes That the unwarrantable Proceedings of the last House of Commons were the reason of his parting with them for that he who would never use Arbitrary Government himself would not suffer it in others That whoever calmly consider'd the Assurances he had renewed to that last Parliament and what he had recommended to them his Forreign Alliances the Examination of the Plot and the Preservation of Tangier and reflect upon their

Windsor Thomas Lord Cromwel Ralph Lord Eure. Philip Lord Wharton Tho Lord Willoughby of Parham William Lord Pagett Charles Lord North Grey of Rolleston James Lord Chandos Robert Lord Hunsdon James Lord Norreys Digby Lord Gerrard under Age. Christopher Lord Tenham Fulk Lord Brook Edward Lord Mountague of Boughton Ford Lord Grey of Wark John Lord Lovelace John Lord Paulet William Lord Maynard John Lord Coventry William Lord Howard of Escrick Charles Lord Mohun under Age. Henry Lord Herbert of Cherbury Thomas Lord Leigh Christopher Lord Hatton Richard Lord Byron Richard Lord Vaughan Francis Lord Carrington William Lord Widdrington Edward Lord Ward Thomas Lord Culpeper Jacob Lord Astley Charles Lord Lucas Edward Lord Rockingham Robert Sutton Lord Lexington under Age Charles Henry Lord Wooton Marmaduke Lord Langdale Charles Lord Berklay of Stratton under Age. Francis Lord Holles Charles Lord Cornwallis George Lord Delamere Horatio Lord Townsend Thomas Lord Crew John Lord Frescheville Richard Lord Arundel of Trevise James Lord Butler of Moor-park under Age. Hugh Lord Clifford under Age. Richard Lord Butler of Weston Edward Noel Lord Titchfield Archbishops and Bishops Dr William Sancroft Lord ArchBishop of Canterbury Dr Richard Stern L. Archhishop of York Dr Henry Compton Lord Bishop of London Dr. Nathaniel Crew Lord Bishop of Durham Dr George Morley Lord Bishop of Winchester Dr. Herbert Crofts Lord Bishop of Hereford Dr. Seth Ward Lord Bishop of Salisbury Dr. Edward Rainbow Lord Bishop of Carlisle Dr. John Dolben Lord Bishop of Rochester Dr. Anthony Sparrow Lord Bishop of Norwich Dr. Peter Gunning Lord Bishop of Ely Dr. Thomas Wood Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry Dr. Peter Mew Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells Dr. John Pierson Lord Bishop of Chester Dr. Humphry Lloyd Lord Bishop of Bangor Dr. William Lloyd Lord Bishop of Peterborough Dr. Guy Carlton Lord Bishop of Chichester Dr. Thomas Barlow Lord Bishop of Lincoln Dr. James Fleetwood Lord Bishop of Worcester Dr. John Fell Lord Bishop of Oxford Dr. Thomas Lamplough Lord Bishop of Exeter Dr. William Thomas Lord Bishop of St. Davids Dr. William Gulston Lord Bishop of Bristol Dr. William Beaw Lord Bishop of Lland●ff Dr. William Lloyd Lord Bishop of St. Asaph Note that the LORDS under Age are not Call'd by the King 's WRIT And Papists are excluded by Law The COMMONS BEDFORDSHIRE 4. William Lord Russel Sir Humphrey Monnox Baronet Town of Bedford Pawlet St. John Esquire Sir William Franklin Knight BARKS 9. William Barker Esquire Richard Southby Esq Borough of Reading John Blagrave Esq Nathan Knight Esq Borough of Wallingford Scory Barker Esq * Taverner Harris Esq Borough of Abington Sir John Stonehouse BUCKS 14. Thomas Wharton Esq Richard Hambden Esq Town of Buckingham Sir Richard Temple Kinght of the Bath and Baronet * Sir Ralph Varney Knight and Baronet Borough of Chipping-Wiccomb Sir John Borlase Baronet Thomas Lewis Esq Borough of Aylsbury Sir Thomas Lee Baronet Sir Richard Ingoldesby Knight of the Bath Borough of Agmondesham Sir William Drake Knight * William Cheyney Esq Borough of Wendover John Hambden Esq Edward Backwel Esq Borough of Great Marlow John Borlase Esq * Thomas Hobby Esq CAMBRIDGE 6 Sir Levinus Benet Baronet Sir Robert Cotton Knight University of Cambridge Sir Thomas Exton Knight * Robert Bradey Dr. of Physick Town of Cambridge William Lord Allington Sir Thomas Chicheley Knight CHESTER 4. Henry Booth Esq Sir Robery Cotton Knight Bar. City of Chester William Williams Speaker Roger Whitley Esq CORNWAL 44. Francis Roberts Esq Sir Richard Edgcomb Knight of the Bath Borough of Danhivid alias Lanceston Sir Hugh Piper Knight William Harbord Esq Borough of Leskard Sir Jonathan Trelawney Baronet John Buller Esq Borough of Lestwithiel Sir John Carew Baronet Walter Kendal Esq Borough of Truro Edward Boscawen Esq * Henry Ashhurst Esq Borough of Bodwin Hender Roberts Esq Nicholas Glynn Esq Borough of Helston * Charles Godolphin Esq Sidney Godolphin Esq Borough of Saltash Bernard Greenvil Esq Sir John Davie Baronet Borough of Camelford Robert Russel Esq Sir James Smith Knight Borough of Port-pigham alias Westlow John Trelawney of Westm Esq * Jonathan Trelawney of Coldrunoch Borough of Crampound John Tanner Esq Nicholas Herle Esq Borough of Eastlow Sir Jonathan Trelawney Baronet * John Kendal Esq Borough of Penryn Sir Nicholas Slanning Knight of the Bath and Baronet Charles Smith Esq Borough of Tregony Hugh Boscawen Esq Charles Trevannian Esq Borough of Bossiney Charles Bodvile Roberts Esq * Sir Peter Coryton Baronet Borough of St. Ives Edward Noseworthy junior Esq * James Prade jun. Esq Borough of Foway Jonathan Rashleigh Esq John Trefry Esq Boroagh of St. Germans Daniel Elliot Esq Richard Elliot Esq Borough of St. Michael * Sir William Russel Knight * Henry Vincent Esq Borough of Newport * William Morris Esq Ambrose Manaton Esq Borough of St. Mawes Sir Joseph Tredenham Knight Henry Seymour jun. Esq Borough of Killinton William Coriton Esq Richard Carew Esq CUMBERLAND 6. * Sir George Fletcher Baronet Sir John Lowther Baronet City of Carlisle Edward Lord Morpeth Sir Christopher Musgrave Knight Borough of Cockermouth Sir Richard Grahme Baronet Orlando Gee Esq DERBY 4 William Lord Cavendish William Sacheveril Esq Town of Derby Anchitel Gray Esq George Vernon Esp DE●ONSHIRE 26. Sir William Courtenay Baronel Samuel Rolle Esq City of Exeter * Sir Thomas Carew Knight * Thomas Walker Esq Borough of Totnes * John Kelland Esq * Charles Kelland Esq Borough of Plymouth Sir John Maynard Knight Sir William Jones Knight Town of Okehampton Sir Arthur Harris Baronet * Sir George Cary Knight Borough of Barnstable John Basset Esq Richard Lee Esq Borough of Plympton Sir George Treby Knight John Pollexfen Merchant Borough of Honiton Sir Walter Young Baronet Sir Thomas Putt Baronet Borough of Tavistock Edward Russel Esq Sir Francis Drake Baronet Borough of Ashburton Thomas Reynel Esq * William Stawel Esq Borough of Clifton Dartmouth and Hardnes Edward Yard Esq John Vpton Esq Borough of Beralston * Sir Duncomb Colchester Knight * John Elwell Merchant Borough of Tiverton Samuel Foot Esq Sir Henry Ford Knight DORSETshIRE 20 Thomas Freke Esq Thomas Strangeways Esq Town of Pool Thomas Chafin Esq Henry Trenchard Esq Borough of Dorchester James Gould Esq Nathaniel Bond Esq Borough of Lime Regis Henry Henly Esq Thomas Moor Esq Borough of Weymouth Sir John Coventry Kt. of Bath Michael Harvey Esq Melcomb-Regis Sir John Morton Baronet * Henry Henning Esq Borough of Bridport William Brag Esq * John Michel Esq Borough of Shafton alias Shaftsbury Sir Matthew Andrews Knight Thomas Benn●t Esq Borough of Wareham Thomas Erle Esq George Savage Esq Borough of Corfe-Castle Sir Nath. Naper Knight and Baronet * Richard Fowns Esq DURHAM 4. William Bowes Esq Thomas Fetherstone Hough Esq City of Durham Sir Richard Lloyd Knight * Samuel Tempest ESSEX 8. Henry Mildmay Esq John Lemot Honywood Esq Borough of Colchester Sir Harbottle Grimston Baronet * Samuel Reynolds Esq Borough of Malden Sir William Wiseman Kt. and Baronet Sir Thomas Darcy

Baronet Borough of Harwich Sir Philip Parker Baronet Sir Thomas Mydalton Knight GLOUCESTERSHIRE 8. Sir Ralph Dutton Baronet Sir John Guise Baronet City of Gloucester Charles Lord Durseley * Charles Somerset Lord Herbert Borough of Cirencester Sir Robert Atkins Jun. Knight Henry Powle Esq Borough of Tukesbury Sir Henry Capel Knight of the Bath Sir Francis Russel Baronet HEREFORDSHIRE 8. John Viscount Scudamore Sir Edward Harley Knight of the Bath City of Hereford Paul Foley Esq * Henry Aubrey Esq Borough of Lempster John Dutton Colt Esq Thomas Conings by Esq Borough of Webley John Birch Esq John Booth Esq HERTFORDSHIRE 6 Sir Charles Caesar Knight * William Hales Esq Borough of St. Albans Sir Thomas Pope Blount Baronet Samuel Grimston Esq Borough of Hertford Sir Thomas Bide Knight Sir William Couper Baronet HUNTINGTONSHIRE 4 Sir Thomas Proby Baronet Silas Titus Esq Borough of Huntington Sidey Wortley alias Mountague Esq Lionel Walden Esq KENT 10. Sir Vere Fane Knight of the Bath Edward Dering Esq City of Canterbury * Lewis Watson Esq * Vincent Denn Esq City of Rochester Sir John Banks Baronet * Sir Francis Clerk Knight Borough of Maidstone Sir John Tufton Knight and Baronet Thomas Fane Esq Borough of Quinborough William Glonvil Esq * Gerard Gore Esq LANCASTER 14. Charles Lord Brandon Sir Charles Houghton Barronet Borough of Lancaster Richard Kirkby Esq William Spencer jun. Esq Borough or Town of Preston in Amounderness Sir Robert Carr Knight and Baronet Sir Gervas Elwes Baronet Borough of Newton Sir John Chicheley Knight Andrew Fountain Esq Borough of Wigon * Richard Lord Colchester Charles Earl of Ancram Borough of Clithero Sir Thomas Stringer Knight * Henry Marsden Esq Borough of Leverpool Ruishee Wentworth Esq John Duobois Merchant LEICESTER 4. Bennet Lord Sherrard Sir John Hartop Baronet Town of Leicester John Gray Esq Sir Henry Beaumont Knight LINCOLN 12 George Lord Viscount Castleton Sir Robert Carr Knight and Baronet City of Lincoln * Sir Thomas Hussey Knight Sir Thomas Meers Knight Borough of Beston Sir Anthony Irby Knight Sir William York Knight Borough of Great Grimsby William Broxolme Esq George Pelham Esq Town of Stamford Sir Richard Cust Baronet VVilliam Hyde Esq Borough of Grantham Sir VVilliam Ellis Baronet Sir John Newton Baronet MIDDLESEX 8. Sir VVilliam Robarts Knight * Nicholas Raynton Esq City of VVestminster Sir VVilliam Poultney Knight Sir VVilliam VValler Knight London Sir Robert Clayton Knight Alderman Thomas Pilkington Esq Alderman Sir Thomas Player Knight VVilliam Love Esq MONMOUTH 3. Sir Trevor VVelliams Baronet Sir Edward Morgon Knight Borough of Monmouth John Arnold Esq NORFOLK 12. Sir John Hobart Baronet Sir Peter Gleen Baronet City of Norwich William Lord Paston Augustin Briggs Esq Town of Lyn-Regis * Sir Henry Hobart Knight Simon Taylor Esq Town of Great Yarmouth * Sir James Johnson Knight George England Esq Borough of Thetford Sir Joseph Williamson Knight William Harbord Esq Borough of Castlerising Sir Robert Howard Knight James Hoste Esq NORTHAMPTON 9. John Parkhurst Esq Miles Fleetwod Esq City of Peterborough * William Lord Fitz-Williams Francis St. John Esq Town of Northampton Ralph Montague Esq Sir William Langham Knight Town of Brackley Sir Richard VVenham Baronet * VVilliam Lisle Esq Borough of Higham-Ferries Sir Rice Rud Baronet NORTHUMBERLAND 8. Sir John Fenwick Baronet Sir Ralph Dalaval Baronet Town of Newcastle upon Tine Sir Ralph Carr Knight Sir Nathaniel Johnson Knight Borough of Morpeth Sir George Downing Knight and Baronet Daniel Collingwood Esq Town of Berwick upon Tweed Ralph Grey Esq John Rushworth Esq NOTTINGHAM 8. Sir Scroop How Knight John White Esq Town of Nottingham Robert Pierrepoint Esq Richard Slater Esq Borough of East-Retford Sir Edward Nevile Knight and Baronet Sir William Hickman Baronet Town of Newark upon Trent Sir Robert Markham Baronet Sir Richard Rothwel Baronet OXON 9. Thomas Hord Esq * Sir Philip Harcourt Knight University of Oxon. Sir Lionel Jenkins Knight Charles Perrot Dr. of Laws City of Oxon. William Wright Esq Broom Whorhood Esq Borough of New-woodstock * Henry Barty Esq Nicholas Baynton Esq Borough of Banbury Sir John Holman Baronet RUTLAND 2. Philip Sherrard Esq * Edward Fawkener Esq SALOP 12. Richard Newport Esq William Levison Gower Esq Town of Salop. Sir Richard Corbet Baronet Edward Kinnaston Esq Borough of Burges alias Bridgnorth Sir William Whitmore Baronet Sir Thomas VVhitmore Knight of the Bath Borough of Ludlow Francis Charleton Esq * Charles Baldwyn Esq Borough of Great VVenlock John VVoolriche Esq VVilliam Forrester Esq Town of Bishops Castle Sir Richard Mason Knight * Richard More Esq SOMERSET 18. Sir VVilliam Portman Baronet George Speke Esq City of Bristol * Sir Richard Hart Knight * Thomas Earle Esq City of Bath * Maurice Viscount Fitzharding * Sir VVilliam Basset Knight City of Wells William Coward Esq John Hall Esq Borough of Taunton Edmund Prideaux Esq John Trenchard Esq Borough of Bridgwater Sir Haswel Tynt Baronet * Sir John Mallet Knight Borough of Minehead Francis Lutterel Esq Thomas Palmer Esq Borough of Ilcester * Sir John St. Barb. * Thomas Hoddy jun. Esq Borough of Milburn-Port John Hunt Esq Henry Bull Esq SOUTHAMPTON 6. * Charles Earl of Wiltshire Sir Francis Rolle Knight City of Winchester James Lord Annesly Sir John Cloberry Knight Town of Southampton Sir Charles Wingham Knight Sir Benjamin Newland Knight Town of Portsmouth George Legg Esq Richard Norton Esq Borough of Yarmouth * Sir Thomas Littleton Baronet Lemuel Kingdon Esq Borough of Petersfield Sir John Norton Baronet Leonard Bilson Esq Borough of Newport alias Medona Sir Robert Dillington Baronet John Leigh Esq Borough of Stockbridge * Essex Stroud Esq Oliver St. Johns Esq Boroagh of Newton Daniel Finch Esq Sir John Holmes Knight Borough of Christ-Church Sir Thomas Clarges Knight George Fulford Esq Borough of Whitchurch Richard Ayleffe Esq Henry Wallop Esq Borough of Limington Henry Dawley Esq John Burrard Esq Town of Andover * Charles West Esq * John Collins Esq STAFFORDSHIRE 10. Sir Walter Baggot Baronet Sir John Bower Baronet City of Lichfield Daniel Finch Esq Michael Biddulph Esq Borough of Stafford Sir Thomas Armstrong Kt. * Edwyn Skrymsher Esq Borough of Newcastle under Line Sir Thomas Bellot Bar. William Leveston Gower Esq Borough of Tamworth Sir Thomas Thynne Bar. by one Indent * Sir John Swynfen Esq by one Indent John Swynfen Esq by another Indenture * John Turton Esq by another Indenture SUffOLK 16. Sir Samuel Barnardiston Bar. Sir William Spring Bar. Borough of Ipswich John Wright Esq Sir John Barker Bar. Borough of Dunwich Sir Robert Kemp Bar. Sir Philip Skippon Knight Borough of Orford Sir John Duke Bar. * Thomas Glemham Esq Borough of Alborough John Bence Esq John Corrance Esq Borough of Sudbury Sir Gervase Elwes Bar. Garvasa Elwes Esq Borough of Eye * Sir Robert Reve Bar. * Sir Charles Gaudey Knight Bar. Borough of St Edmondsbury Sir Thomas Harvey Knight Themas Jermyn Esq SURREY 14. Arthur Onslow Esq George Evelyn of Wotton Esq Borough of Southwark Sir Richard How

Subscriptions to a Petition for sitting of the Parliament and that the said Examination was sent up to the Council and Exhibited in charge as an Article against the said Mr. Arnold and Prosecuted by Thomas Herbert Esq The House order'd That the said Mr. Tho. Herbert should be sent for into Custody They also Voted Mr. Thomas Staples and Sir Thomas Holt Serjeant at Law for the same offence guilty of betraying the rights of the Subject and order'd them to be sent for in Custody likewise to answer at the Bar for the Misdemeanours they had Committed The same day Mr. Treby acquainting the House that he had made an Abstract in writing of several Letters and Papers relating to the Plot it was order'd that the said Letters and Papers should be Printed and that Mr. Treby should take care therein These Letters were soon after Printed and Contain'd several Correspondencies between Coleman and the King of France's Confessour the Popes Internuncio the Late Earl of Berkshire St. Germaine Father Sheldon all Agitators and busy Sticklers for the Plot and the D. of Torks Interest Together with several Instruments and Priviledges granted by the Pope to the English and Scotish Roman Catholicks and Proselytes found in the hands of the Five Jesuits and Mr. Daniel Arthur Fame But what was contain'd in all those Letters For I find them to be a great many Truth In the first place a continu'd Intelligence of the Transactions and Proceedings of the Popish Party In the next place a plain discovery of the Negotiations and Correspondency of the Duke with the Pope the Emperour and the King of France And lastly frequent importunities for Mony and other Assistances for the Duke to carry on his most important designs which were to make himself Master of the King and prevent the sitting of Parliaments Sir Gilbert Gerard then acquainted the House that he had Articles of High Crimes and Misdemeanours against Edward Seymour Esq a Member of the House which he gave in at the Clerks Table Upon which the House order'd Mr. Seymour a Copy of the Articles and prefix'd him a day to make his defence Fame Were there no Bills brought into the House all this while Truth There were several under debate and preparation But because they never came to perfection I shall only content my self to give you a List of them at the latter end of the Book which will be sufficient to shew you what was really intended And so I come to Munday the Twenty second of November Upon which day the most remarkable Occurrences were his Majesties Answers to the Addresses of the House First in behalf of Mr. Zeale to which his Majesty was pleas'd to Condescend in reference both to his Pardon and Allowance Secondly in behalf of all those for whom Application had been made that their Pardons should be general for all Crimes and Misdemeanours whatsoever without Limitation To which his Majesty return'd for Answer That he would Pardon them for all Treasons Misprisions Felonies and Outlaries after Treason or Felony and give order that a Noli prosequi should be enter'd to stop all Prosecutions against them for all Crimes and Misdemeanours whatsoever But that his Majesty apprehended there might be some Inconveniency in granting Pardons so general as was then desir'd However rather than the Tryals should be hinder'd or Prejudic'd he would give such order as should be agreeable to Justice Tuesday the Twenty third of November the Address for appointing a publick fast and day of Humiliation through the whole Kingdom was reported and agreed to and confirm'd by the Concurrence of the Lords The same day several Persons who had been of the Grand-Jury the last Trinity Term for the County of Middlesex being called in gave an accompt of the Proceedings of the Court of Kings Bench in Reference to the discharging of Grand-Juries Other Persons being call'd in gave an accompt of the Charge given by Baron Weston the last past Summer Assizes for the County of Surrey Upon the debate of which two Informations it was resolv'd Nemine Contradicente That the discharging of a Grand-Jury before the end of a Term Assizes or Sessions while business was depending before them was Arbitrary Illegal contrary to the Judges Oaths and tending to the Subversion of the Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom and that therefore a Committee should be appointed to Examine the Proceedings of the Judges in Westminster Hall and report their Opinions The next day being Wednesday the Twenty fifth of this Month an Address was resolv'd upon to desire his Majesties favour that all Dissenters prosecuted upon the penal Statutes of Queen Elizabeth and King James against Popish Recusants might be admitted to a Composition in the Exchequer without Paying Fees The Attorney General being then call'd in and Examin'd in reference to the Proclamation against Tumultuous Petitioning and declaring that Sir Francis North was advising and assisting in the drawing up and passing the said Proclamation It was thereupon resolv'd Nemine Contradicente That the Evidence given against Sir Francis North was a Sufficient ground for the House to proceed against him upon an Impeachment for High Crimes and Misdemeanours And order'd the Committee appointed to Examine the proceedings of the Judges to draw up an Impeachment accordingly Thursday the Twenty fifth of November nothing in the morning was done Conducing to the Series of this Relation only that the Undersheriff of Norfolk being complain'd against was order'd to be sent for to answer several abuses and miscarriages laid to his Charge But in the Afternoon according to Appointment the House attended his Majesty in the Banqueting House with their Address for a Publick Fast to this Effect That being deeply sensible of the sad and Calamitous Condition of the Kingdom occasion'd by the Impious and Horrid Conspiracies of the Popish Party still persisting in the same detestable Machinations notwithstanding the many discoveries by Gods mercy and Providence brought to light which impending judgment not being otherwise to be prevented but by Gods particular blessing upon his Majesties Great Council the Parliament they did in all Humility beseech his Majesty that a day might be solemnly set apart by his Royal Proclamation to the end that by Fasting and Prayer the Goodness and Power of God might be implor'd to divert his Judgements and defeat the Wicked Counsels and devices of the Enemies To which his Majesties Answer was That he would give order for a Day of Humiliation as was desired Friday the Twenty eighth of November his Majesty return'd his Answer in the behalf of the Protestant Dissenters That they should be discharg'd and that without Fees as far as might be done according to Law and that they should be recommended to the Judges The same day the House resum'd the debate relating to the Impeachment of Mr. Seymour and at length resolv'd That there was matter sufficient in the Four Articles upon which to Impeach him Whereupon an Impeachment was drawn up to this Effect That

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unsuitable returns might rather wonder at his Patience then that he grew weary of their Proceedings that it was his Interest and should be as much his Cause as theirs to preserve the Liberty of the Subject the Crown not being safe when that is in danger That by calling this Parliament so soon he let them see that no Irregularities of Parliament should make him out of Love with them by which means he gave them another Oppertunity to provide for the Publick security and had given one Evidence more that he had not neglected his part That he hoped the ill Success of former heats would dispose them to a better Temper That as for the further Prosecution of the Plot tryal of the Lords c. he omited to press them as being obvious to consideration and so necessary for the Publick safety But desired them not to lay so much weight upon any one Expedient against Popery as to determine that all other were ineffectual ' That what he had so often declared ' touching the Succession he should not recede from But that to remove all reasonable Fears that might arise from the Possibility of a Popish Successor if means could be found that in such a Case the Administration should remain in Protestant hands He should be ready to hearken to any such expedient by which Religion might be secur'd and Monarchy not destroyed Lastly He advised them to make the Known and Establish Laws of the Land the Rules and Measures of their Votes Which done he commanded the Commons to return to their House and make choice of their Speaker Thereupon Mr. Williams Speaker of the last Parliament being again made choice of and conducted to the Chair made a short Speech to the House upon his Acceptance That the Unamious choice of the House had lest him without excuse to disable himself for their Service it being to be suppos'd that who the Commons Elected was fit for the Trust That it did not become him to offer assurance of his Constancy Fidelity and Vigilancy the just Sence of the Honour conferred upon him being an Engagement for him to do and suffer whatever Flesh and Blood could do and suffer in their choice That it was a time not to speak much but act well and therefore desired that their Debates might be regular and orderly without reflection or passion and that his behaviour might have their kind and candid Construction Upon Tuesday the 22d of March the Commons attended his Majesty in the Lord's House at which time Mr. Speaker humbly represented in another Speech That the Commons in obedience to his Royal pleasure for the disposal of themselves in that great Assembly to serve him had with one voice elected him their Speaker as having had the Honour to serve his Majesty and the Commons in that Trust in the last Parliament Whereupon with all humility he did again by their Command to receive his pleasure with a Head and Heart full of Loyalty to his Sacred Person armed with a settled resolution never to depart from his Majesties ancient and well settled Government To which the Lord Chancellor in few words made Answer That his Majesty had well considered the Choice and did very well approve of the Election and allowed him for Speaker Then Mr. Speaker made another Address to his Majesty setting forth how much his Majesties Grace and favour in the last Parliament continu'd by the Honour he had in the next did encrease his Obligations to Loyalty That as he was set in a High Station so he would endeavour to manifest his uprightness in it believing that his Majesties service in that great Place was one and the same with that of his Commons no more to be divided then his Crown and Sceptor After which he made an humble claim in the Name of the Commons of England of all the Ancient Rights for them and their Servants freedom of Speech in their debates and liberty of access to his Person according to Custome Concluding by way of Petition to his Majesty that nothing by him said either through weakness or inadvertency should tend to the prejudice of the Commons and that his behaviour and proceedings might receive a favourable Interpretation from his Majesty To which the Lord Chancellor by his Majesties command reurned for Answer That their Petitions were fully and freely granted in as large and ample manner as ever any House enjoy'd them his Majesty being assur'd that the House would make as prudent a use of them as ever any of their Ancestors and that his own particuar Petition was grateful to the King too knowing that he would be as ready to avoid as the King to forgive mistakes The next day being the Twenty-third was spent in taking the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and subscribing the Declaration directed by the Act made in the Thirteenth year of the King Thursday the Twenty-Fourth produc'd little remarkable several Petitions about Elections were presented and an Order made for setting the next Saturday aside to consider of a means for securing the Protestant Religion and the safety of the Kings Person The Twenty-Fift of March being Friday the Lords sent down the Answer of Sir William Scrogs to the Articles of Impeachment exhibited against him by the former Parliament together with his Petition to the house of Peers But nothing was done in it for the House fell upon three affairs of Higher concernment The first was the consideration of the matter relating to a Bill which had passed both Houses in the last Parliament Entitl'd An Act for Repeal of a Statute made in the Thirty-Fift Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth but was not tendered to his Majesty for his Royal Assent Whereupon it was resolv'd that a Message should be sent to the Lords to desire a Conferencc as to matters relating to the Constitution of Parliaments in passing of Bills and Ordered a Committee to prepare what was fit to be offered at the said Conference Another Message was also Ordered to be sent to the Lords to put them in mind that the Commons had formerly by their Speaker demanded judgment of High Treason at their Barr against the Earl of Danby and therefore to desire their Lordships to appoint a day to give judgment against him the said Earl upon the said Impeachment The same day the Examination of Ed. Fits-Harris relating to the Popish Plot was read in the House Upon which the said Examination was Ordered to be Printed the said Fits-Harris to be impeached at the Lords Barr and a Committee appointed to draw up Articles against him The Sum of Fits-Harris's Examination was this That in the Year 1672. One Father-Gough an English Priest should tell him at Paris that within two Years after he should see the Catholick Religion established in England To which purpose if the King would not comply that Order was taken that he sho●ld be taken off and kill'd That the same Priest told him that the D. of T. was a Catholick