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B09004	A particular charge or impeachment in the name of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the army under his command, against Denzill Holles Esquire, Sir Philip Stapleton, Sir William Lewis ... [et al.] members of the honorable House of Commons. / by the appointment of his Excel. Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the Councell of Warre. Signed John Rushworth Seere.	England and Wales. Army. Council.; Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; Rushworth, John, 1612?-1690.	1647 (1647)	Wing E741DA; ESTC R174975	15,491	24

more to delude the Parliament herein they or some of them by the combination aforesaid did procure divers Officers then in this Army namely Collonel Butler Lievtenant Collonel Iackson Major Gooday and others to give in their names as listing themselves for Ireland on the said termes and conduct propounded when as those Officers did at the same time declare themselves unwilling thereunto and resolved not to goe serve in Ireland on any termes whatsoever they the said Members under-hand assuring them that though they made use of their names yet they should not goe for that service They have likewise untruly informed the House and given in the names of many considerable Officers of the Army namely Captain Pennifather and Captain Burges of Collonel Butlers Regiment Captain Clarke and foure or more commission Officers of Sir Hardresse VVallers Regiment and others as having been subscribed for Ireland who did not so ingage or subscribe nor give any consent thereto but did then and have ever since utterly disavowed and denied the same And about the same time they also reported to the House the name and offer of Lievtenant Collonel Farington as being then a Lievtenant Coll. of this Army and ingaging for himselfe and his Regiment for Ireland whereas the said Farrington had beene cashiered the Army a yeare and an halfe before By which and other their untrue informations and reports of that nature The Parliament was abused and misled into a conceipt and confidence of a strength out of the Army then supposed to be ingaged and ready for Jreland on their owne termes when as in truth the same was but a meere delusion and which was so contrived on purpose to occasion a slighting and neglecting of the Army as supposing no further use for them XI Whereas part of three Regiments of foote viz. Collonel Herberts Collonel Kemps and Collonel Grayes were by order of the House advanced towards the reliefe of Ireland as farre as Bromesgrave in the County of Worcester The said Sir Philip Stapleton Master Hollis Sir Iohn Clotworthy Sir William Lewis Major Generall Massie Sir William Waller and Master Glyn by combination aforesaid did of their owne accord without the knowledge or direction of the House on the sixt day of Iune last being Sabbath day and without summoning a Committee command those forces backe againe as farre as Reading with an evill intent to draw forces together to beget a new Warre in England XII That the said Sir Iohn Clotworthy in prosecution of the designes in the said generall charge expressed hath in the yeares 1642. 1643. 1644. and since converted severall great summes of money which by severall orders of Parliament and of the Irish Committee were designed for the reliefe of Ireland to his owne particular use namely the summe of two hundred and eighty pounds which by Order of both Houses dated the eleventh of February 1642. was to be payd for twenty butts of sack for Jreland seven hundred pound which the same day was also ordered for two thousand swords three hundred pounds which by order of the said Irish Committee dated the fift of Aprill 1643. was designed for one hundred and twenty paire of pistolls and divers other summes of money upon severall other orders which he the said Sir Iohn Clotworthy from time to time received for the use and reliefe of Ireland but were not imployed to the uses by the said orders intended and directed but to his the said Sir Iohn Clotworthyes owne private use as aforesaid And that he hath within two yeares last past received severall fummes of monyes armes and other provisions for a troope of horse which he pretended he had raised in Ireland whereas he had not nor did raise or furnish any such troope as he pretended And that he the said Sir Iohn Clotworthy for money and other rewards hath preferred John Davis and William Summers and others to be entrusted with the Irish affaires who have kept correspondency with the enemy and have defrauded the State of other great summes of money and he hath beene privy to and a sharer in such their actions XIII That about November last past the said Sir Iohn Clotworthy being by the Parliament sent a Commissioner with others into Ireland who all had a joynt power or authority to treate with the Earle of Ormond for the space of foure dayes and no more he the said Sir Iohn Clotworthy contrary to the speciall trust reposed in him held secret intelligence with the said Earl of Ormond by cypher or character without the consent or knowledge of those others in Commission with him and many weekes after the time so limited was expired about the same time he the said Sir Joh. Colworthy held the like secret intelligence with the L. George Digby then in Ireland beyond the time prefixed and without the consent of the said other Commissioners and in order thereunto the Lord Ormond and Digby lately employed one Slingsby who pretends a designe about the Prince to come into this Kingdome XIIII That the said Sir John Clotworthy Master Hollis Sir Philip Stapleton by combination with the rest of the Members before named in furher prosecution of the designes mentioned in the 〈…〉 late president of Ireland was both faithfull and vigilant while he was 〈…〉 the fame Kingdome and bad now this last spring made provisions ready to march into the field and that the Lord Baron of Brohill Generall of the Parliaments horse in Munster and Col. Sir Arthur Loftus persons of honour and reputation and of great fortunes in the said Kingdome lately came purposely into this Kingdome to exhibite and did exhibite many articles of high treason against the Lord Inchequin for betraying the Parliaments Army to the enemy as formerly he had done yet by the great power and violent interposition of the said Sir John Clotworthy Master Hollis Sir Philip Stapleton by the practise and combination aforesaid the said Articles have been obstructed and the businesse not suffered to come to a hearing and the said Lord Lisle hastily called out of Ireland and the power and command of the Parliament forces in that Kingdome committed to the said Lord of Inchequin to the losse of this Summers service and the expence of much treasure to make new preparations of warre and whereas the said Lord Lisle being so suddenly called from thence as aforesaid did designe and depute Sir Hardres Waller Knight Major Generall of the forces there a man of known integrity and courage both for his service in England and in Ireland and of considerable fortunes there to take care of the said Lord Lisles forces till the pleasure of the Parliament might be further known The said Lord of Inchequin upon the receipt of a Letter from the said Sir John Clotworthy Master Hollis and Sir Philip Stapleton or one of them or from some other person by their or one of their direction privity procurement did expresse that he had order or direction from London that no man that

how unreasonable soever the same were And he also then said That the Commissioners of Scotland were very weary of that violent party and that they being desperate to establish their Presbytery here as in Scotland made their addresses to him the said Master Holles and his Party All which tended to the protracting of the said late Wa●re and to the hinderance of an happy peace And the said Mr. Holles did also after that receive from the said E●rle of Lindsey at Oxford a Letter written in white Inke concerning some secret designe and kept it from the knowledge of the House from February till about July after when it was discovered by him that brought it but the Letter it selfe was by the said Mr. Holles after he had read it burnt and the said Earle of Lindsey moved the King for a Passe for the said Mr. Holles to goe to Oxford but the King refused to grant it saying That Holles did him better service in the Parliament then he could doe him at Oxford II. That the said Mr. Holles and Sir Philip Stapleton during the said late Warres when the Earle of Lindsey went from the Tower of London to Oxford sent severall Messages of intelligence to the Earl of Dorset and Lord Digby thereby assuring them that they the said Mr. Holles and Sir Philip Stapleton did better service for the King here in Parliament then they could doe him if they were at Oxford and the said Sir Philip Stapleton desired that the said Earle of Dorset would preserve him the said Sir Philip Stapleton and his friends in the good opinion of the Party at Oxford which was then the Kings Garrison and he the said Sir Philip would doe as much for his Lordship and his friends here with the Parliament And the said Mr. Holles and Sir Philip Stapleton the more to ingratiate themselves into the favour of the Enemy did of their owne accord without any direction of the Parliament draw up other Propositions then those mentioned in the preceding Articles which they affirmed were in their judgements fit for the King to grant and for the Parliament to desire and being so drawn up sent them privately to his Majesty without any Authority of Parliament to warrant the same III. That the said Mr. Holles Sir Philip Stapleton Sir William Lewis Sir John Clotworthy Sir William Waller Sir John Maynard Major Generall Massie Mr. Glyn Mr. Long Col. Edward Harley and Anthony Nicholl in the moneths of March Aprill May and June last past and at other times in prosecution of the evill designes in the severall generall Heads mentioned have frequently assembled and met together at the Lady Carliles Lodgings in White Hall and in other places with divers other Persons dis-affected to the State without any Authority of Parliament for holding correspondency with the Queene of England now in France and her participants with an intent by such secret and clandestine treaties amongst themselves to put conditions upon the Parliament and to bring in the King upon their owne termes and having a great power upon the Treasure of this Kingdome have therewith maintained and encouraged by Pensions and otherwise the Queens Party in Fran e thereby to beget a second and more bloody War in this Kingdome and they or some or one of them assured the Queene 40000. l. per annum if she would assist them in their Designe and that they would do more for the King then the Army would do and that they would finde out some meanes to destroy the Army and their friends IIII. That in further pursuance of the same evill Designes they the said Mr. Holles Sir Phillip Stapleton Sir William Lewis Sir John Clotworthy Sir William VValler and Major Generall Massie by the combination aforesaid within the space of three moneths last past without any Authority of Parliament invited the Scots and other Forreine Forces to come into this Kingdome in a Hostile manner to abet and assist them in the persecuting and effecting of their said designes And the said Mr. Holles very lately sent to the said Queene of England then and still in France advising her amongst other things speedily to send the Prince into Scotland to march into this Kingdome in the head of an Army and did send a speciall Messenger to her for such ends and purposes And the said Mr. Holles Sir Philip Stapleton Sir VVilliam Lewis Sir John Clotworthy Sir William Waller Sir John Maynard Mr. Glyn Major Generall Massie Mr. Long Col. Edward Harley and Anthony Nicholl have under hand of their owne accord without Authority of Parliament listed or caused or procured to be listed divers Commanders and Souldiers endeavouring thereby to leavy and raise a new Warre in this Kingdome to protect themselves in their unjust Oppressions and factious Designes and have at severall times within the space of two moneths last past invited encouraged abetted and counselled multitudes of Reformado Officers and Souldiers and other rude persons tumultuously and violently to gather together at Westminster to affright and assault the Members of Parliament in their passage to and from the House to offer violence to the House it selfe by locking the doore thereof upon them and so imprisoning them and by such violences outrages and threats to awe and enforce the Parliament V. That the said Master Holles Sir Philip Stapleton and Mr Glyn have be●n and are obstructers and prejudgers of severall Petitions to the Parliament for redresse of publique grievances and the said Master Holles and Sir Philip Stapleton in the moneth of May last past did abuse and affront divers Petitioners who in a peaceable manner then attended the Committee whereof Colonell Lee was Chaireman not onely reviling and reproaching them but violently haleing and boysterously assaulting them and offered to draw their swords upon Major Tuleday and others of the said Petitioners and without any authority or power committed Nicholas Tew one of the Petitioners and soone afterwards by the procurement of the said Master Holles and Sir Philip Stapleton and upon their mis-information to the House the said Major Tuleday and Nicholas Tewe were imprisoned not being permitted to speake for themselves and the said Master Glyn about three moneths since caused the said Nicholas Tewe to be imprisoned in Newgate and to be deteyned a long time there for no other cause but for having a Petition about him which was to be presented to the House VI. That the said Sir John Clotworthy Sir VVilliam VValler and Ma or Generall Massey have lately in prosecution of the said designes in the said generall heads mentioned against the knowne Lawes of this Realme and Rules and Articles of Warre made by Parliament by an Arbitrary power imprisoned some Members of the Army without any authority particularly Ensigne Nichols whose Pockets they without authority caused to be searched and severall papers to be taken from him contrary to the liberty of every Subject and caused him to be sent a Prisoner from the head Quarters to London without the

and his estate in the said County of Brecknock being of the value of above 600. pounds per Annum was three years in the Kings Quarters yet the same was never Seqeustred And since the Parliament hath prevailed Collonel Herbert Price Esquire having been Governour of Brecknoc for the King against the Parliament being sequestred the said Sir William Lewis by his sollicitations to the Committee procured the personall Estate of the said Collonel Price which the Committee of the County had found out and caused to be brought to Morgan Aubrayes house in Brecknoc to be restored unto him without any satisfaction to the State and hath procured his the said Col. Price's lands in the said County of Brecknoc being worth about 300 pounds per Annum to be let to a friend of the said Col. Prices to his wives use at fifty pounds per Annum contrary to the directions of the severall Ordinances of Parliament made in that behalfe XVIII That the said M. John Glyn or some other person or persons by his direction consent or privity or to his use hath during his being a Member of the House of Commons taken rewards of severall persons for service done them in the House as namely amongst others divers Drovers from Wales who by his means and procurement had an allowance by Order of the House for three thousand pounds in satisfaction of losses they had sustained by the Enemy did pay unto the wife of the said M. Glyn the summe of an hundred pounds as a reward for his said service XIX That the said M. John Glyn as he hath been most active to bring into the Commission of Peace and into other places of Authority divers notorious Delinquents in North Wales as aforesaid so hath been as active as much as in him lies to put out and keep out of the Militia and Common-Councell of London and out of the Commission of Peace for Middlesex many eminent and faithfull men that have laid out their estates and adventured their lives for defence of the Parliament and City in the time of their greatest necessity namely Alderman Pennington Collonel Tichborne M. Estwick Mr. Moyer and others contrary to the Declaration of both Kingdomes which hath assured all lawfull favour and encouragement to those that have beene faithfull and shall so continue to the Parliament which doings must needs tend to the giving a fresh occasion and power to the Enemy against the Parliaments best friends to the dishonour of the Parliament and the indangering of the Kingdome XX. That the said Sir Philip Stapleton M. Hollis and Sir William Lewis have by their power and countenance as Members of the House of Commons both joyntly and severally used means to obstruct the course of Justice and have interposed themselves in severall Causes and by word of mouth moved and perswaded Judges and other Officers on the behalfe of such as they conceive to be their friends Amongst others whereas a great Cause was lately depending in the House of Lords betweene Alderman Langham and Captain Lymery and Counsell was met for the pleading thereof the said Sir Philip Stapleton M. Hollis and Sir William Lewis did repaire to the Earle of Rutland about the same and the said Sir Philip Stapleton told the said Earle that they meaning himselfe and the said M. Hollis and Sir William Lewis were fully satisfied concerning the Justice of Langhams Cause and therfore as the said Earle did respect them the said Sir Philip Stapleton M. Hollis and Sir VVilliam Lewis or expected from them he the said Earle of Rutland should give his Vote for Langham or used words to that effect which also was seconded by the said M. Hollis in words and agrreed unto by the said Sir VVilliam Lewis as appeared by his presence and gesture And the said Sir VVilliam Lewis did exercise the same power in a Cause of Iohn Gunters or others XXI That the said M. Anthony Nichols although about foure yeares since he was by the Committee of Priviledges voted that he was not a Member fit to sit in the House by reason his election was void yet he the said M. Nichols doth not only sit and Vote there as a Member but by his power and threats in the West-Countries and by his solicitations and indirected practises hath brought in or procured to bee brought in about twenty eight Members more out of Cornwall on purpose to carry on the designes and practises before mentioned and to make a faction in the said House and notwithstanding the selfe-denying Ordinance he the said M. Nichols doth still hold a place in the Tower formerly conferred upon him by the House and receiveth the profits thereof to his owne use XXII That the said M. Nicholls hath since his sitting in the House as aforesaid taken rewards for service done there namely whereas Sir William Vuedall Knight for deserting the Parliament and going to York with the King was suspended the House he the said M. Nicholls for the summe of one hundred pounds or one hundred fifty pounds paid unto him or to his use by the said Sir William Vuedall or some for him did by mis-informations to the House procure the said Sir William Vuedall to be re-admitted a Member of the said House and the said M. Nicholls while he was a Member of the Committee for safety he and others of the said Cōmittee having issued forth a warrant for searching Greenwich-house he the said M. Nicholls did under-hand acquaint one of the Queens officers therewith and thereby prevented the designe of the said Committee to the great disservice of the Parliament and Kingdome XXIII That the said M. Long at the beginning of the late warres not having courage sufficient to perform his duty in military affairs did out of covetousnesse or other unworthinesse procure a command of a troop of horse under his Excellency the L. Gen. the late E. of Essex but when ever his said troop came upon any service he the said M. Long out of feare or treachery unworthily absented himself and never was seen or known to charge the enemy in person though his troop often engaged namely at the battell at Edgehill when he saw there was like to be blowes he the said M. Long left the field and never charged before his Troop and at the battell or fight at Brainford though his Troop was there yet he staid at London till the danger was past and fighting done and when his Troop was sent into the West he took no other notice of it but to receive his pay and in the mean while he repaired into the County of Essex and procured a commission to be a Collonell of Horse and in stead of fighting against the Parliaments enemies he betook himself to plunder and oppresse the Parliaments friends there contrary to order and without any authority or exigencies of War compelling him thereto inforced great summes of money many Horses and other provisions from the Country namely from M. Tho. Manwood a man well affected who had the Generalls protection whose horses were taken from his plough and others to the great losses and oppression of the people and to the great dishonor of the Parliament whose service he neverthelesse neglected and hath not hitherto given an account of the great summes of money and other things he so exacted from the Country as aforesaid XXIV That the said M. Long afterwards upon pretence of some losses susteined by the enemy and some great service he had done for the State did procure of the House a great office in the Coancery namely to be the chief Register of that Court wherein his skill was little and whereof he was and is still altother uncapable and although for a time upon the self denying Ordinance he was displaced yet upon the motion or by the power and means of the said M. Hollis he hath obtained the same office to the great prejudice of skilfull Clerks that have been bred up in the same Court and to the disservice of the Common-wealth and the dishonor of the House XXV That the said M. Long on purpose to drive on the designes in the said generall Charges expressed hath for the space of two yeares last past usually pressed and urged severall Members to give their Votes such wayes as he pleased and to that end and purpose doth constantly plac himself neare the doore of the House that when any debate is concerning any designe wherein his party is ingaged he the said M. Long hath used much tampering and violence to such of his own party as wou●d go out of the House and hath perswaded them to continue there for their Votes and he the said M. Long in case any such have gone out of the House hath been very inquisitive where they may be found that so he may go for them when the businesse in debate comes near to be put to the vote and when they come not according to his expectation doth ordinarily run out of the House himself to call them and drive them in again that he hath beene commonly called by those that are without the House and have taken notice of his actions the Parliament-driver whereby the freedome of the Members is taken from them the māner of the Parliaments proceedings much scandalized and many times evill and dangerous designes drove on in a faction by Votes to the great prejudice of the Common-wealth All which matters and things the said Army shall and will be ready in convenient time to make good by proof upon Oath as his Honorable House shall direct And for that by reasn of the straightnesse of time and other more weighty Affairs of the Army they could not so fully finish and accomplish the said Articles therefore the said Army do still reserve further liberty to adde other Articles against the said Members or any of them at any time before their Triall as occasion ssiall serve By the appointment of his Excellency Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX and his Councell of Warre Signed John Rushworth Secretary