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A70375 Ianuaries accovnt, giving a full and true relation of all the remarkable passages of that month, this present yeare, 1645 drawne up together to give a generall satisfaction to the whole kingdome, of the just and legall proceedings of that High and Honourable Court of Parliament. 1645 (1645) Wing J487; ESTC R6289 5,207 10

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Teachers Elders and Deacons should be the Officers of the Church Plimmouth hath had great successe against Grenvils Forces who having then one great Work were beaten off with the loste of 75 men left dead on the place An Order was made by the Commons for the triall of one Dobson a Stationer by a Councell of War for Printing scandalous books There is order taken also for the suppressing of Oxford Aulicasses Printed at London or conveyed hither An Ordinance was made for the assessement of the Counties for raising of the summe set on them for the maintenance of the twenty one thousand Horse and Foot according to the new moddell of an Army After the defeat at Abington they were much distracted at Oxford whither Sir Henry Gage killed at Abington was brought and buried there The Lord Savil the L. Piercy and the L. Andover were confined to their chambers some say for mocking Prince Rupert and asking him if he had brought Abington in his pocket others say for giving intelligence Three hundred Horse and Prisoners were taken by Colonell Holborne who also forced the Enemy to Bristol and since hath taken Sydenham house with a hundred Prisoners one Captaine a Lieutenant many other officers with store of Armes and Amunition Sir Thomas Fairfax is made Commander in chiefe of the Forces according to the new moddell of the Army And Major Skippon is made Sergeant-Major-Generall of the same and severall other Officers are voted by the House There is an Appendix to the Directory presented to the Commons and by them transmitted to the Lords for the abolishing of Holidayes and holynesse attributed to places and a Committee is appointed to consider of certaine dayes for the recreations of Apprentices and servants in a civill orderly way so that there will be no more drunken Saint-dayes now Sir Peter Killigrew returned from Oxford on Wednesday last January 22. with His Majesties Answer concerning the Treaty which was sealed up in a Letter of Ruperts to the Lord Generall The contents of the conduct runne to this effect That our Commissioners namely Algernon Earle of Northumberland Earle of Pembroke Earle of Salisbury Earle of Denbigh of the House of Lords And the Lord Waiman Mr. Hollis Mr. Pierpoint Mr. Whitlock Sir Henry Vane junior Mr. Solliciter Mr. Crew and Mr. Prideaux of the House of Commons in Parliament assembled at Westminster And the Marquesse of Argile the Lord Louthian the Lord Muitland Sir Charles Erskin Mr. Kereday Mr. Berkley Mr. Henderson and othere Commissioners from the Parliament of Scotland with their attendants not exceeding the number of a 108. with their Horse Carriages and other necessaries are to passe between London and Vxbridge when and so often as they shall thinke fit during the time of the Treaty without any let or molestation whatsoever The Propositions from the King are these THat His Majesties Revenues Magazins Towns Forts and Ships that have been taken or kept from him may be restored That whatsoever hath been done or published contrary to the known Lawes of the Land or derogatory to His Majesties legall and known Rights be renounced and recalled that no seed may remain of the like to spring out for the future That whatsoever illegall power hath been claimed or exercised over His Majesties Subjects as imprisoning and putting to death their persons without Law stopping Habeas Corpus and putting Impositions upon their estates without Act of Parliament either by one or both Houses or by any Committee of both or either Houses be disclaimed and the persons committed be forthwith discharged That His Majesty will consent to make a Law to establish and to maintain the Protestant Religion and for the firmer establishing thereof desires there may be a Bill drawn up for the continuance of the Booke of Common Prayer and to maintain it from all soonne and violence That there be a Bill also for the e●se of tender Consciences in such particulars as shall be agreed upon and that as to the best expedient thereunto there be a Nationall Synod called legally with all convenient speed That all persons which shall be excepted and agreed upon on either side to be excepted out of the Generall Pardon be tried per Pares according to the usuall custome and known Laws of the Land to be either acquitted or condemned And to the intent that Trade may not suffer nor any interruption to the Treaty and that there may be a Cessation of Arms and a free Trade with all possible speed concluded on And as to what shall be debated His Majesty gives power to his Commissioners or any ten of them to agree and conclude upon them In the new Army of 21000 the chiefe Commanders nominated are Sir Thomas Fairfax to command in chiefe and Major Skippon to be Serjeant-Major-Generall the foure Colonels of Horse and Foot are Col. Holborn Col. Middleton Col. Fortescue Col. Barkley And honours are by the Parliament to bee conferred on the Earle of Essex and Sir William Belfore for their valiant and faithfull services for the Commonwealth It is certaine Colonel Holborn hath taken Sydenham house and therein a 100 prisoners with the high Sheriffe of Summersetshire and ten Commissioners of Array That he hath taken some hundreds of Hoptons forces and driven the rest towards Bristol that Plimmouth is in a good condition That the King hath assigned Prince Maurice to be Generall of Worcester Hereford and Shropshire The Kings Commissioners are the Duke of Richmond Marquesse Hartford Earle of Southampton Earle of Kingston Earle of Chichester Lord Seymor Lord Hatton L Capel L. Culpepper Sir Orlando Bridgeman Sir Edward Nicholas Sir Ed. Hide Sir Richard Lane Sir Thomas Gardiners Mr. John Ashburnham and Mr. Jeffery Palmer with Doctor Stewart Dr. Laney Dr. Shelden and their attendants to the number of 108. But some of their Commissioners at Oxford must leave their new Titles behinde them for the Houses wil not allow the new made Lords their Titles the rest that have gotten new honours since Littleton went away upon such tearmes And on Saturday Sir Peter Killigrew posted to signifie so much unto them and also to carry them a safe conduct upon the same conditions This Treaty is the great expectation of the Kingdome and this eclipse may signifie Peace and that Eclips'd Religion losing now her light Yet once shine out again most fair and bright This Treaty brings Englands weale or woe and therefore worthy to be prayed for happy were it to see the King as the Sunne doth comming towards us for then our joy would beginne to spring Sir William Breretons Forces have taken Prisoners near Chester Colonell Woiden Col. Wen Lieutenant Colonell Gray Lieutenant Colonell Gough Captaine Rorey Capt. Oneal an Irishman with thirteen other Commanders 200 common Souldiers as many Horse store of Armes and killed and wounded many of them Instructions are agreed upon what particulars shall bee treated off the first nine dayes namely on the setling of Religion the Militia and the affaires of Ireland Sir Richard Greenvil hath in the West slaine the two Champernoons in this manner Colonell Champernoon provoked by him fired his Pistol upon him without effect then Greenvil pistoled the Colonell and slew him his brother fired his Pistoll upon Greenvil which missing Greenvil drew his sword and run him through and so killed both the brothers Cornwall begins to rise up in Armes being weary of the cruelty of this insolent and bloudy Commander Greenvil Chester is at this present besieged round and an hundred and twenty Demy Canon shot were made in one day against Pomfract Castle against which a new mount is raised and many breaches are made An India Ship was caried into Bristol by the treacherous master thereof Sir Thomas Middleton keeps the Welch in obedience and maintaines div●rs Garisons there Thus have you a true account of the passages of this Month of January happy in the beginning of the Treary of Peace unto which God send a blessed issue Seen and alowed LONDON Printed for Richard Harper and are to be sold at his shop in Smithfield 1645. 1644