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A89230	A letter from the Right Honourable Ed. Lord Montagu, one of the commissioners attending His Majesty. With a perfect narration of all the passages betwixt his majesty and those forces that brought him from Holdenby, being resident now at New-market. Both read in the House of Peeres on the tenth of June. 1647. Die Jovis 10 Junii 1647. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that this letter, with the narration be forthwith printed and published. Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.	Sandwich, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1625-1672.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.	1647 (1647)	Wing M2467A; Thomason E392_10; ESTC R201563	3,719	8

A LETTER From the RIGHT HONOURABLE Ed. Lord Montagu one of the Commissioners attending His MAJESTY With a perfect Narration of all the passages betwixt his MAJESTY and those Forces that brought him from Holdenby being Resident now at New-market Both read in the House of Peeres on the tenth of June 1647. Die Jovis 10 Junii 1647. ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament That this Letter with the Narration be forthwith printed and published Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum London printed for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley .. 1647. To the Right Honourable the Earl of Manchester Speaker of the House of Peeres pro tempore these My Lord VPon Saterday as we were upon the way betweene Huntingdon and Cambridge in our journey as we supposed towards Newmarket we were met by Colonell Whaley who acquainted us with the first Orders he had received from the Generall to attend the King with his Regiment at Holdenby in the roome of Col. Graves and also with such other Orders as he received from his Excellency after it was knowne unto him that his Majesty was upon his march towards Newmarket whereby he was directed at his meeting of the King upon the way to entreat his Majesty to take up his Quarters at the next convenient house which he had assigned to be at Childersly the late dwelling house of Sir Iohn Cates wherewith his Majesty was contented At the same time we also received two Letters from the Generall wherein he acquainted us that the changing of the Guards at Holdenby and the removall of the King had been without his privity and that he had sent Colonell 〈◊〉 with his Regiment to attend his Majesty backe to Holdenby But those Orders which Colonell 〈◊〉 last received for waiting upon the King to such convenient Quarters as should be ne●t to the place where he met him in the way were given as it seemes after the date of those Letters he directed to us and upon his knowledge of the Kings being advanced as farre as Huntingdon Upon Satterday in the after-noone the King came accordingly to this place and we returned answer to his Excellencies two Letters wherein we acquainted him with our condition and that we had sent to the Parliament for directions which we speedily expected Upon Satterday late in the night Sir Hardres Waller and Colonell L●m●●t came unto us from the Generall and desired our advice what was fittest to be done upon this accident which had befallen by the disorder of the Souldiers without his Excellencies knowledge and withall propounded unto us the Kings returne to Holdenby wherein his Majesty had declared his utter aversnesse to Colonell Whaley insisting that he would not be posted from place to place but since they had removed him against his will from Holdenby he would now goe to Newmarket To this we durst not in the condition we were presume to give any advice at all before we received new directions from you and that was all the answer we returned Upon Munday the Generall himselfe the Lievtenant Generall and other chiefe Officers of the Army came hither and were much pressed by the King that for his conveniency he might remove to his owne House at Newmarket professing that he would not returne to Holdenby Herein though much desired we could not take upon us to advise or act any thing conceiving that no new Guards could be but into the capacity of the former who by Ordinance of Parliament were immediatly to receive and observe our Orders and could not be countermanded by any other authority then of both Houses His Excellency after much discourse returned back to his Quarters at Cambridge having promised the King that he should have their resolution before morning and accordingly Collonell Whaley hath now received Orders to attend the King to Newmarket whether we also wait upon him expecting hourely to receive your directions which are hereby earnestly intreated and will be extreamely welcome unto Childersly the 8. of June 1647. Your Lordships humble Servant Edw. Mountague IN regard I was straightned in time when my last Letter was written I have here inclosed sent you a perfect relation of what passed upon the fourth of this instant June when the King spake publiquely with the Souldiers at Holdenby The Narration betwixt his Majesty and Cornet George Joyce c. THe Party being drawne up in the first Court before the House His Majesty came downe and standing upon the top of the steps directed his Speech to Cornet Joyce who representing the Commander of the Party stood before the Horse at the foot of the Staires The King said that Cornet Joyce having though at an unseasonable houre in the night acquainted him that he was come to convey his Majesty to the Army His Majesty according to his promise was there to give his answer in presence of them all But first he desired to know by whom he was authorized to propound this to His Majesty Master Joyce answered that he was sent by authority from the Army The King replyed That he knew no lawfull authority of England but his owne and next under him the Parliment But withall asked whether he had any authority from Sir Thomas Fairfax and whether in writing It being replyed That Sir Thomas Fairfax was a Member of the Army The King insisted that he was not answered Sir Thomas Fairfax being their Generall was not properly a Member but head of the Army Joyce said That at least he was included in the Army and that the Souldiers present were his Commission being a commanded Party out of every Regiment The King replyed That they might be good witnesses but he had not seene such a Commission before And if they were his Commission It was an Authority very well written all handsome young men The King proceeded to say That he came to H●●d●nby not by constraint though not so willingly as he might have done to the intent he might send Messages to his two Houses of Parliament and receive answers from them That accordingly he had sent severall Messages to them and thought himselfe in a sort obliged to stay for their answers which were not come yet if they gave him such reasons as might convince his judgement he would goe with them nay the Commissioners should not stop him He desired therefore to know the reasons they could give him for this journey Joy●● replyed That a plot for this fou●e yeares last contrived by some Members of both Houses to overthrow the Lawes of the Kingdome That a designe to convey his Person to an Army newly to be raised for that purpose were the causes of their undertaking this imployment and hoped would prevaile with his Majesty to go willingly with them thereby to defeat the purposes of those that would otherwise by the countenance of his Person perturbe the peace of the Kingdome And that his being with the Army was the readiest expedient he could thinke upon to procure him a speedy and sati●f●ctory