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A67703	The Earl of Warwick's letter from aboard His Majesties ship, called the James in the downs, to an honorable lord in Parliament, dated July 4, 1642 concerning his calling a councell of war, and how his rear-admirall, and four other captains refused to obey his lordships summons : with many other passages of great consequence : also, another letter from abroad the same ship to Master Nichols a member of the House of Commons, dated July 5, 1642 : with many remarkable passages amongst the captains and officers.	Warwick, Robert Rich, Earl of, 1587-1658.; Coytmore, Robert. Letter to Anthony Nicoll, M.P., dated 5 July 1642.	1642 (1642)	Wing W999; ESTC R20888	3,777	8

THE Earl of VVarwick's LETTER From aboard His Majesties Ship called the James in the Downs to an Honorable Lord in Parliament Dated July 4. 1642. Concerning His calling a Councell of War and how His Rear-Admirall and four other Captains refused to obey his Lordships Summons With many other passages of great consequence ALSO Another LETTER from aboard the same Ship to Master Nichols a Member of the House of COMMONS Dated July 5. 1642. With many Remarkable Passages amongst the Captains and Officers Read in the House of Commons and commanded to be forthwith Printed LONDON Printed by Luke Norton and Iohn Field for Edward Husbands and Iohn Franck July 7. 1642. THE Earl of VVarwicks LETTER To an Honourable Lord in Parliament My very good Lord BEfore these shall come to your Lordships hands I make no doubt but Master Nichols of the House of Commons hath made both Houses a Relation of what hath passed here since I received His Majesties Letters for the discharging me of the Command of the Fleet wherewith I was intrusted how I called a Councell of War and acquainted them with His Majesties Letters and likewise with the Ordinance of Parliament sent from the Houses for me to continue my Charge I confesse it was a great streight that I was put in between two Commands that have so much power over me But when I consider the great care which I have ever seen in the Parliaments of the Kingdom for the good and safety of the King and Kingdom and every mans particular in them and that they are that great Councell by whose Authority the Kings of England have ever spoken to their Subjects And likewise that the trust of this Fleet for the defence of His Majesty and the Kingdomes was committed to me by them and know the integrity of my own heart to His Majesty and Parliament I resolved not to desert that Charge committed to my trust wherein God blessed be his name for it hath made me hitherto so successfull but to continue it untill I shall be revoked by that Authority that hath entrusted me with it which having declared to my Captains at the Councell of War all of them unanimously and cheerfully took the same resolution excepting five which was the Rear-Admirall Captain Fogge Captain Burley Captain Slingsby and Captain Wake a●l which five refused to come upon my Summons as having no ●uthority over them and got together round that night to make their defence against me onely Captain Burley came in and submitted to me whereupon in the morning I waighed my Anchors and caused the rest of my ●ips so to do and came to an Anchor round about them and besieged them and when I had made all things ready I summoned them Sir Iohn Menues and Captain Fogge came in to me out Captain Slingsby and Captain Wake stood out whereupon I let flye a Gun over them and sent them word I had turned up the Glasse upon them if in that space they came not in they must look for me aboard them I sent to them by my Boat and most of the Boats in the Fleet their answer was so peremptory that my Masters and Saylers grew so impatient on them that although they had no Arms in their Boat at all yet God gave them such courage and resolution as in a moment they entred them took hold on their shroud and seized upon these Captains being armed with their Pistols and Swords and struck their Yards and Top-masts and brought them both to me the like courage and resolution was never seen amongst unarmed men so as all was ended without effusion of blood which I must attribute to the great God of heaven and earth onely who in the moment that I was ready to give fire on them put such courage into our men to act it and so saved much blood I hope the Parliament will think of some course for all our Indempnities and especially for the Officers of the Navie my Vice-Admirall a very able and good man for my self I doubt not but they that put me in this imployment will preserve me for serving them faithfully I send your Lordship herewith inclosed a Letter to Captain Wheeler Captain of the Greybound I beseech your Lordship be a means that some money may be sent us for it hath been often promised but we hear not of it the weather continuing stormy so long together that we spend our Masts and Top-Masts or some detriment or other befals us daily so that we are in great extremity for want of money Thus having nothing else to trouble your Lordship onely that you will be pleased to acquaint the Parliament of our proceedings here I take leave and remain Your Lordships most humble servant WARWICK From aboard His Majesties ship the Iames in the Downs this fourth of Iuly 1642. Another Letter to Mr. Nichols SIR I Am sorry it was my ill hap to be employed from aboard of your Ship when you tooke your leave of my Lord for I was then employed by his Lordship to those refractory persons with a second summons unto them to come aboard his Lordship all of them that I spake with used me civilly and gave me a reasonable satisfaction that they would attend my Lord within few houres which they made good but Captaine Slingsby used other language that he would live and die in his Ship and that he made a great deale of difference between Iohn Brown and Charles Rex I replyed unto him that Iohn Brown did write his name there by the authority not only of Charles Rex as he tearmed it but that he had also the Great Seal of England for it besides the authority of the Peers and Commons of this Kingdom I desired him that I might see the Kings Letter which he had he answered me that he had received none wherupon I demanded of him by what colour he could refuse to obey my Lord I having then shewed him the Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament his answer unto me againe was that by all the Laws that he had read he could not find that an Ordinance of Parliament was Law and that it was sufficient for him that he had seen the Kings Letters to others in the Fleet by which he did understand His Majesties pleasure and should be a sufficient warrant for him Captaine Burley Captaine of the Antilop did promise me to submit himself forthwith to my Lord and writ his letters by me to that effect and indeed he durst do no other wayes for the Muster the Officers and all the company of the said Ship would have cast him over board if he had done otherwise for they were unanimously for my Lord whereupon his Lordship did send the Captaine of his own Ship for him and he came with him immediately to my Lord the next morning my Lord Commanded His Anchors to be weighed and came very neer those foure Ships that stood out and Commanded the rest of His ships to do the like and so

these four ships were closely surrounded by the whole Fleet Whereupon Sir Iohn Menues the Rear-Admirall and Captain Fog Captaine of the Constant Reformation came aboard unto my Lord according to their promise unto me over night and submitted themselves unto his Lordship whereupon his Lordship called a generall Coun-of War of all the Captains and Masters as the day before when you were there and then it was resolved that they would turne up the glasse and if these two Ships would not yeeld obedience unto his Lordship within that time they would board them In the meane time the Vice Admirall Captaine Butler who is a most discreet and resolute gentleman made this proposition to my Lord and the Councell of War that all the Masters that were there should take their Boats all unarmed and go and summon them once more and to let them know that the glasse was turned upon them Captaine Slingsby who they first summo'nd and Master Hadock Master of the Victory the Rear-Admirall would not brook to heare the language from a Captaine to their Admirall entred the Ship immediatly and Captaine Slingsby came forth upon the Deck and presented a Pistoll at his breast but he layd hold of it before he could discharge it so all the common men did board him also and did strike his top-masts and let fall his yards and so they took him away in their Boates and went from him to the Expedition where Captaine Wake Commanded and all these naked men enter'd a board of him presently and strook his yards and Top-masts and took him likewise and so brought them both a board without any effusion of bloud God be praised for it so that now I hope my Lord hath weeded away those ill members that would make a devision between the King and His Parliament here at Sea We have too many of them on shoare and therefore we need the lesse of them at Sea I doubt not but you and the rest of the discreet members of Your House of Commons will take notice of the resolution of those Sea men that stands so unanimously for the King and Parliament The last night Sir Iohn Penington came to Deal with between 30 and 2 Cavaliers in his company as the report goes Captaine Edwin Sands who lives withins 2 mile of Deal hearing of Sir Iohns coming there in that posture did summon the Countreys thereabouts to watch all night and came himselfe between one and two in the morning aboard my Lords Ship to acquaint His Lordship that Sir Iohn was there with that Company and said that if he did but offer the least breach of the Peace he would raise the Countrey upon him for he is one of the Deputy Lieutenants presented by the Earle of Leister to Your House for the County of Kent but I believe he hath no Commission from His Lordship nor any Order from the House to Act any thing for the good of the King Parliament and Kingdom I hope that you and the rest of the discreet members of Your House of Commons will not onely returne him thanks but give him authority to have care of his Countey And so this is all that hath passed since you have been here And craving your pardon for being thus tedious I take my leave and rest Yours to command ROB: COYTMORE From aboard the Iames in the Downs this 5. of July 1642. FINIS These 2 Captains Slingsby and Wake are both prisoners aboard some of the Shipps here and there my Lord will keepe them untill he doth hear from both Houses of Parliament