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A96636	The humble remonstrance of Sr. Francis VVilloughby knight therein setting forth his faithfull services, his many sufferings, and his earnest desires to spend the rest of his dayes in the service of the Parliament, against the rebels of Ireland.	Willoughby of Parham, Francis Willoughby, Baron, 1613?-1666.	1649 (1649)	Wing W2858A; ESTC R230908	4,970	12

that Kingdome of Ireland ready to be produced above twelve thousand pounds due unto me which I shall humbly leave to the pleasure of the Parliament to be considered of in what measure they thinke fit At the intreaty of the Lords Justices and Councell viz. Sr. William Parsons and Sr. John Burlace I kept my own Company five weeks upon my owne charge in time of want of money they promising me payment assoone as Treasure came from the Parliament of England and for which I have their Order ready to be produced but I never received one penny of it being a hundred and ten pounds At the request of the same Lords Justices and Counsell in times of want I sent into the store which Sr. Philip Percivall Victuall Master Generall received as is acknowledged under his hand Beeves at halfe value amounting to an hundred and thirteeen pounds and for which I have also an Order but never received any satisfaction for them Which Order is ready to be produced The Fort of Gallaway being my Government and I being commanded as is before recited to recide in Dublin Castle I left my sonne there with much of my goods which Fort being after besieged by the Rebels my son sent unto me in a Trunck an hundred fourty nine pounds of mine that I left there at my coming away the Ship in which it came being put into Kinsale the Lord of Inchequin being in want of money for the Army under his Command and conceiving there had been some greater summe in the Trunck caused the said Trunck to be broken up and finding no more money in it took that out and as his owne Letter makes mention imployed it to the use of the Army for which no satisfaction hath as yet been made unto me only one twenty pounds of it he paid and no more And now having made known unto your Honour my imployments and partly my sufferings both in Ireland and here in England I having served faithfully against the Rebels of Ireland as is well known l●st one of my sons there in that Service spent and lost my whole Estate to a great value in that Service only what is yet remaining lies in the Rebels Quarters from whence I can draw no succour for the relief of me and mine at present nor have not done these six yeares And against whom I desire to spend the rest of my dayes in the service of the Parliament of England not doubting but as formerly I shall be found able to doe my Country good and acceptable service And therefore my humble suit unto your Honour is that when my Petition to this purpose shall be presented to the most Honourable the Houses of Parliament That you will please to vouchsafe me your favour and furtherance in the justnesse of my cause And in regard that in the late settlement of the Army in the Province of Leinster I finde no man of Quality but enjoyes what Commands he before held yea some farre better then ever they had before And for that there is not nor cannot be any exceptions justly taken against me That I may be by the favours of the Parliament continued in my Commands which I have so long had and so faithfully served for It being without all Example That a man of my quality and imployments should be laid aside no offence being justly proved against me imployments honourable Sir is the chiefest thing I desire That as I have lived with honour so I may dye which granted unto me I shall leave my great and dearly earned Arreares justly due unto me to the pleasure of the most Honourable the Houses of Parliament to be considered of as in their grave wisdomes they shall thinke fit But if the Parliament have otherwise resolved as I hope they have not and will not continue me in my imployments or any part of them Then I most humbly beseech your Honour to stand my friend that I may be by you and them held worthy of some part of my great and dearly earn'd Arreares As also my truly disbursed monyes for the advancement of their service in Ireland whereby I may be in some measure enabled for the future to provide for my wife and children that we perish not I having nothing left me in the world to subsist on but your noble favours and that I have in Ireland which lies in the Rebels Quarters as before mentioned To recover which I shall have no encouragement to goe thither if not imployed by the Parliament To the furtherance of which I humbly implore your favour and humbly desire your speedy Answer I not being able to subsist here any longer nor well know whither to goe That I have alwayes carryed my selfe like an honest man this Certificate will shew to all men AT the request of Sir Francis Willoughby Knight we doe hereby certifie that he hath served long in the Kingdome of Ireland and in eminent places and commands as Colonel and Governour of the Fort of Gallaway and from the beginning of the rebellion there he hath been intrusted with the Castle of Dublin and Major Generall of the Army there In all which imployments he hath served industriously and faithfully against the Rebels untill the cessation which began in September 1643. And aswell before as since the cessation we have well observed his carriage to be such and so moderate as we conceived to be free from any ill affection to the Parliament of England And to our knowledge he is much impaired in his Estate by that service having received but little pay And for the most part living upon his owne stock having to our knowledge great arreares due unto him All which we humbly certifie whom it may concerne Sir William Parsons then one of the Lords Justices of Ireland Edward Lord Brabason a Privie Counsellor of that Kingdome Sir George Shirley Lo chief Justice of the Kings Bench and a Privie Counsellor Sir Gerrard Lowther Lord chief Justice of the Common Pleas and a Privie Counsellor Sir Adam Loftus Vice-treasurer and Treasurer at warres and a Privie Counsellor Sir Paul Davis Clarke of the Counsell Sr. Philip Persivall Sir Dudley Loftus Sr. Edward Povey Sr. William Anderson Sir Francis Slingsby Mr. Bisse Recorder of the City of Dublin Mr. Theodore Scout Mr. Thomas Mawle That I was so well esteemed of by the Honourable Committee of Derby house as to be imployed into Ireland as aforesaid this will shew VVHereas Sir Francis Willoughby Knight is now dispatcht hence with Letters and other directions to the Citie of Dublin of great importance which requires all expedition These are to require all Officers at Land and all Commanders of Ships at Sea not only to permit and suffer him to passe in this his journey but also to be aiding and assisting unto him in providing of him and his servants with post horses at the usuall rates and in taking up a Ship or other convenient Vessell for his speedy passage by Sea whereof they are not to faile as they will answer the contrary Westminster the 19.th of October 1647. The Lord Lisle The Lord Wharton Mr William Perpoint Sir Gregory Norton Mr Densill Hollis Sir Philip Stapleton Sir John Temple Sir John Clotworthy Mr Thomas Challenor FINIS