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A31851	His Majesties declaration, directed to all persons of what degree and qualitie soever, in the Christian world with a letter from divers godly ministers of the Church of England to the assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, shewing the cause of these troubles : and a list of the popish vicker-generalls, Jesuites, priests and fryers in England, and their names and places to them assigned, in the severall provinces of England and Wales, to exstinguish the Protestant clergie and religion and bring in and settle popery instead thereof.	Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)	1644 (1644)	Wing C2199; ESTC R11738	6,381	8

That the desire of the most godly and considerable part amongst us is That the Presbyterian Government which hath just and evident foundation both in the Word of God and religious reason may be established amongst us and that according to your intimation we may agree in one confession of Faith one directory for worship one publique Catechisme and form of Government which things if they were accomplished we should much rejoyce in our happy subjection to Christ our Head and desired association with you our beloved Brethren For the better effecting whereof we thought it necessary not onely to acquaint you with what our desires are in themselves but also to You that is That what shall seem most fit to the wisdom of that grave and Religious Assembly may be taken for the furtherance of our endeavours in this kinde We understand that our Parliament hath been before-hand with us in this intimation and it cannot be but our duty who are so much concerned in the businesse to adde what power the Lord hath given with you to the same purpose This design and desire of ours hath evennesse on the left hand and dissenting Brethren on the right but we doubt not that as our hearts justifie us that our intentions are right and such as we conceive tend most directly to the glory of God and peace of the Churches of the Saints So by your brotherly concurrence in the most speedy and effectuall way you can finde ou●● the work will in Gods due time receive a prayed for and hoped for issue We shall not need by any arguments from mutuall Nationall interest thouuh we know ye will not over-looke these to inforce this request the sam● bond wherewith we are all united in the Lord Jesus Christ we are assured will alone ingage your faithfull endeavours in this businesse To him we commit you with these great and important Affaires you have in hand Be pleased to accept of these as the expression of the mindes of our many Godly and faithfull Brethren whose hearts we doubt not of neither need you though their hands in regard of the suddennesse of this opportuniy could not be subscribed together with ours who are London Iuly 22. 1644. Your most affectionate Friends and Brethren in the work of the Lord Sic subscriber In the next place the contriver of this Declaration goes about to make the world beleeve that our fear of the bringing in of Popery is grounded upon no imaginable Foundation But the truth of it is we had great cause to fear it For there were Cardinals appointed in Rome to come over and Vicker-generals Archdeacons Deans Priests and Fryers not onely chosen but planted in all places throughout the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales and all of them had approbation from Rome before they could be received by Authority of the Romish Church in England And therefore for more fuller satisfaction That all the World may know how His Majesty hath been misled by a pernicious and wicked crue of Papists Priests and Fryers and how neer this Kingdom was brought to be subjected to Popish Religion Here followeth a Catalogue of the Jesuites Popish Priests and Fryers that were appointed to be placed in their severall places throughout the severall Diocesse of England and Dominion of Wales 1. The Vicker-Generall for the Cities of London and Westminster the Counties of Kent Barks Sussex Surrey Essex and Hartfordshire was chosen and settled his name father Gregory Fisher 2. For the Vicker-Generall for the Counties of Cornwall Devon Sommerset Wilts Gloster and Hampshire Master Hammon in Cornwall was chosen a notorious Fryer 3. For the Counties of Bedford Huntington Cambridge Ely Lincoln Norfolk and Suffolk was chosen Master Herbert 4. For the Counties of Oxford Buckingham Northampton 〈◊〉 Stafford Warwick Worcester and Chester was chosen Doctor B●svile 5. For Wales one Humphrey Hughes and under him Master 〈◊〉 and Master Barrington the one for North-Wales the other for South-Wales 6. For the Counties of York Derby Nottingham Linc●●● 〈◊〉 Rutland were nominated Master Faulkner and Master 〈…〉 certain who was chosen 7. For Lancashire Westmerland Cumberland Northumberland and Durham Master Holden and Master Lab. Were nominated after Master Tralloy who was Vicker before them These are called Vicker Generals and were none of them placed without the consent of the Pope all of them being notorious Popish Priests and Fryers And besides these there were also other Priests and Fryers appointed for severall charges throughout the Kingdom A Catalogue of some already discovered here follows 1. About London and Westminster were father Musket Archdeacon Master Webstar Dean and other Popish Priests father Curtes father Howard Blaeklo Harrington Barker Holden Filton Hide Clifford Laborn Drury and others 2. About Cornwall and those parts Master Manger Archdeacon and other Popish Priests and Fryers Father Martin father Woodward two Warhams VVhite Hames Brown Newman 3. In Bedfordshire c. Father Thomas Green VVeeke Everard Garlton Henry Blacklo Ely Hoh Marchand 4. In Oxfordshire c. Master Button Archdeacon besides father B●rlo Breuerton Venables Laurence Suttlo Turbervil Iennings Ellis Falkner Cheeks Hughes 5. In Wales father Stephens Vaughen Pew Permaunt VVilliams Barrington Powel Perkins Street Holland Remble Lay Green Elliots Morris two of the Prices 6. In Yorkeshire c. Father French Arnold Fathering Hughes Iackeson VVorthington 7. In Lancashire c. Master Redman Archdeacon and other Priests and Fryers Father Catreck VValker Blunderston Nevel Neatby Lassels Green Constable Hodgeson Strickland Sands Tolly Sale VVorthington and father Tunstall besides many more All which were placed there to extirpate the Protestant Religion and bring in Popery A Message not much unlike this Declaration was sent from the King to the Parliament in September 1642. At which time the Lords and Commons sent this Petition following to His Majestie May it please Your Majestie WE the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled do present this our houble Answer to your Majesties Message of the eleventh of this instant Moneth of September When we consider the oppression rapine firing of houses Murthers even at this time whilest Your Maiestie propounds a Treatie committed upon Your good Subjects by your Souldiers in the presence and by the authority of their Commanders being of the number of those whom Your Majestie holds your self bound in honour and conscience to protect as persons doing their duties We cannot thinke your Majestie hath done all that in you lies to prevent or remove the present distractions nor so long as your Majestie will admit no peace without securing the afithors and instruments of these mischiefs from the justice of Parliament which yet shall be ever dispensed with all requisite moderation and distinction of offences although some of those persons be such in whose preservation your Kingdom cannot be safe nor the unquestionable Rights and Priviledges of Parliament be maintained without which the power and dignitie thereof will fall into contempt We beseech Your Majesty therefore to

consider your expressions That God shall deal with you and your posterity as your Majestie desires the preservation of the just rights of Parliament which being undeniable in the trying of such as we have declared to be Delinquents we shall beleeve your Maiestie both towards your self and Parliament will not in this priviledge we are most sensible of denyus that which belongs unto the meanest Court of Iustice in this Kingdom neither hath Your Majestie cause to complaine that you are denyed a Treaty when we offer all that a Treaty can produce or Your Majestie expect Security Honour Service Obedience Support and all other effects of an humble loyall and faithfull subjection and seek nothing but that our Religion Libertie Peace of the Kigdome safety of the Parliament may be secured from the open violence and cunning practises of a wicked partee who have long ploted our ruine and destruction And if there were any cause of Treatie we know no competent persons to Treate between the King and the Parliament And if both cause and persons were such as to invite a Trteay the season is altogether unfit while Your Majesties Standard is up and your Proclamations and Declarations unrecalled whereby your Parliament is charged with Treason If Your Majestie shall persist to make your selfe a shield and defence to those instruments and shall continue to reject our faithfull and necessary advice for securing and maintaining Religion and Liberty with peace of the Kingdome and safety of the Parliament we doubt not but to indifferent judgements it will easily appear who is most tender of that innocent blood which is like to be spilt in this cause Your Majestie who by such persisting doth endenger Your selfe and your Kingdomes or we who are willing to hazard our selves to preserve both We humbly beseech Your Majestie to consider how impossible it is That any Protestation though published in your Majesties Name of your tendernesse of the miseries of your Protestant Subjects in Ireland of your resolution to maintain the Protestant Religion and Lawes of this Kingdome can give satisfaction to reasonable and indifferent men 〈…〉 time divers of the Irish Traitors and Rebells the known favourers of them and the Agents for them are admitted to Your Majesties presence with grace and favour and some of them imployed in your service when the Cloaths Munition Horses and other necessaries bought by your Parliament and sent for the supply of the Army against the Rebells there are violently taken away some by Your Majesties command others by your Ministers and applyed to the maintenance of an unnaturall War against your people here All this notwithstanding as we never gave Your Majestie any iust cause of withdrawing Your self from Your great Counsell so it hath ever been and shall ever be far from us to give any impediment to Your returne or to neglect any proper meanes of curing the distempers of the Kingdome and closing the dangerous breaches betweene Your Majestie and Your Parliament according to the great Trust which lyeth upon us And if Your Majestie shall now be pleased to come backe to Your Parliament without Your forces we shall be ready to secure Your Royall Person Your Crown and Dignitie with our lives and Fortunes Your presence in this Your great Counsell being the onely meanes of any Treaty betwixt Your Majestie and them with hope of successe And in none of our desires to Your Majestie shall we be swayed by any particular mans advantage but shall give a cleer Testimonie to Your Maistie and the whole world That in all thing done by us we faithfully intend the good of Your Majstie ●ct of Your Kingdoms And that we will not be diverted from this end by any private or selfe-respect whatsoever One thing more is much to be taken notice of which relisheth rather of Digbies spirit then of His Majesties Penning which is this The Declaration which is published in English saith thus This most holy Religion with the Hierarchy and Liturgie thereof we solemnly protest c. But in the Latin with the Plierarchy and Liturgie is left out so that indeed it speaks one thing to us and another thing to forraign Nations And whereas those of His Maiesties subiects are desired to uphold this Protestation when opportunity and time shall be offered I could wish that His Maiestie would be pleased to remember those many Covenants by which He is bound to return to His Parliament and seek the peace and safety of His people and not by protecting a few Popish Prelaticall Jesuiticall Incendiaries and Delinquents bring Himself His Posterity and Kingdom to ruine God Almighty be pleased to put it into the Kings heart to consider the bleeding condition of His poor people and cause Him to return to comply with His Parliament to the stopping of this great effusion of blood and the setling of the Church and Kingdom in peace and tranquilitie which God grant FINIS