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A43880	Historical collections, or, A brief account of the most remarkable transactions of the two last Parliaments consisting of I. The speeches, votes, accusations, addresses, and article of impeachment, &c., II. The bills of association, exclusion, and repeal of 35 Eliz. &c., III. The several informations, messages, narratives, orders, petitions, protestation of the Lords, and resolves of both Houses, etc., IV. The tryal and sentence of William Howard Lord Viscount of Stafford in Westminster Hall, his speech and execution on the scaffold at Tower Hill with many other memorable passages and proceedings of the two last Parliaments, held and dissolved at Westminster and Oxford, V. A perfect list of each Paraliament, VI. His Majesty's declaration, shewing the causes and reasons that moved him to dissolve the two last Parliaments.		1682 (1682)	Wing H2100; ESTC R32032	89,184	314

Worcester Dr. John Fell Lord Bishop of Oxford Dr. Thomas Lamplugh Lord Bishop of Exeter Dr. William Thomas Lord Bishop of St. Davids Dr. William Gulston Lord Bishop of Bristol Dr. William Beaw Lord Bishop of Llandaff The COMMONS Bedfordshire 4. William Lord Russell Sir Humphrey Monoux Bar. Town of Bedford Pawlet St. John Esq Sir William Franklin Kt. Berks 9. William Barker Esq Richard Southbey Esq * Borough of New-Windsor Richard Winwood Esq Samuel Starkey Esq Borough of Reading John Blagrave Esq Nathan Knight Esq Borough of Wallingford William Lenthall Esq * Scorie Barker Esq Borough of Abbington Sir John Stonehouse Bar. Bucks 14. Thomas Wharton Esq John Hampden Esq Town of Buckingham Sir Richard Temple Kt. of the Bath and Bar. * Edward Lord Latimer Borough of Chipping Wiccomb Sir John Borlase Bar. Thomas Lewes Esq Borough of Aylisbury Sir Thomas Lee Bar. Sir Richard Ingoldesby Kt. of the Bath Borough of Agmondesham Sir Roger Hill Kt. Sir William Drake Kt. Borough of Wendover Richard Hampden Esq Edward Backwell Esq Borough of Great Marlow John Borlace Esq Sir Humphrey Winch Bar. Cambridge 6. Sir Levinus Bennet Bar. * Sir Robert Cotton Kt. * Vniversity of Cambridge Sir Thomas Exton Kt. Sir William Temple Bar. * Town of Cambridge William Lord Allington Sir Thomas Chicheley Kt. Chester 4. Henry Booth Esq Sir Robert Cotton Kt. Bar. * City of Chester William Williams Esq Sir Thomas Grosvenor Bar. Cornwall 44. Francis Robarts Esq Sir Richard Edgcomb Kt. of the Bath Borough of Dunhivid alias Lanceston Sir John Coryton Bar. Sir Hugh Pyper Kt. * Borough of Leskard Sir Jonathan Trelawny Bar. John Buller Esq Borough of Lestwithiel Sir John Carew Bar. Walter Kendal Esq Borough of Truro William Boscawen Esq Edward Boscawen Esq Borough of Bodmin Hendar Robarts Esq Nicholas Glyn Esq Borough of Helston Sir Viel Vivian Bar. Sydney Godolphin Esq Borough of Saltash Sir John Davie Bar. * William Jennings Esq * Borough of Gamelford Robert Russel Esq Sir James Smith Kt. Borough of Port-Pigham alias Westow John Trelawny of Trelawney Esq John Trelawney of Westmin Esq Borough of Crampound Nicholas Herle Esq * John Tanner Esq Borough of Eastlow Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bar. Henry Seymour of Langley Esq Borough of Penryn Charles Smith Esq * Sir Nicholas Slanning Kt. of the Bath and Bar. * Borough of Tregony Hugh Boscawen Esq Charles Trevannian Esq Borough of Bossiney Charles Bodvile Roberts Esq Narcissus Luttrel of Grays-Inn Esq * Borough of St. Ives Edw. Noseworthy Senior Esq Edw. Noseworth Junior Esq Borough of Foway Jonathan Rashlegh Esq John Trefry Esq Borough of St. Germans Daniel Elliot Esq Richard Elliot Esq Borough of St. Michael Sir John S. Aubin Bar. Walter Vincent Esq Borough of Newport William Coryton Esq Ambrose Manaton Esq Borough of St. Mawes Sir Joseph Tredenham Kt. Henry Seymour Jun. Esq Borough of Killinton Richard Carew Esq * William Trevisa Esq * Cumberland 6. Edward Lord Morpheth Sir John Lowther City of Carlile Sir Philip Howard Kt. Sir Christopher Musgrave Kt. Borough of Cockermouth Sir Richard Grahme Bar. Orlando Gee Esq Derby 4. William Lord Cavendish William Sacheverell Esq Town of Derby Anchitel Gray Esq George Vernon Esq Devonshire 26. Sir William Courtenay Bar. Sam. Rolle Esq City of Exeter William Glyde Esq Malachy Pine Esq Borough of Totnes Sir Edward Seymour Bar. Edward Seymour Esq Borough of Plymouth Sir John Maynard Kt. His Majesty's Serjeant at Law John Spark Esq Town of Okehampton Sir Arthur Harris Bar. Josias Calmady Esq Borough of Barnstable John Basset Esq Richard Lee Esq Borough of Plympton George Treby Esq John Polexfen Merchant * Borough of Honiton Sir Walter Young Bar. Sir Thomas Putt Bar. Borough of Tavistock Edward Russel Esq Sir Francis Drake Bar. Borough of Ashburton Thomas Reynell Esq Richard Duke Junior Esq * Borough of Clifton Dartmouth and Hardness John Upton Esq Edward Yard Esq * Borough of Beralston Sir John Trevor Kt. Sir William Bastard Kt. Borough of Tiverton Samuel Foot Esq Sir Henry Ford Kt. Dorsetshire 20. Thomas Strangeways Esq Thomas Freke Esq Town of Pool Henry Trenchard Esq Thomes Chafin Esq Borough of Dorchester Sir Francis Hollis Kt. and Bar. Nicholas Gould Merchant Borough of Lyme-Regis Henry Henley Esq Thomas Moore Esq * Borough of Weymouth Sir John Coventry Kt. of the Bath Sir John Morton Kt. and Bar. * Melcom-Regis Thomas Brown Esq Michael Harvey Esq Borough of Bridport Sir Robert Henley Bar. * William Bragge Esq * Borough of Shafton alias Shaftsbury Sir Matthew Andrews Kt. * Thomas Bennett Esq Borough of Wareham Thomas Erle Esq George Savage Esq Borough of Corf-Castle Nathaniel Bond Esq * Sir Nathan Naper Kt. and Bar. Durham 4. William Bowes Esq * Tho. Fetherston Hough Esq * City of Durham Sir Richard Lloyd * William Blakeston Esq * Essex 8. Henry Mildmay Esq John Lemot Honywood Esq * Borough of Colchester Sir Harbottle Grimston Bar. Sir Walter Clarges Bar. Borough of Malden Sir William Wiseman Kt. and Bar. Sir Thomas Darcy Bar. * Borough of Harwich Sir Philip Parker Bar. * Sir Thomas Mydalton Kt. Gloucestershire 8. Sir Ralph Dutton Bar. Sir John Guise Bar. City of Gloucester Evan Seys Serjeant at Law by one Indenture Sir Charles Berkley * by one Indenture Evan Seys Serjeant at Law by another Indenture William Cooke Esq by another Indenture Borough of Cirencester Sir Robert Atkins Junior Kt. Henry Powle Esq Borough of Tukesbury Sir Hen. Capel Kt. of the Bath Sir Francis Russel Bar. Herefordshire 8. John Viscount Scudamore Sir Edw. Harley Kt. of the Bath City of Hereford Bridstock Hartford Esq Paul Foley Esq Borough of Lempster John Dutton Colt Esq Thomas Coningesby Esq Borough of Webley John Birch Esq John Booth Esq * Hertfordshire 6. Sir Jonathan Keat Bar. * Sir Charles Caesar Bar. Borough of St. Albans Thomas Pope Blount Esq Samuel Grimston Esq * Borough of Hertford Sir Thomas Bide Kt. Sir William Cooper Bar. * Huntingtonshire 4. Sir Thomas Proby Bar. * Silus Titus Esq Borough of Huntington Sidney Wortley alias Montague Esq Lyonel Walden Esq * Kent 10. Sir Vere Fane Kt. of the Bath Edward Dering Esq City of Canterbury Sir Thomas Hardress Kt. His Majesty's Serjeant at Law * Edward Hales Esq City of Rochester Sir John Banks Bar. Francis Barrel Serj. at Law * Borough of Maidston Sir John Tufton Kt. and Bar. Thomas Fane Esq * Borough of Quinborough Sir Edward Hales Bar. William Glanvil Esq Lancaster 14. Charles Lord Brandon Sir Charles Houghton* Borough of Lancaster Richard Kirkby Esq William Spencer Esq * Borough or Town of Preston in Amounderness Sir John Otway Kt. Edward Rigby Serjeant at Law Borough of Newton Sir John Chicheley Kt. Andrew Fountain Esq Borough of Wigorn. Charles Earl of Ancram Banks Esq * Borough of Clithero Sir Ralph Ast on Bar. Sir Tho. Stringer Serj. at Law Borough of Leverpool Ruishee Wentworth Esq John Dubois Merchant Leicester 4. Bennet Lord Sherrard Sir John Hartop Bar. Town of Leicester John Grey Esq Sir Henry

a declaration of their Resolution to preserve and support the Kings Person and Government and the Protesstant Religion both at home and abroad The next Morning Sir Francis Withens appearing in his Place according to the Order made the day before the Clark of the Peace for Westminster was order'd to attend the next Morning with the Roll of Orders for the last Easter Sessions for the City of Westminster Fame What could that signifie Truth Thou mayst be sure they knew what they did Fame I guess the business Truth Why then dost interrupt me with thy Impertinencies Fame Thou knowest I was always guilty of that fault and cannot help it but prithee now go on Truth Having thus done with Sir Francis for that time they took Sir Robert Yeoman's and Sir Robert Can a Member of the House to task for that they in October 1679 had publickly declared that there was no Plot but onely a Presbyterian Plot. The words were attested by Mr. Rowe the Sword-bearer of Bristol and Sir John Knight a Member of the House also To which Sir Robert Can being called upon by the House to make his defence said little for himself but onely flung several reflecting and reproachfull expressions upon Sir Robert Can. For which as for an offence against good Manners he was presently order'd to receive a Reprehension from the Speaker upon his knees Nor was this all for Sir Robert being now withdrawn the House proceeded to take the matters charg'd against him into farther Consideration and after some time of debate resolv'd that it did appear by the Evidence given to the House that Sir Robert Can was guilty of the words before mention'd and order'd him as a Member of the House to be expel'd the House and committed to the Tower Whereupon he was presently call'd to the Bar and received the Judgement of the House upon his knees from the Mouth of the Speaker As for Sir Robert Yeomans he not being in Town was order'd to be sent for in custody of the Serjeant attending the House The next day being the twenty ninth of October as they had been severe in punishing so they they began to think of rewarding and order'd that Dr. Tongue should be humbly recommended by the House to his Majesty for the first considerable Church-preferment that should become void in the Kingdom and that such of the Members as were of the Privy Council should represent the same to his Majesty The same day the Address for the preservation and support of his Majesties Person and Government being prepar'd and finish'd was read in the House to this Effect That they did with most thankful hearts acknowledge not only his Majesties many former Royal Declarations of his adherence to the Protestant Religion but his farther Manifestation of the same in his Gracious Speech to both Houses at the opening of the Parliament And therefore as the Eyes of all the Protestants abroad were upon them and that looking upon his Majesty as the Royal Head of so many Protestant Countries they could not but hope that his Majesty would be the greatest Protection to them from whom the Kingdom has Reason to expect a Mutual Assistance as being invovl'd in the same Danger They did humbly assure his Majesty that they would be always ready to preserve his Majesties Person and Government and to support the Protestant Religion both at home and abroad Beseeching his Majesty to esteem those that should otherwise represent them to his Majesty as such who design'd to divide between the King and his People and defeat the meeting of Parliaments that the Popish designs might succeed Which has been made Evident by the Contrivance of a wicked design to transfer the Guilt of their own Crimes upon his Majesties Loyal Protestant Nobility and Gentry This Address being read and consented to by the whole House they proceeded to the business of Sir Francis Withens and to that purpose examin'd several Witnesses at the Bar. At length it appearing not onely by the Evidence but by the Confession of Sir Francis hmself that he had presented an Address to his Majesty expressing an abhorrency to Petition for the calling and sitting of Parliaments it was Resolv'd That he had betray'd the undoubted Rights of the Subjects of England And Sir Francis was order'd to be expell'd the House and received his Sentence upon his knees accordingly Saturday the thirtieth of October concluded the Parliamentary Transactions of this Month and little occurr'd but that Mr. Secretary Jenkins acquainted the House that his Majesty being attended by such of the Members as were of the Privy Council with the Address relating to Dr. Tongue was pleas'd to answer That he had already taken care of him and would also take him into his farther Consideration Then it was also that the Votes of the House were first order'd to be Printed being first perus'd and sign'd by the Speaker who had likewise Power to Nominate and appoint the Persons that were to Print the same The same day also Francisco de Feria deliver'd his Evidence at the Bar of the House concerning the Plot the Effect whereof in short was That being preferr'd to be Interpreter and Secretary of Languages to the Lord Gaspar Abrew de Freitas Embassador in Ordinary for the Prince of Portugal to the King of England That being in great Favour with the said Embassador he the said Embassador did entrust him with several of his Secrets and that at the Tryal of the five Jesuites being then private with his Lord the Embassador expresed much sorrow for the Oppression of the Catholicks and wish'd that Oates and Bedlow were made away and then told him that he might doe the Catholick cause great Service and might make his own Fortune if he would joyn in destroying Oates and Bedlow That 50000 Reales d' Ocho should be given for that piece of Service and that two sufficient Persons should be joyn'd with him to kill the said Oates and Bedlow That afterwards understanding that Bedlow was not dead in Ireland as had been reported the said Embassador renew'd his Sollicitations to him to kill Oates and Bedlow promising to make good the said sum of Money to him to pay his Debts and carry him into Portugal That the said Embassador tempted him to kill the Earl of Shaftsbury by throwing a hand-Granado into his Coach as he was travelling upon the Road into the Country That after the acquittal of Sir George he was sent to the said Sir George to tell him from the Embassador That his Fortune and Estate were all at his Service and so was his Princes That the Catholicks were all bound to pray for Sir Philip Floyd for his Generosity To which Sir George reply'd That had it not been for him he had not been sav'd That after the Tryal was over the Embassador went to visit the Lord C. J. Schroggs in his Sedan with his Coach of State That the Complement was in Portugueze interpreted by himself to this Effect My Lord

Act for securing the Protestant Religion by disabling James D. of York to inherit the Imperiall Crowns of England and Ireland and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging and the Lord Russel was order'd to carry it up to the Lords for their Concurrence Friday the Twelfth of November some time was spent in reading the Engrossed Bill sent up on the Wednesday before from the Lords for freeing the City and Court c. from Popish Inhabitants c. Of which and of others no farther proceeded in it is enough to speak of their transmitment from one House to another as being such as dy'd among the rest in the Birth After this and some Amendments made of the Returns for the Burrough of Haslemere in Surrey Mr. Bourk Mr. Macnamarr and Eustace Comine being severally called in gave their several Accompts of some proceedings relating to the Popish Plot in Ireland Of their Informations I shall briefly recite the Heads in their Order That of Mr. Bourk was briefly thus That being by the Kindness of one Major Butler admitted to the knowledg of the Earl of Tyrone and by that means frequently keeping his Lordship Company in his pastimes both at home and abroad he observ'd that the said Earl and the Major would be allway extrolling the French King and praying for his Prosperitie That he farther observed a Continual resort of Papists and Suspitious Persons to the said Earls House That being one Morning private with his Lordship his Lordship told him That he had intelligence out of France that the French were very Powerful and that Parlez Francois would be plentifully heard in Ireland ere long That in farther discourse his Lordship drew out of his Pocket a great Quantitie of Papers rol'd up and delivered him to subscribe his name in one of them and that upon a sudden Glance he could read the names of some that he knew to be persons ill affected to his Majesty and his Government That upon his refusal to Subscribe his Lordship calld him Cowar'd and drew his Sword half out of his Scabbard to have kill'd him but was prevented by the unexpected coming in of another Gentleman That from that time forward his Lordship us'd several means to Ruine him and threw him into Waterford Gaol From whence he wrote five Letters to the Lord Lieutenant of his hard Vsage and what he had to say as to the Conspiracy but could have no Answer That being got out of Waterford Gaol he gave in his Informations against the said Earl at Dublin where though his Lordship were bound over to answer the Informant at Waterford Assizes yet such was his power over the Judges and the Jury that he easily got himself acquitted So that finding Ireland then too hot for him the Informant was forc'd to retire into England to make his Appeale The heads of Macnamar's Information were these That one William Bradley Esq a Justice of the Peace in the County of waterford having first made him take an Oath of Secrecie gave him to understand that the Earle of Tyrone had received a Commission from the French King to be a Colonel of Horse in the County of Waterford and that the said Bradley was to be his Lieutenant Col. and therefore desir'd him to provide himselfe of Horse and Arms and get as many as he could trust promising him a Captains Place That after Bradley had unfolded to him the aforesaid Treason he met with the E. of Tyrone who ask'd him privately whether Bradley had said any thing to him who answering he had the E. bid him be very private and then shewed him a List of several that were to be Superiour Officers in several Counties of Ireland which he took special notice of as knowing several of the Persons That the said E. at the same time told him that he had a Commission from the French King under his Hand and Seal to be a Col. of Horse in the County of Waterford and that there was hardly a County in Ireland where Persons were not appointed by the French King for the same purpose with other discourse of the same Nature The Substance of Eustace Comins Information was this That living with one Keadagh Magher his Relation in Karignisurie in the County of Tipperary Treasurer for the Confederates in Ireland he was privy to the Payment of several Considerable Sums to several Considerable Persons upon the accompt of the Plot by the directions of Plunket titular Primate of Ireland Bremand Titular Archbishop of Cashel and Powes Deane of Waterford who had the disposal of the said Money That there was a meeting of the Irish Clergy with the Titular Primate at John Walshe's House who was Lawyer for the D. of Ormond in the County of Tipperary where they agreed to give every Judge that would goe the Circuite and befriend them upon Occasion 200 l. a piece That the Sum of 200 l. was secur'd to Sir John Davis upon the same accompt he being then a Judge at Clonmel of which he was an Eye Witness Lastly after the recital of many other Circumstances of his being pursu'd and imprison'd by Sir John Davis and several other Justices of the Peace Contrary to their duty for his discovery he affirmed that the Papists had Barbarously Murther'd the said Keadagh Magher their Treasurer when they found that he detested their design and was turned Protestant The House having heard these Informations order'd that an Address should be made to his Majesty for their several Pardons and that his Majesty would be pleas'd to take them into his care and protection After this a Message was sent to the Lords to acquaint them with the Resolution of the House to proceed to the Tryal of the Lords in the Tower and that they intended to begin with William Viscount Stafford and therefore desired their Lordships to appoint a day as also that the Lords in the Tower might be confin'd and kept from a Correspondence one with another as Persons Impeached and Committed for high Treason ought to be To which the Lords return'd for answer That as to that part of the Message relating to Confinement and Correspondence they had already given Order therein as the House had desired and for the latter for appointing a day for the Tryal they did appoint Tuesday come fortnight Thereupon they order'd a farther Address to be made to his Majesty That all Papers Writings Examinations and Evidences relating to the Popish Plot which had been deliver'd to the Clerks of the Council or the Secretaries since the dissolution of the last Parliament should be transmitted to the House and order'd that Serjeant Maynard Mr. George Pelham and Mr. Paul Foly should be added to the Committee appointed to prepare Evidence against the Lords in the Tower They likewise order'd That another Address should be made to his Majesty That he would be pleased to give orders for Issuing out a Sum of Money to defray the Charges of Summoning the Witnesses and other Expences incident to the

Speaker they resolv'd into a Committee of the whole House After which the Speaker resuming the Chair they came to several Resolves Nemine contradicente 1. That one way for the suppressing of Popery was to banish all the Considerable Papists out of England That as long as the Papists had any hopes of the D. of York's Succession both the Protestant Religion and the Lives Liberties and Properties of the King's Protestant Subjects were in Danger to be destroy'd 3. That there should be a Bill brought in for the Association of his Majesties Protestant Subjects for the Safety of King Religion and People against all Invasions or Oppositions whatsoever and to prevent the Succession of the D. of Y. or any other Papist Thursday the 16 th was spent for the most part in reading of Bills The next day being Friday the 17 th of December upon a Report by Sir William Poultney from the Committee appointed to draw up the Impeachment against Mr. Seymour the Articles of Impeachment were order'd to be Ingross'd and Mr. Seymour to be taken into Custody by the Serjant at Arms who was impowered to take Security for his forth-coming Saturday being the 18 th they took into serious Consideration his Majesties Last Speech and after some debate resolv'd that an Address should be prepar'd in answer to it Monday the 20 th produc'd nothing at that time remarkable but only the Address which was then read and agreed to and presented the next day Tuesday the 21 th of December not much more was done than upon the day before only that an Information was given into the House that one Henry Carew a Fryar of Saint Maloes in France had for several Years last past executed the Office of Surveyor of the Customes in the Port of Bristol and thereupon it was referr'd to the Committee appointed to receive Informations concerning the Plot to examine the Business and make their Report In the Afternoon they presented their Addresses to his Majesty in the Banquetting-House in Answer to his Last Speech of which the Chief Heads were these That they did gratefully acknowledge his Majesties Goodness in renewing his Assurances of his Readiness to concurr with them for the Security of the Protestant Religion but that they observ'd there was a Reservation annex'd which if insisted on would render all his other Inclinations of no Advantage to them That as to the preservation of the Succession in its Legal Course they had not endeavour'd any Interruption except only of the Descent upon the Person of the D. of York whom the Instruments of the Church of Rome had perverted to their Religion For which Reason they did represent it as the Issue of their most deliberate Thoughts That for the Papists to have their Hopes continued in the Expectation of a Popish Prince was utterly inconsistent with the Safety of his person the Preservation of the Protestant Religion and the Welfare of his people They farther represented to him the Danger of his Person from the principles of the Papists which allow the Excommunication and Deposition of Princes That the Expectation of a Popish Successor had not only encreas'd the Number of Papists in the Kingdom but also prevail'd with others to desert Protestantism that they might be prepar'd for the Favor of the Popish Prince That it had hardened the Papists of this Kingdom to make a Common purse provide Arms and sollicite the Aid of Foreign Princes to impose Popery upon the Nation That it was his Majesties Glory and true Interest to be the Protector of all Protestants both at Home and Abroad But if such Hopes should remain what Alliances could be made for his Majesties Allies and the Protestants abroad to trust to Then they laid before his Majesty the Evils that would befal from a Popish Succession The Protestant Religion would be totally overthrown The Pope would be acknowledg'd a Supreme and all things be brought under his Jurisdiction The Lives Liberties and Estates of all Protestants that value their Souls will be adjudged forfeited in regard that the Extirpation of Hereticks was used as an Argument to invite Foreign Princes to assist the Duke Farther they desir'd him to consider whether in Case the D. should attempt to Succeed whether the Opposition probable to be made against him might not endanger the Descent of the Royal Line but even Monarchy it self For which Reasons they besought his Majesty that when a Bill should be tender'd him in a Parliamentary way he would give his Royal Assent thereto and as necessary to fortifie the same that he would also assent to another Bill to enable his Protestant Subjects to associate for the Defence of his Person the Protestant Religion and the Security of the Kingdom And that as a farther Means for the Preservation of the same the Judges might be Persons of Integrity and true Zeal to the Protestant Religion and might hold their Employments only quamdiu se bene gesserint and that the Lord Lieutenants Deputie-Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace might be persons of the same Principles and all others displac'd and so likewise for the Military Officers and Commanders in the Fleet. Which Requests of theirs being granted they would be ready to assist his Majesty for the preservation of Tangier and to put the Fleet into a Condition both to preserve the Sovereignty of the Seas and defend the Nation Fa. What Answer was given to this Address Tr. You shall hear more of that in due time The two next days being the 23 d. and 24 th of December produc'd little for our purpose Only that upon the last of the two upon a Report from the Committee appointed to examine the Complaint against Mr. Thompson a Minister it was unanimously resolved by the House That the said Thompson had publickly defam'd his Majesty preach'd Sedition villify'd the Reformation and promoted Popery by asserting Popish Principles denying the Plot and turning the same upon the Protestants and that he had endeavored to subvert the Liberty and Property of the Subject and the Rights and Priviledges of Parliament and that he was a Scandal and Reproach to the Function and thereupon order'd a Committee to prepare an Impeachment against him After which the Holydays approaching the House adjourn'd till the 30 th of the same Month. Fa. Can you tell me what Mr. Thompson had done to deserve so severe a Sentence Tru. Yes Fa. Pray do then as short as you can Tru. The First Witness upon Examination at the Committee said That in a Sermon preach'd by the said Mr. Thompson upon the 30 th of Jan. 79. He publickly declar'd That the Presbyterians were persons which the Devil blush'd at and that they were worse than either Priests or Jesuits and that the Villain Hampden grudg'd more to give the King Twenty Shillings which was his due by Law for Ship-money and Loan than to raise a Rebellion against him The Second Witness said the same and added that Thompson should say He hoped the Presbyterians

Esq Borough of Old Sarum Henry Lord Colerain* Sir Eliab Harvey Borough of Wooton Basset Henry St. John Esq * Laurence Hyde Esq Borough of Marleborough Thomas Lord Bruce * Thomas Bennet Esq Worcestershire 9. Samuel Sandys Esq Thomas Foley Esq City of Worcester Sir Francis Winnington Kt. Thomas Street one of His Majesty's Serjeants at Law Borough of Droitwich Henry Coventry Esq Principal Secretary of State Samuel Sandys Junior Esq Borough of Evesham Sir James Rushout Bar. Henry Parker Esq Borough of Bewdley Philip Foley Esq York 30. Charles Lord Clifford Henry Lord Fairfax City of York Sir Henry Thompson Kt. Sir John Hewly Kt. Town of Kingston upon Hull Sir Michael Warton Kt. * William Gee Esq * Borough of Knaesborough Sir Thomas Slingsby Bar. William Stockdale Esq Borough of Scarsborough William Thompson Esq Francis Thompson Esq Borough of Rippon Richard Stern Esq Christopher Wandesford Esq Borough of Richmond Thomas Craddock Esq Humphry Wharton Esq Borough of Heydon Sir Hugh Bethell Kt. Henry Guy Esq Borough of Corfe Boroughbrig Sir Thomas Mauliverer Bar. Sir John Brook Kt. * Borough of Malton William Palmes Esq Sir Watkinson Payler Bar. Borough of Thirske Nicholas Sanderson Esq Sir William Franklan Kt. Borough of Aldborough Sir Brian Stappleton Bar. Sir Godfrey Copley Bar. Borough of Beverly Sir John Hotham Bar. Michael Warton Esq Borough of North-Allerton Sir Gilbert Gerrard Bar. Sir Henry Calverly Kt. Borough of Pontefract Sir John Dawney Kt. Sir Patience Ward Kt. BARONS Of the CIN QUE-PORTS 16. Port of Hastings Sir Robert Parker Bar. John Ashsburnham Esq Town of Winchelsea Creswel Draper Esq Thomas Austin Esq Town of Rye Sir John Dorrell Kt. Thomas Frewen Esq Port of New Rumney Sir Charles Sedley Bar. Paul Barrett Esq Port of Hythe Sir Edward Dering Bar. Edward Hales Esq * Port of Dover William Stokes Esq Thomas Papillon Esq Port of Sandwich John Thurban Esq Sir James Oxenden Kt. Bar. Port of Seaford Sir William Thomas Bar. Herbert Stapley Esq WALES 24. ANGLESEY II. Richard Bulkeley Esq Town of Bewmorris Henry Bulkeley Esq BRECON II. Richard Williams Esq Town of Brecon John Jefferys Esq CARDIGAN II. Edward Vaughan of Trouscoad Esq Town of Cardigan Hector Phillips Esq CARMARTHEN II. John Lord Vaughan Kt. of the Bath Town of Carmarthen Altham Vaughan Esq CARNARVAN II. Thomas Bulkley of Dinas Esq Town of Carnarvon Thomas Mostin of Glotheth Esq DENBY II. Sir Thomas Mydelton Bar. Town of Denbigh Sir John Salisbury Bar. FLINT II. Mutton Davis Esq Town of Flint Roger Whitley Esq GLAMORGAN II. Bussy Mansel Esq Town of Cardiffe Sir Robert Thomas Bar. MERIONETH I. Sir John Wynne Kt. Bar. PEMBROOK III. Sir Hugh Own Bar. Town of Haverford West Thomas Owen Esq Town of Pembrook Arther Owen Esq MONTGOMERY II. Edward Vaughan Esq Town of Montgomery Matthew Price Esq RADNOR II. Rowland Guynne Esq Town of Radnor Griffith Jones Esq The COMMONS in all 513. Historical Collections OR THE CONTINUATION Of the PROCEEDINGS Of the PARLIAMENT Begun and Dissolved AT OXFORD LONDON Printed in the Year 1681. Historical Collections OR THE CONTINUATION Of the PROCEEDINGS Of the PARLIAMENT Begun and Dissolved AT OXFORD Fame BEing fully satisfied with the accompt which you gave me of the Proceedings of the last Parliament at Westminster I took my flight into the Country thinking to have open'd my Pacquet But when I came there I could hardly find any Body at home all People were so busied with the New Elections and taken up with future expectations that they little minded what was past Thereupon I resolv'd to stay a while before I expos'd my self to those whose thoughts I found were bent another way Upon these considerations I followed the Croud to Oxford But I had hardly trimmed my Weather beaten Wings before the Parliament was dissolved there too So then I thought it my best way to come up to London again and find out my Old Friend Truth and then to take my Progresses with a compleat and perfect Relation Now therefore I desire thee to favour me with an Accompt of the main Transactions in this same short Parliament at Oxford Truth That 's soon done Fame 'T is so and therefore the trouble being the less I am the more bold to desire it in hopes that by keeping Thee company I may convince the World of the ill Opinion it has of me of being a Lyar. Truth Falshood in things of this Nature is of a dangerous importance and therfore I will tell the Relation barely without Welt or Guard and do thou be sure to make no Additions thy self Fame I shall be very punctual in observing thy Instructions Truth Know then that the Parliament being appointed to meet upon the 21st of March 1681. And the time of Sessions approaching the King upon the Twelf of March removed to Windsor Upon the Fourteenth he removed to Oxford and in his way was met upon the Borders of the County by the High Sheriff with his Attendants and at Whateby by the Lord Norris Lord Lieutenant of the County with such an appearance of the Gentry that hardly any were found missing but such as were known to be hindred by Sickness or other lawful Impediment By whom together with the Two Troops of the County Militia his Majesty was conducted to the East-Gate of the City where he was received by the Mayor and the rest of the City Magistrates and the Recorder Serjeant Cook welcom'd in a set Speech and after the usual Presents made by the Maior and among the rest of the Mace which was return'd the Mayor then carrying the Mace before his Majesty with the rest of the Brethen attended his Majesty to Christ-Church-Gate After that the King passing to his Appartment in the Colledge was received by the Bishop with a Latin Speech upon his Knes attended by the Canons and the next Morning was attended by the Vice-Chancellour the Doctors Professors Proctors and University Orator The Vice-Chancellor laid the Beadle's Staves at the Kings Feet and then the Orator addressed himself in Latin to the King and in English to the Queen the Vice-Chancellor Orator and Doctors kneeling all the while Fame These Ceremonies do not happen every day and therefore you have obliged me with the Relation Truth Upon the 21st of March the parliament met according to Summons at Oxford in the Convocation House at what time his Majesty went to the House of Lords which State in the Geometry-School and being seated in his Throne with his Royal Robes and the usual Solemnities declar'd himself in a Gratious Speech to Both Houses to the Effect as followes That the unwarrantable Proceedings of the last House of Commons were the reason of his parting with them for that he who would never use Arbitrary Government himself would not suffer it in others That whoever calmly consider'd the Assurances he had renewed to that last Parliament and what he had recommended to them his Forreign Alliances the Examination of the Plot and the Preservation of Tangier and reflect upon their