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A39677	A letter from the Right Honourable Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, Sir Hugh Cholmley, Sir Philip Stapleton, Sir Henry Cholmley, Committees of the Commons House of Parliament residing at York being a relation of all the passages at the great meeting at York, on Thursday the 12. of this instant May : with the names of those gentlemen that concurred with the king concerning a guard for his sacred person ... : also the free-holders protestation, inclosed in the letter from the said committee, to Master Speaker ... and the votes against removing the next term to York.	Fairfax, Ferdinando Fairfax, Baron, 1584-1648.; Stapleton, Philip, Sir, 1603-1647.; Cholmley, Hugh, Sir, 1600-1657.; Cholmley, Henry, Sir, 1609-1666.	1642 (1642)	Wing F118; ESTC R43164	5,927	10

Stricklands for his foot guard But he hath now laid aside that resolution The Free-holders of the County are now newly summoned to attend his Majesty about a week hence the three Ridings upon three severall dayes but for what service we know not Sir you have here a large Narrative of the passages at this Meeting what dangers this poore Countrey lies under We humbly refer it to you to judge not taking upon us to deliver any opinion The businesse lasted so long that is hindered us from giving a more speedy account Sir this is what at this time is sent from Your assured friends and servants Fer. Fairfax Hu. Cholmley Philip Stapleton He. Cholmley York 13 Maii 1642. To the Kings most Excellent Maiesty VVE Knights and Gentlemen whose names are subscribed do unanimously present this our answer to your Majesties propositions concerning the raising of a guard of Horse for the security and defence of your sacred person To which proposition as we conceive our selves bound by Allegiance do willingly concurre For that purpose humbly desiring that the aforesaid may be raised by legall Authority And likewise that it may consist of persons unquestionable in their Religion and Gentlemen The substance of his Majesties Answer HIS Majesty gave them thanks for it appeared as a satisfactory answer and in it they had shewed great circumspection and wisedome by choosing such whose Loyalties could not be questioned by excluding Recusants and all suspected to be disaffected Sir Thomas Fairefax Sir William Constable Sir Matthew Boynton Sir Thomas Gower Sir Wil. St. Quintin Sir Edward Rodes Sir William Crayley Sir Thomas Norcliffe Sir Arthur Ingram Sir Richard Darley Sir Iarvas Cutler Sir William Fairefax Sir Hugh Bethel Sir Iohn Savell Sir William Lyster Sir Thomas Renington Master Tho. Jopson Henry St. Quintin Arthur Noel Tobias Ienkins Henry Ienkins Iohn Ferrer Iohn West Henry Atkinson Henry Wythes William Bethell George Mountaine Thomas Stockdale William Gower Richard Trewman Sackvill Pope Thomas Heblethwait George Eure George Marwood Iohn Savile of Medlee Iohn Saltmarshe William Copley Lyonell Copley Edward Gower Cuthbert Creak William Cobb Doyley Gower Thomas Rookeby Iohn Calverley Francis Grimston Iohn Anlaby Arthur Beckwith Christopher Waters Matthew Beckwith Christopher Copley Thomas Croft William Parker George Trotter Henry Westby William Iemimgs Thomas Bradford Richard Wilbore Iob Hackwod Matthew Allured Robert Sheppard Iohn Acklam Iohn Stillington Iervas Hamand Iohn Cholmeley Thomas Newark Henry Savile Lancelot Allured Iohn Lambert Francis Grimston Mr Stephen Quintin Willoughby Godfrey Iohn Stillington Iohn Beverley Mr Bomton George Westby Benjamin Browne Charles Fairfax Henry Arthington Henry Tempest These are the names subscribed in one sheet there being many other sheets filed together all of them subscribed and amongst them many Gentlemen of note bu● I took note only of the first sheet having no more time To the Kings Most Excellent MAIESTY The Humble Petition of many thousands of Your Majesties peaceably affected Subjects of the County of YORK Humble sheweth THat many of your Petitioners being in their late desires of petitioning Your Majesty denyed accesse kept back with violence and receiving great affronts from some that have dependency on Your Majesty and others there Assembled yet no provocation could remove them from their patience and duty which proceedings are taken more to heart Your Petitioners conceiving it undeniable that they have an Interest in the Common-wealth and are as dutifull and Loyall Subjects to Your Majesty as whomsoever though diverse of them have beene since uncivilly prest by some in Your Maje●●ies name to subscribe a paper stiled the humble Answer to Your Majesties propositions and threatned thereto upon which blowes followed and that when Your Majesties Army should bee on foot those should be first pillaged that refused such subs●r●ption which we humbly conceive are positively contrary to Your Majesties own expressions and is to the high dishonour o● You● Majesty and t●e g●eat affrightm●nt and disturbance of Your Majesties liege people Therefore your Petitioners having too just cause to feare Your Majesties Royall heart is still endangered to be possessed with some distaste of Your Petitioners humbly supplicate Your Majesty to conceive better things of them to cast Your eye upon the present state of this Your Kingdom that as Your Majesty hath often declared Your affection to this County so now Your love might now be expressed in preserving the peace thereof and that Your Majesty would admit of a right information of the cleare intentions of Your Petitioners who are confident that no so absolute and hearty observance to Your Majesties just Commands can be demonstrated as what Your Majesty in Parliament shall declace which if it become devided as God forbid our hearts even tremble to consider the dangers and diminution of the honour and safetay of Your Majesties posterity and Kingdoms will unavoidably b● put upon since it is clear to every understanding that it is not a divided part of one o● severall Counties that can offord that honour and safe●y to your Majesty as the whole Kingdome which you may command no ground of feare or danger remaining if a good Confidence were begot betwixt your Majesty and Parliament whose grave and loyall Counsells are as we humbly conceive the visible way under God to put a speedy end to the troubles of Ireland and establish your Throne in righteousnesse And lastly your Petitioners do most humbly supplicate that we may represent our unfitnesse to become Judges betwixt your Majesty and Parliament in any thing or dispute the Authority of either which they humbly conceive doe fortefie each other it being most unfit for them to act any thing therein but by their prayers for a right understanding betweene your Majesty and them which we shall heartily doe as also for your Majesties long and prosperous Reign and as we are bound by our late Protestation shall be eady to maintain your Majesties just rights the Priviledges and power of Parliament and the lawfull liberties of the Subjects The Kings Answer to the Petition of the Coun●rey at the Court at York May 13. 1642. His Majesty HAving with some care considered this Petition being the first of this nature that hath been presented to him wherein any appearing well affected to his service though he hath heard of many in the Contrary have misdemeaned themselves hath commanded me to give you this answer That he doth totally discover proceedings complained in of the Petition and expects that you and all other his loyal Subjects shall rest satisfied with his severall Gracious Declarations and constant peaceable practice towards his people to the contrary and for further assurance upon just proofe made against any man who hath committed any violence in words or actions without just provocation full reparation shall be given to the parties injured As for the rest of this Petition his Majesty saith that it is so confused that he doth not well know what positive Answer to give it And the rather because it is grounded upon misinformation both of his Majesties proceedings and intentions as in particular his Majesty saith he never intended to have you to be judges betwixt him and his Parliament And for the other part of this Petition hee referres to his Messages Declarations and Answers whereby it will clearely appeare that his desire and intention is onely the preserving of the true protestant profession the lawes of the land the Libertie of his people the peace of the Kingdome And the peace of this County in particular The Protestation of the Freeholders May 1● 1642. VVHereas his Majestie hath b●en pleased to give Summons to the Gentry of this County to attend him at his Court at Yorke the the twelfth of May instant to advise with him in some particulars concerning the honour and safety of his Majesties person and the well-being and peace of this our County and in the said summons was pleased to omit the Free-holders of this County out of a tender respect of putting them to any extraordinary charge yet we conscious of our sincere Loyalty to his Majesty our Gratious Soveraigne and conceiving our selves according to the proportions of our estates equally intrested in the common good of the the County did take bouldnesse to come in person to York and were ready to attend his Majesties pleasure there And whereas his Majesty was pleased then to propound severall things to the purpose aforesaid at the meeting of the Country to consider a fit answer to return to his Majesty thereupon the doors of the meeting House were shut against us we utterly excluded and in our absence a Referree of Knights and Gentlemen chosen without our knowledge or consent to draw up the said Answer We the Freeholders who petitioned his Maiesty the day abovesaid concerning our selves abundantly injured in the Election not knowing any warrant by writ or otherwise for the same of the said Referree and that we ought not however to be concluded by any resolution of theirs without our assent in their election do absolutely protest and declare against the said election as far as concernes us disavow whatsoever shal be the result of their Consultation thereupon and do desire a new and faire Eleiction of a Referree may be made we admitted to our free Votes in the same and some one or more to bee nominated by us allowed to deliver our sense for us at another Meeting And that we shall not make good in the least respect any thing whatsoeuer which shall otherwise be concluded upon Die Martis 17. Maii. 1642. VVHereas the Lords in Parliament have this day been Informed That the King is Resolved to adjourn the next Term from Westminster to York Vpon which The Lords sent a Committee to the Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England to know of him whether he had received any command touching the same who acquainted the said Committee That he had received command from His Majesty to issue Proclamations and Writs to that purpose whereupon this House taking the said matter into consideration hath Voted That the Kings removall of the Term to York from Westminster sitting this Parliament is Illegall And hath further ordered That the said Lord Keeper shall not issue out any Writs or Seal any Proclamation for adjourning the said next Term from Westminster to York as aforesaid Joh. Brown Cleric Parl. FINIS