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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

The Tryall of William Howard L d. Viscount Stafford in Westminster hall His Execution on Tower hill A. L d. high Steward B. B. The Peers in y r. Robes C. C. The Commons D The Iudges E. The Prisoner F. The K s. Box. G. The Managers of ● Tryall H. The Evidence 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 Articles 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 c. IV. The Tryal and Sentence of William Howard Lord Viscount 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 Parliament VI. His Majesty's Declaration shewing the Causes and Reasons that moved him to dissolve the two last Parliaments The Second Edition London Printed for Simon Neale at the Three Pidgeons in Bedford street over against the New Exchange Strand 1682. TO THE READER MEthod and Order are the chiefest Helps and Assistances of Memory And therefore the ensuing sheets being only a bare and brief Collection of the most memorable and Important Passages which occurred in the two last Parliaments held at Westminster and Oxford we have observ'd that method and connexion in the series of Affairs which is most acceptable to the Memory by separating the perfect from the imperfect Matter that the Reader may read with more delight the carriage of things and make his own observations To which end we have made no Comments or Reflections of our own to shew either favour or affection partiality or byassed humor contracting what might seem tedious and cutting off the superfluities of a Diurnal way of writing They that have not been so careful to preserve the loose Sheets of the dayly Occurrencies or have not had the opportunity to buy all the Narratives concerning the Popish Plot may here find the substance of all together and by the help of the Index at the latter end have recourse to what ever they shall have occasion to bring to mind within the short compass of those few Months So that we doubt not but the benefit of the design will far exceed the price of the Volume Some omissions there may be but by those that have view'd these Sheets 't is not believed that there are any of any great Moment Whatever they are 't is hoped the Reader will pardon small defects and judg charitably of the work it self considering the Variety and the nicer nature of the several Subjects For as for the Truth of the matter there is no question of it there being no where any deviating from Authentick Hands and Approbation HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OR TRANSACTIONS OF THE LATE PARLIAMENT IN A DIALOGUE BETWEEN FAME and TRVTH Fame WHile the last Parliament sate I was so tir'd with carrying News to and fro from the City to the Country then back to the City again day and night night and day that upon the Dissolution of the Session I resolved to retire altogether into the Country to recruit my self and refresh the wearied Pinions of my Wings Truth 'T is a happiness I can seldom enjoy for I still find my self so much abus'd and scandaliz'd by Rumour and False Report that daily affront me where-ever I come that I hate to come near a Market-Town as I hate to tell a lye Fame That 's the business which I come now to thee about to seek a Remedy how to avoid this Inconvenience for the future Truth And hast thou found out the way dost think Fame Yes For though the Parliament last Session took a most Excellent way to give a daily accompt of their Proceedings yet by reason of the many interferings of private with publick business people are confounded in their Memories and forget the Coherence of the main Transactions while they endeavour to separate the more from the less important Truth I must confess indeed that Order and Method are the main Assistances of Memory Fame Therefore I say that if Thou wouldst but assist me in this Business and recollecting thy just Memory wouldst but give me an Exact easie and methodical Relation of the Proceedings of the late Session without Animadversions or Flourishes but plainly and impartially I believe it would be very much both for thy advantage and mine too Truth That I shall most willingly do not only for my own but the advantage of all those that as I am perswaded read with more delight a successive and cohering then a disorder'd and interrupted Story Fame Thereby will Fame be beholding to Truth for the Truth which she reports and Truth be no less beholding to Fame for reporting the Verity of Things Truth Where then wouldst thou have me begin Fame Just where the Parliament it self began For that in the procedure of Affairs is just like a full Stop and a Break in Writing Truth The Parliament then as is well known assembled at the usual Places at Westminster upon Tuesday the 21. of October in the year 1680. So soon as they were met a Message was sent from his Majesty to the House of Commons by Sir Edward Carteret Usher of the Black Rod commanding the Members to attend him in the House of Peers Whither the Commons accordingly repairing his Majesty was pleas'd to declare himself to the effect as follows That the several Prorogations he had made had been advantageous to the Neighbouring States and useful to Himself as having employ'd that time in makng and perfecting an Alliance with the Crown of Spain suitable to what he had before with the United Provinces That he had all the reason in the world to believe that what was so much desir'd by former Parliaments must needs be acceptable to them Which as they were the best Measures that could be taken for the safety of England and repose of Christendom so they could not but attain their ends if our home-Divisions did not render our Friendship less considerable abroad That for prevention thereof he gave them all Assurances that nothing should be wanting on his part to give them the fullest Satisfaction their hearts could wish for the security of the Protestant Religion which he resolved to maintain against all Conspiracies of our Enemies and to concur with them in any propos'd Remedies that might consist with preserving the Crown in its Due and Legal Course of Descent To which purpose he recommended to them the speedy Examination of the Plot and that the Lords in the Tower might be brought to their speedy Tryals Then he laid before them the matter of Tangier and the Expences he had been at to relieve and maintain that place upon which he desired their Advice and Assistance But that which he valued

whereas the Sum of Five hundred Eighty four thousand nine hundred seventy eight Pounds two shillings two pence was rais'd by Act of Parliament for the speedy building Thirty Ships of War and thereby appropriated to that use and whereas it was Provided by the said Act That the Treasurer of the Navy should keep the said Money apart and pay it forth to no other use or intent but only for the building and Rigging of the said Thirty Ships Yet that he contrary to the said Act and his duty did lend the sum of 90000 l. Parcel of the said Mony at Eight percent for the support and continuance of an Army that then ought to have been disbanded by Act of Parliament whereby two Acts were Eluded and the Army Continu'd to the great hazard and danger of the Peace and Safety of the Nation Secondly That whereas the Pole-mony was rais'd by Act of Parliament to enable his Majesty to enter into an Actual War against the French King and only for that use And whereas certain Eastland Merchants did undertake to furnish his Majesties Stores upon assurance of Forty thousand pounds parcel of the said Mony deposited in the hands of the said Mr. Seymour as was by him acknowledged yet that he the said Mr. Seymour pay'd away the said Forty thousand pounds to the Victuallers of the Navy by way of advance and for Provisions not brought in Whereas by the Provision of the Act the said Money should have been paid to the said East-land Merchants Thirdly That norwithstanding he had 3000 l. a year for attending the Office of Treasurer yet that out of the Money appointed for secret service he received 3000 l. a year more which was duly paid him as well during the Sessions as during the Intervals of Parliament and particularly during the Prorogation of Fifteen Months Fourthly That on or about the Eighteenth year of his Majesties Reign during the Dutch War the said Ed. Seymour being one of the Commissioners of Prize Goods did fraudulently and in deceit of his Maiesty unlade a certain prize Ship taken from the Dutch without any Authority for so doing and sell the Goods pretending them to be only Muscovado Sugars And accompted with his Majesty for such whereas in truth the Ship was laden with Cocheneel and Indico goods of great value Saturday the Twenty seventh of November nothing was done to the advantage of this Compendium only that whereas the Commons had sent a Message to the Peers to desire them to appoint a Committee to joyn with a Committee of theirs for adjusting the Methods and Circumstances relating to the Tryals of the Lords in the Tower the Lords return'd their Answer this day That they had appointed a Committee of their Members in Complyance with the Message of the Commons to which purpose they had appointed five Lords to meet in the afternoon in the Court of Wards Where upon the Commons elected ten of their Members to meet the said Lords according to the appointment Monday November 29. nothing was done remarkable to our purpose In the afternoon according to appointment the House attended his Majesty in the Banquetting House where they presented him with their Address in Answer to his Message relating to Tangier to this Effect That having taken into their serious consideration his Majesties late Message relating to Tangier could not but accompt the present Condition of it after so vast a Treasure expended to make it useful not only as one Infelicity more added to the afflicted State of the Nation but as the result of those Counsels which had brought his Majesties Person and Kingdoms into those imminent Dangers which at present surrounded them that they were the less surpriz'd to hear of the Exigence of Tangier remembring that since it became a part of the English Dominions it had been several times commanded by Popish Governours in particular a Lord impeached and in the Tower for the Popish Plot and that the supplies sent thither consisted most of Popish Officers and Soldiers And therefore as to his Majesties recommendation of it to their Care they did with all Humility and reverence Answer That though in due time they should omit nothing incumbent upon them for preservation of every part of his Majesties Dominions yet when such a storm of Ruin and Confusion threatn'd the Land to come to any resolutions in that matter before they were secured from the dangers arising from the Power of Popish Persons and Councils they did not conceive would consist either with their duty or their Trust Then they dilated upon the restless endeavours of the Popish Party the miraculous discovery of their designs and their Continu'd influence at Court and the Arbitrary proceedings of corrupted Justice in the intervals of Parliament all which they represented at large to his Majesty And therefore out of their Allegiance to his Majesty their Zeal to Religion their faithfulness to their Country they had upon mature deliberation propos'd one Remedy of those great Evils without which all others would prove vain and fruitless So that if after all the Private Suggestions of the accomplices of the Popish Party should yet prevail to obstruct their faithful Endeavours they should have this remaining Comfort to have freed themselves from the Guilt of that blood and desolation which is like to ensue But yet that their only hope next under God was in his Majesty that by his great wisdom and goodness they should be secur'd from Popery and all the Evils attending it and that none but Persons of known Fidelity to his Majesty and sincere affection to the Protestant Religion should be put into any employment Civil or Military that while they should give a Supply to Tangier they might be assur'd they did not augment the strength of the Popish adversary nor encrease the publick danger Which desires of theirs if his Majesty would vouchsafe to grant they would not only be ready to assist his Majesty in defence of Tangier but do whatsoever else should be in their power to enable his Majesty to protect the Protestant Religion both at home and abroad and to repel the attempts of his and the Kingdoms Enemies Fame What was the Answer which his Majesty was pleas'd to give to this Address Truth I find no mention of any in the accompt which the Commons gave of their own Transactions which makes me forbear to insert the Vulgar Reports And now between the next day which was the Thirtieth of November and the Eighth of December you must expect a vacancy of Parliamentary business both Houses being busied in the Tryal of the Lord Stafford from day to day till that time For though the House did sit in the Afternoons yet it was either to release Prisoners or hear Petitions which are things altogether out of our Diocess The Tryal began the Thirtieth of November 1680. and continu'd till the Seventeenth of December following The first day the Lord High Steward Heneage Lord Finch Lord High Chancelor of England

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