Die Jovis, 22 Januarii, 1645.
Prayers.
AN Ordinance for the advancing, by way of Loan, the
Sum of Two-and-thirty thousand Pounds, by such
Persons of Ability as inhabit, or have any Stock or Trade
going, within the City of London, and Liberties thereof,
in like manner to be raised as is expressed in an Ordinance
of the First of July 1645, for the Raising of Twenty
thousand Pounds for Reducing of Oxford; and for securing
the said Two-and-thirty thousand Pounds to the Persons
lending the same, out of the Receipts of the Excise, with
Interest, at the End of every Six Months, to be paid after
other Sums, charged upon the said Receipts, for the Use
of the Army, are first satisfied; was this Day read; and,
upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent unto
the Lords for their Concurrence.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Edward Leech and
Mr. Page;
The Lords have commanded us to bring you (fn. [a]) An
Ordinance for the Selling of some Materials about Paul's
Church, for the Payment of some Workmen there: To
which they desire your Concurrence.
They desire to put you in mind of an Ordinance, which
they formerly sent unto you, for the Regulating of Arms;
which they desire you to take into Consideration.
Ordered, That the Particulars of this Message be taken into
Consideration, the first Business, on Saturday Morning next:
And that Mr. Speaker do put the House in mind hereof.
Answer returned by the same Messengers;
The House hath taken your Message into Consideration;
and will send Answer by Messengers of their own.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth nominate and appoint William Briscoe, of Crofton, Esquire, to be High-Sheriff of the County of Cumberland: And that the Commissioners for the Great Seal of England do grant him a
Commission accordingly.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth nominate and appoint Robert Clavering, of Brenkborne, Esquire, to be High-Sheriff of the County of Northumberland: And that the
Commissioners for the Great Seal of England do grant
him a Commission accordingly.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Resolved, &c. That Captain Charles Vane, Commander
of Raby-Castle, be added to the Standing Committee of
Durham.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Resolved, &c. That Mr. Thistlethwayte, High-Sheriff of
the County of Wiltes, be injoined to make Return of the
Writ, for Election of a Burgess for the Town of Hindon,
within one Fortnight at the furthest.
A Letter from Mr. John Rushworth, from Dartmouth, of
19 Januarii 1645, relating the Taking of Dartmouth,
with all Forts, Works, Castles, Ordnance, Arms, and Ammunition, and Two Men of War and a Pink in the River,
was this Day read.
Ordered, That this Day Fortnight shall be set apart for
a Day of Publick Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for his
great Blessing upon the Parliament's Forces, at the Taking
in of Dartmouth and Hereford; and for the several other
late great Successes against the Enemy in the West; to be
observed and kept in all Churches and Chapels in the Cities
of London and Westminster, Lines of Communication, and
within Ten Miles thereof: And that the Lord Mayor of
the City of London be desired to give Notice hereof to the
several Ministers within the Limits aforesaid.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Ordered, That this Day Three Weeks shall be set apart
for a Day of Publick Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for
his great Blessing upon the Parliament's Forces at the
Taking in of Dartmouth and Hereford; and for the several
other late great Successes against the Enemy in the West; to
be observed and kept in all Churches and Chapels in the several Counties of the Kingdom of England, and Dominion
of Wales, above Ten Miles from London, and within the
Power of the Parliament: And that the Members of this
House, that serve for the said several Counties and Places,
do take care, that this Order may be published, and Notice
given hereof to the several Ministers within the Limits
aforesaid.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Ordered, That Mr. Bond and Mr. Harford be desired to
preach on this Day Fortnight, being the Day of Publick
Thanksgiving, before the Parliament.
The House being informed, That the Messenger that
brought the Letter from Mr. Rushworth, was at the Door;
He was called in; and related the Manner of the Storming of Dartmouth.
Ordered, That the Messenger that brought the Letter
from Mr. Rushworth, concerning the Taking in of Dartmouth, shall have the Sum of Twenty Pounds for his Pains:
And that the Committee for Plimmouth do pay the same
accordingly.
Mr. Nicholls carried to the Lords, for their Concurrence,
The Order for One hundred Pounds for Mr. Parker, out
of Haberdashers-Hall: The Ordinance for Edward Birkhead
Esquire to be Serjeant at Arms attending the Speaker of
the House of Commons, after the Death of Mr. Serjeant
Hunt: The Ordinance for continuing Sir William Brereton in his Command for Forty Days: An Ordinance for
a Pardon for Bridget Gowee, for Bigamy: An Order for
Forty Shillings per Week, out of Haberdashers-Hall, for
Mr. Teise: The Ordinance for Two-and-thirty thousand
Pounds out of the Excise for the City of London; and the
Votes concerning Church-Government.
He was to acquaint the Lords, That this Day Fortnight
was appointed for a Day of Publick Thanksgiving, within
London and Westminster, and Lines of Communication, and
Ten Miles about; and this Day Three Weeks for the rest
of the Kingdom; for the Taking in of Dartmouth: And that
Mr. Bond and Mr. Harford were appointed to preach before
the Parliament; and to desire their Concurrence herein.
He was likewise to desire a Conference with the Lords,
concerning the Ordinance for Martial Law.
Resolved, &c. That One thousand Pounds be forthwith
advanced by the Committee of the Army, for Providing
and Furnishing of Horse to be bestowed upon Sir Thomas
Fairfax, General of the Parliament's Forces, for his own
Use: And that the especial Care of providing these Horse
be referred to Sir Thomas Widdrington, and Colonel William White.
Sir Thomas Widdrington reports the Amendments to
the Ordinance for appointing Sir George Vane Knight to be
High-Sheriff of the County-Palatine and Sadbery; and for
regulating some other things concerning the said Office, and
Supply of Justice in that County: The which were read;
and, upon the Question, assented unto: And the Ordinance, with the Amendments, upon the Question, passed;
and ordered to be sent unto the Lords for their Concurrence.
An Ordinance for Continuation of the Excise, from the
Eleventh of September 1646, to the Twenty-fourth of
March 1647, was this Day read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That the Excise be continued from the
Eleventh of September 1646, to the Twenty-fourth of
March 1647.
Resolved, &c. That this Ordinance be committed unto
the Members of this House that are of the Committee of
Excise: And all that will come are to have Voices: And
are to meet upon it To-morrow at Two of Clock in the
Star-Chamber: And they have Power to conser, and use
their Endeavours, with the Commissioners of Excise, or any
other, for the Advance of Fifty thousand Pounds for the
Use of the Army, upon the Security of the Excise, at the
Times propounded. They have further Power to consider
and confer thereupon, with such Persons as they shall think
fit, How the Revenue of the Excise may be improved,
and the Charge of bringing in the Excise may be abated
and lessened, to the best Advantage of the Publick.
Ordered, That, on Tuesday next, peremptorily, Mr.
Green be heard to make his Reports concerning the Navy:
And that the Committee do then likewise bring in the List
of the Officers of the next Summer's Fleet.
Ordered, &c. That it be referred to the Committee of the
West, to consider of some considerable Recompence to be
bestowed upon Mr. Scawen, a Member of this House, that
may remain to Posterity, as a Mark of the Favour and
Acknowledgment of this House to him, for the great
Pains, and the faithful and extraordinary Service he hath
performed in the Affairs of the Army, and Service to the
Parliament and Kingdom.
Ordered, That the Lord Brudenall, Sir Henry Bedingfield, Sir Walter Blunt, Sir Francis Howard, Sir Thomas
Lunsford, and Mr. David Jenkins, be committed Prisoners
to the Tower of London, for High-Treason, for levying
War against the Parliament.
Ordered, That Sir Richard Weston, Sir Nicolas Kemershe,
Sir Richard Bassett, Sir George Vaughan, and Sir
John Stepney, be committed Prisoners to the Compter in South wark, for High-Treason, for levying War against the Parliament.
Ordered, That Sir Francis Lloyd, and Richard Seaborne
Esquire, be committed Prisoners to the Serjeant at Arms
attending this House, to the end they be brought to the
Bar of this House, that the House may further dispose of
them.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee at Goldsmiths-Hall, to examine the Desires or Intentions of Sir
Francis Lloyd to come in and submit to the Parliament
before the First Day of December last, or before he was
taken Prisoner at Herefford.
Ordered, That Two-Thirds of the Goods and Estate
of the Earl of Dorsett, not exceeding the Sum of Five
hundred Pounds, now at Knolle in the County of Kent, and
lately discovered there, shall be employed for the Use of the
Garison at Dover-Castle, towards the Pay of their Arrears.
Ordered, That the Ordinance for the Establishment of
the Garison of Kingston upon Hull be read on Monday
Morning next.
Resolved, &c. That the Lifeguard shall be reduced: And
that the whole Troop shall be suddenly paid off, except
such as shall be employed as Officers in a Regiment of
Firelocks.
Resolved, &c. That there shall be a Regiment of Firelocks raised, for the General's Guard, instead of the Lifeguard, consisting of Five hundred, divided into Five
Companies, under a Major and Four Captains: The common Soldier to have Twelve-pence each per diem; the
Officers, as Foot-Officers of their Qualities: And that as
many of the Lifeguard as the General shall think fit, be
employed as Officers in this Regiment of Firelocks.
Resolved, &c. That in regard Sir Thomas Fairfax hath
found it necessary for the Service, and employed a Commissary-General of the Horse, that the Houses do allow of
him to be added to the Establishment, and to have the
Entertainment of the Place, from the Date of his Commission; viz. Fifteen Shillings per diem, Half-Pay, and
Fifteen Shillings per diem on publick Faith:
That the Waggonmaster General be allowed a Deputy,
at Three Shillings and Four-pence per diem:
That the Quartermaster-General, and the Mustermaster-General, be allowed a Carriage between them.
Ordered, That Sir Thomas Fairfax be injoined to reduce
his Lifeguard to a Regiment of Firelocks, according to
these Votes of both Houses.
Resolved, &c. That this Regiment of Firelocks be taken
in, and be made Part of his Army: And that the General
do put Officers over them.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
A List of the daily and monthly Pay of the Five hundred Firelocks, with Officers necessary for the same, for the
General's Guard.
The Pay of the Officers, according to the Entertainment
of the Foot-Officers in the Army, under Sir Thomas Fairfaxe's Army, was this Day read; and, upon the Question,
passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.
A List of the daily and monthly Pay of the Officers and
Soldiers belonging to the Garison of Hull was this Day
read; and, upon the Question, passed.
A List of the daily and monthly Pay and Entertainment
of the Officers and Soldiers belonging to the Garison of
Dover-Castle, and the Two Forts of Archcliff and MoatesBulwark, with the Charges incident thereunto by way of
Addition (The same to begin . . . . .), was this Day read;
and, upon the Question, passed.
An Ordinance for allowing a Fifth-Part of the Arrears
of the Officers of the Foot-Regiments of Gloucester, out of
the Fines, Estates, or Compositions, of divers Persons taken
at Hereford, was this Day read the First and Second time;
and laid aside.
Resolved, &c. That Six thousand Pounds be charged
upon the Receipts of the Excise, of 11 Septembris 1643,
in Course, to be paid to the Officers of the Foot-Regiments
of Gloucester, upon the Auditing of their Arrears; and to
be accounted for so much of their Arrears: And that Mr.
Pury do take care of this Business, and bring in an Ordinance to this Purpose.
Ordered, That the Letter from the Governor of Hereford, from Hereford, of Januarii 17 1645, be referred
to the Consideration of the Committee of both Kingdoms.
An Ordinance for securing and reimbursing, out of the
Receipts of the Excise, the Sum of Two thousand Eight
hundred and One Pounds Three Shillings and Four-pence,
to such Persons as shall lend the same, with Interest for the
Forbearance, after the Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum;
being for Ammunition and Arms for some of the most
Northern Counties; was this Day read; and, upon the
Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for
their Concurrence.