Die Jovis, 8 Aprilis, 1647.
Prayers.
Dublyn Castle.
RESOLVED, &c. That Colonel Jones be appointed
and constituted Governor of the Town and Castle of
Dublyn, in the Kingdom of Ireland.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Mr. Recorder is to carry it to the Lords.
Chester.
Ordered, &c. That when Colonel Jones is in Possession
of Dublyn, and settled in the Government of the Town
and Castle, that then the House will take into Consideration, to appoint a Governor of Chester.
Col. Sydney.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth declare, That, in
due Time, this House will take into Consideration the
Merit and Services of Colonel Algernon Sydney.
Provisions for Ireland.
Mr. Reynolds reports from the Committee for the
Affairs of Ireland, sitting in the Star Chamber, Two Contracts; the one of the Fourth of November last, with Mr.
Davies, for Victual, to the Value of Six thousand Pounds;
and with John Chesten, Dennis Gawden, and Thomas Rodberd, the Last of January 1646, for Victual, and other
Provisions of several Sorts, to the Value of Twenty-six
thousand Five hundred Seven Pounds Two Shillings, to
be furnished and sent into Ireland, for Supply of the
Armies there, for the Houses Approbation thereof, as of
other Contracts: The which were read; and were in hæc
verba; viz.
WHEREAS Mr. John Davies hath offered to this Committee, That, for the Supply of the Forces which shall
be appointed to keep Dublin, and the other Garisons
thereabouts, when they shall be put into the Power of the
Parliament, or otherwise to be disposed of for the Service
of that Kingdom, he will furnish and deliver there, as
this Committee shall direct, Six thousand Pounds-worth
of Victuals, in these several Kinds, free of all Charges
whatsoever; that is to say,
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£. |
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d. |
| Wheat, good and serviceable, at Two Pounds Ten Shillings per Quarter, |
2,000 | | |
| White Peas, good and serviceable, at Two Pounds Five Shillings per Quarter, to the Value of |
1,125 | | |
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Lancashire and Cheshire Cheese, at Four-pence per Pound, to the Value of |
1,500 |
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| Oats, good and sweet, at Sixteen Shilings per Quarter |
500 |
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| Oatmeal, at Sixteen Shillings the One hundred and Twenty Pound Weight, to the Value of |
875 |
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6,000 | | |
For which he will take Payment in Manner following;
that is to say, Four thousand Pounds in Course, out of
the Twenty-five thousand Pounds last ordered, out of
the Excise for Ireland; and Two thousand Pounds the
Residue thereof, out of the Ordinances for Assessments
for Ireland, after all former Orders and Engagements
have taken Effect.
This Committee have thought fit, and resolved to accept thereof: And Mr. Reynolds is desired to report the
same to the Houses, for their Approbation thereof, as soon
as conveniently he may.
WHEREAS John Chesten, Dennis Gawden, and Thomas
Rodberd of London, for themselves and Partners, have
propounded to this Committee, That they will, at their own
Charges, provide, furnish, and ship for Ireland (Weather
serving) the Provisions hereafter mentioned; viz. One
Third Part thereof by the Eighteenth of February next;
another Third Part thereof by the Eighteenth of March;
and the Residue by the Tenth of April next ensuing:
And will deliver them at such Ports of Ireland, as this
Committee shall appoint, safe and well-conditioned, Danger of the Sea excepted, to all but the Victual, the
Hazard whereof they will take upon themselves; viz.
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d. |
| Four hundred Barrels of Powder, English Proof, at Five Pounds per Barrel |
2,000 |
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| Four Tons of English Match, at Five-and-thirty Pounds per Ton |
1,400 |
| Two thousand Pikes, English Clift, at Five Shillings and Six-pence per Pike |
550 |
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| Twenty Tons of Musquet Shot, at Twenty Pounds per Ton |
400 |
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| Two thousand Nine hundred Ninety-eight Swords, Dutch Blades, with Belts, at Five Shillings Three-pence per Sword and Belt |
786 |
19 |
6 |
| Four hundred Snaphance Musquets, with Bandaleers, at Seventeen Shillings each |
340 |
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| Two thousand Matchlock Musquets, English Locks and Stocks, with Bandaleers, at Fourteen Shillings per Musquet and Bandaleer |
1,400 |
- |
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| Four hundred Pair of English Pistols, with Holsters, at Five-and-twenty Shillings per Pair |
500 |
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| Eight hundred Pair of Holsters, at Five Shillings per Pair |
200 |
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| Four hundred Saddles, with Furniture, at Nineteen Shillings per Piece |
380 |
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| Five hundred Carabines, with Belts, English Locks and Stocks, proved, at Eighteen Shillings per Piece |
450 |
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| Two thousand Pair of Shoes, at Three Shillings Two-pence per Pair |
316 |
13 |
4 |
| Two thousand Sixty-four Caps at Two Shillings and Four-pence per Cap |
241 |
16 |
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| Five hundred Pair of Boots, at Sixteen Shillings per Pair |
400 |
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| Two thousand Knapsacks, at Fourteen Pence per Piece |
116 |
13 |
4 |
| Five hundred Quarters of Wheat, at Three Pounds Five Shillings per Quarter |
1,625 |
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| Two thousand Quarters of Peas, at Forty-nine Shillings per Quarter |
4,900 |
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| Three thousand Pounds-worth of Cheese, viz. Suffolke Cheeses, at Three-pence Three Farthings per Pound |
3,000 |
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| Two thousand Pounds-worth of Oats, at Six-and-twenty Shillings and Eight pence per Quarter |
2,000 |
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| Four hundred Pounds-worth of Iron, at Twenty Pounds per Ton |
400 |
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| Deal Boards to the Value of |
100 |
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| Oatmeal, to the Value of Five thousand Pounds, at Two-pence per Pound |
5,000 |
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26,507 |
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2 |
For all which, according to those Prices, amounting to
Twenty-six thousand Five hundred Seven Pounds Two
Shillings and Two-pence, they will accept of Payment
out of the Twenty-five thousand Pounds ordered for Ireland out of the Excise, by the Ordinance of the Tenth of
November; and out of the Monies coming in by all the
Ordinances for Assessment for Ireland, after all Orders and
Engagements, made before the said Tenth of November,
have taken Effect; that is to say, Two Thirds thereof out
of the said Ordinances of Excise, and the Remainder out
of those Assessments: So that they may receive the full
Benefit of the Interest, allowed by that Ordinance, in Proportion for so much as that upon the Excise shall amount
unto.
And if it shall appear, that the said Persons, or their
Partners, have, in pursuance of any Order of this Committee, delivered already any Provisions of these Kind,
which have not been included in former Contracts, nor
Payment already settled for them, that the same may be
accounted as Part of these Particulars, and allowed of for
Payment to be made amongst them, as is above expressed.
This Committee have thought fit, and resolved, in regard of the extreme Necessity of having those Provisions
sent away at the Times limited, to accept thereof: And
upon Certificate of the said Contractors shipping these
Provisions, from time to time, will give Warrants for
Assignment or Payment of the Money, proportionably
and respectively unto them, or their Assigns, both for the
Provisions and Interest allowed by that Ordinance, from
the Date thereof.
And Mr. Reynolds is desired to report this Contract to
the House of Commons, for their Approbation hereof, as
of other Contracts; and to move the House, that such
Ordinance or Ordinances, as shall be brought in pursuance hereof, tending to the Contractors Security, may
be passed for them.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth agree with the
Committee, in the Bargain made by them with Mr. Davies, 4 Novembris 1646, for Victual, to the Value of Six
thousand Pounds to be sent into Ireland, for Supply of
the Forces there.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth agree with the
Committee, in the Bargain made by them with John
Chesten, Dennis Gawden, and Thomas Rodberd, the last of
January 1646, to the Value of Twenty-six thousand Five
hundred and Seven Pounds Two Shillings and Two-pence,
to be sent into Ireland, for Supply of the Armies there.
The Lords Concurrence be . . desired in these Votes.
Mr. Reynolds is appointed to carry them to the Lords:
And likewise the Order of 9 Februarii 1646, for Interest,
payable out of Goldsmiths Hall every Six Months, for the
Sum of Twelve thousand Five hundred Pounds One Shilling Seven Pence, charged by former Order upon Goldsmiths Hall, for divers reduced Officers, contained in
Four Lists formerly presented to this House.
Army.
Resolved, &c. That the several Troops in the particular
Counties of Leicestershire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Northamptonshire, do make up
one Regiment, under the Command of Colonel Needham;
and be one of the Regiments that is to be kept up in the
Kingdom of England.
Resolved, &c. That the General's own Regiment of
Horse shall be one of the Regiments that is to be kept up
in the Kingdom of England.
Resolved, &c. That Colonel Greves' Regiment shall be
one of the Regiments of Horse that is to be kept up in
the Kingdom of England.
Resolved, &c. That Major Twisselton be Colonel of
Colonel Rosseter's Regiment: And that That Regiment
be one of the Regiments of Horse that is to be kept up
in the Kingdom of England.
Resolved, &c. That Colonel Whalley's Regiment be
one of the Regiments of Horse that is to be kept up in
the Kingdom of England.
Resolved, &c. That Lieutenant General Cromwell's
Regiment under the Command of Major Huntington, as
Colonel, shall be one of the Regiments of Horse that is
to be kept up in the Kingdom of England.
The Question was propounded, That an Hundred
Horse, and an Hundred Dragoons, shall be kept up for
the Service of North Wales, under Major General Mitton;
to be commanded in Chief by the General, as the other
Horse, kept up in the Kingdom, are:
And the Question being put, Whether this Question
shall be now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
Resolved, &c. That an Hundred Horse, and an Hundred Dragoons, shall be kept up for the Service of North
Wales, under Major General Mitton; to be commanded
in Chief by the General, as other Horse, kept up in the
Kingdom, are.
The Question was propounded, That an Hundred
Horse, and an Hundred Dragoons, shall be kept up for
the Safety of South Wales, under Major General Langharne; to be commanded in Chief by the General, as
other Horse, kept up in the Kingdom, are:
And the Question being put, Whether this Question
shall be now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
The Question being put, That an Hundred Horse,
and an Hundred Dragoons, shall be kept up for the
Safety of South Wales, under Major General Langharne;
to be commanded in Chief by the General, as other Horse,
kept up in the Kingdom, are;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Sir Phil. Stapleton, |
Tellers for the Yea: |
56. |
| Sir Wm. Lewes, |
With the Yea, |
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Sir John D'Anvers, |
Tellers for the Noe: |
53. |
| Mr. Herbert, |
With the Noe, |
So that the Question passed with the Affirmative.
Resolved, &c. That Colonel Oakey shall command the
Dragoons.
Irish Affairs.
Upon a Report from the Committee of Lords and
Commons, at Derby House, for the Affairs of Ireland,
made by Mr. Richard Sallwey;
It is Resolved, &c. That the Gentlemen that were sent
from the Kingdom of Ireland have the Leave of this
House to go to Dublyn.
The Question was propounded, That these Gentlemen
shall have Six hundred Pounds bestowed upon them, to
bear their Charge in their Return to Dublyn.
And the Question being put, Whether this Question
shall be now put;
The House was divided.
The Noes went forth.
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Mr. Rich, |
Tellers for the Yea: |
56. |
| Colonel Harvey, |
With the Yea, |
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Sir Wm. Massam, |
Tellers for the Noe: |
87. |
| Lieut. General Crumwell, |
With the Noe, |
So that the Question passed with the Negative.
The Question was propounded, That the Sum of Three
hundred Pounds be bestowed upon these Gentlemen, to
bear their Charge in their Return to Dublyn:
And the Question being put, Whether this Question
shall be now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
Resolved, &c. That the Sum of Three hundred Pounds
be bestowed upon these Gentlemen, to bear their Charge
in their Return to Dublyn: And that this Warrant be
charged upon the Receipts at Haberdashers Hall, and
forthwith paid by that Committee.
Proceedings concerning Bosevile.
A Letter from the Commissioners, from Holdenby, of
6 Aprilis 1647, with the Examination of one Humfrey
Bosevile inclosed, was this Day read; concerning Letters
the said Humfrey Bosevile delivered to the King, in the
Disguise of a Country-man's Habit, with an Angle in
his Hand, as the King was alighting at a little narrow
Bridge, to go to Boughton to Bowls.
The Question being put, That the Sheriff of the
County of Northampton, to whose Custody the Commissioners at Holdenby did commit Humfry Bosevile,
should send up the said Humfry Bosevile Prisoner to the
House;
It passed with the Negative.
Resolved, &c. That Humfrey Bosevile, now in the
Custody of the Sheriff of the County of Northampton,
committed thither by the Commissioners at Holdenby, be
forthwith sent for, as a Delinquent, by the Serjeant at
Arms attending on this House.
Ordered, &c. That Thanks be returned to the Commissioners, for their Care and Diligence in their Service at
Holdenby; and in their discovering and preventing all Inconveniencies that may arise by Intelligences to and from
the King: And that they be desired to continue their Care
and Diligence.
Sir Walther Earle is appointed to prepare a Letter to
this Purpose.
Propositions to the King.
Ordered, &c. That, on Tuesday Morning next, the first
Business, and nothing to intervene, the House do take
into Consideration the Business, concerning the procuring
the King's Answer to the Propositions, according to the
former Orders made in this Business.
Pass to the King.
The Question was propounded, That Monsieur Joachime, Ambassador in Ordinary from the States of the
United Provinces, shall have a Pass, under Mr. Speaker's
Hand, to go to the King at Holdenby:
And the Question being put, Whether this Question
shall be now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
Resolved, &c. That Monsieur Joachime, Ambassador
in Ordinary from the States of the United Provinces, shall
have a Pass, under Mr. Speaker's Hand, to go to the
King to Holdenby.
Ships taken by De-witt.
Ordered, &c. That Mr. Hoyle do prepare a Letter, to
be signed by Mr. Speaker, and sent to Mr. Strickland,
Resident for the Parliament with the States of the United
Provinces; to desire him to negotiate the Business of the
Merchants of York and Hull, who had Two Ships taken
from * * with Merchandize, by one De-witt.