Die Lunæ, 1 Januarii, 1648.
Prayers.
Sheriff of Hants.
RESOLVED, &c. That John Hooke Esquire, of
Bramshett, be nominated and approved of to be
High Sheriff of the County of Hants, instead of Robert
Jason Esquire.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Delinquents.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of the
Army, to bring in an Ordinance for enabling the Commissioners sent down into the several Counties of South
Wales and Monmouth, to proceed upon the Sequestring
of Delinquents in the said Counties; and to remove
Obstructions by reason of an Order or Orders issued from
the Committee of Lords and Commons for Sequestrations,
and of an Ordinance granted to certain Commissioners in
Wales, hindering their Proceedings therein; and to continue the Power of the said Commissioners to proceed
in Sequestring the Estates of Delinquents in the said
County.
Colonel Ven is to take care hereof.
Ordered, That Colonel Bosevile, Mr. Blakiston, Mr.
Garland, Mr. Humphry Edwards, Mr. Trenchard, Sir
Gregory Norton, Mr. * Clement, Lord Mounson, Colonel
Stapley, Mr. Smyth, Mr. Cawley, Lieutenant-General
Cromwell, Mr. Carey, Sir Wm. Constable, Mr. Blagrave, Colonel Moore, Mr. Love, Mr. Frye, Colonel
Downes, Colonel Purefoy, be added to the Committee of
the Army.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Goldsmith's Hall Committee.
Ordered, That Lord Grey, Alderman Atkins, Mr. Thomas Boone, Mr. Harby, Colonel Wayte, Mr. Nicolas
Gould, Mr. John Corbett, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Gregory
Clement, Mr. Augustine Garland, Colonel Purefoy, Sir
Wm. Allenson, Lord Mounson, Mr. Blagrave, and Mr.
Fry, be added to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Court for trying the King.
Mr. Henry Marten reports the Amendments to the
Ordinance touching the King: Which were read the First
and Second time; and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
And the Ordinance, being put to the Question, passed;
and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.
The Lord Grey is to carry it to the Lords.
King levying War against Parliament.
Resolved, &c. That the and Commons, in Parliament assembled, do declare and adjudge, That, by the
fundamental Laws of this Kingdom, it is Treason in the
King of England, for the Time being, to levy War
against the Parliament and Kingdom of England.
Publick Revenue.
Mr. Allen, Mr. Trenchard, Lieutenant-General Cromwell, Mr. Love, Mr. Scott, Mr. Darley, Colonel Harvey,
Mr. Harrison, Mr. Miles Corbett, Mr. Holland;
This Committee, or any Three of them, are to consider
of the Anticipations upon Goldsmiths Hall, the Excise,
and other Treasuries; and how to take off, or otherwise
secure and satisfy, the said Anticipations; and to prevent
Obstructions in the Bringing in of the several Revenues:
With Power to send for Persons, Papers, Witnesses,
Records.
Clerk of the House, &c.
A Letter from Henry Elsynge Esquire, Clerk of this
House, of the Twenty-seventh of December 1648, touching the Leaving of the Disposal of his said Office to the
Pleasure of this House.
Ordered, That Mr. Phelpes be and is hereby appointed
Clerk Assistant to Henry Elsinge Esquire, Clerk of this
House: And that Mr. Phelpes do sign in Mr. Elsyng's
Name.
Mr. Garland, Mr. Holland, Colonel Jones, Colonel
Walton, Mr. Blagrave, Mr. Millington, Mr. Lisle, Mr.
Allen, Mr. Frye, Colonel Bosevile, Mr. Salwey, Colonel
Purefoy, Mr. Humphry Edwards;
Parliamentary Records.
This Committee, or any Three of them, are to send
to Mr. Elsynge; Clerk of this House: and to take an
Account, Where the Books and Records of this House
are: And are to inventory the said Books and Records;
and to present the said Inventory to this House: With
Power also to present the Names of fit and able Persons,
that a sufficient Clerk may be elected out of them to be
Clerk of this House. And
Clerk Assistant.
It is further Ordered, That the Petition of Ralph
Darnall, Clerk Assistant to this House, be referred to the
said Committee; to consider, How the Moiety of the
Monies formerly ordered to the said Ralph Darnall, out
of the Arrears of Two Subsidies granted in May 1641,
may be charged in some Way for his further Security of
the said Monies: And he is to propose such Ways to the
said Committee to that End, as he shall think fit: And
the said Committee are to report their Opinions thereupon
to this House forthwith.
Whereas, by Order of 2 Augusti 1648, the Sum of
Five hundred Pounds was ordered to be forthwith paid
to Ralph Darnall Esquire, Clerk Assistant to this House,
or his Assigns, out of the Arrears of the late Court of
Wards, by the Committee of the Revenue; whereof no
Part is yet paid: It is Ordered, by the Commons, in Parliament assembled, That the said Committee be, and are
hereby, required to make present Payment of the Sum of
Two hundred Pounds, Part of the said Five hundred
Pounds, to the said Ralph Darnall, or his Assigns: And
that the said Committee do put the same in such a Way,
as that the said Two hundred Pounds be forthwith paid
unto the said Ralph Darnall, or his Assigns, accordingly.
Army.
Whereas the Sum of Six thousand Pounds, for which
Colonel Welden, Governor of Plymouth, stands engaged
to the Inhabitants of the said Town of Plymouth, for
Billet and Quarter of the Soldiery of that Garison, is
assigned to be satisfied to Colonel Weldon, out of the Excise, and charged upon the Receipts of the Excise, with
Interest, after Eight Pounds per Centum, payable every
Six Months: And whereas the Committee for the Army
have, in pursuance of an Order of this House on 30
Maii last, issued out Warrants for Payment of Six thousand Pounds, out of the Assessments of Sixty thousand
Pounds per mensem in the County of Devon, unto Colonel
Weldon, to discharge the said Engagements: It is now
Ordered, That the said Six thousand Pounds, charged,
as aforesaid, upon the Receipts of the Excise, with Interest, be assigned to the Army: And that the Principal
Money be paid, as it shall grow due, in Course, unto the
Treasurers at War, for the Use of the Army: And that
the Interest for the said Six thousand Pounds be paid
every Six Months, unto such Person or Persons as the
Committee of Lords and Commons for the Army shall
appoint: And the Acquittance or Acquittances of the
Persons appointed to receive the same, as aforesaid, shall
be a sufficient Discharge to the Commissioners of the
Excise, and every of them, for Payment thereof, as aforesaid. And, upon the taking Effect of this Order, the
former Order of 30 Maii 1648, touching the Payment of
the said Money, is hereby revoked.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.