Die Jovis, 18 die Maii.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Good.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Northumb'land.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Stamford. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Mountagu. |
Message from the H.C. with an Ordinance and Order.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Vasall and others, with Two Ordinances, wherein
they desire their Lordships Concurrence; (videlicet),
Ordinance for the Militia of the City of Lond. 1a &
2a, 3a
vice lecta.
And being put to the Question, "Whether to
agree to this Ordinance as it is now brought
from the House of Commons?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
(Here enter it.)
Order for putting Captain Skinner into the Possession of Bromley Howse, in Kent. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
This House agrees to the Ordinance and Order now
brought up.
Protest against the London Militia Ordinance.
Memorandum, That, upon the putting of the Question for passing of the Ordinance for settling the Militia of the City of London, these Lords following, before the putting of the said Question, desired Leave to
enter their Dissents.
"Co. Mulgrave."
Smith to be Minister of Corendin.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Corindin, in the County of Salope; desiring, "that Mr.
Smyth may be their Minister:"
It is Ordered accordingly; and an Ordinance being
presently read to that Purpose, was Agreed to.
London, &c. Militia, to be ready, to suppress an intended Insurrection:
Die Jovis, 18 Die Maii, 1648.
"At the Committee of Lords and Commons, at
Derby House.
"Ordered, That it be reported to both Houses,
That this Committee hath several Intelligences, that
there is a Design of very dangerous Consequence
ready to be put in Execution, against the Parliament,
the City, and Kingdom, by Forces being listed for
that Purpose, under Oath of Secrecy; more particular Account whereof this Committee will be able to
give the Houses To-morrow: In the mean Time, to
desire the Houses to give present Order to the several
Militias of London and Parts adjacent, to be in a
ready Posture, to prevent or resist the same; and
that also present Order be forthwith given to all the
Keepers of the Prisons, that all Prisoners committed
for acting any Thing against the Parliament may be
kept securely within said several Prisons."
Committee to go into the City about it.
Ordered, That this House approves of the Particulars of this Report; and that an Order be sent to
the Lord Mayor of London, to order him to call a
Common Council against To-morrow in the Afternoon,
at Four of the Clock; and that then a Committee of
both Houses may be appointed to go thither, and let
them know how ready the Houses have been to grant
their Desires; and to desire them, that they would take
Care for the suppressing of Insurrections and Tumults,
and Preservation of the Parliament: And the Concurrence of the House of Commons to be desired herein;
and that they would appoint a proportionable Number
of their House.
These Lords following were appointed Committees
to go to the City To-morrow.
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Comes Northumb.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Denbigh. |
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Stamford.
Ds. North.
Ds. Mountagu. |
Any Two.
Ordered, To send to desire a Conference with the
House of Commons To-morrow Morning, about the
King's Children here; and the Earl of Manchester to
draw up the Matter of the Conference.
Message to the H. C. to appoint a Committee to go with them; and for a Conference about the King's Children.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Doctor Heath and
To desire their Concurrence in the Order to be sent
to the Lord Mayor, to call a Common Council To-morrow in the Afternoon, at Four of the Clock; and to let
them know, that this House hath appointed a Committee to go thither; and desire them to appoint a Committee of their House, to join with their Lordships therein.
2. To desire a Conference, To-morrow Morning, at
Eleven of the Clock, concerning something of Importance touching the King's Children here.
Message from thence, with a Vote and an Ordinance.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by John Crew Esquire; who brought up these Particulars:
1. A Vote made upon a Report from the Committee
of Derby House. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
2. An Ordinance for making Major General Skyppon
Major General of all the Forces within the late Lines
of Communication. (Here enter it.)
Resolved, upon the Question, That this House
agrees to this Ordinance.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees to both the Particulars now
brought up.
Message from the H. C. with an Ordinance.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Tate; who brought up an Ordinance, giving
Power to the late Militia of London to act until the Militia now appointed be settled. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees to the Ordinance now brought
up.
A Report from Derby House was read, as followeth:
Sir R. Mereredith to be a Commissioner of the Great Seal.
Die Martis, 16 Maii, 1648.
"Ordered, That it be reported to both Houses,
That Sir Rob't Meredith may be in the Place of Baron
Hilton, that was formerly offered as One of the Three
for the keeping of the Great Seal of Ireland, when
Report was formerly made from this Committee for
the Disposing (fn. *) thereof."
Agreed to, according to this Report.
Letter to L. Fairfax, about altering the Governor of The Tower.
Ordered, That a Letter be written to the General,
to let him know upon what Grounds the Houses have
altered the Command of The Tower; and the Earl of
Manchester and the Lord North are appointed to prepare a Letter, and offer it to the House To-morrow
Morning.
Sir P. Pindar and E. of Mulgrave.
Ordered, That Sir Paul Pynder shall be heard, by
his Counsel, this Day Sevennight.
Riggs' Ordinance.
An Ordinance concerning Riggs, was read, and Agreed
to; and ordered to be sent to the House of Commons
for their Concurrence.
Ordinance to settle the Militia of London; and for Colonel West to be Lieutenant of The Tower.
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled,
taking into their serious Consideration the present State
and Condition of the Kingdom of England, and particularly of the City of London, do ordain and declare,
and be it Ordained and Declared by the Authority of
the Parliament, That John Warner Lord Mayor of
the City of London, Sir John Wollaston Knight and
Alderman, Abraham Reynardson Alderman, Sir George
Clarke Knight and Alderman, William Gibbs, Richard
Chambers, Thomas Foote, Samuell Avery, John Byde,
Thomas Viner, Alderman, Serjeant Major General
Phillip Skippon, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of the
City of London for the Time being, Colonel Francis
West, Richard Glide, Edwin Browne, Peter Jones,
Major Thomas Chamberlaine, Colonel Thomas Player,
Colonel John Bellamy, Wm. Jesson, Lieutenant Colonel
Jackson, Wm. Kendall, Thomas Arnold, Nathaniell Hall,
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Bellamy, Francis Waterhouse, Anthony Bateman, Thomas Andrewes, Captain
Richard Venner, Peter Mills, John Gace, John Juryn,
Citizens, or any Nine or more of them, and no other
Person or Persons whatsoever, be, and are hereby
constituted and appointed, a Committee for the Militia of the City of London and Liberties thereof, and
other Places within the same; and shall have Power,
and are hereby authorized, to assemble and call together all and singular Person and Persons, within
the said City of London and Liberties thereof, that
are meet and fit for the Wars, and them to train, exercise, and put in Readiness, and them, after their
Abilities and Faculties, well and sufficiently from
Time to Time to cause to be arrayed and weaponed,
and to take the Musters of them in Places most fit for
that Purpose; and that they shall have Power to
lead, conduct, and employ, the Persons aforesaid, arrayed and weaponed, for the Suppression of all Rebellions, Insurrections, and Invasions, that may happen, within the said City and Liberties thereof; and
likewise shall have further Power and Authority to
lead, conduct, and employ, the Persons aforesaid, arrayed and weaponed, as well within the said City as
within any other Part of this Realm of England or
Dominion of Wales, for the Suppression of all Rebellions, Insurrections, and Invasions, that may happen,
according as they shall from Time to Time receive
Directions from the Lords and Commons assembled in
Parliament; and that the said Committee, or any Nine
or more of them as aforesaid, shall have Power, and
are hereby authorized, to constitute and make Colonels, Captains, and other Officers, and shall have
Power to remove and displace Colonels, Captains,
and other Officers, from Time to Time, as they or
any Nine of them as aforesaid shall see Cause and
think fit; and that the said Committee, or any Nine
or more of them as aforesaid, shall have the same
Power and Authority, within the said City and Liberties thereof, as any Committee for the Militia of
the City of London had, the Twentieth Day of July,
Anno Domini 1647, by an Order or Ordinance of Parliament; and that all and every Person or Persons,
who shall act or do any Thing whatsoever by virtue
of this or any former Order or Ordinances of Parliament concerning the said Militia, shall be saved harmless and indemnified, for and concerning the same, by
Authority of Parliament: And it is hereby further
Ordained, That no Citizen of the City of London, nor
any of the Forces of the said City or Liberties thereof, shall be drawn forth or compelled to go out of
the said City, or Liberties thereof, for Military Service, without his or their free Consent: And further
it is Ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That Colonel Francis West shall be
Lieutenant of The Tower of London, and have the
Command thereof as formerly he had; and that the
Soldiers now remaining in the said Tower shall be
forthwith removed from thence: Provided, That this
Ordinance, or any Thing therein contained, do not
extend unto The Rolls, or Liberties thereof, nor unto
the Two Houses of Serjeants Inne, nor unto any of
the Inns of Court or Chancery, nor unto The Doctors
Commons. And this present Ordinance is to continue during the Pleasure of both Houses of Parliament."
Militia to be ready to prevent an Insurrection; and Prisoners to be secured.
"The Houses, being informed, by a Report from
the Committee at Derby House, That there is a Design of very dangerous Consequence ready to be put
in Execution, against the Parliament, the City, and
Kingdom, by Forces being listed for that Purpose,
under an Oath of Secrecy; do order, and it is Ordered by the Lords and Commons, That the several Militias of London and Parts adjacent be in a
Posture to prevent or resist the same: It is further
Ordered, by the Authority aforesaid, That all
Keepers of Prisons, unto whose Custody any Persons are committed Prisoners for acting any Thing
against the Parliament, be and are straightly enjoined,
strictly and securely to keep all such Persons within
their several Prisons."
Officers of the London Militia to act, till others are appointed.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That all the Commissioned Officers
and others, within the City of London and Liberties
thereof, be, and are hereby, required to act upon the
Commissions they now have, until the Committee of
the Militia now constituted shall think fit to appoint
others, to the Intent no Prejudice may happen to the
Parliament or City within the Interim till the Militia
be settled; and that they do obey all such Orders
and Directions as they shall from Time to Time receive from Major General Skippon."
General Skippon so command the Forces within the Bills of Mortality.
"Whereas the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, did lately petition both Houses of Parliament,
that Major General Phillip Skippon might be appointed Major General of all the Forces within the
Lines of Communication and Weekly Bills of Mortality, for the better uniting of the said Forces, for the
Defence of the Parliament, City, and Places adjacent: Be it therefore Ordained by the Lords and
Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and it
is Ordained by the Authority of the same, That
Major General Phillip Skippon be, and is hereby, constituted and appointed Major General, and Commander in Chief over all the Forces, within the City of
London and Liberties thereof, the said late Lines of
Communication, and Weekly Bills of Mortality, raised,
or to be raised, by the respective Committees for the
Militia for the Places and Precincts aforesaid, for the
Time being, within the several Limits and Jurisdictions aforesaid; and that the said Major General
Phillip Skippon shall have Power, and is hereby authorized, from Time to Time, to command, lead, conduct, and employ, the Forces raised as aforesaid, for
the Protection and safe Guarding of both Houses of
Parliament from all Force and Violence, and likewise
of the Cities of London and Westm'r, and Parts adjacent, within the said late Lines of Communication
and Weekly Bills of Mortality; and for suppressing
of all Tumults, Insurrections, Rebellions, and Invasions, and of all Forces which shall be raised without
the Authority of both Houses of Parliament, within the Limits aforesaid; and shall and may sight with,
kill, and slay, (fn. *) all such as shall by Force oppose him
and the Forces under his Command in the Execution
of this Ordinance; and to observe and follow such
other Directions which the said Major General Phillip Skippon shall from Time to Time receive from the
respective Committees for the Militia aforesaid, or
either of them, within their respective Limits and
Jurisdictions, in order to the Peace and Safety of the
Parliament, Cities, and Places aforesaid; and likewise
to observe all such Orders and Directions as he shall
from Time to Time receive from both Houses of Parliament: And it is hereby further Ordained, That
whatsoever the said Major General Phillip Skippon
shall do, or cause to be done, in Pursuance of this
present Ordinance, he shall be saved harmless, by the
Authority of both Houses of Parliament."
Captain Skinner to have Bromley House.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That the Sheriff of Kent shall have
Three Days longer, to put Captain Skinner into Possession of Bromley House, lately belonging to the
Bishop of Rochester; and he is enjoined to put him
into Possession by that Time, according to former
Order made in that Behalf."
Sir J. Banatyne, Leave to raise 800 Men for Italy.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That Sir James Banatyne may entertain and transport Eight Hundred Men, such as will
voluntarily go beyond Seas with him, upon the Con
ditions and Securities offered them by him; and that
it be referred to the Committee for Prisoners, to take
Security for Performance of the Conditions tendered."
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 10a cras.