DIE Lunæ, 5 die Junii.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Taylor.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Comes Manchester, Speaker.
Comes Northumb.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Pembrooke. |
Ds. Howard.
Ds. La Warr.
Ds. Dacres. |
Letter from L. Fairfax.
A Letter from the General, from Rochester, dated the
4th of June, also some Papers inclosed, were read;
being a Discovery of the Depth of the Business.
(Here enter them.)
Ordered, That this Letter and Papers be forthwith printed and published.
L. Goring's Pass revoked
Ordered, That the Pass formerly given to the
Lord Goringe, to go beyond the Seas, dated the 10th May
Instant, is hereby revoked and made null.
The Earl of Mulgrave reported a Paper from the
Committee at Derby House; which was read, as followeth:
L. Capel sent for.
"Die Solis, 4Junii, 1648.
"Ordered, That it be reported to the House of
Peers, as the Opinion of this Committee, That the
Lord Capell should be sent for, to come to Town."
Ordered, That the Lord Capell have speedy Notice
to come forthwith to Town, and attend the further Pleasure of this House.
Pardon for the Prisoners on the Oxford Circuit.
A general Pardon for Prisoners in the Circuit of the
Counties of Berks, Oxon, (fn. *) &c. was read, and passed; and
ordered to be sent to the House of Commons for their
Concurrence.
Message to the H. C. about it;-with the E. of Argyle's Ordinance;-and about the E. of Rutland's Business concerning Belvoircastle.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Doctor Heath and Mr. Eltonhead:
1. To deliver to them the Ordinance concerning the
Earl of Argyle, and desire their Concurrence therein.
2. To deliver to them the general Pardon for the
Prisoners in the County of Berks, Oxon, &c. and desire
their Concurrence therein.
3. To put them in Mind of the Earl of Rutland's Business.
P. Philip, a Pass.
Ordered, That Prince Phillip shall have a Pass, to
go beyond the Seas, with his Retinue.
Message from the H. C. with an Ordinance, and a Vote.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Lyster; who brought up Two Ordinances,
wherein they desire their Lordships Concurrence:
1. An Ordinance for raising of a Troop of Horse,
for the Defence of the County of Lyncolne.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
2. A Vote that the Fifth and Twentieth Part be levied
upon none but such Delinquents as are within the Ordinance of Sequestrations.
Agreed to, and ordered to be printed and published.
The Answer was:
Answer.
That this House agrees (fn. *) to the Ordinance and Vote
now brought up.
Roper and Wiseman.
Ordered, That the Cause between Roper and Wiseman shall be heard, at this Bar, by Counsel on both
Sides, the 12th Instant.
Report of the Meeting about the City Forces between the Committees and Common Council, who desired the Releasement of the Aldermen, &c.
The Earl of Denbigh reported, "That he with the
Committee of the House of Commons were on Saturday last with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Common Council, about knowing what Forces they
were able to prepare, for the securing of the Parliament and the City, upon the Lord Goring drawing
Forces on Blackeheath: And they gave this Answer, "That they would send to the Militia about
it;" and withal it was the Desire of the Common
Council, that those Aldermen that are committed in
The Tower may be released, because it will be a
Means for the better raising of Forces, for the securing of the Parliament and City."
Also reported a Paper from the Common Council;
which was read. (Here enter it.)
Impeached Lords to be released, if no Charge be brought against them.
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the House of
Commons, to let them know, that if they do not prosecute the Charges against the Seven Lords by Wednesday
next, then this House will discharge them.
Message from the H. C. to sit a while.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Martin Lumly:
To desire their Lordships would please to sit a while.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House will sit a while, as is desired.
Message to the H. C. that the impeached Lords will be released, if they don't prosecute their Charge against them.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Doctor Heath and Mr. Eltonheade:
To let them know, that if the House of Commons
shall not prosecute their Impeachments against Theophilus
Earl of Lyncolne, James Earl of Suff. James Earl of
Midd. George Lord Berkeley, Francis Lord Willoughby,
John Lord Hunsden, and Wm. Lord Maynard, between
this and Wednesday next, then this House will discharge
the said Lords, and every of them, of the said Impeachments.
Message from thence, to sit P. M.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Rob't Pye Knight; who said, "He was commanded to desire their Lordships, that they would
please to sit this Afternoon, about some important
Business."
The Answer returned:
Answer.
That this House will sit this Afternoon, at Three of
the Clock.
Letter of Thanks to L. Fairfax.
Ordered, That a Letter be written to the General,
to give him Thanks for his managing the Business in
Kent, with so much Pains and Hazard of his Person.
Cresset to be instituted to Cond.
Ordered, That Doctor Heath do give Institution
and Induction to James Cressett Master of Arts, to the
Rectory or Parish Church of Cond, in the County of
Salop, void by the Death of Richard Wood, the last Incumbent; Edward Pitt, Patron, presenting him thereunto.
Ordinance to raise a Troop of Horse in Lincolnshire, for Defence of the County.
"Be it Ordained, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That, for the better Security and
Safety of the County of Lincolne, the Commissioners
named for that County, in the Ordinance for the
Assessment of the Sixty Thousand Pounds per Mensem, for Pay of the Army under the Command of
Thomas Lord Fairefax, or any Five or more of them,
shall and have hereby Power and Authority to raise,
levy, and arm, One Troop of Horse, to consist of
One Hundred besides Officers (who are to be nominated and commissioned by any Five or more of the
said Commissioners under their Hands and Seals);
which Troop, being so raised, to be exercised, led,
conducted, and employed, at the Direction of any Five
of the Commissioners aforesaid, for the Suppression
of all Rebellions, Tumults, Riots, and Insurrections,
that shall or may happen within the County aforesaid:
And for the Maintenance of the said Troop, it is
hereby further Ordained, by the said Lords and Commons, That the said Commissioners, or any Five or
more of them, shall have Power, and are hereby authorized and required, to lay an equal Tax or Assessment upon the said County, not exceeding the Sum
of Five Hundred Pounds per Mensem, and to nominate
and appoint Assessors, Collectors, and Treasurers of the
said Monies, and to grant Warrant or Warrants under
their Hands and Seals in Writing, to any Constable
or other Officer whatsoever, to levy the said Sum and
Sums, so to be assessed or taxed as abovesaid, upon
all such Persons, upon whom any Sum shall be so
assessed and taxed as abovesaid, that do refuse or neglect to pay the same, by Way of Distress and Sale
of the Goods of the Person or Persons so refusing or
neglecting; and all Sheriffs, Justices of Peace, Mayors,
Bailiffs, Constables, and other Officers, are required
to be aiding and assisting herein; for which, the said
Commissioners and all and every the said Person and
Persons shall be saved and kept harmless and indemnified, by the Authority of Parliament: Provided,
That this Ordinance shall continue for the Space of
Six Months, and no longer: Provided, That no Person that hath been in Arms against the Parliament,
or aiding, assisting, or abetting the Enemies thereof,
shall be inlisted or entertained as Officer or Soldier in
this Troop."
Fifth and Twentieth Part to be levied only on Delinquents.
"Resolved, upon the Question by the Lords and
Commons in Parliament assembled,
"That the Fifth and Twentieth Part be levied upon
none but such Delinquents as are within the Ordinances of Sequestrations.
London Militia Committee, to raise what Forces they can.
"Commune Concilium, tent. tertio Die Junii, 1648.
"Upon Information given to this Court, by a Committee of both Houses of Parliament, That the Parliament and City may be in great Danger, by the Approach of an Enemy, now being upon or near Blackeheath, led by the Lord Goreing: It is therefore the
Desire of this Court, That the Committee for the
Militia of London shall speedily raise what Forces
they can, for the Defence and Safety of the Parliament and City.
"Michel."
Letter from L. Fairfax, with a further Account of his Victory over the Kentish Forces at Maidstone.
"For the Right Honourable Edward Earl of
Manchester, Speaker of the House of Peers
pro Tempore.
"My Lord,
"I shall, according to my last, give your Lordship
this further Account of our Success at Maidstone.
Upon Thursday in the Evening, about Seven of the
Clock, after very long Marches, we got near the
Town; and a Troop of Dragoons was sent to make
good a Pass, whilst the Town was viewing at what
Place our Men might best enter; it being resolved
upon to force our Passage in case of Resistance, the
gaining of that Town over the River being of great
Advantage to our Affairs: But, before there could
be a View taken of the Town, the Dragoons had engaged the Enemy, and forced them from that Ground
which they kept; the Dragoons, being very forward
to engage, pursued; and so the Enemy drew forth a
considerable Party of Horse and Foot to maintain
a Pass against us, which necessitated the drawing down
of the greatest Part of the Foot, with some Horse:
And though that Part of the Town was of the greatest
Difficulty to enter, yet, through the Goodness of God,
our Men made their Entrance, and became Masters of
the Town, after Four or Five Hours hot Service, the
Town being very strongly barricadoed; and, through
the Darkness of the Night, and our Ignorance of the
Town, they disputed the Barricadoes and Places of
Advantage with our Men, playing hard with their
Cannon upon them; in which Service, both Horse
and Foot did exceeding well; and particularly I cannot but take Notice of the Valour and Resolution of
Colonel Hewson, whose Regiment had the hardest
Task, Major Carter his Major being hurt, and Captain Price a deserving and faithful Officer slain. The
best of their Men were there, whereof many were
Cavaliers and London Apprentices. They looked upon
the Consequence of that Place to be very great, and
therefore did resolve to make what Resistance they
could; the old Lord Goreing being that Day proclaimed General; at the Head of their Army, upon
the Hill near Aylesford, where we saw their Body
drawn up, which, as their Prisoners since do confess,
and they themselves gave out, consisted of Eight
Thousand, besides those in Maideston and Aylesford,
in both which Places there were about Three Thousand Men, those of Aylesford coming as a fresh
Supply to relieve those engaged in Maydeston. There
were near Three Hundred slain, and about Thirteen
Hundred Prisoners; many of them being taken, next
Morning early, in the Woods, Hop-Yards, and Fields,
whither they fled in the Time of the Fight; amongst
which were Gentlemen of good Quality, Sir Gamaliell
Dudley, Sir William Brockman, Squire Scott, Major
Price, and others; a List whereof is preparing to be
sent. There were about Five Hundred Horse, Three
Thousand Arms, Nine Foot Colours, and Eight Pieces
of Cannon, with Store of Ammunition also, taken in
the First Charge which our Forlorn Hope gave the
Enemy's Horse, wherein our Horse carried themselves
very gallantly (as I since hear). Sir John Many and
divers others of Quality were slain. After it pleased
God to give us this great Mercy in the gaining the
Town, their Men received so great Discouragement,
that the greatest Part of their Army left them and
were dispersed, and a great Number of Officers and
Gentlemen since fled to shift for themselves. Their
Word at the Engagement was, "King and Kent."
Ours, "Truth." Having thus possessed ourselves
of the Passes at Maidston and Aylesford; the Enemy
being much confused with our Success, and their own
Men deserting them, they at last marched over Rochester Bridge, towards Blackheath, with about Three
Thousand Horse and Foot, most of which were Cavaliers, Apprentices, and Watermen. Our Men not
being able to make so speedy a March after them as
was necessary, I sent Colonel Whalley, with a Party of
Horse and Dragoons, after them; upon whose Approach, they have left Kent, and are fled over the
Water into Essex, by Woolwich and Greenwich. Colonel Whalley is in Pursuit; and I doubt not but he will
give a good Account of that Service.
"I have sent Colonel Rich, with a Party of Horse and
Foot, to relieve Dover, where I trust we shall find the
same Presence of God as hitherto hath been. My
Prayer to the Lord is, That this great Mercy may
be further improved, to His Glory and this Kingdom's
Good. I thought fit to present unto your Lordships
these Papers inclosed, taken from the Enemy, whereby
you will receive the Depth of their Plot, and their
Engagements to pursue what they have undertaken.
I remain
Rochester, 4Junii, 1648.
"Your Lordship's
"Humble Servant,
"T. Fairefax.
"I have secured the Mayor of Rochester,
whose Hand is to the Commissions granted
for raising of Forces."
Papers taken from the Kentish Men, on their Defeat.
"Commander in Chief.
"To be divided into Brigades, Regiments, and
Companies; and to have necessary Commanders and
Officers over them.
"All other Officers; Quarter-master, Scout-master,
Muster-master, Engineer, &c.
"Pioneers, and their Commanders; and necessary
Provisions of Shovels, Spades, Mattocks, Wheelbarrows, Edge-tools, &c. to make Defences against
Horse; and Breast-works for Musketeers, &c.
"Quere, Drakes and Field Pieces.
"To fortify the Block-house at Gravesend.
"And what Course shall be taken, that we may be
supplied out of Essex when Need is.
"And to endeavour Supplies out of Sussex.
"Quere, Whether not necessary to fortify Rochester,
with a Line and Forts.
"To take away all Arms from the adverse Party;
and to secure the Persons of such as are most powerful and dangerous.
"If the Enemy be stronger than we, then to take
Course for Retreat beyond Midway.
"To fortify Bridges, and which; to break down
those Bridges which are not fit to be fortified, and to
stop up the Fords.
"Quere, Whether fortify Tunbridge Castle, and the
Bridge there.
"A select Council of War, not of very many, to
avoid Confusion in Debates, and to prevent Discovery of Secrets.
"Another Council or Committee, to hear and dispatch ordinary Things, that the Council of War be
not troubled with overmuch Business.
"Quere, How to order all Affairs when we go up
with our Petition; and to secure Maidstone, &c.
when we are gone.
"To take special Order for Intelligence.
"To appoint an Officer, or Commissary, to deliver
out Arms, who must not deliver till he is well informed to whom; and to take Notice of their
Names.
"The Trained Bands of Maidstone have lent to
Auxiliaries Eighty Arms; who desire to have them
again, and that the Auxiliaries be otherwise furnished.
"To appoint Colonels, Captains, and Officers, over
all the Trained Bands; and to consider touching
Voluntiers and Auxiliaries."
"Rochester, 30th May, 1648.
We oblige ourselves, by the Faith of Christians,
and the Honour of Gentlemen, not to discover or betray any Debates or Conclusions
concluded or resolved upon by the Subscribers
hereof; and further, faithfully and resolutely
to deliver our Judgements, and endeavour in
effectuating of these Results:
"1. There is no Credit to be given to Words or
Promises; but to the real Performances of your Desires, and that speedily.
"2. You cannot imagine that your County shall
be free from their Power, and other Counties subject to the same.
"3. Treaties and Promises are to the End only for
you to surcease the Prosecution of your Affairs, until they can make ready a Power to suppress you.
"4. You can have no better Security than their
Votes; and all Men know they change them daily:
And the Slaughter of the Surrey Men, and the
Justification thereof by a Vote of theirs, and the
Hanging of Captain Burley, doth evidently shew
what is to be expected by any who oppose them.
Nothing can secure you, but the restoring of the King
and the Laws.
"5. Their Power at this present is employed in
the suppressing of other Counties, who have the
same Ends with you; and their Army, for the main
Part thereof, is divided into several remote Parts,
as Wales, Cornwall, the North, Suffolke, &c. so that
you can never have so opportune Time to effect
your Desires; and therefore to lose this Time is to
lose your Business, and to be destroyed.
"6. A Letter to be sent to the Londoners, for their
Concurrence, and to permit them an Admission
through the City, as they had unto Essex and Surrey;
in which Letter, recite all the Indignities the Houses
and the Army have put upon the City from Time
to Time; as, the changing of their Militia, taking
from them The Tower, and leaving it now empty,
the Slaughter of their Apprentices, their imprisoning
of their Mayor and Aldermen, the Demolition of
their Works, the Rejection of their Remonstrance,
their triumphant Marching through their City, their
Distrusting of the City to guard the Houses, making
of Ordinances to take away their Votes in the Choosing
of City Officers, and their late Ordinance for the
Militia to the City, left at the Pleasure of the City
to revoke when they will.
"Things are brought to that Pass, that the Treasure
of the Kingdom is exported, none brought in, Trade
utterly decayed, Dearth increaseth, a Foreign Nation
will come in, unless some other speedy Way be
taken for the speedy restoring of the King, which
this City, by concurring with their Neighbours, at
this Time may do; otherwise, all the Miseries that
shall ensue must be imputed to them.
"This Letter will be of no Effect, unless One
of these Two Courses be taken, either to have it
delivered and read in a Common Hall where all the
Citizens are assembled, or, if that cannot be, to have
it printed and dispersed through the City; and the
Letter must be directed, "To the Lord Mayor and
Commonalty of the City of London."
"Send to the Prince, for Commissions for a Commander in Chief and some other Officers; and have
a Standing Council composed of Four Persons of
every of the associated Counties, a Standing Army,
a Commander in Chief, Assessments upon the Country to maintain them, and therein a Sparing of the
Common People what possibly may be."
"Rochester, May 29th, 1648.
"Ordered, That Sir Wm. Compton Knight take
the Command of a Regiment of Horse, consisting of
Five Hundred, as Colonel of the said Regiment.
"Given under our Hands, the Day and Year
abovesaid.
"R. of Trews.
"Fra. Clerke.
"Jo'n Darell.
Phill. Maude Mayor.
"Edw. Hales.
James Darell.
Geo. Newman."
"31 May, 1648.
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"Jo'n Maplisden."
"To all Colonels and Captains of Courts of
Guard, and others whom it may concern.
"These are to desire you to permit and suffer the
Bearer hereof, Mr. John Lambe, quietly to pass to
Rochester, and from thence to London, with his Horse
and Man; and from thence to return again, without
any Molestation.
"Given under our Hands, at Maidstone, this 31th
of May, 1648.
"Tho. Stanley.
"Jo'n Best. Amb. Beale."
Farmer and Darker's Administrator.
Upon reading the Petition of John Farmer, and
the Report of the Earl of Newport and the Judges this
Day in the House:
It is Ordered, That the Administrator of Darker,
in the Petition mentioned, do shew Cause on Wednesday
Sevennight, why the Judgements obtained in the King's
Bench against the Petitioner Su
(fn. *) should not be vacated, according to the said Report; and that the Parties
herein concerned are to have speedy Notice of this Order.
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 3a post Meridiem.
Post Meridiem.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Ward.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Comes Manchester, Speaker.
Comes Northumberland.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Kent. |
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Grey. |
Letter to L. Fairfax.
A Letter, prepared to be sent to the General, was read,
and Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Message from the H. C. with an Act of Indemnity for the Essex Men; and with a Vote.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Harbotle Grimston Baronet; who brought
up these Particulars following, wherein their Lordships
Concurrence is desired:
1. An Act of Indemnity to those Persons that have
taken up Arms in Essex. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
2. A Vote for referring it to the Committee at Derby
House, to dispose of the Horses, Arms, and Ammunition, taken in Kent. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees to the Two Particulars now
brought up.
The additional Ordinance for the Five Thousand
Pounds for Ireland, was read, and Agreed to, and ordered to be printed and published. (Here enter it.)
Message from the H. C. to declare L. Goring a Traitor.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by John Lyle Esquire; who brought up a Declaration to declare George Lord Goreing a Traitor, for
taking up Arms in Kent and Essex.
Agreed to, with an Alteration.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House will take their Message into Consideration, and send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
Answer from the H. C.
Doctor Heath and Mr. Eltonhead return with this
Answer from the House of Commons:
That they agree to the Ordinance concerning the
Marquis of Argyle, and to the general Pardon for the
Prisoners in the Counties of Berks and Oxon, &c.
Message to them, about declaring L. Goring a Traitor.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Doctor Heath and Mr. Eltonhead:
To desire their Concurrence in the Alteration in the
Vote for declaring the Lord Goreing a Traitor.
Letter of Thanks to L. Fairfax, for his Conduct in Kent.
"My Lord,
"I am commanded, by the Lords in Parliament, to
make these their Acknowledgements unto you:
That, as your former Faithfulness and gallant Services have merited much from the Parliament and
whole Kingdom, so they take Notice of your great
Diligence and Hazard, in this late Suppression of
those who tumultuously had gathered themselves together in Disobedience to the Commands of Parliament, and, by an open Force, made Resistance to
those Forces under your Command. They bless
God for that great and happy Success which He hath
given you; and they return their Thanks to your
Excellency, whom they look upon as the chief Instrument in this great Victory; and they desire you
to be confident, that they will not be wanting, upon
any Occasion, to express those Respects to you as
may give you an Assurance of the Value and Esteem
they have of you. This is that I have in Command, as
"Your Excellency's
"Humble Servant."
Act of Indemnity for those who took up Arms in Essex.
"The Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament do ordain and declare, That all or any Person or Persons whatsoever, inhabiting within the
County of Essex, who have acted or done, or commanded to be acted or done, any Act or Thing
whatsoever, touching or concerning the raising of
Arms in that County only, since the Petition lately
presented by the said Inhabitants to both Houses of
Parliament, shall and are hereby fully acquitted and
discharged, for or concerning the same: Provided
always, That this shall not extend to indemnify any
but such Person or Persons only who shall disband,
and depart quietly to their own Habitations or Places
of Abode, within Twelve Hours after Publication
hereof at Chelmesford, in the County aforesaid: Provided also, That Sir William Massam, a Member of
the House of Commons, and the rest of the Committee of the said County, be first restored to their
Liberty."
Horses, &c. taken in Kent, to be disposed of.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That it be referred to the Committee
of Derby House, to dispose of the Horses and Arms
taken in Kent, or elsewhere, by Countrymen and
others, for the Service of the State; giving Satisfaction to those that assisted in the taking of the said
Horses and Arms."
Pardon for Prisoners on the Oxford Circuit.
"The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament do agree to the Pardon of divers Prisoners, that
are reprieved at Oxon and other Places in that Circuit,
contained in that Pardon."
L. Goring declared a Traitor.
"Resolved, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled,
(fn. *) Passed H. C. this Day.
"That they do declare, That the Acts done by
George Lord Goreing, in taking up Arms in Kent
and Essex, is a levying of War against the Parliament and Kingdom; and that the said George Lord
Goreing ought to be proceeded against for the same,
according to the usual Course and Proceedings of
Parliament."
Adjourned.
House adjourned till 10a cras.