DIE Lunæ, 23 die Martii.
PRAYERS, by Dr. Burges.
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Essex.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Warwicke.
Comes Kent.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
L. Viscount Say & Seale.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Midd. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Robertes.
Ds. Willoughby.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Dacres. |
E. of Newport, Leave to take the Air.
Ordered, That the Earl of Newport shall have Liberty to go abroad, and take the Air, within Four or
Five Miles from London, for his Health's Sake.
Hereupon the Earl of Newport was called in, with
his Sureties; and, at the Bar, entered into Recognizance
as follows:
His Bail.
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| Nic. Leeke Esquire recognovit se debere Domino Regi. |
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| Rob'tus Christopher Esquire recognovit se debere Domino Regi
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"The Condition of the aforesaid Recognizance is, That
Mountjoy Earl of Newport shall be a true Prisoner to
this House, and shall not go further than Five Miles
from the Lines of Communication about London."
Ordered, That the former Recognizance entered
into by the Earl of Newport and his Sureties is vacated.
Baron Trevor and Alderman Chambers.
Ordered, That no Proceedings in this House shall
be against Mr. Baron Trevor, upon the Petition of Alderman Chambers, wherein he desires Reparations against
him and others.
The Earl of Warwicke reported from the Committee
of the Admiralty Two Papers; videlicet,
Porter to be Judge of the Admiralty for Devon, &c.
"Die Sabbati, 21th of March, 1645.
"At the Committee of Lords and Commons for
the Admiralty and Cinque Ports.
"Ordered, That Roger Porter Gentleman be recommended to both Houses of Parliament, by the said
Committee, for their Approbation in admitting of the
said Mr. Porter to be Judge Admiral for the Counties
of Devon and Cornwall."
Agreed to.
Another Paper was read, and Ordered accordingly.
(Here enter it.)
Message to the H. C. about it;
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Dr. Aylett and Dr. Heath:
1. To desire Concurrence in the Order for Mr. Porter
to be Judge of the Admiralty for the Counties of Devon
and Cornwall.
to expedite the Letter to the Prince;
2. That whereas this House sent down to them a Letter, for to invite the Prince to come into the Parliament
Quarters, concerning which this House hath heard no
Answer; therefore (fn. *) desire them to give Expedition
therein.
with Mr. Norton's Ordinance;
3. To desire Concurrence in the Ordinance concerning Mr. Norton, Minister, to have the Parsonage of
Harlaxton in Lynconshire.
and for a Conference about the Propositions.
4. To desire a Conference To-morrow Morning, in
the Painted Chamber, by a Committee of both Houses,
concerning the Propositions.
Committee for St. Paul's and Parishioners of St. Gregory's.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants (fn. †) and
Parishioners of Gregorie's Parish: It is Ordered, That
the Committee of this House concerning that Business
shall meet To-morrow in the Afternoon peremptorily;
and the Petitioners to give Notice to the other Parties
to attend accordingly.
Le Cæur versus Legay and Fairfax.
Upon reading the Petition of Monsieur Le Cœur
against Legay and Fairefax: It is Ordered, That it is
referred to the same Committee as is appointed for Gregorie's Parish, to meet To-morrow in the Afternoon, and
hear both Parties; and afterwards to make Report
thereof to this House: In the mean Time, the Defendants are to be served with this Order, and to have a
Copy of the Petition.
Chamberlain and Nicholls.
The House taking into Consideration the Business between Chamberlaine and Nicolls, formerly heard by Counsel on both Sides at this Bar: It is Ordered, That it
be referred to all the Judges, or any Two of them, to
consider whether the Sixteen Hundred Pounds which
Mr. Chamberlaine, One of the Executors to Nic. Ashwith Testator, owes to the Estate, be liable either in
Law or Equity, as be Assets for Payment of Legacies;
and the Parties, with their Counsel, to attend the Judges,
and to report their Opinions to this House with all convenient Speed.
Doughty's Ordinance, to be Minister of Medborne.
The Ordinance for presenting Tho. Doughty to be
Minister of the Rectory of Medborne, in the County of
Leycester, was read the Third Time, and Agreed (fn. *) to;
and Ordered to be sent down to the House of Commons, for Concurrence.
Wright to be instituted to Green's Norton.
Ordered, That Dr. Heath do give Institution and
Induction to James Wright, to the Rectory of Greene's
Norton, in the County of North'ton; he having a Presentation by the Broad Seal.
Message to the H. C. with Passes for Horses to be sent to France.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page:
To desire Concurrence in Three Passes, for Horses to
be transported into France, for the Use of Three French
Noblemen:
1. For Monsieur De Muii, for Twelve Horses,
Custom-free.
2. For Monsieur Vericheirs of Buillon, for Ten
Horses, Custom-free.
3. For Monsieur Charrott Governor of Calice, for
Ten Horses, Custom-free.
Dr. Bastwick's Damages, for Sentences against him in the Starchamber, &c.
This Day the Counsel of Dr. Bastwicke was heard;
and it appeared to this House, by Proof upon Oath,
That his Estate in Land was worth in Essex Two Hundred Pounds per Annum, which he sold; and his
Practice as Doctor of Physic was as much; of all
which he was utterly deprived, by reason of Two
Sentences unjustly (fn. *) and illegally given against him;
as, in the High Commission Court One Thousand
Pounds, in the Star-chamber Five Thousand Pounds,
only for writing of a Book, The Supremacy of the Romish Bishops; and for this he desired Damages."
The House, taking the Particulars into Consideration,
gave Judgement, "That Dr. Bastwicke shall have Four
Thousand Pounds paid him, by Way of Damages, for
his Losses sustained by those unjust and illegal Sentences against him."
And it is Ordered, To be referred to the same Committee as is appointed for Lieutenant Colonel Lilborne's
Business, to call the Persons before them that have had
the greatest Hand in the Business, and to consider how
to raise the said Four Thousand Pounds.
Nisbet's Order to be Minister of Kirtlington.
An Order was brought in, and read Twice, for presenting Philip Nisbett to the Parsonage of Kirtlington, in
the County of Yorke.
Petition from the Assembly of Divines, about Church Government, &c.
A Petition was this Day presented, by Mr. Marshall,
from the Assembly of Divines; which was received by
this House, and commanded to be read.
Upon which, the Ministers of the Assembly withdrew.
(Here enter it.)
Ordered, That this Petition shall be taken into Consideration on Friday Morning next.
Answer to them.
The Ministers of the Assembly were called in; and
the Speaker gave them this Answer, "That this House
hath appointed a particular Day, when they will take
this their Petition into Consideration."
Message from the H. C. with the Articles for disbanding Ld. Hopton's Army;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Evelyn Knight;
To deliver divers Particulars to their Lordships:
1. Sir Tho. Fairefaxe's Letter and the Articles.
(Here enter (fn. †) them.)
2. An Order for Thursday come Sevennight for a Day
of Thanksgiving, for the good Success in the West.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
with Letters from Sir W. Brereton, &c. that they had taken Sir J. Ashley;
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Sir Jacob Ashly, and routing
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(Here enter them.)
with Orders for Thanksgiving, &c.
4. An Order for Thanksgiving for this good Success.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
5. That Mr. Peters and Carryll do preach at the
Thanksgiving for the Western Success. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
for Committees to acquaint the City with these Matters, &c.
6. To desire to name a Committee, to join with a
Committee of the House of Commons, to go to the Common Council of the City of London, to acquaint the City
with the General's Letter, and the Articles for disbanding of the Forces of the Enemy in the West; and also
with the several Successes of the Army under the Command of Sir Tho. Fairefax this last Year.
Agreed to.
Ordered, That the Committee of Twelve which
formerly went into the City is appointed to go into the
City about this Business on Thursday next, in the Afternoon; and to meet with the Committee of the House of
Commons this Afternoon.
with a Letter to Sir T. Fairfax;
7. A Letter to Sir Thomas Fairefax was read, and
Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
and an Ordinance, &c.
8. An Ordinance for continuing the Ordinance for
the Northern Association, was read, and Agreed to.
(Here enter it.)
9. An Order for Thursday next come Three Weeks,
for a Thanksgiving-day, for the Western Success, in the
Counties within Ten Miles of London.
Respited.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House will send an Answer, by Messengers
of their own, to the Order concerning Thursday come
Three Weeks to be Thanksgiving; and that this House
agrees to send a Committee into London, to acquaint
them with the Letters of the Successes of Sir Tho.
Fairefaix; and have appointed the Committee of Twelve
Lords, to join with a Committee of the House of Commons, to go into London, to the Common Council, as is
desired, on Thursday next; and to meet this Afternoon:
As to all the rest of the Particulars of this Message, this
House agrees.
Letter from the Scots Commissioners.
A Letter from the Scotts Commissioners was read, and
Ordered to be sent to the House of Commons.
(Here enter it.)
Ordinance concerning Leicester Hospital.
The Ordinance concerning the Hospital of Leycester
was Agreed to, with an Alteration; which is to be sent
to the House of Commons, for their Concurrence therein.
"Truro, March 14, 1645.
"Articles of Agreement, concluded betwixt Commissary General Ireton, Colonel John Lambert,
Colonel John S. Aubin, Commissary General
Stane, Captain Edward Herle, and Richard
Deane Comptroller of the Ordnance, Commissioners appointed on the Behalf of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairefax Knight, General
of the Parliament's Army, of the one Part;
and Colonel Charles Goreing, Colonel Marcus
Trevor, Colonel Thomas Panton, Colonel Jordan Bovill, Sir Richard Prideaux Knight, and
Major Goetree, Commissioners appointed in
the Behalf of the Right Honourable the Lord
Hopton, General of His Majesty's Army, on
the other Party; as followeth:
Articles for disbanding Ld. Hopton's Army in Cornwall, between Commissioners named by Ld. Hopton and Sir T. Fairfax.
"1. It is concluded and agreed, that no Person in the
Lord Hopton's Army, not formerly by Name excepted
by the Parliament from Pardon, shall be excluded
from the Privilege of this Treaty, either as being a
Foreigner, or for having formerly served the Parliament, but shall equally have the Benefit of what shall
upon the Treaty be granted to other Persons of that
Quality that they are of in the Army; and for any
Persons by Name excepted by the Parliament, they
shall have present Liberty (if they desire it) to go beyond Seas, with like Recommendation and Equipage
as others of like Quality; or, if they desire it, to live
at Home in England, to make their Addresses to the
Parliament for that or other Purpose, they shall have
Leave, and reasonable Time so to do, and the General's Protection to live quietly and at Liberty in any
Place they shall nominate and chuse, within the Parliament's Quarters, until they have received the Parliament's Resolution; and if the Parliament shall not
think fit to grant such their Desires, they shall then
have Leave and Passes to go beyond Sea as before, or
to any of the King's Armies or Garrisons as they shall
think fit.
"2. That the Army and Forces under the Command
of the Lord Hopton shall, within Six Days after the
Date hereof, be wholly disbanded and discharged, by
the Lord Hopton, and the General Officers, Colonels,
and other Officers under his Command, according to
the several Charges in Manner hereafter expressed:
"3. That all Common Troopers, Corporals of Horse,
Farriers, and Sadlers, that are mounted, being of or
belonging to the Forces under the Command of the
Right Honourable the Lord Hopton, shall bring in
and deliver up their Horses, with their Bridles and
Saddles, and all their Arms, unto his Excellency Sir
Thomas Fairefax, or unto whom he shall appoint to
receive them, in Manner, Time, and Place, as is hereafter expressed: Provided, That all Corporals, and
such Common Troopers as shall appear Gentlemen of
Worth, and such other Troopers as shall go beyond
Sea, shall be allowed to keep and carry away with
them their Swords.
"4. That, upon Performance hereof, they shall receive Twenty Shillings a Man, or keep their Horses;
and shall have their Passes to go to their Homes in
England, or beyond Sea, with their Bag and Baggage,
which they shall have Leave to carry with them, or
dispose of them as they please; and to those to whom
Swords are allowed as before, to pass with their
Swords.
"5. That the Commission Officers of Horse under
the Lord Hopton, for their several Troops respectively,
shall cause the said Horses and Arms to be duly delivered in, without Changes, Spoiling, or Embezzlement among themselves, according to the Effect of the
First Article, before going.
"6. That, this being performed, all the said Commission Officers of Horse in present Command, and all
Trumpeters belonging to them, shall have Liberty to
go away, either to their Homes in England, or beyond
the Seas, with their Bag and Baggage; and also they
shall have such Number of Horses and Equipage as is
hereafter allowed, according to their several Qualities; that is to say,
"1. For those that shall chuse to go beyond the
Seas, the full Number of Horses and Fire
Arms, if they have so many of their own.
"To Trumpetes, One Horse apiece, and their
Trumpets.
"To Quarter-masters, Two Horses, and One Case
of Pistols.
"To Cornets, Three Horses, and Two Case of
Pistols.
"To Lieutenants, Four Horses, and Three Case of
Pistols.
"To Captains, Majors, and Lieutenant Colonels,
Six Horses, and Four Case of Pistols.
"To Colonels, Eight Horses, and Six Case of Pistols.
"To the Adjutant General, Six Horses, and Four
Case of Pistols.
"To the other Adjutant of Brigades, Three Horses
apiece, and One Case of Pistols.
"To the Scout-master General, Six Horses, and
Two Case of Pistols.
"To the Quarter-master General, Six Horses, and
Two Case of Pistols.
"To the Marshal General, Four Horses, and One
Case of Pistols.
"To the Deputy Quarter-master General, Two
Horses.
"To the Deputy Scout-master, One Horse.
"To the Major General, Twelve Horses, and Six
Case of Pistols.
"To the Commissary General of Horse Provisions,
Three Horses, and a Case of Pistols.
"To the Commissary General of Victuals, Three
Horses, One Case of Pistols.
"To the Chirurgeon General, Three Horses.
"To Quarter-masters of Brigades, Three Horses,
One Case of Pistols.
"To Chirurgeons of Regiments, Two Horses.
"To all these, except Chirurgeons, their desensive Arms and Swords, for themselves
and their Servants; and unto every Field
Officer, One Carbine; and Chirurgeons,
their Swords.
"2. 2ly, To (fn. *) those that shall chuse to abide
in England, with the General Sir Thomas Fairefax's Protection, and to live at
Home, shall have their Proportions as followeth:
"The Trumpeters, One Horse apiece, and their
Trumpets.
"To Quarter-masters, One Horse apiece.
"To Cornets and Lieutenants, Two Horses apiece,
and One Case of Pistols.
"To Captains, Three Horses apiece, and One Case
of Pistols.
"To Majors, Four Horses apiece, One Case of
Pistols.
"To Lieutenant Colonels, Five Horses apiece,
One Case of Pistols.
"To Colonels, Six Horses apiece, and Two Cases
of Pistols.
"To the Major General, Ten Horses, and Three
Cases of Pistols.
"To the Adjutant, Six Horses, One Case of Pistols.
"To the Adjutants of Brigades, One Horse apiece,
and One Case of Pistols.
"To the Quarter-master General, Six Horses, and
One Case of Pistols.
"To the Marshal General, Three Horses, and One
Case of Pistols.
"To the Deputy Quarter-master General, Two
Horses.
"To the Scout-master General, Four Horses, and
One Case of Pistols.
"All these to have Swords for themselves
and their Servants.
"To the Commissary of Horse Provision, Two
Horses, and a Case of Pistols.
"To the Commissary of Victuals, Two Horses, and
a Case of Pistols.
"To the Deputy Scout-master, One Horse.
"To the Quarter-masters of Brigades, Two
Horses.
"To the Chirurgeon General, Two Horses.
"To Chirurgeons of Regiments, One Horse.
"To Chaplains, Two Horses.
"All these, except Chaplains, to have Swords
for themselves and their Servants.
"7. That the precedent Articles, concerning the Surrender of Troopers Horses, &c. being performed, if
any Officer in Command, that useth to live at
Home, shall appear to have more Horses of his own
than what he is before allowed by the last precedent
Article, the Commissioners of Sir Thomas Fairefax's
Part will recommend it to his Excellency's Favour,
that they may enjoy the Benefit of such Horses of
their own, to the same Number as Officers of like
Quality as are to go beyond Sea.
"8. That of the Reformado Officers that use to
live at Home in England, Reformado Quarter-masters
shall have the same Conditions as Corporals in Command; Cornets and Lieutenants shall go away with
One Horse apiece; Captains, Majors, and Lieutenant Colonels, with Two Horses apiece; and Colonels with Three Horses apiece; if they have so
many of their own, and One Case of Pistols. Those
Reformadoes that desire to go beyond Seas to have
Half the Proportions of Horses and Arms allowed in
that Case to Officers of the like Quality in present
Command, if they have them of their own; and all
of them to go with Swords, Bag, and Baggage, or
dispose thereof at Pleasure.
"9. That all Gentlemen of Quality in Arms, or not
in Arms, but living under the Protection of the said
Army, shall have Liberty either to go unto their own
Houses, or beyond the Seas, with Bag and Baggage,
and Equipage, according to their several Qualities, as
followeth; that is to say,
"1. A Knight, with Four Horses, Three Servants, One Case of Pistols, and their Swords.
"An Esquire, with Three Horses, Two Servants,
One Case of Pistols, and their Swords.
"A Gentleman, with Two Horses, One Servant,
One Case of Pistols, and their Swords.
"A Gentleman of lowest Rank, with One Horse
for himself, and a Sword.
"Scholars and Clergymen to have One Horse at
the least, or more according to their different
Degrees, at the General's Discretion.
"10. That all those who, according to the Effect of
these Articles, shall choose to go beyond the Sea,
Passes shall be granted from the General Sir Thomas
Fairefaxe accordingly; and to those who, being
English, shall choose to live at Home, Passes for that
Purpose, and Protection for their Liberty of their
Persons, and also for the Freedom of their Estates
from all Plunder or Violence of Soldiers; and that
such Gentlemen or others that have considerable
Estates may have the General's Letters of Recommendations to the Parliament (if desired) for their
moderate Composition.
"11. That, after the Performance of these Articles so
far to disbanding and delivering up of what is to be delivered, all Officers and Soldiers that shall, according
to these Articles, choose to go beyond the Seas shall
have sufficient Quarters assigned them, by Sir Thomas
Fairefax, near convenient Forts for their Transportation; and that they shall have Twenty-eight Days
allowed to stay in England, from the Day of their
several Disbanding; and that the Charge of Quartering their Horses be discharged by themselves, after
the First Fourteen Days, for the Time of their further Stay; that the General will appoint Men to
take Care that Shipping shall be provided, for transporting the Persons, Arms, Bag, and Baggage, they
paying the accustomed Rates.
"12. That a certain Number, Officers of the Lord
Hopton's Army, not exceeding Forty, upon the Lord
Hopton's Commissioners Request, shall be permitted to
have Passes, for themselves and their Servants, Horses,
and Necessaries, to go to Oxford: Provided, That
their Servants exceed not the Number of Two, their
Horses Three, to every One respectively.
"13. That the Lord Hopton shall be allowed, for his
own Use, all his Horses provided that they exceed
not the Number of Forty, and Arms for himself and
Twelve Men; and that the Lord Wentworth shall
have all his Horses provided that they exceed not
Twenty-five, and Arms for himself and Eight Men;
and Places assigned them for Conveniency of Quarters.
"14. That such Englishmen as shall choose to abide
in England at their Houses, and all Foreigners of the
said Army, shall engage themselves by Promise, in
such Form as is herewith agreed on, not to bear
Arms any more against the Parliament of England,
not to act any Thing wilfully prejudicial to the Parliament Affairs, without first rendering themselves
Prisoners to the Parliament; and likewise all such
English as shall choose to go beyond the Sea shall
engage themselves in the like Promise, for Three
Years next ensuing the Date hereof, or otherwise shall
lose the Benefit of these Articles; excepting the Lord
Hopton and Lord Wentworth, and the Number of
Officers allowed to go to Oxford in the Twelfth
Article before going, who are, by the Intention of
these Articles, left free from such Engagement.
"15. That all Horses, Arms, and Furniture of War,
belonging to, or in the Hands of, any Person in the
said Army, not allowed in the precedent or subsequent
Articles to be carried away, shall be delivered up, to
such Persons, and at such Places, near Truro, or Sir
Thomas Fairefaxe's Head Quarters, as his Excellency
shall appoint, within Six Days after the Date hereof,
without Spoil or Embezzlement, at the Care as well
of the General Officers of the said Army, and all
Commanders in their several Charges as by the Persons themselves to whom such Arms or Furniture of
War do belong, or in whose Custody they were.
"16. That whosoever shall, after the Conclusion of
this Treaty, purposely break, spoil, or embezzle, any
of the Arms, Horses, or Furniture, agreed and concluded to be delivered up in this Treaty, shall forfeit
the Benefit due unto him by any Article in the Treaty;
and if any of the said Army, after the Conclusion of
this Treaty, shall plunder or wilfully do any Violence
unto any Inhabitants of the Country, he shall give
Satisfaction unto the Party so wronged, or lose the
Benefit of the Treaty; and that the Commissioners
of both Parties, or any Three of them, whereof One
or more to be of Sir Thomas Fairefax's Party, and
One or more to be of the Lord Hopton's, shall have
Power to hear and determine all such Cases accordingly.
"17. That the said Army and Forces under the
Command of the Lord Hopton, from the Time of
the Conclusion of this Treaty until the Time of their
drawing out to be disbanded, as in the ensuing Articles, shall be quartered in such Places Westward from
Truro as Sir Thomas Fairefax shall appoint, which
shall be large enough for their Accommodation; and
that the Cessation of Arms, and of all Acts of Hostility
betwixt the Two Armies, shall continue until the
Time of the complete Disbanding of the Lord Hopton's Army.
"18. That, for the Disbanding of the said Forces,
and Delivering-up of Horses, Arms, &c. in Performance of the precedent Articles, every Brigade and
Regiment under the Lord Hopton's Command shall, by
the respective Commanders, be drawn out into such
Places of Rendezvous, within Two Miles of Truro, or
Sir Thomas Fairefax's Head Quarters, and upon such
Days, as Sir Thomas Fairefax shall for them jointly or
severally appoint; Notice of the Time and Place being
given to his Excellency in Writing Sixteen Hours before-hand, under the [ (fn. *) Hands of the] Commissioners
of the Lord Hopton's Part, or any of them, Two or
more of whom shall, for that and other Purposes, continue at Sir Thomas Fairefax's Head Quarters until the
Disbanding be finished; and that the Quarter-master
General or Adjutant of the Lord Hopton, with One
Horseman from every Brigade, shall also be there with
them; and that none of the said Brigades or Regiments
shall be drawn out of the Quarters (which shall be
assigned to them as before) otherwise than upon and
according to such Notice from Sir Thomas Fairefax as
before, except to and for their ordinary Guards.
"19. That (fn. †) on or before the drawing out of the several Brigades or Regiments unto such Rendezvous as
before, the Chief Commanders of them respectively
shall deliver, unto whom Sir Thomas Fairefax shall
appoint, a true and perfect List of the Regiments and
Troops in the several Brigades, and of all Officers
and Soldiers in their several Troops; expressing by
Name which of them do choose to go beyond Sea,
and which do go to live at Home, and also who are
Reformadoes, and in what Degree of Command they
have served in; and that, at the same Times and
Places, the Horses, Arms, and Furniture, by virtue of
the precedent Articles to be delivered up, shall be
delivered up accordingly, and all the Officers and
Soldiers disbanded and discharged; and there shall
receive their Passes, with Warrants for Quarters by
the Way for One Night in a Place, and be conveyed
towards their several Homes as far as Chard if they
go so far, or unto Quarters assigned them for their
Transportation, according to the preceding Articles.
"That, for the further Performance of these Articles, Two Colonels of each Army shall be mutually
delivered and kept as Hostages.
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"H. Ireton.
"Jo. Lambert.
Jo. S. Aubin.
Wm. Stane.
Edward Herle.
Rich'd Deane. |
Charles Goreing.
Marcus Trevor.
Thomas Panton.
Jordan Bovill.
Rich'd Prideaux.
Jean. Goteere." |
Letter from Sir T. Fairfax about them, and that St. Mawes Castle had surrendered.
"SIR,
"Whilst I lay at Bodman for the necessary Refreshment of the Army, and to block up the Passages from
Bodman to the North and South Sea, I sent a Summons, with Propositions to Sir Ralph Hopton and the
Army under his Command, a Copy whereof I have
here inclosed; being encouraged hereunto by some of
the Enemy's Officers and Soldiers, who came in to
me, and informed of their Inclinableness to Conditions, and hoping thereby either to bring them to
such Terms as should be to your Advantage, or would
distract and weaken them; and withall understanding,
by the intercepted Letters I sent you, that an Irish
Infantry was ready to beshipped for England; I thought
fit to try all Means which in Probability might break
their Body of Cavalry upon the Place. When I had
dispatched these Propositions to the Enemy, I advanced upon Monday with all the Army from Bodman
towards Truro, Truro being then the Enemy's Head
Quarters, and to Treg'ny, where I quartered that
Night.
"Sir Raph Hopton sent a Trumpeter to me, with
a Letter, desiring to have Commissioners appointed on
both Sides, to meet at Tresilian Bridge the next Day,
with Power to treat and conclude; which I assented
unto. The Treaty accordingly began, the Commissioners meeting about Four of the Clock in the Afternoon; and I in the mean Time advancing the Quarters of the Army to Truro and St. Allan. After
some Time spent between the Commissioners, this
Agreement was made, a Copy whereof I have here
also inclosed; and, in Execution thereof, this Day we
began to disband the French Brigade under Colonel
Lapland: To-morrow we proceed with Three other
Brigades, they having Nine in all; and shall endeavour to shorten this Work as much as may be.
Truly, Sir, this must needs be acknowledged for an
admirable Mercy from the same gracious Hand of
Providence that hath hitherto gone along with you,
that so considerable a Force as this should be so baffled first at Torington, and afterwards should put themselves as it were into a Net, whereby they were necessitated to take Terms, to the utter Ruin of so great
a Body of Cavalry, which, according to all our Informations and the Confessions of our Enemies, was
not less at the Time of the Treaty than Four Thousand Five Hundred Horse. The Articles of Agreement will speak the Mercy, and need no Comment;
yet I hope I may make this Observation upon them,
that hereby not only so great a Body of Cavalry is
broken, but so many both Officers and Soldiers disobliged from taking Arms against you; and this at
such a Season, when a Foreign Aid's ready, as the
Earl of Glamorgan's Letters sent up formerly (and
now sent you) speak at large. The timely freeing of
us for other Service that remain, with Discouragement
put upon the Enemy's Garrisons in these Parts, which
we hope will cause them the more speedily to come
in, we trust will be good Consequences of this Work.
It's the Desire of us all, the Praise of all may be returned to God, to whom it is only due. The Reputation of this hath already produced a Surrender of St.
Mawes Castle, wherein we found about Thirteen Guns
and good Proportion of Ammunition, which Place
gives you a better Interest into Falmouth Harbour than
the Enemy hath; for, by the Advantage hereof,
you may bring in Shipping without Hazard, which
they cannot. It hath also occasioned the coming
in of between Three and Four Hundred Foot of the
Enemy's, with their Arms, to me; and given the
Country such Heart against them, that Peryn (a Town
formerly not very well-affected) and in St. lve they
stand upon their Guard against the Enemy. For
further Particulars concerning this Business, I refer
you to Mr. Peters, who, since he came into this County
(where he was born), hath very much furthered the
Service, in the bringing of the Country in so freely
to the Protection of the Parliament.
"I remain
"Your most humble Servant.
"T. Fairefax.
"For the Honourable William Lenthall Esquire,
Speaker of the Honourable House of
Commons."
Order for a Thanksgiving for the disbanding of the King's Army in the West, under Sir R. Hopton.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That Thursday Sevennight be set
apart for a Day of Public Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the great Success of the Army
under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairefax, General against the Enemy in the West, in breaking
and destroying their Armies, and giving them up
into the Hands of the Parliament; to be observed
and kept in all the Churches and Chapels within
the Cities of London and Westm. and Liberties
thereof, and Lines of Communication, and Ten Miles
about; and that the Lord Mayor be desired to
take Care that the respective Ministers within the
Limits aforesaid may have timely Notice hereof."
Letter from Colonel Birch, that he had routed Sir Jacob Ashley's Forces, and taken him Prisoner.
"Honoured Friend,
"According to the Command I received from the
Right Honourable the Committee of both Kingdoms,
I drew out from Hereford Six Hundred Horse and
Foot, with which I joined on the Lord's-day last
with Colonel Morgan and Evesham Forces. I led my
own Men in Person; and so we lay waiting about
Evesham the Enemy's Motion for Six Days together,
and every Day expecting to be engaged; and the
last Day the Enemy came over the River Avon very
strong (as it was reported Three Thousand), and so
came before us to Stow this Morning: But we followed
him close all Night; and this Morning, about Break
of Day, we joined Battle; and, after an Hour's Dispute very hard and dubious, we routed them, took
Prisoners the General himself, with divers Colonels,
Captains, and other Commission Officers (the Certainty whereof I cannot yet send you up); slew about
Two Hundred upon the Place, with very little Loss
of ours. We give God the Glory for all. Sir, I
beseech you excuse my Brevity at present, being upon
our March back. Be pleased to continue me
Stow, this 21th March, 1645, at 5 of the Clock in the Evening.
"Your most real Servant,
"John Birch.
"For my Truly-honoured Friend Thomas Pury
Esquire, Member in the Honourable House
of Commons. These."
"For the Truly-honourable Wm. Lenthall Esquire,
Speaker in the Honourable House of Commons. These. Haste.
"Truly Honourable,
"That wonderful Success the Lord hath given us
here this Day, this Gentleman, who commanded the
Forlorn of Firelocks very active, will give your Honours an Account of, with the Manner of it; which I
do not here relate, because, in our joint Letter, we
have presented you therewith. I humbly desire your
favourable Thoughts for those great Wants which
my Regiment is in, which I have formerly made bold
to present you withall; which is the humble Request of,
Stow, this Saturday, 21th March, 1645, at 4 a Clock.
"Sir,
"Your Honour's
Most faithful Servant,
"Jo. Birch."
Letter from Sir W. Brereton, on the same Subject.
"SIR,
"God (blessed be His Name) hath rescued us as gloriously and graciously this Day as in many of our
former great Mercies. After Two Nights and a Day's
March, I came up to Colonel Morgan and Colonel
Birch about Three of the Clock this Morning (near
Stowe, on Cotscole Hills). We fell on between Four and
Five. It was carried on somewhat doubtfully, and
almost dangerously at first; but God renewed (fn. *) our
Courage, gave us the Day, Sir Jacob Ashley Prisoner,
some Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels also, and all the
Foot with their Arms. Leisure will give the Particulars. God, that hath done all, must have all the
Glory. The Lord increase our Thankfulness more
and more.
Stow, March, 21th 7 a Clock Morning.
"Sir, I am
"Your humble Servant,
"Wm. Brereton.
"The Bearer, an Eye-witness, and can say more;
and myself testify the most gallant and valiant
Behaviour of our Two above-named Colonels, Colonel Morgan and Birch.
"For the Honourable William Lenthall Esquire,
Speaker of the Honourable House of Commons."
Order for Thanksgiving for this Success.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That on Thursday Sevennight, and
on Thursday Three Weeks, being the Days appointed
to be set apart for Days of Public Thanksgiving in
the Cities of London and Westm. and in the other
Parts of the Kingdom, for the Success of the Army in
the West, under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairefax General, the several Ministers do, on the said Days
respectively, take Notice of the great Blessing of God
upon the Forces of the Parliament, in taking of Sir
Jacob Ashley Prisoner, and total Routing and Defeating
the Forces under his Command, near Stow, in the
County of Gloucester."
Preachers at the Thanksgiving.
"It is this Day Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That Mr. Carrill and
Mr. Peters be desired to preach before the Houses
upon Thursday Sevennight, being the Day of Public
Thanksgiving; and that the Place be Christchurch, in
London."
Order to continue the Ordinance for the Northern Association.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That the Ordinance formerly passed
for the Northern Association be continued for One
Month from this Time; and all Powers and Clauses
therein, except those that concern the receiving and
making Use of any of the Revenues of the Crown."
Letter of Thanks to Sir T. Fairfax.
"SIR,
"We are commanded, by both Houses of Parliament,
to express the great Sense they have of your active,
vigorous, and faithful Discharge of that Trust which
they reposed in you. They do observe how happily you
have timed, and how prudently you have carried on,
all your Designs and Actions; and do very much
approve your Judgement in the Way of gaining the
Enemy's Army and the Country of Cornwall under
your Power in so short a Space, and with so little
Loss of English Blood; which, added to your former
Endeavours and Successes, hath put the Affairs of the
Parliament in this Beginning of the Year into such a
Condition as was beyond their Hopes or Expectations;
for which we are commanded to return you their
hearty Thanks: And as they are resolved to give
ample Testimony to the World of the high Esteem
they have of your Person and Merit, so they desire
you to let all the Officers and Soldiers under your
Command to know, they shall not forget their unwearied Labours and Sufferings in this great and glorious Cause. Thus we rest
"Your very loving Friends,
"Manchester, Speaker of the House
of Peers, pro Tempore.
"Wm. Lenthall, Speaker of the Commons House in Parliament.
"For the Right Honourable Sir Tho. Fairefax
General of the Forces under the Command
of the Parliament."
Paper from the Scots Commissioners, for Discovey of Wright, &c. who aspersed the Scots.
"My Lord,
"It is aboute Two Moneths since wee acquainted the
Houses with the false Informations of Robert Wright
and the unknowne Knight; and desired the Name of
the one to be discovered, and speedy Examination concerning the other: In Pursuance whereof, the earnest
Desires of the Kingdome of Scotland have beene made
knowne to the Houses, and ours have beene renewed
from Tyme to Tyme; wee beinge most confident
that Justice would never bee denyed by the Houses
to the Kingdome of Scotland in a Matter wherein
they were soe highly concerned: And now, for Discharge of the Trust committed unto us, wee hould
ourselves in Duty bound once againe to presse a
speedy Answere from the Honnorable Houses to
our just Desires; expectinge that it shall bee such as
all the World may receive Sattisfaction that those Informations are base Eyes and Calumnyes. Wee are
Worcester House, 23d March, 1645.
"Your Lordships
Most affectionate Freinds
and humble Servaunts,
"Loudoun.
Balmerin.
"Hew Kennedy.
Lauderdaill.
W. Johnston.
Ro. Barclay.
"For the Right Honnorable the Speaker of the
House of Peeres, pro Tempore."
"Die Martis, 17 Martii, 1645.
Paper from the Admiralty Committee, for the Shipwrights Company to pay Keeling, their Clerk, his Wages, House rent, &c.
"At the Committee of Lords and Commons for
the Admiralty and Cinque Ports.
"Whereas, on the Petition of Edward Kelinge, Clerk
to the Corporation of Shipwrights, complaining of
the said Company's detaining several Years Wages
due to him for his Execution of that Place, as also of
their not securing him from the Rent of their Common
Hall, where the Petitioner lives as their Officer,
this Committee did, in June last, order the said Corporation to certify the Wages due, and how he should
be paid his Arrears, and secured from the House
Rent; and whereas the Master, Wardens, Assistants
and some Members of the said Corporation, have certified under their Hands, that there was due to him,
at Midsummer last, Ninety-four Pounds, Eight Shillings, and Two Pence, besides Twenty-eight Pounds,
Six Shillings, and Four Pence, since incurred; and that
the said Company was then also indebted for Rent and
Interest One Hundred and Forty Pounds, for Payment whereof, and of other Duties chargeable on the
Corporation, an Assessment had been agreed on among
themselves, which would defray the same if the
Arrears thereof could be got in from some of their
Members; and forasmuch as, by their Charter, the
said Corporation is particularly commended to the
Care of the Lord High Admiral for the Time being,
the Navigation and Trade of the Kingdom having so
special a Dependance thereupon; and for that,
although this Committee conceives it most just that
the Wages and Rent so due should be satisfied and
secured, yet that they have not Power to compel the
Members thereunto: This Committee doth therefore
specially recommend it to the House of Peers, to give
Order to the said Corporation, to pay the Petitioner
his said Wages, and to secure him of the said House
Rent; as also to authorize the Master, Wardens, and
Assistants, to compel the several Members of the Corporation to contribute proportionably thereunto, and
in Order to the rest of the Debts, and for Support of
the Government to pay the Duties formerly established.
"W. Jessop, Secretary."
Petition from the Assembly of Divines, concerning Church Government, and for excluding improper Persons from the Sacrament.
"To the Right Honourable House of Peers assembled in Parliament.
"The humble Petition of the Assembly of
Divines now sitting by Ordinance of Parliament at Westm.
"Humbly sheweth,
"That your Petitioners cannot but with Joy remember the marvelous Goodness of God, in calling and
continuing this Parliament in the Time of this Nation's
greatest Trouble and Danger, and in making it singularly useful towards the saving of these Three
Nations from the Bondage of Tyranny and Idolatry,
by taking off many Yokes and Burthens, both in
Matters of Religion and of Civil Concernment, by
laying the Foundations and Beginnings of a positive
Reformation, and by engaging this Kingdom in that
Solemn and Sacred League and Covenant which with
our Hands lifted up to the Most High God we have
sworn; and, as we esteem ourselves always bound to
acknowledge these and many other Blessings which the
God of Heaven hath made this Honourable Parliament His Instruments to convey unto these poor
Kingdoms, with all affectionate Thankfulness to God
and to the Honourable Houses, so we profess ourselves the more obliged hereby to shew all active
Readiness to promote all the Commands of Parliament
tending to Reformation of Religion; and that nothing
but Conscience of our Duty to God, to yourselves,
and the Souls of the rest of our Brethren the People
of the Lord, could excuse in us any seeming Backwardness to act according to your Vote and Ordinances
leading thereunto.
"Yet are we, to our Grief, constrained at this Time,
in all Humility and Faithfulness, to represent to the
Honourable Houses, That there is still a great Defect
in the Enumeration of scandalous Sins, very many
scandalous Sins ordinarily committed in all Places, and
formerly presented by your Petitioners, being still
omitted; and that the Provision of Commissioners to
judge of Scandals not enumerated appears to our
Consciences to be so contrary to that Way of Government which Christ hath appointed in His Church,
in that it giveth a Power to judge of the Fitness of
Persons to come to the Sacrament unto such as our
Lord Christ hath not given that Power unto; and
also layeth upon us a Necessity of admitting some
scandalous Persons to the Sacrament even after Conviction before the Eldership, and to be so differing
from all Example of the best Reformed Churches, and
such a real Hindrance to the bringing of the Churches
of God in the Three Kingdoms to the nearest Conjunction and Uniformity, and in all these respects so
disagreeable to our Covenant, that we dare not practise according to that Provision; and we do evidently
foresee, that such Commissioners will not only be
offensive to the Reformed Churches Abroad, but a
Discouragement to those amongst ourselves who are
or shall be chosen Elders, and a Stumbling-block to
very many of our best and most conscientious People,
who have long waited for Reformation, and are endangered to be cast upon the Snare of Separation, and
no Way left to reduce them or others who are already
fallen into it; insomuch as we cannot forbear to profess our Fears of God's sad Displeasure if this should
be continued, and the just Imputation of Sin unto us,
if we who have been held worthy by the Honourable
Houses to be called to give them Advice in Matters of
Religion, should altogether hold our Peace at this
Time.
"Wherefore your Petitioners, in Discharge of their
Fidelity to God, to His Church, and to your Honours,
do humbly pray, that the several Elderships may be
sufficiently enabled to keep back all such as are notoriously scandalous from the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper, of which we must, as formerly in our Petition
we have done, say expressly belongeth to them by
Divine Right, and by the Will and Appointment of
Jesus Christ, which, with the Help of superior
Assemblies in Cases of Appeal or Mal-administration,
will prevent (through the Blessing of God) all the
feared Inconveniences; and the Magistrate (to whom
we profess the Church to be accountable to their
Proceedings in all their Elderships and Church Assemblies, and punishable by him with Civil Censures for
their Miscarriages) may be so abundantly satisfied of
the Righteousness and Equity thereof, as we still hope
God will inspire the Honourable Houses with such
Wisdom and Zeal, as by their Authority to strengthen
the Hands of his Officers in their Duties herein, and
even to command them to act zealously and faithfully
in them.
"And your Petitioners shall pray, &c.
Cornelius Burges, Prolocutor pro Tempore.
John White, Assessor.
Henry Roborough, Scriba.
Adoniram Byfeild, Scriba.