Die Mercurii, videlicet, 20 die Julii.
PRAYERS.
The Lord Kymbolton was appointed to be
Speaker this Day.
The Messengers return this Answer, sent Yesterday
to the House of Commons:
Message from the H.C. about the Impeachment against the Lord Mayor.
That they will send a Committee of their House, to
manage their Evidence against the Lord Mayor; and
will also bring Proofs, to make good their Impeachment
against him.
Letter from the Earl of Holland.
The Speaker acquainted this House, "That he had
received a Letter from the Earl of Holland;" which
the House commanded to be read: videlicet, (Here
enter it.)
Sent to the H. C.
Ordered, To be communicated to the House of
Commons; and accordingly it was sent down, by Sir
Robert Rich and Mr. Page.
Sir Philip Vernatti and Jennings.
Upon reading the Petition of Sir Phillibert Vernatti;
it is Ordered, That Mr. Jennings shall have a Copy
of this Petition, and return his Answer to it.
The Messengers return Answer:
Answer from the H. C.
That they have delivered the Letter of the Earl of
Holland to the House of Commons; and they will return it by Messengers of their own.
Bourne sent for, for Words against the Parliament.
Upon an Affidavit made this Day, by Mr. Wendye
Oxford, Gentleman, of scandalous Words spoken against
the Parliament, by Anthony Bourne, of Thriptow, in the
County of Cambridge; it is Ordered, That the said
Anthony Bourne shall be sent for, as a Delinquent, to
appear before this House, to answer the same. (Here
enter it.)
Pacquet from the Earl of Warwick, with the following Papers.
A Packet was sent to the Speaker of this House,
from the Earl of Warwicke; containing these Particulars
following; which were read:
1. The King's Warrant to the Officers of the Navy,
(fn. *) not to furnish the Navy with Provisions. (Here enter
it.)
2. The King's Warrant to Captain Phineas Pett.
3. A Copy of a Letter written to his Lordship, from
Sir Wm. Russell.
To be communicated to the H. C.
Ordered, To communicate these Letters to the
House of Commons; and to represent to them the Necessity there is to to re-victual the Navy speedily, or else
many of the Ships will be forced to come in to Chatham.
Message from the H. C. for the Lords to concur in the following Orders.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Henry Mildmay, Knight:
1. To desire their Lordships Concurrence in the Order for the Arms to be delivered to Sir Wm. Belfore.
To be further considered of
2. To expedite the sending of Ten (fn. *) Thousand Men
to Munster, to be drawn out of Ulster and Lempster.
3. He brought up the Letter of the Earl of Holland.
4. Desired their Lordships Concurrence in an Order,
to be published by the Judges at the next Assizes, concerning the Commission of Array. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to, and Ordered to be printed.
5. To desire Concurrence in an Order concerning
the Merchant Strangers, whereby the Parliament may
be able to keep public Faith with the Scotts. (Here
enter it.)
Agreed to.
6. An Order to be sent into Somersettshire, to tender
the Propositions to them.
Agreed to.
7. The Order to pay Two Hundred Pounds to the
Lord Dowera.
Agreed to.
8. The Order to pay Two Hundred Pounds to the
Archbishop of Cashell.
Agreed to.
9. The Order to pay Two Hundred Pounds, given to
Mr. Fitzgarrett.
Agreed to.
10. An Order to pay Fifty Pounds to Mr. Hodges.
Agreed to.
11. An Order to pay Two Hundred Pounds to Mr.
Doctor Jones.
Agreed to.
12. An Order to pay the Lady Grey Two Hundred
Pounds.
Agreed to.
13. An Order to be sent into Dorsettshire, to tender
the Propositions to them.
Agreed to.
Conference about Forces in Ireland reported.
The Lord Kymbolton reported the Conference with
the House of Commons on Saturday last, for drawing
Forces out of Ulster and Lempster into Munster, in Ireland. (Here enter it.)
To be considered of.
The Answer returned to the House of Commons was:
Answer to the H. C.
That this House agrees (fn. †) in all the Orders now brought
up; but concerning the Order for delivering Five Hundred Arms to Sir Wm. Balfore, and the drawing out
of Forces to send into Munster, this House will send an
Answer, by Messengers of their own.
Message to the H. C. that the Lords are ready to give Judgement against the Nine impeached Lords who went to York.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
the Master of the Rolls and Doctor Heath:
To let them know, that their Lordships are ready to
give Judgement against the Nine Lords impeached by
them, if they will come up, and demand Judgement,
with their Speaker.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That the House of Commons will come presently, with
their Speaker, to demand Judgement against the Nine
Lords.
The Lords being all set in their Robes;
Speaker of the H. C. demands Judgement against them.
The House of Commons being come with their Speaker,
he said, "That the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of
the House of Commons, (fn. ‡) have impeached Spencer,
Earl of North'ton, etc. for High Crimes and Misde
meanors, to the Interruption of the Proceedings in
Parliament and great Affairs of the Kingdom, and
tending to the Dissolution of the Parliament, and
Disturbance of the Peace of the Kingdom; for
which the House of Commons have commanded him
to demand their Lordships Judgement."
Then the Speaker of this House spake as followeth:
Their Sentence.
"Whereas Spencer Earl of Northampton, William
Earl of Devonshire, Henry Earl of Dover, Henry
Earl of Monmouth, Charles Lord Howard of Charleton,
Robert Lord Rich, Charles Lord Gray of Ruthen,
Thomas Lord Coventry, Arthur Lord Capell, were, the
16th of June, 1642, impeached by the Knights, Citizens,
and Burgesses of the House of Commons, for these
high Crimes and Misdemeanors following; videlicet,
for that, contrary to their Duty, they being Peers
of the Realm, and summoned by Writ to attend the
Parliament, and contrary to an Order of the House
of Peers of the 9th of April last, and several other
Orders, requiring the Attendance of the Members
of that House, and after a Vote passed in both Houses
the 20th of May last, "That the King, seduced by
wicked Counsel, intends to make War against the
Parliament, and that whosoever served or assisted him
in that War was adjudged a Traitor;" did, notwithstanding, afterwards, in the same Month of May,
contemptuously, having Notice of the said Votes and
Orders, withdraw themselves from the said House of
Peers, and repair to the City of Yorke, where the Preparations of the said War were and yet are in Contrivance and Agitation, they knowing of such Preparations; and being, by an Order of the 30th of
May, duly summoned by the House of Peers to make
their Appearance before that House, upon the 8th
Day of June last past, they refused to appear, and
returned a slighting and scornful Answer, by a Letter
under their Hands, directed to the Speaker of the
Lords House, and remaining there upon Record: For
which Crimes and Misdemeanors, to the Interruption
of the Proceedings of Parliament and great Affairs
of the Kingdom, and tending to the Dissolution of
the Parliament, and Disturbance of the Peace of the
Kingdom, the said Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses,
did demand, that the said Spencer Earl of North'ton
William Earl of Devonshire, Henry Earl of Dover,
Henry Earl of Monmouth, Charles Lord Howard of
Charleton, Robert Lord Rich, Charles Lord Gray of
Ruthen, Thomas Lord Coventry, Arthur Lord Capell,
should be put to their Answers, and receive exemplary Punishments, according to their Demerits: And
whereas it was Ordered, upon the said 16th of June,
That the said Spencer Earl of North'ton, William Earl
of Devonshire, Henry Earl of Dover, Henry Earl of
Monmouth, Charles Lord Howard of Charleton, Robert
Lord Rich, Charles Lord Gray of Ruthen, Thomas
Lord Coventry, Arthur Lord Capell, should appear
before the Lords in Parliament, and make their several Answers before their Lordships, on Monday the
27th of the said June, to the said Impeachment, or
else this House would proceed in Judgement against
them by Default; and whereas the said Spencer Earl
of Northampton, William Earl of Devonshire, Henry
Earl of Dover, Henry Earl of Monmouth, Charles Lord
Howard of Charleton, Robert Lord Rich, Charles Lord
Gray of Ruthen, Thomas Lord Coventry, Arthur Lord
Capell, in Contempt of this High Court, have refused
to appear, and make Answer to the said Impeachment; the Lords, having taken the said Charge into
their due Consideration, do find the said Spencer Earl
of Northampton, William Earl of Devonshire, Henry
Earl of Dover, Henry Earl of Monmouth, Charles Lord
Howard of Charleton, Robert Lord Rich, Charles Lord
Gray of Ruthen, Thomas Lord Coventry, Arthur Lord
Capell, guilty of the Crimes charged as aforesaid; and
thereupon, and for their said Contempt, this High
Court doth award and judge:
"1. That Spencer Earl of North'ton, Wm. Earl
of Devon, Henry Earl of Dover, Henry Earl of
Monmouth, Charles Lord Howard of Charleton, Robert
Lord Rich, Charles Lord Grey of Ruthen, Tho. Lord
Coventry, Arthur Lord Capell, shall not sit or vote in
the Lords House, during this present Parliament.
2. That they shall not enjoy the Privilege of Parliament, as Members of Parliament.
"3. That they shall stand committed to The Tower,
during the Pleasure of this House."
After this, the House of Commons departed, with
their Speaker, to their own House.
Committee, who went with the Petition to the King, to return if they receive not a speedy Answer.
Ordered, That the Committee for the Defence of
the Kingdom shall prepare a Draught of a Letter to
be sent to the Earl of Holland, and the Committee
which carried the Petition to the King, That, if they
received not a speedy Answer from the King, that they
shall return by Friday; which Letter is to be presented
to the House.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Robt. Rich and Mr. Page:
To desire their Concurrence in an Order made on
Saturday last, for the disposing of the Arms which
came from Hull.
The King's Warrant to the Naval Officers at Chatham, to supply Sir John Pennington with Stores.
CHARLES R.
Whereas We have, for divers important Reasons
much concerning Our Service, discharged Our Right
Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor the Earl of Northumberland from the Office of
Lord Admiral of England, and intend to put that
Place into a Commission; and whereas We have appointed and authorized Our Servant Sir John Pennington to be Admiral in the Ship The James, of
Our present Fleet at Sea: Our Will and Command
therefore is, That you cause to be sent to the said Sir
John Pennington (as soon as he shall send to you) Our
Standard, and such other Necessaries and Provisions,
for the Use of Our Ships and Fleet committed to
his Charge, as he shall from Time to Time send to
you for, until We shall have settled Our Commission
for the Admiralty; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given at Our Court at Yorke, the 28th Day of
June, 1642.
"To Our Trusty and Well-beloved
Captain Phineas Pett, now at
Chatham, or to any of the Officers of Our Navy there."
Sir William Russel's Letter to the E. of Warwick, about a Supply of Money for him.
Right Honourable,
By the inclosed from Mr. Greene, your Lordship
will perceive the great Care which the Parliament
hath taken to supply your Lordship with Money, who
this Day had delivered me One Thousand Pounds to
be presently sent your Lordship; and as I was dispatching the Messenger, there came unto Me His
Majesty's Pleasure, signified to the principal Officers
of the Navy (some being at Yorke, and the rest absent, a Copy whereof I therein inclosed send your
Lordship); and presently, upon Receipt thereof, I
addressed myself to the Committee of Parliament for
the Navy, and shewed them His Majesty's Commands
and Prohibition; whereupon I am commanded by Mr.
Greene, notwithstanding, to send away the said inclosed from him, to the End your Lordship may see
their Cares for your Lordship's Supplies: And although the Monies be stop in my Hands, yet such
Course shall be taken within Three or Four Days,
that your Lordship shall otherwise be supplied; which
is the Commandment laid upon me by the Committee,
to let your Lordship know by this Bearer. Craving
your Lordship's Pardon, I take Leave, and rest
London, Navy Office, this 15th of July, 1642.
"Your Lordship's
most humble Servant,
William Russel."
The King's Letter to the principal Officers of the Navy, not to obey the Directions of both Houses.
Charles R.
Trusty and Well-beloved, We greet you well.
Whereas We have discharged the Earl of Northumberland from the Office of Lord High Admiral of
England, so as at the present We have no Admiral;
and whereas We have likewise commanded the Earl
of Warwick, upon his Allegiance, to deliver the
Possession of Our Ship The James, and the rest of
Our Fleet, to Sir John Pennington, to whom We have
given Warrant to take the Charge and Command of
Our Fleet; and whereas the said Earl of Warwick,
notwithstanding Our said Command, doth rebelliously
withhold from Us our said Ship and Fleet: We do
therefore, by these Our Letters, will and command
you, upon your Allegiance, not to obey any Order,
Ordinance, or Warrant whatsoever, which shall be
sent unto you, or any of you, from one or both
Our Houses of Parliament, or from the said Earl of
Warwick, or any other, for any Stores or Provisions,
or for any Business whatsoever concerning Our said
Fleet, Navy, or Ships; and that you take special Care,
that no Monies or Provisions of any Kind whatsoever
be issued or expended by you, or any of you, or any
Officer subordinate to you, for the Use of any of the
Ships belonging to Our Fleet now at Sea, without
Warrant from Us, or such as We shall appoint Commissioners for Our Admiralty and Navy; and herein
We require your exact Obedience, as you tender the
Forfeiture of your Places, and will answer the contrary; for which this shall be your Warrant.
Given at Our Court at Yorke, the 7th Day of July,
1642.
"To Our Trusty and Wellbeloved the principal Officers of Our Navy, or to
any of them."
The Earl of Holland's Letter, about the Delivery of the Petition to the King.
My Lord,
Our Admittance to His Majesty was very quick;
for that Night We arrived here, being Saturday,
after His Supper (through He came Home late from
Lyncolne), He commanded us to attend Him; where
we found Him accompained by many Officers, but
few Lords, for most of them were absent (they say
here) to put in Execution the Commission of Array
in those Shires whither the King's Commands hath
directed them. After we had read your Petition,
His Majesty told us it was a Business of great Importance, and required Time for to advise of His Answer; yet then He observed with some Sharpness
Parts of the Petition, that I shall give my Lords an
Account of. I believe we may be dispatched To-day,
or at the farthest To-morrow; for His Majesty goes
to Nottingham and Leycester, to call those Countries
together, and to assure them unto Him, as He believes
He hath already done those where His Presence hath
been. His Forces appear not to be so great as they
are; for it is said here (and I believe with some Truth)
that He may when He please call a very considerable
Number together, that are ready upon the least
Command to move towards Him; but it is declined,
for Two respects; the one until He hath received a
direct Answer concerning Hull; the other, to ease
His Charge for the present. There are several Troops
of Horse, that have been raised by Noblemen and
Gentlemen, which are quartered in this Country.
These Generals are only proper to be delivered unto
you at this present; when I attend you, which shall
be with all the Diligence I may, my Lords shall have
a very particular Account of the Knowledge and the
Duty of
Beverley, this 18th of July, 1642.
Your Lordship's
most humble Servant,
Holland.
"To the Right Honourable
the Speaker of the House
of Peers."
Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Merchant Strangers to lend Money to the Parliament.
"It is this Day Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That every Alderman
of the City of London, and their Deputy where no
Alderman is, be hereby required forthwith to send
out his Warrant unto the Common Council Men of
his Ward, requiring them with all Speed, in some
convenient Place within his Ward, to call before
them all and every the Merchant Strangers, together
with other Inhabitants that are not free of the said
City, dwelling within their foresaid Ward, to know
what Sums of Money they have underwritten or
promised, or shall by their good Persuasions underwrite or promise, to lend towards the Sum of Fifty
Thousand Pounds, desired by both Houses of Parliament to be borrowed of them, to supply many great
and urgent Occasions the Parliament at present hath
for Money; and forthwith to make Payment of the
same into the Chamberlain's Office, in The Guildhall,
London; and to return the Names of the several Persons, together with their particular Sums they have
or shall lend, unto some one of the Citizens that serve
in Parliament for the City of London; and the Officers
appointed to receive the Hundred Thousand Pounds
lent by the several Companies of London are hereby
likewise authorized to receive the several Sums lent
by any particular Person that is a Merchant Stranger,
or other Inhabitant that is no Freeman of the City,
and to give Acquittances for the same."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order against executing the Commissions of Array.
"Whereas several Commissions of Array have lately
issued out, under the Great Seal of England, into the
several Counties of Leicester, Worcester, and other
Counties of this Realm, tending to the great Danger
of His Majesty, and the Disturbance of the Peace of
this Kingdom: For the preventing thereof, and of the
Execution and issuing out of any such Commissions for
the Time to come; it is Ordered, by the Lords
and Commons assembled in Parliament, That the
Judges and Justices of Assize of the several Counties
of England and Wales be required, in their several
Circuits, at the Assizes and Great Sessions to be next
held for each County within this Realm and the Dominion of Wales respectively, in open Court, and in
their several Charges to be delivered to the Grand
Juries at the said Assizes and Great Sessions, openly
to declare and publish, That the said Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament have, upon mature Deliberation, Resolved, upon the Question, That the
said Commissions of Array are against Law, and against
the Liberty and Property of the Subject; and that
all those that are Actors in putting the same in Execution shall be esteemed Disturbers of the Peace of
the Kingdom, and Betrayers of the Liberty of the
Subject."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order for 200l. to L. Dowcray.
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament, taking Notice of the Worth and Quality of the Lord Theodore
Docwra, and how much he hath suffered by the Cruelty of the Rebels in Ireland, being by them dispoiled
of a very fair Fortune, and of all the Means of Livelihood he hath; in Consideration thereof, and in Memory of the Worth of Henry Lord Docwra his Father,
deceased, and of the great Services by him done to
the Crown of England, do Order, That the Treasurers at London, appointed to receive the Monies that
come in upon the Act of Loan and Contribution for
Ireland, do forthwith pay unto the said Lord Theodore
Docwra, or his Assigns, the Sum of Two Hundred
Pounds, out of the Monies that are or shall come in
upon the said Act of Loan and Contribution; and this
Order, together with an Acquittance under the Hand
of the said Lord Theodore Docwra, or his Assigns, shall
be a sufficient Discharge to the said Treasurers for
so much Money as they shall hereupon pay in Manner as aforesaid."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order for 200l. for the Archbishop of Cashell.
The Lords and Commons in Parliament, taking
Notice of the Quality, Learning, and Sufferings, of
Archibald Archbishop of Cashell, in the Kingdom of
Ireland, and how, by the Power and Cruelty of the
Rebels in Munster, he hath been deprived of all his
Means; his Cathedral Church, being the First Place
of Note in that Province, seized upon by the Rebels,
and defiled with the idolatrous Mass; in Consideration
thereof, conceiving him a fit Object of their Charity,
do Order, That the Treasurers at London, appointed
to receive the Monies that come in upon the Act of
Loan and Contribution for Ireland, do forthwith pay
unto the said Archibald Archbishop of Cashall, or his
Assigns, the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, out of
the Monies that are or shall come in upon the said
Act of Loan and Contribution; and this Order, together with an Acquittance under the Hand of the
said Archbishop or his Assigns, shall be a sufficient
Discharge to the said Treasurers for so much Money
as they shall hereupon pay in Manner aforesaid."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order for 200l. for Richard Fitzgerald.
The Lords and Commons in Parliament, taking
Notice of the Worth and Quality of Richard Fitzgerald, and of his good Services heretofore and now
by his Agency done to his Country and this Parliament, and in Consideration of his great Sufferings by
the Rebels in Ireland, who have a greater Malice towards him, being their Countryman, and a constant
zealous Professor of the true Protestant Religion;
and for the Support of him the said Richard Fitzgerald, and Encouragement to others who shall shew
the like Zeal and Constancy in these Times of Danger
and Distress; do Order, That the Treasurers at London, appointed to receive the Monies that come in upon
the Act of Loan and Contribution for Ireland, do
forthwith pay unto the said Richard Fitzgerald, or his
Assigns, the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, out of
the Monies that are or shall come in upon the said
Act of Loan and Contribution; and this Order, together with an Acquittance under the Hand of the
said Richard Fitchgerald, or his Assignees, shall be a
sufficient Discharge to the said Treasurers for so much
Money as they shall hereupon pay in Manner aforesaid."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order for 50l. for Roger Hodges.
The Lords and Commons in Parliament, taking
Notice of the distressed and miserable Condition of
Roger Hodges, a poor Minister, lately driven out of
Ireland, by the Rebels there, from all his Means and
Fortunes, do Order, That the Treasurers at London,
appointed to receive the Monies that come in upon
the Act of Loan and Contribution for Ireland, do
forthwith pay unto the said Roger Hodges, or his
Assigns, the Sum of Fifty Pounds, out of the Monies
that are or shall come in upon the said Act of Loan
and Contribution; and this Order, together with an
Acquittance under the Hand of the said Roger Hodges, or his Assigns, shall be a sufficient Discharge to the
Tresurers for so much Money as they shall hereupon
(fn. *) pay in Manner as aforesaid."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order for 200l. for Dr. Jones.
The Lords and Commons in Parliament, taking
Notice of the great Learning, Prudence, and Piety,
of Henry Jones, Doctor in Divinity, and his great
Services done, both here and in Ireland, since the Beginning of this Rebellion, having employed himself in
the Behalf of the distressed Church and Protestants of
that Kingdom; in Consideration of his great Losses, and
long Captivity endured by the cruel and wicked Rebels
of Ireland, do Order, that the Treasurers at London,
appointed to receive the Monies that come in upon the
Act of Loan and Contribution for Ireland, do forthwith pay unto the said Doctor Jones, or his Assigns,
the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, out of the Monies
that are or shall come in upon the said Act of Loan
and Contribution; and this Order, together with an
Acquittance under the Hand of the said Doctor
Jones or his Assigns, shall be a sufficient Discharge
to the said Treasurers for so much Money as they shall
hereupon pay in Manner as aforesaid."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order for 200l. for Lady Eliz. Gray.
The Lords and Commons in Parliament, taking
Notice of the great Worth and Quality of Dame
Elizabeth Gray, Mother to the Right Honourable the
Earl of Stamford, and of the great Extremity the
Cruelty of the barbarous Rebels in Ireland hath
brought a Person of her Condition unto, having despoiled her of a fair and large Estate in that Kingdom;
in Consideration of her Sufferings, do Order, That
the Treasurers at London, appointed to receive the
Monies that come in upon the Act of Loan and Contribution for Ireland, do forthwith pay unto the said
Lady Gray, or her Assigns, the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds, out of the Monies that are or shall come
in upon the said Act of Loan and Contribution; and
this Order, together with an Acquittance under the
Hand of the said Lady Gray, or her Assignees, shall
be a sufficient Discharge to the said Treasurers for so
much Money as they shall hereupon pay in Manner
as aforesaid."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order about the Propositions for raising Horse. &c. in Dorsetshire.
It is this Day Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That Sir Thomas Trenchard, Sir Walter Earle, Mr. John Browne, Mr. John
Trenchard, Mr. Fitz James of Lewson, Mr. John Hill
of Dorchester, Mr. Giles Greene, Mr. Dennis Bond, Mr.
Richard Broderip, or any Two or more of them, shall
have Authority to assemble and call together all such
Persons as they shall think fit, within the Country of
Dorsett, at such convenient Times and Places as they
shall appoint, and shall tender unto them the Propositions of both Houses of Parliament, concerning the
raising of Horse, Horsemen, and Arms, for the Defence of the King and both Houses of Parliament,
and shall receive their Subscriptions, according to the
said Propositions; and they, or any Two or more of
them, shall have Authority to nominate and appoint
such other Persons within the said County as they
shall think fit, to assemble and call together every
Person of Ability, or to repair to their several Houses
or Dwellings, and take their Subscriptions according
to the said Propositions; and shall return the said
Propositions unto such Persons as shall be appointed
Receivers in the said County, who shall from Time to
Time certify the Sums, Values, and Proportions of
such Subscriptions to the Treasurers of London, nominated in the said Propositions; and shall have Power
to name Receivers, and to do all other Things that
the Deputy Lieutenants, or any of them, are appointed or have Authority to do, by the said Propositions, Instructions, or Additions concerning the said Propositions, in as full and ample Manner as if every Particular thereof had been expressed in this Order;
and the said Receivers, and other Persons appointed
by them for this Service, shall have as full Power
to execute their Directions as if they had been appointed by the Deputy Lieutenants of the said County:
And it is further Ordered, That the Persons
above-named, or any Two or more of them, do signify
to their Country, That, out of their own Money, there
shall be such Allowance made for Horse, Arms, aud
Officers, if they will voluntarily raise any Horse for
the Defence of that County."
Die Mercurii, 20 Julii, 1642.
Order about the Propositions for raising Horse &c. in Somersetshire.
Ordered, by the and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That Sir John Horner, Mr. Wm.
Strode of Barrington, Mr. Hill of Punsford, Mr.
Roger Hill of Taunton, Sir Thomas Wroth, Mr. Wm.
Long of Stretton, Mr. John Harrington, Mr. Alexander Popham, Mr. John Ashe, Mr. John Pyne, Mr.
George Searle of Taunton, Mr. Hugh Rogers, or any
Two or more of them, shall have Authority to assemble and call together all such Persons as they shall
think fit, within the County of Somerset, at such convenient Times and Places as they shall appoint, and
shall tender unto them the Propositions of both Houses
of Parliament, concerning the raising of Horse, Horsemen, and Arms, for the Defence of the King and
both Houses of Parliament, and shall receive the Subscriptions, according to the said Propositions; and
they, or any Two or more of them, shall have Authority to nominate and appoint such other Persons,
within the said County, as they shall think fit, to
assemble and call together every Person of Ability,
or to repair to their several Houses or Dwellings,
and take their Subscriptions, according to the said
Propositions; and shall return the said Propositions
unto such Persons as shall be appointed Receivers in
the said County, who shall, from Time to Time, certify
the Sums, Values, and Proportions of such Subscriptions, to the Treasurers of London, nominated in the
said Propositions; and shall have Power to name Receivers, and to do all other Things that the Deputy
Lieutenants, or any of them, are appointed or have
Authority to do, by the said Propositions, Instructions, or Additions concerning the said Propositions,
in as full and ample Manner as if every Particular
thereof had been expressed in this Order; and the
said Receivers, and other Persons appointed by them
for this Service, shall have as full Power to execute
their Directions as if they had been appointed by
the Deputy Lieutenants of the said County: And it
is further Ordered, That the Persons above-named,
or any Two or more of them, do signify to their Country, that, out of their own Money, there shall be
Allowance made for Horse, Arms, and Officers, if
they will voluntarily raise any Horse for the Defence
of that County."
Wendy Oxford deposed upon Oath this Information to be true, the 20th July 1642:
The scandalous Speeches of Anthony Bourne,
of Thriptow, in the County of Cambridge,
Gentleman, and Muster-master of the Horse
Troop of the aforesaid County, in the Presence of these Men underwritten, in Fowlemire Town, spoken against this Honourably
assembled Parliament:
Bourne's Words against the Parliament.
Imprimis, That he hoped that no honest and well-disposed Man would join with the Parliament: Some saying, God forbid; he replied, That it was an insanum
Parliamentum, swearing (by the Lord God) that it was
worse than the mad Parliament which was held at
Oxford; affirming, that they did traiterously go about
to bring in a Democratical Government, and depose
our Gracious Majesty and all His Royal Branches.
Item, That there were Ten or Twelve in the Parliament, the Plotters of this Treason; and, unless they
were made off, either by Sword or Halter, that they
would not only bring in the rest of the Members into
like Treason, but the whole Kingdom to Ruin; for
they went daily about to compare with The States of
Holland for Government.
Item, That none but Rascals and Traitors would
take Part with the insanum Parliamentum, against
their Sovereign Lord and King; saying, That the
greatest and most factious were the Sons of Whores;
naming the Lord —, and the Lord —, with Mr.
Pym of the Lower House.
Item, He rapt out divers and sundry Oaths, That he
would have as good a Share in the Estate of John
Welbore, Esquire, or of Tho. Hobson, Gentleman,
or any other, as they had themselves, either in
Lands or Stock, or both; what he could first attempt.
Item, That this Bowrne hath been (as it is generally
reported) an Incendiary and factious Fellow ever since
this Parliament began.
The Names of them that were present at these
Speeches, spoken the 28th of June 1642:
"John Welbore, Esquire.
Tho. Hobson, Gentleman.
Edward Morelen, Physician.
Wendye Oxford, Gentleman.
J. Taylor, Gentleman.
John Watson, Yeoman."
Forces in Ireland.
"14 Julii, 1642:
|
|
|
Ulster: Scotts, |
10000 |
|
English, |
2000 |
| New taken into Pay, |
7500 |
|
Londonderry, |
400 |
| Horse with the Scotts, |
300 |
| Dragoons new taken into Pay, |
600 |
| Two old Troops of Horse, |
120 |
| Train of Artillery, Apothecaries, Surgeons, &c. near, |
300 |
| In Lemster, by List: |
| Foot, |
15000 |
| Horse there, Connaught
|
1500 |
| Foot. |
2000 |
| Horse, Munster
|
140 |
| Foot in Pay, |
4000 |
| Horse in Pay, |
460 |
|
(fn. *) 44800 |
| The Adventurers, |
5000 |
| And Horse, |
500 |
Directions for the taking of Lymricke, and the
subduing the Rebels of Munster:
Directions for subduing Munster and Limerick.
Munster affords a Lead Mine, within Twenty Miles
of Lymricke, that furnisheth the Rebels with Bullet;
and they make at Limricke Powder, and in the County
of Kerry they make Iron Guns.
This Province is of great Importance, and to be
subdued Prout &c.
Out of Ulster, 6000 Foot, and Four Troops of
Horse; videlicet,
|
|
|
|
The Lord Conway in Person, with his whole Regiment of Foot, |
1000 | |
| Out of the Lord of Ardes's Regiment, |
0500 |
These 2000 to have Cloaths and Shoes beforethey can march. |
| Out of Sir James Mongom'y's Regiment, |
0500 |
| Out of Lord Clandeboy's Regiment, |
0500 |
| Colonel Chichester's Regiment, |
0500 |
| Sir John Clotworthy's Regiment, |
0500 |
| The Scotts, out of their 10000 Foot, which is a Fourth Part, |
2500 | |
| Horse: |
| The Lord Conwaye's Troops, the Scotts to spare Three Troops of the Ten Troops that attend them; in all, of Horse, |
Four Troops |
|
Lemster:
|
| That out of Lemster, Foot, |
4000 |
| And of Horse from thence, so many more Horse and Foot to be added out of Lemster Forces, as the Lord Lieutenant upon his Arrival there shall think fit. |
0500 |
That presently a Post be sent to Port Patricke in
Scottland, with Order both to the Scotts General and
the Lord Conway, to pursue their Directions, and draw
forth their Men.
A Post presently to Dublyn, to the Lords Justices,
to prepare the Lemster Forces, and to consider of the
Conduct, and all other Necessaries for this March into
Munster.
"That these Forces march with all possible Speed;
that the Victualer of Kirecfergas do furnish Victual
for the Ulster Forces, to carry them to Dundalke,
where Mr. Frost is to prepare Victual for them for
Four Days March; and after, the Lord Lieutenant
and Lords Justices to provide for their Victual, Carriages, and all other Necessaries."
Adjourn.
Quarta post meridiem.
Post meridiem.
PRAYERS.
The Lord Kymbolton was appointed Speaker
this Day.
Adjourn.
Adjourn till nona cras Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.