DIE Martis, 3 die Augusti.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Ash.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Ds. Hunsdon, Speaker.
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Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Midd. |
Ds. Berkeley. |
Message to the H. C. with an Ordinance for Commissioners of the Great Seal.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page:
To desire their Concurrence in the Ordinance for
making the Speakers Commissioners for the Great Seal
for a small Time, with an Alteration, in regard Sir
John Brampston and Mr. Chute are not well.
Herlackenden, a Pass.
Ordered, That Thomas Herlackenden and his Wife,
with Three Servants, be permitted to transport themselves at any Port into France.
Lady Brooke, a Protection for Horses.
Ordered, That the Lady Brooke shall have a Protection for her Horses at Hackeney, from being listed in
this present Service.
E. of Clare, a Pass.
Ordered, That the Earl of Clare, and Mrs. Anderson, with a Coach and Six Horses, and Four Saddle
Horses, shall have a Pass to go to Tunbridge.
Murray, a Pass to the King.
Ordered, That Mr. Henry Murray shall have a
Pass, for Four Horses, to carry himself and his Servants
to attend the King.
Hall to be instituted to Thaxsted.
Ordered, That Doctor Ayliffe shall give Institution
and Induction to Samuell Hall, to the Vicarage of Thaxted, in Essex.
Ordinance for a Collection for Irish Protestants.
The Ordinance for a Collection for the Irish Protestants, was read, and Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Letter from the E. of Warwick;
A Letter from the Earl of Warwicke, was read.
(Here enter it.)
and from the Commissioners with the King.
A Letter from the Lord Mountagu, was read.
(Here enter it.)
Message from the H. C. with Orders, &c.; and for communicating the Vote, for inviting the King, to the City.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Wheeler; who brought up divers Particulars, wherein their Lordships Concurrence is desired:
1. An Ordinance to pay Four Thousand Pounds for
the Forces of the Town of Plymouth. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
2. An Order for communicating to the City the Vote
for the King's coming, &c. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
Committee for that Purpose.
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E. Pembrooke.
E. Suffolke. |
Ds. Willoughby. |
These are appointed to communicate this Vote to
the City.
3. To return the Ordinance for Sir John Brampston,
Sir Tho. Bedding field, &c. to be Commissioners for the
Great Seal, with an Alteration.
Respited for a while.
4. The Names of divers Persons to be added to the
Committee for the Safety. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
5. An Order concerning the relieving of the Persons
infected with the Plague at Chester. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees to all the Particulars of this
Message; excepting to that concerning the Great Seal, to
which they will send an Answer by Messengers of their
own.
Countess of Carlisle, a Pass for Goods.
Ordered, That a Pass shall be granted, for a Cartload of Goods of the Countess of Carlile, from London,
to Waltham Abby.
Order for 1000 l. for the Expences of the King, and the Commissioners with Him.
Ordered, That Mr. Faulconbridge shall issue out
One Thousand Pounds, according to the Contents of
this Warrant following:
"By virtue of an Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament of the 21th Day of September, 1643, and in
Pursuance of an Order of the Commons House of
the 17th Day of March last, 1646, These are to will
and require you, out of such Treasure as now is, or
shall be, remaining in your Hands, to pay unto Mr.
Francis Cressett, Treasurer of the Money designed for
the Expence of the King and the Commissioners, the
Sum of One Thousand Pounds, in Part of the Allowance of Fifty Pounds per Diem, for the defraying
of the whole Expence of the King and Commissioners;
and to be by him issued, upon Accompt, for the Expence of the King and Commissioners accordingly:
And for so doing, this, together with his Acquittance
for the Receipt thereof, shall be your Warrant and
Discharge; and also to the Auditor General, to allow
the same upon your Accompt.
"Dated at the Committee of Lords and Commons
for His Majesty's Revenue, sitting at Westm. the
3d of August, 1647.
"Pemb. & Mount.
Jo. Glynne.
W. Ashurst.
Tho. Hoyle.
"To our very loving Friend Thomas Fauconbridge Esquire, Receiver General of
the Revenue."
Answer from the H. C.
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page return with this
Answer:
That they have agreed to the Alterations in the Ordinance concerning the Speakers to be Commissioners of
the Great Seal. (Here enter it.)
Message to them, about the Order for 1000 l. for the King, &c.—about communicating to the City the Vote for inviting Him; and for the Commissioners of the Great Seal to be sworn.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page:
1. To desire Concurrence, that the Thousand Pounds
may be paid by Mr. Faulconbridge, according to the
Warrant to Mr. Cresset.
2. To let them know, that this House hath appointed Three Lords, to go to communicate the Vote of the
King's coming to London, to the City this Afternoon.
3. To desire that the Two Speakers may be sworn
Commissioners of the Great Seal this Afternoon.
Message from thence, to sit P. M.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Rob't Harly Knight:
That, in regard of the important Affairs now in
Hands, the House of Commons intends to sit this Afternoon, at Two of the Clock; and they desire their Lordships would please to sit likewise, if it may stand with
their Lordships Conveniency.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House intends likewise to sit this Afternoon,
a Three of the Clock.
Letter from the E. of Warwick, excusing his immediate Attendance.
"For the Right Honourable the Lord Willoughby,
Speaker of the House of Peers pro Tempere.
"My Lord,
"This Evening I received a Command, by young
Baker, to attend the House To-morrow; which I
would most readily have obeyed, but that I have a
very pressing Occasion to be in the Country for a few
Days. I have not been wanting, in my poor Personal
Service, to their Lordships and the Public, for divers
Years; and therefore I trust their Lordships will favour me in this my humble Request (as they have
done to other Lords), for the Dispatch of some Affairs concerning my Estate; which are very pressing
upon me at this Time, and, being dispatched, will
sit me the better for any Service their Lordships
shall command me. Thus, with my humble Service
to your Lordship, I rest
Leez, the 2d of (fn. *)
August, 1647.
"Your Lordship's
Humble Servant,
Warwicke."
Letter from the Commissioners with the King, that He is going to Stoke, near Windsor.
"For the Right Honourable the Speaker of the
House of Lords pro Tempore. These.
"At Westm'r.
"My Lord,
"Yesterday, about Five of the Clock in the Afternoon, His Majesty told us, That He would this Day,
after Dinner, go to Stoake, a House of the Lord
Purbeck's, near Windsor; whither we are now attending Him, and thought it our Duty to give you Notice
hereof; remaining
Latimers, 2d Aug. 1647.
"Your Lordship's
Humble Servant,
Edw. Mountague,"
Ordinance for a Collection for Irish Protestants about Barnstable.
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled,
taking into Consideration the sad and distressed Estate
and Calamity of the poor English Irish Protestants fled
and driven out of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the inhuman, bloody, and cruel Rebels there, where they
have lost their Estates and Livelihoods, and are now
residing in or about the Town of Barnestable, in the
County of Devon, do order and ordain, and be it
Ordered and Ordained, That the Moiety of the
Collection on the next Fast-day, in the Cities of London and Westm'r, and the Liberties of the same, and
in all the Churches and Chapels within the Realm of
England and Dominion of Wales, be taken and employed for the Relief of the said English Irish Protestants which are in and about the Town of Barnstable aforesaid; and do commend the same to the
charitable and tender Compassions of all good Christians, as being Members of the same Body; and requiring the Ministers, in their several Congregations,
to stir up and exhort their Auditors to all Readiness
and Chearfulness in so good and godly a Work: And
the said Lords and Commons do further order and
ordain, That the said Collection be taken by the
Churchwardens, or other Two sufficient Men of the
Parish where no Churchwardens are, in the usual
Manner, and then delivered and paid to Mr. Michaell
Herring, of London, Merchant, he giving his Acquittance for his Receipts; and the said Collectors,
within Twenty Days after their respective Receipts,
to give an Accompt thereof in Writing, under their
respective Hands, testifying the several and respective
Sums received, to the said Mr. Michaell Herring;
and the said Mr. Michaell Herring is to pay over the
said several and respective Sums, so by him received,
within Ten Days after his Receipt thereof, to Phillip
Dennys, of Ilfardcombe, Anthony Moore, of Tawton
Bishopp, and Adam Horden and James Brooke, of
Braunton, in the County of Devon aforesaid, to be
by them disposed and employed for the Ends and
Uses aforesaid, according to their best Wisdoms and
Discretions, and according to the several urgent Necessities of the said poor People; they bringing a
Certificate of their respective Necessities to the said
Receivers, under the Hands of the Minister and Two
other well-affected Persons of the said Parish wherein
they dwell and abide: Provided always, That no Part
of this Collection shall be paid unto any English Irish
Protestants which did not reside in or about the Town
of Barnstable aforesaid before the 25th Day of March,
1647, and continuing his Residence there ever since;
any Thing herein contained to the contrary in any
wise notwithstanding."
Ordinance for the new Speakers to be Commissioners of the Great Seal.
"It is this Day Ordered and Ordained, by the
Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That
John Lord Hunsdon Speaker of the House of Peers
(pro Tempore), and Henry Pelham Esquire Speaker
of the House of Commons, shall be, and are hereby
appointed, Commissioners for the Custody of the Great
Seal of England; and shall have and exercise the
same Power and Authority that any Lord Chancellor,
Lord Keeper, or Commissioners of the Great Seal,
have usually had, or ought to have; this Ordinance,
and the Power hereby given, to continue for the
Space of Ten Days next ensuing the Date hereof:
And that the Ordinance heretofore made, for putting
the Great Seal of England into the Custody of Edward Earl of Manchester late Speaker of the House
of Peers, and William Lenthall Esquire late Speaker
of the House of Commons, be from henceforth hereby made void."
Ordinance for 4000 l. for Plymouth.
"Be it Ordained, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That the full Sum of Four Thousand Pounds be paid to the Governor of the Garrison
of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, to and for the
Use of the Garrison there, on Accompt, in Part of
their Arrears, out of the Monies raised, and to be
raised, on the Ordinance of the Three and Twentieth
of June last, for their raising of Monies, to be employed towards the Maintenance of the Forces within
this Kingdom under the Command of Sir Thomas
Fairefax Knight, and for the speedy transporting of
and paying the Forces for the carrying on the War of
Ireland: And the Treasurers appointed for Receipt
thereof are hereby ordered to make Payment thereof
accordingly; and that the Acquittance of the said
Governor shall be a sufficient Warrant and Discharge
to the said Treasurers, for the Payment of the said
Sum of Four Thousand Pounds accordingly."
Additional Names to the Committee of Safety.
"Resolved, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That Mr. Gewen, Mr. John Herbert,
Mr. James Herbert, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Greene, Mr.
Baynton, Lord Carr, Sir Thomas Some, Mr. Grimstone,
Mr. Knightly, Mr. Oxenden, Colonel Copley, Mr. Gell,
Sir Walter Erle, Mr. Mountague, Mr. Doyley, Sir
Phillip Persivall, Sir Anthony Irby, Mr. Hungerford,
Captain Lee, Mr. Edward Ashe, Mr. Boys, Mr. Vassall, Sir Robert Pye, and Sir Robert Harley, be added to the Committee of Safety that are to join with
the Militia of the City of London, for the Defence of
King, Parliament and City."
Committees to communicate to the City the Votes concerning the King's coming.
"Resolved, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That a Committee of both Houses
is hereby appointed, to communicate unto the Common
Council, or Common Hall, the Votes passed both
Houses, concerning the King's coming to London;
and to encourage them to stand to their own Defence."
Ordinance for a Collection for Relief of Chester.
"Whereas the City of Chester is grievously infected
and visited with the Plague of Pestilence, in every
Parish and Part thereof, very few Families being clear;
by reason whereof, almost all the Persons of Ability
have left the said City, and there are remaining (for
the most Part) only the Poor, that have no Means of
Subsistence; being deprived of Trading; which, if
they be not presently relieved in an extraordinary
Way, are like to perish for Want, and to endanger the
infecting the adjacent Counties: And whereas the
County of Chester is exceedingly impoverished by the
late War, whereby they are disenabled for affording
them any considerable Relief: It is therefore Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That the respective Ministers of every Parish,
within the Cities of London and Westm'r, the Lines of
Communication, and Weekly Bills of Mortality, and
within the Counties of Chester, Kent, Sussex, Surrey,
Hampshire, Middlesex, Essex, Hertford, Cambridge,
Suffolke, and Norffolke, do, upon the next Lord's-day
after Receipt hereof, publish the distressed Condition
of the poor Inhabitants of the said City of Chester,
and earnestly move their Parishioners to contribute to
so charitable a Work; and that the Sums so collected
be paid, by the Collectors thereof, unto William
Drinkwater and Robert Wilding, Citizens of London,
their Assigns or Deputies; and the said William
Drinkewater and Robert Wildinge are hereby required
forthwith to send such Monies as they shall receive,
unto the Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, of the said
City of Chester, or any Two of them, to be by them
distributed to the poor Inhabitants of the said City;
and the said William Drinkewater and Robert Wildinge
shall take Acquittances for such Sums of Money as
they shall, upon this Collection, pay to the said
Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, or any Two of them,
under their Hands; which Acquittances shall be a
sufficient Discharge to them for the same: And it is
further Ordained, That the said Mayor, Aldermen,
and Sheriffs, or any Two of them, shall certify unto
the Speaker of the House of Commons the total Sum
which shall be received by them by virtue of this
present Ordinance."
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 3a post Meridiem.
Post Meridiem.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Delmy.
Ds. Hunsdon, Speaker.
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Answer from the H. C.
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page return with this
Answer from the House of Commons:
That they agree with this House in all the Particulars
of the Message sent down to them this Morning.
Message from thence, with Ordinances, &c.; and with Letters to Sir T. Fairfax and the Commissioners with the Army.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by John Selden Esquire; who brought up divers
Particulars, wherein they desire their Lordships Concurrence:
1. The Ordinance for re-establishing the Earl of
Pembrooke to be Chancellor of Oxford, to which they
agree, with some Alterations, wherein their Lordships
assent is desired. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to, with the Alterations.
2. An Order for Sir Wm. Waller to command the
Horse raised for the Defence of the City and Parliament. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
3. A Letter to Sir Thomas Fai'efax. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to, and Ordered to be printed.
4. A Letter to the Commissioners residing with the
Army. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
5. An Ordinance to secure and disarm all Papists and
others as shall be disaffected to the Parliament and City.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
6. To put their Lordships in Mind of an Ordinance
formerly brought up, concerning Payment of Tithes to
Ministers holding Livings by Way of Sequestration.
The Answer returned was:
Answer,
That this House will send an Answer, by Messengers
of their own, to the Ordinance concerning Tithes: To
all the rest, they do agree.
Thanks to the Assembly, for their Petition.
Ordered, That this House gives the Ministers of
the Assembly Thanks, for their Petition presented to this
House Yesterday; and leaves it to them to apply themselves in the like to whom else they shall think fit.
Arms belonging to Captain Primrose to be carried to the City Militia.
Upon Information to this House, by Captain Underwood, "That there are some Arms staid, carrying from
"Hyde Parke, which belong to Captain Primrose, of
"Southwarke:"
It is Ordered, That the said Captain Underwood,
&c. shall carry the said Arms to the Militia of London,
and inform them particularly concerning this Business.
Message from the H. C. with Orders.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Karr;
To desire Concurrence in these Particulars:
1. An Order for Mr. Hasilrigg to be Clerk of the
Office of the Ordnance. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
2. An Order to give the Lord Brudnell Liberty to go
Twenty Miles from London, upon Bail.
Read Once, and respited.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees to the Order concerning Mr.
Hasilrigg: To that concerning the Lord Brudnell, they
will send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
Message from the H. C. for a Committee to go the Army; and for Gen. Brown to be sent for.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Phillip Percivall Knight, &c.; who brought up
divers (fn. *) Particulars:
1. For a Committee to go down to the Army, and
Instructions for them.
2. A Letter to the Commissioners there.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
3. That Major General Browne be sent for, to come
to London. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees to the Letter to the Commissioners, and for re-calling Major General Browne. To
the other, they will send an Answer by Messengers of
their own.
Committee to go to the Army.
Ordered, That this House agrees to send a Committee to the Army, and names the Earl of Pembrooke
to join with a Committee of the House of Commons;
and the Quorum to be any Two.
Message to the H. C. about it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page:
To let them know, that this House agrees in sending
a Committee to the Army; and have named the Earl of
Pembrooke, and the Quorum to be any Two; and desire
[ (fn. †) their Concurrence] therein.
Ordinance to restore the E. Pembrooke to the Chancellorship of Oxford University.
"Whereas the Earl of Pembrooke and Mountgom'y,
since the Beginning of this present Parliament, upon
the Resignation of William Laud late Archbishop of
Canterbury, was fully chosen, in the Convocation for
the University of Oxford, Chancellor for the said
University; and afterwards, at Baynard's Castle, according to the solemn Form in like Cases used, in
the Presence of divers of the Members of both
Houses of Parliament, by the then Vice-chancellor,
Proctors, and sundry of the Masters of that University, to that Purpose sent, was settled and invested in
that Place; and whereas the said Earl, for his constant and faithful Adhering to the Parliament, as in
Conscience and Honour he was bound to do, and did,
upon Letters from His Majesty to the said Convocation, was put out of the said Chancellorship, and for
no other Cause, and the Marquis of Hertford chosen
and established Chancellor by the said Convocation,
in the Place of the said Earl of Pembrooke & Mountgomery: It is therefore Ordered, Ordained, and
Declared, by the Lords and Commons in this present
Parliament assembled, That the said putting out of
the said Earl of Pembrooke & Mountgom'y ought not
to have been done, and from henceforth is and shall
be null and void; and that the said Earl of Pembrooke and Mountgom'y, to all Intents and Purposes, is
absolutely Chancellor of the said University; whereof all Members of the University are to take Notice,
and thereunto by Authority of this Ordinance to conform, as they will answer the contrary to the Parliament."
Sir W. Waller to command the new-raised Horse.
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled
do approve of Sir William Waller Knight, to command the Horse raised, and to be raised, to be employed for the Defence of the Parliament and City;
and that both Houses do grant him a Commission to
command those Horse accordingly."
Letter to Sir T. Fairfax, ensorcing the Orders for the Army not to come within Thirty Miles of London;— complaining of Tilbury Fort being seized;— some disbanded Soldiers being murthered, by Parties of his Army;— of his levying Forces and Money without Authority, tending to begin a new War, &c.;— and of the seizing the E. of Lauderdail at Woburn.
"SIR,
"We are commanded, by both Houses of Parliament, to acquaint you, that (by reason the late
Speakers had withdrawn themselves) the Houses made
Choice of us to be their respective Speakers; and
that on Friday last a Letter was sent unto you, from
both Houses, to let you know, that the Parliament
was in Safety, by the Care of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council, and Militia, of the City
of London, and free from Danger of any Tumults;
and that, to prevent such Mischiefs as might attend
the nearer Approach of the Army, you should not
suffer the Army to come nearer this City than Thirty
Miles, according to the Orders of both Houses then
sent unto you; to which Letter no Answer hath as
yet been returned. We are therefore commanded to
let you know, that, as your Obedience and Answer
thereunto have been hitherto expected; so, the
Houses being informed that, notwithstanding the said
Letter and Orders, the Body of the Army is drawn up
much nearer this City than Thirty Miles, contrary to
the Expectation of the Parliament, and tending to the
Terror and Astonishment of the City, whence, besides the streightening the City of Provisions, sundry
other Mischiefs may follow; both Houses therefore
have thought fit hereby to require you, that you cause
such of the Army as are already marched nearer than
Thirty Miles forthwith to draw back to that Distance;
and that no Part of it come nearer than Thirty Miles
of this City, according to the said Orders, Copies
whereof are here inclosed.
"We are also commanded to signify unto you, that
as to the disorderly Carriage of some Apprentices and
others at Westm'r, on the 26th Day of July last, the
same is already put into a Way of Examination;
and the Houses are resolved that thereupon such further Course shall be taken as shall be agreeable to
Justice.
"The Houses have also received Information, that,
on the last Lord's-day in the Morning, and within
Three or Four Miles of this Place, a Party of Horse
of that Army, under the Command of Major Desborough, in hostile Manner, fell upon divers Persons,
who were in a peaceable Condition, and were quartered there by Authority of Parliament until they
should get their Arrears and be disbanded, as was formerly ordered; some of them were murdered, others
of them wounded, and divers of them stript and
carried away pinioned Prisoners; and divers Horse
and Arms forcibly taken away, without any Provocation given: That another Part of the Forces under
your Command have surprized and seized upon Tilbury Blockhouse, in Essex, upon the River of Thames:
That the Houses have seen Copies of several Warrants, alledged to be signed by yourself and the Officers under your Command, for the raising of the
Trained Bands and Forces of the Country as you
pass, to join with you; for which you never had any
Authority of Parliament: That the Houses are also
informed, that you have given Order for the levying Money or Provisions on the Country, contrary to
the Laws of the Land, and in Violation of the Rights
and Freedom of the Subject: That the House of
Commons hath also received Advertisement, from Sir
Samuell Luke Knight, a Member of that House, that
a Party of Dragooners of the Army, by your Warrant, and a Warrant of one Major Tulyday, did, on
the last Lord's-day assault his Person, and by Force
carry him away Prisoner from his own House, to
what Place we know not; and we cannot hear that
he is yet released, which the Houses require you to
see presently done: And as they hold it strange
that such Acts of Violence, trenching not only on the
Liberty, but also on the Lives of the Subject, and
the Privileges of Parliament, should be done, especially if it be by any Direction of yours; so they
cannot but resent them, and the more, not only for
the Blood therein spilt, but also for that those Actions (at this Time) are so far from conducing to the
happy Peace that both Houses have so earnestly endeavoured, and do still labour to procure, and to ease
the Kingdom of Charge, that they can be understood to be no other than Acts of Hostility, and the
Beginnings of a new War, and the Increasing of
Charge upon the Country, by Force of Arms, without any Manner of Cause or Authority.
"Lastly, We are commanded to acquaint you with a
Complaint of a high Nature, made by the Commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland, against some
of the Army, for Violation of the Law of Nations, and the Treaty concluded between both Kingdoms; as may appear unto you by a Copy of their
Letter which we send you here inclosed: And considering that the Proceedings they complain of may
prove of dangerous Consequence to both Kingdoms,
and tends to the embroiling of both Nations in a new
War, if a Course be not taken to prevent it; the
Houses therefore have thought fit to require you to
inform yourself fully therein, and to give them a
speedy and full Account of the Business, to the End
that they may return such an Answer as may become
them to the Commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland."
Letter to the Commissioners with the fore going One.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"We did, by Command, write you a Letter on Friday last, with One inclosed unto Sir Thomas Fairefax;
but have received no Answer, either from him or
you. We are now commanded to send you this inclosed Letter to Sir Thomas Fairefax, a Copy whereof
we send you; by the Contents, you will find how necessary it is for you to apply yourselves to him for a
speedy Account and Answer thereunto, and to use
your utmost Endeavours to keep off the Army from
approaching so near the City, for avoiding of all ill
Consequences that may happen thereupon.
"We are further commanded to let you know, that,
by reason of the Withdrawing of the late Speakers,
the Houses have thought fit to make Choice of us to
be their respective Speakers; which you are to take
Notice of We have further in Command, to send
you inclosed a Vote passed both Houses, explaining
the Order whereby Power is given to the General
over the Land Forces."
Ordinance for disarming Persons disaffected to the Parliament and City.
"For the Preservation of the Safety and Peace of
the Parliament and City, and Parts adjacent, in this
Time of imminent Danger: The Lords and Commons
in Parliament assembled do think fit to order and ordain, and be it hereby Ordered and Ordained, That
the Committee of the Safety and the Committee of
the Militia of London, or either of them, shall have
full Power and Authority, and are hereby authorized
and required, to secure and disarm all Papists, and all
other Person and Persons whatsoever as shall by their
Words or Actions discover or declare themselves to
be any Way disaffected to the present Safety and Defence of the Parliament and City. This Ordinance to
continue to the First of September, 1647."
Order for Haslerigg to be Clerk of the Deliveries in The Tower.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That Mr. Thomas Heselrigg be appointed to take the Charge, and execute the Place,
of Clerk of the Deliveries, in the Office of the Ordnance, in The Tower; and that Will'm Billers, that
now executes the said Place, be forthwith removed,
and is hereby removed, from the Charge and Execution of the said Place."
Letter to Gen. Browne, to attend.
"SIR,
"We are commanded to give you Notice, that,
there being special Use of your present Service here,
it is the Pleasure of the Houses, that you make your
repair immediately unto the Parliament. And so we
rest."
Col. Fox versus Porter.
Upon the Petition of Colonel John Fox, read this
Day in the House:
It is Ordered, by the Lords in Parliament assembled, That the Matter in Difference, between the Petitioner and Robert Porter, depending in this House, shall
not be any further proceeded in, but upon Twenty
Days Warning first given to the Parties, in regard of
the present Affairs as they now stand; and hereof both
Parties are to take Notice, and perform this Order accordingly.
Order to release the Horses of Justice Rolle, and the Officers of the Midland Circuit, and for them to pass.
Whereas Information hath been given this Day to the
House, "That the Horses of Mr. Justice Rolle, the
Clerk of the Assize, and other Officers and Servants
that are to attend him in the Midland Circuit, are
listed for the present Service; whereby the said Judge
will be altogether disabled to go to the said Circuit, if
the said Horses should be detained:"
It is therefore Ordered, by the Lords in Parliament
assembled, That the said Horses (being Two and Twenty in Number), and every of them, shall be released, and
be free; and that Justice Rolle, the Clerk of Assize,
and other Officers and Servants that are to go along with
the said Judge in the aforesaid Circuit, with the said
Number of (fn. *) Two and Twenty Horses, be permitted
to pass quietly and freely all Courts of Guards and Garrisons, without any Lett, Hindrance, or Molestation
whatsoever, during the Time of the said Circuit, and
to have Liberty to return again, without any Disturbance; any Thing to the contrary notwithstanding.
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 10a cras.