DIE Mercurii, 16 die Augusti.
PRAYERS.
Earl of Denbigh was appointed by this House to
be Speaker this Day.
Message from the H. C. with an Ordinance;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Henry Mildmay Knight:
1. To desire Concurrence in an Ordinance concerning
the County of Essex, for raising of Men there, and in
the associated Counties.
to expedite Two already brought up;
2. To desire Expedition in the Ordinance for the
securing of the City of London.
3. To desire Expedition in the Ordinance for additional Instructions to the Ordinance for Sequestrations.
with Two Names, to be Commissioners of the Navy;
4. To offer to their Lordships Consideration, that the
Earl of Bollingbrooke and the Lord Howard of Estc. may
be added to the Commission for the Navy.
Agreed to.
and for Mr. Reynolds to be One, instead of Mr. Marten.
5. To desire Concurrence, that Mr. Reynolds, a
Member of the House of Commons, may be put into
Mr. Marten's room, as a Commissioner for the Navy,
because Mr; Marten is sent to The Tower of London,
and put out from being a Member of that House.
Ordinance for raising Men in Essex.
The Ordinance for raising Men in the [ (fn. *) County of]
Essex, and the rest [ (fn. *) of the] associated Counties, was
read, and Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Ordered, To be printed.
The Answer returned was:
Answer to the H. C.
That their Lordships do agree with them in the Ordinance now brought up, and have Ordered the same
to be printed and published; that their Lordships have
made Choice of the Earl of Bollingbrooke and the Lord
Howard to be added as Commissioners for the Navy; and
do also (fn. *) agree to Mr. Reynolds, to be in Mr. Marten's
Place; touching the Two Ordinances which they desire
may be expedited, their Lordships will take them into
speedy Consideration, and send them an Answer by Messengers of their own.
Sir John Curzen, a Pass.
Ordered, That Sir John Curzon Knight shall have
a Pass, to go into his House in Oxfordshire.
Dr. Rainbow, a Pass.
Ordered, That Dr. Rainbow shall have a Pass; to
go to Oxford, with a Man and Two Horses.
Ordinance for securing Kent.
Next, the Ordinance concerning securing the County
of Kent, was read, and Agreed to, and Ordered to
be printed. (Here enter it.)
Ordinance for securing London.
The Ordinance for securing the City of London, and
for the additional Instructions for Sequestration, was
committed to a Committee of the whole House, who
presently retired into the Prince's Lodgings.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Hanford, a Pass to France.
Ordered, That Mr. John Hanford and his Wife
shall have a Pass, to go into France.
Profits of St. Thomas, Southwark, to be paid to the officiating Minister.
Ordered, That the Profits of the Parish of St.
Thomas, in Southwarke, shall be paid to the Minister that
officiates the Cure, according to the Ordinance of both
Houses of Parliament, and not according to the late
Order for dividing the Profits.
Message from the H. C. for neither House to adjourn without acquainting the other.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Glynn:
That, in regard of the many Affairs now depending
in both Houses, the House of Commons are Resolved,
according to their former Agreement, not to adjourn
their House without first acquainting their Lordships
with it; and they desire that their Lordships would likewise first acquaint the House of Commons therewith,
before their Lordships do adjourn their House.
Ordered, That this House agrees with the House
of Commons in this Resolution.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That their Lordships are so sensible of the great
Affairs that now lie upon the Two Houses, that they
concur with the House of Commons, not to adjourn this
House for any long Time, without giving the House of
Commons Notice of it.
Ordinance for securing London.
The Earl of Denbigh reported the Alterations made
by the Committee in the Ordinance for securing the City
of London; which being read, it was Ordered, That
this Ordinance shall pass, with the Alterations now
read.
Additional Instructions for Sequestrations.
Next, his Lordship reported from the Committee, the
Ordinance for additional Instructions to the Ordinance
concerning Sequestrations, with some Alterations and
Amendments; the which Alterations being read Twice,
it is Ordered, That this House agrees to this Ordinance, with these Alterations.
Message to the H. C. that the Lords agree to them.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Dr. Aylett:
To let them know, that their Lordships do agree with
them in these Two Ordinances, with these Alterations
and Amendments.
Ordinance for seizing the Estates of Rebels in Kent.
"Whereas divers ill-affected Persons of the County
of Kent have unlawfully and traiterously assembled
themselves together, in a warlike and hostile Manner
possessed themselves of divers Towns and Places in
that County, and have traiterously and rebelliously
levied War against the King and Parliament, and
robbed, killed, and spoiled, divers of His Majesty's
Subjects; and, notwithstanding they were invited by
an Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament to lay
down their Arms, and every Man to depart in Peace
to their several Places of Habitation, with an Offer
not only to pass by their Offences then already committed by them, but to give Redress to any just
Grievance that they should in a peaceable and Parliamentary Way present to the Parliament; yet they
wilfully and contemptuously refused that Favour
offered unto them, and gave Battle to those Forces sent
by Authority of both Houses to suppress that Insurrection, where, by God's great Goodness, they
were wholly routed, and a very great Number taken
Prisoners: Now, to the End the like Inconveniencies
may be prevented hereafter, and that the Peace of
the County may be the better settled, it is Ordained,
by the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament
assembled, That Sir Henry Vane, Sir John Sidley,
Sir Anthony Welden, Sir Michaell Levesay, Sir Henry
Heyman, Mr. Nutt, Mr. Augustine Skinner, Mr. Thomas
Blount, Mr. Thomas Francklyn, Sir Edward Boyse, Mr.
Browne, Sir William Springatt, Sir Edward Master, Mr.
John Boyse, Mr. John Boyse, Sir Peter Wroth, Mr. Richard Lee, Sir Thomas Walsingham, Mr. Thomas Seyliard, and Sir John Roberts, or any Three of them,
shall forthwith seize upon all the Arms and Horses of
all those that have in Person appeared in that Insurrection and Rebellion, and of all such as have willingly assisted or countenanced the same, or that have
willingly relieved any of the said Rebels, with Arms,
Ammunition, Money, or otherwise, or that have refused to give their Assistance (being thereunto required), to suppress the said Insurrection or Rebellion;
and that the Horses that shall be so seized shall be
sent to the City of London, to the Commissary
for Horses there, to be entered and listed for the
Service of the State; and that the Arms so to be
seized shall be laid up in some Place of Safety in
that County, to the End the same may be distributed
to the well-affected Party of that County, when Occasion requireth: And it is further Ordained, by the
Authority aforesaid, That the said Sir Henry Vane Senior, Sir John Sidley, Sir Anthony Welden, Sir Michaell
Levesay, Sir Henry Heyman, Mr. Nutt, Mr. Augustine
Skinner, Mr. Thomas Blount, Mr. Thomas Francklyn,
Sir Edward Boyse, Mr. Browne, Sir Wm. Springatt,
Sir Edward Master, Mr. John Boyse, Mr. John Boyse,
Sir Peter Wroth, Mr. Richard Lee, Sir Thomas
Walsingham, Mr. Thomas Seyliard, and Sir John
Roberts, or any Three of them, shall have Power,
and are hereby authorized, to enter upon and
seize all and singular the Lands, Tenements, and
Hereditaments, and the Goods, Cattle, and Chattels,
of all (fn. *) and singular the Persons that were Actors,
Countenancers, or Abettors, in the said Rebellion,
who did not submit to the said Ordinance, and
immediately come in, lay down their Arms, and repair to their Places of Habitation; and to seize and
imprison their Persons, to the End they be proceeded
against according to the Law, and the Merit of their
Offence: Provided always, and it is further Ordained,
by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Sir Henry
Vane Senior, Sir John Sedley, Sir Anthony Welden, Sir
Michaell Levesay, Sir Henry Heyman, Mr. Nutt, Mr.
Augustine Skynner, Mr. Thomas Blount, Mr. Thomas
Francklyn, Sir Edward Boyse, Mr. Browne, Sir Will'm
Springate, Sir Edward Master, Mr. John Boyse, Mr.
John Boyse, Sir Peter Wroth, Mr. Richard Lee, Sir
Thomas Walsingham, Mr. Thomas Seyliard, and Sir
John Roberts, or any Three of them, shall have Power,
and (fn. *) are hereby authorized, to compound with such of
the Persons aforesaid as they shall think to be fit
Objects of such merciful Proceedings; and to receive
of them such Sums of Money, by Way of Fine and
Ransom, as they, or any Three of them, shall think
fit, having respect to the Offence, and the Estate of
the Person offending; and to certify the Names and
Sums received of every Person, and return the same
to The Guildhall, London, to the Treasurers appointed
to receive Money and Plate upon the Propositions;
and every Person that shall compound and pay their
Money, according to this Ordinance, shall be freed
in their Persons and Estates, and discharged from any
further Prosecution for the Crimes and Offences committed by them in that Rebellion and Insurrection:
And it is further Ordained, That the said Sir Henry
Vane Senior, Sir John Sedley, Sir Anthony Welden, Sir
Michaell Levesay, Sir Henry Heyman, Mr. Nutt, Mr.
Augustine Skynner, Mr. Thomas Blount, Mr. Thomas
Francklyn, Sir Edward Boyse, Mr. Browne, Sir William
Springatt, Sir Edward Master, Mr. John Boyse, Mr.
John Boyse, Sir Peter Wroth, Mr. Richard Lee, Sir
Thomas Walsingham, Mr. Thomas Seyliard, and Sir
John Roberts, and every of them, shall be protected
and saved harmless, by the Authority of both Houses
of Parliament, for what they shall do in Pursuance
of this Ordinance."
Ordinance for the speedy raising 20,000 Soldiers, in the Six associated Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, &c.
"Whereas, by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament, for the Impresting of Soldiers,
the Deputy Lieutenants and Committees of Parliament, in every County or Place within this Realm,
or any Two or more of them in their several Limits
and Jurisdictions, are authorized (from Time to Time,
until other Order be taken by both Houses of Parliament) to raise, levy, and imprest, such Numbers of
Soldiers, Surgeons, and Gunners, for the Defence of
the King, Parliament, and Kingdom, as shall be appointed by both Houses of Parliament, or by the Lord General: It is now Ordered and Ordained, by the said
Lords and Commons in Parliament, That Twenty Thousand Soldiers, with so many Gunners, Trumpeters,
and Chirurgeons, as the Committee of the House of
Commons for the Six associated Counties of Norfolke,
Suffolke, Essex, Cambridge, Hert. Huntingdon, with the
City of Norwich, and the Isle of Ely, or any Five of
them, shall think fit, shall be forthwith raised and
imprested, within the said Six associated Counties,
and the said City of Norwich, and Isle of Ely, for the
Defence of the King, Parliament, and Kingdom, according to the several Proportions to be set upon the
said Counties and City, together with the said Isle of
Ely, by the said Committees of the House of Commons, or any Five of them; and the Deputy Lieutenants and Committees of Parliament of the said
Counties and Places, or any Two of them, are hereby
authorized and required forthwith to raise the said
Number of Soldiers, together with the said Gunners,
Trumpeters, and Chirurgeons, or so many of them as
the said Committee of the House of Commons shall
think fit, within their respective Counties and Limits,
according to the Proportions set, or to be set, upon the
said Counties and Places, by the said Committee of
the House of Commons, or by any Five of them:
And it is lastly Ordered and Ordained, That the
said Committee of the House of Commons, or any
Five of them, shall have Power, by virtue of this
Ordinance, to do every Thing for the providing of
Monies, and all Manner of Necessaries, for the Accommodation and Support of the Forces raised, or to
be raised, within the said associated Counties and
Places, at the Charge of the said Counties and Places
indifferently, to be rated as the emergent Necessity of
the Service shall from Time to Time require."
Adjourn.
House (fn. *) adjourned till 10a cras.