DIE Sabbati, 19 die Augusti.
PRAYERS.
Earl of Denbigh, Speaker.
Message from the H. C. for a Conference about sending Instructions to the Lord General;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Walter Earle Knight:
To desire a Conference, by a Committee of both
Houses, touching sending some Committees to the Lord
General, with some Instructions.
and for the Countess of Banbury to leave London.
2. To desire that the Countess of Banbury may either
be sent from this Town, or else that her Person may be
secured.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That their Lordships will give a present Conference,
in the Painted Chamber, as is desired; touching the
Countess of Banbury, their Lordships will send an Answer
by Messengers of their own.
Capt. Bond's Arrest.
The Earl of Rutland and the Earl of Denbigh reported,
That they had heard the Business of the arresting of
Captain Bond, which was upon an Execution of a
Judgement, for a Debt confessed to be a true Debt
owing upon Bond to Mr. Galthrope; yet the said
Captain Bond desires he may have the Benefit of the
Privilege of Parliament, being the King's Servant:"
It was further reported, "That Captain Bond will not
be able to pay the Debt, unless he go his intended
Voyage:" Therefore the House Ordered, That the
Earl of Rutland and the Earl of Denbigh do send for
both the Debtor and Creditor, and see what Composition
can be made between them.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the
Lords went to the Conference; which being ended, the
House was resumed.
Report of the Conference about sending Instructions to the Lord General.
The Speaker reported the Effect of this (fn. *) Conference;
That the House of Commons presented to their Lordships some Instructions, wherein they desire their
Lordships Concurrence; and that their Lordships will
please to appoint a Committee of Lords, to join with
a proportionable Number of the House of Commons,
to go with those Instructions to the Lord General."
The Instructions were read, and Agreed to. (Here
enter it.)
Committee to go with them.
And this House appointed these Lords following to
go as Committees to the Lord General: videlicet,
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E. Rutland.
E. Denbigh. |
L. Viscount Say & Seale.
L. Grey of Warke. |
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the
Lords went to let the House of Commons, in the Painted
Chamber, know that their Lordships agree to the Instructions; and have appointed Four Lords, to join with
a proportionable Number of the House of Commons, to
go to the Lord General.
The House was resumed.
E. of Monmouth's Son to be released.
The House being informed, "That the Earl of Monmouthe's Son is stayed and imprisoned, going down to
Kenelworth, in the County of War. about his Father's
Business:" It is Ordered, That the Committee that
goes this Day to the Lord General may acquaint him
therewith, and desire him to take some Course for the
releasing of him.
Message to the H. C. to join in a Pass for the Countess of Banbury to go beyond Sea.
Ordered, To send to the House of Commons, to
desire a present Conference, to let them know, that the
Countess of Banbury hath a Pass from this House to go
beyond the Seas; and to desire that the House of Commons would grant her the like Warrant.
A Message accordingly was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir Rob't Rich and Mr. Page.
Samuell and Kearsley versus Sir Thomas Dawes.
Upon reading the Petition of Arthur Samuell and
Henry Kearsley, complaining, "That Sir Thomas Dawes
doth refuse to bring in, to the Clerk of the Parliament,
Evidences, according to the Order of this House:"
Hereupon this House Ordered, That Sir Thomas Dawes
shall be apprehended as a Delinquent, for disobeying
the Order of this House; and that the House and Study
of the Solicitor of Sir Thomas Dawes shall be searched
for those Evidences; and, if the Petitioners can name
any other Persons in whose Custody those Writings are,
that then their Houses, Studies, and Chambers may be
searched; and in particular Mr. Herne and Mr. Hayles
are to be commanded, by Order of this House, to deliver
in the Evidences as they have in their Hands concerning
that Business.
Marquis of Hamilton's Daughter to remain with L. Denbigh.
Upon the Motion of the Earl of Denbigh, "That
their Lordships would please to give a Pass, for the
Daughter of the Lord Marquis Hambleton to go to
Oxford:" It is Ordered, That she shall remain in the
Custody of the Earl of Denbigh, where now she is, until the Lord Marquis of Hambleton shall signify to his
Lordship how she shall be further disposed of.
Saunderson arrested whilst under Restraint of the Committee for Sequestrations.
Next, Wm. Saunderson and Wm. Streete deposed, upon
Oath, "That Raleigh Saunderson was arrested the 12th
of June, in the Afternoon, at which Time he was
under the Restraint of the Committee for Sequestrations:" Hereupon this House, taking it into Consideration, Ordered, That the said Rawleigh Saunderson shall be released from his present Imprisonment,
by reason of the Arrest during his Restraint under the
Committee for Sequestrations.
The Messengers sent to the House of Commons return this Answer:
Answer from the H. C.
That the House of Commons will give a present
Conference, as is desired.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the
Lords went to the Conference; which being ended, the
House was resumed.
Sir Walter Devereux versus Sir William Withypoole.
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Next, George Wall Clerk,
Lewis Sables,
Thomasin Wiseman,
Bridgett Partridge, |
Were sworn, to be examined by Sir Edw. Leech and Mr. Dr. Ayliff, on Sir Walter Devereux's Part, against Sir Wm. Wythipole.
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Sutton, a Pass.
Ordered, That Thomas Sutton, a Student and Fellow
of a College in Oxford, having been long sick in this
Town, shall have a Pass, for himself, his Servant, and
Two Horses, to return to Oxford.
Instructions for the Committees that are to go to the Lord General.
"That a Committee of as many Members of either
House as can be spared from the necessary Service
thereof should be immediately sent to my Lord General, to advise with him concerning such Expedients
as may dispose the Army to march: And,
"First, To take Notice of the great Need of those
Recruits my Lord General and Council of War proposed for, by the Committes lately sent to him from the
House of Commons; wherein they have proceeded,
with all Care and Diligence, to the giving Order for
pressing Two Thousand Men in London, and Two
Thousand more in Kent, Midd. Sussex, Surry, and
Hampshire, for his Lordship's Army; and are upon the
most effectual Means they can think of, to provide
present Money for him: However there is a great
Necessity of those Recruits, yet the Importance of the
present Service requires so speedy an Undertaking,
that it will not attend the whole Provision desired,
which yet they will, as they have already endeavoured,
with all the Industry they can.
"The House hath considered of the many Obstructions which lieth in their Way whensoever they go
about the providing of Money, and conceive nothing
can induce those who are Masters of it to a Consent
of parting with it (without which the Army cannot
march), so much as that the Armies were in a marching Posture; but that the House takes Notice, and
much approves, of my Lord General's great Care and
Wisdom, in not adventuring the Commonwealth of
England upon an Army so visited with Sickness; and
that divers Ways he hath expressed his Forwardness
to engage himself for the Pubic Good: Therefore you
are to desire his Lordship would consider, whether it
would not much speed the bringing in of present
Money, the Access of Strength to his Lordship's
Army, for the better effecting of his Designs, to fix a
certain Day and Place, when and where the Army
should First march, and towards such further Enterprize as his Lordship shall think fit; where if his
Lordship finds not Supplies answerable to what is requisite for carrying on his Business, it will appear all (fn. *) is
done that could be on his Lordship's Part, and by the
Parliament, who hold themselves the more obliged to
an earnest Care for this Provision, in respect they
make Offer of this Advice to his Lordship; and, as
an Invitation hereunto, to make known unto him,
that the Houses will endeavour he shall have the
Access of such Forces already raised, both in the
City and other Places, as will be a good Addition to
the Strength which now he hath; for, when the
Houses took this into Consideration, they appointed
a Common Council to meet this Evening, to whom
they will repair after a Return of this Committee
from his Lordship, to put all Things in a Forwardness,
the better to procure both Men, Money, and other
Necessaries, for the present Service.
"They are further to advise with his Lordship,
whether a resident Committee from both Houses, to
attend constantly on his Lordship in the Army, may
not be of good Use for the Public Service.
"They are further to advise with his Lordship concerning the going away of the Norff. Suff. Essex, and
others of the associated additional Forces.
"They are likewise to advise with his Lordship concerning any Thing else that may conduce to this Service, and the Public Defence of the Kingdom."
House adjourned to 5a post meridiem.
Post meridiem.
PRAYERS.
Earl of Denbigh, Speaker.
Gibbon, in Execution at the Suit of Fawks, Petition for a Habeas Corpus.
Upon the reading [ (fn. *) the Petition] of John Gibbon,
being imprisoned upon Execution, at the Suit of Michaell
Fawks, desiring "he may have Liberty of Habeas Corpus, to go abroad from Time to Time, until their Lordships have heard the Cause:" Hereupon it is referred to One of the Judges, to do therein according to
Equity.
Perkins versus Sir Alexander Hope and Langston.
Upon reading the Petition of John Perkins; shewing,
That Sir Alexander Hope, and John Langston Gentleman Porter of The Tower, owes to him, per Bond,
Forty Pounds, long since due; and the said Alexander
Hope and John Langston refuses to give him any
Satisfaction; and, in regard the said Langston is the
King's Servant at The Tower, he cannot without their
Lordships Leave, take his due Remedy at Law:"
Hereupon this House Ordered, That the Petitioner
shall be permitted to take his Remedy at Law, according to the Benefit of the Bond, for the Recovery of his
Debt and Damages due unto him, unless Mr. Langston
shall shew sufficient Cause to this House, by Monday next
come Sevennight, to the contrary.
Message from the H. C. for Committees to go into the City, about raising Men and Money so the Lord General's Army.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Clattworthy:
To signify to their Lordships, that the House of Commons have received, by their Committees, an Answer
from the Lord General, to the Propositions presented to
him this Day, which they make no Question but their
Lordships have the same by their Committee: Upon this,
the House of Commons have Ordered their Committee
to go into the City presently, to the Common Council,
who expects them there, to provide the sending of such
Men and Money as the Occasions require; and the House
of Commons desires their Lordships to appoint a Committee of Lords to go likewise.
Ordered, That the same Committee as went this Day
to the Lord General shall go presently to the Common
Council in the City.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That their Lordships have appointed the same Committee that went to the Lord General, to go presently
into London, with the Committee of the House of
Commons.
Report from the Committee who went to the L. General.
The Earl of Denbigh reported, "That the Lords
Committees have been with the Lord General; and,
according to the Instructions, have acquainted him
with the several Propositions; to which he returns
this Answer:
"1. That his Excellency intends to begin to march
on Tuesday next; and that, about Twelve of the Clock
that Day, he promises to draw his Army up at their
Rendezvous at Hounsloe-heath, where he desires Committees of Parliament may be present, to view the
Army.
"2. His Excellency desires the City would send to
him what Accession of Strength they can possibly
spare, as both Houses of Parliament have propounded.
"3. That his Excellency approves of the Motion,
that a Committee of both Houses may constantly
attend the Army.
"4. His Excellency expects such Supplies of Money
as may enable him to proceed upon his March."
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 10a, Monday.