DIE Jovis, 16 die Maii.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Reynolds.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Ds. Grey de Warke, Speaker.
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Comes Northumb.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Kent.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Stamford.
L. Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Bruce. |
Archbishop of Cant's Trial to be heard every Monday.
Ordered, That this House will hear the Trial of
the Archbishop of Canterbury (fn. *) every Monday until it
be ended; upon which Day no other Business shall be
done, to put this Trial off.
Colonel King and Ld. Willoughby.
Next, Colonel Kinge delivered in his Answer, at this
Bar, to the Charge of the Lord Willoughby; which was
read, as followeth. (Here enter it.)
E. of Denbigh desires a Supply of Money.
The Earl of Northumb. and the Lord Viscount Say
& Seale reported, "That, according to their Lordships
Order Yesterday, they have opened the Letters from
the Earl of Denbigh, and the Letters of the Earl of
Denbigh are Matters of Supply of Monies; the rest
are ordinary News of the Passages of Affairs."
Archbishop of Cant's Trial.
The House heard the further Trial of the Archbishop
of Canterbury upon the Remainder of the Sixth Article,
concerning the advancing of his Power over the King's.
And this House Ordered, The Archbishop should make
Answer to this Evidence at Four a Clock this Afternoon.
"The Answer of Colonel Edward King to the
Articles exhibited against him in the Right
Honourable House of Peers.
Colonel King's Answer to Lord Willoughby's Charge.
"1. To the First he saith, That the Matters contained
in the Remonstrance mentioned in this Article were,
long before these Articles exhibited in this Honourable House, complained of in the House of Commons,
and referred to a special Committee of that House in
January last, which hath met about the same; in regard
whereof, he humbly conceiveth that he neither safely
can nor ought to give any Answer thereunto, without
special Order from the Commons House, where the
said Matters are yet under Examination; it being (as
he is informed) a Breach of the Privilege of the House
of Commons, which he is bound by his Protestation
and Covenant to maintain.
"2. To the Second, he denyeth that he hath inveigled or seduced any of the Lord Willoughbye's Soldiers; but saith, he did receive a Foot Regiment of
the Lord Willoughbye's to serve under the Earl of
Manchester, according to a Vote of the House of
Commons, and Directions from the said Earl upon the
same.
"3. To the Third, he saith, he did take Wool,
Horses, and other Goods, from Tattershall Castle,
Bellue, and other Places, which was conveyed thither
by the Lord Willoughbye's Officers, being the Goods of
Malignants, by virtue of a Commission from the Earl
of Manchester, in Pursuance of an Ordinance of both
Houses for Sequestration of Malignants Estates.
"4. To the Fourth, he confesseth he did once break
open the Lord Willoughbye's Letters, sent by one Sympson, a Spurrier, to Colonel Disny and other Officers,
perceiving by the said Sympson's Relation, before he
opened them, that they were of ill Consequence;
which Letters when he had opened and read, he sent
to the Earl of Manchester, and imprisoned the said
Sympson for Two or Three Days, till the Earl of
Manchester released him; which Act, being done only
in Discharge of his Trust and Duty as a Commander
under the said Earl, he humbly conceiveth to be
justifiable. The rest of the Article he denieth.
"5. To the Fifth, he saith, That he was a Prisoner
under the Enemy when the County of Lincolne was
first lost; and that, when he was released, it was
generally reported that Gainseborough and Lincolne
(and by Consequence the greatest Part of that County)
were lost by the Lord Willoughby and his Officers;
whereupon it is possible he might affirm, that the
County of Lincolne was lost by them, though he remembered not he spoke any such Words; the Loss
where of being now in Examination before the Honourable House of Commons, he humbly conceiveth it
ought not to be questioned elsewhere without their
Privity and Assent.
"6. To the Sixth, he utterly denieth it, and humbly
prayeth to be dismissed with Costs, and discharged from
any further Attendance on this Honourable House, that
so he may attend his Charge and Military Employments,
where his Presence is necessary for the Public Service.
"Edw. King."
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 4a post meridiem.
Post meridiem.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Reynolds.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Ds. Grey de Warke, Speaker.
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Comes Kent.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Northumb.
Comes Bolingbrooke. |
Ds. Berkley.
Ds. Hunsdon. |
Archbishop of Cant's Trial.
Then the House heard the Archbishop's Answer to
the Evidence this Morning.
Ordered, This House will hear the Trial of the
Archbishop again on Monday Morning next, and so every
Monday until the Business be ended.
Adjourn.
House adjourned until 9a cras.