January, 1644/5
[28 January, 1644/5.]
Be it Ordained, by the Lords and Commons, assembled in
Parliament, That Algernone Earl of Northumberland, Phillip
Earl of Pembroke and Mountgomery William Earl of Salisbury,
Bazill Earl of Denbigh, Thomas Lord Viscount Wenman, Denzill
Hollis, William Pierepoint, Sir Henry Vane Junior, Oliver St.
John, Bulstrode Whittlocke, John Crew, and Edmund Prideaux,
shall have Power and Authority, and are hereby authorized, to
join with the Commissioners of the Parliament of Scotland, together with Alexander Henderson upon the Propositions concerning Religion only, to treat with the Lord Duke of Richmond
the Marquis of Hertford, the Earl of Southampton, the Earl of
Kingston, the Lord Dunsmore, Lord Capell, Lord Seymour, Sir
Cristopher Hatton, Sir John Culpepper, Sir Edward Nicholas,
Sir Edward Hide, Sir Richard Lane, Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Sir
Thomas Gardiner, Mr. John Ashburnnam, and Mr. Jeffery Palmer,
or any Ten of them, upon the Propositions formerly sent to his
Majesty (for a safe and well-grounded Peace), from His Majesty's
humble and loyal Subjects assembled in the Parliaments of both
Kingdoms, together with Doctor Stewart upon the Propositions
concerning Religion only, and upon His Majesty's Propositions,
according to such Instructions as have been given to them, or as
they from Time to Time shall receive from both Houses of
Parliament.