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Sept. 1. |
157. Commission from Colonel William Purefoy, one of the
commanders in cos. Stafford and Warwick, and the cities and
counties of Coventry and Lichfield, to Thomas Baldwyn, to be
cornet of a troop of horse in his own regiment, of which SergeantMajor Pont is captain. [Strip of parchment.] |
Sept. 4. Deal. |
158. Warrant of the Earl of Warwick, commander of the three
forts which command the Downs, and Sir Edward Boys,
Governor of Dover Castle, to John Hollman, Robert Smyth,
and William Mathews, alias Coulson. We are ordered by Parliament to prevent the erecting of buildings on the waste of the
said castles, which would shelter a foreign enemy by hindering the
plying of the ordnance. As you have lately been erecting such
buildings, we require you to demolish the same before the 20th of
September, and, if you refuse to do so, you will be proceeded against,
and your names returned to Parliament. [1 p.] |
Sept. 6. |
159. Bond of Sir Alexander Radcliffe, K.B., of Ordsall, co.
Lancaster, Hugh Radcliffe of Ludgate Hill, London, haberdasher,
and Henry Langston of London, citizen and grocer, to John Hunt,
sergeant-at-arms, in 2,000l., conditioned that, if Sir Alexander
Radcliffe, late prisoner in the Tower, but discharged by order of the
House of Commons, shall be at all times ready to appear before
the House of Commons when required, by notice left at the
house of the above-bounden Hugh Radcliffe, and shall not travel
into Lancashire without license of William Ashurst and Ralph
Ashton, members of Parliament, then this obligation shall be void,
otherwise to be of full force. Latin and English. [Seal with arms
and seal with crest. 1 p.] |
Sept. 12. |
160. Lord Keeper Littleton, Lord Cottington, Secretary Nicholas,
and Sir Edward Hyde, Commissioners of the Treasury, to the
Auditors and Receivers of cos. York, Durham, Richmond, and
Northumberland. Your accounts of the King's revenues, due last
Michaelmas, are not yet received, as we required by our warrant
of 27th of May last. Do not delay further, for fear of penalty.
You can pretend no danger, as the auditor has to come up for the
accounts of 1643, so we beg you to make up the accounts for the
two years and pay in all the moneys in your hands; also your
further receipts as they come in. [1 p.] Annexed, |
160. i. Treasury Commissioners to the seven auditors of the
King's revenues. The receivers of the King's, Queen's, and
Prince's revenues, on account of present disturbances, were
allowed until 15th of May to give in their accounts, but
they neglect to do this, to his Majesty's great disservice.
You are, therefore, to call the receivers to you, and to send
or bring hither to Oxford breviates of their accounts with
speed, that it may appear what moneys are due to his
Majesty. Oxford, 27th May 1643. Endorsed, "Mr.
Norton's warrants." [½ p.] |
Sept. 14. |
161. Order in the House of Commons, that all the moneys, arms,
&c., brought into the Committee at Merchant Tailors' Hall be
transferred to Grocers' Hall, with the accounts, &c., and that the
Grocers' Hall Committee receive them and see that all moneys
gathered in by warrant from the Merchant Tailors' Hall Committee be brought into Grocers' Hall. [See Commons' Journals,
Vol. III., p. 240. ½ p.] |
Sept. 22. |
162. Bond of David Polhill of Otford, co. Kent, and John
Polhill of the same, to John Hunt, sergeant-at-arms, in 10,000l.,
conditioned that if David Polhill, now discharged from restraint by
the House of Commons, forthwith repair to the Deputy-Lieutenants
and Committees in Kent, to whom it is referred to consider the
accusations against him and proceed with him on the whole matter,
then this obligation shall be void, otherwise to be of full force.
Latin and English. [Seals with arms. ¾ p.] |