House of Commons Journal Volume 5: 17 August 1647

Journal of the House of Commons: Volume 5, 1646-1648. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1802.

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'House of Commons Journal Volume 5: 17 August 1647', in Journal of the House of Commons: Volume 5, 1646-1648( London, 1802), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/commons-jrnl/vol5/p275 [accessed 29 November 2024].

Die Martis, 17 Augusti, 1647.

Prayers.

Declaration read.

RESOLVED, &c. That the Declaration or Engagement, of 4 Augusti, sent from the Lords 13 Augusti, shall be now read.

The said Declaration was accordingly read; and likewise the Message sent from the Lords, at the same time, concerning the said Declaration.

Violence offered to Parliament.

The Question was propounded, That upon and from the Twenty-sixth of July last, from the Time of the Tumult then made upon the Houses, until the Sixth of this present August, both Houses were under a Force, and not free:

And the Question being put, Whether this Question shall be now put;

The House was divided.

The Noes went forth.



Sir John Evelyn of Wiltes,	Tellers for the Yea:	77.
Major General Skippon,	With the Yea,	77.
Colonel Bowyer,	Tellers for the Noe:	72.
Mr. Rose,	With the Noe,	72.

So that the Question passed with the Affirmative.

And accordingly the Question being put, That upon and from the Twenty-sixth of July last, from the Time of the Tumult then made upon the Houses, until the Sixth of this present August, both Houses were under a Force, and not free;

The House was divided.

The Yeas went forth.



Sir John Evelyn of Wiltes,	Tellers for the Yea:	75.
Major General Skippon,	With the Yea,	75.
Colonel Bowyer,	Tellers for the Noe:	78.
Mr. Rose,	With the Noe,	78.

So that the Question passed with the Negative.