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22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
KECKWITH, Lieutenant Colonel George, 1646, appointed Governor of St. Mawes, 12 Mar.
Kelsey, Edward, 1647, appointed Governor of Magdalen's
Hospital in Hants; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20 May.
-, — Colonel 1647, to be thanked for his Care in securing
Monies at Oxon, 4 June.
Kemish, Sir Nicholas, 1647, has Leave to go to Bath upon
Security for his true Imprisonment, 7 Sept.
-, — 1648, to be sent for as a Delinquent, 15 Apr.—Bonds
entered into by him and his Sureties, to be put into Suit, 10
May.
Kemp, Nicolas, 1647, his Case, concerning a Debt due from
Sir John Mylle, referred to a Committee, 17 Dec.
-, — 1648, Order for paying it, 16 May. Agreed to by Lords,
-, — Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 Jan.
-, — John, 1647, Order for paying him 800£. due from Sir
John Mylle, 21 Mar. Agreed to by Lords.
Keymes, Sir Charles, 1648, has Leave to go beyond Sea, according to his Articles, 14 Aug.—To be admitted to compound at a full Third Part of his Estate.
Kendrick, Alderman, 1646, the Committee of Accounts to state his Accounts, 6 Jan.—Accounts to be read, 4 Mar.
Kenrick, Captain, 1647, Examination concerning indicting him for stealing Horses, to be read, 30 Apr.—Read, with a Letter from the Deputy Lieutenants of Kent; Sir John Sedley examined; Previous Question for putting him out of all public Employments, Affirmative, 6 May.
Kent, 1647, Complaint of Misdemeanors committed by some
Troopers, referred to a Committee, 17 June— A Committee to prepare Letter to be sent to the County Committee, 3
Aug.—Names subscribed to a Letter from the Committee
of the City Militia to them, read 25 Sept.—Committees
Letter concerning vexatious Suits for Services done to the
Parliament, read, 22 Oct.—Ordinance for Indemnity of
Persons who have served the Parliament, read twice; Question
for Commitment, Neg. Ordinance passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 23 Mar.—Committees Letter referred to the
Committee of Indemnity, 3 Nov.—Ordinance impowering
them to put in Execution the Ordinances for Indemnity, read,
and passed, 21 Dec.—Agreed to by Lords, 20 Jan.—
Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him,
17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords, 29—Members sent down to
hasten the bringing in the Arrears of the Assessments of
600,000 £.; the Committee of the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec.
Instructions and Letter reported, read, and agreed to,
—Sheriff has Leave to come to London, 13 Jan.—Committees Letter referred to the Committee of the Army,
—Another, touching proportioning the Assessments, referred to the Committee upon the Ordinance for monthly Assessments, 2 Mar.—Another Letter read, —Ordinance
for impowering the Deputy Lieutenants to punish Defaulters
in Musters by a pecuniary Mulct, ordered, 27 Jan.
-, — 1648, Read, 19 Apr. Committed.—Reported,
and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 16 May—
Additional Committees for Assessments, agreed to by Lords, 2
May—The Committee to prevent tumultuous Meetings.
Member has Leave to go down for Preservation of the Peace,
22—Declaration of the County to Soldiers of Lord Fairfax's
Army, read; the Committee at Derby House to find out the
Printer, &c.—Letters and Informations concerning rising in
divers Parts, referred to the same Committee; Persons to attend them: their Report, with Earl of Thanet's Proposals to
them, for appeasing the Tumults, and Lords Sense thereupon,
read, and agreed to. Instructions for him, reported,
read, and agreed to; Order for sending him down—The
Committee of the Admiralty to fit de die in diem till the
Distractions are settled— Letter, with Copy of Articles agreed
on between some of the Committee, and other Gentlemen
read, —The Committee at Derby House to employ the
Parliament's Guard, and Forces in the Tower, to suppress the
Insurrection. Their Report—Mr. Sherman's Relation of
Numbers risen about Deptford and Greenwich—To be made
to the Committee at Derby House; they to prepare Instructions for him; Instructions reported, read, and agreed to.
Letter to the Committee, read—another to Lord Mayor, read;
Order for Thanks to him for communicating it—Declaration
that House leaves the whole Management of the Business to
General; to be sent to him, and the Gentlemen of Kent, and
communicated to the City, —A Committee to examine
the Messenger that brought a Letter pretended to be sent from
divers Gentlemen; their Report; Messenger ordered into Custody. Vide Gates—Another Letter communicated by Lords,
—Letters from Rochester, and from Gentlemen of the
County, to Lord Mayor, &c. read; Lord Mayor, &c. to
be thanked; Messengers that brought the Letter from Rochester ordered into Custody—General's Letter concerning
the Defeat of the Kentish Forces at Maidstone, to be communicated to Lord Mayor and Common Council, and returned back—Order for Rewards to the Messengers—For a
Thanksgiving. Vide Thanksgiving—For a Letter of Thanks
to General, 3 June—His Letter, with Papers inclosed, read;
a Committee to carry them to the Common Council and Militia, and make Observations upon the inclosed Papers—Order
for printing the Letter—For a Letter of Thanks—Lord Goringe declared a Traitor. Vide Goringe, Lord—The Committee
at Derby House to dispose of the Horses and Arms taken, —
Another Committee to dispose of the Prisoners, and send to
General for a Commission to try Revolters by martial Law;
Power given them to send for Lists of Prisoners in the several
Prisons—Order for disfranchising Watermen and Freemen and
Apprentices of London engaged in the late Insurrection, —
Order approving the General's Actions in reducing the County agreed to by Lords—His Letter read; a Committee to
prepare Letter acknowledging the Receipt thereof—Person ordered into Custody for making Carriages for the Ordnance. Vide Townsend, Richard—A Committee to examine
the State of the Business touching the late Tumults; Papers
offered to the House referred. Report of Resolutions,
and a Declaration—Order for sending down Ammunition,
—Examination of several Persons referred to the Committee of the Navy, —Report touching releasing them; the
Committee impowered to take Bail; another Committee to
examine them, 3 Aug.—Ordinance for raising Monies out
of the Sequestrations of Delinquents in the late Insurrections,
read; Question for rejecting it, Neg. Order for Second Reading, 3 July—Gentlemen of the County to consult with the
Committee at Derby House for Preservation of the Peace,
—Committees Letter read; House approves of their raising
Forces; Order for applying the Fines of those that have
been in any Insurrections, for Maintenance of them—A
Committee to consider of a Clause in the Letter touching
Mitigation and Exemption, —Additional Deputy Lieutenants, Committees, and Commissioners, to act upon all Ordinances, agreed to; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—Order for trying by martial Law as many of the Prisoners
as are triable thereby, 15 Aug.
Kent, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
Kentish, Richard, 1647, desired to preach, 27 Oct.—Thanked, and to print his Sermon, 25 Nov.
Kercher, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20 May.
Kettleby, Captain, 1646, Report from the Committee of the
Admiralty concerning him, communicated by Lords, 18
Dec.
-, — 1647, they put House in mind thereof, 7 Apr.
Kildare, Earl of, 1647, his Petition from Lords, read, and rejected—Order for 200 £. for Relief of his Countess and Children; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 July.
-, — Countess of, 1648, her Petition from Lords, with special Recommendation—Order for paying her 500 £. in Part
of the Earl's Arrears; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20
June.
Killegrew, Sir Peter, 1646, appointed to carry the Vote concerning the King's coming to Holdenby House, to the Scots
Commissioners at Newcastle; Lords Concurrence to be desired—Order for staying his Journey, 2 Jan.—Order for 100£.
to defray his Expences, —Order from Lords for dispatching him with a Letter to the Scots Parliament, agreed to;
the Committee of the Revenue to pay him 200£. to defray
his Expences.
-, — 1648, his Petition from Lords, with special Recommendation, read, and referred to the Committee of the Revenue, 26 Aug.
Kilmurray, Lord Viscount, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 26 Aug.
Kindersley, Robert, 1648, Justice that committed him impowered to bail or discharge him, 12 Aug. Like Power given to Sir Robert Pye.
King, 1646, Vote from Lords, concerning his coming to Newmarket, to be read, 22 Dec. Read twice, and to be further
considered—His Letter, desiring to come to London, or
thereabouts, read, and to be communicated to Scots Commissioners, —Lords Order for desiring them to write to their
General, and Committee with the Army to prevent his going
beyond Sea, read, and agreed to. Resolution for his coming
to Holden by House, and remaining there with such Attendants
as both Houses shall appoint, —Lords Vote concerning the
Disposal of his Person, farther considered; One Clause agreed
to, with an Amendment. Previous Question for appointing a Committee to consider of another Clause to be added,
Affirmative. Clause reported; another Committee to withdraw and alter it according to the Debate; Clause reported,
read, and passed; Vote agreed to, with Amendments; Conference to be desired thereupon; Managers appointed.
Conference desired, and agreed to; Managers Names read; Conference held; another desired by Lords, agreed to; Reporters
appointed; Conference held, and reported; Lords Amendments read twice; Question for agreeing thereto, Neg. a Committee to assign Reasons; Conference to be desired; Managers
appointed. Conference desired, agreed to, and held, —
Preamble from Lords, with their Order for communicating it
to Scots Commissioners, and sending it to the King, severally
read, and agreed to, 1 Jan.—Letters concerning his endeavouring to escape from Newcastle; Vote concerning the Disposal of his Person to be sent by Sir Peter Killegrew to General Leven and the Scots Commissioners there, agreed to by
Lords—Order for staying his Journey. Lords to be acquainted therewith, —Manner of receiving the King from
the Scots Army to be considered, 2 & . Considered;
previous Question for delivering him over to Major General
Skippon, Neg. a Committee of both Houses to be appointed
to go and receive him; a Committee to prepare Instructions for them—Letters to the Scots General, and Commissioners, to acquaint them with the Votes, ordered. Reported, with a Letter to the King, and agreed to—Instructions reported, read twice, and passed, with Amendments;
Letters, and Instructions, agreed to by Lords; Speaker to sign
the Letters. Instructions amended. Amendments
agreed to by Lords, —A Committee to prepare additional
Instruction to prevent secret Conveyance of Papers to or from
the King. Instruction reported, read, and agreed to;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, —One Commissioner excused, in regard of an Indisposition; another appointed in his
room—Order for 2,500 £. to bear their Charges; Ministers to
be desired to go with them, 7 Jan.—Commissioners to present Names of Persons to attend the King from Newcastle to
Holdenby. Their Report; Question for considering it
now, Neg. Considered; several of his antient Servants,
and others, approved; Resolution touching the Number;
Physician approved; Commissioners to appoint inferior Servants—Captain Joyner to be recommended to them, —
Order for repairing Holdenby House, and providing Necessaries for the King, —Commissioners Letter read; General
and Major General Skippon to be desired to comply with
their Directions concerning Convoys and additional Forces
for the King's Safety in his Journey, —Letters from the
King, the Scots Commissioners at Newcastle, and General
Leven, read, and to be communicated to the Scots Commissioners here—Order for 100 £. to defray Sir Peter Killegrew's
Expences, —Conference desired by Lords, for imparting
Papers of great Consequence from the Scots Parliament,
agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference held, and reported; Letter, Declaration, and Desires of the Scots Parliament, with Lords Votes, read, and to be considered.
Letter read twice; a Committee to prepare a general Answer;
Declaration, and Lords Votes, read; Desires read together;
then one by one; a Committee to prepare Answer to the
First Part of the First Desire; Answers to the Remainder,
agreed to. Answer to the Letter reported, read by Parts,
and agreed to; Conference desired thereupon, agreed to; Managers appointed; Conference held; Lords Concurrence signified; Speaker to sign it, and send a Duplicate; Sir Peter
Killegrew to be dispatched speedily; Order for 200 £. to defray his Expences, —Letters from the Parliament's Commissioners, and Major General Skippon, read; Order for repairing Holdenby House, and providing Necessaries for the
King's Journey, 2 Feb.—Another Letter from the Commissioners, with a Declaration inclosed, read. Order for a
Reward to the Messenger; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—For 3,000 £. to defray the Charges of the King's Journey;
Question for an Amendment, Neg.—A Committee to prepare Letter to the Commissioners to advise them, in their Expences, to have Regard to the Necessities of the Kingdom.
Letter read, and agreed to, —King's Paper in Characters,
designed to be sent to the French Agent, to be decyphered.
Vide Murray, Mongo—Commissioners Letters from Holdenby,
read; Order for supplying the Convoy quartered thereabouts
with Pay, —Another read, —Another with King's Letter inclosed, desiring certain Bishops and Divines may attend
him, —Some of the Commissioners have Leave to come to
Town, —Commissioners Letter read; a Physician, and Earl of Pembroke's Sons, have Leave to visit him
at his Request. Member has Leave to visit him, —
Commissioners Letter to be read, 27 Feb.—1 Mar. Read,
with a List of King's Attendants; List disapproved—Another
Letter to the Committee of the Revenue, with Estimate of
One Day's Expence, read; Resolution that there be as yet
no Establishment of any Houshold—That no Person be employed about, or have Access to, the King, but such as have
adhered to the Parliament, and taken the Covenant; Votes to
be inclosed in a Letter to the Commissioners. Letter reported, and ageed to. The Committee of the Revenue
to consider of the Charge of the King's being at Holdenby—
House to consider whether they shall continue the present or
send other Commissioners, —Speaker acquaints House he
had received a Letter from the Commissioners—King's Letter
communicated by Lords, read; Debate thereon adjourned,
—Commissioners Letter read—Report from the Committee of
the Revenue, desiring to know what Sum the House thinks
will be sufficient for the daily Expences of the King and Commissioners; Resolution for allowing 50 £. per Diem; the Committee to write Letter to the Commissioners to appoint a Person to receive and issue the Money, and to provide proper
Accommodations for all the Attendants.
-, — 1647, Lords Answer to King's last Letter to be considered,
29 Mar.—Commissioners Letter, concerning Papers secretly
delivered to the King. Vide Bosevile. Order for Letter
of Thanks, and to desire a Continuance of their Care, 8
Apr.—Another Letter, concerning the Resort of People to be
touched for the Evil; a Committee to prepare Letter of
Thanks, and Declaration to inform the People of the Superstition thereof, —Commissioner has Leave to go into
Hants, 11 May. Lords Concurrence signified—Another has
Leave to come to London; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—Vote from Lords for King's Removal to Oatlands.
They put House in mind thereof, 7 June. Previous Question
for agreeing thereto, Affirmative; main Question, Neg. Message from Lords, desiring to be admitted to speak to the Vote
at the next Conference, —Commissioners Letter and a
Paper inclosed, delivered by Cornet Joice; Messengers Relation of the Demeanor of the Horse that came to Holdenby;
Order for a Reward to him, 4 June—Commissioners Letter,
concerning the carrying them and the King to Newmarket,
read; Messenger relates all the Passages; Order for a Reward
to him—Scots Commissioners Letter, desiring to communicate things of great Importance to the Parliament, read; a
Committee of both Houses to hear what they have to deliver. Paper reported, and read twice, —Lord Dumfermling's Letter, desiring to communicate something from the
King, read; Order for calling him in; Manner of receiving
him; delivers his Message; to be desired to send it to Speaker
in Writing under his own Hand, —General's Letter, with
Paper inclosed, delivered from the Soldiery that seized the
King; a Committee to prepare Letters to him and the Commissioners, for bringing him back to Holdenby. Letters
reported, read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Order for Ministers to return, agreed to by Lords,
—Message from Lords, concerning the Disposal of the
King's Person; previous Question that House will send Answer by Messengers of their own, Affirmative, —Letter to
Commissioners, read, and agreed to; Speaker to sign and
send it; previous and main Questions for desiring the General to deliver the King to Persons appointed by both Houses,
to be placed at Richmond, under such Guard, and in
such manner, as they shall think fit, severally Affirmative;
Commissioners and Guard appointed; severally agreed to
by Lords—Their Letters to General and Commissioners,
for Removal of the King's Person to Richmond, read, and
agreed to, —Scots Commissioners Letter desiring a Pass
for some of them to repair to the King, agreed to—Letter to
the Commissioners, read, and agreed to, —Their Letter
read, —Another, with Copy of General's Letter to them
inclosed, read—Order for sitting up Richmond House for the
King's Reception—Minute of Lords Letter to him, read;
previous and main Questions for agreeing thereto, severally
Affirmative; Copy thereof, and of Votes concerning his
coming to Richmond, to be sent to General—Another Copy
to be inclosed in a Letter to the Commissioners, expressing
an Approbation of their Proceedings, —Vote from Lords,
concerning his staying at Royston, or returning to Newmarket, with Letters to him and General, in pursuance thereof,
read, and agreed to; Letter acquainting the Commissioners
therewith, read, and approved; agreed to by Lords.
Their Letter, concerning his Resolution to stay there, read,
—Letter concerning Persons come to the King; Commissioners to remove all that ought not to come by their Instructions; General to order the Guards to obey their Commands;
Lords Concurrence signified—Lords Vote for him to be at
Royston or Newmarket; their Letters to him and the Commissioners, to the same Purport, severally read—Resolution
for removing him to Holdenby; Preamble to be joined thereto, and Letters to the General and Commissioners, in pursuance thereof, ordered. Severally reported, read, and agreed
to; Lords Concurrence signified, —Letters concerning
the King's Removal to Windsor Castle, read; Resolution that
he shall reside no nearer London than the Quarters of the Army shall be allowed to be, 1 July. Agreed to by Lords, —
Commissioners Letter read—Order from Lords, for Leave to
the French Ambassador to go to the King, and Minute of
their Letter to the Commissioners, read, and agreed to, —
Order from Lords for his Children to visit him, agreed to,
—Debate concerning King's Person, to be resumed, —Declaration from Lords, concerning his coming to his Parliament, read; previous Question for Second Reading, Affirmative; Declaration read Second time, and amended; previous
Question for passing it, with the Amendments, Affirmative;
Amendments agreed to by Lords, —Declaration to be
printed and published—to be inclosed in Letters to the King
and Commissioners, 1 Aug.—Scots Commissioners Letter communicated by Lords; their Vote for the King's coming to
London; previous and main Questions for agreeing thereto,
severally Affirmative; Order for printing and publishing it; a
Committee to prepare Duplicates thereof, and of Letters to
be sent to the King, the General, and Commissioners, —Order of the Revenue for issuing Money for the King and Commissioners, agreed to, though irregularly signed, —Commissioners Letter concerning the King's Resolution of going to
Oatlands, read, —Another Letter, and a Report from the
Committee of the Revenue, concerning Money for his privy
Purse, read, and to be considered, —Scots Commissioners Letter, signifying the Commands laid upon them to
attend the King, and their Intentions, read, 22 Oct. Another to the same Purport, communicated by Lords, read,
—Lieutenant General Cromwell's Letter, signifying the King's
Escape, read; Order for stopping the Ports, and seizing all
Passengers—For stopping and searching Ships, and staying all
Passengers; Persons ordered into Custody—A Committee to
search Places, and examine Persons to be nominated to them;
Commissioners thanked—A Committee to examine the whole
Business of the King's withdrawing from Hampton Court, and
concerning any Design of Danger against his Person—Scots
Commissioners Letter, desiring to be informed whether the
King is gone from Hampton Court, read—King's Letter to
both Houses, communicated by Lords. To be communicated to the Scots Commissioners; the Committee of Complaints to examine by what Authority it was printed—Colonel
Whalley's Relation of the Circumstances of the King's going
from Hampton Court, to be presented in Writing under his
own Hand—Lieutenant General Cromwell's Letter, concerning Reports of some Design of Danger to the King's Person
and Life, read; true Copy thereof to be left—Previous and
main Questions that it shall be Forfeiture of Estate and Life,
for any one to conceal him, severally Affirmative—A Committee to prepare additional Declaration for the Safety of the
King's Person, —Order for stopping Ports, and staying
Ships, discharged; Captain Basket's Letter, signifying that the
King is come into the Isle of Wight, read, and to be kept
safe by Speaker; Order for a Reward to the Messenger—Colonel Hammond's Letter to the same Purport, read, and to
be communicated to Lords; Order for a Reward to the Messenger; several Persons ordered into Custody—A Committee
of both Houses to consider what is fit to be done in Relation
to the King's Safety, and of Directions to Colonel Hammond
in Reference thereto. Directions reported; Resolution
for dissolving the Houshold at Hampton Court. Agreed
to by Lords—Minute of Letter from Lords to Colonel Hammond, read, and agreed to; Speakers of both Houses to sign
it—List of King's Servants from them, read, and referred to
a Committee. List agreed on by the Committee, reported, and agreed to, with Amendments. Amendments
returned from Lords, with Amendments; their Amendments
agreed to—Order for 100 £. to defray the Charges of their
Journey, —The Committee of the Revenue to report a
State of the King's Expences above the 50 £. per Diem, and
present Estimate of past and future Expences—Colonel Hammond's Letter read—Scots Commissioners to be informed of
the King's coming into the Isle of Wight, 18 Nov.—Colonel Hammond's Letter read; Order for 200 £. for his extraordinary Charges—For a Letter of Thanks—For authorizing
him to secure the King's Person in Carisbrook Castle; previous Question for sending the Vote immediately, Affirmative; Serjeant's Man to carry it inclosed in a Letter—General's Letter concerning safe—guarding the King's Person,
read; General to take special Care for securing him, 31
Dec.—Votes returned from Lords, with Amendments;
Amendments agreed to; Order for sending them to the General, and Colonel Hammond—Colonel Hammond's Letter,
concerning a Mutiny in Newport. Vide Burley, Captain—
General to grant him a Commission to try by martial Law
Offenders triable thereby—Commissioners of the Great Seal
to grant a Commission of Oyer and Terminer to try others—
Order for 200£. to the Soldiers—For Letter of Thanks to the
well-affected Inhabitants—Letter from divers Commanders of
Ships to the same Purport, read—Vice-admiral to repair thither, with such Ships as he shall think necessary; Vote to
be inclosed in a Letter to him—House approves Order of the
Commissioners for Ships designed for Ireland to continue
there, 1 Jan.—The Committee of the Revenue to consider
what Persons are fit and necessary to attend the King, and
of a Salary for those that have attended, and do attend—
Governor and Sir William Constable injoined to remove suspected Persons. Lords Concurrence signified, —Governor
of Portsmouth to expedite all Packets from the Parliament to
Colonel Hammond, —Order touching sending a Minister to
the King's Family, —Governor's Desires, in Relation to
the Security of the King's Person, referred to the Committee
at Derby House, with Power to give Order for issuing 1,000 £.
for that Service, —Previous Question for discharging all
his Servants, Affirmative; previous Question that they shall not
exceed Forty, Neg. Resolution that they shall not exceed
Thirty; Governor to admit of no more; General to appoint
them—The Committee of the Revenue to consider of a Satisfaction to the Servants to be discharged—Minister appointed
by the Governor to have an Allowance of 100 £. per Annum
—Member to prepare Instruction for the Governor to prevent
Papers being brought to the King, 2 Feb.—Previous Question for desiring Lords Concurrence to an Answer to the
Scots Commissioners, touching the Disposal of the King's
Person in England, Affirmative, —Governor's Letter, with
Letters intercepted, endeavoured to be delivered to the King;
Business of the Letters referred to the Committee at Derby
House—General's Letter, with List of Persons appointed by
him to attend the King—Governor to appoint his Attendants,
with Power to displace them, —The Committee of the
Revenue to consider of some Satisfaction to Four Gentlemen
attending him, and settle a constant Allowance upon them,
20 Mar. Report; Order for allowing them 200 £. per Annum each, —Governor's Letter, concerning a Design
of the King's Escape, read; Persons to be sent up in safe
Custody. Vide Dowsett—Order for a Reward to the Discoverers—For Money for the King's Servants—Order for restraining a Concourse of People to the King, under Pretence
of being touched for the Evil, to be continued, and sent to
Governor, with Injunction to put it in Execution, 2 June
—Governor's Letter, touching the Admission of Lord
Riche to the King, recommended by Lords, 7 July—Person
has Leave to go to him according to his Instructions from the
Committee of Estates of Scotland. Governor to be desired to suffer him to deliver no Letters but such as he has
Commission from them to deliver, —King's Barber has
Leave to wait on him, 3 Aug.
-, — 1646, Resolution for considering how the King's Consent
may be desired to the Propositions for Peace, 20 Feb.—
House to consider of the speediest Method to procure his Assent to those presented at Newcastle, and to a Proposition for
Sale of Bishops Lands—A Committee to inquire of the Scots
Commissioners whether they have Power to join herein, 2
Mar. Their Answer, that they expect Commissioners for
that End, reported. Same Committee to inquire when
they will be here. Commissioners Paper, in Answer
thereto, read.
-, — 1647, Commissioners appointed to join with the Scots
Commissioners, in desiring King's Answer; a Committee to
prepare Instructions for them, 14 Apr. Instructions reported;
read One by One, and agreed to; Quorum appointed; Time
for expecting his Answer; additional Proposition, touching
the Sale of Bishops Lands, reported, read, and agreed to;
the Committee of both Kingdoms to confer with the Scots
Commissioners concerning their joining; Lords Concurrence
to be desired. Propositions to be read. Read; a
Committee to consider of some necessary Alterations in Respect of Persons with whom House has compounded or pardoned; Committees added as to this Business. Order
for meeting of the Committee. Propositions recommitted, —Order for making Report, 6 & 11 May—A
Committee to withdraw, upon a Paper concerning them,
—Additional Proviso concerning Delinquents, read twice, and
agreed to. Propositions and Instructions sent to Lords,
—Message desiring them to expedite the Propositions, 1
July—Lords Answer to Commissioners Letters, read, and
agreed to; Speaker to sign it, —The Committee of both
Kingdoms to consider a former Answer to France and Holland, upon their Desire of a Mediation, —House put
Lords in mind of the Propositions; Propositions returned,
with Amendments; Amendments to be considered, 26 Aug.
Agreed to, with Amendments; Conference desired thereupon,
agreed to; Managers appointed; Conference held; Lords
Concurrence signified; Propositions to be sent to the Scots
Commissioners, —The Committee of both Kingdoms to
receive their Answer touching joining in presenting them, 1
Sept. Their Answer reported; Lords Answer thereto, read,
and agreed to; same Committee to communicate it to them,
—Day and Persons appointed to present them to the King;
Scots Commissioners to be acquainted therewith; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 Sept.—Copy of Instructions to the
former Committees appointed to present the Propositions,
read; Quorum appointed; Commissioners to be injoined to
repair to the King; Place for presenting them, and Time for
expecting an Answer, altered—Scots Commissioners Letter,
expressing their Dissatisfaction, with Lords Sense thereupon,
read; the Committee to desire their positive Answer, and acquaint them, both Houses adhere to the Day formerly agreed
on. Four impowered to meet them. One to acquaint
House with their Proceedings—Instructions to the Commissioners, read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence signified,
—Scots Commissioners Paper reported, and read; Declaration touching the new Proviso concerning Delinquents, agreed
to by Lords—Order for sending it to the Scots Commissioners
—Lords Order for approving the Papers delivered to them by
the Committee of both Kingdoms, agreed to—Quorum appointed to confer with them—Letter to the Commissioners,
with the Propositions and Instructions, read, and agreed to;
returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments
agreed to—Title of the Propositions and Instructions, read,
and delivered to a Commissioner, —Commissioners Letter,
signifying they had presented them, read. King's Answer
from Lords, read, and to be communicated to the Scots Commissioners—Narrative of the Commissioners Proceedings in
delivering their Answer, and what they returned to the
King upon Receipt of his, —Resolution that in this Answer the King has denied to give his Consent to the Propositions; Scots Commissioners to be acquainted therewith;
Lords Concurrence signified, —Proposition concerning the
Militia of England and Ireland, to be prepared and sent,
—Previous Question for further Applications to the King
for shings both Houses shall judge necessary for the Welfare
and Safety of the Kingdom, Affirmative—Clauses concerning
raising Monies for Payment of the Public Debts—Propositions
concerning Titles of Honour—The Great Seal—The Sale of
Bishops Lands—The abolishing Bishops, &c.—Declarations
and Proclamations against the Parliament; to be prepared and
sent. Lords Concurrence signified—Propositions concerning making void the Cessation, and prosecuting the War
in Ireland by both Houses—Concerning the nominating the
chief Officers in England and Ireland by them, and in the Intervals of Parliaments by a Committee, to be prepared and
sent—A Committee to consider a Proposition touching Religion in Points of Government and Doctrine, —Report;
Resolution that the King do give his Consent to the Ordinance for abolishing the Common Prayer, and establishing the
Directory, 2 Oct.—A Committee to prepare Proposition concerning the Settlement of the Presbyterial Government, and
Exemption of tender Consciences. Report. Resolution
that the King do consent to such Act as shall be presented for
the Settlement thereof; Time limited; Clause of Exemption
explained—Resolution touching the Maintenance of conforming Ministers—Proposition from Lords in Sixteen
Papers, with the Manner of the Address to the King; Question for considering the Address, Neg. Papers read; several concerning the Militia—Concerning raising Monies—Titles of Honour—Abolishing Bishops, and Sale of their Lands, agreed to;
a Committee to state the Difference between these Papers, and
the former Propositions, and consider of the Additions.
Report; Papers concerning Oaths and Declarations—Concerning the Cessation, and Prosecution of the War in Ireland,
agreed to; Papers concerning the Election of Officers, and
concerning Delinquents excepted from Pardon, referred.
Order for making Report. Report concerning Delinquents; Resolutions thereupon, —Paper concerning the
Treaties, read, and agreed to—Others concerning the Period
of this Parliament, and the Sitting of those future—Concerning the Election of Sheriffs, Justices of Peace, and Grand
Jury Men—Concerning the Account of Oblivion—Concerning Religion, severally read; nothing done thereupon—Former
Votes concerning Religion, amended; Lords Concurrence to
be desired—A Committee to consider of Propositions for Security of the Soldiers Arrears, —Proposition concerning the
Court of Wards, to be reported. Reported; Resolution for taking it away—For a Recompence to the King—
Proposition touching the Arrears of the Soldiery, agreed to—
Paper concerning the Election of Officers, agreed to, with
Amendments—Proposition concerning the restoring Members
to Places they have been put out of—House to consider the
Manner of sending to the King. Resolution for sending
these Matters by Way of Proposition—Lords Order for acquainting the Scots Commissioners with the Intentions of both
Houses to make once again Application to the King, agreed
to, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to by them;
Conference desired with Lords, agreed to; Managers appointed; Instructions to them; Conference held—Proposition
concerning the Sale of the Lands of Deans, Deans and Chapters, &c. to be prepared. Another Conference desired
by Lords, agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference held,
and reported; Lords Amendments in Part disagreed to; a
Committee to assign Reasons; free Conference to be desired,
—Desired, agreed to, held, and reported; Lords Amendments to the Proposition concerning Religion, agreed to—
A Committee of both Houses to reduce the Propositions
into Form, 1 Nov. Order for their Meeting. Quorum,
agreed to by Lords. Report touching Words to be prefixed
to the Propositions—Touching Qualifications, agreed to—
Further Report touching Ordinances concerning Religion,
agreed to—Resolution for sending Propositions touching Papists, Popish Recusants, &c.—Previous Question that the
King is bound in Justice, and it is his Duty to assent to Laws
tendered him by both Houses; a Committee to word the Vote
so that it may be sent to him, and his Assent given to it.
Vote reported, and agreed to, with an Amendment; Conference to be desired thereupon; Managers appointed.
Conference agreed to, and held. Vote returned from
Lords, with an Amendment; Amendment agreed to—Additional Proposition from them concerning the Suppression of
Innovations in Religion—The better Advancement of preaching God's Word—Against Pluralities of Benefices, and Nonresidents, agreed to, —Messages from Lords, desiring the
Propositions may be communicated to the Scots Commissioners. Agreed to. Day appointed for sending them
to be communicated. Lords Concurrence signified, —
Message from Lords, acquainting House they had not received
any positive Answer; the Committee of both Kingdoms to
press them therein. Their Answer reported, and to be
considered. Same Committee to acquaint them with the
Declarations and Votes concerning the Savings of each Kingdom, touching their respective Interests in the Matter of the
Propositions; Lords Concurrence to be desired. Conference desired by them, agreed to; Reporters appointed;
Conference held, and reported; Propositions concerning the
Militia—Concerning recalling the King's Oaths and Declarations—Titles of Honour—The Adjournment of Parliament,
read twice; previous and main Questions for considering them
next Morning, severally Affirmative. Considered, and
agreed to. A Committee to put them into Bills, and
consider how the King's Consent may be given to them in a
parliamentary Way. Committees added; Bills read, 1
Dec. Vide Militia, Peers, and Parliament—King's Letter
from Lords, read, and to be communicated to the Scots Commissioners; Business concerning printing it, referred to a
Committee, —Instructions concerning the Method of desiring the King's Consent to the Bills, read Clause by Clause,
and agreed to. Returned from Lords, with an Amendment; Amendment agreed to—Commissioners appointed to
repair to the King; Instructions for them, agreed to, and to
be communicated to the Scots Commissioners. Their
Answer, with the Committees Reply, and the Commissioners
Reply thereto, reported; a Committee to prepare Answer;
Answer reported; and re-committed; another reported, 15Amended; agreed to by Lords, —Day appointed for the
Commissioners to go to the King. Lords Concurrence
signified, —Scots Commissioners Letter read; Paper to be
read. Read. A Committee to prepare Answer. Lords Paper concerning it, read, agreed to, and to be
communicated to them—Ministers appointed to attend the
Commissioners, —Order for 200 £. for the Commissioners
—A Committee to withdraw and examine the Propositions;
Propositions presented; Clerk signs them; Speaker delivers
them to the Commissioners—Another Letter from the Scots
Commissioners, read, —Member acquaints House that he
had sent the Ordinances concerning Church-government,
—Commissioners Letter read, —Another, with a Paper
expressing the Scots Commissioners Dissent to the Propositions
and Bills, read; Letter of Thanks ordered; Paper to be considered. Commissioners Proceedings reported; King's
Answer read twice; Order for them to make a Narrative of
the Whole, —Narrative made; Thanks thereupon;
the Committee of the Revenue to defray their Expences—
King's Letter communicated by Lords—Message from him
brought by the Commissioners, to be considered, 1 Jan.
Read; Order for clearing the outer Room—Against Members
going out without Leave—For bringing in Candles; previous
and main Questions that no more Addresses be made from the
Parliament to the King, severally Affirmative—Resolution
that no Addresses be made by any Person without Leave of
both Houses; previous Question that the Penalty upon such
as act contrary thereto shall be Imprisonment and Sequestration, Neg.—Resolution that it shall be High Treason—That
House will receive no more Messages from the King, and that
no Person presume to receive or bring any—Members of both
Houses, formerly of the Committee of both Kingdoms, impowered to sit and act alone; Committees added. Votes
sent to Lords; House accompany the Message. Returned, with a Preamble; Preamble read, and agreed to; Order
for printing and dispersing them, —A Committee to prepare
Declaration to satisfy the Kingdom of the Reason of these
Votes, 3 Jan. Papers, &c. referred; Order for meeting,
and making Report. Committee added, —
Declaration reported, and re-committed, 2 Feb. Read twice,
and to be read in Parts; Clauses touching the Death of King
James, and destroying Lords and Commanders in Scotland,
re-committed. Order for reporting the Declaration upon
the Parts re-committed; Committees added; the Committee impowered to add new Clauses, or marginal Notes.
Previous and main Questions for agreeing to the Clause concerning Colonel Cockram's Instructions, severally Affirmative; Declaration passed; to be printed and published; a
Committee to take Care of the Printing. House approves of the Order of the Committee against Printing more
Copies—Order for Re-printing it, with the Errata amended,
—Answer to the Scots Commissioners Papers touching the
Bills and Propositions, read. Proceedings thereupon. Declaration passed, —Returned from
Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to; Declaration to be printed, and sent to the Parliament's Commissioners in Scotland—To be translated, with the former Declaration touching the Commissioners Papers, into Latin and
French—Members to send printed Copies into their respective
Counties, &c. 4 Mar.—Order for printing the Bills, Propositions, &c.
-, — 1648, House to debate whether they will have a Treaty
with the King, and upon what Terms, 20 May. Previous
and main Questions, that Religion and the Militia being settled, and the Declarations, &c. recalled, then a Treaty be
had upon the other Propositions sent to Hampton Court, severally Affirmative. Resolution that the Presbyterial Government be desired of the King to be settled for Three
Years—That he be desired to recal all Declarations, &c. —
That the Militia by Sea and Land be settled in the Parliament
for Ten Years; House to consider of perfecting the Propositions, —A Committee to prepare the Propositions concerning Religion, Declarations, and the Militia. Propositions reported, read, and agreed to—Resolution for desiring the Propositions necessary for Scotland may be prepared
to be sent; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Order
for communicating the Three Propositions to the Scots Parliament; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 June—Propositions returned from Lords, with Amendments. Amendments to be considered. Agreed to, with Amendments. Those Amendments agreed to by Lords; Order for communicating the Propositions to the Scots Parliament, —A
Committee to prepare Declaration of the Proceedings of both
Houses towards settling a safe and well grounded Peace, —
Another Committee to consider what the Parliament has done
towards it, what the King has offered, and what is fit further
to be offered to him, and to consider of a Time, Place, &c.
where Addresses may be made; Lords Concurrence to be desired. A Committee of both Houses appointed for that
Purpose; Quorum thereof. Order for meeting, and
making Report. Report communicated by Lords; their
Vote concerning vacating the Votes prohibiting Addresses to
and from the King, read twice; the Opinion of the Committees of the House thereupon, reported; Vote agreed to—Another
Vote from Lords, for not insisting upon the Three Propositions
being granted before a Treaty; Opinion of the Committees of
the House thereupon, reported, —House to debate the
Business touching the Treaty; Members about Town to attend; Order for meeting of the Committee in the mean time,
1 July. Question for insisting upon the Three former Propositions as already determined, Neg. Resolution that they be
sent and signed by the King's own Hand before the Treaty,
and that they be made Acts of Parliament when he shall come
to Westminster; Lords Concurrence to be desired—The
Committee to consider of Time, Place, &c. for making Addresses to the King; Quorum reduced, —Vote for paying
all just Debts contracted by the Parliament, before any final
Conclusion of Peace; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
Vote to be printed, —Conference desired by Lords concerning their Vote for not insisting upon the Three Propositions,
agreed to; Reporters appointed. Message desiring the
Conference may be now had, agreed to; other Reporters appointed; Conference held. To be reported. Reported; Report to be considered. Considered; House
adhere to their former Vote; a Committee to assign Reasons;
free Conference to be desired. Reasons reported, and
approved; free Conference desired, and agreed to; Managers
appointed. Free Conference held, and reported.
Message to Lords desiring their Answer; Aother Conference
desired by them, agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference held. Reported, —Resolution that the Three
Propositions being granted, both Houses will enter into a personal Treaty, 15 July—Previous Question that, they being
signed, the King be desired to name Three Places for the
Treaty, Two of which to be within Ten Miles of Westminster, Affirmative; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —
Question for adhering to the former Votes concerning the
Three Propositions, Neg. Resolution for a personal Treaty
upon those presented at Hampton Court, and for taking away
Wards and Liveries. Agreed to by Lords—Order from
them for a Committee to consider of all Circumstances necessary for carrying on the Treaty, and of the Commencement thereof, agreed to; Power given them to consider of
the Safety of the Parliament and Kingdom, and the Time of
continuing the Treaty; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
—Votes from Lords for sending a Committee to acquaint the
King with the Resolutions for a personal Treaty—For dispatching them with all Speed—For impowering the Commissioners to treat in the Isle of Wight, agreed to, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to by them—Commissioners appointed; Order for 100£. to defray their Charges; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 2 Aug. A Committee to prepare
Instructions for them; Instructions reported, read, and agreed
to; returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments
agreed to. Commissioners Proceedings reported.
Thanks thereupon—King's Letter from Lords, read, and to
be considered. Conference desired by Lords concerning
it, agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference held, and
reported; Report to be considered. Letter, and Lords
Votes, read; Votes agreed to, with Amendments—The
Committee for Peace to consider of all Circumstances concerning the Treaty. Order for their meeting—Lords
Vote concerning inviting the Scots to treat, considered; previous Question for agreeing thereto, Affirmative; main Question, Neg. Previous Question that the King may invite them to send Persons, Affirmative; main Question, Neg.
—Resolution that House will grant a safe Conduct to such as
he shall send for to advise with him concerning the Affairs of
Scotland—Number of Commissioners, —The Committee
for Peace to consider former Instructions to Colonel Hammond, and the Proceedings upon the Treaty, that may relate thereto. Report; the Committee to assign Reasons
for disagreeing to several of Lords Votes concerning the
Treaty. Reasons reported; Resolution touching the
Commencement and Continuance thereof—For the Governor
of the Isle of Wight to receive King's Royal Word for his
Residence there; Conference desired with Lords, agreed to. Managers appointed; Conference held. Their
Concurrence to the Votes of House, and the Instructions to
the Governor, reported; Messenger appointed to carry them;
Letters to the King and him reported, read, and agreed to;
Lords Concurrence signified, —King's Letter from Lords,
to be considered. Considered; Persons named therein
have Leave to attend him during the Treaty, except as excepted; Lords Concurrence to be desired—The Committee
to prepare Instructions for the Commissioners, and consider
what Monies will be necessary for carrying on the Treaty,
—Instructions reported, voted One by One, and agreed
to; Lords Concurrence to be desired; Commissioners appointed by House; Ministers to attend them; Resolution
for a Fast for a Blessing upon the Treaty, 1 Sept. Vide
Fast.
-, — his Children, 1646, Conference desired by Lords concerning an Attempt to carry away the Duke of York, agreed
to; Reporters appointed, 22 Dec. Conference held, and reported—Ordinance from Lords for the Discovery of Richard
Johnson, who had a Hand in the Design, read, and passed—
A Committee to examine Persons brought before them, and
consider of Directions to the Earl of Northumberland, for
preventing future Attempts, —A Committee of both
Houses to ask the Duke some Questions concerning this Attempt. Order for their meeting, —Ordinance from
Lords appointing a Clerk of the Wardrobe to the Prince,
1 Feb.—Vote from them concerning the Removal of the
Children into the Country for Part of the Summer, read, and
agreed to, 19 Mar.
-, — 1647, Letter to the Earl of Northumberland for bringing
them to St. James's, read, and agreed to, 4 June—Message
from Lords, acquainting House the Duke of York had received a Letter from the King, with the Duke's Desire;
their Order, concerning the Children going to see the King,
read, and agreed to; Earl of Northumberland to accompany
them; the Committee of the Revenue to provide proper Accommodations, 12 July—Lords Order for removing them to
Sion House, in regard of the Infection. They put House
in mind thereof; Order read, and agreed to—Another Order
from them, concerning their Maintenance; Order for constant Payment of Money assigned for their Expences, —
For removing them into the City; Lord Mayor to take Care
of them—The Militia to be desired to send a Guard to St.
James's for their Security; Children to be acquainted herewith, and with the Reasons, —Order for removing
them into the City, amended; Amendment agreed to by
Lords—A Committee of both Houses to attend them to Lord
Mayor and Sheriffs, 2 Aug.—Ordinance from Lords for permitting them to visit the King sometimes, read, and passed,
—King's Letter, desiring they may be sent to him sometimes, read; referred to the Earl of Northumberland to send
them as he shall think fit, 21 Oct. Agreed to by Lords,
—Message from Lords, that Earl of Northumberland had acquainted them with the Childrens Intention of waiting on
the King To-morrow, and staying till Monday, and that he
desires he may always acquaint the Houses when they go;
their Order thereupon, read, and agreed to, —Duke of
York's Letter to the King, and his Answer to the Committee
at Derby House upon his Examination, reported, and read;
Earl of Northumberland to be desired to continue him, and
the rest of the Children, under his Care, and prevent Malignants coming to them—Order for constant Payment of their
Monies; Duke of York to be acquainted herewith, 22 Feb.
—Like Orders from Lords—Order for keeping Hampton
Court free for them, severally read, and agreed to, 1 Mar.—
Duke of York's Letter to Speaker, read; Order for allowing
him 500£. per Annum for his Recreations; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — 1648, Conference desired by Lords concerning his Escape,
agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference held, 22 Apr.
Reported; Resolution for taking off his Allowance—The
Committee of the Revenue to consider of his Servants now
to be discharged—To consider of a further Allowance to the
Duke of Gloucester—Referred to the Earl of Northumberland, to remove him and Princess Elizabeth to Hampton
Court or Sion House, —Agreed to by Lords, 1 May—
Conference desired by Lords, concerning the Children, agreed
to. Reporters appointed; Conference held. Reported; Order for paying the Earl of Northumberland's Arrears—For charging their Allowance upon particular Receipts
of the Revenue, —List from the Committee of the Revenue, touching the Duke of York's Servants, and Allowances for the Duke of Gloucester—Order touching Payment
of the additional Allowances—The Committee to consider of
Gratuities to the Duke of York's Servants now to be discharged, 12 June. Agreed to by Lords, —Order from
Lords for reimbursing the Earl of Northumberland Monies
disbursed for the Children; the Committee of the Revenue to
state his Accounts, 12 Aug.—Message from Lords, desiring
they may communicate something concerning the Children at
a Conference, agreed to. Report from the Committee
of the Revenue, concerning them and the Earl of Northumberland, delivered thereat, —House concur with Lords
for paying him Monies remaining of the old Customs, for
the Childrens Use, and for Satisfaction of his own Arrears,
1 Sept.
-, — his Revenue, 1646, Order for reporting the State thereof,
4 Feb.—17 Mar.
-, — 1647, a Committee to consider of retrenching Expences in
bringing it in, 17 Sept.
-, — his Servants, 1647, their Petition from Lords, with special Recommendation, 26 June—General's Letter on behalf
of those who attended the King at Oxon; the Committee
of the Revenue to provide a Maintenance for those that have
not served against the Parliament, 14 Aug.—Vote for
dissolving his Houshold at Hampton Court, 16 Nov. Agreed
to by Lords, —Petition from Lords of divers attending
the King by Appointment, with a List annexed, read; Letter from several to Speaker, with a Petition and Schedule
annexed; Petition and List referred to the Committee of the
Revenue, 22 Jan.—Order for retrenching his Family, and
employing the Monies accruing thereby, —The Committee of the Revenue to take Course for Advancement thereof, by improving the Parks and demesne Lands of the Crown,
15 Feb.
-, — 1648, Petition of many menial Servants referred to the
Committee of the Revenue, 30 Mar.—A Committee to inquire by whom and what Authority several have been lately
sworn in, 15 Apr.
Kingdom, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Committee to put in Execution all things necessary for the Safety
thereof, and of the Parliament and City, read twice, and
passed; with an Amendment, 11 June—Members of the
House to inform House from Day to Day of their Proceedings.
-, — 1648, House to consider of settling the Civil Government thereof, 27 Apr. Previous Question for a Declaration
that House will not alter the fundamental Government by
King, Lords, and Commons, Affirmative; Question for an
Amendment, Affirmative; Previous Question for Leave to
Members in this Debate to propound what they think fit,
Affirmative, —Lords Concurrence signified, 6 May—
Declaration that raising Forces for Defence of the Kingdom
without Authority of Parliament is an acceptable Service,
6 July.
Kinge, Colonel Edward, 1646, Report of his Neglect to attend
a Committee; Letter from the Committee at Lincoln, read;
previous Question for ordering him into Custody, Affirmative;
main Question, Neg. 8 Jan. Order for summoning him to
attend, —Previous Question for appointing a Day to receive the Report concerning him, Affirmative; main Question,
Neg. 19 Mar.
-, — 1647, Day appointed for receiving it, 17 Sept.
-, — Andrew, 1646, to have Pass to come into England to
compound for his Delinquency, 11 Mar.
-, — William, 1647. Vide Privileges.
-, — John. Vide Brookbank, John.
-, — Sir Robert, 1647, the Committee of Accounts to certify
his Accounts, 7 Jan.
-, — 1648, his Petition to be read, 31 Mar.—Read, and
referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 1 Aug.
-, — John, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning
his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 1 July.
Kingsley, George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 15 Dec.
Kingswood Forest, 1646, Order from Lords appointing a Keeper, 24 Mar.
Kirkham, Robert, and William, 1647, their Fines accepted; Ordinance for pardoning their Delinquencies, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20 May.
Kirle, Colonel, 1646, Ordinance from Lords for pardoning his Delinquency, to be read, 13 Mar. Read, and passed.
Kirtling, 1647, Ordinance for additional Maintenance to the Minister, read, and passed, 27 Jan.—Agreed to by Lords, 4 Feb.
Kirton, Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Mar.
Knapman, Mr. Vide Brideston.
Knaresborough, 1646, Order for making it untenable, 26 Feb.
Kniston, Sir Andrew, 1647, his Case reported; Order for pardoning his Delinquency; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 16 Mar.
Knight, Mr. Vide Johnson, Mr.
-, — William, and Robert, 1647, their Fines accepted; Ordinance for pardoning their Delinquencies, read, and passed;
Lords Coucurrence to be desired, 25 Mar.
-, — Francis, 1647, to have public Faith for 1,050£. with
Interest, 15 June.
-, — Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 11 Aug. Excused.
-, — Roger, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning
his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 17 Dec.
Knightley, Mr. 1647. Vide Privileges.
Knollis, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 10 June.
-, — Sir Henry, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 30 Sept.
Knott, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 Dec.
Kynaston, Roger, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 June.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
LACON, James, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 10 June.
Lambert, Lord, 1647, his Petition from Lords, with special
Recommendation, 1 Mar. They put House in mind thereof;
Order for taking off his Sequestration.
-, — Colonel, 1648, his Letter read, and referred to the
Committee at Derby House; Letter of Thanks ordered, 8
July—Duke Hamilton's Letter to him, and his Answer, read;
Answer, and Proceedings thereupon, approved; Letter of
Thanks ordered—The Committee at Derby House to prepare
an Answer. Severally agreed to by Lords—Order touching the Maintenance of his Forces, —For sending him
more, —His and Duke Hamilton's Letters to be communicated to Lords at a Conference.
-, — John, appointed Captain of a Ship, 17 Mar.
Lambeth, 1646, Ordinance from Lords, appointing a Minister,
read, and passed, 20 Jan.
-, — 1648, Petition of Inhabitants, read, and referred to the
Committee, on Ordinance for joining the Militia of Westminster, &c. to the City Militia, 10 July.
-, — House, 1646, Petition from the University of Cambridge, concerning the Library there, 10 Dec. Vide Cambridge.
-, — 1648, the Committee at Derby House to put in a
Strength to secure it from Surprisal, 5 July.
Lamplugh, Thomas, 1647, the Committees of Complaints and Indemnity to forbear proceeding against him till further Order, 4 Mar.
Lancaster County, 1646, Resolution that the several Classes
shall be One Province, 9 Dec. Agreed to by Lords, —
Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him,
6 Feb. Disagreed to by Lords; House adhere to their Vote. Lords Concurrence signified, 3 Mar.
-, — 1647, Petition of Officers and Soldiers, read, and referred to the Northern Committee, 2 Sept. Report; Order
touching the taking their Accounts; further Report of a Proposition concerning the Payment of 1,500£. out of Monies
arising from Estates of Delinquents that have compounded
at Under-values; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered,
—Clerk of the Crown appointed, 25 Feb. Lords Concurrence signified, —Order appointing High Sheriff, and
for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords,
—Gentlemen sent down to hasten the bringing in the Assessments upon the Ordinance for 600,000£.; the Committee
of the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to
hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter, reported, read, and agreed to.
-, — 1648, the Committee at Derby House to consider whether
it be fit to disband the Supernumeraries—The Committee of
the Army to take Course for paying them Two Months Pay,
4 May. Report concerning them; Gentlemen of the County
affirm, that they had engaged they should be paid as other
Supernumeraries; Order for the Two Months Pay to be
continued, —Ordinance for 4,000£. to them, read, and
passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Gentlemen
sent down to preserve the Peace of the County; the Committee at Derby House to give them Instructions, —Ordinance
from Lords for additional Committees to the Committee of
Sequestrations, —Additional Committees to the Committee of the County, agreed to by Lords, 1 June—A Committee
to consider of some Way for satisfying the Engagements of
Gentlemen for raising and sending Horse into Westmoreland
—Letter of Thanks for the seasonable Assistance given to
Yorkshire, ordered, —Colonel Ashton appointed Commander in Chief of the Brigade under Major General Lambert, —Petition of Commanders, &c. read; Order for
4,000£. to them, —Order for adjourning the Assizes;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 Aug.—Committees
Letter reported; Order for Money for the Forces. Ordinance for 10,000£. for them, read, and passed. Agreed
to by Lords, —Letter of Thanks to the Committees for
their ready Assistance against the Scots, ordered, —Ordinance for paying to the Forces 3,000£. Part of the 100,000 £.
formerly assigned to the Scots. Read twice, and passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired.—Order for a Collection next Thanksgiving Day for the maimed Soldiers, and
poor People of the County. Ordinance for that Purpose,
read twice, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — Town, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and the new Works
slighted, 1 Mar.
-, — 1647, Inhabitants burnt out by the Enemy to farm Delinquents Estates to the Value of 2,000£. for the ensuing
Year, the Money to be deducted out of 8,000 £. formerly
allowed them, 23 Dec.
-, — 1648, Letter about fortifying the Town, read, and approved; Order for Letter of Thanks, 16 May—The
Committee of the Militia to name to General sit Persons to
be Governors of the Town, 20 June—His Letter concerning the Castle, read, 1 July.
-, — Duchy of, 1646, Lords put House in mind of Ordinance for Commissioners in the Place of Chancellor, 9 Feb.
-, — 1647, like Message, 29 Mar.—Resolution for appointing a Chancellor; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 7
Mar. Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—Member to prepare Ordinance for delivering the Seal to
him. Ordinance read, and passed. Agreed to by
Lords.
Landguard Fort, 1646, a Committee to consider of continuing
or disgarisoning it, 2 Mar.
-, — 1648, General's Letter touching Supplies, reported;
Order for making them in Suffolk—Lieutenant of the Ordnance to treat with the Committee at Derby House about providing them, 1 Aug.
Landulph, 1647, Ordinance from Lords, appointing a Rector, to be read, 29 Mar.
Lane, Mr. 1647, Petition to be read; Mr. Doyley to have Notice, 23 July.
Langdale, Sir Marmaduke, 1648, Letter from the Committees at Nottingham, concerning the taking him and Twelve others —Relation of the whole Proceedings—Order for Letter of Thanks—For a Reward to the Messenger; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 26 Aug.
Langham, Alderman John, 1647, Report concerning him; Resolution that there appears Matter sufficient to accuse him of
High Treason, and that he be impeached accordingly; Order
for his Commitment to the Tower; the Committee to prepare Articles, 24 Sept.—Articles, and Evidences upon
each, read; Articles, Title, and Conclusion, agreed to, 13
Mar. Sent to Lords, with Desire he may stand committed,
and be brought to speedy Trial.
-, — 1648, Resolution for proceeding no further upon his Impeachment, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords.
-, — Major General, 1648, Order for trying him by martial
Law, 14 Aug.
Langherne, Major General, 1647, to command Horse and Dragoons sent up for the Safety of Wales, 8 Apr.
-, — 1648, Names of Officers come off from him to
Colonel Horton inclosed in a Letter; Order for paying them
as other disbanded Supernumeraries; and for their Arrears, 20
May.
Langley, Henry, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing him Master of Pembroke College Oxon, 18 Aug. Read, and passed.
Larden, John, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 July.
Larner, William, 1647. Vide Privileges.
Latham, Charles, 1647, Report concerning him to be made, 3
July—His Petition to be read, 9 & 15 Sept.—Read, and
referred to the Commissioners of the Great Seal, 1 Oct.
-, — Paul. Vide Standish.
Latham House, 1646, Demolition thereof approved, 3 Mar.
-, — 1647, House adhere to their Vote, 19 July.
Lauderdale, Lord, 1647, to have Pass to go to the King at Newmarket, 17 June—Scots Commissioners Letter concerning the Carriage of some Soldiers to him, 2 Aug.— Letter concerning him to be read, 23 Sept.
Laurence, Jonathan, 1648, his Petition from Lords, 15 Apr.
Law, martial, 1648, the Committee of the Army to prepare Article to try all that have broken their Faith with the Parliament by martial Law, 15 Aug. Resolution that they ought to die without Mercy, and that they be proceeded with accordingly, —Ordinance for martial Law, read; Debate thereon adjourned.
Lawrence, Adam, and others, 1647, Petition with an Account of
Money collected in the United Provinces for Relief of Irish
Protestants, read; Petitioners thanked, 12 Jan.
-, — Mr. 1648, has Leave to go beyond Sea; his Attendance to be dispensed with, 21 June.
Laws, Thomas. Vide Wyberton.
Lawson, John, 1647, Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency
sent to Lords, 3 June.
-, — Wilfred, 1647, the Committees of Complaints and Indemnity to forbear proceeding against him till further Order,
14 Mar.
-, — 1648, Order for them to proceed, 25 Apr.—Report;
Declaration that he is fit to be employed in the Parliament's
Service—Order for him to go into the Country—Letter from
Preston to him referred to the Committee at Derby House,
16 May—Order for taking, stating, and certifying his
Accounts, 10 June.
Lawton, John, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 July.
Lay-Preachers, 1646, Ordinance from Lords inhibiting them to preach, read, and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 21 Dec.—Committee sits, 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Jan.—5 & 12 Feb.—Declaration that House does dislike and will proceed against them, to be printed and published; Members to send it into their respective Counties, &c.—A Committee to examine all Complaints against them, 31 Dec. —Order for their Meeting; Complaints referred, 4 Jan. —The Committee impowered to receive Informations, and silence all that are found guilty, and upon Disobedience to commit them, 9 Mar. Report of One restrained. Vide Privileges.
Layton, Francis, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Sept.
-, — William, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 3 July.
Leake, Captain, 1647, to march with his Troop to Liverpoole,
2 July.
-, — Thomas, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Mar.
Leaman, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Sept.
-, — Mr. 1647, the Committee of Accounts to deliver him
his Books of Accounts; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 11
Mar.
Ledgant, Captain William, appointed Commander of a Ship, 26 Feb. 1646—27 Sept 1647.
Lee, Lieutenant Colonel, 1647, General's Letter concerning
him, read; the Northern Committee to examine the Business,
and send for him, 19 Jan.
-, — Richard, 1647, Petition read, and referred to the Committee of the Revenue, 15 Mar.
-, — Richard, junior, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Mar.
Leech, Mary, 1647, to keep in Hand Six Months longer 50£. due to Delinquents, 22 Jan.
Leeds, 1647, Order for making Report concerning Petitions from thence, 16 Apr.—Petition of poor People to be read, —Petition of several Sufferers by Fire, read; Order for bestowing 300£. upon them; the Committee of Yorkshire to apportion the Sums, 19 July. Agreed to by Lords, — The Committee at Haberdashers Hall to pay Part thereof. Agreed to by Lords.
Legard, Colonel Christopher, 1647, Petition, with Certificates of his Arrears, read; Order for paying him 5,000£. in full Satisfaction thereof; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 8 Mar.
Leger, Antony St. 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Sept.
Legge, Colonel William, 1647, to be sent for as a Delinquent,
15 Nov. Letter touching sending him up; Previous Question
for insisting upon and renewing the former Order, Neg.
-, — 1648, Order for his Commitment to Windsor Castle,
19 May—For exchanging him for Sir William Rowe,
12 Aug.
-, — Colonel Robert, 1648, to be exchanged for Mr. Samson
Sheffield, 12 Aug.
Leicester County, 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and
for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords,
—Members sent down to hasten the bringing in the Assessments of the Ordinance for 600,000£.; the Committee of
the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to
hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter reported,
read, and agreed to.
-, — 1648, Deputy Lieutenants added by Lords, 3 July.
They put House in mind thereof, —Committees Letter
read; Order for 600£. towards a Supply of Arms, 22 Aug.
-, — Town, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and the new Works
slighted, 1 Mar.
-, — 1647, House adhere to their Vote, 19 July.
Leicester, Peter, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Aug.
Leigh, Colonel Edward, 1646, the Committee of Staffordshire
to receive, state, audit, and certify his Accounts, 19 Jan.
—The Committee of Accounts to state and certify them,
20 Mar.
-, — Lady Mary, 1646, Order for paying her 100£. 13 Feb.
Agreed to by Lords.
-, — Peter, Charles, Henry, and Thomas, 1647, their Fines
accepted; Ordinance for pardoning their Delinquencies, read,
and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 25 Mar.
-, — Sir Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Dec.
Lenthall, William, 1648, Ordinance for conveying Lands to him and his Heirs for ever, upon a valuable Consideration, ordered, 1 Sept.
Leonard, Marine la, 1648, Ordinance from Lords for her
read, and passed, 8 May.
-, — Leonard, 1648, to be sent for as a Delinquent, 11 Aug.
Order for his Discharge, upon Payment of Monies due for
Excise.
Leopold, Archduke, 1647, Vote from Lords for preparing and sending a congratulatory Letter to him upon his coming to the Government of Flanders; Messenger appointed; Order for a competent Allowance to defray his Expences, 21 May.
Leskard, 1646, new Writ, 9 Feb.
Lestwithiel, 1646, new Writ, 8 Dec.
Letters and Papers, 1647, a Committee appointed for collecting them, 30 Dec.—To report Letters and Papers concerning the King, 8 Jan. Several reported, read, and referred to another Committee—Order for making further Collections.
Levant Company, 1646, Petition of Governor, &c. Leave
given them to land Currans, paying the Customs, 7 Jan.—
House to consider of carrying on the Trade to the Advantage
of the Kingdom, and the Good of the Company—Ordinance
for a Commission under the Great Seal to enable them to employ any Ambassador they shall nominate to the Commissioners, read. Company heard, touching the sad Condition
of their Affairs at Constantinople; Letter from their Agent
read; their Petition, desiring Sir Thomas Bendish may be
Ambassador, read, and agreed to; Form of a Commission
read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence to be desired; Ordinance passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — 1648, their Petition read, 14 Apr. Vide Currans—
Another read, and referred to the Committee of Trade, 13
Jan.
Leven, General, 1646, his Letter read; Order for providing
the Jewel formerly voted for him—Letter to him, concerning
the Armies levying no Monies upon their March, ordered,
23 Dec. Read, and agreed to—His Letter to Speaker, offering to sell Arms and Ammunition belonging to him at Newcastle; Resolution that House have no Use thereof, —
Order for paying 500£. for the Jewel, and sending it by the
Committee going into the North, 2 Jan.—Letter to accompany it ordered, 3 Feb. Read, and agreed to; Order
for paying the Money—For sending it to the Commissioners
employed to Scotland.
-, — 1647, his Letter of Thanks read; Order for a Reward
to the Messenger; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 7 Apr.
Leversage, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 3 June.
Levett, Dr. 1646. Vide Privileges.
-, — William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 17 Sept.
Lewen, Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 17 Dec.
Lewins, Lewis, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 25 Mar.
Lewis, Mr. Vide Lloyd, Mr.—1646, Order for Stay of Proceedings in the Country, concerning the Sequestration of his
Estate, upon Security to stand to any Order of House, 23
Feb.
-, — Sir William, 1647, Report concerning him; Order for
his Appearance on a Day appointed, to be left at his usual
Place of Abode, 4 Sept.—Serjeants Report, 27 Jan.
-, — 1648, Vote for accusing him, to be discharged, 3 June.
To be communicated to Lords.
-, — William, 1647. Vide Privileges.
Lidcott, Colonel, 1647, appointed Commander of a Ship, 17
Mar.
-, — 1648, the Committee of the Admiralty to send to him,
and receive his Answer, touching the Command, 19 Apr.
Lightfoote, Mr. 1646, desired to preach, 27 Jan.—Thanked, and to print his Sermon, 24 Feb.
Lighthouses, 1646, Order for Second Reading of the Bill concerning those erected at the North and South Forelands, 11 Feb.
Lilbourne, Lieutenant Colonel John, 1647, Report concerning
his Imprisonment re-committed; the Committee to meet de
die in diem, and search Precedents, 14 Sept.—His Proposition read, 4 Oct.—Report from Re-commitment; Papers
read; Report referred to another Committee, with Power to
search Precedents, and send for him, —Committees
added; all that come to have Voices, 1 Nov.—Liberty given
him to attend the Committee de die in diem, without his
Keeper, —Conference desired by Lords concerning Matters
of great Importance, agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference held, and reported; Order for Liberty to him to go
abroad, recalled; Lieutenant of the Tower to bring him to
Bar, —Narrative of his Carriage at a Meeting for signing
a Petition of very great Concernment; heard thereupon;
printed Papers read; Business referred to a Trial at Law in
the King's Bench; Order for his Commitment to the Tower
for treasonable and seditious Practices against the State.
Officers of the Guards to assist Serjeant in conducting him to
Prison.
-, — 1648, Order for his Trial to be continued—For allowing him 40s. per Week in the mean time; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Apr.—Petition of well-affected
Citizens on his Behalf, read; Order of Restraint discharged;
a Committee to consider of Satisfaction for his Sufferings
and Losses—The Committee of Accounts to audit and state
his Accounts—Conference to be desired concerning the taking
off his Restraint; Managers appointed, 1 Aug. Order for his
Release agreed to by Lords. Report touching him; Resolution that Satisfaction be given him for Two wrongful Sentences passed against him in the Star-chamber—That 3,000£.
be the Sum—Ordinance for Reparation to him, ordered;.
Read.
Limerick, Earl of, 1647, a Committee to search what has been done in this Parliament in relation to him, 14 Sept.
Lincoln County, 1646, Business concerning it to be reported,
3 Feb.—Vice-admiral appointed, 16 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Another appointed by Lords, agreed
to, —Members sent down to hasten the bringing in the
Assessment for 600,000£. The Committee of the Army to
prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter, reported, read, and
agreed to.
-, — 1648, Report from the Committee at Derby House;
Commissioners for assessing the 60,000£. per Mensem impowered to raise and maintain a Troop of Horse for Six Months,
by an equal Tax upon the County; Ordinance for that Purpose, read, and passed; agreed to by Lords—Order for sending Forces to Stamford, 5 June—Colonel Wayte's Letter,
concerning suppressing the Insurrection in those Parts; Vote
of Approbation; Letters of Thanks ordered thereupon—
General to be desired to grant a Commission of martial Law
to Colonel Wayte, to try Persons triable thereby, —Ordinance for settling the Militia, read, and passed; Gentlemen
sent down to put it in Execution. House put Lords in
mind thereof, 23 June—3 July. Ordinance agreed to by
them, —Ordinance to impower the Committee to raise
1,500£. a Month for raising and maintaining a Regiment of
Foot, ordered. Read, and passed; agreed to by Lords,
—The Committee at Derby House to grant Commissions
to the Officers—The Committee for monthly Assessments to
have the same Power as in former Ordinances, 2 Aug.
-, — City, 1646, new Writ, 15 Mar.
-, — 1648, Information that the Treasury was broke open by
the Enemy, and 1,100£. taken out; the Committee to examine the Truth thereof; Order for discharging the Treasurers,
8 July. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — Earl of, 1647, Resolution for impeaching him of High
Treason; Impeachment sent to Lords, with Desire he may be
sequestered from the House, and committed, 8 Sept. Lords
to be desired to appoint a Day for bringing up the Articles,
17 Sept.—14 Oct. Day appointed. A Committee to
prepare them, —Message from Lords, desiring a speedy
Proceeding; Articles to be reported, 29 Nov.—To be
read, 1 Dec. Read; Evidences to be presented; Message to
Lords, desiring a longer Time for bringing up the Articles.
Orders and Warrants signed by him, with other Informations
and Matter of Evidence, read. Ingrossed Articles reported; Evidence to each read, and applied by the Reporters; Articles, Title, and Conclusion, agreed to. Sent
to Lords.
-, — 1648, Resolution for proceeding no further upon his
Impeachment, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords—
Message from them that they will discharge him, unless House
proceed by a Day appointed.
Lisle, John, 1647, Ordinance appointing him Master of St.
Cross's Hospital under the Great Seal, read, and passed,
13 Mar. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — Lieutenant. Vide Bowen, John.
Lister, Sir William, 1646, Order for 600£. for Maintenance of
his Wife and Children, 22 Dec.
-, — Sir Martin, 1647, Petition read, and referred to a Committee, 21 May.
-, — Mr. 1647, Business concerning him to be reported, 22
July,
Litchfield, 1647, Order for dismantling the Close, 19 July—
For putting in Execution the Ordinances for Sequestrations,
4 Sept. Agreed to by Lords, —Order touching the Payment of Vicars of the Church—Ordinance for settling preaching Ministers in the City, read, and passed, 24 Mar.
-, — 1648, Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to, 4 Apr.—The Committee of plundered
Ministers to consider of the Dispositions of the Revenues of
the Church, and settle them in an equal Manner, 18 Aug.
Littleton, Sir Thomas, 1646, referred to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to allow him his Impropriations in part of his Fine, 4 Mar.
Litton, Sir William, 1647, Order for restoring his Horses, 3 Aug.
Liverpool, 1646, Order for keeping it a Garison with 600 Foot,
1 Mar.
-, — 1647, Petition of Inhabitants, read, and referred to the
Committee for destroyed Houses, 27 Jan.
-, — 1648, Order for taking the Garison into Pay, 6 June
—The Committee at Derby House to consider of adding
Men, 29 July.
Livesay, Sir Michael, 1648, his Proceedings in raising Forces approved; Letter of Thanks ordered, 12 July.
Lloyd, Richard, 1646, to have Liberty to carry 300£. beyond
Sea upon the Surrender of Holt Castle—His Wife to be
allowed 300£. per Annum, 22 Dec.
-, — Mr. 1646, Lords acquaint House he is taken; a Committee of both Houses to examine him, 9 Jan.
-, — Mr. and Mr. Lewis, 1646, a Committee to state the
Matter of Fact concerning them, 4 Feb.
-, — Lieutenant Griffyth, 1647, to be sent for to attend, 29
Mar.
-, — Edward, 1646, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 20 Dec.
-, — Captain Licence, 1648, Petition read, 1 June.
-, — William, 1648, Order for 1,000£. to discharge his Debts
and Engagements; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 10
June.
Lock, Matthew, 1646, appointed Comptroller of the Customs at Southampton; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 5 Dec.
Lockton, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 10 Jan.
Loftus, Sir Adam. Vide Parsons, Sir William—1646, has Liberty for Twelve Months to go into Ireland, without any Stay
from the Committee of Accounts, 28 Jan.
-, — 1648, a Committee to treat with his Creditors touching
their Demands, and consider of relieving his present Necessities, 21 June.
Loislur, Nicolas, 1647, Petition; Order for Payment of his Arrears, 28 Oct.
London, 1646, Lord Mayor to be desired to suppress tumultuous Assemblies; Members to acquaint him therewith, 5
Dec.—A Committee of both Houses to consider of Means for
preventing Dangers from the great Resort of disaffected Persons to the City and Parts adjacent, 7. Order for their
meeting—The Committee of the Army formerly appointed to
advise with the Committee of the Militia, and provide for the
Safety of the City, &c. revived, and to sit de die in diem,
—Ordinance from Lords for sending Papists and Delinquents Twenty Miles from London, read, and passed; Order for printing, and publishing it by Beat of Drum—Ordinance for disfranchising all Citizens that have been in Arms
against the Parliament, or adhered to their Enemies, read,
—Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. with a Representation of
the pressing Grievances and important Desires of the wellaffected Freemen, read; previous and main Questions for considering them, notwithstanding any former Order, severally
Affirmative; Petitioners thanked. Petition, and Representation, read again; Candles ordered; previous Question
for considering them in Course, Affirmative; Day appointed,
22. First Paragraph of the Petition read, —Copy of a
Counter Petition, discovered by Mr. Boys at a Conventicle,
read, and referred to a Committee, 15 Mar.—Petition of
Lord Mayor, with a Copy of the printed Petition, read;
Lord Mayor, &c. thanked, —Another Petition, with Certificate annexed, avowing the former Petition, to be considered, —Ordinance from Lords, concerning the Militia;
31 Dec.—Order for Interest to Persons who will advance
9,000£. Part of 12,000£. formerly granted to the City
Guards; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Feb.—A Committee to prepare Ordinance for keeping Delinquents and Malignants out of the Lines Two Months longer, —Ordinance
to be read—Ordinance from Lords, concerning the Militia,
to be read.
-, — 1647, like Order, 27 Mar. Ordinance read twice,
—Question for committing it to a Committee of the whole
House, Neg. Order for committing it to a select Committee,
2 Apr. Ordinance reported; Proviso read; Question for
Second Reading, Neg. Ordinance passed, with Amendments; Amendments to be communicated to Lords at a Conference; Managers appointed, —Resolution for borrowing
200,000£. for the Service of England and Ireland, 30 Mar.
—Agreed to by Lords—A Committee of both Houses to
treat with the City thereupon; Lord Mayor to be desired to
call a Common Council, 2 Apr. The Committee impowered to offer any Security in the Parliament's Power, except
as excepted, 6. Lord Mayor to be desired to call another
Common Council. Their Answer reported; Resolutions touching Security for this and former Loans. Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed
to, with Amendments; Conference to be desired thereupon;
Managers appointed. Conference desired, and agreed to;
Managers Names read; Conference held. Message to
Lords, desiring their Answer, —Another Conference desired by them, agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference
held, and reported; Lords Votes in Part disagreed to; free
Conference desired, and agreed to; Managers appointed; free
Conference held, and reported; Lord Mayor to be desired to
call a Common Council; the Committee to communicate to
them the Security agreed upon, 1 May. Opinion of the
Common Council reported; previous Question for insisting
upon the former Votes touching the Security, Neg. 5 Resolutions touching further Security. Agreed to by
Lords—Common Council impowered to nominate Treasurers;
Votes to be communicated to them. Their Act thereupon, read. City to be acquainted that an Ordinance
for their Security is passed, —Petition of Citizens of
20th March, with a Certificate annexed, to be considered,
13, 22 & 23 Apr.—Read, with Proceedings thereupon;
House disapprove the presenting it, 4 May. Order for burning it by the common Hangman—Another Petition in Prosecution of the former. Vide Privileges—Persons named
by the Common Council to be a Committee for the Militia,
approved: Quorum appointed; Votes to be put into the Form
of an Ordinance; Lords Concurrence signified—Former Commissioners to be thanked, 4 May. Thanked—Lord Mayor
to be desired to call a Common Council; a Committee to acquaint them House has under Consideration a Proposition for
borrowing Money for Relief of the poorer Sort of People.
Order for distributing 1,800£, among such as have lent 5£. or
under—Informations and Desires of the Committee of the
Militia, concerning the City Guards—Power given them to
dispose of the Remainder of the last 1,200£.; Ordinance for
charging it upon the Security of the 200,000£. lately borrowed, ordered, —Petition of the Military Company, read;
Order for restoring to them the Military Ground in St. Martins in the Fields—For 500£. for re-edifying and repairing it
—For 200£. for re-edifying and repairing the Military Yard
in Tothill-fields, severally agreed to by Lords—Provincial
Assembly impowered to adjourn to any Place within the City
and Liberties; Lords Concurrence signified, —Petition
of many Thousands of well-affected Citizens, read; Question
for giving a present Answer, Neg. 2 June—Petition of Lord
Mayor, &c. with a former Ordinance for raising Horse, and
apprehending ill-affected Persons, read; Speaker's Answer;
Ordinance enabling the Committee of the Militia to make
Searches, and raise Horses, ordered. To be presented. Read twice; Continuance thereof; Ordinance passed;
agreed to by Lords—A Committee of both Houses to consult
with the Committee of the Militia about arming all within
the Lines; Person to attend them; Power given them to
send for Forces come off from the Army; Lords Concurrence
signified—Ordinance from them concerning the Militia,
—Copy of a Letter from the General to the City, with the
Desires of the Common Council thereupon, read; Speaker's
Answer. Common Council's Answer to General's Letter
read, and approved; Thanks thereupon. Copies of other
Letters from the General; Account of the Proceedings of the
Committee, sent from the City to the Army, and General's
Desires to them; Copies of the Act of Common Council for
bringing in the Names and Qualities of Reformado Officers,
willing to serve the Parliament;Of an Order for annulling
it as much as in them lies, severally read; Vote for recalling
that Order, agreed to by Lords; Speaker's Answer—City
have Leave to write to the Army, their Letters being first
approved by both Houses. Copy of One read twice;
Members to intimate to them the Sense of House thereupon
—Their Desires that Soldiers not paid may be commanded to
repair to their several Counties. Letter altered, and read;
House leave it to them to send such Letters as they shall think
fit—Their Desires for discharging Forces raised by the Order
of Common Council; previous Question for agreeing thereto,
Neg. 19. Order for discharging them—Copies of Two Letters from the General to the Committee sent from the City,
read; House approve of their sending a Committee; Speaker's Answer, —Ordinance for Soldiers, not Inhabitants,
to depart the City, read, 29 June—Committed, 1 July.
Reported—Another Ordinance ordered, read twice, and
passed. Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to. Order for printing, and publishing it
by Beat of Drum. The Committee of the Militia to
put it in Execution, —Ordinance for sending Malignants
out of the Lines, to be read, 1 July. Read twice; Commencement thereof; Ordinance passed. Agreed to by
Lords. Order for printing, and publishing it by Beat of
Drum. Members to give House Account of the Proceedings thereupon, —Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. for
20,000£. to carry on the Charge of the Militia, and for continuing the Ordinance for raising Horse; Power given to the
Committee of the Militia to raise 600 Horse; Ordinance for
that Purpose ordered, 8 July. Read, and passed. Agreed
to by Lords, —Person examined touching the listing of
Soldiers Names; Speaker signifies the Dislike of House
thereto. Business referred to a Committee. Order for
their sitting; Power given them to examine after all manner
of Listings, and by whom. Business re-committed;
Committee impowered to send for Witnesses, &c. —Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. read, and to be considered;
Speaker's Answer, 2 July—House acquainted with Letters
from the Army; Declaration against tumultuous Meetings
upon any Pretence; the Committee of the Militia to prevent
them, and commit Offenders—Order against Officers or Soldiers entering the Lines, —Petition of Apprentices read;
Members to give Answer. Counter Petition read; previous Question for giving Answer, Affirmative; Members to
give it, —Printed Paper, stiled the humble Petition of
Citizens, Commanders, &c. with an Engagement annexed,
read; a Committee to inquire what Engagement has been entered into. Petition and Engagement read again; a
Committee to prepare Declaration against it; Declaration reported, read, and agreed to; Order for publishing it by Beat
of Drum. Lords Concurrence signified; Declaration to
be communicated to Lord Mayor; Members to send it into
their respective Counties, &c. Ordinance from Lords for
revoking the Declaration, read, and passed; —Petition of
Trained Bands, complaining that their Officers were removed;
previous Question for restoring the Militia into the same Hands
as formerly; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered. Read
twice; Continuance thereof; Ordinance committed, reported,
and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired—Old Commissioners to meet, and take Order for the Security of the
City and Parliament. Ordinance from Lords for revoking it, read, and passed—Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. with
Two Petitions to them, read; their Petition to be considered
—Petition of Apprentices; Members sent to bring it in; Petioners Desire to present it, agreed to; Petition read, —
—Petition of well-affected Apprentices, read, and approved
—Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. read; House approves of the
stopping Horses within the Lines—The Committee of the
Militia impowered to raise and list them—Ordinance for renewing the Ordinance of 11th June, appointing a Committee
of both Houses to join with the Committee of the Militia to
consider of Means for Defence of the City, &c. to be continued a Month longer; Quorum appointed; Committees
added—Severally agreed to by Lords. Ordinance for enlarging their Power, read, and passed. Agreed to by
Lords; Order for printing and publishing it, 1 Aug.—
The Committee impowered to chuse a Commander in Chief;
Lords Concurrence signified, 30 July. House acquainted
they had chosen Lieutenant General Massey; previous and
main Questions for approving him, severally Affirmative;
Lords Concurrence signified, —Vote of Approbation
of an Order by the Committee of Safety for publishing, and
reading in Churches, the Declaration of Lord Mayor, &c.—
A Committee to prepare Ordinance to enable the Committee
of Safety, and the Committee of the Militia, to secure and
difarm disaffected and suspected Persons; Power given them
to act till the Ordinance passes, 1 Aug. Ordinance read
twice, and re-committed; Committees added, —Ordinance
from Lords, concerning the Reformadoes going out of Town. Read twice, and committed. Reported, and passed, with
Amendments, —Lord Mayor to be desired to call a Common
Council; a Committee to treat with them about advancing a
Month's Pay for the Army, and Security, 21 Aug. Lords Concurrence signified; Order for them to repair to the Common
Council. Their Answer, that they had appointed a Committee to consider of bringing in the Arrears of the Assessments,
and for advancing 50,000£. —Another Committee to desire their positive Answer touching the Loan, 3 Sept. Their Petition, and Answer, read; House dissatisfied therewith; Order for
paying the whole Arrears, and advancing 50,000£. Part thereof, by 18th Instant. Their Answer and Petition, read;
a Concept of an Ordinance annexed; House insist upon their
advancing the Money at the Time limited; Common Council to be acquainted therewith—Ordinance to enable them
better to raise and bring in the Arrears, and secure the Monies advanced, ordered. General's Declaration, concerning Delays in raising Monies, read, and to be communicated to the City. Their Answer, that they cannot
advance 50,000£. reported; Answer and Declaration to be
considered, —The Committee of the Militia to put in
Execution Ordinances for sending Persons that have been in
Arms against the Parliament out of the Lines, 21 Aug.—
The Committees of the Militia of London, Westminster,
&c. to put them in Execution, 9 Sept.—Ordinance from
Lords, for settling the Militia in the old Hands, read, and
passed, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to by them
—Another Ordinance from Lords, for slighting the Lines,
read, and passed, 2 Sept.—Another Ordinance for selling the
Materials, read, and passed, —Petition of well-affected
Citizens, read. Read again; Speaker's Answer, —
Lord Mayor committed to the Tower for High Treason.
Vide Gayer, Sir John.—Aldermen to consider how the civil
Government of the City may be executed; the Committee
of the Militia to prevent all Disturbances. Order for
electing a new Lord Mayor, agreed to by Lords. For
delivering the Ensigns of Honour, &c. to him, —Petition of Citizens, read; Speaker's Answer, 5 Oct.—Another
Petition for propagating the preaching of the Gospel, read,
and referred to a Committee; Petitioners to be thanked,
—Ordinance for removing and remedying the Obstructions in
the Execution of the Ordinance for the Militia, ordered, —A Committee to inquire what Meetings have been in the
City for dividing the Army, and disturbing the Peace of the
Kingdom; Conference desired by Lords concerning the London
Agents mentioned in General's Letter to them, agreed to;
Reporters appointed; Conference held. Message from
Lords desiring House to consider the Matter thereof. Conference reported; printed Paper, indorsed, "England's Free"dom, Soldiers Rights," read; a Committee to examine the
Proceedings of the London Agents, and other Abettors of
these Irregularities; Informations concerning Major Scott,
&c. referred; the Committee to prepare Declaration.
Papers from Nottingham referred. Order for meeting of
the Committee, 20 Nov.—8 Dec.—For lessening the Quorum, agreed to by Lords; additional Power to the Committee—Order from Lords that they be a close Committee—For
apprehending the London Agents, severally agreed to, —General's Letter that he had ordered a Regiment of Foot
to quarter in the City to assist in collecting the Arrears due to
the Army; Letter to stay their March, ordered; Lord Mayor
to be desired to call a Common Council; a Committee of
both Houses to press them to expedite the Payment thereof,
and acquaint them with the Inconveniencies of Delay, 20
Nov. House thanked for their Care in preventing quartering
Soldiers in the City; written Answer presented, and read; a
Committee to prepare Answer thereto; Answer reported, read,
and agreed to, —Additional Commissioners for bringing in
all Arrears and Assessments, agreed to by Lords, —Members sent to expedite the bringing in the Six Months Assessments of 60,000£. 8 & 14 Jan.—A Committee to nominate fit Persons to join with the Aldermen, &c. of every
Ward, for speedy collecting all Arrears; the Committee of
the Army to prepare Ordinance, authorizing them to proceed,
23 Mar.—Petition of divers Citizens wounded at Guildhall, read, and referred to the Committee of Complaints, 25
Nov.—Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. read; Speaker's Answer, 1 Dec.—Ordinance from Lords, touching the Election
of Officers in the City, read twice, and committed; reported, and passed, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to
by Lords. Copy to be sent to Lord Mayor; Ordinance
to be printed, —Ordinance for putting Papists and Malignants out of the Lines, read twice; Commencement and
Continuance thereof; Ordinance passed. Agreed to by
Lords; Copy to be sent to Lord Mayor; Ordinance to be
printed, —Information that divers Citizens were abused
for opening their Shops last Christmas-day; Order for the
Committees of the Militia of London, Westminster, &c. to
prevent the like Inconveniencies, to be printed, —Petition of the Provincial Assembly, read, and referred to the
Committee of Grievances; Petitioners thanked, 11 Jan.—
Lord Mayor and Justices to prosecute late Riots—Committees of the Militia of London, Westminster, &c. to put in
Execution the Ordinance for putting Malignants and Delinquents out of the Lines; the Committee of Complaints to
commit such as stay; Power given to employ Persons for discovering them; Order for 100£. to recompence such Persons, 14 Jan. Ordinance impowering them to employ Persons in that Service, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired. The Committees to make Provost-martials
—The Guards at Whitehall and the Meuse to apprehend
those they find in Town, and send them to a Justice; Justice impowered to commit them. The Committee of
Complaints to examine Persons seized by the City-marshal,
—Ordinance from Lords for giving Power to Justices, and
the Committees of the Militia, to search for and apprehend
Papists and Delinquents, read, and passed.—A Committee to advise with Judges about Persons that fixed seditious
Tickets upon Posts; King's Counsel to prosecute their Trial,
—Resolution for recommending a Recorder; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Order for Lieutenant of the
Tower to search for suspected Persons, and warlike Stores,
within the Lines; Persons apprehended, and Materials seized,
to be disposed of by the Committee at Derby House, 3 Feb.
Amended, —Petition of Merchants, read, and referred to
the Committee of the Admiralty, 20 Mar.—Ordinance for
Payment of Tythes in the City and Liberties, read, and
passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — 1648, Ordinance to be printed and published, 21 Apr.
—Narrative of late Tumults, and Proceedings thereupon;
Proceedings of Lord Mayor, &c. for suppressing them, approved; Thanks to them, and the General; the Committee
of the Army to join with the Justices in examining and committing the Abettors—Order for a Commission of Oyer and
Terminer to try them—Order for a Thanksgiving within
the Lines. Vide Thanksgiving. Act of Common Council to
be read in Churches—Order for taking down the Posts and
Chains about the City—For a Gratuity of 1,000£. to the Parliament's Guards—For removing disaffected Persons out of
the Tower, and for making up the Regiment 1,000, and
adding 100 Horse—Order from Lords for a Thanksgiving—
For a Commission of Oyer and Terminer to try the Rioters,
severally agreed to, 13 Apr.—Ordinance for the Commission,
read, and passed; agreed to by Lords, —Lord Mayor
to be pressed to use all Expedition in the Prosecution, 17 May
—Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. read; their Desires concerning Major General Skippon, approved—Desire concerning
the Chains, granted; Speaker's Answer—A Committee to examine an Information mentioned therein—The Committee of
Safety to confer with General, touching the Part that concerns the removing the Army further off, 27 Apr.—General's Letter read; Copy to be delivered to the Common
Council; General to be desired to recal his Orders for removing the Parliament's Guard; Officers to forbear removing
them till further Order from him, 2 May. Answer of the
Common Council, reported, and read, —Petition of Lord
Mayor, &c. read; Resolution for authorizing him to present a
fit Persons to be a Committee for the Militia—To present a
fit Person for the Command of the Tower—For removing
the Soldiers from thence; a Committee to draw up in Writing the Reasons of these Votes to be presented to General;
Speaker's Answer—Ordinance for Settling the Militia, and
appointing a Lieutenant of the Tower, ordered. Read
twice; Debate thereon adjourned. Resumed; Committees approved; previous Question concerning the Quorum,
Neg. Proviso for exempting certain Places, read, and agreed
to; previous Question concerning the Clause of Power to the
Committee—Concerning the Clause for appointing Colonel
West Lieutenant of the Tower, severally Affirmative—For
appointing Major General Skippon Commander in Chie
Neg. Ordinance passed. Agreed to by Lords, —O
dinance for appointing Major General Skippon Command
in Chief, ordered. Read, and passed; agreed to by
Lords—Present Commissioners to act till the Militia is settled,
and obey Major General Skippon's Orders, —Order the
preventing Multitudes to pass the City, and to difarm them,
to be communicated to Lord Mayor, &c.—Order for renewing the Ordinance for putting Malignants and Papists
out of Town Six Months longer; Ordinance for that Purpose
ordered. Read, and passed. Agreed to by Lords,
—The Committee of the Militia to put it in Execution,
8 June—Explanatory Ordinance read twice, and committed. Reported; Blank filled up; Proviso and Declaration
read, and passed; Ordinance passed; agreed to by Lords;
Order for printing and publishing it, —Information of a
Design of very dangerous Consequence; Order that the Militias of London and Parts adjacent be in a Posture to prevent
it—For keeping Prisoners securely; agreed to by Lords—
Lord Mayor to be desired to call a Common Council; a
Committee of both Houses to attend them; a Committee to
prepare Heads to be communicated to them, for preserving a
good Correspondence between the Parliament and the City. Heads reported, read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence signified—Informations of listing Persons under an
Oath of Secrecy, to be communicated to the City. City's
Answer reported, —The Committee of the Militia, and
Major General Skippon, to be thanked—The Committee to
consider of a Course for the Safety of the Parliament and City
till the Militia is settled; General Skippon to acquaint them
with the Order. Written Answer reported, —A
Committee to advise with the Common Council and the Militia upon Means for securing the Parliament and City, and to
continue upon this Service till further Order, —The
Committee of Complaints to examine Persons engaged in this
Design, with Power to release or keep in Prison, 3 July—
Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. for Discharge of the Aldermen,
Recorder, and others, in the Tower, read; several to be
discharged; Part concerning the Aldermen to be considered;
Speaker's Answer—Lord Mayor to be desired to call a Common Council; a Committee to press them to expedite the
Arrears, and advance 30,000£. forthwith, 23 May. Their
Answer reported, —A Committee to press the Common
Council to advance ready Monies for the Forces marching
into Kent. Their Answer reported; Thanks thereupon,
—Ordinance for more effectual bringing in the Arrears,
read, and passed, —Agreed to by Lords—Petition of
Lord Mayor, &c. with a Petition of well-affected Citizens to
them, read; a Committee to state a Narrative of what the
Houses have done in Reference to the Particulars of the City
Petition—Another Committee to attend the Common Council
upon the other Petition—A Committee of both Houses to attend
them with the Narrative, 1 June. Their Answer reported;
Narrative and Answer to be printed, —Letters from Kent to
Lord Mayor, &c. read; Thanks thereupon—A Committee
to make Use of them to the Committee of the Militia, —
General's Letter from Rochester, read; Lord Mayor to be
desired to call a Common Council; Letter, and Papers inclosed, to be communicated to them; a Committee to make
Observations upon the Papers, and cause them to be printed;
Answer that it is not safe to call a Common Council; Order
for it discharged, —Resolution for disfranchising all Freemen
and Apprentices that have been or shall be in Arms against
the Parliament, —Petition of the Provincial Assembly,
read; Thanks thereupon, —Petition of Lord Mayor, &c.
for a safe and well-grounded Peace; a Committee to withdraw, and prepare Answer; Answer reported, and given by
Speaker, —Letter and Petition from Newcastle, to be
communicated to the City; Lord Mayor to be desired to call
a Common Council, and inform them of the Necessity of
raising 4,000£. a Month for the Pay of Three Regiments of
Foot in that Town, —A Committee to demand their
positive Answer, 5, 10 13 July—Petition of Lord Mayor,
&c. with a Petition of the Officers of the Trained Bands,
read; Speaker's Answer; Resolution for joining the Militias
of the Out-parts with the Militia of the City. Agreed
to by Lords, —Ordinance for that Purpose, read twice,
and committed. Petitions read, and referred, 10 &
—A Committee to confer with the Common Council, and
the Commanders in London, concerning the Engagement for
the Safety of the King and Parliament, during the intended
Treaty, and touching the Manner of the Security, 5 July—
To acquaint them with the Misbehaviour of some of the
Guards, —Londoners Petition, with Lords Votes concerning the Ordinance for Major General Skippon to inlist
Men. Conference desired by them thereupon, agreed to;
Reporters appointed; Conference held, —Lords Desire
to communicate their Votes concerning him at a Conference,
agreed to, 9 Aug.—Resolution for authorizing Major General Skippon to inlist and command Volunteers, 5 July.
House approves of what he and others have done therein; Order for indemnifying them; the Committee of the Militia to
assist them; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Petition of
Lord Mayor, &c. concerning the Ordinance for inlisting,
read; Speaker's Answer; a Committee to receive Complaints,
and suppress indirect Carriages therein; House insist upon
their former Votes; Speaker's Answer, —Another Petition of Lord Mayor, &c. concerning it, read; Speaker's
Answer; Lord Mayor to be desired to call a Common Council; a Committee to represent to them the Dangers of the
Parliament and City, and the Grounds for making and continuing the Ordinance—Another Committee to confer with
them and the Militia concerning Irregularities in listing, and
to reconcile the Differences, —Proceedings of the Committee, and the City's Thankfulness, reported; Order for
their sitting to hear what the Common Council and Militia
shall propose, and to confer with them about a Paper, intituled, "Commune concilium tent' 27° Julii, 1648," 1 Aug.
State of the Matter of the Proposals, and Matter of Fact,
reported—State of Ground of City's Apprehensions presented;
Orders of the Committee of the Militia, and Representation
of the Commanders of the Trained Bands, read; Order for
transferring the Power of inlisting Forces, to be under Major
General Skippon's Command, to the Militia; Ordinance
for that Purpose ordered—A Committee to consult with the
Militia how the Forces raised by him may be made serviceable. Ordinance concerning the raising and inlisting
Horse by the Militia, read twice, and committed.
Reported, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—Petition of divers who had inlisted under him; Power given
him to appoint Officers over the Inhabitants of the Outparts; Remainder of the Petition referred to the Committee
for joining the Militias; Speaker's Answer, —Ordinance
from Lords for the Militias of London and Westminster—
Two Petitions of Lord Mayor, &c. read; a Committee to
prepare Answer, 8 Aug. Answer reported, read, and agreed
to; a Committee to deliver it to the Common Council, Petition and Answer to be printed and published, —Letter
from York, concerning the great Wants of the Northern
Parts, to be communicated to the City, —A Committee
to go to the Militia to examine a Design House is informed
of, with Power to search for and seize all Habiliments of
War, and secure Persons. Examinations and Informations reported, read, and re-delivered; Proceedings of the
Committee approved; Order for their meeting constantly;
the Committee at Derby House to deliver to them Examinations taken by them; the Committee to examine Persons
committed by them, —A Committee to prepare Ordinance
for establishing a Court-martial in the City, —Petition of
Lord Mayor, &c. with a Petition of well-affected Citizens
to the Common Council; Thanks thereupon, —Lord
Mayor to be desired to call a Common Council; a Committee to confer with them about a Loan of 10,000 £. for carrying on the Treaty, 1 Sept.
-, — late Bishop of. Vide Juxon, Dr.
Londonderry, Vide Ireland, 1647, Comptroller of the Customs appointed, 17 Mar. Lords Concurrence signified.
Long, Walter. Vide Privileges.
-, — 1647, his Petition; Order for continuing him Register of
the Chancery, 29 Apr. Agreed to by Lords, —Report
concerning him; Order for his Appearance on a Day appointed, to be left at his usual Place of Abode, 17 Sept.—
Serjeant's Report, 27 Jan.
-, — 1648, Resolution for discharging the Vote whereby he
stands accused, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords, —
Order for respiting his sitting in the House, discharged.
-, — Richard, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 14 Dec.
-, — James, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 21 Dec.
Lord's Day. Vide Sunday.
Lords, House of. Vide Messages—1647, Message from them concerning a Copy of an Act, with their Clerk's Hand forged to it, informed to be in a Member's Custody, to be considered, 18 May. Member to be acquainted therewith. Heard, and ordered to deliver it to the Clerk.
Lorne, Lord, 1646, Pass for him to transport Six Horses, Custom and Impost free; agreed to by Lords, 23 Feb.
Lorrain, Duke of, 1648, the Committee of the Admiralty to state the Matter of Fact concerning his Pretences touching Ships seized, and the Carriage towards his presented Agent —His Letter from Lords referred to the Committee for foreign Affairs, 15 Apr.—Their Report, 18 May.
Love, Andrew. Vide Campbell, Donald.
-, — James, 1646, his Petition from Lords, with special Recommendation, 10 Feb.
-, — Quartermaster Thomas, 1647, Order for Payment of his
Arrears, 24 Feb.
-, — Christopher, 1647, Petition read, 8 Mar. Vide Devereux, Colonel Nicolas.
Lovelace, Francis, 1647, Petition read; Order for bailing him; Two next Justices of Kent to take the Bail, 8 Mar. Any Two to take it.
Louer, Mr. 1647, Petition complaining of the Miscarriage of some Officers towards him, read, and referred to General, 24 Sept.
Lovingland, Isle of, 1648, the Committee of the Admiralty to consider it; Members to give them Advice touching the Place, 9 June. The Committee to secure it, and grant Commissions to raise Forces.
Lower, Lieutenant Colonel William, 1646, to be discharged
from Imprisonment, and permitted to go beyond Sea, upon
Security not to act against the Parliament, 11 Jan.
-, — Thomas, 1646, Matter of Fact concerning his Case, reported; Resolution for admitting him to his Composition,
and exempting him from his 5th and 20th Parts, 15 Feb.
Lownes, Richard, 1647, Order for his Commitment to Newgate for publishing and vending a seditious Pamphlet, intituled, "Mercurius Pragmaticus," 16 Oct.
Lowther, Sir Gerard, 1648, Petition read; Order for bestowing 500£. upon him, 31 Aug.
Loyalty, a Ship, 1647, Petition of Owners; Liberty given them to transport 6,000 £. in foreign Silver, 3 Nov.
Lucy, Spencer, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 June.
Ludlow, 1646, Order for disgarisoning the Castle, and slighting the new Works—For making that and the Town untenable, 25 Feb.
Luke, Sir Samuel, 1646, his Certificate reported, and to be
considered, 7 Jan. Read; Account allowed; Order for
paying him 4,482£. 13s. 6d.
-, — 1647. Vide Privileges.
Lunsford, Thomas, 1647, to be removed from the Tower to Lord Petre's House, 1 Oct.
Lurgeshall, 1647, new Writ, 23 Mar.
Lyme, 1646, Order for 1,000£. for rebuilding the Pier, and
other Sea Walls, 19 Jan.—For disgarisoning the Town,
and slighting the Works, 26 Feb.
-, — 1647, Order for dismantling the new Works, 13 July—
For 1,000£. for repairing the Pier, and other ruinated Sea
Works.
-, — 1648, Proposition concerning the Town, reported, and to
be considered, 19 July—The Committee of the Eastern
Association to consider how the Garison may be supplied with
Men if the Soldiers march away, 3 Aug.—Petition of Inhabitants, concerning their Losses sustained in the late Siege,
read; Order for 2,000 Oaks for re-edifying their Houses, &c.
and for Money towards Reparation of their Losses, 5 Aug.
Lyndall, Lieutenant, 1648, Order for trying him by martial Law, 15 Aug. Lord General to be desired to grant a Commission.
Lyne, Sir Daniel de, 1646, his Fine reported; his Petition read; Order for mitigating the Fine, 26 Jan.
Lynn, 1646, to be continued a Garison with 500 Foot, 1 Mar.
—Governor to be continued.
-, — 1647, General's Letter in behalf of the Garison, read;
Order for 1,500£. for their Relief, 14 Aug.—Ordinance
for that Purpose, 20 Sept.—Order for paying them 1,200 £.
out of the monthly Assessments, in Part of their Arrears, 4
Oct.—Order from Lords appointing a Searcher of the Port,
1 Mar.
-, — 1648, Governor's Letter read, 1 July—Ordinance
from Lords, appointing a Comptroller of the Customs, agreed
to, 21 Aug.
Lynne, Sir Marmaduke, 1647, appointed Apothecary to the Army in Ireland; the Committee for Irish Affairs to furnish him with proper Provisions, 16 July.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
MABB, Mr. 1647, Ordinance for continuing his Pension as Housekeeper of the late Archbishop's Palace at Lambeth, ordered, 6 Jan. Read, and passed. Agreed to by Lords.
Mabbott, Gilbert, 1648, a Committee to confer with him about suppressing scandalous Pamphlets—Order for bestowing 40£. upon him, 31 Aug.
Mackworth, Colonel, 1646, to be continued Governor of
Shrewsbury Castle, 24 Mar.
-, — Humphrey. Vide Fell, Thomas.
-, — Sir Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
Macquire, Captain Rosse, 1647, Petition on his behalf, read; Debate concerning reprieving him laid aside, 6 Sept.
Magdalen's Hospital near Winchester, 1647, Governor appointed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20 May.
Maidstone, 1647, Business concerning the Election of the Mayor referred to the Committee of Indemnity, 3 Nov. Order for Mr. Rose to continue Mayor; Mr. Brooke to deliver to him the Ensigns of the Office; Officers sworn by Mr. Brooke to be suspended.
Major Generals, 1646, the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to
consider of them, 11 Jan.
-, — 1647, Report. Vide Harvey, Colonel.—The Committee
revived; all that come to have Voices, 30 Dec.—Further
Report, 3 Mar. Vide Browne, Major General.
Malden, 1647, new Writ, 1 Mar.
-, — 1648, Return ordered, 14 & 15 June. Presented;
Election referred to the Committee of Privileges; Committee
revived; Order for their sitting. Report; Return voted
illegal and void, Sheriff being dead before the Indorsement of
the Writ.
Maleverrer, Sir Thomas, 1647, his Petition to be read, 2 Oct. Read; Order for paying him 1,000£. in Part of his Arrears; a Committee to consider of advancing it, and of a further Satisfaction for the Remainder, 12—Report; Order for paying the 1,000£. out of the Excise, 17 Nov.—Agreed to by Lords, 1 Dec.
Mallock, Roger, 1647, his Fine reported; Resolution for inlarging it; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20 May.
Man, Sir William, 1647, Petition read; Order for bailing
him; Two next Justices of Kent to take the Bail, 8 Mar.
Any Two to take it.
-, — Captain John, 1647, appointed Commander of a Ship,
17 Mar.
Manaton, Ambrose, 1646, Matter of Fact concerning his Case,
reported; Resolution for admitting him to his Composition,
and exempting him from his 5th and 20th Parts, 15 Feb.
-, — 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning
his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 14 Mar.
Manchester, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for the School there, read, and passed, 4 Mar.
Manton, Mr. desired to preach, 4 June, 1647—31 May, 1648—Thanked, and to print his Sermons, 30 June, 1647 —28 June, 1648.
Manwaring, Colonel Randall, 1646, Ordinance from Lords,
appointing him Searcher of the Port of Sandwich, and Members thereof, read twice; previous Question for concurring
thereto, Affirmative; Ordinance committed, 28 Dec.
-, — 1647, Order prohibiting him to grant Passes, 11
May—For giving him the Public Faith for 478£. 13s. 2d.
Lords Concurrence to be desired, —They put House
in mind of an Order concerning him, 15 Oct.—His Petition, desiring Reparation by Letters of Reprisal for a Ship
taken by the Spanish West India Fleet, read, and referred to
the Committee for foreign Affairs, 1 Nov.
Margaret's, St. Westminster, 1646, Petition of Gallery Keepers; Order for distributing 20£. among them, 6 Jan.—
Petition of Inhabitants of the Part intended to be left to the
new Parish Church, read, and referred to the Committee for
the Collegiate Church of Westminster, 1 Feb.
-, — 1647, Order for 100£. for Relief of the poor visited
Inhabitants, 11 Aug.—For 200£. for the Repair of the
Church, 23 Sept. Agreed to by Lords, —For distributing 20£. among the Officers of the Church, 24 Dec.—
Agreed to by Lords, 1 Jan.
-, — 1648, Order for paying One Fourth of the Collections
next Fast day to the Poor of the Parish, 9 June.
Margate, 1647, Order from Lords for repairing the Works, 1 Mar.
Mariners, 1646, Ordinance from Lords for continuing the Ordinance for impresting them, read, and passed, 1 Jan.
-, — 1647, Ordinance impowering the Trinity House to
raise and list them, read twice, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 Aug.—Order from Lords for renewing it, agreed to, 3 Feb.
Markeshall, 1648, Letter from thence read; Proceedings of the Gentlemen approved; Letter of Thanks ordered; the Committee at Derby House to give Directions for their Encouragement, 7 June.
Marlborough, 1647, Petition of Inhabitants to be read, 23 Dec. Marriages, incestuous. Vide Incest.
Marrie, Lieutenant Colonel, 1646, to be discharged from further Restraint, 21 Jan.
Marrow, Mr. 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody, for being active in the late Insurrection in Kent; Member to assist in sending him up; Examination referred to the Committee of the Navy, 19 June—Report; Power given them to bail him; the Committee of Kent to examine him, 3 Aug.
Marryott, Thomas, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 27 Sept.
Marshall, Mr. desired to preach, 7 June—6 Aug.—21
Sept.—30 Dec. 1647—29 Mar.—22 July—5 Aug.
1648—Thanked, and to print his Sermons, 30 Dec. 1646
—9 June—13 Aug.—26 Jan. 1647—26 July—
11 Aug. 1648.
-, — 1647, desired to pray before the House, 5 June. Prays,
and repeats the Heads of his Sermon preached at St Margarets, —A Committee to consider of a Remuneration to
him for his Pains and Expence in the Service of the Parliament, 13 Aug.—Report; Order for bestowing 500£. upon
him, out of some Delinquents Estates; Ordinance for that
Purpose read, and passed, 23 Dec. Agreed to by Lords,
—To be desired to go with the Commissioners into Scotland, 29 Jan.—Has Leave to return, 6 Mar. Lords Concurrence signified.
-, — James. Vide Campbell, Donald.
-, — Thomas, 1647, intercepted Letter from him to Lord
Hunby, read; a Committee to prepare Letter to Lord Inchiquin to send him over, 18 Sept. Letter read, and re-committed, —Letter concerning his Arrival; Serjeant to
send for him up, 5 Nov. Lords to be acquainted therewith,
—The Committee for Irish Affairs to examine him, 13
Dec.—His Petition from Lords, read, and to be considered,
13 Jan. Lords put House in mind thereof; Report to be
made; Petition to be read, —Another Petition from
Lords, with special Recommendation, 1 Mar.
-, — William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 17 Dec.
-, — Robert, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 5 Jan.
-, — Richard, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 28 Aug.
Marston, John, 1647, Petition concerning him, and other Merchants, to be read, 6 May. Referred to a Committee, —Order for their meeting, and sitting de die in diem; Committees added, 6 Oct.
Marston-Moysey, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for making it
a distinct Parish, 15 Mar.
-, — 1648, read and passed, with Amendments, 21 Apr.
Amendments agreed to by Lords.
Marten, Henry, 1648, to be summoned to attend, 16 Aug.
Martin, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 4 Jan.
Martin Abbey, 1648, Order for making it indefensible, 4 July.
Martin's, St. in the Fields, 1646, Petition of Inhabitants, concerning stopping the common Sewer, read; nothing done
thereupon, 3 Feb.
-, — 1647, Order for bestowing 100£. upon the poor visited
Inhabitants, 20 Aug.
-, — 1648, Order for bestowing One Fourth of the Collections next Fast-day upon the Poor of the Parish, 9 June.
Martyn, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Dec.
Marybone, 1646, Petition of Inhabitants, concerning stopping the common Sewer, read; nothing done thereupon, 3 Feb.
Masham, Captain Antony. Vide Dymock, Captain Humphry.
Massam, Sir William, 1648, previous Question for adding him to the Committee at Derby House, Affirmative, 30 May.
Massey, Colonel, 1646, Petition of Officers and Soldiers of his
Brigade, to be considered, 26 Jan.—1 Feb. Read.
Read again; Order for furnishing him with 1,000£.—For
immediate Payment of Part—Colonel to send the Officers
and Soldiers home, and prevent their coming to solicit the
Parliament, —Another Petition of his Soldiers recommended
by Lords. The Committee of the West to treat with the
Committee at Goldsmiths Hall about advancing 500£. for
them, —Ordinance for that Purpose, read, and passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — 1647, appointed Lieutenant General of Horse in Ireland,
2 Apr.—His Petition to be read, 9 July. Read; Order
for paying him 2,000£. in Part of his Arrears; Certificates
and Accounts referred to the Committee of Accounts,
—Report concerning him; Order for his Appearance upon
a Day appointed, to be left at his usual Place of Abode, 4
Sept.—Serjeant's Report, 27 Jan.
-, — 1648, Resolution for discharging the Vote whereby he
stands accused, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords,
—Order disabling him to be a Member, revoked.
Matthews, Robert, 1648, Order for restoring him to Places usually enjoyed by Aldermen in Winton, the Year after their Mayoralties, 18 Apr.
Maude, Daniel, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 17 Dec.
-, — Robert, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 25 Dec.
Maurice, Henry, 1648, Order from Lords concerning him, 29 July—They put House in mind thereof, 26 Aug.
Mawes, St. 1646, new Writ, 9 Feb.—Order for continuing 100 Foot in the Town, —For appointing a Governor, 12 Mar.
Maxwell, James, 1646, previous Question for approving him to attend the King at Holdenby, Affirmative, 12 Jan.
May, Thomas, 1646, his Case reported; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 9 Feb.
-, — 647, previous Question for granting him the Privilege
of sole printing a Book intituled, "The History of the Parliament of England, &c." Affirmative; main Question, Neg.
14 May.
-, — Robert, 1647, to be sent for in safe Custody; Examination and Letter concerning him, referred to the Committee
for Irish Affairs, 26 Aug.
-, — James, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 20 Dec.
Mayherne, Sir Theodore, 1648, Pass from Lords for him and Family to go beyond Sea, agreed to, 10 July.
Maynard, Sir John, 1647, to be summoned to attend, 4 Sept.
Attends; Informations and Depositions against him, read;
refuses to answer; denies his Hand-writing; Order for disabling him from being a Member—For his Commitment to
the Tower; Sentence pronounced; Resolution for impeaching him of High Treason; a Committee to prepare Articles,
—Articles reported, read, and agreed to; Order for Ingrossment, 28 Oct.—Ingrossed Articles, read, and sent to
Lords, 27 Jan.
-, — 1648, Resolution for proceeding no further upon his Impeachment, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords, —
—Order for disabling him to be a Member, revoked, —
Order for discharging him from the Penalties, upon a Contract for the Manor of Bugden, 22 June—Amended;
Amendment agreed to by Lords, 8 July.
-, — Lord, 1647, Resolution for impeaching him of High
Treason; Impeachment sent to Lords, with Desire he may
be sequestered from the House, and committed, 8 Sept.—
Message to Lords, desiring them to appoint a Time for
bringing up Evidence, 17 Sept.—14 Oct. Time appointed,
14. A Committee to prepare Articles, —Message from
Lords, desiring a speedy Proceeding; Articles to be reported,
29 Nov.—To be read, 1 Dec.—Message to Lords, desiring
a longer Time to bring up Evidence, agreed to, —Orders
and Warrants signed by him, and other Informations, and
Matters of Evidence, reported, and read. Ingrossed
Articles reported; Evidence to each, read, and applied by
the Reporters; Articles, Title, and Conclusion, agreed to,
29 Jan. Sent to Lords.
-, — 1648, Resolution for proceeding no further upon his
Impeachment, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords—
Message from them that they will discharge him unless House
proceed by a Day appointed.
Mazieres, Colonel, 1647, Order for paying him 280£. 17 July. Agreed to by Lords.
Melcombe Regis. Vide Weymouth.
Meldrun, Robert, 1646, his Petition, and Scots Commissioners
Letter concerning him, read, 9 Feb. Read again; former
Order for paying him 1,000£. revoked—Order for paying him
3,000£. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — Jane, 1648, Petition read; Order for paying her 200£.
in full of all Demands due to her Husband, 12 June.
Members, 1646, have Leave to be absent, 7, 16 & 28 Dec.
—4, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 11 Jan.—10, 13, 16, 17, 20, 22,
23, 25, 26, & 27 Feb.—1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19,
20 & 24 Mar.—To take the Covenant, 9 & 30 Dec.—
27 Jan.—1 & 24 Feb.—Take it, 9 & 30 Dec.—1 &
24 Feb.—Order for Members to pay Money to the Officers
of the House, revived; a Committee to distribute it, 22 Feb.
— 1647, Members have Leave to be absent, 25, 26, 27
& 28 Mar.—1, 2, 7, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 29 &
30 Apr.—1, 4, 5, 11, 12, 19, 21, 25, 27 & 28 May
—1, 2, 23, 25, 26, 28 & 29 June—6, 8, 9, 14, 15,
16, 17, 19, 20 & 22 July—6, 14, 20, 21, 24, 26 &
27 Aug.—1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25 &
27 Sept.—1, 5, 12, 16, 20, 21, 22, 25 & 28 Oct.—
1, 3, 4, 9, 15, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26 & 30 Nov.—
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20 & 24 Dec.—
13, 14, 20, 24 & 27 Jan.—8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 24, 25,
26 & 29 Feb.—6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 & 23
Mar.—To take the Covenant, 26 May—2 & 9 June
—26 Jan.—Take it, 9 June—23 Feb.—Clerk to
give Serjeant List of those that have not taken it—Order for
suspending such as do not offer themselves, 26 May—Members withdrawing after a Debate, and putting the Question,
called upon to vote, —Order for all to attend, to be
printed and published, 5 June—Members present at a Debate,
and not voting, called upon to vote, 19 July—Lawyers have
Leave to go the Circuits, 19 July & 19 Feb.—None to go out
of the House without Leave, —Absent without Leave, to attend forthwith—Absent with Leave, to attend within a Time
limited. Latter Order to be printed, and published by
Sheriffs—Member withdraws during a Debate—Suspended,
—Disabled from sitting—Committed to the Tower, 7
& 9 Sept.—Day appointed for the Attendance of Members absent, whose Excuses were allowed—A Committee to
take the Cases of those whose Excuses were not allowed; Resolution for fining each 20£. 9 Oct. Report. Order for
restoring several, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 25 & 27 Oct.—3 Sept.
—The Committee to restore the 20£. to Members absent
with Leave, that have not been absent above Three Months,
22 Oct.—To restore the Money to such as have deposited it,
or shall do it in Three Days, —Previous Question that
Members absent upon Call shall forfeit 20£. Neg. Several
excused, 3 Nov.—Member has Leave to execute the Place
of Mayor of a Corporation, 18 Feb.
-, — 1648, Members have Leave to be absent, 28 Mar.
—1, 4, 15, 17, & 19 Apr.—8, 15, 16, 20, 22, 25 &
30 May—1, 9, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 20, 21, 27 & 30
June—8, 10, 12, 18, 20, 21, 24 & 25 July—2, 21,
23, 25, 29 & 31 Aug.—1 Sept.—Question for Leave of
Absence, Neg. 9 May.—Leave to be asked between Ten
and Twelve o'Clock—Member disqualified for sitting during
this Parliament, 24 Apr.—Has Leave to repair to his Charge
as Governor of Gloucester, 1 May—All, except as excepted,
to attend, —Orders for disabling several to fit, revoked, 7
& 8 June. All to attend a Committee upon an Ordinance,
—Days appointed for receiving Petitions against such as
will not pay their Debts, or appear to their Actions—Order
to be printed and published, 27 July—Member withdrawn
after the Question, called in to vote, —House to consider
the Offices held by Members, and other Profits received by
them, 5 & 9 Aug.
-, — 1646, Order for making Report concerning Members
that have Offices; the Committee in the mean time to receive
Account of what such Members have received, or are to
receive, 7 Jan.
-, — 1647, the Committee for receiving Complaints
against Members for taking Bribes, revived; Order for their
sitting de die in diem; further Power given them; Committees
added, 3 & 23 June—Votes concerning the Disqualifications
of Members; Order for printing them with Votes of 1st September, 1645; Examination of the Business of these Votes referred to a Committee, 10 June—Vote concerning Members
that have been in actual War against the Parliament, read;
previous Question for adding a Penalty thereto, Neg.—House
to consider Informations against them and others that have
voluntarily received Pardons from the King, or corresponded
with the Enemy—A Committee to prepare Declaration touching delinquent Members, —Vote read again; previous
Question for adding a Penalty, Affirmative—Persons that have
sued for or accepted Pardons from the King—Persons that
advised the Cessation of Ireland, or otherwise assisted the Rebels
—Persons that are sequestered for Delinquency, to be comprehended therein; previous Question for disabling Offenders
against these Orders for ever to sit, Neg. Debate to be resumed, 5 July. Resumed; One Order amended. Another
amended; Penalty voted—Time appointed for Members that
conceive themselves concerned to present their Cases. Cases
to be considered. Several read, and referred to a Committee; Resolution that those who shall deliver their Cases
within the limited Time shall not incur any further Penalty
than being disabled to sit during this Parliament, —Order
for those who forbear coming because they have put in their
Cases, to attend, —Committee revived; Order for their
sitting de die in diem, and making Report—Power given them
to send for and examine Witnesses; Committee added, —
Members sitting till their Cases are adjudged to receive no
Benefit of the Vote of 15th July, 27 Aug.—Paper purporting a Charge from the Army against Eleven Members, and
Paper of Desires in order thereto, read, 16 June. Read
again, —A Committee to prepare Letter to General concerning them; Letter reported, read, and agreed to; Speaker
to sign and send it, —Commissioners Letter, with General's inclosed, read. Read again; Resolution that it is
illegal to suspend them before Proofs made—Previous Question
that they have done nothing deserving Suspension, Affirmative, —Leave given them to be absent, —Their Petition read; Day appointed for bringing in the Charge; a
Committee to prepare Letter to the Commissioners to that
Purpose; Letter reported, read, and agreed to, —Their
Answer, with Paper inclosed, read, 2 July—Officers sent up
to impeach them of High Crimes and Misdemeanors; Impeachment presented, and read; Members return a general
Answer thereto. Further Consideration adjourned. Resumed. Their Petition, and several
Letters, read; Time prefixed for their Answer. Counsel assigned them. Their Allegations, and Answers,
read; they withdraw; Allegations, and Answers, read Second time, —Their Desires for Leave of Absence, agreed
to; Speaker to grant them a Pass to go beyond Sea for Six
Months, —Order for their Attendance, —A Committee to inquire what Members have Offices, and receive
Account of the Profits thereof, and to employ them to the
carrying on the War in Ireland, 10 Nov.
Mercey, Isle of, 1646, Order for demolishing and disgarisoning the Blockhouse, 26 Feb.
Merchant-Adventurers, 1647, a Committee to treat with them about a Loan, and Security thereupon for the Irish Service, 13 Nov.—Governor to call a Court, and propound to them a Loan of 10,000£. for present Service, and to offer Security, with Interest. A Committee to desire their positive Answer, —The Committee of the Navy to treat with them to forbear, and propose a Credit and Security for the Money, 8 Feb.—Same Committee to state their Demands concerning a Danish Ship of Arms seized by a Parliament-Ship, 20 Nov.—State of their Debt from the Parliament, reported— House allow of 7,650£. and 500£.—Demand of 2,818£. 4s. 2½d. re-committed, —Demand of 1,554£. for Expences upon several Treaties, allowed, and to be added to their other Demands —Ordinance for reimbursing them 1,500£. and 8,804£. read, and passed, —Agreed to by Lords, 1 Dec.
Meredith, Sir Robert. Vide Parsons, Sir William.
Merioneth County, new Writs, 8 Dec. 1646—26 Aug. 1647.
-, — 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for Commission to him, 17 Nov.—Agreed to by Lords.
Merrick, Sir John, 1646. Vide Whitclock—Order for paying him, 1,000£. in Part of his Arrears, 29 Dec.
Merrifield, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 Jan.
Messages from Lords, 1646, desiring House to continue sitting;
Answer thereto, 25 Jan.
-, — 1647, Message concerning Money for the Army, to be
considered, 27 Apr.—Desiring House to sit in the Afternoon; Answer thereto, 1 May—2 Aug.
-, — 1648, acquainting House they intend to sit on Saturday
and Monday; Answer thereto, 30 June—Order against
taking Notice of or entering Part of a Message from them, 10
July—Acquainting House they intend to adjourn from Friday
to Tuesday every Week.
-, — to Lords, 1646, desiring them to continue sitting; Answer thereto, 15 Dec.—6 Jan.
-, — 1647, desiring them to sit in the Afternoon; Answer
thereto, 30 Apr.—6, 25 & 28 May—1, 3, 5, 11 & 26
June—23 July—3 Aug.—13 Nov.—Desiring them
to continue sitting; Answer thereto, 4 & 28 May—11 June
—23 July—6 & 8 Sept.—10 Dec.—Desiring them
to meet on a Sunday, 5 June—House accompanies a Message to them, 4 Jan.
-, — 1648, acquainting them House will adjourn for a Week;
Answer thereto, 4 Apr.—Desiring them to continue sitting,
20 & 29 May—5 June—Acquainting them House intends
to adjourn from Friday to Tuesday every Week.
Metcalf, Thomas, of Beilanby, 1647, his Fine accepted; Or
dinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Sept.
-, — Thomas, of Leeds, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 17 Dec.
Michel, 1646, new Writ, 9 Feb.
Michell, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed, Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 July.
Middlesex, 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a
Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords, —
Petition of Inhabitants concerning free Quarter, read; Speaker's Answer, 7 Dec.—Members sent to hasten the bringing
in the Assessments upon the Ordinance for 600,000£. the
Committee of the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and
Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter reported, read, and agreed to.—Petition of Inhabitants
of several Hundreds, to be read. Read, and referred to
the Committee of Indemnity.
-, — 1648, Committees added to the Committee of Militia, 22 May—1 Aug.—Names of fit Persons to be
Committees, ordered, 22 May—Printed Paper, intituled,
"The joint Declaration of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, and
Surry, to the Soldiers of the Army, &c." read, and referred
to the Committee at Derby House—The Committee for
Printing to find out the Printer, &c. —Ordinance for
levying Forces in the County to continue Six Months, read,
and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 Aug.
-, — 1648, new Writ, 12 Apr.
-, — Earl of, 1646, Order from Lords appointing him
Keeper of Kingswood Forest, 24 Mar.
-, — 1647, Resolution for impeaching him of High Treason; Impeachment sent to Lords, with Desire he may be sequestered from the House, and committed, 8 Sept.—Message
to Lords, desiring them to appoint a Day for bringing up the
Evidence, 17 Sept.—14 Oct. Day appointed. A Committee to prepare Articles, —Messages from Lords, desiring a speedy Proceeding; Articles to be reported, 29 Nov.
—To be read, 1 Dec.—Message to Lords, desiring a
longer Time for bringing up the Evidence, agreed to, —
Orders and Warrants signed by him, and other Informations
and Matters of Evidence, reported, and read, —Ingrossed
Articles reported; Evidence upon each, read, and agreed to;
Articles, Title, and Conclusion, agreed to, 29 Jan. Sent to
Lords.
-, — 1648, Resolution for proceeding no further upon his
Impeachment, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords—
Message from them, that they will discharge him unless House
proceed by a Day appointed.
Middleton, Sir Thomas. Vide Vaughan, Edward—1647, Member to prepare Ordinance for repealing Part of an Ordinance
that impowers him to raise Forces in the Six Counties of
North Wales, 7 Apr.
-, — Sir William, 1647, to have the Materials of the Works
about Denbigh Castle, towards Satisfaction of his Arrears,
Apr.—Order for paying him 1,000 £. out of his Father's
Waterworks, in Part thereof, 10 Jan.
-, — Lieutenant General John. Vide Ramsay, Sir James.
-, — Henry, 1647, Ordinance from Lords, appointing him
to attend the Commissioners of the Great Seal, read, and
passed, 16 Feb.
-, — Mr. 1648, Letters and Papers concerning his raising
and abetting a late Tumult at Horsham, to be considered, 17
July—Letter from thence, and Examination of Witnesses,
read; Proceedings of the Committee of Sequestrations approved; Governor of Arundel Castle to permit him to attend
a Committee, 20—Clerk to enquire where the Papers are
laid, 8 Aug.
Midhope, Colonel James, 1647, his Petition from Lords; Order for sending his Forces over into Ireland, or disbanding
them, 2 July—Order for sending him back, 18 Sept.—
For committing him to Newgate for High Treason, 28 Oct.
—2 Feb.—Letter concerning his Arrival; Serjeant to
send for him up, 5 Nov.
-, — 1648, Order for his Discharge, 3 June.
Midlam, 1646, Order for slighting the Garison, 26 Feb.
-, — 1647, House adhere to their Vote, 13 July.
Mildmay, Sir Humphry, 1646, Ordinance for pardoning his
Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 17 Mar.
-, — Henry, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 27 Sept.
—17 Mar.—Previous Question for adhering to the Vote,
Affirmative, 8 Oct.
-, — Sir Henry, 1648. Vide Privileges.
Mildrume, Major George, 1648, his Petition recommended by Lords, 30 June.
Milford, 1647, Order appointing a Comptroller of the Customs
in the Port; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 8 Sept.
—Read, and passed, 20 Oct.—Agreed to by Lords, 2
Nov.
-, — 1648, Order for sending down Ammunition—List of
Ships sit for the Guard thereof, reported, 17 Apr.
Militia, 1646, Lords desired to hasten the Ordinance for settling
it in this Kingdom, 7, 10 & 15 Dec.—Ordinance from
them concerning the Militia of England and Ireland, read,
13 Feb.
-, — 1647, Bill for raising, settling, and maintaining Forces
by Sea and Land, in the Kingdoms of England and Ireland,
and Dominion of Wales, and the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, read; Question
for Second Reading, Neg. Day appointed for it, 1 Dec.
Read; Question for Commitment, Neg. Order for Ingrossment. Bill passed. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1648, a Committee to consider of settling the Militia
in England and Wales for the present Defence thereof; all
that come to have Voices, 4 May—Ordinance for that Purpose, Read twice; Question that House, before the Commissioners Names, consider of general Characters to limit them,
Neg.—Previous Question that the Names be subscribed by
Members of the respective Counties, Neg.—Order for them
to deliver Names to the Committee, —Ordinance committed; Committee impowered to receive Names, 13 June.
Members to attend them, —Ordinance reported; Commissioners Names in Part disagreed to; others added; Clause
for restraining the raising Forces, and putting them into Garisons, without the Authority of Parliament, re-committed,
4 July. Reported; whole Ordinance re-committed, —
Reported, and re-committed again; Report of the Adjournment of the Committee, approved, 7 Aug.—Report of further
Adjournment; Order for their sitting.
Millicent, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 10 June.
Millington, Gilbert, 1646, Petition to be read, 5 Dec.
Milner, Thomas. Vide Gethiu, Maurice.
Milton, John, junior, 1647, Resolution for indicting him of High Treason; Clerk of the Crown to prepare the Indictment; Managers and Solicitor appointed; Order for taking him into Custody, 25 Sept.—Proclamation for apprehending him, reported, read, and agreed to, 1 Oct.
Minekennett, 1646, Ordinance from Lords, appointing a Rector, read, and committed, 10 Feb.
Ministers, 1647, Names of Ministers sent from Lords in Ordinances to be put into Livings, to be sent to the Assembly, 9
Apr.—The Committee of plundered Ministers to prepare
Ordinance for keeping in those put into Livings by the Parliament, 19 Aug.—General's Letter, with a Copy of a Petitition, and other Informations of Ministers put in by the
Parliament, being dispossessed; a Committee to withdraw, and
prepare Ordinance for keeping them in; Ordinance read.
Read Second time, and passed; Letter and Ordinance to be
printed. Lords Concurrence signified, —Papers
endeavoured to be delivered to several in their Pulpits, referred to the Committee of Complaints, 15 Nov.—Clerk at
Goldsmiths Hall to deliver to Clerk of House a Note of all
Improvements for the better Maintenance of a preaching
Ministry, 31 Dec.—Order for certifying any Increase of
Maintenance to the Members for the Places where such
Increase is settled, to be printed, 9 Mar.
-, — 1648, List of Augmentations to be delivered to the
Clerk, 13 June.
-, — delinquent. Vide Delinquents.
Minterne, Henry, and others, 1647, Petition read, and referred to the Committee of Complaints, with Power to send for and secure a Person, 27 Sept,
Miott, Edward 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 17 Mar:
Mitchell, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 17 Dec.
-, — Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 22 Apr.
Mitton, Colonel Thomas 1647, to be continued Governor of
Anglesea and Beaumaris, 25 Mar.—To command Horse
kept up for the Safety of North Wales, 8 Apr.—Informations of Disorders of the Soldiers in Montgomery; Member
to prepare Letter to him to suppress them, 12 May—Order
from Lords, appointing him Vice admiral of North Wales,
agreed to, 25 Jan.—Report from them concerning him, referred to the Committee at Derby House.
-, — 1648, his Petition read; Order for paying him 5,000£.
upon Account—The Committee of Accounts to state and certify his Accounts, 19 Apr.—Order amended, 11 Aug.
Amendments agreed to by Lords.
Mohun, Lord, 1646, his Petition to the Committee of the West, reported; and read—Information concerning his killing Persons in cold Blood, referred to a Committee, 15 Feb.
Molineux, Roger, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 20 Dec.
-, — Lord Viscount, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance
for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
Molyns, William, 1647, Petition concerning an Order from the Militia to deliver Ordnance, &c. in his Custody, to Colonel Weymes; Order for restoring them into the Tower— Against Colonel Weymes and others intermeddling with them —For continuing him in the Trust—Lieutenant of the Ordnance to defray the Charge of restoring them, 14 Aug.
Moncke, Colonel, 1647, appointed Commander in Chief of the Ulster Forces under Sir Charles Coote; a Committee to prepare Instructions for him, 16 July.
Monckton, Sir Francis, and Son, 1647, their Fines accepted; Ordinance for pardoning their Delinquencies, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 12 Jan.
Monies, 1647, Business concerning clipped and falsified Monies, referred to the Committee of the Revenue, 18 Aug. Report referred back; Another Committee joined; Power given to send for Parties, &c. —Ordinance for preventing Inconveniences by clipped and falsified Monies, read, 1 Sept. Committed. Reported, and passed; agreed to by Lords —The Committee of the Revenue to take care of regular coining all Monies.
Monies, Richard, 1647, his Business referred to the Commissioners of the Great Seal, 2 Oct.
Monmouth, County, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a
Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords, —
Member sent down to hasten the bringing in the Assessments
of 600,000£.; the Committee of the Army to prepare Instructions for him, and Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec.
Instructions and Letter reported, read, and agreed to.
-, — 1648, Letters from thence, Order for apprehending
a Person. Vide Kemish, Sir Nicolas—The Committee to secure sequestered Delinquents that have not compounded, and
all suspected Persons—To take care Delinquents do not occupy their Estates 15 Apr.—Ordinance touching the Militia,
10 May. Vide Gloucester County.
-, — Town, 1646, Order for disgarisoning the Castle, and
slighting the new Works, 1 Mar.
-, — 1647, House adhere to their Vote, 19 July.
Monnings, Sir Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Sept.
Monteagle, Lord, 1646, his Petition recommended by Lords, 6 Feb.
Montereuel, Monsieur de, 1648, Pass granted him by the Parliament's Commissioners in Scotland to pass through England to London, read, 6 July—Order from Lords for him to transport Four Coach-horses, Custom and Impost free, —They put House in mind thereof; Order agreed to, 2 Aug.—Pass from Lords for him.
Montgomery County, 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and
for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1648, Major Harley's Letter, read—Order for a Letter of Thanks—For a Reward to the Messenger—General to
try by martial Law such Prisoners taken there as are triable
thereby, 22 Aug.
-, — Town, 1646, Speaker to know of the Earl of Cherbery what Assurance he will give that the Castle shall be preserved for the Service of the Parliament, 3 Mar.
-, — 1647, his Answer; Custody thereof committed to
him; the Committee of both Kingdoms to consider what is
sit to be done for his Satisfaction, 25 Mar.—Intelligences
concerning Disorders of the Soldiers in Montgomery received
by him, referred to the Committee at Derby House—He desired to attend them, 12 May.
Moore, Lady Viscountess, 1646, Order for paying her 300£.
and allowing her 200£. per Annum, vacated—Order for paying her 1,000£. in lieu thereof, out of Mr. Bromley's Estate,
23 Dec.
-, — 1647, Order for paying it in Course out of Goldsmiths
Hall; former Order discharged, 4 May. Agreed to by
Lords, —Lords put House in mind of her Petition, 15 &
28 Oct.—Order for paying a considerable Part of the 1,000£.
for her present Relief, —Her Petition from Lords, 1
Mar. Read; Order for paying her 4,000£. towards Satisfaction of her Husband's Arrears—The Committee of Accounts
to state and audite his Accounts.
-, — Colonel John, 1646, Petition referred to the Committee
for Irish Affairs, 22 Feb.
-, — 1647, Order for paying him 1,000£. in Part of his Arrears;
the Committee for Irish Affairs to consider how the Money
may be raised, 18 Aug.—Order for paying it out of his Discoveries of concealed Delinquents Estates, 16 Feb.—Letter recommending the Relief of divers of his Officers and Men
shipwrecked in their Passage to Ireland, with their Petition
inclosed, read, and referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs,
21 Aug.—Liberty given him to return from Ireland upon
his own Occasions for Three Months, 13 Dec.
-, — 1648, his Desire concerning 6d. per Diem to his Soldiers
whilst they continue wind-bound, referred to the Committee
for Irish Affairs, 29 May—Order for paying him 360£. in
full for Freight; the Committee of the Navy to give Order
for present Payment, 9 June—His Information referred to
the Committee of the Navy—Order for staying the Ship in
the mean time, 25 July.
-, — Lord Viscount, 1647, Petition referred to the Committee
for Irish Affairs, 7 May.
-, — Colonel Samuel, 1647, a Committee to consider his Services, and of a fit Allowance for him, 25 Mar.—Order
appointing him Governor of Hereford Castle; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 15 June.
-, — Simon, 1647, his Letter to Mr. Lechemore, read, 6
July.
-, — Lady Jane, 1647, her Petition from Lords, 23 Mar.
-, — 1648, they put House in mind thereof, 13 Apr.
-, — Alexander, 1647 his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 14 Dec.
Moorfields, 1646, Information of Tumults there; Order for putting in Execution the Laws for better Observation of the Lord's Day and public Fast-days, to be printed; Proceedings of a Justice in suppressing the Riot, approved, 22 Mar. Order returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to.
Moreton, Sir William, 1647, to be removed from the Tower to
Lord Pet e's House, 1 Oct.
-, — Dr. late Bishop of Durham, 1647, his Petition from
Lords; Order for paying him 800£. per Annum, formerly
granted, and the Arrears thereof; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 4 Oct.—Ordinance for confirming the Allowance,
read, 28 Dec.
Morgan, Joan, 1646, Order for bestowing 40£. upon her, 8
Dec.
-, — Colonel Thomas, 1646, Order for paying him 500£.
upon Account, to be deducted out of his Arrears, 26 Jan.
-, — 1647, his Petition, 7 Jan. Vide Sandys, Colonel.
-, — 1648, Order for him and his Officers to be under the
Rule of other Supernumeraries, for Security of their Two
Months Pay and Debentures, 29 June.
-, — Sir Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 9 Mar.
-, — Captain, 1646, Lords put House in mind of the Business
concerning him, 13 Mar.
-, — William, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 30 Mar.
-, — Antony, 1648, Ordinance from Lords for indemnifying
him for any thing done in relation to these Wars, read, and
committed, 11 Aug.
Morley, Lord, 1646, his Petition, with Lords Sense thereupon
6 Feb.—They put House in mind thereof, 13 Mar.
-, — 1647, like Message, 29 Mar.—14 May. Petition,
and Lords Sense, to be read.
-, — Captain William, 1646, to be continued Governor of
Arundel Castle, 24 Mar.
-, — Sir John, 1647, to be removed from the Tower to the
Fleet, 1 Oct.
Morris, Edward, 1647, Order for preparing a Pardon in course for him, 2 Oct.
Mortarpieces and Granadoes, 1647, Information of some in private Hands, referred to the Committee of the Army, 16 Feb.
Moseley, Sir Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Sept.
Moulin, Monsieur du, 1646, intercepted Letter from him to
Monsieur Tillier, read, and to be communicated to Lords—
Copies to be sent to the Committees for Irish Affairs, and of
the Admiralty, 6 Feb. Sent.
-, — Lewis du, 1647, Ordinance from Lords, appointing
him History Reader in Oxon, to be read, 15 Oct.—They put
House in mind thereof.
Moulton, Captain Robert, 1647, appointed Commander of a Ship, 26 Feb.
Mounsell, Margaret and Mary, 1647, Order for paying them
791£. in Satisfaction for their Brother's Arrears, 14 Mar.
-, — 1648, agreed to by Lords, 17 June.
Mountague, Walter, 1647, his Petition from Lords, read; Order for bailing him, 10 July—Another from them; Order
for continuing the Bail, 2 Sept. Agreed to by Lords, —
Order from them for continuing it Six Months longer, agreed
to, 9 Dec.
-, — 1648, Order from Lords for continuing it Six Months
longer upon the same Security, agreed to, 8 June.
Mowse, Jane, 1647, Order for making Report concerning her, 14 May—9 Sept. Report, her Petition read; Order for paying her 715£. due from Captain Hackett out of his Estate.
Mucklow, William, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 29 Aug.
Mudforte, Nicholas, 1647, to be sent for as a Delinquent; Information against him, referred to the Committee of Complaints, 18 Oct.
Mulgrave, Earl of, 1646, his Petition from Lords, with special
Recommendation, to be considered, 16 Jan.—They put
House in mind thereof, 1 Feb.
-, — 1647, like Message, 6 & 13 May. Petition read,
and referred to a Committee, —Message from Lords, desiring it may be taken into speedy Consideration; Order for
considering it, 15 Mar. Vide Alum.
Mulgrave Castle, 1647, to be disgarisoned, and the new Works slighted, 19 July.
Munster. Vide Ireland.
Murder. Vide Treason.
Murray, Mongo, 1646, Commissioners Letter, concerning a
Paper in Characters privately conveyed to him by the King to
be delivered to the French; their Commitment of him approved; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 8 Feb. Vide
King.
-, — Henry, 1647, Order from Lords for him to go to the
King, 16 July. Agreed to.
-, — William, 1647, his Letter, by way of Challenge to
Colonel Whalley, read—Order for sending for him in safe
Custody, 16 Nov.
Muscovia Company, 1646, Letter from the Commissioners with the King that some of the Company desired to move him for a Letter to the Emperor of Russia in their behalf, with Heads of the Letter inclosed, read; Letter of Thanks for not admitting them to present it, ordered, 8 Feb.
Musgrave, Mr. 1647, Cause of his Commitment, and Information that he is Author of divers scurrilous Pamphlets, referred to a Committee, with Power to discharge him, 16
July.
-, — Captain, 1647, Resolution for indicting him of High
Treason; Clerk of the Crown to prepare the Indictment;
Managers and Solicitor appointed; Order for his Commitment to Newgate by a Committee, approved—Order for his
standing committed, 25 Sept.
-, — 1648, Question for discharging him, Neg. Order for
bailing him, 3 June.
-, — John. Vide Crakanthorpe.
Mynne, George, 1646, Report concerning him; Resolution
that he is a Delinquent, and sequestrable—That his Estate be
sequestered—Order for disposing of Monies belonging to him
in Sir Humphry Foster's Hands—For bringing in his Writings, &c.—For admitting him to his Composition upon Compliance therewith—Ordinance for paying the Monies, ordered,
29 Dec. Vide Whitelocke, Bulstrode—Referred to the
Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to make his Composition,
9 Jan.
-, — 1647, Report; previous Question for appointing a Day
to consider it, Affirmative, 25 May.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
NAMPTWICH, 1646, Order for slighting the Garison,
23 Feb.
-, — 1647, for slighting the new Works, 13 July.
Napier, Sir Robert, 1647, Petition read; Order for taking off
his Sequestration—For making Report concerning his Absence, 14 Sept.
-, — 1648, his Petition tendered; Order for making Report, 24 Apr.—Resolution for re-admitting him, and
requiring his Attendance in the House, 8 June.
National Sins, 1646, a Committee to prepare an Enumeration of those for which the Nation has not been humbled before God, 9 Dec.
Navy, 1646, Commissioner appointed in the room of One deceased; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 15 Dec.—Report from the Committee of the Admiralty, and Lords Order
thereupon, for building Four Frigates, with a Reservation of
Woods near Chatham, agreed to; the Committee of the
Navy to consider how the Money to build them may be
raised, 9 Jan.—Two Reports from the Committee of the Admiralty, concerning a Summer's Guard, communicated by
Lords, —Order of the Committee, desiring to know
the Opinions of both Houses thereupon, with a List of the
Ships annexed; Title thereof agreed to; List read, and approved—The Committee to provide Thirteen Merchant-ships
to be Part of the Fleet—To provide Twenty-five to be listed
upon Occasion, 4 Feb. Report from Lords concerning the
hiring Thirteen Merchant-ships, agreed to; Report to the
same Purport to House, —Report concerning the Names
of the Commanders, 13 Mar. To be considered.
Considered; List agreed to, with Amendments. Amendments, except One, agreed to by Lords—House concur with
Lords in appointing him.
-, — 1647, the Committee of the Navy to purchase Wood for
the Service thereof, 11 May—Order from Lords concerning the Winter's Guard, 3 Sept.—Number of Ships and Men,
reported, and approved—Order for Six Months Provision—
For Provision for 4,000 Men for Eight Months for next Summer's Fleet—Names of Commanders of the Winter's Guard,
ordered. Presented, and in Part approved, —Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments to be
considered, 2 Oct. Considered, and in Part, disagreed to;
Conference desired thereupon, agreed to; Managers appointed; Conference held, —The Committee to treat with Persons about advancing Monies for the Winter's Guard, 30
Sept.—Order for making Report, 8 Oct.—Propositions of
the Commissioners of Customs for advancing 30,000£.—Letter from others, prosessing their Willingness to advance the
like Sum, severally reported, —Ordinance for adding
divers Lords to the Committee of the Navy, read, and passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired—Commissioners of the
Customs to be acquainted what House has done touching their
Security, and desired to pay the Money for the Payment of
Ships and Men now come in, 15 Dec.—State of the Navy,
reported; the Committee to consider how 6,000£. may be
raised monthly for the Service thereof; another Committee
joined with them, —House informed that 70,000£. were
necessary for setting forth the Summer's Fleet; 40,000£. to
be raised presently, the Remainder in March next; the Committees of the Navy and Army to consider how the 40,000£.
may be provided—Order for paying the Revenue of the old
Customs to the Treasurer—For applying all Monies arising
upon the Customs to the Use of the Navy, 12 Jan.—Resolution for allowing 70,000£. Part of the 150,000£. charged
upon the Excise, for the Use of the Army, and applying it
to the Use of the Navy; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered,
24—Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 Feb.—Order of the Committee for treating with
Owners of Shipping to advance One Moiety of Freight in
Money, and secure the other, read—The Committee to treat
with the Commissioners of Excise, and the Committee of the
Eastern Association, for Forbearance of Monies payable to
them, and to propose a Credit and Security—Informations
concerning the Badness of Provisions, referred to the Committee of the Admiralty—Petition of Officers and Ships Companies, read—Order for them to have Two Flesh Days every
Week between this and Easter—List of Ships for the Summer's Guard, read and agreed to, except as excepted; Order for sitting them out—For sitting the rest of the Ships
ready to go upon Occasion; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—Money raised by Two Delinquents Estates to be
employed for the Service of the Navy, 9 Mar.—List of
Commanders from Lords, read, and agreed to, with Amendments. Amendments sent to Lords.
-, — 1648, they adhere to their First Nomination; House adhere
to their Amendments; Conference to be desired thereupon—
The Committee of the Admiralty to settle these Differences,
25 Mar.—Their Report, appointing Commanders of
Frigates, agreed to, 13 Apr.—Vice Admiral's Letter, read,
and referred to the Committee of the Admiralty—Order
for Officers to repair to their Charges, upon Pain of being
discharged, —Another Letter from him, concerning a
Defection in some of the Ships, read; the Committee of the
Admiralty to confer with the Earl of Warwick, touching the
Defection—Resolution for appointing him Lord High Admiral
—Left to him to give Indemnity to the Captains and Mariners. Vide Warwick, Earl of—Letters from some of the
Commanders to him, communicated by Lords, 29 May—
Report from Lords, touching Lord Admiral's Proceedings in
reducing the revolted Ships, 2 June—Report from Warwickhouse, touching the Fleet, read; Votes for a strong Summer's Guard—For a Letter to the Trinity House to man the
Fleet with well-affected Men—For a Gratuity to Officers and
Mariners, severally agreed to, —For a Gratuity to those
that deserted the revolted Ships, —Report, and Result of
the Committee at Derby House, and others, touching the
revolted Ships, referred to a Committee—State of the Navy
reported; the Committee of the Army to give Account why
they do not pay the 2,500£. to the Committee of the Navy;
Ordinance for that purpose ordered—Reports touching the
revolted Ships—For addition of Men to the Ships—For a
Commission of Oyer and Terminer to try the Mariners—Admiral's Letter to the Trinity House, severally communicated by
Lords—Their Order for full manning the Ships, agreed to—
A Committee to prepare Declaration of what House has done
towards reducing the revolted Ships, 22 June—Declaration
read several times, and committed, 11 July. Time for them
to surrender; Declaration reported, and agreed to, —Lord
Admiral authorized to engage them. Lords Concurrence
signified, —Power given him to grant Indemnity to Ships
coming in within Twenty Days; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, —His Letter read; Letter to desire him to suffer no Person to pass to the revolted Ships, ordered, 21 Aug.—Petition of Mariners, Commanders, and Members of
Trinity House, read; Petitioners thanked—Lord Admiral,
and the Committee of the Navy, to see the Orders of 17th
Instant put in Execution, and to confer with the Petitioners
about reducing the revolted Ships—Order for providing Victuals, and other Provisions, 5 July—Report touching the
paying of Mariners and Labourers; Resolution for paying off
well-affected Mariners at 15s. per Mensem; Commissioners
of the Customs to be desired to advance 3,400£. for that Use;
present and former Commissioners to pay what is due to the
Treasurer of the Navy—Collector of the Customs at Weymouth to pay him what is in his Hands—Order for paying
the Labourers out of the First Monies that shall come in from
the Commissioners of the Customs—Order for them to continue the weekly Payment of the Half-customs, and what he
shall want at the End of Fourteen Days to make up the 11,400£.
to be desired to advance it by way of Loan; the Committee
to take care of reimbursing them, with Interest, 29 June—
Order for paying to the Navy 40,000£. Part of the 100,000£.
formerly assigned to the Scots, 25 Aug. Ordinance for that
Purpose, read twice, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired.
Needham, Colonel, 1647, the several Troops in Leicestershire,
Worcestershire, &c. to be One Regiment under his Command, and to be One of the Regiments kept up in England,
8 Apr.—Order for paying him 2,500£. in Part of his
Arrears, 18 Dec.
-, — 1648, his Petition referred to the Committee for Irish
Affairs, 3 Apr.—His Accounts referred to the Committee
of the Army—Order for paying his Widow 500£.; Lords
Concurrence to be desired—For paying her 5£. a Week till
the whole is paid, 12 Aug.
Nelson, Edward. Vide Pickering, James.
-, — Captain, 1648, Petition referred to the Committee for
Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.—Order for stating his Accounts—For recommending him to General—For paying him 30£. 13.
Agreed to by Lords.
Nelthorpe, John, 1647, Report from Lords, for appointing him Steward of the Manors of Barton and Barrow, to be considered, 29 Mar.
Neots, St. 1648, Colonel Scroope's Letter touching a Victory over the Earl of Holland there; List of Prisoners taken, and of Persons of Quality slain, read; Order for a Thanksgiving, 12 July. Vide Thanksgiving.
Nevill, George, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
Newark, 1646, Order for disgarisoning, slighting, and dismantling the Fort near the River, 1 Mar.
Newbery, Richard, 1648, appointed Commander of a Ship, 13 Apr.
Newbury, 1648, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector, 18 May.
Newcastle, 1646, Warrant for a new Writ, to be amended, 13
Feb.
-, — 1647, Election; Petition referred to a Committee, 6
Apr.—Report; Election of Mr. Warmouth declared void;
new Writ ordered, 23 July—Petition of well-affected Burgesses, referred to the Committee of Privileges, 9 Feb.
-, — 1646, Order for providing Arms for the English Garison to be placed there, 9 Dec.—Governor appointed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, —Major-general Skippon to
put Forces into the Town, 1 Jan. Lords Concurrence signified—Lord Mayor to issue Warrant for transporting Provisions
thither, —Order for continuing the Town and Gateside a
Garison with 700 Men, 1 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order for reimbursing, with Interest, 6,368£.
1s. 1d. advanced upon the Ordinance and Propositions for
reducing the Town—For Thanks to the Treasurer, severally
agreed to by Lords, 13 Apr.—Letter concerning a Design
to secure Newcastle for the King, read, and referred to the
Committee at Derby House; Copy thereof to be sent to Major-general Skippon, 12 June—Order for a Month's Pay for
the Regiment there, —Petition of Mayor, &c. for Relief, in respect of their suffering by Billet and Free-quarter,
read, and to be considered, 15 Nov.—Another Petition to
be read, 25 Dec. Read; Order for a speedy Supply of Provisions, &c. for the Garison, and for constant Pay—For
bringing to account what Monies have been received and disbursed for them—For stating the Accounts of Free-quarter,
since the Removal of the Scots, and for public Faith for Monies due thereupon—For Monies out of Sequestrations in the
Town, towards the Satisfaction of Engagements entered into
by the Inhabitants, 28—Agreed to by Lords, 1 Jan.—
Governor appointed by General, approved, 30 Dec.—Order for sending down Brass Culverins, 3 Feb.—For paying
623£. towards repairing the Walls, —For Monies towards repairing the Fortifications of the Town, and Tinmouth
Castle, 21 Mar.
-, — 1648, Order for replenishing the Stores, 4 Apr.—
Governor's Letter, with Paper inclosed from Edinburgh,
with no Name subscribed, read—Order for 5,000£. to repair
and fortify the Town, and Tinmouth Castle; the Northern
Committee to consider of providing it, and of Mr. Blakiston's
Propositions, —Ordinance for charging it upon the Excise, ordered, 2 May—Order for sending 3,000£. forthwith, 4
—Ordinance read, and passed; agreed to by Lords, —Governor's Letter read, and referred to the Committee at Derby
House, —Order for sending down Arms and Ammunition, 7 June—Letters from thence, touching the Garison,
read; Order for paying them 1,500£. —Another Letter,
and Petition of Mayor, &c. read, and sent to Lord Mayor,
29. Vide London—Petition of Mayor, &c. read; House
approves of their Impositions on Coals, Grindstones, and Salt,
17 July. Vide Coals.
Newcomen, Mr. 1646, thanked, and to print his Sermon, 30 Dec.
New-Forest, 1648, a Committee to examine Abuses in selling the Timber, and take care for preserving what is sit for the Navy, 12 Apr.
Newman, Edward, and others, 1647, Petition; Order for paying their Arrears, as Messengers to the Committee of both
Kingdoms—For bestowing 50£. upon each of them; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 21 Apr.
-, — Richard, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 16 Dec.
Newport, Cornwall, new Writs, 9 Feb. 1646—1 Mar. 1647.
-, — Pagnell, 1646, Order for slighting the Garison, and
sending the Ammunition to Ireland, 28 Jan.
-, — 1648, for securing the Town, 7 June.
Newport, Francis, 1647, his Fine and Delinquency reported; his Petition read; previous and main Questions for agreeing with the Committee in the Fine, severally Affirmative; Ladyday Rents to go in Part thereof, 20 May—Another Petition read; Resolution for accepting 10,000£. for a Fine for his and his Father's Delinquency, 22 Mar.
Newton, John, 1646, his Fine accepted, 26 Jan.
-, — 1647, Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read,
and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.
-, — William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.
Nicoll, Ensign, 1647, sent up by the Commissioners with the
Army; referred to the Examination of a Committee; Order
for taking him into Custody; Serjeant gives Account of an
Affront done him, 27 Apr.—Order for his Discharge, 25
May.
-, — Antony, 1647, his Letter read; General to be desired
to permit him to go according to his Pass—His Letter
concerning apprehending him, read; General to be desired
to permit him to come hither to answer what shall be objected
against him, 18 Aug.—Another Letter from General, read
twice; Order for continuing him in Custody—Information
that he had escaped. Vide Denham—Order for stopping the
Ports—For apprehending him, and revoking his Pass, —
Report concerning him; Order for his Appearance on a Day
appointed, to be left at his usual Place of Abode, 4 Sept.—
Serjeant's Report, 27 Jan.
-, — 1648, Resolution for discharging the Vote whereby he
stands accused, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords, 5.
Order for disabling him to be a Member, revoked, 9.
Nixon, Captain Robert, 1647, appointed Commander of a Ship,
17 Mar.
-, — Robert, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 24 Dec.
-, — Mr. Mayor of Oxon, 1648, has Leave to go down—
Thanked for his good Services, 24 Apr.
Noell, Mr. Vide Gibbs.
-, — Walter, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 14 Jan.
-, — Sir John, 1647, Order for his Trial, 14 Jan.
Norcliffe, Sir Thomas, 1646, the Committee of Accounts to
audit, state, and certify his Accounts, 4 Feb.
-, — 1647, Order for his Children to have 3,000£. out of
Sir Gervase Norcliffe's Estate; Ordinance for that Purpose
ordered, 13 Jan—Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 7 Mar.
Norfolk, 1647, Members to write down, touching a Petition
carrying on there, concerning disbanding the Army, 6 Apr.
—Petition of well-affected Inhabitants of Norfolk and Suffolk, read; Answer agreed to; Members to deliver it, 2
July—Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Another appointed by Lords, agreed
to, —Members sent down to hasten the bringing in the
Arrears of the Assessments of 600,000£.; the Committee of
the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to
hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter reported, read, and agreed to, —Pardon from Lords for the
Prisoners in that Circuit, agreed to, 1 Mar.
-, — 1648, Deputy Lieutenants and Committees to secure
Persons come from the Prince, or revolted Ships, 19 Aug.
-, — 1647, new Writ, 29 Apr.—Sheriff to send it back,
and not to proceed to Election till further Order, 27 May.
Norfolke, Mr. 1647, appointed Serjeant, 30 July. Order for delivering the Mace to him, 31.
Norman, Hugh, 1647, Pardon to be prepared for him, 2 Oct.
Norris, John, and Alexander, 1646, their Fines accepted; Ordinance for pardoning their Delinquencies, read, and passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Mar.
-, — Mr. 1647, his Petition recommended by Lords, 1 Mar.
-, North, Roger, 1646, Petition to be read, 9 Jan.
Northampton County, 1647, Petition of Gentlemen to be read,
20 May. Read; Speaker's Answer, —Order appointing
High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Disagreed to by Lords; House adhere to their Vote, —Members sent down for bringing in the Assessments of 600,000£.
the Committee of the Army to prepare Instructions for them,
and Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and
Letter reported, read, and agreed to.—Sheriff has Liberty to come to London, 13 Jan.—Order from Lords for
Leave to him to reside out of the County; agreed to with an
Amendment, 15 Feb. Amendment agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1648, the Committee at Derby House impowered to
grant Commissions for raising Two Troops of Horse Volunteers for the Safety of the County, 16 June—Agreed to
by Lords, 6 July.
-, — Town, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and the new Works
slighted, 1 Mar.—Report and Petition from Lords concerning
the Committee there, to be considered.
-, — 1647, Order for paying Shoemakers of the Town, 22
July. Vide Pendleton, Thomas.
-, — 1648, Order from Lords for pardoning Prisoners in
the Gaol, agreed to, 27 Nov.
-, — Earl of, 1647, his Petition, and Lords Order thereupon, read; Question for agreeing thereto, Neg. Previous
Question for referring him to the Committee at Goldsmiths
Hall, to be compounded with according to Rules given them,
and for Report to be made before he pays the Moiety of the
Fine, Neg. Resolution for referring him to them, 13 May.
-, — Countess of, 1647, her Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning her Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 7 Jan.
-, — 1648, her Petition from Lords, read, and recommended to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, 28 Mar.
Northcott, Jeremy, 1648, to be sent for as a Delinquent; Examination referred to the Committee of Complaints, 3 July.
Northern Counties. Vide Associations—1647, General to be desired to prevent Inconveniencies from Meetings of Delinquents
—Additional Committees to all the Committees of Sequestrations, 20 Mar.
-, — 1648, agreed to by Lords, —Propositions for securing the Northern Parts, read; previous Question for putting the Seven Northern Counties into a Posture of Defence,
Affirmative; Rest of the Propositions referred to the Committee
at Derby House; to advise with the Northern Committee, 5
May—Letters concerning the Condition of the North, read;
General to be desired to go down to reduce Places seized by
the Enemy; Lords Concurrence to be desired; the Committee
at Derby House to acquaint him therewith—Members to be
appointed to go with him—Order for a Packet-boat to carry
Dispatches, —His Letter, with Paper inclosed, of Necessaries desired for the Forces designed Northward; Desires agreed
to, —Letters from thence read; Order for Letters of
Thanks, —Ordinance for settling the Militia for Six
Months, read, and passed. Agreed to by Lords, —
Order for providing Arms and Ammunition, 21 June—Ordinance for raising 7,000£. for putting them into a Posture of
Defence, read twice, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, —Letter concerning a Victory, and List of Prisoners, to be printed—Order for Letter of Thanks to several
Officers—For a Thanksgiving, 5 July. Vide Thanksgiving—
Estates of several Delinquents to go towards the Maintenance
of the Forces, —King and Queen's Revenue in those
Counties, and 20,000£. out of the Excise to be employed for
the same Service; Ordinances for that Purpose, ordered.
Severally read, and passed. One agreed to by Lords—
The other returned with Amendments; Amendments agreed
to, —Officers with Colonel Lambert to remain till others
come—Order for sending a Train of Artillery to him; the
Committee at Derby House to consider with the Committee
of the Army touching the Quantity, and how it shall be provided, —His Letter; Order for Forces to join him,
—Committees Letter concerning the great Wants of those
Parts, read, 16 Aug. Vide London—Order for supplying
the Forces with Necessaries and Recruits—For issuing Commissions in the several Counties to inquire into the Losses of
particular Persons by the Scots Invasion, —Lieutenant-general Cromwell's Letter; the Committee of the Army to take
effectual Care to supply the Necessities therein represented,
—Another Letter from him, read; Order for a speedy Recruit
of Horse for his Forces, and for providing Moneys, Cloaths,
&c. for the Soldiers.
Northover, John, 1646, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Feb.
Northumberland, 1647, Remonstrance of the Inhabitants to be
read, 25 Dec. Read; Order for granting the Sequestrations
of the County for Relief thereof, —Agreed to by Lords,
1 Jan.—Order for 623£. to provide Arms and Ammunition, —Returned from Lords with Amendments, Amendments agreed to, 17 Mar.
-, — Earl of Vide Albans, St. Earl of—1646, his Petition from Lords, with special Recommendation, read; Order
for paying him 10,000£. towards Reparation of his Losses—
Previous Question for taking his Petition into further Consideration, Neg. 19 Jan.
-, — 1647, Pass granted him for transporting Four Horses
into France, Custom and Impost free, 14 May.
Norton, Sir James, and John, 1647, Ordinance for pardoning
their Delinquencies, read, and passed, Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 21 Dec.
-, — Major, and Son, 1647, their Fines accepted; Ordinance
for pardoning their Delinquencies, read, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 5 Jan.
Norwich, 1646, new Writ, 7 Dec.—Letters concerning the
Obstruction of the Excise, and Copy of a Warrant for suppressing the Tumults, read, 20 Jan.
-, — 1647, Member to go down to settle the Differences concerning the Excise, 19 July—Ordinance to direct the Election of Mayor, Aldermen, and Common-council, ordered,
10 Mar. Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — 1648, A Committee to put the Ordinance in Execution
—Petition of Justices, &c. read, and referred to the Committee of Complaints; Mayor ordered into Custody. Vide
Utting, John—Petitioners to be thanked—New Mayor appointed, 18 Apr.—No Rioter to be elected Mayor, or have a
Vote at the Election—The Committee at Derby House to take
Care to prevent Tumults thereat—Steward, Recorder, &c.
to take Care the Order be put in Execution—Order for a Commission of Oyer and Terminer to try the Rioters—A Committee to inquire after the Promoters and Abettors of the
Tumult, and after the Losses of Colonel Fleetwood's Regiment, and consider of a Satisfaction for them, —Petition
of Deputy Mayor, &c. from Lords, read; the Committee of
Complaints to consider of fit Persons to examine the whole
Business—Another Committee to consider of Reparation to Persons who have suffered, out of Delinquents Estates that were
accessary to the late Insurrection, 8 May—Another Committee
to examine the whole Business upon Oath, —Deputy Mayor
and Deputy Lieutenants approved.
-, — late Bishop of. Vide Hall, Dr. Joshua.
Nottingham County, 1646, Order for paying 6,000£. formerly
assigned to the County out of Delinquents Estates therein to
be nominated to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, 9 Feb.
Agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords, —Members sent down for bringing in the Assessments of 600,000£.
the Committee of the Army to prepare Instructions for them,
and a Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions
and Letter reported, read, and agreed to.
-, — 1648, Gentlemen sent down for Preservation of the
Peace of the County, 7 July— Colonel Rosseter's Letter concerning a Victory over Sir Philip Monckton, read; Order for
paying him 2,000£. out of Sequestrations not engaged—For
Letters of Thanks—For a Reward to the Messenger—For
a Thanksgiving. Vide Thanksgiving—Narrative of the Victory to be put in Writing, and printed, with the List of
Prisoners—Order for sending a Surgeon, Physician, and
Apothecary, and for 100£. to satisfy their Pains and Charges
—For paying for the Cure, Lodging, and Diet, of the
wounded Soldiers out of the Prisoners Estates, 8 July—
Ordinance for raising 6,000£. per Mensem in the County,
read, and passed, —Agreed to by Lords, 1 Aug.
-, — Town, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and the new Works
slighted—Castle to be continued a Garison, with 100 Foot, 1
Mar.—Governor appointed.
-, — 1648, Committees Letter, with Copy of a Declaration inclosed, read; Order for raising a Troop of Horse for
Safeguard of the Castle—For 500£. to repair and fortify it—
For 200£. to the Governor, 20 June—Letter from thence
read; Order to be made to the Effect therein; Ordinance for
that Purpose, ordered, 29 July.
-, — Earl of, 1647, his Petition and Certificate of his Arrears upon his Annuities, read; Order for paying him 500£. in
Part; agreed to by Lords, 31 Jan.
-, — 1648, Ordinance from Lords concerning his Reversion, agreed to, 21 Aug.
Nuttall, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Dec.
Nye, Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 6 Aug.—26 Jan.— Thanked, and to print his Sermons, 13 Aug.—23 Feb.— A Committee to consider of a Remuneration to him for his Pains and Expence in the Service of the Parliament, 13 Aug. —Report; Order for paying him 500£. out of Delinquents Estates; Ordinance for that Purpose, read, and passed, 23 Dec. Agreed to by Lord.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
OATHS, 1648, a Committee of both Houses to receive Complaints concerning them, and consider which are sit to be taken, and which to be discharged, 27 Mar. Lords Concurrence signified, —Order for making Report, 18 Apr.
Obrian, Lady Honora, 1647, her Petition from Lords with special Recommendation, read, and referred to a Committee, 13 Jan.—Another from them, read; Order for allowing her 4£. per Week towards her Maintenance; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 22 Mar.
Odling, Doctor Edward, 1646, Lords put House in mind of his Petition, 27 June.
Officers and Soldiers, 1646, all that have served in Counties or
Garisons under the Command and Pay of particular Committees, to forbear coming to London upon Pretence of stating
their Accounts—Country Committees to state and pay them,
deducting for free Quarter, &c. 8 Dec. Agreed to by Lords,
—To be printed and sent by Members into their respective Counties, &c. 4 Feb.—Sir Samuel Luke's Lists of Officers, Soldiers, &c. with their particular Demands, presented; Proportions to be paid them out of Delinquents
Estates, approved, 8 Dec. Agreed to by Lords; a Committee
to consider of some Course for satisfying their Arrears.
List of Delinquents presented to them by Officers, reported,
read, and referred to the Committee, to consider what Lands
are fit be sold for paying them—Order for paying them
10,000£. out of Fines undisposed of, —Member to recommend it to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to comply
therewith, 26 Jan.—Order for sending a Guard to the
Place where the Treasurers shall make Payment—For paying
4,000£. forthwith, 17 Dec.—Ordinance for taking, examining, and determining the Accounts of the Soldiery that
have served faithfully, to be read, 2 Jan. Read; Instructions to be observed in taking them, and Proportions for satisfying their Arrears, read; Ordinance read Second time, and
committed, with the Instructions and Propositions, to a Committee of the whole House, —Committee sits, 23 & 30 Jan.
—13 Feb.— Report touching the Sixth Proposition;
Proposition read; Question for considering it, Neg. 30
Jan.—Names of Delinquents for raising the 10,000£. reported, read, One by One, and agreed to—Officers Propositions reported, and read—Officers impowered, upon a Deficiency, to present other Names; the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to accept them—Estates of those wilfully refusing
to compound, to be sold; Lords Concurrence to be desired
—Resolution for allowing Interest to Advancers of the Money,
9 Jan. Ordinances for Sale of Delinquents Estates to repay
1,235£. 1s. 6d. to them, to be read, 16. Read, 25. Committed; Money to be paid to the Persons that received the
10,000£.—Order for paying them 8,200£. Remainder of
30,000£. formerly assigned them, —A Committee to
prepare Declaration to prevent the Resort and tumultuous
Addresses of the disbanded Soldiery to the Parliament, 4 Feb.
Declaration read, and recommitted; Committees added—The
Committee for Redress of Officers molested for things done
in War, revived, and to sit de die in diem—All that desire to
go beyond Sea to have Passes—Ordinance for their Redress to
be read, —Sir Thomas Dacres's List, with their Demands
and Proportions, allowed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—Order for discharging all brought before Judges, upon
any Fact committed in tempore & loco belli, 11 Mar. Petition of Officers Wives from Lords, —Petition of reduced
Officers; Members to give Answer, and reprove them for
giving Directions to House.
-, — 1647, Petitions of Officers Wives, &c. read, and referred
to the Committee in the military Garden, 26 Mar.—22
Apr.—Instructions for taking and regulating Soldiers Accounts, to be reported, 26 Mar.—22 Apr.—6 & 11
May. Reported, read twice, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Petition of Widows from Lords,
read; Speaker informs House of their Necessities; Petition referred to the Treasurers at Christ Church—Ordinance for
12,000£. formerly granted to reduced Officers; agreed to by
Lords, 9 Apr.—Petition of Northern reduced Officers, and
General's Letter on their Behalf, read; Order for paying
them 1/5 of their Arrears—The Committee of the Northern
Association to state their Accounts; Petition referred; the
Committee impowered to send for Lists in the Hands of a
Clerk to a Committee; Person to be added to the List,
—Another Petition, with List and a Report from the
Committee; Order for paying them 17,138£. 12s. 10d. in
full Satisfaction of their Arrears; Ordinance for that Purpose,
ordered, 14 May—Order for a Month's Pay to those in
Town, 16 June—List of Scots Officers presented; Order
for paying them 5,706£. 14s. 4½d. in full Satisfaction of their
Arrears; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Apr.—
Order for Interest to Persons who shall advance the Money;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 May.—Ordinance for
that Purpose, read, and passed; agreed to by Lords, 11 June—
Order for a Month's Pay to those in Town, —List of
Dutch Officers Names and Demands presented; Order for
paying them 7,728£. 11s. 8d. in full for their Arrears;
Ordinance for that Purpose, ordered, 14 May—To be read,
7 June—Order for a Month's Pay for them, —Order for
Commission of Oyer and Terminer to try such as take freequarter without Warrant; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 4
May—A Committee to prepare explanatory Order. Former Order revoked, —Petition of Officers read; a Committee to certify their Accounts; Petition re-delivered to be
subscribed—Petition of Widows read; Order for listing Men
in the List of the military Garden, —Petition of distressed
English Officers and Soldiers, read—Ordinance for taking the
Accounts of the Soldiery, reported and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired. Clause concerning giving a Peny
in the Pound to the Committee, left out, —Petition of
private Soldiers in general in and about London, read—Auditors to receive List, and inlist and state their Accounts—
Order for 1,000£. towards their Arrears, 4 June. Members
to acquaint those at the Door therewith—Petition of reduced
Officers of Four Lists now presented by Sir William Waller, to
be read, —Order for paying them 5,000£. in Part. Agreed
to by Lords, — Petition of reduced Officers from Lords,
referred to a Committee; Members to acquaint them what
House has done for their Satisfaction, and to acquaint the
private Soldiers, that, as soon as Lists are returned, they will
take care to provide Money for them. Auditors of
Christ Church to return the Lists with all possible Speed.
Lists presented; Order for a Month's Pay for those that have
their Accounts and Certificates attested under known Officers
Hands; Auditors to attend the Treasurers with the Lists.
Order for their proceeding in the Payment, —Further
Orders touching the Payment—Ordinance from
Lords for Indemnity of Officers and Soldiers come off from
the Army, read twice, and passed, with Amendments.
Amendments agreed to by Lords—Order inhibiting them to
return, —Additional Treasurers for the Officers Money
—Treasurers for the Soldiers Money appointed—Time and
Place appointed for them both to pay—Order touching signing
the Officers Certificates; Ordinance in pursuance of these
Votes, ordered, read, and passed; agreed to by Lords, 18
June—Petition of divers Commission Officers, with Ten
Papers or Lists annexed; Order for paying them proportionable
Parts of their Arrears out of the 25,000£. formerly assigned
for that Service, —Petition of Officers and Soldiers come
off from the Army; the Committee of the Army to state and
audit their Accounts,—Petition of Reformadoes whose
Accounts are stated by the Committee of Three Counties;
Order for paying them such Proportion as is to be paid to
other Officers whose Accounts are stated, 1 July—Lists and
Petitions presented by Sir John Norwich, read. Referred
to a Committee,—Petition of Auditors, read. Order
for making new Tickets for those that miscarried,—Petition
of Dragooners, from Lords,—Petition of Commission Officers and Soldiers, read,—Petition of French Reformadoes,
from Lords,—Petition of Officers and Soldiers who have
not received any Part of their Arrears, read,—Petition in
behalf of Officers in Sir John Norwich's List, to be read.
Read, 17 &—Petition of divers Officers, with Lords
Sense thereupon; Declaration that House cannot consider it,
as it is a matter of Money—Petition of reduced Officers in
and about London; a Committee to prepare Answer; Answer
reported, read, and agreed to,—Petition of reduced Officers and Soldiers, with List annexed—Petition of other reduced Officers, severally read; a Committee to examine Abuses
in the Payment of Monies to those of divers Lists,—
Ordinance for stating of Soldiers Accounts, ordered, 26 Aug.
—Read, 1 Sept.—Paper concerning the stating and auditing
them to be considered,—The Committee of the Army
to treat with Officers thereupon, 6 Oct.—Petition of Officers
and Soldiers inlisted before the Committee for the Military
Garden, read—General's Letter recommending an inclosed
Petition of reduced Officers and Officers Widows who did not
inlist with the City against the Parliament, read; Petition read;
—Ordinance for stating and determining the Accounts of Officers and Soldiers slain or wounded, read, and committed,
—Reported, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired—
Books of Accounts concerning the Payment of 28,000£. to
reduced and reformed Officers, referred to a Committee, 1
Oct.—Petitions and Lists referred to a Committee, to inquire
whether they are in any other List, or have been paid, and to
consider how Moneys may be borrowed for their Relief, and
of Obstructions to auditing their Accounts,—Declaration
that the Arrears of the Soldiery shall be paid out of Bishops
Lands, after former Engagements are satisfied—A Committee
to consider how they may be secured and satisfied,—General's Letter, with Paper inclosed concerning Arrears, to be
read,—Previous Question that Deans and Chapters
Lands shall be Security for them, Neg. 11 Nov.—Moiety
of the Excise in course to be Security, 18 Dec. Order
amended,—Question that the Reversion of Deans and
Chapters Lands be Security, Neg.—A Committee to prepare Ordinance for their Security,—Ordinance read twice,
and committed,—Treasurers appointed for the Proceed of
the Securities—Ordinances for charging 600,000£. upon the
Moiety of the Excise—For appointing the Remainder of
Bishops Lands, and Two-thirds of certain Delinquents Estates
—For Explanation of the Uses of former Ordinances for their
Security severally read, and passed. Agreed to by Lords
—General's Letter, and Petition of poor Officers and Officers
Widows whose Tickets are unpaid, read,—Petition of
Leicestershire Officers and Soldiers, to be read,—State
of Scots Officers Arrears, reported; Order for charging
13,774£. 7s. ½ d. upon the Excise; Ordinance for that Purpose, ordered, 15 Feb.—Read, and passed, 17 Mar.—Returned from Lords with Amendments; Amendments agreed
to,—Votes that none shall raise Soldiers to be transported, without a Warrant from the Committee at Derby
House, agreed to by Lords, 29 Feb.—To be published by
Beat of Drum; Lords Concurrence signified, 1 Mar. Petition of divers Officers who have Tickets, read; Order for
issuing 9,100£. Part of the 10,000£. charged upon Goldsmiths
Hall, to be paid as House shall appoint.
-, — 1648, Petition of Dutch Officers, read; General to be
acquainted with the Order on their Behalf—Mr.Wilcox's List
of Officers who have received Tickets, referred to a Committee; Person to be added, 25 Mar.—Order touching
paying them, 4 Apr.—Members to deliver in Lists in their
Hands, 25 Mar.—Declaration that no Officer shall have
any other Course taken for Payment of his Arrears, than what
is settled by Ordinances; to be set upon the Post, 3 Apr.—
Ordinance for ascertaining the Arrears of the Soldiery, read
twice, and passed, 22. Agreed to by Lords,—Petition
of supernumerary Officers disbanded, whose Accounts are stated,
with List annexed, read; Answer thereto—Petitions of reduced
Officers in Yorkshire, with Lists annexed, read, and referred
to the Northern Committee, 23 May—Report, 1 June—
Petition of Soldiers in Bradford, Leeds, &c. Order for paying
them 3,000£. 23 May— Petition of reduced Officers and Soldiers, and of Widows and Orphans, read; Matter of Fact concerning them and their Demands, reported—Another of divers
reduced Officers and Soldiers, read—Ordinance for appointing
a Committee to receive and state the Accounts of the Soldiery,
read twice, and committed; Petitions referred, 1 June—
Ordinance reported, and passed, 10 July—Returned from
Lords with Amendments; Amendments agreed to,—
Ordinance to be printed and published, 1 Sept.—Petition of
several Officers formerly employed in the Parliament's Service,
read; Petitioners thanked, 3 June— List of reduced Officers
under late Lord Fairfax, and Paper presented by them, referred to the Northern Committee,—Report; Order for
allowing them 300£. for their Disbursements; Lords Concurrence to be desired—For paying 3,526£. 12s. Ordinance for
Payment of the Residue ordered; Officers to have the same
Security as other Soldiers, 31 July—Ordinance for 21,000£.
for divers Officers, &c. in several Lists, read, and laid aside—
Ordinance for 42,000£. for divers Officers in several Lists, read
twice, and committed; the Committee to examine what Monies
have been paid upon Lists, 14 June—Ordinance reported;
Proviso added; Ordinance passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, —Money to be paid out of the first Monies raised
upon the Ordinance for Receivers of public Treasure, to account, 4 Aug.—Petition of divers Officers to be read, 20
June—Petition of reduced Officers and Gentlemen of Colonel
Sanderson's Regiment, read, and referred to a Committee,
—Petition of divers Officers come off from the Army, read;
Resolution that they are within the same Security for their Arrears as the rest of the Army, —Petition of divers Officers
and Soldiers in the North that served under the late and present
General, read, and referred to the Northern Committee, 8
July—Petition of reduced Officers from Lords, referred to
a Committee—Ordinance for a Salary to the Auditors employed in stating and determining the Accounts of the
Soldiery, reported and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Place appointed for Members to meet, 1 Sept.
—Petition of reduced Officers in Four Lists, read; Petitioners
to consider of a way for Payment of 1,500£. in lieu of such
Delinquents Monies as were formerly assigned them; the
Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to pay the Arrears of Interest
for 30,700£. Ordinance for that Purpose, ordered, 31 July—
Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Aug.
—Petition of reduced Officers and Soldiers; Order for paying
their Arrears out of their Discoveries; a Committee to give
them further Satisfaction; Petition of Dutch Officers, referred,
—Petition from Lords of Field Officers and Captains of Four
Regiments designed for the Irish Service, —Petition of
other reduced Officers; Order for putting them in same Condition, as to their Arrears and Indemnity, with those who
formerly petitioned; Petitioners thanked, 22.
Ogle, Mr. 1646, Message from Lords, desiring Letters and Papers
concerning him may be brought to their Committees, 18 Dec.
-, — William, 1647, his Fine reported, and re-committed;
further Information to be given to the Committee, 16 Dec.
-, — Cuthbert, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 21 Dec.
Olave's, St. Southwark, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Minister, read, and passed, with an Amendment; Amendment agreed to by Lords, 30 Oct.
Oldfield, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 May.
Orange, Prince of, 1647, Pass for transporting Twenty Horses to him, Impost and Custom free, 28 June.
Orchard, Thomas, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 3 July.
Orders, 1646, touching the Course of reading Petitions, 9
Jan.—Touching Moneys to be paid to the Officers of the
House, —Against entertaining private Business for Ten
Days, 11 & 24 Mar.—For preventing the noisome Inconveniencies of Houses of Office.
-, — 1647, against proceeding upon private Business for Ten
sitting Days, 2 Apr.—5 June—26 Aug.—For keeping
the outer Room and Stairs clean—For locking the Door 1
June—Against Members going out without Leave, 1 June
—26 July—3 Jan.—15 Mar.—Touching absent
Members, 30 July—For preventing Access of Officers and
Soldiers to the Doors of the Parliament, 26 Aug.—Agreed to
by Lords, 2 Sept.—For keeping the Door shut, and calling in
the Members, —For apprehending clamorous Women
about the Houses, 15 Oct.—Against proceeding upon private
Business for Fourteen Days—For Eight Days, 7 Dec.—For
providing necessary Accommodations for the House, —
For clearing the outer Room, 3 Jan.—For impowering a Committee to commit tumultuous Persons near the Houses.
-, — 1648, for shutting the Door till Twelve o'Clock—
Against Members going out without Leave, 30 Mar.—
Against proceeding upon private Business for Eight Days, 14
Apr.—For Ten Days, —For Fifteen Days, 8 May—
Touching the Time of asking Leave of Absence, 24 Apr.—
For all Members, except as excepted, to attend, 4 May.
Ordnance Office, 1648, Ordinance from Lords touching the Clerks, 7 July. To be read. Read, and passed—Their Petition read, and referred to the Committee of the Navy, 20.
Orseiur, William, 1647, the Committees of Complaints and Indemnity to forbear proceeding against him till further Order, 14 Mar.
Ormond, Earl of, 1646, his Letters, with Propositions concerning
the Surrender of Dublin, 20 Feb. Vide Ireland.
-, — 1647, Previous Question for agreeing to his Proposition
for transporting 5,500 Men into foreign Parts, Neg. 16 July
—His Letter, with Certificate annexed, recommended by
Lords, read; like Letter and Certificate to Speaker; Order
for paying him 520£. Lords Concurrence to be desired, 4
Nov.—Report touching Monies payable to him, with Lords
Opinion thereupon, 23 Mar.
-, — 1648, his Letter reported; Order for checking the Payment of his Money, to be discharged, 19 June.
Orphans, 1647, House to consider of providing for them, 20 Sept.
Osborne, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 6 Jan.
-, — Richard, 1648, his Letter from Lords—Another to Speaker,
with Letter inclosed to Lord Wharton, read; Order for allowing
him Forty Days to come and make good his Allegations, 20
June. Agreed to by Lords—To be printed, published, and
posted up in public Places, 22. Vide Rolphe, Major—
Examinations, Informations, &c. against him, to be transmitted to the Judges of Excise at Winchester, 23 Aug.
-, — Sir Edward, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 26 Aug.
Oste, Dierick. Vide Lawrence, Adam.
Overed, John. Vide Toppesfield.
Overton, Colonel Robert, 1646, Petition to be read, 9 Jan.
—Report concerning him to be made, 26 Jan.—8 Mar.
-, — 1647, his Petition concerning Money disbursed for Repair of Pontefract Castle, read, and referred to the Committee
of the Revenue, 14 Apr.—Petition of well-affected concerning
him, referred to a Committee, 26.
Owen, Sir Roger, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 14 Mar.
-, — Sir John, 1648, Order for bestowing 200£. upon Persons
that took him— a Committee to consider of some Way to proceed against him for his Tryal, with Power to consider of general Rules for trying all Persons in his Condition, 10 June.
Report recommitted; Committee impowered to confer with the
Judges concerning the Manner of his Tryal, and what Articles
are already made touching such Tryals—Order for sending
him up as a Delinquent, —For his Commitment to Windfor Castle for High Treason, and Suspicion of Murder—For
his Commitment to the Gatehouse for the Night—Keeper to
re-deliver him to Serjeant To-morrow Morning, 16 July.
Oxon County, 1647, Sheriff's Letter, acquainting House he had
apprehended several who call themselves Soldiers, and had
robbed the Country; Order for Letter of Thanks—For a
Commission of Oyer and Terminer to try them— for sending
to him List of Persons inlisted for Ireland; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 4 May—The Committee to maintain Horse
taken from the Soldiers, till further Order, —Petition of
Inhabitants, read, 15 Sept. Read again; Speaker's Answer,
—Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to
him, 17 Nov. Disagreed to by Lords; House adhere to their
Vote, —Members sent down for bringing in the Assessments
of 600,000£. the Committee of the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec.
Instructions and Letter reported, read, and agreed to.
-, — City, 1646, Report concerning the Articles, to be made,
8 Jan.—Declaration that they ought to proceed to the Election
of a Recorder, the former being disabled as a Delinquent
—Order for disgarisoning the Town, and slighting the new
Works, 2 Mar.—For continuing the Ministers sent down,
and for paying them 200£.
-, — 1647, Petition from thence concerning some Advance of
Maintenance for them, to be read, 6 May—Order for continuing them and their Pay, 20 July—Copy of a Letter concerning the Train of Artillery there, read, 3 June.—The
Committee of the Army to secure the Money there, and thank
the Person by whose Care it has been hitherto secured,—
Petition of well-affected Inhabitants, read, and referred to the
Committee upon the Ordinance for preventing the Election of
Malignants into any Office in Corporations, 27 Sept.—Order
for continuing the Mayor, —For continuing the Bailiffs—No Persons compounding within the Articles to compound for Offices, 23 Mar.
-, — 1648, Ordinance for settling a Maintenance upon preaching Ministers there, ordered, 4 Apr.—Ordinance from
Lords, for rectifying the Articles of Surrender, read, and
passed, 20 June—Another from them concerning the Articles, 3 July—Governor's Letter touching the Tryal of
Prisoners engaged in an Oath of Secrecy to betray the Garison,
communicated by Lords; General to be desired to order a
speedy Tryal, 3 Aug.
-, — University, 1646, Ordinance from Lords concerning it,
passed, with a Proviso, 7 Dec. Proviso agreed to by them,
—Ordinance for Regulation of the University and all the
Colleges, to be read, 7 & 15 Dec.—11 Jan. Read twice,
and committed; No Member to be a Visitor; the Committee
to take Care of Preserving the Chancellor's Right to present fit
Persons to be Visitors; to consider of the Oaths usually tendered
there, —Ordinance reported; Visitors agreed to; previous Questions for adding others, Neg. Number of Members
to be of the Committee; Lords to be of it, named and agreed
to; Ordinance passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
10 Feb. House put them in mind thereof, 19 & 26 Feb.—
3 & 19 Mar. Ordinance returned with Amendments;
Amendments agreed to, with Amendments; Conference to
be desired thereupon; Managers appointed, 23. Conference
desired and agreed to; Managers called; Conference held,
—The Committee of the University to consider concerning
Proctors, 10 Feb.—Ministers formerly sent down to continue
there; Order for paying them 200£. 23 Mar.
-, — 1647, Another Conference desired by Lords concerning
the Ordinance for regulating the University, agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference held, 9 Apr. To be reported, 13.
Reported; House adhere to their Vote concerning the Addition
of Names; a Committee to assign Reasons; free Conference
to be desired, 15. Desired, agreed to, and held,—Order for
demolishing all Monuments reproachful to the Parliament, or
the Proceedings thereof; to be sent to the Proctors,—
Order for continuing the Ministers sent down, and their Pay—
The Committee for Regulation of the University to receive
Queries delivered from them—Ordinance from Lords for restoring the Earl of Pembroke to the Chancellorship, read
twice, and Committed, 20 July—Reported, and passed,
with Amendments; Amendments agreed to by Lords, 3
Aug.—Order from Lords for the Visitors to sit de die in
diem, agreed to—Additional Ordinance from them for regulating the University, read, and passed, with Amendments;
Amendments agreed to by Lords,—Ordinance from
Lords for appointing a History Reader, 15 Oct. They put
House in mind thereof—Report from the Committee of both
Houses, for regulating the University, communicated by Lords
—Ordinance from them for enlarging their Power, to be read,
—Report of Visitors referred to the Committee for regulating the University; Lords Concurrence signified,—
Committee added; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 Jan.
—Report declaring the Earl of Pembroke Chancellor, communicated by Lords, agreed to,—Ordinance appointing
Proctors—Another appointing a Vice-chancellor, severally
read, and passed, 17 Feb. Agreed to by Lords,—Ordinance from Lords appointing Prebendaries of Christ-church,
read, and passed, with Amendments, 1 Mar. Amendments
Agreed to by Lords,—General to assist Persons employed
in the Reformation of the University,—A Committee to
consider of Means for better Maintenance of Heads of Colleges.
-, — 1648, Chancellor to be thanked for his Pains in settling
the University—Order for further Regulation thereof, agreed
to by Lords, 21 Apr.—Ordinance impowering a Committee
to send for Persons from thence who are convicted of Contempt
of the Parliament, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 27 May—Ordinance from Lords appointing an
Orator, Hebrew Professor, and Prebendaries of Christ-church,
read twice, and committed, 17 June. Reported, and passed,
with Amendments, 23.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
PACKER, John. Vide Minterne, Henry.
Packsford, Mr. 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody for being active in the late Insurrection in Kent; Member to assist in sending him up; Examination referred to the Committee of the Navy, 19 June—Report; Power given them to bail him; the Committee of Kent to examine him, 3 Aug.
Pacy, Thomas, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 17 Mar.
Pagan, Peter, 1648, to be sent for as a Delinquent, 11 Aug. the Committee of the Militia to assist Serjeant in apprehending him, 12.
Page, Robert, 1647, Report of his Petition, and other Papers,
referred to the Committee of the Navy, 21 Aug.
-, — John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 23 Mar.
Palatine, Elector, 1646, Report concerning him to be made,
9 & 16 Jan.
-, — 1647, his Letter from Lords, read; a Committee of
both Houses to receive Intelligence he desires to communicate,
of great Concernment to the Protestant Religion and the Parliament's Cause, 25 Mar.—Lords to be desired the Quorum
may be lessened, 1 Apr. Their Concurrence signified, —
Papers from him, with Lords Answer, 6 May. They put
House in mind thereof. Papers to be read—His Letter signifying his Intention to wait upon the King;
left to him to do as he shall think fit, 3 July—Report concerning him to be made, 3 July—28 Oct.—His Letter with
Lords Desire thereupon, 2 Oct.—State of Lands appointed
for raising 6,000£. per Annum for him, and of the Arrears of that
Revenue, and how the Lands are disposed of, reported;
Schedule of Two-thirds of Recusants Estates for Supply of his
Revenue, read, and referred to the Committee; Committees
added; Ordinance for raising the yearly Sum of 8,000£. for
him, ordered, 30 Oct.—His Letter read—Ordinance read
twice, and committed; reported, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 16 Mar.
-, — 1648, his Letter from Lords; House agree to his Desire,
13 Apr.—Order from Lords for permitting him to transport
Four Horses into France, 18 May.
Palfreyman, Edward, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Aug.
Palmer, Mr. Vide Privileges.
-, — John. Vide Minterne, Henry.
-, — Sir Roger, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 15 Jan.
Pamphlets, 1646, a Committee to inquire out the Authors,
Printers, and Publishers, of Pamphlets intituled, " London's
"Accompts."—" The Oppressed Man's Oppression declared."
—" Bellum Hibernicale."—" No Merline no Mercurie,"
with Power to commit; further Power to suppress and prevent publishing these and the like scandalous Pamphlets; and
to prevent publishing in the Streets, by Ballad-fingers, scandalous Ballads, and punish the Offenders, 3 Feb. Impowered
to meet when and where they please, —A Committee to
inquire out the Authors, &c. of Pamphlets, intituled, " The
Outcries of oppressed Commons"—" The Scots Apostacy,"
with Power to send for and examine them, 9 Mar.
-, — 1647, Serjeant to have Warrant for apprehending the
Publishers of a Pamphlet, intituled, " A Warning for all Counties of England to awake speedily out of their Dreams, &c."
Members to assist him and the Committee for finding out the
Authors, &c. Committee impowered to commit, 25 Mar.
—A Committee to find out the Authors, &c. of Pamphlets,
intituled, "A New-found Stratagem framed in the old Forge of
Machiavelism, &c."—" An Apology of the Soldiery to the
Commission Officers," and how and to what Ends they were
sent down to the Army—A Committee to consider who was the
Printer and Publisher of a Paper, intituled, "A Recantation of
Judge Jenkins, 23 Apr.—Pamphlet intituled," A True Narrative concerning the Army's Preservation of the King's
Majesty's Person," referred to the Committee of Complaints, to
send for the Prisoner, and examine the Business, 26 June—
A Committee to prepare Ordinance for inhibiting the printing
and publishing all Libels, &c. and Proceedings of Parliament,
3 Sept. Ordinance read twice, and committed. Reported, and re-committed, with Lord General's Letter concerning that Business; Committees added, 17. Ordinance reported, and passed. Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to, —Debate of the Information concerning printing a Pamphlet, intituled, "Propositions delivered by the Lords, at a Conference with the House of
Commons, for a personal Treaty with the King, &c. " to be
taken up, 27 Nov.—The Committee for Printing to send
for the Printer of Scots Paper intituled, " An Answer to the
New Propositions," and to know by what Authority they
printed them–Same Committee to examine by what Authority a Book, intituled, " His Majesty's Declaration," was
licensed, 21 Dec.—The Committee of Complaints to inquire
out the Authors and Printers of two scandalous Pamphlets, intituled," The People and Soldiers Observations on the Scots
Message to the Parliament concerning the King, 5 Nov. 1647"
—" The humble Petition of Agnes Corbett, a most distressed
Widow from Ireland," —Pamphlet, intituled," A Treatise of Magistracy," delivered to Members at the Door, referred
to the Committee for printing unlicensed Pamphlets; the Committee of the Revenue to pay them 30£. to be distributed
amongst Persons employed therein, 6 Jan. Order for prosecuting the Printer and Publisher, 11–A Committee to prepare more effectual Ordinance for suppressing the Printing and
publishing scandalous and libellous Pamphlets, 8 Jan.–The
Committee of Complaints to inquire after the Printers, &c.
of a Pamphlet, intituled, " A Solemn Protestation of the Freeborn People of England," and to examine into the Affront
done to an Officer who pulled it down from a Post, —
Order for 100£. to the Discoverer of vile, scandalous Pamphlets, 19 Feb.—To be printed–Pamphlets to be burnt by the
common Hangman.
-, — 1648, The Committee for suppressing Libels to inquire
out the Printers, &c. of a Paper intituled, " A Motive to all
loyal Subjects to endeavour the Preservation of his Majesty's
Royal Person"—Of a Paper subscribed by Samuel Wickham;
Committees added; Members who have Cause to complain
may attend them, 27 June—Printer apprehended for publishing a Pamphlet touching Victories at Sea, &c. referred
to the Committee for suppressing Libels, 31 Aug.
Papilion, Mr. 1647, Serjeant to apprehend and commit him to Newgate in order to take his Tryal, 2 Feb.
Papists. Vide Delinquents—1647, Case of those in Oxon, upon the Surrender thereof, reported; Previous Question for admitting them to their Compositions according to the Articles, Affirmative, 16 Mar.
Parke, Reuben, 1648, Ordinance for allowing him 200£. upon his Account in the Exchequer, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 31 July.
Parker, George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Sept.
-, — Dr. William, 1647, Petition read; Order for bestowing
upon him a Register's Place, 8 Mar.
-, — William, 1647, Ordinance for vacating his Presentation
to the Vicarage of Wrotham, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 24 Mar.
Parliament, 1646, no Member, of either House, to have any
Sequestrations, by Grant or Lease; Lords Concurrence to be
desired—Resolution that all who raise Forces against the Parliament, or either House, shall die without Mercy, and their
Estates be confiscated, 8 Dec.
-, — 1647, a Committee to withdraw and examine an Information concerning some Design against the Parliament, 13
Apr.—Ordinance for Indemnity of Persons that have acted by
Authority of Parliament, to be read, 30 Apr.—6 May.
Read twice and committed; all that come to have Voices.
Ordinance reported; committees of both Houses named;
Number of them; Quorum appointed; Ordinance passed.
Agreed to by Lords—Order for printing it, —Proviso for indemnifying well-affected Persons from Bonds extorted from them, read; Ordinance for that Purpose, ordered, 14 May—Read, 28 June—Order for Second
Reading, 1 July—Ordinance from Lords for suppressing
Tumults about the Houses, read, 7 June. They put House
in mind thereof.–The Committee of the Militia to be desired to send a Regiment of Soldiers to guard the Houses,
7 & 10–To send a strong Guard–To send Two full
Companies of Trained Bands, —Members to require
Two Captains to bring in a good strong Guard, and the
Captain of the Guards to prevent the Access of tumultuous
Assemblies to any of the Avenues; Order for bringing
Halberts, &c. into the outer Room; Members to be sent
to require them to disperse, 14 June–Lord Mayor and Militia to be desired to send Four full Companies of Trained
Bands, —Time appointed for their coming–A Committee to withdraw and prepare Ordinance impowering them
to apprehend such as make any Disturbance, 8 July–Lord
Mayor and Militia to be desired to send a sufficient Guard of
Horse and Foot from Day to Day, —Serjeant sent to command Persons assembled in a tumultuous Manner to disperse—
Order for setting 100 Halberts within the House–For preventing future Tumults; Captain of the Guard called in and acquainted therewith—Colonel Webbe to attend daily for seeing
the Guard placed, 20–Order for additional Company and
Troop, 23–Violences offered to both Houses. Vide
Privileges—Order for Thanksgiving for restoring the Freedom of Parliament. Vide Thanksgiving–Ordinance from
Lords for making void all Acts done since the Violence, read;
Question for Second Reading, Neg. Day appointed for it,
6 Aug. Ordinance committed; Report of Resolutions, that
there was a visible, insolent, and actual Force upon both
Houses, on Monday the 26th of July last—That all Acts and
Votes done and passed during that Force and Violence be declared void; Question for preparing a Declaration pursuant
thereto, Neg. —Ordinance concerning the Repealing all
Votes, Orders, and Ordinances, passed since the Force on
26° Julii, 1647, till 6° Augusti, read twice, and committed. Reported, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13–Conference desired by Lords concerning Votes sent
down by them touching the Violence, agreed to; Reporters
appointed; Conference held, and reported–Ordinance delivered thereat, for declaring void all Ordinances, &c. passed
during the Violence, read twice, and committed. Reported; Question for passing, Neg. —Order for the Guards
to keep the Passages clear of troublesome People; Declaration
that House will satisfy their just Demands; General to be desired it may be put in Execution–A Committee of both Houses
to consider of some way for Security of the Parliament when
the Army shall be drawn off, —Expensive Attendance of
the Guards referred to the Committee of the Army, 5 Nov.
—Ordinance from Lords for Safety and secure sitting of Parliament, read, and agreed to, —Bill for justifying the
Proceedings of Parliament, and declaring all Oaths, Declarations and other Proceedings against it, void, read; previous
Question for Second Reading next Day, Affirmative, 1 Dec.
Bill read; Question for Commitment, Neg. Order for Ingrossment. Bill passed. Agreed to by Lords,
—Bill for impowering both Houses to adjourn as they shall
think fit, read; previous Question for Second Reading next
Day, Affirmative, 1 Dec. Bill read; Question for Commitment, Neg. Order for Ingrossment. Bill passed.
Agreed to by Lords,—Speaker's Information referred to
a Committee, with Power to double the Guards, 13 Dec.—
Order for Twenty Halberts for them, 16–For a Gratuity to Persons employed in the Discovery of Matters prejudicial to the Parliament,—General to be desired to send
2,000 Horse and Foot for Safety of the Parliament, to be quartered at Whitehall and the Meuse; the Committee of the
Army to acquaint him therewith, and take Care they be no
Burden to the Inhabitants–Order for making those Places
convenient for them–For providing Bedding, &c.–Colonel
Baxter to attend with 500 Men, 14 Jan. Order for quartering them in Whitehall,—For Money for Bedding, &c.
for them, 17–For the Colonel, or some Officer of Quality
under him, to attend during the sitting of the Houses,
—For Shoes and Stockings for the Foot,—For borrowing the Duke of Richmond's Stables for quartering Part
of the Horse, 1 Feb.—Question for selling the Guard-coats
at Whitehall, to provide Necessaries for the Soldiers there and
in the Meuse, Neg.—Order for Sale of the superstitious and
idolatrous Pictures for that Purpose,—For Sale of the
Guard-coats.
-, — 1648, Order for bestowing 1,000 £. upon the Guard;
Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, with special Clause
that it shall not be drawn into Precedent, 13 Apr. Ordinance read, and passed; agreed to by Lords—The Committee at Derby House to consider how to defend them
from the Danger of any sudden Tumult, 14–Commanders in Chief to have the Use of several Barges, —A
Committee to prepare Declaration to be sent to Ministers
within the Lines to seek God for a Blessing upon the Consultations and Proceedings of Parliament; Declaration reported,
read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence signified; Lord
Mayor to send it, 25–General's Letter read; Order for Letter to desire him to revoke his Order for recalling the Parliament's Guards—Colonels required to forbear removing them
till further Orders from him—Letter to be communicated to
the Common Council, 2 May–Another Letter from him concerning the Removal of them, read. Order for Letter to
him to desire they may not be removed, 12–Another read;
the Colonel of the Horse to bring back his Regiment; General
to be acquainted with the Reasons thereof–Major General
Skippon to be desired to promote a good Understanding between
his Forces and the Parliament's Guards,—Order for pressing
Teams to bring Hay for the Horse,—Order for keeping
the Horse together, discharged—The Forces from the Tower
to be joined to the Guards,—The Committee at Derby
House to dispose of them—To acquaint them General has
ordered them to stay somewhere about London,—Order for
restraining the Forces at the Meuse, Whitehall, and the Tower,
to continue here for Safety of the Parliament, taken off; the
Committee at Derby House to employ them for suppressing
Insurrections in Kent. Report; the Militia and Major-General Skippon to be desired to send a Regiment of
Foot; Colonel Rosseter to inlist Sixty Horse for a present
Guard; the Committee at Derby House to confer with him
thereupon,—The Colonel to thank Gentlemen that voluntarily offered themselves to be a Guard this Day—The
Committee of the Militia impowered to send, from time to
time, what Guard they shall think fit, or receive Order for. Lords Concurrence signified,—Colonel Rosseter to
be desired to get together 120 Men for a Guard for this Night
—The Committee of the Army to consider what Money is fit
to be advanced to them, 3 June—Colonel Rosseter to appoint
a Commander in his stead. Establishment and Charge of
raising his Horse, reported; Order for 872£. for raising them
—Mr. Pepys's Legacy to Speaker to be employed towards
making up Three Months Pay. Person appointed to receive
it,—Report touching speedy raising a Regiment of
Horse, to be a Guard to the Parliament, and Money for them;
Order for 5,000£. for raising and paying them, to serve under
Major-general Skippon—The Committee at Derby House to
grant him a Commission—Major-general to grant Commissions
to inferior Officers; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 3 July
—Declaration that it will be an acceptable Service to inlist
under him; Power given him to lead them to any Parts, and
kill and slay all that oppose the Parliament. Lords Concurrence to be desired,—Members to subscribe what Horses
and Arms they will presently raise and pay. Persons appointed to raise their Subscriptions—Part of the Horse to be
quartered in the Meuse. House approves of Major-general Skippon's Proceedings in raising Men—The Committee of
the Militia to assist him; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
Orders to be printed,—Order for Monies for the Guard
out of a Delinquent's Estate, 4 & 16 Aug.—Consideration of
appointing Firelocks to be added, referred to the Committee
at Derby House,—Votes of 20th May 1642, recited;
Declaration that it appears that divers who have assisted the
King in the late War endeavour to levy a new War against
the Parliament—That they are Traytors by the fundamental
Laws of the Land, and have been so adjudged by two Acts
of Parliament, 20 June—Message from Lords desiring to
communicate something at next Conference concerning Obstructions of the Business of both Houses; Question for agreeing thereto, Neg. Message to them thereupon, 11 Aug.
Parsons, Sir William, and others, 1647, Petition reported, and
read; Order for paying them Monies due for their Services in
Ireland, 14 Dec.
-, — Captain William, 1647, Certificate of his Accounts to
be read, 14 May.
-, — 1648, Report concerning him; Order for paying him
2,205£. 12s. 6d. with Interest, for his good Services; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 31 July.
Partis, Joan, 1648, her Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning her Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 June.
Paston, Clement, 1647, Petition read, and referred to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, 15 Mar.
Patent, 1647, for sole making and vending Alum, voted illegal and void; Order for calling in and concelling it, 16 Mar.
Patherin, Mrs. 1647, Petition to be read, 23 Sept.
Pattenson, Mary, 1647, Order for bestowing 200£. upon her; agreed to by Lords, 28 May.
Paul, Mr. Vide Berkley.
Pauls, St. 1646, Ordinance from Lords concerning the Scaffold about it, reported, and passed, 3 Mar.
Pawlett, Lord Edward, 1646, Lords put House in mind of his
Petition, 7 Dec.—18 Jan.
-, — 1647, Report concerning him to be made—Order
for his settling 100 £. per Annum for ever upon Lyme, 9
Nov.
-, — 1648, Order for Payment of his Rents for the Use of
the State, returned from Lords, with Amendments—Petition
of Joan Illery to the Judges of Assize, read; Lord Pawlett to be referred to a Tryal at Law—Order for bestowing 100£. upon her, 4 Apr.—his Petition from Lords for
Ten Days Liberty of Residence in London, 22 June. Agreed
to,—Order and Papers from Lords concerning him, read;
previous Question for agreeing thereto, Affirmative; main
Question, Neg. 26 Aug.
-, — Sir John, 1647, Report concerning him to be made;
—Order for him to settle 200£. per Annum for ever upon
Lyme, 9 Nov.
-, — Amos, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 22 Apr.
Payler, George, 1648, Ordinance from Lords for him and other Officers of the Ordnance, 7 July. Vide Ordnance.
Peacock, James, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 27 Sept. —17 Mar.
Peaker, Tobias, 1646, Major-general's Letter, and his Examination, read, and to be communicated to Lords, with Desire they may be communicated to Scots Commissioners; Lords Concurrence signified, 11 Jan.—A Committee to examine him,—Message from Lords desiring he may be brought to their Committees; agreed to, 13 Feb.
Pearce, John, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 17 Mar.
Pechell, Mr. 1648, Petition referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.
Peck, Honourable Henry, 1646, Petition referred to the Committee at Haberdashers Hall, 29 Dec.—Order for making
Report, 12 Jan.—1 Feb.
-, — 1647, like Orders, 21 & 27 Apr.—State of the Matter
of Fact, reported, and read—Business referred to the Committee of the Revenue, 5 May—Previons Question that
there is due to him out of the Iron-works, 4,281£. 18s. 4½d.
Affirmative; Order for paying him; Lords Concurrence to
be desired,—A Committee to consider his Damages, 8
Mar.
-, — 1648, Report re-committed; Committees added, 12 Apr.
Peers, 1647, Bill concerning Peers lately made, and to be made, read; previous Question for Second Reading next Day, Affirmative, 1 Dec. Bill committed. Reported and passed. Agreed to by Lords.
Peirson, Richard, 1647, Pardon to be prepared for him, 2 Oct.
-, — Henry, 1647, the Committees of Complaints and Indemnity to forbear proceeding against him till further Order,
14 Mar.
Peisley, Edward, junior, 1647, Resolution for indicting him of High Treason; Clerk of the Crown to prepare the Indictment; Managers and Sollicitor appointed; Order for taking him into Custody, 25 Sept.
Pelham, Edward, 1646, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Jan.
-, — Henry, 1647, chosen Speaker, 30 July. Vide Speaker.
-, — Peregrine, 1647, Petition read; Order for paying a
Debt to him, with Interest, 26 Aug.
Pembroke County, 1646, Order appointing High Sheriff, and
for a Commission to him; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
6 Feb.
-, — 1647, like Order, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1648, Member sent down to settle the Peace of the
County; the Committee at Derby House to prepare Instructions for him, 28 Mar.
-, — Town, 1646, Order for the Town and Castle to be
garisoned with 150 Men, 3 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order for continuing the Governor,—Letter to
him to deliver up the Castle, ordered, 3 Feb.—Committees
Letter that he held out contrary to the Order; General to send
sufficient Force to reduce the Castle—Letter to be communicated to Lords—Ordinance for removing him from being
Mayor, ordered, 21 Mar.
-, — 1648, Letter concerning a Defeat of the Parliament's
Forces, read,—Articles of Surrender of the Castle, read;
Messenger affirms the Truth thereof; Order for a Reward to
him; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 17 July—For trythe Prisoners by martial Law, 14 Aug.
-, — Earl of, 1647, to have Pass for transporting Two Horses
and a Groom, 29 June—Ordinance from Lords for restoring him to the Chancellorship of Oxon, read twice, and
committed, 20 July—Reported, and passed, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to by Lords, 3 Aug.—Business concerning him to be reported, 8 Sept.—Report from
Lords declaring him Chancellor, agreed to, 22 Jan.
-, — 1648, Order appointing him Constable of Windsor
Castle, 27 July.
-, — College, Oxon, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing
a Master, 18 Aug. Read, and passed.
Pendennis, 1646, Report concerning the Castle to be made, 8
Dec.—State of Sir Peter Killegrew's Interest therein, reported; Order for paying him 2,000£. in Satisfaction of his
Losses and Services,—For continuing 250 Foot in the
Town, 23 Feb.—Governor of the Castle appointed, 12
Mar.
-, — 1647, Order for sending down Powder and Match, 22
June.
-, — 1648, Order for disbanding the Forces, 4 Apr.—For
delivering up the Castle to Sir Hardres Waller; Agreed to by
Lords—For Indemnity of the Captain and Soldiers therein,
17.
Pendleton, Henry, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Mar.
Penn, Captain William, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship,
17 Mar.
-, — 1648, Order for bringing him up in safe Custody, staying
the Ship, and seizing the Goods—The Committee of the
Admiralty to nominate another Commander, 14 Apr.
Pennington, Alderman Isaac, 1647, Certificate concerning his Losses, read; Order for discharging him from a Debt due to Sir John Pennington, in Part of Satisfaction thereof; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 4 May. Agreed to by Lords.
Pennoyer, William, 1646. Vide Privileges—Particular of the Earl of Worcester's Lands for satisfying his Debts, communicated by Lords, 12 Dec. Vide Worcester, Earl of.
Penny, Giles, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for taking off his Sequestration, 26 Aug. They put House in mind thereof; his Petition and Ordinance, read; nothing done thereupon, 28 Oct.—His Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired—Order for remitting his Fine in Satisfaction of his Arrears, 4 Jan.
Penrose, Francis, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 28 Oct. —17 Mar.
Penruddock, George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 31 Dec.
Penryn, 1647, new Writ, 11 May.
Penyman, Sir William, 1647, Order for demolishing his Monument erected in Christ-church Oxon, 15 Apr.
Percivall, Sir Philip, 1647, Information concerning his being in
Arms against the Parliament, referred to a Committee, 2
June—Case touching his Election, and the Point of being
disabled to fit, referred to another Committee, 15 July—
The Committee of Accounts to receive, state, and certify his
Accounts, 13 Nov.
-, — Lady Catherine, 1647, Petition read; Order for paying her 200£. in Part of her Husband's Arrears, 13 Nov.
Perkins, William, 1648, Order for paying him 200£. 19 June. Agreed to by Lords.
Perne, Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 11 Aug. Excused.
Perry, Lieutenant Colonel, 1646, previous Question for appointing him Governor of Taunton Castle, Affirmative, 17 Mar.
Peterborough, Earl of. Vide Holland, Earl of.
Peters, Mr. 1646, Copy of intercepted Letter taken with him and Lieutenant Colonel Wharton at Anglesea, read; Colonel Mitton and others to examine them upon Oath, and send them up with their Examinations, 21 Jan.—A Committee to examine them as they shall see Cause—Order for 100£. to the Messenger that brought them up, 2 Mar. Agreed to by Lords.
Petersfield, 1647, new Writ, 14 Mar.
Petie, Widow, 1646, to be added to the List of Widows, 9 Dec.
Petitions, 1646, to be numbered, and read according to their
Number, 9 Jan.
-, — 1647, a Committee to consider of those offered, and
figure and present them as they are figured, 8 Mar.—Petitions
presented; Order for receiving them.
-, — 1648, a Committee to prepare Ordinance for preventing
tumultuary Petitionings; Ordinance read, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 20 May. Ordinance to be printed
and dispersed.
Petre, Lord, 1647, Order from Lords to dispense with his Stay in Town, 21 Dec.—His Petition from them, with special Recommendation, and Order thereupon, 3 Feb.
Pett, Phineas, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 27 Sept.
-, — Peter, 1647, Ordinance from Lords, constituting him Commissioner of the Navy, read, and passed, 8 Oct.
-, — 1648, to be thanked for his Care of Chatham-yard during
the late Insurrection in Kent, 19 June.
Petty, William, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for granting him the Benefit of an Invention for double and multiple Writing, for Fourteen Years, read, and passed, 6 Mar.
Peyton, Sir Thomas, 1648, Letter touching the Surprise of him, read; Order for a Letter of Thanks—For his Commitment to Windsor Castle for High Treason—For a Reward to the Messenger that brought him up; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 10 June—For exchanging him for Mrs. Smith, 12 Aug.
Phelips, Sir James, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 July.
-, — Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 18 Dec.
Philip, Prince, 1648, Vice-admiral's Letter, with his to the Prince Elector inclosed, read; Vice-admiral to be desired to suffer him to visit his Brother; his Letter to be delivered to his Brother, 25 Apr.—Prince Elector's Letter, read; Lords Order for Prince Philip to transport 1,000 Men upon the Conditions and Securities offered, agreed to, 18 May—Pass for him to transport Twelve Horses, Custom and Impost free, 7 June.
Philpot, Susan, 1646, Order for taking off her Sequestration, 27. Feb.
Phips, Mr. 1646, Ordinance for paying him 500£. out of the
Earl of Worcester's Estate, ordered, 15 Dec.
-, — 1647, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
7 May.
-, — Lieutenant Colonel Robert, 1648, his Petition recommended by Lords, 27 June.
Pickering, James, and others, 1647, Petition referred to the Committee upon the Ordinance concerning the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty, 20 Mar.
Pickford, Thomas, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.
Pierce, Richard, 1647, Petition, and Certificate annexed, referred to One Member, 2 June.
-, — Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 20 May.
-, — John, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 27 Sept.
-, — John, of Westbury, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance
for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Dec.
Pierrepoint, Francis, 1646, Order for Repayment of 300£. advanced by him, 15 Dec.—The Committee of Accounts to
state his Accounts, 6 Jan.
-, — William, 1646, Petition; Order for bestowing the
Earl of Kingston's Fine upon him, 22 Mar. Agreed to by
Lords, 23.
Pigott, Lady Susanna, 1647, Order for paying her 20£. in
Part of her Husband's Arrears, 14 Sept.
-, — Martha, 1647, her Petition from Lords, read, and referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 30 Oct.—Lords
put House in mind of another Petition; Order for reading it,
18 Jan.—For paying her 200£. in Part of her Husband's
Arrears, 15 Feb.
-, — 1648, for paying it by 5£. per Week till the whole is paid,
1 Aug.
-, — Thomas, 1647, his Petition from Lords, to be read, 18
Jan.
-, — Colonel, 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody, at his own
Charge, to answer Matters objected against him, 14 Apr.—
Business referred to the Committee at Derby House, with
Power to discharge him, 9 June.
-, — John, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning
his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 15 June.
-, — Richard. Vide Baker, William.
Pilgrim, Captain John, appointed Commander of a Ship, 26 Feb. 1646—27 Sept.—17 Mar. 1647.
Pinade, Elizabeth, 1647, Order for paying her 100£. in Part of her Husband's Arrears—For paying her 5s. per Week for Support of herself and Children, 9 Sept.
Pingridge, Henry, 1647. Vide Privileges.
Pinkney, Elizabeth, 1646, to be added to the List of poor Widows, 9 Dec.
-, — 1647, her Petition referred to the Committee of Petitions, 3 Aug.—Order for paying her 60£. in full of all Demands, 4 Oct.
Piracy, 1647, Order from Lords for a Commission of Oyer and Terminer to try Piracy-causes, agreed to, 21 Dec.
Pitson, Major, 1648, Petition referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.
Pitsonne, Captain James, 1648, Petition read; Order for paying him 450£. 2s. 10d.; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 25 Aug.
Pix-money, 1646, Ordinance from Lords concerning it, to be read, 1 Feb. Read, and passed, with an Amendment—Order for trying it.
Plague, 1647, Order from Lords, for shutting up insected Houses, agreed to, 16 July.
Plantations, foreign, 1647, the Committee for them revived; Order for their sitting, 13 May—Order from Lords for settling the Quorum, agreed to, 25 Dec.—Additional Committees, 14 Mar. Agreed to by Lords.
Plaxtoll, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for making it a distinct Parish, read twice, and committed, 31 Jan.
Playford, Captain Samuel, 1647, Certificate of his Accounts to
be read, 14 May—Order for paying him 300 £. upon Account; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — 1648, his Petition referred to the Committee for Irish
Affairs, 3 Apr.
Plays. Vide Stage-plays.
Plunkett, Captain, 1647, his Petition, and Ordinance for repaying him Monies, to be read, 7 & 14 May—Ordinance read, and passed, 14 Aug. Agreed to by Lords, —Report concerning Commodities furnished by him for the Forces in Dublin; Order for paying him 1,000£. with Interest; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 14 Aug.—His Petition referred to the Committee of the Navy, 3 Nov.—Committee to discharge a Suit commenced against him.
Plymouth, 1646, House put Lords in mind of an Order for determining the Plymouth-duty, 7 Dec.—Order for continuing the Garison with 150 Men, 25 Feb.—For appointing a
Governor, his Remonstrance referred to the Committee of
the West, 13 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order for sending down Powder and Match,
12 June—Petition, and Letter from the Mayor, & c. to be
read, 2 July. Read; Order for stating and auditing their
Accounts—For Repayment of Money advanced out of the
Poors Stock, —House to consider the Garison, —
Letter to be sent to them to communicate the explanatory
Vote touching the General's Power over the Land Forces,
and to assure them the Houses will settle an Establishment for
their Pay, 31 June—Letter read, and agreed to; Speaker
to sign it—Petition of Officers of the Garison, read—Order
for paying them 4,000£. out of the 60,000£. per Mensem,
read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 3 Aug.—
Governor's Letter, concerning the pressing Necessities of the
Garison, read; Order for paying them 8,000£. towards the
Discharge of their Arrears; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered—Two Committees to confer with the General about
lessening the Garison, and disposing of the Soldiers, —
Ordinance for 8,000£. for them, read, and passed; agreed to
by Lords, —General's Letter, concerning their Necessities; the Committee of the West to consider how the Monies may be raised for them, with Power to treat with Persons
upon the Credit of the 60,000£. per Mensem, 1 Sept.—
Governor's Letter, concerning Distempers amongst the Soldiery, referred to the Committee of the Army; Committee
to prepare Answer, 25 Oct.—Another from him concerning the Surprise of a French Ship, read, and referred to the
Committees of foreign Affairs, and of the Admiralty, 1 Nov.
—Governor's Letters, expressing the irresistible Necessities of
the Garison, and Petition of the distressed Inhabitants, read
—Order for 10,000£. for reducing and paying them; a Committee to prepare Ordinance for that Purpose; Letters and Petition referred; Governor and Mayor to be acquainted by
Letter what House has done, —Governor's Letter referred to the Committee at Derby House; Gentlemen of Plymouth to meet them, 24 Jan.—Another from him, representing to what Height of mutinous Carriage the Soldiers Necessities have brought them, read; Order for advancing additional 6,000£.—The Committee to treat with the Treasurers
at War about advancing it, with Power to propound what
Security they think fit—Same Committee to take Course for
demolishing the Works, disposing of the Materials, and restoring the Ordnance to Places where they belong, and to
reconcile Differences upon disbanding, 18 Feb. Order for
their meeting with the Treasurers.
-, — 1648, Order for sending down Guns and Gunners
Stores to the Forts and Island—For repairing and fortifying
the Forts, Castle, and Island; Governor of the Castle appointed, with Power to put in 100 Men—Order touching his
Pay—For bestowing 100£. upon him to buy Horses—Touching putting in Suit Bonds formerly entered into for the Payment of One per Cent, assigned to the Garison, 20 June—
Governor's Petition reported, and read; Order for paying
him 500£. to enable him to repair to his Charge—For paying
him 500£. for victualling the Forts and Island, and repairing
the Works—For an Allowance, according to the Establishment, to the Chaplain and Surgeon—Petition of Inhabitants;
the Committee of the West to consider how 60£. per Week
may be provided, towards paying them for the time they did
Duty upon the Coast of Wales, 1 July—The Committee at
Derby House to take care of securing the Town, —Extract of a Letter from thence; Examination of several Matters mentioned therein, referred to the Committee of the
West, 1 Aug.—A Committee to consider the Business touching the 6,000£. formerly assigned to the Garison, —Petition
of Mayor, & c. read, and approved—Order for printing the
Part that concerns the General—For a Letter of Thanks—
The Committee of the West to consider how the 6,000£. owing to them from the late Garison may be paid, and how the
60£. per Week for the Poor may be made good.
Pollord, Sir Hugh, 1646. Vide Privileges.
Poltimore, 1648, Ordinance from Lords, for uniting it with the Parish of Hokisham, read, and passed, 18 May.
Ponsonby, Colonel, 1647, his Proposition for raising 700 Horse
for the Irish Service, reported, read, and approved; Order
for Commissions to his Officers, agreed to by Lords, 15 June
—For Two Months Pay upon Security to transport them,
13 July. Amended, —Letters concerning his Regiment,
referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 18 Aug.—
Order for speedy sending them over, 18 Sept.
-, — Frances, 1647, Petition to be read, 3 July—Order
for paying her Part of her Husband's Arrears, 21 Aug.—
Agreed to by Lords.
Pontefract, 1646, Examination of Persons sent up as having a
Hand in betraying the Castle, referred to the Northern Committee, 12 Jan. One to be discharged; Order for a Reward
to the Deputy Serjeant, —Previous Question for continuing the Garison, Affirmative; main Question, Neg.—
Previous Question for demolishing the Castle, Neg.Order
for making it untenable, 26 Feb.
-, — Ordinance from Lords for re-edifying the Church, 6
Mar.
-, — 1648, Letter touching the betraying it; the Committee at Derby House to consider what Forces may be sent
from Wales into the North, 6 June;Another Letter read;
Order for them to take speedy Consideration thereof.
Poole, 1646, Order for continuing the Garison with 100 Men,
26 Feb.—Governor appointed, 13 Mar.
-, — 1648, a Committee to treat with the Impropriator about
a competent Maintenance for a preaching Minister, out of
the Impropriation, 21 June—Ordinance for settling the
Militia, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
24 July—Letter from thence, read, and referred to the
Committee at Derby House; Gentlemen of the County to
consider with them of a Course for supplying the Garison—
Lord Admiral's Letter concerning them, with Examinations
of several Persons, read, and referred to the Committee of the
Navy, 12 Aug.
Pooley, Edmund, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 7 Jan.
-, — Mr. 1648, a Committee to state the Matter of Fact concerning Informations against him, 21 July.
Poor, 1646, Ordinance for their Relief and Employment, and
for the punishing Vagrants, to be read, 4 & 15 Mar.
-, — 1647, Ordinance for setting them on Work, to be read,
4 & 26 May—13 July—21 Aug.—Order for 1,000£.
for Relief of such as the Parliament shall think fit, agreed to
by Lords, 6 May—Ordinance for Relief and Employment
of them, and for punishing Vagrants, read, 29 Sept.—
Another from Lords to the same Purport, 17 Nov. Readf.
Order for Second Reading. Committed, —Lords
put House in mind thereof; Ordinance reported; Proviso read,
nothing done thereupon; Ordinance passed, with Amendments, 16 Dec.—Ordinance for 900£. to the Poor, read,
and passed, 3 Nov. Returned from Lords, with Amendments;
Amendments agreed to.
Pope, Sir Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Sept.
Popham, Colonel Edward, 1647, appointed Commander of
Ship, 17 Mar.
-, —1648, the Committee of the Admiralty to send to him,
and receive his Answer, touching the Command, 19 Apr.
—Order for paying him the Rents and Arrears of Rents of
Lands settled upon him—For desiring him to go into Somersetshire, for Preservation of the Peace of the County—For
impowering him to raise a Troop of Horse for suppressing
tumultuous Meetings, 23 May.
Porter, Mrs. 1647, Warrant to her to stay in Town, recalled,
17 Jan.
-, — Endymion, 1647, his Petition from Lords desiring to be
admitted to his Composition, 1 Mar.
Portland; 1646, Orders concerning the Articles of Surrender of
the Castle, and Petition complaining of the Breach thereof,
read; Resolutions for confirming them—For taking off the
Sequestrations of all Persons comprised therein—Declaration
that no Person is barred from bringing an Action for any private Injury done since the War—Order for a Reward for the
Porter; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20 Jan—For
continuing the Garison with 300 Men, 26 Feb.—For appointing a Governor, 13 Mar.
-, — 1648, Order for putting in another Company, if that
in the Garison be drawn away—The Committee of Dorsetshire to take care of the Garison, 1 Aug.
-, — Earl of, 1647, his Petition, with Lords Sense thereupon,
read; previous Question for taking off his Sequestration, Affirmative; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 14 Sept.
Portman, Sir William, an Infant, 1648, his Mother's Petition on his behalf, read; the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to compound with her at a Tenth, 10 June.
Portnell, Thomas. Vide Minterne, Henry.
Portsmouth, 1646, Condition of the Garison to be reported, 16
Jan. Reported; Order for paying 2,000£. in Part of their
Arrears—For sending an Engineer to view the Works, and
for an Estimate of the Charge of Reparations—For a weekly
Allowance of 166£. for Three Months for the Garison and
Hurst Castle; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —
Garison to be continued with the Number of Men as are now
established, 2 Mar.—Governor appointed.
-, —1647, Order for sending down Arms and Ammunition, 22 June—General's Letter, concerning the Necessities
of the Garison, read; Order thereupon, 20 Sept. Vide Garisons—Order for paying them 1,500£. in Part of their Arrears, 4 Oct.—Ordinance for securing and advancing
18,000£. to them, upon the Credit of the Assessments of
60,000£. per Mensem; for paying their Arrears, and disbanding them, read, and passed; agreed to by Lords, 10
Dec.—Petition of the Garison, read; Order for furnishing
them with Ammunition, and paying their Arrears, 12 Jan.
—Another Petition recommended by Lords, 3 Feb.
-, —1648, Condition of the Castle referred to the Committee of the Army, 1 July—Order for paying the Gunners
and Soldiers, —For paying them Monies charged upon
the County, after the Isle of Wight is paid—Governor to
withdraw his Order for Priority—Order to be communicated
to him, 15 Aug.
Portsoken Ward, 1647, Petition of Trained Bands, complaining that their Captain was removed by the new Militia, 22 July. Vide London.
Potter, Mr. 1646, Ordinance concerning him to be read, 9
Jan.
-, — Daniel, 1647, Petition to be read, 22 Apr.—Ordinance
for paying him 1,750£. with Interest, read, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 1 May.
-, — Ambrose, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 17 Nov.
-, — George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 25 Dec.
Povey, Sir Edward, 1647, his Petition recommended by Lords,
29 Apr.—Order for paying him 100£. upon Account, 18
Dec. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1648, another Petition read; Order for paying him 600£.
—For paying him 5£. per Week for Two Months for his
present Subsistence in the mean time, 9 Aug.
Poulton, Captain Thomas, 1646, appointed Governor of Nottingham Castle, 17 Mar.
Poundage. Vide Supply.
Powell, Colonel Rice, 1647, to be continued Governor of
Tenby, 25 Mar.
-, — John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 10 June.
-, — George, 1647, Report concerning him; Order appointing him Comptroller of the Customs at Milford; Ordinance
for that Purpose ordered, 8 Sept.—Read, and passed, 20
Oct.—Agreed to by Lords, 2 Nov.
Powle, John, 1647, Information signed by him, read, 3 June.
Poyer, Captain John, 1647, to be continued Governor of Pembroke, 25 Mar.—Letter that he refused to deliver up the
Castle, read; Ordinance for declaring him and his Adherents
Rebels and Traitors, if they shall not, within Twelve Hours
after Notice hereof, surrender it, ordered, 2 Mar. Read,
and passed; agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1648, Order for trying him by martial Law, 14 Aug.
Poynts, Colonel Sydenham, 1647, his Regiment of Horse to be
kept up, 29 Mar.—His Letter, and Order inclosed to forbid any Meeting of Soldiers at a Rendezvous without his Order, read, 21 June. Read again; previous Question for borrowing 10,000£. towards the Pay of the Forces of the Northern Association, out of Weavers Hall, Affirmative—The
Committee of Sequestrations to make up what shall be wanting of the Sum—The Colonel to give Orders for keeping
quiet the Forces late under his Command; Lords Concurrence to be desired; Vote to be communicated to him—Order for Reward to the Messenger; Lords Concurrence to be
desired—A Committee to prepare Answer to his Letter; Answer reported, read, and agreed to—These Forces to be paid
upon their disbanding, or engaging for Ireland, as the rest of
the Forces. Agreed to by Lords, — His Letter,
and other Papers, read, 3 July—Other Letters from him,
concerning Distempers in the Forces, read; Resolution
thereupon—Letters read again; Order for speedy sending down the
10,000£.; Letter to acquaint him therewith, ordered, —
Letters from him and his Wife, touching the Manner of his
Imprisonment by his own Soldiers, and their seizing his
Goods, read; Copies thereof to be sent to General, with Directions for his Discharge—To Lord Mayor of York, to restore
his Goods, —Letters reported, read, and agreed to.
-, —1648, Ordinance for issuing 5,000£. formerly appointed
for his Officers, out of the Excise, read, and passed, 23 May.
Agreed to by Lords.
Preachers, Lay. Vide Lay-preachers.
Preistley, John. Vide Newman, Edward.
-, —Mr. 1647, Order for his Commitment to Newgate, 2
Feb.
Prerogative Court. Vide Wills, Probate of—1647, Ordinance from Lords, appointing a Judge, read; nothing done thereupon, 13 Jan.
Prescott, Lieutenant. Vide Dymocke, Captain Humphrey.
-, — Henry, 1648, his Letter referred to the Committee at
Derby House, 30 June.
Prestbury, 1647, Petition of Inhabitants recommended by Lords, 23 Mar.
Preston, Mr. 1647, Order for sending his Cabinet over from Ireland, 18 Sept.—For delivering it to the Committee of Letters and Papers, 4 Nov.
Price, Colonel Hugh, 1647, to be continued Governor of Redcastle, 25 Mar.
-, — Captain, 1648, Order for paying his Arrears, for the Subsistence of his Widow and Children, 5 June.
Prichard, Colonel Edward, 1647, to be continued Governor of Cardiff, 25 Mar.
Prideaux, Dr. John, 1646, to be sent for in safe Custody, 7
Dec.—To be bailed, and reside within Twenty Miles of
London—His Books and MSS. to be delivered to him.
-, — 1647, his Bail to be discharged, 20 Sept.
-, — Sir Richard, 1646, General's Letter, recommending
him to be admitted to moderate Rates in his Fine, 20 Feb.
-, — Mr. 1646, Motion for his Stay in Newcastle, to exercise his Function; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 24
Feb.
Prince, Sir Richard, 1647, Information concerning his bearing
Arms against the Parliament; Serjeant to give him Notice to
attend, 2 June—His Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired—Order for reducing his Fine, 16 Sept.
-, — Thomas, 1647. Vide Privileges—Order for paying him
1,175£. 20 Sept.—Order from Lords for paying him 280£.
4 Oct. Agreed to.
Pringle, Mr. Vide Carran—1647, his Petition from Lords, 15 Feb.
Prisoners, 1646, the Committee of Prisoners to consider what
Prisoners are fit to have their Liberties, with Power to bail
them, 25 Dec.—Petition of several in the Tower, recommended by Lords, 6 Feb.—Writs of Habeas Corpus for returning Prisoners of the House, to be considered, —A
Committee to consider the Business concerning the Form of
returning them, and how they may be made liable to their
just Debts, and yet remain Prisoners to the Parliament, 11
Mar.—The Committee to consider the Condition of those
whose Estates are sequestered, and of some sit Allowance for
them out of their own Estates, 13 Feb.
-, — 1647, Order for continuing to the Committee the
Power of giving Passports to the Parliament's Soldiers desirous
of serving foreign Princes, 4 May—The Committee of Indemnity to discharge Persons under Restraint for any thing
done in tempore & loco belli, in pursuance of any Ordinance,
15 June—Ordinance for Relief of Prisoners in the Tower,
to be read, —Order from Lords for disposing
of those at Plymouth and Portsmouth, 3 Sept.—Business of
Persons committed by Two Justices, referred to the Committee of Indemnity, with Power to release them, —Order
for removing several from the Tower to other Prisons, 1 Oct.
—Pardon granted to others, —Power of bailing Prisoners,
continued to the Committee, —Order from Lords for pardoning several in Newgate, agreed to—Order for transporting
them, 24 Jan.
-, — 1648, the Committee for Safety of the Tower to consider where Prisoners removed from thence may be secured,
15 Apr. House approves of sending them to Windsor, Wallingford, and Warwick Castles, —The Committee at
Lincoln to examine concerning the Enlargement of Prisoners
there—Order for trying several taken in late Insurrections in
their several Counties, 8 July—The Committee of the City
Militia to examine Affronts given to Persons securing Prisoners and take care to punish them, —The Committee of
Prisoners to take care of disposing of them according to former Powers, and to require the Assistance of the several
Counties through which they are to pass to the Water-side,
when they are to be shipped—The Committee at Derby House
to dispose of those taken at St. Neots, —Order against
bringing more to London—The Committee of Prisoners to
dispose of them either by Transportation or otherwise, —
Report touching them; the Committee of Nottingham to remove them to other secure Places, —A Committee to
examine the Causes of the Escapes of several in and about
London, and of such as have been taken from Serjeant, with
Power to remand the latter; Serjeant to acquaint them who
have been rescued and made their Escape, 9 Aug.
Privileges, 1646, Committees added; the Committee to sit
every Monday, 16 Dec.
-, — 1647, to sit, notwithstanding the Adjournment of
House, 28 May.
-, — 1646, Information that Sir David Watkins had
spoken Words to the Prejudice of Sir John Evelyn, and the
Scandal of the whole House; Mr. Pennoyer to be heard;
Witnesses to be nominated by him to be summoned to attend;
Sir David to be summoned to attend, 15 Dec. Sir David,
and several Witnesses, examined; Mr. Pennoyer's Examination read to him; he owns it to be what he said; William
Drake to be summoned to attend. Examined; Dr. Awdly
examined; further Examination referred to a Committee, 17
—Mr. Clive's Complaint; Hitchcott committed to the
House of Correction; Matter referred to the Committee of
Complaints, 5 Jan.—Business concerning Privilege to Dr.
Levett to prosecute his Cause before a Committee, to be considered, —State of the Cases of several Members in tertio
Car. Regis, touching their extaordinary Sufferings for their
constant Affections to the Liberties of the Kingdom, formerly
reported, read, with Votes of the House thereupon; several
Warrants of the Privy Council, read; Order for 5,000£. to
Mr. Holles—5,000£. to Mr. John Selden—5,000£. to Sir Peter
Hayman—5,000£. to Mr. Walter Long—5,000£. to Mr.
Strode—5,000£. to Mr. Benjamin Valentine—5,000£. to Mr.
John Hampden—5,000£. to Sir John Ellyott, to be disposed
of by the House; the Committee to consider how the Money
may be raised, —Order for making Report, 1 Feb.
—Order for paying Mr. Seldon 2,500£.—Like Order for
Mr. Valentine; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 11 May,
1647—Mr. Seldon's Petition; Order for paying him the
Remainder of the 5,000£.—For paying the Money to Mr.
Hampden's Heirs, 11 Nov. 1647—Petition of Cooper and
Church concerning a Suit commenced against them and Committee-men; Order by which they act, read; Matter referred,
to the Committee of Complaints—Order for Stay of Proceedings at Law, 3 Feb.—Order for Stay of Proceedings in the
King's Bench against Sir Hugh Pollard, the Business being
under the Consideration of the House, —Mr. Rigby's
Complaint; Order for discharging his Servant. Sheriffs
and Officers Petition, —Carriage of several Persons
towards a Committee, reported; Tew and Major Tullidagh
ordered into Custody, 19 Mar.
-, — 1647, Major's Petition read; Business referred to a
Committee—Order for bailing him, and for his Attendance
on them, 26 Mar.—His Narrative of his Behaviour, 4
May—Order for his Discharge, —Petition of divers wellaffected Citizens, avowed, read, and voted a high Breach of
Privilege—Insolent, and seditious—Order for burning it by
the common Hangman—A former Petition read again; Order
for burning that; Time and Place appointed; Sheriffs to attend—Browne sent for in as a Delinquent, for contemptuous
Language to a Member; examined thereupon; Order for his
Commitment to Newgate; Sentence pronounced; Speaker's
Speech to the Petitioners, —Order for discharging a Person
arrested upon his Return from a Committee, —Privilege
granted to Persons attending a Committee, 3 June—A Committee to prepare Order concerning the Privilege of Members, —Mr. Gourdon's Complaint referred to the Committee of Complaints, —Order for discharging his Servant,
2 July—Goodwyn's Petition reported, and voted scandalous;
Petitioner strictly injoined to forbear coming to the Door upon
his Peril, —Order for his Commitment to Newgate, —
Violence offered to both Houses, 26 July—A Committee
to receive Informations, and examine who were Actors and
Abettors thereof, 2 Aug.—A Committee of both Houses to
examine the Matter, and find out the Actors, & c. and to
consider what is sit to be done for Vindication of the Parliament, and their future Security; additional Powers; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, —Ordinance from Lords appointing a Sub-committee, read, and passed. Clerk to deliver
Papers to them. Report; several Petitions read; House
approves of what the Committee has done in the Commitment of several Persons, —Committees added, 1 Sept.
Order for making further Report. Report concerning Mr.
Bainton. Vide Bainton. Debate thereon resumed; several Members to attend on a Day appointed, —Persons nominated by the Committee to be sent for from Ireland, —
Further Report to be made. Made; several Persons to
be impeached of High Treason; further Consideration adjourned. Resumed; some to be impeached of High
Crimes and Misdemeanors; others to be indicted for High
Treason—Letters to be sent to the Committee of Kent and
the Trinity House, re-committed, —Preclamation for
calling in divers Actors in the late Force, read, and agreed to
—A Committee to prepare Declaration for Stay of further
Proceedings against the Actors, 1 Oct. Declaration read
twice, and committed. Reported from Re-commitment;
read, and to be considered, —Member to acquaint the
Committee with Informations he has received, and with the
Informants, —Mr. Knightley's Complaint; Captain Hare to
be sent for as a Delinquent, 21 Aug. Order for his Discharge,
—A Committee Clerk ordered into Custody for refusing to
obey an Order of a Sub-committee, and upon his Refusal to deliver Papers, Serjeant impowered to break open Locks, & c.; Sheriffs, and the Committee of the Militia, to assist him—Mr. Jenning's Complaint; Order for discharging his Servant, 21 Aug.
—Tomkyns's Letter to Mr. Palmer, with a forged Order of
the House, read, and referred to the Committee of Complaints,
6 Sept.—Order for Discharge of a Person arrested during his
Attendance upon a Committee, 20 Oct.—Papers subscribed
by some of the Army, read, and voted destructive to the Being of Parliaments, and to the fundamental Laws of the
Kingdom; a Committee to prepare Letter to General, to desire him to examine the Business; Vote to be inclosed, 9 Nov.
Letter reported, read, and agreed to; Speaker to sign it, 10
—Petition sent in a Letter to Speaker, and opened by a Committee, read twice, and voted a seditious and contemptuous
Avowing of a former Petition; Prince and Chidley to be committed to the Gatehouse, Taylor and Larmer to Newgate,
for avowing the former Petition, —Privilege granted to
Persons attending Committees, —Sir Robert Ducie ordered into Custody, for violently resisting the Authority of
Parliament, by Force of Arms, 27 Dec.—Ordinance concerning Members laying down their Privilege, read; Question
for Commitment, Neg. Ordinance passed, and to be printed;
the Committee of Complaints to receive Complaints against
Members that make Default therein; Ordinance for making
Members of both Houses liable to Suits upon Debts, ordered,
4 Jan.—Serjeant's Man committed to Newgate for delivering
a Pamphlet to Members at the Door. Order for his Discharge, —Order for making Report concerning Rigby,
and for Stay of Proceedings at Law against him, —Previous Question that Mr. Jennings shall shew Cause why he
does not answer his Sister's Suit in Chancery, Neg. Day
appointed for putting it in, 9 Feb. Order for doing it forthwith, —Their Petition read; Mr. Jennings to give Account To-morrow why he has not put in his Answer, 14 Aug.
1648. Petition concerning him to be read; Order for his
Attendance, —A Committee to take Notice of an Affront done to the Parliament at the Chancery-bar, and consider of some exemplary Punishment, 16 Feb.—Judge Jenkins
fined 1,000£. for refusing to receive Sentence at the Bar upon
his Knees, —Order prohibiting the printing of Passages
in Parliament; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 Mar.
House put them in mind thereof.
-, — 1648, like Message—Information of a Sermon preached
at Gray's Inn, scandalous to the Parliament; Order for apprehending the Minister, or the Person who procured Leave
for him to preach, 17 Apr.—Mr. Charlton's Complaint referred to a Committee; Bancks and Hanmer ordered into
Custody; Order for making Restitution of his Ward, 10
June. Report; Taunton, Rogers, and Battley ordered into
Custody—A Committee to examine whether Gregory was an
Actor in the forcible taking away the Ward, —Bancks's
Petition; Order for discharging him and the rest, 17 July—
Sir Henry Mildmay's Complaint; Serjeant to be sent to the
Duke of Richmond to deliver up his Servant, 15 June. Matter referred to the Committee of Complaints, —Elizabeth Willian's Petition read; Colonel Temple to be injoined
to appear to several Actions of her and others—Sir David
Watkins has Leave to proceed according to Law against Sir
Benjamin Rudyard and Mr. Popham; Order for them to
appear to his Actions—Sir Benjamin to appear to another
Action, 27 July.
Privy Council, 1646, Ordinance from Lords for vacating the Patents of some of the Clerks, read twice, and committed, 10 Feb.
Proger, Charles, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Sept.
Protestants, 1647, Moiety of the Collections next Fast-day to be bestowed upon the English and Irish Protestants about Barnstaple; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 5 May.
Proude, Catharine, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for naturalizing her, 3 Feb.—They put House in mind thereof; Ordinance to be read, 4 Mar.
Providence, Isle of, 1647, Petition of Adventurers recommended
by Lords, 12 July—To be read, 20 Oct.—Read, and
referred to the Committee of the Admiralty, 1 Nov.—Ordinance from Lords concerning the Isle, read—Whole Business
touching it referred to the Committees of the Admiralty and
for foreign Affairs, 17 Dec.
-, — 1648, referred to the Committee for foreign Affairs; the Judge of the Admiralty to report to them, 13
June.
Puckering, Henry, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 July.
Pullein, William, 1646, his Petition referred to the Committee
of the Navy, 28 Dec.
-, — Thomas, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 28 Mar.
Pury, Thomas, 1646, Order for paying him 1,000£. towards Satisfaction of his Losses, 2 Jan.
Pusey, Timothy, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 June.
Pye, Sir Robert, junior, 1646, Petition read; Order for paying him Monies arising from a Delinquent's Fine, towards
Satisfaction of his Arrears, 2 Jan.—Ordinance for Payment
of a Debt to him out of the Earl of St. Alban's Estate, read,
and passed; agreed to by Lords, 6 Feb.—Certificate of
his Accounts, read; Accounts allowed, 4 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order for inrolling his and other Treasurers Accounts in the Exchequer, 4 June—Thanks to be given to
him and his Officers for bringing of his Troop—Order for
paying 200£. for their Support, and Discharge of their
Quarters—A Committee to consult with him concerning
quartering them, and give Order for their Quarter; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, —Order for mustering them,
—Letters complaining of Abuses by some of his Regiment,
and desiring their Removal, read. Vide Kent—Leave
given him to transport Two Horses into France, 16 July.
-, — 1648, Order for restoring Horses taken from his Son, 5
July—Petition of his Non-commission Officers and Soldiers
read; the Committee of the Army to take care to pay their
Arrears, 8 Aug.
-, — Sir Edmund, 1647, Petition to be read, 21 Apr.—
his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 7
Jan.
Pym, Captain Charles, 1647, Certificate of his Accounts, read;
Accounts allowed; Order for paying him 987£. 2d. in full
of all Demands, 14 May. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — Mr. 1648, the Committee appointed to sell Lands for
Payment of his Debts to be injoined to sell them forthwith,
27 July.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
QUARREL, 1647, Information of some Matters of Difference between Mr. Holles and Colonel Ireton; severally injoined not to proceed any further; they publickly engage to submit to the Order, 2 Apr.—Information that Colonel Ceely and Colonel Bingham were gone out, expressing some Distaste between them; Serjeant sent to recal them; Speaker injoins them not to act any thing contrary to the Peace, that ought to be preserved by Members, 4 June—Colonel Sydney and Colonel Jephson to be forthwith sent for to attend by Speaker's Warrant; Information of a Matter of Disference between them; severally injoined not to proceed any further upon this or any other Difference; they promise to obey the Injunction, 4 Mar.
Quarry, Robert, 1647, Pardon to be prepared for him, 2 Oct.
Queenborough, 1648, new Writ, 10 May—Order for making it tenable, if it may be, and for furnishing it with Guns, 3 Aug.
Question, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 5 Jan.
Questions, previous, Affirmative, 1646, viz. For appointing a
Governor of a Garison—For freeing a Person from Sequestration, 11 Dec.—For referring a Book to a Committee, —
For allowing Money for the Earl of Worcester's Funeral—
For appointing a Day to consider a Petition—For allowing
Money out of a Delinquent's Estate for his Funeral, —For
considering a Petition and Representation in course as they
lie, —For agreeing to a Clause in a Vote from Lords,
—For ordering a Person into Custody, 8 Jan.—For approving Mr. Maxwell to attend the King at Holdenby, —
For concurring with a Vote from Lords, —For approving a Person to go a Circuit, 6 Feb.—For continuing a Garison, —For appointing Sir Thomas Fairfax General of
the Forces to be kept up, 4 Mar.—For taking out of the
Army Forces to be sent into Ireland, —For excluding
Members of the House from being Officers in the Forces to
be kept up—For all Officers to conform to the established
Government of the Church, —For malignant Ministers
restored to their Livings to take the Covenant, —For
appointing a Day to receive a Report, —For amending an
Amendment from Lords.
-, — 1647, for considering the civil and military Government
of Ireland, 27 Mar.—For Three particular Regiments to be
Part of the Horse to be continued, —For appointing
Commissioners to manage the War in Ireland, 1 Apr.—For
appointing Major General Skippon Field-marshal of Ireland—
For appointing Colonel Massey Lieutenant General of Horse
there, —For keeping 200 Horse and 200 Dragoons for the
Safety of Wales—For bestowing 300£. upon Gentlemen sent
from Dublin, —For suspending a Member, —For summoning Persons to attend—For paying Six Weeks Arrears
upon disbanding the Army, —For putting a Person out
of all public Employments, 6 May—For granting a Person
the sole Privilege of printing a Book, —For desiring some
of the Commissioners with the Army to come up—Concerning disbanding the Forces, —For accepting a Delinquent's
Fine, 20 & —Concerning pressing Volunteers in the Army
for Sea Service, —For appointing a Day to consider a Business
—For proceeding upon a Report, —For laying aside a Debate, and resuming it, 1 June—For expunging an Order, —
For further Answer to Particulars in a Summary from the Army,
—For disabling Members that have been in actual War
against the Parliament to sit, —Touching an Answer to a
Message from Lords, —Touching the Delivery of the
King's Person, —For Money for the Forces of the Northern Association, —Touching the Suspension of Members,
—For taking up a Debate on a future Day, —Touching
Officers and Soldiers leaving the Army—For declaring that
House do own the Army as their Army, —For a Penalty
upon such as sit in the House after Disqualification—For resuming the Debate thereon, 5 July—For concurring with
Lords in an Order and Letter, —For a Person to go a Circuit, —For prefixing a Time for Members to answer a
Charge against them, —For giving Answer to a Petition,
—For considering Propositions from the Army, —Concerning the Militia of London, —For approving the Choice
of a Commander in Chief of the Forces raised by the City—
For Second Reading of an Ordinance from Lords—For passing it with Amendments, —That both Houses, from
the Tumult 26th July to 6th August, were under Force, and
not free, 14 Aug.—For disabling a Member to sit, 7 Sept.
—For taking off a Sequestration, —For impeaching several
Persons, —For adhering to a Vote, 8 & 20 Oct.—For
referring a Matter to a Committee, —For Addition to a
Vote, —Touching a secure Place for the King's Residence, 16 Nov.—For considering Propositions from Lords,
—For appointing a Day for Second Reading of Bills, 1
Dec.—For bringing in an Ordinance, —For sending a
Vote to a Person, —Touching further Addresses to the
King, 3 Jan.—For agreeing to an Order from Lords,
—For discharging all the King's Attendants, 2 Feb.—For
desiring Lords Concurrence to a Vote, —Touching the Proportion for Pay of the Army, —For agreeing to a Clause,
—For appointing certain Persons Commissioners of the
Great Seal, 2 Mar.—For appointing a Day to consider a
Message from Lords, —For adjourning till the Afternoon—
For admitting Papists to Compositions in Performance of Articles.
-, — 1648, for giving a Member Notice to attend forthwith,
31 Mar.—That a Person has done but his Duty in his
Charge and Reply to the Commissioners of Excise, 4 Apr.—
For agreeing to an Order of Lords, —Concerning the Time
for asking Leave of Absence, —For Leave to every Member to speak in a Debate, notwithstanding a former Order,
—For adding a Clause to an Ordinance, 16 May—For discharging a Prisoner, —Concerning the Terms of a Treaty
with the King, —For additional Committees, —For
declaring Persons that have levied War against the Parliament
Rebels and Traitors, 7 July—Touching the Place for a Treaty
with the King, —For resuming a Debate, —For calling the House, 14 Aug.—For concurring with Lords in Votes.
-, — previous, Neg. 1646, viz. For allowing a County, Money to disband their Forces, 7 Dec.—For delivering the
King over to Major General Skippon at Newcastle, 5 Jan.—
For taking a Petition into further Consideration, —For
approving a Person to go a Circuit, 6 Feb.—For approving
Persons to be Visitors of the University of Oxon, —For
demolishing a Castle.
-, — 1647, for approving Sir William Waller to be Commander of the Forces in Lempster and Ulster, 1 Apr.—For
appointing a Committee to apportion equal Rates upon the
several Counties in future Assessments, —For bestowing
600£. upon Gentlemen from Dublin, —For allowing the
Treasurers at Goldsmiths Hall 2d. in the Pound, —For
calling Persons to the Bar, 1 May—For adhering to a Vote,
—For an Amendment to an Order from Lords—Touching
the manner of compounding with a Delinquent, —For an
Amendment to an Ordinance, 28 Apr.—3 Aug.—For discharging all Soldiers listed by the Committee of Safety and the
Committee of the Militia, 19 June—For adding a Penalty to
a Vote, —For considering certain Proposals from the Army,
—For disabling Persons offending against an Order for
ever to sit in the House, 5 July—For approving a Person to
go a Circuit, —For agreeing to a Proposition for transporting 5,500 Men into foreign Parts, —Concerning Propositions from the Army, —For concurring to an Ordinance
from Lords, 8 Oct.—For sining Members absent at the Call
of the House, 3 Nov.—For reimbursing Monies that shall be
advanced for disbanding the disjointed Forces, —Concerning
a Security for the Arrears of the Soldiery, —For insisting
upon and renewing former Orders, —Touching a Penalty for disobeying an Order, 3 Jan.—For employing a Person as a Commissioner into Scotland, —For restraining
the Number of the King's Family to Forty, 2 Feb.—For a
Member to shew Cause why he does not answer a Suit in
Chancery, —For taking Bail, —For bestowing an Office
upon a Member, —For Second Reading of an Ordinance, 6 Mar.—Concerning Compositions upon Surrenders of
Garisons.
-, — 1648, for sending a Person Commissioner into Ireland,
30 Mar.—For considering the Matter of Religion, 27 Apr.
—For an Amendment to a Vote, 5 May—For Members to
subscribe the Notes of Names of Commissioners for the Militia of the Kingdom, —For an Amendment to an Ordinance, —For impowering the Committee at Derby House
to grant Commissions for raising Forces, —That all
who shall take new Commissions from the Parliament, shall,
before they receive them, take the Covenant, 17 June—
For discharging an Order, 7 July.
Quoytmore, Robert, 1646, Ordinance from Lords appointing him Prothonotary of Three Welsh Counties, read, and passed, 24 Mar.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
RABY Castle, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and the new Works slighted, 26 Feb.
Radnor County, 1646, Order appointing High Sheriff, and
for a Commission to him; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
6 Feb.
-, — 1647, like Order, 17 Nov. Information against him,
referred to the Committee of Complaints, —Order appointing him; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 10 Jan.
-, — 1648, Order for employing the Sequestration-monies
for the Entertainment of Horse raised in the County, 21
June.
-, — 1646, new Writ, 19 Mar.
-, — Town, 1646, new Writ, 19 Mar.
Ragland Castle, 1646, Papers taken there to be delivered to the Committee of the Army, 19 Dec.—Order for slighting it.
Rainesborough, Colonel, 1647, Letters to be sent to Portsmouth and Petersfield for the Removal of his Soldiers; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 12 May—Colonel to repair to them, and stay them till further Order —His Letter, concerning the quartering his Regiment, and Demeanor of some of his Men, read, 2 June—Order appointing him Vice-admiral of the Winter's Guard, and Captain of a Ship, 27 Sept. —17 Mar.—Agreed to by Lords, 2 Oct.—Order for paying Part of his Arrears; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 Sept.—Order from Lords for dispatching him to Sea, 2 Oct. They put House in mind thereof, —Order appointing him Commander in Chief of the Fleet, and for a Commission to him; Lords Concurrence to be desired, — Order for his Attendance, 16 Nov.—General's Letter concerning him, referred to a Committee, 18. Power given them to examine him in his own Case, —Question for ordering him to go to Sea forthwith, Neg. 10 Dec.—General's Letter concerning his going, read; Order for him to repair to his Charge. Vote from Lords for not sending him; Conference to be desired thereupon; Managers appointed. Conference desired, agreed to, and held. Another desired by Lords, agreed to; Reporters appointed; Conference held. Reported, —Lords put House in mind thereof; Report to be considered, 4 Jan.
Raithby, Lieutenant John, 1648, his Petition and Report thereupon, read, 1 June.
Ramsay, Sir James, and others, 1647, Petition, with a List annexed, and Letter from the Scots Parliament, recommending the Petitioners; List read, and referred to a Committee, 21 July—His Letter; Leave given him to come to London, 24 Jan.
Ramsbury, 1648, Petition of Inhabitants, referred to the Committee for Burnings, 31 July.
Randall, Richard, 1647, Pardon to be prepared for him, 2 Oct.
Ranelagh, Lady Viscountess, 1646, Order for allowing 6£. per Week for Relief of herself and Children; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Jan.
Rascow, John, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired 28 Mar.
Rawden, Major George, 1647, Petition to be considered, 16
July.
-, — Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 25 Dec.
Rawkins, Mary, 1647, Petition; Order for bestowing 50£. upon her; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 May.
Rawleigh, George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Mar.
Raynes, Joan, 1648, her Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning her Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 July.
Reading, 1646, Petition of Inhabitants, to be read, 25 Jan.
-, — 1648, Order against making it a Garison without the
Leave of Parliament, and for slighting the Works about the
Abbey, 7 June.
-, — 1648, new Writ, 8 May—Election and double Return; Petition referred to the Committee of Privileges, 29
June—Report; Resolution that Mr. Blagrave is duly returned, and ought to sit till the Matter of the Election is determined; Matter referred to the Committee of Privileges, 11
July.
Recorder, Mr. Vide Glyn, Sir John.
Records of the House, 1647, a Committee to collect and present a Catalogue of all Papers that concern the Public, that they may be kept among the Records, 2 Nov.
Recusants, Popish. Vide Delinquents—1647, Ordinance concerning Certificates of their Conformity, ordered, 23 Nov. —Read, 15 Dec.
Red-castle, 1646, to be continued a Garison with 30 Men, 3
Mar.
-, — 1647, Governor to be continued, 25 Mar.
Redhead, Arthur, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 25 Dec.
Redshaw, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Dec.
Reeve, George, 1646, Petition to be read, 31 Dec.—Report
concerning him, to be considered, 10 Feb.
-, — Jonas, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 27 Sept.—
17 Mar.
Renshaw, James, 1647, Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 May.
Reports, 1647, a Committee to consider of those offered, and figure them, and present them as they are figured, 8 Mar.
Rew, William, 1647, appointed Commander of a Ship, 27 Sept.
Reynell, Sir Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 24 Dec.
Reyner, Mr. 1648, desired to preach, 30 Aug.
Reynolds, Robert, 1647, Ordinance for reimbursing 280£. due to him and Bartholomew Hall, read, and passed; agreed to by Lords, 16 Apr.
Riall, William, 1647, Letter to him, read; Order for summoning him in safe Custody, 3 June.
Ricaut, Sir Peter, 1646, Petition to be admitted to his Composition, 28 Jan.
-, — 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his
Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 28 Aug.
Rich, Charles. Vide Cork, Earl of.
Richardson, Judith, 1647, her Petition recommended by Lords,
to be read, 9 Apr.
-, —William, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 28 Mar.
Riche, Lord Robert, 1647, his Petition to the Committee at
Goldsmiths Hall, read, and referred to them, 21 Apr.—Order for remitting his Fine; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
14 Mar.
-, —1648, Colonel Hammond's Letter, touching admitting
him to the King, recommended by Lords, 7 July.
-, —Lady, 1647, Order for making Report touching her
Sequestration, 21 Apr.
-, —Colonel Nathanael, 1648, his Letters read; Order for
sending him Ammunition, 12 July—Another read, and to
be printed—Order for Money for him—For Letter of Thanks
for his Service against the Enemy, who intended to raise the
Siege of Deal Castle, 15 Aug.
Richmond, Duke of, 1647, Commissioners Letter concerning
his coming to the King, read—Letter to them to remove
him, read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence signified, 28
June.
-, —1648, Vide Privileges—His Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 26 Aug.
Rigby, Edward, 1646 & 1647. Vide Privileges.
-, —1647, his Petition read; Question for appointing him
Clerk of the Crown in Lancashire, Neg. 25 Feb.
Riggs, Ralph, 1648, Ordinance from Lords touching a Lease of the Manor of Farnham granted him by the Bishop of Winchester, read, and committed; the Contractors for Bishops Lands to forbear proceeding in the Sale thereof, 20 June.
Rippon, 1646, new Writ, 15 Mar.
Risley, James, 1647, to have Copies of the Indictment of the Earl of Castlehaven and Mr. Skipwith, 25 Feb.
Rives, John, 1647, Report of his Fine and Delinquency, recommitted, 10 June.
-, —George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 12 Jan.
Rivers, Countess Dowager, 1648, the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to compound with her, 22 Apr.
Rivett, Francis, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing him Master of St. Nicolas Hospital; Petition relating thereto, read; Ordinance passed, 27 May.
Roades, Henry, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Mar.
Roberts, Lord, 1646, Business concerning his being Governor
of Silly, to be considered, 1 Feb.
-, —William, 1646, Order from Lords appointing him Engineer of the Office of Ordnance, 23 Feb.
-, —Margaret, and Jane Smith, 1648, Lords put House in
mind of their Petition; Order for paying them 20£. each, 29
July—Agreed to by Lords, 2 Aug.
Robinson, James, 1646, his Petition recommended by Lords, 6
Feb.
-, —1647, Order for discharging him from any Commitment by the House, or any Committee thereof, 7 Sept.
-, —Sarah, and others, 1647, Petition from Lords, 22 Apr.
-, —Robert, 1647, admitted to assist the Clerk, 31 July.
-, —Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 14 Aug. Thanked, and
to print his Sermon.
-, —Matthew, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 7 Mar.
-, —Sir William, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 June.
-, —Mr. 1647, to be sent for in safe Custody for being
active in the late Insurrection in Kent; Member to assist in
sending him up; Examination referred to the Committee of
the Navy, 19 June—Report; Power given them to bail
him; the Committee of Kent to examine him, 3 Aug.
-, —John, 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody for being
active in the late Insurrection in Kent; Member to assist in
sending him up; Examination referred to the Committee of
the Navy, 19 June—Report; Power given them to bail
him; the Committee of Kent to examine him, 3 Aug.
Rochester, 1648, Letter from Mayor, & c. read; a Committee to prepare Answer; Answer reported, read, and agreed to; Speaker to sign it—Gentlemen sent down for the Preservation of the Peace of those Parts, 22 May.
Rodberd, Thomas. Vide Davies, John.
Rodd, Janus, 1646, Order for taking off his Sequestration;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Mar.
-, —Richard, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 27 Dec.
Rode, James, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 16 Sept.
Rodney, Sir Edward 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
Roe, Colonel, 1648, Petition referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.
Rogers, John, and others, 1647, their Petition from Lords,
with special Recommendation, read; Order for proceeding
to Judgment in the Cause concerning their Wages, 15 Mar.
Agreed to by Lords.
-, —Joseph, 1648, Vide Privileges.
-, —Elizabeth, 1648, her Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning her Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 29 Aug.
Rolfe, Colonel, 1647, Letter desiring he may be continued
Governor of Bristol, 17 July.
-, —Major, 1648, Letters touching his Design of taking away
the King's Life, 20 June. Examined thereupon—Lords to
be desired to appoint a Committee to examine him and Witnesses, upon Oath, in Presence of a Committee of the House. Message from, them, desiring a Prisoner may be permitted to attend the Committee, agreed to, —Another
Message, desiring he may be bailed, agreed to, 7 July—Order for convenient Lodgings for him in diem Gatehouse—Persons
to have Access to him, —A Committee to inquire, touching the Proceedings for bringing him to a Trial, —Order for their sitting de die in diem, —Conference to be
desired with Lords concerning him; Managers appointed, 1
Aug. Conference desired, and agreed to. To be desired
again. Desired, and agreed to. Another desired, and
agreed to. Lords to be acquainted why House could not
meet them. Another desired, agreed to, and held,
—Examinations, Informations, & c. to be sent to the Judges
of Assize at Winchester—Order for 20£. for him, —Bill
returned Ignoramus; Order for discharging his Bail.
Rolle, Sir Samuel, 1646, Petition read; and referred to the
Committee of the West, 9 Jan.
-, —Justice, 1647, previous and main Questions for his going
the Lincolnshire Circuit, severally Affirmative, 8 July—
Order for restoring his Horses, 2 Aug.
Romney, Richard, 1647, Resolution for indicting him of High Treason; Clerk of the Crown to prepare the Indictment; Managers and Solicitor appointed; Order for taking him into Custody, 25 Sept—Proclamation for apprehending him, reported, read, and agreed to, 1 Oct.
Rookwood, Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
Roper, Mrs. a Nun, 1647, Information concerning her, referred to a Committee, 22 Nov.
Rose, Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 28 Apr.
Rosogo, Degory, 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody for being active in the late Insurrection in Kent; Member to assist in sending him up; Examination referred to the Committee of the Navy, 19 June—Report; Power given them to bail him; the Committee of Kent to examine him, 3 Aug.
Rosse, Robert, 1648, his Petition recommended by Lords, 27 June.
Rosseter, Colonel, 1646, the Committee of Accounts to state
and certify his Accounts, 12 Mar.
-, —1647, his Regiment of Horse to be continued—Order
for Money towards Satisfaction of their Arrears, 29 Mar.—
For a Month's Pay, 17 June.
-, —1648, Order appointing him Commander of the Parliament's Guard, 3 June—For sending him into Lincolnshire,
—For a Commission to him, —His Letter read; Order
for paying him 2,000£. upon Account. Vide Nottingham
County.
Rous, Colonel Antony, 1646, previous Question for paying him
1,000£. upon Account, Affirmative, 12 Mar.
-, —Captain William, 1646, appointed Captain of the Denny,
in the Isle of Silly, 12 Mar.
-, —Mr. 1648, previous Question for adding him to the Committee of Safety, Affirmative, 30 May.
Row, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 27 Dec.
-, —Dr. Cheyney, 1648, Lords put House in mind of his
Petition, 27 June—20 July. Petition referred to the
Committee of Sequestrations.
-, —Lady Elizabeth, 1648, her Petition from Lords, with
special Recommendation, 27 July.
Roxborough, Earl of, 1647, Business concerning him and others, to be reported, 12 Jan.—Papers offered to House to be considered.
Rudduck, Captain, 1648, Petition referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.
Rudyer, Sir Benjamin, 1646, Order for paying him 6,000£. in Recompence for his Office in the Court of Wards, 9 Jan.
Rugeley, Colonel Simon, 1646, his Petition from Lords, to be read, 13 Mar.
Rushworth, Mr. 1646, Order appointing him Licenser of the
Press, revoked, 9 Mar.
-, — 1648, Order for bestowing 50 £. on him, 31 Aug.
-, — Francis, 1647, his Petition from Lords, 15 Mar.
-, — 1648, they put House in mind thereof, 13 Apr.
Russell, Sir William, 1646, to be sent for in safe Custody, 7
Dec.
-, — William, 1647, Petition; Order for allowing 290 £.
paid him by the Committee of Bucks, 28 Oct.
Ruthen, 1646, to be disgarisoned, 22 Dec.
-, — Castle, 1646, to be disgarisoned and demolished, 3
Mar.
-, — 1648, new Works to be slighted, 19 July.
Rutland, 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov.—Another appointed by Lords, agreed
to, —Leave given him to come to London, 9 Feb.
—Member sent down to hasten the bringing in the Arrears
of the Assessments for 600,000 £. The Committee of the
Army to prepare Instructions for him, and Letter to hasten
the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter, reported,
read, and agreed to.
-, — Castle, 1646, to be disgarisoned and demolished, 3
Mar.
-, — 1647, House adhere to their Vote, 19 July.
-, — Earl of, 1646, Ordinance from Lords concerning him,
to be read, 9 Mar.
Rutter, Michael, 1647, his Petition from Lords, and Report concerning his Sequestration, read; Question for discharging it, Neg.—Declaration that in his and the like Cases Sequestrations ought not to be suspended or discharged, 15 Feb.
Rycroft, Mr. 1646. Vide Privileges.
Ryegate, 1648, Order for making the Abbey indefensible, 4 July.
Ryley, Thomas, 1646, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Mar.—Ordinance for granting him
the Remainder of 5,000 £. formerly assigned him, read, and
passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — William, 1648, his Petition from Lords, read; Order
for paying him 200 £. for his present Subsistence—For adding
50 £. upon his discovering Delinquents Estates, 11 Aug.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
SABIN, Avery, 1647, Petition read; Order for bailing him; Two next Justices of Kent to take the Bail, 8 Mar. Any Two to take it.
Sabran, Madam, 1647, Pass from Lords for her to go into France, agreed to, 28 Oct.
Sadler, Lieutenant Colonel. Vide Eyres, Colonel William.
Salcomb Fort, 1646, Order for disgarisoning it, and slighting the Works, 25 Feb.
Salisbury, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 1 June.
-, — Earl of, 1647, to have the Refusal of the Purchase of
Worcester House, at the Rate of Bishops Lands, 20 June.
Order returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments
agreed to, —Order for Survey of the House, 23 Mar.
-, — 1648, Proviso touching the Payment of his Debt, 13
Apr. Vide Dean Forest.
-, — William, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 28 Aug.
Sallway, Mr. 1647, to be restored to the Office of Remembrancer in the Exchequer, notwithstanding any Order to the
contrary, 16 Mar.
-, — 1648, to be sent for to attend the Service of House, 14
Apr.
Salop County, 1647, Election referred to a Committee, 6 Apr.
-, — 1648, the Committee impowered to secure Malignants in
Ludlow Castle, 19 May—Committee added to the Committee of the Militia.
Salt, 1647, Order for taking off the Excise thereupon, 10 June.
Agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1648, Ordinance for an Imposition thereon, ordered, 17
July. Vide Coals.
Saltmarsh, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
Saltpetre and Powder, 1648, Ordinance for 2,000 £. in present, and 1,000 £. per Mensem, for providing them, ordered, 20 June.
Salvietti, Segnor Amerigo, 1647, Order from Lords for frecing him from Excise for his own Provisions, 15 Oct.—His Petition from them, agreed to.
Sanders, Major, 1647. Vide Privileges.
Sanderson, Samuel, 1647, Petition read; Order for paying him
500 £. towards his Losses, 16 Apr.
-, — Colonel, 1647, Order for paying the Non-commission Officers of his Troops, whose Debentures are signed, 21
June. Agreed to by Lords, —Petition of Reformadoes
late in his Regiment; Order about Pay for them, agreed to
by Lords, 1 July—Their Desire referred to a Committee,
—His Petition read, 6 Sept. Vide Macquire.
Sandifort Castle, 1646, Ordinance from Lords, for appointing a
Keeper, to be read—Captain appointed, 13 Mar.
-, — 1647, Lords put House in mind of the Ordinance, 22
Apr.
Sandown Fort, 1646, Order for adding Ten Men, 1 Mar.— For continuing it a Garison, with the same Number as are now established; a Committee to consider of an Establishment for them.
Sandwich, 1646, Ordinance from Lords, appointing a Searcher,
read twice; previous Question for concurring therein, Affirmative; Ordinance committed, 28 Dec.
-, — 1648, Letter from Mayor, & c. concerning a Person
there who affirms himself to be Prince of Wales; Colonel
Rainesborough's Letter, to the same Purpose, severally read;
the Committee of Safety to send for him, 22 May.
Sandys, Samuel, 1647, Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
11 Jan.
-, — Colonel, 1647, Petition and Certificate, concerning Colonel Morgan's Undertaking with him upon the Surrender of
Hartlebury Castle, read; previous Question for proceeding
thereupon, Neg.—Ordinance concerning him, read, and recommitted, 7 Jan.
Sarke, Isle of, 1646, Order for sending 100 £. for the Service thereof, 13 Mar.
Sarum, Old, 1646, new Writ, 21 Dec.
-, — New, 1646, Ordinance for providing and settling Ministers
there, to be read, 25 Feb.—Petition of Inhabitants, to be
read, 3 Mar.
-, — 1647, Letter from thence concerning a Petition endeavoured
to be signed, 30 Mar.—Ordinance for settling Ministers, read,
and re-committed—A Committee to prepare Ordinance to
enable the Mayor, & c. to suppress Disorders, and punish
Offenders, & c.
Savile, Samuel, 1646, Order for bailing him, 9 Mar.
-, — William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 24 Dec.
Sawle, Nicolas, 1646, Matter of Fact concerning his Case, reported; Resolution for admitting him to his Composition, and exempting him from his 5th and 20th Parts, 15 Feb.
Say, Lord, 1646, Ordinance for paying him 10,000 £. in Recompence of his Office in the Court of Wards, ordered, 9 Jan.
Sayle, William, 1647, Petition, 16 July. Vide Summer Islands.
Scarborough, 1646, Order for continuing the Castle a Garison,
with 100 Men—For keeping up the Forts, with 60 Men, 26
Feb.—For continuing the Governor, 13 Mar.
-, — 1647, General's Letter, recommending the Petition
of Bailiffs, & c. referred with the Petition, to the Committee
of the Northern Association, 21 Aug.—Another Letter
from him concerning the Necessities of the Garison, read,
and referred, 9 Sept.—Report to be made, 2 Oct.—Order
for 540£. for them, in Part of their Arrears.
-, — 1648, Order for sending Ships to prevent all Relief
to the Town by Sea, 16 Aug.
Scawen, William, 1646, Matter of Fact concerning his Case,
reported; Resolution for admitting him to his Composition,
and exempting him from his 5th and 20th Parts, 15 Feb.
-, — Robert, 1647, to attend the Service of House, 2 July.
Scholars. Vide Apprentices.
Schovile, Thomas, 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody for being active in the late Insurrection in Kent; Member to assist in sending him up; Examination referred to the Committee of the Navy, 19 June—Report; Power given them to bail him; the Committee of Kent to examine him, 3 Aug.
Scotland, 1646, Report of divers Papers touching the manner of
the Payment of 200,000£. to the Scots Army, upon their
marching out of the Kingdom, read twice; their Commissioners Letter concerning it; Resolution that the Security for
the latter 200,000 £. shall be the Public Faith; a Committee
to withdraw, and prepare a Proposition concerning the Manner of Payment; Proposition reported; agreed to be an Instruction to the Committee appointed to confer with the Commissioners; Order for providing the Money, and Carriages
to convey it to York; General to be desired to appoint a
sitting Convoy, 5 Dec. Instruction and Vote touching the
Public Faith, agreed to by Lords; Commissioners to be acquainted therewith, —Their Proposition, touching the Times
and Manner of their receiving the 200,000 £. and of marching
their Forces out of the Kingdom, read several times, and
agreed to, with Amendments; Order touching telling the
Money—Another Proposition, concerning the Security for
the latter 200,000 £. read, House adhere to their former Vote;
the Committee to give them Reasons for it—To confer with
them touching the Ease of the Country in their Marches, and
Payment of their Quarters—Casualties and Charge of paying
the Money, to be borne by the Public—Order for allowing
the Treasurers, & c. 916 £. for their Pains—For advancing
600£. for the Charge of Carriages, and other Necessaries for
conveying the Money—For a Commission to the Waggonmaster general to imprest Horses and Waggons—A Committee to prepare Ordinance to enable the Committee to pay the
Money. Ordinance read, and passed; agreed to by Lords
—Another Paper from the Scots Commissioners, touching
the Security, read. House still adhere to their former
Vote; a Committee to prepare Answer, and assign Reasons
for it, —Articles of Agreement concerning the Manner of
the Payment of the first 200,000£. reported; Number of
Hostages to be given; a Committee to consider of fit Persons. Report; Hostages approved; One excused, —Resolution that after the Payment of the first 100,000£. the Army
shall pay for their Provisions—Scots Commissioners Amendments to the Articles, and Three several Acquittances to be
given for the Payment of the Money, read, and agreed to. Lords Concurrence signified, —Lords Amendments
to the Paper concerning Hostages, read, and agreed to—
Their Amendments to the Articles, read, and agreed to—
Votes appointing Two Hostages, and for authorizing the
Committee of both Kingdoms to give them Notice to meet
—For a Committee of both Houses to go into the North,
and the same Committee to prepare Instructions for them,
agreed to by Lords—Scots Commissioners further Amendments to the Articles, and an Answer to the Proposition concerning paying their Quarters, and an additional Article, reported, and read; Amendments and additional Article agreed
to—House adhere to their Vote concerning the Payment of
their Quarters. Lords Concurrence to the Amendments
and additional Article, signified—Votes to be communicated to the Scots Commissioners—The Committee of both
Kingdoms impowered to sign the Articles—A Committee of
both Houses to go into the North; another Committee to prepare Instructions for them, —Names of Hostages to be given
by Scotland; the Committee of both Kingdoms to chuse Six
—Further Amendments to the Articles by the Scots Commissioners, agreed to, —Report concerning the Scots Commissioners going away, read; Thanks to be given them for
all their Civilities; Lords Concurrence signified, —Ingrossed Articles, and Instructions for the Committee that are
to go into the North, reported—Order for paying them 400£.
1 Jan.—Convoy sent by the General, approved. Lords
Concurrence signified, —Ordinance for paying the first
50,000£. of the latter 200,000£. ordered, 21 Dec.—Ordinance, and Commissioners Papers concerning it, read;
Clause mentioning the Papers, to be added; Ordinance
passed, 12 Jan. Agreed to by Lords, —Narrative of the
Treasurers Proceedings in the Payment of 200,000£.; Acquittances presented, and to be entered; Lords to be desired
to enter them in their Journals; Treasurers thanked, and to
prepare such Discharge as they shall desire to pass for their
own Securities, 13 Feb.—Scots Commissioners Proposition,
desiring Aid against the Irish Rebels that infest Scotland, reported; a Committee to confer with them thereupon, and receive their Propositions and Desires, 8 Dec.—Another Paper
concerning it, reported. Read, with other Papers;
Question for committing it, Neg. 14. Declaration concerning it, —Captain Drummond's Desires concerning the Scots
Army in Ireland—Paper from the Commissioners of the
Church of Scotland, severally communicated by Lords, 31
—Their Answer to the latter—A Committee to prepare Instructions for Commissioners to be employed to the Scots
Parliament, 1 Feb. Order for making Report. Instructions reported, read, and agreed to—Another Committee to
prepare further Instructions—Order for accepting and satisfying Bills of Exchange from them, —Letters of Credence to
them, read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence signified,
—Their Letter to be read, 1 Mar.
-, —1647, Leave given them to return, 29 Apr. Agreed to
by Lords, —Order for them to report Papers desired by
the Scots Parliament, to be communicated to House, 21 July
—Letter from the Scots Parliament, and Report from their
Commissioners, sent from Lords, 29 Apr.—Scots Commissioners Letters read; Copies thereof to be inclosed in a Letter
to General, 6 July—Copy of General's Letter, concerning
intercepting Letters going to Scotland, to be communicated
to Scots Commissioners, —Letters and Papers from them,
sent from Lords, read, and to be considered, —Scots Commissioners Letter, and Lords Answer, agreed to, —Letters from them, and from the Scots Parliament, referred by
Lords to the Committee of both Kingdoms, and by House to
the Committee with the Army, 1 Sept. Lords Concurrence
signified, —Lords Letter to the Estates of Scotland, read,
and referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms. Answer
read twice, and agreed to; Messenger appointed; Lords
Concurrence signified, —Scots Commissioners Letter,
read, 5 Nov. Read again; the Committee of both Kingdoms to frame an Answer. Order for making Report. Lords Answer thereto, read, and referred to the Committee. They put House in mind thereof, —Orders
touching the Payment of 50,000£. to the Scots, when due—
Touching putting in Execution the Ordinances for Assessments for them, 11 Dec.—Scots Commissioners Letter
concerning the Payment thereof, read, 7 Jan.—Another to
be read. Several read, and to be considered—List of Arrears due to their Army, read. House declares their real
Intents to pay them; Orders thereupon. Agreed to by
Lords—Order for speedy Payment of the Arrears of Loans
and Assessments for their Army, —Resolution for sending
Commissioners into Scotland; Number and Names of those
to be sent by House; a Committee to prepare Instructions for
them concerning their Army in Ireland, and the Miscarriages
of their Commissioners here. Lords Concurrence to the
Order for Commissioners to go, signified; Instructions reported; Part concerning the Miscarriages, re-committed, to
state the Proofs. Agreed to by Lords, —Order for
500£. to defray their Charges—The Committee of the Revenue to accept and satisfy their Bills of Exchange. Day
appointed for them to be there; Quorum appointed—Ministers
to be desired to go with them. One disagreed to; another
appointed by Lords—Letters of Credence to the Commissioners, agreed to by Lords, —Their Letter read, 15 Feb.
—Another, with Letters and Papers inclosed, read; Letter
of Thanks ordered, —Another, with Papers inclosed, read;
One Minister has Leave to return—Order for reporting the
re-committed Instructions, 6 Mar. Instructions reported,
and read; Question for inserting the Commissioners Names,
Neg. Instructions particularly voted, and agreed to; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, —Commissioners Letter, with
a Letter inclosed from the Scots Commissioners to the President of Scotland, read; Order for them to desire that Persons
gone thither without the Consent of Parliament may be delivered up, —Instructions for the Commissioners, and Copy
of General's Letter touching Captain Wogan's Troop, read,
and agreed to; Order for sending them, —Another Letter
from the Commissioners, read.
-, — 1648, another read, 27 Mar.—Another, with Paper
inclosed, desiring an Answer from the Scots Parliament,
touching Captain Wogan's March with his Troop into Scotland, read; a Committee to prepare Letter of Thanks, and
to desire them to proceed in the Business; Letter reported,
read, and agreed to; Speaker to sign it, 3 Apr.—Another,
with Paper inclosed, touching the Demand of Sir Thomas
Glemham and others, with the Chancellor of Scotland's Letter to them, read, —Another Letter, with Paper inclosed,
reinforcing their Demands as to Delinquents, read, and referred to the Committee of Safety. Matter of Fact
reported; Scots Parliament's Answer voted not satisfactory—
A Committee to prepare additional Instruction to the Commissioners to insist upon their Demands. Instruction reported, read, and agreed to; Order for sending it—Commissioners
Letter, with their Reply to the Scots Parliament's Answer,
read, —Letter from the Scots Parliament, with a Paper
inclosed, containing their Desires, read, 3 May. Read again;
a Committee to prepare Letter to acquaint them Answer will
be sent in a convenient Time—Another Committee to prepare Instructions to the Commissioners to resent the unusual
Address of their Letters. Instructions and Letter reported, read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—A Committee to prepare a general Answer to the Desires. Answer reported, read, and agreed to. Lords
Concurrence signified, —Declaration that House will
inviolably preserve the Covenant and Treaties between the
Two Kingdoms; previous Question for Addition, Neg. 5
May. Addition thereto; Order for sending them to the
Commissioners, to be communicated to the Scots Parliament,
or Convention of Estates; Lords Concurrence signified, —
Commissioners Letter, touching their Demand of Captain
Wogan and others, read; further Instructions, agreed to by
Lords, —Their Letter to Commissioners, read, and agreed
to, with Amendments, —Commissioners Letter and Propositions to the Scots Parliament, with their Answer, read;
House approve of what they have done, and of Papers delivered by them, —Another Letter, with Papers inclosed,
read; Vote of Approbation to be sent to them, —Order for a small Vessel to go between England and Scotland;
the Committee at Derby House frequently to advertise the
Commissioners of the State of Affairs here—Letters and Papers
delivered by them to the Scots Parliament, read, 14 June—
Other Letters with Papers from the Scots Parliament, and
their Reply thereto, read; their Proceedings approved, 20
—Another with Papers inclosed—Order for printing all
Letters and Papers passed between them and the Scots Parliament, 6 July—Commissioners Letter; those of House to be
recalled. Lords to be desired to recal theirs, —Declaration of the Scots Parliament, to be read. Read—A
Committee to prepare Declaration to satisfy the Kingdom
concerning the Proceedings of Parliament to maintain the
Union between the Two Kingdoms—The Committee to present the Transactions between Scotland and the Parliament's
Commissioners; Transactions to be printed and published,
—Commissioners thanked, 14 Aug.—Letters that Duke
Hamilton is come into England with an Army, and that the
Army lies about Wighton; Order for Money for the Northern Forces—Previous Question for Declaration that the Forces
come out of Scotland in an hostile manner, without the Authority of Parliament, are Enemies to this Kingdom, and that
all who adhere to or assist them are Rebels and Traitors, and
shall be proceeded against as such, Affirmative; Vote to be
sent to Major-general Lambert—The Committee at Derby
House to take Course for speedy sending him Forces—To
consider whether there be a Necessity for raising more, 14
July. Lords Concurrence to be desired. Declaration
amended; Lords Concurrence to be desired to the Amendment—Letters from Edinburgh, read; Declaration that all
who invited the Scots into England, or have assisted them, are
Traitors, and shall be proceeded against as such. To be
printed. A Committee to inquire who they are—Packet
of Letters sealed up, to be opened, and viewed by a Committee Vide Hanburton—Scots Declaration of the Grounds of
their Army coming into England, to be debated, —Order
for sending Forces to stop their further Advance, —
Lieutenant General Cromwell's Letter, concerning a total
Defeat of them in Lancashire, read; Order for printing and
publishing it—For a Thanksgiving. Vide Thanksgiving—For
several Letters of Thanks—For Rewards to the Messengers,
23 Aug.—Business touching the Prisoners to be considered,
23 & 26 Sheriff of Lancashire to take Care of them in the
mean time, —Another Letter from him referred to the
Committee of the Army—Relation of the Defeat—Letter and
List of Prisoners sent to Lords; Messenger to acquaint them
that Parties are ready to give them particular Information of
the Success—City to be acquainted therewith—Order for Rewards to the Messengers, —The Committee at Derby
House to dispose of Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Officers, in
a Place of Safety, —Letter and Relation of the taking
Duke Hamilton, and 3,500 Horse, with a List of Prisoners.
Vide Hamilton, Duke—The Committee at Goldsmiths Hall
to present List of Scots Officers or Gentlemen who have Money assigned them out of the Hall—Ordinances for sequestering all Scots in the late Action, who have any Estates or Places
here, ordered, —A Committee to consider how every County
may entertain a proportionable Number of the Prisoners, and
to treat with Merchants about transporting them, f—A
Committee to prepare Letter to the general Assembly of Scotland, to acquaint them with the Proceedings of Parliament,
concerning settling Religion and Church Government, and
for preserving the Union, 21 July—Letter read, and recommitted, 1 Aug. Reported from Recommitment; read
by Parts, and agreed to; Order for sending it. For printing
it.
Scott, Captain Thomas, 1646, Report concerning him to be
made, 26 Feb.
-, — 1648, his Petition referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.—Order for recommending him to General.
-, — Major 1647, referred to the Committee of Examinations,
14 Apr.—General's Letter concerning him, referred to
another Committee, 18 Nov.
-, — Lovell, and others, 1648, their Petition recommended by
Lords, to be read, 21 July. Read; Order for paying 500£.
15 s. 1 d. disbursed by them; Ordinance for that Purpose,
ordered.
Scroope, Colonel, 1647, Order for disbanding the Wallooners in his Regiment, 29 June.
Sea-Laws, 1647, Order from Lords concerning them, 1 Mar.
Seaman, Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 30 Dec.—Thanked, and
to print his Sermon, 27 Jan.
-, — John, 1648, appointed Captain of a Frigate, 13 Apr.
Seamen. Vide Mariners.
Searle, Mary, 1647, her Petition from Lords to be read, 9 Feb. —Another to House, with a Schedule of Damages annexed, read, and referred to the Committee at Haberdashers Hall, 3 Mar,
Seddon, John, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Mar.
Sedgewick, Obadiah, desired to preach, 30 Dec. 1646—12 July, 1648—Thanked, and to print his Sermons, 27 Jan. 1646—20 July, 1648.
Sedley, Sir John, 1646, his Petition, and Copy of a Warrant
for apprehending and imprisoning him, with a Letter concerning his Miscarriages, severally read; Petition and Letter
referred to a Committee; Order for discharging him that he
may prosecute his Appeal, 8 Dec.—The Committee impowered to compose the Differences, between the Parties, 18
Jan.
-, — 1647, Order for putting him out of all public Employments, for advising an Indictment against Colonel Kenrick,
for taking Three Horses in the late Insurrection in Kent, 6
May.
-, — Lady, 1647, her Pass recalled; Day appointed for her
Return, 7 Feb.
-, — Sir Isaac, 1648, Information against him referred to the
Committee at Derby House—Order for taking him into Custody, 20 May.
Selden, John, 1646. Vide Privileges.
Sequestrations. Vide Delinquents.
Serjeant, 1646, to take Bail, 8 & 25 Dec.
-, — 1647, previous Question for allowing him 10£. for the
Expences and Diet of a Prisoner in his Custody, Neg. 14
May—House appoints a Serjeant, 30 July. Order for delivering the Mace to him; Previous Question for calling in
the former Serjeant, Neg. —Order for him to attend
as formerly, 4 Aug.
-, — 1648, Serjeant sent with Mace to summon Members, 3
May—Sent for Members from a Committee.
Servants. Vide Apprentices.
Seymour, Lord, and Son, 1647, their Fines accepted; Ordinance for pardoning their Delinquencies, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Dec.
Shackerley, Geoffery, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 June.
Shadwell, Thomas, 1648, Ordinance from Lords, appointing him Comptroller of the Customs at Lynn read, and passed, 21 Aug.
Shastesbury, 1647, new Writ, 15 Oct.—Election, referred to the Committee of Privileges, 21 Mar.
Shalcroft, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 15 Dec.
Shaw, Lettice, 1648, Petition to be read, 2 June.
Sheffield, Colonel, 1647, his Offer to go into Ireland accepted, 13 Apr.
Sheffield Castle, 1647, Order for slighting it, 13 July.
Shelden, Dr. 1647, Letter from the Commissioners with the King, informing House that he, Dr. Hammond, and others, are with the King; Order for removing them, 28 June.
Sherborne House, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and made indefensible, 2 Mar.
Shercliff, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Sept.
Sheriffs, 1646, Conference desired with Lords, concerning such
as are not settled between both Houses, agreed to; Managers
appointed; Conference held, 28 Dec.—Report concerning
them, to be made, 1 Feb.—To be considered, —The Committee for passing their Accounts, revived; to meet when and
where they please; Quorum appointed; all that come to
have Voices. To sit de die in diem, and make Report.
-, — 1647, several appointed, 17 Nov. Appointments in
Part disagreed to by Lords, —Order for passing their Accounts without Fees—The Committee for their Accounts revived; to consider of paying the Charge of passing them out of
the public Revenue, and how they may be discharged of old
Debts in the Viscomtall, the great Roll, the Pipe, and old
Seizures; Ordinance for these Purposes, ordered, —
Four impowered to proceed to Business, 10 Jan.—Conference
to be desired with Lords concerning such as are not settled between both Houses. Desired, and agreed to.
Sherrington, Francis, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Dec.
Sherwood, Robert. Vide Newman, Edward.
-, — Dr. 1647, Information that he had preached in London; the Committee of plundered Ministers to send for him,
and injoin him not to preach, 23 Apr.
Sherwyn, John, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 17 Mar.
Shirley, Lady, 1647, Order for bestowing 100£. upon her for the Interment of her Husband, and Relief of her Family, 16 Oct.—Agreed to by Lords, 6 Jan.
Shrewsbury, 1646, Order for keeping a Garison of 100 Foot in
the Castle—For disgarisoning the Town, and slighting the
new Works, 25 Feb.—For continuing the Governor of the
Castle, 24 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order for paying 300£. to the Garison, in
Part of their Arrears, 4 Oct.
-, — Lord, 1647, Order from Lords for dispensing with
him and his Wife to stay in Town, 21 Dec.
Shrimpton, William, 1646, Certificate of his Accounts, read; Account allowed—Order for allowing him 3 d. in the Pound for Money received and paid by him, 4 Mar.
Sidenham, Henry, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 22 Dec.
Sidney, Colonel, Algernoon, 1646, Order for paying him 2,000£.
upon Account; 4 Jan.—Leave given him to go into Ireland;
his Service here to be dispensed with.
-, — 1647, House to consider his Services, 8 Apr.
Sidway, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.
Signet Seal, 1647, Order for keeping it with the Great Seal, 11 Feb.
Silly Island, 1646, Governor's Petition, and the Two first Articles of Surrender, read; Resolution that the Governor,
upon Surrender thereof, and taking the Negative Oath and
Covanant, shall enjoy his Estate, and be free from Arrests for
any Act of War, 5 Jan. Agreed to by Lords, —Report
from them concerning appointing a Governor. They put
House in mind thereof, 1 Feb. Report to be considered, —Governor has Leave to return home, leaving a Deputy,
—The Island to be continued with 200 Foot in it—The
Mount with —The Denny with 100, —The Committee of the Navy to satisfy a Bill of Exchange drawn for
Corn taken up for Relief of the Island, —Previous Question for appointing a Governor, Affirmative—Captains of the
Mount and Denny appointed, 12 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order from Lords appointing a Governor, agreed
to, 29 June.
-, — 1648, no Money to be paid to him or the Garison till he
declares for whom he stands, 18 Apr.—Order for setting
forth Ships for Safety of the Place, 11 July—Letters concerning the Governor and Garison; Order for paying 1,000£.
towards their Satisfaction—The Committee of the West to
consider their Condition, and how to supply them, and settle a
constant Pay for them; Letter to acquaint them therewith,
ordered.
Silver, foreign, 1647, Ordinance from Lords concerning it, read, and passed, 15 Oct.
Simson, Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 18 Aug.
Simpson, Francis, 1646, Sheriff's Petition upon Occasion of an Order for bringing him, a Prisoner in Execution, to the Bar, and his Letter, severally read; Order for Habeas Corpus under the Great Seal to bring him and the Causes of his Imprisonment, 8 Dec. Return of the Habeas Corpus and the Causes of his Imprisonment, read; previous Question for discharging him, Neg. Order for remanding him to Prison.
Sixby, Mr. 1647, Information that he was stayed going to Kent; Order for discharging him, 16 June.
Skelton, John, 1647, the Committees of Complaints and Indemnity to forbear proceeding against him till further Order, 14 Mar.
Skinner, Thomas, 1647, to be summoned to appear at a Committee, to answer Matters objected against him, 2 Oct.
-, —Augustine, 1648, Order for removing the late Bishop
of Rochester out of the Manor House at Bromley, and delivering Possession thereof to him, 20 Apr. Lords Concurrence
to be desired, —Time inlarged for putting him into Possession, 16 May. Agreed to by Lords.
Skippon, Major-general Philip, 1646, Question for deferring the
Debate concerning appointing him Governor of Newcastle,
Gateside, and Tinmouth Castle, Neg. Previous Question for
approving him, Affirmative, 11 Dec. Sent to Lords.
Returned, with a Proviso; Proviso agreed to, —Resolution that this Government shall be no Prejudice to him in the
Government of Bristol—Order for paying him 500£. for his
extra Charges in convoying the Money to be paid to the
Scots, —His Letter read—Another from Lords, 9 Feb.
—Letter to him, read, and agreed to, 3 Mar.
-, — 1647, his Letter read, 1 Apr.—Order appointing him
Field-marshal of Ireland, and Commander in Chief of the
Forces there; a Committee to acquaint him therewith.
His Answer to be reported. Reported; to be thanked
for his Willingness to accept the Employments—Order for
bestowing 1,000£. upon him for his great and faithful Services. Agreed to by Lords. Vide Ireland—To be thanked
for his Services in the Government of Newcastle; a Committee to consider of a Recompence to him in Acknowlegement
thereof, 30 Dec.
-, —1648, the Committee of Accounts to receive, perfect,
and certify his Accounts, 3 Apr.—Ordinance for settling
1,000£. per Annum upon him and his Heirs for ever, ordered,
—Ordinance appointing him Commander in Chief of
the Militia of London, and the whole Militia within the
Lines, read, and passed, 16 May. Agreed to by Lords.
Vide London—A Committee to prepare something in Vindication of his Honour, —Votes reported; to be printed,
and set up in the most public Places in the City, 10 July—
The Committee at Derby House to grant him a Commission
to raise a Regiment of Horse for the Safety of the Parliament,
3 July. Vide Parliament—Votes from Lords concerning him.
Skipton, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and made untenable, 26 Feb.
Skipwith, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 27 May.
-, — David, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 5 Jan.
-, — Ralph, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 22 Apr.
Skrimshire, Colonel, 1648, to be exchanged for Major Langley, 12 Aug.
Skutt, Captain William, 1646, appointed Governor of Poole, 13 Mar.
Slaughter, Major, 1647, to be removed from the Tower to the
King's Bench, 1 Oct.
-, — Henry, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 17 Dec.
Sleigh, John, 1648, Petition to be read, 5 Aug. Order for paying him 600£. with Interest, towards his Pay and Disbursements; Ordinance for that Purpose, ordered. Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
Slingsby, Sir Francis, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 May.
-, — Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 16 Dec.
Smalley, Mr. Vide James, King.
Smith, Thomas, 1646, Ordinance from Lords appointing him
Commissioner of the Navy, 18 Dec.—They put House in
mind thereof; Ordinance read, and passed, 26 Aug.
-, — Francis, 1646, Order for paying him 294£. for Provisions
delivered in Ireland, and Money lent to Lord Inchiquin, 20
Jan. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — Jane. Vide Roberts, Margaret.
Smithson, Major, 1648, Order for bestowing 200£. upon him, and paying 300£. in Part of his Arrears, 28 Aug.
Smythe, Nicolas, 1646, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 26 Jan.
-, — George, 1647. Vide Privileges.
-, — Dr. Peter. Vide Barley.
Snell, George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Jan.
Snoden, Rutland, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 22 Apr.
Soame, Dr. 1647, Information that he had preached in London;
the Committee of plundered Ministers to send for him, and
injoin him not to preach, 23 Apr.
-, — Sir Thomas, 1647, Order for repaying him 1,440£. with
Interest, advanced for the Service of the Parliament; Lords
Concurrence, to be desired, 6 May.
-, — John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning
his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 15 Dec.
Soap, 1647, the Committee for that Business, revived; to meet de die in diem, and make Report, 10 Nov.—Ordinance for punishing Sir Henry Compton and others, for monopolizing the making and selling thereof, and for other High Crimes and Misdemeanors, committed, 14 Dec.
Soldiers. Vide Officers.
-, — maimed, 1646, Petitions of those in the Savoy, and of
their Apothecaries, read; Order for 1,000£. to the Physicians,
Surgeons, and Apothecaries, employed in the Cure of maimed
and sick Soldiers—For 200£. to Surgeons and others for
curing those brought up from Naseby, 7 Dec.—Order for
paying the 50£. per Week allowed for Relief of Soldiers
Widows, 20 Feb. Agreed to by Lords, —Order for
1,200£. for their Relief, out of the Sale of Woods; the Committee for them to consider of making up the Deficiency, if
any, and the Accounts of the Surgeons and Apothecaries, and
of an additional 50£. per Week, and to require a List of
maimed Soldiers, 4 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order for additional 50£. per Week; Ordinance
for that Purpose ordered—Order for an Allowance, and Passes
to such as are to go to Bath, 9 Apr.—Ordinance for Relief
of maimed Soldiers, Widows and Orphans, ordered, 27 May.
Read twice, and committed; reported, and passed; agreed
to by Lords, —Explanatory Ordinance read, and passed;
agreed to by Lords, 10 Aug.—Petition of Wives and
Widows whose Accounts remain in the military Garden, read;
Order for paying them 3,000£. towards Satisfaction of their
Arrears; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 2 June—Order
for paying a Proportion to Widows whose Husbands Accounts
are made up, 21 Aug.—Petition of sick and wounded
Soldiers in the Savoy; Order for paying the Remainder of
12,000£. formerly assigned them, 16 June—Another Petition; Order for paying the Remainder of the Wood-monies,
3 July. Petition referred to a Committee, —Petition of
maimed Soldiers, Widows and Orphans, who receive weekly
Allowances, and Ordinance for them, read; Petition and
Ordinance, referred to a Committee to prevent Obstructions
to the putting it in Execution—Ordinance for transferring
One Sixth Part of the additional Excise for Payment of maimed Soldiers, read, and passed—Ordinance for disposing One
Moiety of the Fines of the Excise to their Relief, read, and
re-committed. Severally agreed to by Lords, —
General's Letter, with their Petition inclosed, read; Order
for allowing each 4s. 8d. per Week, during the Time of his
Cure—For paying 30£. per Week to the Treasurers, 21 Aug.
—Letter to the Judges of Assize and Justices for putting in
Execution Ordinances for their Relief, read, and agreed to,
21 Aug.—3 Mar.—Petition of several in the Savoy; Order for the due and constant Pay of 130£. per Week—Petition of maimed Officers and Soldiers, in behalf of themselves
and many poor Widows, read, and referred to the Committee,
1 Sept.—Petitions of those in the Savoy, and those paid at
Christchurch, and the Hospitals in and about London, severally read, and referred, 11 Nov.—Another read; Order for
bringing in the Arrears of the Wood-monies, 7 Dec. Account
thereof reported; Order for paying the Money, agreed to by
Lords, —Additional Ordinance for more effectual Relief
of sick and maimed Soldiers, read, and passed. Agreed
to by Lords, —Their Petition read, 6 Jan.—Petition
of above Four hundred, read; Ordinance for assigning a
Moiety of the Forfeitures upon the Excise for their Relief,
ordered—General's Letter, with their humble Address, read;
Order for sitting of the Committee de die in diem; all that
come to have Voices; the Committee to take Course for putting
in Execution Ordinances for their Relief—A Committee to
prepare Ordinance for selling the Materials of Ely Cathedral,
for that Use, 3 Mar.
-, — 1648, General's Letter, touching Propositions for their
Relief, referred to a Committee, 25 Mar.—Petition of
many Hundreds in the Savoy, read; Order for lodging them
in Ely House, 14 Apr. The Rent to be paid by the State—
Order for paying 1,000£. to their Apothecaries, & c. 18.
Agreed to by Lords, —Petition of Sixty in the Savoy,
& c.; Order for bestowing 200£. on those going to Bath, 1
May. The Committee of the Revenue to pay the Money,
and reimburse themselves out of the Proceed arising by the
Sale of the Duke of York's Horses, —Order for a Moiety
of the Collections next Fast-day for their Relief, 9 June—
Petition of Treasurers; Order for an additional Salary of 50£.
per Annum—Petition of maimed Soldiers; Order for additional Allowance of 100£. per Week, —Agreed to by
Lords, 4 July.
Soleby, Edward, 1646, to be sent for in safe Custody, 7 Dec.
Solstentoll, Charles, 1647, appointed Captain of a Ship, 17 Mar.
Somaster, Lieutenant Samuel, 1647, Order for paying him
350£. in full Satisfaction of all Demands, 21 Mar. Agreed
to by Lords.
-, — 1648, his Petition referred to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, 23 Aug.
Somerscale, Thomas, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing him Comptroller of the Customs at Hull, read, and passed, 3 Feb.
Somerset, Sir John. Vide Worcester, Earl of.
Somerset County, 1647, Petition of well-affected Inhabitants,
read; Thanks thereupon, 27 Sept.—Order appointing High
Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by
Lords, —Members sent down for bringing in the Arrears
of the Assessments of 600,000£. The Committee of the Army
to prepare Instructions for them, and a Letter to hasten the
Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter reported, read, and
agreed to.
-, — 1648, Order for a Letter to the Committee, to require
them to raise and pay Monies to the Regiments marching
from Bristol to South Wales, 28 Mar.—Presentment of
the grand Inquest to the Judges, read, and referred to the
Committee of public Grievances, 18 Apr.—Members to
present to the Commissioners of the Great Seal Names of fit
Persons to be Justices of Peace in the County, 1 May—
Member sent down for Preservation of the Peace thereof;
Power given him to raise a Regiment of Horse—Letter to
be sent to a Gentlemen, to desire him to employ his best
Endeavours for the same Purpose, —Ordinance for paying the Forces in the County, ordered, 1 Aug.
-, — House, 1647, a Committee to take care the Prince
Elector, and Members of both Houses, now at Whitehall,
may be accommodated there, 14 Jan.—Order for fitting up
the Chapel.
Southampton County, 1646, Petition of Officers and Soldiers,
read; Order for paying them 6,000£. upon Account, 24
Jan.
-, — 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Disagreed to by Lords; House adhere to their Vote, —Members sent down to bring in
the Arrears of the Assessments of 600,000£.; the Committee
of the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to
hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter reported,
read, and agreed to.
-, — 1648, Sheriff has Leave to reside out of the County,
4 Apr.—The Committee impowered to raise Forces; Lords
Concurrence to be desired—Committees added, 27 June—
Gentlemen of the County to advise with the Committee at
Derby House for Preservation of the Peace thereof, 4 July—
The Committee impowered to raise a Troop of Horse; Captain appointed. Agreed to by Lords, —Committees
added for Execution of all Ordinances, 11 Aug.
-, — Town, 1646, Comptroller of the Customs appointed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, 5 Dec.
-, — 1647, Order for disgarisoning it, and slighting the
new Works, 4 Oct.
-, — 1648, Letter from thence; Order for additional
Forces and Gunners—For sending down Arms and Ammunition—For raising 200 Men, and drawing them into the Town
—For making the Fortifications to Sea-ward, 25 July—For
Mayor to inlist Persons under the Governor; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Order from Lords for Three Persons to go to the Fair.
Southbrent, 1647, Ordinance from Lords, appointing a Vicar, to be read, 29 Mar.
Southcoate, George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Dec.
South-sea Castle, 1646, to be continued a Garison, with the
same Number of Men as are now established, 2 Mar.
-, —1647, Commander to receive Orders from the Governor of Portsmouth, 22 June. Lords Concurrence signified.
Southwark, 1647, Order approving the late Action of the Inhabitants in joining with the Army, agreed to by Lords, 11
Aug.—Their Petition to be read, —Ordinance from
Lords for the Militia thereof, and of the adjacent Parts, read
twice, and passed, 9 Sept.—A Committee to prepare additional Ordinance concerning them, 15 Oct.—Ordinance
read, and re-committed, 30 Dec.
-, — 1648, another additional Ordinance ordered, read
twice, and committed, 12 Apr. Reported, and passed.
Agreed to by Lords, —Names of fit Persons to be Committees of the Militia, ordered, 22 May—The Militia to
be joined with the City Militia, 5 July. Ordinance for that
Purpose, read twice, and committed; Petitions read, and
referred.
Souton, Colonel, 1648, Order for discharging him, 3 June.
Spadman, Thomas. Vide Althorp.
Spanish Ambassador, 1647, Message from Lords concerning his raising Soldiers, 27 Jan. Relation thereof, and their Order read; Business referred to the Committee for foreign Affairs, —Members to desire him to forbear making Bonfires, 6 June.
Sparrow, Colonel John, 1648, his Letter to Sir Harbottle Grimston, read, 27 June.
Spaven, Robert, 1647, Order from Lords appointing him Master of the Armoury, 1 Mar. They put House in mind thereof.
Speaker, 1646, to take Bail, 25 Dec.
-, —1647. Vide Privileges—Order for continuing to him
the Power of giving Passports to the Parliament's Soldiers,
desirous of serving foreign Princes, 4 May—For him to observe
former Orders concerning the Rising of House at 12 o'Clock,
—Message to him desiring his Attendance; Messengers
Report; Debate thereon; Ministers sent for from the Assembly; Prayers; new Speaker chosen; excuses himself; Excuse
not admitted; Message to Lords, acquainting them therewith,
and Answer; House presents him at their Bar; Choice approved, 30 July—Late Speaker's Declaration read, —
Speaker to have Power to grant Passes to go beyond Sea, 3
Aug.—To issue Warrant for the Removal of a Prisoner, 20
Nov.
-, —1648, to issue Warrants for breaking open Doors, 21
June—Gives a casting Vote, 28 July.
Speckart, Dorothy, 1647, Petition read; Order for bestowing 100£. on her for her present Subsistence, 11 Nov.
Spencer, John, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Mar.
Spies, 1648, General to be desired to grant Commissions for trying those come from the revolted Ships, by martial Law, 14 Aug.
Spiller, Sir Henry, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
Spring Garden, 1647, Order against walking there on Sundays and Fast-days—Keeper to sell no Liquors, 31 Mar.
Squibbe, Captain Stephen, 1648, appointed Commander of a Ship, 17 May.
Squire, Scipio, 1647, the Committee of plundered Ministers to
examine how far he was concerned in a late Riot, 30 Dec.
-, —Thomas, 1647, Petition of his Executor, read; Report
touching Monies taken from him by Authority of Parliament,
to he made, 4 Mar. Made; Question for Re-commitment,
Neg. Resolution for charging it as a Debt to the State;
Questions for charging it upon the Excise—Upon the Receipts
at Goldsmiths Hall, severally Neg.—Order for paying his
Executor out of Delinquents Estates. Agreed to by
Lords.
Stafford County, 1646, previous Question for allowing them
4,000£. for disbanding their Forces, and sending them into
Ireland, Affirmative; main Question, Neg. 7 Dec.—Committee added to the Committee of Sequestrations; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 6 Feb.
-, —1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords, —Leave
given him to reside out of the County, 16 Dec. Lords Concurrence signified, —Members sent down for bringing in
the Arrears of the Assessments of 600,000£.; the Committee
of the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to
hasten the Payment. Instructions and Letter reported,
read, and agreed to.
-, —1647, new Writ, 22 Oct.
-, —Town, 1646, Moiety of the Collections next Fast-day
within the Bills of Mortality, to be disposed of for Relief of
the poor visited Inhabitants, 26 Dec.—Order for continuing
a Garison with 50 Men, 2 Mar.—Appointing a Governor.
-, —1647, Order for slighting the Garison, 13 July—For
paying them 300£. in Part of their Arrears, 4 Oct.
-, —1648, Governor's Letter read; Order for a Letter of
Thanks for preserving the Town, 14 Aug.—Another Letter,
touching his good Success against Duke Hamilton, read;
Order for a Reward to the Messenger—For a Letter of Thanks.
-, —1647, Report concerning the Election; Mr. Swynsen's
Election voted good, 24 July.
Stage-plays, 1647, Order for suppressing them, Bear-baitings,
and Bull-baitings, 16 July. Returned from Lords, with
Amendments; Amendments agreed to; Continuance thereof,
—Order for putting it in Execution, 11 Aug.—Ordinance for suppressing them, read, and passed, 16 Oct.—
Agreed to by Lords, —Another to the same Purport, ordered; Justices of Peace, the Committee of the City Militia,
& c. to suppress them, 22 Jan. Ordinance read. Read
Second time, and passed, 9 Feb. Agreed to by Lords, —
Ordinance from Lords for suppressing them, read, nothing
done thereupon, 31 Jan.
-, —1648, the Committee of Complaints to consider the
Breaches of the Ordinance, and put them in Execution, with
Power to send for Offenders, 23 June—The Committee of
the Militia to take care the Materials in the several Playhouses
be made unuseful for that Service; Major-general Skippon to
assist them with Horse, if necessary—A Committee to sit de
die in diem to put the Ordinances in Execution, receive Informations, examine Neglects, and redress them, 26 July.
Stamford, Earl of, 1646, Lords Desires concerning him, read; former Orders for an Allowance to him, to be complied with, 1 Jan.
Stamper, Richard, 1647, Order for paying him 300£. for Reparation of Goods taken from him, 21 Apr.
Standish, 1648, Ordinance appointing a Rector, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Apr.
Stanley, Ferdinando, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 10 Jan.
Stanstead, 1647, Ordinance for making it a distinct Parish, read twice, and committed, 31 Jan.
Stapeley, Antony, 1647, to have Pass for himself, Tutor, and Servant, to go beyond Sea, 17 Dec.
Stapleton, Bryan, 1646, the Committee of Accounts to state his Accounts, 6 Jan.
Starkey, Philip, 1647, Petition; Order for paying him 200£. with Interest, 8 Mar.
Starre, Colonel, 1647, the Committee of Accounts to receive, state, and certify his Accounts, 14 Apr.
Staunton, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 16 Sept.
-, —William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Dec.
Steele, William, 1647, to be recommended to Lord Mayor, & c. to be Recorder; Conference to be desired with Lords thereupon; Managers appointed, 29 Jan. Conference desired, agreed to, and held.
Stephens, William, 1646, his Commission from the King, to
be presented, 6 Jan.—Sir Richard Onslow's Letter, and the
Protection inclosed, read; Business referred to the Committee
of Complaints.
-, —George, 1647, to be summoned to attend, 8 Sept.—
Information concerning him and Mr. Gewen, referred to a
Committee, 23 Nov.
-, —John, 1647, Ordinance for Reparation to him out of
Sir Jacob Astley's Estate, read, and passed, 22 Dec. Agreed
to by Lords.
-, —Henry, 1648, his Petition, and Report from the Committee for Irish Affairs, read—Resolution for allowing 1,400£.
1s. as a Debt of the State—Touching the manner of paying
it, 18 May.
Sterborough. Castle, 1648, Order for making it indefensible, 4 July.
Sterling, Major-general Robert, 1647, intercepted Letters from him to the Scots General and others, read; Order for sending over him and his Servant from Ireland; a Committee to prepare Letter to Lord Inchiquin for that Purpose, 18 Sept Letter read, and re-committed, —Lord Inchiquin's Answer read, 2 Nov.—Letter concerning his Arrival; Serjeant to send for him up. Lords to be acquainted therewith, 9 —The Committee for Irish Affairs to examine him, 13 Dec.—His Petition from Lords, read, and to be considered, 13 Jan. They put House in mind thereof—Order for making Report, 22 Jan.—2 Feb.—Another Petition from Lords, with special Recommendation, 1 Mar. They put House in mind thereof.
Steward, William, 1647, Ordinance for repaying him 3,600£.
read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 Apr.
-, —Richard, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 6 Jan.
Stewart, Nicolas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 16 Dec.
Stoakley, George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 7 Mar.
Stockton Castle, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and made untenable,
26 Feb.
-, —1647, new Works to be slighted, 13 July.
Stockton, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 May.
Stone, Captain Henry, 1646, appointed Governor of Stafford, 17 Mar.
Stoneham, 1646, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Minister, 20 Feb.
Stores, public, 1647, the Keepers to issue such Ordnance, & c.
as they shall receive Warrants for from the Committee at
Derby House, 31 July.
-, —1648, a Committee to consider of a monthly Establishment for furnishing them, and taking off Salt Petre, 22 May
—Order for 4,000£. to furnish them; the Committee of
the Navy to consider how it may be raised, 27 July—Ordinance for employing 7,000£. Part of the 100,000£. formerly
assigned to the Scots for providing Powder, ordered, 25 Aug.
Read twice, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
Story, Thomas, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 1 July.
Stowell, Sir John, 1647, Order for proceeding to his Trial; Solicitor appointed, 19 Jan.
Strachan, Captain John, 1646, Petition referred to the Committee of Soldiers, 25 Dec.
-, —1647, another Petition; Order for paying him 393£. in
full Discharge of all his Demands, 14 May.
-, —1648, Order for bestowing 200£. upon him, 28 Aug.
Strangewaies, Sir John, 1647, Petition read; Order for admitting him and his Son to their Compositions; the Committee
at Goldsmiths Hall to compound with them; Compositionmoney to be employed for the Service of the Navy, 9 Mar.
—Resolution for setting a Fine of 10,000£. upon them;
Member to treat with Sir John about Times of Payment.
-, —1648, his Petition to be read, 17 Apr. Read, with
a former Vote; his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning
his Delinquency, ordered. His 5th and 20th Parts to be
included in his Fine. Ordinance read twice, and recommitted.
Strickland, Walter, 1646, his Credentials to the States of the
United Provinces, read, and agreed to, 1 Mar.
-, —1647, a Committee to prepare Letter to him concerning Two Ships taken by De Witt, 8 Apr. Letter read,
and agreed to—The Committee of the Navy to prepare another, touching a Combination of some Merchants that hold
Correspondence with the Irish Rebels, and set forth Ships of
Reprisal, —Leave given him to come home; Order for
acquainting him therewith, and for a Ship for his Convoy,
20 Aug.—Letter requiring him to repair into Holland
forthwith, ordered, 4 Jan.—A Committee to prepare Instructions for him, 2 Feb. Report that they are ready—
His Credentials to the States General, and the States of the
particular Provinces, read, and agreed to; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, —Leave given him to come home for a
Week, 13 Mar.
-, —Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 26 May—His Petition
read.
-, —Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 July.
-, —Sir William, 1647, to be excused for his Absence on
the Call of House, and from attending on the Day appointed,
14 Oct.
Stroad, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 10 June—Returned from Lords, with
Amendments, 15 Mar.
-, —Joan, 1647, her Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning her Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 17 Dec.
-, —1648, returned from Lords with Amendments; Amendments agreed to, 22 Apr.
Strode, Colonel William, 1647, Certificate of his Accounts to
be read, 14 May.
-, —1648, Information against him; previous Question for
giving him Notice to attend forthwith, Affirmative, 31 Mar.
-, —Mr. 1646. Vide Privileges.
Strong, Mr. desired to preach, 31 Mar.—7 June, 1647
—26 July, 1648—Thanked, and to print his Sermons,
28 Apr.—9 June, 1647, —30 Aug. 1648.
-, —William. Vide Dunstans in the West.
Stuckley, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to desired, 27 Dec.
Studley, James, 1647, Resolution for indicting him of High Treason; Clerk of the Crown to prepare the Indictment; Managers and Solicitor appointed; Order for taking him into Custody, 25 Sept.—Proclamation, for apprehending him, reported, read, and agreed to, 1 Oct.
Style, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 Jan.
Subsidies, 1646, Certificates of the Accounts of the Treasurers for the Four Subsidies granted 16° Car. Regis, read; Account approved; Order for paying the Remainder in their Hands; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 15 Feb.
Suffolk, 1647, Members to write into the Country for suppressing a Petition against the Army, 6 Apr.—Order appointing
High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed
to by Lords, —Members sent down for bringing in the
Arrears of the Assessments of 600,000£. the Committee of the
Army to prepare Instructions for them, and a Letter to hasten
the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter read, and
agreed to, —Sheriff has Liberty to come to London, 15
Jan.—Order from Lords to that Purpose, agreed to.
-, —1648, Members sent down for Preservation of the Peace
of the County, 22 June—One sent for settling the Militia,
—Ordinance for paying their Forces One Month's Pay, ordered, —Ordinance for raising 16,000£. out of the
County, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
27 July—Letter of Thanks to the Gentlemen of the County,
with Promise that House will see their Engagements discharged, ordered, 5 July—Ordinance for sequestering
Delinquents Estates for raising Forces for the Safety of the
County, ordered, 1 Sept.
-, —Earl of, 1647, Resolution for impeaching him of High
Treason; Impeachment to be sent to Lords, with Desire that
he may be sequestered from House and committed, 8 Sept.
—Message desiring them to appoint a Day for bringing up the
Articles, 17 Sept.—14 Oct.—Day appointed. A Committee to prepare them, —Message from Lords desiring a
speedy Proceeding; Articles to be reported, 29 Nov.—To
be read, 1 Dec.—Message to Lords desiring a longer Time
for bringing them up; agreed to, —Orders and Warrants
signed by him, and other Informations and Matters of Evidence, reported, and read, —Articles reported; Evidence,
to each read, and applied, by the Reporters; Articles, Title,
and Conclusion, agreed to, 29 Jan. Sent to Lords.
-, —1648, Resolution against proceeding further upon his
Impeachment, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords;
Message from them that they will discharge him unless House
proceed by a Day appointed.
Summer Islands, 1647, Petition concerning them referred to the Committee for Barbadoes, 16 July.
Sun, a Ship. Vide Rogers, John.
Sunday, 1646, Ordinance for better Observation thereof, to be
printed, with the Ordinance for better Observation of the Fastdays; Members to send them into their respective Counties,
& c. 9 Dec.—Order for putting them in Execution. Returned from Lords with Amendments; Amendments agreed
to.
-, —1647, City Magistrates to put them in Execution—A
Committee to prepare Ordinance for more effectual Observation thereof, 30 June—Ordinance read twice, and committed, 23 Feb.—Committee to meet de die in diem, 16
Mar.
-, —1648, additional Ordinance for more strict Observation
thereof, and of Fast Days, read twice, and re-committed to
the Committee that brought it in, 29 Mar. Read twice,
and committed, —The Committee of Complaints to
consider the Breaches thereof, with Power to send for Offenders
and put the Ordinances in Execution, 23 June—Another
Committee to sit de die in diem, and put them in Execution
26 July.
Sunderland, Langdale, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Con currence to be desired 5 Jan.
SUPPLY.
-, Application of Public Moneys.
-, —1646, Order for 200£. for Colonel Aldriche, 5 Dec.
—1,200£. for Physicians and Surgeons attending maimed Soldiers, —50£. for Elizabeth Atkyn—40£. for Mrs. Pinkney
—100£. for Mary Blague—40£. for Joan Morgan—1,700£.
for telling and carrying the Scots Money, —1,500£. for Colonel Purefoy—750£. for Sir Walter Erle, —1,000£. for
necessitous Officers, & c. —300£. for Mr. Pierrepoint, 15
—500£. for Earl of Worcester's Funeral—500£. for Lord
Docwra's Funeral, —36,994£. 19s. 6d. for Maurice
Gethin and others, —600£. for Sir William Lister's Lady
—2,000£. for Colonel Carter—500£. for Major-general Skippon, —5,000£. for Ireland—1,000£. for Lady Moore—
300£. and 300£. per Annum for Mrs. Chichester—4£. per
Week for Lady Denny, —500£. for Colonel Blague—
2,000£. for the Inhabitants of Bemister, —5,000£. for Lord
Gray of Warke—A Month's Pay for Captain Fisher, —
200£. for Robert Coker, —1,000£. for Sir John Merrick—
2,000£. for Mr. Whitelock, —1,000£. for Mr. Pury—
1,000£. for Mr. Hodges—500£. for a Jewel for the Earl of
Leven, 2 Jan.—300£. and 500£. per Annum, for the Privy
Counsellors of Ireland—2,000£. for Sir Hardres Waller—2,000£.
for Colonel Sidney, —336£. 14s. 6d. for Johnson and
Knight, —2,500£. for the Commissioners appointed to receive the King at Newcastle, —10,000£. for Lord Say—
6,000£. for Sir Benjamin Rudyer—5,000£. for Sir Rowland
Wandesford—3,250£. for Charles Fleetwood—3,000£. for Nathanael Bacon—100£. for Thomas Windall—2,166£. for Colonel Waite—500£. for Robert Fogg, —2,033£. 3s. 2d. for
Major-general Browne—4,482£. 13s. 6d. for Sir Samuel
Luke—4,000£. for the Yorkshire Forces, —100£. for
Mrs. Balston, —200£. for Elizabeth Buller—1,500£. for
Lady Fairfax, —5,000£. for Mr. Holles—5,000£. for Mr.
John Selden—7,000£. for Sir John Elliot—5,000£. for Sir
Peter Heyman—5,000£. for Mr. Walter Long—5,000£. for
Mr. Strode—5,000£. for Mr. Benjamin Valentine—500£. for
a Monument to Sir Miles Hobart—10,445£. 12s. 2d. for
Mr. Vassall—5,000£. for Mr. John Hampden—380£. for Mrs.
Herle—100£. for Lady Mary Leigh—2,000£. and a weekly
Allowance of 166£. for Portsmouth and Hurst Castle, —
10,000£. for the Earl of Northumberland—1,000£. for repairing the Pier of Lyme—2,000£. per Annum for the Trustees
for Sale of Bishops Lands, —100£. for Sir Peter Killegrew
—100£. for Mr. Jenks—180£. for Browne and Baker—200£.
for Lord Castlestewart—200£. for Francis Smith—200£. for
Sir Henry Vane, senior, —500£. for Soldiers that brought
up Dr. Hudson—60£. for Serjeants Deputies, —6,000£. for
the Southampton Horse—2,205£. 3s. 6d. for Colonel Thompson, —500£. for Lieutenant General Cromwe—500£. for
Colonel Morgan, —200£. for Sir Peter Killegrew, —
1,400£. for the Forces at Belfast—500£. for Colonel Temple—
100£. for Mr. Basil—6£. per Week for Lady Ranelagh—100£.
for Anne Wyberroe, —200£. for Sir James Barry, 1
Feb.—100£. for Captain Thompson—3,000£. for the Charges
of the King's Journey to Holmby House, —200£. per Annum for General Points—700£. for a Jewel for the Earl of
Leven, —4,071£. 15s. 10d. for Colonel Barton, —
3,000£. for Mr. Meldrun, —2,000£. for Colonel Ceely, 13
—2,000£. for Colonel Greve, —3,000£. for the Earl of Ormond—22,877£. 19s. 7d. for Ireland, —20£. for Richard
Hooke—20£. for Thomas Butler, —10,000£. for Ireland,
—100 Marks for Nathanael Barnet—10£. a Week for
the Townsmen of Taunton, 2 Mar.—3,155£. 15s. 10d. for
Lord Willoughby of Parham—1,200£. for maimed Soldiers,
—1,984£. 3s. 1d. for Sir William Constable, —1,000£.
for Colonel Antony Rous, —100£. for the Isle of Sarke,
—60,000£. per Mensem for the Armies in England and Ireland, —7, 467£. for Mr. Pierrepoint, —200£. for Ministers sent to Ireland, 23.
-, —1647, Two Months Arrears and a Month's Advance for
Forces to be transported into Ireland—500£. for Colonel Samuel Birch, 26 Mar.—300£. for Mr. Hartlibb, —50£. a
Week for maimed Soldiers, 9 Apr.—4,000£. for Lady Brooke—
500£. for Mr. Sanderson—12,000£. for Dublin, —50£.
a-piece to the Messengers of the Committee of both Kingdoms
—100£. for the Messenger of the Army—300£. for Richard
Stamper—1,074£. 17s. 4d. for the Treasurers of the Adventurers for additional Forces by Sea for Ireland, —4,000£.
for William Sykes, —1,000£. for Major-general Skippon,
—1,750£. for Mr. Potter, 1 May—3,000£. for Alderman
Pennington, —1,000£. for Lady Moore—1,440£. for Sir
Thomas Soame—10,000£. for Relief of poor indigent Persons
—Interest for 1,000£. to Sir John Dreiden, and others—
2,591£. 17s. 6d. for Mr. Vassall, —2,500£. for Mr. Selden—2,500£. for Mr. Valentine, —987£. 2d. for Capt.
Charles Pym—17,138£. 10s. 11d. for reduced Officers—
7,728£. 11s. 8d. for Dutch Officers—100£. for Major Boza
—50£. for Mary Rawlins—293£. for Captain Strachan—
—300£. for Susanna Abercromy—10£. for the Commissioners
with the Army, —40,000£. for the Forces that disband and
engage for Ireland, —1,500£. for the Earl of Ancram—
18,000£. for the Committee of the City Militia, —500£.
for repairing and re-edifying the Military Ground in St. Martin's in the Fields—200£. for repairing and re-edifying the
Military Yard in Tothill-fields—150,000£. for paying the
Arrears of the Army—200£. for Mrs. Pattenson—300£. for
Captain Playford, —3,000£. for Soldiers Widows, & c.
2 June—10,000£. for Officers whose Accounts are stated, —
10,000£. for certain Soldiers—50£. for Captain Titus, —
200£. for Sir Robert Pye's Troop—100£. for Edward Walford—100£. for Colonel Jackson and others—200£. for Colonel
Groves, —10,000£. for certain Soldiers, —10,000£. for
the Forces designed for Ireland, —200£. for Captain Farmer's Dragoons—10,000£. for Officers and Soldiers come off
from the Army, —4,907£. 7s. 4d. for Colonel Birch—
1,050£. for Mr. Knight, —10,000£. for the Forces of the
Northern Association—40,000£. for Ireland, —200£. for
the Commissioners in the Army, —200£. for Captain
Lisle—100£. for Captain Freke, 2 July—2,000£. to Mr.
Clerke upon Account—20£. 12s. to Henry Cleare, —
20,000£. for the Army—200£. for the Commissioners with
the Army, —2,000£. to Colonel Massey, —200£. to the
Countess of Kildare, —2,000£. for repairing Lyme and
Weymouth Piers—10,000£. for the Forces in Lempster—
1,676£. 19s. 4d. to Colonel Michael Jones, —380£. to
Colonel Mazier, —4,000£. to Plymouth, 3 Aug.—
1,500£. to Lynne—300£. to the Commissioners with the Army
—2,000£. for Ireland—5,642£. to Captain Plunkett, —1,000£.
to Colonel Jones—500£. to Colonel Fenwicke—1,000£. to
Colonel Moore—500£. to Colonel Conway—200£. to Sir
John Gifford—200£. to Sir Henry Titchborne, —8,000£.
for the Garison of Plymouth, —400£. to Isabel Pont—
30£. per Week to maimed Soldiers, —100£. and 5s.
weekly to Mrs. Pinade, 9 Sept.—20£. to Lady Pigott, 14
—1,175£. to Thomas Prince—1,500£. to Lynn, —1,000£.
for the Garison at Windsor—200£. for Repair of St. Margaret's
Church—10s. per Week to Lieutenant Colonel Davison, —
1,000£. to Lieutenant Colonel Rainsborough, —750£. to
Weymouth—750£. to Bristol—480£. to Southampton—1,500£.
to Portsmouth—1,200£. to Lynn—300£. to Stafford—300£. to
Shrewsbury—450£. to Windsor—1,800£. to Chester—2,400£. to
Hull—150£. to Belvoir Castle—360£. to Pontefract—450£. to
Scarborough, 4 Oct.—100£. quarterly to Dr. Usher—1,030£.
to Colonel Thornhagh, —1,000£. to Sir Thomas Maleverer,
—100£. to Lady Shirley, —1,200£. to Lieutenant Colonel
Gell, —2,500£. to the Earl of Ormond—100£. to Colonel
Castle, 4 Nov.—40,000£. to the Army, —100£. to Dorothy Speckart, —500£. to defray the King's Expences, 16
—700£. to Lady Willoughby, —10,000£. for Plymouth,
—50£. to Captain Pigott, —1,000£. to Lord Inchiquin—
10,000£. to the Province of Munster, —2,500£. to Col.
Needham—100£. to Sir Edward Povey—600,000£. for Arrears of the Soldiery, 18 Dec.—1,663£. to Captain Wingate
—500£. to Mr. Marshall—500£. to Mr. Rye, —319£.
8s. 5d. to Captain Rich—3,963£. 18s. 5d. to William Sykes,
—100£. to Elizabeth Chambers, 5 Jan.—1,000£. to Sir
William Middleton, —20,000£. per Mensem for Ireland, 11
—50£. to Joanna Peytoe—50£. to Sarah Hayward—50£. to
Mary Heathcott, —50£. to Commissary Clayton—50£. to
Captain St. George—100£. to Colonel Bampfield, —300£.
to Sir John Borlase, —50£. to Sir Arthur Blundell, —
70,000£. for the Navy, —500£. to the Commissioners going
into Scotland, —500£. to the Earl of Nottingham—1,000£.
to William Ashurst, —1,000£. to Robert Fenwicke, 3
Feb.—200£. to Martha Pygott, —1,000£. to Colonel John
Bingham—1,000£. to Colonel William Sydenham—2,000£. to
Sir Charles Custe—100£. to Lady Cawfield—2,000£. to Lord
Broghill, —400£. to James Bamber and Richard Fleetwood
—151£. 6s. 3d. to Captain Thomas Ashley, —500£. to
Major Robert Harley, —9,016£. to Major-general
Browne—1,448£. to Colonel Edmund Harvey—50£. to William Assom—350£. to Major Andrew Jackson, 3 Mar.—
200£. to Mr. Starkey—300£. to Mr. Waldron.—4,000£. to
Colonel Venn—4,281£. 18s. 4½d. to Mr. Peck—1,000£. to
Auditor Broad—1,000£. to Auditor Wilcox—1,000£. to Colonel Robert Blake—1,681£. 15s. to Mr. Wither—5,000£.
to Colonel Legard, —791£. to Captain Mansell's Administratrix, —2,155£. 7s. 7d. to Captain Samuel Gardiner, —500£. per Annum to the Duke of York, —
5,121£. to Lord Gray, —350£. to Lieutenant Somester—
1,000£. to Sir Arthur Hasselrigg—800£. to John Mille—600£.
to Lawrence Whittaker—1,000£. to Forces in the Isle of
Wight, —1,500£. to Lady Ellen Drake—4£. per Week to
Lady Obryan—4,000£. to Lady Viscountess Moore—2,000£.
to Lady Anne Harcourt, —2,500£. for Cambridge University—617£. 15s. 6d. to Edward Husbands—1,633£. to Richard
Willis, 24.
-, — 1648, 500£. to Bridget Farrer, 28 Mar.—2,500£. to
Colonel Jephson—779£. 5s. 9d. to Sir Richard Houghton,
3 Apr.—4,000£. per Annum to the Commissioners of the
Great Seal—1,000£. to Officers and Soldiers in Whitehall and
the Meuse—50£. to Major Gray—30£. to Captain Nelson,
—50£. to Major Elsynge—30£. to Captain Chandler, —
1,500£. for Soldiers in the Tower, —30£. to Captain
Davies—30£. to Captain Barrington, —5,000£. to Colonel
Mitton—1,000£. per Annum to Major-general Skippon, 19
—5,000£. for repairing Newcastle and Tinmouth Castle—
6,000£. for repairing Hull, —500£. for fortifying Scarborough Castle—500£. for Reparations at Bristol, 2 May—
4,000£. for Forces disbanded in Lancashire, —1,400£. 1s.
to Henry Stephens, —3,000£. to disbanded Soldiers in
Yorkshire, f—42,000£. to certain Officers and Soldiers—
1,000£. to Messengers and Intelligencers—2,785£. 6s. 2d. to
Colonel Barwis and others, 3 June—200£. to Captain Batton, —360£. to Colonel Moore—27,566£. 19s. 3d. to
Officers from Munster, —200£. to Captain Taylor—1,000£.
to Mr. Lloyd, —602£. to Lord Forbes—200£. to Lady
Meldrum—200£. to Lord Cawfield, —35,000£. to the Marquis of Argyle, —200£. to Lady Gray—200£. to William Perkins, —500£. to Nottingham Castle—200£. to the
Governor—2,000£. in present for providing Saltpetre and Powder—1,000£. per Mensem for that Use—50£. to Dr. Dorislaus
—500£. to the Earl of Kildare—300£. to Colonel Wogan, 20
—1,000£. for fortifying Bristol, —40,000£. for the Navy, 22
—7,000£. for the Northern Counties—500£. for Hull, —
4,000£. for Lancashire Forces—100£. for Security of Farnham
—600£. for repairing and victualling Chester Castle, —Additional 100£. per Week to sick and maimed Soldiers—Additional
Salary of 50£. per Annum to their Treasurer, —500£. for
repairing and victualling the Forts at Plymouth—50£. per
Week for the Poor—500£. to Colonel Weldon—4,000£. for
the Lancashire Forces, 1 July—5,000£. for raising and paying a
Regiment of Horse for Safety of the Parliament, —100£. to
Colonel Butler—100£. to Quarter-master Fincher, —500£.
to Captain Henry Jervoise, —558£. 13s. to Colonel James
Hopton—730£. 4s. to Colonel William Herbert—2,000£. to
Colonel Rosseter, —500£. for Wallingford Castle, —
500£. to Colonel Arthur Hill, f—1,000£. to the Parliament Guards—20,000£. for the Northern Forces—100£. to
William Osbourn and John Spencer—1,000£. for Forces in
the Isle of Wight—200£. for victualling and repairing Hurst
Castle, —4,000£. for furnishing Stores—800£. for Tilbury
Fort, —2,205£. 12s. 6d. to Captain William Parsons—
940£. 3s. 1½ d. to Lord Castlesteward—350£. to William
Sykes—400£. to reduced Officers—3,526£. 12s. to other
reduced Officers, —500£. to Ralph Darnall—2,000£.
to Richard Pigott—1,300£. to Richard Baker—2,815£. 18s.
10d. to Robert Carne and Co.—2,090£. to Ralph Darnall,
1 Aug.—1,000£. to Colonel Carter—1,000£. to Colonel
Twisleton—318£. to Colonel Devereux, —100£. to Commissioners to treat with the King, —600£. to Mr. Sleigh, 7
—300£. to Mr. Frost, upon Account—200£. to Thomas
Coke, —500£. to Mrs. Needham—1,000£. for the Lancashire
Forces, —600£. to Leicestershire—2,000£. for Repair of
Brampton Brian—3,000£. for Lieutenant-colonel John Lilbourne, —500£. to Major Smithson—200£. to Mr.
Evans—200£. to Adjutant Blackmore—200£. to Major
Strachan, 28—2,010£. to Colonel Waite, 29—500£. to Mr.
Usbands, 30—5,000£. to Sir Richard Darley—500£. to Sir
Gerard Lowther—500£. to Sir Francis Willoughby—500£. to
Sir Paul Davies—200£. to Sir James Barry—50£. to Mr. Rushworth, 31—100£. to Capt. Backhowse—100£. to Lieutenant Hill—200£. to certain Officers and Troopers, 1 Sept.
Ordinances of Supply.
-, — 1646, Ordinance for Tonage and Poundage, ordered, 2
Mar. Read twice; Blank filled up; Ordinance passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — 1646, Resolution for a monthly Assessment of 60,000£.
for Maintenance of the Forces in England and Ireland; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 16 Mar. To be read, 19.
Read. Committed; the Committee to observe the Order
of the House touching the Proportions.
-, — 1647, Ordinance to be reported, 6 Apr. Reported;
previous Questions for abating 1,000£. per Mensen in Devonshire—For adding a Proviso concerning levying Moneys without Authority of Parliament; severally Neg.—Proviso for exempting the Universities, read twice, and committed; reported, and passed—Proviso touching North Wales, read twice;
nothing done thereupon—Proviso touching Payment of free
Quarter, read twice; Instruction to be prepared for discharging
it out of Monies levied by this Ordinance—Proviso touching
Southwark, read, and rejected; previous Question that the
Commencement shall be 25th March, 1647, Affirmative;
Ordinance passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —
House put them in mind thereof, 13 May—Order for printing and dispersing 6,000 Copies—Letters to be sent with them
into the several Counties, to hasten the levying the Money, 6
July—Commissioners added; Part concerning Commissioners in Bucks explained, 22 Oct.—A Committee to
prepare Letter for hastening the Payment of the Arrears, 13
Nov.—Commissioners to appoint a Receiver-general; Order
for a Salary for him, 23 Dec.
-, —1647, Ordinance for raising 200,000£. upon Securities
therein mentioned, for the Service of England and Ireland,
ordered, 6 May. Read twice, and committed; Resolution
for allowing the Treasurers One Peny in the Pound. Ordinance reported; Register Accountant appointed, with a Salary; Treasurers to allow such Salaries to his under Officers as
they shall think fit—Proviso concerning exempting certain
Delinquents Estates, read twice, and passed; Ordinance
passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Ordinance for
Explanation thereof, and for better raising 30,000£. for England and Ireland, ordered, 27 May. Read twice, and committed; Resolution for adding 12,000£. for Payment of poor
People that have advanced Monies upon the public Faith—
Proviso concerning Brokers purchasing Tickets, read, and
committed, 1 June. Ordinance reported, and passed; agreed
to by Lords.
-, — 1647, Resolution for appointing 40,000£. for disbanding
Six Regiments; and for a Fortnight's Pay for those that are
to go to Ireland; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 25 May.
Read twice, and passed; agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1647, Ordinance for securing the Officers and Soldiers,
read; Blank filled up with 150,000£. out of the Excise; Ordinance passed; agreed to by Lords, 28 May.
-, — 1647, Ordinance for Tonage and Poundage, read;
Continuance thereof, 30 Sept.—Order for Second Reading, 1 Oct. Read, and committed. Committee sits,
5, 7, 11, 15, 25 & 29 Oct.—3 & 6 Nov.—The
Committee to consider the Votes passed concerning the Customs, 12 Oct.—Ordinance reported, and re-committed,
3 Nov.—Reported from Re-commitment—Clause concerning Forfeitures, read, debated, and agreed to—Question
for agreeing to the Clause appointing Commissioners of the
Customs, Neg.—Clause concerning the Allowance of 15£.
per Cent. agreed to—Proviso touching paying Impositions not
mentioned herein, read, and rejected; Ordinance passed.
House put Lords in mind thereof, 25 Nov.—8 Dec. Ordinance returned with Amendments; Amendments read, and
referred to a Committee. Report; House adhere to the
Ordinance as sent up; Conference to be desired thereupon; a
Committee to assign Reasons. Ordinance returned from
Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to; Ordinance
to be printed.
-, —1647, Ordinance for raising 30,000£. for Ireland, read
twice, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 10 Nov.
-, —1647, Ordinance for raising 50,000£. for Ireland, by
Sale of Lands, read twice, and recommitted to the Committee
that brought it in to fill up Blanks, 10 Nov.—Returned
from Lords, with a Proviso; Proviso read, and agreed to, with
an additional Proviso, 12 Jan. Additional Proviso agreed to
by Lords; Ordinance to be printed.
-, — 1647, Ordinance for monthly Assessment of 20,000£.
for Ireland, read, 1 Jan. Read Second time; Resolution
touching the Rates; Ordinance committed. Committee
fits, 20 & 21. Ordinance to be reported, —Reported;
Proviso concerning the Universities added; Ordinance passed,
1 Feb. Returned from Lords with Amendments; Amendments agreed to. Ordinance to be printed.
-, — 1647, Ordinance for renewing the Ordinance for the
Assessment of 60,000£. per Mensem Six Months longer, ordered, 17 Feb.—Read twice, and committed, 1 Mar.
Reported, and passed. Returned from Lords with Amendments; Amendments agreed to.
-, — 1648, Additional Ordinance for explaining the Ordinance for raising 50,000£. for Ireland, to be read, 25 Mar.
— Read, 15 Apr. Read Second time; Provisoes in behalf
of Lady Honora Obryan and the Earl of Worcester's Daughters, to be added; Ordinance and Provisoes committed.
Reported, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 22
May.
-, — 1648, additional Ordinance for 60,000£. per Mensem
for Maintenance of Lord Fairefax's Forces, read, and passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, 18 Apr.
-, — 1648, Ordinance for an Imposition of 4s. per Chaldron
on Coals, 4s. per Chaldron on Grindstones, and 4s. per
Weigh on Salt from Newcastle, Sunderland, and Plymouth,
ordered, 17 July—Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 2 Aug.
-, — 1648, Ordinance for the monthly Assessment of 60,000£.
for Six Months longer, ordered, 29 July.
Surry, 1647, Ordinance for enabling the Committee to reimburse themselves Money they stand engaged for, for the Soldiery
of the County, ordered, 22 July—To be presented, 16
Mar. Read twice, and committed, —Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov.
Agreed to by Lords, —Members sent down for bringing
in the Arrears of the Assessments of 600,000£.; the Committee
of the Army to prepare Instructions for him, and a Letter to
hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter reported,
read, and agreed to, —Petition of Farmers recommended
by General, referred to the Committee of Indemnity.
-, —1648, Report, and High Constable's Warrant to the Town
of Mortlake, communicated by Lords; their Order for suppressing Tumults, agreed to, 2 May—Petition of Gentlemen
read; Petitioners called in; One informs House he was commanded to desire a speedy and satisfactory Answer; Officer of
the Guard acquaints House that they had knocked down several
Soldiers; thanked for his Care in the Safeguard of the Parliament, and ordered to continue it; Question for giving an
Answer to the Petitioners, Neg. 16. A Committee to examine the whole Business, and bring in a Declaration thereupon, and state therein the Course that ought to be observed in
presenting Petitions—The Committee of the County to prevent tumultuous Meetings upon Pretence of Petitions, —
Gentlemen of the County to consider of a Course for allaying
Discontents, —Members appointed to go down; a Committee to prepare Instructions for them; Instructions reported,
read, and agreed to. Returned from Lords with Amendments; Amendments agreed to. Power given them to
meet when and where they please—Declaration of the County
to the Soldiers of Lord Fairefax's Army, read; the Committee
for Printing to find out the Printer and Contriver, —Desires of the Gentlemen, with Lords Sense thereupon, —
Order for the Soldiers to carry themselves inoffensively, if the
People are quiet, —The Committee appointed to the
Business concerning the Petitioners, revived, and to proceed
thereon; and prepare an Answer, 9 June. Answer reported
and re-committed; reported from Re-commitment, and agreed
to; Order for publishing it, —The Committee at Derby
House to take effectual Course to render all strong Places in the
County indefensible; Gentlemen of the County to advise with
them thereupon, 4 July—Order enabling the County Committee to raise a Troop of Horse, and appointing a Commander. Agreed to by Lords—A Committee to examine who
were Actors or Abettors in the late Insurrection, with Power
to search for and secure Persons, —Committees added
to the Committee of the Sequestrations; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, —Ordinance for sequestering Delinquents,
for raising and maintaining a Troop of Horse, read twice,
and committed, 24 Aug. Reported; a Company of Foot to
be added; Ordinance passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
Sussex, 1647, Order for sending Shipping to guard the Coasts,
1 Apr.—Petition of Inhabitants read; Part thereof referred
to the General, 27 Sept.—Order appointing High Sheriff,
and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords,
—Members sent down for bringing in the Arrears of the
Assessments of 600,000£.; the Committee of the Army to prepare Instructions for them; and a Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter reported, read, and
agreed to.
-, — 1648, Members sent down for Preservation of the Peace
of the County, 24 May—27 June—Petition of Knights;
Gentlemen, & c. read; Speaker's Answer; a Committee to
prepare further Answer, 9 June—The County Committee
impowered to raise Forces for suppressing Tumults; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, —Free Conference to
be desired with Lords thereupon; a Committee to assign Reasons, 20 July—The Committee at Derby House to consider
of some speedy Way for suppressing them; Gentlemen of the
County to advise with them, 29 June—Ordinance for a
Month's Pay for their Forces, ordered, —Order for Satisfaction to the Parliament's Friends out of Delinquents Estates
engaged in the late Tumults; the Committee impowered to
compound with them, 28 July.
Sutton, Robert, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 Jan.
Sutton's Hospital. Vide Charterhouse.
Swale, Solomon, 1647, Informations concerning him, and a Letter from Rippon, with Examinations inclosed, referred to the Committee at Haberdashers Hall, 13 May.
Swan, John Vide Wells.
Swanburne, Tobias, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 17 Dec.
Swanne, William, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 12 Aug.
Swansey, 1646, Castle to be disgarisoned, and the new Works
slighted, 3 Mar.
-, — 1648, Letter from thence, and Colonel Powell's Warrant to the County to put themselves in a Posture of Defence
—Paper, intituled, Declaration of Colonel Powell and Officers and Soldiers under his Command, 18 Apr.
Swayne, Captain Francis, 1647, his Petition from Lords, read, and referred to the Committee of the Northern Association, 17 Nov.
Swearing. Vide Incest.
Sweden, 1647, Papers from Lords concerning the Swedish Ships, and Business thereupon depending, referred to the Committee of the Admiralty, 6 May. Report; Lords Order for discharging them, agreed to, —Order from Lords for referring the Queen of Sweden's Letter to the Committee of both Kingdoms; and the Matter of Fact concerning the late Differences between the English and Swedish Ships, to the Committee for foreign Affairs, agreed to; Summary of the Letter read, 9 July—Lords Letter to her, agreed to; State of the Matter of Fact, read, and agreed to be delivered with the Letter to the Swedish Agent; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Sept.
Swinfen, Mr. 1648, to be sent for to attend, 14 Apr.
Sydenham, Colonel William, 1647, Petition read, and referred
to the Committee of Accounts; Order for paying him 1,000£.
in Part of his Arrears, 16 Feb.
-, — Captain, and others, 1648, Petition referred to the
Committee for Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.
Sydney, Colonel, 1647. Vide Quarrel.
-, — 1648, his Letter read, 12 July.
Sykes, William, 1646, his Petition from Lords, to be read, 13
Mar.
-, — 1647, they put House in mind thereof; Petition read;
Part thereof referred to a Committee—The Committee of
Accounts to receive, state, and certify his Accounts—Order
for paying him 4,000£. in Part of his Debt, 22 Apr. Sent
to Lords, —His Petition read; a Committee to consider
his Demand of Interest for 2,711£. 4s. 1d.—Order for paying him 3,963£. 18s. 5d. for Arms delivered for the Parliament; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 30 Dec.
-, — 1648, Read, and passed, 4 Apr. Agreed to by Lords, —His Petition from Lords, 17 June—His Demand of Interest, reported; Petition read; Order for paying him 350£.
in Part of his Debt—The Committee at Derby House to use
Means to discharge him out of Execution—Order for charging
the Remainder upon the Excise in course; agreed to by
Lords—Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 31 July.
-, —Richard, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 20 Dec.
Symball, Jonas, 1647, to be bailed; Ordinance for pardoning him ordered, 28 Oct.
Symes, Edward, 1647, Pardon to be prepared for him, 2 Oct.
-, — John 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 31 Dec.
-, — Walter, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 23 Mar.
Symonds, Joseph, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing him Fellow of Eton College, read, and passed, 2 Oct.
Symons, Mr. 1648, desired to preach, 31 Mar.—Thanked, and to print his Sermon, 26 Apr.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
TAAFF, Lord, 1647, Letters taken in his Cabinet presented; Two from Lord Digby to him, read, 30 Nov.—To be printed; all to be referred to a Committee, 1 Dec.
Talbot, Sir John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 28 Dec.
-, — John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 28 Dec.
-, — Mr. 1647, to be sent for by Serjeant for obstructing the
bringing in the Assessments in Essex, 5 Feb. Business referred
to a Committee. Order for his Discharge.
-, — Sherrington 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 7 Mar.
Tapper, Nathanael, 1647, Pardon to be prepared for him, 2 Oct.
Tarrant, John, 1647, Order for paying his Arrears as Messenger to the Army; Information of Affronts and Injuries done him, referred to a Committee, 21 Apr.
Tattershall Hall, 1648, Order for continuing it in the same Hands it now is, 1 Aug. Conference desired by Lords thereupon.
Taunton, 1646, to be continued a Garison with 100 Foot—
Castle to be continued a Garison, and kept by the Townsmen;
Order for allowing them 10£. a Week, 2 Mar.—Governor
appointed.
-, — 1647, Petition of Inhabitants in Approbation of the
Votes touching the King, read, and to be printed; Petitioners to be thanked, 9 Feb.—Petition in behalf of the
Town, read; Letter to be sent to Mr. Hill, recommending
the Desires therein; Ordinance for granting them a Charter,
ordered, 14 Mar.
Taunton, William, 1647. Vide Privileges.
Tayler, John, 1646, appointed Captain of a Ship, 27 Sept.— 17 Mar.
Taylour, Thomas, 1647, Vide Privileges.
-, — Richard, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 12 Jan.
-, — Captain, 1647, a Committee to enquire whether he was
an Abettor of a seditious Petition, 20 Jan.
-, — John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 23 Mar.
-, — Captain Edward, 1648, his Relation of the Enemies
cruel Usage of the Parliament Forces near Carnarvon, to be
printed—Order for bestowing 200£. upon him; Ordinance
for that Purpose ordered, 10 June.
-, — Robert, 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody, for being
active in the late Insurrection in Kent; Member to assist in
sending him up; Examination referred to the Committee of
the Navy, 19 June—Report; Power given them to bail
him; the Committee of Kent to examine him, 3 Aug.
Taunton, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for repairing the Church, read, and passed, 13 Jan.
Teasdale, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector, 1 Mar. Read, and passed.
Temple, Colonel Purbeck, 1646, Order for paying him 500£.
upon Account, to be deducted out of his Arrears, 28 Jan.
-, — 1648, his Petition from Lords with special Recommendation, 17 June.
-, — Doctor, 1647, desired to preach, 28 Apr.—18 Aug.
—Excused, 4 May.
-, —Sir John. Vide Parsons, Sir William.
-, — Cornet, 1648, Petition referred to the Committee for
Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.
-, — Colonel James, 1648, his Desires and Informations referred to the Committee of Safety—Petition concerning him
to be read, 24 May.
-, — Captain, 1648, House approves of his commanding a
Regiment, 1 July.
Tenby, 1646, Town and Castle to be kept garisoned with 100
Men, 3 Mar.
-, — 1647, Governor to be continued, 25 Mar.
-, — 1648, Letter touching the taking the Castle referred to the
Committee of the Army; Order for a Reward to the Messenger; Lords Concurrence to be desired—Order for trying
some of the Prisoners by martial Law, and for securing the
rest, 7 June.
Tenths. Vide First-fruits.
Terrent, Hannah, 1647, her Petition from Lords; their Order for pardoning her, agreed to, 15 Mar.
Terringham, Edward, 1646, Order from Lords concerning his Children, 23 Feb.
Tew, Mr. 1646. Vide Privileges.
Thanksgiving, 1647, Order from Lords for a Thanksgiving, for
restoring the Freedom and Honour of the Parliament, read,
and agreed to; Preachers appointed, 6 Aug. Message from
Lords desiring both Sermons may be preached in the Forenoon. Agreed to—Another Message from them concerning the
Time of going to Church, —Order for a Thanksgiving
within the Lines for a Victory over the Irish Rebels; Lords
Concurrence to be desired; Preachers appointed, —
Order for a Thanksgiving next Sunday within the Lines, for
another Victory in Munster; Lord Mayor to give the Notice
—Day appointed for a public Thanksgiving through England
and Wales; Copies of the Order to be sent by Members to
their several Places—Order for Collections for English Protestants driven out of Ireland, 29 Nov.
-, — 1648, Order for a Thanksgiving next Sunday within
the Lines, for a Deliverance from a late Insurrection within the
City; Lord Mayor and Justices to give the Ministers Notice;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, 13 Apr.—Order for a
Thanksgiving next Sunday within the Bills, for a great and
seasonable Victory over the Enemy in South Wales; Lord
Mayor to give the Ministers Notice—Day appointed for a
publick Thanksgiving through England and Wales; Copies
of the Order to be sent by Members to their respective Places;
Preachers appointed, 11 May. Lords Concurrence signified,
—Order for a Thanksgiving within the Lines for a great
Blessing upon the Parliament's Forces against the Kentish
Forces; Lord Mayor to give the Ministers Notice, 3 June—
Order for Thanksgiving within the Lines, for reducing Kent;
Lord Mayor to give the Ministers Notice; a Committee to
state the Business for the Thanksgiving, —Order for a
Thanksgiving within the Lines for a Victory in the North;
Lord Mayor to give the Ministers Notice, 5 July. Lords
Concurrence signified, —Order for a Thanksgiving within
the Lines for a Victory at St. Neots; Lord Mayor to give the
Ministers Notice; Preachers appointed. Lords Concurrence signified. Preachers thanked, and to print their Sermons, —A Committee to prepare Declaration touching
the great Victories obtained by the Parliament's Forces, 12
July. Declaration reported, and read; Order for Second
Reading. Read, and agreed to; Order for printing and
publishing it; Lord Mayor to communicate it to the Ministers
within the Lines—Order for a public Thanksgiving for the
several great Victories obtained by the Parliament's Forces,
to be printed and sent into the Country, —Order for a
general Thanksgiving, for a complete Victory over the Scots;
agreed to by Lords; Members to send Copies thereof to their
respective Places—Thanks to be given for other Mercies, 23
Aug. Members to collect the Particulars thereof; Preachers
appointed. Particulars reported; Order for printing and
reading them in Churches.
Theloall, Simon, 1646, Certificate concerning him to be considered, 21 Jan.
Theobalds Park, 1646, Order appointing a Keeper of a Lodge there, 2 Feb. Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to.
Thomas, St. Hospital, Southwark, 1647, Petition of Governors, referred to the Committee of Excise, 10 Nov.
Thomas, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 17 Dec.
-, — Walter, 1648, his Fine accepted, 28 Mar. Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired.
Thomasin, George, 1647, to be thanked for purchasing a Collection of Books in the Eastern Languages; Order for paying
him the Purchase Money out of Goldsmiths Hall, 24 Mar.
-, — 1648, annulled—Order for paying it out of the Assessments for the Scots, 28 May—Agreed to by Lords, 22
June—Order for immediate Payment.
Thompson, Colonel George, 1646, his Certificate to be read,
18 Jan.—Read; Account allowed; Order for paying him
2,205£. 3s. 6d. in full of all Demands.
-, — 1647, Information given by him referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms, 1 Jan.
-, — Francis, 1647, Ordinance from Lords concerning
him, 17 June.
-, — James, 1647, to be sent for as a Delinquent—To be
put out of the Commission of the Peace, 27 Sept.—His Petition referred to the Committee of Complaints, 15 Oct.
-, — Christopher, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Dec.
-, — John. Vide Bothell.
-, — Maurice. Vide Lawrence, Adam; and Andrews,
Jonathan.
Thomson, Captain Samuel, 1646, his Petition from Lords, with
special Recommendation, to be read, 7 Dec.—They put
House in mind thereof; Petition read; Order for paying him
100£. in Part of his Debt, 6 Feb.
-, —1647, Petition read again, and, with the Demand
therein, referred to a Committee, 4 Nov.
Thornhagh, Lady, 1646, Order for making Stay of her Composition, 2 Jan.
-, — Colonel, 1647, Petition read; Order for paying him
1,030£. expended in raising a Regiment; Ordinance for that
Purpose ordered, 5 Oct. Sent to Lords. Agreed to by
them.
-, — 1648, a Committee to consider of some way of Recompence to his Wife and Children, 23 Aug.
Thurnhill, Captain John, 1647, the Committee of the Revenue, and Commissioners late attending the King, to consider his Services, 20 Nov.
Thornton, Mr. 1646, Ordinance from Lords appointing him
Clerk of the Wardrobe to the Prince, 1 Feb.
-, — 1647, Business concerning him and Sir Frederick
Hambleton, referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, 11
Mar.
Thorold, Sir William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Sept.
-, — George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Jan.
-, — Sir Robert, 1647, Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
30 Mar.
Thorpe, George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 24 Dec.
-, — Colonel, 1648, Pass from Lords for him to transport
Four Horses Custom free; agreed to, 20 July.
Thrayle, Thomas, 1647, Pardon to be prepared for him, 2 Oct.
Throckmorton, Job, 1648, Order from Lords for pardoning him, 17 June. They put House in mind thereof.
Thurslyn, John, 1648, Order from Lords for pardoning him, read, and agreed to, 22 June.
Thynne, Sir Henry Frederick, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 14 Jan.
-, — 1648, his Petition from Lords for Liberty of Ten Days
Residence in London, 22 June—Their Order thereupon,
20 July—They put House in mind thereof, 8 Aug.
-, — Sir James, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 15 June.
-, Tilbury Fort, 1647, Information of a Design to surprize it;
Trinity House impowered to take it into their Custody, 31
July.
-, — 1648, Letter from thence, read; Order for paying the
Garison 800£.—For providing Victuals and Lodgings for the
Soldiers, 27 July—For furnishing Stores and Provisions,
26 Aug.
Tingwick, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector, 22 Apr.
Tinmouth Castle, 1647, Order for providing Arms for the
English Garison to be placed there, 9 Dec.—Governor appointed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Castle,
with the Outworks, to be kept a Garison with 300 Men,
1 Mar.—Consideration of the Castle and Gate-side, respited.
-, —1648, Order for Money for repairing and fortifying
the Castle; the Committee of the Northern Association to
consider how it may be raised, 25 Apr.—Sir Arthur Hasselrigg's Letter concerning the Revolt and Recovery thereof,
read, and to be printed; Letter of Thanks ordered, 14 Aug.
Tint, John, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardondoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 Mar.
Tirrell, Timothy, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Mar.
Tirwhite, Robert, 1647, has Leave to attend the King, 14 Aug.
Titchborne, Sir Henry, 1647, Order for bestowing 200£. upon him, 18 Aug.
Tobaccoes, 1647, Report concerning them to be made, 24 Jan.
Tolson, Richard, 1648, Letter from the Committee of Cumberland concerning him, 24 Apr.
Tomkyns, George, 1647. Vide Privileges.
Tonage. Vide Supply.
Tooker, Robert, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 31 Dec.
Toppe, Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 May.
Toppesfield, 1648, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector, read, and passed, 20 July.
Torrington, Great, 1648, Ordinance for a general Collection for repairing the Church, read, and passed; Agreed to by Lords, 12 June.
Totness, 1646, Petition of poor infected Inhabitants, read; Order for bestowing on them the Moiety of the next Collection within the Bills, 24 Feb.
Totteridge, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for additional Means to the Minister, 6 Mar.
Tower, 1646, the Committee of the Tower to consider what
Prisoners are fit to have their Liberties, with Power to bail
them, 25 Dec.—Petition of Warders from Lords, to be
read, 13 Mar.
-, — 1647, Another recommended by Lords, 29 Apr.—
The Committee of the Army to inquire what Arms have been
taken out of the Tower, and restore them to the Places they
belong to; Lords Concurrence signified, 11 Aug.—Order
for issuing Stores for the necessary Defence thereof, 20 Nov.
—Officers of Ordnance to pursue the Order—All issued
since 10th August last to be allowed, 17 Jan.—Lieutenant
to obey a Writ of Habeas Corpus against a Prisoner in his
Custody, 20 Nov.
-, —1648, Committees added; Order for adding 400 Soldiers, 13 Apr. A Committee to consider how they may be
paid; General to nominate and appoint them, —Order for
1,500£. to all the Forces there; Question for selling unnecessary
Hangings in several Wardrobes to raise the Money, Neg.; the
Committee of the Army to raise it, and provide necessary Accommodations for them—The Committee of the Tower to
consider where Prisoners to be removed may be secured—To
appoint Twelve Gunners, and consider how they may be
paid—The Committee of the Revenue to consider of affording
some Proportion of their Wages to the Warders, —Ordinances for Payment of 6,000£. to the additional 400 Soldiers
—For Establishment of present Pay for them, severally read,
and passed; agreed to by Lords; the Committee of the Army
to provide the 6,000£. and Bedding, & c. —Petition of
Lord Mayor, & c. read; Soldiers to be removed, 9 May.
Vide London—General's Letter, touching the Lieutenant, and
Forces under his Command; Order for transferring the 6,000£.
to the Treasurers at War; the Committee of the Army to prepare Ordinance for that Purpose; Letter referred, —Petition
of Officers, & c. read; the Common-Council to take care they
are paid their Arrears, and Monies sufficient for their Removal
—Order for their staying near London, to be communicated
to Lord General, —The Committee of Safety to employ them in suppressing the Insurrection in Kent. Their
Report; the Committee of the Army to give them what Satisfaction they think fit from 3d November to 15th January,
—Ordinance from Lords appointing a Gentleman Porter
under the Great Seal, to be read, 21 July. Read, and
passed.
-, —Hamlets, 1647, Ordinance for public Faith to the Inhabitants for a Troop of Horse and Month's Pay raised by
them, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
14 May—Ordinance from Lords for putting the Trained
Bands and Auxiliaries under the immediate Command of the
Constable of the Tower, read twice, and passed—The Committee of the Militia to put in execution Ordinances for putting Malignants and Reformadoes out of the Lines, 9 Sept.
—To prevent Disturbances, —Additional Ordinance,
impowering them to raise 1,000 Men, and manage the Militia
within the Hamlets, ordered, 15 Oct.—Read twice, and
committed, 19 Nov.—Reported; Question for agreeing to
the Amendments, Neg. Ordinance re-committed, 15 Dec.
Reported from Re-commitment, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — 1648, Names of fit Persons to be Committees of the
Militia, ordered, 22 May—The Militia to be joined with
the City Militia, 5 July. Petition concerning it, read, and
referred to the Committee on the Ordinance for joining them,
—Another read, and referred; Speaker's Answer.
Townsend, Sir Roger, and Horace, 1646, have Leave to travel
for Three Years, 16 Dec.
-, — Colonel, 1647, Order for transporting his Regiment
into Ireland, 15 June.
-, — Richard, 1648, committed to Newgate for furnishing
Rioters with Carriages; his Tools to be delivered to the Stores,
and Recompence made to the Person that apprehended him,
13 June.
Townshend, Henry, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 7 Mar.
Tracie, Sir Humphry, 1646, House put Lords in mind of Ordinance concerning him, 19 Mar.
-, — 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his
Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 21 Dec.
Trade, 1647, Order from Committee of the whole House for
referring Matters of Trade to the Committee for foreign Affairs, read; a select Committee to prepare Ordinance for that
Purpose, 6 Nov. Ordinance reported, read, and agreed to. Returned from Lords, with an Amendment; Amendment agreed to, —A Committee to consider the several
Charges lying on the Trade of the Kingdom, 6 Nov.—The
grand Committee revived; Days appointed for their sitting;
Propositions referred, 20 Mar.
-, —1648, a Committee to know of Merchants what Assistance
they will contribute for the Security of Trade, 4 Aug.
Treasure, public, 1648, Ordinance for all Receivers thereof to account for it, read twice, and committed, 5 Aug.
Treason and Murder, 1648, a Committee to prepare Ordinance for making them triable in any County, 26 July.
Tredington, 1646, Ordinance appointing a Minister, read, and committed, 13 Jan.
Tresham, Thomas, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Dec.
Treviza, William, 1646, Matter of Fact concerning his Case reported, Resolution for admitting him to his Composition, and exempting him from his 5th and 20th Parts, 15 Feb.
Trigge, William, 1647, Petition of Citizens concerning him, to be read, 23 Dec.—Order for a Writ of Error upon a Judgment in the King's Bench against him, returnable in Parliament.
Trinity House, 1647, Letter from the Agitators in the Army to
the Society, and a Declaration of the Messengers expressed,
with their verbal Answer to the Letter, read, 21 June—
Petition of Masters, & c.—Ordinance, for impowering them to
regulate Mariners, to be read, 5 July.
-, — 1648, Admiral's Letter to them, and their Answer,
communicated by Lords, 22 June—Petitions of Master, & c.
concerning a personal Treaty with the King, read; a Committee to prepare Answer; Answer reported, and delivered by
Speaker.
Trinity College, 1647, Sollicitor-general to prepare a Patent under the Great Seal for appointing a Master; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 8 Jan.—Their Order for passing the Grant, read, and passed, 17 Mar.
Trinlett, Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20 May.
Trobridge, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 22 Dec.
Truroe, 1646, Business concerning the Articles; Petition of
Gentlemen comprised therein; the Ninth Article, and Votes
of the Committee of Complaints concerning the Gentlemen,
read, 15 Feb.
-, — 1647, Report concerning the Articles to be made, 21
Apr. Articles to be considered. Considered; Order
touching Persons recommended by General to Favour in their
Compositions upon them, —Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 18 May—Articles approved, 3 Nov.
Tucker, Robert, late Alderman of Winton, 1648, Order for disfranchsing him, 18 Apr.
Tuckney, Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 2 Aug. Excused.
-, — Antony, 1648, Order from Lords appointing him Master
of Emanuel College, Cambridge, 18 May.
Tuston, Charles, and Wife, 1647, Petition read, and referred to the Committee of Complaints, 3 Mar.
Tumults. Vide Parliament, and Excise—1646, Informations of
tumultuous Meetings, to the Disturbance of the Peace; Lord
Mayor to be desired to suppress them, 5 Dec.
-, — 1647, the Committee at Derby House impowered to
suppress them, 24 Jan.—Judges to be desired to bring
tumultuous Persons to their Trials this Term, 1 Feb.
-, — 1648, a Committee to prepare Ordinance to prevent
tumultuous Meetings and Petitionings; Ordinance read, and
passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 20 May.
Turner, Richard. Vide Gethin, Maurice.
Turney, Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 5 Jan.
Turpin, Richard, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed, 27 Mar. Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 Mar.—26 Aug.
Turwhitt, Robert, 1647, his Fine accepted; Substance of a Petition annexed, to be reported; Fine to be mitigated— Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 15 June.
Tutbury Castle, 1646, to be made untenable; the County Committee to see it done, 2 Mar.
-, — 1647, House adhere to their Vote, 19 July.
Tuttie, Mr. Vide Totteridge.
Twisden, Mr. 1647, Message from Lords concerning the Copy of an Act of Parliament, with their Clerk's Hand forged, said to be in his Custody, 18 May. Order for acquainting him therewith. Heard; ordered to deliver it to the Clerk.
Twisse, Dr. 1647, Report concerning the Subsistence of his
Children, to be made, 23 Dec.
-, — 1648, their Petition; Order for charging 1,000£. with
Interest, upon the Excise, for them; Ordinance for that Purpose, ordered, 4 Aug.
Twisselton, Major, 1647, to have Colonel Rosseter's Regiment
—Regiment to be continued, 8 Apr.
-, — 1648, Order for paying him 1,000£. upon Account, 2
Aug. Amended; Lords Concurrence to be desire.
Tyddeman, Thomas. Vide Pickering, James.
Tylladagh, Major, 1646. Vide Privileges.
Tyndall, Francis, 1647, Report of his Delinquency, re-committed, 27 Mar.
Tynte, William, 1648, his Case reported; Order for discharging his Delinquency, 1 June.
Tythes, 1647, a Committee to consider how they and other Dues may be paid to the Ministry, and prepare Ordinance for the due Payment thereof, 22 Apr.—Ordinance read, 23 July. Read Second time, and passed, with Amendments; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —House put them in mind thereof, 3 Aug.—Grievances arising from Ordinances for Payment thereof, referred to a Committee, 15 Sept. Order for their meeting, and sitting de die in diem, — Ordinance for paying the London Tythes, read twice, and committed, 9 Feb. Another Committee joined with them.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
VAGRANTS. Vide Poor.
Valentia, Lord Viscount, 1648, Order for restoring the
King's privy Signet to him, 1 June. Agreed to by Lords.
Valentine, Benjamin, 1647. Vide Privileges.
-, — Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 16 Sept. Thanked, and
to print his Sermon.
Vane, Sir Henry, junior, 1646, has Leave to resign the Treasurership of the Navy, at his own Request; Power given him
to nominate a fit Person to succeed him; agreed to by Lords;
Member to prepare Ordinance for a Grant under the Great
Seal for that Purpose, 28 Dec.
-, — 1647, Certificate of his Accounts to be read, 14 May.
-, — Sir Henry, senior, 1646, Order for Re-payment of 200£.
disbursed by him, 20 Jan.
Vassall, Samuel, 1646, State of his Losses and Imprisonment
for refusing to pay Tonage and Poundage, reported; Order
for paying him 10,445£. 12s. 2d. House to take his Sufferings and Imprisonment into further Consideration, 18 Jan.
-, — 1647, Order for paying him 2,591£. 17s. 6d. for
Moneys and Commodities taken in Ireland for the Parliament's Forces; agreed to by Lords, 6 May.
Vavasour, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Dec.
Vaughan, Edward, 1646, Information against him referred to a
Committee; his Information against Sir Thomas Middleton,
referred, 17 Feb.
-, — Colonel Joseph, 1647, Report concerning him; Resolution that there appears Matter sufficient to accuse him of
High Crimes and Misdemeanors; his Commitment approved;
a Committee to prepare the Impeachment, 24 Aug.
-, — 1648, Order for discharging him from his Imprisonment,
and from any Proceedings upon his Impeachment, 23 May.
-, — Sir Henry, 1647, to be removed from the Tower to
the Fleet, 1 Oct.
-, — Capt. Oliver, 1648, to be sent for as a Delinquent, 11
Aug.
Venables, Mr. 1648, the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to accept a Fine for him and his Son, 13 June.
Venn, Colonel John, 1647, Certificate of his Accounts; his Petition read; Order for paying him 4,000£. in full of all Demands; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 8 Mar.
Vere, Lady, 1647, former Order for paying her 1,000£. out of Sir John Pennington's Estate, discharged—Order for paying it out of Goldsmiths Hall, 4 May. Agreed to by Lords.
Verney, Lady, 1647, Petition read; Business concerning the Sequestration of her Husband's Estate, referred to the Committee of Sequestrations, 17 Dec.
Vernon, Edward, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 27 May.
-, — Captain John, 1647, Messengers with Serjeants Men to
break open his Doors and seize Papers, & c. 28 Oct.—His
Petition, recommended by General, read, 14 Jan.
Vesey, Captain, 1648, Order for General to proceed against him, 22 June.
Vines, Mr. desired to preach, 27 Jan. 1646—30 May, 1648 —Thanked, and to print his Sermons, 11 Mar. 1646— 28 June, 1648.
Violett, Thomas, 1647, to be removed from the Tower to the King's Bench, 1 Oct.
Vivian, Sir Richard, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired—Account of Monies raised by the Sale of his Goods, ordered, 28 Mar.
Ulster. Vide Ireland.
Universities, 1647, a Committee to consider of a competent Maintenance for the Heads of Colleges, 15 Apr.
Upnor Castle, 1646, Consideration thereof referred to the Committee of the Admiralty, 1 Mar.
-, — 1648, Order for adding a Work upon the Hill, for putting
in 20 Men, and making an Establishment for it, and for providing Moneys to erect and perfect it; Business referred to the
Committee of the Navy, 19 June—Order for adding
Twenty Men above the Establishment; the Committee of the
Army to present Establishment for their Pay, 1 July.
Upton, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector, 23 Apr.
Upway, 1648, House put Lords in mind of Ordinance for appointing a Parson, 22 June.
Uriall, Lieutenant. Vide Barwis, Colonel Thomas.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
WAGGONERS, 1647, Petition read; Ordinance for paying them, ordered, 3 July. Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
Waite, Colonel Thomas, 1646, his Petition and Certificate from
the Committee of Accounts, read; Order for paying him
2,166£. 9 Jan.
-, — 1648, thanked for his Services—Order for presenting his
Accounts, 28 Aug. Account allowed; Order for paying him
2,010£. in full of all Demands; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, 29.
Waldbrook, Ward, 1647, Petition of Trained Bands concerning the Removal of their Captain, 22 July. Vide London.
Waldron, John, 1647, Petition read; Order for paying him
300£. with Interest, 8 Mar.
-, — 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody for raising Horse in
Berks, 16 Aug. His written Answer and Informations, read;
the Committee at Derby House to suppress the Forces, and
disband and restore the Horses—Order for apprehending the
Men, and proceeding against them according to Law.
Wales, 1646, Ordinance from Lords for making original Seals
for some of the Counties, to be read, 13 Mar.
-, — 1648, Order for a sufficient Force of Shipping to guard
the Coasts, 14 Apr.—Lieutenant-general Cromwell's Letter,
with Letters inclosed, and a Declaration in the Names of the
Gentlemen and Inhabitants of Wales, read, 20 May.
-, — North, 1646, the Committee of both Kingdoms to consider what Garisons and Castles are fit to be disgarisoned and
slighted, and in what manner; and how to dispose of the
Forces—the Committee to prepare Ordinance for regulating
the Counties, and doing all Matters that may settle them, 22
Dec.— Report concerning the Judges to go the Circuits to
be made, 6 & 16 Feb, Commissioners of the Great Seal to
appoint them; Lords Concurrence to be desired; Member to
offer them the Names of Persons voted by House, —
Order for Disbanding all the Foot, 3 Mar.—Ordinance from
Lords for appointing Justices of the Great Sessions, read, and
passed, with Amendments.
-, — 1647, previous Question for keeping up 100 Dragoons
and 100 Horse, for the Safety thereof, Affirmative, 8 Apr.—
Letter to be sent concerning slighting and demolishing the
Castles, —Vice-Admiral appointed, 24 Jan.—Ordinance appointing Attorney-general, read, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 6 Mar.—Letter from Sheriffs,
Justices of Peace, & c. of Flintshire, read; House approves
their Proceedings; Letter of Thanks ordered, 16 May—
Ordinance for sequestering Delinquents, ordered, 10 June.
-, — 1648, Letters, a Note under the Surgeon's Hand, and
Relation of the cruel Usages of the Enemy towards the Parliament's Forces, and the Sheriff, to be printed; Letter of
Thanks ordered; the Committee at Derby House to take
Course for the Safety of the Counties, 10 June. Lords Concurrence signified—Order for Commissions to Gentlemen to
raise Forces, —Colonel Mitton's Letter, read; Resolution for trying all Revolters by martial Law; General to be
desired to grant Commissions; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 21 July—Report touching Provisions for North Wales;
Order for providing Ammunition, both for the Garisons and
Field Service; for Addition of Men to the Garisons, and
Money for quartering Horse therein—Committees of the several Counties impowered to raise Monies for the Maintenance
of their Forces—Commissioners to be appointed for Merionethshire; Names to be presented—Major-general Mitton to be
sent down with a Commission and Instructions, 1 Aug. The
Committee at Derby House to take Care several Castles are
not surprized, —Ordinance for raising Forces for Defence of
Five associated Counties, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired.
-, — South, 1646, the Committee of both Kingdoms to consider what Garisons and Castles are fit to be disgarisoned and
slighted, and in what manner, and how to dispose the Forces
—The Committee to prepare Ordinance for regulating the
Counties, and doing all Matters for settling them, 22 Dec.
—Report concerning the Judges to go the Circuit, to be
made, 6 & 16 Feb. Commissioners of the Great Seal to appoint them; Lords Concurrence to be desired; Member to
offer them the Names of Persons voted by House, —
Order for disbanding all the Foot, 3 Mar.—Ordinance from
Lords, appointing Justices of the Great Sessions, read, and
passed, with Amendments.
-, — 1647, previous Question for keeping up 100 Dragoons
and 100 Horse, for Safety thereof, Affirmative, 8 Apr.—
Ordinance from Lords for delivering the Justice Seal of some
of the Counties to the present Justice, read, and passed, 22
—Letters and Papers inclosed, concerning an Insurrection,
under Presence that the King and Sir Thomas Fairfax were
joined, read, 21 June. Read again; Copy thereof to be sent
to General—Order for putting out the Justices of Peace engaged therein—For Letter of Thanks, with an Information
to undeceive the People—Ordinance from Lords concerning
the original Seal, read twice, and committed, —Reported, and re-committed, 3 Aug. Reported, and re-committed again, —Reported, and passed, with Amendments, 1 Sept. Amendments agreed to by Lords, —Serjeant sent down to stay Ships that ought to pay Customs or
Excise, till Satisfaction be given to the respective Officers
thereof—Justices of Peace, & c. to be desired to assist him;
General to be desired to send Horse into those Parts, to assist
the Commissioners of Excise, and their Deputies, 15 Dec.
—Commissioners appointed to disband the Forces; Sheriff
to assist them, 17 Feb. One added.
-, — 1648, Letters concerning Commotions read, and referred to General; Part, concerning the Sea and Shipping,
referred to the Committee at Derby House, 30 Mar.—Colonel Horton's Letter, concerning a great Victory obtained by
his Forces, read; Relation thereof—Order for a Thanksgiving. Vide Thanksgiving—For a Reward to the Messengers—For trying the Commanders by martial Law; Names of
Prisoners that cannot be tried thereby, to be certified to House,
11 May. Vide Horton, Colonel—A Committee to consider
how the Soldiers taken Prisoners may be disposed of for the
Safety of the Kingdom—Order for a Commission of Oyer and
Terminer to try the Rioters; Manager and Solicitor appointed; the Committee of the Revenue to defray their Expences, —Letter, with List of Officers taken, read;
Messenger's Relation of the whole Proceedings in the late
Fight; Order for a Reward to him; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 17 May—Order for applying the Proceed of the
late Rioters sequestered Estates to the Service of the Army; a
Committee to prepare Ordinance for sequestering and selling
their Estates—Order for Monies and Shoes for the Brigade
there—Lieutenant-general Cromwell's Letter concerning the
Conditions of the Prisoners, and their Intentions to try some
of them by a Council of War, read; Order for trying such
as are fit to be tried thereby, —Ordinance for sequestering
Delinquents in South Wales and Monmouthshire, read twice,
and committed; the Committee impowered to bring in Instructions, 6 June. Ordinance and Instructions reported, and
passed. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — Prince of, 1648, Letters from Sandwich that a Person
is come there who affirms himself to be the Prince of Wales;
the Committee at Derby House to send for him, 22 May—
Letters, Papers, and Commissions from him, taken upon
Captain Green, referred to a Committee; Order for a Reward to the Messenger; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 29
July. Letters, & c. reported; Order for opening and communicating them to the Common Council, —Instructions and Letters to Captain Green, and other material Letters
and Papers, to be printed and published, 1 Aug.—Copy of the
Prince's Letter and Declaration to Lord Mayor, with the Merchant Adventurers Petition and Letter to him, presented from
the Common Council; original Letters and Declaration to be
presented—Messenger ordered into Custody; Lord Mayor,
& c. not to give any Answer to the Letters; Merchant Adventurers not to proceed in petitioning him; Votes to be
communicated to Lord Mayor, & c.; Speaker's Answer, —
Previous Question that all Subjects who join with or aid the
Prince in this War, are Rebels and Traytors, and ought to
be proceeded against as such, Affirmative; Vote to be printed;
a Committee to examine the Business touching the going
forth of the Ships taken by him, —Original Letters and
Declaration sent from Lords, with Desire they may be returned, —Pass granted to a Physician and Apothecary to
go to him and return.
Walford, Edward, 1647, Petition for the Place of King's Waiter at the Custom House; Speaker to put House in mind, when Opportunity shall offer to recompense his Services, 8 Sept.
Walgrave, 1648, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector, 18 May.
Walker, John, 1647, Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency,
read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 May.
-, — Robert, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 28 Dec.
-, — William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 10 Jan.
-, — Dr. 1648, to be injoined to go to Lord Admiral at Sea,
4 Aug.
Waller, Sir Hardres, 1646, his Petition, and General's Letter
recommending him, read; Order for paying him 2,000£. in
Part of his Arrears, 4 Jan.
-, — 1648, his Letter referred to a Committee; his Lieutenant Colonel to attend them, 10 June. Committee revived;
Order for their sitting, —His Warrant for insisting Volunteers in Devonshire, and an Engagement of divers Persons,
desiring him to appoint a Commander, read; Order for a Letter to desire him to forbear inlisting more, and to recall his
Warrant, 19 June.
-, — Sir William, 1647, Order appointing him Commander
of the Horse to be raised; Agreed to by Lords, 3 Aug.—
Report concerning him; Order for his Appearance on a Day
appointed, to be left at his usual Place of Abode, 4 Sept.—
Serjeant's Report, 27 Jan.
-, — 1648, Resolution for discharging the Vote whereby he
stands accused, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords, —
Order disabling him to be a Member, revoked, —Petition
of Artificers of his late Army, read, and referred to the Barons of the Exchequer, 8 Mar.
-, — Thomas, 1647, Ordinance from Lords, appointing him
Steward and Judge of the Isle of Ely, read, 8 Oct.
-, — Thomas, of Beverley, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired, 10 Jan.
-, — Edward, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 3 July.
Wallingford, 1646, Order for flighting the Castle, 23 Feb.
-, — 1647, Order for slighting the new Works, 13 July.
-, — 1648, Order for 500£. for victualling the Garison,
13 July.
Walmer Castle, 1646, Order for adding 10 Men, 1 Mar.
-, — 1648, Letters from thence, read; Order for sending
down Arms and Ammunition, 12 July—For a Reward to the
Messenger who brought the News of reducing it; Articles of
Surrender, read, and approved; Order for Letter of Thanks
to Colonel Riche, —The Committee of Kent to take
care of repairing the Castle; Order touching the Repayment
of Monies disbursed by them upon the necessary Repairs,
26 Aug.
Walmesley, Richard, 1647, Time for his Continuance beyond Sea, inlarged, 10 July—7 Feb.
Walrond, William, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Mar.
Wandesford, Sir Rowland, 1646, Order for paying him 5,000£. in Recompence for his Office in the Court of Wards, 9 Jan.
Wansey, Major, 1647, to be sent for in safe Custody, and to attend a Committee of both Houses, 11 June.
Wapping, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for making it a Parochial Church, 15 Mar.
Ward, Mr. thanked, and to print his Sermon, 9 Dec. 1646
—Desired to preach, 9 June, 1647.
-, — Sir Humble, 1647, his Case reported; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 16 Mar.
-, — Cornet, 1648, Petition referred to the Committee for
Irish Affairs, 3 Apr.
-, — Philip, 1648, to be sent for in safe Custody for being
active in the late Insurrection in Kent; Member to assist
in sending him up; Examination referred to the Committee of
the Navy, 19 June—Report; Power given them to bail
him; the Committee of Kent to examine him, 3 Aug.
Wards, late Court of, 1646, Report concerning the Officers,
to be considered; the Committee impowered to receive Petitions of inferior Officers, 2 Jan. Report; Order for Recompence to several, —Ordinance for Disposal of and settling
the Proceedings of the late Court for the Benefit and Ease of
the Subject, to be reported.
-, — 1648, Ordinance concerning the Officers, to be read,
15 Apr.—Read, 25May—Committed, 15 Sept.—Order
for making Report concerning the Officers, 15, 18, 21 & 25 May—Ordinance from Lords for Payment of Monies
due upon Bonds in the late Court, 16 Sept. Read twice,
and passed, —Order for paying the former Assignments
to several Officers, out of the Arrears of the late Court,
24 Dec.
Ware, Lord la, 1648, Order from Lords, granting him the Custody of Finchley Chace, agreed to, 12 Aug.
Warner, Dr. George, 1646, Ordinance for selling Part of his
Estate, read; Order for Second Reading; his Petition, and
Petition against him, to be then read, 4 Mar.
-, — 1647, read; Ordinance committed, 8 Sept. Reported,
and passed; Land already sold to be allowed as Part of his
Fine upon certain Conditions; Time assigned for perfecting
his Composition, 8 Oct—Ordinance from Lords for taking
off his Sequestration, to be read, 14 May. Read, and passed.
Warren, Arthur, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 13 July.
-, — William, appointed Captain of a Ship, 17 Mar. 1647
—13 Apr. 1648.
Warrington, 1647, Order for a Collection within the Bills, for Relief of poor visited Inhabitants, 29 June.
Warwick County, 1647, Sheriff has Leave to reside out of the
County; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 16 Apr.—Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him,
17 Nov. Disagreed to by Lords; House adhere to their Vote,
—Member sent down for bringing in the Arrears of the
Assessments for 600,000£.; the Committee of the Army to
prepare Instructions for them, and Letter to hasten the Payment thereof, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter, reported,
read, and agreed to, —Order from Lords for Leave to
the Sheriff to reside out of the County, agreed to, with an
Amendment, 15 Feb. Amendment agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1648, Information that he refuses to execute Prisoners
condemned at the last Assizes; Judges to be desired to certify
the true State of the Business, 8 July. Order for him to execute them, upon Pain of forfeiting 2,000£.; Lords Concurrence to be desired, —Gentlemen to be called in, with
their Petition, 16 Aug. Called in; Petition read; Petitioners
thanked.
-, — Town, 1646, Order for continuing the Castle a Garison
with 60 Men—20 Barrels of Powder to be removed thither
from Coventry, 3 Mar.
-, — 1647, Order for continuing the Governor, 25 Mar.
—For continuing the Garison, 13 July.
-, — Earl of, 1646, Petition to be read, 25 Feb.—2, 4 & 8 Mar.
-, — 1647, read, 21 Apr.
-, — 1648, Resolution for appointing him Lord High Admiral of England; Ordinance for that Purpose, read, and passed,
29 May. Agreed to by Lords, —Power given him to
grant Indemnity to the Captains and Mariners, —Report from Lords touching his Proceedings in reducing the revolted Ships, 2 June. Vide Navy—His Letter read, —
Another read; Two Gentlemen appointed to go to Sea with
him, according to his Desire; a Committee to prepare Instructions for the Admiral and them, 13 July. Instructions
reported, read, and agreed to. One excused; another
appointed in his Stead, —Order from Lords for the Committee at Derby House to give him Instructions from time to
time, agreed to, —Person to be desired to go with him,
—His Letter from Lords, desiring an Ordinance for
martial Law at Sea, 3 Aug. Ordinance for that Purpose, and
Instructions for him, read, and passed. Agreed to by
Lords; Ordinance to be printed and published, —Additional Ordinance for authorizing him, with his Council of
War, to agree upon Laws and Ordinances as are mentioned
in the former Ordinance, ordered. Read, and passed;
Lords Concurrence to be desired, —His Letter for Supply
of Money, read, —Letters and Papers from him, referred
to the Committee of the Navy.
Water Guards, 1646, Ordinance concerning them, returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to, 21 Dec.
Watermens Company, 1648, Order for discharging all that have been, or shall be, in Arms against the Parliament, 8 June —Their Petition, concerning a personal Treaty with the King, read; Speaker's Answer, 18 July.
Watkins, Sir David, 1646. Vide Privileges.
Watkinson, James, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for par doning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Dec.
Watson, John, and others, 1646, Petition referred to a Committee, 23 Mar.
Watts, George, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.
Weare, John, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 5 Jan.
Weaver, Mr. 1647, Information concerning his having been in
Arms against the Parliament, referred to the Committee of
Complaints, 7 Dec.
-, — John, 1647, his Petition read, and referred to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, 14 Jan.
-, — Arthur, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 15 June.
Weavers Company, 1647, Petition of Bailiffs, & c. with Copy
of a former annexed, read, and referred to a Committee,
27 May.
-, — 1648, Committee revived; Order for their sitting—
Freemen of the Company to forbear assembling at the Hall
till the Difference is determined, 20 July—Petition of the
Commonalty, read; Speaker's Answer; Order of 20th Instant, discharged, —Another Petition of the Commonalty,
read; the Committee to sit de die in diem; Speaker's Answer; Committees added, —Petition of Bailiffs, & c.
read, and referred; the Committee impowered to reconcile
Differences, 2 Aug.—Another Petition referred; Speaker's
Answer.
Welch, Richard, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 24 Dec.
Weldon, Colonel Ralph, 1646, to be continued Governor of
Plymouth—His Remonstrance referred to the Committee of
the West, 13 Mar.
-, — 1647, a Committee to consider of some speedy Way for
paying his Arrears, 18 Nov.—His Engagements for Plymouth Garison, approved, and to be paid—Letter of Thanks
ordered, 13 Mar.
-, — 1648, his Petition read; Order for paying 304£. 4s.
1d. borrowed by him for Maintenance of the Garison—For
charging upon the Excise 6,000£. he is engaged for to the Inhabitants; Ordinance for that Purpose, ordered, 23 May. The
Committee of the Army to pay the 6,000£. —Ordinance
for Payment thereof, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 5 June—Order appointing him Governor of Plymouth, with Power to put 100 Men into the Castle—Touching his Pay and Entertainment—For bestowing 200£. upon
him to buy Horses.
Wells, 1648, Letter from thence, read; Examination of Matters mentioned therein, referred to the Committee of the
West, 1 Aug.
-, — cum Jakham, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing a
Rector, read, and passed, 15 Feb.
Wells, William, and others, 1647, Petition to be read, 9 Mar.
Welsh Drovers, 1647, referred to the Committee at Haberdashers Hall, to prove the Remainder of their Debt; the Committee impowered to pay them, 3 Mar.
Wemms, Colonel, 1647, Information concerning him, referred to the Committee of Complaints, 15 Nov.—Another Information referred, 7 Feb.
Wendover, 1647, new Writ, 23 July.
Wenny Castle, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and made untenable,
3 Mar.
-, — 1647, House adhere to their Vote, 19 July.
Wentworth, Sir Peter, 1647, Order for putting him in Possession of a Delinquent's Lands, sold and conveyed to him,
3 Feb.
-, — Sir George, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 9 Mar.
West, Major Nicolas, 1646, to give a full Discharge to Mr.
Weaver, for Monies received of him for the Seven Associated Counties, and not depart the Kingdom till he has perfected his Accounts with the Committee of Accounts, 28
Jan.
-, — Bartholomew, 1647, Resolution for indicting him of High
Treason; Clerk of the Crown to prepare the Indictment;
Managers and Solicitor appointed; Order for taking him into
Custody, 25 Sept.—Proclamation for apprehending him,
reported, read, and agreed to, 1 Oct.
Westbrooke, 1648, Petition referred to the Committee for Burnings, 31 July.
Westcoate, Philip, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 7 Mar.
Western Counties, 1646, Ordinance enabling the Committee of
the West to appoint Treasurers of the Moiety of the Excise
granted them till 25th March 1647, for Maintenance of their
Garisons, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
24 Mar.
-, —1647, Order for sending Books, and Letters for bringing in the Six Months Assessments, 4 Jan.
-, — 1648, Ordinance for settling the Militia, ordered, 29
May.
Westham, 1648, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector, 8 May.
Westlow, 1646, new Writ, 21 Dec.
Westminster, 1647, Petition of the Company of Auxiliaries, to
be read, 16 & 18 June—1 July—Ordinance from Lords
for the Militia thereof, and of the adjacent Parishes, read
twice, and passed—The Committee of the Militia to put Reformadoes and Malignants out of the Lines, 9 Sept.—To
prevent Disturbances, —Additional Ordinance from Lords
concerning the Militia, read; nothing done thereupon—Additional Ordinance for inlarging their Power, and for the necessary Advance of Money, to be read, 15 Oct.—Read
twice, and committed, 31 Dec.—Reported; Continuance
thereof; Committees added; Ordinance passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 Jan. House put them in mind
thereof. Ordinance returned, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to, —Order for discharging the present
Steward, and putting in another, —Petition of the
Treasurer of the Magazine, recommended by Lords, 1
Mar.
-, — 1648, Petition of the Committee of the Militia,
read; Ordinance for making the Estates of Members, Assistants, & c. of either House, within the Lines, liable to Assessments for them, ordered, 28 Mar.—Additional Ordinance
for further Power to them and the Militia of Parts adjacent,
read twice, and committed; Clause to enable the Committees
of the Militia to call Treasurers to account, and punish them
for Refusal, to be brought in, 12 Apr.—Ordinance read
Third time; Amendments to be reported, 22 June. Reported,
and agreed to; Ordinance passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired, —Names of fit Persons to be Committees of
the Militia, ordered, 22 May—A Committee to examine the
State of the Militia, —Earl of Pembroke to appoint a
Steward, 8 June—the Militia to be joined with the City
Militia, & c. 5 July. Vide London—Petition of Inhabitants,
read, and referred to the Committee on the Ordinance for that
Purpose, —Another read, and referred; Speaker's Answer.
-, —College, 1647, Ordinance from Lords for leasing their
Lands, to be considered, 28 Dec.—They put House in
mind thereof; Ordinance to be read, 15 Feb.—4 Mar.—
Ordinance from Lords, impowering the Committee to bring
in the Revenue, and punish such as disobey, read, and passed.
-, —1648, Order for preaching in the Abbey every Fastday, and for restraining Disturbances during the Sermon,
29 Mar.—Additional Committees, agreed to by Lords,
19 Apr.
Westmoreland, 1647, Petition of customary Tenants, read, 7 Jan.
—Order for sending down Arms, 28 Feb.—Returned
from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed to,
17 Mar.
-, —1648, Committees added by Lords, 30 June—Ordinance for adding Gentlemen of Lancashire to the Committee
of Sequestrations, and for raising 4,000£. for Pay of the Lancashire Forces under Sir Ralph Aston, 29 June—Read, and
committed, 1 July—Another to the same Purport, read,
and passed; agreed to by Lords.
Westmorland, Major Matthias, 1647, his Agreement for carrying 600 Men into Ireland, reported, read, and approved; Articles thereof; Order for advancing Money for them, 17 Mar. Severally agreed to by Lords.
Westrowe, Mr. 1647, a Committee to take his Examination concerning the King's Escape, with Power to search Places, and examine Parties, 12 Nov.
Wethereld, Richard, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed Lords Concurrence to be desired, 25 Mar.
Wetton, Lieutenant Colonel William, 1647, his Agreement to raise and transport a Regiment of Foot to Colonel Moncke, reported, read, and agreed to; Articles thereof, 16 Feb. Agreed to by Lords.
Weymouth and Melcombe-Regis, 1646, Governor appointed,
13 Mar.
-, —1647, Petition of Governor and Officers read; Order for 600£. for the Use of the Garison, 15 June—For sending down Ammunition, —For 1,000£. for Repair of
Weymouth Pier, & c. 16 July—For 750£. for the Garison,
in Part of their Arrears, 4 Oct.
-, — 1648, Collector of the Customs to pay 700£. in his
Hands, 29 July—Governor impowered to put in Two
Companies of Foot, if the Company there is drawn away,
and to list in the mean time—The Committee of Dorsetshire
to take care of the Town, 1 Aug.
Whalley, Colonel Edward, 1646, Petition to be read, 5 & 8
Dec. Read; Order that he shall have 300£. per Annum,
Lands of Inheritance, out of the Earl of Newcastle's Estate,
to be deducted out of his Arrears; a Committee to certify the
Value of the Lands in 1641; the Committee of Accounts, to
state, audite, and certify his Accounts.
-, — 1647, Certificate of his Accounts reported, and to be
read; Resolution that he shall have the Manor of Flawborough at Fifteen Years Purchase, in Consideration of his Arrears, and of paying the Surplusage Money; Ordinance for
that Purpose, read, 3 Feb.—Read Second time, and passed,
8 Mar. Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments disagreed to. Conference desired thereupon; Managers appointed; Conference, agreed to, and held, —
His Regiment to be continued 8 Apr.—His Relation
touching the King's Escape, 13 Nov. Vide King—Mr. Murray's Letter to him by way of Challenge. Vide Murray,
William.
Wharton, George, 1647, a Committee to examine and find out
the Authors, & c. of Two Pamphlets, One intituled, "No
"Merlin nor Mercury, but a new Almanack, & c." the
other intituled, "Bellum Hibernicale," by Captain George
Wharton, Student in Astronomy, with Power to suppress
them, and examine the Information concerning Money given
by the Stationers Company for Copies thereof, 25 Sept.
-, — Michael, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed, Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 7 Jan.
-, — Sir Michael, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 27 Jan.
-, — Lord, 1647, Order for discharging him and his Assigns
from 2,000£. lent him by Order of both Houses, 17 Mar.
Agreed to by Lords.
Wheeler, Captain Abraham, appointed Commander of a Ship,
26 Feb. 1646—17 Mar. 1647.
-, — Mrs. 1648, King's Warrant to deliver his Ivory Cabinet, read, and referred to the Committee of Whitehall to
confer with her, and examine what Things of Value have
been delivered, and take an Inventory of those remaining, 19
Apr.
Whitchcott, Colonel, 1647, to be continued Governor of Windsor, 26 Mar.
-, — Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 30 June—Thanked,
and to print his Sermon, 2 Aug.
White, Mr. 1647, to be summoned to attend forthwith, 3
June.
-, —Andrew, a Jesuit, 1647, his Petition from Lords; Order
for his Discharge, and Departure out of the Kingdom within
Fifteen Days, 7 Jan.
Whitehall, 1646, Order for selling the Plate in the Chapel, 8
Feb.
-, — 1648, Major-general Skippon to consider what is sit
to be done with the Ordnance there, and in the mean time
leave a Guard to secure them—To consider what Beds are sit
to be left, 30 May.
Whiteing, Edward, 1648, his Examination read, and referred to the Committee of the Navy; Order for continuing him in Custody, 12 Aug. Report; Order for trying him by martial Law.
Whitelock, Bulstrode, 1646, Order for paying him 2,000£. towards Satisfaction of his Losses; Ordinance for that Purpose, and for paying Sir John Merrick 1,000£. in Part of his Arrears, ordered, 29 Dec. Read, and passed, —Agreed to by Lords, 2 Jan.
Whitmore, Valentine, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 24 Dec.
Whittacre, Laurence, 1647, Order for paying him 500£. due from Sir Thomas Powell, 21 Mar. Agreed to by Lords.
Whittaker, Mr. desired to preach, 7& 30 June—25 Feb.
1647—18 May, 1648—Thanked, and to print his Sermons, 9 Dec. 1646—9 June, 1647—29 Mar.—18
May, 1648.
-, — Dr. 1648, Order for apprehending him, 19 Aug.
Wickstead, Richard, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 22 Apr.
Widmerpole, Joseph, 1648, Petition on his behalf referred to the Committee of Nottingham, with Power to give him Satisfaction for his Damages, 26 Aug.
Wigelsworth, Henry, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 June.
Wight, Isle of, 1646, Order for issuing Money therein, 2 Mar.
-, — 1647, sent to Lords, 25 May—Returned, with
Amendments; Amendments agreed to, 22 June—Ordinance from Lords, appointing a Governor, read twice, and
committed, 3 Sept. Gentlemen to go down with him, —
Schedule of the ordinary Charges appointed to continue in the
Castle and Forts; Particulars thereof voted, and agreed to,
except as excepted; Schedule to be annexed to his Patent,
agreed to by Lords, —Letters concerning an Insurrection, 1 Jan. Vide Burley, Captain—Order for Victuals and
other Necessaries for Carisbrooke Castle, and for Carriages for
the Ordnance there, and in other Forts and Castles, —
Order for paying 200 Soldiers—For allowing the Governor
10£. per Week out of the Surplusage accruing from the Retrenchment of the King's Family; 15 Feb.—For paying him
Monies raised by the late Mutineers Fines, —For stating
and auditing his Accounts, 3 Mar.—The Committee of the
Army to issue a Month's Pay for the Soldiers, —Report of
Order for paying 1,000£. to the Governor.
-, — 1648, Order for advancing the same Sum from time to
time, 10 May—For additional Allowance of 10£. per Week
to the Governor—A Committee to consider how 1,000£. may
be had to bestow upon him, and of 500£. per Annum to be
settled upon him and his Heirs for ever, 3 Apr.—Order for
500£. Part of 1,000£. formerly assigned for fortifying Carisbrooke Castle, 10 May. Agreed to by Lords, —Governor's
Desires for Two additional Companies, referred to the Committee at Derby House—His Desires for a better Guard of
Shipping, referred to the Committee of the Admiralty,
—Order for paying 2,500£. to the Committee at Derby
House, for the Service of the Island; Lords Concurrence to
be desired, 2 June. The Money to be paid to the Governor,
—Order for sending 100 Granado Shells from Sussex, —
For sending Ordnance from thence, —The Committee at
Derby House to take care of the Safety of the Isle by Sea and
Land. Report; General to send 500 Men, —Governor's Letter read, 1 July—Another from him, to be
printed; a Committee to prepare Letter, taking Notice of his
Faithfulness and good Services, and desiring the Continuance
thereof, —His Letter read; Order for paying Monies assigned to him out of the Taxes of Southampton County, in
the First Place; Letter for that Purpose to be sent to the
Committee—Order recommending it to the Committee of the
Revenue to make speedy Payment of Monies assigned upon
them to him, —Another Letter read; Order for 1,000£.
for maintaining the Forces, and for sending a Troop of Horse,
—Another read; Treasurer of the Army for Hants to
pay 1,748£. out of the Monies raised, 15 Aug.
Wilbraham, Hugh, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Sept.
-, — Roger, 1648, Letter of Thanks to him, ordered, 26
Aug.
Wilcox, Auditor, 1647, Order for paying him 1,000£. in full of all Demands; Ordinance for that Purpose, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 8 Mar.
Wilde, Serjeant, 1646, Petition read; and referred to the Committee on the Losses of divers Officers by taking away the
Court of Wards; Order for Stay of certain Compositions in
the mean time, 2 Jan.—Previous Question that he shall
go the Lincolnshire Circuit, Neg. 6 Feb.
-, —1647, previous Question that he shall go the same Circuit,
Neg. 8 July.
-, — Robert, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.
Wildman, John, 1647. Vide Lilbourne, Lieutenant Colonel John—To be sent for by Serjeant, and brought to the Bar, 18 Jan. Brought; Narrative concerning disrespectful Words spoken by him; heard thereupon; Business referred to a Trial at Law; Managers and Solicitor appointed; Order for his Commitment to Newgate for treasonable and seditious Practices against the State. Officers of the Guards to assist the Serjeant in carrying him thither, —His Petition read; previous Question for bailing him, Neg. 21 Feb.
Wilkinson, Captain Thomas, 1647, Petition referred to the Committee of the Northern Association, 10 Nov.
William, Elizabeth, 1648. Vide Privileges.
Williams, Dr. John, 1646, Colonel Mitton's Letter recommending him to Favour, read; Order for discharging his Delinquency, upon taking the Negative Oath and Covenant,
and for Stay of Proceedings by reason thereof; Ordinance for
that Purpose, ordered, 21 Jan.
-, — 1647, Read; Clause added; Ordinance passed, 30 Mar.
-, —Agreed to by Lords, 2 Apr.
-, — Captain Reeve, 1647, Petition reported, and referred
back to the Committee to settle his Desires, 13 Apr.—Report from the Committee of the Admiralty in his Behalf, with
Lords Sense thereupon, 8 Oct. Order for him and his Owners
to have Prizes taken by a Ship not commissioned to make
Reprisals.
-, — Maurice, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 27 May.
-, — Nicolas, 1647, Order for his Execution, 12 June.
-, —Colonel William, 1648, Orders for him to demolish
the Dee Mills near Chester, 28 Mar.
Williamson, George, 1647, Petition concerning the Discovery of a way to raise Monies, referred to the Committee of Westminster, 23 Sept.
Willis, Richard, 1647, Order for paying him 163£.—Part touching his Fee of 40£. per Annum by Patent, referred to the Committee of the Revenue, 24 Mar.
Willoughby, Captain Richard, 1646, his Letter, with an intercepted Letter from Dublin, 6 Feb. Vide Moulin.
-, — Lord, of Parham, 1646, Certificate of his Accounts
recommended by Lords, read, and approved; Order for paying him 3,155£. 15s. 10d. out of Sir Thomas Lyttelton's
Estate, 4 Mar. Agreed to by Lords.
-, — 1647, Ordinance from Lords concerning him, read;
nothing done thereupon, 20 July—Resolution for impeaching him of High Treason; Impeachment sent to Lords, with
Desire he may be sequestered from the House, and committed,
8 Sept.—Message to Lords desiring them to appoint a Time
for bringing up the Articles, 17 Sept;—14 Oct. Time appointed. A Committee to prepare them. Articles
reported, read one by one, and agreed to; Order for
Ingrossment, —Message from Lords, desiring a speedy
Proceeding, —Message to them, desiring longer Time for
bringing up the Articles, agreed to, 2 Dec.—Orders and
Warrants signed by him, and other Informations and Matters
of Evidence, reported, and read. Ingrossed Articles
read; previous and main Questions for sending them up now,
severally Affirmative, 27 Jan.
-, —1648, Resolution against proceeding any further upon
his Impeachment, 3 June. To be communicated to Lords—
Message from them, that they resolve to discharge him unless
House proceed by a Day appointed.
-, —Sir Francis, 1647, his Petition from Lords, 29 Apr.
-, —Read, with another to House, 26 Aug.—Another
from them read; Order for 700£. for Relief of his Lady and
Children, 17 Nov.—Agreed to by Lords, 8 Dec.—An.
other Petition read; Order for Interest for the Money, 15
Feb.
-, —1648, another from them, with special Recommendation, 13 Apr.—Petition to House, read; Order for paying him 500£. 31 Aug.
-, —Lord, Earl of Lindsay's Son, 1647, Order from Lords
for Pass for him, his Servants, & c. to go into France, agreed
to, 26 Aug.
-, —Colonel William, 1648, Petition read; Order for public Faith to him for Monies due—For stating and auditing
his Accounts—The Committee at Derby House to consider
what he has disbursed by their Appointment, 27 July.
Wills, 1646, the Committee at Haberdashers Hall to consider of
those brought from Oxon, 17 Mar.
-, —1647, Report touching the Probate of Wills, the Prerogative Court, and Civilians; Heads of an Ordinance touching
the Probate of Wills, agreed to, 2 Feb.
Wilson, William, 1647, appointed Searcher of the Port of
Boston, 27 May. Lords Concurrence signified.
-, —Mr. of Kent, 1647, desired to preach, 30 Dec.—
Thanked, and to print his Sermon, 26 Jan.
-, —Rowland, 1647, Petition to be read, 18 Dec.—
Read; Order appointing him and Ralph Hall Deputy Registers in Chancery, and for a Commission to them, 29 Jan.
-, —Order renewed to the present Commissioners of the Great
Seal, 20 Mar.
-, —1648, Lords Concurrence signified, 17 Apr.—Their
Petition read, and referred to the Committee of the Navy, 4
Aug.
-, —Thomas, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 1 July.
Wilts, 1646, Ordinance for Leave to the Sheriff to reside out
of the County, read, and passed, 6 Jan. Agreed to by Lords.
-, —1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Disagreed to by Lords; House adhere
to their Vote, —Members sent down for bringing in the
Arrears of the Assessments for 600,000£. The Committee of
the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and a Letter to
hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and Letter reported, read, and agreed to, —Additional Commissioners
for the monthly Assessments of 60,000£. 24 Jan. Agreed to
by Lords.
-, —1648, Sheriff has Leave to reside out of the County, 4
Apr.—Members sent down for Preservation of the Peace
thereof, 30 May—Additional Committees, agreed to by
Lords, 1 June—Committees Letter referred to the Committee for Irish Affairs, —Ordinance for Payment of the
Forces, ordered, 1 Aug.—Ordinance for settling the Militia,
read twice, and committed. Reported, and passed; Lords
Concurrence to be desired.
Winchester, 1648, Ordinance for settling a Maintenance on
preaching Ministers there, ordered, 4 Apr.—Order for disfranchising one Alderman, and restoring another, —For
securing the Castle, 19 May.
-, —Marquis of, 1646, the Committee of Sequestrations
to consider out of what Lands his and his Lady's weekly
Allowance shall issue—To take care their Children are not
educated in the Popish Religion, 7 Dec.
-, —1647, Order from Lords for him to go to the Waters
at Epsom, 3 Sept. Agreed to, —Ordinance from them
for him to continue upon Bail, 15 Oct. They put House in
mind thereof; Ordinance read, and passed, —Time inlarged by Lords for Four Months longer, 28 Dec.—Like
Order from them, agreed to, 7 Jan.
-, —1648, Marchioness's Petition read; Order for allowing her 4£. per Week for Maintenance of her Family, 30
Mar. Agreed to by Lords, —Order from Lords for
inlarging his time of Liberty Four Months longer, 8 May—
For inlarging it Three Months; Question for agreeing thereto, Neg. —Another Order from them for Four Months
longer, 17 June—Their Message, desiring he may be at Liberty upon Bail.
Windall, Thomas, 1646, Order for paying him 100£. in consideration of his Services, 9 Jan.
Windebank, Sir Thomas, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 23 Mar.
Windham, Dame Elizabeth, 1647, her Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning her Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 14 June.
Windsor, 1646, Order for slighting the Works about the Castle
—For continuing the Forces there, 23 Feb.
-, —1647, Governor to be continued, 26 Mar.—Order
for paying the Garison 1,000£. towards their Arrears, 23
Sept. Agreed to by Lords, —For paying them 450£.
for their present Relief, 4 Oct.—Business concerning the
Poor Knights, referred to the Committee of Hospitals, 6
Jan.
-, —1648, Ordinance from Lords for settling a Minister in
the Chapel, 18 May—General's Letter concerning Fortifications for the Castle, and other Necessaries for the Garison;
Order for 500£. to furnish them with Victuals, and make the
necessary Fortifications; the Committee of the Army to furnish them with 100 Beds. Order for sending them down,
—Order from Lords, appointing a Constable of the Castle,
agreed to, 27 July.
Wingate, Captain Edward, 1647, Order for restoring his Horses, 3 Aug.—His Petition, with Certificate of his Accounts of 29th May last, read, and allowed—Further Demand of 730£. allowed; Order for paying him 1,663£.—The Committee of Complaints to consider the illegal Trial and Sentence of Death given against him, and how he may have Reparation of the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, 23 Dec.
Wingfield, 1646, Order for demolishing the new Works about the Manor, and disgarisoning the House, 25 Feb.
Wingfield, Sir Richard, 1647, Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.
Winwood, Richard, 1646, former Order for paying him 500£. with Interest, vacated—The Committee at Goldsmiths Hall to pay it out of Delinquents Estates to be named by him, 4 Feb.
Wisbich, 1646, Petition of Inhabitants specially recommended by Lords, read, and referred to the Committee of the Eastern Association—Order for respiting the Arrears of Taxes for Lands under Water, 3 Mar.
Wither, Major George, 1646, Petition referred to the Committee of the Navy, 28 Dec.
-, —1647, another Petition read, and referred to the Committee of Accounts, to state and certify his Accounts—The
Committee of the Navy to consider those already stated, and
of a present Supply for him, and for his future Satisfaction;
Order for his Discharge, 20 Oct.—Order for paying him
1,681£. in Satisfaction for his Arrears—For paying him 1,800£.
in Satisfaction of his Losses and Damages; Lords Concurrence
to be desired—Ordinance for Payment of his Arrears, ordered, 8 Mar. Read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be
desired.
Wogan, Captain Thomas, 1646, the Committee of Accounts to
state and certify his Accounts, 13 Feb.
-, —1647, Order for him to march with his Troop to Liverpoole, 2 July.
-, —1648, sent into Pembrokeshire to settle the Peace of the
County; the Committee at Derby House to prepare Instructions for him, 28 Mar.—His Letter, with Paper inclosed
of the Names of Officers that came over to Colonel Horton,
20 May. Vide Langherne, Major-general—The Committee at Derby House to grant him a Commission to be Governor of Aberystwyth Castle upon Lieutenant-general Cromwell's Letter—Order for paying him 300£. in Part of his Arrears, 20 June.
Wollascott Catharine, 1648, her Petition from Lords, referred to the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, 18 May.
Wolleston, Richard. Vide Gethin, Maurice.
-, — Mr. 1646, Report concerning him to be made, 3
Mar.
Wolseley, Sir Charles, 1647, Ordinance for discharging his Sequestration, read twice, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 8 Oct.
Wolsingham, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector, 15 Mar. They put House in mind thereof; Ordinance read, and passed.
Wood, 1647, Order for meeting of the Committee for Sale thereof, 3 July—4 Dec. Account of Money raised thereupon, reported; Order touching the Payment of Arrears in their Hands.
Wood, Humphrey, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for
pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.
-, —Captain John, 1648, Report upon his Petition, 1 June.
Woodcock, Mr. 1647, desired to preach, 10 Aug. Excused.
Woodridge, Benjamin. Vide Newbury.
Woodward, Alexander, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Mar.
Wool, 1647, Ordinance prohibiting the Transportation thereof, and of Woollen Yarn, Fullers Earth, and Clay, to be read, 20 Nov. Read. Committed, —Reported, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired—Order against transporting any from Ireland, except into England and Wales; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 8 Jan.—Ordinance from Lords for transporting it into Guernsey, read, and passed, 15 Mar.
Worcester County, 1647, Order appointing High Sheriff, and
for a Commission to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords, 29
—Members sent down for bringing in the Arrears of the
Assessments of 600,000£. The Committee of the Army to
prepare Instructions for them, and a Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec. Instructions and a Letter reported, read, and
agreed to.
-, —1648, Committees Letter read; Power given them to
raise a Troop of Horse at their own Charge, 18 Apr.—To
raise what Forces they shall think fit; Lords Concurrence to
be desired—Ordinance for a Month's Assessment for their
Forces, ordered, 30 June—Committees Letter, with Examinations of Prisoners, tending to surprising some Garisons,
and garisoning some Place for the King; House approves of
raising Forces, and garisoning Hartlebury Castle; Letter of
Thanks ordered, 11 July—Committees added to the Committee of Sequestrations; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
—Ordinance for suppressing Tumults, and raising and paying Forces, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired,
8 Aug.
-, —City, 1646, Letter concerning Obstructions in the
Excise, read, 20 Jan.
-, —1647, Order for continuing the Mayor, 4 Sept. Returned from Lords, with Amendments; Amendments agreed
to, with Amendments; those Amendments agreed to by
Lords, —Ordinance for selling the Leaden Steeple of the
Cathedral, and employing the Money for repairing adjacent
Churches and Hospitals, ordered, 25 Oct.—Read, and passed, 17 Feb. Agreed to by Lords.
-, —late Bishop of. Vide Prideaux, John.
-, —Earl of, 1646, Order from Lords for Fees to the
Black Rod for bringing him up, 18 Dec.—Their Desires for
an Allowance for his Funeral, and other Charges, out of his
own Estate; previous and main Questions for allowing 500£.
for that purpose, severally Affirmative; Order touching raising
and disposing of the Money, —Ordinance from Lords
for Sale of his, Lord Herbert of Ragland, and Sir John Somerset's Estates, read twice, and committed; Petition referred, 4 Feb. Ordinance reported, and passed, with Amendment. Amendments agreed to by Lords, with Amendments;
those Amendments to be considered. Agreed to.
-, —1647, Petition of his Daughters, read, and referred to
a Committee, 17 Mar.
Worseley Tower, 1646, to be continued a Garison, with the same Number of Men as are now established—A Committee to consider of an Establishment for them, 2 Mar.
Worsley, Benjamin, 1647, appointed general Surgeon to the Army in Ireland, 16 July.
Worsnam, Sir Joseph, 1647, Lords put House in mind of his Petition, 20 July.
Worthington, Brice, of, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 5 Jan.
Wren, Bishop, 1648, to be sent to General, and used as the Committees of Essex are used, 26 June.
Wresle, 1646, to be disgarisoned, and made untenable, 26 Feb.
Wrexham, 1648, Order from Lords for a Patent for a Collection for the Town for a Loss by Fire, 17 June—Read, and agreed to, 10 July.
Wright, John, 1647, the Judge at York to reprieve or bail him,
14 May.
-, —Edward 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 21 Sept.
-, —Hurstwait, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 28 Dec.
Writs, 1647, Ordinance authorizing Members of both Houses
to seal Writs, Commissions, and other Matters appointed to
be sealed the last Seal-day, read twice, 31 July.
-, —New, 1646, viz. Norwich, 7 Dec. Carnarvon County
and Borough, Beaumaris, Lestwithiel, Bodmyn, Merioneth
County. Old Sarum, Camelford, Helston, Westlow,
Eastlow, Fowey, —Leskard, Michell, St. Mawes, St.
Ives, Bossiney, Newport, 9 Feb.—Lincoln City, Rippon,
15 Mar. Radnor County and Borough, and York County.
-, —1647, Camelford, 14 Apr. Norfolk, —Penryn, 11
May—Newcastle, 23 July. Wendover, —Merioneth
County, 26 Aug.—Shastesbury, 15 Oct. Stafford County. Boroughbriggs, —Newport, Malden, 1 Mar. Bodmyn, Aldburgh. Andover, Petersfield. York County,
Harwich. And Lurgeshall.
-, —1648, Devon, 28 Mar.—Middlesex, 12 Apr.—Guilford, 6 May. Abingdon, Reading. Bewdley, 10 May
—15 June—Queenborough, 10 May—And Fowey,
14 June.
Wrotham, 1647, Ordinance for dividing the Parish, read twice, and committed, 31 Jan.—Reported, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired—Another for vacating the Presentation of the Vicar, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 24 Mar.
Wyan, Captain, 1648, the Committee at Derby House to grant him a Commission to command a Troop of Horse, 1 July, Agreed to by Lords.
Wyberroe, Anne, 1646, Petition reported; Order for bestowing 100£. upon her; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 28 Jan.
Wyberton, 1647, Ordinance from Lords appointing a Rector,
15 Mar.
-, —1648, read, and passed, 21 Apr.
Wynsahame, George, 1646, Message from Lords, desiring he may be of the Assembly of Divines, as the other Commissioners of Scotland are, agreed to, 13 Feb.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
YARMOUTH, 1646, to be continued a Garison, with the
same Number of Men as are now established; a Committee
to consider of an Establishment for them, 2 Mar.
-, —1648, Letter of Thanks to the Mayor, & c. for their
Faithfulness to the Parliament, ordered, 9 June—The Committee at Derby House to grant Commissions to the Gentlemen of the Town to raise Forces, —Letter from thence,
and Paper inclosed, to be communicated to Lords, 27 July
—General's Letter, touching the Defence of the Town,
reported; referred to him to take Care for the Security thereof, 1 Aug.
Yarranton, Captain, 1648, Order for a Gratuity of 500£. to him, for his Discovery of the Enemy's Design to surprize Hereford, and other strong Holds—For furnishing him with Horses—Thanked for his Discretion and Valour, 21 July.
York County, 1646, Petition of Inhabitants, to be read, 8 & 19 Dec.—Petition of Officers, with General's Letter of
Recommendation, read; Order for 4,000£. for the Forces,
11 Jan.
-, —1647, Order for making Report concerning the Receiver,
30 Sept.—Appointing High Sheriff, and for a Commission
to him, 17 Nov. Agreed to by Lords, —Members
sent down for bringing in the Arrears of the Assessments of
600,000£. The Committee of the Army to prepare Instructions for them, and a Letter to hasten the Payment, 23 Dec.
Instructions and Letter reported, read, and agreed to, —
Committee added to the Committee of Sequestrations, 23
—Custos Rotulorum appointed; Ordinance for that Purpose ordered, 16 Mar.
-, —1648, Letter that divers Gentlemen had agreed to raise
Forces for Defence of the County; Names read; their Proceedings approved; Letter of Thanks ordered, 22 May—
Additional Committees, agreed to by Lords, 1 June—Committees Letter read; Order for them to garison Places ordered
to be demolished, and slight them when proper, to be sent to
them—Another Letter; the Committee of the Northern Association to consider of levying Monies for the Forces raised,
—Petition of supernumerary Officers, read, —Proceedings of the County, in levying 7,000£. towards settling the
Militia, and raising Forces, approved, —Order for Letter of Thanks to the Committee, for their good Service
against the Scots, 23 Aug.
-, —new Writ, 23 Mar. 1646—16 Mar. 1647.
-, —City, 1646, General's Letter concerning the Necessities
of the Garison; Order for sending down Ammunition, 8 Dec.—Committees added to the Committee of Sequestrations
-, —Duke of. Vide King.
-, —late Archbishop of. Vide Williams, Dr. John.
Young, Captain, 1647, appointed Commander of a Ship, 27
Sept.
-, —John, senior, 1647, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence
to be desired, 24 Dec.
-, —Patrick, 1647, Order for paying him 2,000£. in lieu of his
yearly Pension, 27 Dec. Agreed to by Lords.
22° 23° & 24° Car. I. Parl. 5. A. 1646, 1647, & 1648.
ZACHARIE, Colonel, 1648, Order for releasing him out of Prison, and discharging him of a Fine set upon him by the Committee of Indemnity, upon his indemnifying Mr. Lee, 4 July. Agreed to by Lords.
Zouch, Dr. Richard, 1648, his Fine accepted; Ordinance for pardoning his Delinquency, read, and passed; Lords Concurrence to be desired, 30 Mar.