To the right honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament the humble petition of Francis Newton, Gent. Captain James Wadsworth, Thomas Mayo, and Robert Deluk[e] Messengers allowed by these Honourable Houses; and Richard Rawlyns, Henry Newton, Thomas Roult, a[nd] Richard Payne, assistants to the said messengers. Newton, Francis, brother of William Newton. 1649 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2011-04 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A89665 Wing N1043 Thomason 669.f.14[1] ESTC R211034 99869773 99869773 162989

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A89665) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 162989) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f14[1]) To the right honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament the humble petition of Francis Newton, Gent. Captain James Wadsworth, Thomas Mayo, and Robert Deluk[e] Messengers allowed by these Honourable Houses; and Richard Rawlyns, Henry Newton, Thomas Roult, a[nd] Richard Payne, assistants to the said messengers. Newton, Francis, brother of William Newton. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Richard Cotes, London : 1648. [i.e. 1649] Annotations on Thomason copy: "march: 11th"; [illegible; cropped at bottom?]. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

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To the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons aſſembled in PARLIAMENT: The humble Petition of Francis Newton, Gent. Captain James Wadſworth, Thomas Mayo, and Robert Delu •… Meſſengers allowed by theſe honourable Houſes; and Richard Rawlyns, Henry Newton, Thomas Roult, a •… Richard Payne, Aſſiſtants to the ſaid Meſſengers.

SHEVVETH,

THat ever ſince the beginning of this Parliament, the Petitioners have been actually employed by Authority thereof, for diſc • very and apprehenſion of Seminary Prieſts, Jeſuites, and other Malignants, dangerous and deſtructive to the State, which p •… ſons being ſeditious Incendiaries, and Inſtigators of the various diſtractions of this Kingdom, and the ſad caſualties and ca •… mities of Warr.

That the Petitioners in their unmoved zeal and affection to the Cauſe and Common-wealth, through their inceſſant ca •… induſtry, and vigilant circumſpection (not without the often hazard of their lives, and to their poſitive charge and expence •… above 500 l. for intelligence, and otherwiſe for accommodating of the Service;) they have diſcovered and apprehended •… number of 31 Prieſts and Jeſuites, and impriſoned and brought them to condign legall Tryall, conviction, and condemnation; all which ha •… been ſince Executed, except ſuch as were reprieved by the Kings Majeſty and others.

That the verity of the Premiſes appeareth by Teſte or Certificates hereunto affixed, and alſo by matter of Record upon the proceedings; wh •… perſons are more in number then have been purſued to effect in this kinde, ſince the happy reformation of Religion here.

That the Petitioners have alſo diſcovered and impeached divers dangerous malevolent perſons now remaining in the ſaid Priſon, aſwell Prie •… who pleaded themſelves to be Ante-nati, as lay perſons, beſides thoſe executed and reprieved, legally convicted upon the Statute of Premunire.

That Queen Eliz. and King James of pious memory, as alſo his now Majeſty, have uſually in like caſes allowed and paid according to eſtab •… ſhed Laws out of the Exchequer, the ſum of 50 l. for every Prieſt or Jeſuite convicted legally, which by that rate or eſtimate doth amount •… 1550 l. due to the Petitioners in Arrear; and juſtly computed and added to the ſum of 500 l. by them really disburſed and expended as afo •… ſaid, amounteth in toto to the ſum of 2050 l.

That the Petitioners have not hitherto received any ſatisfaction or re-imburſment for their ſaid faithfull ſervice and expences, neither for th •… great pains and charge in attending the tryall of the late Archbiſhop of Canterbury from time to time, untill the proceedings became finall.

The premiſes conſidered, the Petitioners humbly beſeech this honourable Aſſembly to receive them and their ſaid ſeverall Expences a •… ſervices of ſo great concernment to Religion and the State into your honorable conſiderations; and thereupon to give ſuch ſpeedy ord •… for their preſent payment, ſatisfaction, and recompence of their faithfull, reſpective, ſeverall and diſtinct ſervices above-mentioned, and hereunto annexed; as to the wiſdom, honor, and bounty of this honorable Houſe ſhall ſeem meet. And likewiſe to preſcribe and eſt • bliſh an expreſs certain courſe and order herein for the future, whereby the Petitioners, their Agents and Intelligence may in ſome mod • rate convenient degree be aſcertained, enabled and encouraged to proceed and perſevere according to their unfeigned deſires in perfo • ming ſuch further ſervice herein, as ſhall redound to the ſafety and utility of the State and Kingdom, according to the truſt in them •… poſed in this behalf.

And your Petitioners ſhall daily pray, &c.
Die Lunoe 15o. Novembris, 1641.

IT is this day Ordered by the Lords in Parliament, That Father Jones and Father Andrewes, and all other Romiſh Prieſts and Ieſuites ſhal • forthwith taken and apprehended by His Majeſties Iuſtices of Peace, and other His Majeſties Officers, and put into ſafe Cuſtodie, untill the pleaſ •… of this Houſe be further known: And then their names ſhall be returned unto the Lords in Parliament. And that any man that ſhall diſcover a Popiſh Prieſts or Ieſuites, and procure them to be apprehended, ſhall be rewarded by the Parliament.

Joh. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.
Die Jovis 17o. Auguſti, 1643.

ƲPon reading of the humble Petition of Francis Newton, Thomas Mayo, and James Wadſworth Meſſengers, and a particular thereunto a • nexed; It is Ordered by the Lords in Parliament, That the ſaid Petition and particular are hereby referred to Mr. Recorder of London, wh • hereby deſired to certifie their Lordſhips whether theſe Services pretended to be done by the ſaid particular, have been really performed by the •… Petitioners; That thereby their Lordſhips may take ſuch further Reſolution touching the Petition as ſhall be meet.

Joh. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.
To the Right honourable the LORDS in Parliament aſſembled:

ACcording to your Lordſhips Order hereunto annexed; Theſe are to certifie your Lordſhips, That I have examined the particular Services of •… perſons upon whoſe Petition the ſaid Order was made; and finde that they have faithfully performed the particulars formerly by them preſen • to and before your Lordſhips, as appears to me by ſeverall Certificates under the hands of the Clerk of the Peace for and of the County of Middleſ •… and the Clerk of Newgate, together with a Letter from the Committee of the Houſe of Commons for Examinations, directed to the Right ho •… rable the Lord Major of the City of London, as thereby appeareth; Which ſervice I conceive merits a due and conſiderable reward, not onely 〈◊〉 their paſt labours, but for the encouragement of them and others (employed in that ſervice) for the future; All which I humbly certifie and re •… to your Lordſhips.

J. GLYNN Recorder of London. Dated the 21. of Septemb. 1643. Ioh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.

The Names of the Prieſts that were taken by the ſaid Meſſengers and Aſsiſtants: As followeth, WIlliam Waller, alias Slaughter, alias Walker Cuthbert Clapton Bartholomew Rowe Thomas Reignolds Edward Morgan Thomas Saunderſon, alias Holland Henry Heath, alias Paul Magdalen Francis Quaſſet Arthur Bell Ralph Corby John Ducket John Hammond, alias Jackſon Walter Coleman, Edmund Cannon John Wyndmore, alias Turnon Auguſtine Abbot, alias Rivers, alias Savile Andrew Frier, alias Herne, alias Richmond Peter Wilford Thomas Bullaker Robert Robinſon James Brown Henry Morſe Thomas Worſley Charles Cheney Andrew White Richard Copley Richard Worthington Edmund Cole John Wright Philip Morgan Thomas Budds, alias Peto

LONDON, Printed by Richard Cot, 1648.