A TRVE RELATION OF Certaine speciall and Remarkable Passages from both Houses of Parliament, since Monday the 15. of August till Friday the Ninteenth 1642.
Containing these perticulars, &c.
- I. Of Letters from Scotland to Both Houses of Parliament.
- II. Of news from Ireland.
- III. A Message from both Houses to the Earle of Leiceste [...] for his speedy dispatch for Ireland.
- IV. An other to the Lord Keeper, concerning his delivering up of the Seale to Endymion Porter.
- V. The fetching of Armes from Kent, and bringing Sir Iohn Sackvile to the Parliament.
- VI. Of Letters from the Earle of Warwick, and his surprising of a shippe from Holland.
- VII. The taking of the Earle of Barkshire, and foure other Gentlemen in Buckingham-shire, and their bringing up to London.
- VIII. Of the charge of the new Lord Major of London.
- IX. The bringing up of Mr. Barrell a Minister in Kent to the Parliament for Delinquency.
- X. The Apprehending of three Cavalieres in Somerset-shire, and bringing up to the Parliament.
- XI. Of a Proclamation from the King for the setting up of his Standerd at Nottingham and of the state of the Kings Army.
ORdered to bee forthwith Printed, and published.
LONDON, Printed by Francis Le [...]ch. 164 [...].
Instructions for Sir William Brereton, one of the Members of the House of Commons, and one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the Countie of Chester, and for the rest of the Deputy Lieutenants for that Courtie.
WHereas it doth appeare to the Lords and Commons in Parliament now assembled, that the King seduced by wicked Counsell, intends to make War against the Parliament, and for that it is not improbable that under colour of a guard for his Majesties person, or some other pretences, the Knights, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the County of Chester, may be drawne together, therefore you, and every of you, shall take speciall care that the Ordinance concerning the Militia be put in execution through the whole County; and the Sheriffe, and all other Officers are hereby moved to assist you, and every of you therein; and if any person whatsoever shal leavie or endeavor to leavy any Souldiers, or draw, or keepe together the trained bands, or other armed Forces of the said County, or any other Force, by colour or pretence of any Commission or warrant from his Majesty, under the great Seale or otherwise, without Order or consent of both Houses of Parliament, you, and every of you, shall in the name and authority of both Houses, require and command all persons to forbeare the execution of such Commission or warrant, & the same to be delivered up to you, or any of you, to be sent to the Speaker of the House of Commons, and you, and every of you, shall require and command all his Majesties Subjects, to forbeare to obey any such warrant or Commission, and you, & every of you, are hereby required to draw together such of [Page 2] the trained Bands and other forces of the said County, as shall be expedient for the suppressing of all such Assemblies, and for apprehending of all or any person or persons as shall after admonition and command by you, or any of you, made unto them to forbeare the execution of any such command or warrant, or the calling or gathering of or keeping together any such forces or assemblies, still persist in doing the same, and likewise such disaffected persons as shall be found raising any parties or forces against the Parliament, to be sent up hither to answer such their offences as to law and Justice shall appertaine; and you the above said Sir Walliam Brereton, shall in the names of the Lords and Commons, require and command the Sheriffe of the County of Chester, to publish throughout the said County, the Declarations formerly Printed by both Houses of Parliament, and you, and every of you, shall further take care that such Resolutions, and Orders of both Houses (as have bin, or shal be delivered, and sent down to you, or any of you) be put in execution, & shall require the Sheriffe and Justices of the peace, and all other his Majesties Officers and Lieutenants, to be aiding and assisting to you for that purpose; and you shall declare unto all men, that it hath beene, and still shall be the care and endeavour of both Houses of Parliament to provide for his Majesties safety, that they doe not, nor ever did know of any evill intended to his Majesties person which might move him to require any extraordinary armed guard, that his greatest safety is in the Parliament, and his greatest danger in withdrawing himselfe from them; To that under colour of doing him service, disaffected and Malignant persons, obnoxious for their bad counsells against the Justice of the Law, labour to raise forces and a party, against the Parliament, which at the last may break out into open Rebellion & civil war, to the destruction both of King and Kingdome, you the said Sir William Brereton, and every of you, shall endeavour to cleare the proceedings of Parliament from all imputation and aspersions, and shall from time to time [Page 3] certifie so of all things which you conceive necessary for the present service, and that we may have a sudden warning of it, and that our directions to you as well as your advertisements to us may have a cleare and ready passage, you and every of you, shall lay a strict charge upon all post-masters, that they doe not suffer any Letters or other dispatches to or from the Parliament to be intercepted or stayd; and if any shall presume to make stay of such dispatches, you and every of you, shall direct the post-masters to repaire to the Justices of the peace, Constables, and all others Officers, for their ayd and assistance, who are hereby required to take a speciall care that there may be no such interruptions.
You and every of you, shall take care that none of the Recusants armes or other Amunition of the said County, be carried or taken out of the County upon any pretence or comand whatsoever, without warrant of both Houses of Parliament.
And you and every of you, shall give order and direction to the Sheriffes, Justices of the peace and other Officers, to require and command all the Popish Recusants in that County, to confine themselves to their dwellings, according to the Statute in that case provided, and if any such Recusant shall be found to transgresse therein, you and every of you, shall cause the Justices of the peace forthwith to bind them to their good behaviour, and upon refusall or neglect to give security accordingly, to commit them to prison, and further to proceed against them according to the Law.
You shall also in the name of both Houses of Parliament, require all such persons who have in their custody any part of the publike Magazine of your County, to deliver the same unto you or some of you, to be imployed for the service of the said County.
And you & every of you, are likewise to give charge from both Houses of Parliament, to all Captaines and Lieutenants, and other Officers of the Militia, that they be observant to such [Page 4] directions as they shall from time to time receive from the Lieutenant of the County or his Deputies, or any of them, for due performance of any commands of the said houses.
And you and every of you, shall resist and repell, and are hereby authorized to resist and repell by the power of the said County and by all other wayes and meanes, all such force and violence as shall be raised or brought by any person or persons to the hindrance or disturbance of the said service, or for the Arresting or seizing the persons of you or any of you, or of any other that shall be imployed in the Ordinances, instructions, and commands of both Houses of Parliament, for any thing done in execution thereof, and the Sheriffe, and the Justices of peace of the said County, and all other Officers and Subjects are hereby injoyned to be ayding and assisting to you and every of you, for the more better and speedier execution of the premises.
And the Lords and Commons doe hereby declare, that they will protect, defend and assist, all manner of persons for such actions as they shall performe in pursuance of these instructions and other Orders and commands of the said Houses of Parliament.
Orders of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament.
IT is this day Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, that the severall Lords Lieutenants appoynted by Parliament, their Deputy Lieutenants, the Justices of the peace, and other his Majesties Officers within the Kingdome of England and Dominion of VVales, shall take speciall care to prevent and suppresse all Ryots, Tumults, breaking into, or Robbing houses, breaking into Churches, taking away of the Goods of any person, or taking of Victualls, without due payment for the same, and to take and Apprehend all such person or persons as shall doe or commit any such Outrages as aforesaid, and to proceed against them according to Law. And it is further Ordered, that the Commanders and severall Officers, shall give their best assistance for the apprehension and punishment of all such persons which shall be found guilty of the misdemeanors aforesaid.
WHereas there have beene divers Complaints made unto us of many disorders committed by the Soldiers in their marching, and in such places wherein they have beene quartered or Billited, which disorders (as is informed) have beene partly occasioned by the neglect of their Officers to goe along with them and conduct them: It is therefore Ordered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, that the Lord Generall be desired to give Command to all his Officers, that they take care to attend according to the duty of their severall places, that the Souldiers thereby may be hereafter kept from stragling up and downe the Countries: And to that end to lay his Command upon the Officers of each Company, both in the Marching, Quartering, and Billetting, to be in person amongst the Souldiers themselves, to prevent any disorders whatsoever, and punish such as shall offend.
ORdered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, that these Orders be forthwith Printed and Published.
[Page 8] come thither? Ordaining the Earle of Cumberland Generall for the raising of Forces in the Northerne parts, Proclaiming all such as refuse to Obey the Commission of Array, to be Traitors; And divers other threats against such as oppose it.
There was also a Letter presented to the Houses from Yorke, informing the true state of the Kings Army, that He hath about 4000. Horse, and 2000. Foot, and not more; the greatest part thereof being very desperate, Lew'd, and inconsiderable persons that daily commit great outrage in the Country, pillaging and spoyling all that seeme any wayes well affected to the Parliament, and commit great spoyles up and down the country, without any respect of persons, whereby the Country is very sorely oppressed by them.
Whereupon both Houses are drawing up a Declaration against the Kings Proclamation for the setting up of his Standerd, commanding that none proclaime the same in any part of the Kingdome; And that such as have or shall suffer any losses by the Cavaliers, shall have reparation allowed them.