Die Lunæ, Januarii 13, 1644.
Prayers.
REsolved, &c. That Thirty thousand Pounds monthly
shall be charged upon the Counties of Essex, Suffolke,
Norfolk, with the City and County of the City of Norwich,
Lincolne, Hertford, Cambridgeshire, with the Isle of Elye,
and Huntington, towards the Maintenance of the Forces to
be raised and established according to the new Model.
Resolved, &c. That Seven thousand and Seventy Pounds
monthly shall be charged upon the County of Kent, together with the City and County of the City of Canterbury,
and the Cinque-Ports, towards the Maintenance of the
Forces to be raised and established according to the new
Model.
Mr. Pierrepont carried up the Message, appointed on
Saturday: Who was likewise to inform the Lords, That
the important Necessity of the Business had enforced this
House to send several Messages to press the Expediting
thereof.
Sir John Evelyn went up with the Message, concerning
the Continuance of the Ordinance for Martial Law, which
was appointed to be carried up by Sir Hen. Heyman.
Resolved, &c. That Three thousand Nine hundred
Twenty-seven Pounds Monthly shall be charged upon the
County of Sussex, towards the Maintenance of the Forces
to be raised and established according to the new Model.
A Message from the Lords, by Doctor Aylett and
Doctor Heath;
The Lords have sent down an Ordinance, which concerns Essex, with some Amendments; to which they agree,
with the said Amendments. They likewise desire to put
this House in mind of a Narrative of the Earl of Manchester's, made at a late Conference: To which they desire to receive an Answer, with all Conveniency.
The Amendments to the Ordinance were read; and
agreed unto.
Ordered, That, on Thursday Morning next (after that the
Businesses of the Armies, the Treaty, Church, and Navy,
according to the former Order, shall be settled), the Report of the Earl of Manchester's Narrative be made.
Answer returned by the same Messengers; That this
House has considered their Lordships Message; and do
agree to the Amendments to the Ordinance concerning
Essex: And have appointed to take the Earl of Manchester's Narrative into Consideration, with all convenient
Speed: And send Answer by Messengers of their own.
Mr. Pierrepont reports, That he received this Answer
from the Lords, That they will take the Message into
speedy Consideration; and send Answer by Messengers of
their own.
Resolved, &c. That the Sum of Two thousand Pounds
monthly shall be charged upon the County of Surry, with
the Borough of Southwarke, towards the Maintenance of
the Forces to be raised and established according to the new
Model.
Resolved, &c. That London and Middlesex shall be
charged with the same Sum towards the Payment of the
Forces to be raised according to the new Model, as they
were charged with towards the Payment of the Army under
the immediate Command of my Lord General, by the late
Ordinance.
Resolved, &c. That the Counties of Derby and Rutland
shall be charged with the monthly Sum of Seven hundred
Pounds, towards the Payment of the Forces to be raised
according to the new Model; besides the Maintaining of
their Garisons and Forts.
Resolved, &c. That the Counties of Leicester, Northampton, and Warwick, shall be charged with the monthly
Sum of One thousand Pounds, towards the Payment of
the Forces to be raised according to the new Model; besides the Maintaining of their Garisons and Forts.
Resolved, &c. That the County of Bedford shall be
charged with the monthly Sum of One thousand Pounds,
towards the Payment of the Forces to be raised according
to the new Model.
Mr. Maynard, Mr. Lane, and Mr. Whittacre are appointed to prepare an Ordinance for the Establishing the
Forces to be raised according to the new Model; and for
the Payment of them, according to the Votes passed the
House; and to bring it in on Thursday Morning next.
Ordered, That the Knights and Burgesses of the several
Counties, upon whom Monies are charged for the Payment of the Forces to be raised according to the new
Model, do meet, and consider of the Taking-off the Commodities of those Counties, to be accounted in Part of the
Pay of the several Rates assessed upon the several Counties;
and likewise to consider of proportioning their several
Rates; and by what Rule to levy them.
A Message from the Lords, by Doctor Aylett and
Doctor Heath;
The Lords do agree to the Report, made from the
Committee of both Kingdoms, concerning the Treaty;
and have named Four Lords of their House to be Commissioners at the Treaty.-
Mr. Recorder reports, from the Committee of both
Kingdoms, the further Proceedings of that Committee
concerning the Treaty:
That the Scottish Commissioners have consented to the
Inserting of the Propositions concerning Ireland: That the
Houses and Scotts Commissioners will please to fill up the
Blanks with the Names of such Persons, as they shall think
fit: That this further Answer to his Majesty's Message be
signed by the Speakers of both Houses, and by some of the
Scottish Commissioners; and sent, in a Letter from the Lord
General, by some he shall appoint, with a Trumpet:
I Am commanded, by both Houses of the Parliament of
England, and desired, by the Commissioners of the
Kingdom of Scotland, to send to you This their further
Answer to his Majesty's Message of the Thirteenth of December last, to be presented to His Majesty:
"And, to the end that the Persons sent from Your Majesty, and from us, with their Attendants (whereof the
Number, and their Names, to be expressed in the SafeConduct, as shall be agreed upon, not exceeding Eighty
on either Part), may repair to Uxbridge, stay there, and
return, at their Pleasure, without any Interruption, That
Safe-Conducts be mutually granted."
The Committee are in Preparation of the Instructions:
But conceive, the less publick Those are made, until his
Majesty's Answer be returned to the Letter now sent, it
will be more advantageous for this Service.
The Particulars of this Report were, upon the Vote,
assented unto, with the Addition of these Words towards
the End of the Letter, "concerning the Attendants on
either Party."
The Lords to be acquainted with this Amendment; and
desired, that it may be referred to the Committee of both
Kingdoms, to acquaint the Scotts Commissioners therewith.
Ordered, That, To-morrow at Ten of Clock, peremptorily, the House proceed to the Nominating of the
Commissioners to be employed upon the Treaty.-
Answer returned by the same Messengers; That this
House has considered their Lordships Message; and will
speedily send Answer by Messengers of their own.
Resolved, &c. That it be referred to my Lord General,
to give Leave to Colonel John Bellassis to go, upon his
Parol, to perfect his Exchange for Major Carre, Captain
Aiscough, and Mr. Stephens.
Ordered, That Shepheard, sent up from the Committee
at Newcastle as a Priest, be committed to Newgate; to receive a Tryal according to Law.
Ordered, That Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Clifton, sent up
Prisoners by Sea from Newcastle, be referred to the Examination of the Committee for Examinations; to be committed, as they shall see Cause.
Ordered, That Sir Beuchamp St. John, Sir Henry Vane,
Mr. Browne, and Mr. George Mountague, or any Two of
them, do desire the Earl of Manchester, from this House,
to remove his Horse out of the County of Bedford, to the
Line, according to the Direction of the Committee of both
Kingdoms.
Sir Jo. Evelyn brings Answer, That the Lords do agree
to the Order concerning the Commissioners of the Great
Seal: And, as to the Ordinance concerning Martial Law,
they will send Answer by Messengers of their own.