DIE Jovis, 13 die Maii.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Lightfoote.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Kent.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Warwicke. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Willoughby. |
Letter from the Commissioners with the King, with Examinations, and a Letter in Cypher from Mr. Ashburnham.
A Letter from the Earl of Denbigh was read, with
the Examination of John Browne and Mrs. Mary Cave,
and a Cypher sent to the King from Mr. Ashburnham.
(Here enter them.)
Ordered, That these Lords following are appointed
to take Care and endeavour to uncypher this Cypher:
Committee to decypher it.
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Comes Kent.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Manchester. |
Comes Mulgrave.
Ds. North.
Ds. Hunsdon. |
Any Two, to meet when they please.
Counterfeit Act of Parliament in Possession of Mr. Twisden.
Upon Information to this House, "That a counterfeit Act of Parliament is in the Custody of one Mr.
Twisden, a Member of the House of Commons:"
It is Ordered, That a Message be sent to the House
of Commons; to desire that Mr. Twisden may deliver
(fn. *) it to such Person as this House shall appoint; but
not to be delivered to the Client that brought it to
him.
Darby & al. for forging it, to be kept in Custody.
Ordered, That the Sheriffs of the City of London
shall keep in safe Custody the Bodies of Leonard Darby
and John Harris, for forging an Act of Parliament, there
to remain until the Pleasure of this House be further signified.
Message from the H. C. with Propositions, and Instructions to the Commissioners who are to present them;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Lisle; who brought up these Particulars:
1. Propositions for Peace, to be presented to the
King.
2. Instructions to be given to the Commissioners that
are to present the Propositions.
about Colonel Rainsborough going to Jersey; and the Ordinance for 5000 l. to Sir T. Fairfax.
3. To put their Lordships in Mind of the Vote concerning sending Colonel Raynsborough to the Isle of
Jersey, with his Regiment.
4. To put their Lordships in Mind of the Ordinance
for Five Thousand Pounds to be given to Sir. Tho.
Fairefax.
The Answer was:
Answer.
That this House will take these Particulars into Consideration, and will send an Answer by Messengers of
their own.
Sir H. Mildmay and Sir T. Cheek's Claim to the Barony of Fitz-Walter.
Ordered, That the Cause between Sir Henry Mildmay and Sir Thomas Cheeke, concerning the Title to the
Barony of Lord Fitz Walter, shall be further heard, by
Counsel on both Sides, the 3d of June; and the
King's Counsel to have Notice to attend then.
Committee to examine what Collierie belonging to Delinquents are unsequestered in the North.
Ordered, That these Lords following are appointed
to examine such Witnesses as they shall think fit, to discover what Collieries in the North are not sequestered;
and also to consider of some Way for preventing such a
Loss unto the State for the future; and to report the
same to this House:
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Comes Northumb.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Kent.
Comes Manchester.
L. Viscount Say & Seale. |
Comes Warwicke.
Comes Mulgrave.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon. |
Order to discharge Dr. Warner's Sequestration.
An Order was brought in, to give Power to the Committee at Habberdashers Hall, to discharge the Sequestration of Doctor Warner; which was read, and Agreed
to, and Ordered to be sent to the House of Commons for their Concurrence.
Sir J. Thynn's Petition.
The Question being put, "Whether the Petition
of Sir James Thynn shall be retained or not?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That the Lady Thynne may have a Copy
of this Petition of Sir James Thynne; and to return her
Answer to this House on Wednesday next.
Message from the H. C. with an Ordinance, and to remind the Lords of another.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Denzell Holles Esquire; who brought up an Ordinance for Security to those Persons as shall advance the
Loan of the Two Hundred Thousand Pounds.
2. To put their Lordships in Mind of the Ordinance
for the assessing upon the Kingdom Threescore Thousand Pounds a Month.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House will take this Message into Consideration, and will return an Answer by Messengers of
their own.
Colonel Manwaring and Hide.
Ordered, That the Cause between Colonel Manwaringe and Hide, appointed to be heard this Day, shall
be heard To-morrow Morning; and then the said Colonel Manwaring shall be brought in Person.
Ordinance to secure the 200,000 l. borrowed of the City.
The Ordinance for securing of all those that shall
advance Two Hundred Thousand Pounds, for the Service of this Kingdom and of the Kingdom of Ireland,
was read Thrice, and Agreed to; and Ordered to be
printed and published forthwith. (Here enter it.)
Letter from the Commissioners with the King, with Mr. Ashburnham's Letter to the King in Cypher.
"My Lord,
"We send you here inclosed a Petition, which served
only as a Cover to a Cypher on the Back Side thereof,
and was to have been delivered to His Majesty by
Mrs. Mary Cave. It was brought to her by one John
Browne, Servant to Mr. Ashburnham, then at The
Hague, he being newly removed (as Browne affirmed)
out of France into those Parts. All the other Particulars your Lordships will find in the inclosed Copies
of their Examinations. Captain Abbott, the Bearer
hereof, did first discover the Business to us, being made
acquainted with it at the Place where he quartered; and
since, in the Management of it, hath carried himself
very discreetly.
"We have secured their Persons with the Mayor of
Northampton till your Pleasure be farther known,
which we desire your Lordships to signify to,
Holdenby, 12
May, 1647.
"My Lord,
Your Lordship's
Humble Servants,
B. Denbigh.
Edw. Mountagu."
Brown's Examination about it;
"The Examination of John Browne, taken before
the Commissioners at Holdenby, this 11th of
May, 1647.
"Saith, That, about Two Months since, he received
the Petition, with the Cyphers on the Back Side,
from Mr. Ashburnham, at The Hague; and did see
Mr. Ashburnham write the Petition, but not the Cyphers.
"That, about Three Weeks since, he delivered the
Petition and Cyphers to Mrs. Mary Cave, who undertook to deliver it to the King; and that he was induced thereunto, being acquainted with her when the
King was at her Father's House, with Mr. Ashburnham,
as His Majesty came from Oxford to the Scotts
Army.
"That he had an Order from His Majesty, by Sir
James Leisley, to attend upon Mr. Ashburnham at The
Hague.
"That he never lost any Goods at Sea, as is set
forth in the Petition; but that the Petition was meerly
written to be a Colour, that he might the better deliver the Letter to the King which Mrs. Ashburnham
gave him.
"Vera Copia.
"Daniel Earle,
Secretary to the Commissioners."
and Mrs. Cave's.
The Examination of Mrs. Mary Cave, Daughter
of Mr. William Cave, of Stanford, in Lincolnesh'r, taken before the Commissioners at Holdenby, this 11th of May, 1647.
"Saith, That one Browne delivered her the Letter,
a Fortnight or Three Weeks since, from Mr. Ashburnham, and brought it to her as a Petition, and desired
her to deliver it to His Majesty for Mr. Ashburnham,
who is at The Hague; but, upon View thereof, saith,
that she saw it was more than a Petition, but did not
know what it was; yet undertook to deliver it to the
King.
"Vera Copia.
"Daniell Erle,
Secretary to the Commissioners."
Gladman to be instituted to Wing.
Ordered, &c. That Doctor Aylett, or his lawful
Deputy, are hereby authorized to give Institution and
Induction unto Elkanah Gladman Batchelor in Divinity, to
the Vicarage of Winge, in Com. Bucks, void by the Death
of the late Incumbent, salvo Jure cujuscunque; he taking
the National League and Covenant, and producing his
Presentation under the Hand and Seal of the Right Honourable Phillip Earl of Pembrooke and Mountgom'y, Patron
hac vice in the Right of the Earl of Carnarvan.