July 1642
[5 July 1642.]
Next, the Ordinance for the raising of Five Thousand Men and
Five Hundred Horse for Ireland was read.
Ordered, that this House agrees to this Ordinance; and that
Tho. Ogle, Christopher Burgh, and Henry Skipwith, that were
Yesterday excepted against, and conceived to be unfit Persons to
be employed as Commanders, shall be here; and, if there appear
to be just Cause hereafter to put them out, this House do therein
according to Justice.
The Ordinance.
Whereas, the Forces of Horse and Foot, Voluntiers, which
shall be sent over into Ireland by Force of an Act made this
present Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for the speedy
and effectual reducing of the Rebels in His Majesty's Kingdom
of Ireland to their due Obedience to His Majesty and the Crown
of England," may, by virtue of the said Act, be raised by the
Directions of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled;
it is therefore Ordered, by the said Lords and Commons, That
additional Forces of Five Thousand Foot and Five Hundred
Horse Soldiers, Voluntiers, besides Officers, shall and may be
forthwith raised, for the aforesaid Expedition; and that, for the
better effecting thereof, the several Officers of the Field and
Captains hereafter named: videlicet, the Right Honourable Phillip
Lord Wharton, Colonel General; Lord Kirry, Tho. Balard, Charles
Essex, Wm. Bamfield, Colonels; Jeremy Horton, Henry Shelley, Sir
Edward Denny, Adam Cunningham, Joseph Wagstaff, Lieutenant
Colonels; Owen Parry, Daniell Goodroeck, Francis Marten,
Tho. Ogle, George Hutchinson, Serjeant Majors; Vincent
Calmady, Charles Dawson, Edw. Primrose, Wm. Roberts, Jo.
Bamfield, Robert Longe, Herbert Blancher, Edw. Allen, George
Marrow, Horatio Carey, and Henry Carew, Admondisham Muschamp, Francis Fouke, Constance Ferrer, Robt. Baker, Henry
Skipwith, Paul Watts, Tho. Middleton, Sam. Loftus, Christopher
Burgh, Elias Struice, Wm. Lower, Peter Murford, Jo. Jenkins,
Ricd. Benson, Captains of Foot; and the said Right Honourable
Phillip Lord Wharton, Colonel General; Lord Broghall, Sir
Faithful Fortescue, Jo. Hurry, Alexand. Nayrne, John Trenchard,
Wm. St. Leger, Captains of Horse Troops, and their several
Lieutenants, Ensigns, and other Officers, shall and may have
Liberty to beat up Drums in all Places within the Kingdom of
England and Dominion of Wales, and thereby or otherwise to
raise and levy so many Soldiers, Voluntiers, as shall suffice to
make up unto every of the said Captains One complete Company;
videlicet, every Colonel's Company One Hundred and Fourscore
Men, every Lieutenant Colonel's Company One Hundred and
Fifty Men, every Serjeant Major's Company One Hundred and
Twenty Men; and every Private Company One Hundred and
Ten Men; the Colonel General's Troop Eighty Horse, and every
of the other Troop Seventy Horse: All which said several
Companies of Horse and Foot make up the Number of Five
Thousand Foot and Five Hundred Horse, besides Officers, to be
employed in the aforesaid Service.