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5 August 1647 -- Paper headed, "Heads of a Report"; dated from Brentford, apparently notes for the instruction of a messenger from the Commissioners with the army.

6 August 1647 -- Application for an order for Dr. Aylett to institute and induct Lawrence Sarson to the rectory of Willoughby and Silkby [Willoughby Silk], Lincolnshire. Lords Journals, IX. 374.

Annexed:

1 Certificate from the Assembly of Divines, that Sarson has been approved for the cure. 5 August.

6 August 1647 -- Application for an order for Dr. Aylett to institute and induct John Carter to the rectory of Barnham Broom, Norfolk. Lords Journals, IX. 374.

Annexed:

1 Certificate from the Assembly of Divines, that Carter has been approved for the cure. 2 August.

6 August 1647 -- Order for appointment of a joint Committee of both Houses, to find out the authors of the violence offered to Parliament on the 26th of July last. Lords Journals, IX. 379. In extenso.

6 August 1647 -- Draft order for the Committee also to find out the authors of the Covenant of Association lately condemed by Parliament. Lords Journals, IX. 379. In extenso.

9 August 1647 -- Draft declaration for the vindication of Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the army.

9 August 1647 -- Draft of a pass for Colonel James Galbreth, a native of Scotland, to go into France.

11 August 1647 -- Petition of Major Robert Ormesby to the Committee for the affairs of Ireland.

11 August 1647 -- Petition of William Braine, Captain-Lieu-tenant to Colonel Hardwick (Colonel of the regiment of Trained Bands in Southwark). In extenso.

12 August 1647 -- Letter from Colonel Michael Jones, at Dublin, to the Committee at Derby House.

Annexed:

1 A diary and relation of passages in and about Dublin, from the 1st of August 1647 until the 10th of the same.

2 List of the prisoners taken at the battle of Dungan Hill. 8 August 1647.

13 August 1647 -- Petition of John Earl of Clare. Prays privilege for stay of two trials wherein Sir Thomas Williamson is plaintiff, as the Nottingham assizes have come on so suddenly that petitioner cannot be ready for the hearing. Lords Journals, IX. 384.

13 August 1647 -- Draft pass for Lady Sophia Byron to return to Holland, where she was born. Lords Journals, IX. 385.

13 August 1647 -- Order to appoint a sub-committee of the Committee appointed to find out the authors of the violence lately offered to Parliament. Lords Journals, IX. 385. In extenso.

18 August 1647 -- Draft ordinance to appoint Mr. Henry Langley Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, in the room of Dr. Clayton, deceased, as the College is not yet visited and the fellows not yet so constituted as that it is fit for them to execute such a trust. Lords Journals, IX. 407. In extenso.

Annexed:

1 Petition of inhabitants of Abingdon.

18 August 1647 -- Draft letter from the Parliament to the Commissioners of Scotland, expressing regret that any affront should have been offered to one employed by them, and stating that Mr. Chiesly should freely go on his journey, and that no hindrance should be put in the way of any one sent into Scotland by them. Lords Journals, IX. 387.

18 August 1647 -- Application for an order for Dr. Aylett to institute and induct Francis Cussoly to the vicarage of Axmouth, Devon. Lords Journals, IX. 387.

Annexed:

1 Certificate from the Assembly of Divines, that Cussoly has been approved for the cure. 17 August.

18 August 1647 -- Certificate from the Assembly of Divines, that Henry Frohock has been approved by them for the rectory of Withiel, Cornwall. Lords Journals, IX. 387.

18 August 1647 -- Petition of some of the fellows of St. John's College in the University of Cambridge.

18 August 1647 -- Petition of divers fellows of St. John's College in Cambridge to the Earl of Manchester.

Annexed:

1 Copy of an order of the Committee of the Association that no person should be admitted to any office in St. John's College without a certificate from the Committee that he has taken the Covenant, 18 January 1645, and of an order to explain the same. 21 January 1645.

2 Letter from Thos. Hill, Vice-Chancellor, and Thos. Bachcroft and Herbert Palmer, "Heads of the University," to the Earl of Manchester.

18 August 1647 -- Remonstrance from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax and the army.

[18 August 1647 -- Petition of Sir John Gifford to the Committee for the affairs of Ireland.

20 August 1647 -- Petition of Captain Thomas Evans.

Annexed:

1 Affidavit of Richard Robert, that John Williams, reputed parson of Llandyssil, was alive and well on the 25th of June last. 2 August 1647.

20 August 1647 -- Petition of divers ministers settled by order of Parliament, complaining that they have been turned out of their livings by scandalous and sequestered ministers, and praying for reparation and relief. Lords Journals, IX. 389. In extenso.

20 August 1647 -- Heads of several complaints from divers ministers in sequestrations against scandalous ministers upon their pretences of order from his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his council of war, craving a recommendation of their sad condition to the Parliament. Lords Journals, IX. 389. In extenso.

20 August 1647 -- Application for an order for Dr. Heath to Institute and induct William Seymour to the rectory of Iwerne-Courtnay, alias Shroton, with the chapel of Farringdon, Dorsetshire. Lords Journals, IX. 398.

Annexed:

1 Certificate from the Assembly of Divines that, Seymour has been approved for the cure. 18 August.

20 August 1647 -- Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel John Booker.

Annexed:

1 Affidavit of Booker in support of his petition. 11 August.

20 August 1647 -- Petition of Sir Gervase Elwis.

Annexed:

1 Copy of order to stay petitioner's suit against Lord Conway. 21 July 1647.

2 Certificate of the Commissioners sitting at Gold-smiths' Hall that allowance has been made in Lord Conway's composition for his debt to Sir Gervase Elwis. 19 August 1647.

3 Affidavit in support of the petition. 19 August.

21 August 1647 -- Petition of Jeremy Bowyers, of Bradford, in the county of York, clothier, to Wm. Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons.

23 August 1647 -- Petition of Colonel John Hardwick. 'Upon reading a petition of William Braine.

Annexed:

1 Affidavit of William Hester. 21 August.

2 Affidavit of Gowen Goldega. 21 August.

23 August 1647 -- Petition of Giles Thorne, clerk.

Annexed:

1 Copy of order of 30th August 1642 for Thorne to stand committed to the Fleet prison until the pleasure of the House be further known. Thorne was committed on the evidence of one witness for speaking blasphemous words. Lords Journals, V. 332.

24 August 1647 -- Petition of Sir Thomas Bowyer and others.

24 August 1647 -- Petition of divers inhabitants of the City of London who were cut and wounded at the Guildhall.

24 August 1647 -- Petition of the Company of Brewers of the City of London and four miles compass of the same, that the Excise may be taken off from so native and necessary a commodity as beer. Lords Journals, IX. 402. In extenso.

24 August 1647 -- Order for communicating to the Commissioners of Scotland the intelligence that the Parliament of England has no further need of the Scotch army in Ireland. Lords Journals, IX. 404. In extenso.

24 August 1647 -- Application for an order for Dr. Aylett to institute and induct Thomas Denny to the rectory of Babworth, Notts. Lords Journals, IX. 405. In extenso.

Annexed:

1 Certificate from the Assembly of Divines that Denny has been approved for the cure. 23 August.

26 August 1647 -- Draft pass for John Christof. de Bowyr to go beyond seas. Lords Journals, IX. 405.

26 August 1647 -- Pass for Mr. Peter Crafford into France, to bring over commodities for the service of the Countess of Leicester. Lords Journals, IX. 405.

26 August 1647 -- Copy of preceding.

26 August 1647 -- Petition of Sir Francis Willoughby. Prays the Lords to remind the House of Commons of his petition sent down to them on the 21st of April last. Lords Journals, IX. 405.

26 August 1647 -- Petition of Leonard Thompson. He is a servant of the Earl of Lindsey, and prays that he may enjoy privilege as such. Lords Journals, IX. 405.

26 August 1647 -- Additional ordinance for the visitation and reformation of the University of Oxford, and the several Colleges and Halls therein. Brought in on the 10th. Lords Journals, IX. 381. Entered in extenso on the 26th. 406.

Annexed:

1 Draft of preceding.

2 Amendment.

26 August 1647 -- Order for the visitors of the University to sit de die in diem. Lords Journals, IX. 407. In extenso.

27 August 1647 -- Draft order in the case of Alderman Langham and others against Captain Lymbrey, that the House will retain the case no longer, but leave it in the same state as when brought it. Lords Journals, IX., 407. In extenso.

27 August 1647 -- Certificate of ministers that John Parkhurst is a godly, painful, faithful, and orthodox minister of the Gospel, and fit for the work of the ministry in South Shoebury, Essex. Lords Journals IX. 408.

27 August 1647 -- Draft report of the conference respecting the propositions, the Earl of Salisbury to be a conservator of the peace in place of the Earl of Essex, etc. Lords Journals, IX. 408. In extenso.

27 August 1647 -- Another draft.

27 August 1647 -- Affidavit of Richard Turner and another, that Samuel Hall persisted in officiating in Thaxted Church, Essex, by virtue of an order for his institution and induction of the 3rd instant, though informed that Parliament had annulled all proceedings from the 26th of July to the 6th of August. Lords Journals, IX. 410. In extenso.

Annexed:

1 Affidavit of Andrew Halles.

2 Similar affidavit of Richard Turner. 2 September.

3 Similar affidavit of John Haywood. 2 September.

4 A list of the names of those that beat and abused the sequestrators of Thaxted, and the manner of the abuse. Similar to preceding affidavits.

27 August 1647 -- Draft order for Thomas Smith to be one of the Commissioners for the Navy. Lords Journals, IX. 410. In extenso.

28 August 1647 -- Order for the Sheriff of Berks to put the Earl of Holland into quiet possession of the Great Park and Lodge at Windsor. Lords Journals, IX. 411. In extenso.

28 August 1647 -- Petition of inhabitants of Tuckington (or Tufton), Hants, praying that they may not be united to Wherwell, which is four miles distant, nor to Whitchurch, which is in another hundred, but may have the use of their ancient chapel of ease. Lords Journals, IX. 411. In extenso.

28 August 1647 -- Order in accordance with prayer of preceding petition.

28 August 1647 -- Draft ordinance to confirm the sequestration of Charles Fotherby from the rectory of Southill, Cornwall, and the appointment of Thomas Batch in his place.

1 September 1647 -- Petition of William Wombwell.

1 September 1647 -- Papers reported this day by the Earl of Denbigh from the Committee of Lords and Commons appointed to examine the matters of force and violence offered to the Parliament on the 26th of July last. Lords Journals, IX. 415. In extenso. (Four papers.)

1 September 1647 -- Letter from Sir Thomas Fairfax to the Earl of Manchester, Speaker of the House of Peers pro tempore, to acquaint him that, with the satisfaction of the Earl of Pembroke, he has appointed Colonel Robert Hamond Governor of the Isle of Wight.

2 September 1647 -- Petition of Symon Rumney, rector of Hanworth, Middlesex.

Annexed:

1 Bond entered into by Robert Browne and another to prosecute the constable who took away two of his cows by distress to satisfy Rumney's tithes, etc. 31 August 1647.

2 September 1647 -- Petition of Solomon Smith, Marshal of the Court of Admiralty.

2 September 1647 -- List of papers concerning the City delivered to Mr. Kirke.

4 September 1647 -- Certificate from the Committee at Worcester, that several persons sequestered by them from the Chamber of Worcester as delinquents persist in holding their seats, and by the prevalence of the malignant party have procured the election of George Henninge, the principal amongst them, a noted delinquent, as mayor for the ensuing year, to the great grief and discouragement of the well affected.

6 September 1647 -- Order for the Committee of Sequestrations for the county of Stafford to act in Lichfield. Lords Journals, IX. 424. In extenso.

6 September 1647 -- Paper from the East India Company to the House of Lords.

Annexed:

1 Copy of proposals of the East India Company.

6 September 1647 -- Paper from the East India Company to the House of Commons, a duplicate of that to the House of Lords. C. J., V. 293.

Annexed:

1 Duplicate of the proposals of the Company.

6 September 1647 -- Order of the Committee of both Kingdoms for reporting a paper from the Scotch Commissioners to the House.

7 September 1647 -- Draft ordinance for the bringing in of the arrears of the Court of Wards. Lords Journals, IX. 425.

Annexed:

1 Copy of order of the Committee for the King's Revenue approving the ordinance, etc. 2 September.

7 September 1647 -- Copy of paper from the Scottish Commissioners, that they will concur in presenting the propositions to the King. Lords Journals, IX. 426. In extenso.

7 September 1647 -- Draft of the propositions delivered to the King this day at Hampton Court. See Lords Journals, IX. 428. Bushworth says that they were the same with those presented to him at Newcastle (IV., ii. 790); and gives them in extenso (IV., i. 309), except a proviso respecting delinquents, some lines accidentally omitted, and a provision for an Act to be passed to confirm the ordinance for abolishing archbishops and bishops, and for settling their lands and possessions upon trustees for the use of the Commonwealth, and to confirm the ordinance for the sale of bishops' lands for the use of the Commonwealth.

Annexed:

1 Draft of the fifteenth proposition.

[7 September 1647] -- Application to the House of Lords to remind the House of Commons of the petition of James Robinson, sent down by message three months ago, for his discharge from prison, according to the special desire of the Committee for Foreign Affairs. C. J., V. 294.

[7 September 1647] -- Another similar application.

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Calendared in HMC 6th Report, pp 191-195