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13 September 1648 -- Petition of John St. John.

13 September 1648 -- Draft ordinances to clear the following persons of their delinquency (Lords Journals, X. 499), with certificates of delinquency annexed. The certificates are given in extenso in the Commons' Journal.

Wm. and Charles Salesbury. Richard Marshall. John Boys. Peter Leicester. Sir Henry Clarke. Wm. Helyar. Sir Wm. Ingleby. Sir Peter Richaut. William Cartwright. Arthur Heveningham. Edward Palfreyman. John Johnson.

13 September 1648 -- Petition of Sergeant-Major Andrew Pawlett.

Annexed:

1 Account of sums due to petitioner for himself and his inferior officers, amounting in all to £805 7s.

13 September 1648 -- Order for payment of £6,000 for defraying the expenses of the King and his household during the treaty. Lords Journals, X. 500. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft of preceding.

13 September 1648 -- Order for payment of £3,000 for defraying the expenses of the Committees nominated to treat during the treaty. Lords Journals, X. 500. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft of preceding.

13 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance for a collection in aid of the parish of Plaxtole, Kent, for building a church there. Lords Journals, X. 500. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Order for payment of £500 to Sir Edward Sydnam and others for providing of coaches, horses, footmen's liveries, and other provisions out of the money intended to supply the occasions of the treaty. Lords Journals, X. 500. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft of preceding.

13 September 1648 -- Order for payment of £500 for providing linen and other necessary accommodations for the treaty. Lords Journals, X. 500. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft of preceding.

13 September 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £300 to Lady Joane Countess of Kildare, part of the arrears due to her husband. Lords Journals, X. 500. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft order that the £700 formerly ordered to be to paid to the Lady Joane Countess of Kildare be made £1,000, and be forthwith paid her on her husband's account. Lords Journals, X. 500. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £20 to William Ripley. Lords Journals, X. 500. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £40 to Gilbert Mabbott, agent for the Lord General Fairfax, for his good service in bringing up the articles for the surrender of Colchester, etc. Lords Journals, X. 501. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft order for payment of all arrears due to Captain Thomas Evans and others out of such papists' and delinquents' estates as they shall discover. Lords Journals, X. 501. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance for the effectual execution of the ordinance of the 5th of January 1646 for payment of Mr. Pim's debts, and for providing for his children. Lords Journals, X. 501. In extenso.

13 September 1648 -- Draft letter from both Houses of Parliament to the King that they cannot grant the safe conducts with blanks desired by His Majesty to be sent by him to Scotland. Lords Journals, X. 501. In extenso.

19 September 1648 -- Petition of inhabitants of the chapelries in the parish of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, to the Lords and Commons.

19 September 1648 -- Draft order for Mr. Blackwell to be discharged from the penalty for not proceeding in his purchase of the Manor of Lambeth Wyke alias Wy-Court. C. J., VI. 23. In extenso.

19 September 1648 -- Letter from Colonel George Monck, at Knockfergus [Carrickfergus], to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

20 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance to clear Sir Henry Spiller of his delinquency. C. J., VI. 24.

Annexed:

1 Certificate of his delinquency. C. J., VI. 24. In extenso.

2 Petition of Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery.

21 September 1648 -- Petition of Sir William Cobb.

Annexed:

1 Affidavit of Timothy Ogle, that though present at all the proceedings against Mrs. Vannenden he never heard Sir Wm. Cobb use any words disparaging the orders of the House of Lords, etc. 18 September.

21 September 1648 -- Petition of Thomas Sewell, late an inhabitant of the city of Carlisle.

21 September 1648 -- Petition of Katherine Scott, wife of Edward Scott.

21 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance for borrowing £10,000 from the city of London, and for securing the repayment thereof. Lords Journals, X. 503. In extenso.

21 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance for the better clearing of one other ordinance of the 14th of April 1648.

21 September 1648 -- Draft letter from the Parliament to the King, enclosing the annexed resolutions. Lords Journals, X. 505. In extenso.

Annexed:

1 Draft resolutions that a safe conduct be granted to Sir James Carmichael, but not to Lord Carnegy or to Sir Alexander Gibson. Lords Journals, X. 503. In extenso.

21 September 1648 -- Draft order for payment of interest on certain suns of money advanced for the army. Lords Journals, X. 505. In extenso.

21 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance for raising £100, a week in Herefordshire for maintenance of one troop of horse and four companies of foot. Lords Journals, X. 505. In extenso.

21 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance appointing Thomas Falconberge to receive the portion yet unpaid of the £10,000 to be lent by the city of London. Lords Journals, X. 506. In extenso.

21 September 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £700 to Captain Wilkinson for his losses, and charge in raising horse and foot for the service of Parliament. Lords Journals, X. 506. In extenso.

21 September 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £200 to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Allen. Lords Journals, X. 506. In extenso.

21 September 1648 -- Draft order to take off the sequestration of the estate of Walter Grosvenor. Lords Journals, X. 506. In extenso.

21 September 1648 -- Certificate from the Assembly of Divines that John Witham has been approved for the cure of Bentley Parva, Essex. Lords Journals, X. 506.

21 September 1648 -- Memoranda respecting the presentation of Robert Bennet, household chaplain to Lord Wharton, to the rectory of Waddesdon, Bucks. (Two papers). Lords Journals, X. 506.

22 September 1648 -- Petition of the inhabitants in and about Long Acre, in the parish of Martin in the Fields and Covent Garden.

22 September 1648 -- Petition of Philip Prichard.

Annexed:

1 Affidavit of Philip Prichard in support of his petition.

[22 September 1648] -- Petition of John Halke, minister of God's word; prays that a short day may be appointed for hearing the case concerning his claim to the rectory of Upminster, Essex. Lords Journals, X. 507.

22 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance to continue Thomas Foot and others as Commissioners of Excise. Lords Journals, X. 507. In extenso.

22 September 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £2,000 to Penelope Lady Brooke out of the estate of Sir Edward Bishop. Lords Journals, X. 507. In extenso.

22 September 1648 -- Petition of Anthony Sterling to the Earl of Manchester; petitioner has lain in prison almost a quarter of a year.

Annexed:

1 Copy of a petition of Sterling to the House of Lords.

22 September 1648 -- Report of Mr. Baron Atkyns in the matter. Lords Journals, X. 508, 510. In extenso.

23 September 1648 -- Petition of John Dillingham.

23 September 1648 -- Draft order for the Committee for Assessments in the county of Lincoln to have power throughout the whole county. Lords Journals, X. 509. In extenso.

23 September 1648 -- Draft order for Francis Bethum to be Provost Marshal for the safeguard of the Parliament, etc. Lords Journals, X. 509. In extenso.

23 September 1648 -- Draft order to secure pardon to all persons who may have been in part guilty of the transporting, melting, clipping, or washing coin upon their making discovery of other persons concerned in the same. Lords Journals, X. 510. In extenso.

25 September 1648 -- Petition of Mary, daughter of John Earl of La[u]derdale, Lord Maitland, in the kingdom of Scotland.

25 September 1648 -- Petition of Captain Henry Worth.

25 September 1648 -- Petition of Dedier Foucalt.

Annexed:

1 Copy of order of 22 March 1648.

25 September 1648 -- Draft order for printing the shorter catechism. Lords Journals, X. 511. In extenso.

25 September 1648 -- Draft of additional ordinance for the better raising of the yearly sum of £8,000 for the support of His Highness Charles Lodowicke, Prince Elector, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Lords Journals, X. 511. In extenso.

26 September 1648 -- Pass for Mr. Simpeutt, with his servants and horses, to go into the Isle of Wight and to return. Lords Journals, X. 512.

26 September 1648 -- Petition of the Grand Inquest, the representative body of the county of Herts, at their general assizes.

26 September 1648 -- Petition of Christopher Duckett and Alice, his wife, defendants in a writ of error brought by Thomas Boone and others, praying that a short day may be appointed for the bearing.

26 September 1648 -- Order for the hearing of the cause. Lords Journals, X. 512.

26 September 1648 -- Petition of Edmund Bishopp, defendant in a writ of error brought by Sir Lewis Kirke, praying that a short day may be appointed, for the hearing. Lords Journals, X. 512.

26 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance to discharge the accounts of Commissioners of Excise for the year ending the 29th of September 1646. Lords Journals, X. 514. In extenso.

28 September 1648 -- Petition and answer of Marmaduke James, Minister of Upminster, in the county of Essex, touching the petition exhibited by John Halke, clerk.

28 September 1648 -- Draft order that no proposition should be held binding if the treaty for a peace should be broken off. Lords Journals, X. 515. In extenso.

28 September 1648 -- Copy of preceding.

28 September 1648 -- Draft pass for Sir James Carmichaell to go to the King in the Isle of Wight. Lords Journals, X. 515. In extenso.

28 September 1648 -- Draft ordinance for a further sum of £120 per week to be added to the allowance for the relief of sick and maimed soldiers and widows. Lords Journals, X. 516. In extenso.

28 September 1648 -- Draft order for a pass to be granted to Sir James Carmichaell to attend the King, etc. Lords Journals, X. 516. In extenso.

30 September 1648 -- Answer of Sir Wm. Cobb, Knight, to the petition and complaint of Anne Vannenden, widow.

30 September 1648 -- Petition of James Duke of Richmond and Lenox. Prays that his fine may be abated in consideration of his loss of the office of Constable of Dover Castle, Chancellor, Admiral and Warden of the Cinque Ports, in which he has a freehold estate. Lords Journals, X. 522. In extenso.

30 September 1648 -- Draft order that a conference should be had with the House of Commons upon the preceding petition. Lords Journals, X. 521. In extenso.

Some documents may have been removed from this file to the Parchment Collection, the Large Parchments or the Parchment Main Papers. Where this has occurred it is noted in brackets in the descriptions above. Please see relevant entries in the Parchment Collection (HL/PO/JO/10/2), Large Parchments (HL/PO/JO/10/3) or Parchment Main Papers (HL/PO/JO/10/4) for further details.

See Journals of the House of Lords for the same date for entries relating to the laying of these papers.

Calendared in HMC 7th Report, pp 52-54