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23 November 1646 -- Petition of Captain Thomas Ogle.

23 November 1646 -- Petition of William Walter.

23 November 1646 -- Petition of John Bodvell.

23 November 1646 -- Reply of James Earl of Northampton to the answer of Thomas Doughty.

23 November 1646 -- Affidavit of John Bates, servant to James Earl of Northampton, that about February last he was sent by the Earl to Mr. Doughty, then at Oxford, for the evidences and conveyances in question, and that Doughty then said that he had them, and would bring them.

23 November 1646 -- Application for an order for Dr. Heath to institute and induct Thomas Whitehead to the parsonage of Halton, Lancashire. Lords Journals, VIII. 575.

23 November 1646 -- Draft ordinance for Edward Byshe to be Garter Principal King of Arms of Englishmen. Lords Journals, VIII. 575. In extenso.

23 November 1646 -- Petition of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Powell, late Quartermaster-General to Sir William Waller.

Annexed:

1 Copy of account of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Powell for his service as Quartermaster-General. 29 August 1644.

24 November 1646 -- Draft ordinance concerning Maryland, in America.

24 November 1646 -- Letter from the Scots Commissioners at Worcester House to the Earl of Manchester, desiring another meeting with the Committee of both Houses. Lords Journals, VIII. 576. In extenso.

24 November 1646 -- Petition of William Harvey, doctor of physic, and one of His Majesty's principal physicians.

24 November 1646 -- Order for payment of £7,580 per annum for the maintenance of the Duke of York. Lords Journals, VIII. 577. In extenso.

24 November 1646 -- Draft of preceding.

24 November 1646 -- Petition of Thomas Lord Cromwell, Baron of Owckham, desiring the punishment of Thomas Shergald and others for arresting him. Lords Journals, VIII. 577. In extenso.

24 November 1646 -- Copy of order for release of Lord Cromwell, and for Shergald and the others to answer for their conduct. Lords Journals, VIII. 576.

Annexed:

1 Petition of Thomas Wyndell, of Dublin, merchant.

24 November 1646 -- Application for an order for Sir Nathaniel Brent to institute and induct Francis Blechinden to the vicarage of Brenzett, Kent, on the presentation of Sir William Brockman.

24 November 1646 -- Certificate that Sir William Brockman is not sequestered in any part of his estate.

24 November 1646 -- Application for an order for Dr. Aylett to institute and induct Robert Bryan to the rectory of Limington, Somerset.

Annexed:

1 Order of the Committee for Plundered Ministers upon a petition of the parishioners of All Saints, Southampton, for Robert Bryan to officiate the cure there, as an orthodox and godly divine. 31 December 1644.

24 November 1646 -- Application for an order for Dr. Heath to institute and induct William Deane to the rectory of Catharpe [Calthorpe], Leicestershire.

26 November 1646 -- Copy of order for Dr. Heath to institute and induct Christopher Wright to the rectory of Bulwick, Northamptonshire. Lords Journals, VIII. 577.

26 November 1646 -- Petition of Francis Lord Cottington.

26 November 1646 -- Draft list of Committee appointed to inquire into the charge made by Richard Lloyd against the Earls of Northumberland and Pembroke, of having sent £2,000 each, to the King when at Oxford. Lords Journals, VIII. 578.

Annexed:

1 Examinations of John Treise and Henry Cowes. Lords Journals, VIII. 578. In extenso.

2 Interrogatories to be put to the witnesses.

26 November 1646 -- Order for hearing the matter of the contempt charged against Charles Broughton and others touching the isle of Axholm. See Lords Journals, VIII. 584.

27 November 1646 -- Petition of Anne Lady Burgh, the younger.

[27 November 1646] -- Petition of Theodore Colley, notary public, late Deputy Registrar of the late office of Principal Registry of the diocese of London.

27 November 1646 -- Certificate from Dr. Cornelius Burges and others, of petitioner's fitness for such employment.

28 November 1646 -- Petition of Richard Rednall. Prays that before Edward Trelawney, who is to be brought before the House by Habeas Corpus, is released, petitioner may have satisfaction from him for £200, long since confessed to be due. Lords Journals, VIII. 582.

28 November 1646 -- Petition of William Walter.

Annexed:

1 Petition of Elizabeth Walter.

28 November 1646 -- Draft ordinance for settling upon Hugh Peter, minister of God's word, an estate of £200 per annum. Lords Journals, VIII. 582. In extenso.

28 November 1646 -- Draft ordinance for using the house of Sir Richard Gurney, late Lord Mayor, a delinquent, as the office for the sale of Bishops' lands. Lords Journals, VIII. 583. In extenso.

28 November 1646 -- Draft of oath to be taken by the Surveyors for sale of Bishops'lands. Lords Journals, VIII. 583. In extenso.

28 November 1646 -- Draft order for payment of £160 to Sir Edward Dodsworth out of his arrears. Lords Journals, VIII. 583. In extenso.

28 November 1646 -- Order for the hearing of the cause between Burley and Bateman upon a writ of error. Lords Journals, VIII. 584. In extenso.

30 November 1646 -- Petition of Everard Poole, minister. Upon the statements made against him in an affidavit of John Boilston, petitioner has been in restraint for three weeks. Had his words been fully reported they would have contained no contempt; he prays therefore for discharge. Lords Journals, VIII. 584.

30 November 1646 -- Draft pass for Colonel Henry Washington and three servants to go into Holland. Lords Journals, VIII. 584.

30 November 1646 -- Draft ordinance for payment of £5,000 for the Yorkshire Horse. Lords Journals, VIII. 584. In extenso.

30 November 1646 -- Draft order for the Committee of both Kingdom to confer with the Scots Commissioners concerning the payment of the money due to their army on marching out of England. Lords Journals, VIII. 585. In extenso.

1 December 1646 -- Application for an order for Dr. Aylett to institute and induct Joseph Nowell to the rectory of Lechamstead, Bucks. Lords Journals, VIII. 586.

1 December 1646 -- Application for an order for Dr. Aylett to institute and induct Robert Yeowell to the vicarage of Ebbesham [?], Kent. Lords Journals, VIII. 586.

1 December 1646 -- Order in the cause of the participants of the level of Hatfield Chase, etc. against some of the inhabitants of the isle of Axholm, directing the discharge of Thomas Peacocke and others from further restraint. Lords Journals, VIII. 586. In extenso.

1 December 1646 -- Draft of preceding.

2 December 1646 -- Petition of Colonel Randall Mainwaring. He has endangered his life, impaired his health, and lost his estate in the public service.

2 December 1646 -- Petition of Charles Lord Howard of Charlton (Viscount Andover). Prays that he may be admitted to compound for his delinquency. Lords Journals, VIII. 586.

3 December 1646 -- Order for hearing the cause of Sir John Sidley against John Baldwin. Lords Journals, VIII. 588.

3 December 1646 -- Order for Sir Richard Bellasis to be Sheriff of the County Palatine of Durham. Lords Journals, VIII. 589. In extenso.

3 December 1646 -- Order for Thomas Kenersley, of Locksley, to be Sheriff of Staffordshire. Lords Journals, VIII. 589. In extenso.

3 December 1646 -- Order for John Hobart to be Sheriff of Cambridge. Lords Journals, VIII. 589. In extenso.

3 December 1646 -- List of Sheriffs. See Lords Journals, VIII. 589.

4 December 1646 -- Draft report of proposed heads of conference with the Commons about the compositions made with delinquents by the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall without authority from both Houses of Parliament. Lords Journals, VIII. 590. In extenso.

4 December 1646 -- Draft order for a public fast on account of the great rains. Lords Journals, VIII. 591. In extenso.

4 December 1646 -- Order of the Committee of both Kingdoms at Derby House, that the papers, that have passed between the Committee and the Scots Commissioners, about the payment of the money due for the Scots army, and its return into Scotland, should be reported to both Houses. Lords Journals, VIII. 592. In extenso.

4 December 1646 -- Copy of preceding.

4 December 1646 -- Papers reported in pursuance of the above order, and given in extenso. Lords Journals, VIII. 592 et seq.

1 First paper of the Lords and Commons. 1 copy.

2 Copy of preceding. 1 copy.

3 Scots first paper.

4 Second paper of the Lords and Commons.

5 Copy of part of preceding.

6 Scots second paper.

7 Copy of part of preceding.

8 Third paper of the Lords and Commons.

7 December 1646 -- Instructions to the Committee for treating with the Scots Commissioners about paying the money due to their army, etc. Lords Journals, VIII. 598. In extenso.

7 December 1646 -- Draft resolution that the security of the public faith of England shall be given, for the repayment of the last £200,000 to the Scotch. Lords Journals, VIII. 598. In extenso.

7 December 1646 -- Draft order for payment of £200 to Colonel Edward Aldriche. Lords Journals, VIII. 598. In extenso.

7 December 1646 -- Application from the Earl of Leicester that he may be restored to possession of certain lands, out of which he has been forcibly put by Edward Johnson, a lawyer, under colour of some process out of the Court of Exchequer, to which the Earl, who has always been ready to try his title in law or equity, was no party.

7 December 1646 -- Affidavit of William Gibbons, of Coventry, in support of preceding.

7 December 1646 -- Draft order upon preceding affidavit for restoring the Earl of Leicester to possession of the said lands. Lords Journals, VIII. 598. In extenso.

8 December 1646 -- Draft ordinance for the upholding of the trade and settling the government of the Fellowship of Merchants trading to the East Indies.

This ordinance was brought from the Commons this day (Lords Journals. VIII. 599); read 1a, on the 10th (601); read 2a, and committed on the 4th of January following (643); read 3a, with alterations on the 16th of March (Lords Journals, IX. 81), and then rejected.

8 December 1646 -- Order for protection of the libraries, books, mathematical instruments, and other things necessary for their studies, belonging to the chambers, of any master, reader, professor, scholar, or officer, within the University of Oxford. Lords Journals, VIII. 600. In extenso.

8 December 1646 -- Draft of preceding.

8 December 1646 -- Another draft.

8 December 1646 -- Proviso incorporated in the order.

8 December 1646 -- Draft order of the House of Commons, that no member of either House shall have any sequestrations whatsoever, either by grant or lease. C. J., V. 4. In extenso.

8 December 1646 -- Draft resolution of the Commons, that if any person henceforth shall raise or maintain arms against both or either of the Houses of Parliament, every such person shall die without notice, and his whole estate shall be confiscated. C. J., V. 6. Noted,--Rejected.

8 December 1646 -- Draft of various resolutions of the Commons on this and subsequent days, respecting the payment of the quarters of the Scots army. C. J., VI. 6, 18, 23. In extenso.

9 December 1646 -- Pamphlet containing printed copies of the ordinance of 6th April 1644, for the better observation of the Lord's Day ; of the ordinance of 24th August 1642, for the better observing and keeping of a monthly fast; of the order of the Commons of 24th April 1643, for constables to give all persons notice to observe the fasts; and of the ordinance of 2nd December 1646, for the better observation of the monthly fast. This pamphlet was to be printed and distributed throughout the country, by order of the Commons made this day. C. J., V. 7.

10 December 1646 -- Petition of Thomas Lord Cromwell, Baron of Owckham. William Moyle and others have attached money which petitioner had raised.

Annexed:

1 Copy of order of 24th November for Lord Cromwell's protection.

10 December 1646 -- Petition of Moses Tryon, patron of the church of Bulwick. Northamptonshire.

10 December 1646 -- Message from the Commons for renewing the Committee for the Army. Lords Journals, VIII. 601. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Copy of paper from the Scots about the payment of the £200,000, and the votes of the Houses thereupon. Lords Journals, VIII. 601. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Draft order for the payment of the garrison of Dover, etc. out of the Excise for nine months longer. Lords Journals, VIII. 602. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Draft order for payment of the accounts of officers and soldiers. Lords Journals, VIII. 602. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Proposition for payment of a proportion of their claims to widows of officers and soldiers, and others. Lords Journals, VIII. 602. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Draft ordinance for bringing in the arrears in the Eastern Association. Lords Journals, VIII. 602. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Draft ordinance for the Treasurers for the sale of the Bishops' lands to send £200,000 to York, for payment of the Scots. Lords Journals, VIII. 603. In extenso.

[10 December 1646] -- Petition of Richard Jenks. Petitioner has been several times employed to go to the King of Denmark.

10 December 1646 -- Translation of letter from Christian, King of Denmark, to the Parliament of England; he has appointed Commissioners to confer with those of the Parliament about the matters in dispute between them. Dated at Fredericksburg. 3 June 1646. Lords Journals, VIII. 603. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Translation of letter from Christian, King of Denmark, to the Parliament of England, that he accepts their excuses about the treatment of Sir John Henderson, and learns that his interposition in favour of peace is now needless. Dated at Fredericksburg. 3 June 1646. Lords Journals, VIII. 603. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Translation of letter from the Duke and Governors of Genoa to the Parliament of England about the cause between Peter Ricaut and the East India Company. Dated at Genoa. 8 June 1646. Lords Journals, VIII. 604. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Draft order for reviving the Committee for the army. Lords Journals, VIII. 604. In extenso.

10 December 1646 -- Another draft.

11 December 1646 -- Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wilshire.

Annexed:

1 Copy of certificate from Sir Thomas Fairfax, that Wilshire served as major of his own regiment in the North, and has always behaved with fidelity and valour.

11 December 1646 -- Application for an order for Dr. Heath to institute and induct Mr. Saxton to the vicarage of Harworth, in the county of Nottingham. Lords Journals, VIII. 604.

[11 December 1646] -- Petition of Everard Poole.

11 December 1646 -- Draft order for Mathew Lock to be Comptroller of the Customs at Southampton. Lords Journals, VIII. 608. In extenso.

11 December 1646 -- Draft ordinance for bringing in the duty for relief of the captives in Algiers. Lords Journals, VIII. 608. In extenso.

12 December 1646 -- Petition of Samuel Pryor. Lord Docwra Baron of Kilmore, was captain of a Foot company in Ireland.

12 December 1646 -- Petition of William Hodges.

Annexed:

1 Copy of Stuart's protection. 20 June 1645.

12 December 1646 -- Draft ordinance for Sir John Corbett to have the benefit of the manor of Milton, Bucks, for reparation of his losses until a certain sum secured by mortgage thereon be paid. Lords Journals, VIII. 609. In extenso.

14 December 1646 -- Draft ordinance for justifying the proceedings of Parliament. Lords Journals, VIII. 610. In extenso.

14 December 1646 -- Draft ordinance to confirm the treaties between England and Scotland. Lords Journals, VIII. 610. In extenso.

14 December 1646 -- Draft ordinance to annul the cessation of arms in Ireland, etc. Lords Journals, VIII. 610. In extenso.

14 December 1646 -- Printed copy of ordinance for papists and other delinquents to depart twenty miles from London, etc. Lords Journals, VIII. 610. In extenso.

15 December 1646 -- Order for payment of £12,000 to the Scots Commissioners in London. Lords Journals, VIII. 612. In extenso.

15 December 1646 -- Draft of preceding.

15 December 1646 -- Letter from Dr. Thomas Hill, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, to the Earl of Manchester.

Annexed:

1 Affidavit of John Laurence, that he heard Mr. Wotton say that the rebellion of the Parliament was worse than the rebellion in Ireland.

15 December 1646 -- Draft order appointing Mr. Alexander Bence a Commissioner of the Navy. C. J., V. 14. 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 6th Report, pp 141-144