Catalogue description Main Papers

2 October 1648 -- Petition of Isabella Baroness Dowager De la Warr.

2 October 1648 -- Draft order for Benjamin Norton and Edward Horsman to be added to the Committee for Rutland. Lords Journals, X. 526. In extenso.

2 October 1648 -- Order appointing trustees of the estate of Clement Paston. Lords Journals, X. 526. In extenso.

2 October 1648 -- Draft of preceding.

2 October 1648 -- Draft order for freeing part of Clement Paston's estate from sequestration. Lords Journals, X. 527. In extenso.

2 October 1648 -- Petition of George Morgan, one of the defendants to the Bill of Complaint in Chancery of Sir Stephen Scott.

Annexed:

1 Propositions referred to in preceding.

2 Copy of agreement entered into by Edmund Scott, Stephen Scott, and George Morgan. 16 August 1620.

3 Copy of order dismissing Morgan's petition. 7 January 1648.

3 October 1648 -- Draft ordinance to dispose of impropriations lately belonging to the Bishops, etc. Lords Journals, X. 528. In extenso.

4 October 1648 -- Petition of Edward Herbert, son of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, deceased.

4 October 1648 -- Draft resolutions approving of the conduct of Colonel George Monck, and appointing him Governor of Carrickfergus, etc. Lords Journals, X. 529. In extenso.

4 October 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £200 to Captain Brugh, who brought General Major Munro from Ireland. Lords Journals, X. 529. In extenso.

4 October 1648 -- Draft order for the Lieutenant of the Tower to deliver Lord Inchiquin's son to Lieutenant-Colonel Beecher, who is appointed to carry him to Ireland and exchange him for certain prisoners. Lords Journals, X. 529. In extenso.

4 October 1648 -- Draft order for the appointment of a Council of War for the trial of soldiers in the County of York. Lords Journals, X. 529. In extenso.

4 October 1648 -- Petition of Lady Inyce Blundell and Christopher Rotherham.

4 October 1648 -- Letter from Colonel Michael Jones, at Dublin, to the Earl of Manchester.

5 October 1648 -- Petition of Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Crokey, deceased.

Annexed:

1 Petition of Benjamin Crokey.

5 October 1648 -- Petition of Anne Lady Lauderdale, Mary Maitland, her daughter, Lady Theodosia Dudley, Robert English, and Bridget Webb.

5 October 1648 -- Petition of Thomas Whitaker, citizen and stationer of London.

5 October 1648 -- Draft ordinance to clear John Smith of his delinquency. Lords Journals, X. 530.

Annexed:

1 Certificate of his delinquency.

6 October 1648 -- Petition of Major Herbert Blanchard.

Annexed:

1 Copy of order of the Committee of the House of Commons for Reformados for the payment of £100 16s., being six months' reformado pay to Major Blanchard. 20 February 1645.

2 Certificate of Sir William Balfour that Major Blanchard commanded a troop of horse under his late Excellency the Earl of Essex. 21 March 1648.

3 Certificate of the Earl of Stamford that Major Blanchard had command of a company of dragoons in the year 1642 under Colonel Chudleigh, 1 July 1648.

6 October 1648 -- Draft ordinances to clear the following persons of their delinquency, Lords Journals, X. 530, with certificates of delinquency annexed. The certificates are given in extenso in the Commons' Journal.

Gilbert and John Atkinson. William Sleaford. Edward Standish. Roger Mostyn. Peter Ball. David Walter. Richard Spencer. Sir Gervase Scroope and Adrian Scroope. Sir Thomas Wolrich. Tobyas Lawe. William Booth. John Hoskins.

6 October 1648 -- Petition of Captain Henry Bell.

6 October 1648 -- Draft ordinance to continue the assessments for the army. Lords Journals, X. 531. In extenso.

6 October 1648 -- Certificate of Presbyters of the first Classis of the Province of London, that they have examined, approved, and ordained John Price.

6 October 1648 -- Testimonial in favour of George White for the rectory of Llanvihangelysternllewern, in the county of Monmouth. Lords Journals, X. 531.

7 October 1648 -- Petition of Richard Shute, of London, merchant.

7 October 1648 -- Draft ordinances to clear the following persons of their delinquency (Lords Journals, X. 532), with certificates of delinquency annexed. The certificates are given in extenso in the Commons' Journal.

William Godolphin. Daniel Thelwall. Sir Walter Wrottesley. Thomas Earl of Southampton. Robert Anderson. Edward Yarde. John Viscount Scudamore and James Scudamore his son. (Certificate only.) Toby Hodson. Nicholas Spicer and others. Lawrence Carlisle. John Forde. Henry Butler. Ambrose Manaton. Thomas Foster. Nicholas Shepeard. Edward Kynaston. Robert Leeds. George Walker. Henry Wilson. Henry Gudgeon. Timothy Tournor. Edmond Hall. Sir Thomas Bishop. John Smith. Thomas Gerrard, junior. George Rawleigh. Robert Holt. (No certificate.) Leonard Pinckney. Edward Dymocke. Richard Draper. John Kelsall. (Two copies of ordinance.) Thomas Atkinson. Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir Henry Herbert. Sir Guy Palmes. Jeffrey Palmer. Robert Reeve. Richard Hawke. John Lynn. William Pretty.

7 October 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £1,000 to Colonel Michael Jones. Lords Journals, X. 532. In extenso.

7 October 1648 -- Draft order recommending John Wheeler for the place of receiver of first fruits. Lords Journals, X. 533. In extenso.

7 October 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £2,000 to Colonel Jones. Lords Journals, X. 533. In extenso.

7 October 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £1,000 to Colonel Lowthian. Lords Journals, X. 533. 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 54-56