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• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/JO/10/1/265
• Ref No: HL/PO/JO/10/1/265
• Date: 10 Jul 1648 - 28 Jul 1648
• Level: File
• Description: This record contains:
  10 July 1648 -- Petition of George Warner.
  10 July 1648 -- Petition of Bridget Bray, wife of Thomas Bray, one of the Prince's bedchamber.
  Annexed:
  1 Similar petition of Bridget Bray. (Undated.)
  2 Letter from the Lord General (Thomas Lord Fairfax), at Windsor, to the Earl of Manchester, recommending Mrs. Bray's petition to the favourable consideration of Parliament. 20 May Lords Journals, X. 372.
  10 July 1648 -- Order for some allowance to be given to Mrs. Bray. Lords Journals, X. 372. In extenso.
  10 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance that no member of either House shall hold any place of profit not enjoyed by him before these wars, lest, fearing that by a settlement of a lasting peace he might lose his place, he may be swayed to fit his vote to his private interest rather than the public.
  10 July 1648 -- Draft order for raising and maintaining a troop of horse in Surrey. Lords Journals, X. 373. In extenso.
  10 July 1648 -- Draft of similar order for Hants. Lords Journals, X. 373. In extenso.
  10 July 1648 -- Draft of similar order for the county of Carnarvon, and for measures to be taken for reducing the Isle of Anglesey. Lords Journals, X. 373. In extenso.
  10 July 1648 -- Draft order appointing additional Commissioners for the county of Carnarvon. Lords Journals, X. 373. In extenso.
  10 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for raising horse, etc., in the county of Essex, for suppressing the tumults there. Lords Journals, X. 373. In extenso.
  10 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for settling the Militia in Exeter. Lords Journals, X. 374. In extenso.
  Annexed:
  1 Amendments to preceding.
  10 July 1648 -- Pass for Sir Theodore Mayerne and his family to go beyond the seas. Lords Journals, X. 374. In extenso.
  11 July 1648 -- Petition of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies.
  11 July 1648 -- Copy of preceding.
  11 July 1648 -- Order appointing a Committee to consider the Company's petition. Lords Journals, X. 374.
  11 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for taking, stating, and determining the accounts of all such officers and soldiers or widows of officers that have served the Parliament in the late wars.
  11 July 1648 -- Petition of Captain Thomas Plunkett in the behalf of his kinsman Captain James Plunkett.
  11 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for the continuance of the excise. Lords Journals, X. 375. In extenso.
  11 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for raising £1,500 per memsem for maintenance of horse and foot in Lincolnshire. Lords Journals, X. 376. In extenso.
  11 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for allowing to the Commissioners of Excise such monies upon their accounts as have been taken away by force from them.
  11 July 1648 -- Certificate from the Assembly of Divines that Thomas Kidner has been approved for the cure of Hitchin, Herts.
  12 July 1648 -- Petition of Ellinor Durson, the wife of John Durson, commander of the ship Loyalty, of London.
  12 July 1648 -- Pass for Lady Stanhope and her company to go to Bagshot and back. Lords Journals, X. 377.
  12 July 1648 -- Letter from Lord Howard of Charlton, at Dover Castle to the Speaker of the House of Peers.
  12 July 1648 -- Postscript from Lord Howard of Charlton, desiring that he may come to town. Lords Journals, X. 379. In extenso.
  12 July 1648 -- Draft orders concerning the reducing of the revolted ships, etc. Lords Journals, X. 379. In extenso.
  12 July 1648 -- Petition of divers well-affected magistrates, ministers, citizens, and other inhabitants in the City of London and parts adjacent.
  12 July 1648 -- Draft of the Lords' answer, thanking the petitioners and assuring them of the determination of Parliament to adhere to their protestation, vows, and covenant in maintenance of the cause in which they are engaged. Lords Journals, X. 377. In extenso.
  12 July 1648 -- Copy of preceding.
  13 July 1648 -- Draft order appointing a day of public thanksgiving for the late victories. Lords Journals, X. 381. In extenso.
  13 July 1648 -- Draft order appointing £600 for victualling and repairing the castle and fort of Chester. Lords Journals, X. 381. In extenso.
  13 July 1648 -- Petition of Theophilus Earl of Lincoln for redress against Isabella Lady Dowager De la Warr.
  14 July 1648 -- Petition of Mary Kirke, wife of George Kirke.
  14 July 1648 -- Order for Fitchett to answer the preceding petition.
  14 July 1648 -- Petition of Robert Cudworth. He has answered the petition of Henry Vernon, and prays that a day may be appointed for hearing the cause. Lords Journals, X. 382.
  14 July 1648 -- Petition of inhabitants of Marsland (?), in the county of Norfolk, and the parts adjacent thereto.
  Annexed:
  1 Draft of an ordinance to extend the ordinance of 13 Eliz. mentioned in preceding to proceedings in the King's Bench as well as in Chancery.
  14 July 1648 -- Draft declaration to induce the revolted mariners to come in to the Parliament. Lords Journals, X. 382. In extenso.
  15 July 1648 -- Draft order for Greville Verney, Sheriff of Warwickshire, to execute eight prisoners condemned at the last assizes for that county. C.J., V. 636. In extenso.
  [15 July 1648] -- Copy of petition of John Coventrie and Frances Nevile to the Committee for Sequestrations.
  18 July 1648 -- Petition of Stephen Pacye [Payce], prisoner as bail for Captain Bushell, late Governor of Lundy Island.
  Annexed:
  1 Order of 26 June referred to in preceding.
  2 Affiadavit of Thomas Robson that he served the preceding order on Snellock and Sturmey, and that the former said he would lie in prison all the days of his life before he would obey it. Lords Journals, X, 383.
  18 July 1648 -- Affidavit of Samuel Watkins.
  Annexed:
  1 Letter from Humf. Dolman and Roger Knight at Thatcham to Sir Francis Pile and Sir John Trevor; Vicars refuses to give up possession of the church or vicarage till it has been adjudged whether he or Paman has the best right to it. 10 July.
  18 July 1648 -- Draft answer to preceding that the Lords have not been wanting in their endeavours to bring His Majesty to a treaty in London. Lords Journals, X. 384. In extenso.
  18 July 1648 -- Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London in Common Council assembled, praying that the forces within the late lines of communication may be united in one militia. Lords Journals, X. 385. In extenso.
  18 July 1648 -- Report from the Committee at Derby House, that if the colliers will furnish the Lord Admiral with two men from each ship the embargo put upon their ships may be taken off. Lords Journals, X. 385.
  18 July 1648 -- Draft order for providing £500 for victualling some garrisons of consequence. Lords Journals, X. 385. In extenso.
  19 July 1648 -- Letter from Colonel Michael Jones at Dublin to Sir Arthur Loftus, in London.
  19 July 1648 -- Letter from Captain Robert Batten, at Holy Island, to the Earl of Manchester, Speaker of the House of Peers.
  20 July 1648 -- Draft pass for Colonel Thorpe to go into France with four horses custom free. Lords Journals, X. 388. In extenso.
  20 July 1648 -- Draft order for the persons concerned in the late design upon Chester to be tried by martial law. Lords Journals, X. 388. In extenso.
  20 July 1648 -- Report from the Committee at Derby House respecting a letter from Colonel Mytton at Denbigh of the 5th instant, and other letters and papers.
  [20] July 1648 -- Copy of a letter giving a short account of the retreat of the English forces under Colonel Harrison to Appleby before the advance of the Scotch under the Duke of Hamilton. C. J., V. 646. See Rushworth, IV. ii. 1200.
  21 July 1648 -- Application for a pass for John Stone and his brother to travel. Lords Journals, X. 389.
  22 July 1648 -- Pass for Mr. Archibald Cambell to go into Scotland. Lords Journals, X. 389. In extenso.
  22 July 1648 -- Order signed by the Earl of Manchester to all postmasters, etc. to furnish Cambell with horses and guides.
  22 July 1648 -- Draft of preceding.
  22 July 1648 -- Draft of the answer to the City petition that the House will do what they can to recall their former votes respecting the enlisting of soldiers in London by Major-General Skippon. Lords Journals, X. 390. In extenso.
  22 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for adding the militia of the outparts to that of London. Lords Journals, X. 390.
  22 July 1648 -- Draft order referring the preceding ordinance to a Committee. Lords Journals, X. 390.
  24 July 1648 -- Draft order for the revenue called the old customs to be disposed of for the use of the Navy. C. J., V. 428. In extenso. Read and respited by the Lords this day. Lords Journals, X. 391.
  24 July 1648 -- Petition of Hugh Lord Coleraine.
  Annexed:
  1 Order of 15th October 1645, for protection of Lady De La Warr on the ground of privilege.
  24 July 1648 -- Certificate of ministers in favour of John Dowch, of Stalbridge, Dorset, Student in Divinity. Lords Journals, X. 393.
  24 July 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £500 to Colonel Arthur Hill. Lords Journals, X. 393. In extenso.
  24 July 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £100 apiece to Colonel Butler and Quartermaster Fincher. Lords Journals, X. 393. In extenso.
  24 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance to settle the militia of Dorsetshire. Lords Journals, X. 393. In extenso.
  24 July 1648 -- Dra`ft ordinance for removing obstructions in the sale of Bishops' lands. Lords Journals, X. 393. In extenso.
  24 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance to confirm a lease of the manor of Farnham, in the county of Southampton, granted 24th March 1642 by the late Bishop of Winchester to Ralph Riggs, deceased. Lords Journals, X. 394. In extenso.
  24 July 1648 -- Draft order for John Baldwin to be gentleman porter of the Tower of London. C. J., V. 645. In extenso.
  24 July 1648 -- Order of the Committee at Derby House for reporting a letter from the Committee of the County of Somerset to both Houses.
  25 July 1648 -- Petition of Stephen Pacye [Payce].
  Annexed:
  1 Copy of order of 18 July referred to in preceding.
  2 Affidavit of service of the order.
  25 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for the upholding of the trade and settling the government of the fellowship of merchants of England trading to the East Indies.
  25 July 1648 -- Petition of Sarah Baugh and divers other poor women. Their husbands, to the number of twenty-seven persons, when bound for the Canaries in the ship John and Mary, of London, in the year 1646, were wrecked on the coast of Barbary, and there made slaves under the King of Morocco.
  25 July 1648 -- Petition of William Barker.
  25 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for raising a troop of horse in Huntingdonshire. Lords Journals, X. 396. In extenso.
  25 July 1648 -- Message from the Commons with an order for the recall of the Commissioners that are in Scotland Lords Journals, X. 396.
  25 July 1648 -- Petition of Major David Melvin.
  Annexed:
  1 Duplicate of preceding.
  2 Another similar petition of Major David Melvin. (Undated.)
  3 A particular of Major David Melvin's losses, occasioned by the inhabitants of Thickhill, for horses, saddles, pistols, etc.
  27 July 1648 -- Message from the Commons, with votes, respecting the revolted ships, etc. Lords Journals, X. 397. (Two papers.)
  27 July 1648 -- Petition of Godfry Goodman, once Bishop of Gloucester.
  27 July 1648 -- Certificate from the Assembly of Divines that Edward Hackett has been approved for the cure of Redmarley Debettat [D'Abitot], Worcestershire. Lords Journals, X. 397.
  27 July 1648 -- Certificate that the vicarage of Harrowden alias Harweden, Northamptonshire, is now void. Lords Journals, X. 397.
  27 July 1648 -- Certificate of ministers that Thomas Henchman is of an orthodox judgment, godly, sober, and exemplary life. Lords Journals, X. 397.
  27 July 1648 -- Draft order authorising the Lord Admiral to grant indemnity to such of the revolted mariners as shall come in within twenty days. Lords Journals, X. 397. In extenso.
  27 July 1648 -- Draft order for payment of £40, arrears of an annuity payable out of the Hanaper in Chancery, to John Browne, Clerk of the Parliaments. Lords Journals, X. 398. In extenso.
  27 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance for raising £16,000 in Suffolk for payment of the forces there. Lords Journals, X. 398. In extenso.
  27 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance to charge £20,000 raised for the Northern forces upon the receipts of the Grand Excise. Lords Journals, X. 399. In extenso.
  27 July 1648 -- Petition of Isabella [Lady De] La-Warre.
  28 July 1648 -- Petition of William Lord Petre; he conceives that by his privilege as a peer he ought not to be charged with finding horse or arms in the country.
  28 July 1648 -- Draft ordinance to discharge the treasurers of Lincolnshire of £1,100 taken by force from their Treasury. Lords Journals, X. 401. In extenso.
  28 July 1648 -- Draft order for the Lord Admiral to fight with the revolted ships. Lords Journals, X. 401. In extenso.
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