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THE CLARKE PAPEES.

SELECTIONS FROM THE PAPERS OF WILLIAM CLARKE
Secretary to the Council of the Army, 1647-1649, and to General
Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland, 1651-1660.

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PEEFACE

The papers printed in this volume are a selection from five volumes
of the Clarke MSS. in the library of Worcester College. Of
those five volumes, two consist principally of ne-wsletters, with a
few other letters and documents interspersed amongst them
(vols, xxxi., xxxii., 4to) ; two others consist chiefly of letters
exchanged between General Monck and the civil government or
commanders of the army in England (vols, li., Iii., folio) ; while
the fifth volume drawn upon is the Order-book of General Monck
during 1659-60 (vol. xlix., folio).
A limited number of papers have been added from other sources.
As has been pointed out in previous prefaces (ii.) the great collec
tion of papers got together by William Clarke was broken up after
his death, and while the most important part of it is in Worcester
College Library, some parts are now in other hands, and a portion
of it has perished altogether. A considerable number of Clarke's
papers are now in the possession of Mr. P. W. Leyborne-Popham,
of Littlecote, Wilts, and a few of these were printed by his per
mission in the second volume of this series of Clarke Papers (ii. 211,
224-239). Since that time Mr. Leyborne-Popham's papers have
been admirably calendared by Mrs. S. C. Lomas for the Historical
Manuscripts Commission, and her Report was published in 1899.
It was, therefore, unnecessary to print any of those papers in this
volume, but it is necessary to point out that the documents calen
dared in that Report supplement those printed here, and that
they are especially valuable for the history of the early part of

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the year 1660, at which date the Worcester College documents
suddenly become very scanty. The numerous references given in
the footnotes will sufiice to draw attention to the relation which
exists between these two parts of the original collection. A certain
number of documents, which formerly made part of the Littlecote
collection, were purchased in 1884 for the British Museum, and
now form volumes 2618-2621 of the Egerton MSS. One letter
drawn from this source is printed on p. 268, and a letter from
Richard Cromwell to General Monck, dated April 18, 1660, would
have been added had it not been previously printed in. the ' English
Historical Review,' 1887, p. 150.
Another portion of William Clarke's papers unexpectedly came
to light in 1898 at the sale of some of the MSS. of Sir Thomas
Phillips (Phillips MS. No. 1013). It is now in the Advocates'
Library in Edinburgh, and twenty-one documents extracted from
it, relating to events occurring in Scotland during November and
December 1659, are printed in the present volume.
In the Appendix to this volume a few letters are added from the
Tanner, Carte, and Rawlinson MSS. in the Bodleian Library,
which illustrate the events recorded in the documents printed in
the body of the volume. It was thought that they would be
more useful to students if printed here side by side with other
papers relating to the same time than if they were relegated to
some future Camden Miscellany.
The period covered by the papers contained in this volume is
about a year, extending from the fall of Richard Cromwell to the
restoration of Charles IL The fall of Richard practically dates
from the dissolution of Parliament forced upon him by the leaders
of the Army on April 22, 1659 ; but for three weeks after that
event there was a kind of interregnum, during which the future
government of the country was undetermined. During this inter
regnum power was in the hands of the General Council of Oflacers,
whose vindication of their conduct in enforcing the late dissolu
tion is printed on p. 4. Some of the resolutions of the General

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Council are printed on p. 1, but no record exists of their debates
on the burning question whether England should be a Protector--
ate or a Republic. The ' grandees ' of the Army, we are told by
an anonymous writer who was in the secrets of their councils,
wished to maintain a Protector, limiting his powers ' in the nature
of a Duke of Venice ; ' but the inferior officers, who ' kept their
council apart at St. James's ' and were backed by the Indepen
dent churches in general, opposed the design of the officers and
demanded the restoration of a republic. As in 1653, there was
talk of ' the setting up of a government in nature of an oligarchy
of seventy wise good men' (p. 21); but the popular voice was
against such an experiment. ' The government,' says a newsletter
dated May 3, ' seems now to be naturally falling into a Common
wealth and free state, and the generali cry of the people is for the
Longe Parliament to take possession againe, and this appeares to
be the sence of the officers of the army now continuing, and all
others out of the army tbat have bin of the Longe Parliament
partie' (p. 3).
Accordingly, about May 2, conferences began between repre
sentatives of the officers and representatives of the Long Parlia
ment, ending on May 7 with the restoration of that assembly to its
old authority (pp. 3, 6, 8). About fifty members met on the day
of their return to Westminster, and it was calculated that about
eighty more were qualified to take their places again in the House.
Summonses were issued to all absent members, bidding them to
attend, and it is calculated by Professor Masson that about 120 in
all put in an appearance, though the highest number present at
a sitting was never more than 76. Specimens of the answers
returned to the Speaker's letter of summons are given in the
Appendix (pp. 277-279).
The new Government was accepted without opposition. Richard
Cromwell signed a formal submission, which was presented to
Parliament on May 25. He asked only for the discharge of the
debts contracted b,y himself and his father in the public service,

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which amounted to about 30,000Z., and then payment was promised
but never performed. Nearly a year later, on April 18, 1660, he
wrote to Monck, complaining that he had for some time been
necessitated ' to retire into hiding-places to avoid arrests for debts
contracted upon the public account,' and asked the General in
vain to appeal to Parliament on his behalf (' English Historical
Review,' 1887, p. 152). Pew regretted the fall of the House of
Cromwell, but amongst those few was Edward Montagu, the future
Earl of Sandwich. At the time he was absent in command of the
fleet which had been despatched to the Sound to mediate between
the Kings of Denmark and Sweden. The sudden return of the
fleet in September 1659 caused some suspicion amongst the
Republicans, and the letters exchanged between the Admiral and
the late Protector show Montagu's personal fidelity to the fallen
ruler (pp. 29, 50, 296).
Henry Cromwell acquiesced in the setting aside of his brother,
though he made some attempt to negotiate with the leaders of the
Republicans, and though it was feared he would attempt armed
resistance. Monck's nephew, Cornet Henry Monck, who held some
post in Ireland, is said to have been despatched to Scotland by
the Lord- Lieutenant in order to sound the general on the disposi
tion of the troops in that country. All that these papers contain,
however, is two brief letters from the Cornet informing Monck of
Henry Cromwell's despatch of agents to England and of his sub
sequent resignation of his office (pp. 11, 23). There is equally
little evidence that Monck thought of resisting the action of the
English army, though the design of doing so is attributed to him
by several contemporary authors (Baker's ' Chronicle,' ed. Phillips,
1670, p. 662 ; cf Gumble, ' Life of Monck,' p. 97). It is probable
that if Richard had declined to dissolve Parliament at the demand
of Fleetwood and his associates, and had called upon Monck
to support the civil power against the violence of the army in
England, Monck would have supported him, or at least would have
attempted to do so. But no such appeal was made, and all that

PREFACE IX
is clear is that Monck maintained a waiting attitude during this
interregnum, and did not publicly declare his acceptance of the
revolution till he was officially informed of the restoration of the
Long Parliament. His answers to the earlier communications of
the Council of Officers are not extant, but by an address dated
May 12 he and the army under his command assured Fleetwood of
their co-operation in supporting the new Government, and it
was accompanied by a similar declaration directed to the Speaker.
In a private letter from Monck to the Committee of Safety he
congratulated himself that the security of the three nations was
committed ' to persons of so eminent worth and integrity,' adding,
' Blessed be God, the army heere is very unanimous, and in as
good a temper as I have knowne them ' (p. 10).
In the same letter Monck mentioned that ' some emissaries of
Charles Stuart's' had 'arrived in Scotland,' and ere long it was
generally known that a new Royalist insurrection was about to
take place (p. 15). Monck prepared to meet it in Scotland by
imposing upon a certain number of noblemen and gentlemen, who
had ' given bond for their peaceable living,' the additional obliga
tion of signing an engagement ' not to act or contrive anything for
or in the behalf of Charles Stuart,' or to the disturbance of the
peace of the Commonwealth, Those who refused this engagement —
amongst whom were Lieutenant-General David Leslie, the Earl of
Loudoun, Lord Lome, and many other officers and noblemen —
were imprisoned till the danger was past (pp. 25, 41, 56).
Thanks to these precautions, no rising took place in Scotland, but
in England there were, about the end of July and the first few
days of August, many local movements, of which one developed into
a serious insurrection. In Kent, Surrey, and Hertfordshire the
preliminary gatherings of the Royalists were promptly dispersed
and many arrests were made (pp. 29, 31, 286, 290).
In Gloucestershire, where Major-General Massey was designed
to head the movement, the vigilance of the local authorities
frustrated a plot for the capture of Gloucester ; and Massey was

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arrested, though he succeeded in escaping from his captors
(pp. 33-37, 285).
In Cheshire and Lancashire, where the Presbyterian ministers
preached zealously against the Government, Sir George Booth got
together several thousand men, and published a vague declaration
designed to unite all parties. But the Royalist section of his
supporters insisted on proclaiming Charles IL, and many who
sympathised with the attempt to overthrow the rump of the Long
Parliament drew back and refused to take up arms for the King,
Booth himself was said to have declared that this proclamation
would be their ruin (pp. 32, 33, 38, 40, 287, 289).
Little risings took place in Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and
Nottinghamshire, but were suppressed as soon as they came to a
head (pp. 44, 45.)
In some places, as at Plymouth, the local authorities showed
great reluctance to publish the proclamation issued by Parliament
against Booth and his adherents (p. 290). Nevertheless the general
movement hung fire, and the numbers of Booth's forces did not
increase as fast as had at first seemed probable. According to the
estimate of his opponents, he had not more than 2,000 under his
command when he was defeated by Major-General Lambert at
Northwich on August 19, 1659. Chester surrendered immediately
after the battle, and Chirk Castle, the only other place garrisoned
by the Royalists, on August 24 (pp. 46, 293, 294).
Sir George Booth himself, disguised as a woman, was taken in
an inn at Newport Pagnell. A newsletter gives an amusing
description of the manner in which the suspicions of the innkeeper
were aroused by ' Mrs. Dorothy ' and her companions (p. 47).
Very little light is thrown by these papers on the legislative
proceedings of the restored Parliament. Many Bills were intro
duced, but their progress was slow, because much of the time of
the House was occupied with purely political and administrative
business, and because of the delay caused by the insurrection.
One important measure taken in hand was the re-enactment of the

PREFACE Xl
union with Scotland, for it was held that the incorporating union
effected by the Protector's ordinances and by the Instrument of
Government was invalid. A Bill for the purpose was introduced
on July 27, read a second time on July 30, and considered for
many sittings in committee of the whole House. Its progress was
delayed by a dispute about the question whether the Independent
congregations, recently established in Scotland, and other dis
senters from the Established Church of that country, were to be
guaranteed toleration in the proposed Act of Union or not. The
proviso suggested for the purpose met with bitter opposition (pp. 24,
37, 48, 49, 50).
Another matter which consumed a large part of the time of the
House was the remodelling of the array. Parliament was deter
mined to keep the control of the military forces of the nation in
its hands ; and though Fleetwood was confirmed in the post of
commander-in-chief, he was deprived of the power of appointing
his officers, which Fairfax and Cromwell had enjoyed. The
appointment of officers was entrusted to a committee of seven, of
whom Fleetwood was one, and their nominations required the
approval of Parliament, Moreover, each commission was signed by
the Speaker instead of the commander-in-chief, and, when possible,
solemnly delivered to the officer named, by the Speaker in the
presence of the House, A number of officers had been deprived
of their commissions in May 1659, in consequence of the support
they had given to the Protector Richard and their disobedience to
the orders of Fleetwood (pp. 1, 2). Lord Fauconberg's regiment
of horse was given to Lambert, Richard Cromwell's to Colonel
Saunders, that of Ingoldsby to Colonel Rich, and that of Bridge
to Colonel Okey. Several other officers suspected of too much
attachment to the House of Cromwell were also dismissed and
replaced by staunch Republicans. Later still, that is, during the
months of June, July, August, and September, the seven com
missioners went through the army list and purged it completely of
all officers whose political principles or characters seemed to render

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them unfit to serve the new power. New commissions were issued
to those officers who were retained in the service and to those who
were substituted for the officers expelled. The newsletters written
from London to the headquarters of the army in Scotland give a
full account of this process, with lists of the appointments made
in the various regiments considered by the commissioners.
As the papers relating to the subject in the ' Calendar of
Domestic State Papers ' and the ' Journals of the House of
Commons ' contain a tolerably complete account of this revision,
and supply lists of the officers commissioned, most of the news
letters dealing with the question are omitted here. There are,
however, incidental notices of the changes made in several of the
letters printed (pp. 16, 19, 25, 29, 33, 39). As the officers removed
were ' put out of their commands without hearing, without charge,
and without trial,' great discontent was the result (pp. 21, 62).
Monck petitioned that no changes might be made in the regiments
of the army in Scotland, and if that were refused he begged that
at least his own two regiments and that of Colonel Talbot might
be left as they were. The House took the request extremely
ill, and sent him a very rude answer, while the Commissioners
proceeded to put out two captains and four other officers in his
regiment of horse, and to make similar changes in the other regi
ments in Scotland (pp. 16, 18, 39). Monck answered the Parlia
ment very calmly. ' Obedience,' he wrote, ' is my greate principle,
and I have alwaise, and ever shall, reverence the Parliament's
resolutions in civill things as infallible and sacred.' At the same
time he defended his conduct in making these requests. 'Knowing
you proceed by information, I tooke myself concerned to represent
what was most for your service, as being best acquainted with
men's courage and affections ' (p. 22).
Privately Monck was so much annoyed and troubled by the
displacement of his officers, and by the refusal of the House to listen
to his petition, that he seriously thought of resigning. According
to Phillips he wrote a letter of resignation, dated September 3,

PREFACE xiii
which was actually delivered to the Speaker; but Clarges, the
General's brother-in-law, prevented it from being read in the House,
and finally succeeded in persuading him to withdraw it (Baker's
' Chronicle,' ed. 1670,, p. 676). This story is to some extent con
firmed by Monck's own letters, in one of which he speaks of him
self as importuning both the deceased Protector and the Parliament
to permit him to retire (pp. 90, 152).
Meanwhile discontent was rapidly increasing in the army. A
number of officers representing the various regiments which had
served under Lambert in the suppression of Sir George Booth's
rising met together at Derby, and drew up a petition to Parliament,
setting forth their grievances and their demands. They sent a copy
of this petition to Monck, asking him to join in it, but he refused
to do BO, and prohibited his officers from subscribing it. ' It hath
been alwaies against my way,' said he, ' to sign any petitions at all,
either to the Parliament or General, from the forces here, and I
am still of the same judgment ' (p. 59). Parliament sent hira at
once a hearty letter of thanks, and his action emboldened it in its
resistance to the army in England (October 7). The House had
ordered the Derby petition to be suppressed (September 23), but a
new petition, somewhat similar in character, was presented to it
from the army upon October 5. While this was under considera
tion it learnt that, in spite of prohibitions, the council of officers in
London was sending circular letters to the rest of the army in the
three nations, soliciting their co-operation and their signatures.
On this, the House deprived Lambert and eight other officers im
plicated of their commissions, and voted that they should hence
forth be incapable of any military employment. At the same time
it cancelled Fleetwood's commission as commander-in-chief, and
vested the command of the army in seven commissioners, viz.
Fleetwood, Monck, Ludlow, Overton, Sir Arthur Hesilrige, Colonel
Morley, and Colonel Walton (p. 60).
One of Monck's correspondents asserts that the real cause of
this breach was not so much the petition and the proceedings

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XIV THE CLARKE PAPERS
upon it as the previous conduct of the Parliament towards the
army, especially ' the grand dissatisfaction that was taken by dis-
placeing of officers without heareing of them or laying anything
to theire charge ' (p. 62). In a letter from Fleetwood to Monck,
written on October 25, Fleetwood set forth what he termed ' a right
state of the case' (pp. 63, 71), and about October 15 an official
letter, signed by Fleetwood and seven other officers of the English
army, had been sent to Monck (p. 69, note).
The news of the revolution of October 13 reached Monck,
according to Phillips in his continuation of Baker's ' Chronicle,' on
October 17 (p. 685). The evidence of this continuation is of great
value, because it is based on the papers and the recollections of
Thomas Clarges, Monck's brother-in-law. A contemporary letter,
however, states that the first notice was received by the General on
Tuesday, October 18, and this date is probably correct (Mackinnon,
' Coldstream Guards,' i. 73). For the letters and commissions
extracted from Monck's Order-Book and printed on pp. 64^66,
and dated October 19, are the first references to the event con
tained in that collection. Monck's resolution to support the
Parliament against the army was announced by the military
measures taken on October 19, and by three letters addressed to
Fleetwood, Lambert, and the Speaker, dated October 20. These
were accompanied by two public declarations issued in the name of
the officers under his command (p. 67, note).
No one who had carefully observed Monck's earlier career could
have doubted that his sympathies would be with the civil power
rather than with an attempt to establish military rule. His early
life had been spent in the service of the Dutch republic. He speaks
of himself as having had his education ' in a commonwealth where
soldiers received and observed commands, but gave none ' (p. 22).
From 1647 to 1649, when the political agitation in the army was at
its highest, he had been employed in Ireland, and the example of his
comrades in England exerted very little influence over him. Witb the
exception of his brief command at sea and a few months spent in

PREFACE XV
nursing his broken health, he had been continuously employed, at
first in the conquest of Scotland, and afterwards in its government.
No man amongst the higher officers of the army had seen so much
active service or enjoyed so little leisure for politics. From the first
moment, therefore, he condemned the act of violence committed by
Lambert and Fleetwood, and urged the restoration of the Parliament.
The dangers of military rule, to the army itself as well as to
the nation, were always present to his mind. ' It is much upon
my spiritt,' he wrote to Lambert, ' that this poore Commonwealth
can never bee happy if the army make itselfe at divided interest
from the nation, which must bring us into such a slavery as will
not bee long indured ' (p. 87). ' What can be the issue of this
contempt of authority,' he wrote to a minister, ' but an arbitrary
government by the sword, to enslave the contiences, lawes, and
estates of the people of these nations to the lust of a few ambitious
persons ? ' (p. 90). ' I am ingaged in conscience and honnour,' he
declared to Dr. Owen, ' to see my country freed (as much as in
mee lies) from that intollerable slavery of a sword government, and
I know England cannot, nay, will not, indure it ; and if this army
heere had concurred with them in England, wee had all bin
exposed to the fury of the three nations, which they would some
time or other have executed' (p. 153).
This reasoned hostility to military rule was the fundamental
principle on which Monck's policy was based, and he was faithful
to it throughout. On the question of the nature of the civil
authority to which the obedience of the army must be given, his
views gradually altered. At first he demanded simply the restora
tion of the Rump Parliament sitting from May to October 1659.
After he entered England he gradually came to the belief that it
was necessary to readmit the members expelled by Pride's Purge,
and to restore the Long Parliament as it was in 1648. Finally he
adopted the conclusion that it was necessary to call a new Parlia
ment. But this process of development appears to have been due
to the pressure of English public opinion, and not the result of any

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design formed when he first decided to declare against Lambert
and Fleetwood.
Monck's correspondence during the period from October 1659
to January 1660 forms the most important portion of this volume.
A certain number of his letters were published at the time in
pamphlet form, and these have therefore been omitted here, but
references to the collections in which they are to be found are
given in the foot-notes. A small collection of these letters was
published in 1660 by a republican whose object was to show
Monck's treachery by putting on record his protestations of fidelity
to the republic (Sept. 29, 1660). In 1714 this was reprinted with
additions by John Toland, under the title of ' A Collection of Letters
written by his Excellency General George Monk, afterwards Duke
of Albemarle, relating to the Restoration of the Royal Family.
With an introduction, proving by incontestable evidence that
Monk had projected that Restoration in Scotland ; against the
cavils of those who would rob him of the merit of this action,'
London, 1714, 8vo.'
Most of these letters and some others are reprinted also
in the Parliamentary or Constitutional history of England, in
twenty-four volumes published in instalments between 1751 and
1761. This is referred to in the notes as the ' Old Parliamentary
History ' (cf vol. xxii. p. 4). Another pamphlet collection of
letters, declarations of the army, and similar documents, which has
been of great use, is ' A True Narrative of the Proceedings in
Parliament, Council of State, General Council of the Army and
Committee of Safety, from the 22nd of September until this
present time,' London 1659, 4to, published by John Redmayne.
The correspondence of Monck printed here gives a full account
of the attempted treaty between Monck and the English officers.
' Letter xxix. in Toland's pamphlet is an obvious forgery. It -was originally
printed in 1660 as ' A Letter from General Monck to King Charles, son of the late
King Charles of England ; together with King Charles's answer thereunto.' It is
reprinted in the Somers Tracts, vi. 557, ed. Soott.

PREFACE XVU
It is evident that Monck was justified in the complaint that his
commissioners went beyond their instructions in the agreement
which they concluded on November 15, 1659 (pp. 97, 109, 116,
119, 126, 133, 144). Many other attempts, official and unofficial,
were made to heal the breach between the two sections of the
army. Monck and his officers published, about the end of October,
a ' Declaration to the Churches of Christ in the Three Nations,'
which gave the ministers of the most important Independent
congregations in London an opportunity for trying the effect
of their intercession. Th^ey sent a special mission to Scotland
for the purpose, consisting of two ministers and two laymen
(pp. 67, 82). Several letters were exchanged between Monck and
'the Ministers of the Congregated Churches' (pp, 81, 89, 184,
212). More interesting, however, are the two which passed between
Monck and Dr. John Owen. Owen was vehemently opposed
to the reinstatement of the Rump. ' I am satisfied with these
two things : first, that without their restauration a free state or
commonwealth may be setled, the common enemy defeated, the
mini'Stry preserved, reformation carryed on, and all the ends of our
ingagements satisfied, if your Lordshipp and those with you
concurre in the worke ; and secondly, that their reinvestiture
cannott be effected without the blood of them whose ruine I am
perswaded you seeke not, ... as also the enslaveing of these
nations forever to the will of the major part of that small number '
(p. 123). 'I cannot act against my conscience and commission,'
answered Monck, ' neither can I see any legali foundation fisr a
free state unles this Parliament sitts downe againe, or some other
legally called' (p. 153). Th© Council of Officers at London pro
posed to call a new Parliament in the place of that expelled by
Lambert, but Monck could not regard this expedient as satisfac
tory (pp. 212,213). ' They have no power to summon one,' said he,
' or if they had, it cannot bee expected the members thereof should
be permitted either to assemble or sit in freedom© ' (p. 236),
As the views of the two parties to the quarrel were so
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xviii THE CLARKE PAPERS
diametrically opposed, Owen's mediation or any other attempt at
reconciliation was bound to be fruitless. Each, moreover, dis
trusted the other. A week after Monck's commissioners had
concluded the treaty of November 15, a letter was delivered to the
Lord Mayor of London from Monck, urging the city to support
him with all its strength in the work of restoring the Parliament,
which Fleetwood and the officers regarded as a breach of the truce,
or as a sign that the treaty was not seriously intended (pp. 134,
140, 151).' Monck answered that the letter was not inconsistent
with the attempt to come to an agreement, and that Lambert and
the army were enlisting men and reorganising the militia during
the negotiations (pp. 141, 142, 174). As soon as it had been
agreed to resume the negotiations and to hold a second treaty at
Newcastle, a sudden change in the position of aflfairs in England
caused them to be again interrupted. At the beginning of
December Portsmouth garrison declared for the Parliament, and
three of the seven Commissioners in whom Parliament had vested
the control of the army before Lambert expelled it, placed them
selves at the head of the movement (pp. 165, 166, 169, 186, 210,
216). On receiving this news Monck and his officers declared
that they could not conclude a treaty without the concurrence of
these Commissioners, and as Lambert refused to allow Monck's
messenger to the Commissioners to pass, negotiations were again
broken oflr(pp. 183, 193, 208, 209, 214, 218, 234),
' Monck seems to have sent similar letters to other parts of England, urging
in still more expUcit terms a rising in arms. ' We have apprehended a person
that had two letters from General Monck sewed in his doublet ; they were directed
to nobody, but the messenger said he was to carry them to  , where directions
were to meet him to whom they should be delivered. The substance of them was
to invite them to an insurrection in the West, and to seize upon Exeter as a place
to make head in ; and tells them that when the greatest part of the army was
drawn to oppose him, then London -would rise and destroy the rest ; so that you
may see, here is the second part of Sir George Booth. The letter was written by
William Clark, and signed by Monck's own hand : I saw it.' Letter from Colonel
John Pearson, dated ' NorthaUerton, November 1,' quoted in Mackinnon's Bistory of
the Coldstream Guards, i. 77.

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To add to the difficulties of Fleetwood and his party, a serious
riot took place in London between the apprentices and th© soldiers,
and the feeling of the city, always hostile to the army, grew more
and more embittered every day. A rising in London seemed
imminent. ' Many officers,' said a newsletter, ' when they goe into
the Citty dare not weare their swords for feare of aff"ronts. . . . The
generallity of the Citty expects daily to bee in eares with the
souldjery ' (pp. 166, 168, 169, 187). On December 13 Admiral
Lawson and the fleet in the Downs declared for the restoration of
the Parliament (pp. 211, 217, 274). Almost simultaneously came
the defection of the Irish army, which had at first declined to
support Monck's action and taken the side of their comrades in
England (p. 95). On December 13 a party of officers seized
Dublin Castle and mad© prisoners the three Commissioners for the
Government of Ireland, to whom the responsibility of this anti-
parliamentary policy was attributed. Within the fortnight follow
ing this surprise the whole of Ireland was secured for the service
of the Parliament, with the exception of Duncannon Fort (p. 203,
note ; cf. Ludlow's ' Memoirs,' ii. 193-201, ed. 1894). Sir Charles
Coote, Lord Broghill, and Sir Hardress Waller, the leaders of this
movement, ©ntered into communication with Monck, and promised
him support in his intended march into England (pp. 202, 225,
241). Tbese repeated blows obliged the leaders of the English
army to give way, and on December 24 the troops in London sub
mitted to the inevitable, and declared their submission to the
Parliament (pp. 219, 220). Two days later the House began to sit
again at Westminster (pp. 222, 232^237). Meanwhile Monck was
preparing everything for a march into England. He had esta
blished his headquarters at Coldstream on December 8 (pp. 179,
274). He had completed the reorganisation of his army, and had
thoroughly purged it of all disaflfected officers. Attempts to stir up
opposition amongst his soldiers on the part of their old comrades
serving under Lambert had not been wanting, but they generally
remained ineff^ective (pp. 96, 105, 108, 154, 161, 174, 179). The

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rigid censorship which Monck exercised over tbe post and the
press enabled him to detect any schemes to propagate sedition in
the ranks of his army and to nip thera in the bud (pp. Ill, 229,
231). At the same time he had entered into communication with
the friends of tbe Parliament in Northumberland and the Border
counties, and secured from them some small addition to his forces
and some promises of support (pp. 79, 83, 119, 189, 221).
The question which weighed most upon his mind was how to
provide for the tranquillity of Scotland daring his absence in Eng
land. It was necessary to trust the Scots to a certain extent, but
impossible to trust them far. Monck began by writing to the
different shires and burghs in Scotland, asking them to send
representatives to meet him at Edinburgh on November 15,
'• because his lordshippe hath speciali occasion to speake with them
about some affaires that coricerne the countries at that time.' This
summons was sent out on October 27 (pp. 78, 113). They met at
the appointed date, the representatives of the shires under the
presidency of the Earl of Glencairn, those of the burghs under
Sir James Stuart. Monck informed them that he had ' a call from
God and his people' to march into England, and requested tliem
in his absence to maintain the peace of their districts and suppress
all tumults. In return he promised to obtain an abatement of
their taxes from the Parliament. They replied by expressing
their willingness to keep tbe peace, but professed themselves
incapable of suppressing tumults. They therefore asked him ' to
propose such expedients as his Lordshipp shall think most fitt
to enable them for that end,' and wound up by requesting him to
appoint guards in the shires towards the Highlands and Borders
in order to prevent robbery (pp. 113-116, 143).
Monck thanked them, and asked them to meet him again on
December 12. 'I sball then tbincke,' said he, ' of the best way to
enable yow to secure the peace of the country.' At the same time
he promised to give commissions to persons recommended by them
to command guards for the security of the Borders and Highlands

PREFACE xxi
(p. 121). The meeting took place at Berwick on December 13,
and an agreement was arrived at by which certain shires were per
mitted to raise guards and a certain number of noblemen and
gentlemen were authorised to wear arms and to be attended by a
limited number of armed servanta. Monck demanded, however,
that the noblemen and gentlemen granted this privilege, and those
whom he authorised to put in force his orders for securing the
peace of their respective shires, should subscribe an engagement
' to act nothing to the prejudice of the Commonwealth of England,
or in favour of Charles Stuart's interests' (p. 191, cf. p. 143).
The imposition of this engagement is carefully suppressed in the
version of the agreement printed by Phillips in his continuation of
Baker's ' Chronicle ' (p. 696), no doubt because it militates against
the theory that Monck designed from the first to restore the King.
Gumble in his Life of Monck also suppresses the fact (p. 124).
The Scots asked to be authorised to place themselves in a
posture of defence if the treaty with Lambert failed, and proposed
th9,t Monck should furnish them with arms. He refused to grant
these requests, answering evasively that he would furnish them
with fit means for their defence whenever he apprehended their
peace and safety to be in danger (pp. 190, 191). He also wrote
to the governor of Stirling (and probably to other governors of
garrisons), desiring him to assist the gentlemen of the district in
maintaining the peace of the country, but on no account to fur
nish them with arms (p. 194). The proposal to permit the Scots
to arm had been discussed in his council, but almost unanimously
rejected as too dangerous (p. 276; cf Baker, ' Chronicle,' p. 696).
Monck attempted to persuade the Scots to provide him with
horses for the baggage of his army (p. 79) and for mounting
some of his newly raised cavalry, but apparently without much
success (Baker, pp, 696, 697). As he was in great want of money
to pay his forces, he called on the shires and burghs to pay in
the arrears of their assessments (p 115). But the story that the
-representatives of the shires and burghs raised a special assess-

xxii THE CLARKE PAPEES
ment for hira is a misrepresentation (Baker, p. 689). Monck also
obtained some recruits, whose numbers were much swollen by
rumour (p. 162). He could not enlist many, for fear of disaffect-
ing his own soldiers, but he filled up the vacancies in his ranks
caused by desertion (p. 276 ; cf Baker, pp. 696, 697 ; Price, ed.
Maseres, p. 740). It was reported in England that he had put
Dumbarton and other important castles into the hands of the Scots ;
but the truth was that he merely drew out the troops stationed in
some of the smaller posts, taking security from the gentlemen to
whom the houses belonged for their restoration when they should be
demanded (pp. 140, 143). Leith, Ayr, and the other Cromwellian
fortresses were sedulously guarded and provisioned for any emer
gency (pp. 160, 201).
Thanks to these measures, and to the goodwill rather than the
active assistance of the Scots, Monck was able to pursue his design
without interruption. There were occasional reports of suspicious
meetings amongst the Scottish royalists (pp. 200, 206), and there
was also some discontent expressed by supporters of the English
Government at the confidence Monck was reposing, or seemed to
be reposing, in ' malignants' (pp. 205, 223).' But no disturbance
took place.
The force under Monck's command in October 1659 con
sisted of ten regiments of foot, three of horse, and four companies
of dragoons. Of these he took with him into England six
regiments of foot and all the horse, having converted his four
companies of dragoons into a fourth regiment of horse under
Major-General Morgan (p. 238). After entering England he sent
Morgan, with his own regiment of horse and a regiment of foot,
back to Scotland, and he left another regiment of foot to garrison
York (p. 248). When he reached London he brought with him
three regiments of horse and four of foot (p. 247). The van of
' Sir Andrew Bruoe's letters (pp. 205, 223) are specially noticeable. Monck
had recommended him to the Protector on November 23, 1654, to be appointed a
judge in lieu of Sir James Hope. ' Hee is,' said Monck, ' a gentleman fit for that
imployment and one as really affected to the interest of your Highnesse in this
nation as any Scotchmen I know.' Scotland and tho Protectorate, p. 214.

PREFACE xxiii
Monck's army entered England on January 1, and he followed
with the rest of the army on January 2 (p. 238).'
There was no opposition to Monck's advance. The forces
under Lambert broke up (pp. 237, 239). The brigade of the
Irish army which was under Lambert's command declared for the
Parliament (pp. 228, 251), and helped Lord Fairfax to secure
York (pp. 239, 251). The conduct of Overton, the Governor of
Hull, caused some anxiety, but he speedily declared his adhesion
to the Parliament and his willingness to co-operate with Monck
(pp. 243-247). On his march Monck continued the work of
reorganising the army, dismissing officers who had been unfaithful
to the Parliament, and replacing them by men he could trust
(pp. 248, 252-255, 258). This he did by virtue of a commission
as Commander-in-Chief which had been sent hira by the late
Council of State, dated November 24, 1659, and approved by
Parliament on January 26 (pp. 137, 256). On his way to Loudon
Monck received numerous addresses from the gentlemen of the
counties through which he passed, and his answer to the Devonshire
declaration attracted considerable attention, because of its uncoiu-
promising opposition to the restoration of monarchy. It was ac
companied, however, by two private letters, which, while demanding
from the promoters of the declaration ' acquiescence in this Parlia
ment's proceedings,' held out hopes of a satisfactory settlement,
and might be construed more favourably. In words, however, they
promised nothing but a Conservative republic (pp. 258, 260).
On Monck's proceedings after his arrival in London these
papers throw very little light. Two letters written to the Council
of State, after that body had sent hira to disarm the city, give his
' The foUowing table of Monck's marches is compiled from notes in vol. xlix.
of the Clarke MSS. The headquarters were at WooUer on Jan. 2nd ; Whitting-
ham, Jfin. 3 ; Morpeth, Jan. 4 ; Newcastle, Jan. 5 ; Durham, Jan. 6 ; Darlington,
Jan. 7 ; Northallerton, Jan. 9 ; Topcliffe, Jan. 10 ; York, Jan. 11 ; Ferrybridge,
Jan. 15 ; Langold, Jan. 17 ; Mansfield, Jan. 18 ; Nottingham, Jan. 19 ; Leicester,
Jan. 23 : Harborough, Jan. 24 ; Northampton, Jan. 25 ; Stony Stratford, Jan. 26 ;
Dunstable, Jan. 27 ; St. Albans, Jan. 28. Monck remained several days at St.
Albans, moving to Barnet on Feb. 2, and entering London on Friday, Feb. 3
(Price, ed. Maseres, p. 757 ; cf. Baker, p. 704).

xxiv THE CLARKE PAPERS
reasons for refusing to return to Whitehall at their summons
(pp. 261, 263). Another elucidates his negotiations for the re-
admission of the secluded members (p. 264). Several relate to
his endeavours to suppress seditious movements amongst the
soldiers (pp. 265-268). But for the months which elapsed between
Monck's arrival in London and the return of Charles II. the
portion of Clarke's papers in the possession of Mr. Leyborne-
Popham is more valuable than that in Worcester College Library.
A few miscellaneous papers of biographical interest deserve
special notice. The hostility with which Johnston of Warriston
was pursued after the Restoration is in part explained by the
active share he took in supporting the cause of the army against
the Parliament (pp. 80, 100), while the escape of Sir Arthur
Hesilrige was due to the assistanpe he gave Monck in 1659 and
1660, and to an express promise that his life and estates should be
safe (pp. 260, 264, 268, 302). Monck's certificate on behalf of
Speaker Lenthall is also of interest (p. 272). A paper presented
to the King after his restoration throws some light on the manner
in which the treachery of Sir Richard Willis was discovered, and
on the services of Sir Samuel Moreland to the royal cause (p. 304).
In conclusion, it must be pointed out that most of the papers
printed in this, as in the previous volumes of the series, are printed
from draughts or copies, and that these copies contain many errors
both of omission and commission. Mere slips on the part of the
original transcriber have been corrected, and words left out have
been inserted between brackets, but in some cases the text was too
corrupt for correction. This is especially the case in the lists of
proper names, which contain frequent errors due to the transcriber's
misreading of the original signatures (pp. 82, 84, 146, 178). In
some few instances, where the error was obvious and the right read
ing certain, these errors were corrected. In most instances, however,
it was impossible to do so. I desire to thank Miss D. K. Broster
for her assistance in compiling the index to volumes iii, and iv.
C. H. FIRTH,
October 23, 1901.

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Eesolutions of tlie General Council of Officers '
1. That itt bee proposed to the Generali Councill of Officers, as
necessarie for the preservacion of the peace of these nations, and
[the] good old Cause, that the army bee putt forthwith into a con-
dicion of unity and discipline.
2. That in order therunto itt bee proposed, that such as have
indeavoured to devide the army, and engage itt in severall parties
in opposicion to the orders of the Commander in Cheif, shall bee
discharged from their respective commands.
3. That a Court-Martiall bee appointed for the hearing and
adjudging the thinges and matters aforemencioned.
4. That itt bee proposed in order to the supplying of such
vacancies as are or shall happen, that they bee supplied by the
Lord Fleetwood, being Commander in Cheif, till farther orders, and
that none bee admitted to commands Dutt such as are of godly
and honest principles, and alwayes faithful! to the good interest in
which wee have bin aoe longe engaged, and that such faithfull
officers as have bin laid aside without just cause may bee first
provided for.
5. That one feild officer of each regiment in and about London, ,
' Clarke MSS, xxxi. 102.
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with such others as shall bee appointed, may frora time to time
attend uppon the Commander in Cheif, to advise uppon such
matters as shall bee judged necessary uppon this great emergencie.
6. That every officer bee required to bee diligent in endeavour
ing to prevent all divisions and disturbances within their respective
charges. And in case any shall attempt the same, that they doe
forthwith give notice therof to the Commander in Cheif
7. That some officers bee appointed to signifie by letters or
otherwise to the officers of the armies in England, Scotland, and
Ireland the late proceedinges of the forces heere, and to invite
them to union and concord amongst theraselves, and with their
brethren of the array heere, in maintenance of the Good old Cause
and interest in which wee have joynctlie engaged.
8. That letters bee prepared to bee sent to the officers of the
militia forces in the respective citties and counties of England and
Wales. These particulers were resolved on by a Generali Councill of
Officers, April 28, 1659.' Newsletters
xxxi. f. 98b. May 2. — Thursday last ^ the Councill of officers ordered that
love and union bee preserved in the army ; that such as have
disobeyed the Lord Fleetwood's orders be tryed by a Court Martiall
and disbanded ; that such as have been displac't by the late Lord
' An account of what occurred iu the meetings of the officers between the
dissolution of April 22 and the Council whose votes are recorded above, is given
by Phillips (Baker's Chronicle, p. 660, ed. 1670). See also Bourne's letter in
Clarke Papers, iii. 213 ; Thurloe, vii. 666. The Domestic State Papers contain
no information of any value ou the period between the dissolution of Richard's
Parliament and the restoration of the Long Parliament. Bordeaux's letters to
Mazarin, dated May 5 and May 12 (new style), supply more rumours than facts as
to transactions in the army. But he is doubtless right in saying that by the
beginning of May the recall ot the Long Parliament had been determined upon.
From that date it was merely a question whether it should be recalled upon terms
or unconditionally (Guizot, Bichard Cromwell, i. 879).
' April 28.

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Protector be restored as opportunity serves ; that the Lord Fleet
wood shall have power to restore to places till further order ; ' that
letters bee written to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Generali
Monck, and all the railitia forces for a fair corresponding. Yester
day Major Babington was secured for refusing to appeare upon
the summons of a Court Martiall.^ This day some eminent
Members of the Long Parliament wer© consulted with by severall
officers (according to order) concerning the calling of the Long
Parliament.^ A letter was agreed upon, and ordered to be sent to
every regiment to give them satisfaction in their proceedings.
G. M.
May 3. — The governement seemes now to bee naturally falling xxxi. f. 103.
into a Commonwealth and free State, and the generali cry of the
people is for the Longe Parliament to take possession againe, and
this appeares to bee the sence of the officers of the army now
continuing, and all others out of the array that have bin of the
Longe Parliament partie, and I conceive that may bee the result
att last, though as yett nothing is brought forth. Westminster
Hall is filled with papers to this purpose ; every day new sheetes
come out. If those in Scotland and Ireland approve and acquiesce
in this turne there will bee noe great feare of danger from the
common enemy, though difficulties seemes to bee very great.*
T. M.
' For a summary of the changes see Baker's Chronicle, continued by Phillips,
ed. 1670, p. 659 ; Ludlow's Memoirs, ii. 71, ed. 1894.
' Major of Colonel lugoldsby's regiment ; cf^Ludlow's Memoirs, ii. 62.
' An account of these interviews is given by Ludlow, ii. 74. In assigning to
the first of them, in the margin of my edition ot Ludlow, the date of April 29, I
believe I was in error. It is probable that this interview of May 2 was the first.
'' A letter from Monck to Thurloe, dated May 3, is printed in the Thurloe
Papers, vii. 667. It is an answer to one from Thurloe of April 26, informing him
of the dissolution. Monck says simply, ' I am very glad that, after so great an
alteration, you continue in peace.' He does not appear to have realised as yet
that the dissolution meant the fall of the Protectorate. B 2

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Letter from the officers in England to General
Monck and the officers in Scotland '
, f. 99. Wee shall nott neede att present to enuraerate the various
dispensations of the providences of God towards us in the manage
ment of that great interest of his which hee hath soe signallie
owned and carried on through all difficulties and against all
opposition in these three nations, and how hee hath made bare
his mighty arrae and led us on by signes and wonders, affording
to us the visible tokens of his presence above our faith, and
beyond our hope, imprinting the stampe of his owne presence
uppon these transaccions, when wee have beene at the greatest
stand, that wee may with admiration and astonishment say,
' this hath God wrought ' : soe that wee may set upp stones of
rememberance, and write uppon them, ' hitherto the Lord hath
helped.' And haveing been deepely sensible of the greate danger the
good old Cause, and interest of the people of God was in, in these
three nations, not onely for our old common enimy, who were
growne to soe great a height of insolency and confidence that they
were ready to trynmph, and were in conjunctions in their councills
in severall parts in the nation, and especially in and about London,
but alsoe from many of those who should have beene the asserters
and maintainers of the Cause and interest which is soe deare unto
us, who insteade of taking an effectuall course for the greate and
pressing necessitye of the army, or comeing to any consistency
among themselves for the setling of the nations, nourished
jealousies of us, and gave greate advantages of encouragement to
our former mentioned enimies, wherby our feares were increased,
and our danger made more 'visible.
Uppon consideration whereof wee thought it a duty incumbent
' A letter to Monck from Lieut.-Colonels Mason and Savrrey, dated May 3, is
amongst the papers of Mr. Leyborne-Popham. They assure him that ' the army
here in England is very unanimous in this late action.' Report, p. 116.

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uppon US (being in some measure sensible of the greate decayings
of that good Spiritt in us, and -the backsliding frame of our owne
harts), after serious searching of heart and solemne addresses to
the Lord, to meet together and advise what was our duty in such
a day as to the security of the Cause ; and being convinced that it
was our duty to appeare for the preservation thereof, wee met in
generali councill, which produced a petition and representation to
his Highnes, a coppie whereof wee have heere inclosed ; which
said petition and representation being presented by his Highnes
to the Parliament,' produced effects rauch contrary to the hopes
and expectacions of the army, for insteade of considering of waies
and meanes for applieing remedies to our just desires, it brought
forth a vote for a dissolution of our meetings and disperceing
of our officers (though nothing was done effectually for the break
ing of the councills of the comon enimies by sending away
the Cavaleers out of Towne), as alsoe another vote requiring an
engagement from us, as though wee were not to bee trusted as
friends. The consideration whereof produced a stable and fixed resolu-
cion in us once againe to put our lives into our hands, and to trust
this greate undertaking in the hands of our good God, who wee
have formerly trusted, and in whose hands alone are all the issues
of councills and actions, wee well knowing these greate concerne-
ments of his cause, interest, and people to bee farr dearer to him,
then any of ours can bee to us. It was thought fit to randezvouse
that part of the army in and neere the citty, whereuppon the
Parliament was dissolved. 4
And in further prosecution of our duty, wee resolved uppon
some heads (att a generali councill of officers), in order to the better
setling of the discipline and continuing the union of the army
(which wee have likewise heere inclosed sent to you), which were
' ' The humble Representation and Petition of the General Council of the
Officers of the Armies,' forwarded by Richard to Parliament on April 8, 1659.
Old Parliamentary History, xxi. 339.

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unanimously agreed on, wee thinke itt our farther duty earnestly
to presse you, that these thinges "may bee seriously laid uppon
your hearts, and that you will nott bee startled or divided from us
by any misrepresentacions that may bee brought unto you, butt
that the good old Cause and interest may bee deare unto you, and
that both you and wee lie lowe in the sence of our great provoca-
cions, and earnestlie implore the Throne of Grace, that the former
presence may returne to you and us, and that as our resolutions
are to act in the promoting of the sarae Cause, soe wee raay doe itt
with the same spiritt of faith and prayer, which in these our dayes
and former ages hath bin soe successefull, and wherin alone our
strength lies, our consciences witnessing unto us that wee have
noe designe in our hearts, butt the reviving and prosperity of that
Good Cause in all itt's essentialls, wherin the interest, liberties,
peace and settlement of these 3 nations is naturally founded,
wee are Your aflfeccionate freinds and
fellow souldiers
William Daniell. Charles Fleetwood.
He: Haynes. James Berry,
J, Biscoe. John Okey.
John Miller. Ro. Sawry.
Francis Hacker. John Dabeeon.
Henry Prittie. Jo : Pearson.
William Gough. Jer : Oamfeild,
Richard Ashfeild. Jo: Mason.

Tho : Kelsey,

Wallingford House,
3 May 1659,

Newsletters

xxjtt. f, 103. May 5,— Yesterday severall officers of the Councill att
Wallingford House Inett with Sir Henry Vane, Mr. Scott, Major
Salway, and Sir Arthur Haslerigge, and treated with them con-

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cerning severall particulars agreed upon by their councell,' This
day a Generali Councell mett att Wallingford House, and debated
severall particulars agreed upon by the councell of officers to be
offered to the consideration of the Longe Parliament when con
vened, for ascertaineing the religious and civill rights of the
people ; the settleing upon his Highness lOfiOOli. per annum
dureing his life ; 10,000Z'i. per annum more upon him and his heires
for ever ; SOOOli. per annum uppon her Highness Dowager ;
Somerset House for his and her habitation, and a title to be
conferr'd upon him ; liberty of conscience to be provided for ; an
act of indempnitie to passe ; maintainance for a pious ministry
and schooles of learning ; the law to be regulated ; the tyme of
sitting of the Parliament to be ascertained; a Commonwealth
government to be established ; and severall of these things are
this day agreed upon, and the Generali Councell meet againe
to morrow to debate the rest. The Parliament, 'tis said, will meet
the next week©. G, M.
May 5. — There are very many godly men, both ministers and xxxi. f. 104.
others, who doe account the dissolucion of the Parliament a
mercifull as well as an extraordinarie providence of God at the
time it was done.* The Councell of officers have written letters to
Ireland and Scotland, as also to the absent regiments in England,
of the grounds and reasons of it, with motives for union against
' For au account of these conferences see Ludlow, ii. 74. According to
PhiUips the officers had debated ' the election of a Council which should have a
negative upon the remnant Parliament, when it should be restored. But after
much debate that was thought fitter for the debate of the Parliament than them.'
This proposed senate was, according to Ludlow, one of the chief points of difference
between the representatives of the officers and those of the Parliament. Ludlow
summarises the demands of the army, and they were subsequently embodied in
the address presented to the House on May 13, which is dated May 12. It is
reprinted in the Old Parliamentary History, xxi. 400.
' See, for instance, ' An Invitation to the Lord's People throughout the Three
Nations, to provoke them to a holy Rejoicing for His late Salvation begun,' printed
in the Public Intelligencer for May, pp. 9-16.

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false representations, their ends being onely for reviveing the
prosperity of that good Cause so long contended for, in all its
essentialls, wherein the liberty, peace, and settlement of these
3 nations is naturally founded. Also they have prepared a
declaration both of their principles as to God, and desire of good
thinges to be done in the Commonwealth They have likewise
propounded a noble provision for his Highnesse, all which will be
in print shortly. It's not doubted but they will give all (except
blinded men) satisfaction. In the accomplishment of which wee
shall enjoy the worke and effect of righteousnesse, which is peace,
quietnes, and assurance for ever. R. H[attek].
xxx'. f. 105, May 5. — Through mercy wee are all in peace (after this great
change) and the army very unanimous, having as oue man resolved
uppon a Commonwealth constitucion, and have appointed 8 persons,
vizte. Lord Fleetwood, Lord Lambert, Generali Disbrowe, Colonel
Sydenham, Sir Henry Vane, Sir Arthur Heslerigge, Lieutenant-
General Ludlowe, and Major Salway, to agree uppon a modell,
which is to bee debated by the feild officers of the army. E. R.
xxxi. f. 108. May 7. — This day, after the inclosed Declaration ' came out,
my Lord Lambert and the feild officers of the array went to the
Painted Chamber, where wee found betweene 60 and 60 Members
of the old Parliament,^ and attended the old Speaker and them to
the Parliament House, where they being satt awhile resolved
to draw uppe a Declaration, and chose their officers, and retired
into the Speaker's Chamber, where they had a dinner brought
to them, intending afterwards to spend the rest of the day in
preparing their worke for the next weeke. There is a very good
understanding betweene these Parliament men and the army, they
' ' The Declaration of the Officers of the Army of May 6, 1659.' Old Parlia
mentary History, xxi. 367 ; Baker, p. 661.
" ' Their numbers were 50, about 80 more are capable of sitting,' says a news
letter dated May 10. For a list see the Old Parliamentary History, xxi. 372.

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aiming both att one and the same thinges, and those that are
freinds to the Good old Cause are generally satisfied both in citty
and country that the late Parliament was dissolved, and the old
Parliament restored to sitt againe. Divers Merabers of the Longe
Parliaraent that are out of Towne are sent for, and will bee heere
speedily, soe that heere is great hopes of a good settlement both
for religious and civill liberties, and [to see] trading revived againe
which is exceedingly decayed. T. F.
The Committee of Safety to General Monck '
My Lord, xxxi. f. 100.
Wee being appointed a Committee for Safety by aucthority
of Parliament,^ have thought fitt to signifie the same to you, and
to send you the inclosed Declaration, wherby you will perceive
the Parliament's intentions to apply theraselves to the discharge
of their trust for the settlement of these nations, and although wee
doe nott doubt of your care and vigilance in the management
of affaires there, soe as may bee for the peace, security, and advan
tage of the Commonwealth, yett wee held itt our duty to the
Parliaraent to recoramend the same unto you, who raay bee well
assured as of our care for the supply of the affaires there under
your command, soe of all due respecte unto your self, remayning
Your very loving freinds,
Charles Fleetwood.
Lambert.
i, H. Vane.
Wallingford House, Jo : JONES.
10 May 1659. RiCHARD SaLWEY.
For the right Honorable
the Lord Generali Monck.
1 Also in Clarke MSS. li. 676.
' The Committee of Safety was appointed May 7, 1659.

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General Monck to the Committee of Safety '
xxxi. f. 122. Right Honorable,
I am bound to acknowledge with great thankfulnesse the
respectes you have bin pleased to vouchsafe mee soe largely
manifested in your late lettre : and as I doe exceedingly rejoice
that the management of soe weighty an affaire as the safety of
the 3 nations is committed to persons of soe eminent worth and
integrity, soe itt shall bee my greatest care and vigilancie to give
you all due satisfaccion in the faithfull and diligent discharge
of my trust heere. Blessed bee God, the array heere is very
unaniraous, and in as good a temper as I have knowne them^ as
their late application both to the Parliament and the Councill
of officers att London doth, I hope, sufficiently manifest, and I trust
alsoe the inhabitants of this nation will bee kept in good order,
though I have already received intelligence that some emissaries of
Charles Stuart's are arrived among them. I shall nott bee negligent
to my duty to my country in this day of itt's greatest concernement.
And I hope the forces heere, together with all the rest committed
to your care, will reape great advantage by the seasonable pro
vision you shall make for their supply, wherby they may bee
incouraged in their duty, and the publique interest secured, and
that this interest may prosper under your faithfull conduct shall
bee the prayer of Your very humble servant,
Dalkeith, " G M '
17 May 1659.
For the right Honorable the Committee
for Safety.
' Also in Clarke MSS. li. 68a.
' The army under Monck's command had already signified its adherence to
the new Government by two addresses. One, which is directed to the Speaker is
to be found in the Old Parliamentary History (xxi. 414), iu Whitelooke's
Memorials (iv. 346), and in the Public Intelligencer for May 16-23. It was
read in Parliament on May 18, and gave great satisfaction (Commons Journals,
vii. 658). The other, which was directed to Fleetwood and the General Council

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Cornet Monck to General Monck
Sir William Bury, Doctor Jones, and Colonel Lawrence are xxxi. f. I32b.
going for England with some proposalls from my Lord Lieutenant
and Councill. H. M.'
Dublin,
29 May 1659. Reasons for not taking the Oath
May 30, 1659. Tho. St. Nicholas, Cleri:. xxxi. f. 183.
My Lord President,
Seing I am call'd on by the Councill to give my oath as a
Oouncellour that in this place and station whereunto I am called
of the Army, is printed in Thurloe (vii. 669). According to Phillips, Monck at
first thought of resistance ; but when he convened some of his officers at Edin
burgh to ' sound their temper, he perceived they had been wrought upon ; and
therefore he judged it most prudent to seem to approve of what had been done.
And to that purpose he writ a letter, signed by himself and his officers, to the
officers in London, which gave them assurance of his adherence to them (but if
Bichard had not dissolved his Parliament, Monck had then marched into England
in favour of it).' (Baker, p. 662.) According to Bordeaux, Monck in his first
answer ' had demanded to be told what the good old cause was, before he
explained his intentions ; but he has since sent a declaration by express that he
would not desert the interest of the army.' (Guizot, Bichard Cromwell, i. 381.)
Monck's earlier letters on the subject are missing.
' Cornet Henry Monck to his relative the General. According to Phillips,
Henry Cromwell at first thought of resistance to the combination which had over
thrown his brother, and endeavoured to come to an understanding with Monck.
' He despatched Cornet Monck to Scotland te General Monck (who came thither
not till 15 days after the alteration of Government) to inform himself how he and
his army stood affected to it, who returned no other answer than a copy of the
letters the officers of his army had obliged him to send to Parliament.' (Baker,
p. 670.) Bichard neglected to keep his brother informed ; on April 26 he knew
nothing of the dissolution of the Parliament (Thurloe, vii. 665). It seems that he
was first officially informed of the late revolution by a letter from Lambert and
other officers dated May 10. His answer is missing, but its general sense may be
gathered from the letters to Richard Cromwell and Fleetwood ou May 23 and 24
relative to the mission of the three persons mentioned above (ibid, vii. 674).

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by the Parliament,' I shall through the grace of God endeavour to
mainteyne the Commonwealth as it is now declared by Parliament,
and bee faithfull to the trust committed to mee, I desire to knowe
if I bee any of those with whome others of the Councill are dis-
satesfyed, for in that case I would rather withdrawe, for it was not
a place I did either desire, intend, seeke nor expect ; and being
satisfied in that I desire next to knowe the meaning of the oath,
and I shall ingeniously tell you my apprehensions annent it. I
doe conceive that government is the ordinance of God, and that hee
hath left all formes of it as lawfull and free unto the people their
choyce of any particular forme, which he calls «Ttcrts avOpwrrov^
ordinance of man, and bids us submitt to every ordinance of man ;
and wiether formes of goverment be imposed by a strong hand
of Providence or be chosen by the people and their rulers or
presentatives, as Hushai said, I have freedome to live and act
under them, and for the publique interest, till they continue such
as are subservient to or consistent with the maine ends of gover
ment ; and when either that some divine hand of providence or
the people's choice makes a change, tho' I have not hitherto had
freedome to have a hand and to act in the fieri of a change,
yet I have freedome to act and serve the same publique interest
of God and his people in the facto esse, or under the new forme
after the chainge, and if I had not that freedome I would not have
come hither but sent my excuse.
Next, I wish the oath were spared, or at least explained, because
I feare the prejudice and the preparative of it, seing sundry godly
men scruple at promissarie oathes in reference to civill goverment,
and are troubled with the multitude of bygone oathes of that kynd,
and thinkes they see no precept or example in the word of such as
these untill the time of Israel's captivity, though there be mencion
of a covenant or agreement between the King and the people ; and
' Johnston of Warriston was elected by the Parliament a Member of the
Council of State, May 16, 1659. This speech is probably by him.
¦' 1 Peter, ii. 13.

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experience hath taught us that it is the best men that scruples,
and the worst men that swallowes thera downe, and that there
is more reall security to the State in the principles and interests
of good men then in all the ingagements and oathes of others.
And if this preparative should descend in refference to all other
imployments and trusts, it will close a doore upon many good men
and open a doore wide to many bad, as in 1652 the Tender required
of men in Scotland did. And that it will seeme incongruous to
presse strictly engagements or oathes to the mainteynance of any
civill forme which God hath left lawfull, indifferent, and free to his
people in such a time as this is, wherein because of different judg
ments in matters of religion, there is such a lattitude of freedome
from being constrayned or restrained unto any divine formes.
And further, because some hath a scruple that the fettering any
forme of government, and bynding it on the earth with such iron
bands, is a lymitting and provoking of the most High to exercise
his absolute dominion in putting up and casting downe, and giveing
the kingdomes of the earth to whome hee will. Like as some
scruples all such oathes, because any forme of government is but a
subordinate meane unto the ends of governraent, and soe is quallified
according to one subservencie unto the ends thereof and is mutable
when it is inconsistent or destructive thereunto, or when the over
powering hand of our Soveraigne Lord changes the same at his
arbitrament, and soe the obligacion to mainteyne any forme should
be thus subordinat, quallified, and condicioned, secundum materiam
subjectam et naturam rei juratse. And that in these nations most
part of their oathes use to have the first part thereof in referrence
to religion which quallified the other clauses. And sorae of them
did expresse their mainteynance of one goverment to be quallified
with this, ' in the defence and preservacion of religion.' And seing
government is not a bare notion in abstract, but hath its efficacie
and requires its mainteynance in concretum with the Governours,
who may pervert the forme to the effects contrary to the ends of
government, and that this goverment is said to be such for the

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preservacion of the good old Cause (the essentialls whereof I thinke
to consist in the being for God and godlynesse and godly men
according to the word, and in being against Satan and wickednesse
and wicked men according to the word, tho' it gits various and
particular shapes and denominacions from the parties engaged for
or against it, or from the helpes or hinderances of it) soe they
thinke all obligacion to mainteyne this government should be with
subordinacion to this good old Cause, and with this condicion and
quallificacion, to endure till the government is not destructive
to the ends thereof, and it is not changed either by God's strong
hand on the people and the rulers also.
And that any absolute oath to mainteyne any forme of govern
ment in another sence is to turne what is subordinate to be
the maine, and what is the meane to be the end, what is con-
dicionall to be absolute, and what is mutable to be immutable, and
so to change the nature of things, whereas wee should be absolute
for God, and but condicionall under him for any, in soe farr as they
are for God, and under him, and not against him, and soe in all
relacions, to marry in the Lord, to obey parents in the Lord, to
mainteyne Governors in the Lord — now which of these two is
the sence of this your oath I desire to knowe, and whether you
take it in an absolute or a quallified sence, for I have freedome to
take it in the one sence, and not in the other. And I request you
not to make any person's respect or afliection to this or that forme
of government, wherein good men may have different judgments,
but their respect and affection to the maine cause of being for
God, godlynesse, and good men, the characteristick marke of those
you will intrust and imploy ; and remember your security lyes more
in the quallificacions of persons then in formes, and that the way
of the ruine of the Cause by unquallified instruments shewes what
must be the way of your remedy under God. Contraria contrariis.
And godlynesse hes such a heed of purging in itt that ungodly
men thinkes their standing depend upon the suppressing of it.
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bosome cannot agree, as little will the spirit in the one and the
fiesh in the other agree, being in counsells without us ; wee would
be sure of them we would trust our life to, much more would we
be sure of these wee should trust God's cause unto. Pardon my
troubling you thus long ; I doe it for cleering others and myselfe,
seing I conceive from the practises of this ' nation in these many
late changes, that you doe not intend to obleige your selfe to
mainteyne this forme or any other longer then it is consistent
with the Cause, and continued by the legislative power of the
nation, and by the hand of God^s sovereigne dominion and
providence, in which sence I am willing to take it, in submission
to every ordinance of man, and subjeccion to every ordinance of
God, and in subservience to the true good old Cause before
expressed, and in refference to the present station and place where
unto I ara called by the Parliament.
And soe after the President and the CounseU did declare it,
that they tooke in the same sence and required it in noe other
sence from mee, and told sundrie changes of goverment made by
God's overruling hand recorded in Scripture, then I did take it.
The Council of State to General Monck
Sir, li. f. 68b.
The Councell haveing received information from severall hands,
that divers dangerous persons of Charles Stuart's party are con-
triveing to rayse new warres within this Commonwealth, and to
that end have of late bought great quantities of armes, and dis
posed thera into such hands as mav best serve those ends, and
haveing had the same under consideration, it is held fit to put the
forces of this Comraonwealth into such a posture as may best
oppose all designes of that kind, and in prosecution thereof have
appointed the Lord Fleetwood to order one regiment of foot to
march into the north parts of England with all possible speed, ^
' Seems to show that the author was not an Englishman.
^ Monck sent Ashfield's regiment of foot into England in reply.

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wherewith wee thought fit to acquaint you, and likewise to desire
you to use all possible care to watch the carriage and motions of
Malignants in Scotland, concludeing that at this j uncture a corre
spondence is had betwixt them for effecting their designes. The
Lord Fleetwood has acquainted us with the present good posture
of the forces in Scotland, and likewise of their satisfaccion in the
late dispensation of providence in reference to the Parliament's
returne to the discharge of their trust, in which wee cannot but
take notice of your and their good affections, and shall assure you
that all possible care shall be taken for the supply of your present
necessities. Signed in the name and by order of the
Councell of State appointed by authority of Parliament,
James Harrington, President.
Whitehall,May 1659.
For his ExceUencie Generali George Monck, Commander-in-Cheife
of the forces in Scotland.
General Monck to the Speaker'
Right Honorable,
Understanding the Parliament are now setling the officers in
England, Scotland, and Ireland, I make bold to offer this my
humble request to the Honorable House of Parliament (which I
shall intreate you to acquaint the House withall), that they will
bee pleased nott to alter any of the officers heere, being they were
soe free and forward for the returning of this Parliament to their
former station, and for the setling of the governement of this
Commonwealth without a single person or House of Lords. I doe
nott know one commission officer of these forces butt was very
free to itt, and I am soe confident of their faithfulnesse to the pre
sent governement that I shall engage for their fidelity to itt
against all opposers ; butt in case the House shall nott thinke fitt
to grant my request for all the regimentes heere, I shall make itt
' From Tanner MS. li. 72, inserted to complete the correspondence.

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my earnest desire that for ray owne two regimentes and Col.
Talbott's, being the regimentes that have layne neerest mee, and
the officers more particulerly knowne to mee then the rest, that
there may bee noe change in these three regimentes, which favour
if the Honorable House please to grant mee they shall ever oblige
mee to bee their faithfull servant whilest I live : soe desiring the
Almighty God to direct you in all your councills, and to bee with
you in all your undertakings, which shall bee the daily prayer of
him who is. Right Honorable,
Your Honour's most humble and faithfull servant,
George Monck.
[Dal]keith 2° June,
1659. Bead June 9, 1659.

Newsletters
June 9. — Yesterday Colonel Hacker's regiment accepted of the xxxi, f. 140b.
Commissions from the Parliament.' In the evening of Tuesday
severall, att a Councell of feild officers att Majour-Geuerall Dis-
browe's house, declared their dissatisfactions in receiving commis
sions from them, so as many feares and jealousies arose theirupon ;
and the rather because the Lord Fleetwood went not yesterday to
the House to receive his commission, though sent for by them to
that purpose, his Lordshipp desireing to be excused in that it was
a day sett a part by himselfe and others to seeke the Lord. But,
to cleare up all, his Lordshipp went this .day to the Parliament, and
accepted of his commission from them, so did Lieutenant-Generall
Ludlow, and most of his officers, and it's hop't the rest of the
officers will doe so likwige. Vice-Admirall Lawson yesterday re
ceived his commission frora the House also, and some Captains of
' See Ludlow, Memoirs, ii. 90. The form of the commission given to colonels
is printed in Commons' Journals, vii. 674.
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shipps that are to serve under him. A letter from the Lord
Generali Monck was this day read in favour of the Scotch officers.'
G. M.
xxxi. f. 141. June 9. — This day the Lord Fleetwood received his commission
(an act of Parliament), wherby they have made him Lieutenant-
Generall and Commander-in-Cheif of the land forces in England
and Scotland. The Speaker told him they thought fitt and were
pleased to putt him into a great trust, and desired hira to have a
care of the Coramonwealth, or words to that effect, and soe hee
receiving itt att the table (or Barre) hee returned to his place (or
seate) in the House.^ This is generally satisfactory, butt hardly
soe universallie, for some officers, and they some of thera are of our
cheif, could have wished itt had bin taken on another account, that
hee might have bin setled att a greater certainty, and have comis-
sioned officers himself ; butt such a thinge, though desired and much
by some wished for, butt [was] nott sought, and soe nott granted.
' The letter referred to is that printed on the previous page from a copy
amongst the Tanner MSS. (li. 72). The House took Monck's intervention
on behalf of the officers under his command extremely ill, and ordered Sir
Arthur Haslerig to prepare an answer to be signed by the Speaker. The answer,
which was approved on June 10, ran as follows : ' Your letter was read in Parliament.
It is true the Parliament have under their consideration the officers of the armies ;
it being of high concernment for the settlement of the nations to trust such as
they are assured will be truly and really faithful to the Parliament and Common
wealth. There hath been, in these late changes, great discoveries of men ; and
peradventure such things are known to the Parliament that are not to yourself.
The Parliament hath commanded me to acquaint you that they look upon your
self as their faithful servant, and shall not forget your fidelity' (Commons' Journals,
vii. 677, 680). According to Phillips, 'Pearson and Mason, two Anabaptist
lieutenant-colonels under General Monck,' were the persons upon whose informa
tion the Commissioners for the Nomination of Officers principally acted. Phillips,
after mentioning Monck's letter, goes on to say that, 'to give him some satisfaction,
they sent him back word, they would be very careful in the placing or displacing
of his officers, and that in his own regiments of horse and foot there should be no
alteration till such time as he were consulted in it.' Baker, p. 670 ; cf. Gumble,
p. 101. ^ Commons' Journals, vii. 677. The Act commissioning Fleetwood is printed
at length in Thurloe (vii. 679).

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They will as much as is possible bee carefull to keepe the power in
their owne hands, and yett say they love, and make use of us,' as
the best instruments they can have to preserve them and the nations
in peace, T. S.
June 11, 1659. — Yesterday the House ordered^^Ehat Colonel xxxi. f. 142.
Fitch bee appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London, and that
the Councill of State do prepare him a commission. jThey voted
that the sentence against Colonel Alured was and is (unjust, and
that it be vacated and cancelled, and that it be referr'd to the
Commissioners for officers to take care that he have a regiment of
horse. ^ They likewise voted that Colonel Rich should have his
owne late regiment, and Colonel Okey Colonel Bridge's, and
referr'd it to the Commissioners of the army to nominate Major
Generali Overton to such a preferment in the army as becomes his
merit (which is thought will be Major Generali of foot in Ireland).
The officers of Ireland (here) have sign'd a peticion that Lieutenant
Generali Ludlow may comand in cheife the forces in Ireland.
Colonel Berry and many of his officers this day received their
commissions, and sb did the Lord Lambert commissions for two
regiments, and also so many of his officers as were in Towne.
Major Campfeild received a commission for Lieutenant Colonel to
the Lord Lambert's regiment of foot, and that Lieutenant Colonel
hath accepted of a Captain's commission in the same regiment.'
Colonel Thomlinson was ordered one of the commissioners for
' The Army, of which the writer was evidently a member.
^ See Commons' Journals, vii. 678 ; and also The Case of Colonel Matthew
Alured, 1659, 4to. Alured, finally, was appointed Colonel of the regiment of horse
lately commanded by Colonel Whalley. See Ludlow's Memoirs, ii. 95, note,
ed. 1894.
' The officer referred to was Richard Elton. On June 9 the House voted that
the Committee of Safety should enquire whether Lieutenant-Colonel Elton ' be a
person within the qualifications declared by Parliament.' Apparently he was, for
on June 11 he received a commission as captain in place of William Brockett
(Commons' Journals, vii. 677, 681). The reason for his degradation from the rank
of lieutenant-colonel to captain was probably the desire to replace some officers
c 2

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Ireland and Mr. Miles Corbet another, for 3 monthes, and after
that time to come and give an account of the affaires of that
nation. A list of the officers of the regiments of Colonel Hewson,
Colonel Sydenham's, and Colonel Biscoe's were this day reported,
and ordered to be considered Monday next. G. M.
Account of the Fall of the Protector Eichard ^
xxxi. f. 144. June 14, 1659. — As soone as the array had obtayned his last
Highnesse' consent that noe officer should bee putt out of his
command butt by a councill of warre, they then fell uppon matter
of agitation, a Parliament sitting, which in few dayes after produced
a representacion from the array to his Highnesse subscribed by
many that never read itt and others that [cypher]. Itt was com
municated to the Parliament, and did hold forth to the world
[cypher] phrase practically knowne in the army by pulling of
members formally out, soe that from that time the Parliament
concluded the army will bee att the old trade againe.^ Butt to
wipe the shame off" themselves they pressed one night till 3 of
the clock in the moming soe hard uppon the Protector, that att last
hee was constrayned to signe a commission to dissolve the Parlia
ment, much against his minde, for that hee as well as the nation
knew they were a Parliament of as gallant spiritts to preserve the
rights, liberties, and properties of the people, as ever satt in
Parliament ; yett the House of Commons, hearing the commission
was come to dissolve them, and troopes of horse brought before both
Houses, which they looked uppon as a force uppon them, as had
bin that night before uppon the Protector, and being exceedingly
who had lost their places under the late Government. Elton was the author of
the Complete Body of the Art Military, published in 1650, one of the most
popular drill-books of the period.
' This letter, which is unsigned, was probably sent some time after the inci
dents it records.
' In the Army's petition they speak of 'plucking the wicked out of their
places.' — Old Parliamentary History, xxi. 338.

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dissatisfied with some grand Lords of the other House, members
of the army, who procured that commission to dissolve the Parlia
ment, they did scorne to owne their Lordshippe, though sent for,
butt in a great fury adjourned till Munday following ; on which
day the Commons came againe, butt a company of red-coates
[cypher] were placed att the Parliament doore, and would nott lett
the Members goe in, and now the word was given through the
army by the grandees of the army beforemencioned, that they
should stand to the Good old Cause, and the good Peticion and
Advice, which had setled l,500,000Zi. per annura to maintaine the
army, and to limitt a single person in nature of a Duke of Venice.
Butt these army Grandees who had thus forced the Protector and
dissolved a gallant Parliament were trapanned, and that deservedly,
by the inferiour officers of the army, who kept their councill apart
att S. James's,' with whom the Churches did att that time confede
rate, and soe cryed downe the designe of those Grandees, and cry ed
uppe the aetting np of a governement in nature of an oligarchy of
70 wise good men, which was backed by Colonel Titchborne (now
nott soe famous as then), and from divers of the congregated
Churches ; butt the cry was great against itt, as a thinge the
people of England would nott bee bound by, soe att last the
Churches were wrought over [cypher] to restore the Longe Parlia
ment, which tooke effect, and they mett accordingly [cypher]
2,400,000^1. [cypher]. Desperate bookes and other thinges are writt
and published [cypher] who have stated another Good old Cause as
he© calls it [cypher], and these thinges are suffered to goe abroad
without question. Itt is nott fitt for a private pen to reprove a
Parliament, otherwise one might with submission say, they suffer
by such permission [cypher]. About 160 officers, Colonells,
L^ieutenant Colonells, Majors, Captains, Lieutenants, Cornetts,
Ensignes, and Quartermasters are putt out of their commands
without hearing, without charge, without tryall [cypher]. The
Parliament have setled commissioners for the management of the
' See Clarke Papers, iii. 288, and Baker's Chronicle, p. 659.

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businesse of the navy [cypher]. Noe newes from Ireland, butt that
commissioners are going thither to command that nation, and a
lettre is to bee sent on purpose for the Lord Harry to come over
[cypher]. Wee take itt for granted that the peace is concluded
betweene Spaine and France [cypher].'
14 June 1659,
London. General Monck to the Speaker
li. f. 71. Right Honourable,
I thought itt my duty to lett your Honour know of my receipt
of yours of the 1 0th instant, and to acknowledge my thankes to
the Parliament for that greate esteeme they are pleased to putt upon
and trust they repose in mee, which I looke uppon as the greatest
reward for my poore services, soe the best incurragement, and I
assure you that I shall not think ray life too deere to hazard
for theire service. I hope I was not raisunderstood in my desire,
as if I should endeavoure to protect persons that were either
scandalouse or disaffected, the discipline of the army haveing been
soe seeverely exercised in this country since my resideing heere,
and my conscience is a witnes to and of my integrity (whatsoever
men may judge) that I ara none of those that seeke great things,
haveing had my education in a Comonwealth where souldiours
received and observed comands, but gave none.^ Obedience is my
greate principle, and I have alwaise, and ever shall, reverence the
Parliament's resolutions in civill things as infallible and sacred ;
but knowing you proceed by information I tooke my selfe concerned
to represent what was most for your service, as being best acquainted
with men's courrage and afFeccions, which I did, and doe beleeve
may bee as credible as from private hands, who may act their
owne passions under pretence of publicque safety ; and I beseech
you to beleeve in whatsoever station God shall place mee, all my
' The passages described as in ' cypher ' should rather be described as in
orthand of some kind. 2 Holland.

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endeavours shall center in the Comonwealth's peace, which I have
been alwaies tender off, and, that I have noe greater ambition under
heaven then to see England truly free, religion gloriouse, and all
complaints in our streets silenced. God bless and direct your
councills to these ends. I have noe further, but to intreate your
assistance to those desires you formerly received from
Your Lordshippe's most humble and faithfull servant,
George Monck.'
Dalkeith,
18th June, 1659. Cornet Monck to General Monck
On Munday last my Lord Lieutenant was ship't, with such xxxi. f. 161.
ceremony and respect as is usuall to persons of his quality uppon
such occasions, wherin the Commissioners of Parliament, officers
martiall and civill, and citizens appeared, th© great guns played
their parte, and the university condoled the departure of their
Chancellour in an excellent speech pronounced by their Orator ;
which is all that is observable uppon his Lordshipp's exit.''
H. M[onck].
Dublin, 29 June,
1659. Newsletters
July 15. — These 3 last dayes have bin spent in debate for the ^^^'>- '• 170.
whole nation. The Militia of Westminster sent a ^ticket to the
widow of the late Generali Cromwell for 2 horses, and to her sonne
Claypoole for 2 more, but upon further debate they have waved
' This letter is also amongst the Tanner MSS. (li. 88).
-' Parliament summoned Henry Cromwell to England by vote of June 7, re
solving that the government of Ireland should be entrusted to five commissioners
(Ccmimons' Journals, vii. 674). His letter of resignation, addressed to the Speaker,
is dated June 15, and is printed, together with two letters to Fleetwood, in the
Thurloe Papers (vii. 683-5). Mercuriu^ FoUticus for June 23-30 contains the
address of the Irish Army, and also a letter of Henry Cromwell's, dated June 22,
on the surrender of his authority to the commissioners appointed by Parliament,
It deserves reprinting.

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the same. Colonel Mitchell is voted by the commissioners for
nominacion to have Colonel Fitches late regiment, and Colonel
Smyth, late Governor of Hull, to have a regiment to be made up of
10 loose companies in England. Colonel Gibbons is voted to have
his owne regiment. Captain Whalley haveing delivered up his
comission. Lieutenant Verney Bourchier is to command his troope.
Colonel Twisleton's regiment is passed with little alteration.
G. M.
xxxi. f. 171. London, 18 July, 1659.— The matter of the union seemes now
to bee in a way to receive an issue ; itt is hoped itt will passe
speedily.' My Lord Ambassadour Lockhart hath bin most
solemnlie received att the Court of France, as Extraordinary
Ambassadour from this Commonwealth, with all shewes of honour
and good acceptance.^ Itt is thought when the union is setled
commissioners will bee speedily sent downe for setling the Courts
and other affaires in Scotland.^ J. S.
xxxi. f. 174. 22 July 1659.— Major Harlowe haveing reported that there
was a designe in the Lord Fleetwood, Lord Lambert, and other
cheife officers of the army speedily to dissolve this Parliaraent, the
Councell exarained him thereupon, who confessed that hee had it from
Mr. Philip Howard, who with the Major were taken into custody.
Yesterday the Major was called for into the House, and confest the
report, but that he had it from the said Mr. Howard.^ The
Speaker asked him whether he had not lately seen Colonel Massy ;
he answered that he met him at a place accidentally in London
about 6 or 8 monthes agoe, and immediately acquainted severall
grand officers of the army therewith. Upon further debate hereof
' See note on p, 49,
" On Loekhart's mission see Clarendon, State Papers, iii. 538, 540, 544, 549 ;
Thurloe, vii, 765.
' See Commons' Journals, vii. 791-2, and Scotland and the Protectorate, pp.
385-892. * See Commons' Journals, vii. 723-725 ; Clarendon, State Papers, iii. 46 , 531.

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this day the House voted that the Councell of State should take
security of Major Harlowe and Mr. Philip Howard for their
appeareance when required, and declared the said reports be pub
lished by the said Major to be false and scandalous, and he to be
discharged from all commissions of the peace. Militia, and other
commissions. From Fryday last to this day the committee for
nominacion of officers did not meet, onely 4 of thera as a pre
paratory or sub committee, and they privately ordered that
Lieutenant Colonel Pearson should have Colonel Daniell's regiment,
Keane to be Lieutenant Colonel, and one Captain Heske ' Major.
That Lieutenant Colonel Lagoe should be Lieutenant Colonel to
Fairfax's regiment. That Lieutenant Colonel Sawrey should
iiave Colonel Cooper's regiment, and Major Holmes to be Lieu
tenant Colonel thereunto, and Colonel Mitchell to have Colonel
Pitches regiment. This day a full comraittee met and past
Colonel Overton's regiment, voteing Major Wiggan his Lieutenant
Colonel,^ and Captain John Nary his Major, and continueing
most of the old officers in that regiment. G. M.
Council of War at Dalkeith, July 28, 1659
Present, Lord Generali Monck,
Colonel Wilkes, Major Jo: Hublethorne,
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pounall, Captain Thomas Johnson,
Major Abr. Holmes, Captain Jer. Smyth.
The question being putt whether .the engagement undersub-
scribed should bee proposed to such persons as have given bonds
for their peaceable living,
Itt was resolved in the affirmative. 'I doe heerby engage
and promise that I will nott act, contrive, abett, councell, or assist
in any thinge, for or in the behalf of Charles Stuart, or to the
' Nicholas Kelke.
2 On Wigan see Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 45.

xxxi. f. 1

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disturbance of the publique peace or prejudice of the Parliament
and Commonwealth of England.'
Resolved, That the Governours doe send for all persons that are to sub
scribe in one day.
Resolved, That the bonds bee nott renewed till the engagement bee
subscribed. That the time of subscription to bee heere uppon this day
fortnight.' Circular Letter from General Monck to OfB.cers
commanding in Scotland
li. f. 88. Sir, Haveing received orders from the Councell of State that such
as have given bond for their peaceable liveing to the Common
wealth shall likewise give an engagement under their hands that
they shall act nothing directly or indirectly against the Common
wealth,^ I shall therefore desire you to send to the Gentlemen
whose names are here under written to speake with you (and to
bee with you all in one day, and that day to bee Tuesday, the 16th
of August), and let them not know the businesse at all, and oflfer
them the inclosed engagement to signe, each by himselfe, and in
case they refuse to subscribe it, to secure them till further orders ;
but if they doe signe itt, then you are not to secure them at all.
And if any should refuse to subscribe, and afterwards declare their
' See also Warriston's letter to Monck of July 14, directing him to take
personal assurances from those ex-prisoners in the Tower who had given bonds as
a condition of their release (Beport on Mr, Leyborne-Popham's MSS, p. 118).
Besides imposing this engagement Monck sent a circular to all governors of
garrisons in Scotland, ordering them to prevent horse-races and other suspicious
meetings, &c., dated June 25, 1659 (ibid, p. 120).
' On July 14, 1659, the Council of State ordered General Monck to require
paroles from dangerous persons in Scotland ; Lord Warriston and Colonel Berry
to prepare the letter (Cal, State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 27).

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willingnesse to signe it, then you are not to discharge them till
they have given bonds in good security according to the forme
inclosed, and the summes mencioned after their names, and lett
your selfe and one or more officers see the bonds and engagements
subscribed, and signe as witnesses. In case any persons be absent,
you are not to stay for them, but to take the subscriptions of those
that are at home. You are to keepe this private, and not to
communicate it to any freind whatsoever, and not to give out these
orders too soone, but so that they raay have tirae enough to be
with you at the day above raencioned, and if for refusall you secure
tehem, be carefull to doe it aoe as they may not escape. I
remayne Your very loveing freind and servant,
George Monck,
Dalkeith,
29 July 1659. Lettres of this tenor to
Captain Bateman, Governor of Sinclaire Castle.
LordRea  2,O00Zi.
Lieutenant Collonel Man.
Earle of Seafort  6,000li.
Laird of Glengary  2,000li.
Major Davison.
Earle of Glencairne .... 12,0OQli.
Earle Marischall  6,000li.
Lord Lome ...:,, 10,000li.
Colonel George Keith . . . . 500M.
Captain Freer.
Lord Dudop in  6,00OZi,
To Major Heath,
Collonell Gilbert Stuart in . , , l,0O0fo".

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Captain Marvell.

Lieutenant Generali Leslie

6,000Zi.

Recusants- Sir Francis Lumsdaine ,

l,000li.

Colonel Jame Hay

IfiOOli,

Earle of Kelly 

Major Charles Erskin , . , .

Colonel Reade,

Earle of Calander in , , . .
[blank]
Lord Napier 
500Zi.
Lieutenant Colonel Younge.
Earle of Glencairne in .
12,000Zi.
Earle of Selkirke in ... .
4,000li.
Lord Montgomery . . . .
5,000li.
Marquis of Montrosse . . . .
Major Crispe.
Earle of Lowdoun in , , . ,
5,000li.
Lord Kenmore , , , , ,
3,000li.
Major Hills.
Ewen Cameron of Loughyell in
l,000li.
Rory McCleoid of Dunvegan ,
4>,000li.
Captain Witter,
Colonel Alexander McNauchton in
IfiOOli.
Daniell McCleane of Brolos ' .
500Zi.
Newsletter
xxxi. f. 176b. July 30, 1659. — Thursday last letters were intercepted at
Reading intended for Massey in the Forrest of Deane, where he
hath dealt severall commissions of Charles Stewart's. These letters
acquainted him with the times and places of raiseing, and invites
' See Beport on the Papers of-Mr. Leyborne-Popham, p. 121.
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him to be ready against to morrow with his party. Maj our
Generali Browne is withdrawne privately ; his son (on whom hee
hath settled his estate) said last night, it was because his father
was affraid of being secured.^ Sir William Waller is gone to
Tonbridge, where the first corruption ^ is feared, Bristall and Bath
the next. Yesterday all the saddle horses in the citty and
suburbs were secured, and divers dangerous persons apprehended.
The Lady Mary Howard, Earle of Barkeshire daughter, who its
said came lately with commissions from Charles Stewart, and was
in treaty with a grand officer of our army, was last night comitted
to the Tower.' The Howse have revived the committee for
Haberdasher's Hall. The committee for nominacions have agreed
upon severall regiments. Doctor Staynes, Commissary for the
musters, and the 2 adjutants were approved of. Newes is now
come from Herifourdshire that Charles Stewart's partie is there up
in armes. G. M.

Vice-Admiral Goodson to General Monck (?)
Swiftsure, in the Sound neere Scarlett Island, 31 July 1659.
The change of governement in England hath putt a longe xxxi. f. 195b.
stoppe to affaires heere, the Dutch not well knowing how to
deale with their old antagonist our present Parliaraent. Their
fleete and wee have bin long facing one another one this and the
Belt. They consist of about 86 men of warr ; ours seldom above 38.
I have, I must confessed, admired that they have not taken advan
tages on us, our fleet though little, yett smart, but theirs most of
all the best shipps of Holland, and have had with them souldiers
to put on board as many as they thought good ; but when I looke
' See Baker's Chronicle, p. 671. ^ Eruption ?
' See Commons' Journals, vii. 741 ; Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, 158, 194,
280 ; Mercurius Politicus, p. 631 ; Guizot, Bichard Cromwell, i. 446 ; Baker's
Chronicle, p. 672. Lambert was probably the great officer meant (Ludlow,
ii. 111). '

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back to see the wheele within the wheeles, the finger of Heaven
that steeres the affaires of all, I am sylent.
Wee have had men sick, and it may bee worse represented then
it is ; therefore [this is] to lett your Honour know wee have at
present sick about 400, few more or lesse, and have had not more
at any time.
Our Plenipotentiaryes arived the 20 instant, ever since when
they have waighted for the King of Sweeden, who hath bin at Nascoe
in Loland, which hee hath lately taken in, but is now come over,
and gives them audience this day att Fred rickberg, formerly the
King of Denmark's great pallace. I wish they may cut their worke
short, for our victualls and the summer growes short, I am feare-
full the ministers of the King of Sweden could represent the state
of their fleete to bee very considerable and ready to joyne with
ours, as was presented before wee came out of England, when
ever since our coming into these parts they have had their shipps
scattered in squadrillers, not doeing any service worth the naming,
Onely Vice Admirall Cox with a squaderon of shipps the other
day upon the coast of Uteland surprised five sayle of Danish men
of warr, and burned twenty or thirty yoafes (?), being in an harbour
without fortificacion, and nott capable of making any resistance,
being not halfe mann'd. But this will hardly ballance their losse
sustained in the former part of the yeare ; they have onely this
squardron that did this service, which consists of 7 sayle, that are
able toperforme present service, the rest of his shipps being 15 in
Lanscrone not halfe maned, and 13 more chased up into the Baltick
Sea by the Dutch, whence they will hardly returne this Summer,
W. G.
Newsletters
xxxi. f. 177b. Augiist 2, 1659. — There came newes this day that a partie for
Charles Stuart were uppe in Herefordshire, wheruppon the Councill
ordered that all the officers should repaire to their charges. That
night and the next day (most of the saddle horses in and neere

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London being secured) severall parties of horse and dragoones
were disperst into the adjacent counties, where many suspected
persons as well as heere were apprehended, some armes found,
colours taken, and their randezvous disappointed. This day a
report was made in the House of many lettres frora our forces
in the severall counties, by which itt is concluded that the neck
of this malignant designe is broken for the present. Colonel
Blague, two of Charles Stuart's agents, and about 40 gentry are
secured att Tunbridge.' A party is gone after the Earle of
Middlesex and Lord Rotchfort northward. Colonel Grosvenor is
secured heere uppon suspition of being engaged therin. Majour
Generali Browne, who was absent some dayes, is return'd. Captain
Elsmore and Captain Parry of Colonel Ingoldesbye's regiment,
being taken with their armes and colours, itt's thought will be
brought to a speedy triall. G. M.
Colonel Mayer to General Monck (?)
Carlile, 3 August 1659.
The inclosed is a copie of a letter from Collonel West which xxxi. f. 178b.
came to my hands about eleaven of the clock this morning, to
which I shall referr you , and shall use all meanes possible to secure
the peace of these parts, in order to which I intend forthwith to
secure most of the activest and dangerouse persons, and if any
thing of concernement happen I shall give your Lordshipp an
account of it. J. M.''
Enclosure
On the last Lord's day ' after the latter sermon drumms did xxxi. f. 179.
imediatly beate in Warrington (the onely pass in London Roade
betweene Lancashire and Cheshire), and a greate sudden insurrec
tion in many places of the borders of these two counties" (on
' See Mercurius Politicus, July 31, p. 639, for an account of these gatherings
in arms, and Cal, State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, pp. 59-61.
« John Mayer ? ' July 31.

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Monday morning) meeting at Warrington, whereas weere imbodyed
about 500 horse and foote arm'd, headed by the Erie of Darby, Sir
George Booth, Warberton of Ireley, Brooks, and other gentlemen
of Cheshire and some of Lancashire, who have made them Captain es
of men who have been in armes for Charles Stewart formerly,
I being then at Wiggan, eight miles distant from Warrington, where
was a slender party called the County troope, and twenty six horse
of Colonel Sanders' regiment, and 10 horse of Captain Baynes
troope of the Lord Lambert's regiment, and being desired by the
Councill of State to bee assisting to the preservation of the peace
of the county, [I] desired the officers that a party of 10 might goe
towards Warrington to discover the truith of such intelligence
received by letters intercepted at two in the morning uppon the
guards ; and our party at Winwick, a mile from Warrington, met
their scouts, and asking who they were for, they answered not ;
and to their question to ours, it was answered ' for the Common
wealth,' uppon which they fired and retreated. Our scouts pursued
till they discovered a troope of horse with collours advancing ;
which newse I desire yow to give an account off.'
Colonel West to Colonel Birch (P)
Lancaster, 3 August 1659.
I thanke you for your care, and am glad to observe Mr. Maiour
and your diligence to preserve the peace,' The new enimie is busy
raiseing men, but come noe neerer yet then Wiggan with any
partie. I think (by what I have) they .are very much short of
theire expectation, and their charrit begins to drive heavily. If
you can by your meanes hasten the advance of some horse and
foote or dragoons, they would hinder theire increase, and secure
theire and your counties, and bee ready with such as shall come
out of the south and Yorkshire ; from both places I am sure there
' This letter was apparently written to Colonel West by someone at Warrington,
perhaps by Colonel Birch, and forwarded by West.

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will shortly bee sent, and they may drive them on us and you,
if wee have not the reputation of some force on this side the enimy.
It will concerne yow to have an eye on good neighbours ; any thing
promots at the begining. Yesterday some good men came from
Yorke and say all is at peace there, soe that I hope they will have
a poore busines of it, if they have not too much liberty given
them. W"". West.
I forbeare to tell what horrible things have been spoken in
pulpitts last Lord's day, because some base fellowes (whome I
cannot beare) are apt to say I am noe favourer of ministers,
though I love good ones in my heart, and shall ever honour such
as seeke the honour of God, W, W,
Newsletter
August 4, 1659. — Yesterday the Commissioners for nominacion xxxi. f. 178.
voted Lieutenant Colonel Keane and Major Kelke to be feild
officers in Colonel Pearson's regiment. A private souldier taken
with Captain Elsmore is adjudged by a Court Martiall to be
hanged. Newes then came that Massy was taken by a troope
of horse at one Mr. Beales house neare Bristoll, and rideing all
night toward Gloucester he escaped by a fall of his horse and the
darkenesse of the night, though a troop ridde behind him. The
Lord Herbert was that day secured at his owne house. Letters
carae late at night that Colonel John Booth came Sunday last into
Chester, and made way for the reception of Sir George Booth, his
brother, and Colonel Ireland the next d^. The gates were promised
to bee open for them when they pleased. The next day they
marcht with a party of horse through a great part of the country,
and this day intend their rendezvous at Houghton Heath.' Four
regiments are this day marcht towards thera and Shrewesbury,
where 6000 armes are in the Castle, the people disaffected to the
' Bowton Heath ?
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present authority, and but a troope and eorapany to serve both
towne and Castle. This day the House was resolved into a Grand
Committe upon the governement,. and ordered to resume it againe
Tuesday next. &• M,
Narrative of Events at Gloucester
xxxi. f. 182. That there was a constant rumour of great preparations of the
enemy for some designe upon the citty of Gloucester, of which we
could gitt noe perticular intellegence as to tyme or persons, untill
we had, by spyes imployed amongst them, indeavoured to discover
there motion.
That on Munday the 25th July we had informacion that Massy
eyther then was or laitely had beene within the said citty, and
that there were lodged in severall secrett places therein about
500 musquetts, which at the tyme of putting ther designe in
execution should be delivered out to such persons as they had
ingaiged with in the citty, as also to such others as should come in
from other places, as country men on foote on pretence of bussiuess
at the Assize.
That on Tuesday the 26th day of July we had certaine intelli
gence that they had agreed on the tyme of falling on the citty,
which was to have beene on the Thursday followinge, about 3 or 4
of the clocke in the morninge, and that in order thereunto they
were to meete at severall randevoiis to be agreed on the day before,
at such places as were most convenient for the meeting of such
persons ingaiged, which they were confedent would be soe numerous
as to inable them to fall on every gate and quarter of the citty at
once with severall hundred, besydes those that were to rise within.
That thereupon Mr. Alderman Pury and Mr. Thomas Pury the
younger, adviseing with Captain Dale, captain of a troope of the. '
army, and with Captain Croft, captain of one of the Militia troopes,
did suppose it absolutely necessary forthwith to cause drumms to
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within the citty as conveniently could be ; which they did accord
ingly, and there were raised that same day 4 companies of mus-
quettears, consisting of about 300 men.
That the intelligence continueing, and many other informations
and circumstances concurring from all parts, it was thought
absolutely necessary that the horse (being the two militia troopes,
and Captain Dale's troope of the army) should take there station
in 3 severall places within the citty, and there remaine on constant
guards with there whole troopes both night and day, and the
severall companies of foote at such places as was agreed ; which
accordingly they have done and still resolve to continue to doe.
That on Fryday the 29th July we had certaine informacion,
that by reason of such preparacions as were maid, and the great
dilligence of the forces in Gloucester, the enemy had changed
there counsells as to come ; that they had dayly meetings of the
leading men in the Forrest of Deane, and Massy certainely with
them; ' that from thence severall tliousands would appeare of colliers,
miners, and from about Stroud water neer one thousand raen, from
other quarters about the citty severall hundreds, as alsoe within
the citty ; that a speciali messinger was sent from Massey and those
mett to advise on the Forrest syde, to those on the other syde, to
forbeare fallinge on untill further order.
On Satterday, 30th July, at night reeeved two letters inter
cepted, intimateinge that the first day of August was the tyme
appointed by the enemies to be in armes, and to march to the
severall places of randevous, and then to fall upon such places as
they thought fittest for their designe ; and that the Lord Herbert,
Colonel Massey, Colonel Berrow, Captain Glaynfford, and others
would fall upon Gloucester with there united forces from the
forces on the syde of the said River of Seaverne, and with there
other forces on this syde of the said river ; for prevention whereof
we sent a party of above 100 horse on Satterday night aforesaid
to seize upon the Lord Herbert and others on this syde the river,
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and another party of about 70 horse to seize upon Colonel Berrow,
Captain Glaynfford, and others oG the forrest syde of Seaverne,
And upon Sunday morning we received intelligence that our
party of horse on this syde Seaverne had taken three of Mr. Veales
isonnes and others with there armes and horses, and about 3 howrea
after that they had taken Colonel Massey and hia man with all hia
fyre workes and other engines of wsrr and their warr horses, and
afterwards they had taken the Lord Herbert with some store of
pistells and other armes, and that they were all prissoners and
comeing on the way for Gloucester. The manner thus : Massey
was taken about xi. a clocke before noone, with another person
there in a buffe coate and britches, his hare very blacke and very
longe, and talked of to be a very great person ; but he maid his
escaipe whilst they were about. Collonel Massey being taken,
was carried about with other prisoners unto the Lord Herbert's
house, and from thence with the Lord Herbert and the other
prissoners they joumied toward Gloucester, being about five houres
after Massey was taken, and about the close of day light they
came to Nimpsfeilds roade downe a very steepe hill about 10 myles
from Gloucester, the roade way to Bayth, and then there fell a very
great storme of rayne, with a groasse thick darkness, and Massey
being then horsed, and a stout man behind him to hould him in
his armes, and two of each syde of hira, and some troopers rideing
before his horse, and others behind him, Massey'a horse and him
selfe, vnth the man that roade behind him, fell headlonge alltogether,
and tumbling downe that steepe hill the man that roade behinde
Masseylost his hold of him, and the rest tumbling downe after
them, being much bruised ; and it was then soe darke that (as
they affirrae) and soe quite lost him and all the rest of the
prissoners before mentioned to be taken, who maid alsoe there
escaipe, exsceptinge onely the Lord Herbert and Colonel Massey's
servant who are prisoners at Gloucester. Our party of horse that
went out that day into the forrest syde beyonde Seaverne supprised
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dwelling house with there armes ; but after a parly together, and
some miscarridge (as they pretend) wh©r©by they fired at each
other, our party was content to take there words to come to
Gloucester this day to render themselves unto us ; but they com©
not, whereby its most apparant how infortunate we have beene in
this last designe, which had it proved fortunate it would under
God have utterly frustrated the enimies designe in those parts, in
regard they would have beene destitute of all their cheife and
ablest commanders, councellers, and undertakers.

Newsletters
August 5, 1659. — Major Generali Massie is retaken, Hee xxxi, f. I84b.
made an escape, but was retaken goeing over a ferry neere Bristol!.
A souldj©r comeing the last night to London out of Hampshire
informed the Councill that about 60 horse weere together in a body,
which by a troope of the army and the county troope weere pursued
upp and downe the country. On Monday night sorae officers
that weere laid aside weere secured : Quarterraaster Generali
Gravenour, Captain Elsraore, Lieutenant Barrie, Quartermaster
Spicer, and one of the life guard, and a souldjer of Collonel
Swallowe's r©giment, and that Ingoldsby and Babington weere
looked for, but could not bee found.
P. J.
August 6. — This day the grand committee had some debate on xxxi. f. iSfib.
the Act of Union, but referred itt to Wednesday next, and passed
an order in these words : That itt bee referred to the Councill of
State to take care to prepare something concerning the setling of
the administracion of justice and leavying of the Assessmente in
Scotland, and present itt to this House for their consideracion.
For ought I apprehend the Act of Union will bee a worke of some
time. R. W,

38 THE CLARKE PAPERS
xxxi. f. 181b. August 6, 1659. — Yesterday the House order'd the Lord Lam
bert to march out and command the army ; drawing forth, the traine
marched after them. Monday last the Lancashire Erupters pro
claimed Charles Stewart. Wednesday last at Warrington Bridge,
Sir George Booth hearing of it, said it would bee their ruine ; they
declare onely for a full and free Parliament, takeing of the taxes,
liberty of conscience, and paying the souldyers.' The gentry and
ministry of Cheshire and Lancashire appeare much in this insur-
recion, which makes their number much encreased. Lieutenant-
Generall Whalley was ordered by the committee to coramande
Generali Montague's regiment, but it was carryed in the House by
7 voyces for Collonel Alured. The bill for uniteinge England and
Scotland tooke up the dayes debate. Sir Henry Littleton hath
possest Cherke Castle in Denbighsheire with two troopes. The
Lord Falkeland was yesterday secured at his owne house, and soe
are the Lord Falconbridge and Collonel Rossiter by this time.
Major-Generall Browne is att his house. Sir George Booth is
marcht into Lancashire, where 2 regiments of our horse will visit
him to-morrow. Three of our regiments are sent for out of Flan
ders. This night the Lord Lambert is march't away.^
G. M.
' Booth and his friends asserted that ' they had taken arms in vindication of
the freedom of Parliament, of the known laws, liberty and property, and of the
good people of this kingdom groaning under uncomfortable taxes.' See 'A Decla
ration of Sir G. Booth at the last rendezvous on Tuesday last near the city of
Chester ; ' Sir George Booth's letter of August 2, 1659, showing the reasons of his
present engagement.
^ Lambert took with him, according to Mercurius Politicus (p. 650), three regi
ments of horse and one regiment of dragoons, three regiments of foot and a train of
artillery. Their names are not given. In his letter of August 20 he says that on
Sunday, August 14, ' the two regiments of foot which marched from London with
the horse under the command of Colonel Swallow and Major Creed, being in all
nineteen troops, united at Drayton, in the county of Salop.' He sent back, however,
the militia troop of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, and Captain Sabberton's troop of
Swallow's, marching with the rest to Nantwich, where he stayed two days and was
joined by four companies of Colonel Biscoe's foot and two of Colonel Ashfield's, and
also by one troop of his own regiment and three of Colonel Lilburne's. In the

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[^August 8]. — Colonel Gravenor upon suspition is committed to ^^^i. f. 185.
the Tower. Saturday, the 6 August, came intelligence, and Sondaj^,
the 7, that the Earle of Manchester, the Lord Willoby of Parham,
and Sir William Waller, were joyned with the Earle of Darby, the
Earle of Stafford, and Sir George Booth in Lancashire, and that
in the towne of Manchester they had raised 3 or 4 troopes of horse,
and that three counties did rise with them, vizt. Staffordshire,
Cheshire, and Lancashire, that they had raised 7 or 8 thousand
horse and foote and published a declaration they were for calling a
free Parliament ; but it's said they had theire comission from Charles
Stewart, and that they have chosen the Earl of Manchester their
Generali, and Sir William Waller their Lieutenant Generali,' and
appointed other officers. That they have taken Wiggan and West
Chester, and that some ministers in Lancashire, whose names I
omitt, are joyned with them. 6 regiments out of Yorkshire and
other counties are goeing to oppose them. It's said that they are
goeing towards Wales, The issue of this busines wee waite for.
Massey since his last escape is retaken, as it is certified for certaine.
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August 9. — The Coramissioners have voted Colonel Talbott xxxi. f. 190.
to bee Colonel], Colonel Wroth Rogers Lieutenant Colonel, and
Henry Pounall, who was Lieutenant Colonel, to bee Major. They
have agreed uppon Generali Monck's regiment of horse with these
alteracions, vizt. the Cornet of his owne troope to be put out and
Captain Abra. Davies in his roorae, the Major's Quarter Master
put out and one Evan Lewis in his roome, Captain Johnson (eldest
captain) put out and one captain Glinne put in his roome, Captain
battle, therefore, he had about twenty troops of horse, and two regiments and six
companies of foot, or perhaps three regiments, twelve hundred or fifteen hundred
horse, and at most about 3,000 foot. The foot regiments were Hewson's, his
own, and parts of others ; and the horse regiments. Swallow's, his own, part of
Lilburne's, and some miscellaneous troops belonging to various regiments.
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Legg left out and Captain Combes (formerly of Collonel Bridges,
now of Collonel Okeyes regiment) put in. Quarter Master Crispin
left out and one Quarter Master Dagget put in. They likewise
agreed upon the inferriour officers of Collonel Pearsons and
Collonel Fairfaxes regiments . . . '
Yesterday the House fined Mr. Brookes and Mr. Dunch (two
of theire Members) lOOli, per peice for being with Sir George
Booth, and 20Zi. a peice on such Members as appeare not Munday
next, except such as have leave and are in, service. An Act was
comitted for setleing the lands of such as were in rebellion upon
the tenants of such landlords as shall adventure life for the Parlia
ment. The proclaraeinge of Charles Stewart at Warrington hath
occasioned all Sir George Booth's party to desert him but 1300,
which hath put that party in this citty upon a desperaet designe
(under the nocion of haveing a Common Hall to peticion for a free
Parliament) to cause a generali insurreccion, for the prevencion
whereof the House this day ordred that the Lord Maior and Court
of Aldermen be sent for, and the meeting of the Common Hall
prohibited ; ^ that Sir George Booth and Sir Thomas Middleton,
and all that joyne with, abett, or assist thera or any other against
the present authority, be forth with proclaraed traytors, which was
done accordingly.^ Severall partyes of horse and foot are drawne
out to quarter in the citty to prevent there intended insurreccion,
which was to be at 5 a clock this evening. The 3 regiments sent
for out of Flanders ar landed at Gravesend, and are here expected
speedily.'' Yours H. S.
9 August, 59. G. M.
' The names of these officers are omitted. See Commons' Journals, vii. 743,
762. ^ Cal, State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 90. Cf. Whitelocke, Memorials, iv.
p. 357. » The proclamation against Booth, dated August 9, is printed in the Public
Intelligencer, August 8-15, p. 647.
•¦ See Thurloe Papers, vii. 722. The three regiments sent from Dunkirk were

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Atkinson, who was condemned for flyeing to the adverse party,
was thia day pardoned. Arrests in Scotland
August 12, 1659. — The engagement being tendred by Major xxxi. f. 187.
Holmes and Captain Mawell att Brunt Island to Lieutenant
Generali Lesley, Sir James Lumsdaine, and Colonel James Hay,
they refused itt, and were sent prisoners to Edinborough Castle.
Earle "of Lowdoune alao© prisoner there. The Earle of Calander
comitted upon the same account in Sterling Castle.
Robert, Lord Viscount Kenmore att Ayre.
George, Earle Marishall]
A T.-T., ij T J T 'att Dunnottyr Castle.
Archibald, Lord Lome I •'
Marquesse of Montrosse
Lord Napier
Lord Duddopp att Dundee.
Earle of Kelly with the Marshall Generali.
Subscribed to the engagement, 11 August, att Dalkeith.
William, Earle of Glencairne.
Hugh, Lord Montgomery.
John, Earle of Rothease.
Subacribed since 7 September, att Dalkeith.
Lord Duddopp.
Earle of Seafort.
Angus McDonald, Laird of Glengary.
Ewen Cameron, Laird of Loughyell.
Earle Marischall.
Colonel George Keith,
Lord Ogilvy.
the three ' field regiments ' which had lately been serving with the French army,
viz. the regiments of Major-General Morgan, Sir Brice Cochrane, and Colonel Sam
Clarke. On arriving in England they were reduced into two regiments, under
Cochrane and Clarke. Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 121.

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xxxi. f. 192. August 13, 1659. — Yesterday a letter came from Majour Creed,
that hee hath lately taken a sarjant and 6 private souldiers of the
enimie, by whom hee understood that Sir George Booth was marcht
to wards Liverpoole to possesse himselfe of some great gunns, with
other armes and amunicion. That hee hath a 1000 horse, but for
the number of his foote hee cannot learne. Other letters say that
Sir George Booth hath sent a party to North Wales, another to
Shropshire, another to Lancashire, and that their randezvouse is
appointed at Brandon Moore, 12 miles from Chester. The Lord
Lambert lay at Coventrye last Wednesday, and at Whitchurch this
night. Majour Creed endeavoured to engage them att Namptwich,
but the enemy marcht away in a disorderly manner towards
Liverpoole. Yesterday the Duke of BucKs, the Lord of Oxford,
Lord Falkeland, Lord Delaware, and other persons of honour were
under examinacion. The House ordered that the Militia of the
severall counties should secure such persons and their armes as
they shall thinke fitt. They approved of the Militia of Yorke-
shire, and their raising 3000 foote and 600 horses. They gave
commissions to the officers of the three new raiaed regiments of
the Congregated Churches under commando of Sir Hefiry Vane,
Collonel White, and Majour Generali Skippon, and past the bill
for paying in the seacond moityes of States purcheses. Severall
letters of the enemy are intercepted, but a clavia cannot be found
to them, because they are not in figures but names. Letters from
our fleet speaks them in a good and peaceable condicion. The
Prince of Conde's raising 7000 men for England is a malignant
reporte. G. M.
The Council of State to General Monck
li. f. 90. Sir, The Councill being informed of the greate distresse of the citty
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of their assessment may bee chainged into a more equall, easie,
and insensible way, by putting burthen on some things in that
citty, the Councill doth direct yow to receive and consider theire
supplications and overtures of the best wayes that may bring in
the cesse unto yow, and may give most ease and contentment to
that citty, and gives yow power, with the concurrance of the
Coramissioners of the assessment in that citty, to setle that way
of paying the cesae which with the consent of the magistrate and
Towne Councill yow shall judge may bee most equall, easy, and
aatiafactory to that citty, and direct yow to countenance and assist
the magistrate of that citty in the execution thereof, for the which
this shalbee a sufficient warrant to yow and the Commissioners
of the assessment. Signed, in the name and by order of
the Councill of State appointed by
15th A?gMt, authority of Parliament,
1659. Art. Hesilrige, President.
Newsletters
August 16, 1659. — Saturday last the House was resolved into xxxi. f. 193.
a Grand Committee upon the bill for union for Scotland and
Ireland, and are to resume it Thursday next. They ordered
Doctour Samuell Winter to come over from Ireland and attend
the pleasure of the House, and passed the bill for setling the
militia of the Isle of Wight, and passed likewise that of second
moities. Yesterday they ordered Mr, Needham to write the
newes as formerly, and Mr. Can to bee ^-eferred to the Councill for
a salary or an imployment.' Since my last there hath bin 4
insurrections : one in the county of Nottingham by the Lord Biron,
Collonel White, and Mr. Francis Pierepont's heire (a prisoner) who
hath 5000H. per annum, and the party disperct by the county
' Needham had been removed from the post of editor of the Public Intelligencer
on May 13, and replaced by John Canne (Commons' Journals, vii. 652).

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troope ; another in Leicestershire, which is inconsiderable ; a third
in Darby to-wne, who after they had gotten 4000Zt. of the excise
and aasesment, were disperst by 3 troopes sent frora the Lord
Lambert ; and a forth in Surry by the Lord Leechfeeld, who were
dispers't by the county troope, a party of the life guard, and a
party of Collonel Hacker's horse, but they are aince gone into
Sussex, The Earle of Rutland assured the Lord Fleetewood that
Belvoire is kept by some of his owne servants at present, and at
his excellencies dispose when he pleased to comand it. Charles
Stewart and the Duke of York are privately withdrawne frora the
Prince of Orange's ; severall places in England are layd for them.
The Lord Stamford dranke their healths to parte of the county
troope, when they came for 4 horses at which hee was assessed.
Sir George Booth's parte was at Warrington Sunday last, and the
Lord Lambert's at Stafford, his march having bin much inter
rupted by greate floods in those parts. This day the House was
in a Grand Committee upon the government, some being for
successive Parliaments and a Councill, others to have it referred
to a committee who receive proposalls from the ^rmy or any
others. G. M,

xxxi. f. 195. \_August 18 ?] — Heere hath bin stronge indeavours to raise
commotions in and about the citty of London, which have bin
hitherto prevented, and the enemies, wheresoever they have
appeared, have bin broken and scatter'd. Uppon the Lord's day
last wee had an account of the Earle of Stamford's declaring for
the King, and of his gathering together two or 300 persons in
armes. Major Babington being with them ; butt uppon an intima-
cion that some companies of Colonel Biscoe's and Colonel Salmon's
regiments, att that tirae uppon their march towards Major Generali
Lambert quartering within 10 miles of the Earle of Stamford's,
were ¦with some militia horse making towards them, the whole
company with the Earle dispersed, and the Earle himself is now

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prisoner in Lecester.' Att the same time the Lord Byron and
Colonel White, with some other gentlemen, gather'd together about
120 horse, in Sherwood Forrest neere Nottingham, were falne
uppon by the county troope there and beaten, and their colours
taken, and the enemy pursued about 12 miles by the county
troope.^ Colonel White and some few that escaped to Derby,
coming in thither uppon the markett day and declaring for a free
Parliament (under pretence wherof they deceive many persons
and perswade them into a conjunction with them), they there
gather'd a partie together, uppon notice wherof Major Generali
Lambert sent some horse towards that place, uppon whose approach
that partie alsoe scattered, and the country remaynes in quiett, as
alaoe doe all places except Cheshire and Lancashire. Major
Generali Lambert, with about 8 regiments of horse and foote, will
bee this day before Chester.
August 20, 1659. — Since my last there is come over from xxxi. f. 196.
Ireland 1000 foote under Collonel Axtell's comand, and 500 horse
under Collonel Sanky, and by this time they are march't from
Holyhead to West Chester, before which the Lord Lambert ia sett
downe to refresh his army.' 50 pair of pistolls, 1 2 good horses
and 6 men were taken yesterday in Hartfordshire. It's said the
party was to have bin commanded by Sir William Compton.
50 pair of pistolls likewise were seized going to the house of a
Member of Parliament.* A greate jealousie was last night heere
of an insurrection in this citty, which occasioned the guards to bee
trebled. A trumpett with 2 ministoup came Wensday last with
an expresse from Sir George Booth and Sir Thomas Midleton to
the Lord Lambert, shewing the ground of their raising up in
' Mercurius Politicus, August 11-18, p. 673 ; Public Intelligencer, August 15-22,
p. 686. 2 See Life of Colonel Hutchinson, ii. 220, 389, ed. 1885.
' See Ludlow's Memoirs, ii. 110-13.
' See Cornet Boteler's letter, Tamier MSS, li. 133.

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armes, and desiring a treaty before any blood was shedd in the
quarrel 1, which the Lord Lambert agreed unto if they would lay
downe their armes ; but ha-ving taken them up without authority,
hee is comanded by the Parliaraent to reduce them to obedience,
which he is by God's assistance resolved to doe. The House
approved of what the Lord Lambert and the Commissioners of
Ireland had done in listing of men ; they ordered a proclamacion to
bee issued forth against the Earle of Northamton, and Earle
of Leechfeild, Major Generali Browne, Sir Thomas Leventhorpe,
Sir William Compton, and Mr. Fanshawe. G. M.
xxxi. f. 197. August 20. — This evening about 7 of the clock came to the
Councill of State one of their messengers frora the Lord Lambert
with this message, vizt. Remember rae to ray frinds of the
Councill, and tell them the enemy is routed, and as soone as I can
I will send the perticulars. The messenger said hee sawe 3 of the
enemies colors, redd, white and blew, and 6 or 7 men kill'd, and
said the engagement was at a stone bridge neer Northwich, and
after a sharp conflict the enemy fell into disorder, and ran 2 wayes,
part towards Chester and part towards Lancashire ; they as went
towards Chester were pursued, and the Lord Lambert was drawing
out part of his forces to send towards them as ran Lancashire ward.
A more perticular account is expected shortly.' The last night
' Lambert's account of Sir George Booth's defeat, which is dated North^fich,
August 20, was read in Parliament on August 22. It was sent by Captain Brown,
of Colonel Hewson's regiment, and is printed under the title of The Lord
Lambert's Letter to the Speaker concerning the Victory over the Bebels under
Sir Oeorge Booth, In two other letters, dated the next day, Lambert announced
the surrender of Chester ; and with them was also printed a letter from Major
Edmund Waring, the Governor of Shrewsbury, relating occurrences in Chester
after Booth's defeat. The original of Waring's letter is amongst the Tanner MSS,
(li. 131). These three letters are printed as A Second and Third Letter from the
Lard Lambert, &c. Chirk Castle, which had been garrisoned by the Eoyalists,
surrendered to Lambert on August 24, and in the letter announcing its fall he
was able to say, ' There is now no -visible enemy appearing in these parts ' (The
PubUc Intelligencer, August 22-29, p. 687). The fuUest account of Booth's
defeat on the Eoyalist side is that by Mr. Mordaunt, Clarendon State Papers,
iii. 552 ; see also Ludlow, ii. 113.

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the citty, or rather our enimies in it, alarm'd us with threats to
distroy us, which occasioned our horse and foote to drawe out and
march about the streets, and the Lord Maiour was up alsoe and
with the citty forces, and soe they stired not to molest us.
August 25, '59. — Yesterday Sir George Booth was taken in xxxi. f. 200.
womens apparell at Newport Pagnell,^ where alighting from
behind a servant and off" a pillion without a cloth at the Reed
Lyon (the only well affected inne there), the Master of the house
takeing him off" and finding him ponderous, his stepps very long,
desireing a private and inward chamber, was jealous that he was
a man in womenes apparell ; and sending two maid servanta to
attend him they found he was called by the name of Mrs, Dorothy,
and they inviteing her into an other chamber for the convenience
of her sex, she refused, but rather chose to repose her selfe upon a
bed in the same roome, where one of the raaides espied her foote to
be sorae thing bigg and her shooe to be broad toed, carae downe
and tould her Master that shee beleived Mrs. Dorothy was a raan
in woman's apparell, which confirmeing his owne former jealousie,
sent the maids up againe to make some further discoverry ; and
comeing in they found the men lookeing about the roome for holes
or crevises, and placeing a screene (which they had out of the next
chamber) before those in the doore to prevent any inapectione into
the chamber. After a more plentifuU supper then such seemeing
ordinary guests usually have, a barber was required, who shaveing
two of the men, one of them bought a razure and a wash ball of
him. The Master of the inne sendina for 10 well affected neigh
bours, told them the grounds of his jealousies, who arraeing them
selves, about one in the mo'rneing breake open Mrs. Dorothy's
chamber doore, who runing her breast against one of the men's
pistolls cryed for quarter. They demaunded what she was; she
said a Gentlewoman travelling out of Derbyahire toward London.
' See A True Narrative of the Taking of Sir Oeorge Booth on Tuesday last,
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They replyed she was noe woman but a man, and demaunded
his name. Then he told them there was the providence of God
seen in his discovery, and therefore he would not conceale
his name, but confes't it was Sir George Booth, at which they
were more astonished then hee were before affrighted. They
procured a gentleman's suite of clothes for him in that towne,
bought him a new hatt and a new paire of bootea, and sent him
away presently with a guard. The House comited him to the
Tower close prisoner, and not to have benifitt of penn, incke, or
paper, and appointed Sir Henry Vane, Sir Arthur Heslerigg, and
Majour Salway to examen him. Thia day he denyed the pro-
clameing of Charles Stewart by his order, or houlding any corre-
spondencie with him, but confes't hee meet frequently with Mr.
Mordent, his agent, when he was last in, London, This day the
House ordred that the said comittee should further examen hira as
they saw occasione. They ordered the bill for sequestering the
new Delinquents' estates should looke backe and commence from
the yeare'1658. They approved of the secureing of Sir Anthony
Aahly Cooper upon the discovery of severall letters of his which
were lately intercepted.' I humbly subscribe myselfe. Your H.
G. M,
xxxi. f. 203, August 27, 1659. — This aftemoone report was made that Sir
George Booth had confest further to the committee that his Lady
had a letter from Charles Stewart, but would not say hee had any
comission from him ; that the first of the last month was the intended
day for a generali insurrection, and the 8th waa to land with
5000 men at Lyn ; and that there was a list of 300 of the Nobility
and Gentry engaged herein, which in time may bee produced by
him. ' See Whitelocke, Memorials, iv. 349, 361 ; Ludlow, Memoirs, ii. 116. On Sep
tember 14 Cooper was voted not guilty of the charge (Commons' Journals, vii. 778).

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August 27, 1659. — The Act of Union was yesterday under xxxi. f. 203.
consideracion of the Grand Committee, wherin they made some
progresse, butt have recommitted itt, and order'd a report on Friday
next.' The clause or provisoe of liberty for tender consciences has
occasioned some debate about the wording of itt, there being
contrary parties engaged in itt. There is a clause under considera
cion as one, that rebellion in Scotland shall render the Union null,
another for naturalization, a third that treason shall bee adjudged
according to the English lawes. R. W.
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September 6, 1659. — Saturday last the House agreed uppon an xxxi. f. 207.
engagement to bee taken by the commission officers of the
Militia, vizte. : I doe declare that I doe renounce, the pretended
title of Charles Stuart, and the whole line of the late King James,
and of any other person as a single person pretending to the
governement of these nations of England, Scotland, and Ireland,
and the Dominions and Territories therunto belonging ; and that I
will, by the assistance of Almighty God, bee true, faithfull, and
constant to this Commonwealth, against any King, single person,
and House of Peeres, and every of them, &c.^ They ordered the
amenderaentes to the bill for setling lands in Ireland uppon the
adventurers and souldiers to bee reported Wednesday next. Sir
George Booth his Lady lately sent a lettre to the Lord Bradshaw,
desiring his mediation to the Parliament for mercy and favour to
' The business of the Union was in charge of Bulstrode Whitelocke, who
introduced the Bill on July 30, 1659. He records a complimentary letter from
Monck to himself on the subject, and says also that Monck wished to persuade
him to become one of the Commissioners for the government of Scotland
(Memorials, iv. 349, 352, 355, 863). On the proviso mentioned, see next page.
' September 3. See Commons' Journals, vii. 774. The imposition of this
oath was strongly opposed by Vane, and in consequence of his opposition it was
referred to a committee, as stated at the close of this letter (Cal, State Papers,
Dom. 1659-60, p. 207 ; see also The Trial of Sir Henry Vane. 1662, 4to, p. 45 ;
Carte, Original Letters, ii. 216).
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her husband. The Councill ordered his Lordshippe to send an
answer. That the way for him to receive favour and mercy is to bee
ingenuous, and confesse the whole truth of what hee knoweth in the
late designed rebellion.' The Portugall is excluded out of the
•articles betweene France and Spaine, and the Prince of Conde is
to loose his command and all his priviledges. Yesterday the
Members of Parliament attended the corps of the Attorney Generali
to Knights-bridge.^ The fleete is come into Sole-Bay. Commis
sioners are gone to consult with Generali Mountague about their
pay and sending a parte of them out againe.^ The Lord Stamford
yesterday committed to Lambeth House. This day the House
was called, their subscribing the abovesaid engagement debated,
and referr'd to a committee. G. M.
On the Bill for the Union of England and Scotland
xxxi. f. 207. Concerning the provisoe offer'd by the Petitioners to bee put
in the Bill of Union.* It is desired that the Honorable
Members will consider —
1. That it ia unnecessary for either of their words debarring and
molesting, they meane the ecclesiastick censures or civill punish
ments. Aa for ecclesiasticall censures, they have since Worster
' See Lady Booth's letter to Sir Arthur Haslerig, September 22, 1659. MSS,
of the Duke of Portland, i, 685, and also Commons' Journals, vii. 770 ; Cal, State
Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 163 ; Guizot, Bichard Cromwell, i. 466.
- Edmund Prideaux.
' See Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, pp. 163, 166, 167 ; Thurloe, vii. 726,
731, 744 ; Clarendon, State Papers, iii. 551, 564. Montague, on September 10,
gave an account ' of the business of the Sound, and of the fleet ' to the Council of
State, who desired him ' to write down the said narrative ' (Cal, State Papers,
Dom. 1659-60, p. 184). A copy is amongst the MSS. of Lord Sandwich, but it
has never been printed.
' The business of the Union with Scotland occupied the restored Long Parlia
ment for many sittings, as the Union effected by Cromwell's ordinances and by the
Instrument of Government was held invalid. On May 18, 1659, a Committee of the
Council was appointed to take the question into consideration, and to report an Act
for the purpose (Commmis' Journals, vii. 658). On May 24 an address, signed by
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fight been made use of against very fewe, if against any : there are
some ' Quakers and others for gross erroures and practices onely
excepted ; and what Church, whether Independant or Annabaptist,
but doth clame liberty from the word of God to censer all who
were members of their Church for scandalouse offences in doctrine
or life ? and may not they in Scotland accompt it a slavery and noe
liberty to bee denyed the like ? And as to civill punishments, noe
referred to the Council of State (ibid. p. 664). The address is printed in NicoU'a
Diary (p. 242). The Committee of Council reported an old Bill on the Union, read
twice formerly in Parliament, probably that which was discussed in the Parliament
of 1656 (ibid. pp. 445, 460, 681 ; cf. Scotland and the Protectorate, p. 333). The
House, however, ordered a new Bill to be prepared and introduced. This Bill waa
read a first time on July 27, and a second time on July 30. It was debated in
Committee of the whole House for eleven sittings during the next few weeks, but
got no further (ibid. pp. 693, 736, 740, &c.).
This. delay was probably due to the fact that the whole question of the limits
of toleration was raised while the Bill was in Committee, by some of the amend
ments to it which were proposed. On July 27 Colonel Cobbett had presented to
Parliament a petition from ' some well-affected persons in Edinburgh, and other
places near adjacent.' The petitioners, after congratulating the Parliament on its
restoration, concluded with the following request : —
' It is our huinble desire for ourselves and several others in this nation, that
you ¦will take care to provide for our just liberties, that we may share of those
Gospel priviledges that the truly godly in England contend for, and expect to be
secured in by you ; and that any law or Act of Parliament of this nation contrary
thereunto may be abolished, either by some proviso to that effect to be inserted in
the Act of Union, or by some other expedient way as you shall think fit ; in doing
whereof we shall look upon ourselves as engaged to bless God for you, and stand
to you with our lives and estates.'
The Speaker answered that the House was considering the Act of Union, and
would take this request into consideration, ' and do that which shall be best for
you and the whole nation.' Mercurius Politicus, July 21-28, 1659, in which this
petition is printed (p. 623 ; see also NicoU's IHary, p. 245), observes : ' It's very
remarkable that this petition from Scotland is the first that hath been presented
frora that nation to any power in England since the late troubles.' The authors
of the petition were without doubt the ' gathered Churches,' i.e. the Independent
congregations which had sprung up in Scotland during its government by the
English (see Scotland and the Commonwealth, pp. xxxix-xli). Though few in
number, they were strong supporters of the English Government. It is evident
that an attempt was made to insert a proviso of the kind which they desired, and
that the paper printed here was drawn up by some Scottish Presbyterian in answer
to that proviso and the policy which it represented. ' MS. ' fovver.'

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instance can bee given since Worster where any person censured
by the Church hath thereupon any waies suffered by the ci'vill lawe
or judge; and whatever danger can at this time bee apprehended
that way may with farr less offence bee prevented by an express
instruction to the Commissioners for Scotland, or to any Councellors
or Judges theere, who onely executs such lawes, to abstaine from
executeing the same, except in cases where themselves see good
causes soe to doe.
2. It is not expedient in an Act of Union to insert such a pro
viso which will unquestionably disunite and discontent the godly,
the ministry, the incorporations, and body of Scotland, and that
upon grounds of conscience, letters from Generali Monck haveing
already hinted how much they [are] dissatisfied with proceedures
of this kinde.
3. This Act of Union is founded in the narrative thereof on the
consent of Scotland by the Deputies of their counties and burghes,
anno 1652. But nothing of this kinde was ever demaunded of,
or consented to by them, nor could it bee expected that any county
or burgh in that nation would give consent thereto. All which
was demaunded to bee ruled by their owne lawes, except in soe
farr as they should thereafter bee altered by common consent in
Parliaraent, whereof they being Merabers [are] now to bee first
heard ; and if it bee urged that this Parliament may doe it without
the consent of Scotland, it raay bee answered that would bee by way
of conquest rather then by lawe before the union, and that after
declaracions not to use them as a province conquered by force, but
as brethren united by consent. Yea, and after a former Act of
Union founded onely in consent, and after an admission and usage
of them as soe unite[d] for five yeares together, in the which case
they would consider that by the word of God, if once the Isaralite
married his captive, he behoved to use her as his wife (Deut. 21),
and what Oded preached to Isarell concerneing captive Judah
(2 Chron. 28), and what the Lord spoke to Jeremiah (chap. 34)
concerneing the recalling that freedome once granted to their
Hebrew brethren.

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4. There is a very greate difference between the case of Scot
land, where there is a setled constitute Church in doctrines, worship,
and disciplin (very few that have been reputed professours differing
therefrom these many yeares past, and now lately troubled with
some persons who deny their ministry, ordinances, churches, and
sundry fundamentall truithes in their confession of faith, and who
revile and interrupt them in their worship and assemblies), and the
case of England, which is yet unsetled, and wherein soe many godly
men are of soe diflferent opinions and waies, necessitateing a larger
tolleracion there then in Scotland, where the prophane and malig
nant, who for the most part would bee loose of all discipline and
restraint, are these that make most use of tolleration there. And
upon serious consideration it will plainly appeare, that the most
part of these reasons made use of for tolleration in England
militat against granting the like latitude of tolleration in Scotland.
5. This proviso is much larger, and doth want severall restric
tions mentioned in the IO*** and 11"" articles of the very Petition
and Advise. As first the professing faith in God the Father, in
Christ as the true God, and in the Holy Spirit. 2'^. In acknow
ledging the Scriptures in the Old and New Testament to bee the
revealed will and word of God. 3'^. The punishing such who
openly re'vile the ministry, or their assemblies, or disturbe them in
the worship of God. 4'^. That this liberty bee not extended to
such who publish horrible blasphemies, 5'^, nor to such who abuse
the liberty to the civill injury of others, or disturbance of the
publique peace. Lastly, the one was onely for protection of such
who differed from the publicque profession, but not for an equall
incurragement of them as this is, and such onely who agreed with
the publicque profession in matters of faith, though they differed
in matters of worshipp, discipline, were alike capable of any civill
trust or publicque maintenance ; whereas this not onely proteckteth,
but incurrageth Antrinitarians, Antiscripturists, Antesabatharians.
6. When this same Parliament made the tender of this Union
into one goverment unto Scotland, the people there did know and

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see the Articles of the Christian religion approved by both Howses
after advise had with the Assembly of Divines, and printed by their
order in June 1648, setting downe the heads of the Christian faith.
In the 20 chapter — what is true liberty of conscience. In the 25
chapter^the duty of the civill magistracy to keepe the truiths of
God pure and intire, to suppres all blasphemies and herisies, to
prevent all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline, to
observe all the ordinances of God, and preserve peace in the Church.
Moreover, they saw the Parliament's approbation of the Directory
of Worship and Catichisme, and raany ordinances anent the Church
goverment, and they saw an Act of Parliament, May [2], anno domini
1648, for punishing blasphemies and herisies, and another Act,
past August the 9th, 1660, for punishing atheisticall blasphemies
and execrable ' opinions. All which joyned with Dr. Owen's tractat
concerning tolleration published by this Parliament's order, wherein
hee distinguisheth between the protection of erroniouse persons and
the incurragement of them, the one as lawable, the other as unlaw-
able in the Magistracy, and the Confession of Faith published by
the Congregationall churches, with the preface which aeraeth to
hould forth the sarae, as alsoe to distinguish betweene errors
against the foundation and other erroures, and the error and prac
tises of these called Quakers, which h^th been knowne but of very
late in Scotland, made them apprehend that the Parliament, who
had soe often declared, covenanted, and engaged for the worke of
Reformation, and for the maintenance of a godly magistracy and
ministrie, and have againe made the same declaration the 7th of
May last, would never admitt such a proviso to bee put uppon
Scotland in the Act of Union, by which men would bee alik in^
curaged in sin as in duty, in errour as in truith, in workes of the
flesh as in workes of the spirritt, in false worship, in false doctrine,
which the Scripture calls the worshipp and doctrine of divills, as
in the worshipp and doctrine of God.
7. The takeing away of these Acts of Parliament will cast the
' MS. ' excecible.'

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body of the common people in that nation loose into prophainesse,
lycenciousnes, and many gross scandalls, Sabboth-breaking, con
tempt of ordinances, dispiseing magistracy and ministry, from
which they are restrained by these acts, and by magistrates in
burghes and justice in parishes, sitting in Church sessions joyneing
with their censures and exchangeing their civill penalties imposed
on scandalls, and soe would cast downe much of the reformation
established in that nation, and turne it to deformation, and not
onely greive the spiritts, but alienate the hearts of many of that
nation from the governours and goverment.
For these and many other reasons of the like nature not un-
knowne to the Honorable members of the Comittee, this reasonable
desire is humbly presented, that noe clause bee put in the Bill of
Union to take away any of the lawes established in Scotland con
cerning theire religion, untill first that nation bee present by their
representatives in Parliament, and heard concerneing the same, and
that noe petition from any few persons without warrant from any
burgh, country, or incorporacion in the nation in matters that
concernes the whole be regarded, but that either the following
proviso be inserted : —
It is provided that religion and the worke of the reformation
in doctrine, worship, discipline, and goverment, according as the
same is established in Scotland, shalbee noe waies prejudiced or
restrained ' in the free exercise thereof (with Christian moderacion)
according to the word of God by this present union.
It is enacted that the present Union shall bee understood to bee
of and concerneing the civill liberties and priviledges of the
Comonwealth and noe otherwise ; for rather then this proviso bee
inserted, it will bee lesse unsatisfieing to Scotland to let the whole
clause ly over unexprest in this Act of Union, as it was in the
former Act, untill Scotland have their owne commissioners sitting
in Parliament, debateing and resolveing concerneing the same, pro
vided that in the meane time they bee ruled by their owne lawes
in the administration of justice. ' MS. ' reckned.'

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The Council of State to General Monck
li. f. 92. Sir, The Councill, considering that many persons have uppon
occasion of the late insurrection been secured, whome although
there might bee sufficient cause to continue under restraint, yet, the
Councill being willing that such of them against whome yow have
noe perticular charge or information may bee discharged, they doe
desire therefore that those that have been by yow secured onely
upon suspition, and to prevent their joyneing themselves to those
that had already ta.ken armes and were in actuall rebellion against
the Parliament, may bee set at liberty uppon their paroll or
security (or both, as yow shall see cause), with sufficient surties for
their peaceable demeanor, and that they will act nothing in the
future to the prejudice of the Parliament or Comonwealth ; and as
for those against whome yow have any perticular charge or informa
tion, yow are forthwith to transmitt to the Councill such informa
tions, with all papers relateing to them, and to secure the persons
untill the Councill, upon consideration of the causes of their
restraint, shall signifie theire pleasure concerning them.
Signed in the name and by order of the
Councill of State appointed by authority of
Parliament,
White Hall, RiCH"' Salwey, President.
September 20'"
1659. Newsletter
xxxi. f. 217. September 22, 1 659. — The House hath satt all day (and, itt's
thought, will nott rise till to morrow morning) in debate of a
representacion and addresse of the army, signed by many officers
in the countrie, and sent from Cheshire to bee signed heere ; '
' CommJ3ns' Journals, vii. 784. The Humble Petition and Proposals of the
Officers umder the Command of the Bight Honourable Lord Lambert in the late
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wherin itt is (amongst other thinges) desired that the Lord Fleet
wood may bee made Generali, Lord Lambert Major Generali,
Generali Disbrowe Lieutenant Generali of horse, and Colonel Berry
Commissary Generali. The House hath sent for Colonel Cobbett,
Colonel Ashfeild, and Colonel Pearson (who have nott yett bin
call'd in) to know their pleasures. The Lord Fleetwood this after-
noone delivered a copy of itt to the House ; raany are the feares,
and more are the hopes that (after soe many signall mercies) the
Lord will nott leave nor forsake us. G. M.
The Oflacer^ at Derby to General Monck
My Lord, xxxi. f. 223.
The inclosed is a paper of proposalls, unanimusly agreed on by
the officers of the army that were lately ingaged in the suppres
sion of the insurrections in Cheshire, Lancashire, &c., to be
tendered to the Generali Councill' of officers at London ; we have
taken the freedome to present them to your Lordshipp['s] con
sideration to prevent future surprisalls. We cannott dowbt of
your Honour's countenance, haveing had soe many yeares' ex
perience of your Honour's fidelity to the publique, and readinesse
in the pursuite and prosecution of those ends and principles
which we have formerly contended for. Your Lordshipp will
pardon the libertye we assume upon this occasion, and if
your Lordshipp thincke fitt to make any returne, 'tis thought
meet that you doe itt with all expedicion, and to direct to Lieu
tenant Colonel Duckenfeild or Majour ^Creed at London, wether
they are goeing to the Generali Councill of officers, by appoint
ment from the Councill of officers mett together in this towne. ^
This paper is to be presented very auddanly to the Parliament.
Chronicle, p. 676, ed. 1670. For comments on the proceedings relative to this
petition, see Guizot, Bichard Cromwell, i. 479, 482 ; Clarendon State Papers, iii.
573 ; Eedmayne's True Narrative of the Proceedings in Parliament, Council of
State, <&c,,from September 22 until this present Time, 1659, 4to, p. 1.
' Derby.

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This is all the trouble we have to give your Lordshipp, more then
to begg your pardon, and doe subscribe our selves
Your Lordshipp['s] humble servants.
Rich. Elton. Will. Mitchell.
Ric. Creed. Tho : Diggelye.
Hen. Davis. Hen : Brightman.
HiERo. Sanckey. Tho : Wright.
Robert Browne. Will. Revell.
JosiA Sabbarton. Ga : Wayne.
Jos. Straingwayes. Jas. Wright.
Rich: Francke.^
General Monck to the Commanders in Scotland
li. f. 92. Sir, Understanding that there is a petition to the Parliament
signed by some officers of the feild and Captains at London about
some perticulars, I likewise understand that they have written to
some officers in this country to signifie the same ; yow know it
' With this letter was sent a copy of the petition referred to in the last letter,
which is not reproduced here, as it is already in print. Another paper (Clarke
MSS, xxxi. 2176) gives the following account of its genesis : ' Upon my Lord
Lambert's returne through Darbyshire out of Cheshire there was a meeting of
about 50 officers at Darby, though his Lordshippe was not informed of their
desires drawne upp and subscribed. Colonel Sankey, Colonel Michell, Major
Creede, and others were appointed to modell a draught of a peticion and addresse,
which was affected in 5 heades.' This is evidently extracted from Colonel Michell's
letter to William Clarke of September 24, 1659, printed in the Beport on Mr.
Leyborne-Popham's MSS. p. 128. Phillips says that after the petition was drawn
up, Colonel Duckenfield was sent to London to acquaint the General Council of
Officers with the proceedings at Derby. The petition itself, directed to Ashfield,
Cobbet, and Lieut.-Col. Duckenfield, followed later. ' And at the same time, when
this was sent to London, an officer was despatched with a duplicat<! of it to General
Monck, and a letter with it, to desire his concurrence and that the officers of hia
army might join with them. Which letter was subscribed by fourteen of the chief
officers employed under Lambert' (Baker, p. 676). A summary of this letter is
given in Mr. Leyborne-Popham's MSS., but without the names appended (p. 123).
It was probably written on September 25, or thereabouts.

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hath been alwaies against my way to signe any petitions at all,
either to the Parliament or Generali, from the forces heere, and I
am still of the same judgement. Therefore if any should write to
yow to perswade yow to signe any petitions to the Parliament, I
doe desire and expect yow will bee carefull that there bee none
signed by the officers of your regiment without my consent, which
is all at present from Your very loveing friend and servant, G. M.i
Dalkeith, 29th September,
1659. The Speaker to General Monck
Sir, Your letters have bin read in Parliament, and the expressions
of your duty and faithfullnes to this Parliament and Comonwealth
are very acceptable. By their command I returne you the harty
thanks of the Parliament, and lett you know the high esteeme they
have of the services with which soe much valour, prudence, and
faithfullnes you have performed.^
' About the same date Monck wrote to the Speaker, informing him of what he
had done. Bordeaux, writing to Mazarin, October Jg, says that Monck ' wrote two
days ago to inform the Parliament that he had prevented the petition of the
Northern brigade from being subscribed by the troops under his command (Guizot,
Bichard Cromwell, i. 498). Similarly Samborne, writing to Hyde on October 14, says
Monck ' writ to the Parliament very lately that his officers had received addresses
from the officers here, and thereupon had a meeting, but he had stric ly forbidden
any more assemblies, with some other compliments to the Parliament, which
encouraged them in their high voting against Lambert, etc' (Clarendon State
Papers, iii. 581). The letter referred to does not appear to have survived. It was
probably written about September 30 or October 1, for it was read in Parliament
on October 5, when the House ordered that the Speaker should ¦write a letter to
Monck, ' taking notice of the Parliament's good acceptance of his faithfulness and
expressions of the same by his letters and otherwise.' This letter, drawn up by
Whitelocke, was sent oil on October 7, and duly reached Monck, whose reply is
dated October 13. The reply, which reached London on October 17, four days
after the expulsion of the Parliament by Lambert, is printed in Eedmayne's True
Narrative (p. 22).
' Bordeaux, writing to Mazarin, October i§, 1659, says : ' Monck wrote two days

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The desire of your letters are readily condisended to, and you
may assure your selfe and the officers and souldiers under your
command of returnes of favours from the Parliament answerable to
your merritt. This being all I have in command, I rest
Your assured loving frind,
Wm. Lenthall, Speaker.
October 7th,
1659. Newsletters
xxxii. f. 17. October 13. — Yesterday the Howse voted that the comissions of
Collonel Lambert, Disbrowe, Berry, Cobbett, Ashfeild, Kelsey,
Packer, Creede, and Colonel Barrowe voyde, and that they bee in
capable of any military imployment. They likewise passed an
act to enable the Lord Fleetwood, Generali Monck, Lieut.-Generall
Ludlowe, Sir Arthur Heslirigg, Colonel Morley, Major Generali
Overton, Colonel Walton to bee commissioners for mannageing the
affaires of the army.'
ago to inform the Parliament that he had prevented the petition of the Northern
brigade from being subscribed by the troops under his command ' (Guizot, Bichard
Cromwell, i, 498). The letter referred to, which seems to be lost, was probably
written about October 1, for on October 5 Parliament ordered that the Speaker
should write a letter to Monck, ' taking notice of the Parliament's good acceptance
of his faithfulness and expressions of the same by his letters and otherwise.'
Whitelocke was to draw it up (Commons' Journals, vii. 792 ; cf. Baker's Chronicle,
p. 681 ; Clarendon State Papers, iii. 581). This was done, and the letter signed
by Lenthall and dated October 7 duly reached Monck. His reply, dated October
13, appears to have reached London October 17, four days after the interruption
of the Parliament (Eedmayne's True Narrative, p. 22). It is not either in Toland's
collection of Monck's letters or in the Old Parliamentary History,
' The origin of this breach was as follows : After the suppression of the Derby
petition by the Parliament the officers drew up a vindication of their conduct and
of the contents of their petition, entitled The Humble Representation and
Petition of the Officers of the Army, which was presented to the House on
October 5, 1659. It is printed in Eedmayne's Tru^ Narrative (p. 4), and in
Baker's Chronicle (p. 679). One clause asked that any persons who cast scan,-
dalouB imputations upon the Army might be duly punished. This was directed
against Haslerig (Baker, p. 680). Another asked that Fleetwood's commission
as commander-in-chief should be renewed. Parliament took the petition into
consideration, and passed votes in favour of several of its requests, but at the

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The last night a greate party of the forces heere weere in armes,
and this day the Speaker and most of the Members were kept out
of the Parliament by all the army, except Colonel Moss and Colonel
Morleyes regiment, who continued in the Hall till fewer at night
as a guard to some few Members that got into the Howse, till an
order came from the Councill to the commissionera of the army
then in the Howae for drawing them and sorae forces upp in
Southwark to their quarters, which was obeyed ; and noe sooner
drew they out of Westrainster Hall but the Lord Larabert appeared
at the head of thera, whome they received with greate acclamations
and severall volleyes, though this morning part of Colonel Morleyes
regiment was commanded to fire at his Lordshipp, but they refused.
What the next goverment will bee a short time will declare it.
G. M.
Newsletter
October 15. — Sithence my last of the 13th instant the doore of xxxii. f. 19.
the Parliament was lockt up, and 3 companies attend there to
same time vindicated the members attacked, resolving that they had done no
more than their duty in informing the House of the Derby petition. Mean
while the officers in London appealed to the troops elsewhere iu England
and to the armies in Scotland and Ireland for support. One of these
letters, signed by Lambert and eight other officers, was presented to Parlia
ment, which replied by annulling the commissions of the nine officers in
question (October 12). A specimen of these circulars is printed in Thurloe (vii.
755), and a slightly different version, addressed to General Monck, is printed in
Eedmayne's True Narrative, p. 14. It asked Monck to communicate the petition
to his officers, and to get their subscriptions to it, and forward them to Fleetwood's
secretary. Monck replied, in a letter dated October 13, with a refusal. ' Our
force,' said he, ' is very small, and our enemy very g/eat ; and I shall be unwilling
to set anything on foot that may breed jealouses amongst us. And finding many
officers decline the signing all papers of that nature, and rather prepense to
•declare their testimony to the Parliament's authority, and their absolute adherence
thereunto, I have thought it my duty to suspend the execution of your desires.'
In the same way Colonel Overton and the garrison of Hull, in a letter dated
October 11, also refused to send in their signatures, concluding, as Monck did, -with
an exhortation to unity and submission to the authority of Parliament. Both
letters are printed in Eedmayne (pp. 14, 16) ; cf. Baker, 681.

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keepe auy from attempting to gett into the House. Yesterday
and thia day the Councill of State sate, and aoe did the Councill of
Officers, passed this vote, vizt. : Ordered, That the person that ex-
cersises the cheife powre and command in the army bee ordered to
withdrawe the guards at the Parliaraent House and parts adjacent,
to the end the Speaker and members of Parliament may return
to the free exercize of the Legislative power and their duety ; but
the Councill of Officers refuse to give obedience thereunto. The
said Councill yesterday declared unanimously that they owned the
Lord Fleetewood to be the Lieut.-Generall and comander in cheife
of the army, and such of the army as obey any other comand to
bee proceeded against as muteneers. They suspended the commis
sions of Coll. Morley, and his Lieut. Coll., and Major Evelyn who
the Lord Lambert dismounted at the head of his Troope. Coll.
Saunders, and his Major, and Coll. Alured withdrew [from] their
Councill by order. They have sent to the Militia to put themaelves
to a posture of defence, and are preparing a declaration. The
Councill of State this day gave 2001. a peace to Sir Aurther Haslerig
and Coll. Morley for the great paynes and charge they have bin at
Thursday last, and 2 months' pay to 28 souldiers of Coll. Sidenham's
regiment that run to Coll. Morley's. When I sent you a pretty
large narrative of matters in May last, I did therein intimate the
grand dissatisfaction that was taken by displaceing of officers
without heareing of them, or laying anything to theire charge ; and
though the then humers gave way to it, yet I ever thought it
would rise upp in judgement against the Parliament ; for that way
of proceeding and discontents that have risen thereuppon hath
been a greate cause of the alteracion of the present power, and the
locking upp the Parliament's doores, and the turneing back the
Speaker and Members on Thursday last, not permitting them to
sitt. Some votes the Parliament passed the day before, which
ripeneth the discontent, which put the army in a suddain posture
to give an interruption to the Parliament, which the army calls an
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of their sitting againe, the discontents of the army are soe very
greate to the Parliament's high proceedings against many of them.
The army, at the Generali Councill of Officers (which was much
promoted by my Lord Lambert), chose my Lord Fleetwood to bee
Comraander in Cheife, who is now to issue out commissions as hee
cause [choose ?] ; and Coll. Hacker and severall other Collonells are
suspended from theire commands. The perticular circumstances are
soe many concerning the last transaction as it will take upp more
time to write then at present I can afford, yet I shall register them
in writeing for the good of posterity. I pray you, present my
humble service to Generali Monck, of whom I have a high esteeme.
I wish it were in my power to serve him, and especially for pre-
serveing of disciplin in the army against agitateing and subscrip
tions without his consent or consent of the General! Officers.

Lieutenant-General Fleetwood to General Monck
My Lord, xxxii. f. 33b.
I know the actions heere will seeme very strange to you, and
soe they have bin to us, further then what was conceived by many
a necessity of Providence leading to what hath bin done : while we
consider men, it may onely give the further occacion of division
amongst us ; but if our eyes are to the Lord, a little silence surely
may be expected, and that as men wee are called unto, besides
what our dutie is as Christians : our owne divisions will be our ruine,
which hetherto the Lord hath greately prevented, though much of
late hath bin attempted to divide us.
The present posture of affaires is mucfi as when Colonel Cobbett
left us, to whose informacion I must referr you ; though I confesse
I did not read it, yett I hope it was justly done by those persons
who knew matter of fact. Wee have a cause to ingage in which
certainly is more pretious then all other concernments whatsoever,
and bee confident if any thing bee more upon our harts then that
wee shall have shame enough ; but if integrety bee in the midst of

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US, scandalls and reproaches cast upon us will returne with shame
upon those who make it their bussinesse to speake evill of ua.
The Lord is pleased to give the army very greate union, though
aa to what ia intended and resolved upon there is noe conclusion
yett taken I know. In the discourse of what was done this day
in the Generali Councill it will be wondred that your Lordshipp's
concernment nor Lieut. Generali Ludlow's was not considered ;
but the occation was much this, the present setlement of the army
heere was the first and most immediate consideracion looked upon
to have a dispatch given to it ; but bee confident heere is that
esteeme for you that there will bee a full and due encouragement
to your Lordshipp, and therefore lett mee have that confidence
from you as not to think I shall bee either unfaithfull or unthank-
full to you, but would you please to repose a confidence in mee,
and lett mee fully know your mind and desires, and you shall find
mee Your affectionate, faithfull frind and
humble servant,
Wallingford House, ChAELES FLEETWOOD.
18th October,59.

Extracts from the Order Book of General Monck
xlix. f. 98. Ocio&er 19, 1659.— Order to Colonel Timothy Wilkes. That
wheras his Lordshippe is informed that the Parliament of England
hath bin interrupted and broken uppe, and being the officers of
the army have engaged to bee true and faithfull to them, and have
now broken their faith with them, and there being many in this
country which I finde have nott bin faithfull to the Parliament's
interest ; and therfore for the more security of these forces to the
Parliament and of our liberties and religion, these are to aucthorize
and require him to displace such officers of his regiment of whose
fidelity to the Parliament hee doubts, and to place others in their

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roomes of whose faithfulnesse hee has assurance, and to returne his
Lordshippe the names bf those hee dismisses, of such as hee places
in their roomes.
Commission. That being by Act of Parliament, bearing date
the llth day of October instant, appointed to bee one of the seaven
commissioners which are to command the forces in England and
Scotland under the Parliament, and there being none of the said
commissioners present in Scotland butt his Lordshippe, hee hath
therfore thought fitt to displace some disatisfied officers that are
nott for the interest of the Parliaraent and Commonwealth, and
amongst others ; and doe heerby appoint to bee
of companie, and. to command as of the same, and the officers
and souldiers of the said company are to observe him as their
officer untill the Parliament's pleasure bee further knowne.
Lettre to the Governour of Berwick. That being appointed, &c.,
to authorize him for the better security of the garrison of Berwick
to the Parliament, to apprehend all such officers belonging to the
said garrison of whose fidelity to the Parliament hee has just cause
to doubt, or that have declar'd themselves against the interest
of the Parliament or Commonwealth, and to send them in safe
custody to Captain Thomaa Johnson of his Lordshippe's regiment
of horse att Anderwick, to bee secur'd till further orders, and hee is
to place other officers in their roomes, of whose faithfulnesse hee
has assurance.
Lettre to ... . That understanding that there is a part
of the army that have broken uppe the Parliament, by which
meanes all the whole people of Englaifd are like to loose their
liberties, if honest men doe nott stand by thera and the nation in
this juncture of time, therefore I thought fitt to acquaint you that
itt is our resolution in Scotland to stand by them, and I shall
desire you to repaire to the garrison of Carlile, and to take the
charge of itt, for which purpose I have sent you the inclosed order.
I know you have power enough with the companies there, and
truly hee would expresse much affection to the Parliament and
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good people of England in doing of itt, and shew himself an honest
man therin ; and therfore his Lordshippe must perswade him to
doe itt, which is, &c.
These are to authorise and require you to take into your charge
the garrison of Carlile, and to displace such officers as will nott bee
faithfull to the Parliament, and putt others in their places, &c.'
Lettre to Captain Coulson. That understanding that the Par
liament is broken uppe by some officers who .... his Lordshippe
cannott conceive otherwise butt their attempting an action of soe
great concernement against the priviledges of the nation can bee
to noe other end then setting uppe themselves, and therfore the
officers heere have consider'd of itt, and his Lordshippe hath
thought fitt to write to my Lord Fleetwood and my Lord Lambert
to desire them that the Parliament may bee called to sitt againe,
that the country may nott loose their priviledges, and to keepe us
from running into confusion. What effect those lettres will have
wee know nott, butt wee are resolved, all on this side the water, to
stand for the governement by the Parliament without a King,
Kingeshippe, single person, or House of Lords, and for the liberties
of the people and a godly ministery. His Lordshippe thought
fitt to acquaint him with this, least hee might bee missinform'd by
some others, and his Lordshippe desires him to acquaint the
officers of his regiment with itt, and to send his Lordshippe his
resolution whether hee intends to joyne in itt or noe. His Lord
shippe thinkes wee are bound to doe itt, both in duty towards God
and our country, [and] to declare as they have, being wee shall
bee out of hopes ever heerafter to see a Parliaraent unlesse wee
stand to itt now ; and therfore his Lordshippe desires him to
acquaint his officers, and to send the names of those that are nott
free to itt, and hee shall give him orders what shall bee done with
them.^ ' To Captain Farmer (Baker, p. 687) or to Captain Deane (Gumble, p. 137).
^ Monck announced his resolution to the world in a series of letters and
declarations. On October 20 he wrote, or had drawn up by Clarke, three letters

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The Ofacers at "Whitehall to General Monck
October 20, 1659. — Wee did communicate to you by Colonel xxii. f. 42.
Cobbett the passage and proceedings that lately have been amongst
us, since which wee havein a Generali Councell of Officers agreed and
resolved upon a paper, in which wee have owned and acknowledged
the Lord Fleetwood to be Commander in Cheife of the forces of this
Comonwealth, and have included some other particulars that wee
conceived of moment and advantage for the settlement and order
of the array at such a time as this, when nothing seemes more
desireable then to have a good understanding and union among
our selves, by meanes whereof we hope (through the blesaing of
the Lord) not onely to frustrate the wicked designes and practizes
of the common enemyes, who no doubt wilbe busie enough to
disturbe us, but [to] be enabled to raaintaine the publique peace, and
— one to the Speaker, the second to Fleetwood, the third to Lambert. ' I am
resolved,' he told Lenthall, ' by the grace and assistance of God, as a true
Englishman, to stand to and assert the liberty and authority of Parliament ; and
the Army here (praised be God !) is very courageous and unanimous, and I doubt
not but to give a good account of this action to you. I have, according to the
Act of the llth of this instant, being constituted a commissioner for the govern
ment of the Army, put out such persons as would not act according to your com
mission. I call God to witness that the assertion of a Commonwealih is the only
intent of my heart.' To Fleetwood and Lambert he wrote in terms of rebuke,
warning the latter that ' the nation of England will not endure any arbitrary
power, neither wiU any true Englishman in the Army.' He also published a
Declaration of the Commander-in-Chief in Scotland and the officers under his
command, which was signed by ' William Clarke,' in the name and by the ap
pointment of the Commander-in-Chief and the Offers of the Army in Scotland. In
A Letter from a Person of Quality at Edinburgh, dated October 25, it is said
that although this was published in the name of the officers, ' none was at the
contriving of it but himself, Wilkes, Morgan, Emerson, Smyth, and Gumble.' It
was accompanied by a Declaration of the Officers of the Army in Scotland to the
Churches of Christ in the Three Nations, which is said by the same authority to
have been written by Collins, one of the chaplains of the Army. The three letters
and the two declarations were all printed as pamphlets, and are to be found
reprinted in Eedmayne's True Narrative, pp. 24-31, and the letters are numbers
iii., vi., vii. in Toland's Collection of Monck's Letters (1714, Svo.) F 2

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endeavour such a settlement in the governement as that the affaire
of the Comonwealth may be steddily and prudently managed.
This is a great worke, and wee acknowledge wee are weake and
insufficient to undertake in it ; but our eyes are towards the Lord,
and wee trust hee will blesae us with his presence in it, and wee
have our hopes and confidence that you will contribute the best
helpe and service that lyes in your hand in these things, being
well assured of your love and affeccion towards the honest and
sober interest of this Comonwealth, as wee doe truely assure you
of that reall affeccion and love wee have towards you, and a
valuable esteeme of the many faithfull services you have undergon
amongst us. Sir, the Generali Councill of officers have ordered
that the aforesaid paper should bee sent to the severall regiments
and guarrisons in the three nations, for as many as are free to
subscribe the same, and they are sent by this messenger for the
forces in Scotland, and a copie thereof you will finde here inclosed ;
and not doubting but it will receive a like good acceptation with
the forces in Scotland as it hath here with us, and that your
peace and unity wilbe maintained and strengthened, as wee blesse
the Lord wee have grounds to hope for a good increase thereof
amongst ourselves, wee commend you to the Lord, and assure
you that wee are Your affectionate freinds and servants,
J. Lambert.
John Disbrowe.
Edw. Salmon.
John Dabron.
Thomas Talbot.
Whitehall, t ri
October the 20th, JeREMIAH CaMFEILD.
1659. William Packer.
Thomas Kelsey.
Oliver Edge.
Daniell Axtell.
Jeremiah Sankey.

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General Monck's Order for a Fast
October 22, 1659. — Wheras it hath pleased the Lord in his pro- xxxii. f. 33.
vidence to call us forth to assert the liberties and lawes of these
nations and priviledges of Parliament, according to our engagements
and solemne protestacions, and not knowing how farre wee may be
drawne forth in this good cause, wee have thought it our duty to
invite all Christians, whose hearts are raised to engage in so righteous
a quarrell, to seeke the presence and direccion of God, who is the
Lord of Hosts and the great Councellor, that he may goe before
us, and be in the midst of us, and blesse our Councells and forces ;
and as we recommend it to the private prayers of all our Christian
freinds, so I doe also appoint at Edinburgh, in the English Congre-
gacion, on Wednesday, being the 26th of this instant, for a day of
fasting and humiliacion, to seeke the Lord for his blessing in this
great affaire. Given under ray hand at Edinburgh the 22 of
October 1659. G. M.
Letter to General Monck [?]
October 22, 1659. — Before I came out of Berwick Col. xxxii. f. 45b.
Cobbett came into the post-house, [with] his servant and one
Browne formerly belonging to the excize in Leith, where hee was
secured. Hee came from the officers in London with an expresse
on Saboath day last.'
' Cobbett apparently started on October 16. He took with him an account of
the late revolution, drawn up by the officers and signed by Fleetwood, Desborough,
Berry, Mason, Kelsey, Salmon, Duckenfield, and Camfield, on behalf of the rest of
the officers. This letter, which begins, ' We hold it a duty incumbent upon us, in
order to the preserving the peace of the Commonwealth,' Monck was requested
to communicate to his officers. It is reprinted in Eedmayne's Narrative (p. 35),
but not dated there. The answer of the officers at Edinburgh, dated October 27, is
in tbe same collection (p. 38). It begins : ' With how great reluctancy we put pens
to paper against you, our sad hearts . . . can bear us witness.'
The same day that this answer was drawn up the General Council of the
Officers of the Army assembled at Wallingford House published a declaration

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General Monck to Mr. Bridge and Mr. Brinsley
Edinburgh, October 24, 1659.
xxxii. f, 41. Reverend Sir,
You will receive the resolution of the armie under my com
mand by these inclosed papers, and you will also see my care and
tendernesse to avoyd the effusion of bloud ; but in the asserting
such a glorious cause for the vindication of the priviledges of
Parliament and rights of the people, I could not but appeare, not
without a summons from God, my conscience, and the Countrey.
And truly. Sir, I do judge our religion in danger, wee haveing
brought such a reproach thereupon by our apostacy and treachery
that never was such a wound given to the holy name of God. I
doe looke upon the liberty of the Churches and the maintenance of
a Gospell ministery as my grand motive to this worke, and recom
mend all to your prayers, and desire you also to make thia as
publick as you can to all Christian freinds ; the assistance of the
Saints, next to the presence of God, wee esteeme our greatest
strength. To Mr. Bridge and Mr. Brinsley.
Lieut. -General Fleetwood to General Monck
Iii. f. 2b. My Lord,
I have sent this bearer, Collonell Talbott, unto you,' know
ing him to bee a hearty lover of your Lordship as well as a freind
intended as an appeal to the nation, and as a public vindication of their conduct
in putting a stop to the sitting of Parliament. It is also reprinted by Eedmayne
(p. 42), and was published in pamphlet form.
On Cobbett's arrest, see Baker, p. 687. ' It was seasonably done,' says the
continuator ; ' for if he had been permitted to pass, the opinion which was had of
him by the soldiers might much have hindered the General's proceedings.'
' This letter was written by Fleetwood in reply to Monck's letter of October 20.
According to Phillips, however, writing as usual on the authority of Clarges,
Monck's letter did not arrive till the evening of October 28. Yet this answer is
plainly dated October 25, and Monck, in his reply to it on November 3, mentions

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to myselfe, and by him I shall deale plainely and freely with
you, to lett you know how much I am surprised at yours, which
by your messenger I received from you. I much wounder you
should put your selfe in a posture of opposition to your old freinds
upon a bare report, for I am sure you have not received a right
state of the case ; I shall therefore give you an accompt how affaires
have been amongst us. I must lett you knowe, there was noe
resolucion to give disturbance to the Parliament sitting upon the
Wednesday morning, untill that night that after the Howse was
upp, Sir Arthur Haasilrige, Collonell Morley, and Collonell
Walton had ordered two regiments of foote and one of horse, in
whom they thought they could most confide, to bee dra wen together
into Westminster Hall, who were put into a posture of opposition
unto the rest of their fellow officers and soldiers ; such a sudden
resolucion and management thereof put the rest of the officers of
the Army into a sudden revolucion, that to prevent blood and the
devision of this Army it was judged necessary for the forces to
draw together, in order to the preserveing of the peace and dis
appointment of designes to give disturbance, which accordingly
was done. The Councill, haveing a full accompt of this action,
thought fit to command those Gentlemen to retire, as alsoe those
the date of Fleetwood's letter. On this point, therefore, Phillips is apparently
wrong. On the receipt of Monck's letter, says Phillips, ' Fleetwood, Lambert, and
Desborough immediately met at Whitehall in much confusion, and about twelve
at night they sent Major Haynes to desire Clarges to come to them, who, when he
came, after some question of his knowledge of the General's proceedings (to which
he made very wary answer), they desired him to go to Scotland with Colonel
Talbot (whose regiment was then at Edinburgh), io prevail with Monck for a treaty
of mediation, to prevent effusion of blood. They said they chose Talbot to accom
pany him because he was very grateful to the General. Clarges was very glad of
this opportunity to get away (for he feared to be much worse treated), and they
were so pressing for his departure that they allowed him but three hours' prepara
tion for his journey.' Talbot and Clarges arrived at Edinburgh on November 2
(Baker, pp. 685, 688). They started to return to London on November 8 (Clarke
MSS, li. 81). Clarges on his way negotiated on Monck's behalf with Fairfax and
Colonel Eossiter (Baker, pp. 690-692).

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forces which they had gott together, who had dispersed most of
them, although that order had not come, haveing . received satis
faccion in their being led into a snare. I shall not take uppon
mee at present to give an accompt what led to this action, being
intended by a Declaration to bee published, which I hope will give
all peaceable-minded people satisfaction ; and let not mistaken
earnestnes ingage you in a designe of blood, which I am confident
the Lord will beare a [testimony] against you in, if you undertake
it. Yow are pleased to direct a Declaration to the Churches, of
whoine I doe not think there are two in England will owne your
Lordshippe in what you are about to doe ; noe, the sober godly
Presbeterian and other good people in the Nation who were not
ingaged in Charles Stewart's designe will abhorr the action. My
Lord, I love and honour you. but give race leave to say, noe man
of sober principles throughout this Nation will otherwise interpret
this action of yours then a way to bring Charles Stewart amongst
us againe, though 1 hope not intended by you. If it bee thought
adviseable to [recall] this Parliament againe, I am sure you take a
course direct against it by divideing the army, which certainly noe
man can suppose a readier way then that to begin a civill warr in
these Nations, and give them an advantage to rise, who you cannot
but know hanker [?] for all such occasions. And shall the army in
Scotland give the advantage to that partie by their putting them
selves into a posture of opposicion to their brethren of the Army
of England ?
Certainly [neither] your Lordshipp nor any good raan whatsoever
spreading this case before the Lord can satisfie themselves thus to
ingage. If there bee such an earnest desire of the Parliament's
returne, shurely you should have laboured to satisfie yourselfe in
the grounds of their disturbance, and, like brethren, have sent sorae
of your owne nuraber to have reasoned the case with us ; but to
conclude us aS guilty, and threaten us with blood, is a strange
way of proceeding amongst freinds. Wee have committed our
cause, I hope, to the Lord, and, if wee bee in a wrong, I trust hee

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will convince us ; but at present let mee tell yow that I think there
hath not beene more unanimity and satisfaction throughout the
Nations in any one action that hath falne out in severall yeares
past then in what is done. As to what yow say concerneing our
repentance for our late apostacyes, I shall onely say this, that I
hope there was and is a due sence thereof; but certainly in our
calling this Parliament together it was well knowne what were
the arguments that did invite and incurrage [us] thereunto. Nay
assurances [were] given of those [in] whome there was a confidence
of their influence in that Howse, that what wee had proposed should
bee effected, which how little thereof hath beene done I need not
say. Although I know it is not fitting for any to impose uppon
a Parliament, yet give mee leave to say that this Parliament soe
long laid aside, and haveing soe many severall Parliaments by the
choyce of the people acted since, by which, as hath been acknow
ledged by them who were the cheife in owneing this Howae, that
by that consent of the people's choyce the authority of this
Parliaraent did cease ; yet such was the honour wee did beare to
the rememberance of this Parliament that wee were willing to
improve any part thereof to give a setlement to these poore
Nations, and to have the reputacion of it themselves. And in the
confidence of that perswasion that what you as well as wee had
proposed should bee granted, they were invited to sitt againe ; and
instead thereof what hath been done, but to undo whatsoever hath
been done for these six yeares last past ? And though wee are
farr from the thoughts of returneing to that forme of Goverment
of a single person, yet there weere many things then transacted,
as well relateing to the good of this cause as [to] persona, pro-
pertiea, [etc.] which now is at a loose. I am one amongst others who
desire to retaine a due rememberance of those great things which
this Parliament hath don, and therefore shall forbeare to speake
any thing which may too rauch reflect upon them. If your Lord
shipp bee unsatisfied with what wee have done, send any of your
number in whome you may most confide in, and I doubt not but

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wee shall give or receive satisfaction — nay, I have that value for
you that if you please I can freely meete you as farr as Yorke, in
order to give you satisfaction. Wee shall (I hope) bee led into any
thing which may bee for the peace and setlement of these poore
Nations, but through the Lord's gratious presence and assistance
wee shall not bee forced unto anything ; and therefore as yow tender
the peace of these poore Nations, the good of this cause wee have
beene soe long contending for, and the prevention of a further
effusion of blood, let race begg you to refuse and decline every
thing which may cause further destractions and devisions amongst
us. As to what yow mention of your authority in constituteing
officers and removeing, as being one of the seaven Coraraissioners,
I am sure there is nothing in that Act will countenance you in any
of these actions, for noe one can by vertue of that Act doe any
thing, the Quorum being three, but besides the powers therein are
wholly subbordinate to the Councill of State, which satt this day,
and would noe doubt of it have discountenanced this way of pro
ceeding had they been advertised of it in theire sitting. And for
you to judge our designe to bee to sett up arbitrary power, I shall
make the same earnest request unto you that yow are pleased to
doe to mee, that yow would not bee deluded by the specious
pretences of any ambitious or Malitious persons whatsover, and
if blood bee shed I feare yow will not quit your selves of being
guilty thereof. Wee have noe base, unworthy, selfish designes,
but the desires of our hearts are that these Nations may bee setled
in a free Commonwealth, to the greatest security of the interest of
this people ; when wee declyne that yow will have wherewith to
justifie yow in such a case. My Lord, I have noe designe uppon
yow, but the tendernesse of love I have to yow and other friends
with yow makes mee thus large, and that, if the Lord please, wee
may not by our divisions give a ruine to these poore Nations.
The Lord direct you to doe that which shall bee right in his sight
is all from Your very humble servant,
25th October 1659. ChARLES FLEETWOOD.

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General Monck to the Of&cers at Whitehall
Gentlemen, xxxii. f. 54b.
Wee have received your letter of the 19th instant, with the
inclosed printed paper containing nine resolves or agreements
touching the Governraent of the army, and to such of them wee
have returned you our distinct answer, hoping that if you shall
find wee have reason and conscience to plead for us (as wee are
verily of opinion wee have), you will bee soe farr from pressing
subscription of them uppon us that you will retract it your
selves, or out of Christian tendernesse to affoard us such satis
faction as raay endeavour us to joyne with you in it, of which
satisfaction wee acknowledge our selves as yett altogeather
destitute. To the preface wee shall onely say this, that wee are as sence-
able of the distracted condition of the Commonwealth (to the
greefe of our soules wee speak it) as any man living, and shall as
hartily and freely endeavour to cement the aame, and that with
peculiar relacion to those of the army as well as of the Common
wealth ; but whether the way you have propounded bee warrantable
by the word of God, sutable to our engagements, or competent to
such an end, our answer to the severall heads of your agreement
will sufficiently make manifest.
To the first wee say and unanimously declare that the armies
of these Nations, whereof wee are a part, were raised by authority
of the present Parliament for the defence of our religion, the lawes
and liberties of our Nation, and privilidges of Parliament. From
the authority [of Parliament] wee received our Comissions ; to the
defence thereof wee are by sundry vowes and engagements ob-
lidged, some of them of a very late date; your late petition to
them, and solemne acceptance of Comissions from them, are suffi
cient acknowlidgment that to them belongeth the right of making
a Comander-in-Cheife and other subbordinate officers, and therefor

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for us to usurpe it were a manifest breach of their acknowledged
privilege, and a direct way to subject the Nacion under an
arbitrary and tyrannous Goverment, which is the abhorring of our
souldiers, and against which wee have hitherto with soe happy
successe borne armes.
To the second and third our answer is the same.
To the forth, fifth, and sixth our answer hath a necessary
connection with the answer to the first, vizt. That wee cannot
prescribe to the Parliament in this case, but shall redily submitt
to the method proposed, the same being allowed by Parliament, to
whom wee shall readily joyne our desire with you in this perticular,
save that the Comissions bee signed by the Speaker, and Generali
Monk and Sir Arther Heslerigg bee of the number of Commis
sioners for approbacion.
To the 7th wee agree it to bee our desire that none but godley
men of courage, ability, and good conversacion bee admitted into
places of trust in the army.
To the eight wee agree it to bee our desire that noe officers
bee displaced but by a Court Marshall, soe farr as it relates to the
discipline of warr, but not as it may bee extended to the abridge
ment of the power of Parliament.
To the ninth wee agree it is to bee our desire that the desipline
of the army bee kept inviolably, justice administred, godlines
incouraged, and all manner of sin punished.
And although the tye of conscience and duty oblidges us to
desent from you in sundry the before mentioned perticulars, aa the
state of affaires no'w' stands, yett wee solemnly professe that such
our desent doth not proceed from any disrespect wee beare to the
persons mentioned in your agreement ; wee beare great honour and
affeccion to most of them, as persons that have eminently affected
the rights of their country, countenanced godlines, and been blest
of God in soe doeing. Our onely ayme is soe to regulate the
authority of such as wee intrust in the army as that it bee com-
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your and our solemne professions to God and man bee worthy
of credit) we cannot but agree, and remaine
Your Affectionate Friends and servants.
For the Eight Honourable
the Lord Lambert and the rest of the
Officers att WhitehaU.'
Major-General Lambert to General Monck
Sir, Iii. f, 4b
I have received yours from Edinburgh of the 20th instant,
wherein I perceive yow are informed that part of the army have
put a force upon the Parliament, and that yow judge yourselfe
obliged to assert their authority. I am very confident, from the
former knowledge I have had of yow, that your intentions are
honnest and honourable both to your friends heere, and alsoe [to]
the faithfull, honnest interest in these nations, and yet must needs
say that these your resolutions cannot tend to that end, and there
fore must needs conclude they are grounded uppon misinforma
tions. I doe confes I doe in some measure take blame to my selfe
that I have not from time to time given yow an account of
proceedings heere, which was not out of my want of respect, but
a hope that the unreasonable proceedings of some persons would
the more clearely have vindicated the proceedings of the army.
But finding the truth of things soe farr hid from yow as yow are
perswaded into a good likeing of their wayes, I have thought [it]
my duty uppon the accompt of old friendship to endeavoure to give
yow a true state of all transaccions heere, and for that purpose
shall cheifly referr yow to the bearer, who hath been an eye-
' On October 18 the General Council of Officers, sitting at Wallingford House,
declared and ovmed Fleetwood as Commander-in-Chief of all the land forces of the
Commonwealth, with Lambert as Major-General and Desborough as Commissary-
General of the Horse. This note, with nine resolutions as to the future govern
ment of the army, they sent to Monck on October 19, with a request to procure
the subscriptions of the officers under his command. Their letter is printed in
Thurloe, vii. 766. I have not found a copy of the resolutions themselves. They
must be inferred from the answer.

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witnesse of the whole, and shall with earnestnes begg of yow to
consider those dangers and mischeifes must fall uppon this Common
wealth, [if] that the armies thereof [be] devided and come to blowes
amongst themselves. May wee not conclude that Scotland (which
cost England (as none knowes better then yourselfe) a deare price)
will fall into the hands of the late King's party there ? And will
[they] not have a certaine opportunity to doe some [mischief] heere ?
And what good can wee reasonably propose to the Common wealth
by or from an ingagement of the army of this nature, which way
soever providence determinate it ? And therefore out of respect to
England, to the army, to your friends, to your selfe and posterity,
endeavoure to restore that love and unity which hath hitherto
preserved it and the peace of the nations. It is in your hands to
doe this without the least prejudice to your selfe or any other with
yow; but if you consider your friends heere yow will not finde
it soe with them. I shall say noe more at present, but referr to
the bearer, who has a true respect for yow, to whome yow give all
creditt in what hee shall say unto yow, and to assure you that
if yow please to make use of mee I shalbee ready to express
my selfe. Sir,
Your assured loveing friend and very
White Hall, humble servant,
October 25th, JOHN LaMBERT.
1659. Extracts from General Monck's Order Book
xlix. f. 100. October 27, 1659.
Lettres to the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Magistrates of
Burghes in the severall shires in Scotland. That his Lordshippe
desires they will bee pleased to agree among themselves to send
one of their number to meete with his Lordshippe heere att Edin
burgh uppon the 15th of November, because his Lordshippe hath
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concerne the countries att that time. His Lordshippe is likewise
to desire one favour from them to gett him serviceable horses
as may bee able to carry 200 weight, to inable us for our march,
and a man with pack saddles and crookes, for which each man and
horse shall have eighteenepence a day, and that these horse may
nott faile to bee heere uppon the 20th of November.

Aberdene

15

Lanerkshire .

15

Kincardine .

6

Renfrew

6

Forfar .

12

Linlithgowshire

12

Perth .

15

Ayre-shire

15

Fyff and Kinros .

15

Wigton .

12

Sterlingshire .

12

Dumfreize

12

Clackmannonshire

4

Berwickshire .

12

Dunbartonshire

4

Roxburghshire

10

Haddington-shire .

12

Selkirkshire .

6

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Peblis .

6

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Edinburghshire

15
111 95

206

Lettre to the Sheriffs. Inclosing the former letters, and desir
ing thera to suramon the gentlemen of each shire speedily, and com
municate the lettre to them, and to send the letter to the Burghes.

Lettre to the Magistrates of Berwick. That his Lordshippe
thought fitt to desire him, that what excise is raised in their towne
for the publique use may bee paid to the souldiers of the garrison,
being they cannott receive any monies att present from London,
and the excise being to continue till the first of January next.
Lettre to Justice Ogle. That the excise in Northumberland may
bee secured for the garrison of Berwick, or the forces in Scotland.

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Johnston of Warriston to General Monck
Iii. f. 10. Sir, This comittee being acquainted with the letters to my Lord
Fleetwood, wherein yow have expressed your dislike of some laite
actions heare relaiteing to the Parliament, and have declared your
selfe in such a way as gives an apprehention of some mischeifes
which may arise thereby to this Comonwealth, unlesse tymely pre
vented, and may be laid by our comon enemy as a ground of a
civill warre (which God divert) amongst ous,'this comittee as they
find the present posture of affaires, being trusted with the care of
preserveing the publique peace and resisting the enemies theirof,
are most unwilling to entertaine any thoughts of your haveing the
least intentions of becomeing one of that number, as giveing a rise
to those sad miseries which a new civill warr would bring uppon
our native country at a time when it hath pleased the Lord [to
bestow] full peace and quiet uppon us, which wee all beleeve will be
esteemed worthy the preservation, and wee are not apt to think that
a person of your honour, meritt, and affection to your counti-y will
bee the occasion of disturbance thereof This comittee have therefore
thought fitt heereby to desire yow to forbeare anything which may
tend to the interruption of our present peace, and that yow keepe
the forces under your command free from acting any thing which
may cause disquiett in these nations, or the hazard of that country
where you command by the enimies riseing there. The committee
suppose your want of a right information of the peaceable and
quiet posture of affaires heere, and of the greate unity among the
officers and souldjers of the army, and of the present proceedings
heere tending to the setlement of this Commonwealth (which your
selfe and all good raen soe much desire), did occasion the restraint
by you put upon diverse officers of the army there, and the
cashereing severall of them, with those extraordinary expressions
in your letter ; but upon this information from hence they desire
and expect that yow forthwith give order for the release of those

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officers by yow committed, and the restoreing of them to their
commanda who have been lately putt out, and that yow observe
the disciplin of the army, that none bee put out of his command
but by a Court Martiall, and that yow give a full conformity to
what they now desire ; which being submitted unto by your selfe
and those under your command, this committee doe hereby assure
yow that both yow, and all those who have acted hitherto in this
busines by your order, shalbee wholly freed and indemnified from
any question or trouble for those past actions ; but in case yow shall
persist in your former mistakes, and breake the peace of this
Common wealth, yow will bring the blood and miseries which may
bee caused thereby to cry for vengeance against yow as the author
of them, and this committee will not bee wanting through the
assistance of the Lord to make use of such meanes as hee shall put
into their hands for the prevention thereof. Wee beeing heere
uppon the place, and haveing our owne concernes in the publicque
welfare of the Common wealth as well as others, hope yow will
have soe much charity of us as to think wee understand reasons
for our actions, and shall bee as tender of the peace of our owne
native countrye. as your selfe or any others, and therefore desire
yow would not bee too precipitant, least uppon better information
your repentance may bee too late. Sir, wee leave these matters to
your serious consideration, desireing your answer thereunto.
Signed in the name and by order
of the Committee of Safety.
White Hall, JoHNSTON, President.
29th October, 1659.
The Ministers of the Congregated Churches
about London to General Monck
My Lord and Gentlemen, xxxii. f. 96.
Your Declaration to the Churches of Christ in the three
Nations, having been delivered to us and considered by us, wee
hold it our duty in a businesse of soe greate importance and conse-
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quence to communicate unto you our sense therupon ; ' which that
it might more fully bee imparted wee have desired some of our
-Brethren in person to make theire repaire unto you, to witt Lt.
Grenll. Whalley and Major Genii. Goffe, together with Mr. Joseph
.Carrill and Mr. Matthew Barker, pastours of neighbouring con-
gregacions, who as they are deare unto us and of esteeme in the
Churches, soe are able to relate unto yow our mindes and appre
hensions in this busines ; and therefore wee earnestly desire yow to
receive them with good affeccion, and to give credit to what they
shall represent unto yow in our names.^ The shortnes of the tyme
would not permitt us to take with us the concurrence of more
Churches in remote parts of the Nation, whose sence wee doubt not
but wilbee the same as ours, who subscribes ourselves.
My Lord and Gentlemen,
Yours to serve you in the Lord,
From the Savoy, WiLLIAM HOOKE.
31 October, 1659. ^HO. BrOOKS.
John Owen. Willm. Greenhill.
Philip Nye. Matt. Meade.
John Rowe. Ro. Gouge.
Seth Wood. Hum. Davye.
Tho. Smallwood. Nich. Roberts.
Jacob Willer. Nich. Juxon.
Hen. Scobell. Will. Viner.
To the Eight Honorable ROBT. NewMAN.
General Monck and the ThO. ChANDLER.
officers of the army in r^g^^ q^^^^
Scotland. ' In answer to this epistle Monck wrote the letter to ' The Congregated Churches
in and about London,' addressed to Owen, Hooke, and Greenhill, and dated
Nov. 23, 1659, which is reprinted as No. XII. in Toland's collection of Monck's
letters. -' Phillips, after mentioning that Caryll, the minister. Col. Goffe, and Col.
Whalley were sent to Monck to endeavour a reconciliation, says : ' Likewise Mr
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The Inhabitants of Berwick to General Monck
Barwick, November 2, 1659.
Right Honourable,
Haveing very laitely an opportunity to peruse a printed letter
dated October 27 from your Lordshipp and the Officers under your
command to the Officers at Whitehall, wherein you earnestly
desire that there may be ane invitement maid to the Members of
Parliament to returne to the discharge of thare dutyes in freedome
and libertye, and likewise yow promise your utmost indeavours to
regain e a good understanding betwixt the Parliament and the
Officers of the Army at Whitehall, we could noe lesse then
acknowledge to your Honours, that we thincke both ourselves and
all that are well willers to the Comonwealth of Israeli to bee
deepely ingaged to your Lordshipp for makeing proffer of such an
expedient of peace, which if it shall please the Lord to owne with
his blessing will make many a good heart rejoyce that now sitts
downe in ashes, waiteing what sad dispensations the Lord hath in
store for us. By serious pondering that letter of yours we were
stirr'd upp to write another to Whitehall, a coppy whereof we have
inclosed for your peruaall. What the issue of affaires will be we
are unworthy to know ; but laying downe our all at the feet of

gations in and about London to mediate a peace between the two armies ' (Baker,
p. 690). Gumble, however, while rightly describing Barker and CaryU as the
emissaries of the Churches, says that they were accompanied ' as intruders ' by
Whalley, Goffe, and Mr. Hammond, of Newcastle (Life of Monck, p. 1431.
Monck held a conference with these emissaries at Holy rood , ' where were present
to treat with them General Monck, Col. Fairfax, Col. Syler, Doctor Barrow, the
Judge-Advocate of the Army, and Mr. Gumble, one of the General's chaplains. At
this conference Mr. Collins, an Independent minister (who had been one of the
preachers of the late Council in Scotland), was admitted to be present as a neuter.'
Phillips goes on to give a summary of Caryll's speech and of the debate which
followed. Gumble gives no details, but seems to dispute the truth of the account
given by Phillips (p. 143).

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the Lord, the makeing use of such meanes we apprehended to be
the duty of Your Lordshipp's humble Servants,
Chris. Orde. Elias Prott.
Mark Scott. Clement Armour.
Will. Webb. Jno. Foreside.
Hen. Edmeston. Tho. Trumble.
Jno. Ingram. Roger Weddell.
Nickolas Lawe. Robt. Trumble Maiour.
Lislye Forsyde. Jno. Sleigh.
Rich. Winloe. Andrew Chrispe.
John Porster. Tho. Watsone.
Jo. Crawforth. Ralph Salkeld.
Tho. Dickenson. Tho. Lindslay.
Step. Jackson.
General Monck to the Inhabitants of Berwick
xxxii. f. 71. Gentlemen, I have perused yours of the 2d instant, with the copie of that
you sent to my Lord Fleetwood, and I kindly thanke you for
your civill respects to mee in thera.' I praise the Lord I can say
with comfort I have not sought my self in any thing I ever acted,
and shall humbly submit the issue of my undertakeings (as I
ought) to the Lord's disposure. I know the divisions of the
•Arrays will but strengthen the hands of the Common Enimys of
our peace, and therefore I hope God will not leave us to our
owne corrupt wills and the effect of theirs, but interpose with a
spirit of healeing in his wings, and owne his owne cause where hee
shall finde it righteously asserted and prosecuted, as it is upon our
hearts to doe, and wee desire the prayers of yow and all the
people of God to assist us in it.
[November 3.]
' The letter to Fleetwood is amongst the Clarke MSS. (xxxii. 67-69), but it is
not of sufficient interest to print.

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General Monck to Lieut. -General Fleetwood
My Lord, Hi. f. 5b.
I had the favoure yesterday to receive your Lordshippe's of the
25th of October by Collonel Talbott and [Dr.] Clarges, and am
obliged to your Lordshipp for the great respect manifested to me
in itt, of which the sending of two such freinds in this occation is
not the least. I have very seriously considered all your Lordshipp
writt, and have discoursed with Collonel Talbott about the whole
matter, but am sorrey to find your Lordshipp soe much mistaken
in the apprehentions of things. As to what Sir Arthur Hezlerigge,
Collonel Walton, and Collonel Morley acted in drawing regiments
to Westminster Hall, itt was but thare duty, they being trusted by
the Parliament (in whom the militia was asserted by the blood of
many pretius saints) to manage all their forces in defence thereof,
and those souldiers that were induced to oppose them were the
proper deviders of the army. But truely (my Lord) I was much
distracted at my first heareing of the practices of our bretheren at
London, who did not onely, to the great scandali of the army,
interrupt the Parliament, but begun imediately to forme them
selves into such a posture as denounced a warr to all that con
descended not to them. As first they assembled some officers
together that called themselves a Generali Councill, and these
chose a Commander in Cheife, a Major Generali, and Comissary
Generali, in direct opposition to the Parliament's authoritie, who
had not onely declared against such officers, but setled the governe
ment of the army in seaven coramissioners. And since that (if
our ordenary letters are true) they have done little lesse then
constituted legislative authoritie over these nations, and appointed
comittees or councills for the raiseing moneyes and makeing warr
and peace, which at once divests the people of such essentiall and
undoubted rights as the greatest tyrants amongst ous never openly
pretended to, and against which even themselves and your
Lordshipp have often solemulye witnessed. I beseech your

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Lordshipp, what does this signifie but a devideing the army, and [to]
make the raost glorious cause that ever men ingaged in a personall
contest ? And if your Lordshipp and those with yow oppose the
Parliament's array (which the Lord hath soe often and soe
eminently owned), lett the Lord judge betweene yow and ous
where the guilt will rest. And although your Lordshipp is soe
confident of the justice of the actings as to tell me, yow beleive not
two of the Churches approve of my faithfulnesse to the cause I
prosecute, I must tell your Lordshipp without vanitie, I beleive
that there is not any truely godly professor, unprejudiced, that
denies us his prayers and best wishes ; and in the distinction of
godly persons, I desire your Lordshippe to conclude them godly
that say they are soe, except they are righteouslie ; wherefor, to
use your Lordshippe's owne wordes, I begg yow to refuse and
decline every thing which may cause further differences and
divisions amongst ous. Certainely, if we sought ourselves we have
as good a title as our bretheren at London to impose uppon the
people, and sett upp Generali Councills and Councills of State, if
we affected arbitrary exercise of government; which notwith
standing that your Lordshippe sayes [it] is not in the[ir] intentions
all unbiassed raen may runn and read the contrary in those actions*
As to what your Lordshipp mentions of blameing the authority I
exercise in this army as a comissioner of Parliament I may say
thus much, that since by the force upon the Parliaraent the
coraissioners are hindered from the execution of thair trust, I may
make aee of such of their forces as are under my chardge to
restore them. And when the Lord pleases to returne the Parlia-:
ment to their trust, I will submitt my actinges theirin to their
judgement. Thus I have hastily given your Lordshippe an account of
things, and to testefie unto you how unwilling I ara [to] decline
any overtures of meditation, I doe freely accept of your Lord-:
shippe's invitation therunto ; and if your Lordshipp please to
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from hence in the behalfe of this array, I shall not dispaire of an'
happy issue from thair indeavours. I must not omitt to acquaint
your Lordshippe that Collonel Lilburne as it were manages an
open warr against ous heare, by procureing subscriptions of en
gagements, and drawing horse and foote in more then ordenary or
usuall numbers towards our borders, and guarding all our armies,
and stopping and scearching all our letters ; soe that if I send some
men to prevent a surpriz upon ous, I hope your Lordshippe will
put noe ill interpretation upon my duety in itt, being confident
your Lordshipp does not intend by the offer of this meditation to
insnare ous. I am. My Lord,
Your Lordshippe's [very humble servant,
Edenburgh, GeorGE MoNCK.]
3. November, 1659.

General Monck to Major-General Lambert
My Lord, < Ki. f. 6b.
I have received your Lordshipp's from White Hall of the'
25th of October, and should have been glad to have found that
satisfaction from Colonel Talbot of the forces at London in their
late actings, as your Lordshipp gave mee hopes of in it. It is
much upon my spiritt that this poore Common wealth can never
bee happy if the army make it selfe a divided interest from the
rest of the nation, which must bring us ^to such a slavery as will
not bee long indured; and at last, when all meanes faile, if ever wee"
are setled, the Parliament must doe it. I have in my station heere'
alwayes avoyded designes of divisions, and could heartily [desire]
that part of the forces att London had not made that unhappy rent'
by their late violent acting ; and for the love and friendshipp I
have ever borne your Lordshipp I shall joyne with yow in all good
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consequences that must ensue if the breaches are made wider ; and
in order heereunto I have heartily and freely accepted my Lord
Fleetwood's tender of mediation for a good understanding and
unity betweene us, and have sent upp Colonel Wilkes, Lieut.
Colonel Clobury, and Major Knight from my selfe and the rest
of the officers heere to treate with your Lordshipp and officers
above for that purpose, and hope that their endeavoures may
produce an happy reconciliation of these differences, which is the
hearty desire of Your Lordshipp's very humble servant,
George Monck.
Edinburgh,
3 November, 1659.

General Monck to Johnston of Warriston
Iii. f. 7b. My Lord,
I received your Lordshipp's of the 29th concerneing your
private affaires, and one signed by your Lordshipp, as President
of the Committee of Safety, concerning the restoreing the commis
sioners for the administration of justice to the exercise of theire
places, but that your Lordshipp mentions from the Committee
of Safety about the payment of your Lordshipp's monies is not yet
come to mee ; and, indeede, if it weere, I cannot see how monies
can bee issued by it, in regard the authority is soe now wee neither
know of its constitution or power ; and the same may bee said as
to the judges, for it wilbee of dangerouse consequence to the peace
and justice of this place if the lawes bee executed from an illegall
foundation, and most especially in criminall cases. I hope the
Parliaraent wilbee againe restored, and I shall then make it my
earnest request to them to setle the judicataries heere, being not
free to have it done by any other meanes. But I'll assure your
Lordshipp I shall never bee wanting in my acknowledgments of all
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your Lordshipp with safety to my trust, none shall more willingly
doe itt then. My Lord,
Your Lordshipp's very humble servant,
Edinburgh, GeORGE MoNCK.
S November, 1659. General Monck to Colonel Lilburne
Sir, Hi. f. 8.
In compliance with an overture made to mee by my Lord
Fleetwood for a mediation betwixt the Parliament's array heere
and the forces at London, I have called the officers together, and
wee have agreed to send Colonel Wilkes, Lieut. Colonel Clobury,
and Major Knight as commissioners frora us to London, to treate
with our brethren for the begetting a unity and right under
standing betwixt us. And to testifie my forwardnes in it, I have
this night dispatched orders to my remotest quarters that there
bee noe advance made of any of the forces, and I expect the like
from yow to those in your charge. I praise the Lord I can say
with comfort, I never did or shall make or increase divisions in the
armies of this Coraraon wealth, and if those at London had not
made the breach, it should have never been done by mee ; and
if a happy union arise not from this intended mediation, all the
world shall see the cause of it arrises not from any aversnes in
the army heere, or, Sir,
Your very humiyie servant,
Edinburgh, GeoRGE MoNCK.
3 November, 1659. General Monck to a Minister
Reverend Sir, xxxii. f. 72.
Tis one of the best simptons that 1 discover of God's intended
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miaeries upon the hearta of God'a people, and a spiritt of prayer
powred forth to wrestle with him for salvation. I humbly thancke'
you that you have recommended our affaires to the throne of grace ;
and let me assure you I esteeme the prayers of the Saints our
greatest strenght, next the presence of God. Indeed, after all
theae revolutions I have still looked for great appearances and
extraordenary manifestation of the glory of God in the midat
of ous ; but now I see soe much selfe and ambition working that
the worke of God which I exspect and feare will be a strange
worke, even judgement. I blesse God the sarae impression hath
beene upon the hearts of God's people heere with ous, wholy to
pray and labour for a peaceable accomodation ; and all that I have
yet done or shall doe shall be directed to that end, as you have
seene by our printed papers. But I could not but send some forces
to assist justice Ogle and other freinds that freely offered them
selves to this worke. And I beseech yow put your soules in my
soules stead, and then judge. Should I sitt still in such a day as
this is ? Am I not to give an accompt to the Nation — nay, to the
great God ? What shall I answer for all vowes and ingagement[s],
nay, for all the blood of all the Saints that hath beene in the
prosecution of this cause ? Yow cannott but remember our laite
addresse; and should we desart the Parliament, when they have
done nothing this 2d session but what will recommend them to
posterity, assertinge our rights as men and Christians? Audi
beseech, what can be the issue of this contempt of authority but^
an arbitrary Government by the sword, to enslave the contiences,
lawes, and estates of the people of these Nations to the lusts of a
few ambitious persons ? What danger are [the] churches of Jesus
Christ in, when protected by those who, by breach of promisses'
and ingagements, manifests noe contience of God, what ever their
profession be ! How frequently and very lately I have urged my
dismission the Parliament can witnesse, to avoid the falling of this'
ruine in my hand. But since it hath pleased God to call me to
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be his pleasure. That great comfort that beares upp my spiritts
under this burthen is that I have none but publique aimes, and
yow may be assured that the libertye of the congregated Churches
shall be very pretious to me.
For this Nation I shall leave such garrisons and take such
assureances from the Lords and Gentlemen, that I doubt not but
to answear for the peace of itt for some tyme. I have freely
opened ray heart to yow, and expect that you will not weaken our
hands, but strengthen ous, and continue to pray for us.'
Edinburgh,
3 November, 1659. To Mr. William Clarke [?]
London, the 3d of November, 1659.
Loving Friend, ^.^^ii. f. gg.
I have constantly written twice a weeke since these troubles
began. It is irapossible for any honnest man to beleeve how most
shamefully these A[na] B[aptists] doe reproch my Lord Generali
Monck, saying that hee intends to bring in the King of Scotts,
and that he hath put out all the godly. I have spent and doe
spend ray whole time in undeceveing the people. The Militia of
this Citty mett last night, and were hott in debate about sending
a Declaration to Scotland in answer to Generali Monck's Declara
tion, and have chosen a Committee of 5 to draw upp sorathing to
offer the Militia this aftemoone to bee sent into Scotland. They
are divided ; 33 weere for a Declaration to bee sent to thia effect,
that they would not have his Lordshipp trust to the Militia of
London for any assistance, but to desire hira to release these godly
officers that hee hath imprisoned, and then they would endeavoure
a good understanding betweene the Parliament and Army ; and
there were 25 against this vote ; but sorathing is drawing upp to
' The MS. gives no indication of the person to whom this was addressed. It
was perhaps written to John Owen, or, it may be, to Mr. Samuel Hammond,
of Newcastle, who appears from his letter of December 17 to have had some
previous correspondence with Monck.

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offer to the Militia, but wee shall not know what is done till it bee
very late. The Militia are very ayraple, unw'orthy fellowes
generally, and hated by the Citty, and doe give credit to every
report ; and there were 40 letters read at the Militia from
Edinburgh and Leith, some from those in prison, and some from
others, vilifieing Generali Monck and his officers very much, that
the Militia thinkes that they are driveing the King's interest ; but
I have been and still am active in informeing thera the contrary.
Heere is a long letter which I ara confident was written by W. W.,
for it is his style, and was read at the Militia, and from H. and K.
and others. It were well if C. W. and C. K. and C. N. of Sterling
would not write unto Jacob White concerneing the sincerity of
their hearts in this cause to set upp the A[na] B[aptists] and put
downe the M[inistry], to sell colledge lands and destroy the
universities, and this they will doe if they should prosper. It is
advised by all that it is safest to keepe Scotland this Winter, and
to quarter about the Borders ; theire army will have opportunity to
fall from them, and the countryes and citty will not hould long
quiet, and it is safer to doe soe then to hazard all by too suddaine
a march into England. Lambert went this morneing out of the
citty towards the North, and what forces they could spare marched
hence yesterday. I mett with many of them with their knapsacks
on their backs, and 6 or 8 in a company. I said aloud, ' These
honnest souldjours does not looke as if they would hurt Generali
Monck.' They stood still, and laughed, and answered, 'Noe, Sir,
you may sweare it.' They will never bee got to fight, I am con
fident. However, I am against your comeing to England as yet ;
your cause wilbee understoode every day better and better. Mr.
H. is still heere, L[ord] FQeetwood] stayes him till hee have an
answer from G[eneral] M[onck] of his former letters.' The Com
mittee of Safety have not acted much more then theire Proclama
tion. They are very sorry and troubled, and never yet of 23
' Mr. Houlcupp, Monck's messenger. See a letter from Capt. Griffith Lloyd to
Monck, printed in the Beport on Mr, Leybourne Popham's MSS., p. 125.

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above 9 or 10 have mett. S[alway] and S[ir] H. V[ane] signe
nothing yet more met to consult with them. C. L. is gone for
Leith. The Cittizens wilbee stirring shortly when the army is
away to .the North, and others will declare; bee not too ready to
ingage. Hacker's regiment and Berrye's and others will not
declare for the Army, and most of the officers in Hacker's regiment
are turned out ; one of his Captains vowes that both horse and
foot are for Generali Monck, and its thought will corae over unto him.
Col. Twisleton, whose regiment is [in] Scot[land], is dismist from
his regiment; soe hee cannot act. Capt. Dutton, Capt. Hacoridge,
and others have deserted the army and are dismist, and wofull
divisions increase daily. The country will not bee long at peace,
nor this Citty, and every day your cause gets ground ; feare not,
bee not daunted. You have a righteouse cause, and a righteouse
God ; the good Lord strengthen your hands, and farewell Parlia
ments and all our libertyes if you should desert this cause.
L[ieut.] G[en.] L[udlow] is come from I[reland], and hath declared
his dissent, for hee is alsoe dismist, and F[leetwood] made Generali
of all the forces there. If your army doth march for England the
best way is Lancashire and Staffordshire — the counties will rise
with yow ; the Lord direct you in all things. I am just now come
from the Militia, who sat this night till 10 of the clock, and there
was a letter brought in by the Committee of 5, which was alsoe
chose the last night for that purpose, which have taken upp the
debate all -this aftemoone. And at last, being put to the question
whether the saide letter should bee sent to. Gen. Monck or noe,
was carried in the affirniative by 3 pr '4 voyces ; but those that
were against the said letter did desire their discent might bee
entered in the Gierke's booke, for that the said letter was of ill
consequence, and would rather cause a division betweene the Parlia
ment and the army then to seement their difference, in regard that
the said letter did rather incline to the array then to the Parliament.
But when the said letter was carried for to bee sign'd it could not
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Soe the Court desolved, and appointed to debate it againe to morrow,
at the hower of 2 of the clock. The Lord Mayor, and all other
persons of quality and sober minds, are clearely for Generali
Monck's Declaration, and its thought it very much divides the
Citty. Newsletter
xxxii. f. 89b. November 8. — This day the Lord Lambert is gone towards
Scotland ; his forces both horse and foot are very much devided,
and vowes that they will not strike a stroake against Generali
Monck, and I verily beleeve it, for they [are] against the designe
of the army ; and yow will soone heere, so soone aa the army is
gone some distance from hence, that the counties and Citty will
soone be up in arraes, being generally disattisfied. The Malitia
this night I understand are agreed to write a smooth calme letter
to Generali Monck ; but their declarations are of noe great con
sequence, for they are generally hated of this Citty, and are as
much devided as the army. Here is an inclosed letter which was
read in the Militia the last night,^ with severall other letters which
are farr more invective, whereby I perceive there are raany false
bretheren amongst yow. Let not your hearts [be troubled], but bee
strong and coragious, for you have a righteous cause, and a God
that will witnes against all unrighteousness; strengthen your
selves as much as you can. . . . [Overton ?], notwithstanding all
that hath bin said about it, doth as yet stand neuter, and he will
play his game at last. Left. Genii. Ludlow hath deserted the army,
whereupon he is dismist. Coll. Hacker's regiment have deserted
the army, and all the Captaines displaced excepting Capt. Walley,
and all his souldiers dissatisfied, and vowes never to fight against
Genii. Monck. Your cause beginneth to bee uriderstood every
day better then other. It is the opinion of many that it is the
securest way for your army to continue in Scotland, which will
' This letter to Monck, with a list of thirty supporters and twenty-nine who
opposed it, is printed in Bedmayne's Narrative, p. 64.

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weaken the enemy and incorage your friends in these parts. The
Lord direct yow and incorage yow in all things.
Cornet Henry Monck to Mr. William Clarke [?]
Dublin, November 3, 1659.
I acknowledge my self highly favoured by the advertisement xxxii. f. 94.
you give mee of that honest and honourable resolution of Gen.
Monck, and I doubt nott butt the prosecution of itt will bee
successefull, and the event victorious, and although att present I
can discover nothing butt a generali neutrality in the army heere,
they for the present forbearing to declare, I hope they will speedily
follow your example.
Since the writing heerof I am informed there is an addresse
signed by 14 Feild officers and privately sent to the army in
England ; and I observe all that are inclinable to Anabaptisme
doe declare against the Parliament.^ H. M.
' A copy of the address referred to in the above letter is amongst the Clarke
Papers (xxxii. 121) ; it is of no great interest, and has been already printed, from a
copy amongst the papers of Col. John Jones, iu the Transactions of the Historic
Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for 1860-1, p. 265. The address is dated
October 16, and contains a vague approval of the doings of the army in England
and a promise not to be divided from their brethren there. The signers are
Hardress Waller, Thomas Cooper, Peter Wallis, Alexander Brayfield, John Nelson,
William Arnop, Joseph Deane, Eichard Lawrence, Daniel Abbott, Henry Pritty,
Thomas Sadler, Henry Jones, William Moore, Abel Warren, and Thomas Davies.
With it is a letter of October 27 from Jones to Ludlow, announcing the despatch
of Col. Barrow and Lieut.-Col. Dobson to England to represent the Irish officers.
Monck had written tp Ludlow, the Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, announcing his
resolution of supporting the Parliament, and askii|g for his adhesion (October 28).
The letter arrived during Ludlow's absence, and was answered by Col. Jones and
by the officers of the Irish army (Ludlow's Memoirs, ed. 1894, ii. 147, 449). Jones's
letter was merely a civil acknowledgment, dated November 4. The letter of the
officers in general, signed by Jones himself. Waller, Cooper, Lawrence, Robert
Phaire, Nicholas Kempson, and Henry Jones, was a direct negative : ' We cannot
approve of any resolution of yours, or any other man, which may tend to the
engaging of any part of the armies or forces of these nations against their brethren,
or to the dividing of them iu interest or affection, being well assured that such a
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Councell of Warre at Edinburgh, November 3, 1659 '
Present :
Lo. Generali Monck.
Col. Reade.
Col. Wilkes.
Lt. Col. Clobery. Capt. Jeremiah Smyth.
„ Reade. „ Philipp Pryrae.
„ Keene. „ William Newraan.
„ Ethelbert Morgan. „ Timothy Langley.
,, John Hublethorne. „ George Everard.
,, Richard Hatt. ,, Thomas Hunt.
Major Daniell Davison. „ Richard Clifton.
„ -James Mutloe. „ Edward Freere.
,, James Emerson. „ William Downes.
,, Francis Nicholls. Lieut. Thomas Ellis.
the common enemy to come in.' This letter was sent by Major John Barrett, who
was given by Jones general instructions to endeavour to prevent a breach. All
-three letters are printed in the Proceedings of the Historical Society of Lancashire
and Cheshire, 1860-1, pp, 271-274. The letter of the officers to Monck is also
amongst the Clarke MSS. (xxxii. 119). On Barrett's mission see Baker, pp. 690-1.
At the same time that Barrett arrived Monck received information from Cornet
Monck that Sir Charles Coote, Theophilus Jones, and a large portion of the Irish
army would support him, and that it was hoped to gain over Hardress WaUer. Monck
wrote an answer to the Irish officers, which is dated November 21 (Clarke MSS.
xxxii. 130-132). It was printed as a broadside. ' A Letter from General Monck to
the Commissioners of the Parliament in Ireland ' (British Museum, King's Pam
phlets, 669, f. 22, No. 39). Also in pamphlet form as ' A Sober Letter of General
Monck's unto the Commander-in-Chief and Officers in Ireland,' 4to, 1659. The
pamphlet is dated Edinburgh, November 27, but the broadside .copy of the letter is
undated. In the postscript Monck says : ' This messenger after some time being
in this city, carried himself very indiscreetly, so that I thought fit to confine him
to his chamber, which I hope you will not take ill.'
' The same day Monck wrote a letter to Fleetwood acknowledging his of
October 25 and 29, and announcing his sending of the three commissioners named
above. It is printed under the title of ' General Monck's last Letter to Hi^
Excellency the Lord Fleetwood,' together with a letter from Talbot and Clarges to
Fleetwood dated November 4, announcing the success of their mediation, and one
from Col. John Pearson to Fleetwood dated November 5. The two former letters
are reprinted in Eedmayne's Narrative, pp. 68, 69.

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After reading of the lettres from the Lord Fleetwood and
Lord Larabert dated 25 October,
Resolved, that Col. Timothy Wilkes, Lt. Col. John Clobery,
and Major Ralph Knight be Commissioners to goe and treate with
the Lord Fleetwood and officers above, and that Col. Thomas
Reade, Lt. Col. Clobery, Lt. Col. Reade, Lt. Col. Keene, and
Capt. Langley, or any three of them, bee a Committee to meete
this aftemoone att two of the clock, and prepare their instructions
against to-morrow.

Instruccions for Ool. Wilkes, Lieut. Col. Clobery, and
Major Ralph Knight, Commissioners from the
Parliament's Army in Scotland
1. That the Treaty continue for 14 dayes and noe more, com
mencing from the 10th instant.
2. That the monies due to the forces of Scotland out of the
Assessements in England bee forthwith return'd to Scotland.
3. That the forces of each partie advance noe nearer to each
other then the van of their Quarters, as they shall bee on the 6th
of this instant.
4. That the Members of Parliament bee permitted to returne
to the House, and sitt in the exercise of the supreame aucthority
of these Nations in that freedome they satt in on the llth of
October last, with security against future interruptions till the
6th of May next.
5. That a godly, learned, and faithfull Ministry, with competent
maintenance and other incourageraentes, bee continued in the
three Nations, and the like incouragement to schooles and
Universities. 6. That noe raonie bee leavied, peace or forraine warre declared,
or Courts of Judicature erected, nor noe new law introduced, butt
by aucthoritie of Parliament.
7. That all officers displaced in Scotland and Berwick on
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Tweede stand soe displaced, and all such as are placed in their
roome by Generali Monck bee continued till the Parliament's
pleasure bee knowne concerning them.
8. That Judges bee speedily appointed by Parliament for
Administration of Justice in Scotland, and the Judicatories
open'd. 9. That the Acts of the officers of the Army in England bee
nott deemed the Acts of a Generali Councill of the Army without
the concurrence of the officers of the Army of Scotland and
Ireland. 10. That noe forme of Governement bee established over these
Nations butt by Parliament, unlesse they shall refuse to sitt, or
sitting shall refuse or neglect to establish the same betwixt this
and the 6th of May next.
11. That the proposalls of the Army of England to the
Parliament of the 12 th of May last bee owned by the Officers of the
Armies of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with such ratification
of the 4th, 12th, and 13th Article, and parte of the 9th Article, as
shall bee agreed on by the Commissioners of the Army now
appointed to treate.
12. That the Expresses of the Commissioners bee nott
interrupted, nor their packetts open'd, nor their persons
molested. 13. That an Act of Indempnity and Oblivion bee past by Par
liaraent for all Acts done aince the first of October by any Members
of the Armies of this Commonwealth.
14. That Commissioners for the management of the Civill
affaires in Scotland bee speedily nominated by Parliament and
sent downe.
15, That noe Militia forces bee raised, nor any parte of the
army recruited during the Treatie, after the 10th of this month,
and that all Militia forces that are already raised bee forthwith
dismissed during the Treaty.
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Commissioners, the other two to have power to Act in pursuance
of these Instructions.
Thomas Reade.
Clement Keene.
Robert Reade.
Edinburgh, TiMOTHY LaNGLEY.
4 November, 1659. General Monck to Colonel Lilburne
Honoured Sir, hi. f. 9b.
Last night I gave yow notice that, uppon the invitation of the
Lord Fleetwood, my selfe and the Councill of Officers heere had
agreed to send theire commissioners to treate with their brethren
of England for the begetting a right understanding and firme
union betwixt them and us. I am now to signifie to yow that this
gentleman, Lieut. Collonel Clobury, is one of the commissioners,
Colonel Wilkes and Major Knight the other two, who will corae
some few dayes after. I desire yow that when this Gentleman
shall arrive to Newcastle, or such place as yow shall quarter in,
that yow will give him assurance that noe forces of yours advance
neerer us then your quarter next to us, as it shalbee when hee
comes to yow, which condition shalbee alsoe performed on my
part. And withall I desire yow to give him assurance that
neither himselfe or any other of the commissioners, or any ex
presses they shall send, bee interrupted, or their pacquetts opened.
These are reasonable and necessary conditions in order to a faire
composure of this unhappy difference, and I hope the Lord will
make these endeavoures for a reconciliation effectuall to that good
end to which they are designed, namely, the glory of his name,
and the peace and welfaire of his people, which are the unfained
desires of Your very humble servant,
Edinburgh, George Monck.
4 November. H 2

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General Monck to Johnston of Warriston
Iii, f. lib. JJy Loj.^^
I received a paper signed by your Lordshippe in the name of
the Committee of Safetie, butt nott knowing any such aucthority
established by Parliament, or derived from the good people of this
Comraonwealth, I wonder att such commands and soe peremptory.
I doe remember before the setling the late Councill of State there
was such a Committee, which ceased uppon their Convention and
Establishment. I desire therfore that they W'juld first demonstrate
to mee their lawfull aucthority, and what right they have in the
Governement of this Commonwealth, for I am resolved nott to
receive any commands butt frora the Parliament of England, or
aucthority from them derived. As for the dismissing of any officers
of the army heere, I have done itt att the desire of such as would
nott act according to their Commissions in obedience to the Parlia
raent, and others who (contrary to my expresse order) were active
in promoting dangerous practices to devide the array (which hath
occasioned our present troubles) I have suspended from their
commands, and shall continue them soe till the Parliament's plea
sure bee further knowne.
I shall nott further trouble your Lordshippe with our affaires,
as nott being bound to give you any account of our actions, yett
as a Christian I take myself obliged to indeavour satisfaction in
every Christian. And therfore I lett you know that I have sent
uppe, with the consent of the officers heere (being invited therunto
by my Lord Fleetwood), 3 Commissioners, godly and faithfull men,
who have bin engaged in this good cause from the beginning
with full instruccions to offer such thinges as may heale our
breaches. I am heartily sorry your Lordshippe does interiste your self into
such Councills as rather tend to the widening then healing our
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to your Lordshippe, and shall bee grieved if you give mee occasion
to bee other then. My Lord,
Your Lordshippe's very affeccionate
servant,
Edinburgh, GeoRGE MoNCK.
5 November, 1659.
For the right Honourable Archibald
Lord Warestoune close att Whitehall. Newsletter London, the 5th November, 1659.
I pray yow advise my Lord Generali Monck that Thursday the xxxii. f. 92.
Lord Lambert went towards the North, and lodged 7 miles be
yond Ware, and intends to raise all the North Country Militia as
hee goeth along. Yesterday night this Citty Militia met about a
letter to bee sent to Generali Monck, and some were for burning
the letter, and others of the A. B.^ partie were for the sending it ;
so they divided, and 27 were not for sending it, and 29 for its send
ing.; whereuppon the Aldermen and the sober minded men amongst
them desired to enter their deacenta against it, and said they
would print them, and summ fewer of these of the Militia that
were against the letter were able to buy the estates of the 29 that
were for it. The Committee of Safety this day being acquainted
with these divisions, sent this night an order to the Militia to act
noe more as a Militia till further order from them, feareing this
letter thus prepared and framed by the cittizens might bee of ill
consequence in divideing the Citty, shauld the negatives print
and publish theire descents as they resolved to doe, but now all is
[blank]. The substance of the letter was, that they was informed
that Generali Monck waa comeing into England with an army, and
had imprisoned very many godly officers that had theire Comissions
from the Parliament without any examination of them, and there
fore desired him to set at libertie those officers, and to forbeare the
' The A. B. means the Anabaptists, that is, the extremer Independents.

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entering England ; however, they would secure the peace of the
Nation, and oppose all that should infringe the peace thereof,
according to their instructions in the Act of Parliament, and this
was the whole substance of the letter. It is written hither from
Scotland, dated the 29th past, that Generali Monck is on his march
for England. It's the opinion of many that his Lordshipp had
better keepe about Barwick and the Borders for a month or two,
by which meanes the realiity of his cause would have more roote
with honnest men, and Lambert's designes bee discovered, and
those true and faithfull souldjers now comes to goe with him have
opportunity to declare theire judgements, and defeat him in his
treasonable designes to make himselfe paramounte and sett upp
the A. B., the which if hee ahould prevaile [in], then farewell Par
liaments and all our liberties both christian and civill. Lambert,
reading my Lord Generali Monck's Declaration when Mr. Weaver
was present, said if Generali Monck had noe more at the bottome
of his designe then was there declared for, hee did not question
but that Generali Monck and hee should agree and joyne together.
Now take heede, for Lambert is a suttle truce breaker, and if my
Lord Generali Monck can but keepe himselfe and army about
Barwick for a month or two his busines wilbee done, but to come
into England with soe small a nuraber as 5 or 6000 men, it vz-ill
incurrage Lambert's creatures, and daunt his owne souldjers. The
Lord direct him and yow for the best. Ludlow is come from Ireland
and hath disserted the army. Col. Twisleton (whose regiment is in
Scotland) hath disserted the army, but is ingaged not to meddle on
either side ; Col. Hacker, [Lieut.-Col.] Parly, Major Bvelin, Major
Barton, Captain Hutton, Captain Hawkerydge, all Col. Hacker's
Captains dismist, and they are wofully divided, both horse and foote,
and theire divisions increase both in army, citty, and country, daily,
and yow will finde strong revolutions shortly. They have taken
away the money out of the Navy office to pay theire army upon
theire advance, and soe the shippes that are now heere arrived out
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mouth, with all theire seamen at wages and victualls for want of
moneies to pay them off, which puts the state to 14,000L per
mensem charges. All things are out of order and men's spiritts
greately exasperated. The private souldjers, both horse and foote,
vowed that they would not fight Generali Monck in this quarrell ;
bee not daunted ; your cause is righteouse and God is righteouse.
The A. B. have done what they can to make his Lordshipp odiouse,
as that Charles Stewart is at the bottome of this his designe. I
wish his Lordshipp would write a sober letter to the Lord Mayor,
Court of Aldermen, and Common Councill of the Citty of London ;
it would advantage him exceedingly, I have good grounds for it.
The Citty Militia is much offended that the Committee of
Safty should discharge them from farther acting, and would seeme
to take noe notice of that order, but adjurn'd of themselves, saying
theire Commission was frora the Parliament, and was of higher
authority then theire orders.' This have increased theire discon
tent very highly to this present power. The souldjers have been'
in a mutiny 3 severall tymes since they went hence, and jeare as,
they goe along, saying wee are for the Parliament still and ever
wilbee. The Country Militia will not come into Lambert, as I
heare ; in 4 counties nott half a troope came in.
The Commissioners of the Army in Scotland to
General Monck
My Lord, li . f. I4b.
All the account wee can give your Lordshippe of the affaires
committed unto us is onely this : This day about two of the clock
wee found Col. Lilburne at Cleadon, seaven miles out of our way
byside Newcastle, to whom (after wee had delivered your Lord
shipp's letter) wee propounded what wee had in instruction
' About November 10 or 11 the Committee of Safety displaced the existing
Commissioners for the Management of the Militia and appointed new ones. A
list of their names is given iu Eedmayne's True Narrative, which contains also
a list ot the officers appointed by them for the six regiments of the London trained
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concerneing him, and hee very readily assented to these following
conditions :
First, that the forces under his command should not advance
beyond theire present quarter which is neerest to your Lordshipp,
from this day.
Secondly, that noe Militia forces bee raised dureing the Treaty,
nor recruits, with[out] tymouse advertysements given thereof to
your Lordshipp, that soe your Lordshipp may have equall advan
tage to doe the same, and hath uppon your Lordahipp's letter put
a stopp to his former order to the Militias in these parts. Hee
hath given us his passe, and promiaed that the expresse to us and
from us shall not bee interrupted, nor pacquetts opened. All this
hee hath done, as of himselfe, in as much as in him lies, and hath
written by us to my Lord Lambert, and inclosed your Lordshipp's
letter, with his assent to the above mentioned particulars.
Wee are informed by him that wee shall meete the Lord
Lambert att Yorke. Most of the officers wee have mett with
seeme very desireous of peace, yet seeme not to bee resolved to
restore the Parliament. Wee are tould att Newcastle (of a truith)
that Comissary Generali Whalley, Major Generali Goff", Mr. Carroll,
and sorae others are uppon the roade towords your Lordshipp with
a Declaration from the Churches against your proceedings ; if it
bee soe, wee leave it to your Lordshipp's consideration. Wee
hope to bee at Yorke to-morrowe night, which (with our humble
service to your Lordshipp) is all at present from.
My Lord,
Your Lordshipp's humble servants, TiMo: Wilkes.
John Clobery.
i^"*a.m, Ra. Knight.
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General Monck to Lieutenant-General Fleetwood
My Lord, Hi. f. 13.
I have received from your Lordshipp by the hand of Captain
Deane two letters : one from your Lordshipp, whivjh pretends to
answer a letter from the officers heere to theire brethren at White
Hall ; the other from the officers there to those heere.' The latter
' Here occur in the MS. (Clarke Papers, xxxii. ff. 75-80b) two letters : one from
the officers of the English army to Monck and his subordinates, beginning, ' Dear
Brethren and Fellow Soldiers ' ; the other a reply from Monck and the officers in
Scotland, beginning, ' Dear Brethren and Fellow Soldiers in the Lord, In the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ.' In the MS. the answer is dated November 7. Both
are printed in a pamphlet called A Letter from the Officers at Whitehall to the
Officers under Generali Monck in Scotland, with the Answer of General Monck
and his Officers thereunto, wherein with plainness and sinceritie they endeavour
to set before them the evil of thei/r doings,'' Printed at Edinburgh, by Christopher
Higgins, in Hart's Close, over against the Throne Church, and reprinted in
London, 1659.
The letter of the English officers was sent by Captain Eichard Deane. ' The
pretence of Deane's coming to Scotland,' says Phillips, 'was to look after his
charge, for he was one of the Treasurers at War; but he privately dispersed
tickets as he travelled to seduce Monck's soldiers from him, bringing him withal
a letter from Fleetwood which contained an offer of what command in the army
he should desire, upon the least private intimation of his inclining to take part
with it ' (Baker, p. 690 ; cf. Price, p. 736.) Monck declined this offer, and felt
obliged to send Deane away with a rebuke for his intrigues amongst the soldiers.
This Deane was cousin of the Parliamentary admiral, and was a leading man
amongst the Baptists. A letter from him concerning that sect, addressed to
Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln, is printed in Neal's History of the Puritans, iii. 379,
ed. 1837.
In the postscript to their letter the English officers add, ' We hope to hear in
your answer to this that all our dear friends, now in bonds, are at liberty.' Monck
and the Scottish officers replied : ' We intreat yoi| not to put so hard a name upon
the necessary and short restraint of our brethren as bonds ; we still own them
and use them as brethren ; their pay is still continued to them, and the restraint
put upon them, for their, and your, and our security, and the security of all God's
people, we hope will be very short — shorter than either you or we can expect.
And take it no ill we acted anything without firat sending to you. We acted
nothing but what was necessary to our present safety, and immediately sent our
letters to you, 'which, if they came not to your hand, it is not our faults. We
have lately sent commissioners, men faithful and approved, whom we hope you
will treat as brethren.'

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I have communicated to the officers heere, who have heerewithall
returned theire answer. The former, because it came not from
them to whome the letter (it pretends to answer) was directed,
but from your Lordshipp onely, I have thought fitt to take noe
further notice of it, but onely to acquaint your Lordshipp that I
have received it. Onely because your Lordshipp hath taken notice
of a passage in the letter from the officers, wherein they say that
in case the Parliament shall violate the soe often ingaged for
liberties of the nations, they shall in theire stations beare theire
testimonies against them, from which your Lordshipp makes
inferences that might have been very well spared, I shall venture
to acquaint your Lordshipp in theire behalfe, that as I doe not
question but that they will continue stedfast in what they have
declared, soe I doe not finde that they have declared that they will
beare theire testimonies in such a manner as your Lordshipp may
perhapps meane. And if your Lordshipp and those with yow
shall beare noe other manner of testimony but what the officers
heere would doe in such a case, I am confident there would bee
noe difference amongst us. Further I shall not trouble your
Lordshipp at present, because I have already sent commissioners
to your Lordshipp, and the officers with yow, from whome I hope to
heare a full end of all these unwelcome contraversies, and to have
the opertunity once more to subscribe my selfe.
My Lord,
Your Lordshipp's reale and
faithfull servant,
Edinburgh, GeORGE MoNCK.
7th November, 1659.
General Monck to Lieutenant-General Fleetwood
Ui. f. 13b. My Lord,
I beleeve your Lordshipp has by this time received my letters
in answer to your Lordshipp's by Coll : Talbott and Dr. Clarges,
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which the officers from hence shall give your Lordshipp of our
acting heere that yow will put noe ill construction uppon them.
Yesterday I dispatched away Captain Deane, who carries with him
3, modest and Christian answer from our officers to the letter of our
Brethren at London, from whence I shall not dispare of a good
understanding betwixt us, which is the prayer of,
My Lord,
Your Lordshipp's most humble servant,
Edinburgh, GeORGE MoNCK.
8 November, 1659.

General Monck to Major-General Lambert
My Lord, ^ ii f 14
Having soe readily answered the desires of your Lordshippe
and my Lord Fleetwood by hasting some of our officers to London
to indeavour a good understanding betwixt us and our brethren, I
was in good hopes of a faire composure, and am yett unwilling to
despaire of itt, although I must nott conceale to your Lordshippe
that wee are nott heere without very doubtfull apprehensions att
the rumours wee heare of great forces marching, and great
preparations made against us, as if wee were declared enemies.
I desire your Lordshippe to consider seriously the sad conse
quences of a civill warre, least you involve your self too farre in itt,
that wee that have drawne our swordes together in defence of our
countrie's peace and safety may nott sheath them in one another's
bowells. I shall nott trouble your Lordshippe with particulars
of thinges, because Colonel Talbott can well informe you of them,
to whome I referre you, and am. My Lord,
Your Lordshippe's most affeccionate servant,
Edinburgh, George Monck.
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Extracts from General Monck's Order Book
xlix. f. 103. November 8, 1659. — Order to Major Generali Morgan to
authorize him to make his present repaire to Linlithgowe, Sterling;
and into Pyff, and to tender the late Declaration of the Army to
bee signed by the officer a and souldiers of the respective troopes
quarter'd in these parts, and such officers as refuse hee is to bringe
alonge with him, and for the souldiers that refuse hee is to take
away their armes and give them discharges, and to certifie to his
Lordshippe the names of such officers as are absent. The troopes
hee is to visitt are. Captain Prime's att Linlithgowe, Colonel
Saunders' and Colonel Twisleton's troope att Sterling, Captain
Beke's att Dumfermline and Mueckelhen,' Captain Prettyes and
Captain Coulson's att Cooper, and Captain Minn's att S. Andrewea,^
and hee ia to take to his assistance Captain Deane, Captain Pryme,
and Captain Coulson. Hee is to tender the Declaration himself to
the officers, and appoint whome hee shall thinke fitt to [tender it
to] the souldiers. To give order that the souldiers doe nott loose
or imbezle them, and such troopes as have nott 50 armes to send
for them.' Order to Major John Parmer to make his present repaire into
Northumberland, and to take the charge and command of the
forces, both horse and foote, under the command of the Parliament
quarter'd att Alnewick, Morpeth, and the parts therabouts, and to
dispose and order them to the best advantage of the service.'* And
' Almost illegible. I cannot identify the place meant.
-'¦ Of the officers named, Pretty, Coulson, and Prime belonged to the regiment of
Col. Saunders ; Deane, Beke, and Mynne to that of Col. Twisleton. Monck shortly
afterwards gave Knight the command of the first regiment, and Clobery that of
the second.
' The Eeport on the MSS. of Mr. Leyborne-Popham contains a letter from Col.
Miles Man, at Inverness, to Monck, respecting the signature of this test by the
troops under his command (p. 125). Man had succeeded Smith as governor of
Inverness (Baker, p. 687).
• The troops in question were apparently four troops of horse and six companies
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all officers and souldiers belonging to the said troops or companies
are to observe and follow such orders and direccions as they shall
receive from him, and in his absence from Majour Dennis. And
hee likewise to observe and follow such orders and direccions as
hee shall receive from the Parliament, hia Lordshippe, and his
superiour officers.
The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to
General Monck
My Lord, Ui. f. 16.
Wee have spent the most parte of this day with my Lord
Lambert att Yorke, who uppon our accesse to him was pleased to
tell us that hee had power from the Lord Fleetwood and the
officers att London and Committee of Safety to treate and agree
with us. Butt wee insisting earnestly on restoring the Parliament,
hee was pleased to tell us in the end that hee was restricted onely
in that particular, and that there was a mutuall engagement
betwixt the officers att London, and those that came downe with
him, that nothing should bee done therin without their joynt
consent : ^ and his Lordshippe, setting forward for Newcastle to
morrow, has promiaed to returne to my Lord Fleetwood an accompt
of the sense of the officers heere in the North in that particular
with all possible speede. My Lord, wee shall bee very loth to goe
besides our Instructions in that Article. My Lord Lambert has
confirra'd all the Articles assented to by Col. Lilburne, of which
wee gave your Lordshippe an accompt from Durham. Wee desire
your Lordshippe to direct all your letters to us att Mr. William
Carye's, Goldsmith in Fleetstreete, superscribing your owne name
on the backside of the letter ; for wee have assurance that such
lettres onely shall nott bee open'd aa are directed from your Lord-
enterprise failing, they were quartered about Alnwick (Baker, p. 687). Farmer
was major of Morgan's regiment of horse, Dennis of the regiment of foot lately
under Cobbett's command.
' Compare -n-hitelocke's Memorials, iv. 382.

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shippe to us, or from us to your Lordshippe. My Lord Lambert
expressed himself very free in his desires to give ybur Lordshippe
a meeting att Berwick, and was troubled that some had done ill
offices betwixt your Lordshippe and him, which hee was well
assured were noe freinds to either of you. My Lord Fleetwood
likewise waa hardly perawaded to stay att London, but would
gladly have comed downe and given you a meeting in order to a
freindly composure, of which wee despaire nott. Your Lordshippe
shall have a further accompt of our progresse in this businesse by
every opportunity, and wee shall bee very faithfull and industrious
in the management of the trust reposed in us. Wee remayne
Your Lordshippe's humble servants,
R. Knight, Jo. Clobery, Timo : Wilkes.
Tadcaster,
8 Nov., 1659.
General Lambert to the Commissioners of the Army
of Scotland
Ui. f. 20b. Gentlemen, When wee were together at Yorke, I agreed at your desire that
no pacquetts passing betwixt Gen: Monck and yourselves should
be broken open, and had (as I then acquainted you) given direccions
to all the forces in these parts to lye still in their quarters, under
standing from yourselves, and also from Col. Lilburne, that Gen :
Monck had agreed unto the sarae, and that hee had already given
orders for that purpose, and, if I raistake not, that his reere forces
should not advance ; since which time I am certainly informed that
hee is marcht towards Berwick, and this is from one who came
with him one dayes march. This passage is so contrary to ray
expectation as truly I cannot chuse but looke upon my selfe [as]
deceived therein, and conceiving it my duty not to suffer anything
which may under any pretence wronge the trust repos'd in mee, I
hold ray selfe obliged to give stop to the pacquetts, except they
come authorized by the Committee of Safety or ray Lord Fleetwood.
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Lord Fleetwood's hands. I hope you will put a candid interpreta-
cion upon this resolucion, as not tending towards a further breach,
but can truly say it, and to you doe affirrae it, that my soule longes
for such an accomodacion betwixt the armyes as may tend to the
glory of God, the peace of these Nacions, and preservacion of that
interest which God has owned as his owne, and from which I shall
(the Lord enabling mee) never part, and which as a true English
man and true freind to them and you I recommend to your care,
and reraayne, Gentleraen,
Your assured loveing freind and servant,
J. Lambert.
Yorke the llth Novr. 1659.
For ray honoured freinds Col. Wilkes, Lt. Col. Clobery, and
Major Knight at London.
J. Lambert.

Extract from General Monck's Order Book
12 November, 1659.
Order to Lieutenant Colonel John Hublethorne, Commissary xlix. f. 104.
Fleetwood, Captain Jeremiah Smyth, Captain William Downes,
Mr. Thomas Gumble, Mr. John Price, and Mr. William Clarke,
that wheras there may bee severall lettres come by the post which
may bee of dangerous consequence if they should bee permitted to
passe to the persons to whome they are directed, to aucthorize
them, or any three or more of them, to search and peruse auch
lettrea as shall from time to time come by the post, or such as goe
for London, or other parts of England, and nott to permitt any
others to bee present att the viewing and perusall of thera, and to
make stoppe of auch as they shall thinke fitt.
' Compare Gumble's Life of Monck, p. 140.

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Newsletter
xxxii. f. 103. November 12 (?). — I received yours of November the 2d, and have
of late forborne, because the passage hath not beene free. What you
may safely write as to matter of fact, without opinion, bee pleased at
leisure to impart. Things heere in the South are in a perplexed
condition ; the lawe is tottering, the Citty is wavering, the Clergy
declineing, the people murmering, and nothing but the face of con
fusion appeares ; the divisions are soe greate, military and civill,
certainely some greate judgement attends this place and the whole
land. If it doe come, God is just ; his mercyes and deliverances have
beene abased by the sinister ends which have beene made thereof.
Wee expect the Commissioners from Generali Monck this weeke ;
as things proceede therein yow shall understand further.
J. R.

A Lettre from the Commissioners of the Militia of
Westminster and partes adjacent^ directed and
delivered to Lt. Gen. Fleetwood, to bee communi
cated to the Councill of OfScers : As also a resolve
of the said Commissioners in answer to a letter
directed to them from the pretended Oommittee of
Safetie
xxxii. f. 97. Gentlemen, Wheras wee understand there are Commissioners arrived in
this place frora Generali Monck to treate concerning the Restaura
tion of the Parliaraent, wee being unwilling, and indeed (through
the deare love of our Country) unable to omitt anythinge that
may bee our duty, or in our power, conducing to soe pious and
conscientious an end, most earnestly desire that you would
bee inatrumentall in this juncture towards the Restauration of
the Parliament. Nott to trouble you att this time with such
arguments for a duty (as wee conceive soe incumbent uppon you)
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concerne your countries, or our selves, butt with such onely as
relate to your owne peculiar interest, wee doe nott thinke that you
will find any example of any army taking civill power uppon them,
which hath [not] bin forthwith debauched or broken with the
weight of itt. This recommendation of our selves unto you, and
of your selves unto your selves, wee thought fitt to lay before you,
and Remayne Your loving freinds,
November 14, 1659. 
Uppon reading of a letter from the pretended Committee
of State, directed to the said Coraraissioners, they carae
to this resolution : —
November 14, 1659. — Resolved, That the Commissioners of this
Militia hold themselves bound in duty and conscience to bee
faithfull and constant to the aucthority of Parliament by which
they sitt, and not to receive any order from, or give accompt unto,
any other then the Parliament or Councill of State.
General Monck's Proceedings with the Commis
sioners of Scotland
November 15, 1659. — This day there was a meeting of my xxxii. f. 98.
Lord Generali and the commissioners from the shires and bur-
roughes in the Parliament House att Edinburgh. The noblemen
sent from the shires chose the Earle of Glencairne their prteses, and
the burghes Sir James Stuart.'
' Clarke's Papers do not contain any account of the preliminaries of this
meeting, nor any of the letters convening it. In the Court Book of the burgh of
BaniJ, however, there appears an entry of a letter from General Monck to the
boroughs of Banff and CuUen, which was read on Nov. 7, 1659 : ' Gentlemen, I
desyre yow will be pleased to aggrie amongst your selfes to send ane of your
number to meit with me heir at Ed. (?) the fyifteint day of November, because I have
ane especiall occasione to speik with them about some effairis that concerne the
countrye at this tyme, which is all at present from your very loueing freind and
servand. Datit at Edr. the 27 October 1659. Subscryvit thus George Monck."
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My Lord Generali did in a speech breifly sett forth to them :
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Haveing a call from God and his people to march into England,
to assert and mainetaine the liberty and being of Parliaments, our
antient constitution, and theirin the freedome and rights of the
people of these three nations from arbitrary and tyrannicall
usurpations upon their consciences, persons, and estates, and for a
godly ministry, I doe theirfor expect from you the nobility,
gentleraen, sheriffe, and the rest of the justices of peace, and each
one of yow, that yow doe preserve the peace of the Comonwealth
in the shire. And I doe hereby authorize yow to suppresse all
tumults, stirrings, and unlawfuU assemblies, and that yow hold noe
correspondency with any of Charles Stuart's party or adherents,
but apprehend any such as shall make any disturbance, and send
them into the next guarrison. And doe further desire yow to
countenance and encourage the godly ministry, and all that truely
feare God in the land. And that yow continue faithfull to owne
and" assert the interest of Parliamentary goverment in the severall
places and stations. I hope my absence wilbee very short, but I
doe assure yow that I will procure from the Parliament whatever
may bee for the good goverment and releife of this nation, and
doubt not but to obtaine abaitements in the assesse and other
publique burthens, according to the proportion of England. And
what further services I may bee able, I shall not bee wanting in,
that I may promote the happiness and peace of this affiicted
people. I shall not trouble yow further, but begg your prayers,
and desire yow to assure your selves that I am
Your faithfull freind and
Edinburgh, humble servaint,
15 November, 1659. GeORGE MoNCK.

Accordingly Eobert Sharp, Sheriff Clerk of Banff, was chosen commissioner, with
an aUowance of three pounds Scots per diem, to cover his expenses. — Annals of
Banff, i. 141 (New Spalding Club).

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I desire yow to send me word under your hands how farr yow
will comply with my desires.
I desire yow that what is behind of the last foure monthes of
the twelve moneths assesse may bee in a readiness against it is
called for.'
Answer of the Commissioners to General Monck
November 16. — Itt is the opinion of the coraraissioners from xxxii. f. 100.
the severall shires that sorae of their nuraber bee appoynted in
name of the whole, to represent to the Lord Generali their sence
of hia Lordshipp's tendernesse and care of the peace and saifety of
this aflicted country, and of his resolution to contribute for the
ease and releife of the burthens lying theiron ; and to tender their
harty and thanckfull acknowledgement theirfor, desireing the
continuance theirof, and to signifie that the said commissioners
are for theraselves well satisfied with his Lordshipp's engagement
and grounds theirof exprest in his speach to them theranent ; and
will to their power bee instrumental! with their severall shires to
comply and concurr with his Lordshipp's desires, wherein they
are most hopefull to prevaile. But in respect of their present
incapacity to prevent or suppresse any stirring or tumults, they do
desire ray Lord Generali to propose such expedients as his Lord
shipp shall thinke most fitt to enable them for that end, which
they may represent to their severall shy res for their harty com-
plyance and condescendencj^. As also that my Lord Generali
' In Mercurius Politicus, Dec. 8-16, 1659, a correspondent writing from New
castle gives an abstract of ' a Scotish Diurnal, the %st that came forth in print in
Edinburgh, commencing from Tuesday, November 29, to Saturday, December 3,
1659. Printed by Christopher Higgins, in Hart's Close, over against the Trone
Church. The title of it ... is the Faithful Intelligencer.' Monck's letter,
given above, is printed there, with some changes, and is reproduced with a running
commentary by the writer in Mercurius Politicus (p. 935). When the representa
tives of the shires met at Edinburgh, Monck ' in a very few, yet pithy expressions,
. . . delivered the substance of the letter ensuing.' Consequently this is
sometimes described as Monck's speech, sometimes as his letter. Cf. NicoU's
Diary, p. 257 ; Wodrow, History of the Church of Scotland, ed. 1828, i. 60. I 2

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would be pleased to appoint watches towards the Hylandes and
Borders for preserveing the country from the danger of theft and
robbery, according as the particular shyres shall make their
severall addresses to his Lordshipp for that effect.'

The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to
the Ofllcers there
Ui. f. 16b. Deare Freinds,
Being come to some issue in the matter comitted to our
charge, we have heir sent yow a coppy of what is agreed unto by
the Lord Fleetwood and Generali Councell of Officers here, and our
selves.^ For the particular reasons of our condescentions to some
things, wheirin happily yow may conceive we have stretch't our
' Amongst the MSS. of Lord Kinnaird calendared in the fifth Eeport of the
Historical Manuscripts Commission are the following three papers : A Commission
appointing George Kinnaird of Eossie and Mr. John Naime to meet General
Monck at Edinburgh on October 10, 1669, to discuss the affairs of the county ;
a letter to Monck, dated Perth, October 26, on public affairs and on the situation
created in Perthshire by Monck's intention to march into England, both with
regard to the occupation of the Scottish fortresses and concerning . the arming
of the Scots ; a Commission dated December 3, 1659, appointing Sir George
Kinnaird to repair to Monck at Berwick as commissioner for the county (p. 621).
2 The articles of agreement between Monck's and Fleetwood's commissioners
are to be found in Clarke MSS. li. f. 17. They are not printed because they are
already in print in Baker's Chronicle (p. 693) and in Toland's Collection of
Monck's Letters (No. XIIL). The agreement, which is dated November 15, con
sisted of nine articles :
1. To oppose Charles Stewart, or anyone claiming in his name a right to the
government. 2. To oppose the setting up of any single person, and to endeavour to settle a
commonwealth. 3. That no form of government should be set up without the approval of a
General Council of officers representing the armies of the three nations and the
fleet. Eegulations as to the constitution of this Council.
4. A Parliament to be summoned as soon as possible. Qualifications of its
members to be determined by the representatives of the armies and certain
persons named.
5. The army in Scotland to be paid its proper share of the assessments.
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instructions very farr, we referr yow to the Lord Generali Monck,
whom we hope we have satisfied touching such our actions, and
who we doubt not but will satisfie yow theirin. Also our con
sciences can beare us witnesse that we have managed this interest
of yours in the sincerity of our heartes to the best advantage that
the temper of the people of this nation would affoard, the posture
of affaires here giveing ous good ground to suspect that the issue
of this difference, if longer continued, would be noe advantage to
your selves or the bretheren of England, but of the comon enemy
onely. This is the accompt we can afford you of what is hitherto
finished in the particulars we came instructed in. And what further
shall be mutually determined here yow shall receive a faithfull
account from Your loveing freinds and servaints,
Timothy Wilkes.
John Clobery.
Charing Crosse, jj IvNIGHT
16th November, 1669.
For the Generali Councill
of Officers of the Army in Scotland.
Lieutenant-General Fleetwood to Major-General
Lambert
My Lord,
In pursuance of the ninth Article, touchinge the withdrawing
the forces, I desire your Lordship to march back the forces drawne
forth upon the present difference into such quarters as they may
best secure and preserve the peace of the (!!ommonwealth, according
to the tenor of the agreement, the time of which marching back I
commissioners, chosen half from the army in Scotland and half from that in
England. 7. Indemnity for officers, soldiers, and others concerned in the differences which
had arisen since October 10.
8. The Ministry and the universities to be countenanced and maintained.
9. Forces on both sides to be drawn backv

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desire you will communicate unto Generali Monck, he being to
conforme in the marching back of his forces to the same time.
your Lordshipp's affeccionate freind
and servant,
Wallingford House, 16th November, C. FLEETWOOD.
1659.
The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to
General Monck
Ui. f. 18. May it please your Lordship,
In pursuance of the 9th Article, touching withdrawing the
forces, wee desire your Lordship to march back your forces,
drawne forth upon the present differences, into such quarters as
they may best secure and preserve the peace of the Comraon
wealth according to the tenor of the Article ; the time of which
marching back wee have agreed to be such as my Lord Lambert
shall intimate to you, your forces and his being to march back
both at the same time. Wee rest
Your Lordshippe's most humble and
faithfull servants,
Tim. Wilkes.
John Clobery.
,a.u^^.f""^u''°'f'. Ralph Knight.
16th November, 1659.
Wee are prest to a debate touching the conduct of the army,
which hitherto wee have waved, and shall endeavour to do so till
wee have your Lordshippe's instructions particularly in that case,
which wee intreat you would speed to us.
To Mr. William Clarke
xxxii. f. 102. Honoured Sir,
I sent a messinger to Auckland in Bishopprick of Durham to
inquire for Sir Arthur Heslerigge. I received a letter in answear
that he was in London, but they had sent to hira. Newcastle
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Gentry in a feare to act any thing, for Coll. Lilburne sends papers
to that Sheriffe to require all persons to obey his papers ; yett
there is gott together above 100 horsemen of the Militia troope for
the Parliaraent, which doe quarter neere Alnewick. I heare that
those troopes in Newcastle doe take free quarter already. If ray
Lord Generali Monck's forces were in our Nation, I am of opinion
hee would have many freinds ; att present they dare nott declare.
Justice Ogle received a letter from the Committee of Safetie,
signed ' Johnston, President,' to draw his troope together. They
doe promise to pay the Militia their arreares and satisfie them
for their present service, and withall to send uppe the names
of the officers to receive commissions from the Lord Fleetwood ;
butt hee will nott act for them if they would make him Com
mander in Cheif of the North. Hee is very forward in defence of
the Parliament of England, and hopes the Generali will stand for
the liberties of the English Nation, our lawes, and the Gospell,
that is now att the stake if the armies doe beare sway. The
Governor of Newcastle sent out a partie of horse to take them
away prisoners; butt if I can gett none butt my self I will stand
by his Lordshippe in this quarrell. J. 0.'

The Commissioners of the Axm.y of Scotlani to
General Monck
May it please your Lordship, jy f 21b.
Since our last by the Messenger sundry proposalls not touch'd
upon in the Agreement have been made to us, particularly to joyne
with the forces here in their resolves touching the conduct of tbe
' Henry Ogle was in 1655 captain of the Northumberland troop of Militia, and
held the same command in 1659 (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 94).
Gumble speaks of ' Captain Ogle, with his five sons, with the two small Militia
troops of Northumberland,' who assisted Monck from the first (Gumble, p. 194).
Price describes the Captain as ' an honest old man, zealous for the good old cause '
(p. 744, ed. Maseres ; see also Baker, p. 697). This letter was probably written by
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Army, as also touching a way of rayseing money for the supply of
the forces, which will scarcely admit of delay till the Parliament
be conveened. Wee have refused to joyne in either of these till
wee receive your Lordshipp's further instruccions, which wee desire
you would please to afford us with all possible speed. This wee
thought necessary to impart to you by this opportunity, though
wee have good ground to conceive that your Lordshipp will not be
free wee should act any thing touching them, but referre them to
the Parliament's determinacion. The two Kinges of France and
Spaine are certainely agreed, and the Lord Lockhart and Mr.
Downing newly arrived here. This is the summe of what wee have
to impart to your Lordship at this time, and remayne
Your Lordship's most humble servants, Tim. Wilkes.
John Clobery.
Charing Crosse, Ra. KnIGHT.
November 17th, 1659.
General Monck to the Commissioners of Scotland
xxxii. f. 101. My Lords and Gentlemen,
I have received your opinion by some of your number, and doe
take notice of your great respect to mee, that you are pleased to
have such a, sence of my endeavours in preserving the peace of this
country, for which I desire to signifie to you the Lords, Gentlemen,
and Burgesses, my very affeccionate and hearty thankes.
I doe further take notice of your good affeccions to the Parlia
ment of England, and your resolution to preserve the peace and
saifty of this country, in caise God shall be pleased to call ous to
the assistance of our freinds in England. And I doe further assure
yow for this your great service to the Comonwealth of England
at such a tyme of hazard and danger, that I will make good to the
utmost of my power my former promises, and will use all meanes
for the ease and releife of this afflicted nation.
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letters to prevent or suppresse any tumults or stirrings, I have not
had tyme to consider of any better way at present, but at the next
returne from the severall shyi-es by the twelveth of December, I
shall then thincke of the best way to enable yow to secure the peace
of the country.
As to the appointing of watches upon the countries next the
Highlands, or upon the Borders, if yow please to give rae a noate
of what shyres will joyne together for the raaintaineing of a watch,
and the number of men to bee imployed, and of a fitt person or
persons to command them, I shall then give him or them power to
have soe many men under his or their conduct for the protecting
of those shyres and parts from robbers. And that those shyres
that have watches for their security doe give ingaigements under
their hands for such raen that doe command or are commanded,
that they shall act nothing against the Parliament or Common
wealth of England.
Edinburgh,
17th of November, 1659.
Dr. John Owen to General Monck
My Lord, xxxii. f. 139b.
I had made bold to have written unto you att the beginning of
the late differences that have falne out betweene you and your
freinds heere in England, but that I feared least prejudices and
mistaikes might have rendred ray soe doing only troublesome unto
your Lordshipp and uselesse in its selfe ; for though I knew ray
selfe to bee an utter strainger to that .which was the occasion of
the breach betweene you, yett theraisrepresentations of things that
I found prevaileing amongst ous would not suffer me to be confident
that I should escaipe from a share in itt. But now, finding the
infinitely wise and gratious providence of God working things
towards a closure betweene yow, I could not withhold from contri-
buteing my mite also unto soe good a worke, haveing already
laboured unto my utmost in this place for the furtherance of a

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mutuall condescension, which must bee the meanes of a freindly
composure and end of this bussinesse, their being then a resolucion
on all hands of fixing on a free Commonwealth ; and in such a
way, as that whatever wee have yet attained hath bin but a shaddow
of what is now aimed att, and care to bee taken theirin for the true
interest of Christ, and that of men sober and godly. I cannott ap
prehend that any just and warrantable cause of difference can re
maine amongst yow. Their are, my Lord, two evills that wee have
cause to feare : the one is the prevailing of the Comon Enemy
over ous ; the other the prevailencie of fanaticall selfe seeking persons
amongst ous. By your union both of these, through the mercy of
God, wilbee prevented. By a continuance in your breaches, I
cannott say both (because they are inconsistant), but one of them,
that is one ov the other, will certainely ensue : either the Comon
Enemy will devoure ous all, which is the most likely, or another
sort of men will have opportunity to lay hould on that power which
will not easily be wrested from them. However, this is vissable to
the whole world, freinds and enemies, nor can it be gainesayed by
any with the least couler of reason ; if the armies ingage in blood,
their is a grave maid for our whole cause and interest, and a doore
of ruine opened to all the sober godly in both Nations ; which the
old enemy is soe sencable and assured of, that his hopes and feares
goe upp and downe, according as the differences of the army
seemes to widen or to close, noe otherwise then if that difference
were an army for Charles Stuart, and these men are wise in their
generation. It is certaine, my Lord, that God hath putt an oppor
tunity into your hands to be eminently servicable to the interest of
good men in these Nations, for your cordiall closing with your
freinds heere, carrying on things of common advice and consent,
will exceedingly strenghten their hands in opposeing things dis-
tructive to the liberty of the Commonwealth and true interest of
the saints, which are attempted to bee imposed on thera by multi
tudes of men, and a continuance at this distance wilbee certainely
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to prevent itt, who desire most to see yow both ingaged in blood,
while they intend to warme themselves by the fires that [you] kindle.
Finding then by the Declaration and letters, and sorae conference
with the Coramissioners sent by yow hither, that your principalis
and those of your freinds here are universally the same, I cannott
conjecture what cause of difference should remaine ; but because
the sitting againe of the last Parliament is by some spoaken of
as a sufficient cause of itt, I shall offer my thoughts to your Lord
shipp on that particular. Most of the persons of that number are
my old freinds and acquantance. I may say freely that I ventered
somwhat for their sitting. I know nothing at all of their dissolu
tion, being for about five weakes before absent frora this place ; nor
shall I take off from their esteeme by a reveiw of their actings
during their session. Yet this I shall say, that it were better that
both they, and 1, and hundreds of better men then my selfe were in
the ends of the earth, then that this [cause] should be ruined by the
armies contest about them. Por ray owne part I ara satisfied with
these two things : first, that without there restauration a free state
or Comonwealth may be setled, the Common Enemy defeated, the
ministry preserved, reformation carryed on, and all the ends of our
ingagements satisfied, if your Lordshipp and those with you con
curre in the worke ; and, secondly, that their reinvestiture cannott
be effected without the blood of them whose ruine I am perswaded
you seeke not, as on other accounts soe because I find them cor
dially assert and honour yow, as also the enslaveing of these Nations
forever to the will of the major part of that small number. Por
that they should sitt downe againe, ii^ith thoughts of passing by
what is past, looking onely forwards future settlement, and issuing
their power theirin, cannott fall on the imagination of any wise
man, but only those who are distant from this place, nor doe any
amonge theraselves pretend to such resolutions. I have spoaken
my heart plainely and honestly unto your Lordshipp in these things,
as in the presence of God, without respect to persons or parties.
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being esteemed importunate to presse on you in your weighty
affaires. Yea, out of that sincere honour I have long borne you,
[I] would willingly waite on yow in person, should yow comand it,
for the assurance of the assured setlement of love betweene yow
and your freinds in this Nation. My Lord, yow shall on all occa
sions find me a true lover of my countryes liberties, an enemy to
all usurpations upon itt, and one resolved to live and dye with the
sober godly interest; and, finding your Lordshipp on the same
principles, I have bin free with yow beyond the rules of that cau-
tiousnesse which the difficulties of the season seemes to call for ;
but I walke by noe such rule. The manie things of all lawfull
difference betweene yow and your freinds heere being secured by
the agreement of your Commissioners, let me in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and on the account of his interest in the whole
earth, in the name of all the trembling saints in these Nations,
begg of you to bee instrumentall in putting a perfect issue and
perpetuall oblivion to the late breach and division, as the only
visable medicin, under the providence of God, to prevent the utter
ruine of all that is deare unto you and ous. I have only to add
my desire that yow would beleive mee to be what in sincerity I am.
My Lord,
Your Lordshipp's raost humble, faithfull
and affectionate servant,
Westminster, JnO. OwEN.
November 19, 1669.
Major-General Lambert to General Monck
Ui. f. 22 .Sir, Capt. Lloyd being sent hither by his Excellency the Lord
Fleetwood and the generali Councill of the Armies of England and
Ireland now at London, with the Agreement made betwixt thera
and the Commissioners appointed by yourselfe and the general!
Councell of Officers in Scotland, with instruccions to mee to see
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duty, in order to the full accomplishment of a peace and right
understanding between the armyes (so much desired by all good
men), to transmitt a copy of the same to you with all expedition
by the hands of Major Cambridge, Capt. Lloyd, and Capt.
Wallington, to the end the same may be ratify ed by your selfe
and generali Councell of Scotland, who are appointed from us
Coraraissioners on that behalfe, the same haveing already been
performed by the Councell in England, whereof I doubt not you
have received a full account from the Commissioners at London.
For what concernes the matters conteyned in the ninth clause,
together with an order from ray Lord Fleetwood thereupon (a copy
whereof I have here inclosed sent you), I shall forthwith, upon
notice of the ratification on your part, dispose and order the forces
"to such quarters as by the said Agreement is intended, and shall
give you an account of the time accordingly. And for what
concernes the sixt Article, in the case of the officers lately sus
pended, the seaven persons to be nominated by us on that behalfe
shall attend you at the time and place appointed. And for what
may further concerne the expeditious consumacion of the said
Treaty, I referre it to the Coramissioners aboveraentioned. I have
no more at present, but subscribe myselfe. Sir,
Your affeccionate freind and humble servant, J. Lambert.
New Castle, 21 Nov.,
1659.
To the Eight Honourable Generali Monck, Commander in Cheife of the
forces in Scotland. These. k
Newsletter
London, November 22. — The Grandees of the army have been xxxii. f. 139.
labouring to gett 40 of the old members to sitt againe, and doe some
drudgery for them, as to passe the act for 100,000Zi. per mensem
assessement, &c., but it's thought they cannot gett so many ; but
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severall Parliament men, that if they would not send downe some
of their House and assist and strengthen G. M. with their councell,
&c., hee must be inforc't to treate. They cryed still, if hee did but
keepe Scotland hee will doe his worke, and that all passages being
stop't they could not gett to him. Wee are like to have strange
alteracions when such persons are a quorum, for it is thought not
a man of those five chosen by the Commissioners, except the Lord
Warreston (who is for any change), will meddle with the businesse.
The Lord knowes our liberties and freedomes as men or Christians
doe now stand but on very weake foundacions, except they keepe
their oathes, promises, and engagements better then yett they have
done. However, they are surer in a Parliaraent then in 90,000 of
thera. The letter to ray Lord Major will bee delivered to morrow,
a common councell being called already ; it was judged meet to
deliver it by severall members of Parliament. The Judges brake
up the terme on Saturday, and will not sitt by this power. All
thinges are worse and worse.
The Council of Ofllcers in Scotland to their
Commissioners in England
Iii. f. 19. Gentleraen, Wee have received yours of the 16th instant, and doe finde
cause to returne you our hearty thankes for the greate care and
paines yow have taken in the common cause, which wee could
have wish't might have had the desired successe of produceing an
happy and perfect agreement. But as wee finde there som things
necessarie thereto which have not as yet been treated of or con
cluded by yow, soe wee finde some things, amongst those- to which
yow have already given your consent, in which wee have reason to
think yow have mistaken your Instructions. Wee have therefore
resolved, to the end the agreement which wee all ayme at raay bee
not onely firme and sure, but perfect alsoe and cleare, and not
lyable to any misconstructions, to add two more to your number
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conceive to bee necessary for the full accomplishing of the busines.'
In order to which wee desire yow to repaire to the Lord Fleetwood,
and to such other officers as you shall see convenient, and to
acquaint them with thus much, and withall to desire a safe conduct
to bee sent to us for such persons as wee shall have occasion to
send, and to let them know that since the time of the Treaty the
pacquetts have not bin soe free as wee did expect, which wee
conceive to bee one greate reason of the present mistakes ; for wee
cannot attribute it to your neglect that wee have heard noe oftner
from you since yow went, and that before yow have concluded
uppon things soe rauch besides your Instructions you did not
send to us for new. Wherefore, for the prevention of such in-,
conveniencies for the future, and for the convenience of quick
returnes of dispatches uppon emergencies, it is our desire that the
Treaty may bee att York, which is at an equall distance from the
Head Quarters on both sides, unles in regard of my Lord Lambert's
being in the North yow can procure it to bee att Newcastle,
which would much expedite the busines. Wee leave it to them
selves to appoint the tirae, and wee wish (out of our earnest desire
of peace) it might bee as soone as possible ; and wee desire yow
uppon the very first oppertunity to acquaint us with it, and to
repaire thither to expect such as shall bee joyned in commission
with yow (who shall likewise uppon advertisement make all speed
to yow), and in the meane time to forbeare all further concludeing
uppon anything in our names, and to beleeve that, as your friends
heere are sensible of the greate endeavoures and progresses you
have made in bringing things so neere to a happy issue, soe they
are still mindefuU of that good cause in which they are embark't,
' According to Phillips, Monck was informed of the terms of the agreement, by
the industry of Clarges, before the messengers mentioned in Lambert's letter
arrived. They reached Edinburgh, says the same authority, the evening before
the day on which the answer of Monck's officers was drawn up — i.e. on the evening
of November 23. Of the officers named on p. 125, Cambridge was major of
Twisleton's, Griffith Lloyd captain in Fleetwood's horse, and Joseph Wallington
captain in Desborough's.

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and for which they have declared, and that it is not any apprehen
tion they have of change in the state of affaires, or any mistrust to
goe happily through with what they have aoe sincerely and
uprightly begun, that makes them thus earnest to seeke peace and
ensue it, but onely a deep sence of the danger the comon cause,
and even the whole three Nations, raay incurr in case things
should be brought to extremity, and an earnest and zealouse
affection for those who have bin soe long theire brethren, and
whose interest is soe neerely joyned with theires. Gentleraen, we
comitt yow to the protection of the Almighty, whome wee beseech
to direct your Councells, and Remaine
Your very affectionate friends and servants.

George Monck.
Tho : Morgan.
C. Fairfax.
Thomas Reade.
RoBT. Reade.
Ethelbert Morgan.
Jo: Hubblethorne.
Jere : Smyth.
Dan: Davison.
James Mutlow.
J. Emerson.
Fra : Nicholls.
J. Ogle.
Joseph Wilten.
Ja : Dennis.
Mich : Richardson.
Ri : Clifton.
Tho : Johnson.
J. Clarke.
Jo : Miller.
Tho : Godwing.
Joseph Fellow.

Wm. Underhill.
Aa : Moody.
Tho : Ellis.
Ro : Porster.
Sam. Wilkes.
John Truss.
Jo : Nicholls.
Phil. Corbet.
Geo : Selby.
Ti. Spokloth.
Ob : Howard.
Lytcott.
Jo : Mdtlow.
John Hill.
Fran : Hartley.
Timo : Langley.
Wm. Mason.
Wm. Newman.
Tho : Hunt.
John Rogers.
Fran : Sergant.
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J. Robinson. Hert. Browne.
Wm. Cowell. Rob. Hawden.
Jo : Sanders. John Curtes.
Robt. Heath. Sam. Style.
Cha: Powell. Giles Barnardistone.
Rich : Smyth. Tho : Poole.
Rich. Collins.
Edinburgh,
24 November,' 1659.
For the Honourable Col. Wilkes, Lt.-Col. Cloberry, and Major
Ealph Knight, Commissioners from the Parliament's
Army in Scotland, these at London.
Though it bee not usuall in cases of this nature to put any
thing in execution till an agreement bee made uppon the whole,
yet wee are soe farr contented to shew our inclinations to peace as
to take the same course in drawing back the forces advanced
as shalbee taken by the Lord Lambert;

General Monck to Lieut.-General Fleetwood
My Lord, Iii. f. 22.
I have received two letters frora your Lordship, and by the
sarae packett an agreement signed by your Lordship's hand,
together with an intimacion that the same was signed by those
gentlemen which were appointed by the Generali Councell of
Officers here to treat with your Lorj^ship. I am exceedingly
rejoyced to find in your Lordahip and the officers with you a spirit
so complyeing and so tender of the publique peace, and shall upon
intimacion had from my Lord Lambert what method he useth in
drawing off the forces hee hath drawne toward us, observe the
same here. But because I am desireous that this agreement of
ours might be full and firme, and because I perceive that there are
some things which remayne yet untreated of and unagreed upon, and
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some of those thinges already consented unto by our commissioners
which without further explication wee conceive cannot stand
either with our declaracions or their instruccions, it is the resolu
cion of ray selfe and the officers here to adde two more to their
number, that they raay conferre with the like number of such as
shall be appointed by your Lordship and the Generali Councell of
Officers with you, and to furnish thera with such further instruc
cions as raay be necessary to the putting a finall period to this
unhappy businesse ; and accordingly I desire your Lordship to
send hither a safe conduct for them. It is my desire that the
treaty may be held at Yorke, for the conveniencie of sending on
both sides for such further instruccions as may be necessary upon
emergent occasions, the want of which I take to be the cheife
cause why the present treaty hath not had in all respects its
desired effect ; and I must take leave to tell your Lordship that
the pacquett hath not had that freedome which I did expect, and
which was necessary in order to the clearing of our misapprehen
sions. The time of the treaty I leave to your Lordship's owne
choyce, onely desiring it might be as soone as possible, and if your
Lordship would permit it to be at Newcastle (which may be done
with conveniency enough to your Lordship in regard of the con-
tinuall recourse your coramissioners may have to the Lord Lambert)
it would very much expedite the businesse, of which I suppose
your Lordship can be no lesse desirous then I am, because you
cannot but be sensible that the whole three nations are in expecta
tion of this issue, till which all publique businesse must needs be
at a stand, unlesse it be that of the publique eneray, who cannot
but apprehend his owne advantages, and will very loathly let
them slip. My Lord, as in the time of our greatest misunder
standing and misapprehension, there was nothing of any personall
relation either to your selfe or any officer with you, or indeed to
any other then the common cause in which wee are all equally
engaged, so I conceive it will be very easy, [as soon] as those thinges
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which on my part was never lost. And I can at this time as really
and heartily as ever subscribe my selfe
Your Lordship's most humble and faithfull servant,
George Monck.
Edinburgh,
24 November, 1659.
Lieut.-General Fleetwood,
My Lord, — I have now set at liberty all the imprisoned
officers except Colonel Cobbet, whose case hath somewhat in it
different from the rest, of which I shall give your Lordship a
particular account hereafter. There are severall officers of mine
who are stayed in England by your Lordship's or the Lord Lam
bert's order ; I intreat your Lordship they may be permitted to
come to their comraands.
General Monck to Major-General Lambert
My Lord, Ui. f. 23.
Before I received yours by Major Cambridge, Capt. Lloyd, and
Capt. Wallington, I had received the agreement therein men
tioned, and had upon that occasion called a generali Councell of
officers, the result of which you will sufficiently understand by
this inclosed, which is a copie of the letter they have written to
their Commissioners. And I have written my selfe to the same
purpose to the Lord Fleetwood. Now, Sir, that which is desired
of you by mee and by the officers here is, that you would conceive
this done in order to a sound and a ^ leare and perfect peace,
and for no other intent and purpose. And if you shall think fitt,
according to the Lord Fleetwood's order, to draw off such forces
as have bin drawne towards us upon this occasion, I shall upon
notice take the same course as you doe, or if you shall thinke fitt,
as you have hitherto done, only to forbeare extending your quarters
towards ua till this second treaty may be had and finished ; I
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US. I cannot but take notice of the reason you gave of your owne
march to Newcastle, and of your stopping the packett, and (if you
be not already satisfyed upon that point) I doe hereby assure you
that your intelligence was wholly false, and that I did never march
one mile towards Berwick till I was fully assured you were at
Newcastle. And I doe intreat you for the future that yon will
not upon such kind of surmizes enter upon such actions, as have
been a great cause that the late treaty hath not had altogether so
happy an issue as (I conceive) was on both sides desired, and may
be a meanes wholly to frustrate any other ; but that dureing the
treaty the packetts to and fro may neither be retarded nor opened,
as some of them of late have been ; and that if any such kind of
informacions shall chance to corae to your hands, that you will
please to acquaint mee with them, and I shall endeavour therein to
give you satisfaccion, and in all thinges to shew my selfe
Your Lordship's most humble and reall
servant,
George Monck.
Edinburgh,
24 November, 1659.
For sending Commissioners according to the sixt Article of the
Agreement, because I conceive it will be part of the subject matter
of the debate in the intended treaty, I shall forbeare it till that
be over. If your Lordship thinks it fitt to stay at Newcastle I
shall make my residence at Berwick with one troope of horse
onely, but if you shall retire to Yorke I shall remayne at Edin
burgh. The Commissioners of the -Army of Scotland to
General Monck
Ui. f. 23b. Right Honourable,
Wee have received your Lordshipp's of the 15th instant, by
which wee understand that ours from Tadcaster of the 8th came
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engagements made unto us. Wee hope there is nothing in the
Agreement which wee sent your Lordshipp by an expresse but what
is very consistent with your Declarations, that 4th Article of call
ing a Parliament being noe waise exclusive of the Long Parliament,
but may bee as well understood of tbat as of any other. Wee
have not touched uppon anything touching the conduct of the
army, raiseing of monies, or owneing the power of the Committee
of Safety, wherein as long as wee stand off wee think your cause
can hardly receive detriment, and wee purpose to doe nothing
therein without your perticular directions. Wee shall bee
impatient till wee know how your Lordshipp doth approve of
what is already done, wherein wee hope to receive satisfaction by
the end of this weeke. Wee have heerein sent you the impres
sion wherewith this letter is sealed, and all our letters^ are super
scribed by the Lord Fleetwood, which is all wee shall burthen
your Lordahipp with at present, and remaine
Your Lordshipp's most humble and faithfull servants,
TiMO : Wilkes.

John Clobery.
R. Knight.

Charing Crosse,
24th November, 1659.

One of the Commissioners to the Oflacers of the
Army in Scotland
Honnoured Sirs and my dear Freinds, Ui. f. 24.
I can give you but a small account,, of things heere since my
last in which I inclosed our agreement, which agreement, I under
stand, is by the officers with my Lord Lambert much disgusted ;
and sure I am that were it to bee done againe those heere would
never consent to it, for soe they have sundry times expressed
themselves. This day wee mett the Lord Whitlocke, Lord Warre
ston, Sir Hen : Vane, Lt.-Generall Ludlowe, Mr. Salway, Colonel
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Whitehall, in pursuance of the 4th Artickle of the Agreement, and
it was thought meete not to act upon that Article till Generali
Monck had ratifyed the Agreement. Sir Hen : Vane declared that
by a Parliament mencioned in that Article might bee understood
the interrupted Parliament as well as any other, soe that you may
see wee have not declined the restoringe of that Parliament, as
some have rashly conceived ; and sure I ara in all other parts of
our instructions wee have gained what wee could reasonably
desire. I have beene in much trouble, and shall bee soe still till
I heare how you aprove of what is done; wee expect Generali
Monck's answer Tuesday next, and then our way will bee clear
before us. Wee are informed that many of the officers in Scotland
have laid downe, and many horse diaerted you ; how true it is wee
knowe not. I have not received a letter from you since I came
hither ; possibly there is an interuption of the pacquetts, as I am
very apt to conceive. I have noe more at this time, but my
unfeigned love and respects unto you all, and remayne
Your most affectionate freind and humble servant,
London, 
24 November, 1659.
Wee have yet done nothinge touchinge the conduct of the army,
the power of the Committee of Safety, or raisinge of moneyes, to
all which our concurrence hath beene desired, but wee expect to
knowe your mindes therein before wee act.

The Commissioners of the Army bf Scotland to
General Monck
i. f. 24b. May it please your Lordshipp,
Since our last of the 22nd instant this hath occurred yester
day : a letter was presented to the Lord Mayor and Common
Councill, to which was your Lordshipp's name and scale, and it
was dated the 12th instant, and was presented by Collonel Mark-

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ham of Ireland, and Collonel Atkins of Leith, the tennor of which
letter was that your Lordshipp had sent them some former letters,
which raiscaryed, giving them an account of your purposes to
maintaine the freedome of the Parliament lately interrupted, and
setting forth the dangerouse consequences of slavery which would
ensue to these nations if those who had a hand in interrupting the
Parliament should take uppon them to repeale Acts of Parliament,
as according to your information they had done, and that you did
therefore invite them to give theire best asaistance in the restoreing
of the Parliament in this oppertunity, in which your Lordshipp had
diverted a greate part of the forces towards the North.' Theae (aa
' Monck's letter to the City, which is dated November 12, 1659, is amongst the
Clarke MSS. (Ui. 16b). It is printed in the Old Parliamentary History (xxii.
46), together with the answer of the City, which was not drawn up or sent till
December 29 (cf. Sharpe, London and the Kingdom, ii. 357, 363). Both letters
were printed at the time : A letter of November 12 from General Monck, directed
and delivered to the Lord Mayor, etc., of London, inciting them, and all true
Englishman, to give their assistance for redemption of the almost lost Liberties of
England ; Two Letters, the one sent by the Lord Mayor, etc., to Gen. Monck ; the
other, his Excellency's answer thereunto.
Monck's letter, according to Whitelocke, ' was not well relished ' by the
prevailing party in the Common Council (Memorials, iv. 375; cf. Baker, p. 695).
Accordingly the two gentlemen who delivered it were both committed to prison.
A letter from Colonel Atkins to WiUiam Clarke about his imprisonment is printed
in the Beport on lur. Leyborne-Popham's MSS., p. 130. It was alleged that the
letter was fictitious, on the ground that Monck made no reference to it in con
temporaneous letters to his commissioners ; and also that it was disavowed by the
said commissioners, partly as inconsistent with the negotiations, and partly on
account of the handwriting. ' The body of the letter was not written in the hand
of Mr. Clarke, his usual secretary, as also tbat the signing " George Monck "
differed somewhat from his hand in those other letters, and that the seal appeared
not so exact and clear as the other sealings ' (ikercurius Politicus, November 24-
December 1, p. 912). The newspaper, however, made amends in a later number
(December 22-29, p. 983), and, mentioning Colonel Markham, added that though
Monck's letter ' was in those days censured, and upon some surmises represented
as a fiction, time hath since manifested the contrary,' and its delivery by Atkins
and Markham ' was a real and extraordinary service done for the Parliament in a
doubtful time.' Markham for this and other services was made one of the seven
persons appointed by Parliament to command the army till the Parliamentary
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neere as wee can remember) are the contents of the letter, at
which the Lord Fleetwood and most of the officers heere take
greate offence, and some have expressed themselves soe highly as
to make it a breach of all that hath bin already done in order to
an accomodation. Whether it bee your Lordshipp's letter or noe
wee know not ; and whether it be fitt for your Lordshipp to
declare it to bee soe or not soe wee raust subraitt to your owne
prudence ; onely this wee think convenient to let you know, that in
all likelyhood those that presented it wilbee secured till they give
an accompt how it carae to theire hands. Two (as wee are
informed) opposed the reading of the letter in Coraraon Councill,
but it was carried that it should bee read. And after it was read,
some heighth of spiritt being observed in many of the Cittezens,
the more prudentiall part thought fitt presently to dissolve the
meeting, which accordingly was done. This aftemoone the Lord
Whitlock, Sir Henry Vane, Lord Warreston, Sir James Harrington,
Mr. Salwey, Lt.-Gen. Ludlow, Col. Berry, two . of the Commis
sioners of Ireland, and ourselves mett at the Horse Chamber in
Whitehall, in pursuance of the 4th Article of the Agreement ; but
the Lord St. John, Mr. Scott, and Col. Thompson appeared not, and
Sir Henry Vane and some others declared some unwillingnes to
act in the busines of that Article untill your Lordshipp had ratified
the Agreement ; and it was by the sarae persons acknowledged
that by the word Parliaraent, or suprearae deligated authority of
the Commonwealth mentioned in the 4th Article of the Agree
ment, it was not determined whether the Long Parliament or any
other Parliament, soe that wee are not thereby concluded, but may
still insist uppon restoreing of the late Parliament. And this wee
hope will affoard your Lordshipp some measure of satisfaccion
touching that perticuler. People are generally under greate
discontents, but wee cannot perceive they will act anything con
siderable. Wee received nothing from your Lordshipp by the last
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Agreement. Thus, with our humble duty to your Lordshipp, wee
remaine. Your Lordahipp's most humble and faithfull servants,
Timo : Wilkes.
John Clobery.
Charing Crosse, R- KnIGHT.
24th November, 1659.
Commission to General Monck as Commander-in-
Chief
By the Councill of State appointed by Authority of ii. f. 51.
Parliaraent.
To Generali George Monck.
Whereas the Parliament, by vertue of theire instructions given
to the Councill of State, have impowred them to command, order,
and direct all the forces both by sea and land, raised, or to bee
raised by authority of Parliament in England, Scotland, and
Ireland, and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging ;
And uppon emergencyes to raise such other forces as they should
judge necessary, and to give them commissions under the Scale of
the Councill for the ends therein expressed ; And whereas the
Parliament is at present interrupted, and they hindered from the
exercise of theire authority by a force putt and still continued
upon them by some persons late officers of the army, whose com
missions weere by order of Parliament declared voyde, by reason
whereof diverse of the saide forces, being misled by those officers
and others, are in opposition to the Parliament : The Councill,
takeing into theire seriouse consideration what is theire duty in
such a juncture of affaires, and in pursuance of theire instruc
tions, have thereupon thought fitt to order and appoint, and doe
heereby constitute and appoint yow to bee Commander-in-Cheife
of all the forces raised, and to bee raised, within the dominions of
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are heereby impowred to give unto such person or persons as
yow shall judge faithfull, commissions ; all which said forces yow
are to take into your charge, and with them, or any part of them,
to march, or cause the same to march into any part of England or
Scotland, according as any occasion shall bee offered for the service
of the Parliament and Commonwealth ; and the said forces or any
of them yow are to imploy for the secureing of the peace of the
Comraonwealth, the restoration of the Parliament, and the sup
pression of all persons whatsoever who are declared opposers of
and enimies to the same. And to that end and purpose yow are
heereby impowred and authorized to hinder all meetings, tumults,
and insurrections which are or shalbee made to the prejudice of
the publicque peace and of the Parliament. And with the saide
forces or any of them yow are to feight with, kill, and destroy, or
by any waies put to death all such who are in hostility against the
Parliament, or doe oppose or hinder, and declare themselves to
hinder, the sitting of the same. And yow are with them, or any of
them, to fortifie, keepe, and defend any townea, castles, or howses
which yow shall judge to bee for the publicque service. And yow
have heereby power given unto yow to call and hold Courts
Martiall, as often as yow shall finde necessary, for the tryall of any
offences committed by any person belonging to the armies under
your comraand, and for the punishment of the said persons for the
same according to the law martiall and discipline of warr. And
yow have alsoe heereby power given unto yow for the better
accomodateing of the march of the armies, or any part of them, or
the transportation of thera from place to place, to imprest, or
cause to bee imprested, any draught horses, teames, waggons, carts
or carriages, shipps, boates, or vessells which yow shall judge fitt
and necessary for the present service; and, if neede shall require,
yow have heereby power to give ticquetts for the same, chargeing
them uppon the publicque. And all the said forces within the
limitts aforesaide, whether they bee in feild or garrison, are
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theire Comander-in-Cheife, and from time to time to observe and
obey such orders as they shall receive from yow ; and yow are to
observe and obey such orders and directions as yow shall from
time to tyme receive from the Parliament, the Councill of State,
or shall bee agreed uppon by your selfe. Sir Arthur Heslerigg,
Colonell Walton, Colonell Morley, Major-Generall Overton, or any
three of yow. And this commission is to remaine in full force
untill the Parliament shall give further or other order to the con
trary. And the severall coraraissioners for the Militia and forces
appointed by Parliament, or Councill of State, or other the forces
of this Commonwealth, and alsoe all officers, military and civill,
are heereby desired and required to bee aideing and assisting to
yow in the execution of the premises, as they will answer the
contrary at theire utmost perill.
Given under the Scale of the Councill of State, the fowre and
twentieth day of November, in the yeare one thousand six hundered
fifty and nine. Signed in the name and by order
of the Councill of State,
Tho. Scot, President.
Thursday, January 26th, 1659.
Resolved, &c. :
That the Parliament doth approve of the commission granted
to Generali George Moncke by the Councell of State.
Thomas St. Nicholas, Gierke
of the Parliament.

The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to
General Monck
May it please your Lordshipp, Ui. f. 25b.
Wee have not received a letter from your Lordshipp this two
posts, and are at a stand till wee heare from you how your Lord
shipp and the officers with yow approve of the Agreement sent.

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The Lord Lambert gives us to understand that hee hath sent to
your Lordshipp frora Newcastle, Major Carabridge, Capt. Wall
ington, and Capt. Lloyde to know your minde concerneing it.
Colonell Markham and Collonell Atkins have appeared before the
Committee of Safety, and declare that they are assured the letter
they presented to the Lord Mayor and Common Councill was your
Lordshipp's, and it is soe generally beleeved heere, and ill taken,
being done in tymes of treaty. There came newse this day that
the Lord Glencarne was President of the Assembly of the Scotche
Gentlemen, and that your Lordshipp had put Dunnotter and
Dumbarton Castles into the hands of the Scotts, which hath
begotten greate jealousies heere that your Lordshipp hath a farther
designe then is contained in your Declaration. Wee have endea-
vour'd to assure them of the contrary, well knowing your Lord
shipp's integrity and fidellity to the good interest of those Nations.
Wee shall not trouble your Lordshipp further at this time, but
remaine Your Lordshipp's most humble and faithfull
servants, TiMO : Wilkes.
Charing Crosse, JOHN ClOBERY.
26 November, 1659.
Wee heard that Mardike is sleighted, and that diverse of the
French regiments are drawing downe towards Dunkirk, and that
in Flanders severall regiments are drawing to the water side upon
Charles Stewart's interest.
General Monck to the Commissioners of the Army
of Scotland '
Ui. f. 25. Gentlemen, Yours of the 24th instant came safe to my hands, and I thinck
unopened, though some of yours did not. There weere indeed
' This letter is neither addressed nor dated. It was evidently written on
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severall letters written by mee to the Lord Maior, Aldermen, and
Common Councill of London somewhat to that purpose which yow
mention, and I think some of them about that time. If there bee
any complainte made to yow about that busines, yow may tell them
I had certaine intelligence that they were listing men, and raiseing
and altering the Militiaes in severall places, perticularly in Yorke-
shire by the Lord Lambert, and in London by the pretended Com
mittee of Safety, and that the pacquetts betweene yow and us weere
stopt and opened ; all which was directly contrary to the Agreement
made betweene yow and the Lord Lambert and Collonell Lilburne,
which the other was not. There is nothing in those letters which
either hath bin or was intended to bee prejudiciall to any agreement
which might bee made betweene yow and them ; for in case it had
bin such as yow had had power to have made, or wee could have
condescended to, it had bin stood to, notwithstanding those letters.
If the forementioned actions of theires could stand with a desire
and intention of peace, why might not those letters of raine ? if
not, what reason have they to coraplaine ? I suppose before this
time yow have understood the sence of the army heere concerneing
your Agreement, and have acquainted the Lord Fleetwood and
such others as waa necessary with theire resolutions and desires.
If they doe intend a further treaty yow may assure both your selves
and them too that our intentions heere for peace are reall ; if they
doe not, I desire yow to make what hast yow can back for Scotland,
where yow shalbee very welcome to all your friends, and in perti
cular to Your assured loveing friend,
[George Monck].

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General Monck to the Commissioners
lu. f. 26. Gentlemen, I received yours of the 26th instant. I have written severall
letters to your Lordshipp, but whether by those two posts yow
speake of I cannot remember ; I beleeve I did write at least by
one of them, and that hath beene stopt, if yow did not receive it,
for I have answered all your letters that came to my hands.
However, I question not but that yow have received that wherein
yow have an accompt of our sence of the Agreement, and of what
wee desire yow to doe thereuppon, and my last of all, which was
concerneing your letter to the Lord Mayor and Common Councill
of London. If that trouble them soe much, yow may tell them
further that there was noe agreement made that noe letters should
bee sent dureing the Treaty. If there weere, what meant the
letter they sent to the Gentlemen of Northumberland, and that of
my Lord Lambert's sent by Major Carabridge to the Provost of
Edinburgh, and those letters and bookes which theire owne
messingers have brought hither, in particular those by Captaine
Deane, who by his letters and his bookes and his secrett promises
dissatisfied severall of the horse, and compell'd us to dismount
them ? I am certainely inforraed that hee perswaded them that
they should rather suffer themselves to bee dismounted and dis
armed then joyne with us according to theire duty, and promised
them reparations in that case. Besides this there was a troope of
horse put into Carlile, and the Lord Larabert advanced severall of
his forces to Durham, and marcht himselfe to Newcastle, uppon
an information which I cannot think hee beleeved himselfe. They
cannot expect, while they doe these things, that I should bee want
ing to the preservation of that good cause I have undertaken, and
they neede not feare but in case of agreement I shalbee able to
appease all those freinds I have excited, for yow may assure your
selves I shall make noe agreement which may endanger the liberty
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served, I know all that I write to wilbee satisfied. I have noe more
at present, but onely desire yow let mee know what letters of mine
yow receive, and whether they corae to your hands unopned, and
to give mee as speedy an accompt as yow can whether they intend
and what they doe in order to the continuation of the Treaty.
I remaine Yours, [George Monck].
The Castles yow speake of are both safe in our hands, and for
those in considerable places that men are drawne out of I have
taken security fi-om the Country Gentlemen that are the owners
that they shall restore them againe at a fortnight's warning, either
to myselfe or to any other that shall command in cheife. Yow
cannot but know there are many more such lyes made of ua,
but I auppose yow know us too well to beleeve them. Por the
Lord Glencame's busines I warn'd in the Shires and Burghes,
according to the tennor of the inclosed, to meete with mee to engage
them to keepe the country in peace, and at that meeting I deli
vered a coppie of the inclosed to the Coraraissioners for the shires,
and one to that purpose to those for the Burghes ; amongst them
was chosen that Earle to speake in behalfe of the Shires, and the
Provost of Edinburgh for the Burghes. I had noe reason to refuse
him at such a time, when hee was to give his engagement against
Charles Stewart, which hee and all the rest have done, and I expect
to have it next weeke from the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the
whole countyes. I leave it to yow to judge whether there was
anything in this prejudiciall to the sejvice of the Commonwealth.
The Oflcers under Major-General Lambert to the
Council of Oflcers in Scotland
Brethren and Fellow Souldiers,
The coppie of a letter from yow to Colonel Wilkes, Lieut.- iii. f. 27.
Colonel Clobury, and Major Knight, as alsoe the coppie of a letter
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comunicated to us by the Lord Lambert, and thereby perceiveing
that yow have thought fitt to wave the Agrement made at London
the fifteenth of this instant, upon grounds that your Commis
sioners have left some necessary part imperfect, and that they
have in others mistaken their instructions, and therefore that yow
are resolved to add two to your number, and proceede towards a
firme and sure agrement in such way and manner as therein is
exprest, and thereby, as we conceive, have put that affaire into such
a delatory course as will answer noe expectation but that of the
common enimie, wee cannot but expresse our present trouble
occasioned thereby, and take the freedome as brethren to expos
tulate with yow, and to desire yow to consider what good these
delayes can bring forth.
Are the differences betwixt yow and us in the matter contained
in the late Agreement soe considerable as it needs the waste '
of tyme in expecting a safe conduct from London for additionall
commissioners, which together with the tyme necessary for debate
thereof, and theire repaire thither, raust spin out raany dayes,
dureing which the breach betwixt us must bee kept open to the
publicque view of the nations about us, till the preparations -of
Prance and Spaine (which cannot bee unknowne to you) bee
ready to joyne with the publicque enimy within our bowells, and will
nothing satifie yow but the hazard of the lives and well beeing of
your freinds and brethren in England ? Did yow well understand
and consider the late transactions in reference to the publicque,
before yow tooke your armes in your hands, and resolved to march
for England ? Have yow any grounds to beleeve that they are
not equally concerned with yow in the happines and prosperity
of theire native country, and that the libertyes thereof as men and
Christians are [not] as deare to thera as their lives ? As for the
callumnies cast uppon them by some of yow of being enimies to
magistracy, ministry, and schooles of learneing, are they any other
then what hath bin cast uppon the people of [God] in all ages, and
uppon us by the comon enimy even whilst you and wee like
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friends often hazarded our lives together in carryeing on that
worke, and wherein not onely by our publicque declarations, but
alsoe by our private discourses, [we] have declared that thorough
regulation and reformation in those things was the summe of our
desires? Were not your commissioners acquainted with these
things, and fully impowred to treate and conclude, and have they
not in pursuance thereof signed an agreement in your behalfs ?
If these things bee soe, have wee not reason to judge our selves
dealt with all in an extraordinary way, contrary to the practise of
declared enimies in all nations, and much more contrary to what
ought to bee amongst friends and brethren ?
Yet, to the end nothing conduceing to peace may bee left un-
attempted on our parts, wee have desired Major Generali Lambert
to acquaint Generali Monck, that if hee please to appoint two com
missioners (officers of the army in Scotland) to bee added to those
already at London, and signifie theire names to him, that a safe con
duct shalbee forthwith given to them, and that accord[ing] to your
desire the treaty may be reraoved to Newcastle, which in order to
your satisfaction wee hope wilbee granted. And to the end wee may
bee cleare and plaine with yow in your proceedings, [wee] thought
fitt to acquaint yow that wee have advised his Excellency that
nothing in the agreement raay bee parted from, nor new matter or
further explanacions admitted which are not consentaneous to what
is already concluded ; as alsoe to advise his Lordshipp that the
Generali Council agreed uppon in the third article of the agreement
at London, appointed to meete the sixth of December next,
may accordingly hold theire meetina', and proceed to setle the
affaires therein mentioned, to the end that if a failure bee on your
parts, all [un]prejudiced men may see where the obstruction to setle
ment lies, soe much desired by all good people in these nations.
And haveing said thus much unto yow, we shall conclude that
through mercy wee hope wee shalbee found lovers of our country,
lovers of the people of God, lovers of peace, and desireous to
continue in a brotherly affection towards yow. And what ever
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decision the Lord shall give to this controversy, wee hope wee shall
blesse his name, and say the will of the Lord bee done. Soe
raaking our earnest desire to the Throne of Grace that his [hee] will
in much mercy rebuke that spiritt which for preferment or selfe
advantage shall sett it selfe against peace, whether it bee found in
yow or us, and comitting yow to his direction in this greate affaire,
wee remaine Your affectionate friends and
humble servants,

D. Axtell.
Theo. Barnard.
John Pearson.
[Rich.] Creede.
[Hie.] Sankey.
Thomas Talbott.
Robt. Baynes.
Ja : Banning.
Tho. Walcot.
Pe. Backhowse.
Tho. Cleare.
Francis Browne.
Tho. Barnard.
Sam. Cockeeell.
Sam. Budger.
Will. Mountford.
Tho. Savage.
Hen. Smith.
Clement Keene.
John Duckenfeild.
Willm. Gough.
Nicholas Andrewes.
Will. Walker.
W. Cambridge.
Geo. Robinson.
Edm. Litter.

Walt. Himleton.
Hen. Brightman.
Tho. Paul.
Jo. Warpoole.
Edw. Cobs.
Ri. Winsmore.
Rt. Carter.
P. Thorpe.
s. pockley.
Rt. Salmon.
Ben. Woodward.
T. Spillman.
Thomas Talbott.
Will. Symmons.
Hen. Pownall.
Rich. Francke.
Will. Hooper.
Geo. Mason.
Will. Sharpe.
Rice Jones.
Ed. Scotton.
Mo. Scotton.
Cha. Cottle.
Rich. Everard.
Joseph Wallington.
Hen. Bolney.

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John Smith.
John (Jarus.
Ni. Lockyer.
Rich. Williams.
Chr. Handley.
Will. Brodhurst.
Geo. Clarke.
Robt. Hunter.
Geo. Aussott.
Hen. Hed worth.
Joseph Sympson.
Ja. Wilson.
Roger Laurence.
Roger Jones.
Will. Jones.
W. Wilkinson.
Rich. Laughlin.
Wm. Fulthorp.
Platt. Power.
Evan Jones.
Wm. Thorneton.
Griff. Lloyde.
Wm. Wentworth.
T. Chamburlaine.
Garves [?] Aynslow.
Henr. Reade.
Henry Davis.
John Lee.
Tho. Everard.

J. Leman.
John Ridford.
James Wilson.
Roger Lawrence.
Geo. Ramsden.
Andr. Rushwood.
August. Richards.
Ja. Doggett.
Ja. Birtles.
Tho. Jones.
Tho. Swan.
Ma. Thorowgood.
Rich. Southwood.
Tho. Lendon.
Joseph Belbin.
Thomas Elliott.
Eras. Pym.
Jacob Fremmers.
j. swanson.
Ri. Burton.
Fran. Cordones.
Laur. Edwards.
Tho. Bond.
Will. Wildman.
Timo. Leaing.
Rich. Lidnall.
James Topham.
Geo. Austin.

Newcastle,
29th November, 1659.
Postcript :
Wee perceive by a postcript in Generali Monck's letter to the
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uppon grounds that his case hath sorathing in it different from
the rest. Wee have thought fitt to acquaint yow that hee was sent
by order of the Lord Fleetwood and a Committee of the Generali
Councill of officers as a publicque messinger, and therefore desire
that hee may have the previledge of messingers, except by some
miscarriage hee hath forfeited the same, and therefore wee desire
that hee may bee sett at liberty, or heard before impartiall judges
of the crime laide to his charge, and wee doubt not but hee will
bee founde both faithfull and honnest to his country. Wee have
heard some report that hee is imprisoned because hee had order to
seiz General Monck, which as it is in it self frivilouse, soe it is
untrue, as many of us who weere uppon the place when he received
his dispatch can testifie.
Maj or- General Lambert to General Monck
Ui. f. 32. My Lord,
I received yours of the 24th instant by Major Cambridge,
Captain Loyde, and Captain Wallington, and in answer to what
they were appointed to negotiate your Lordshipp referrs mee to
the result of the Generali Councill of Officers therein inclosed.
Haveing perused the same, I communicated it to some officers
heere, together with a coppie of yours to my Lord Fleetwood,
whereby I perceive the Treaty agreed upon att London the 15th
instant is not rattified ; and though charity obligeth mee to hope it
is uppon the grounds yow doe affirme, yet I raust needs say the
practise is not usuall, and the course yow propounde I conceive is
soe long and delatory as will give the Coramon Enimy all the
advantage they can expect, for seing yow take the course of
desireing safe conduct, which is onely knowne among professed
enimyes, I conceive yow will not judge it reasonable that a blanck
passe shojild bee sent yow to issue such names as yow please, soe
as besides time of deliberation to bee had uppon your desire, and '
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stay two returnes from thence, and before a conclusion can
reasonably bee expected the Spring will grow neere, which I
hope is neither your expectation nor desire; especially when
I consider how sensible yow are in a clause of yours to my Lord
Fleetwood, that the three Nations are in expectation of the issue
of this affaire, and till then all busines must bee at a stand except
that of the Publique Enimy. The Lord knowes it, and it cannot
bee hidden from yow, wee have not sought a contraversy with yow,
nor did wee desire to prejudice any with yow in the least kinde ;
and for what concernes our proceedings uppon the publique
accompt, yow may beleeve that our intentions are just and
faithfull towards England as well as yours. Is it your Native
Country ; soe it is ours. Are yow fathers of familyes, and desire
your posterityes may live like free English men ; soe are wee.
Doe you desire that men as Christians may enjoy their libertyes ;
soe doe wee. And if this bee all, where is the difference, except
yow desire our harme into the bargaine, which, if that would
either doe yow or our Native Country any good, it may bee wee
shall not sett too greate a rate uppon that. For what concernes
my Lord Fleetwood's order for reraoveall of these Forces back,
I judge it grounded uppon a supposition that a Treaty was agreed
uppon, which I see is suspended ; but I shall speedily send to
know his further pleasure therein. In the meane tyme I shall not
doe any thing in a hostile manner to any of the Forces belonging to
Scotland, provided yow engage the same to niee for those heere,
but shall not hold my selfe obliged to continue in the quarters wee
now remayne in. I know not uppon what reasons your Commis
sioners reported to yow my march for Newcastle, but if I have
done any thing contrary to what yow proposed and Collonel Lil
burne assented to, I shall acknowledge my fault and willingly
beare my blame. Onely give mee leave to say this : that Captain
Deane did assure mee that some Companyes of Collonel Pearson's
Regiment marcht (hee being amongst them) to Dunbarr a few
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it confirmed by divers officers come forth of Scotland, besides the
ordnance of divers other forces which I neede not mention. It's
true I am my selfe come to Newcastle, and my intencions were
the same when I spoke with your Commissioners, and soe much I
acquainted them with. What you affirme concerneing the stopping
of any pacquett from your Commissioners to your selfe, or from
yow to them, I dare assure yow uppon my word I never stopt any,
directly or indirectly, and have examined amongst the officers
under my command if any of them caused any stay thereof, and
am assured to the contrary ; soe that I hope yow will doe us that
right not to affirme that want of the pacquetts' freedome did
obstruct the cleareing of our misunderstanding. I very well like
your caution against surmises of that kinde, and shall close with
what yow propose, and shall expect the like from yow. For my
stay at Newcastle, I confess I know not why that should bee objected
against mee, and I hope yow will not take it ill if I dispose my
selfe to such places as I judge my duty requires mee to.
For what concernes your officers stopt at Newcastle by my
order, I assure yow none were detayned by mee nor any else, but
Lieut. Kelly, and I hope hee will have the ingenuity to acquaint
yow with the grounds thereof. And if yow suppose Capt. Sutton
was stayed contrary to his owne minde, yow will finde that like
wise a mistake. I shall assure yow that to the best of my under
standing I have not carried things in a way of concreating the
breach betwixt the armyes, further then by endeavoureing by a
just defence (which God and nature allowes) to ballance those
preparations of warr which seemed to threaten us with ruyne, and,
as I thought, without just provocation from us, and to defend
thoae faithfull cittizens which in the three last warrs have stood in
the gapp betwixt this Nation's peace and Charles Stewart's party
(some of whome, I feare, have of late received too hard measure
from yow), and which I judge is my duty still to doe, according to
my talent, against every weapon formed against them ; and though
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harnesse, as when hee layeth it aside, yet I hope wee shall in this
matter with chearefuUnes attend what Providence shall decree
therein. I have heere by command from my Superiors sent yow a
coppie of a letter which was signed and directed (as by the inclosed
yow will perceive), and delivered to the Lord Mayor and Common
Councill of the Citty of London as from yow, which, beareing date
after the tyme the Treaty was begun at London, is disowned by
your Commissioners as haveing noe knowledge thereof, and sup
posed by them to bee a forgery. I ara likewise commanded to
desire yow to declare whether it was by your appointment or not.
I thought fitt to signifie soe much to yow, and shall waite for
your answer thereunto, and in all things to my power shall
endeavour to approve my selfe. My Lord,
Your affectionate Friend and very humble servant,
Newcastle, LaMBERT.
29th November, 1659.
Postcript. The Councill of Officers have desired mee to give a safe conduct
(if it shalbee desired by yow) for two persons to bee added to your
Commissioners at London, which uppon notice accordingly wilbee
done, not doubting but you'll appoint such persons as are of
healeing spiritts, impartiall, and unbyassed either by personall
prejudice or advantage, wherein wee shall endeavoure on our part
to meete you with the like equall minds.
General Monck to Dr. John Owen
Deare Freind, xxxii. f. I42b.
You will receive by those honourable and reverend Gentlemen
who were appointed by the Churches to speake with mee a letter
directed to your self, Mr. Greenhill, and Mr. Hooke, which I_
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London. I have therein, and in other printed papers, faithfully
stated the reall and sinceare intentions of the army heere with
mee ; and if you have any credit for mee, I beseech yow to beleeve
that wee have declared to the world the very resolutions and
thoughts of our hearts. I thanke you for your very free and kinde
letter of the 19th of this instant. I doe confesse I have received
therein very much satisfaction as to the greate cause of my owne
feares — I meane the fanaticall and selfe seeking party, which doe
threaten much danger to these three Nations, for the prevention
of whose dominion I dare assert it in the presence of God I have
hazarded all that is deare to mee. And let mee friendly tell yow
that itt's not imadginable the highth theire spiritts weere arrived,
from what incurragements I know not ; but I doe assure you that
one of them, beeing accused before a Court Martiall for raaintaine
ing that our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesua Christ (I tremble to
write it) was a basterd, and this wicked and ath[eistical] expres
sion proved by very sufficient witnes, yet was carried off by hia
owne party, with many other insolencyes not to bee remembered
in this paper. Now, haveing such knowledge of your worth and
piety, I earnestly begg of you to bee an instrument with my Lord
Fleetwood to bee carefull of the safety of sober and judicious
Chriatians, which can noe otherwaise bee obtained then by bringing
the army to obedience to the civill authority. I know the goodnes
and ered ulo usnesse of his spiritt is such, that he hath too greate
latitude of charity for such as designe his ruine ; and, I must
speake it boldly, hee hath not a faithfuller friend in the three
Nations then my selfe, nor one that shall more truly serve him ;
but in such darke wayes I cannot follow him. Hee knowes with
what zeale and importunity I urged my dismission from the
deceased Protector, and very lately from this Parliament; but
now, being at the heade of a part of the army, I dare not sitt still
and let our lawes and liberties goe to ruine. I take God to witnes
I have noe pleasure in these differences, but I cannot yet say that
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late pretended agreement, but shalbee willing to have further
treaty for satisfaccion. I am ingaged in conscience and honnour
to see my Country freed (as much as in mee lies) from that
intollerable slavery of a sword Goverment, and I know England
cannot, nay, will not indure it; and if this army heere had
concurred with them in England, wee had bin all exposed to the
fury of the three Nations, which they would some time or other
have executed. I see nothing will content sorae raen but the
inslaveing of all our consciences to theire pleasure. I had thought
soe many changes would have taught us to rest some wheare ; but
I shall leave it to yow, whome I know to bee' of sober principles
and of a publicque spiritt, to represent these things to our freinds
in England. As to the Cavaliers' interest, I think I may modestly
averre it hath not a greater enimy in the three Nations then my
selfe, soe that I shall not trouble my selfe to confute those slanders
that fanaticall spiritts would asperse mee withall. I doe assure
yow in the presence of God that I shall oppose it to the last dropp
of my bloud ; but I must plainely tell yow that theire hopes are
nurished by our unsettlement. Nothing can gratifie them more
then the interruption of this Parliament. Could wee once come
to a fixt point in a Commonwealth way, wee shall soone engage the
body and bulke of the Nation against them. I am sensible of the
same feares with your selfe, that the engageing of the armies in
bloud will make a grave to bury our whole cause and interest ; but
the Lord bee judge who hath necessitated us to this hazard.
I should bee as willing to bee serviceable to the interest of good
men in these nations as any other, but I cannot act against my
conscience and commission ; neithe:^ can I see any legali foundation
for a free state, unles this Parliament sitts downe againe, or some
other legally called ; neither is that necessity of runing into bloud
for the attaineing it soe visible unto me, when most of our friends
who were demitted theire commands may bee restored by our inter-
posalls. I should bee very willing to relinquish all publique
imployment as soone as I shall see a good security to our lawes

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and libertyes, spirituall and civill ; and none shalbee more ready to
imbrace peace upon those termes ; but otherwise I must sadly
assure yow that I cannot but appeare for my poore country, and
must referr my selfe to the righteous God, with this resolution, ' If I
perish, I perish.' Now, haveing dealt thus plainely with yoWj
I must reassume my former desire, knowing that interest yow
have in the Lord Fleetwood, that yow would let him know what
God, the saints, and the world expects at his hands : that hee
should restore the Parliament to sitt with safety and freedome,
and incurrage men of sober principles in the army ; for I must bee
free with you, that his enimies doe already publish that hee laid
aside his Brother for other then publique ends. I have experienc't
abundance of love and respect from him, and should bee very
sorry that soe good a man should bee abused to serve the passion
and lust of others. I have noe further but to begg your prayers,
and remaine Your affectionate friend and servant,
G. M.
Edinburgh, 29 November,
1659.
For my Eeverend freind
Doctor John Owen,
Deane of Christ Church,
at Westminster, these.
Capt. Thos. Southwell to Lieut. John Paddon ^
Durham, 30th November, 1659.
Dear Sir,
Haveing formerly been made partaker of sevirall kindnesses
at all times when I have had occassion to make use of you as my
freind, I hould my selfe much obliged to you for the same, and
shall bee very gladd if I may bee soe happy as to give you thanks
' This letter is from a MS. in the PhiUips Collection (No. 1013), which was
sold in 1898, and ia now in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh.

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in my owne person upon your returne for England. Your freinds
will bee very gladd to see you, and to make yon wellcom at your
returne, and the sooner you arrive at them the greater will theyr
joy bee ; but it's doubted by all of them you will bee nessesitated
to remaine where you are untill the present unhappy difference
betwixt the Lord Fleetwood and the English Army and Generali
Monke bee brought to a period, which indeed is very ardently
desired; and the late refusall of Generali Monke to ratifie the
agreement concluded at London doth give some ground of jelousy
to most of the army's friends that a peace is not really intended,
but rathir some designe to irabroyle the nations in warr upon an
unwarrantable account. When you have a way open for coming
to England, pray make thia towne in your way, and stay a while
heer to refrish you ; and pray lett us have a line or two if you
cannot yet come. It's the great greife of your friends to under
stand that you have ingaged to joine with Generali Monke against
the forces under the Lord Lambert, and lie assure you very many
that wish you well are very confident that Generali Monke'a
designe will not prosper, and thirefor doe hartyly wish you were
absent from thence at this time. Noe moore, save to lett you know
that the Lord Lambert is at Newcastle, and hee hath a greate
force with him as is reported — above 3,000 horse and 5,000 foote ;
and wee hearr severall of the army in Scotland are run away unto
him. At the George in Durham you will heare where I sojourne.
Pray excuse my hasty scrible ; I am unwilling whyle the times
are soe troublesome to write soe particularly about things as I
would. Pray lett rae heare from you if I cannot see you ; only,
when ever you come you shall bee hartily wellcome to mee, and
soe you will to all your friends, and the sooner the better ; but
pray doe not adventure to come alone without company now the
roads are so troublesome as wee heare they are. In hast, with my
kind love to you remembered. I subscribe as I am, sir, your very
loveing freind and servant,
T. S.

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Pray, sir, if the arrays should advance to fight you doe not
omitt all honest endevors to obtaine peace, and that noe bloud
may bee spilt, especially because you are both one and the same
army. [Endorsed] For his bono"' good
Freind Lieut : Paddon,
at his quarters
in Kelsy,
in Scotland.
Major Cambridge to Lieut. Mouns ^
Leift., I doe hereby desier you to send my man Som[ervi]ll to Newcastle
to mee with what speed you can. If it be with you as I have hard,
you may think Strang that I should send to you, but I wold not
have you to stand in your owne light, and run upon your owne
rewing, which you will unavoydable do in apeareing against the
people of God, who for my part I never knew more unanimus since
the war began then now ; lett men say what they will, you will
find it. I shall not in the lest goe about to perswaid you from
your resolutions, but desier you to be carefull that with your owne
rewing you doe not betray the lifes of those you have had under
mee the charge of, and bring the gilt of there blod upon your
owne head, as you have there, makeing shipwracke of there con
cernes in forsing them to signe to that thay understood not ; in
which you have indulged non but those we have had the contest
with for this seventene years. Be not shoked with a paper com
mission; but consider things, and you msiy perceive whether
there is any thing of realety in what hath bin pretended, all things
being answered that was demanded, and satisfaction given to
the Commisioners att London ; and an agrement by them con-
' Cambridge was major of Twisleton's regiment of horse, and Mouns (who is
also described as Mynn, Mims, or Munns) was lieutenant of his troop. This letter
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sented unto, and signed by them, but deneyed by those that hath
insnared you, with a pretenc thay have exceded there instrucktions,
shuch a thing as yet I never knew by aney of the Cavelers. I
shall say no more to you of that, knowing if you will see you may
see so much ; as those offecers hath seene that hath left you in
Scotlan, which are betwine eaighty and a hundred ; '^ the considera
tion wharof I shud think, if nothing els, might make you stager.
But I need say no more to you, knowing your concienc can not but
fly in your face. Your brother, Capt. Suthwell, desiered mee to
send you this inclosed. I pray you send me my raan, and if you
plese you may take care to send me my money to or returne it to
Newcastle, for I understand you have much moneys of the
regements in your hands. But I shall trouble you no more about
that, or aney thing els, more then to desier you to be carefull of
your undertaking, and rest him who before you ingaged against
the people of God could writ himself your reall frind ; but now,
as commonly said, I am your servient, 0. Cambridge.
Nov. the last, 1659.
I would a writ sorathing to my troop, but knowing you would
keipt it from them I have forborne ; only lett my raan have thia.
[On the back] Por Leift. Thos. Mouns att his Quarters att Jadard,
in Scotland, this hast.
A Letter from a Trooper at Newcastle ^
Loueing frend ^
and felow soulder, my kind loue to you, desireing that you was
with mee for the loue I beare to you. This is to let you know that
I am at Newcastell, and that Capten Wright is there, and hath the
' In Mercurius Politicus for November 24-December 1, 1659, there is a long
list of ' the officers that have either deserted General Monck, or that upon his
declaring, being in England, have refused to return to their charges ' (p. 922).
2 Phillips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.

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comand of all thoes men that beloung to youre troup, and youre
brother Samull is with them. I think wee shall be aa manie as
may serve to c[h]arge your troup, if it com to that, as I belive it will
before mani dayes, or ellea ye raust submit. My frend, let not
thoes mani lyes that ar dely tould you caues you to twume youre
backe upon your freinds, but consider whiles it is time, and leiv
thoes that dow but stand for ther owne hones and selfe intrist,
which I hop will spidely fall. You may, if you pies, let Francke
Hubert know that wee that are of the troup are under the comand
of his ould frend Capten James Whright, for Capt. Prittie ^ is at
home. I supoes that Capt. Whright will haue the troup, and then
wat will be com of thoes paper men, I have not much more, but
that the armay is expecting a moshon sudenly. And in loue to
you I rite the truth of things. Soe haueing no more, being in
great hast, I rest youre frend, if you be youre owne.
G. E.
from Newcastell
the 1 of Desember, 59.
[On the back] for my euer loueing frend
John Was, at Celsseay in
Capt. John Padan hia trup,
thes withtrust.
Lieut.-Col. Witter to General Monck "
May itt please your Lordshipp,
I received your Lordshipp's of November the 29th, with the
inclosed order to examine wittnesses relateing to Lt. Mould. It
will appeare by the inclosed that he had a greate hand with
' Oliver Pretty and James Wright both appear iu the Ust of captains in the
regiment of Col. Saunders, appointed by ParUament in July 1659 (Cal. State
Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 396). Paddon was lieutenant of Wright's troop in that
list, but Monck made him captain of a troop in his own regiment (December 27).
' PhiUips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.

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Williams in draweing away the souldiers from theire duty at
Dunbar.^ I humbly conceive that his standing upon his justifica
tion doth agravate his guilt in the business, and that hee is of a
base deceitfull spirritt. I shall bee carefull to observe any comands
I shall receive from Major Generali Morgan, according to your
Lordshipp's order to me, and I doe humbly assure your Lordshipp,
that wee are all, both officers and souldiers, unanimously clothed
with the greatest resolutions to force thorow all oppositions that
may be mett with in carryeing on our good cause. I humbly
crave leave to present my service to your Lordshipp's most
vertuous Lady, for I will dureing my life bee.
My Lord,
Your Lordshipp's verry faithfull and
obedient servant,
Joseph Witter.
Dunbarr,
Decembr. the 1st, 1659.
Depositions against Lieutenant Mould ^
I John Ecleston, Quarter Mr., doe hereby certify that I
examined Lt. Mould's man whether his Mr. had a hand in
carryeinge away the soulders in the Mutiny at Dunbarr, and hee
told mee that his Mr., meeting with Corpll. George Lester nere
to Dunbarr, asked the said Corpll. what Companies were in
Dunbarr, who told him that there was onely two Companyes, late
Collo. Pearson's and Lt. Collo. Keene's ; then said Lt. Mould to
i
' Joseph Witter was promoted by Monck from captain to be Ueutenant-colonel
of the regiment which Parliament had given to Col. John Pearson (late Daniel's
regiment). He secured the citadel at Perth for Monck when the latter declared
against the army in England, and made Lieut.-Col. Keane and Major Kelke
prisoners (Baker, pp. 686-7). Captain Eichard Williams was discharged, but
returned from England, and endeavoured to induce two companies of the regiment
quartered at Dunbar to desert, but his plan was detected (ibid. p. 691). Mark
Mould had been his lieutenant.
' Phillips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.

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Capt. Williams, that it would bee fine service to carry the two
Companies away to Newcastle, for they had freinds in the said
companies. And further sayeth not. John Ecleston.
I Richard Birchall, Lt. to Capt. Robt. Heath, doe hereby
certify that at the returne of the said Capt. from Bdinbrugh last
he acquainted mee that hee had bine seeing Lt. Mould in prison,
and the said Capt., asking Lt. Mould whether he was anyway
assisting Capt. Williams in his late busines at Dunbar, he
answered that hee had, and further said that if hee could have
destroyed the Armie here he would have done it.
Richard Birchall.
The above said hath been
acknowledged before mee
at Dunbarr the 1st day
of December, 1659.
Joseph Witter.
Colonel Robson to General Monck '
Right Honorable,
I receiued yours per Ensigne Moore, and have accordinge to
your Lordship's order putt these six Companies and garrison into
such a secure and settled posture as I doubt not, but per the
assistance of God, wee shalbe able to give your Lordship a good
accompt of that trust reposed in us, beinge resolued to keepe it
for the interrest of the Parliament.^ I was forced to dismiss 24
' Phillips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.
' Yaxley Eobson was a captain in Col. Sawrey's regiment of foot, which was
quartered at Ayr. When Monck declared for the Parliament against the Army
he commissioned Eobson to secure the citadel at Ayr. Bobson set deliberately to
work, and carried out his orders without any recourse to force. ' He dealt so with
the ofiicers that most of them, except the colonel and lieutenant-colonel, agreed to
comply with the General.' Lieut.-Col. Holmes ' privately got away to Carlisle,
and secured that garrison for the army in England.' (This was the Holmes who

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priuate souldiers and six corporalls who shewed their unwillingness
to act in this good and honest cause, twenty three of which did
belonge to my Colonell's and Capt. Spencer's Companies, maney of
them beinge of most violent, turbulent, and dangerous spirritt, and
could not with safity be continued ; they weare all of Capt. Spencer's
people, of that church. I have presumed to give them there dis
charges, and what monies could. possible spare them; they are
goane for Carlyle, Where at present Colonell Sawrey is. Those
comission officers which your Lordship wrott to are also resolued
not to act ; I have therefoir dismissed them from there seauerall
imployments, and what they intende to doe as yet I knowe not,
but their carriages are excedinge high, and make it here there
only buissness to discourrage and discountinanoe the priuate
souldiers. My Colonell's faraily, with the rest of the desentinge
officers, are at present in the Cittadell. I desire to knowe your
Lordship's pleasure concerninge them. We are in greate want of
monies, to carry on our Locality, for coales and candle, all the six
Companies beinge draune into the Cittadell. I have noe more at
present, but shall desire the Lord to direct, councill, and assist your
Lordship in all your undertakings which may tende to the settle
ment of these poore distracted nations, and the good and liberty of
the people of God therein. I shall euer remaine
Your Lordship's verey humble seruant,
Yaxley Robson.
CittadeU at Ayre this
1st Decemb., 1659.

fought under Monmouth at Sedgmoor.) Col. Sawrey temporised for a time, but
finally he also fled into England. Peter Crispe, the major, seems also to have left.
An earlier letter from Eobson is printed in the Eeport on the MSS. of Mr. Ley
borne-Popham (p. 127), and there is one from Daniel Jackson, the regimental
chaplain, to Speaker Lenthall, in Grey's Examination of Neat's' Puritans, iv..
appendix, p. 135. Monck finally made Eobson colonel of the regiment.

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Lieut.-General Fleetwood to General Monck
Ui. f. 38b. My Lord,
I have received yours of the 24th of November, wherin you
are pleased to expresse your satisfaction in that compliance that
is heere in order to an healing of this breach which hath bin
amongst us. I hope wee are not without a sence of that sore
rebuke which wee have mett with in this late difference. Greate
will bee our mercy if the Lord please to give a perfect healeing
unto the wound, which through our misunderstandings hath not
onely bin greviouse to ourselves, but probably would have bin
very destructive to the interest wee have been contending for,
and therefore it cannot but bee a trouble to mee to think there
should bee any doubt of a composure of our late differences. For
I must lett your Lordshipp know that wee were not without our
difficultyes to dispose any Generali Councell heere to a comply-
ance with what was agreed uppon betwixt us and your commis
sioners, and it being at the Generali Councell demanded whether
they had a power to conclude what was agreed uppon, an assurance
was given us by them that they had a full authority thereunto,
and as the expression was, that they should make good the agree
ment, or render theire persons unto the Councill. This was soe
often objected as to theire plower, and soe often affirmed to bee in
them, that indeede, if yow should not make good this agreement, it
will be a more dishonorable action then any thing your Lordshipp
wilbee guilty of. I doubt not but there are those who will laboure
to influence those affaires so as to make a breach betwixt us, and
who will have the advantage of it but our common enimy? I
know there is nothing in the agreement but is of equall, nay, of
much more advantage to yow then to us, as our differences have
Jbeen stated ; but our designe was to consider of our case, as wee
are both engaged in one common cause, that soe our common
enimy might not make prey of us both, and therefore, my Lord, I
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will not suffer faith to bee broken with enimyes, much lesse with
friends. Therefore" I must desire your Lordship to hasten away
your officers according to the agreement of the Generali Councill,
as alsoe to make good those other parts of the agreement, and in
perticular that yow will please to sett Collonel Cobbett at liberty,
whose case is different from all others, hee beeing a messinger sent
from hence, and therefore ought to have had his liberty. If hee
hath exceeded his instructions, I hope yow will looke upon us [as]
the most proper j ndges thereof.
My Lord, I beseech yow consider the condition of these poore
nations, how much theire destractions will encrease uppon the
unresolvednes betwixt us, and as yow love the good thereof, let
not any thing divert yow from makeing good that wee were assured
should bee performed to us. As for anything which may bee a
dissatisfaction uppon other accompts, I shall not doubt but wee
shall give or receive a full and cleare satisfaction therein, my Lord
Lambert having full power in all things tending to the perfecting
of what raay make upp our breach. I shall not give yow the
further trouble then to bee assured there is none more desireous of
a through understanding betwixt your Lordshipp and our friends
then I doe, who shalbee ready uppon all occasions to expresse my selfe
Your affectionate humble servant,
Charles Fleetwood.
Wallingford Howse,
1st December, 1659.
The Commissioners of the Army of Scotland to
General Moiick
May itt please your Lordshippe, ii. f. 31b.
Wee have received your Lordshippe's from the Generali
Councill of your Officers, and in order to what your Lordshippe
has propos'd touching renewing the Treatie att Newcastle, wee
have our dispatch from the Lord Fleetwood to goe thither, and
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instant, where wee shall bee very glad to meete with two more to
joyne with us by your Lordshippe's appointment. Att our arrivall
there your Lordshippe shall receive a farther accompt of all the
particulars mencioned in your letter. And having noe more att
present to trouble you with, wee remayne
Your Lordshippe's most humble. and faithfull
servants, TiMo : Wilkes.
Charing Crosse, _ ^,
1 Dec, 1659. Jo™ ClOBERY.
R. Knight.
Postscript :
My Lord,
I would very gladly have bin with your Lordshippe before now,
butt I cannott yett procure a passe, though I have many times
desir'd itt. When I come to Newcastle, I hope to procure itt from
my Lord Lambert.
General Monck to Major-General Lambert
Iii. f. 32. My Lord,
Having notice from our Coraraissioners that they will bee att
Newcastle on the 7th of this instant in order to an Additionall
Treaty, the officers heere have desir'd mee to write to your Lord
shippe that they may have a passe frora you to come to Berwick to
give an account of their businesse to them, which is all att present
from Your Lordshippe's very humble servant,
George Monck.
Berwick,
6 December, 1659. Newsletters
xxxii. f. 152b. December 6, 59. — Friday last the Committee of Safety ordered
the Proclamation against signing of peticions to be proclayraed by
the Lord Mayor, who pretending indisposicion of body. Sergeant
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published the same att the old Exchange,' where many apprentices
and other discontented persons threw tiles off from the houses and
great pieces of ice from the gutters uppon the said troopers, who
march't out of the Citty (being sometimes necessitated to face
about) without offending any of the said tumult. About 9 of the
clock that morning the cittizens had shut upp all theire shopps,
which occasioned more forces to march in and secure the peace
thereof, wherein 2 or 3 of the Citty were slaine, and a Lieutenant
and 4 private souldjers wounded. The Committee of Safety
ordered the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen to attend them
this day at White Hall about 10 of the clock. About ij that
night the Lord Mayor sent a message to the Lord Fleetwood,
wherein hee desires that the forces of the army might march out,
and that hee would undertake to preserve the peace of the Citty ;
which being denyed, the care thereof was recommended to Generali
Disbrowe and Col. Hewson, who might march in with 2 regiments.
This day the apprentices' peticion and the answer thereunto were
published. A letter likewise came this day from Portsmouth, which saith
that 10 disguised persons came in there Saturday night last, and
committed severall officers of that garrison, which hath declared
for the Restoration of the last Parliament ; some of those persons
are said to bee Sir Arthur Heslerigg, Col. Morley, Col. Walton
and Coll. [blank.] Severall forces are ordered to lye downe before
the said place of Portsmouth. The Lord Richard Cromwell is
come to Hampton Court. Col. Hacker hath his liberty uppon his
paroll. Quarter Master Generali Courtpey and Adjutant Generali
Allen are goeing Commissioners to the fleete. The Lord Mayer
came not this day to attend the Committee of Safety according to
order, but about 4 Aldermen. The Modell of Goverment is very
much hastned.
' Printed in the Public Intelligencer, Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 1659, p. 919, and dated
Dec. 1. Cf. Sharpe, London and the Kingdom, ii. 358.

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Letter to Mr. William Clarke
xxxii. f. 159. London, December 6, 1659. — Yesterday the prentices delivered
a petition to the Lord Mayor, &c., for the priviledges of Parliament
and preservation of Magistracy and Ministry. And the Committee
of Safety ordered Col. Hewson and all the forces they could make
to goe into London and suppresse it, which caused the cittizens to
feare they carae to plunder thera, soe all shopps were shutt and
differences grew betweene the. prentices and souldjers. At last the
souldjers fell in uppon severall naked boyes, and killed 3 or 4, and
cutt and slashed 20 or 30, which hath caused a greate heart
burneing in the Citty. Yesterday came certaine newse that Col.
Whetham hath delivered upp the Goverment of Portsmouth to Sir
Arthur Heslerigg, Col. Morley, and Col. Walton, who have declared
for the Parliament, and the navye there hath done the like. They
intend to make orders about the army, and Col. Morleye's interest
in those parts is very considerable. This busines puts them into
a greate stand, and they know not what to doe. Wee are glad to
heare you are soe unanimouse in Scotland. The Councill of State
have aatt privately till the expiration of theire commission, and
now are gone to theire severall homes. They have sent severall
letters to Generali Monck to incurrage hira, and those noble officers
and souldjers with him, and are resolved that those officers and
souldjers as shall faithfully adhere to Generali Monck in this
righteouse cause shall not onely have theire arreares paid soe soone
as they have restored the Parliament, but shall have medalls given
them as a marke of the Parliament's favoure towards them for
their faithfullnes, &c. The souldjera heere are soe vilified, scom'd,
and hist, that they are asham'd to march ; and many officers when
they goe into the Citty dare not weare their swords for feare of
affronts ; and thus God hath blasted them, and they are become
vile in the eyes of the people. And raany souldjers wish themselves
with my Lord Generali Monck, for they say they will bee sure to
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doe not know what nor who, and are esteemed rogues and.traters.
You cannot beleeve the confusion that is amongst us. Some say
they have noe way to save thera selves but to call a Parliament
and proclaime R[ichard] againe. The Lady Dowager sent one of
her Gentlemen to my Lord Fleetwood yesterday before hee was
upp, and tould him hee came from her Highnesse, who wish't him
to call to minde the saying of her Husband to hira before his
death, that hee would never leave his whimsies till hee had put the
Nation in bloud, and wish't hira seriously to consider of it, and
call it to mind, and how neere hee was in effecting it, and bid him
consider what wrong hee had done to her sonne R[ichard], whether
as affaires stoode they had any better way to preserve themselves
and the Nation then to restore him. Hee lay in bed all the tyme
like a stock, and answered not a word.
Remember my humble service to my Lord Generali. Had I as
many lives as haires of ray heade, I should venter them all with
him and for him in this righteouse cause, which God, I am con
fident, will owne and prosper in his hands. If you can but keepe
Scotland your worke will bee done to your hands, for your cause
getts ground daily ; but take heede of too soone engagements to
hazard all. And if his Lordshipp wants assistance, noe prince but
will make use of private aouldjera of any Nation, and they may
doe well mixt ; but for that his Lordshipp is wiser then wee heere
to know the conveniency or inconveniency of such thinga. Col.
Markham and Col. Atkina are still in prison for delivering a lettre
from G. M. to the Lord Mayer. I have noe more, beeing willing
to the utmost to improve my selfe for you and this cause. Not a
penny will bee paid after this month,* nor will the people pay a
penny tax without consent of Parliament.
Newsletter
London, December 6, 1659. — Yesterday wee had a sad day by xxxii. f. 162.
reason of some bloudshed among us by the souldiers. A petition
was on foote by the apprentices to bee deliver'd to the Common

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Councill, which coming to the knowledge of the Committee of
Safety, they made a Proclamation against itt, which was pro-
claymed yesterday morning in Cheapside by some troopers, who
were beate back by the apprentices, which occasioned the bringing
in of (I thinke) all the horse and foote of the army into the Citty,
who came with their swords drawne and pistolls cock't against a
multitude of naked men, and killed 6 or 7, and wounded more ;
butt that would nott quiett them, till about 5 a clock the Lord
Mayor made Proclamation that they should all depart, the souldiers
being withdrawne, some of them being kill'd and wounded.^ The
peticion was delivered into the Court of Common Councill by 5
younge raen, who referr'd itt to a Committee to give them answer,
and those 6 Alderraen and 1 2 Commoners to consider of the safetie
of the Citty in this juncture of time. Their names are Aldermen
Foote, Pooke, Milner, Thompson, Robinson, Bateman, Mr. Bid-
dolph, Storie, Chamberlin, Wyn, Antrobus, Barebone, Benbow,
Bateraan, Jolly, Edwards, Cox, Staynes. Yesterday carae newes
that for certaine Portesmouth hath declared for a Parliaraent, and
this night I heare that Bristol hath done the like, and that they
are uppe in Devonshire. This day my Lord Mayor and Court of
Aldermen were sent for to corae to the Committee of Safetie ; butt
my Lord thought nott good to leave this Citty att the time of
danger, butt sent 6 Aldermen to thera, who spake plaine English
to them, &c.
Lieut.-General Fleetwood to General Monck
Iii. f. 36b. My Lord,
I haveing received ah accompt by Captain Loyd of your
Lordshipp's readines to comply with tbe Agreement of your Com^
missioners heere, I shall hope through the goodnes of the Lord
that this busines of difference which have bin betweene us wilbee
' There is a good account of the riot in some letters written by Samuel Pepys.
See an article on ' The Early Life of Pepys ' in Macmillan's Magazine for
November 1893^

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soe perfected to our mutuall satisfaction that wee shall both of ns
have noe other occasion then to returne to that former kindenesse
and love which have bin betweene us, wherein bee confident I
shall not bee wanting in any thing on my part to manifest my
readinesae to expresse that honnoure and service which I have for
yow. My Lord, these differences are like to ingage these poore
Nations in greate confusions, and therefore certainely the dutye
lyes uppon us to settle all differences betweene us. Wee have had
some trouble yesterday in London. I shall give you an honnest
and faithfull accompt thereof, as alsoe in the businesse of Ports"
mouth. Yesterday morneing there was a greate tumult raised by
the apprentises uppon the pretence, not of the Long Parliaraent,
but from the Parliaraent in the late Protector's tirae, or else a Free
Parliaraent as they call it, mannaged wholly by the Cavaleere
Malignant party and those ingaged in Sir George Boothe's insur
rection. Theire cry was not for a Comraonwealth, but to bee
revenged, as theire owne expressions were, for the death of theire
King. Through the goodnesse of the Lord this tumult was wholly
suppressed ; two or three of them killed and some few wounded ;
our souldjers received with much patience very greate provoca
tions, because they would not shed bloud ; otherwise they inight
have soone quenched that flame. This ia nakedly the truth of that
busines. I know yow will have variouse representations concerne
ing itt, but bee confident this is the truith thereof. That of Ports
mouth is in short thus.' Colonell Whetham did the last weeke
' After the fall of Eichard Cromwell, Col. Nathaniel Whetham was appointed
Governor of Portsmouth (May 12), a man whe had great influence there, having
been also governor during the Commonwealth (Ludlow's Memoirs, i. 394, ii. 80).
Sir Arthur Haselrig, Col. Walton, and Col. Morley, three of the commissioners
in whom Parliament, on October 11, 1659, had vested the government of the army,
encouraged by the failure of the treaty between Monck and the English army,
entered into correspondence with Whetham, who agreed to receive them and to
declare for the restoration of the Long Parliament. On Sunday, December 3,
Haselrig and his two colleagues came to Portsmouth, were welcomed by Whetham,
seized some dissatisfied officers, and made their declaration (see A Letter from
Sir Arthur Haselrig m Portsmouth to an Honourable Member of the late Parlia-

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send unto mee by a letter from Captain Browne to assure mee that
hee would observe noe orders but from my selfe, and that hee
would doe nothing in oppoaition to the army, and his expression
was, ' though your selfe with the army should corae to the gates of
the Towne, hee would not lett yow in ; ' yet, contrary to these En
gagements, and the confidence that I putt in him, hee hath deceived
his trust, which I hope you will hardly beleeve ; neither could I of
Collonell Whetham of almost all the men of the army, but uppon
Saturday night last hee lett in Sir Arthur Heslerigg and ColoneU
Morley in opposition to us; though Sir Arthur did alsoe give
assurance that hee would not stirre, but live quietly, to the aame
purpoae did Colonell Morley. Such breaches of promise I could
not have expected from any man of honoure or honesty, much
lesse from such. The Lord, I desire, may convince them of theire
sinn, and will, I trust, make it appeare that they have dealt very
deceitefully. Wee have already a party before them to block
them upp, and are sending more forces after them, soe that at the
least I doubt not, through the blessing of the Lord, wee shalbee
able to keepe them from doeing any miachiefe otherwise then the
reputation of that place to bee against us ; onely I feare this will
give a fresh incurrageraent to our Common Enimy, and therefore,
my Lord, I beseeche yow lett there bee no longer delayes, but an
ment, 1659, 4to). The three sent letters to the Lord Mayor and the Commissioners
of the London Militia demanding their support, and entered into an acrimonious
correspondence with Fleetwood (T/ie True Copys of several Letters from Ports
mouth directed by Sir Arthur Haselrig, etc., to the Lord Fleetwood, 1 59, 4to ;
cf. Thurloe, vii. 795). Eobert Wallop, Nicholas Love, and other influential
gentlemen joined them, though Col. Eichard Norton refused to do so. Troops
were sent down to besiege them ; but on December 20 five companies of foot and
five troops of horse (the latter belonging to Col. Eich's regiment) went over to the
besieged, and the rest of the besieging force submitted (PubUc Intelligencer
December 19-26). Haselrig and his friends then marched to London with a force
consisting of about fifteen troops of horse and a regiment of foot. He arrived in
London, and took his seat in Parliament on December 29 (Beport mi the MSS.
of the Duke of Portland, i. 689 ; Commons' Journals, vii. 799 ; Whitelooke's
Memorials, iv. 377-8, 380, 385 ; Ludlow, ii. 157, 160, 170, 183, 204 ; Clarendon
State Papers, iii. 629 ; Guizot, Bichard Cromwell, ii. 301, 303, 309, 317, 320, 331).

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union with mutuall confidence being soe neceaaary to prevent
further disturbances, doe not deferr to give that satisfaction to your
friends which may make us both to receive the goodnesse of the
Lord in preventing these unhappy differences, which that wee may
have is the desire of
Your affectionate and humble servant,
Charles Fleetwood.
Wallingford
Howse, Decembr. 6th, 1659. News from Berwick
December .7, 1659. — -This day the Lord Generali Monck and xxxii. f. 150.
Councill of Officers att Berwick resolved uppon the answer to the
lettre from the officers att Newcastle brought by Col. Sanchey, who
was to bee dispatched the next day with the same.
Hee communicated his Instructions from the Lord Lambert to
the Councill of Officers : against Delayes ; the meeting of the
Scotch Gentry, which they look't uppon as dangerous to the
Nation ; and that they were for Magistrates and Ministers, &c.
General Monck to Major-General Lambert
Myl^ord, ^ ... . \n.t.35.
At the time when I received intelligence that Sir Hierome
Sanchy was comeing towards us with a message from your Lord
ship, I was upon a resolucion to march imediatly to Berwick, and
therefore sent to intreat him to stay there till I came, that being a
place of more commodious recepcion for him, and more convenient
for mee to give an answere to any thing hee should have in
comands from your Lordship then any other upon the road. At
my arrivall here I have received two letters from him, one from
the officers with your Lordship att Newcastle to the Generali
Councell of officers hei'e, and another from your Lordship to my
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herewitball sent their answere, and to the latter your Lordship
may please to accept of this as a returne. I doe againe assure
your Lordship that wee neither had nor have here any other inten
tion, in desireing a continuacion of the Treaty, then onely that
there might be a full and perfect agreement. And I should have
taken it as a great argument of your Lordship's inclinacion thereto
if yow had been pleased to beleive that profession of ours, as well
out of the former confidence you have had of the respects wee
have beene to your Lordship, and of the intire affection wee have
for our Brethren, as out of charity onely, which is a thing (wee
hope) soe extensive in your Lordship as that you affoard it to
those whom you looke upon with another eye then wee thinke you
doe upon us.^ And I intreate your Lordship to consider that
where Agreements are made after such a manner it's not unusuall
to demurre upon the ratificacion. Your Lordship hath been
pleased to take notice out of ray letter to the Lord Fleetwood
(whose pacquetts it seemes your Lordship uses to open) how
sensible wee are here of the advantages the Common Enemy is
like to gaine by the lengthening of our differences, and I hope
your Lordship will be pleased not to be a meanes of drawing them
out yett further by standing upon such punctillioes as refuseing us
a blanck passe for soe raany persons as wee shall have occasion to
send to treat with yow (which can be noe wayes prejudiciall to any
of you) ; noe, not though perhaps wee should have been over punc-
tuall in desireing a safe conduct. I intreat your Lordship to
consider of how much concernment that desire of ours is, and of
how litle that denyall of yours. I must deale plainly with your
Lordship, and acquaint you that since my last wee have cause to
doubt how farre some of our Coramissioners already with you may
be free to act upon the accompt of a further Treaty, and therefore
must desire from your Lordship, or the Lord Fleetwood, a blanck
passe not onely for names but number, otherwise when the Com-
' This refers to the suspicious favour which Lambert was just now showing to
some of the Eoyalists.

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missioners wee shall adde are come to meet at the place appointed,
there may be an occasion of new messages, and consequently of new
delayes. If your Lordship had thought fitt to have drawne off your
forces to such quarters as had been most advantageous for the [keep
ing the] Countrey in quiett, according to the tenor of the Agreement,
I conceived it would have been a great meanes of frustrating the
designes of the Common Enemy, and was by mee desired for noe
other end, unlesse it were to show my desire to peace ; which peace
I know not how rauch it can stand with your Lordship's resolucion
to extend your quarters towards us, unlesse you thinke it reasonable
to deprive us of tbat liberty you assurae to your selves. I have
soe rauch confidence in what you professe of your interest in and
your obligacion to your Native Country, that if you thought your
owne safety could not consist with the liberty of that, you would
preserve your Country before your selfe ; and as wee hope that is
not the case now in hand, soe in all others there is nothing that
wee shall preserve before it. Your march to Newcastle was not
objected to by its selfe as a breach of the Agreement made by
Collonel Lilburne and our Coraraissioners ; but there was a thing of
more concernraent joyned with it, which was the stopping of the
pacquetts between us and our Commissioners, and for that I have
a letter sent mee by our Coraraissioners, signed by your Lordship's
owne hands, upon which I know not how to putt any other inter-
pretacion. And in your letter you mistake that Agreement, if
the Commissioners have reported it rightly to mee, for it was not
(as you say there) that the Reere forces should not advance, but
that noe part of the forces should ^advance beyond the quarters
which were then neerest one to another. It was then alleadged
that I my selfe was upon ray march to Berwick, which was abso
lutely false, and yett had [it] been [true] every way as justifiable
as your Lordship's march to Newcastle. And for the stopping of
the pacquett, if your Lordship's letter raay be admitted to have any
other interpretacion, yet my owne eyes will not suffer mee to
beleive but it was soraetyraes opened.

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Wherefore I shall not onely presse your Lordship once more
not to act upon such surmizes, but that the previous Agreeraent to
the next Treaty may be punctuall and distinct, and soe understood
and observed. If your Lordship thinkes it fitt still to stay att
Newcastle, I shall be satisfied, provided you be contented that I
remayne at Berwick ; but if you continue in your resolucion to
extend your quarters neerer us, you must expect that I shall take
the same liberty, and then I cannott promise you but wee may be
necessitated to enter into hostility. Por what concemes the
officers hindred from commeing to their commands ; if your Lord
ship will but make them understand and beleive soe rauch as your
Lordship endeavours to perswade us, wee shall be satisfied. There
was indeed a lettre written by race to the Lord Mayor of London
and Common Councill much to the same purpose with that
inclosed by your Lordship (though not haveing myne owne copie
heere at Berwick, I cannot say whether your copie be exactly true),
and I know not what occasion either your Lordship or those at
London had to send it downe hither. I doe not remember that it
was agreed by Collonel Lilburne and our Commissioners that I
should send noe letters to my freinds in England dureing the
Treaty. I beleive you your selves have done the like to yours all
England over, and that by severall of thoae messengers which
carae hither pretending peace. I shall instance in Captain Deane,
who by his letters and bookes and private proraises disaatisfied
divers of the Troopers ; not to mention those direct breaches of the
Treaty, the listing of men, and endeavouring to raise the Militia in
severall places of England, and in particular in London and York
shire. My Lord, in this I shall deale plainely with your Lordship :
as I have hitherto, according to the best of my knowledge and
power, observed every thing to which I was obliged by the Agree
ment made by Collonel Lilburne and our Commissioners, soe for
future, whatsoever shall be agreed upon shall be obaerved in the
same manner. But in all other things I shall (together with your
Lordship) endeavour by a just defence to ballance these prepara-

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cions of warre which seeraes to threaten us with ruine, and to
repell every weapon forraed against us and our good old cause, and
this I trust your Lordship will nott account an increasing the
breach betwixt the armyes any more in us then in your selves.
And your Lordship raay assure your selfe that whensoever there
shall be a full Agreement made, whatsoever shall be done to the
end above mencioned shall be noe wayes prejudiciall to it, or to
that reall profession which I shall make of being
Your Lordship's humble and faithfull servant,
G. M.
Berwick,
7 Dec, 1659.
Postscript :
Since the writeing of this letter I understand our Commissioners
are come to New Castle tbat I may conferr with thera in order to
the Treaty. I desire that this may bee done with all speede, that
there may bee as little delayes as raay bee in finishing the Agree
ment.'
The OflQ-cers of the Army in Scotland to the 0£S,cers
under General Lambert
Brethren and Fellow Souldjers, i;i_ f_ 29.
Yours of tbe 29th of Noveraber wee received by Collonel
Zanchy, wherein yow are pleased to take notice of our desire of an
additionall treaty for the explanation of such things as were dubious,
and for the perfecting of such necessary raatters as were omitted
in the last, but yow take not well ime delayes which raust attend
those our desires, which yow conjecture may bee very advantagiouse
to the comon enimie. Wee doe assure yow that none shalbee more
' On the same day, probably, Monck sent the undated letter to Fleetwood which
is printed at p. 131 of the Eeport on Mr. Leyborne-Popham's MSS. Fleetwood's
letter of December 1, to which he there refers, is missing, but the reference to the
offer made to Lambert to withdraw his forces seems to show that the two letters
to Lambert and Fleetwood were written at the same time.

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earnest for expedition then ourselves, soe it may bee with satis
faccion to the nations and security to the good cause wee have soe
long engaged for, and wee raust declare to yow that the raatters
betweene us in contraversie (as wee conceive) are such as require
the greatest deliberation, the welfare, libertyes, and safety of God's
people being concerned ; and wee doe ascertaine yow that wee shall
indeavoure to give a good account of the peace of this country,
and doubt not but to prevent all designes of Charles Stewart and
his party, soe frora yow wee cannot but expect the same ; as wee
have not made" the breach betweene yow and us (our consciences
beares us witnes), neither shall wee keepe it open ; and give us
leave to tell yow that wee well understand the grounds and reasons
of our dissatisfaction which wee declared to the world, yet wee
take God to witnesse that wee sought not the hazard of the lives
of yow our brethren, but would have interrupted for your securitie
as for our owne. Wee doe beleeve that yow are equally concerned
in the happinesse and prosperity of our native country, and there
fore wee did apply our selves to the Lord Fleetwood and the
Generali Councill of Officers at London with our requests unto
them, that this good cause might not miscarry by our divisions,
and that there might bee such meanes used as might bee for the
asserting these righteouse ends, in the prosecution of which wee
have hazarded our lives and estates, which wee desire yow to call
to rememberance, and seriously to lay to heart. As for those
calumnies which yow complaine of as cast uppon yow by some of
us, representing yow as enimies to magistracye and ministry, wee
shall deale freely with yow. Wee wish there were not some with yow
that doe give too greate a jealousie, not onely to us but to the
people of God, that they are not very good friends to those two
ordinances of God ; but wee must further tell yow that wee have
mett with greate reproach from some of yow, asperseing us all for
ungodly and wicked, and declayming against the whole array heere,
as if there were not a godly man amongst us. Wee must acknow-
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greate, neither doe wee desire to justifie our selves either before
God or man, yet the cause and interest wee engage for wee dare
in the presence of God assert it both righteouse and holly, and our
sincerity in the pursuance thereof. Wee desire the Lord to make
both yow and us more holy in the power and spiritt of godlines ;
wee cannot bee conscious of these extraordinary crimes and wayes
yow accuse us pf, as if wee had dealt with yow contrary to the
practize of declared enimies ; wee can say in the integrity of our
hearts that wee have prayed for yow, wee have sent our earnest
request to yow, and sorae of our friends to pleade with yow for
peace and the continuance of brotherly fellowshipp, which wee
beleeve an enimy would not have practised. If it bee an offence
to yow that wee have tould yow that wee could not receed frora
Parliamentary authority, by which this army was raised, comis-
sionated, paid, and for which they have for these many yeares
fought, then wee have offended, but wee cannot adjudge our selves
unworthy for this matter. Wee take it very kindely and thanke-
fully that yow have used your interest for the continuance of the
treaty, and wee shall waite the pleasure of the Generali Councill
of Officers at London, being ready to imbrace all meanes that may
conduce to the makeing upp a full and perfect agreement ; yet wee
doe not interprett it as an argument of your inclination to peace
or brotherly love to us that yow have interposed that nothing bee
parted from, or new matter added, or further explanation admitted,
neither therein, wee feare, will yow bee found such lovers of the
people of God, or of your country, or of us, as yow soe often pro
fesse your selves to bee. Wee shall not disowne whatsoever in
that agreement ia conforme to the instructions by which our comis
sioners were authorized, and what is beyond wee doe desire it may
bee further treated uppon and explain'd. Wee can say nothing to
the third article of the agreement till the whole bee perfected and
compleat. Wee have not much more to adde, but would desire
yow to examine all the grounds and reasons that wee have held
forth in our severall papers, and consider well whether your con-
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fidence which yow professe in the decision of this contraversie can
bee well grounded, yow appeareing against us your brethren,
against the civill authority that hath intrusted yow, against your
owne solemne and frequent promises and assurances of obedience
and faithfullnesse, but wee hope the Lord will discover these things
to yow, and not suffer aoe many of his owne people to miscarry
soe dangerously.
As for ourselves, what ever judgement yow may have of us,
wee hope wee shall not bee found soe unfaithfull to God and our
country as to imbroyle the nations in bloud, and ruine our deare
friends for any preferment or advantage what soever. If there were
not sorathing in this contraversie more deare to us then our lives,
wee ahould with Mephibosheth say to yow, take all, or with Jonah
wee should desire to bee sunck in our hopes and enjoyments. For
the Comonwealthes sake wee intreate yow to looke into the whole
affaire, and yow will easily judge uppon which part selfe appeares.
Wee desire heere noe greater commands for our selves or others ;
wee have laid those wee had cheerefully downe at the will of our
superiors, but wee shall trouble yow noe further, but begg of the
Lord that hee would preserve yow and us frora these dangers [and]
temptations, and keepe us firme and constant to the good old
cause. Soe comitting yow to God, wee reraaine
Your affectionate friends and humble servants,
Jo. Miller. Rt. Winter.
Tho. Johnson. Christo Blunt.
Will. Mayer. Joseph Seymer.
Robert Reade. Sam. Gearing.
John Clarke. John Hditson.
Antho. Belsham. Tho. Poster.
Ja. Hubberd. Hen. Jackson.
Tho. Mayer. Tho. Morgan.
Adam Edwards. C. Fairfax.
Will. Elmes. L. Lytcott.
John Herd. Thomas Reade.

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John Mayer. Rich. Clifton.
Jo. Parmer. Jose Smith.
Tho. Cryer. Tho. Collett.
Henry Ogle. Robert Cooper.
Pe. Bannester. John Kooake [?]
Richard Smith. Geo. Smeton.
Will. Dike. Robert Anderson.
As to yours concerneing Colonel Cobbett, wee desire to let yow
know that hee came not downe as a publicque messinger, but as a
Colonel to his comraand, without leave from Generali Monck, after
hee was outed by the Parliament, and that our Generali hath
letters frora a person of credit that hee had a designe to draw the
army frora him, if not to secure him, and by the confession of Ens.
Browne sorathing of that nature was discovered, upon all which
our Generali thinkes fitt to keepe hira heere till this busines bee
more cleared. News from Berwick
December 8, 1659. — Intelligence being brought that a partie of xxxii. f. I50b.
the Lord Lambert's, consisting of 3 regiments of horse and a regi
ment of dragoones with 2 drake's, was come to Chillingham and
other parts of Northumberland therabouts, the Lord Generali
issued out orders for the drawing of the forces in these parts
together, and march't out of Berwick by 3 of the clock in the
morning, and was att Lady Kirkes a little after breake of day,
where the severall troopes of his owne regiment of horse drew
uppe to him ; and then hee march't to Coldstreame, where quarter'd
Justice Ogle's troope and 2 troopes of hia owne that night, and
the rest in New Coldstrearae and the parts therabouts.'
Their front of threescore horse lay laat night at Woller, and
some inform'd they had 8 companies of foote with them.
' On the march to Coldstream and arrival there, see Baker, p. 697 ; Gumble,
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Major Richardson to General Monck ^
My Lord,
Understanding there is to be a second treatie and att New
castle by sorae comitiond frora your Lordshipp and sorae from the
Lord Larabert, I have taken the bouldnes to give your Lordshipp
the trouble of this peruseall. My Lord, when we first took up
Arms it was to assert the privilidges of Parliament, the lawes and
liberties of the free born people of England, which for manie
yeares we have been intrusted with by the people's representitiues
in Parliament, which trust, my Lord, we have too often forfeited
by our acquiessence with, though not active in, such great and
straing undertakings as disolveing of Parliaments, by and from
whom we can onelye hope for a just and lawfull settlraent of our
lawes and rights, now as I hurablie conceiue unjustlie invaded :
And now, my Lord, it haveing pleased the wise disposer of all
thinges to putt it into jour hart to stand up for our nation's
dearest concernments, religion, lawes, and libbertiea, which your
Lordshipp is stild the faithfull assertor of, and the eyes of the
Coramons of England under God being towards your Lordshipp
for theyr deliuerance from slauerie or a sword gouernment, lett us
not by this treatie giue that sadd occation for our children after
us, for whom wee ingag'd to make them free, to saye there fathers
was intrusted with the defence, as I have said before, of our dearest
concernments, and while they acted faithfuly and according to
theyr intrustment the Lord was pleased for manie yeares to
prosper that work in there hands ; butt now, by theyr condiscen-
sions to the disquieters of our peace, they have given us up to the
wills of raen, whereby our consciences are inslau'd, our lives are
geoberded, our liberties are lost, and the sraall patriraonie that
they have left us we can noe longer call our owne then he shall
please that weara the longest sword. My Lord, our cause is just,
' PhiUips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.

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and but thee same wee first ingaged for. Tyronie is tyronie
whether it be in one person or in nine or tenn — I know noe
difference. And therfor, as your Lordshipp has declar'd for the
Parliament, none that knows your constancie haith cause to think
in this treatie yow will in the least receed from that just and
warrantable resolution. And your Lordshipp need not dowbt butt
your faithfull endeauors for our nation's interest will soe happilie
move upon the winges of the people's prayers therein, as your
Lordshipp's true integritie for them wilbe crownd with happie
auccess in this soe just a cause, which that it maye be shalbe the
prayers of. Right honorable,
Your Lordshipp's most humble servant, Th: Richardson.'
December 8,
1659.
[Endorsed] Major Richardson, incuragement
to the worke.

News from Coldstream

xxxii. f. 151.

Coldstreame, 9 December, 1659. — Intelligence, That the Lord
Lambert's whole party were drawne out from Newcastle, and were
within 2 miles of Morpeth, That the 60 Dragoon's had possess't
themselves of Chillingham Castle.
10 December^ 1659. — This day Major Ogle return'd from xxxii. f. 151b.
Newcastle with a lettre from the JLord Lambert. They would
nott permitt him to speake with his owne sister, nor any other,
nor to lie alone. Cornett Caithnesse lay with him. Hee told
' Should probably be signed Mi[chael] Eichardson. Eichardson was Major of
Colonel Mitchell's regiment, and Governor of Aberdeen in 1657 (Thurloe, vi. 145,
162). In the summer of 1659 the command of the regiment was transferred to
Overton, and Eichardson and other officers dismissed (Cal, State Papers, Dom.
1659-60, p. 177).

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him that they had 30,000 men uppe in armes for them in severall,
places in England, besides those att Newcastle and London. . . .
That there were Scotchmen enter tayned in every troope and
company, and some to command them. . . . There were about
2,000 horse drawne over Newburne on this side, butt nott aoe
farre as Morpeth, and that there were 35 dragoones in Chillingham
Castle.

Major-General Lambert to General Monck
Ui. f. 39b. My Lord,
Uppon Thursday att night Lieut.-Colonel Clobery came to
this place, and Colonel Wilkes and Major Knight the day after,
whome I acquainted with the present posture of affaires in
reference to the treaty, &c., particularly that yow had desired mee
to give them a safe conduct to Barwick, which accordingly I have
done. Our proceed held with thera I refer to their narration, who
I doubt not will represent it truly to yow.
I this day received a letter frora your Lordshipp, as likewise
another frora Colonel Sankey. That from your selfe gives answer
to some things affirmed in mine of the 29 of November, and where
itt states (as I judge) things amisse I have inforraed the com
missioners of the truith, and not haveing tyme to answer them
perticularly in writeing, I referr yow likewise to them. I per
ceive your Lordshipp expresses a desire of peace, and that with
all expedition, which beeing still our desire, and what wee judge
the present condition of our native country requires, wee should
have been glad your additionall coramissioners had bin heere ; but
to the end nothing may bee wanting on our parts I have by
the advice of the officers sent yow a safe conduct with a blanck for
your commissioners' names, desireing and not doubting that yow
will appoint such as are of healeinge spirritts, unprejudiced, and
not biassed by late preferment or otherwise, wherein wee shall
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temper, and in this matter wee have expressed ourselves more
fully to your commissioners. If you think fitt to make use of
this safe conduct for the ends aforesaide, I desire yow will send
them away with all expedition. I have heere-inclosed sent
yow a letter from my Lord Fleetwood, which will give yow an
account of some late proceedings at London and Portsmouth,
both which seems to call for a speedy dispatche of this treaty,
and in all probability may encrease the destraction of this nation,
except the Lord in mercy prevent by giveing a right understand
ing betwixt yow and us.
Colonel Sankey informes that yow have thought fitt to putt a
stopp to his returne by reason of a report of ray march, I there
fore thought fitt to acquaint yow that I did appoint a party of
about 30 horse to march towards the Borders to gaine intelligence,
hearing that your forces were drawne this way, which is noe other
then what was done by your forces when they lay at Alnewick ;
and since that heareing nothing from Colonel Sankey, who was
appointed to bee heere precisely on Wednesday last, and seeing
yours by Mr. Ogle, which did seeme to putt us uppon delayes,
I did judg him to bee deteyned, and did thereuppon order some
forces to advance as farr as Morpeth, who yesterday marcht
thither ; but if it shall please the Lord to incline your hearts to
peace uppon just and righteouse grounds, and that yow will put it
in a way for the effectuall obtaining tbe same, wee shall on our
part contribute our full endeavoures for perfecting thereof, and
shall act nothing that may obstruct or prejudice the sarae.
My Lord, I remaine
Your Lordshipp's humble and faithfull servant, J. Lambert.
Newcastle,
10th December,
1659.

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The Eepresentatives of the Congregated Ohurches
about London to General Monck
xxxii. f. 168b. My Lord,
Wee have received your Lordship's letter of Noveraber the
23rd by the Honourable and Reverend Brethren sent by the
Churches to waite uppon yow, directed to some of us to bee comu
nicated to the Churches from whome they were sent, the Elders
and Bretheren whose names are subscribed being convened, and
haveing duly weighed your Lordshipp's letter with the report
made unto us by the Bretheren, wee made bould to give the
ensueing R[es]ult of ours thoughts. Wee doe humbly acknowledge
your Lordshipp's respects unto the Churches of Christ expressed
both in your letters, declarations, and kinde acceptance with friendly
respective entertaineraent of theire messengers, whereof they have
given a full accompt unto us, and wee are glad to heare of the
clearenes of your Lordship's intencions both as to the peace of
these nations and the preservation of the old interest of the good
people of them and the Saints of God in thera ; and wee must alsoe
assure yow that wee are abundantly satisfied with the intention of
the army heere in England as to the same ends, which they have
manifested in their late resolutions for the speedy calling of Par
liament, wherein if any thing seeme to bee wanting on your parts
it will bee your serious interposition that it may bee such as may
preserve the good people from being made a prey to the coramon
enimy, neither doe wee see any thing like to be insisted on by
them detrimental! to the godly ministry. In the meane tirae wee
cannot but sadly informe your Lordship that by your divisions not
onely incurragement hath bin given to the coraraon eniray, but
they have made such a progresse in pursuite of their designe, as
that if there bee a continuance for a few dayes in these breaches it
will bee out of your power and theires alsoe to shew the least part of
your intended kindnes to the people of God, who are in danger now
every moment to bee destroyed and slaine by their inraged enimies.
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the tumults, rage, and combination of the old enimies, with the
probability they have to accomplish their desires every day, you
would not defer one moment to put your selfe into a posture of
opposeing them, which in the condition in which yow are [, yow are]
not onely uncapable to performe, but alsoe occasionally give them
incurragement unto. The state of the quarrell in these parts now
is not a Parliament or none, the last Parliament or not, but [the
preservation of] our lives frora the common enimy or not ; and wee
would be sorry on your account that the bloud of the Saints of God,
and of all that hath bin ingaged in our common cause, should with
soe much collor bee laid at your doore, as it wilbee if things con
tinue in the present posture a few dayes longer. Both yow there
and the army heere fixing uppon the sarae things, all particular
centring and a Parliament ^ not to close imediatly soe as to unite
in the defence of the common interest, and of the Saints of God,
is soe strange a judgement as noe age can pairolele.
Wee cannot but acquaint your Lordshipp that all the feares of
the people of God at this day, yea, and all their danger, arrise
raearely frora the differences yow abide in, which if not speedily
remedied will prove the utter ruine of that magistracy and ministry
which on both sides are pleaded for.
Wee have not more to add but onely to reminde your Lord
shipp of that portion of Scripture wherewith yow close yours to
us : 1 Sarauel 25. And wee can with confidence assure yow that it
will one day bee noe griefe at heart unto yow that yow have bin
prevented from shedding bloud, and made instrumentall for the
recovery of the portion of Christ in these nations frora the raouth
of that greate destruction whereinto it is now cast. With our
prayers for your Lordship, that God will guide yow into strate
paths, wee rest Your Lordshipp's raost hurable servants,
Edw. Whalley. Wm. Goff.
John Rowe. John Stone.
' The sense requires : ' all particular demands centreing in a Parliament.' A
od many words appear to be left out in Clarke's copy of this letter.

186 the clarke papers
Matt. Barker. Tho. Owen.
John Owen. Jos. Carrill.
Ph. Nye. Wm. Bridge.
Westminster, Wm. GrEENHILL. IsAAC KnIGHT.
December 13, 1659. -\Ym_ HoOKE. [SeTH] WoOD.
Newsletters from London
xxxu. f. 164. 13 December, — Wee are heere in great disorder, and expect to
bee in bloud every houre. The Citty resolve to have the Militia
in their hands, lett itt cost what itt will. They att Whitehall
keepe us in delayes with treaties, and the Committee of Safetie
for the Citty, consisting of 6 Aldermen and 15 Common Councill
[men], have had severall meetinges with the Committee of Safety att
Whitehall, butt nothing satisfactory. The citizens are arming and
providing themselves, and are all fix't for my L. G. M. his Declara
tion. Lord Disbrow tooke possession of the Tower yesterday,
and Salmon is made Lieutenant therof and Col. Pitch is secured.'
Portesmouth is in a good condition ; there are 1 0 or 12 good frigotts
have declar'd for the Parliament and are all secured, &c. Sir
A. H., Col. M., and Col. Walton are still there, seeking to make a
diversion and doing what they can. They are arming and raysing
all the Anabaptists and other sectaries in all places. They have bin
searching to secure Mr. Weaver, Mr. Scott, and Sir Ant. Ashley
Cooper and the rest of the Councill of State, as alsoe Col. Okey,
butt have nott yett found them. The seamen and watermen [are]
all ready to rise and assist the cittizens, and itt's feared this weeke
will bee a bloody weeke heere in all appearance ; the Lord divert
his judgements. They are resolved uppon 2 Houses of [Parliament],
and will make such restrictions that the Parliament shall signify
nothing, the other House to bee chosen by themselves, and have
' There was a plot to surprise the Tower on December 12, in which Colonel
Fitch, the Lieutenant of the Tower, Captain Spooner, and others were concerned.
An account of it is given in Mercurius Politicus, December 8-15, 1659, p. 954.

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voted a Parliament [to meet] the 12th of January, butt this gives
noe satisfaction, and divisions grow worse and worse. Itt's like to
bee a perfect [cypher]. J. B.
Col. Atkins and Col. Markham are still in prison, butt goe out,
as I heare, with their messenger.
13 December, — The Citty lies under the highest discontents xxxii. f. 165b.
that ever I knew itt, shoppes shutt uppe, trade gone, feares and
jealousies multiply. Nothing will serve the rude multitude butt
to have a free Parliament, and the exercise of the Militia in their
owne hands. They will nott believe that Monck's forces are soe
weake, and his cause soe bad as itt's said [?]. Lett thinges goe how
they will for [the] present, wee shall have a Parliament next month.
Benkeshall.
London, December 13th, 1659. — The face of affaires never looke xxxii. f. 183.
worse in this place then at this time, for the generallity of the
Citty expects daily to bee in eares with the souldjery. I suppose
yow have had an account of the tumult that was suppressed by
Col. Hewson, but the little bloud that was spilt that day, and with
the Councill of some to put hand granadoes in Pauls and other
places to fire the Citty if they should stir, have exceedingly
exasperated and disobliged the Citty in generali, soe they want
but an oppertunity to [blank].
The proposalls of the Citty to the Committee of Safety and
Councill of officers are very high, ancJ many thinkes will not bee
granted, so that the misunderstanding is like to continue. They
desire to have theire Militia at theire owne choise, and to call a
free Parliament, and to remove the souldjers out of the Citty ; the
Tower should have been taken and declared for the Parliament but
was prevented. Col. Pitch was to consent for it, which hath occa
sioned a gentle confinement to him in Wallingford Howse, which is

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like to continue till things is a little setled. There is one Col.
Fagg with him, who was to raise forces in Sussex, which, if hee
had not bin prevented, would have had a greater body together ere
this,' but itts thought there are and wilbee diverse riseings for the
Parliaraent. They say Hacker in Lestershire ia busy. Many doe
think that the old Parliaraent must bee called, though the Councells
in power heere have determined otherwise ; that a Parliament
shalbee called [is declared], but what qualifications [is not deter
mined], and till this bee perfected, which I think will not bee done
without either the agreement or conquest of Generali Monck, there
are 12 appointed to vote in cheife whose names I cannot give you
yet. It is credibly reported that Sir Arthur, Coll. Morley, and Col.
Whetham is gone from Portsmouth by sea to Generali Monck.
Divers have absented theraselves about the surpriseing of the
Tower, as Sir Antho : Ashley Cooper, Mr. Scott, Mr. Weaver, and
Col. Okey,^ but your friends place is still firme in the Tower be
cause of his faithfull behaviour.^ It is beleeved Col. Fitche wilbee
restored by order of Parliament ; it is put out of question hee will
if the Long Parliament bee called againe ; but all things and setle
ment in this place depends uppon the good agrement or successe in
the North ; this is true indeede, but greate are the distempers in
all places and persons ; there were raany of the Generali Councill
of officers that were for the restoring the old Parliament.
Captain Oulcheth to Mr. William Clark*
Honnoured Sir,
I dare not take the bouldnes to write to my Lord Generali
unless it were more to purpose. And therefore I begg your favor
to acquaint his Lordshipp that I am noe other then a servant
of my Lord Howards, and soe must nether trott nor walke but as
' Colonel John Fagg was arrested in his own house by Lieut.-Colonel Lagoe.
He was raising forces to march to Portsmouth. Mercurius Politicus, December
8-15, p. 946. * Thurloe, vii. 797. » Lieut.-Colonel Miller?
' PhiUips MSS. in the Advocates' Library

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hee bidds : and the trueth is you are at that distance at present
that I cannot leave my chardge but to utter ruein. If it were ray
owne there were the less matter.
Soe soone as the messendger came to mee with his Lordshipp's
two letters, I dispatcht him back for feare of an ill turne, for
heares briske worke. I am, Sir,
Your very humble servant,
Rich: Culcheth.
Haward, December
the 13th, 1659.
[Endorsed] Capt. Culcheth, cone, his
not appearing without order
from my Lo. Howard.
Major Shaffcoe to General Monck ^
My Lord,
After A tender of my duty, zit I am soe well satisfied with your
Lordsbipes present ingagement that I am much imbouldned to
make an offer of my humbell services to yow and your present
cawese ; my Lord, I shall not giue yow any ffurther truble, only
giue me leaue to crave the same incurragement yow are plased to
aford others; And power ffrom your Excellence to put your
commands in execution ; This done I will not doute to appeare
before yow in the worst of timese with fforty or ffifty horse.
And if it shall please God soe to strenthen your hands as to
cleare this poore County of theeae raen now in the midiat of us,
I dare ingage to raiae the beest|part of a Regement. Att
present I have noe more, but will euer aubacribe my selfe
ffrom Shaftoe, ^""^ Lorshipes most humble
the 14th of Desember, and ffaithfuU saruent,
1659. Dalston Shafioe.
By Captain William Dowens, if you please, I may ressue your
Lordshipes comands. ' Phillips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.

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The proposalls of the Commissioners of Shires to my
Lord Generali and his ofiicers, December 13, 1659
xxxii. f. 157. 1. That the Lord Generali may be pleased to appoint a com
mittee in each shire for regulating the affaires thereof, in order to
his Lordship's commands and their owne preservacion.
2. That his Lordship will allow each shire presently to raise
(for securing the peace and their owne safety) some small propor
tion of horses under the conduct of such persons as his Lordship
shall think fit to trust.
3. That his Lordship will declare, for the greater encourage
ment of the shires at the returne of their commissioners, if the
treaty shall breake up and take noe effect, imediatly upon the
notice thereof, that hee does authorize the shires to putt themselves
in the best posture they can for his assistance and their owne defence.
4. That for the foresaid effect his Lordship will be pleased to
furnish each shire with some proporcion of armes upon payment
of the just rates thereof within one moneths tirae after the receipt
of thera. 5. That all gentlemen who are free to comply with his Lord
ship's desires may for theraselves and servants have liberty to carry
their armes.

The Lord Generali Monck's answere to the proposalls
of the Commissioners of the shires of Scotland,
presented to him December 13, If 59
xxxii. f. 157b. 1. To the first his Lordship answereth, that hee doth authorize
the noblemen and justices of the peace of each county, with the
advice and consent of the governour of the next adjacent guarrison,
to putt in execucion such orders and commands as his Lordship
shall give for securing the peace of the county, provided the said
noblemen and justices be such as have subscribed to live peaceably

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and act nothing to the prejudice of the Coramonwealth of England,
or in favour of Charles Stuart's interests, and that none of them be
papists. 2. To the second his Lordship answereth, that hee doth allow
to the counties next adjacent to the Highlands, vizt. to the counties
of Dumbarton and Sterling, forty men to beare armes, to the
county of Pearth forty men in armes, to the county of Forfar and
Kincardin forty men in armes, and to the county of Aberdeen
forty raen in armes, which are to be a guard for the security of
the said countyes against theives and robbers, and for the rest
of the shires his Lordship will take care, if hee shall have occasion
to remove farther out of Scotland. And his Lordship doth allow
the heritors of the above named shires to make choice of a fitt
person to comand the said guard, they giveing security to the
governour of the next adjacent guarrison for his fidelity and good
behaviour in six hundred pounds sterling.
3. To the third his Lordship will give answere with all possible
speed after the issue of the treaty is known.
4. To the fowerth his Lordship answereth, that hee will furnish
them with fitt meanes for their defence whensoever hee apprehends
their peace and safety to be in danger.
5. To the fifth his Lordship answereth, that such noblemen and
gentlemen as have subscribed as above-mencioned in the first
article shall have liberty (with passes from his Lordship) to weare
their swords, and fewer servants to be soe likewise arm'd for the
attendance of each nobleman, and [two] for each gentleman.^
' Phillips, in his continuation of Baker's Vhronicle, on the authority of Sir T.
Clarges and his papers, prints these five propositions and Monck's answer (p.
696). He omits, however, the stipulation in Clause 1 of Monck's answer, imposing
the obligation not to act in favour of Charles Stuart, and this suppression is ob
viously made in order to clear Monck's reputation for loyalty. Phillips also gives
an excellent account of the discussions which took place on the question of arming
the Scots. See also Guizot, Bichard Cromwell, ii. 53, 335, 355 (Scoble's transla
tion) ; Price, p. 739 (ed. Maseres) ; Gumble, p. 149 ; Baillie Letters, iii. 439 ;
Burnet's Own Time (ed. Airy), f. 152, note.

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General Monck to the Oity of Edinburgh
xxxii. f. 163. My Lord and Gentleraen,
I have received your letter and the letters of severall other
burghes, and doe finde ray self obliged to returne you reall and
hearty thankes for your affection to the Comraonwealth and tbe
army heere, and to that good interest for which wee are now con
tending, and in particular to my self, and to assure you that wee
shall alwaies retaine a grateful! sence of itt, and shall bee ready
uppon all occasions to protect and incourage your citty and all
the other burghs. I desire you to communicate this to such other
burghs as have subscribed the letters, and remayne
Your Lordshippes very humble servant,
G. M.
To the Lord Provost, Bailiffs, and
Councill of Edinburgh.
The like to the same purpose
to the severall Burghs.
General Monck to Lieutenant-General Fleetwood
Iii. f. 37b. My Lord,
I have received your Lordshipps of the 6th of December, in
which your Lordshipp is pleased to intimate the receipt of mine
by Captain Loyde. My Lord, I can say it in the integrity of my
heart that there is not a man liveing in these Nations who doth
with greater ardency of affection desire a righteouse and well-
grounded peace then my selfe, and a unaniraouse consent in the
armves of this Coraraonwealth in carryeing on the good worke of
the blessed Reforraation in these nations. In which greate and
gloriouse worke, I can assure your Lordshipp, these two are my
cheife ayraes : the security and incurragement of the chosen people
of God and theire Christian concernements, and the civill rights
and libertyes of the people of these Nations. And if it shall
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are under your command, to a complyance with mee in the
necessary medicines that conduces to these ends, there cannot (I
may speake it witb boldnesse) bee the least appearance of difference
betwixt us. I am deepely sensible of the danger of delay in
this worke, and doe therefore desire that all diligence raay bee
used to putt our present differences to a speedy issue, I hope a
peaceable one, and that private concerneraent may keepe noe place
in our hearts whilst the greate intereats of our Country lye at
stake. I am obliged to your Lordshipp for the accompt yow have
given mee of the affaires of London and Portsmouth. It cannot
but bee a greife unspeakeable uppon ray heart that such as are
raised and maintained by theire Country for the preservation of
itts peace and libertyes should by theire high violence to civill
authority engage it in bloud, and I hope by this time your Lord
shipp is truly sensible of the danger of dissolveing by force the
authority of a Nation, and withall I heartily pray you may not
heare of sadder consequences of their late unadvised actions then
yet yow have. My heart is ready to bleede when I think of the
lamentable confusions these Nations are involved in, but I hope the
Lord will of his abundant grace and mercy yet guide our feete
into the wayes of peace, and heale the breaches which our
iniquityes and backslideings have made araongst his people. I
have sent the inclosed to the Lord Larabert in order to a farther
Treaty,' to which his Lordshipp condescending, I shall send my
Commissioners with all possible speede to joyne with his Lordshipp,
and beseech the Lord to give a blessed issue to theire endeavoures
for peace. Wherein I hope y our ^ prayers wilbee joyned with
those of Your affectionate and humble servant,
G. M.
Barwick, 14 December,
1659.
' The letter to Lambert is evidently that printed in the Beport on Mr, Leyborne-
Popham's MSS,, p. 133.
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Newsletter

xxxu. f. 187. London, December 15, 1659. — The other night was expected a
great rising, butt in hopes of a good answer from the Common
Councill deferr'd all till yesterday ; but the Coraraon Councill satt
frora raoming till night, and instead of having a good answer they
are clearly frustrated, for they have order'd Parliament to sitt the
24th of next month, but [with] abundance of limitations, as those
that are in itt to have noe designe of Charles Stuarts interest, nor
for a single person, nor that they shall nott meddle to disband the
army, and severall other thinges, and will have, instead of a House
of Lords, 21 persons called by the name of Conservators, who are
to sitt and approve of their actinges.' Portesmouth is besieged,
and severall raen kill'd before itt, butt as to the generallity of the
citty they are much discontented with affaires, soe that it is really
to bee supposed that thinges may nott bee soe well as they thinke of
B. H.

xxxii. f. 187b.

General Monck to the Governor of Stirling
Sir, The Noblemen and Gentlemen of the severall shires in Scotland,
haveing at theire late meeting with mee the 13th instant at
Barwick delivered unto mee severall letters signed by the Noble
men, Gentleraen, and Justices of peace of theire respective shires,
declareing theire resolutions to live peaceably, and to use theire
endeavoures to suppresse any that shall endeavoure to disturbe
the publique peace in ray absence, I desire yow will give the
Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Justices of peace in the shire of
Sterling all the possible assistance and incurragement you may in
the doeing of the same, except the furnishing thera with amunition
' For the ' seven fundamentals ' and other particulars of the constitution "
proposed by the Council of Officers, see Mercurius Politicus, December 8-15,
pp. 946, 956. The number for December 15-22 contains a declaration against the
scheme, published by the Lord Mayor and the Common Council (p. 967). On this
constitution see also Ludlow, Memoirs, ii. 171-4.

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end armes, which yow are not to let thera have without ray speciali
order, and aUoe upon occasion to assist them with such a party as
yow can conveniently spare without hazard to the garrison ; such
of them as have subscribed the letter are to have passes, the
Noblemen for themselves and fowre servants, and the Gentlemen
and Justices of peace for theraselves and two servants. 1 have
granted passes to divers of thera, but in case any of those who
have subscribed the letter and have not had passes from mee
should come to you for passes, I doe hereby impower you to grant
thera, but not to any who have not signed, unles they were absent
through sicknes, or upon sorae extraordinary occasion, and then
they are to signe a copie of the sarae letter (whereof I have sent
yow inclosed a copie, and of my returne to it, with the names of
the subscribers, that you may know to whome to give passes).
And in case any of the Noblemen, Gentleraen, and Justices of
peace of the said shire should secure any persons who should
atterapt to disturbe the peace of this Nation, yow are either to
secure them in your garrison, or such of them as yow have not
conveniency to secure you are to send to the prison or goale for
this county, or other secure places as you shall think fitt.'
Barwik, 15 Dec, 1659.
General Monck to Major-General Lambert
My Lord, Ui. f. 40b.
I am loth to tell your Lordshipp what discontent the late
advance of your forces hath been among the officers heere, and
what apprehensions they have of itt^^and I am the lesse able to
give them satisfaction uppon that point, because (to tell your
Lordshipp the truith) I am not yet satisfied my selfe with that
accorapt it hath pleased yow to give of itt. It would rauch conduce
to the allayeing of this hea1|e if yow shall please to withdrawe
those forces which yow ha-ye advanced into Northuraberland,
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Westmerland, and Cumberland, and that troope which in the tyme
of the treaty was drawne into Carlyle, and would bee a meanes to
revive in us a good opinion of your Lordshipp['s] inclination to
peace, which by that act of yours was a little startled in us. If
your Lordshipp thinks this a delay on our parts, yow raay please
to consider that it is grounded uppon an act of your owne, and not
a thing of our seekeing, and that it is in your owne power to
expedite it by the speedy returne of your force, and the tyme
your soe doeing will take upp will bee of noe advantage to mee,
because I am already prepared for treaty, and as soone as your
Lordshipp shall have given us notice that your forces are with
drawne wee shalbe ready with our commissioners to attend your
Lordshipp's, and I shall endeavoure to chuse raen of such a spirritt
as I expect from your Lordshipp, it beeing my desire, equally with
yours, that a suddaine period may bee putt to this unhappy
difference. It was desired by us, and agreed to by Colonel Sankey, that
the coramissioners should meete at Alnewick, as a place of most
conveniency and indifferency for theire sitting, which proposall of
ours I suppose your Lordshipp will not reject, unlesse yow bee
contented to suffer the delayes which the diversions and distance
of Newcastle will bee sure to occasion. I shall rest in expectation
of your suddaine and satisfactory answer soe much the more
contentedly because I am confident of your desire to peace, and of
your willingnes still to continue me in the condition of
Your Lordship's humble servant,
[George Monck].
Barwick, 16 December,
1659.
P.S. — I am informed that since the assurance given mee in
your Lordshippes late lettre sent to mee by Colonel Sankey,
that noe officers belonging to Scotland were stayed against their
will from coming hither, that Captpin Durdoe, of Colonel Reade's
regiment, is staid atA,Newcastle, and severall others in other places.
lee a ISO tfca^wjlow^

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I desire your Lordshippe they raay bee permitted to come for
Scotland. Colonel Hughes to General Monck'
CitadeU, 16th December, 1659.
Right honourable,
It was your Lordshippes pleasure without any desert of myne
that is imaginable not onely to continewe but to renewe your
favours unto me ; ^ it is a wonder and a series of kindenes that you
wold looke uppon soe lowe and incapacitated a person for soe high
and publique concernments as my selfe, it proceedeth altogether
out of kindenes than anythinge there is of worth or fittnes in me,
and therefore I neede begge of God an enlarged heart in [his] wayes,
and thankefullnes to glorifie him in his providence and your honor
for your kindenes and condiscention herein. I wishe I may be
enabled to evidence it more then I can expresse it ; it is more
uppon my thoughts and desires too then I shall be able to acquitt,
be pleased therefore to accept of the will for the deede.
Be pleased alsoe to knowe that Capt. Clifton, as I beleeve he
will informe your Lordshipp himselfe, that he, out of tendernes to
Capt. Collinson, beinge eldest Captaine, is not willinge to prevent
him of that which is, as be judgeth, his right, yet he is exceedinge
thankfull to your Lordshipp for your care and singular favour
towards him, and will submitt to what you shalbe pleased to doe
therein. My Lord, Capt. Newman is a gentleman that hath bene for
some yeares very serviceable to the Regiment, I meane sihence I
came to be Major, and before too, and a man of a publique spiritt,
' Phillips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.
^ Monck was exceedingly dissatisfied with the conduct of Colonel Timothy Wilkes
as a negotiator. When the three commissioners returned from London he confiued
Colonel Wilkes for discovering, or at least not pursuing, some private instructions ;
but after a while Wilkes was released, upon satisfaction that what he did was out
of ignorance and not malice (Baker, p. 696). On December 15, Thomas Hughes,
formerly major, was made colonel in his place.

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and hath evidenced himselfe in a highe measure to be your
Lordshippes and the Comonwealthes servant, and I am confident
if it should come to the test he wold be willinge to quitt his liefe
in the service of eyther. Your Lordshippe hath had some experi
ence of hira, and that aboundantly, and I dare boldly say there is
not he liveinge will exceede him in his faithfulnes, constancy, and
resolution in the propogation of the good cause and interrest of
the nation, if you'l be pleased to looke uppon him ; and as we have
cause to judge him, he is capable to doe greate service for the
nation, and in case Major Clifton doe not accept of your Lordshippe's
kindenes that this gentleraan raay taste of your favourr herein.
This I must confesse, that I knowe noe thinge of Capt. Collinson ^
but that he is an honest, faithfull, and able man too, and doeth
deserve to be owned as such. I shall not trouble your honor with
tediousenes, but shall referre the whole busines to doe therein as is
most due to your consideration ; be pleased to add to this tbat my
Leivetenant may have his Ooraraission for my new Company, and
myselfe for Capt. Wilkes Company. I am and ever wilbe, ray
Lord, the Oomraonwealthes and your Lordshippes servant while
my name is Tho : Hughes.
I desire your Lordshippe wold be pleased to give a Commission
for Quartermaster George Selby to be Lievetenant to my brother
Robert Forrester. Mr. Robinson hath bene frora the first begin-
inge and raiseinge of this Regiment till now, and not preferred ; he
desireth to succeede him.
Captain Newman to General Monck ^
May it please your Lordship,
In all humilitie I am bold to tender these few lines to your
Lordshipp in behalfe of myselfe. Truly it is a thing I should not
have done, nor^bave I been used to, but the perswassion of frends
' Captain WiUiam Collinson. ' PhUlips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.

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puts rae upon it. I understand our late Collonel hath layd
downe,' and truly, my Lord, I look for noe better from him then to
doe that which would cause hira to be layd assid : I sent hira word
by an Ensigne that was his Clarke, that if he forsooke that for
which we had ingaged he should be to rae noe more then one I
never saw in my life : nay, had he stayed, my honourable Lady, your
Noble Consort, knowes 14 dayes agoe that I sayd I would serue [as]
a trouper rather then under hira that had betrayed his trust ; but
he being off, as I heare, and our honest-hearted Major made Collonel,
for which I rejoyce, and shall doe my best to raake all others doe
the like, as I am sure they have noe cause to the contrario, and I
find they are well content with it, soe I heare Capt. Clifton is made
by your Lordshipp Major ; whatever your Lordshipp hath done I
am well pleased with, but I doe understand Capt. Clifton refusses
it, being in a better and more profitable place, ^ and he doth it upon
this account. As [to] Capt. Collinson, who is at Inverlethen being
the eldest Captain, it is true he is soe ; but Capt. Clifton, I suppose,
would not have refused your Lordship's favour, but that he is
better and hath lese trouble then if a Major : however, ray Lord,
if your Lordshipp will but inquire into the datte of his and ray
Coramission, you will find mine senior, only Collonel Penwick had
a great respect to him, and he raising his Company nearer then I
did mine, got to Barwicke before me, and alsoe Collonel Penwicke
kept him in his favour with intent (aa he did after) to bestow his
neece one him, soe by favour he got elder Coulers then I, soe that
I was put by ; ^ but for preferment for ray selfe I dare not be soe
bold as to presse your Lordshipp, but only statte the buisnesse as
it is in truth, and hurably leave it with your Ijordshipp ether for
the Major's place or the Caatle ; and if your Lordship say noe to
' Wilkes, cf. p. 197.
'¦¦ Captain Eichard Clifton, to whom Monck now offered a majority, was Governor
of Edinburgh Castle. ¦
' Colonel George Fenwick was colonel of the regiment when it was first raised,
and was succeeded by Wilkes about 1656.

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ether, I am content and submit my selfe to your Lordshipp's
pleasure. Since the begining of 1643 I have been in Comission
in the horse seruice as quarter-master. Coronet, and Lievtenant to
1650, and frora that tirae Captain here in this Regiment, and
alway when the Major was absent officated as Major, aometimea
14 monthes together ; and for my actings in this cause, if ever your
Lordship come to London, as I beleeue you will er long, some of
the most eminent in the Cittie can certifie what wayes I have
taken to give them intelegance both by sea and land, and what I
have done heare to promotte this cause I can leaue to the testy-
money of the Regiment in which I am, and for ray resolution for
time coming let this be kept against rae to fiy in ray face if 1 desert
it : though I was but ray selfe alone I shall never betray ray
posteritie, but scale with my bloud, if called to it, tbat I now say ;
if I would give ray reasson I should be tedious and soe trouble
your Lordahipp. I hope your Lordshipp will think of these few
broken lines, and reraember him that is and shall ever continew.
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most faithfull and obedient seruant.
Will: Newman.'

Colonel Hughes to General Monck '•^
My Lord,
I received intimation just nowe frora Major Symervill that
there hath beene theis fowre dayes last past a convention of some
noble and gentlemen of this nation att my Lord Twadale his house
in Edinburgh ; they are the Lord Brichin, Earle of Penmuir's sonne.
Colonel Hey, whoe was lately imprisoned and dischardged by your
Lordshippes order frora Edinburgh Castle, Earle of Southaske, and
' Undated, but doubtless written December 16, 1659. In 1644 Newman was
a lieutenant in Captain Berry's troop in Cromwell's regiment of horse. In
February 1662 he was a prisoner in the Gatehouse, and his wife Susanna peti
tioned for his release (Somers's Tracts, vii. 530).
'' PhiUips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.

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Colonel Bartlett. It is very much to be feared theire meeteinge
tends to doe disservice to your Lordshippe and the Comonwealth,
and for prevention thereof, if we were a little more ascertained of
it, I would humbly propose that your Lordshippe for the better
secureinge of the peace they may be secured, and att such a
tyme as that, if possible, they raay be taken in the very act, with
all theire papers, if there be any such.
I have sent your Lordshippe an accorapt of the lOOpeire of
pistolls and Bandileares I sent overland ; I hope they are secured in
the quarters. I sent also Collonel Robsons answeare to the message
to hira att Ayre. There have bene some passengers that came
frora Holland sent unto rae from Bursleands ; ' some had bene in
the Danishe service, but had theire dischardges, others that were
seamen ; the first, I tooke theire engagement, the seamen I dis
chardged. Another that came from Holland that had noe passe I
have him in custody untill he procure security. Sir Mungow
Murrowe is come with his fieete and landed att Ely, but cannot
heare where he is.
I shall take care to send the 500 paire pistolles and Bandileares
accordinge to your Lordshippes order ; the weather as to shippinge
is uncerteine, and if I were put to a streight as to tbe sendinge of
thera I raay be disappointed ; if yow be pleased to give me order
eyther to presse or to send for horses into Countrey, it wold be the
surest way, tbat soe I might send them by land. Mr. Booth hath
brought in sorae provision, both Beefe and porke. We are daily
doeinge soraethinge to put us in a fittnes to secure this place. ^
I hope in a very short while to put ourselfes in such a posture that
we neede not feare what our adverse freinds sould doe against us.
My Lord,
I ara your Lordshippes most humble servant,
16 Deer. 1659. Tho : HuGHES.
' Burntisland? ' Leith.

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Sir Hardress Waller to General Monck
Iii. f. 43b. Sir, I hope our antient acquaintance and continued acts of friend
shipp on your part, although but weakely returned on raine, may
intitle raee this priviledge and freedome to lett yow know that I
doe with much more willingnesse sett ray hand to the presenting
of yow with these lynes then I did lately in subscribeing ray name
to a letter that was written to yow from hence, which I did for
sorae dayes dispute with and contend against, untill some sharper
expressions weere expunged out of the letter, and yet not all, nor
tbe letter running in that straigne that I desired, and prevailed
with mee for the signeing of it, beeing noe otherwise free, either
to the forme or the matter, then that I hoped that the tendancy
thereof would affect an accord betweene such indeered friends as
those of the army, which rather then not testifie my desire unto I
was perswaded to tollerate that expression of bearing our witnesse
against your undertakeing (although that expression was contrary
to ray declared sence at that time), or to bee singular in my judge
ment and want the oppertunity of manifesting my desire to inter-
ceede for a peace, findeing itt pressed uppon raee that the not
signeing of that letter would prove an hinderance to the promote-
ing thereof, which I held more requisite to bee instrumentall in at
such a season then to examine the justice of any proceeding that
might hazard the whole cause, and of that I ara soe highly sensible
that I could offer my aelfe a sacrafize to have that effect. If the
Lord have yet a mercy left for such a provokeing people as to pre
serve us from such a sad stroke, which I looke uppon as tho highest
of judgements, and thus farr I have both borne upp my owne
spirritt, and have indeavoured to satisfie others that I durst ingage
my selfe for yow, uppon that knowledge and friendshipp which, I
hope, is not abated on your part, noe raore then it is on mine, that
yow will neither deliver upp the English interest to the Scotche
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that which keepes upp the same hopes in mee still is that those
that contend for these good ends wilbee taught of the Lord to
agree in the way. Your old faithfull servant. Captain John Camp
bell, is expressly imployed att this tyme to give yow an accompt of
a late action heere at Dublin, which, though by raen it must
undergoe the hazard to bee judged rauch by your successe, yet I
hope in the bottome of it there will bee found nothing but sincerity
and a true desire to maintaine that interest wee have soe long
contended for, and uppon this accompt and noe other I shall desire
yow to judge the action of Sir,
As rauch your obliged Friend and affectionate
Servant as ever,
DubUn-Castle, HaR. WaLLER.'
December the 16th,
1669.
' Monck's answer to this letter, dated December 28, is printed later. Waller
begins by apologising for his part in the joint letter of the Irish officers, dated
November 4 (see ante, p. 95, note). The ' late action ' mentioned towards the end
of the letter was the seizure of Dublin Castle on December 13 by Colonel John
Bridges, Major Edward Warren, Captain Abel Warren, and others. These three
officers pubhshed an account of their enterprise, entitled A perfect Narrative of
the grounds and reasons moving some Officers of the Army in Ireland to the
securing the Castle of Dublin for the Parliament, 4to, 1660. (See also Beport on
the Duke of Portland's MSS. i. 688, and Thomason Tracts, E. 1013, 8.) In Mer
curius Politicus for December 22-29, p. 987, the declaration of the officers, dated
Dublin Castle, December 14, is printed at length. It begins ' Whereas by divine
permission a new interruption hath been put upon the Parliament.' The seizure
of Dublin Castle was followed by a similar movement in other parts. Munster
was secured by Lord Broghil, Connaught by Sir Charles Coote, and Ulster by
Colonel Gorges (Ludlow, ii. 185-189). IJonck's kinsman. Cornet Henry Monck,
was one of the minor actors in the movement (Baker, p. 699). Sir Hardress
WaUer's connection with it is defined in the Perfect Narrative. He was an
accomplice after the event. After securing Dublin Castle, say the authors, ' it
now behoving those thus engaged to put themselves into that order whereby the
work in their hands might be carried on (by the blessing of the Lord) more pro
sperously,' and, considering the countenance ' they might have in that matter by
the Major-General, if he would own them in it, they thereupon desired his heading
them, and that by his hand orders might press upon all occasions, he being the
visible superior officer in Ireland, whereunto (they and that undertaking appearing

xxxii. f. 167.

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Mr. Samuel Hammond to General Monck
Right Honourable,
Having this evening received the inclosed with earnest desires
that I would with all care and speede convey it to your Lordshipp,
I have desired the bearer heereof, Mr. Thomas Watson, a member
of our Church, to waite upon yow with it, not doubting of its
Christian acceptance uppon the accompt of the churches from
whence it comes.
My Lord, might I once more take the boldnes to present my
most humble request (even in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ)
on the behalfe of those poore nations over whose heade the sword
is hanging in an haire, tbat your Lordshipp would pursue some
effectuall expedient for the healeing of our breaches ? My Lord, I
heare there will certainely bee. a Parliament and Senate to bee
chosen by tbe people, and for other things I humbly conceive
your Lordshipp uppon the renueing of the treaty will receive
satisfaction. My Lord, I humbly thanke your Lordshipp for your Christian
respects to mee when waiteing uppon yow, and am eraboldned
further to begg your pardon for this boldnesse, and subscribe
my selfe Yours, &c.
Newcastle, 17 December, Sam. HamMOND.
1659.
for the Parliament) he assented, he having been some weeks before prepared by a
general discourse concerning it' (p. 9). Waller therefore became the nominal
head of the movement. Two letters from Jones to Waller, upbraiding him for his
part in it, and one to Colonel Thomlinson on the same subject, dated December 19,
20, and 22, are printed in the Transactions of the Historical Society of Lanca
shire and Cheshire, vol. i.. New Series, part xiii. 1860-1, pp. 293-7. The three
commissioners, Jones, Thomlinson, and Corbet, were all made prisoners by the
revolting officers. Moreover, when Ludlow returned to Ireland to take up his
command (December 30), Hardress Waller and the officers refused to allow him
to land. Their correspondence on the subject is printed in Ludlow's Memoirs,
ii. 449, ed. 1894. In a letter of January 16, 1660, Monck joined in the attack on
Ludlow (ib. ii. 471).

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Sir Andrew Bruce of Erlishall to General Monck '
My Lord,
I have heard that the Lords and gentilraan employed to
comunicat your Lordships desyrs to this shyre ^ have resolved to
put ane evill character on mee and my sonne, wha wer naver
acquented nethir at the general melting of the Shyre nor at the
particular of presbiteries, as I have acquented the bearer heirof. I
know it bath bein ther designe to put me out of credit (this
twa or thre yeirs bygane) with your Lordship ; and haveing gotten
some surmises off my lait discoverie of ther designes hath enraged
micbtilie all of thera, bot I cair for no Lord bot the Lord of
Hoastes, and to be a courteour with him is my maine designe.
Hee is wonderfuU in counsil and excellent in working, and shal
heartilie wish and pray your Lordship raay be directed by him
wha turneth the counsil of the nations to nought ; he is the Lord
of armies and God of battells, wha can give victorie to feu as weel
as to many. As to my sonne, I hoope he shalbe able to give
satisfaction to your Lordship for his demenour. It is against his
honnour and myne both to be a page to Lords that knows not how
to manage bussnes, far les to give counsil to uthers. I can assur
your Lordship that the great iiord wha overruleth all hes a work
on the wheels, and shal wish earnestlie your Lordship may have
a hand in that part of it that shall tend to his glorie and the
setlement of relligion in puritie and peace within thir thrie
nations. According to your principle and cause of undertaking,
togithir with the end befor your Lordship's eyes, so shall your
Lordship be blissed of him who is onlie able to blisse with success
all right hearted men. And to his direction and counsil I
' PhilUps MSS. in the Advocates' Library.
^ Fife. See A letter from the noblemen, gentlemen, justices, and freeholders
of the Shire of Fife to the Lord General Monck, with Monck's answer, dated
December 14, printed as a broadside. Bruce is apparently excusing himself for
not signing this address.

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recommend your Lordship and the ordering of your ways, and
remaynes Your Lordships trulie affectionat raost humble servant,
An. Bruce.
ErlishaU, 17 lObris,
1659.
My Lord, much of God will appeir in imployeing of Godle
honest raen for keiping the peace in shyres ; if utherwayes it will
reflect rauch on your Lordshypp, and dishearten all Godlie and
gud people, whose prayers raay be better then ane armie.
Colonel Hughes to General Monck '
Right Honourable,
The inclosed doeth raake intiraation of the escape of tbe Lord
Kenmore out of Edinburgh Castle. I could not but signifie the
same unto your Lordshippe witb much recreete. I have consulted
with Major Symmervill what course to take in it ; his advice, is
that your Lordshippe wold be pleased to write to James Creighton,
Sherriffe of Nidesdale, for to improve his interrest for takeinge of
him ; he can doe it if your Lordshipp can engage him. I thinke
if yow wold be pleased to put a prise uppon him for such as shall
take or give intelligence of him, it will be of a greate concernraent
in order to his takeinge ; it is that that raust doe it or noe thinge.
I doe perseiue by Syraerell that Channcellor Louden is playeinge
reakes in that part of that Countrey, and one Lieutenant Brody
the like in Morrowland and Nerne. Some thinge must be done
tymely in this to prevent forther daunger. Noe more att present
but tbat I ara, ray Lord,
Your Lordshipps most humble servant,
Tho : Hughes.
The Brandenburger and Hollander landed raen in Schooneland,
where they killed and tooke 3,000 of the Sweedes ; this is con-
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firmed by severall skippers and passengers that came from Holand
lately and came to this harbor :
Sorae others report that Dunkirk is surrendered
unto the Spaniard, whoe tooke tbe benefitt of
a rautiny amongest tbe soldiers therein, and
marched a considerable Army against them.
CitadeU, the 18th
December, 1659.
I have written to Tompson, Towne Clearke, and Dean and
guild of Edinburgh to improve theire interrest therein.
General Monck to some Ministers
Gentlemen, xxxii. f. 189.
The officers of the army heere are desireouse that yow would
bee pleased to come over to Coldstrearae, and prepare your selves
to aasist in earring on the worke of a fast and day of Humiliation,
to seeke the blessing and direction and blessing of God uppon our
Councells and forces. Wee are forced to begg this favour from
yow, to helpe these Gentlemen our Ministers who are with us, they
haveing constant and daily duty, and theire nuraber being small
and in an unsetled and discomposed condition,- and therein yow
will very much oblige raee, who am
Your humble servant and assured friend,
[George Monck].
Coldstreame,
19th December.
The day wee have thought upon is Wednesday next.
OflGLcers at Coldstream to Sir Arthur Heselrige
and others
Right Honourable, m f 4^
Itt is not unknowne to yow that since the late force uppon the
Parliament wee have put ourselves uppon our duty as Englishmen
and faithfull souldjiers for the preservation of the freedome and

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priviledges of the Parliaraent, since which tyme there hath bin a
Treaty betweene us and the authors of that force to prevent (if
possible) the effusion of Christian bloud, and that not comeing to
the desired effect there hath still bin a continued overture and
endeavoure to bring the matter to a happy composure ; but having
received intelligence that your Honoures are now in Portsmouth,
where yow have declared for the sarae cause with us, and that yow
act as Commissioners by the Act of Parliament beareing date the
eleaventh of October last, wee finde ourselves disinabled to treate
any farther uppon our owne single accompt. We have therefore
sent this Gentleraan to your Honours to receive your coraands in
this businesse, assureing yow that it is our earnest desire that
things raight bee composed in an amicable way, and that the
Common Enimy raight not reape the benefitt of our contentions.
And in this wee doubt not but wee shall have your Honour's
coraplyance, and shalbee speedily furnished frora yow with such
directions and instructions as may sufficiently inable us for that
worke. Wee reraaine Your very humble servants,
Charles Fairfax.
Tho : Reade.
Coldstreame, Jj_ LytCOTT.
19th December, 1659. x „
John Clobery.
R. Knight.
For the Eight Honourable Col. Sir Arthur
Heslerige, Col. Herbert Morley, Col.
Valentine Walton, Commissioners of
Parliament for the Army, these att
Portsmouth.
The Ofiicers at Coldstream to the Ofiicers at Newcastle
Ui. f. 42b. Deare Brethren and Fellow Souldjers,
That there may bee noe occasion of misunderstanding betweene
yow and us, wee have thought itt our duty to acquaint yow that
wee have lately received intelligence that the Guarrison of Ports-

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mouth hath declared for the Parliament, and hath received into
the towne three of the coramissioners appointed by the Act of
Parliament of the eleaventh of October last for the goverraent of
the array, who are now acting there by that commission, and that
wee doe thereuppon hold ourselves incapacited to corae to any con
clusive agreeraent without authority and directions from them.
Yett wee doe assure yow that our intentions and desires for peace
are still the same, and therefore, as tbe most speedy and effectuall
way that wee can think off for removeing this obstruction, wee
have sent this gentleman. Major Bannister, to the Lord Lambert,
and doe desire that by his Lordshipp's permission hee may goe to
Portsmouth to the commissioners, to acquaint them with our desires,
and to receive from them theire comraands and instructions in
this case, which wee doubt not but will bee auch as shall give
satisfaction both to yow and us. Our desire to yow is that yow
would bee noe hinderance in thia businesse, but that yow would
consider that as wee are in honnoure obliged not to desert those
who have declared for the same thing with us, soe wee are in duty
bound to aske the consent of our .superiors before wee conclude
uppon any thing wherein they are soe neerely concerned, and that
neither yow nor wee can in reason expect that any agreement
made betweene us can put a finall period to these unhappy differ
ences while any interrested party is left out. And further that
yow would intreprett this ingenuity and plainesse of ours not as
any designe to frustrate or to delay that happy composure which
wee allsoe earnestly long for, but rather as an arguraent of our
greate zeale to bring it perfectly to passe, and our desire to begett
in yow such a confidence of us as soe much candor and clearenesse
may justly expect, which as wee can noe waise doubt from yow to
whorae wee have bin soe long and soe well knowne, soe wee know
noe better way to bring us againe to that antient and entyre love
and frendshipp which none but they that are enirayes both to yow
and us endeavoure to destroy.
To what hath bin said wee have this onely to add, soe that if
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you reject this overture of ours the bloud that shalbee shedd in this
contraversie will rest on yow and yours, and wee shalbee justified
in the sight of God, our owne consciencies, and the judgements of
all good men that wee have endeavoured for peace to the utmost of
our power, and herewith wee comend yow to God for the direction
of his spiritt, and remaine
Your affectionate brethren and servants.

Coldstreame,
19th December,
1659.

For our very
loveing friends, the
Officers of the Army
at New-Castle

Rt. Winter.
Nat. Eldred.
John Page.
J. Carrington.
Robt. Lytcott.
Anthony Belcham.
Hen. Ogle.
Tho. Symnell.
P. Bannister.
Antho. Nowers.
C. Fairfax.
Tho. Reade.

L. Lytcott.
John Clobery.
R. Knight.
Jere. Smith.
Joseph Witter.
James Mutlow.
Ed. Freer.
Tho. Johnson.
T. Mansfeild.
John Miller.
Peter Wilmott.

Newsletter
xxxii. f. 190. December 20, 1659. — Thursday last Major Crooke's troope,
quarter'd in Sarum, declared for the restoration of the last Parlia
raent, and last night raarched to Warneside, where they mett Capt.
Hutton's troope and another troope which came from the West,
all whicb the next day marched to Hurst Castle with an intention
(as they said) to goe thence to Portesmouth by water, whence they
bad orders soe to doe.' On Sunday last the Lord Mayor gave
notice to the Lord Fleetwood of an intended rising that night in
the Citty, wheruppon the souldiers were drawne out in the severall
' Unton Croke was major of Colonel Berry's regiment. The declaration published
by his troops at their rendezvous at Warminster is printed in Mercurius Politicus,
December 29-January 5, p. 996. On Croke, see Ludlow, ii. 170 ; Sir A. Croke's
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parts therof, and uppon search found many armes both for horse and
foote, and severall Gentlemen of the Inns of Court ready to lead
the tumult, all which were secured by the souldiers.' This day was
observed a day of Humiliation in Westrainster, Covent Garden,
and tbe Strand, by the joynt consent of the inhabitants therin.
Mr. Scott and Mr. Weaver came Coramissioners from the Fleete.
Coramissioners were appointed to treate with them — Sir Henry
Vane and Major Salway. They have been debating uppon a free
Parliament excepting only Cavaleers, that [which sat] in 1648, and
that which satt last ; one of thera will bee concluded on thia night.
About 60 foote marching this evening towards Jameses laid downe
their arraes till they bee satisfied for what and whorae they engage.
G. M.
London,
20 December, 1659.
Sir James Stewart to General Monck ^
May it pleis your Lordship,
Be my former I hoped to half given your Lordship satisfactioun
as to the wnwarrantablenes of that informatioun of my receiving a
lettre from my Lord Lambert be Major Cambridge ; ^ bot finding by
the report of the commissioners of thia towne, who wer with your
Lordship, tbat thair remaines sorae dout and wnsatisfactioun with
your Lordship as to that particular, I conceive my self obleiged
in deutie, both as to your Lordship's satisfactioun and cleiring of my
awin innocencie, again to assure your Lordship that I never resavit
any lettre from the Lord Lambert, nor ever so rauch as spoke with
Major Cambridge, and if your Lordahip may be pleised to be at
the paines to tak some tryall in it, I sould esteim it as the hichest
favour. I can be capble of being confident that the issue wilbe
' See Ludlow, Memoir.s, ii. 174.
' PhiUips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.
= A letter from Warriston to Sir James Stewart, dated December 10, is printed in
the Beport on Mr, Leyborne-Popham's MSS,, p. 132. Perhaps this was the letter
sent by Major Cambridge. p 2

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the cleiring of the treutb and a just vindicatioun of the integritie
of him who is. My Lord,
Your Lordships most faithfull and humble servant,
Edr., 22 Deer.,, Ja. StEWART.
1659.

, f. 167b. Sir,

xxxii. f. 71b.

General Monck to Mr. Samuel Hammond

I have received yours of the 17th instant, together with one
inclosed frora some Honourable and Reverend members of the
gathered Churches in London , to which I have sent an answer inclosed
herein, which I desire yow, as soone as yow may conveniently, to
send to them. Yow may assure those gentlemen that I doe accompt
my selfe highly obliged by theire civilitye, and that I shall omitt
noe opportunity that I may at any time have to acknowledge it.
What kinde of thing is meant where yow are by a Parliament
I know not, nor what by a Senate chosen by the people ; they
have not as yet bin pleased to acquaint raee soe farr with theire
moddell, but I should think, as things now stand, the surest and
spediest remedy for all inconveniencyes would bee to lett the
present Parliament sitt downe againe quietly, tbe calling and
moddelling another being likelier to take upp a longer debate
then may stand either with theire or our safety. I have noe more
at present, but that I ara Your very loving friend and servant,
Coldstreame, G. M..
22 December, 1659.
General Monck to the Congregated Churches
Honourable and Reverend friends,
I received yours of the 13th instant, and doe assure yow that my
intention and indeavours for the good old cause and the good people
of tbe Nations is still the same as it was when those honourable and
reverent persons from yow were with mee, and I could have wished

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yow had thereby furnished raee with some likelier and readier
expedient for accomplishing those desires of mine then that I am
now useing ; but I muat frely confes to yow that I am not soe
fully satisfied with the intentions of those whome you call the army
in England as yow seeme to bee, nor can I thinke that I have the
sarae apprehencions which you have of that new state of the
quarrell in your parts, or of the danger the good people are now in
frora the Coraraon Enimy. Would they, if they thought the people
of God were in soe greate danger, and that a few dayes continuance
in these breaches might make that danger past remedy — would
they, I say, think now at last of calling a new Parliaraent, the
verry calling and chuseing of whose Members would take up sorae
weekes tyme, though there were noe limitations nor restriccions
to bee agreed uppon, or though there were noe necessity for us to
interpose as yow desire for the preservation of the good people ?
Or would they keepe this designe of theires soe secrett that wee
should heare of it from you onely, and not from themselves, least,
perhaps, our consent might [not] bee soe soone gained ? Or would
they not rather support the present Parliaraent to sitt downe againe
quietly, which might bee done in few dayes tyme, and would
yraediately putt an end to all these unhappy controversies, and
make that posture of ours, which yow now think gives advantage and
incurragement to the Common Enimy, a posture formidable to
them, and most convenient to oppose them ? What coloures may bee
made use of to lay the bloud that may bee spilt in this quarrell at
my doore I know not, but this I know, that God who judgeth
^righteously, and whome noe colloures or pretences can deceive,
win in his tyme beare witnesse to fhe innocency and uprightnes
of my heart ; and I am confident it cannot bee unknowne to you,
nor to the greatest part of the people of the Nations, tbat the late
force uppon the Parliament was the begining and cause of these
contentions, and that it waa done to preserve in theire imploy
ments a small number of officers, not more considerable or better
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whome themselves have since laid aside, and that they have to
this end espoused the interest of a party with whose designes
Magistracy and Ministry can noe more stand then with those of
the Common Enimy, and to gratifie them have declared pub-
licquely that they would take away tythes, and have now proceeded
soe farr as to open againe that issue of bloud which had for a good
tyme (through mercy) bin stop't, and waa in a hopefull way to
have bin altogether healed. Por my part, I can safely say that
God and my owne actions will beare raee witnesse how carefull
and solicitous I was to bring the last treaty to a perfect close, and
all our quarrells to full and speedy composure. I think those
honourable and reverend Brethren of yours can remember, uppon
the first receipt of the late agreement, though it was such as
I could not in honour or justice ratifie, yet being uppon my
march, to shew my desire to peace, I yraediately returned to
Edinburgh, and drew back ray forces out of England, and raade an
offer to the Lord Larabert that the forces on both sides might bee
drawne back according to the tennour of the agreement ; which
offer of mine his Lordship did not onely not consent too, but
while wee thought ourselves heere secure and the treaty still
continued, yea, even while Col. Sankey was heere from his Lord
shipp with the highest expressions, protestations, and offers of
peace, advanced uppon us in such a manner as wee bad just
cause to think his intentions were otherwise ; yet since that tyme
I have not bin wanting in any thing that might on my part
promote tbat good end ; but understanding that a quorum of the
Coraraissioners for the goverment of the army constituted by an
Act of Parliament of the llth of October last, were now sitting
at Portsmouth, I imediatly dispatched a messenger to them to
perswade them to an accomodation, and directed letters to the
Lord Lambert and the officers at Newcastle to let them know as
much, and to desire that they would permitt him to passe. If
they should refuse it, I leave it to your selves to judge at whose
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that I have, and now they act by their coraission are my lawfull
superiors, soe that I am not now in a capacytie to make any
agreement without theire consent. Gentlemen, I have noe farther
to trouble yow, but to presse yow againe to bee perswaded that
the cause wee are now contending for is your owne cause, and the
cause of all the good people, and that as there was noe occasion
given by us at first to the beginning of these unhappy contraver
sies, soe there shalbee nothing now omitted on our parts that wee
think may bee a meanes to bring thera to a speedy and a happy
period, and to bee earnest with yow to possesse those that have
bin the authors and are still the continuers of the force uppon the
Parliaraent with a true and a deepe sence of the dangers and in
conveniencyes that are like to follow, in case this debate bee by
them continued any longer, and to assist us with your prayers to
the throne of grace that all these controversyes may bee ended
without the effusion of any more Christian bloud, and that they
may produce to the Nations liberty and prosperity, to Parliaments
theire just power and authority, and their duty, priviledges, and
encurragementa to the people of God, which is the utmost of the
desires and wishes of Your very humble servant,
Geo: Monck.
Coldstreame,
22 Dec. (59).
For my Honourable and Eeverend
friends, Lieut.-Generall Whalley,
M. G. Goffe, and Dr. Jno. Owen,
to be communicated to the congre
gated Churches in London. Newsletter
December 22, 1659. ^Yesterday the Committee of Safety agreed xxxii. f. 191.
upon a speedy calling of a free Parliament, for which the Citty
hath likewise declared, and writs are issuing out for the members
thereof That for the Citty of London this day was sent to the
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againe. Col. Riches regiment and 2 troops of Col. Berries are
revolted to Portsmouth, where the said 2 troups received order to
march into the Isle of Wight. This day the General Councill of
Officers met, and so did the Coraraon Councill of the Citty.
Exceter received a letter from the Commanders at Portsmouth and
another from Vice- Admirall Lawson. Whether the last or a free
Parliament should be chosen it is not yet determined by either.
Two troups of Col. Packer's regiment this day subscribed the
testimony for the last Parliament. The forces are drawne out of
Portsmouth, but they are not yet upon their march hither.
G. M.
The Speaker and others to Colonel Lytcott
December 22, 1659.
xxxii. f. 198. Sir, Wee have thought fitt to give you some information of the
Parliamentes affaires in these partes to communicate to your
colleagues, least for want of itt you precipitate your selves into
inconveniencies. All the foote sent to besiege Portesmouth seized
on their officers and carried thera prisoners into the Towne, and
five troopes of Col. Riches regiraent and two of Col. Berrie's
are corae in to them. Those of Berrie's regiment are comraanded
by Col. Croke, who was their late Major, and hee is sent to the
Isle of Wight, where his forces are increased to 700. And att
Taunton and severall other places there is great defection amongst
all their forces. And Vice-Admirall Lawson is for the Parliaraent,
with 22 saile of brave shippes att Gravesend and about the Hope
stopping uppe tbe River, and the Blockhouses there have declared
for the Parliaraent.' And in Kent Sir Michaell Livesay bath
raised two regiraents, which putts Fleetwood and the officers heere
in soe great a consternation that the [proclamation for a new]
' At first the fieet seemed inclined to support Lambert and Fleetwood against
Monck and the supporters of the Parliament. A number of the officers of the
navy, including Eichard Stainer, William Goodson, and other notable men, wrote
a letter to Monck, dated November 4, condemning his proceedings, and urging

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217

Parliament they aent but two dayes since is countermanded, and
they are this day advising to submitt theraselves to the Parliaraent,
or if they doe nott in a few dayes they will bee compell'd to itt.
Wee wonder rauch since your arrivall at Alnewick you have kept
noe correspondence with Doctor Clarges or any of the Parliaraentes
freinds, to have information of their condition heere. Pray lett us
heare from you by this bearer, and take what care you can to send
the inclosed letter to the Lord Generali Monck, because itt con-
teines matter of great import to the service of the Parliament, and
conclude noe agreement in your present treaty till you have advice
from his Lordshippe uppon perusall of the lettre now sent to him.
Wee have nothing more butt to commend our kinde respects to
you and the worthy Gentleraen your partners, and are
Your very loving freinds,
Wm. Lenthall. Tho : Lister.
London, December ye 22nd, JOHN WEAVER. PeTER TeMPLE.
1659. Tho : Pury, senr. Will' ffyre [?].
An. Ashley Cooper.
For our worthy freind, Colonell Lytcott,
one of the Commissioners for the
Parliament's army iu Scotland
Att Alnewick.'
him to come to an agreement with the leaders of the English army. This is
printed in Whitelooke's Memorials, iv. 370. Monck's answer to this letter, but
without a date, is No. 14 of Toland's collection of Monck's letters. It is
directed to Vice-Admiral Goodson.
Like the army, however, the fleet was divided, and on December 13 Vice-
Admiral Lawson and the officers of the fleet in the Downs published a declara
tion in favour of the restoration of the Long ParUament. It is printed in
Mercurius Politicus for December 22-2#, p. 975. Two letters from Lawson to
the City, dated December 13 and 21, are printed in the PubUc Intelligencer,
p. 967. Ludlow gives a good account of the revolt of the fleet, and the negotia
tions which took place between its officers and the representatives of the army
(Memoirs, ii. pp. 176, 180). There is also a contemporary Narrative of the
Proceedings of the Fleet contained in a letter from M. H. (i.e. Captain Mark
Harrison of the ' Elias '), which is reprinted in Penn's Memorials of Sir William
Penn, ii. 186.
' The letter from Lenthall to. Monck, said to be enclosed, is not amongst the

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General Monck to Major-General Lambert
Hi. f. 41b. My Lord,
By your Lordshipps of the 15th instant I understand with
what conditions your Lordshipp thinkes it convenient to treate ;
but your Lordshipp may please to take notice that in my last I
propounded this, as that without which wee could not engage
farther in treaty, vizt. that your Lordshipp would remand all
those forces that yow had caused to advance into Northuraber
land, Cumberland, and Westmerland dureing that tyme wee
thought ourselves secure against any such action by the overtures
of a farther Treaty ; and since I cannot perceive by your Lord
shipp that yow have done it, or ingage to doe aa it was by mee
desired, I cannot hold my selfe obliged to proceed to treate, and
the rather because late intelligence inforraes mee that sorae of
your regiments are since my last letter to your Lordshipp advanc't
to Rodburrow. There is alsoe. My Lord, another greate obstruc
tion to soe speedy a Treaty as is desired, which is this : I have beene
informed since ray last to your Lordshipp that there are three of
the Commissioners of Parliament appointed for the Government
of the army now in Portsmouth, acting by vertue of the same
Coramission uppon which I act, and declareing for the same ends
that the army of Scotland hath declared. This obliges my selfe
and the army with mee in honour and duty to crave theire advice
and consent in all affaires that relate to the cause wee are in
gaged in, and this I know your Lordshipp cannot but judge not
onely reasonable but alsoe necessary to such a composure of this
unhappy difference as is desired. I have therefore sent this
Messenger to your Lordshipp, to whome I have alsoe given direc
tion to goe to Portsmouth under your Lordshipp's safe conduct,
and there to acquaint the Commissioners of the army with all
such overtures as have past betweene your Lordshipp and rae ;
Clarke MSS. Monck's answer to it, dated ' Coldstream, Dec. 29,' is printed in the
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and if your Lordshipp shall afford him a safe conduct thither, I
shall at his returne bee ready to proceede to treate with your
Lordshipp uppon such instructions as I shall receive from them,
without whose concurrance in this good worke of makeing peace
both my selfe and the army with mee are disabled to corae to a
finall conclusion with yow ; and I raust intreate this favoure frora
your Lordshipp that yow would not interpret this as a designe of
raine to delay that Agreeraent which I heartily wish weere finished
betwixt us, but as a reasonable prevention of such hazards as
otherwise wee must of necessity runn into for want of theire
concurrance in this worke, who are equally if not more highly
interested in it with ourselves. I shall desire your Lordshipp's
speedy answer touching this overture, and remaine
Your Lordshipp's very humble servant,
George Monck.
Coldstreame,
24th December, 1659.
For the Eight Honourable the
Lord Lambert. These
Att New Castle. Newsletters
London, December 24. — The world is changed in these partes, xxxii. f. 205.
The Leaguer before Portesmouth is raised, and all the souldiera
there falne in with Sir Arthur, &c., who will bee in London to
morrow night. All the forces heere, except some officers (that are
gone afilde) declared this day for the Parliaraent, and randez-
vouz'd in Lincolne's Inne Peilds, and from thence march't regiment
by regiment to the old Speakers att the Rolls, whome they owned
as their Generali, and receive commands from him till Sir Arthur
and the rest of the Commissioners come to Towne ; for the present
Cols. Okey and Markham coramand under the Speaker. The fleete
is unaniraous for the Parliament. Itt's said that Col. Desbrow, Col.
Berry, with other discontented officers, joyne with the Parliament.

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xxxii, f. 205b. London, December 24. — Wee are neere an end of our troubles ;
all parts are uppe for the Parliament, and that Sir Arthur Hasle
rigge has 3000 horse and foote att Portesmouth, and this day
hath produced a totall declaring for the Parliament of all the
forces in London and the Tower, and all places heere are now att
their devotion, and Fleetwood sent to the Speaker yester-night
that the Lord had blasted them and spitt in their faces, and wit
nessed against their perfidiousnesse, and that hee was freely willing
to lie att their mercy. Col. Okey and Col. Markham have a oora
raission frora the Speaker and severall Members to command all
the horse of the array in London, and Col. Alured and Col. Mosse
the foote; and the Parliaraent doores were open'd, and the Speaker
and severall Merabers have mett and writt lettres to all their
Members to give their attendance, soe that next weeke the Parlia
ment will sitt. Disbrow and Fleetwood, Berry, Ashfield, and all
that have acted under them are in a mourning condition. They
thinke itt in vaine to fl.y, butt some must bee made examples. Mr.
Speaker, Mr. Scott, Mr. Weaver, Sir Ant. Ashley Cooper, Mr.
Josiah Berners, and many raore to [cypher],
Lawson is still with his fleete at Gravesend, and all unanimous
for the Parliament. Major Davison to General Monck'
My Lord,
Beeinge returned to my family at Leith, wher I purpose to
remaine, the least I could doe is to returne your Lordship thancks
for your greate seuilitys and respects to mee, and hope your
Lordship will still retaine the same thouts of mee as formerly, and
not sufer your chaist ears to bee infected but upon good grownds,
for I can not but expect enimys, yet my owne inocency with that
fathfuUnes I ow, and shall by Gods blesing continue to your
Lordship and those good things yow have declared for, will yeeld
mee pease ; your and the Comonwelths enemys complyance with
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your proposalls may bee such, or there incolencyes soe great, that
raay again bring mee under your coraaund, in which I shall as ever
study to aproue my selfe.
Your Lordship's most humble saruant,
Dan. Davison.'
Leith, the 20th
Decbr. 1659. General Monck to the Inhabitants of
Northumberland ^
Sir, ' xxxii. f. 192.
Having uppon the interruption of the Parliament of England
borne my testimony against that illegall and violent action of
some [members] of the array, whereby our religion, the libertyes
and rights of our Nation, and consequently the future welfaire and
freedorae of our posterityes is soe greately indangered ; and being
through the gratious assistance of Alraighty God resolved (accord
ing to the trust and confidence reposed in mee by the Parliament)
to stand in defence of your and our native rights whilst the Lord
shall vouchsafe us life and strength, and understanding that a party
of those who have bin the destroyers of your libertyes, and whose de
signe itt is to subject yow to thera under soe heavy a bondage as yow
and your predecessors were never yett acquainted with, which are
drawing theire forces into your Country in order to theire intended
opposition of the forces under my command, your countrymen
and asserters of your libertyes, I have thought it my duty to warne
and require yow, as yow are freinds to your selves and posterityes,
that yow afford none that are ingaged against the Parliaraent of
England any assistance in raoney, horses, armes, or provisions of
any sort whatsoever, least yow involve yourselves in there guilt,
' Major Davison died in prison at York in 1665, having been arrested on sus
picion of plotting against the government of Charles II. (Memoirs of Sir Henry
Slingsby and Captain John Hodgson, ed. 1806, p. 196.) He was major of the foot
regiment of Colonel Charles Fairfax.
' The address given is purely conjectural.

xxxii. f. 204b.

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and purchase perpetuall slavery to your selves and theae Nations ;
but that yow would, as good Christians and true English raen,
oppose them in all theire unjust and unlawfull enterprizes, and
give us auch incurragement as in reason wee raay expect from you,
for whose sakes wee are ready to lay downe our lives as soone as
God shall call us thereunto. And this, I hope, will have a deepe
impression on your spirritts, and cause you to appeare for God and
your Country in this day of tryall. To which I have nothing to
add but that I am Your very affectionate friend and servant,
G. M.
Coldstreame, 26 December,
'59.
I desire you to acquaint the Gentlemen and other inhabitants
in your parts with this, and lett mee have a returne what you doe
in it. The Speaker to General Monck
Sir, The Parliament hath comanded mee to let yow know that
yesterday they began to sitt againe in theire Howse, the happines
whereof (for such they hope the Lord will please to make it to this
Comonwealth) must bee attributed to the moat seasonable appeare
ance of your fidelity, care, and courage.
I doe therefore heereby returne unto your selfe in the first
place, and withall to the noble officers and whole souldjery now
standing by yow and by theire duty, the hearty thankes of the
Parliament, which they desire yow to accept untill a farther
oppertunitye shall shew it selfe for a more reall acknowledgement.
Sir, this being all I have in charge, I remain
Your assured loving friend,
W"- Lenthall, Speaker.
Westminster,
27th of December, 1659.

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The Speaker to General Monck
Honorable Sir, xxxii. f. 204
It haveing pleased God to order the affaires of these parts soe
that the Parliament with freedorae sat againe in theire Howse
yesterday in the aftemoone, they have coraraanded raee this day to
give an account thereof to you, and to acknowledge with thanke
fullnes your greate faithfullnesse and courage, which under God
hath been tbe first and principall meanes of this theire Restaura-
cion. They have likewise sent expresses with orders to the
severall regiments of horse and foote in the Northerne Countyes to
returne to theire former respective quarters, according to such
directions as they shall receive from Commissioners of Parliament
authorized for that purpose, which directions are alsoe sent unto
them. I have noe more at present, but to assure you that
I am Your most assured loving friend,
W"' Lenthall, Speaker.
Westminster,
27 December, '59.
Sir Andrew Bruce to General Monck '
My Lord,
This last Thursday wee wer desyred to meit at Couper by a
Letter from Durie for subscryveing that letter which he and some
uthers had caused drau up, as if the gentilmen in this Shyre had
being meer dolts. It wes a mater of astonishment to me that ane
at whois being elected Comissioner the last yeir by Rothes media
tion your Lordship sould now give hira auch ane pouer. I wes
of lait desyred by your Lordship to discover the practises of
raalignants, and now they to be the raen on whom your Lordship
doeth repoise and mainlie trust may seme mor atrange to me then
others. It wast once your Lordships honour — yea, I may[say] did put
' Phillips MSS. in the Advocates' Library.

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you in credit both with God and gud men, the awninge and favour
ing of gudmen when oppressed by the malignant partie. I have a
charitable construction, lyk as wes the discoverie of the preists of
Baull, so your Lordship hath done all this to mak a full discoverie
of the malignant partie' in Scotland, which may be discerned in
Fyiffe by our Comissioner, wha is a heart hattir off godlie men
and godlines, a persecutor of his awne minister, on of the most
precious men in the ministrie in Scotland, faithfull to his maister,
opposeing the course of defection and all wicked wayes.
The certificat of our notable Comissioners letter is no les then
to be estemed dissafected to the present engadgement. They are
dissafected to [the] work of God, but not wee, and, haveing the oath
of God upon us by our Covenant, cannot join in association with the
malignant partie, such as they ar and so known to be by your
Lordship, and wee will by Gods grace keip the peace inviolat.
What they have done is notourlie known, and wee will awne your
Lordship quarrell in so far as it tends to the advancement of Gods
interest, in so far as it is for relligion and propagation of the
Gospell. Upon any uther accompt wee have denyed to espouse
tbe interest of kings ; mor than this your Lordship cannot expect
• nor desyr. I shall not trouble what I have told your Lordship of
raalignants, bot shall reraayne
Your Lordship's true, affectionat, bumble servant.
An. Bruce.
27 lObris,
1659. General Monck to Major-General Lambert '
Ui. f. 45. My Lord,
Understanding that Capt. Dirdoe and Capt. Waller are now at
New Castle, and both desireouse to bee with raee, I desire your
Lordshipp will bee pleased to permitt theni to come to mee. I
have granted the same liberty to all those that were heere and
' Undated ; written probably about December 27.

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had a desire to come to you. There is alsoe, as I am informed,
one Clifford of my regiment of horse prisoner in Tinmouth Castle,
upon your Lordshipp's detayner and being imployed with some
letters for England ; I have some in custody upon the like accompt,
and your Lordshipp shall command any one of them for him.
This I hope your Lordahipp will bee pleased to consent unto, in
as rauch as it cannot bee any satisfaction to yow or mee to keepe
any of our country men prisoners, whilst it hath yet pleased God
to keepe us from open hostility, which I hope hee will yet in
mercy doe, and bring us to a right understanding of each other.
My Lord, I shall add noe more but that I am
Your Lordshipp's [very humble servant,
George Monck.]
General Monck to Sir Hardress Waller [?]
Sir, Ui. f. 44.
I raust confesse uppon receipt of the former letter from
Ireland, under which I found your hand subscribed, I was a little
troubled that there should bee any to whome the interest of the
Coramonwealth should bee soe rauch in the darke as that they
should not bee able to discerne how much the late force putt
uppon tbe Parliament was destructive to itt, and I was fearefull
least by some unworthines of mine I might have occasioned in my
good friends there (of whome I recon your selfe alwaise the
cheifest) some strange misapprehention and distrust of my sin-
ceere intentions and cleare and upright actions ; yet I was
resolved that noe discurragement should make my heart faint or
slacken my hand from upholding and promoteing to the utmost
of my power that good cause for which wee had alwaise con
tended, and it hath pleased God soe farr to prosper my weake
endeavoures that a good progresse is now made in restoreing the
Parliament, and the people begin now to bee very sensible where
theire interest lies. I hope this noble act of yours, -and of the
officers with yow, may bee -a meanes fully and speedily to putt an
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end to this businesse, and that, according to your and my desire,
without bloud ; for though ray continued desires and endeavoures
for peace have hitherto found little successe with the authors of
the late force, either because of the strong confidence they bad of
carryeing on and accomplishing theire designes, or else of the
concenciousnesse of theire demerritts, which might make them
fearefull to trust any raore that Parliament which they had in soe
high a measure provoked, yet I have good reason to beleeve that
either the reputation of your assistance will strongly induce them
to heare reason, or tbe example of your souldjers may move those
that are with them to attempt something like it; and to the end
that this raight be the more effectuated I make it my request to
yow to send us over into Scotland what assistance yow can, and
that with all convenient speede. One regiment of Horse, I think,
would bee sufficient, and soe many I conceive yow may weell
spare out of those yow have, in regard it will bee easily for yow
to raise soe many new ones for the defence of the Country, and
not chargeable, because those yow shall send to us shall enter into
pay heere as soone as they come to us.' The gentleman yow sent
hither will bee able to give you a particular accompt of our con
dition, and informe yow how little ground there is for any to feare
that either the Scotts or Cavaleers should gaine any advantage by
our late transactions ; to hira therefore I referr yow for a farther
accompt, and that in regard to tbe desire I have to dispatche him
as speedily as may bee. I shall trouble yow noe farther at present,
but with my thankes for the good oppinion yow retaine of mee,
and with a reall expression that I am
Your faithfull friend and humble servant,
George Monck.
Coldstreame, 28 of Dec, 1659.
' According to Gumble six troops under Colonel Theophilus Jones were accord
ingly drawn down into Ulster for embarkation, but not actuaUy sent. Campbell
arrived soon after Monck reached Coldstream (on his mission, see Gumble, p. 182 ;
Baker, p. 699). Monck also sent Sir Joseph Douglas to engage Sir Charles Coota
to declare for a free Parliament (Price, p. 751), and about the same time Captain

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Wee expect that the Parliaments friends in London will rise
every day. They will not suffer a souldjer to come into the Citty,
and severall other places will declare, soe I hope that our busines
wilbee carried with out bloud shed. The Lord Lambert's army
are in greate destractions, and hee cannot advance towards us for
feare of the mutinies of his souldjers. This honnest gentleman,
Captaine Campbell, stuck to mee in Ireland when most of the
forces left mee, and I shall intreate your favoure and incurrage
ment to him.
General Monck to the Council of OfiB,cers in Ireland
Gentlemen, Ui. f. 45b.
Having received the private instructions of Capt. Campbell
and therein your desires for my opinion and direction, though I
am very unwilling to interpose, haveing not competent or sufficient
authority, yet at such a tyme of publique necessitie and danger
I have thought it ray duty to send yow this answer under my
hand : —
1. That yow appoint a Committee of three persons, tbe most
eminent and faithfull, and that they in this urgent necessity doe
agree uppon and constitute such fitt persons as are able and
honnest, and to order them to such commands as shall bee
necessary to bee supplyed, and appoint the Commissary to muster
them till the Commissioners for the Goverment of the army shall
order otherwise, or the Parliaments pleasure bee therein knowne ;
and this [is] my opinion and advice for tbe keepeing upp the
discipline of the army there, and prevention of such disorders as
may by want thereof bee occasioned.
2. Such of the Commissioners, or other persons who are
secured for the safety of the Coraraon wealth, I judge it your
Cuffe was sent by Lord Broghil to Monck (Baker, p. 703). Monck distrusted
Waller in spite of his protestations, and let Lord Broghil know it (Warner, Episto
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wiadome to continue them in safe custody till released by authority
of Parliament ; and although they may pretend to joyne with yow,
yet you cannot intrust them, being persons that have already
given too much evidence of unfaithfullnesse in theire promiaea and
engagements, and this I propound to you as my opinion.
3. As to the Cavaleers or Anabaptists that are in the army
or Nation, itts my sense that none of thera bee trusted with any
forts or strong holds, nor that any bee continued in the array but
such as are zealous for the Parliament, and have witnessed against
that late violence put uppon the Parliaraent, and [are] otherwise
free frora sedition and faction.
General Monck to the OfiQ.cers of the Irish Brigade
Ui. f. 46. Worthy Gentleraen,
The inclosed I received frora the Councill of Officers in Ireland
with theire Declaration, whereof I suppose yow have alsoe a
coppie heere sent yow.'^ Thereby yow may perceive that God
hath stirred upp theire hearts to owne the interests of theire
religion, lawes, and libertyes, soe often and soe solemnly engaged
for, and wherein, through the avarice and ambition of evill men,
wee have hitherto mett with soe sad disappointments. The Lord,
that hath the hearts of all men in his hands, and disposes them
according to his wise Councells, set home uppon your hearts a
lively sence of that duty yow owe to your religion, to your
Country, and to your posterityes in this day of tryall. However
the Lord shall deale with mee and the army under my command
in my just undertakeings, this yow may bee assured, that unles
yow joyne with mee in defence of the Parliament, though yow
should conquer this army, yet yow must bee necessitated to feight
once more for your interests in Ireland. If yow shall therefore
from a true sence of your duty to God and your country come
and joyne with mee, yow shalbee heartily welcome, and markes of
' See Monck's letter to Lenthall of December 29.

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honoure putt uppon you, and all your interests in Ireland secured.
I leave this to your seriouse consideration, and desire the Lord to
guide yow in to the way of truith, which is and shalbee the daily
prayer of

Yours,
[George Monck].

Couldstreame, 28th Dec, 1659.
To Major Godfrey, to bee communi
cated to the rest of the Officers
of the Irish Brigade in England.

Colonel Hughes to Lieutenant-Colonel Monck '
My Lord,
I have herein closed sent a little booke which was found lying
at Capt. Newmans doore the last night, with the portrature of a
sentrye made of wood standing by it. It was brought to rae
about eleven of the clock in the night ; upon receipt wherof I
did imediatly make dilligent serch for more of thera through the
whole quarters, as alsoe for the finding out who had left it there ;
upon which with sorae difficulty I at last found out that my
Lieut.-Colonell ^ his wife had been the contrivear of it, and that
hir maid had laid the booke as aforesaid. It should seeme that
upon my reeding of the late paper intitled ' The Souldiers of
Scotlands information of their bretheren of England' at the maine
guard amongest the souldiers, my Lieut.-Colonell, being there,
desired to communicate it to his wife, and it touching the Ana
baptists soe neerly, it moved hir to that action. Since which T
have ordered dilligent serch to be made for the finding out of
presses, if any be in Edinburgh except what Mr. Higgins hath,
and upon finding any to secure them and all destructive papers,
and to take security of the owners that they shall not in the future
print any thing prejudicall to the parliament. I have secured
some few armes found in Mr. Welch and one Henry Clarkes howse,
' PhiUips MSS. in the Advocates' Library. ^ Eobert Pvede.

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untill your pleaseur be knowen what shall be done with them. I
have sent 2 smale bundles of the printed informacons by the post,
and a great bundle to Barwick by sea, from thence to be sent to
the head quarters. I this day secured one Mayer, who was forraerly
a waiter,' and now inlisted a horseman in some troupe in England.
He hath resided here this 3 moneths, and was reported to be a
suspicious person, upon which I ordered him to give security for
his peaceable demeanour ; but, finding that he could not, I desired
him to signe an ingadgement to act noe thing to the prejudice of
the parliament or Commonwealth, the which he refused ; all which
I humbly certifie, with my desire to know your pleaseur concern
ing him, which is all at present from your devoted faithfull servant.
Leith CitydeU, the 31 of October, 1659.
Posted to the other side.
There is a Letter lately come from Mr. Welch to bis wife,
wherin he saith, ' Who would have thought it would have come
to this ? ' and doth seeme to condole their hard estate ; and
that he hath not a probabillity of seing hir as yett, though he
earnestly deaires it, but feares that if he should come he should
be iraprissoned ; but bids hir bee of good comfort, and spare
neither gold nor silver that may comfort hir. This day I received
a Letter from your Lordship by the hands of Mr. Tomson of Edin
burgh, intemating that I should forbare quartering souldiers on
the vacant stipends of Heriotts Hospitall. I never ordered any to
be quartered thereon, nor was desired soe to doe by any body,
neither were any that ever I heard of quartered on that accompt,
which is all at present from Your Lordships devoted faithfull
servant.
Dated ut ante. Tho : HuGHES.
' A tide-waiter, employed in the Customs ?

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Captain Newman to General Monck'
May it please your Lordshipp,
I am bold to tender these few lines to your honour, relatting to
a buisnesse that happened last night, which I could not in con
science omit, judging it part of ray dutty to discouer false frends
as well as to oposse open eneraies. And truly, ray Lord, I should
not have taken this boldnesse but that I was soe neerly concerned in
it. The occassion, I suppose, arisses from this : I being on the gaurd,
I got a paper intittuled an ' Information of some souldiers in
Scotland to those in England,' which I read (as some thought
with more then ordnary zeall) ; but soe it is that affter I had done
the Lieutenant Colonel was pleassed to show his dislike, and I did
defend it. What was spake by him I have accquainted ray Coll.
with it, as alsoe seuerall other officers have done the like ; but I
shall not say more to it, judging it will come better from my
superriours. Afterwards he desiered it home : I told hira I had
many to read it to, and then when that was done he should haue
it ; soe I read it to severall, and had it read to the souldiers, and
after sent it to his house. His wiffe got it, and was, as I heare, in a
great raige, and within an hower after ther was found throwne in
at my doore a booke printed : Intitteled ' A discourse or conference
between a souldier in England and one off Scotland,' of a very ill
consequence. My man finds it, and brings it to me to the guard.
I looked on the tittle page, and irameadiatly went to my Collonel,
who was in bed, and told hira we had some trayttors araoung us,
for it could be none else, the gatts bping shut : tbe[y] was within the
walls, and soe told hira that which I have told your Lordshipp, and
further said I was confident it carae out of the Lieutenant-Colonel
[his] house. He risse, and raised a Commission officer of each com
pany, and serched every man in the quarters and one the gaurds ;
but nothing is found that way. I hope we are all honester, unlesse
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in on or two- houses ; but as I judged soe it proues, for Mrs. Read
hath now confest that she made her maid doe it, to through the
booke in. I have given ray Collonel it to send your Lordshipp,
that you may judge of it. And indeed but tbe very morning a
souldier goeing to the house with a Scotsman to se him saffe out
again (according to our orders), she abused the souldier, and sayd
it was a signe that we had a wicked and bad cause in hand, that
we durst not trust raen to come to them without garding them, and
such like language as this in discoraging the souldier. I shall ad
noe morr but the tender of my most obeydient seruice to your Lord
shipp, and in all humillitie tak leaue to subscrib ray selfe.
My Lord,
Your Lordshipps most faithfull and
The last of Deer. . constant seruant whilst
1659, Cittadell, -nr at
£gjjj^ Will : Newman.
My Ld., I cannot but tell your Lordshipp that I feare that
Company of his in towne hath to much dealling in these things.
I could wish they was in the Army 2 or 3 in a company disperst,
and another in the roorae of it might seeme needfull to your
Lordshipp. Newsletter
xxxu. f. 209b. New Castle, December 31. — Here is come through this towre
above forty troopers in a company, rid fast through the towne,
gave a great shout when they were through it, and are gone
Northward to you ; those come from Lambert, and many more
expected. The Post is also comed, which brings newes that the
Parliament sat on Munday, and divers secluded Members came
and demaunded their priviledge to sitt, but was refused, but would
debate it the 5th of January. They have voted noe force to be
raised but by comand of the Howse, in which vote the Citty
acquiesse, and is quiett, soe that all is peace. Above two troopes
gott into Winsor Castle and declares for the Parliament, soe doth
the Tower.

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Declaration intended at Coldstream'
If euer anye nation were reduced to a condition so deplorably
miserable as did require the most fervent prayers, wisest councells,
and valliant hearts to interpose for its deliverance, wee thinke the
condition of England is auch at this time, beeing through the
inconsiderat, violent, and raost illegall proceedings of sorae raen,
at present voyd, not only of civille authority, but also so distracted
and divided within itself that, unlesse it shall please the Lord out
of his tender mercy to that remnant of his amongst us to lead us
out of that confusion and misery in which by our departures from
hira wee have involved ourselves, it cannot in all huraane proba
bility bee conceived but that suddaine and inevitable destruction
will soon overwhelme us, and the good people of these nations bee
irrecoverably delivered upp into the hands of such oppressors as
are not like to leave them the least shadow of that religion, liberty,
and priviledges, which have been the purchasse made by the losse
of raany lives, and so vast a treasure as wee think never anye
nation parted with in defence of theire rights in so little a space
of time since the world beganne. That wee raight not bee defective
in our duty to God, our country, and the precious cause wee have
bin for raany years engaged in, when all these interests required
our raost cordiall and vigorous assistance, so soon as wee were
informed of the interuption of the parliament, under whose authority
all these intereata have to so great advantage been sheltered and
incouraged for many years, wee put forth a declaration on the
of October last, wherein wee did assert the freedorae and priviledges
of the present parliament, the libertyes and rights of our native
country, the protection and priviledge of the people of God, and
the governraent of these nations by a free state and Comraonwealth,
withall inviting all such as had anye love to theire religion and
libertyes to give us theire cheerefull assistance in a worke of so
' So described in the endorsement. From the Phillips MSS. in the Advocates'
Library.

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great concernment to them and theire posterityes. After which
declaration of ours the officers of the Army in England, being
desirous of a treaty with us, to the end that, if possible, there might
bee a right understanding betuixt them and us; wee beeing as
desirous rather to attaine our just ends by peaceable and freindly
means then by ingaging the nation in an unnecessary warre, were
easily induced to condescend to so reasonable a desire, hoping that
God would so have inclined the hearts of our brethren to a peaceable
and righteous settlement tbat wee should not have needed anye
other weapons then rationall and Christian arguments to have accom
plished our j ust desires by. But after some dayes spent in that
worke wee found the temper of the officers of the Army at London
to bee such that did exceedingly weaken our hopes of a good issue
to that enterprise, they being alltogether averse to consent to anye
thing in plaine and direct terms which might secure the rights
and libertyes under the authority of parliament of these nations.
And if any thing of that kind escaped them, it was in such obscure
and ambiguous expressions as could scarcely bee explained but by
the longest sword ; whereuppon wee thought it convenient to
remand our Commissioners, and afterwards some overtures were
made of renewing a treaty in which what was obscurely stated in
the former' might bee explaind, and what was therein defective
might bee repaird by the addition of what was necessary to the
healing of so great a Breach as theire inconsiderat actions had
raade betwixt thera and us. The affaiers of this nation standing in
this posture, intelligence was brought us that three of the Corarais
sioners appointed and authorized for the governraent of the Array
by act of parliaraent, had possessd themselues of the garrison of
Portsmouth, and acted uppon theire Commission, as also that in some
other parts of England divers gentlemen had appeard in defence of
the Authority of Parliament and of the self same cause in which wee
stood engaged ; whereuppon, tbat wee raight proceed with all in
genuity and candor with the officers of the Army in England, wee
gave them to understand that three of the aforementiond Commis-

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sioners of the Army being met at Portsmouth, and acting by
authority of Parliament, theire Commission being the warrant
of our proceedings and the Authority under which wee act, wee
could not come to a finall conclusion touching the present differ
ence with them without theire instructions and consent, to whom
wee dispatcht an officer of the Army to know theire pleasure con
cerning the sarae. But so little desire did the Lord Lambert and
his officers manifest to peace that they suffered not the gentleman
whom wee sent to goe beyond Nuecastle, but returned him back
to us againe, not giving us the least assurance of anye inclinations
in them to an amicable composure of this unhappy difference.
Whereuppon wee, looking on ourselves under no ingagements to
anye further treaty with them, have thought it our duty once
raore to declare that wee are resolved, through the gracious asaist
ance of our most blessed God, who (with, praise to his name bee it
acknowledged) hath both kept our hearts sincere in this worke, and
incouraged them (through the great affection borne towards us in
these our just undertakings by our countreymen in generali and
all the sober spirited of the nation) to prosecut with vigour and
faithfulnesse those just ends for which wee have declared, namely :
the freedome and priviledge of the parlament of England, and the
governraent of these nations by no other than parlamentary autho
rity, against all usurpers whatsoever ; tbe true reforraed Protestant
religion against all innovations whatsoever not warranted by the
word of God, the raaintenance and incourageraent of a learned,
pious, and orthodoxe ministrye, which raay feed the flocke of
Christ with wholsome, sound doctrine and instruction, whereby the
prophane and setbeisticall spirit which hath so farre overspread these
nations raay bee subdued, and the truth and power of the Christian
religion may take root in the hearts of the people of these nations,
and the fruits therof may appeare in righteousnesse and peace.
Wee doe allso declare that wee doe not know, or cann bee convinced,
of anye other way or means whereby the authority of parlament
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of the parlament now by violence interrupted, by which all that
anye Englishman cann make claime to, if not manifestly taken
from him, is endangerd, for as much as no man cann promise to
himselve the least security or protection of law in anye of his
concerns where the legislative authority of his nation is subjected
to violence and contempt. And wee doe therefore disclairae and
utterly renounce the pretended authority of anye other assembly
or asserablyes of men whatsoever, let them distinguish them selves
by what names or titles they please, as having anye authority over
these nations, the present parlament being never yet legally
dissolved, without which legali dissolution there cann be no other
but an arbitrary and usurped authority set upp by anye pretenders
whatsoever. And therefore wee doe forwarne all our countrymen
and freinds in these three nations that they bee not defrauded by the
invaders of theire libertyes in the promise of a parlament, for as
much as they have no power to sumon one, or if they had, it cannot
bee expected the members thereof should bee permitted either to
assemble or sit in freedome. And to make this evident let anye
man take but an impartiall vieu of theire behaviour to all par-
laments or asserablyes of theire owne setting upp since the first
interruption of the only true parlament in the yeere 1653. Was there
ever anye number of men by them called parlaments, though of theire
owne [calling], yea, chusing and never so exactly squared to theire
owne principles, which were ever free from bondage, violence, and
contempt, and this poured uppon them by those that gave them being,
viz. the present usurpers ? Whereby it is most evident to all that
will but open theire eyes that it is not this or that parlament that
they so much contend against, but parlamentary authority, which
while it hath a being in these nations will ever bee irreconcileable
to the interests of these and all other ambitious usurpers whatso
ever. Heereat, therefore, they bend all theire force, heereat they
direct all theire shafts, even at parlamentary power, it beeing so
inconsistent with theire enslaving purposes, that whilst anye thing
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these nations theire spirits cannot away with it, as that which will
in time necessarily destroy them unlesse they [destroy] it. Let us
therefore give all our countrymen this one caution, that they doe not
so farre gratifye the designes of theire aduersaryes as to raake par-
laments theire owne felo de se, which in all liklihood they will doe
if they shall submit theire trustees to auch qualifications as theire
oppressors require, which is the only method hath hitherto been
taken for the inslaving of the freest borne people under the sun.
Bee therefore incouraged, deare brethren and fellow cittizens, in
this, for ought wee know, last opportunity you may ever see wherein
your religion, your libertyes, your estats, and whatever is deare to
you is redeemable ; if you suffer a spirit of bondage and feare now
to possesse your hearts you will not only manifest the highest
degree of ingratitude and treachery to your freinds that have now
appeared for you, but will also betraye your posteritye to the
insatiable auarice and ambition of those men whose well meaning
towards you and your children you have but too sadly experimented
allready.

General Monck to Sir Hardress "Waller
Sir, xxxii. f. 212.
Since my last to you by Capt. Campbell ' itt has pleased God
soe to blesse our indeavours that all the forces in the South have
submitted to the Parliament, which is now sett downe againe
at Westrainster, and there &re now left none to oppose us butt
onely my Lord Lambert's brigade, which lessens daily, sorae
coming away to us, and others to dther parties which are uppe for
us in severall places in England ; soe that itt will nott now bee
necessary for you to put your self to tbe trouble of sending any
horse over to us as I did then desire. I intreate you to present
rav service to all those noble freinds of raine and faithfull servants
' Since the letter of December 28, printed on p. 225.

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of the Parliaraent's who have soe evidently appeared for the good
cause, and remayne Your very humble servant,
G. M.
Coldstreame, 1° Jan.,
1659.
For the Eight Honorable
Sir Hardresse Waller and
the rest of the Councill of
Officers at Dublin. Movements of General Monck
xxxu. f. 212b. January 2, 1659. — This night ray Lord Generali with his
owne regiment of horse, and Col. Knight's, his owne of foote.
Col. Fairfax's, and Col. Lydcott's, marched from Coldstreame and
quarter'd att Wooller and the parts therabouts that night, onely
3 troopes of Col. Knight's regiment, who were gone before towards
Morpeth, were order'd with Ool. Knight to enter Newcastle, whicb
they did by 6 of the clock next morning ; 4 companies of Col.
Ashfield's regiment, having bin to demand entrance, were denied.
Col. Reade (who in Major-Generall Morgan's sicknesse com
manded the other parte of the array) was to come the next
day, and soe follow'd into the same quarters with Major-General
Morgan's and Col. Cloberie's of horse, and Major-Generall Morgan's
his owne, and Col. Hubblethorne's of foote.
General Monck to the Speaker 6 January, 1659.
xxxii. f. 219b. Right Honorable,
I received both yours of the 27th of December, and doe blesse
the Lord that hee hath restored you to your just and lawfull
authority, and these Nations to their rights and freedomes ; and I
knowe that all the officers and souldiers heere doe looke upon itt
as a rich mercy, and doubt nott but yow will improve itt to the
glory of God and the good and happines of these three Nations.

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Before your expresse came to my hands I was advanced into the
heart of Northumberland, in pursuance of my duty and trust, to
reduce such as would nott obey your comands. And in this I was
the more earnest because of intelligence which was certaine that
Lambert was marching backe to London to oppose your sitting in
freedorae and honour, and [I] shall assure Newcastle for your
service,' and prosecute the Lord Larabert till his party hath laine
downe arraes. This I have judged necessary because I was assured
from them this day that five hundred of Lambert's foote were
retorning to garrison itt. Sorae horse that were raised, and raising
iu these parts I have suspended till I shall receive your orders
therin. I desire to lett yow knowe that in the exigence of your
affaires I wrote to the Lord Fairfax to secure Yorke to your
service, and hee was very forward to runne any hazards for the
freedorae of his Country and the priviledges of Parliament, and
am informed that severall honest Gentlemen have joined with
him who are zealous to venture all that is deare to them for your
service, as Captain Lilburne, Major Smythson, Capt. Strangwayes,
Coll. Bethell, with many other true Patriotts, and you neede not
doubt but they will receive and obey such orders as yow shall
direct to them.^ I shall not trouble yow in representing our
necessityes by reason of the stopping our supplyes of money out of
England, and therfore humbly desire you to furnish us with a
monthes pay speedily, if you can spare us noe raore, for the pre
vention of free quarter, which will bee a disparageraent to the
Parliament's army, we having nott declined our duty, but cheer-
' Monck entered Newcastle on January 5 (Kennet, p. 18), and wrote from
thence a letter to the Speaker, dated Janjfery 6, and sent by Gumble, which was
read in the House on January 12 (Commons' Journals, vii. 808 ; cf. Gumble, 204,
207, pp. 209-220). There is no copy of the letter amongst the Clarke MSS., and
it does not appear to have been printed anywhere. But he also sent by Gumble
a reply to the letter sent from the Lord Mayor on December 29, which is in print
(Old Parliamentary History, xxii. 50 ; Toland, No. xvU.).
-' On the doings of Fairfax and his occupation of York, see Kennet's Begister,
pp. 6, 13 ; Cal, State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 295 ; Mercurius Politicus, Jan.
5-12, p. 1011 ; letter of Fairfax, Cholmley, and Arthington, January 1.

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fully putt our lives and estates in hazard for the asserting of
your cause and interest. I knowe your wisedome ia such that
yow will nott discourage such an array as have borne witnes to
the justice of your proceedings, and are ready to dye in your
cause and disband att your command. I have noe farther but
to desire the Lord to helpe you in this your worke, that yow
may througly heale the wounds of these distracted Nations, and
incourage all that are sober and faithfull in the land. Soe I
reraaine Your faithfull and humble servant,
G. M.
WooUer, 2 January, 1659.'

The Speaker to General Monck
Ui. f. 52b. My Lord,
Yours of the 29th of December last was this day read in the
Parliaraent, in answer of which they returne yow theire hearty
thankes, and doe acknowledge your never to bee forgotten
faithfull service and high deserveings in this tyme of theire greate
extremity, and when this Comraonwealth was in hazard. And
the Parliament have commanded mee to let yow know that, your
haveing first taken care for the safety and preservation of Scot
land in your absence, yow are desired as speedily as yow can to
come to London to advise concerneing the setling and ordering
the forces of this Commonwealth. And they doe referr it to yow
to order what forces yow think fitt to march with or after yow,
and to order such of the forces which are in the North as yow
shall think fitt to goe into Scotland to supply the roorae of the
forces yow shall order into England. The Parliament hath alsoe
appointed Colonell Lidcott, Colonel Sanders, and Major Barton to
' There is perhaps a mistake in the date of the above letter. In Commons'
Journals, vii. 805, a letter from General Monck at Wooller is mentioned as read
in the House on January 9, and said to be dated January 3.

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bee considered of for imployment according to theire deserveings
and your desire. This is all at present from
Your very loveing friend and servant,
Wm. Lenthall, Speaker.
Westminster,
January 7th, 1659.
The OflQ.cers in Ireland to the Speaker
Right Honourable, Iii. f. 64.
In a former of the seaventh instant was intiraated Generali
Monck's desire in his letter of the 28th past, for sending him six
hundered horse from hence (horse being hia cheifest want and tbe
enimies strength). In pursuance whereof (and notwithstanding
the obstruction given at present to the Parliaments affaires heere
by Lievtennant Generali Ludlowe, for restraineing whome therein
a considerable party must bee necessarily attending), yet were
those horse accordingly prepared, and that in fowre dayes, soe as
they were on theire march towards Scotland under the conduct of
Colonell Theophilus Jones (a peraon of whose good affeccion to the
Parliament's service wee have cause to bee well assured of, the
same haveing been alsoe [shown] in his eminent actings for yow
in the late revolutions heere). But haveing on the tenth instant
received other letters from Generali Monck (whereof the inclosed
is a copie, it beeing for publicque satisfaction conceived fitt to bee
published), and therein findeing that there would bee noe neede of
sending any horse to him, considereing the prosperouse successe of
your affaires since his former [letter], wherein wee have cause to
owne and blesse Him who hath so^ eminently owned and blessed
yow, there is a stopp now given to that parties further raarch
that way ; and wee doe heerein give yow assurance of our readines
to advance the Parliament's . service elsewhere, or otherwise, with
that or greater force as there shalbee occasion, and as wee shall
receive the Parliament's commands concerneing itt.
As for Lievtenant Generali Ludlowe, observeing his actings
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against the Parliament by a power derived from that the Parliaf
ment, and that wee have just cause to beleeve his wayes to bee
leadeing to other ends then for the Parliament, for undeceiveing
those invited by him to a conjunction with hira and others who
have declared themselves enimies to the Parliaraent, with whome
hee associates, and by whome and for whome (wee have cause to
say itt) hee acts principally, wee have therefore written and pub
lished the inclosed letter sent to him frora hence on the occasion
therein raentioned.' And for preventing groweing evills, and
that his, the said Lievt. Generali Ludlowe's, proceedings bee not
further dangerouse to the Parliaraent's interest, to the undoeing of
what is already done in the defence thereof, it is againe hurably
desired that the saide Lievt. Generali Ludlowe bee speedily
recalled, and required to answer the charge already sent against
hira ; ^ and as wee have formerly done, soe wee doe and ever
shall professe our ready submission to whatsoever the Parlia
ment shall declare concerneing him and us, onely wee humbly
offer, whether it may bee for your interests in like occa
sions for the future, that a person soe obnoxiouse, and .on just
grounds soe distastefull to this army, and by your servants heere
for your cause soe incensed and provoked against themselves,
should bee returned (should itt bee indeavoured) to the goverment
of this array.*
Wee have onely to add the necessity at present of some frigotts
on these coasts, the Oxford frigott being ingaged with Lievtennant
Generali Ludlowe, and obstructing your service heere. All which
wee thought it our dutyes to signifie unto yow, and remain
Your very faithfull and raost humble servants,
Rich. Stephens. Dan. Lysle.
Har. Waller. Eliah. Greene.
' Ludlow's Memoirs, ed. 1894, ii. 451. ' jfj. ii. 464-471.
' Monck's opinion of Ludlow was in agreement with that expressed by
the officers. See his letter to the Speaker from Ferrybridge on January 16
(ifc. ii. 471).

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Rich. Lehunt. Chas. Coote.
Dublin, Tho. Caulfeild. Chidley Coote.
llth January, 1659. Ja. CaMBE.' Ma. PeNTON.
Broghill. Edm. Temple.
Postcript :
This letter is sent by Colonel Temple, a gentleman who hath
eminently and faithfully served yow heere, and bin very instru
mentall in reduceing this army to the Parliament's obedience, aa
alsoe very forward in the intended service for Scotland.
General Monck to the Mayor of Hull
Sir, Ui. f. 48.
Being now come with part of the army under my comraand
as farre as Yorke, and thinking itt very conducible to the
service of the Parliament that I fully understand the condicion of
their forces and garrisons in these parts, I have sent these Mes
sengers to you, that soe I may receive certaine inforraacion whether
the Towne and Garrison of Hull have yett declared for the Parlia
ment in their present constitution." If I could have obteyned any
certaine intelligence in this particuler I had nott given yow the
trouble of this letter, which I hope yow will excuse and answer,
that soe all grounds of suspicion raay be reraoved, and a good cor
respondence mainteyned betwixt yow and the rest of the army in
the service of the Parliament. Sir,
Your very loving freind and servant,
G. M.
Yorke,
12° Jan., 1659.
To Wm. Eamsden, Esq.,
Major of HuU.
' ? Sol. Gamble. See Ludlow's Memoirs, ii. 455.
^ Monck reached York on October 11, and sta.yed there till October 16. In a
letter written to the Speaker from York on January 12 he acquaints him with his
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General Monck to Colonel Overton
Ui. f. 48. Sir, Being through the good providence of God now att Yorke
taking care for the affaires of the Parliament in these parts, and
the condicion of the Garrison of Hull being somewhat doubtfully
represented to raee, seeing I can yett meete with noe person that
can assure mee tbat yow have yett declared for the Parliament
now sitting att Westrainster,' I have thought itt meete to send
these Messengers that soe I raight receive satisfaction in that point,
and soe all grounds of suspition and jealousie raay be prevented,
which will nott be avoyded otherwise than by a full and free
arrangements respecting the troops he found at York, and others in the North of
England. There is no copy of this amongst the Clarke MSS, ; but it is printed
at len.gth in Grey's Answer to Neal's History of the Puritans, vol. iv.. Appendix,
p. 161. A letter from Lenthall, dated January 7, reached Monck at York, ordering
him to come to London. His answer, dated January 16, is printed in the same
work (p. 163). See also Beport on the Duke of Portland's MSS. i. 694.
1 Overton had been reinstated by the restored Long Parliament, and his im
prisonment by the Protector declared unjust (Commons' Journals, vii. 688, 738).
He was made commander of a regiment of foot, eight companies of which were
still in Scotland when Monck declared against the Parliament (Baker, pp. 685,
687 ; MSS, of Mr, Leyborne-Popham, pp. 122, 127 ; Cal. State Papers, Dom.
1659-60, p. 45). Overton and the officers at Hull refused to support the repre
sentation and petition of the army, of October 5. Their answer, dated October 11,
is printed in Eedmayne's Trite Narrative, p. 16, and was now forwarded by
Overton to Monck (Clarke MSS, xxxii. 46). On October 11, 1659, ParUament
appointed Overton one of the seven commissioners for the government of the army
and he thus became Monck's colleague. Consequently Monck, when he declared
against Fleetwood and Lambert, wrote to Overton for support, at the same time
that he wrote to Ludlow (Clarke MSS, xxxii. 44 ; cf. Ludlow, Memoirs, ed. 1894,
ii. 449). ¦ To this Overton seems to have returned no answer, remaining osten
tatiously neutral, and criticising the action of both parties to the quarrel. He
published, about November 1659, a tract called The humble and healing Advice of
Col, Bobert Overton to Charles Lord Fleetwood and General Monk, Addressing
Monck and the Scottish officers, he says, ' I am very much afraid that in this
matter you are under a bad influence, though you have a plausible pretence ; and
although I wish and shaU press after a right understanding betwixt you and
the army in England, yet in this your undertaking I cannot bid you good
speed.'

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declaracion of your adherence ' to the Parliament in their present
constitution. In expectation of a satisfactory answer in this
particular, I remaine, Sir,
Your very loving freind and servant,
Yorke, 12 Jan., G. M.
1659. Colonel Oveirton to General Monck
Right Honourable, !"¦ f- *8b.
Yours of the 12th current from Yorke I have received by the
hands of my old friend Adjutant Generali Smith, and doe perceive
that report renders Hull as doubtfull to yow as it did your designe
dangerouse to us and others ; but I am very glad to heare that yow
adheere to thia Parliament in theire present constitution against
the readraission of the Secluded Members, a free Parliament, or
single person, one of which hath bin continually charged uppon
yow as the common crye of your army. For my owne part, how
ever any a[i]gry rumours raay have represented mee, yet both my
actions and words before and since the Parliaments interruptions
have soe sufficiently declared my adherence to them, in opposition
to that invasion made uppon them, that for mee to bring upp the
reare of verbal testimony by an ex post facto Declaration, when I
have not concurred with them, or countenanced any thing that
hath in the least derogated frora theire authority or the trust
iraposed in raee, is very much below mee, who have ever opposed
faithfullnesse to flattery, and indeauoured to bee found in practise
rather then profession; but I suppose the Parliament have by this
tyme received satisfaction from what I have signified of my con
tinued adherence to them, and besides I have sent upp my Major
personally to represent the sarae to them, and how difficult it was
for us to preserve this place by any other procedure then what was
' The printed version of this pamphlet reads ' obedience.' King's Pamphlets,
E, 1013, 21.

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our practise heere ; wherein as on the one hand I was very carefull
to decline any thing which owned the army in theire force, soe on
the other (theire interest heere overtopping ' mee) I was necessitated
to walke soe wairily (by some circumstantiall condiscensions to
them) that they raight not have oppertunity to out mee, which
was designed by an intention to secure both raee and ray Major. I
have inclosed to yow a coppy of that letter I sent to the Generali
Councill of Officers, in opposition to theire addresse for Generali
Officers, which with my declyneing concurring in any of theire
proceeds, [not] subscribeing any of theire papers, refuseing theire
commissions, withstanding theire comraands, forceing out two com
panyes (after ray owne came from Scotland) commanded by theire
creatures, turneing back one of my Lord Lambert's troops which
hee sent for the security of this place, and calling in Major Acklam,
whome I could better confide in, refuseing to give my approbation to
theire writts sent downe for electing of members — are my wittnesses
that my workes have not denyed but all along declared for the
Parliament, in whose cause I have bin and am as deepely concerned
. as others, both by active and passive obedience, and shall not cease
further to testifie my faithfulnes to them therein according to the
tenour of our ingagement. Remaineing, Right Honourable,
Your assured and humble servant,
HuU, 13th January, Rt. OvERTON.
1659. General Monck to Colonel Overton
Iii. f. 49b. Sir, I have received yours of the 13th instant, and am very glad to
finde that the misinformations on both sides are cleared ; for as yow
had bin inforraed of such things concerneing mee, and as yow
mention in your letter, soe had I likewise on the other side [bin
informed] that yow were takeing in bedds, and breakeing the ice,
and makeing such preparations for defence as weere not necessary
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now the Parliament's Enimies are all dispersed. It would have
much conduced to the preventing of these mistakes if yow had bin
pleased to acquaint mee with thus much before, and might have
saved mee the laboure of giveing yow this trouble. I know j'ow
will hold itt excuseable in raee not altogether to have slighted the
inforraaciona and suspicions of others, when I could receive nothing
frora your selfe that might perswade mee to the contrary, whenas
yow your selfe have given creditt to bare ruraers and reports con
cerneing mee, notwithstanding my many and publique declarations,
and three letters directed and delivered to your selfe in perticular ;
but I hope now since the mistakes on both sides are cleared, and
itt appeares that wee are both ingaged in the same interest and
contending for the same cause, itt will not bee soe easie for those
whose designe itt is to bring in the Common Enimie to begett
misapprehensions betweene us, and for my part I doe assure yow
I shall bee ready upon all occasions to shew ray selfe
Your very humble servant,
George Monck.
Yorke,
14th Jan., 1659.

General Monck to the Speaker
Right Honourable, i;; f gy^
As itt is my duty to give you an account of all the affaires of
your array with mee, soe I thinke itt butt prudence to trouble yow
with auch interruptiona in your most weighty businesse as little as
possible. I gave you the grounds of our raarch into England by
Mr. Gurable. Itt was in pursuite of Larabert's forces, who had nott
then dispersed. Since I have attended your pleasure and waited
for your commands, which having received I shall bringe with mee
3 regiments of horse and 4 of foote.' I shall nott hasten very
' The four regiments of foot numbered about 4,000 men ; the three regiments
of horse about 1,800 ; total, 5,800. The regiments of horse were those of Monck

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rauch, because the reare of the Foote are butt this day about
Burrowbrigs, and raust expect till they come uppe to mee. I dare
promise for their faithfulnesse and obedience, having had experience
of their courage and fidelity in this late undertaking, they being
very chearfull, and ready to hazard for the asserting of your
aucthority. I have secured the Northerne Counties the best I
could in soe short a stay, and taken care of Scotland, having
remanded a regiment of horse and foote thither, which with those
that I left will bee sufficient for the present,' till others can bee
sent to them out of the South whose turne itt is to goe, according
to our former custorae, which was to change two regiraents of
horse every yeare. I have putt out some few Captaines of the
Militia that had bin zealous opposers of your aucthority, and some
who had done yow great disservice, which I doubt nott butt you
will approve. I blesse the Lord, I have nothing to seeke raore for
my self then as a Member of tbe Comraonwealth to see these
Nations Setled uppon righteous and just foundations. I humbly
recommend Mr. Gumble to your favour, who hath merited very
much in your service, and I hope you will bee graciouslie pleased to
doe soraethinge for hira.' I have noe further to trouble you butt
earnestly to desire you to beleive that there is noe man in the
himself, of Knight (late Saunders's), and of Clobery (Iato Twisleton's). The regi
ments of foot were those of Monck, Bead, Hubblethorn (late Talbot's), and Lydcott
(late Cobbett's) (Baker, p. 701 ; Price, p. 758).
' Monck left Colonel Charles Fairfax's regiment at York. He sent back to
Scotland Major-General Morgan's regiment of horse and Morgan's regiment of
foot (late Daniel's). He also ordered that Colonel Sam Clarke's regiment of foot,
one of those which had returned from Flanders in the previous August, should
set out for Scotland, but its march was delayed by want of money (Baker, p. 700 ;
Gumble, pp. 188, 221 ; Grey, Answer to Neal, iv., Appendix p. 163 ; Cal, State
Papers, Dom. 1659-60, pp. 121, 322, 353).
' On January 12, 1660, the House voted Gumble lOOZ. ; on January 20 il recom
mended him to the Provost and Fellows of Eton for the first Fellowship which
should fall vacant (Commons' Journals, vii. 808, 823). Two letters from Monck,
dated January 21, were read in the House on January 26— probably this letter and
that to St. John or Weaver.

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Nation that wishes your safetie with more zeale, or shall indeavour
itt more vigorouslie then hee who is resolved ever to bee
Your raost faithfull and humble servant,
George Monck.
Nottingham,21 Jan., 1659.
For the Eight Honourable William Len
thall, Esq., Speaker. To bee communi
cated to the Parliament of England,
sitting at Westminster.
General Monck to Chief Justice St. John
My Lord, Iii. f. 57b.
I received by Mr. Gumble such assurances of your noble resolu
tion to endeavoure the just setlement of these Nations in a Comraon
wealth way, with care and provision to avoide those two rocks of the
Malignant and fanaticall interests, for which I desire to blesse the
Lord and to begg of hira increase of his strength and spirritt uppon
your selfe and those noble Patriots who have aoe chearefully
undertaken such an honourable, though difficult, worke. For my
selfe I can comfortably declare that nothing but the preservation
of the greate interests of God's people in maintenance of ministry
and lawe could have drawne out ray spiritt to an undertakeing of
that nature against many of my old friends of the array. Yow
raay bee assured (if I can contribute any thing by my indeavors) of
my utmost assistance, and [I] shall governe those forces under ray
command according to your advice and counaell. I shall bring upp
three regiments of horse and fowre foote ; the rest I have disposed
for the security of Scotland and the Northerne parts. I shall make
what haste I can, with respect had to the marcbeing of the foote,
wliich I raust bee tender of, beeing such as have highly resolved
for the Parliaraents service. I cannot but take notice of your Lord
shipp's personall kindenesse to my selfe, and doe assure your
Lordshipp that if there bee any thing wherein I can serve you,
you shall command mee to tbe utmost of ray power. I shall

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trouble yow noe farther but recomend Mr. Gumble to your Lord
shipps favoure, and remaine.
My Lord, your Lordahipps very humble servant,
George Monck.
Nottingham,
21 January, 1659.
Pray present my humble service to the Lord Widrington and
all those other worthy Gentleraen.
General Monck to Mr. John Weaver '
hi. f. 58. Sir, I have received such a perticular accompt of your publicque
resolutions in the Commonwealthes service that as a meraber
thereof I cannot but acknowledge my obligations therein, and
desire the Lord to encurrage yow more in this good worke. I ara
alsoe bound to yow for that greate esteeme yow are pleased to
entertaine of my selfe farr above my merritts ; I shall endeavoure
to answer in my actions this your greate favoure, and what is
within my power yow shall assuredly comraand. I shall make
what haste I can, and for the number of men that corae with mee
it wilbee above five thousand, which if it bee not corapetent tor
your safety I can increase it to what degree you shall please. I
have done yow what service I could in this march, and invited
many sober Gentlemen to joyne with yow in the setling the
Commonwealth, whome I finde might bee easily courted to your
interest and rendered very faithfull and serviceable. I am sorry
' Weaver had, during the usurpation of the government by the army, played a
prominent part in the opposition. He took part with Cooper, Berners, and Scot in
an unsuccessful attempt to seize the Tower for the Parliament (Thur]oe,jv}i,,JI97j.
He helped to secure it on December 24, when the Parliament was restored, and it
was committed to the custody of himself and his three colleagues on December 26
(Mercurius Politicus, December 22-29, pp. 978, 984). He was one of the Council
of State elected on December 31, 1659, and signalised himself in it by his opposi
tion to the proposed oath abjuring Charles Stuart (Baker, p. 700 ; Commons'
Journals, vii. 797, 799, 800).

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there should bee any jealousie uppon the Lord Fairfax in sorae raena
spiritts, who assured mee in a privat conference that hee would
joyne with mee to the opposeiug of Charles Stuart's family, soe
that I judge a little more moderation might rauch cement us, and
make us fitt for setlement. I shall not trouble yow any further,
but intreate yow to remember Mr. Gumble, for whome I hope you
will doe something, which is all frora
Your assured friend and servant,
George Monck.
Nottingham,
21 January, 1659.
My service to Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, Colonell White, and
Colonell Thorapson. General Monck to the Speaker
Right Honourable, Ui. f. 68b.
I have ordered Collonel Redman to march with the Irish
Brigade ' into Cheshire, and theire to expect your further orders ;
but hee has received orders from the Commissioners to march into
Cheshire, Lancashire, and Wales, which was their former Quarters
and is very convenient for their passage into Ireland, soe that I
thinke, till yow direct thera to be retorned thither, they cannott
be in a better station.^ I have presumed to raake some necessary
alteracions in the troopes, where I have placed six honest officers
that wilbee faithfull to yow, and I desire yow wilbe pleased to
confirme them. Their names are : Capt. Richard Franklin to be
' The Irish Brigade consisted of the forces sent over from Ireland in August
1659, to help in the suppression of Booth's rising. They consisted of 1,000 foot
and 500 horse under Colonel Zanchey and Colonel AxteU. Zanchey cast in his lot
with Lambert and Fleetwood, but most of the officers of the brigade were zealous for
the Parliament (Ludlow, Memoirs, ii. 110, 118, 127, 130, 153, 162, 203). Major
Godfrey and the cavalry of the Irish Brigade helped Fairfax to secure York (Cal.
State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, 288, 293, 300 ; Mercurius Politicus, Dee. 29- Jan. 5,
p. 1003) ; MSS, of Mr, Leyborne-Popham, p. 140).
2 See Scot's letter to Monck (Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 310).

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Captain of that troope late Capt. Richard Mac Laughlin's in Coll:
Redman's regiinent ; Lawrence Cox, Cornett to hira ; Thomas
Beard, Comett to Major Meredith in Collonel Wallace's late
Regiment ; Lancelott Bolton, Lieutenant to Capt. John Salt's
troope ; Thomas Bentley, Captain-Lieutenant to Collonel Sankey's
late troope; Paulett Phillips to be Quarter-Master to Capt.
Thomas Walcott'a troope. I cannott omitt to acquaint yow that
Collonel Redman, whom yow sent to take charge of the Brigade,
hath behaved himselfe with much prudence and faithfulnes in
your service since hee came to itt, and hee deserves your favour
and encouragement. Hee was unjustly putt from his Regiraent
in Ireland by the instigacion of Collonel Barrowe and Collonel
Axtell, and Adjutant Generali Allen (noe good freind of yours)
appointed to have itt. I desire yow will be pleased to restore
him to his Regiment, and give him some further marke of your
favour ; for yow have few better horse officers in your service, and
hee is sober and well principled, and such men deserve encourage
ment.' The Brigade will need a further inspection than I am
able to make into itt upon ray march, but I knowe yow wUbe
pleased to direct tbe Commissioners to take care of itt. Lieu
tenant Collonel Brett, whom yow sent downe with Collonel
Redman to command the foot under him, is an honest, stout, able
officer, and one that is faithfull to yow ; I humbty request yow to
be mindful! of him for a regiment of foote in Ireland. And there
is one Capt. Salt (whose troope is heere, and was lately disposed
of to Collonel Desborough's aonne), who is an honest, able officer,
and baa bin long in your service ; and I desire hee may be
restored to his command, the other Gentleman having expressed
' Colonel Eedman and Lieut.-Colonel Brett arrived to take command of the Irish
Brigade on December 31, but, according to Major Godfrey, were generally regarded
witb some distrust, as being formerly ' such great sticklers for a Protector '
(Cal, State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 294). Both had been cashiered for that
reason in July 1659 (ibid, p. 12 ; Ludlow, ii. 203). Eedman was already iu com
munication with the agents of Charles II., and was knighted after the Eestora-
ion.

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much dissatisfaction at your restauracion. When I came into
Yorkshire I found the regiment of horse lately under Collonell
Larabert all dispersed, and with few officers ; and judging it
requisite for your service to modell it for the safety of the
northerne parts, I appointed Collonell Bethell to take charge of it
as Collonell,' and by his advice have nominated the severall officers
in the inclosed list to take charge of the raen till your pleasure
be knowne. One of them, by name Capt. Ralph Waterhouse, I had
comissionated as Captain, and I humbly desire yow will confirme
what I have done both [as] to the Collonell and the rest of thera,
for if it were not of greate advantage to your service I should nott
move itt. Hee ^ is a person of great interest in the Northerne
parts, and often in the time of the Protector Oliver was offred
Comission but refused it, and the Regiment was much of it his
before Larabert had it, and hee is of unquestionable courage and
faithfullnes, which hee eminently testified in the late interrupcion
by raising the County for yow ; and hee tooke the Declaration of
the Irish Brigade, which directly tended to an adherence with
yow as yow were sitting on the llth of October. I ara inforraed
the Commissioners of London, not knowing what I had done, bad
ordred this Regiraent to Collonel Twisleton, which I ara sorry for,
in regard I thinke him to be a worthy person. But although I
might have thought my selfe sufficiently qualified by your order
of the second of January instant to dispose of the forces heere,
I had nott done this but for tbe urgent necessity of your service,
soe that I presume yow will heerafter in due tirae provide for
Collonel Twisleton, and not discourage this worthy person. The
truth is your selfe and many wovtify members, by your letter into
Scotland of the 23th of the last moneth, directed mee to dispose
of the commands of all that had either deserted or neglected to
' Colonel Hugh Bethell commanded a regiment of horse in the army of the
Northern Association in 1645, and was badly wounded at the battle of Rowton
Heath in September 1645. He again commanded a regiment of Yorkshire horse
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come to their comands in the time of your interrupcion, except
Collonel Saunders, Major Barton, and Capt. Izard; but having
disposed of Saunders and Barton's coraands upon Lambert's
pressing upon mee before your lettre carae, I humbly moved your
favour to Collonel Saunders and Major Barton ; ' but I presumed
nott to mention Collonel Twisleton, because I knew nott how hee
stood in your opinion, in regard yow excepted him nott in your
lettre to mee. Yow had also, in a great and gratious respect to
mee, bin pleased by your printed vote of the 12th of this moneth
[to] againe confirme and approve of what I had done for your
service,^ which was since the disposicion I had made of this
regiment, and I hope I have nott forfeited that your kindnes to
mee by this action. I have nott had the honour to see Mr. Scott
and Mr. Robinson yett,^ because the wayes are soe unpassable
they cannott reach beyond Leicester in a coach, and I have bin
forc't to stay heere these two dayes for the coming up of the foote ;
but on Monday I shall marche to Leicester, and from thence
acquaint yow with the tirae of my being in London, which is
earnestly desired in obedience to your commands by
G. M.
General Monck to the Commissioners for the
Government of the Army
Iii. f. 59b. Right Honourable,
I perceive by yours of the 17th instant that, notwithstanding
that I had nominated Col. Bethell to Lambert's Regiment, yow
were pleased to order it to Colonell Twisleton, uppon a suggestion
that I had writt to the Speaker, that beeing necessitated to
' On Colonel Saunders and Major Barton, see Monck's letter of December 29
(Old Parliamentary History, xxii. 41 ; Commons' Journals, vii. 804 ; Grey, Answer
to Neal's Puritans, iv., Appendix p. 137).
' Commons' Journals, vii. 808.
' Scot and Eobinson met Monck on the road between Leicester and Notting
ham on January 23. See Gumble, p. 226 ; Baker, p. 702 ; Price, p. 754.

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dispose of the regements of horse belonging to Colonell Twisleton,
Colonel Sanders, and Major Barton, I desired the Parliaraent
would give them the like commands in other places, which is a
greate mistake, for I onely moved for Colonell Sanders and Major
Barton, and not for Colonell Twisleton, although I beleeve
Colonell Twisleton to bee a very worthy person ; and the reason of
my soe moveing was because on the twenty third of the last
month the Speaker and about 20 Merabers of Parliaraent were
pleased to send an expresse to mee with an accompt of theire
affaires, and amongst other things they advised raee to dispose
of the coramands of all such as had either deserted or neglected
theire comraands, except Coll. Sanders, Major Barton, and Capt.
Izod ; and haveing disposed of the commands of Col. Sanders and
Major Barton, uppon Lambert's presseing uppon mee, before the
receipt of that letter, I humbly recoraended Col. Sanders and
Major Barton to the Parliament ; and although I had and respect
Col. Twisleton well, I forbore to mention him, because I knew not
how hee stood in their opinion in regard they excepted him not
in their letters as they did the other. I must confess, although I
thought my selfe sufficiently qualified by the printed order of the
second of January to dispose of any of the forces lately under
Lambert, I had not done this but for the necessary service of the
Parliament ; and the howse haveing bin gratiousely pleased by
theire vote of the twelth of this month to confirme all I had done
for the service of the Commonwealth, which was since the dis
position of this regiment, I hope if there were noe other person,
yow would not thinck I have forfeited that theire grace and
respect by this action. I have nothing more at this time but to
assure you I shall uppon all occasions indeavoure to approve
my selfe, Right Honourable,
Your affectionate and faithfull servant,
Nottingham, [GeORGE MoNCK].
22 Jan., 1659.

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General Monck to the Speaker
Ui. f. 60b. Eight Honourable,
I have some days since received a Coramission frora the
Councill of State under theire seale, dated the twenty fourth of
Noveraber,' which was brought to raee by Captain Goodwin, in
which the Councill are pleased, by the authority derived to them
from yow,^ to constitute mee therein Comander-in-Cheife of your
forces in England and Scotland, with diverse powers which may
bee seene at large in the transcript thereof,' which I raake bould
to send yow heere inclosed, desireing that uppon your considera
tion of itt yow will confirme soe rauch of it as yow shall conceive
necessary for the Coraraonwealth and your service. I had sent
you the originall, but I thought it incurabent to your service not
to raarch soe greate a party of your array without power. I have
alsoe herewith sent you a list of such officers as I have commis
sioned in your service since your interruption, who are all honnest
and religiouse men, and such as will obey and not dispute the
power the Lord baa placed over them, and preserve the souldjers
under them in an obedient discipline, and not to permitt them to
bee troublesome with seditiouse adgitations. I must confesse I
thinke it an extraordinary testimony of your favoure to mee tbat
yow are pleased, by your vote of the 29th of December, to resolve
that the respective officers placed by raee bee and are thereby
confirmed in theire respective offices and places, and 1 doe ingage
' See p. 137, ante,
-' The members of the Council of State appointed on May 19, 1659, continued
to meet after the expulsion of the Long Parliament by Lambert ou October 11,
and the forcible interruption of their own meetings by the soldiers (Ludlow,
Memoirs, ii. 83). Nine of them met in London on November 19 and sent a
letter of encouragement to Monck, which is reprinted in Baker's Chronicle, p. 695.
Phillips mentions this commission, and says that it was left iu the hands of
Clarges till a safe messenger could be found. Clarges had rejoined Monck at
Nottingham (ibid. p. 701 ; Clarke MSS, Iii. 50). The commission was approved
on January 26, when this letter was read in Parliament (Commons' Journals,
vii. 823).

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that they ahalbee faithefuU to the Commonwealthes interest, if
your kindenesse may bee soe farr corapleated to us as to lett us
have our Commissions signed by you, our renouned and ever
faithfull Generali. I cannot sufficiently admire the goodnesse of
the greate God, that frora soe small an appeareance as wee were
able to make at first was pleased to worke such greate things for
the good of these poore Nations ; and when your enimies boasted
of theire numbers and mighty preparations, neither yow nor wee
were daunted in prosecution of the cause of God to restore our
magistracy and ministry most violently invaded, and likely to bee
destroyed by the malice of unreasonable men. This is the Lords
doeing, and raervilouse in our eyes ; and I doubt not but hee will
put it into your hearts to improve this greate raercy in the setle
ment of these nations in holinesse and righteousenesse, that a wise
and godly magistracy may bee continued amongst us, and a
learned and piouse ministry upheld and countenanced, and theire
legali raaintenance preserved and augemented, and the universityes
reformed and incurraged, that from thence raay corae a supply of
godly and learned labourers in the Lords vinyard. I know I
neede not in this, nor any thing to you concerning your forces,
theire late disorders sufficiently instructing you in the greate
neede there is in putting over thera godly and sober officers and
men of estates and qualitie in the Nation, whose interest will
thereby bee soe involued in yours that like Hipocrites twins you
will laugh and weepe together, and bee soe strengthen'd that the
malice of all sorts of enimies shall not prevale over yow ; and the
Nations will blesse the Lord for yow, and the divisions and
animosities, of late too much fomented and increased by the im
patient nations of the late disturbers, will bee healed and forgotten.
These considerations, amongst many others, have drawne mee out
and strengthened mee in ray duty to you, to act with chearefulnes
in your service, and to thinke life and fortune and all that was
neere and deare to mee too little to venture to indeavoure to free
you and my Native Country from the confusions wee were brought
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into. I shall inlarge noe further, but intreate your favourable
contribution of this addresse from
Your Honours most faithfull servant,
G. M.
Nottingham, 22 Jan. 1659.
To Mr. Speaker.
I have given a Commission to a Captain in Col: Knight's
regiment to command that troope that waa lately Capt. Izods,
but I thinke not fitt to send his name in this list, because I have
given it uppon condition that hee shall resigne it to Captain Izod,
if yow provide not better for him at London. The list of Col.
Robinson's Company at Ayre is not yet corae to hand, but it
shalbee sent shortly, with some others frora reraote parts in
Scotland in case there bee any omitted out of this list.'
General Monck to Mr. Eolle
Iii. f. 62b. Sir, Finding my selfe in some measure obliged in respect to my
relations and friends to take cognizance of a paper subscribed by
them at Exon the 18th instant, and addressed to the Speaker by
Mr. Bamfeild, to signifie to thera my apprehensions thereof I have
made bould to trouble you with the inclosed ; the copie whereof
I here alsoe send you,^ earnestly beseeching yow to consider it
' The lists of the officers commissioned by Monck are contained in vol. Lir.
of the Clarke MSS., but would require too much space to print here.
^ Monck's answer to the Devonshire declaration, which is dated Leicester,
January 21, is printed in the Old Parliamentary History (xxii. 68), and is
No. xviii. in Toland's collection of his letters. For criticisms on Monck's answer
see Cal, State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, pp. 330, 345 ; Ludlow, Memoirs, ii. 208.
The Devonshire declaration is reprinted in Kennet's Begister, p. 20. Its publica
tion and presentation by Sir Copleston Bampfield led to Bampfield's arrest, but
other counties promptly followed the example of Devon (Clarendon State Papers,
iii. 674, 679, 682 ; Commons' Journals, vii. 836, 847) ; cf. the Berkshire declara
tion, Mercurius Politicus, Jan. 26-Feb. 2, and those of Suffolk, Norfolk, and
Bucks in the same number. All demanded the readmission of the secluded
members.

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seriously, and the evill consequences that may flow therefrom, in
case there bee any persistance, and to use your utmost endeavoures
and interest to beget a right understanding and compliance in
them touching the proceedings of this Parliament, from whome,
through the Lords blessing, wee are in hopefull expectation of a
speedy and good setlement in a Commonwealth, not uppon any
phanaticall parties or principalis, but uppon the true basis of
interest and righteousnesse ; and therefore, though in that paper I
seeme to provide for all, even the giddy interests alsoe, yet I would
not bee therein mistaken as intending to bring them againe into
martiall and civill trust and power, but to secure them onelie in
theire just rights as men and christians, free from tyranny and op
pression. Wherefore, Sir, I intreate yow to procure a meeting of
the Gentry of your County that subscribed that paper, and to
present to them the inclosed with my hearty and most affectionate
service, and to procure from thera some declaration of theire
acquiescence in this Parliament's proceedings, whereby theire
hands may bee strengthened, the Coramon Eniray disappointed,
and these Nations now at length bee setled upon such a foundation
of Goverment as raay comprehend and protect all interests, and
preserve it selfe in peace against the designes of the worst of
raen ; and such a Goverment wee are in expectation of from this
Parliament at this time, if our sinns and passions provoke not the
Lord to disappoint us. Soe, praying the Lord to crowne our
hopes with his mercyes, and to blesae yow in your proceedings
heerein, with the tender of ray affectionate respects to your selfe,
I ^emaine. Yours,
Harborrow, 23 Jan., 1659. [GeORGE MoNCK].
Sir, — I have written to my Cozen Morris alsoe to bee assisting
to you in this businesse.

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260 THE CLARKE PAPERS
General Monck to Mr. William Morris '
Ui. f. 62. Sir, I have enclosed sent yow a copie of that letter I sent to Mr.
Roll, to bee imparted to those Gentlemen that subscribed that
paper of the 13th instant at Exon, and a copie alsoe of my owne to
him, earnestly entreateing this greate favoure frora yow at this
tyrae, that yow will please to use all your power and interest with
him and all the other Gentlemen, that they would not insist uppon
that paper, but on the contrary declare theire acquiescence in this
Parliaraent's proceedings, whereby wee may once come (after soe
raany overturnings) to a setled condition of Goverraent, and bee
freed frora thia phanatic huraor which hath borne sway soe long.
I neede use noe arguments to you, who are better able to discerne
men, times, and things then I am, onely, if your occasions could
permitt, after yow have had a meeting with those Gentlemen — let
the effects thereof bee what it will, for I will not doubt (God
assisting) the faileing of ray hopes, if yow once engage therein —
that yow will please to doe raee both the honoure and favoure as
to raeete mee att London, where more freedorae may bee used then
can well with conveniency bee exprest by letter. Sir, Ile trouble
yow noe farther, butt recomending these my desires to your care
and your selfe and negotiation to God, and soe remaine,
Sir, Yours,
Harborow, 23 Jan., 1659. [GeORGE MoNCK].
For Mr. Morris.
Sir Arthur Hesilrige to General Monck ^
Ui. f. 73. Sir, Understanding from Colonell Alured that there are some
reports that there should be forces sent for to corae to towne that
' William Morice, knighted and made Secretary of State after the Eestoration,
is described by Clarendon as allied to Monck, ' and entirely trusted by him in the
managing of his estate in that county ' (Rebellion, xvi, 162).
^ Monck's answer to this letter is printed in the Clarendon State Papers, iii.
678.

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you know not of, and also officers sent into severall parts to gather
forces, and that Major Strangwayes was one, who was this evening
att the CounseU to receive the comissions for the regiment, and I
thinke hee intends to goe out of towne to morrow. Indeed, Sir, it
exceedingly troubles mee to heare such reports should be raised
that are soe notoriously false. Beleive raee, there was not the least
colour for this, or any part of it, and I assure yow I had rather dye
then breake my word. I beseech yow, forgett not what I have
said to you : I shall never faile yow in your standing for a
Commonwealth. Sir, it is also reported that I should have conference with
Lambert and Sir Henry Vane. The first I never spoke with since
his returne from Booth's defeate, nor with Sir Henry Vane since
his being turned out of the Howse, neither have I had, or will be
perswaded to have any discourse with thera, or either of them, or
any for them. Neither will I be in any designe or plott whatso
ever, for what I doe shall be above board. I intreat yow to
acquaint your officers, if I be named at any time, with what I here
affirme, and answere for mee — yow shall have noe shame by it. It
is very late, I am.
This 12th February, Sir,
^^^^- Your most faithfull and reall servant,
Arth. Hesilrige.
General Monck to the Council of State
Right Honourable, * Iii. f. 71b.
I was determined this moming to have waited on you myselfe,
to have manifested the realiity of my intencions to you, that they
were for noe other ends then the publick, and tbat upon the same
accorapt yourselves assert in a Coramonwealth. And as for the
other particulars mentioned in your letter, they were accidents
emergent from the suddennesse of my removeall, and are nowe

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past, and I thinke better to be forgotten then to be taken notice of.
But my officers, coraeing to me just now in order to the execution
of resolutions, have soe importun'd mee, not onely in relation to
themselves and their forces, being not yett well and orderly
setled in their quarters, but in relation to tbe peace of this great
cittie and nations, and indeed have urged mee with such reasons
as not being able sufficiently to answere, [I] am content to submit
thereunto, and those also seconded by some eminent cittizens and
constant friends of yours.' Whereupon, I earnestly intreat you to
dispense with my absence for a weeke or ten dayes, within which
tyme I hope you will soe setle all things as this distance will be
taken away, and the present dissatisfaccion removed from the
spirits of all men, when they once see they shall be fully represented,
and themselves made sharers in the government, as well as in
obedience, which commending to your speedy care, I remayne
Your, etc.,
G. M.
Bread Street, London,
13 Febr. 1659.
To the Council of State.
' Monck was sent into the City on Thursday, February 9, with orders to arrest
certain persons, to take down the gates and portcullises, and to take away the
posts and chains which had been put up for the defence of the City (Commons'
Jou/rnals, vii. 837). His letter to the Council of State, of the same date, giving au
account of his fulfilment of part of his orders and of his reasons for not fulfilling
the rest, is printed in the Old Parliamentary History (xxu. 92), and is No. 22 in
Toland's collection. Parliament thereon ordered him to complete his task, and
on Friday, the 10th, he did so, returning again that night to Whitehall. On the
morning of Saturday llth, Monck sent a long letter to the Speaker, from White
hall, signed by himself and bis officers, in which he demanded the issue ot writs
for new elections, cfec, and manifested openly his opposition to the policy of the
prevailing party in the House (Old Parliamentary History, xxii. 98; Toland,
No. 23). After sending the letter, he marched again into the City (Baker,
pp. 706-709).
On February 12 the Council of State wrote to Monck, complaining of ' the
tumultuous assemblies and outrageous disorders ' which had taken place the
previous night, and inviting him to return to Whitehall (Cal, State Papers, Dom.
1658-59, p. 358). He returned the answer printed above. Their reply, dated

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General Monck to the Council of State'
Right Honourable, Ui. f. 72b.
I am sensible of your respects to mee in your last night's
invitacion to conferre with you, and returne yow my hurable
thankes for the sarae. But in regard the present oath putts a
barre upon my selfe and raany others frora acting as counsellors,
I cannott be usefull to you if I should come till that be moderated
or taken away ; and indeed the present distraccions of this place
are soe great that it is absolutely necessary for your service and
the publique safety that I be here sorae tirae yett, for the people
are rauch heightened in their feares by the continuacion of arraes
in the hands of phanatique and disaffected persons to the Parlia
ment, who have had 7,000 lately out of the stoares, and are (as I
am informed) provideing others.
I shall not mencion the desperate speeches of some persons
against this cittie and your forces, because Alderman Atkins will
give an account to the Howse of them ; but I desire you will call
in all the publique armes into your stores, if you will proceed noe
further, to prevent if possible the wicked designes of raen of such
rageing and desperate spirits and principles that would draw us
all into blood and confusion rather then not corapasse their wicked
purposes. Upon theae consideracions I heartily beseech you to
put a favourable construccion upon my intentions for your service,
who am, Right Honourable, Your Honour's raost humble servant,
t G. M.
Drapers' Hall,
14th February, 1659.
February 13, is also calendared amongst the State Papers (p. 360). Monck's
rejoinder is amongst the Clarke Papers,
' Further letters from the Council of State to Monck between February 15
and February 20 are to be found in the Calendar of State Papers, 1659-60,
pp. 365, 367, 370, 372.

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General Monck to Sir Arthur Hesilrige
Ui. f. '74. Sir, The last night here mett att my Quarters severall Members,
both of those secluded, those now sitting, and of those who refuse
to sitt, araongst whom arose a free and civill discourse concerning
setlement and the present affaires,' the scope whereof, together
with the temper of the persons and positions held forth for setle
ment, without partiall or passionate respect to persons or things
other then in order to the universall interest and quiett of these
too long unquiett Nacions, [which] hath given mee encouragement
to presume to desire and entreat your company at ray Quarters on
Friday night at 6 of the clock, bringing with yow Coll. Morley,
Coll. White, and Mr. Scott, where yow shall find the like number
of the secluded members to enterteyne yow, that if happily,
through Gods blessing upon your results, there may be a right
understanding, and the great worke of the Nacions setlement
in a Coramonwealth goe on more prosperously and unanimously
then hitherto, which is the desires and shall be the prayers and
endeavours of Sir,
DrapersHall, 15th Febru: 1659. G. M.
To Sir Arthur Hesilrige.
The like letter to the Lord St. Johns, and
hee to bring along with him Sir
Anth: Cooper, Mr. Carew Eaighley, and
Mr. Attorney Eeynolds.
Colonels Bethell and Fairfax to General Monck
Ui. f. 75. May it please your Excellency,
Wee have heere such tampering by Eraissaryes sent out by the
fanatique party from all parts, that we cannot but conjecture there
' For accounts of this conference see Kennet's Begister, p. 61 ; Gumble,
p. 260 ; Baker, pp. 709, 710 ; Christie, Life of Shaftesbury, i. 212 ; Ludlow, u.
228. See also Cal, State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, p. 372. A second meeting
took place on Saturday, February 18.

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is a designe for some shortly to appeare. What rumours wee
have of any to head them (nott having any proofe considerable to
impart) shall have only this effect, to double our diligence and
make farther enquiry. Wee have sent yow the letter from the
Governour of Hull,' as likewise the informacion of a weake witted
Gentleman of 18 yeares old, who att present is dismissed upon
100 li. bond (a citizen heere being cautioner for him). Intelli
gences and meetings are more frequent att the Mannour than
will be safe for us ; therfore wee desire Coll. Lilburne may be
removed into the Southerne parts (being his owne desire) rather
than reraaine in his house in this County. Coll. Bethell's regi
raent (well pleased with their change) will yett need encourage
ment by a speedy receipt of their pay, which though it wilbe
acceptable to the rest of these forces, yett to them most necessary.
Wee remain Your Excellencyes most obedient servants,
Hu: Bethell, [C] Fairfax.
Yorke, 2° Marty, 1659.
Postcript :
Notwithstanding these mutations and underminings, our
souldiers continue their fidelity to the Parliament and your
Excellency. The letter from Hull [is] to your Excellency, and signed by
those officers ; copyes therof were dispersed by some of their agents
only to private souldiers, but none to the officers.^
' The letter from Hull is given in an abridged form in Baker's Chronicle,
p. 713, and in the Beport on Mr. Leyborne-Popham's MSS,, p. 163. Overton's
explanatory letter, dated March 6, is in the lame report, p. 170.
^ On receipt of this account of Overton's proceedings, Monck sent Major
Jeremiah Smith and Colonel Alured to Overton to explain the state of affairs,
with letters from himself and from the Council of State. ' The General having
a design to remove Overton,' Smith was instructed ' privately to deal with some
officers and soldiers under him who loved him not, to bring him to reason, if upon
orders for his remove he should be disobedient to them ' (Baker, p. 713). They
arrived at Hull on March 7, and found Overton more amenable to reason
than they expected. An extract from the letter of the two emissaries to General

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The Examinacion of Robert Redhead, of Essendon, in
Holdernesse, taken this 28th day of February,
1659, before [Colonel] Fairfax
Iii. t. 75. This Bxaminant saith. That on the Lord's day last past, hee
being at dinner with Coll. Overton, Governour of Hull, Capt.
Rarasey read a lettre which carae from London, directed to the
said Coll. Overton, wherin was expressed that the Citizens of
London did proferre to give to the Parliament the summe of five
and twenty hundred thousand pounds if they would issue out
writts in the name of C. E., and further confesseth not.
General Monck to the Officers commanding
Regiments
Iii. f. 77. Sir, The Councill of State haveing received intelligence that sun
drie persons of turbulant spirits are sent abroad into many
regements of the army, to disaffect them to the present authority,
and to begett distractions and divisions in the array, have thought
fit to emitt the inclosed proclamation,' to the end the discipline of
the army may be kept inviolated, upon which the peace and safety
of these Nations doe soe much depend. I therefore desire your care
Monck, and copies of Overton's letters to Monck and to the Council of State, are
printed in Mercurius Politicus, March 8-15, pp. 1163-65.
Monck simultaneously appointed Colonel Fairfax Governor of Hull, and sent
him to Beverley with a small force, giving him also a letter to Overton, in which
Overton was ordered to repair to London within twenty-four hours after its receipt.
This letter is printed at length in Baker's Chronicle (p. 712). Overton obeyed :
Fairfax was in possession of Hull by March 12, and its late Governor arrived in
London on the 18th or 19th of March (Mercurius Politicus, pp. 1174, 1190 ; see
also Price, p. 778 ; Gumble, p. 267 ; Cal, State Papers, Dom. 1659-60, pp. 381,
388). • Apparently the proclamation for preventing tumults and disturbances, dated
March 17. It offered a reward of ten pounds for the arrest of any person trying
to debauch the soldiers. It is printed at length in Mercurius Politicus, March 22-29,
p. 1198. The result was an address from the Army, embodying an engagement
not to take part in any meetings for contriving declarations, &c. relating to affairs
of State. This is printed in Baker, p. 719. -

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in the execution thereof, and to returne mee an accorapt of your
proceedings therein. And bec[a]use such designes may possibly
have arrisen from the malitious endeavoures of some men to render
this army, in the esteeme of the good people of these Nations, less
zealous then forraerly in raaintaineing the civill and religious
[rights] of our Country against the knowne eneraies thereof, I doe
therefore assure jow that wee shall (as freebom Englishmen) stand
in defence of the liberties and privileges of these Nations, as well
such as are of religious as civill concernment, and shall in our
stations and callings discharge our duty in supressing of those who
are enemies to true piety and freedorae. This being all I have to
communicate unto yow, I remaine
Your very loveing Freind and Servant,
[March 17 ?] [GeOEGE MoNCK].

General Monck to the Officers commanding
Regiments
Sir, Iii. £. 77b.
The Lord Lambert haveing escaped out of the Tower the last
night, I desire you will bee very carefull of your duty, and not
suffer any officers to bee away from their charges, and to have
an eye that no Agitators come amongst your souldiers to withdrawe
thera from their duty. And if they doe, to secure them and send
thera in safe custody to the Martiall Generali at the Mews. And
in case that any officer or souldier shall apprehend the Lord Lam
bert, you may give them notice that they shall have one hundred
pounds for their paines. I remain*
Your very loveing Freind and Servant,
[George Monce],
St. James's, the llth day of April,
1660.

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Sir Arthur Hasilrige to General Monck'
My Lord,
I beseech your Lordship to let the Council understand that I
have neither directly nor indirectly done anything in opposition to
the present authority settled by the Parliament in the Council of
State. Neither was I knowing in the least degree of the disturb
ance raade by Larabert. I have always acted with the authority
of Parliament, and never against it, and hold it my duty to submit
to the authority of the Nation and not to oppose it, and have
hazarded my all to bring the military power under the civil
authority. I forgott to give you the two pence, it is here enclosed,
and, being secured by your Lordshipp's promise, I hope to end
the remainder of my days in peace and quiet. Arthur Hasilrige.
30 April, 1660.
General Monck to the Officers commanding
Regiments
Sir, In pursuance of an order of the Commons House of Parliament,
there being Comraissions issued under the great Seale of England
to the respective Colonels and other Feild officers or one of them,
with one of his Majesties Justices of Peace in the Counties respec
tively where the Regiraents doe quarter, to administer the oathea
of supreraicy and Alegiance to their Regiments respectively, I
therefore desire you with all convenient speed after the receipt of
the said Commission to proceede to the execution of the said Com
mission, and to returne to mee, under the hand of your selfe or
some other Feild officer of the Regiment, the names of such officers
and the number of souldiers who shall have taken the said oathes ;
but if there bee any who shal,! refuse the same, you are to discharge
' Egerton MS, 2618, f. 71. This is from the portion of the Clarke Papers
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all such persones refuseing, whether they bee officers or souldiers,
and to signify unto mee the names of any officers soe discharged.
I remaine Your very loveing Freind and Servant,
George Monck.
Cock-pitt,
5° July, 1660.
I desire you to take care that noe officers or souldiers bee
admitted into your regiment unless they first take the oathes of
Supreraicy and Alegiance, or produce a certificate that they have
taken itt.

General Monck to the Officers commanding
Regiments of Horse
Sir, Ui. f. 83.
The Lord's Commissioners of his Majesties Treasury haveing
appointed that the officers and souldiers of the army doe give in
under their hands respectively [and] perticulerly what Crowne lands
were bought or doe belong unto them, in regard the officers here,
and I on their behalfe, are suitors to his Majestic for a perticuler
marke of his favour to the army in consideracion of those lands. I
desire you, therefore, to appoint the officers and souldiers of your
regiment of Horse to bring in and deliver unto you the perticulers
of any such Crowne lands or rents, vizt. Kings, Queenes, or
Princes lands, as they really have purchased, under their hands
respectively, each officer and souldier by himselfe, the tirae when
they purchased them, with the yeately value of them, and whether
in trust or for themselves, according to the tenor of the inclosed,
after they have expressed their lands as aforesaid, and to send two
copies of them inclosed to Doctour Samuell Barrow, directing them
to hira at Mr. Williara Olerck's house in the Pell-Mell, one to bee
delivered to the Surveyour Generali, and the other to bee kept
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upp are not soe full [as] to answer these ends for which they are
intended, which is all at present from
Your very loveing Freind, Albemarle.
Cock-pitt: 21° July,
1660.
In pursuance of an order from the Lord's Commissioners of
bis Majesties Treasury, the 16° of July, 1660, I doe hereby certifie
that the lands above mentioned were purchased by mee, A. B., of
Capt. Company or Troope, in Coll. Regiment ofi. S.,
on the day of in the yeare of our Lord to my
owne proper use and none other, and that the yearely value above
raentioned is the true and just value thereof. Witness ray hand
the day of in the yeare of our Lord, 1660.

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A
Certificates extracted from General Monck's Order-Book,
Clarke MS. Vol. XLIX.
[During his command in Scotland, and still more frequently after
the restoration of Charles II., Monck was asked to certify the loyalty
of particular persons who, for political reasons, needed such testimonials.
The following are a few specimens selected from the many such entries
which his order-books contain.]
March 11, 16.5|. — Certificate, that the bearer, Mr. Robert Pittilloch,
Advocate, hath for severall yeares past expressed much affection to
the interest of the English in Scotland, and was in the beginning of
November 1654 appointed Sollicitor for his Highnesse the Lord
Protector and the Commonwealth : In which office hee continued till
the llth of February 1656, att which time hee was appointed by his
Highnesse' Councill in Scotland to serve as Advocate to the State, in
which hee served till June 1659. And during the said imployments
(as well as before) hee behaved himself faithfully, honestlie, and dili-
gentlie, and exercised the same with much ability and advantage to his
Highnesse' interest.
October 20, 1660. — Certificate, that wheras there is a rumour that
Captain [Walter] Dundasse, who was Governor of Edinburgh Castle in
the yeare 1650, did deliver uppe the said Castle to the English forces
then before itt for a certaine summe of monie. To certifie that the
said report is untrue, and that there was noe monie given to the said
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Excellency can the rather testifie, being then one of the commissioners
who treated for the rendition of the Castle, and when they had con
cluded of the termes, Oliver Cromwell, then Generali, was nott satisfied
with them, butt would have had the officers that came from Captain
Dundasse to have returned ; yett uppon further consideration agreed to
the said articles.
Dec, 7, 1660. — These are to certifie all whom these may concerne
that . the occasion of Archibald, Lord Marquesse of Argyll, his being
present att the Crosse at Edinburgh, for the proclayming of Richard
Cromwell in the yeare 1657 (sic) was uppon a desire of the Councill of
Scotland that all noblemen of that kingdome then in Edinburgh
should appeare there.
Jan, 3, 166^. — Certificate that Dougall McFerson of Powry was
nott imployed by his Grace as a guide in the Highlands in the yeare
1654, butt came to his Lordshippe at Sterling, and from thence went
to Aberfoyle about some affaires of Badgenoth, which was after the
Engagement at Lough Gary.
May 2, 1661. — Certificate that William Lenthall, Esq., formerly
Speaker to the House of Commons, was instrumentall to his Grace
when hee was in Scotland, sent severall officers to him (which hee stood
in neede of) to Berwick, assisted in the bringing in the secluded
Members, and was very active for the restoring of his Majesty, and
performed many other services which tended much to the good of the
Kinge and Kingdome, which could nott have bin soe well effected
without his helpe.
May 28, 1661. — Certificate that in October 1659 there being divers
souldiers of Capt. Ashby's troope in Col. Twisleton's regiment, after
wards Sir John Cloberies, who refused to joyne with his Grace, his
Lordshippe gave order to Captain John Hill, uppon his taking the
command of the said troope, to dispose of 10 weekes pay which belonged
to them for buying of horses for the mounting of divers foote souldiera
and others in their roome, and for supplying the officers with horses
instead of those they had lost or spoyled in the service.
Oct, 10, 1661. — Certificate that Col. John Hills was very faithfull
to his Grace in all the late transactions in Scotland, and singularly
active and instrumentall in his Majestie's happy Restauration.

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Nov, 13, 1662. — Certificate that John Pradman, Fellow of King's
Colledge in Cambridge, from his Grace's first declaring in Scotland in
October 1659 till his march into England, was very usefull and service
able to his Grace in conveying of letters from his friends and corre
spondents in London by the way of Cambridge for Scotland, and was
very active in order to his Majesty's most happy Restauration.
Dec, 26, 1662. — Certificate that Mr. William Carre was in the
yeare 1 659 examined at the Councill of State, uppon the discoverie of
a plott intended against the army then under his Grace's command
immediately after their coming to London, and then produced a
blanks commission sealed with the pretended state armes, signed
Tho. Scott, President to the Councill, for raising forces under severall
Anabaptists to oppose the army, and alsoe informed mee that Francis
Scott, sonne of the said Thomas Scott, had vowed to kill mee, att which
time the said Mr. Carre did behave himself very active and loyall to
his Majesty, and afterwards, in the beginning of May 1660, went over
with his brother Clarges to his Majesty, then at Bredah.

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APPENDIX B
Dr. Barrow's Notes on the Proceedings of General Monck
[Elenohi Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia Pars III, Autore T.
Skynner, M.D. 1676. The copy of this book now in Worcester College
Library was sent by the author to Dr. Sam Barrow, 'with a letter
desireing him to looke it over, and take notice of any mistakes he
should find in it.' This note is signed G. C. — i.e, George Clarke. It
is now Worcester MS. 135. Barrow wrote the following notes on the
fly-leaves.JPage 27.
There are letters to Fleetwood and Lambert dated at Berwick the
14th and 16th of December, and to the commissioners at Portsmouth
from Coldstream the 19th of that month.
Page 27, in margin, ' Moachius Coldstremium consedit Oct. 8.'
This must be the 8th of December, if it was precisely the 8th of
any month, for I am certain he came not thither till the beginning of
that month.
Page 33. Quamprimum Monchio compertum fuit ad senatum defecisse
classem, &c.
He broke off the treaty before he knew of the defection of the fleet
to the Rump. I remember well tbe first news he had of that was
brought by Major Banister, whom he had sent to Newcastle with the
letters that broke it off.
Page 50. Sed unde tam adversa sui fama senatoribus adeo morem
gesserat. The true reason why he pulled down the Citty gates was because
he bad no choice but either to do it or quitt his command. The order
for pulling them down was not directed singly to him, but jointly to
the Commissioners. Hazelrig and Morley and Walton were then upon
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were able to over-vote him, and would have done it without him. and
by consequence have taken the command of the army from him. The
next night he got such officers as he thought convenient about him,
which were none but those that came with him from Scotland,
except Col. Sanders and Major Barton ; and of himself alone, with
out the knowledge of the other Commissioners, ordered the march into
London in the morning, and had two copies of the letter he sent to
the Rump ready signed by break of day, one to send to them and
another to the press. So that they received the letter from the hands
of such officers as he sent with it, and had a printed copy of it much
about the same time. It is true he found the officers as willing to obey
him that night as he found them unwilling to pull down the Citty
gates the night before, which gave him an opportunity of doing that
so suddenly which otherwise must have cost him longer time and some
other pretence.
Page 54. Ut primum inaudisset Monchius quintenum se factum
imperatorem, &c.
Ilis being made but the fifth part of a General was not the cause
of the restoring the Secluded Members. For he was indeed but the
fifth part of one before, or perhaps but the seventh ; for the command
of the army was by the Rump put into the hands of those seven
mentioned by you, page 16. And if it might be said to be altered, it
was only in the manner following. Whilst the Committee of Safety
reigned the Rump Councill of State, sitting privately, had signed a
commission and sent it to him in Scotland, whereby he was empowered
to command the armies of England and Scotland ; but it was so penned
that he might apprehend that if the rest of the couimissioners should
be upon the place with him, or could conveniently be advised with, he
should take their consent along -with hinj. Only Fleetwood and Ludlow
were left out.
This commission, upon the return of the Rump, was confirmed by
them in terminis ; and according to this he often advised with them
by letters whilst he was upon his march, and after he came to London
he acted jointly with them, and they had one common table allowed
for them all. So that by the alteration you speak of he received
neither damage nor affront, all the change that was made being only
of Alured for Overton, the former of which had hitherto been upon
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the same foot with him, and the latter, tho' several times sent to, had
refused to have any correspondance with him till after Lambert's army
had left him. Wherefore this was but a vulgar error caused by the
mistake or the forgetfulnesse of those that were the authors of it. But
the one reason of his bringing in the Secluded Members was, because it
was the only possible step he could make forward at that time, and it
is easy to be imagined that he did not leave the Rump with an inten
tion to go back again to them. With much difficulty the army was
brought to admit of their sitting, and with no less to endure their
continuance till they dissolved themselves, they having several times
during that time attempted to demonstrate for a Commonwealth, and
were not without much ado hindred from it.
Page 57. Atque hic primo initium ferendi ad Carolum imperii
coeptum fuit.
Concerning this point you seem yourself to be satisfied (page 154),
and I suppose have since received further satisfaction from my Lord
of Bath and Dr. Price. I shall only give you the reason of his great
reservedness, which was the occasion of that opinion. He understood
very well that it was impossible for him to have any assistance, or any
other advantage, by communicating with the King's party, but, on the
contrary, apparent hazard of the ruine of his designe, if not of him
self. For this evidently appeared to him when the Scots offered to
assist him with 6,000 foot and 1,500 horse. He was then in a
condition low enough to accept of them, and did not refuse them so
much for the reason by you mentioned as for this reason only, that
the army would not admit of them. And this I speak upon my certain
knowledge, being at that time present at a secret Councill appointed
to consider of that business, wherein it was the sense of the whole
board that if there should be any commissions granted for the Scots
to raise men, all the horse would run away to Lambert that night.
Neither was there any other reason of the refusall insisted on, or so
much as mentioned. Nor was he free from this fear till Lambert was
taken by Coll. Ingoldsby.

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APPENDIX C
Letters selected from the Tanner and Carte MSS.
[The Tanner and Carte MSS. in the Bodleian Library contain a
certain number of letters relating to the events of 1659-60. A selec
tion from these letters is added here, in order to complete the account
of the events of that period contained in the portion of the ' Clarke
Papers ' printed in the previous pages.]
Mr. Richard Tolson to Speaker Lenthall
Right Honorable, ' Tanner MS.
Resyding now in my native county of Cumberland, and veiwing '^- '• ^^•
a Declaracion of the Parliament assembled at Westminster by the
providence of the Almighty, dated Saturday, the 7th of May, 1659,
and proclaimed this 6th day of May instant at Cockermouth, I owne
you in all fidellity and obedience ; and at present haveing weighty
affairis, and this county being one of the most remote from London,
I humbly implore your Honour's faveour to communicate my inno
cency, integrity, and willingness that as a Member I may attend the
Parliament, and there discharge my trust in all feythfullness to the
utmost of my weake abillityes. And alsoe I crave your Honour to
assure the Parliament that I shall devote myselfe for a blessing on
theire proceedings, and in my spheare in a civill or marshall way be
ready ever to demonstrate a cordiall atid reall activeness for the good-
old -cause and peace of this commonwealth as a free state, and con
sequently oblidges to verifie myselfe. Sir,
Your most humble Servant,
Cockermouth, Ri. ToLSON.
this sixth day of May, 1659.

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Tanner MS.
U. f. 50.

Sir Michael Liveeey to Speaker Lenthall
Honorable Sir,
Yours came to my hands to-day, sent by the sluop, though I had
one yesterday from you by the post, of the same language and date,
they being both to command my personall attendance in Parliament,
which through the goodnes of God is in a condicion to make some
further progress in compleating such a settlement which may be
glorifying of the Most High and a refyrshment to tue nearts of all his:
This day is the first day that 1 came out of my chamber of a fever, soe
that it will be the beginning of the next weeke befour I can safely
come to doe my service. What hast can be possibly made I wille
expedite, for there is noe joy under the sun more welcome to me then
to doe service for the Parliament, called by what names or titles
soever. The Lord, to make us comfortable restorers of this nation ['s]
freedome, I hope will seale his grace upon Our hearts, and guide us with
his spirritt of meekenes and unity, that we may goe on like his children
in doing our hevenly Father's work. I doubt I transgress, therefore
begg pardon, and concli*de.
Sir, Your most affectionate friend to serve you, LlVESEY.
Sheppey,
13th May, 1669.
I hope to be excused for this scribbly paper, for I am much to doe
to write through distemper.

Tanner MS.
n. f. 55.

Mr. John Qurdon to Speaker Lenthall
Honorable Sir,
. I received your letter of summons from the Parlament of England,
dated the seventh day of May, and should have bine very dilligent in
observinge the commands of that Honorable House in the disscharge
of my duty in my attendance and service of the House ; but soe it
hath pleased Divine Providence to lay many infermities upon my body
by reason of some greate sicknesses that I have of late yeares had, soe
that my eye sight is allmost totally perished ; but and if it shall please
Allmighty Providence to give me any helpe or furderance to my
recovery, I shall hartily give up my selfe to spend and be spent in
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I hartilly desire you would be pleased to acquaint the House with,
which is the humble request of me, who am. Sir,
Your most humble Servant,
Asinton, jOHjj GuEDON.
May the 13th,
1659. Mr. John Weaver to Speaker Lenthall
Honourable Sir, Tanner MS.
I received this day your lettre of May 7th, which, it seemes, was ^i- *• ''^¦
through some mistake carryed into Scotland, and from thence came to
my hands ; according to the commands whereof I shall (through God's
leave) waite upon you the middle of the next weeke, not being at present
in a fitting condicion for travaile, by reason of a flux of rhume in one
of myne eyes, which is very troublesome to me. In the meane tyme
my poore prayers dayly are for the Lord's guidance of that assembly
wherein you sitt, to act those thinges which may advance his honour
and the setlement of the nacion upon firme bases for its future peace
and tranquillitye. I am. Sir,
The humblest of your Servants,
Northluffenham, JoHN Weavek.
May 18th. Adm.iral Montagu to Speaker Lenthall
Right Honorable, Tanner MS.
Your letter of the 14th instant came to my hands yesterday at li, f. 69.
noone, whereby I have received your commands to demeane my selfe
with this fleete accordinge to the treatye made in Holland, which I
shall "with all carefullnesse observe. On the last Lord's day I had a
coppie of the same treatye sent mee out of Holland by Mr. Downinge,
concerninge my reception whereoff and proceedings afterward I entreate
you would please to accept of the account sent in my pacquett to
Mr. Secretary Thurloe, which was sealed up and delivered to the
messenger and the vessell just goinge to sayle for England as the
Hind catch came in sight. In that dispatch, also, you will be
enformed of all the matters of fact within my cognisance in these
parts scince my former letters. I could be very glad to receive com-

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mands with all possible speed how the fleete might be managed to be
somewhat uSefull, which I feare it ia not much in the posture and
accorrling to the instructions I am now tied up unto. After the 3
weekes' tyme for the treatye is expired, the Dutch fleete will certainly
joyne, De Ruyter already havinge posted himselfe in the mouth of the
Belt to the northwards, and Opdam to the southwards . about Lange-
land ; and I lie here and have noe order to prevent their conjunction,
or manadge my selfe any way untill further order.
Scince I heard of the affaires in England (which [I] acknowledge
filled my spirit with feares and sorrow) I take the more especiall care
for the good governement and management of this fleete for the service
of the nat[ion], and through God's goodnesse wee have beene blessed
[therein], and all with us are in an orderly way of discipline, and I may
(I doubt not) with confidence affirme [they] will soe continue ; and
upon the acquaintance I have had with them I hold my selfe oblidged
in justice to give them this caracter, that they are as faith[full]y
obedient, able, and industrious servants to theire owne nation as are
in the world, and deserve your countenance and encouragement.
For my owne part I am he[artily] glad that God hath graciously
prevented distur[bances] and combustions in England in the midst
of these . . . wonderful! dispensations, and continued peace and
tran[quillity] therein. That he may proceede to continue the s[ame]
blessinge upon it, with an encrease of all prosp[erity], is the praer and
shall be the endeavor most faith[fully] of.
Right Honourable,
Your most humble Servant,
Nasebye, about 3 leagues E. MotJNTAG[xj].
thwart of the KoU, it
bearinge N. N. Bast.
May 27th, 1659.

Mr. John Bradshawe to Speaker Lenthall
Tanner MS. [Honourable] Sir,
li. f. 89. I have by Mr. Love, a Member of this happie Parliament, receyved
the Howse's pleasure touching my self in relation to the Great Seale,
wherein as I desire with all humble thankf ulnes to acknowledge the
respect and favour done me in honouring me with such a trust, so I
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the call and personallie attend the service, which at present I am not,
labouring under an aguish dystemper of above 8 months' continuance,
for removing whereof (after much physicke in vayne), according to
advyce on all hands, I have betaken my self to the fresh ayre, and
hope (though my fitts have not yet left me) to receive benefit and
advantage thereby ; and for this I humbly begge the Parliament's
leave and permission if upon this just occasion they shall not in their
wysdomea thinke fit otherwise to dyspense with me.
In the meane tyme it hath bene, and is, no small addition to my
other afflictions that for want of health it hath not bene in my power,
according to my heart's earnest desire, to be serviceable in my poore
measure to the publique ; but by the helpe of God, when through his
goodnes my strength shalbe restored (of which I despayre not), 1 shalbe
most free and willing to serve the Parliament and commonwealth in
anie capacitie, and that, through dyvine assistance, with all diligence,
constancie, and faithfulnes, and to the utmost of my power.
I judged it my dutie to give this account of myself to the Howse,
and humbly desyre by your hand it may be tendred to them, for whom
I day lie pray that God would blesse all their counsels and consulta-
cions and succeede all their unwearyed endevours for the happie setling
and establishing of this latelie languyshing and now revived Common
wealth upon sure and lasting foundacions.
Sir, I rest and am
Your humble Servant,
[FounthijU, in Jo : BeADSHAWE.
Wyltshire, 1659.
[Anno rena]scentis Eepublicffl
Primo.'
Colonel Lillingston and Colonel Aleop to the Council of State
The Lord Generali Lockhart at kis departure hence on Saturday Tanner MS.
last, haveing committed the care of this garrison and the forts thereof ^''
unto us, did by his instructions order us on all occasions to give your •
Honours an account of the state of the affaires here, the which wee
shall dewly observe to doe ; wherefore your Honours may please to
understand that the works here and at Fort Ollyver goe on very well,
' The date is partly torn away, but this letter was read in the House on
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and that fort will bee finished within 6 or 8 dayes. This day wee have
sett foorth two halfe moones on the east syde of the towne without the
counterskarfe, very considerable to hinder the approach of the enemy
on that side.
Our carriages lately received prove rotten and bad, soe that the
charge of repayring them is allmost as much as for new, and wee shall
want more. We judge the sandhills on the west syde will bee levelled
within these 20 dayes, soe far as wee intend this yeare, and the works
there will bee compleated within these 10 or 12 dayes. Much of our
mony goes away to the workemen, who have now put it into a good
posture against an enemy, though at our comeing the fortification was
allmost demolished and brought to nothinge. Upon his Lordship's
arryvall here without the mony whieh the soldiers expected for their
pay (besides the weekely loane) from the tyme they came hether, on
the Lord's day last appeared a distemper, or rather a combination
amongst them to have seised all their officers and to have payd them
selves by plundering the towne ; but God was pleased to give us some
light of it about one hower and halfe before it shold have beene effected,
and all the officers declared themselves readily to quel the designe, by
whose prudence and dilligence the Lord hath beene pleased to prevent
it, soe that at presente things are well setled, upon our assuring the
soldiers to write to your Honours for mony to satisfye them their
arreares, as wee doe, hopeing your Honours will bee pleased to consider
all things here are extreame deare, and the poore soldiers cannot bee
trusted for what they want, and haveing beene as faithfull hetherto as
any that have served the Commonwealth, they are put to such hard
ships as others who receave pay are not ; and wee trust your Honours
may by this tyme bee enabled toe send them their pay, or some part
at least, to prevent the hazard and inconveniencies which may bee
endeavored to bee brought upon us by evill instruments crept in
amongst us, which doubtles dryve on the designe of Charles Stuart,
and whome as yett wee cannot fynd out, though the officers have used
all diligence, day and night, in searching the towne, for which purpose
allso wee searched the post-lettres going into the enemye's quarters
and read them ; and amongst some inhabitants here who gave intelli
gence to their freinds there of our distemper was one of the fryers'
Minions, whose covent doe consist but of fower, whome wee shall
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knowne ; otherwise there hath beene noe disturbance done to the inhabi
tants, nor a man of them lost a penny. Wee request your Honours
for 200 men to recruite Collonel Lillingstone's regiment for the 2^
companyes which were lost at sea ; wee have much hinderance for want
of them and the 2 companyes of Collonel Salmon ; and 2 of Collonel
Gibbon's regiment, who have soe long beene kept here for them, desire
to go home. The said companyes behaved themselves very faithfully
in the late disturbance. Here arryved this day Monsieur Talion, the
French King's Intendant for Picardy, who assureth us that the cessa-
sion of armes is continued till further order, and that hee was sent
downe hether to give us notice of it, and offereth us (by orders, as hee
saith, from his master the King of France) the assistance of all the
French forces in Flauuders, if wee desire them ; but wee shall bee very
cautious of such assistance.
Wee have thought it to bee convenient and necessary to send
Lieutenant Collonell Haines to give your Honours an account further
of all proceedings here, who will waite upon you dayly to receave your
commaunds for this place ; and wee entreate you to dispatch him as
soon as possible may bee, or otherwise to honour us with something
from you by way of command, or what els you shall judge convenient
for the well managing your busines in this place. All things att presente
are, blessed bee God, in a peaceable and setled condition ; and wee
question not but by the Allmighty, who hath ev^r owned us, that it
will soe continew. The officers are very vigilent and faithfull, and in
this our late commotion have beene exceedingly active. They desire
all to have their humble duty and service presented to you. Soe
craveing your pardon for our boldnes herein, wee humbly take leave
and remayne. Right Honorable,
Your Honours' ever-obedient Servants, Hen. Lillingston.
I RoG. Allsopp.
Because Lieut.-Collonel Haines may peradventure have busines in
England, wee have therefore sent Captain Guy with him to receave
your imediate commands, who will bee very carefull to returne hether
with speed.
[Endorsed] Lettre from Dunkirke.
Bead 27 June, 1659.
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The Commissioners of the Great Seal to Speaker Lenthall
Tanner MS. Right Honorable,
In obedience to the resolves of Parliament wee caused pattents
to be renewed for the severall Judges of the Courts of Westminster
to continue till the twentieth of November next, and caused them to
be put under the seal ; and meeteing with Mr. Justice Atkins and
Mr. Justice Arc[her], with intention to deliver their pattents for
.Judges of the Common Pleas, wee let them knowe their pattents were
ready, and produced them, and withall acquainted them with the acte
of Parliament for takeing the oath to be true, faithfull, and con.stant
to this Commonwealth, &c., and also with the order of Parliament
impowering and requireing us to administer the same ; all which
they did scruple to take ; and thereupon we thought it our duty to
knowe the further pleasure of the Parliament before wee deliver their
pattents. We also sent to Mr. Justice Newdigate, Judge of the Upper
Bench, who sent his excuse for attending us for the present in regard
of some other urgent occasions, but withall signified to us that hee will
attend us on Munday next and receave his pattent, and execute the
place according to the resolves of Parliament ; and Mr. Baron Parker
is out of towne and not to retorne till Munday next. Wee also hold it
our duty to acquaint the Parliament that Mr. Baron Thorpe, who
is one of the Judges" of the Northerne Circuite, came voluntarily to us
and tooke the oath. And the Lord Chiefe Baron Wyld, one of the
Judges of Oxfordshire Circuit, did the like ; but none other of the
Judges for the Circuits which are members of Parliament have been
with us, except Mr. Serjeant Earle, who declines takeing the said oath.
Judge Wyndam is at the waters for his health, and retornes not till
the next weeke, and then wee presume he will attend us and receave
his comission and take the oath. And because we find by the acte
that all Judges are prohibited to execute their offices before they take
the oath, and there is noe Judge for the Lincolnshire Circuite but
Serjeant Earle, and the Judges appointed for the Norffolke Circuite
are Justice Atkins and Justice Archer, and there is noe Judge for the
Common Pleas, wee held it our duty to acquaint the Parliament
h[erewith], least there should be a fayler of justice to the people of
this Commonwealth for want of Judges in the Common Pleas and for
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and make it our humble suite to you to acquaint the Parliament
speedily herewith, and to excuse this present addresse from
Your most humble Servants,
Tho: Tyeeill, C.S.
The 1st of July, Jo: FouNTAYNE, C.S.
1659. Captain Jenkins to Speaker Lenthall
Right Honorable, Tanner MS.
I receaved certen intilligeuce yesterday about seaven aclock in the "¦ *¦ '¦^^'
aftemoone that there was an insurrection already begun within this
county, att Pembridge, within ten myles of this garrison, upon notice
whereof (with all possible speede) I sent a party of horse, consisting
of about forty men, to discover the trueth therof, whoe retorned
intilligence about three aclock this morneing that the enemy were
gathering together from severall parts to randivow att Bushope, with in
fower myles of this citty, and tooke prissoners three persons goeing
towards that place, horsed and armed, being all old Cavileers. Wee
are setting our selves in the best posture wee cann, haveing only the
county troope besides the garison souldiers. I shall nott bee wanting
in my endeavours to attend and frustrate theyr designe, being first to
surprize this garrison. If they should grow numerouse a speedy
supply of forces will bee needfull, for which I referr my selfe to your
Honours. I hope upon the retorne of the whole party J shall bee able
to give you a further accompt. Thus desireing your Honour's further
instructions and advice in this busines that soe greatly concernes
the peace of the nation in the secureing this garison, I remayne
and am Your Honour's most humble and faythf ull Servant, Hu: Jenkins.
Castle of Hereford,
July 28th, 59. »
Mr. Thomas Pury and his Son to Speaker Lenthall
Right Honorable, Tanner MS.
Upon our coming to Gloucester, and conference there with Captayne li. f. 97.
Deale and Captayne Crofts, we found that there were very great
dangers threatned to this place by the Cavaliers and others, enemyes
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tyme to tyme received from the sayd Captaynes full advertisements.
But now, upon fresh intelligence, understanding that the enemyes are
numerous and have resolved to fall upon us as this night, the sayd
Captaynes, conceiving themselves not sufficient with their forces (being
all horse) to secure this place without the addicion of some foote, have
desired our advice and assistance therein, whereupon we have adven
tured to rayse about 300 foote, compleately armed with musketts
(there being noe pikes in this citty), and have putt them the last night
upon duty, resolving soe to continue them for about weeke [sic] ensuing.
We have thought itt our duty to give your Honours this account, and
to pray your further orders and direccions therein. The souldyers
have shewed themselves very ready and resolute, leaving their trades
and occupacions to serve upon this occasion ; but they are all poore
men, and live only by their hands, and if some provision of pay be not
speedily made for their encourage[ment] and subsistance itt will dis
hearten them from soe free and hearty [an] appearance upon the like
dangers for the tyme to come. We have bin enforced already to
engage to tbe enferiour officers and souldiers that they shall forthwith
receive a weeke's pay, and we are n[ow] making itt our care to provide
the money accordingly, and therefore we earnestly begge that your
Honours wilbe pleased to give o[rder] that soe much money may be
payd for the uses abovesaid as to your wisedomes shall seeme meete and
necessary, the extreame exigency of the busines (according to our best
intelligence) enforcing what hath bin done herein for the service of the
Commonwealth by Your most humble and faythfull servants,
Tho: Pury.
Gloucester, 27 July, XhO: Puey, iunior
1659. •'
Major Audley to Speaker Lenthall
Tanner MS. May it please your Excellencye,
li. f. 107. ^jjg party e from the Life Guard, the partye commanded by Cornett
Clements, together with our countye troope, have binne upon hard
dutie all the Lord's day, and att night drew into barnes and shedds
adjoyneing to Redd-hill, and kept frequent and diligent scouts all
night, and towards day drew out upon the hill, wheare wee continnued
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answeareable to his boastings, and indeede our expectation raysed
in us by the former presages, for, notwithstanding all our diligence,
neither all night nor hitherto this day did wee meete with any thing
like an enemye. It is supposed the enemye was ripe and readye,
but our Saturdaye's night surprisall, and the disappointing the enemye
all the Lord's day, prevented their meeteing us then and growing to a
randesvouz as upon this day.
Wee intend after one of tbe clocke to draw into quarters att
Ryegate, wheare wee shall continue, unless some extreemites arise
elswheare or wee bee commanded otherwise by your ExceUencie.
Wee have received noe notice from Major Hubbard, and therefore
kepe his Redd hill as quiett our owne. Humbley craveing your
Excellencie's further commands, I rest
Your Excellencie's most humble servant,
August 1, about 10 L. AwDELEY.
of the clocke.
I am in some hopes that Captain Elsmoore may b^e found either att
the Portcullis or White Lyon in Lambeth ; but if otherwise, I am not
much in default, for, besides accepting of his engagement to offer him
selfe to the Councell of State or your Excellencye, I importuned the
officer who commanded the partye to have an especiall care of him.
I went both wayes to worke, that in case hee should appeare innocent
there . . . ' him and if guiltye . . .
Colonel Thomas Birch to Speaker Lenthall
[Mr.] Speaker, Tanner -il.
I could not safely nor sooner give you an account hereof, but being ^i- *• 108.
escaped hither with wearied horses, I hope this may waite on you
before I can reach London. Sir, I came into the next confines of
Lancashire upon Thursday night last, where by a Quaker that followed
and called after me I was informed obscurely of greate preparacion
of armes, and that Sir George Booth and some other gentlemen of
Lancashire and Cheshire, who live next borderinge upon the confines
of both counties, were indeavouring an insurreccion. Att home my
wife tould me that the same man and some others had beene the day
before at my house with the same relacion, expecting to have found
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me at home. Upon the Fryday I went to Manchester, where I was
much more confirmed in the truth of it ; and that night I heard
of some cart loades of armes carried frowards Manchester to Sir George
Boothe's house in Cheshire ; whereupon forthwith I sent my man to
our countie troope and another troope of the army, that were about
20 miles of, to give them notice, and the better to avoide a surprise,
that they would keepe moving and quarter together for theire safetie.
Understanding, also, that very many Cheshire gentlemen wisre in the
plott, I sent to Collonel Bradshaw, my Lord Bradshaw's brother, to
give notice of it to the sherifi'e of that countie and to Collonel Croxton,
the Governour of Chester Castle, to looke after the safetie of that citie,
and to desire them immediately to give the Parliament and Councell of
State to know, for where I was at home, surrounded with them all
about me, it was not possible for me to send to you either by lettre or
messenger. I sent, further, to our Sheriffe of Lancaster, and to such
gentlemen as I best trusted in other parts of the countie, to lett them
know it ; but all this while it was but intended. Upon the Saturday
Sir George Boothe came to Manchester, where mett him Collonel
Ireland, Collonel Ashton, Collonel Holland, and diverse other Lancaster
men ; and then upon the Lord's day all broake out by publicke direc
cions in parishe churches to call the country into armes, and where
Sir George Booth had tenents in either countrie they were the first
sent unto to come to his house at Dunham ; and then followed the
. . . from severall parts, but especially from ... of Manchester ; and
upon the Munday they ... up at a rendezvous, and so marched
away. ... I heard they were putt upon the subscription [of an] engage ¦
ment, and that declaracions were readie ... to be read unto them
of the grounds of ther [taking] up armes, and themselves give it out
they will have a Kinge, a House of Lords and of Commons (meaning
Charles Stuart, who some that I discoursed with said expressely was
undoubtedly theire lawfull Soveraigne). Sir, I stayed at home the
longer, and to the greater hazard then discretion allowed me, that so
I might give you the more certaintie of theire proceedings. When
I came from home yesterday at two of the clocke I heard they were
like to be about ... or 1,500, but within this weeke they . . I
believe, 3,000 or thereabouts, which will . . . number both of horse and
foote when . . . most. They take in all Cavaliers. . . . Some of them
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Major Generali Massie, that is amongst [them]. They tell much of the
expectacion they [have] of other forces out of Wales and neighbour[ing]
counties, but I heare of no stirring anywhere else. I hope''you will
pardon this sudden, distracted relacion, having scarse time to write it,
and so ever remaine, Sir,
Darbie, this Your most reall and humble Servant,
Twesday night, ThO : BiRCHE.
Aug. 2, 1659.

An intercepted Letter from Lord Brereton and Others to
Sir George Booth
Gentlemen, . ^^^n^r MS,
Wee have reseaved your letter, but are much amazed to thinke li. f. 138.
of youre drawing of soe far as Northwitche, leaveing us heare. What
the reall cause maye be wee cannot immagen, but in the meane tyme
it still dishartens youre frends, and hath ocationed alredie manie teers
in this cittie ; and wee heare have soe far considered the business that
wee cannot immagen youre returne before you have ingaged, neather
can theare anie intelligence pass betwixt you and us, nor can you
thinke other but that the enemie will immediatlie clap betwixt you and
us, and soe obstruct all passages; and in case you showld reseave
anie foyle, your retreating place is lost, and wee are lefte to stand by
our sealves. I have by this bearer given you an accompte of the
castle ; it maye prove well worth youre consideration not to be lefte ;
and for anie recrutes you expect, they maye as well cum to you to
Tarvin, wheare you had binn neare us, as to Northwitche, wheare wee
shall not know what becumes of you. Wee cowld have wishte wee had
binn made knowne to your intentions sooner, but this suden resulte
and motion relisheth not well, and lookes with a verie bad face to all,
and to ^ Beeeeton. J. Booth.
[Addressed] For Sir George Booth, Sir jj Brookb
Thomas Midleton, and the rest p t>
of the Gentlemen att Ta[rvin], ^ETER Urooke.
Northwitche, or ealse whear, these.
Hast, hast.
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Lieutenant Noel Boteler to Colonel Berry
Tan ner MS. Righ t Honorable,
It's not unknowne to you that I was commanded to this place with
your Honour's troope, and with it to use my indeavour for the pre-
ventinge any insurrection in the countie. I was the last night
informed of an intended rising ; and my intelligence proved true.
Severall gentlemen of this countie had appointed a randevouz att or
near the hous of Sir Thom. Lenthorpe, to which place I marched the
troop, and was their about the time they intended to have mett ; but
it seems some kinde of alarme made Sir Thom. Lenthorpe leave his
house, with the gentlemen that were with him — viz. Sir William
Compton, or one of the Comptons, and Esquire Fanshaw. I made
a search of the hous, and found in it about forty case of new pistolls,
eight kirbines ready laden, with many saddles and bridles for about a
troope of hors, all new and such good ones that the like, I beleive, is
not to bee found in any troop in the army. I have about 6 prisoners
that were staid behinde them, about 12 horse, and all their baggage.
I thought it necessary to acquaint your Honor with thus much as soon
as I possibly could. If you pleas to signify thus much to the Councell
of State and lett mee have the further orders they shal bee readily
obeyed by. Sir,
Hartford, Your Honor's humble servant,
August 19, No: Boteler.
'59. I hope the poor troop shal have all due incouragment by way
of priz. I'le assure you they have had a sore march.
Mr. Larke to the Council of State
Tanner MS. May it please your Honours,
^'- *¦ ^^^- The proclamation declaring M. Gen. Egerton, &c., rebells and
traytours came from the High Sheriff of this county by the constable
of this hundred to a petty constable of this towne, who shifted it
over to another well-affected constable, who, according to the usuall
manner, applyed himself therwith to the Mayor, craving his coun
tenance and assistance in the publication therof, who utterly refused
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addressed himself to Mr. Georg Heughes and Mr. Porter, to the end
that it might be read, according to the resolve of Parliament, in theire
respective churches in this towne ; but they also utterly refused.
Wherupon the said constable applying himself to me, I thought it my
concernment to goe with him, together with some others, to the Mayor
again, where we prest him with divers arguments to putt countenance
upon it, but to no effect, he abiding in his resolutions to have no
hand in it ; nor could so much as a town sarjant be obtained to read
it. However, the said constable, being accompanied by divers well-
affected people, in the market time by sound of trumpett proclaimed
it, not without being scoffed at by divers merchants and others and
raged against by the gentility in generali, the said proclamation fixed
up torn down again, and a blank paper sett up in the place therof.
Upon these and other considerations too larg to incert I judg it my
duty to offer humbly not only mine, but the sence and desire also of the
well- affected, that in order to the preservation of the Lord's and his
people's interest in these parts your Honours take speedy and effectuall
order to send away or som other where to secure or dispose of the
inferiour Spanish prisoners, to the end that the castle where they are
kept (it commanding the towne) may be garisoned with such well-
affected persons as may be judged compitent to defend themselves, and
suppress any attempts of such spirits as waite to take any oppertunity
to imbroile this part of the nation in blood and misery, which might
be effected with very little charg and great advantage to the publike
good if a proposition made last weeke might take effect. This, sub
mitted to your Honours' wisedom as the Lord shall guide you, is all
from Your Honours' humble Servant,
Plymouth Fortt, Sam. Laeke.
August 23, 1669.
The good tydings of the routinge SKr Geo. Boothe glads many heer,
but most great ones trobled att it.
Admiral Montagu to the Council of State
Right Honorable, Tanner MS.
The provisions of the fleete being expended unto one moenth's li. f. 127.
remainder at whole allowance, by the advise of the Commissioners and
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the Councell of Warr I am intended to sayle for England, with the
next opportunitye of wind and weather, with the whole fleete, except
the Langport and Maydston, [which] attend the Commissioners. The
account I thought my dutye to give you speedy advertisement of, that
if God send us a prosperous passage I might receive your further
commands touchinge the disposition of the fleete. The provisions are
soe farr expended that I humbly conceive your directions were very
necessary as soone as ever wee arrive upon the coast about Southwolds
or Alborough Bay, and that some care should be taken for victualls at
Harwich in case the fleete should have a longe passage.
For the matter of the treatye in these parts I shall say little, but
leave that to the representation of the other Commissioners ; only
thus much, that I came from Coppenhagen the last night on board
this shipp, and ther was noe treatye begunn between the 2 Kinges.
The Kinge of Sweden had granted a safe conduct for the Danish
Commissioners, and stayed himselfe at the camp to give a speedye
dispatch to the affaire, the safe conduct beinge exepted against by the
Dane, because therin the Kinge of Sweden stiled himselfe Duke of
Schonen. Wee went to the camp, desiringe the Kinge of Sweden
to facilitate the treatye by wavinge such ceremonious thinges, and
content himselfe to write Kinge of Sweden and Gothland, &c., and that
wee would endeavour the Kinge of Denmarke should write King
of Denmarke and Norway, &c., not mentioninge any further titles
on either side ; the which the Kinge of Sweden granted readily, and
gave us such a safe conduct to carry to Coppenhagen. Whereupon wee
went presently to the Rixhoffmaster, and desired him to presse the
Kinge of Denmarke to grant his safe conduct speedily in conformitie
to that ; but he utterly refused to doe any thinge towards it, and
would not thinke of a treatye with the Kinge of Sweden, but said the
Kinge of Denmarke should, after the 15 dayes were out, signe the
contents of the Hague agrement.
Thus the case stands : the 15 dayes' tyme expires this very
eveninge, and the matter in the posture I have told you.
I shall only add that I pray God your Commissioners ther may
have a happy guidance in the future stepps they are to take, and
that for my selfe I have dischardged my judgement and conscience
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integrity as ever any person in the world dischardged a trust. And
thus I humbly crave leave to subscribe,
Right Honorable, Your most humble Servant,
August 23, 1659. E. MOUNTAGU,
Board of Nasebye,
in the Sound.
Read September 1°, 1659.

Colonel Ashfield to Speaker Lenthall
Right Honorable, Manchester, August 23°, 1659. Tanner MS.
The state of thinges in this countrie at our flrst comeing yow have ¦''¦ *• ¦'^¦'^^•
allready received from Colonell Lilborne, whom I met here on Saterday
night last ; but he not being now here, I thought it my duty to
acquainte your Honours with the present posture of affaires here.
Since our comeing wee have taken many prisoners, some of quallity.
Colonell Holland hath voluntarily submitted himselfe ; soe hath Peter
Brooke, of Chesshire. Severall other gentlemen of this" county I dayly
expect, either by their comeing in frely or gathered up by the horse
that are quartered at severall places. The countrie likewise begins to
take them and bring them in, soe that in a shorte tyme I shall be able
to give you a good accountt of all the considerable persons that have
bene in this late rebellion. The Ministers are not free, but are now
in a quakeing condision. Here is noe conveniences of prisons, which
putts us to a greate straite how to secure them ; but I think there is
noe greate feare of their makeing any escape, they knowing not
whither to goe. For any party of them, small or greate together,
I heare of none. God, I hope, hath scattered them, that he might
establish rightuousness in these naticaas.
Dureing my stay in this countrey I shall not be wanting to give
your Honours an accountt of thinges here ; and if yow have any
further commandes for rae they shall be faithfullie and readily
observed. In the meane tyme give me leave to subscribe my selfe
Your Honour's faithfull and ready servant,
Ri. Ashfeild.

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The Mayor of Chester to the President of the Council of State
Tanner MS. Right Honorable,
U. f. 123. Your Lordship's lettre of the llth instant I received the 22th
instant, but the proclamacion therin mencioned was proclaymed before
upon the same day by the appointment of the Lord Lambert. The
other proclamacions sent by your Lordship were sent to bee read in
the churches according to the Parliament's command, the persones
in the proclamacion mencioned having made this citty parte of their
scene to act their designe upon ; and thereupon wee of this citty, having
formed two foot companyes, have just cause to feare lest wee should
bee lookt upon as ingaged in the designe ; and therefore it is very
needfull, having this opportunity, to declare the state of our case to
your Honour. The truth is, and will soe appeare, that wee were
altogether ignorant of the designe in the proclamacion mencioned —
were strangers to it — knew not of their approach till upon us. Wee
were altogether without defence to oppose them. Our walles, in a
great parte downe, had noe force within ; and the least resistance
would have made us a prey to them. When they were got in they
acted the military part as to the carrying on their designe wholly
themselves, appointed a Governour of the citty without our consent.
Wee were strangers to their councells and resolucions, had noe hand
with them. 'Tis true, they being within us, and wee being under their
power and naked, and the Castle takeing us to bee one power and
opposeing as enemyes, wee thought it very needfull to provide some
kind of force for our defence against that violence which wee were in
danger in from them both, and therefore formed the two companyes,
which wee onely made use of for our owne defence, and never used the
same out of the citty, but ref us'd to doe soe though required ; and that
wee never intended the same against the Parliament forces, in ayd
of the other forces or otherwise, appeares in that after the rout, when
these were earnest with us to have the use of them and to have them
augmented for the keeping the citty against the Parliament iforces,
wee refus'd both, and were resolv'd rather to open the gates to the
Parliament forces and submitt to mercy then oppose them, which
caused the other forces to leave the citty ; and wee knew noe other
meanes under God that wee were preserv'd from hurt by them when
they left us, and that the citty was open to the Parliament forces
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by US ; which being fully understood to bee our case, wee doubt not
but wee shall bee look't upon by the Parliaraent as persons that ought
rather bee indemnifyed for what wee did then blamed. It is our
hurable desire that by your Lordship's meanes our condicion raay bee
favourably represented to the Parliament and Councell ; and thereby
your Lordship will exceedingly ingage this poore, distressed citty to
honour and pray for your everlasting welfare, and more especially,
My Lord,
Your Honour's very humble Servant,
Chester, August 24, Geraed Jones, Maior.
1659. Major Blackmore to the Speaker
Right Honorable, li. f. n^
Upon the seven and twentyth instant I received your Honour's
of the 23th, and their-enclosed the letter directed to the Justices
of Peace and Gierke of the Peace for the countye, touching an account
of all innes, tavernes, and alehouses, &c., within this county ; and I
have prepared letters, with copyes of that to the Justices, to be sent
unto the respective devisions of this county, and to morrow morning
(the Lord assisting) they shalbe all dispatch'd, that soe, if the Lord
give them hearts to sett close unto the worke, there may be that
satisfaction given to the Parlyment as is thereby expected ; and
I shall not fayle punctually to make returne of all such lists as are
delivered or sent unto rae, or give your Honour an account of those
that refuse. Blessed be the Lord, our peace is yett continued ; and
now the fyre is quenched in the north, there will be noe flame in the
west, which otherwise, I feare, all your freinds would not have bin
able to have prevented. But God hath done it; and now I hope noe
more interruptions will hinder that long-expected settlement which
God will yett crowne this Parlyraent to be the instruraents off to these
poore nations, towards which you have the prayers and teares, the
heart and hands of, Right Honorable,
Yours and the Comonwealth's much
Mount Radford, devoted, faithfull servant,
neer Exon. J. BlackmoEE.
August 27, 1659.

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Tanner MS.
U. f. 162.

Admiral Montagu to the Council of State
Right Honorable,
I have little more to write now then I sent by the Adventure
fregate, save that I am now under sayle with the whole fleete (the
Langport and Maydstone and Hind catch excepted), and ara thwart
of the KoU, the wind at east-south-east, a gentle gale, bound for
Hoselye Bay. I hurably begg your further orders and directions as
soone as possibly may be, which shall be faithJcuUy obeyed by mee.
This messenger [came] ^ to mee yesterday with the Commissioners'
pacquett from Coppenha[gen], wherby (I presurae) you will under
stand . how the mediation , . . ' proceedes. Thus I take leave to

Board the Nasebye,
August 27, 1659.

Right Honourable, Your most humble Servant,
E. MoUNTAGU.

Adm.iral Montagu to the late Protector
For his Highnesse the Lord Richard Cromwell,
raost hurably, these.
Cirte MS. May it please your Highnesse,
Ixxiii. f. 312. It hath rauch troubled raee to thinke that I should not my selfe
be the first messenger unto your Highnesse to acquaint you of ray
arrivall and the affairs passed in ray employment ; but the sarae fate
that hath overruled other thinges this yeare governes this also. My
attendance here is required, and without leave I may not depart ; in
which condition, that 1 raay acquitt my selfe soe farr as is possible,
1 send this to present unto your Highnesse my most humble acknow
ledgement and thankes for all the noble favors, and to give your
Highnesse some account of raatters passed with mee.^ The accomoda
tion betweene the 2 kinges was not in probabditye of beinge affected
this winter (when I carae away), and the way of raanagement now is
changed frora what I had in command at first by certaine late agree
ments at the Hague with the Dutch. When the victualls of the fleete
was spent to a moenth's proportion at whole allowance the con
sideration of sendinge the whole or a part of it hence became
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necessarye ; and after much discourse amongst the plenipotentiaries
at last wee resolved to send it all hence, 3 of us beinge for it and onely
Col: Sydney against it. The Councell have comraanded an account
of raee of the reasons, and I have given it them. It is large, and not
worth the troublinge your Highnesse with here. Two very principall
reasons were : the Dutch would send away none of their fleete,
wherby, if wee bad left 15 shipps behind, it would have beene unsafe
and at their mercye ; and the other, the absolute necessitye tor want
of victualls, which could not have beene supplied any way we could
devise. My reception here since ray arrivall hath beene with respect ;
but this is a subject more convenient for your Highnesse to receive
informacion in from other hands. I shall only add to this boldnesse
the most reall assurance possible for me, that whilest I live I shall be
found to be. Sir,
Your Highnesse' most obedient
, , ., „ ., , and raost humble servant,
Lincoln's Inn Feild, '
Sept. 20, 1659. ^' ^¦
The late Protector to Admiral Montagu
My Lord, Carte MS.
You have expressed a very greate respect to rae in your letter, ''''"^' *• ^^^'
which I received by this your servant ; and I should be glad to returne
the like to you, being in noe capacitye to doe any thing else. Besides,
the times are such now that it is prudence to be cautious even in
them. It hath pleased God to change the face of things straingely to
wha,t they were when you left England, and it is my feare that raany
honourable and innocent persons suffers in it. How some particuler
persons can answer their consciences I know not. God is a righteous
judge, and hath a plaine transcript of things, and will in his due time
deale righteously with all raen according to the works of their hands
and the intentions of their hearts. I can assure your Lordship that
I rejoyce at your safe and healthfull arrivall, and shall be moste glad to
heare that you are gott over the thresholde of your present troublesome
stay in London, the country being the moste proper place for persons
that are out of imployment. We [that] are sick desire to change our
trads. Oh, that it would please God that poore tossed Ingland might at
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and prayer ; and certainly we have much of extremity to mend God's
opportunity. My Lord, you will know past passadges more con
veniently then I can give them to you (we are in an adge of mirackles),
and therefore I shall only let you know that I am wrapt up in the
mantle of deeper affections for the kindenesse of your hearte to me, as
you have alwayes sheawed it. Assuring youre Lordship that I desire
to be in your kindnesse as in any person's in the world, and that with-
oute plottings against the powers over us I shall be ready to manifest
my selfe Your Lordship's
most affectionate freind and servant,
Hursley, R. CeomwELL.
Sept. 25, [16]59.
[Addressed] Por my honour'd freind, my
Lord Mountagu, att his Lodgings
in Liucolnes Inn Feild, These.
Captain Liloyd to Admiral Montagu
Carte MS. My Lord,
Ixxui. f. 319. Since last I saw you their hath been a very -great change in this
place. On Wensday last the Parliaraent took away my Lord Fleet
wood's coramande, and voted Generali Disbrow [and] ray Lord Larabert's
coramission frora thera, and som seven raore officers' commissiones, and
appointed som others for their commands (who would not except of
them) ; and about 6 or 7 aclocke at night the new generalls, vizt. Sir
Arthur, Coll. Walton, [and Coll. Morley], issued forth their orders for
the Array to drawe to a randivouze about Westminster, and gott powder
and ball and match ready in order to an engagement. My Lord Fleet
wood, Larabert, Disbrow, heareinge that they had issued forth ther
orders, thought time to looke about them, that the Parleraent intended
not only their commissions, but their very lives, by their drawinge their
forces together in that nature. My Lord Fleetwood and the rest
issued out their orders and trie what force they could get, and had all
the forces except Morleye's and part of Mosse's regiment of foot and
4 troopes of Okey's regiment of horse ; and at very high words Morley
was with ray Lord Larabert and Disbrow, and very nigh unto blowes ;
but att last the new Generalls submitted unto the ould ones on
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chose my Ld. Fleetwood Lieut.-Generall Commander in Cheife, Lambert
Major-Generall, Disbrow Commissary-Generall, and agreed on 7 to be
Nominators of Officers, vizt. my Ld. Fleetwood, Larabert, Disbrow,
Berry, Ludlow, and Vayne, and 4 to raake a corrume and 3 to certifie
under their handes to my Ld. Fleetwood such as are approved of for
coraraissiones, which hee is to grant to such ; and on the death of any
officer the sayd nominators, 3 with 14 feild officers, is to nominate an
other, likewise agreed on ; and none to be put out of the Army but by
a Court Marshall, excepting disbandinge and reduceraent. . . .
The Parleraent would willingly bee admitted to sitt, but I heare
not of any inclination in the Army to it. Some of the ould CounseU
sittes, but your father. Sir Aurther, hath taken his leave of Whit
Hall and reraoved his lodginges ; and very angry they are. Their is
very close consultations by some of the Councell. I suppose it is in
order to the civell government ; but what will be brought forth I
knowe not. The old courters beginne to pepe abroade, who hope
to finde more favour at the hands of the Army then the Parleraent.
Wee live in a very unsettled, distracted ayre. The Lord in mercy looke
on us, and healpe us to such a settleraent as may bee well pleasinge
unto the Lord, is the desire of hira who ara,
My Lord,
Your raost affectionate and hurable servant,
Oct. 1659. Geifp: Lloyde.
My humble service to my Lady.
[Endorsed] Capt. Lloyd, Oct. 18.
Mr. Josiah Berners to Mr. John Hobart
Sir, Tanner MS.
AUthough I take no delight to w^te newes when I can neither li- 1- 161.
wryte safely nor any but badd — and indeed the worst of badd,
ingratitude, and perfideousenes, and that cloaked with pretence of
holines — yet, holding myselfe obliged by civility, &c., to answere your
lettre as soone as I could, though not by your honest gentleman post,
I send these to acquaint you that Generali Monke is the same as at
first. He hath sent upp 3 Commissioners, who were watched like
hawkes by Wallingford Howse party till they had agreed to that
I suppose you have heard. Collonel Wilkes, one of the 3, who was a

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taylor in Blackfryers, and of Mr. Feake's church, betrayed them and
their secrett instruccions. But the maine thing, I perceave, aymed att
was a cessacion till Monke had setled Scotland and drawne his array
on this syde Sterling Bridge, which he hath.now done. One article is
that Monke shall, have his proporcion and arreres of the publique
money, which, I beleeve, they cannot spare. The conduct of the array
and leavying money for the future are not agreed on. The treaty
about the cashiered and suspended officers on both sydes is to be at
Newcastle the 6 of December by 10 of each army, and all the officers
concerned raay be present.
Wallingford Howse say that the Councle of State have raett
severall tyraes to rayse forces and plott to destroy the godly, forsooth.
Fleetwood sent Deane, one of the Clerkes of the Councle, to Sir Art.
Haslewrigg to pumpe him, and at last to lett him know if he stayed
in London he must secure hira ; whereuppon he is departed. They
cannot make upp an old Councle at Whytehall, and their Coraittee
of Unsafety is not much regarded nor very active, for Sir H. Vane,
Sallawey, &c., have been very busye about a new refyned governement,
and I heare they cannot agree, and so Sir Henry Vane is going to
Raby to be neerer his frend Larabert, of whome and whose party
Wallingford Howse is mistrustfull. I heare some of both armies,
though farr asunder, run to each other, and that the scowtes of both
sydes lately mett, and, instead of fighting, shott their pistolls on the
grownd and frendly discoursed and parted. Indeed, the soldyers
generally say they will not fight, but will make a ring for their officers
to fight in. I heare Wallingford Howse begins to be weary, and
desyres to treat with sorae Parliaraent Merabers. Sir Arthur Hasel-
wrigg sayes he wilbe trepanned no more. Those of the Comittee of
Unsafety that sett are Fleetwood, Desborough, Bury, Huson, Holland,
Tichborne, Whitlock, Warreston, Sidenhara, and soraetymes Ireton.
The Judges on the 20th of November adjorned to xv'' Hillary.
Whitlock setts now and then in Chancery, and decimating Butler
is imposed on hira for a secretary or spye. It's sayd Lechmere is to be
attorney. St. John lyes close and meddles not. Collonel Bennett,
though I heare he sate but once at the Comittee of Unsafety, yet he
went of their errand, and raett the 3 Coraraissioners at Waltham
Crosse, and feasted and brought thera to Wallingford Howse in a
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is printed and true, and was delivered thera by honest Collonel
Markhara and Mr. Atkin, a merchant that trades hence to Leith,
both imprysoned, therefore, by the Coraittee of Unsafety. The citty
thereuppon hath appoynted a fast on Fryday next in London.
Collonel Lidcott is gott safe to Monke, and I hope ere long you will
heare more. Last weeke two soldyers, one in Lumberstreete, the other
in Chancery Lane, were allmost killed for assisting to leavy taxes,
though layd by Parliament. I heare raany in severall counties
associate against taxes if not appoynted by Parliament. I heare
Mr. Nevle, Mr. Scott, Berners, Harrington, Samuell, &c , are left out
of the new Comittee of the Militia for Westminster, &c., because they
utterly disowned the Coraittee of Unsafetie's lettre and order, and
voted that they, being appoynted by Parliament, according to their
trust they ought not nor would obey any orders frora or give accorapt
unto any but the Parliament or their Councle of State, &c.
It's strange to see these seraphiclists can act without law, against
Parliaments and against morality, as if God had not as rauch
comanded the duties of the second table to be kept as the first.
Surely they hope for another John of Leyden to be sett upp againe,
though not so good as their late Oliver, and, like Knipperdolen, to be
lifted uppe by and under hira. But the people's eyes are opened, and
I am perswaded when new taxes come to be leavyed they will fynde
the dagger and one and all to strong and to many for the sword and
army. Yours. '
November 29, 1659.

' The letter is addressed :
' For John Hobart, Esq., att
his howse in Norwich,'
but is unsigned.

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APPENDIX D
The Case of Sir Arthur Hesilrige
[The following letter from Monck to the Speaker of the House of
Coraraons supplements the two letters printed on pp. 260, 268, and
explains how it was that Hesilrige succeeded in saving his life and
estates when so many of his political friends were less fortunate.
The original of this letter is in the possession of R. Bankes, Esq.,
of Kingston Lacy, Dorset. It is briefly calendared in the eighth
report of the Historical MSS. Commission (pt. i., p. 212). The letter
was copied some years ago by Mr. S. R. Grardiner, and is now printed
frora his copy.] The Duke of Albemarle to Sir Edward Turner
Most honored S"^,
After I had admitted the secluded members of the longe Parlia
ment to sitt w* the others, in order to the callinge of the last
Parliaraent, I found my selfe involved in many and great difficultyes,
because they that satt before thera had raodelled the Army in England
to their owne principles of a Coraraonwealthe's Governm*. And
although I had devided the quarters of the troopes into very distinct
stations, yet their correspondence was such that I was very much
distracted in my endeavours for the peace and settlement of the
nation, and putt to severall and distraict postures in the managinge
of thera. I was forced to youse tbe force of power to some, and
freindshipp and faire promises of security to others, till att last I had
reduced matters to such a consistancy that all were reraoved from
commaund and trust in armes that would not ingage to acquiesce in
whatsoever the then sucoeedinge Parliament should act. Att this
conjuncture of tyme noe man was soe capable to obstruct my de-signes
as S' Arthur Hesilrige, whoe had in his imraediate commaund the
government of Berwicke, Carlisle, Newcastle, and Tynmouth, w** a
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and had an influence upon all the rest of the regiments in England,
hee haveinge had the cheife hand in modellinge the regiments before
my comeinge into England. Hee was very jealous of the intended
revolucion of governm' to his Ma''°° advantage, and came to me to
discover his apprehensions, urginge that hee perceived all tended
to the restitucion of the Kinge, and that there would thereby ensue
a ruine to his person, family, and fortune ; to W^ I tould him that
if hee would engage to me to goe home to his owne house and lyve
quietly there, I would undertake to secure his life and estate ; where
upon hee did soe engage ; and shortly after, upon Collonel Lambert's
defeccion, when there waa soe great a disposicion to mutiny in the
army, and his conjunction w'l* him might have hazarded the hope
of all, hee declyned all manner of action, and adheared to his engage
ment made to mee, and upon my letter to hira freely delivered up his
garrisons to my Lord of Carlisle and his regiment of horse to my Lord
Faulconbridge. I confesse the coraraaund I had that tyrae of the
army and strength of the kingdome was but a possessory and noe
legali power, and what I did must bee submitted to his Ma"°^ gracious
clemency and favour to me. My unwillingnesse to hazard his Ma"™
restitution by engaginge in blood induced me to venter further in my
use of itt then perhaps some may thinke well of. But I knew in
matters of soe great importance second councell would bee too late,
and therefore I chose to leave as little as I could to the uncertainty of
event. Att the request of S"" Arthur Hesilrige's friends I am desired
to give you the diversion of this narrative, w"*" I thinke ilot meet to
send to you in your publique capacity to bee comraunicated to the
House, but as a private person, that from hence you may bee informed
of what passed betwixt my selfe and that unfortunate man, whicli I
leave to you to make use of as you in yo'' judgm' shall thinke fitt,
and am Your most affectionate friend and servant,
Cockpitt, 4= Julii, • Albemaele.
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APPENDIX E
Letter from Mr. G. Paul to King Charles II.
[This letter, which is amongst the Rawlinson MSS. in the Bodleian
Library (MS. A. 477, f. 34), throws sorae light on the secret history
of Sir George Booth's rising and on the nature of the services
perforraed by Sir Samuel Morland to the King's cause during 1659.
It also supplies sorae new information as to the treachery of Sir
Richard Willis, and the manner in which it was jdiscovered.]
To the King
Sir, Your Majestie this day hath raised mee from death to life, a
miracle none but your selfe could have done, in pleaseing soe gratiously
to lett mee know with what weapons ray enemyes have soe long fought
against mee, assureing my selfe I shall with as great ease as telling
truth overcome them. These heads. Sir, I shall when ever commanded
prove to Sjr Sarauell's face, and then doubt not but that your Majestie
will doe mee justice, protesting before God Alraighty neither hopes
of recompence nor (the greatest pleasure in the world) revenge hath
caused my penn to be partiall in any one thing I here give under my
hand. First I shall shew I had designe for your Majestie's service in
ray first desireing to be acquaynted with Sir Samuell Morland.
2^y. How, haveing his acquaintance, I spared nothing that raight
bring it to an intiraacy with the Gentleman, thereby to facilitat the
gayneing of hira to your Majestie's service, which I att last did.
3'y. What expence, both of tyme and raoney, ere I could get him
about, and what trickes and strattageraes I used ere I could fix hira,
and how I did fix him, and what offers I was forced att last gaspe to
make him in your Majestie's name.
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I, rather like the master then the raan, turned away all his servants,
put in new ones of my owne, ere I could rifle his study as I did.
5thiy. How it was I discovered Barrett to be Sir Richard Willis ;
how it was I ran tbe dainger of poasting him, which I did with my
owne hands, unknowne to him till it was done.
6 •''y. I gayned Sir Thomas Whetston (Cromwell's nephew) un
knowne to hira, and sent him to you att Bruxells, designing him for
to goe to the Sound to tempt Mountague, for which I have a letter
under your owne hands of thankes, telling raee your Majestie had
¦ performed all I promised Whetstones in your name, and had fo'lowed
¦ray advice in sending hira to Mountague; all this unknowne to
Morland. 7'y. How Morland had raoneys of mee, not I of him ever in my life
a farthing token, which my servants that payd him money I lent him
are ready to witnes.
S'hiy. I shall shew that his noble Lady aided and assisted to gayne
him to your Majestie's partie, about which I shall tell your Majestie
what passed in a garden by the neats' howse betwixt him, his Lady,
„and my selfe, and how shee often hindred him from backsliding, for
which I presented her with a cabinett of 5Qli. — sheweth I wanted not
moneys — which I bought att Antwerpe att ray returne frora the
King. Qiy. Hee was soe farr from being my master and sending mee to
your Majestie with what my owne industry made mee master of, that
after I had gayned him — I say, three dayes after hee had promised to
send you all hee had — hee repented, and tould raee hee runne a great
dainger, and would not act for you, nor send your Majestie any thing
untill you should send hira tenn thousand pounds in moneye. His
Lady with her witt beate him ofl" of that gimcrack, or all had been
marred. Lastly. To shew your Majestie, further, I not only gayned, but
governed him, his worship, on Dick's goeing downe and Bradsbawe's
commeing up in play, resolved to quitt all, packed upp all his goods,
sent them to be shipped by Dorislawes for feare. There I used ray
last witt, threatned hira I would render hira suspect if hee resolved not
to stay, advised him to quitt Thurlo and goe to the Dog Bradshaw and
offer hira his service, which, nolens volens, hee did, becarae his secretary
for exarainacions att Wallingford Howse ; there hee rendred your
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Majestie the greatest service in shufling papers of examinacions and
advertising mee of their names which was discovered ; desired raee to
goe on all daingerous messages as advertisly, and so save thera by it.
My Lord and Lady Mordent, alive to witnesse it. Sir Edward Massy,
Lady Mary Howard, had abee made good use of my advertisment,
eum multis alijs.
All this. Sir, being made out, I hope I shall no more be accused
of pretending to greater services then I have done. I tooke no raoney
of Morland, but furnished both him and Henshaw and Whetstones.
I never begged any thing frora your Majestie till your arrivall in
England. I have waited 3 yeares for somewhat, what you please.
I, leiw [sic'] of all your Royall promises, only begge one design'd for
. goverment of Garnesey in tyrae past raay not att present be com
manded to put off cloake, lay by sword and hatt, to keepe a doore.
This is all hee beggeth who is. Sir,
Your Majestie's loyall subject and most faithfull servant,*

Sir, permitt me to add nothing was Sir Sarauell's owne ; but the
inventing the carecter I gave your Majestie att Bruxells to write to
mee by the invisible inko was myne, and every thing else of ray laying,
conducting, and carrying on frora the first to the last.
Monday night, 13th, 1663.
[Endorsed] Lambeth, '68. Mr. G. Paul.
That he gain'd Sir S. Morland to
the service of his Majesty. ' There is no signature.

INDEX.

ABBEVn.iii!, iii. 110
Abbott, col. Daniel, iv. 95
Aberdeen, iv. 79, 181, 191
Aberfoyle, iv. 272
Abingdon, iii. 68
Acklam, major, iv. 246
Advocate-general, the, iii. 43
Albemarle, duke of, iv. 270. See Monck,
George
Aldborough bay, iv. 292
Algiers, iii. 23
Allen, adjutant-gen. William, iv. 165,
252
Allen, alderman Francis, iii. 3, 6
AUerton, iii. 27, 28
AllhaUows, ni. 62, 86
Allsopp, George [?], iv. 147
Alnwick, iv. 108, 109, 119, 183, 196, 217
Alsop, col. Boger, iii. xx, 154, 157 ;
iv. 281
Alured, col. Matthew, iii. viii, 11, 15,
17, 42, 70 ; iv. 19, 38, 62, 220, 260,
265, 275
Amesbury, iii. 28
Amiens, iii. 179
Amsterdam, iii. 170, 174, 177
Anabaptists, iii. xxiii, 52, 70, 73, 93,
141, 162; iv. 91, 92, 95, 101-3, 186,
228, 229, 273
Anderson, Robert, iv. 179
Anderwick, iv. 65
Andrewes, alderman, iii. 6
Andrewes, iii. 34
Andrews, Nicholas, iv. 146
Antrobus, Mr., iv. 168
Antwerp, iii. 60 ; iv. 305
Archer, justice, iv. 284

Ardres, iii. 116, 117, 121
Argyll, marquis of, Archibald Camp-
beU, iv. 272
Armagh, bishop of, iii. 67
Armour, Clement, iv. 84
Army, the, iii. v, vii, ix, x, xii-xiv, xxiii,
xxiv, xxvii ; iv. v-ix, xi-xv, xix, xxiii,
xxiv ; expels the Long Parliament,
iii. 1, 2 ; appoints a Council of State,
iii. 4 ; summons an assembly of
nominees, iii. 4-8 ; establishes the
Protectorate, iii. 10 ; petitions the
Protector for liberty of conscience,
&c., iii. 10-13 ; discontents in it, iii.
10-12, 15, 16, 140 ; its cost, iii. 18,
22, 97 ; reduction of its numbers and
cost, iii. 37-39, 43, 49,' 90, 114,
131, 171 ; increases, iU. 71, 72, 143,
147 ; the lifeguard enlarged, iii. 62,
64, 71 ; purgations of the army, iii.
63, 122 ; forces raised to serve in
Flanders, in. 106, 109, 110, 119, 149,
151, 152 ; losses in Flanders, iii. 122,
125, 128 ; its hostility to kingship,
iii. 92-96, 108, 110 ; attempts made
to pervert it, iii. 135, 138 ; presents ¦
¦an address in support of the Protector,
iii. 141, 143-146 ; recognises Eichard
Cromwell as Protector, iii. 162, 164;
its petitions to the new Protector, iii.
165, 168, 170 ; Fleetwood made lieu
tenant-general of it, iii. 165; given
new coats by Bichard, iii. 168 ; draws
up a fresh petition, iii. 182, 187, 188,
21] ; meeting of officers in council
prohibited, iii. 191, 192, 211, 212;
revolt of the army against Eichard,
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iii. 193, 210-214 ; iv. 5, 20 ; restora
tion of the ofScers cashiered by the
I'rotector Oliver, Ui. 195, 196, 215;
resolutions as to the future govern
ment ot the army, iv. 1, 2, 5 ; it de
cides to restore the Long Parliament,
iii. 214 ; iv. 3, 7-9, 21 ; agreement of
forces in Ireland and Scotland, iv. 10,
11 ; officers recommissioned by Par
Uament, iv. 16, 20, 21, 25, 33, 38, 39;
Fleetwood appointed commander-in-
chief, iv. 17 ; Lambert appointed to
suppress the rising of the royalists,
iv. 38, 42, 44-47; the Derby petition,
iv. 56-58 ; Parliament appoints seven
commissioners for its government, iv.
60 ; revolt of the army and second
interruption of the Long Parliament,
iv. 61, 63, 67, 71 , 298 ; its grievances
against the Parliament, iv. 73, 123 ;
revolt of the Irish army, iv. 95 ;
answer of the army in Scotland to
the resolutions of the army in Eng
land, iv. 75 ; army in England sends
agents to General Monck, iv. 63, 67,
71, 83 ; army in Scotland sends com
missioners to treat with the English
army, iv. 89, 96-99, 103, 109 ; treaty
concluded but not confirmed, iv. 116,
125, 133 ; new treaty proposed, iv.
126, 130, 131, 145, 163, 193, 196;
divisions in the English army, iv. 93,
94, 102, 103 ; list of ofiicers support
ing Lambert and Fleetwood, iv. 146,
147 ; divisions in M.onck's army, iv.
154-161, 229-232 ; Ust of ofiicers
supporting Monck, iv. 96, 128, 178,
210 ; the Council of State appoints
Monck commander-in-chief, iv. 137,
256, 275 ; unpopularity of the. army
in London, iv. 16-5-169 ; army pro
poses to call a new Parliament, iv.
186, 188, 194, 211, 213, 215, 236;
defection of the Irish army, iv. 202,
241 ; submission of the troops in
London and restoration of the Long
Parliament, iv. 220, ,237; dissolution
of Lambert's army, iv. 227, 232, 247 ;
Monck's army enters England, iv.
238, 247 ; its numbers, iv. 247, 249,
250; changes made by Monck amongst
the officers, iv. 251-255, 258; iMonck's
army in London, iv. 261-263 ; restora
tion of discipline, iv. 266, 267 ; oaths

of allegiance and supremacy imposed
on the soldiers, iv. 268 ; -order as to
Crown lands purchased by soldiers,
iv. 269. See also ' Council of Officers,'
• and under the names of different
officers
Arnop, lieut.-ool. William ; iii. 187 ; iv.
95
Arthington, Mr., iv. 239
Arundel, lord, iii. 7
Ascue. See Ayscue
Ash, Mr., iu. 88
Ashburnham, Mr., iv. 40
Ashby, captain, iv. 272
Ashfield, col. Bichard, iii. 11, 183, 187,
196 ; iv. 6, 57, 58, 60, 220, 293 ; regi
ment of, iv. 15, 38, 23« '
Ashton, col., iv. 288
Asinton, iv. 279
Assessment, ui. 21-23, 89, 82, 88, 93 ;
iv. 37, 43, 44, 97, 115, 116, 125
Atkins, alderman, iv. 263
Atkins, col. Samuel, iv. 185, 140, 167,
187,301
Atkins, justice, iv. 284
Atkinson, iv. 41
Attorney-general, iii. 31, 145
Auckland (i.e. Bishop Auckland, co,
Durham), iv. 118
Aud'ey, major Lewis, iii. 181; iv. 286
Aussott, George (? Allsopp), iv. 147
Austin, George, iv. 147
Austria, iii. 216
Axtell, col.Daniel, iv. 45, 68, 146, 251, 252
Aylesbury, iii. 32, 33
Aynsloe, Jarvis, iv. 147
Ayr, iv. xxU, 41, 160, 161, 201, 258
Ayres, col., iii. 43
Ayrshire, iv. 79
Ayscue, sir George, iii. 50, 52, 166, 167

Babington, major Thomas, iii. 196 ; iv.
3, 37, 44
Backhouse, Peter, iv. 146
Badenoch, iv. 272
Badiley, vice-admiral Bichard, iii. 5,
65
BagneU, Mr., iii. 24
Baker, sir Eiehard, chronicle of, iv. viii,
xxi
Balcarres, lord, iii. 29
Bampfield, Copleston, iv. 258
Bampfield, Thomas, iii. 85, 190

INDEX

309

Banff, county of, iv. 113, 114
Banks, Mr., iii. 114
Banning, James, iv. 146
Bannister, major Peter, iv. 179, 209,
210, 274
Banstead downs, iii. 130
Bantam, iii. 179
Barbadoes, in. xix, 12, 29, 30, 38, 88, 41,
48, 54, 87, 205-208
Barbon or Barebone, Praise God, iii. 43 ;
iv. 168
Barker, Matthew, iv. 82, 83, 186
Barkstead, col. or major-gen. John, iii.
64, 70, 196
, Barnard, Theo., iv. 146
Barnard, Thos., iv. 146
Barnafdistone, Giles, iv. 129
Barnet, iv. xxiii
Barrett, major John, iv. 96
Barrington, captain, iii. 141
Barrington, Mr., iii. 47
Barron, col. Bobert, iv. 35, 36, 60, 95,
252
Barrow, Dr. Samuel, iv. 83, 269, 274-
276
Barry, lieut., iv. 87 ,
Bartlett, col. (i.e. Barclay), iv. 201
Barton, maj6r, iv. 102, 240, 254, 255,
• 275
Bastwick, Dr., iii. 184
Bateman, alderman, iv. 168
Bateman, captain, iv. 27
Bath, iv. 29, 86
Bath, lord, iv. 276
Baynes, captain Adam, iv. 32
Baynes, captain Eobert, iv. 146
Beale, Mr., iv. 33
Beard, cornet Thomas, iv. 252
Beaumaris, iii. 21
Beaumont, colonel, iii. 142
Bedford, earl of, iii. 190
Beke, major Eichard, iii. 64, 141 ; iv. 1081
Belbin, Joseph, iv. 147
Belew, captain John, iii. 79
Bellasis, lord, iii. 131
Belsham, Anthony, iv. 178, 210
Belt, the, iv. 29, 280
Belvoir, iv. 44
Benbow, Mr., iv. 168
Benkeshall, iv. 187
Bennett, colonel John, iii. 2, 4, 6 ; iv.
300
Bennett, Francis, iii. 35, 36
Bennett, sir Humphrey, ui. 21, 22

Bentley, capt.-lieiltenant Thoihas, iv.
252
Berghen (i.e.' Bergues iu Flanders), iii.
119, 128, 159,^160
Berkshire, earl of, iv. 29
Berkshire, county of, iv. 258
Berkshire house, iii. 171
Berne, iii. 63
Berners, Josiah,, ui. 174; iv. 220, 250,
¦299
Berry, colonel and major-general James,
ui. 28, ]65, 183, 196; iv. 6, 19, 26,
57, 60, 69, 136, 200, 219, 220, 290,
299, 301 ; regiment of, iii. 28 ; iv. 93,
210, 216
Berwick, iu. 26 ; iv. xxi, 65, 69, 79, 83,
84, 97. 102, 108, 110, 116, 132, 164,
171, 173-175, 179, 182, 193-196, 199,
230, 272, 274, 302
BetheU, colonel Hugh, iv. 239, 253, 254,
264 ; regiment of, iv. 265
Beverley, iv. 266
Bibby, John, iii. 36
Biddle, John, iii. xiv, 13, 53
Biddulph, Mr., iu. 70, 173 ; iv. 168
Bilby, Joseph, iii. 37
Billing, eotnet Edward, iii. 190
Billingsley, gir Thomas, iii. 47
Birch, colonel John, of Hereford, iii.
30, 68
Birch, colonel Thomas, iv. 32, 287
BirchaU, lieutenant Eichard, iv. 160
Birtles, James, iv. 147
Biscoe, colonel John, iii. 62, 74, 127 ; iv.
6 ; regiment of, iu. 62, 127 ; iv. 20, 38,
44, ¦
Blackfriars, iv. 300
Blackheath, iii. 107
Blackiston, Mr. (Blaxton), Ui. 174
Blackmore, major John, iii. 11 ; iv. 295
Blague, colonel Thomas, iii. 154, ; iv. 31
Blake, admiral Bobert, iii. xiv, 6, 16,
21, 25, 35, 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, 52, 53,
60, 115, 118
Bland, major, iii. 57
Blandford, iii. 27, 86
Blunt, Christopher, iv. 178
Bodiloe. ¦ See Badiley
Bold, Mr., iii. 84
Bolney, Henry, iv. 146
Bolton, lieutenant Lancelot, iv. 252
Bond, Denis, in. 6
Bond, Thomas, iv. 147
Booth, colonel John, iv. 38, 289

310

THE CLARKE PAPERS

Booth, lady, iv. 48-50
Booth, Mr., iv. 201
Booth, sir George, iv. x, xiii, xviii, 32,
33, 38-40, 42, 44-49, 169, 251, 261,
287-289, 291, 304
Bordeaux, iii. 5
Bordeaux, M. (the French ambassador),
iii. xiv, 185 ; iv. 11, 59
Bornholm, island of, iii. 177
Boteler, colonel and major-general Wil
liam, iii. 11, 28, 85, 87, 88 ; iv. 300
Boteler, cornet Noel, iv. 45, 290
Boulogne, iu. 110, 116, 124, 148
Bourbourg, iii. 121-124
Bourchier, lieutenant Verney, iv. 24
Bourne, John, iii. 216
Bourne, Nehemiah, iii. xxvii, 209
Bradford, captain, iii. 122
Bradshaw, colonel Henry, iv. 28
Bradshaw, John, iii. 8, 24, 43, 45, 68,
69 ; iv. 49, 280, 305
Bramston, ensign, iii. 78
Bramston, lieutenant-colonel, iii. 31, 78
Brandenburg, iv. 206
Branden Moor, iv. 42
Brandling, colonel, iii. 27
Brayfield, colonel Alexander, iv. 95
Brayne, general WilUam, iii. 77, 86, 87,
98, 147
Brechin, lord, iv. 200
Breda, iv. 273
Brentford, iii. 174, 184
Brereton, lord, iv. 289
Brest, iii. 29, 200
Brett, lieutenant-colonel, iv. 252
Bridge, colonel Tobias, iii. 143 ; iv. 11,
19,40
Bridge, WilUam, iv. 70, 186
Bridgeman, Orlando, iii. 48
Bridger, Samuel, iv. 146
Bridges, colonel John, iv. 208
Brightman, Henry, iv. 58, 146
Brinsley, Mr., iv. 70
Bristol, iii. 14 ; iv. 29, 37, 168
Brockett, captain William, iv. 19
Brodhurst, William, iv. 147
Brody, lieutenant, iv. 206
BroghU, lord (Boger Boyle), iii. 82, 88,
212 ; iv. 203, 227, 243
Brooke, Mr. H., iv. 289
Brooke, Peter, iv. 32, 40, 289, 298
Brooks, Thomas, iv. 82
Browne, captain, iv. 46, 170
Browne, colone', iv. 36

Browne, ensign, iv. 179
Browne, Francis, iv. 146
Browne, Herbert, iv. 129
Browne, iv. 69
Browne, major-general Bichard, iii. 70,
173 ; iv. 29, 38, 46
Browne, major John, iii. 140
Browne, Eichard, iii. 36, 37
Browne, Bobert, iv. 58
Bruce, sir Andrew, iv. xxii, 205, 223
Brussels, in. 119 ; iv. 305, 306
Buckingham, county of, iii. 141 ; iv.
258
Buckingham, duke of (George Villiers),
iii. 14, 30, 123, 129, 166, 167 ; iv. 42
BuUer, colonel, iii. 52-55
Bummsden, George (? Eamsden), iv. 147
Burntisland, iv. 41, 201
Burrowbrigs, iv. 248
Bury, sir William, iv. 11
Bushope, iv. 285
Buston, Eichard (? Burton), iv. 147
Byron, lord, iii. 41 ; iv. 48, 45

Cagwat, Jamaica, iii. 87
Caithness, cornet, iv. 181
Calais, in. 121, 125, 151, 201
Calander, eari of, iv. 28, 41
Cambie, Sol., iv. 248
Cambrai, iii. 110, 111
Cambridge, iv. 273
Cambridge, major, iv. 125, 127, 131,
140, 142, 146, 148, 156, 211
Cambridge3,bire, iii. 21
Cameron, Evan, of Lochiel, iv. 28, 41
Camfield, major Jeremiah, iv. 6, 19, 68,
69
CampbeU, captain John, iv. 203, 227,
237
Canne, John, iii. 146 ; iv. 43
Caraccas, iii. 204
Caracena, marquis of, iii. 155, 156, 160
Carey, John, iii. 28, 24
Carey, Mr., ui. 44, 45, 69
CarUsle, iii. 28, 147 ; iv. 31, 65, 66, 142,
160, 161, 196, 302
Carre, iii. 34
Carre, WilUam, iv. 273
Carrington, J., iv. 210
Carter, Eobert, iv. 146
Cams, John, iv. 147
Cary, Mr., Ui. 2, 4, 70
Cary, William, iv. 109

INDEX

311

Caryll, Joseph, iii. 70, 134 ; iv. 82, 83,
104, 186
Casow, isle of, iii. 198
Castelnau, marquis of, iii. 155
Catalonia, iii. 205
Cavaliers, the, iii. 25-27, 45, 47, 48, 73,
97, 98, 130, 147, 150, 186, 187, 192,
195, 210, 212 ; iv. 6, 16, 78, 153, 157,
168. 202, 211, 226, 228, 385, 288
Chamberlaine, T., iv. 147
Chamberlin, Mr., iv. 168
Chancery Lane, iii. 113 ; iv. 301
Chandler, Thomas, iv. 82
Chandos, lord, iii. 7
Chard, iu. 34, 35, 37, 38
Charing Cross, in, 133 ; iv. 117, 118, 120,
133, 137, 140, 164
Charles I„ iv. 164
Charles IL, iii, v, x, xxvii ; iv. vi, is, x,
xxiv ; plot on behalf of 1655, iii. 18,
21-23 ; rising on behalf of 1655, iii.
25-86 ; reported to be in England,
iii. 28-30 ; his preparations to invade
England 1666-1658, iu. 71, 72, 92, 98,
115, 135, 139; bill for taking away
his title, iii. 73 ; oath abjuring him
proposed, iii. 89 ; comes to Dunkirk,
iii. 122 ; plots of his emissaries, iii.
115, 139, 147 ; with Condi's army, iii,
152, 156 ; his forces annihilated at the
battle of the Dunes, iii. 158 ; expected
in England in May 1659, iii. 187, 211 ;
his emissaries active iu Scotland, iv.
10 ; in England, iv. 15, 28, 29 ; rising
on behalf of, August 1659, iv. 31-37,
44, 285-291 ; proclaimed by sir G.
Booth, iv. X, 38, 40, 48, 288 ; expected
in England himself, iv. 44 ; Monck
accused of seeking to bring him in,
iv. 72, 91, 92, 103, 122 ; Monck's de
clarations against him, iv. xvi, 114,
116, 176, 251 ; Monck imposes an
engagement against him in Scotland,
iv. ix, xxi, 25, 26, 41, 143, 191 ; en
gagement against him in England, iv,
49, 194, 250 ; report that the citizens
favoured him, iv. 266 ; oath of alle
giance to him imposed on the army,
iv. 269 ; certificates in favour of per
sons assisting in his restoration, iv.
272, 273 ; opposition of sir Arthur
Hesilrige to his restoration, iv. 803 ;
secret services of Paul and Moreland
to him, iv. 304

Chatham, iv. 102
Cheapside, iii. 118 ; iv. 168
Chepstow Castle, iii. 23, 25
Cheshire, in. 30 ; iv. x, 31, 32, 38, 39, 45,
56-58, 251, 287, 288, 293
Chester, iii. 31, 51 ; iv. 33, 38,42, 45,46,
288, 294
Cheynell, Dr. Francis, iii. 150
ChiUenden, Edmund, iii. 1B2
ChiUingham, iv. 179, 181, 182
Chirke Castle, iv. x, 38, 46
Chivas, iii. 34
Cholmley, sir Henry, iv. 239
Chute, Chaloner, iu. 70, 73, 174, 190
Cinque Ports, ui. 42, 173
Clackmannan, iv. 79
Clarendon Papers, iii. xv
Clarges, Thomas, iii. 107, 160 ; iv. xii
XV, 70, 71, 85, 96, 106, 127, 191, 217
256, 273
Clarke, colonel Samuel, iii. xx, 122, 152
iv. 41, 248
Clarke, colonel. 111, 174
Clarke, Dr. George, iv. 274
Clarke, George, iv. 147
Clarke, Henry, iv. 229
Clarke, John, iv. 178
Clarke, Ueutenant-colonel, iii. 47
Clarke, sir William, iii. v, vi ; iv. xviii,
66, 67, 91, 95, 111, 118, 135, 166, 185,
188, 269
Claypole, John, iii. 88, 114 ; iv. 23
Claypole, Mrs., iii. xxii, 52, 161
Cleadon, iv. 103
Cleare, 'Thomas, iv. 146
Clements, cornet, iv. 286
Cleveland, Earl of, iii. 145
Clifford, iv. 225
Chfton, captain Eichard, iv. 96, 128,
179, 197-199
Clobury, Ueutenant-colonel John, iv. 88,
89, 96, 97, 99, 104, 108, 110, 111, 117,
il8, 120, 129, 133, 137, 140, 143,164,
182, 208, 210, 288; regiment of, iv.
247, 272
Coates, captain WilUam, iii. 153
Cobbett, colonel Ealph, iu. 141-144 ; iv.
51, 57, 58, 60, 63, 67, 69, 70, 181, 147,
148, 163, 179, 247; regiment of, iv.
109
Cobs, Edward, iv. 146
Cochrane, colonel sir Brice, iii. xx ; iv.
41 ; regiment of, iii. 153 ; iv. 41
Cookerell, Samuel, iv. 148

312

THE -CLARKE PAPERS

Cockermouth, iv. 277
Cockpit, the, iv. 269, 308
Coldstream, iv. xix, 179, 181, 207, 208,
210, 212, 215, 218, 219, 222, 226, 229,
233, 238, 274
Cole, iii. 85
CoUgny, iii. 154
CoUett, Thomas,-iv. 179
CoUier, Henry, iii. 36, 37
Collier, Joseph, iii. 36, 37
Collins, chaplain, iv. 67, 83
ColUns, Eichard, iv. 129
Collinson, captain William, iv. 197-
199
Colt, Mr., Ui. 125, 126
Combes, captain, iv. 40
Commissioners of Scottish shires and
burghs, iv. 113-116, 120, 140, 143, 190,
194, 205
Commissioners of the Army in Scotland,
iv. xvU, xviU, 97-99, 103, 109, 110,
116, 118, 119, 124-126, 129, 131-134,
139, 140, 144, 148-151, 156, 163, 168,
173, 174, 182, 217, 299, 300
Committee of Safety: committee ap
pointed by Parliament in May 1659,
iv. 9, 10 ; committee appointed by the
Army in October 1659, iv. 80, 81, 88,
92, 100, 101, 103, 109, 110, 112, 113,
119, 133, 134, 140, 141, 164-166, 168,
187, 215, 275, 800, 301; committee
appointed by the City, iv. 186
Compton, sir William, iv. 45, 46, 290
Cond6, prince of, iii. xv, xxi, 116, 119,
152, 154, 156, 160, 197, 201 ; iv. 42
Connaught, iv. 203
Constable, Gregory, iv. 128
Constable, sir William, iii. 44, 62
Cony, Geoyge, iii. 40, 41
Cooke, John (or Joseph), iii. 36, 37
Cooke, John, chief justice of Ireland, iii,
45
Cooper, colonel Thomas, iii. 11, 148,
196 ; iv. 25, 95 ; regiment of, iv. 25
Cooper, Eobert, iv. 179
Cooper, sir Anthony Ashley, ui. 9, 16,
20, 73, 133, 135, 179, 169 ; iv. 48, 186,
187, 217, 220, 250, 251, 264
Coote, colonel Chidley, iv. 243
Coote, sir Charles, iv. xix, 96, 203, 226,
243
Copenhagen, in. 166, 167, 171, 177 ; iv.
292, 296
•Coplesione, Mr., iii. 42

Corbet, Miles, ui. 45 ; iv. 20, 204
Corbet, Philip, iv. 128
Cordones, Francis, iv. 147
CordwaU, Mr.,.iu. 50, 53
CornhiU, iii. 113
Cornwall, iii. 24
Cotterell, ui. 34
Cottle, Charles, iv. 146
Coulfield, Thomas (? Caulfield), iv. 243
Coulson, captain, iv. 66, 108
Council of officers, the, iii. ix, xxvii, 4, 5,
10, 13, 71, 92, 93, 95, 96, 139, 143, 145,
146, 162, 164-169, 182, 183, 187, 189,
191-193, 195, 196, 210-215; iv.vi,ix,
xiii, XVU, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 17, 21, 57, 62
-64, 67-69, 75-77, 85, 86, 97-99, 112,
116, 117, 124-126, 129-131, 143, 145,
148, 151, 171, 176, 177, 187, 188, 194,
216, 227, 228, 238, 246, 298
Council of State: council appointed by
the army after the expulsion of the
Long Parliament, Ui. 2, 4, 5-8 ; the
Protector's council, iii. 10, 11, 18-21,
23-25, 32, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 45, 48,
50-53, 61, 64, 66-72, 74, 75, 89, 99,
113-115, 118, 119, 123, 127, 129, 142,
145, 147, 162 ; debates in it concerning
the West Indian expedition, iii. 203-
, 208 ; council of Scotland, ui. 25, 82, 42,
46, 47, 123 ; Bichard Cromwell's Coun
cU, iii. 162, 164-167, 173, 178, 213 ;
• council elected by the restored Long
ParUament, May 1659, iii. 215 ; iv. II,
12, 19, 25, 26, 30, 32, 46, 50, 51, 61,
62, 74, 86, 100, 113, 166, 186, 250,
256, 287, 288, 290, 297, 299, 300 ; oath
taken by its members, iv. 11-15 ;
commission to Monck from it, iv. 137,
256, 275 ; its dissolution, iv. 166 ;
letters from, iv. 15, 42, 46 ; letters to,
290, 291, 296 ; council appointed in
December 1659, iv. 250, 275; letters
to it, iv. 261-263 ; council elected in
February 1660 ; iv. 266, 268
Oourceys, barony of, iii. 78
Courtney, quarter-master-general, iii.
23, 24, 106 ; iv. 165
Covent Garden, iu. 69, 129 ; iv. 211
Coventry, iv. 42
CoweU, WiUiam, iv. 129
Cowes, iii. 24
Cowper, colonel. See Cooper, colonel
Thomas
Cox, cornet Lawrence, iv. 252

INDEX

317

Cox, Mr., iv. 168 '
Cox, Mr. (storekeeper), iii. 113
Cox, vice-admiral, iv. 30
Craven, lord, iu. 7, 22, 135
Crawford, lord, iii. 40
Crawforth, Jo.,.iv. 84
Craycroft, quartermaster, iii. 78
Creede, major Eichard, iii. 11 ; iv. 38, 42,
57, 58, 60, 14a'
Creighton, James, iv. 206
Cressett, captain, iii. 26
Crewe, John, iii. 83
Crispe, Andrew, iv. 84
Crispe, major Peter, iv. 28, 161
Crispin, quartermaster, iv. 40
Croft, captain, iv. 34, 285
Cromwell, Catherine, sister of the Pro
tector, iii. 141
Cromwell, Elizabeth. See Claypole, Mrs.
Cromwell, Elizabeth, wife of the Pro
tector Oliver, Ui. 118, 123, 171 ; iv. 7,
23, 167
Cromwell, Frances, daughter of the Pro
tector : her marriage to Mr. Eobert
Bich, in. 123, 127 ; death of her hus
band, 141, 142
Cromwell, Henry, son of the Protector,
commander-in-chief in Ireland, iii.
24, 42, 43, 45, 49, 52, 60 ; entertained
by University of Dublin, 49; lord
deputy of Ireland, iii. 43, 127 ; to be
lord lieutenantj.iii. 60 ; acquiescence
in the deposition of his brother, iii.
216 ; iv. viii, 11, 22, 23 ; mentioned,
iu. 108, 163, 191
Cromwell, Mr. Henry, M.P. for Hunting
donshire, iii. 16, 88
Cromwell, Oliver, iii. v xxvi ; dissolves
the Long Parliament, iii. 1 ; reprieves
criminals, iii. 2 ; suppresses a ballad
against the Long Parliament, iii. 3 ;
his picture set up at the Exchange,
iii. 6 ; discountenances the London
petition, iii. 6 ; summons the Little
Parlianiient, iii. 8; made Lord Pro
tector, iii. 10 ; address of officers to,
iii. 10, 11, 13 ; conference with Ana
baptist ministers, iii. 15 ; proposal to
crown him, iii., 16; plot against, iii.
15, 16 ; dissolves his first Parlia
ment, iii. 19, 20 ; conference with the
Scottish members of Parliament, iii.
22 ; with the Lord Mayor and Alder
men, iii. 23 ; marriage of his niece.

iii. 23 ; raise's new militia, iii. 24, 42,
47 ; examines royalist plotters, iii.
32 ; reduces the cost of the army, Ui.
37-39 ; commits lawyers to the
Tower, iii. 40, 41 ; rumoured altera
tion of his title, iii. 42, 43; raises
subscription for the Vaudois, iii. 44,
45 ; new great seal for, iii. 44 ;
petitioned to take title of king or
emperor, iii. 48, 51 ; intervenes on
behalf of a minister, iii. 50, 53 ;
answer to the Spanish merchants,
iii. 52 ; to petitioners for Mr. Biddle,
iii. 53 ; approves a schema of law
reform, iii. 61 ; charged with perjury,
&o., iii. 62 ; his life guard enlarged, iii.
62, 64, 71 ; illnesses of, iii. 51, 52, 68,
118 ; address to Lord Mayor and
Aldermen ou the establishment of
the Major-Generals, iii. 65 ; confer
ence with the Major-Generals, iii. 67 ;
summons his second Parliament,
iii. 68-73 ; arrests Ludlow, Eich, and
others, iii. 69 ; addresses a meeting
of officers, iii. 71 ;. thanksgiving for
discovery of plot against him, iii. 87 ;
remonstrance introduced desiring him
to take the title of king, iii. 89, 91,
94 ; his conferences with the officers
on kingship, iii. 92-96 ; offer of the
crown to him by ParUament, iii. 99 ;
. conferences with the committee upon
the offer, iu. 100-104, 106, 107;
refusal of the crown, iii. 108 ; declares
his assent to the Petition and Advice,
iii. 112 ; his second proclamation,
iii. 113 ; takes away Lambert's com
mission, iii. 114, 120 ; marriage of
his daughter, iii. 123, 127 ; wishes to
release the Duke of Buckingham, iii.
123, 129 ; opens the second session
of his second Parliament, iii. 132-
jl34 ; dissolves his second ParUa
ment, iii. 135-139 ; summons a
meeting of officers, iii. 139 ; cashiers
six officers of his regiment, iii. 140 ;
mourns in purple, iii. 142 ; address
of the army to, iii. 143-145 ; his
preparations against an invasion, iii.
146 ; rumours of the revival of the
design for making him king, iii. 150 ;
his last illness and death, iii. 161,
162; his funeral, iii. 167, 168;
verses printed against him, iii. 172 ;

314

THE CLARKE PAPERS

paper of advice on foreign policy
presented to him by col. Sexby, iii.
196 ; account of debates in his council
on the West Indian expedition, Ui.
203 ; surrender of Edinburgh Castle
to him in 1650, iv. 271 ; regiment of,
iv. 200 ; speeches, iii. viii, xii, xv,
6, 8, 19, 20-23, 45, 52, 58, 65, 71,
72, 88, 92-94, 99-101, 103, 104,
107, 108, 112, 132, 133, 185-140,
207
CromweU, Eichard, son of the Protector
OUver, iii. xxii-xxviii ; iv. vi-vii ;
his character described, iii. xxiii ; to
be made Lord High Admiral, iii. 43 ;
accidents to, iii. 87, 118 ; made a
member of his father's council, iii.
129 ; made colonel of a regiment of
horse, iii. 132 ; his regiment, iii.
145 ; iv. xi ; said to be appointed
generalissimo, ui. 161 ; acknowledged
as Protector, iii. 162 ; address of the
officers to, iii. 164 ; conferences with
the officers, iii. 165, 167 ; speeches to
the officers, iii. 168, 182 ; gives the
soldiers new coats, iii. 168 ; gives a
dinner to the officers, iii. 178 ; speech
to Parliament, iii. 176 ; a bill for
recognition of, iii. 179, 181 ; petitions
and addresses to, iii. 188, 192 ; iv.
5 ; a false alarm of, 191 ; dissolves
council of officers, iii. 191, 212 ; iv.
20 ; revolt of army against, iii. 193 ;
iv. 20 ; dissolves Parliament, iii. 193,
194 ; iv. 20 ; mentioned, iii. 123, 162-
196 passim, 210-214 ; provision to be
made for him after hig deposition, iv.
7 ; proposals to set him up again, iv.
167 ; letter to Admiral Montagu, iv.
297; mentioned, iii. 123, 162-196,
210-214 ; iv. 11, 165, 169, 272, 305
Cromwell, Eobert, iii. 141
Crook, capt., major, or col. Unton,
iii. X, 28, 29, 34, 36, 42; iv. 210,
216
Croxton, col., iv. 288
Cryer, Thomas, iv. 179
Cuba, iu. 204
Ouile, captain, iv. 227
Culcheth, capt. Bichard, iv. 188
CuUen, iv. 113
Cumberland, iu. 5 ; iv. 196, 218, 277
Cupar, iv. 108, 223
Curtis, John, iv. 129

Dabekon, capt. John, iv. 6, 68
Dale, capt., iv. 34, 35, 285
Dalkeith, iii. 117 ; iv. 10, 17, 23, 25, 27,
41,59
Daniell, col. William, iv. 6, 25, 248;
regiment of, iv. 25, 248
Danvers, col., iii. 106
Darlington, iv. xxiii
D'Aumont, marshal, iii. 14, 149
Davies, capt. Abraham, iv. 39
Davies, Thos., iv. 95
Davis, Henry, iv. 58, 147
Davison, major Daniel, iv. 27, 96, 128,
220, 221
Davy or Davis, Edward, iv. 36, 37
Davye, Humphrey, iv. 82
Day, cornet Wentworth, iv. 62, 146
Dean, the Forest of, iv. 28, 35
Deane, capt. Eichard, iii. 5, 183, 187 ;
iv. 105, 107, 142, 149, 174, 300
Deane, capt. 'Thomas, iv. 66, 108
Deane, John, iii. 34
Deane, major Joseph, iv. 95
Delaware, lord, iv. 42
Denbigh, county of, iv. 48
Dendy, sergeant Edward, iv. 164
Denmark, iii. 167, 170, 171, 177,183,
195 ; iv. 30, 201, 292
Dennis, major James, iv, 109, 128
Derby, county of, iv. 38, 47, 58
Derby, earl of, iv. 32, 39
Derby, town of, iv. 44, 45, 57, 58, 61,
289
Desborough, or Disbrowe, col. or major-
general John, Ui. 3, 16, 23, 28, 32,
35, 50, 68, 87, 88, 92, 114, 141, 165,
178, 182, 192, 196, 212 ; iv. 8, 17, 57,
60, 68, 69, 71, 77, 127, 165, 186, 219,
220, 252, 298, 299, 300 ; regiment of,
iv. 127
Dethicke, alderman, iii. 114
Devizes, iii. 186
Devonshire, iu. 28, 42; iv. 168, 258
DeweU Fields, iii. 113
D'Hocquincourt, marshal, iii. 148,
149
Dickenson, Thomas, iv. 84
Dieppe, iii. 31
Diggelye, Thomas, iv. 58
Dike, William, iv. 179
Dobson, lieut.-col. Isaac, iv. 95
Dog Sands, the, iii. 171
Doggett, James, iv. 147
Doniland (Donellan), Judge, iii. 45

INDEX

315

Don John, iii. '72, 119, 122, 128, 152,
156, 156, 157, 160
Dorislaus, Mr., iv. 305
Dorney, major Henry, iii. 97
Dorrell, capt., iii. 78
Dorsetshire, iii. 28
Douglas, sir Joseph, iv. 226
Dove, col. John, iii. 26
Dover, in. 7, 8, 38, 60, 118, 121, 173
Downes, capt. WilUam, iv. 96, 111,
189
Downing, George, iii. vi, xxv, xxvi,
32, 46, 96, 103, 163, 170, 174, 177,
183 ; iv. 120, 279
Downs, the, iii. 4, 5, 113, 114, 172 ; iv.
217
Drapers' HaU, iv. 263
Drayton (Shropshire), iv. 38
Drummoud, ool. John, iii. 158, 159
Drury House, iii, 77
Drury Lane, iii. 171
DubUn, iu. 49 ; iv. 11, 23, 95, 203, 238,
243
Duckenfield, lieutenant-colonel John,
iv. 57, 58, 69, 146
Dudop, lord, iv. 27, 41
Duke, George, iii. 35, 37
Duke, Eobert, iii. 35-37
Dumbarton, iv. 79, 140, 191
Dumfries, iv. 79
Dunbar, iu, 118 ; iv. 149, 159, 160
Duncannon fort, iv. xix
Dunch, Mr., iv. 40
Dundas, captain Walter, iv. 271, 272
Dundee, iii. 48
Dunes, battle of the, iu. 153-158
DunfermUne, iv. 108
Dunham, co. Cheshire, iv. 288
Dunkirk, iii. xxi, 37, 69, 117, 119, 120-
122, 126, 128, 149, 150, 152, 155, 156,
158, 167, 179, 180 ; iv. 40, 140, 207,
283
Duuottar castle, iv. 41, 140
Dunstable, iv. xxiii
Durdoe (or Dirdoe), captain John, iv.
196, 224
Durham, iv. xxiii, 104, 109, 118, 142,
155
Durie, Gibson of, iv. 228
Dutch, the, iii. xv, xxv, xxvi, 5-8, 29, 33,
38, 41, 49, 106, 123, 156, 162, 166,
167, 170, 172, 174, 177-179, 181, 183,
186. 198, 199, 203, 206, 207, 216;
iv. xiv, 29, 30, 206, 280, 296, 297

Dutton, captain, iv. 93
Dutton, Mr., iv. 125

Eable, Serjeant, iv. 284
East Indies, in. 41, 166, 179
Eeeleston, quartermaster, iv. 159, 160
Edge, captain Oliver, iv. 68
Edinburgh, iu. 71, 90, 194; iv. 11, 41,
42, 51, 67, 69-71, 77, 78, 87-89, 91,
92, 96, 99, 106, 107, 113-116, 127, 129,
131, 132, 142, 143, 149, 154, 160, 192,
199, 200, 206, 212, 214, 229,271, 272;
lord-provost of, iv. 142, 143 ; county
of, iv. 79, 96
Edmeston, Henry, iv. 84
Edward I., Ui. 81
Edwards, Adam, iv. 178
Edwards, Lawrence, iv. 147
Edwards, Mr., iv. 168
Egerton, major-general, iv. 290
Egerton MSS., in. 89 ; iv. vi, 268
Eldred, Nath-, iv. 210
ElUott, Thomas, iv. 147
EiUs, solicitor-general, iii. 87
Ellis, Ueutenant Thomas, iv. 96, 128
Ellison, major, iii. 183
Elmes, William, iv. 178
Elsmore, captain and major George, iii,
196 ; iv. 31, 38, 37, 287
Elton, lieutenaut-coloDel Eiehard, iv.
19, 20, 58
Ely, iv. 201
Ely House, iii. 4
Ely, isle of, iii. 141
Emerson, major James, iv- 67, 96, 128
Emperor, the, iii. 63, 142, 193
Empson, captain, iii. 11
ErUshall, co. Fifet, iv. 205
Erskine, major Charles, iv. 28
Essendon, iv, 266
Estwick, alderman, iii, 6
Etjpn CoUege, iv. 248
Euro, lord, iii. 133
Evelyn, John, iv. 130
Evelyn, major Arthur, iv. 62, 103
Everard, captain George, iv. 96
Everard, Bichard, iv. 146
Everard, Thomas, iv. 147
Exchange, the, iii. 48, 113 ; iv. 165
Excise, in. 32, 41, 67, 75, 76, 82, 97,
114, 115, 118, 175, 178, 186, 189
Exeter, iii. 29, 34, 35, 37, 41 ; iv. xviU,
216, 258, 260, 295

316

THE CLARKE PAPERS

Fago, colonel John, iv. 188
Fairfax, colonel Ch9,rles, iv, 128, 178,
208, 210, 238, 264, 266 ; regiment of,
iv. 25, 40, 221, 238, 248
Fairfax, lady, in. 123 '
Fairfax, lord, iu. xiv, 123, 129, 163, 172,
173, 179, 182, 183; iv. xi, xxin, 71,
83, 239, 251
Falconbridge, lord, iii. 132, 133, 151,
153, 166, 196 ; iv. 38, 802, 303
Falkland, lord, iv. 38
Fanshawe, Mr., iv. 46, 290
Farley, lieutenant-colonel William, iv.
,102
Farmer, captain, iii. 77, 78 ; iv. 66, 108,
109,179
Fauconberg. See Falconbridge
Feake, Christopher, iii. viii, xiv, xxiii,
14, 15, 53, 61, 86, 146, 163 ; iv. 300
Fell, judge, iii. 24
Fellow, Joseph, iv. 128
Fenton, Maurice, iv. 243
Fenwick, colonel George, iii. 5, 71 ; iv.
199
Fenwick, Ueutenant-colonel Eoger, iii,
154
Ferguson, major, iii. 57
Ferrybridge, iv. xxiii, 242
Ffyre, WilUam (?), iv. 217
Fiennes, Nathaniel, iii. xxv, 42, 44, 132,
133
Fife, iv. 79, 108, 205, 223
Fifth monarchy men, rising of, iii. 105,
106
Fitch, colonel Thomas, iv. 19, 186-188 ;
regiment of, iv. 24, 25
Fitzjames, Thomas, iii. 35, 37
Flanders, iu. xx, 71, 85, 98, 116-121,
142, 150, 151, 155, 160, 171, 179, 205,
211; iv. 38. 40, 140,248, 283
Fleet prison, iii. 4
Fleet street, in. 113, iv. 109
Fleetwood, commissary, iv. Ill
Fleetwood, lieutenant-general Charles,
iii. xxiii, xxvi, xxvii, 2, 47-50, 62, 71,
114, 123, 143, 162, 164-166, 170, 178,
182, 187-190, 192-194, 196, 211, 212,
215, 216 ; iv. viii-xix, 1-3, 6, 7, 9, 10,
15-18, 23, 24, 44, 57, 60-63, 66, 67,
69, 70, 71, 77, 80, 84, 85, 88, 89, 92,
93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 105-107, 109-112,
116-119, 124, 125, 127, 129-131, 133,
136, 141, 143, 147-149, 151, 154, 155,
162, 163, 165, 167, 168, 170, 172, 175,

176, 183, 192, 210, 216, 220, 251, 274;
275, 298-300 ; letters from, iv. 9, 63,
70, 117, 162, 168 ; regiment of, iv.
127
Fleetwood, sir George, iii. 118
Florida, Ui. 129, 204
Floyd, captain, iii. 129
Foote, alderman, iii. 70 ; iv. 168
Ford, Mr., iii. 114
Forfarshire, iv. 79, 191 , . ,
Forrester (or Forster), Eobert, iv. 128,
198
Forster, iv. 84
Forsyth, John, iv. 84
F,prsyth, Leslie, iv. 84
Fortescue, colonel Bichard, iii. xix, 54 -
56
Foster, lieutenant, iii. 122
Fountayne, Joljn, iv. 285
Fowke, alderman (Fpoke), iv. 168
France, iii. xvi, xx, xxv, 5, 7, 11, 21, 23,
25, 29-85, 37-39, 46, 49, 60, 61, 98,
106, 109-111, 118-125, 127, 141, 147,
152-159, 163, 170, 189, 190-193,
195-201; iv. 22, 24, 120, 140, 144,
283
Francke, Eichard, iv. 58, 146
Franklin, captain Eichard, iv. 251
Frederick, alderman, iii. 114
Prederiksborg, iv. 30
Freer, captain Edward', iv. 27, 96, 210
Fremmers, Jacob, iv. 147
Fryer, John, iii. 34
Fultiborp, Wijliam, iv. 147
Fumes, iu. 160

Gabland, Augustine, iii. 16
GarUck Hithe, iU. 130
Garonne river, iii. 198
Qarry, lough, iy, 272
Garthland, iii. 32
Gate house, iv. 200
Gearing, Samuel, iv. 178
Geneva, iii. 67
Genoa, iU. 18, 29
Georges. See Gorges
Gerrard, Mr., iii. '174
Gerrard, sir Gilbert, iii. 174
Ghent, iu. 119
Gibbons, colonel, iii. 119; iv. 24; regi
ment of, iu. 129, 147, 151, 152, 158,
171 ; iv. 24, 283
Giles, John, iii. 36

INDEX

317

Gillespie, Mr., iii. 92
Gladman, captain John, iii. 139, 141,
195, 196, 215
Glaynford, captain, iv. 35, 86
Glencairne, earl of, iv. xx, 2, 28, 41, 113,
140, 148 . .
Glengarry, earl of ¦(Angus Macdonald),
iv. 27, 41
Gloucester, city of, iv. 23, 34-37, 285,
286
Gloucester, duke of (Henry Stuart), iii.
45, 150, 156
Glynn, Serjeant, iii. 20, 31, 32, 84, 85,
48, 44, 80
Glynne,' captain Eobert, iv. 39
Godfrey, major John, iv. 229, 251,
252
Godfrey, Mr., iu. 85, 179
Godwing, Thomas, iv. 128
Godwins, the, iii. 8
Goodson, vice-admiral William, iii. 57,
121, 172 ; iv. 29, 216
Goodwin, captain, iv. 256
Goodwin, Dr. Thomas, iii. 176
Goodwin, John, iii. 118
Gorges, colonel, iv. 203
Gorges, Eobert, ui. 50
Gouge, Eobert, iv. 82
Gough, colonel William, iii. viii, 10, 50,
132, 143, 146, 165, 169, 212 ; iv. 6, 82,
83, 104, 146, 185, 215 ; regiment of,
iu. 132
Gough, lieutenant-colonel, iii. 108
Grandison, lord, iii. 40
Gravelines, iii. 117, 119, 121, 122, 125,
,126, 146, 147, 160
Graves, Mr., iii. 31, 42
Gravesend, iii. 46, 119; iv. 40, 216,
220
Greene, Eliah, iv. 242
Greene, iii. 34
Greenhill, WiUiam, iv. 82, 151, 186
Greenwich, iii. 153
Grey, colonel, Ui. 21, 22 "
Grey, lord, iii. 23, 24, 40
Griffith, Mr., iu. 70, 133, 134, 189
Grosvenor, colonel Edward, iii. 2, 70 ;
iv. 31, 37, 39
Grove, colonel Hugh, iii. 35-37, 41
Grove, Thomas, iii. 188-190
Guernsey, iv. 306
Gumble, Thomas, iv. viii, xxi, 67, 83,
111, 119, 226, 239, 247-251
Gunning, Mr., iii. 130

Gurdon, John, iv. 278
Guy, captain, iv. 283

Habeeuasheks' Hall, iii. 3, 8, 44, 69 ;
iv. 29
Hacker, colonel Francis, iii. 26, 146,
119 ; iv. 6, 63, 102, 165, 188 ; regiment
of, iU. 68, 193 ; iv. 17, 44, 93, 94
Haddenham, cp. Bucks, iii. 141
Haddington, iv. 79
Hague, the, iii. xxv, 163, 170, 174, 177,
188 ; iv. 292, 296
Haine, Ueutenant-colonel, iii. 187. See
Haynes
Hales, Andrew, iii. 27
Halsall, iii. 61
Hamilton, Walter (Himleton), iv. 146
Hammond, Samuel, iv. 82, 83, 91, 204,
212
Hampshire, iii. 61 ; iv. 37
Hampton Court, iii. 23, 38, 39, 42, 45,
48, 49, 51, 52, 70, 115, 118, 161;
iv. 165
Handley, Christopher, iv. 146
Hane, Joachim, iii. xvi, xx, 120, 127,
: 197-
Hannam, iii. 46
Harborough, iv. xxiii, 259, 260
Harley (Harlow), major Eobert, iii. 145,
172 ;. iv. 24, 25
Hartley Eowe, iii. 25
Harrington, sir James, iii. 174 ; iv. 16,
186, 301
Harris, Eobert, iii. 36, 37
Harris, sir Thomas, iii. 27 '
Harrison, captain, iii. 145, 172
Hariison, captain Mark, iv. 217
Harrison, major-general Thomas, iii. 2,
4, 9, 23, 24, 106, 113, 171, 172, 183
Hart, captain Theophilus, iii. 167
Hartford, iv. 290
HMtley, Francis, iv. 128
Harvey, colonel, iii. 61
Harvey, Mr., iii. 47
Harwich, iv. 292
Haslerigge. See Hesilrige
Hastington, William, iii. 37
Hatsell, captain, iii. 204 . .
Hatt, lieut.-ool. Bichard, iv 96
Hatter, E., iii. 138 ; iv. 8
Havana, in. 1 71, 204, 205
Hsvilaad. iii. 36
Hnward, iv. 189

318

THE CLARKE PAPEES

Hawden, Eobert, Iv. 129
Hawkridge, captain, iv. 93, 102
Hay, Colonel James, iv. 28, 41, 200
Haynes, John, in. 36
Haynes, Ueutenant-colonel, iv. 283
Haynes, major Hezekiah, iv. 6, 71
Heane, James (Haynes), iii. 23, 46, 47,
55,57
Heath, captain Eobert, Iv. 129, 160
Heath, major, iv. 27
Hedworth, Henry, iv. 147
Henshaw, iv. 306
Herbert, loird, iv. 33, 35
Herd, John, iv. 178
Hereford Castle, iv. 285
Herefordshire, iv. ix, 29, 30
Heriot's Hospital, iv. 230
Hertford, iv. 290
Hertfordshire, iv. 45
Hesilrige, sir Arthur (Haslerig, Hasle
rigge, &c.), iu. 8, 69, 73, 133, 179,
196, 215 ; iv. xiU, xxiv, 6, 8, 18, 43,
48, 56, 60, 62, 71, 76, 85, 118, 139,
165, 166, 169, 170, 186, 188, 207, 208,
219, 220, 260, 264, 268, 274, 298-300 ;
letters from, iv. 43, 260, 268 ; letter
from Monck on behalf of, iv. 302 j
regiment of, iii. 196
Hewet, Dr. John, iu. 147, 153, 186
Hewet, Mrs., iv. 153, 186
Hewitson, John (Huitson), Iv. 178
Hewson, colonel John, iii. 133 ; iv. 165,
166, 187, 300 ; regiment of, iv. 29, 39,
46
Hexham Moor, ui. 26, 27, 28
Higgins, Christopher, iv. 105, 115,
229
Highlands of Scotland, the, iv. xx, 116,
121, 191, 272
Hildesley, alderman, iii. 61
HiU, Mr., Ui. 31
HiU, lieutenant-colonel WUUam, iii.
56,58
Hill, or Hills, major, afterwards colonel,
John, iv. 28, 128, 272
HUl, captain John, iv. 272
HiUyard, Thomas, ui. 36, 37
Hine bay and river, iii. 54-58. See
Jaina
Hispaniola, iii. xvii, xix, 44, 46, 48, 54,
58, 59, 204, 205, 208
Hobart, John, iv. 299
HoUand, colonel, iv. 288, 293
Holland, countess of, iii. 51 . •

Holmes, major, afterwards- Ueutenant.
colonel, Abraham, iv. 25, 41, 160
Holyhead, iv. 45
Holyrood, iv. 83
Hooke, William, iii. xxiv ; iv. 82, 151,
186
Hooper, WUliam, iv. 146
Hope, sir James, iv. xxii
Hope, the, iv. 102, 216
HornewaU, provost-marshal, iii. 78
Horrie (i.e. Hurry or Urry), iii. 154
Horsington, Jas., iii. 86
Hoselye (i.e. Hollesley Bay, oo. Suffolk),
iv. 296
Houghton Heath (Eowton Heath, co.
Cheshire), iv. 33
Houlcupp, Mr., iv. 92
Hoult, Mr., iii. 68
Howard, Charles (colonel or lord
Howard), iii. 5, 22, 27, 29, 30, 131,
151 i iv. 188, 189, 303 ; regiment of,
iii. 51, 147, 196
Howard, lady, wife of Charles Howard,
iu. 131
Howard, lady Mary (daughter of tha
earl of Berkshire), iv. 29, 306
Howard, Ob., iv. 128
Howard, Philip, iu. 131 ; iv. 24, 25
Howard, Tom, iii. 131
Hubbard, major, iv. 287
Hubberd, Ja., iv. 178
Hubert, Frank, iv. 158
Hubblethorne, major, afterwards lieu-
tenant-colonel, John, iii. 25, 111, 128,
247 ; iv. 96, 238
Hughes, George, iv. 291
Hughes, lieutenant-colonel Eichard, iii.
xx-xxii, 110, 160 ; letters from, iii. 124,
128, 148, 150, 151, 156, 159
Hughes, major, afterwards colonel,
Thomas, iii. 197, 199, 200, 206, 229,
231, 232 ; letters from. iv. 197, 200,
206, 229
Hull, iii. 147 ; iv. xxiu, 24, 61, 243-246,
265, 266
Humilad, Anthony, iii. 37
Humphreys, colonel, iii. xix, 42
Hunt, captain Thomas, iv. 96, 128
Hunter, captain-lieutenant, iii. 141
Hunter, Bobert, iv. 147
Hurseley, iv. 298
Hurst Castle, iv. 210
Hutchinson, governor Thomas, iii. 209
Hutton, captain, iv. 102, 210

INDEX

319

Hutton, Mr., iii. 21
Hutton, Serjeant, iii. 32
Hyde Park, ui. 20, 107
Impesialistb, iii. 171
Inchiquin, lord, iii. 25, 23
Infanta, the, iii. 193
Ingoldsby, colonel Bichard, iii. 61, 212 ;
iv. 37, 212, 276 ; regiment of, iu. 51,
63,68,196; iv. 3, 31
Ingram, John, iv. 84
Ingram, sir William, iii. 2'?
Inns of Court, iv. 211
Instrument of Government, iii. viii, xii,
53, 70, 77, 88, 92, 93, 103, 142 ; iv. 50
Inverlethen, iv. 199
Inverness, iv. 108
Ireland, iii. xviii, xx, 2, 4, 5, 19, 23, 24,
39-41, 43-45, 49, 51-53, 60, 67, 71, 75,
78, 79, 82, 95, 97, 99, 115, 127, 142,
144, 150, 151, 155, 157, 166, 176, 179,
185-188, 199, 200, 206, 207, 216 ; iv. xiv,
xix, 2, 8, 7, 16, 19-21, 28, 43, 45, 46,
49, 61, 93, 95, 96, lOS, 124, 133, 135-
137, 203, 204, 225 229, 241, 251, 252
Ireland, colonel, iv. 33, 288
Ireley, iv. 82
Ireton, alderman John, iii. 145 ; iv. 800
Islington, iii. 192
Izod, captain Thomas, iv. 254, 255, 258
Jackson, adjutant-general, iii. 47, 55, 57
Jackson, captain, iii. 59
Jackson, Daniel, iv. 161
Jackson, Henry, iv. 178
Jackson, Mr., iii. 5
Jackson, Stephen) iv. 84
Jaina Bay, Uii 55. See Hine
Jamaica, iii. xvii, xix, 47, 51-53, 68, 67,
69, 77, 67, 98, 164
James I., iv. 49
Jefferies, provost (Jaffra^), iii. 32
Jenkins, captain Hugh, iv. 285
Jenkins, major, iii. 14S
Jenkins, WilUam, iii. 36, 37
Jersey, island of, iii. 28, 46, 53
Jessop, Mr., iii. 113
Jesuits, the, iu. 7, 78, 119,. 129
John of Leyden, iv. 301
Johnson, captain Thomas, iv. 25, 26,
39, 65, 178, 210, 211
Johnston, Archibald, of Warriston, iii.
189 ; iv. xxiv, 12, 26, 80, 88, 100, 119,
126, 133, 136, 211, 300

JoUy, Mr., iv. 108
Jones, captain Henry, iii. 154
Jones, captain John, iii. 70, 173
Jones, colonel John, lii. 196 ; iv. 9, 95,
96, 204
Jones, colonel Philip, iii. 114
Jones, colonel Theophilus, iv. 96, 226,
241
Jones, Dr. Henry, iv. 11, 95
Jones, Evan, iv. 147
Jones, Francis, iu. 32, 35, 37, 38
Jones, Gerard, iv. 295
Jones, EicB, iv. 146
Jones, Eoger, iv. 147
Jones, Thomas, iv. 147
Judges, the, iu. 2, 3, 44, 45, 64, 127,
142, 151, 164 ; iv. 284, 288
Juxon, Nicholas, iv. 82

Keane, major, afterwards lieutenant-
colonel, Clement, iii. 119 ; iv. 25, 83,
96, 97, 99, 146, 159
Keith, colonel George, iv. 27, 41
Kelke, captain, afterwards major,
Nicholas, iv. 25, 33, 159
Kelly, earl of, iii. 40 j iv. 28, 41
Kelly, lieutenant, iv. 150
Kelsey, lieutenant-colonel Thomas, iii.
5, 50, 143 ; iv. 6, 60, 68, 69
Kelso, iv. 156, 158
Kempson, colonel Nicholas, iV. 95
Kenmure, viscount, iv. 28, 41, 206
Kensey, Mr., iii. 34
Kensington, lord, iii. 190
Kent, county of, iU. 18, 25, 28, 33, 61 ;
iv. ix, 216
Kent, Mr., iU. 158
Kincardine, iv. 79, 191
King's CoUege (Cambridge), iv. 273
King street, Westminster, iii. 184
Kinnaird, sir George, iv. 116
Kinross, iv. 79
Kfcsale, iii. 80
Kirke, lady, iv. 179
Knight, major, afterwards colonel,
¦ Ealph, iU. 71 ; iv. 88, 89, 97, 99, 104,
108, 110, 111, 117, 118, 120, 129, 133,
137, 143, 164, 182, 208, 238, 247;
regiment of, iv. 238, 247, 258
Knight, Mr., iU. 44
Knightsbridge, iv. 50
KnipperdoUing, iv. 301
Knoyle, CD. WUts, Ui. 38 (KnoyeU)

320

THE CLARKE PAPERS

KoU, the, iv, 280, 296'
Kooake, John, iv. 179 (?Eooke or Cooke)
Kyffin, WUliam, iii. 70

La Febt^ iu. 159, 160
Lagoe, lieutenant-colonel Waldine, iii.
74, 212 ; iv. 25, 188
Lambert, major-general, John, iii. xiii,
xviii, xxvii ; a member of the council
established after the expulsion of the
Long Parliament, iii. 2, 4, 7, 9 ;
opposes the West Indian expedition,
iii. xviii, 207, 208 ; warden of the
Cinque Ports, iii. 42 ; made a major-
general, iii. 50; entertains the Swedish
ambassador, iii. 69 ; seeks to reform
the law, iii. 80 ; ¦ opposition to king
ship, iii. 92, 99 ; deprived of his com
missions, iii. 113, 114, 132 ; his
pecuniary position, iii.' 119, 120, "166 ;
refuses to take his seat in the other
house, iii. 133 ; restored to his place
in the army, iii. 195, 196, 215 ; re
stores the Long ParUament, iv. 8 ;
receives new commissions for Parlia
ment, iv. 19 ; accusations against
. . him, iv. 24, 29 ; defeats sir George
• Booth's arm.y, iv. 38, 42, 44-46 ; his
officers petition for him to be made
major-general, iv. 57 ; cashiered by
the Long Parliament, iv. 60 ; puts a
stop to its sittings, iv. 61-63, 71 ;
marches against Monck, iv. 92, 94,
101, 102, 142, 155 ; negotiation with
; Monck, iv. 140, 143, 145, 163, 164,
171-175, 193, 195 ; advances to Mor
peth, iv. 181, 195,' 218; his troops
begin to desert, iv. 227, 232, 237;
his escape from the Tower, iv. 267,
303 ; regiment of, iu. 132, 196 ; iv. 9,
67, 77, 110, 124, 148, 182, 253 ; letters
from, 9, 67, 77, 110, 124, 148, 182;
mentioned, iU. 7, 63, 71, 80, 163, 183 ;
iv. 11, 56, 58, 59, 97, 104, 107, 109,
117, 118, 127, 129, 131, 133, 141, 155,
209, 211, 214, 216, 224, 235, 289, 246,
247, 264, 255, 261, 268,274, 294, 299,
300
Lambeth, iii. 184
Lambeth House, iv. 50
Lanark, iv. 79
Lancashire, iv. x, 31, 32, 38, 39, 42, 45,
46, 67, 93, 251, 287

Lancaster, iii. 24 ; iv. 32,' 28ff
Landisoronen (Landskrona), Ui. 171 ;
iv. 30
Langeland, iv. 280
Langham, colonel, iii. 61
Langley, captain Timothy, iv. 96, 97, 99
Langold, iv. xxiii
Larke, Mr. Sam, iv. 290
Laughlin, Eichard, iv. 147
Laurence, Eoger, iv. 147 '
Law, the, iii. xiv, xviii, 11, 25, 61, 64,
76, 80
Lawe, Nicholas, iv. 84
Lawrence, Henry, iii. 34
Lawrence, colonel Eichard, iv. 11, 95
Lawson, vice-admiral, John, iii. 70, 106
113 ; iv. xix, 17, 216, 217, 220
Leaing, Timothy, iv. 147
Lechmere, Mr., iv. 300
Lee, .John, iv. 147
Leeward Islands, iii. 34
¦Legg, captain, iv. 40
Leghorn, iii. 21, 25
Lehunt, colonel Eichard, iv. 243
Leicester, iv. xxiii, 254, 258
Leicestershire, iv. x, 44, 188 "
Leith, iii. 71 ; iv. xxii, 69, 92, 93, 135,
' 201,220,230,232,301
Leman, J., iv. 147
Lendon, Thomas, iv. 147
Lennox, Duke of, iii. 31, 36, 166
Lenthall, WiUiam, speaker of the House
of Commons, iii. 1, 3, 39, 44, 73 ; iv.
vii, ix, xi, xii, xiv, xxiv, 59-61, 67, 76,
161, 216, 219, 220, 222, 223, 228. 238,
240, 241, 243, 244, 247, 251, 254,
255, 258, 272, 277-280, 284-287, 293,
295
Leslie, lieutenant-general David, iv. ix,
28, 41
Lester, George, iv. 159
Leventhoirpe (Lenthorpe), Sir Thomas,
iv. 46, 290
Lewis, Evan, iv. 39
Leyde, marquis of, iii. xix, 36, 88, 159
Lichfield, earl of, iv. 46
Lidnall, Eichard, iv. 147
Ligny, prince de, iii. 163
Lilburne, lieutenant-colonel John, iii.
xiv, 82, 63, 60, 62
Lilburne, colonel Eobert, iii. v, 25, 122,
183, 187, 196; iv. 38, 87, 89, 99, 103,
109, 110, 119, 141, 149, 173, 174, 265,
293 ; regiment of hi- 122 ; iv. 39

INDEX

321

Lilburne, captain Thomas, iii. 174 ; iv.
239
Lillingston, colonel Henry, iii, xx ;
iv. 281 ; regiment of, iii. 154, 157,
179 ; iv. 283
Lincolnshire, iv, 284
Lincoln's Inn, iii. 69
Lincoln's Inn fields, iv. 219, 297
Lindsay (Lindslay), Thomas, iv. 84
Linlithgow, iv. 79, 108
Lisle, Daniel, iv, 242
Lisle, John, lord commissioner, iii, 34,
44,85
Lister, Thomas, iv. 217
Litter, Edmund, iv. 146
Littleton, major, iii, 122
Littleton, sir Henry, iv. 38
Liverpool, iii. 19 ; iv. 42
Livesey, sir Michael, iv. 216, 278
Lloyd, captain Griffith, iv. 92, 124, 126,
127, 181, 140, 147, 148, 168, 192, 298
Lockhart, colonel William, iii, xxii, 32,
106, 111, 112, 124, 126, 149, 160, 162-
154, 163, 179; iv, 24, 120, 281
Lockhart, judge, iii. 23
Lockyer, Nicholas, iv. 147
Loftus, Dr. Dudley, iii. 68
Loftus, Mr., iii. 27
Loland, iv. 36
Lombard street, iv. 301
London, iii. ix, x, xiii, xxiii, xxvi, 3, 6,
7, 14, 23, 28-35, 44, 48, 53, 60-62, 66,
67, 70, 76, 88, 89, 96, M6, 107, 115,
118, 122, 127, 129-131, 143, 145, 147,
150, 151, 162, 166, 171, 177, 179, 186,
184, 186, 187, 189, 192, 193, 209, 211,
214 ; iv. xii, xiii, xvii-xix, xxiii, 10,
11, 22, 24, 30, 87, 40, 44, 46, 47, 67,
68, 69, 71, 79, 85-87, 89, 91-94, 100,
103, 107, 109-112, 118, 120, 124, 126,
129, 134, 138, 141, 142, 144, 146, 148,
151, 152, 155, 156, 164-168, 170, 171,
174, 176, 177, 182-184, 186, 187, 198,
194, 200, 210, 211, 215-217, 219, 220,
227, 282, 236, 239, 240, 244, 253, 254,
256, 268, 260, 262, 266, 273, 274, 276,
287, 300, 301. See also Lord Mayor
and under names of churches and
districts
London road, iv. 31
Long, recorder, iu. 70
Lord Mayor, the, ui. 2, 3, 6, 23, 42, 65,
66, 71, 113, 118, 180, 142, 145, 192 ;
iv. xviii, 40, 47, 94, 103, 134, 140-
VOL. IV.

142, 151, 164-168, 170, 171, 194, 210,,
239
Lords, House of. See Parliament
Lome, lord, iv. ix, 27
Lorraine, iii. 122
Lorrainers, iii. 7
Lotherdale (Lauderdale), iii. 40
Loudoun, earl of, iv. ix, 28, 41, 206
Louis XIV., iii. 150, 151, 155, 156, 159
Love, Nicholas, iv. 170, 280
Lovelace, lord, iii. 43
Lowther, chief justice, iii. 45
Lucas, John, in. 34
Ludlow, Edmund, Ueutenant-general,
iii. 69, 179, 215 ; iv. xix, 8, 17, 19, 60,
64, 93-95, 103, 138, 136, 204, 217,
241, 242, 276, 299
Ludlow Castle, iii. 24
Lumsden, sir James, iv. 28 (wrongly
Francis), 41
Lymerye, captain, iii. 204
Lynn, iv. 48
Lys, E., iu. 118
Lytcott, colonel Leonard, iv, 178, 208,
2ie, 216, 238, 240, 248, 301
Lytcott, Bobert, iv. 210

Mabbott, Gilbert, iii, vi, 18, 19
MacDowall, sir James, iii. 32
Macke, iii. 34
Mackworth, colonel, iii. 171
Mackworth, Mrs., iii, 171
MacLaughlin, captain Eichard, iv. 252
MaoLean, Daniel, of Brolos, iv. 28
MacLeod, Bory, of Dunvegan, iv. 28
MacNaughton, colonel Alexander, iv. 28
Major-generals, the, iii. x, xi, xii, 65-70,
73, 87, 89, 91, 92, 148, 146
Maleverer, sir Eichard, iu. 25, 27, 28,
30,31
Mallorjf, major, iu. 179, 180
MJlyn, captain, iii. 141
Man, Isle of, iii. 70, 163
Man, lieutenant-colonel Miles, iv. 27,
198
Manchester, earl of, iv. 39
Manchester, town of, iv. 39, 288, 293
Mansfield, co. Notts, iv. xxiii
Mansfield, T., iv. 210
Mardyke, iii. xx, xxi, 119-128, 144, 148,
-- 150, 155, 159, 160 ; iv. 140
Margetts, Thomas, judge-advocate, iii.
163

32!;

THE CLARKE PAPERS

Marischall, George Keith, earl, iv. 27,
41
Markham, colonel Henry, iv. 134, 135,
140, 157, 187, 219, 220, 301
Marville, iii. 119
Marwell, captain, iv. 28, 41
Mason, George, iv. 146
Mason, Ueutenant-colonel John, iii. 11,
108, 187 ; iv. 6, 18, 69
Mason, ui. 34
Massey, colonel or major-general
Edward, ui. 25, 28, 45, 187 ; iv. ix, x,
24, 28, 38-37, 39, 289, 300
Master of the Wardrobe, iii. xiv
Mayer, lieutenant-colonel, afterwards
colonel, John, iii. 187 ; iv. 31, 179
Mayer, Mr., iv. 230
Mayer, Thomas, iv. 178
Mayer, WUl., iv. 178
Maynard, Serjeant John, iii. 40, 41, 73,
125
Mazarin, cardinal, iii. 150, 161, 156, 159,
185 ; iv. 59
Meade, Matthew, iv. 82
Meadowe, Philip, iii. 64
Meredith, major, iv. 252
Metz, in. 122
Mews, the, iii. 64
Mexico, iu. 204, 208
Middlesex, county of, iii. 70, 174
Middlesex, earl of, iv. 31
Middleton, lieutenant-general John, iii.
154, 157
Middleton, sir Thomas, iv. 40, 45,
289
MUitia, the, iu. 25, 26, 28, 31, 41, 42,
44, 47, 60, 65, 86, 92, 143, 150, 151,
182, 190, 192, 213, 214 ; iv. 2, 3, 23,
25, 34, 36, 42, 43, 49, 62, 85, 91-94,
98, 101, 103, 104, 111, 113, 119, 139,
141, 170, 174, 186, 187, 248, 301
Miller, captain John, iii. 195 ; iv. 6, 128,
178, 188
Mills, lieutenant-colonel, iii. 11, 63, 74,
92, 187, 212
Milner, alderman, iv. 168
MitcheU, colonel WiUiam, iii. 80, 141 ;
iv. 24, 25, 58, 181 ; regiment of, iii.
30 ; iv. 181
Mompesson, Mr., iii. 34
Monck, Anne, wife of general Monck, iv.
199
Monck, cornet Henry, iv. viii, 11, 28, 95,
96, 203

Monck, general George, iii. v, xi, xvii,
XX, xxvii, xxviii; iv. v, vi, viii, ix,
xiii-xxiv ; made one of the council
for Scotland, iii. 32 ; to be sent to
the West Indies, iii. 52 ; made gover
nor of Leith and Edinburgh Castle,
iii. 71 ; his ecclesiastical poUcy in
Scotland, iii. 96 ; iv. 52 ; his accept
ance of the deposition of Eichard
Cromwell, iv. 3, 11 ; intervention on
behalf of the officers of his regiment,
iv. 17, 18, 22, 60; protests his obe
dience to the Parliament, iv. 22 ; im
poses an engagement against Charles
Stuart on Scottish royalists, iv. 25-28,
41, 190 ; prohibits the Derby petition,
iv. 57, 58, 61 ; thanked by ParUament
for doing so, iv. 59, 60 ; declares for
the restoration of the Long Parlia
ment, iv. 64-67, 70, 75-77, 85, 90,
108 ; orders a fast-day, iv. 69, 70 ;
summons representatives of the
Scottish shires and burghs, iv. 78 ;
correspondence with the ministers of
the congregated churches, iv. 81-83,
151, 184, 212 ; sends agent to treat
with the EngUsh army, iv. 88, 89, 96,
99, 100, 103, 109, 117, 299 ; denounces
military government, iv. 90, 153;
accused of intending to bring in
Charles IL, iv. 91, 92 ; his dealings
with the officers in Ireland, iv. 95, 96,
203, 225, 227, 237, 241; letter of
London militia commissioners to him,
iv. 93, 94, 101 ; orders letters to be
searched, iv. Ill ; his proceedings with
the Scottish commissioners, iv. 113-
116, 120, 143, 190, 194 ; declares his
intention of marching into England,
iv. 114 ; refuses to confirm the treaty
signed by his commissioners, iv. 116,
124, 126- 132, 144, 148, 156, 162 ; writes
to the lord mayor of London to assist
him, iv. 135, 140, 141, 151 ; his com-
mission as commander-in-chief, iv.
137, 266, 275 ; renews the treaty, iv.
127, 180, 163, 171-175, 193, 196 ; asks
leave to retire, iv. 152 ; marches to
Coldstream, iv. 179 ; seeks to raise
forces in Northumberland, iv. 188,
221 ; attempts to send an agent to
Portsmouth, iv. 209, 214, 218; his
letter to the navy, iv. 217, 274 ; de
claration to be published at Cold-

INDEX

323

stream, iv. 233 ; he enters England,
iv. 238, 239 ; his communications to
lord Fairfax, iv. 239 ; his dealings
¦with the Irish brigade iu England, iv.
228, 251 ; he secures Hull, iv. 243-247,
264-266 ; his forces, iv. 247-250 ; his
march to London, iv. xxiii, 239, 243,
254 ; answer to the Devonshire peti
tioners, iv. 258-260 ; refuses to return
from the City to Whitehall, iv. 261-
263 ; confers with the secluded
members, iv. 264, 276 ; orders arrest
of agitators, iv. 267 ; imposes oaths
of supremacy and aUegiance ou the
army, iv. 268 ; certificates issued by
him, iv. 271-273 ; reason for his
march into the City, iv. 275 ; his in
tervention on behalf of Hesilrige, iv.
302 ; his regiment, iv. 17, 39, 65, 179,
225, 238, 247 ; letters from, iv. 10, 16,
18, 22, 26, 58, 66, 70, 75, 84, 85, 86, 88,
89,99, 100, 105, 106, 107, 120, 129, 131,
140, 142, 161, 164, 192, 194, 195, 207,
212, 218, 221, 224, 225, 227, 228, 237,
238, 248, 244, 246, 247, 250, 251, 254,
256, 258, 260, 261, 263, 264, 266-269,
302 ; letters to, iu. 63, 86, 89, 93, 110,
116, 121, 124, 126, 128, 134, 140, 143,
148-151, 153, 156, 159, 160, 163,
170, 172, 174, 194, 195 ; iv. 4, 9, 11,
15, 23, 29, 31, 42, 66, 67, 59, 63, 67,
69, 70, 77, 80, 81, 103, 109, 115, 118,
119, 121, 124, 132, 134, 139, 148, 158,
160, 162, 163, 168, 180, 182, 184, 189,
197, 198, 200, 202,204, 205, 211,220,
222, 228, 231, 240, 245, 260, 264,
268
Monmouth, duke of, iv. 161
Montagu, Edward, admiral, afterwards
earl of Sandwich, iii. xvii, 85, 88, 99,
156, 164, 195, 208, 208, 216 ; iv. 50,
279, 291| 296-298, 306 ; regiment of,
iu. 167 ; iv. 38 ; letters from, iv. 279,
291, 296
Montauboy, iii. 119
Montgomery, Hugh, lord, iv. 28, 41
Montreuil, iii. 110
Montrose, marquis of, iv. 28, 41
Moody, Aaron, iv. 128
Moore, ensign, iv. 160
Moore, William, iv. 95
Mordaunt, John, afterwards lord, iii. 153,
178 ; iv. 46, 48, 304, 306
Moreland, sir Samuel, iv. xxiv, 804-306

Morgan, Ueutenant-colonel Ethelbert,
iv. 96, 128
Morgan, major-general Thomas, iii. xx-
xxU, 108, 110, 117, 144, 146, 147, 156,
160 ; iv. xxu, 67, 108, 128, 159, 178,
238 ; regiment of, iu. 30 ; iv. 41, 109,
2B8, 248 ; letters from, ui. 116, 134
Morgan, major Anthony, iii. 191
Morley, colonel Herbert, iv. xiii, 60, 61,
71, 85. 139, 165, 166, 169, 170, 186,
188, 208, 264, 274, 298 ; regiment of,
iv. 61, 62, 298
Morpeth, iv. xxiU, 108, 181-183, 238
Morrice or Morris, WUUam, iv. 259, 260
Morrowland (Morayland?), iv. 206
Moss, Ueutenant-colonel, afterwards
colonel, Richard, iu. 183 ; iv. 220 ;
regiment of, iv. 61, 298
Mould, lieutenant Mark, iv. 158-160
Mouns, lieutenant Thomas, iv. 156
Mountford, WilUam, iv. 146
Mountoastle, iii. 150
Mount Eadford, iv. 295
Moyer, Samuel, iii. 9, 182
Mueckelhen, iv. 108
Mulgrave, lord, iii. 132
Munster, iv. 203
Munster, peace of, iii. 206
Murray, sir Mungo, iv. 201
Muskerry, lord (Musgarie, Musgrave),
iu. 155, 157
MusseU, Nich. or Mich,, iu. 36, 37
Mutloe or Mutlow, major James, iv. 96,
128, 210
Mutloe, John, iv. 128
MyUs, colonel. See MiUs
Mynne or Minns, captain, iv. 108

Naien (Nerne), iv. 206
Nairne, John, iv. 116
Nantwich, iv. 38
Napier, lord, iv. 28, 41
Naiy, Capt. John, iv. 25
Nascoe, iv. 30
Naseby, the, iv. 280
Navy, the, in. 2, 4-7, 9, 11, 12, 16-18,
25, 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 45,
47-49, 51-54, 60, 64, 65, 67, 69, 77,
80, 113-115, 141, 143, 149, 170-173,
191, 192, 196, 198, 200,201, 203, 206-
208, 216 ; iv. xix, 22, 29, 30, 42, 50,
102, 137, 165, 166, 186, 211, 216, 217,
219, 220, 242, 274, 280, 291, 292, 297

324

THE CLARKE PAPERS

Naylor, James, iii. xi, xiv, 84, 93
Needham, Marchamont, iv. 43
Nelson, John, iv. 95
NevUle, Henry, iv. 301
Nevis, island of, iii. 171
Newburn, iv. 182
Newcastle, iu. 25, 27, 29, 82, 174 ; iv.
xvni, xxiii, 83, 91, 99, 103, 104, 109, 116,
118, 119, 125, 127, 130, 132, 140, 142,
145, 147, 14», 150, 161, 155, 156-158,
163, 164, 171, 173-175, 180-183, 196,
204, 208, 210, 214, 219, 224, 232, 235,
239, 274, 300, 302
Newcastle, earl of (WiUiam Oavendish),
iii. 28
Newdigate, judge, iii. 32, 38 ; iv. 284
New England, iu. 11, 205, 208
Newfoundland, iu. 205, 206
New Jersey, iii. 190
Newman, capt. WilUam, iv. 96, 128,
197, 198, 229, 231
Newman, Eobert, iv. 82
Nevfman, Susanna, iv. 200
Newport Pagnell, iv. x, 47
Newsletters, value of, iii. vi
Nicholas, judge, iii. 32, 164
NiohoUs, John, iv. 128
Nicholls, major Francis, iv. 96, 128
Nieuport, iu. 152, 160, 163
Nimpsfield, co. Gloucester, iv. 36
Nithsdale, iv. 206
Noel, Martin, ui. 114
Norfolk, county of, iv. 258, 284
Norman, ensign, iii. 78
Northallerton, iv. xviii, xxiii
Northampton, iv. xxiii
North Sea, iU. 171
Northumberland iii. 6, 22, 28 ; iv. xx,
79, 108, 119, 142, 179, 195, 218, 221,
239
Northwich, iv. 46, 289
Norton, col. Eiehard, iv. 170
Norwich, iv. 301
Nottingham, iv. xxiu, 45, 249-261, 254-
266, 258
Nottingham, county of, iii. 25, 26 ; iv.
X, 43
Nowers, Anthony, iv. 210
Nye, PhiUp, iu. 92; iv. 82, 186

Oates, Samuel, iU. 12, 31
Ogle, capt., afterwards major, Henry, iv.
119, 179, 181, 183, 210

Ogle, J., iv. 119, 128
Ogle, justice, iv- 79, 90, 119, 179
Ogilvy, Lord, iv, 41
Okey, colonel John, iii. viii, 10, 11, 13,
69, 106, 196, 196, 215 ; iv. xi, 6, 19,
186, 188, 219, 220 ; regiment of, iv,
40, 298
Onge, Thomas, iv, 82
Opdam, admiral, iii. 117 ; iv, 280
Opera, the, iii. 171
Orange, WUliam, prince of, iii. 206 ; iv.
44
Orde, Christopher, iv. 84
Ormond, eaarl of, iu. 26, 28, 32, 147,
150, 157
Ostend, ui. 69, 146, 147, 150
Overton, colonel and major-general
Eobert, ui. xxvi, 18, 21, 184, 190 ;
iv.xiu, xxiu, 19, 26, 60, 61, 94, 139,
181, 244-246, 265, 266, 275
Owen, Dr. John, iii, 72 ; iv. xv, xvii,
xviii, 54, 82, 91, 121, 151, 186, 215
Owen, Thomas, iv. 186
OxenwQod, co. Wilts, iii. 34
Oxford, lord, iv. 42
Oxfordshire circuit, iv. 284
Pack, alderman, Christopher, iii. xi,
70, 90, 91
Packer, major, afterwards colonel, Wil
Uam, iii. xiu, 11, 139-141, 180, 195,
196, 215 ; iv. 60, 68 ; regiment of, iv.
216
Paddon, lieutenant, afterwards cap
tain, John, iv. 154, 156, 158
PaUner, Geoffrey, iii. 43
Pamphlets, &o., mentioned : a baUad
against the Long ParUament, iii. 3 ;
A Declaration of fhe Excluding the
Last ParUament, iii. 21 ; Queries, iii.
51 ; a declaration from some discon
tented persons in Wales,.62; England's
Remembrancers, iii. 68 ; the Dutch
Characterised, iii. 172-; Mercurius
Anglicus, iii. 172 ; Brief Directions,
iii. 172 ; some verses reflecting on
his late highness, iii. 172 ; A Sea
sonable Speech, iii. 189 ; An Informa
tion of some Souldiers in Scotland to
those in England, iv. 231 ; A Dis
course or Conference between a
Souldier in England and one of Scot
land, iv. 231
Panama, iu. 204

INDEX

325

Parham, lord WiUoughby of, ui. 43 ; iv.
39
Paris, iii. 125
Parker, baron, iv. 284
Parliament : expulsion of the Long
ParUament by Cromwell, iii. vii,
1, 2 ; petition for its restoration,
iii. 6 ; summoning of tbe Little
Parliament, iu. vUi, 4, 6, 8 ; its
dissolution, iii. 9 ; proceedings of the
Protector's first Parliament, iii. 11,
12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22 ; its dissolu-
tion, iii. 19, 20 ; elections for the
Protector's second Parliament, iii. 68,
70 ; meeting of the second Parlia
ment, iii. 72 ; the excluded members,
iii. 73, 74 ; proceedings of the
House, iu. 73-77, 80-83, 87 ; its de
bates on Naylor's case, iii. 84 ; its de
bates on the major-generals, iii. 87 ;
on the proposal to make the Protec
tor king, iii. 89-95, 97-99 ; appoints
a committee to confer with the Pro
tector, iii. 99-108 ; its further pro
ceedings, iii. 108-110, 112 ; second
session, iii. 132, 138 ; dissolution, iii.
185-139 ; the question of calling a
third ParUament, iii. 142, 145, 151 ;
a House of Lord instituted in 1657, iii.
xi, 90, 91, 98, 95, 105, 115, 127 ; its
meeting, in. xiu, 132, 133-137 ;
Eichard Cromwell's Parliament, iii.
xxiv, xxvi ; elections for it, iii. 171-
174 ; its meeting, iii. 176, 177 ; pro
ceedings, iu. 179-192,209-212 ; rela
tions with the House of Lords, iii. 181-
185, 188, 189, 210 ; its dissolution, iu.
xxvu, 193, 194, 213 ; iv. 5, 7, 10, 11,
20 ; the restored Long Parliament, iv.
vi, viii, x-xiv, xvii-xx, xxiii, xxiv ; its
restoration. May 1669, iv. vii, 3, 7-9,
277-279, 280 ; appoints a Committee
of Safety, iv. 9 ; appoints a Council
of State, iv. 11-16 ; recommissions
the officers of the army, iv. xi, 16, 20,
21, 24, 25, 29, 33, 39 ; imposes an
engagement renouncing Charles IL,
iv. 49 ; prohibits the petitions of the
army, iv. xiii, 56, 57, 60 ; its sittings
stopped by Lambert and the army, iv.
61-64, 71, 85 ; Monck declares for its
restoration, iv. 64-67, 75, 97, 100,
114, 153, 180, 233 ; army proposes to
call a new Parliament, iv. 116, 125,

133, 134, 136, 185, 188, 194,204, 215,
236 ; John Owen on the impossibility
of restoring the Long Parliament, iv.
123; Portsmouth declares for the
Parliament, iv. 165, 166, 168, 170,
209, 210, 216, 218, 220; the Irish
army declares for the Parliament, iv.
202 ; the fieet declares for the Parlia
ment, iv. 211, 216, 219, 220 ; second
restoration of the Long Parliament,
iv. 222, 223, 232, 237; case of the
secluded members, iv. 232, 244, 302 ;
petition of Devonshire for a free Par
Uament, iv. 258-260, 264 ; letters to
the Speaker, iv. 16, 22, 238, 241, 247,
251, 256, 277-281, 284-289, 290, 293-
295, 302; letters from the Speaker,
iv. 59, 216, 222, 223, 240
Parry, captain, iv. 31
Paul, G., iv. 304-306
Pearson, Ueutenant-colonel, afterwards
colonel, John, iii. 187 ; iv. 6, 18, 25, 57,
96, 146 ; regiment of, iv. 33, 40, 149,
159
Peebles, iv. 79
Pembridge, iv. 285
Pendennis Castle, iii. 23
Penn, vice-admiral William, iii. xvii-
xix, 29, 30, 33, 41, 44-46, 48
Penruddock, colonel John, iii. ix, 32,
34-38, 41
Pepper, Ueutenant-colonel Dennis, iii.
152
Pepys, Eichard, iii. 45
Peronne, iii. Ill
Perth, iv. 79, 116, 159, 191
Peru, iU. 204
Peter or Peters, Hugh, iii. 66, 189
Petition and Advice, iii. xii, xiii, 106-
108, 111, 113, 132, 136-139, 142, 145,
151, 166, 176, 185, 193 ; iv. 21,53
Petitions, iii. vii, viii, ix, xi, xii, xiii,
xiv, xxiu, xxvi, 3, 6, 7, 13, 37, 40, 48,
43, 60, 69, 108, 109, 165, 166, 170,
180, 182, 186-188 ; iv. xiii, 5, 20, 51,
56, 58, 59, 61, 75, 164-167
Petty, lieutenant, iii. 78
Petty, Dr. WiUiam, ui. 166
Phaire, colonel Robert, iv. 95
Phillips, Edward, iv. xiv, xxi, 70, 71,
82, 88, 105, 127
Phillips, lady, iii. 115, 118
Phillips, quartermaster, iv. 252
Picardy, iii. 159

326

THE CLARKE PAPERS

Pickering, Sir Gilbert, iii. 2, 4, 47, 69,
86, 114, 141
Pierrepont, Francis, iv. 43
PUe, iu. 34
Pindar, sir Paul, iii. 43
Plots, iu. ix, 16-18, 21, 22, 25-27, 29-
31, 33, 40, 61, 62, 72, 87, 105, 106,
146, 147, 151, 195 ; iv. 28, 80-38, 40,
43, 45, 47, 48
Plymouth, iu. 6, 116 ; iv. x, 291
Pockley, S. (?Capt. J,.hn), iv. 146
Poland, in. 49, 171, 178
Poole, Thomas, iv. 129
Pope, the, iii. 30, 63
Porter, Mr., iv. 291
Portland, iii. 24
Portobello, iu. 204
Portsmouth, iu. 16, 52-54, 64, 81, 82,
113, 147 ; iv. xviu, 102, 165, 166, 168,
169, 183, 186, 188, 193, 194, 208-210,
214, 216, 218-220, 234, 235, 274
Portugal, iii. 64, 98, 118, 206 ; iv. 50
Poulton, Thomas, iu. 36, 87
PoweU, Charles, iu. 129
Powell, Vavasor, iii. 62
Power, Matthew, iv. 147
Pownall, major, afterwards Ueutenant-
colonel, Henry, iv. 25, 39, 146
Powry, iv. 272
Pradman, John, iv. 273
Press, the, iu. 53, 118, 189 ; iv. 43,
115, 229 See Pamphlets
Pretty, captain OUver, iv. 108, 158
Pretty, Henry. See Prittie
Price, Dr. John, iv. Ill, 119, 276
Pride, colonel Thomas, iii. 7, 133, 167 ;
regiment of, iii. 61, 193
Prideaux, attorney-general Edmund, iv.
50
Prittie, Henry, iv. 6, 95
Prott (? Pratt), Elias, iv. 84
Proutville, iii. 154
Pryme, captain Philip, iv. 96, 108
Prynne, William, ui. xxvi, 184
Pury, Thomas, junior, iv. 34, 285
Pury, Thomas, senior, iv. 34, 217, 285
Pym, Francis, iv. 147

QuAKEKS, the, iv. 51, 54, 287

Eaby, iv. 300
Ealeigh, Carew, iv. 264

Eamsden, George (Bumsden), iv. 147
Bamsey, captain, iv. 266
Eea, lord, iv. 27
Bead, iu. 22
Eeade, lieutenant- colonel Bobert, iv. 96,
97, 99, 128, 178, 229, 232
Eeade, Henry, iv. 147
Eeade, colonel Thomas, iv. 28, 96, 97,
99, 128, 178, 195, 196, 208, 210
Eeade, Mrs. (wife of Eobert), iv. 229,
232
Bedhead, Eobert, iv. 266
Eed-hiU, iv. 286
Beading, in. 171 ; iv. 28
Eedman, colonel, iv. 251, 252
Eedmayne, iv. 16
Beigate, iv. 287
Eenfrew, iv. 79
Eevell, WiUiam, iv. 68
Beyner, captain-lieutenant, iii. 78
Eeynolds, Mr., attorney-general, iv.
264
Eeynolds, Sir John, iu. xx, 26, 50, 106,
110, 124, 125, 127
Eeynolds, Mr., in. 134
Eich, colonel Nathaniel, iii. 6, 23, 24,
68-70, 106, 113, 172, 196 ; iv. xi, 19 ;
regiment of, iii. 51 ; iv. 170, 216
Eich, Eobert, in. xiv, 123, 141, 142
Richards, Augustine, iv. 147
Eichardson, major Michael, iv. 128, 180,
181
Bidford, John, iv. 147
Elves, Eichard, iu. 35-37
Boberts, Nicholas, iv. 82
Boberts, Sir WUUam, iii. 51, 70
Eobinson, alderman, iii. 173 ; iv. 168
Eobinson, George, iv. 146
Eobinson, J., iv. 129
Eobinson, Luke, iv. 254
Eobinson, Mr., iv. 198
Eobson, colonel Yaxley, iv. 160, 161,
201, 258
Eochelle, iii. xvi, 35, 198
Eochester, iii. 25
Eochfort, lord, iv. 81
Eooroi, iii. 159
Eodborough (? Eothbury, co. Northum
berland), iv. 218
Eodney, iii. 85
Bogers, lieutenant-colonel Wroth, iii.
30 ; iv. 39
Rogers, John, iii. 32, 53
Bogers, John, iv. 128

INDEX

327

Eolle, judge, in, 26
Eolle, Mr., iv. 258, 260
Bolt, Mr., iu. 42, 47
Boss, William, iii. 191
Eossie, iv. 116
^Eossiter, colonel Edward, iii. 133 ; iv.
38, 71
Eothes, John, earl of, iii. 131 ; iv. 41,
223
Eouse, John, iii. 9
Bouen, iii. 31
Eowe, John, iv. 82, 186
Bowles, Dr., Ui. 50
Eowton Heath, iv. 33, 258
Boxburgh, iv. 79
Eue, iu. 110
Eushwood, Andrew, iv. 147
Eushworth, John, iii. vi, xi, 90
Eussell, colonel, iii. 144
Bussell, major James, iii. 171
Eussell, Mr., iii. 7

Sabbekton, captain Josiah (?), iv. 38,
58
Sadler, colonel Thomas, iii. 143, 144 ; iv.
95
Sadler, Mr. John, in. 32
St. Albans, iv. xxiii
St. Andrewes, iv. 108
St. Catherine by the Tower, iii. 113
St. James's, iU. 10, 11, 16, 72, 130, 166-
168,170, 171, 184, 212, 213; iv. 21,
211, 267
St. James's Park, iii. 168, 193
St. John, Oliver, iv. 136, 248, 249, 264,
300
St. Martin, iii. 198
St. Michael's Mount, iii. 24
St. Nicholas, Thomas, iv. 11, 139
St. Omer, Ui. 159, 160
St. PauPs, iu. 129, 147 ; iv. 187
St. Paul's churchyard, iii. 131
St. Sebastian, iii. 171
St. Valery, iii. 180
St. Venant, iU. xx, 116, 117
Salisbury, iu. ix, 26, 27, 31, 83-36, 38,
42 ; iv. 210
Salkeld, Balph, iv. 84
Sallee, iii. 47
Salmon, colonel Edward, iii. xxi, 186,
196 ; iv. 68, 69, 186 ; regiment of, iii.
127, 129, 151, 152, 158, 171 ; iv. 44,
283

Salmon, Eobert, iv. 146
Salt, captain John, iv. 252
Salway, major Eichard, iii. 2, 4, 68,
215; iv. 6, 8, 9, 48, 56, 93, 133, 136,
211
Samborne, Mr., iv. 59
Samuel, Mr., iv. 301
Sanders, captain, iii. 173
Sanders, Jo., iv. 129
San Domingo, iii. xix, 41, 44, 47, 54, 55,
58, 204
Sankey, colonel, iii. 60, 196. See
Zanchey, iv. 46, 58, 68, 146, 171, 175,
182, 183, 196, 214, 252
Sarlow (? St. Lo), ui. 34
Saunders, colonel Thomas, iii. viii, 12,
132, 195, 196, 215 ; iv. 62, 240, 254,
255, 275 ; regiment of, Ui. 132, 196 ;
iv, 32', 108, 158, 247, 255
Savage, Thomas, iv. 146
Savoy, the, iv. 82
Savoy, ui. 30, 44-46, 63, 67
Sawrey, colonel Eobert, iv. 4, 6, 25, 161 ;
regiment of, iv. 160, 161
Say, lord (WilUam Fiennes), iii. 132
Scarborough, iii. 186
Scaw, the, iii. 172
Schoneland, iv. 206
ScobeU, Henry, iii. 9, 99, 1S2, 134 ; iv.
82
Scotland, iU. v, vi, ix, 2-5, 16, 19, 22,
24, 25, 30-32, 37, 39, 41, 42, 46-49,
67, 68, 77, 80-82, 90,96-98, 115, 123,
142, 144, 151, 154, 155, 157, 165, 166,
176, 179, 185-188, 194, 195, 200,
205-207, 215 ; iv. vi, viii, ix, xU, xv-
xvii, XX, xxu, 2-4, 7, 11, 13, 16, 18,
24, 26, 38, 40, 43, 49-55, 58, 61, 65,
67-69, 71, 72, 78, 79, 82, 91, 92, 94,
97, 98, 102, 103, 109, 110, 113, 116-
118, 125, 126, 129, 133, 134, 137, 138,
140, 141, 145, 149, 155-157, 166, 167,
171, 175, 182, 190, 191, 194, 196, 197,
200, 202, 218, 224, 226, 231, 240, 241,
243, 246, 248, 249, 253, 256, 258, 271-
273, 275, 276, 278, 300
Scotland Yard, iii. 52, 71
Scott, captain, iii. 1
Soott, Francis, iv. 273
Scott, Mark, iv. 84
Scott, Mr. Thomas, Ui. 5, 68, 73,
179, 216 ; iv. 6, 136, 139, 186, 188,
211, 220, 250, 251, 254, 264, 272,
301

328

THE CLAEKE PAPERS

Scotton, captain Edward, iii. 186 ; iv.
146
Scotton, Moses, iv. 146
Seaforth, earl of, iv. 27, 41
Sedgemoor, iv. 161
Selby, George, iv. 128, 198
Selkirk, county of, iv. 79
Selkirk, earl of, iv. 28
Sergant, Francis, iv. 128
Severn, B., iv. 35, 36
Sexby, lieutenant-colonel Edward, iii.
xvi, 25, 71, 114, 197
Seymour, Joseph, iv. 178
Seymour (Seamoure), Mr., iii. 34
Shafto, recorder, iii. 174
Shaftoe, major Dalston, iv. 189
Sharp, Eobert, iv. 114
Sharpe, William, iv. 146
Shepard, WUliam, iu. 61, 64
Sheppey, I. of, iv. 278
Sherwin, captain, iu. 158
Sherwood, forest of, iii. 26, iv. 45
Shrewsbury, iii. 26, 27 ; iv. 33, 46
Shropshire, iu. 116 ; iv. 38, 42
Simpson, John, iii. xiv, 62
Sinclair Castle, iv. 27
Sinclair, lord, iii. 40
Skippon, major-general Philip, iii. xiv,
23, 50, 66, 114, 115, 118 ; iv. 42
Skynner, Thomas, iv. 274
Sleigh, John, iv. 84
SUngsby, sir Henry, iU. 27, 147, 153
SmaUwood, Thomas, iv. 82
Smeton, George, iv. 179
Smith, or Smyth, adjutant-general
Jeremiah, iv. 25, 67, 96, 111, 128, 210,
246, 265
Smith, colonel Henry, iv. 24, 108
Smith, Henry, iv. 146
Smith, John, iv, 146
Smith, Jose, iv. 179
Smith, Mr., ui. 8
Smith, John (Smyth), iii. 132
Smith, Eichard, iv. 129, 179
Smyth, Jeremiah. See Smith
Smythson, major, iv. 239
Solebay, iv. 50
Solicitor-General, the, iii. 145
Somerset House, iii. 168 ; iv. 7
Somersetshire, iii. 28
Somerville, major, iv. 200, 206
Sound, the, iii. xxv, 163, 167, 170-172,
175, 177, 188, 195, 196, 199, 216 ; iv.
viii, 29, 50, 102, 293, 305

Southesk, earl of, iv. 200
Southwark, iii. 35, 172 ; iv. 61
Southwell, captain Thomas, iv. 164, 157
Southwold bay, iv. 292
Southwood, Eichard, iv. 147
Spain, iii. x, xv, xvii-xxi, 29, 35-39, 43, ,
44, 46, 49, 52, 53, 60, 63, 64, 71-73,
75, 76, 80, 82, 85, 89, 98, 106, 110,
115, 116, 118-122, 126, 129, 148, 149,
153, 155, 157-159, 163, 171, 176, 177,
184, 190, 191, 193, 195-198, 200-208,
216 ; iv. 22, 120, 144, 207, 291
Spencer, iii. 162
Spencer, captain, iii. 11 ; iv. 161
Spicer, quartermaster, iv. 37
SpUlman, T., iv. 146
Spinage, captain Anthony, iii. 141
Splinter, the, iii. 122
Spokloth, Ti., iv. 128
Spooner, captain, iv. 186
Squibb, Mr., iii. 9
Stafford, iv. 44
Stafford, county of, iii. 172 ; iv. 38, 39,
98
Stafford, earl of, iv. 39
Stainer, rear-admiral Bichard, iv. 216
Stamford, earl of, iv. 44, 50
Stapley, colonel, iii. 24, 147
Staynes, Mr., iv. 168
Staynes, Dr., iv. 29
Steele, recorder, iii. 31, 32, 34, 35, 41
Stephens, Eichard, iv. 242
Sterry, Mr., iu. 70
Stirling, iv. 41, 79, 92, 108, 191, 194,
272, 300
Stokes, captain, iii. 173
Stone, CO. Stafford, iii. 172
Stone, John, iv. 185
Stony Stratford, iv. xxiii
Storie, Mr., iv. 168
Straits, the, iii. 149, 173, 205, 206;
iv. 102
Strand, the, iii. 44 ; iv. 211
Strangeways, captain Joseph, iv. 58,
239, 261
Strickland, Walter, iii. 4, 5, 86
Stroud, William, iii. 36
Stroud-water, iv. 36
Stuart, colonel Gilbert, iv. 27
Stuart, sir James, iv. xx, 118, 211
Sturgeon, John, iii. xiv, 51
Style, Sam, iv. 129
Styver, Hans, iii. 36
Suffolk, iv. 258

INDEX

329

Summer Islands (i.e. Bermudas), iii.
204, 205
Surrey, iii. 21 ; iv. ix, 44
Sussex, iu. 147 ; iv. 44, 188
Sutton, captain, iv. 150
Swallow, major, afterwards colonel,
Eobert, iii. 144 ; iv. 38 ; regiment of,
iv. 37, 89
Swan, Thomas, iv. 147
Swanson, J., iv. 147
Sweden, iii. xvi, xxv, 3, 33, 42, 46, 47,
49, 67, 69, 71, 118, 143, 163,166, 167,
170, 171, 177, 183, 195 ; iv. viu, 30,
206, 292
Swinton, John, iii. 74
Switzerland, ui. xvi, 44, 46, 63, 154
Sydenham, colonel William, iii. 4, 9,
42, 104, 114, 196, 215 ; iv. 8, 800 ;
regiment of, iv. 20, 62
Sydney, colonel Algernon, iv. 297
Syler, colonel, iv. 83
Symerell, iv. 206. See Somerville
Symmons, William, iv. 146
Symnell, captain Thomas, iv. 210
Sympson, Joseph, iv. 147
Sympson, John. See Simpson

Tadoasteb, ui. 110, 132
Talbot, colonel, iu. 42, 141 ; iv. 39, 68,
70, 71, 85, 87, 96, 106, 107, 146;
regiment of, iii. 42 ; iv. 17, 248
Talbot, Thomas, iv. 146
Talion, Mons., iv. 283
Tarvin, iv. 289
Taunton, iv. 216
Taylor, Dr., iu. 130
Temple Bar, iii. 113
Temple, colonel Edmund, iv. 243
Temple, sir Peter, iv. 217
Temple, the, iii. 6
Temse, alderman, Nathaniel, iii. 114
Texel, the, ui. 5, 170
Thames, the, iii. 118
Thanet, earl of, iii. 28
Theauroh, John, iii. 29
Thomas, iu. 186
Thomlinson, colonel Matthew, iii. 9;
iv. 19, 204
Thompson, alderman, iii. 173 ; iv. 168
Thompson, colonel, iii. 6 ; iv. 186, 251
Thompson, Mr. (town clerk of Edin
burgh), iv. 207, 230
Thorn (Thorine), iii. 171
VOL. IV.

Thornhill, colonel, iii. 21
Thornton, WiUiam, iv. 147
Thorowgood, Matthew (?), iv. 147
Thorpe, baron, iu. 31, 32, 38, 133 ; iv. 284
Thorpe, John, iU. 34
Thorpe, P., iv. 146
Thurloe, John, iii. xi, xvii, xxii, xxiii,
24, 32-34, 36, 51, 62, 64, 71, 72, 77,
87, 89, 93, 105, 108, 110, 111, 117,
119, 120, 140, 149, 163, 172, 177, 186,
195, 212 ; iv. 3, 279, 305
Tichborne, colonel and alderman Eobert,
iu. 9, 23, 64, 123 ; iv. 21, 300
Tilt-yard, the, iu. 184
Timoleague, bay of, iii. 77
Toland, John, iv. xvi
Tolson, Bichard, iv. 277
Tombes, Mr., ui. 43
Topcliffe, iv. xxiii
Topham, James, iv. 147
Toulon, iu. 21
Tower Hamlets, iii. 143
Tower HiU, iii. 64
Tower, the, ui. 7, 12, 18, 21, 25, 28, 33,
40, 41, 48, 53, 64, 66, 81, 82, 114, 115,
118, 127, 145, 146 ; iv. 19, 29, 39, 48,
186-188, 220, 232, 250, 266
Transylvania, iii. 38, 43
' Triers,' the, iii. viii, 16, 58
Tripoli, iii. 25
Trumble, Eobert, iv. 84
Trumble, Thomas, iv. 84
Truss, John, iv. 128
Tufton, lord, iu. 28
Tunbridge, iv. 29, 31
Tunis, iii. 25, 39, 44, 45
Turenne, marshal, iii. xxi. 111, 117,
121, 123, 124, 150, 154, 156-160
Turkey, iii. 21, 39, 41, 45, 47
Turner, sir Edward, iv. 302
Tuscany, duke of, iii. 21
Tweeddale, earl of, iii. 32 ; iv. 200
Twisden, Serjeant, iii. 40, 41
Twisleton, colonel Philip, iii. 7 ; iv. 93,
102, 253-265; regiment of, iv. 24,
108, 127, 156, 247, 255, 272
Tyburn, iii. 51
Tynemouth, in. 28, 29 ; iv. 118, 225, 302
Tyrrill, sir J?imothy, iii. 50
TyrriU, Thomas, iv. 286

Ulstee, iv. 203, 226
UnderhiU, WilUam, iv. 128

330

THE CLAEKE PAPERS

Underwood, alderman, iv. 23
Union, Act of (with Scotland), iii. 80-82 ;
iv. xi, 37, 38, 43, 49, 60-65
Uteland (i.e. Jutland), iv. 30

Vane, Sir Henry, Ui. 3, 68-71, 86, 106,
214, 215; iv. 6, 8, 9, 48, 49, 93, 133,
134, 136, 211, 261, 299, 300; regi
ment of, iv. 42
Van Tromp, iii. 7
Veale, Mr., iv. 36
Venables, major-general Eobert, iii.
xxviii, xix, 43, 44, 47, 51-53, 35-
57
Venice, iii. 45, 60
Vessey, captain, iii. 78
Viner, WiUiam, iv. 82

Wagstatp, Sir Joseph, iii. ix, 27-29, 32,
34
Wake (Wakes), WiUiam, ui. 36, 37
Wales, iii. 26-28, 62, 66, 81 ; iv. 39, 42,
251
Walcot, captain Thomas, iv. 146, 252
Walker, Henry, iii. 16
Walker, WiUiam, iv. 146
Waller, sir Hardress, iii. 50 ; iv. xix, 95,
96, 202-204, 225, 237, 242
Waller, captain, iv. 224
WaUer, sir William, iii. 144, 145 ; iv.
29,39
Walley, captain, iv. 94
Wallingford House, iii. 52, 116, 187,
189, 192, 196, 211, 218 ; iv. 6, 7, 9,
64, 69, 77, 118, 163, 171, 187, 299,
300, 305
Wallington, captain Joseph, iv. 125,
127, 131, 140, 146, 148
WalUs, colonel Peter, iv. 95, 252
Walloons, iii. 157
Wallop, Eobert, iv. 178, 240
Walton, colonel Valentine, iv. xiii, 60,
71, 85, 139, 166, 166, 169 186, 208,
274,298
Warburton, Mr., iv. 32
Ware, iv. 101
Waring, Mr., iii. 7
Waring, major, iii. 115; iv. 45
Waring, sir Edmund, iv. 46
Warminster, iv. 210
Warneside, iv. 210
Warpoole, Jo., iv. 146

WaiTen, major Edward, iv. 203
Warren, captain Abel, iv. 96, 203
Warrington, co. Lancashire, iv. 31, 32,
38, 40, 44
Warriston, Lord. See Johnston
Warwick, Earl of (Bobert Eich), iii, 132,
141, 147
Warwick House, iii, 141, 142
Was, John, iv. 158
Waterhouse, captain Ealph, iv. 253
Watkinson, captain George, iii. 122
Watson, Thomas, iv. 84, 204
Watten, abbey of, iii. 119, 121
Wayne, Gabriel, iv. 58
Weaver, John, iii. 73; iv. 186, 188, 211,
217, 220, 248, 279
Webb, WiUiam, iv. 84
Webley, ensign, iii. 78
WeddeU, Eoger, iv. 84
Welch, Mr., iv. 229, 230
WeUs, the, iu. 70
Wentworth, William, iv. 147
West, colonel, iv. 31, 32
West Indies, iii. xvii-xix, 42, 43, 47, 49,
52, 60, 77, 79, 80, 86, 200, 203, 204,
206
Westminster, iii. 16, 29, 35, 42, 48, 67,
69, 70, 115, 118, 151, 168, 184, 193 ;
iv. vU, 23, 111, 124, 154, 186, 211,
222, 223, 237, 240, 244, 249, 277, 298,
301
Westminster Abbey, iU. 44, 72, 118, 161,
168, 176
Westminster HaU.iu. 40, 80, 180; iv. 3,
61, 71,85
Westmoreland, iv. 196, 218
Weston, iii. 22
Whalley, commissary-general Edward,
iu. 2, 3, 7, 60, 141, 143, 146, 165, 182,
212; iv. 24, 38, 82, 83, 104, 185, 215 ;
regiment of, iv. 19, 24
Whalley, Henry, iii. 146
Wharton, Lord (Philip), iu. 132, 134
Whetham, colonel Nathaniel, iii. 216 ;
iv. 166, 169, 170, 188
Whetstone, captain, iii. 173
Whetstone, Levina, iii. 141
Whetstone, Eoger„iii. 141
Whetstone sir Thomas, iv. 305, 306
Whitchurch, iv. 42
White, captain Thomaa, iii. xix, 54
White, colonel Charles, iv. 43, 45
White, colonel WUUam, iv. 251, 264
White, Jacob, iv. 92

INDEX

331

White, Ueutenant-colonel Francip, iU.
2, 11, 82, 87, 122, 146
WhitehaU, iu. xxiv, xxvi, 15, 16, 21, 39,
45-47, 52, 65, 71, 75, 87, 88, 90, 92,
98, 102, 104, 107, 129. 181, 142, 148,
161-164, 168, 173, 191-193, 212, 213 ;
iv. xxiv, 16, 43, 66, 67, 68, 75, 78, 83,
87, 100, 134, 136, 165, 186, 262, 299,
300
Whitelocke, Bulstrode, iii. 20, 89, 41,
48, 49, 75, 85, 88, 173; iv. 49, 59, 60,
133, 136, 136, 300
Whittingham, co. Northumberland, iv.
xxiii
Whittlesea, iii. 141
Widdrington, sir Thomas, iii. 73 ; iv.
250
Wigan, CO. Lancashire, iv. 32, 39
Wigan, major John, iv. 25
Wight, Isle of, in. 24, 53, 60; iv. 43,
216
Wigton, iv. 79
Wildman, John, iii. 28-25, 67
Wildman, WilUam, iv. 147
Wilkes, colonel Timothy, iii. 71 ; iv. 25,
64, 67, 88, 89, 96, 97, 99, 104, 110,
111, 117, 118, 120, 129, 138, 137, 140,
143, 164, 182, 197, 198, 199, 299
Wilkes, Samuel, iv. 128
Wilkinson, William, iv. 147
Wilier, Jacob, iv. 82
WiUiams, captain Eichard, iv. 147, 159,
160
Williams, sir Abraham, iii. 18
WilUs, Edward, iii. 36, 37
WiUis, sir Bichard, iv. xxiv, 305
WiUoughby, lord, iii. 43 ; iv. 39
WiUoughby, WiUiam, iii. 33
Wilmot, Henry, earl of Eochester, iii.
32 33
WUmott, Peter, iv. 210
Wilson, Abraham, ui. 36, 37
Wilson, James, iv. 147
Wilton, Joseph, iv. 128
Wiltshire, iv. 281
Wimbledon, iii. 69, 99, 114
Windham, Wadham (judge), iii. 32, 34,
35, 40, 41, 164 ; iv. 284
Windsor Castle, iu. 24, 32, 40, 53, 70;
iv. 232

Winlop, Eichard, iv. 84
Winslow, Edward, iii. 6, 47
Winsmcre, Eichard, iv. 146
Winter, Dr. Samuel, iv. 43
Winter, Eobert, iv. 178, 240
Winthrop, John, iii. xxiv
Winthrop, major and colonel Stephen,
iU. 11, 68
Winwick, co. Lancashire, iv. 32
Witter, captain and lieutenant-colonel
Joseph, iv. 28, 158, 160, 210
Wolseley, sir Charles, iii. 9, 114
Wood, Seth, iv. 82, 186
Woodman, Benjamin, iv. 146
Wooler, CO. Northumberland, iv. xxiii,
179, 238, 240
Woolwich, iii. 26
Worcester, battle of, iii. 118 ; iv. 50, 52
Worcester College, iv. 274
Worcester House, iii. 72
Worseley, lieutenant-colonel Charles,
iU. 50, 67
Worth, Dr. Edward, in. 77
Wright, James, iv. 58, 157, 158
Wright, Thomas, iv. 58
Wyld, chief baron, iv. 284
Wyndham. See Windham
Wyn, Mr., iv. 168

Yeovil (EviU), iu. 28
York, city of, iii. 25, 27, 30, 80 ; iv. xxii,
33, 74, 104, 109-111, 127, 130, 131,
221, 239, 243-245, 247, 248, 251, 266
York, county of, iii. 6, 25, 27, 28, 115,
172, 173; iv. 32, 39, 42, 141,174,253,
266
York, duke of (James Stuart), iii. 12,
24, 154, 156, 158, 160 ; iv. 144
York House, in. 166, 167
Younge, Ueutenant-colonel, iii. 28
Ypres, iu. 156, 163

Zanchey (or Sankey), colonel Hierome,
iii. 196 ; iv. 251
Zealand, iU. 7, 171
Zouch, Edward, iii. 33
Zouch, Henry, iii. 33
Zurich, iii. 68

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