VOTES of the HOƲSE of COMMONS FOR Divers of their Members, to Answer an Impeachment, and the times set to Each of them.
Mr. John Macquire condemned to bee hanged, Foure others quit, the manner of their Triall. Mr. Stewart sick of the Plague.
ALSO Papers from the AGITATORS of the ARMY, to his Excellency Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX: IN Prosecution of their Remonstrance against the Members that were ingaged in the late intended VVARRE.
⟨7ber 6th⟩ Printed at London by Robert Ibbitson, 1647.
Papers delivered by the Agitators of the Army to his Excellency Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX
WHereas upon the 23 of August last, the Conscience of our duty to God and the Kingdom to prosecute our Protestation constrained us to declare our sense of the inviolable Ingagement of the Army, immediately to restrain those late usurpers of Parliamentary power from sitting in Parliament, to obstruct all proceedings tending to the Kingdomes peace: and notwithstanding we have waited with much patience, expecting that the Parliaments zeal to the publick good would have made those Intruders and Designers of mischeife a burden so intollerable to their spirits, that they would rather have caled for the Armys assistance to eject them, then to have permitted them to sit there; yet all our expectations are hitherto, [Page 2] frustrate, and no endeavours to that end are visible, we therefore in faithfulnesse to our principles and in a deep sense of the blood and confusion that threatens the Nation, by reason of the delays of removing the peoples burdens, and clearing and securing their Rights and Freedoms, which proceeds from those Incendiaries sitting in Parliament, cannot but humbly represent once more to your Excellency.
That we are weary of waiting and that the peoples growing miseries and distresses presseth us not to forbeare any longer to use the utmost of our indeavours to make our Protestation real and effectual in restraining all those Usurpers and Incendiaries from sitting in Parliament in case they should not immediately be removed, that then those retarders and obstructors of the Freedom of all Parliamentary actings, being expelled from the House; that wicked designe of our enemies to make the Army burdensome to the Nation by inforcing them to take free-quarter through want of pay might be crushed, and the Parliament might proceed speedily to settle the Kingdomes Peace, Which is the [Page 3] continued desire of us whose names are subscribed,
- Jo. Renolds
- Fran. Allen
- Will. Rainsborow
- Io. Willoughby
- Geo. Ioyce
- Fran. White
- Edw. Vaughan
- Nath. Foxgill
- Io. Dober
- Ioh. Wells
- Iohn Wilson
- Iohn Blackmore
- Tobias Bridge
- Wil. Ioans
- Tho. Sheapard
- Nat, Vnderwood
- Io. Wood
- Steven Combe
- Nich. Rawlins
- Rich. Nixon
- Tho. Robinson
- Edw. Sexby
- Timo. Thornbrough
- Rich. Iohnson
- Henry Githings
- Rich. Grant
- Wil. Pryor
- Edw. Twigg
- Edw. Orpin
- Wil. Knolles
- Io. Tayler
- Will. Wilkinson
- Geo. Stenson
- Rich. Flower
- Rich. Thomas
- Edm. Garne
- Rich. Creed
- Tho. Michel.
- Io. Radman
- Iacob Summers
- Bart. Willock.
Septemb. 2, 1647.
Severall Votes of the House of Commons concerning some of the Members who acted in the promoting of the late intended Warre.
UPon Reports from the Committee for the examinations of the mutinies, and the forceing the Houses, and the designes of the late intended warre, the House of Commons ordered.
First, That Sir John Clotworthy, Sir William [Page 4] Lewis, Col. Long, & Sir William Waller Members of the House of Commons, who are gone beyond the Seas, bee summoned to appeare before the House within the space of six weeks, to deliver in their answers, to the Impeachment against them.
Secondly, That Mr. Bainton a Member of the House of Commons be suspended the House during pleasure.
Thirdly, That Col. Anthony Nicholls, a Member of the House of Commons who being sent up prisoner from the Army, and delivered to the custody of one of the Officers of the House, and after made an escape, be summoned to appeare before the House, and deliver in his Answer to the Impeachment against him within the space of six weeks.
Fourthly, That Mr. Glynn Recorder of the City of London, a Member of the House of Commons, who is at his House at VVestminster, be summoned to appeare before the House, on Munday next Septem. 6. 1647. to deliver in his Answer to the Impeachment against him.
Fiftly, That Leivtenant Generall Massey a Member of the House of Commons who is gone beyond the Seas, bee summoned to deliver in his Answer within six weekes time, to the Impeachment against him.
Sixtly, That Sir John Maynard a Member of the House of Commons who is at his house at Tooting, foure miles from London, be summoned to appeare before the House on Tuesday▪ next Sep. 7. 1647. to deliver in his Answer to the Impeachment against him.
At the Sessions in the Old-Bayliffe for the Goale delivery for the Prisoners in New-Gate, which ended on Saturday Sep. 4. 1647.
SIX persons were imprisoned in Newgate about the Ryot and murder at Guild-Hall by Collonel Generall Poyntz, and the Reformadoes.
1. One Mr. Stewart, was not brought to the Bench to be tryed this Sessions, because he is infected with the plague.
2. Some others imprisoned not found guilty
3. John Macquire, an Irishman (formerly an officer under the Earle of Essex, And after Captain-Leiu. to Collonell Cooke was accused to be one of the chiefe of the Riotours, and was indited for murther (some said his sword was seene bloody.) The said John [Page 6] Macquire, pleaded not guilty, confessed that he was there, but had no sword at all, that when he saw them with drawne swords, hee took a paring shovell out of a womans hand, that he had no other weapon, and used that only for his defence; and pleaded moreover that he had been long in the Parliaments service: And argued his case thus, that the wound was with a sword wherewith the party that dyed was wounded, which could not be his weapon, it being a paring shovell.
After the witnesses were all heard, and the said Macquere had spoken what he would, the Jury received their charge, and being agreed delivered in their verdit:
That the said John Macquire is guilty of a Riot.
The Recorder advertised the Jury that they must either bring it in muther or cleare him, for he was indited for murther, and not for a Riot.
Then the Jury withdrew againe, and delivered in their verdit the second time, That the said John Macquire is guilty of murther.
For which the Bench have adjudged him to be hanged.