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             A Declaration by direction of the committee at Yorke to their deluded and oppressed countrey-men also the letters with the propositions and articles sent to the Earle of Newcastle upon which he entred this county, and his answer thereunto : with observations thereupon.
             Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676.
          
           [2], 21 p.
           
             By Tho. Broad,
             Printed at Yorke :
             1645.
          
           
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
        
      
    
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           A
           DECLARATION
           By
           Direction
           of
           the
           COMMITTEE
           AT
           YORKE
           ,
           TO
           
             Their
             deluded
             and
             oppressed
             Countrey-men
             .
          
        
         
           ALSO
           The
           Letters
           ,
           with
           the
           Propositions
           and
           Articles
           sent
           to
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Newcastle
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           he
           entred
           this
           County
           ,
           and
           his
           Answer
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           With
           Observations
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           
             Yorke
          
           by
           
             Tho.
             Broad
             .
          
           1645.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Declaration
           by
           the
           Committee
           at
           York
           ,
           to
           their
           deluded
           and
           oppressed
           Countrey-men
           .
        
         
           WHen
           the
           Royall
           presence
           and
           the
           traine
           of
           a
           number
           of
           Malignant
           Nobility
           was
           lately
           among
           you
           ,
           when
           Courtly
           ,
           curious
           ,
           and
           cunningly
           penned
           Language
           was
           written
           ,
           and
           uttered
           in
           your
           hearing
           ,
           when
           you
           saw
           so
           many
           of
           the
           Gentry
           of
           this
           County
           your
           Neighbours
           and
           Land-lords
           flock
           to
           
             Yorke
             ,
          
           and
           adhere
           to
           ,
           and
           assist
           the
           conspirators
           and
           contrivers
           of
           that
           opposition
           and
           force
           against
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           since
           hath
           broken
           forth
           ,
           and
           been
           manifested
           to
           all
           the
           Kingdome
           .
           It
           is
           no
           great
           wonder
           though
           the
           Common
           sort
           were
           
           deceived
           and
           came
           up
           in
           such
           flockes
           to
           
             Heworth-Moore
          
           to
           doe
           service
           to
           the
           golden
           Idoll
           .
           But
           do
           but
           look
           a
           few
           years
           beyond
           that
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           see
           severall
           oppressions
           upon
           the
           Subject
           by
           all
           manner
           of
           Monopolies
           and
           Extortions
           of
           money
           ;
           Lawes
           trodden
           under
           foot
           ,
           Justice
           set
           to
           sale
           in
           every
           Court
           ,
           from
           the
           highest
           Bench
           in
           
             Westminster-hall
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Sessions
           and
           Commission
           of
           Sowers
           in
           the
           Countrey
           .
           The
           purity
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           stained
           with
           Popish
           ,
           Arminian
           ,
           and
           other
           new
           invented
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           Authority
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           Pulpits
           ;
           and
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God
           turned
           into
           apish
           and
           popish
           inventions
           of
           men
           :
           Popery
           grew
           fast
           and
           received
           favour
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Ministers
           suppressed
           and
           disgraced
           .
           And
           Parliaments
           (
           which
           were
           the
           proper
           and
           onely
           remedy
           to
           help
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           diseases
           in
           the
           politicke
           body
           )
           not
           onely
           abandoned
           ,
           but
           by
           Proclamation
           declared
           a
           high
           crime
           ,
           for
           any
           one
           to
           say
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Parliament
           
           called
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           none
           in
           foureteene
           yeares
           ;
           in
           which
           time
           the
           distempers
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           by
           such
           misguidance
           grew
           so
           deadly
           ,
           especially
           by
           the
           Scotish
           Army
           raised
           in
           defence
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           and
           brought
           into
           this
           to
           prevent
           inroades
           into
           their
           owne
           ,
           by
           the
           forces
           raised
           by
           instigation
           of
           the
           Prelaticall
           party
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           end
           this
           Soveraigne
           Parliament
           was
           summoned
           by
           due
           course
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           so
           established
           as
           never
           Parliament
           was
           before
           ,
           by
           the
           highest
           confirmation
           this
           Kingdome
           can
           give
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           dissolved
           against
           their
           wills
           ,
           unlesse
           by
           the
           sword
           of
           Traytors
           .
           When
           this
           Parliament
           had
           sitten
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           had
           beene
           courted
           by
           granting
           severall
           convenient
           Lawes
           to
           sweeten
           the
           bitternesse
           was
           past
           :
           This
           bridle
           of
           Tyranny
           and
           soveraigne
           purge
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           &
           Churches
           Maladies
           ,
           could
           no
           longer
           be
           indured
           ,
           by
           the
           Prelaticall
           and
           Malignant
           party
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           no
           Jesuiticall
           craft
           could
           dissolve
           ,
           is
           resolved
           upon
           ,
           the
           Sword
           must
           ,
           
           and
           after
           many
           bitter
           reviling
           words
           from
           
             York
          
           in
           Declarations
           and
           Answers
           against
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           the
           Law
           sayes
           ,
           
             No
             man
             ought
             to
             thinke
             dishonourably
          
           )
           Within
           this
           unhappy
           County
           ,
           (
           and
           by
           it
           )
           which
           will
           be
           an
           infamy
           to
           the
           Actors
           for
           ever
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           applawces
           for
           it
           by
           the
           Court
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           many
           ;
           the
           first
           allowed
           Arms
           were
           taken
           up
           ,
           and
           the
           Commands
           of
           Parliament
           disobeyed
           ,
           and
           their
           Messengers
           and
           Officers
           with
           Scorne
           abused
           ,
           and
           the
           Judgement
           of
           that
           most
           Honourable
           Court
           which
           is
           the
           eye
           and
           reason
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           in
           the
           question
           of
           the
           
             Militia
          
           contemned
           ,
           and
           the
           opinions
           of
           private
           men
           admired
           and
           advanced
           ,
           which
           the
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           never
           appointed
           ,
           nor
           is
           of
           any
           value
           .
           When
           the
           King
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Malignant
           Gentry
           of
           this
           County
           whose
           names
           are
           hereafter
           mentioned
           ,
           had
           in
           order
           to
           these
           opinions
           of
           flattering
           aspiring
           Lawyers
           about
           the
           Throne
           ,
           of
           which
           it
           never
           wanted
           ,
           more
           (
           then
           a
           good
           many
           )
           
           had
           seised
           upon
           the
           
             Militia
          
           of
           this
           County
           ,
           the
           King
           with
           some
           of
           that
           
             Militia
          
           departs
           into
           the
           other
           neighbour
           Counties
           to
           doe
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           same
           Gentry
           the
           first
           Illegall
           and
           unjust
           Assesment
           of
           eight
           thousand
           pound
           is
           put
           upon
           the
           Countrey
           to
           maintaine
           some
           part
           of
           that
           
             Militia
          
           left
           behind
           ,
           to
           suppresse
           the
           Lawes
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Gentry
           ,
           who
           obeyed
           the
           Judgement
           and
           Direction
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           this
           was
           opposed
           as
           a
           thing
           against
           Law
           ,
           so
           much
           bragged
           on
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           square
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           an
           oppression
           which
           made
           but
           way
           for
           a
           greater
           ,
           as
           in
           short
           time
           it
           proved
           ,
           rising
           from
           8000.
           to
           30000
           l.
           by
           month
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           80.
           thousand
           l.
           
             per
             mensem
             .
          
           When
           these
           Gentlemens
           unlawfull
           powers
           assembled
           at
           
             Yorke
          
           could
           not
           defend
           such
           their
           unjust
           proceedings
           ,
           nor
           their
           persons
           from
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           nor
           the
           forces
           raised
           to
           suppress
           these
           trespasses
           and
           trayterous
           acts
           against
           the
           State
           and
           Law
           ,
           they
           conspire
           to
           call
           into
           the
           
           County
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Newcastle
             ,
          
           then
           under
           censure
           of
           Parliament
           for
           High-treason
           ,
           and
           a
           Semi-papian
           and
           an
           Athisticall
           person
           ,
           as
           was
           more
           declared
           afterward
           by
           that
           horrid
           crew
           he
           brought
           in
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           presse
           him
           by
           arguments
           of
           Service
           to
           the
           King
           and
           his
           own
           Honour
           to
           come
           to
           their
           assistance
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           truth
           to
           protect
           themselves
           against
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
           
             Newcastle
          
           entertaines
           the
           motion
           ,
           upon
           termes
           of
           horrible
           oppression
           to
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           the
           Queene
           .
           And
           these
           oppressours
           of
           their
           Countrey
           agree
           to
           all
           ,
           and
           especially
           to
           that
           Proposition
           about
           the
           Queene
           ,
           and
           promise
           any
           further
           contribution
           to
           that
           good
           service
           .
           And
           by
           a
           second
           Letter
           ,
           magnifie
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Newcastle
          
           for
           his
           entertaining
           the
           invitation
           ,
           and
           make
           vows
           of
           honour
           and
           obedience
           to
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           tell
           of
           their
           distresses
           for
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           about
           traiterously
           to
           destroy
           both
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           fountain
           and
           
           bulwarke
           both
           of
           Law
           and
           Justice
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           make
           him
           a
           King
           of
           bruites
           and
           not
           reasonable
           men
           .
           This
           Lord
           thus
           courted
           ,
           checks
           at
           one
           Article
           ,
           omitted
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           maine
           one
           to
           inrich
           his
           Popish
           Tyrannical
           Officers
           and
           Minions
           with
           a
           full
           pay
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           be
           granted
           ,
           then
           his
           little
           Lordship
           is
           in
           a
           huge
           disposition
           to
           be
           really
           the
           faithfull
           Servant
           of
           these
           complotters
           and
           enemies
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           as
           he
           afterwards
           proved
           ,
           being
           the
           Leader
           ,
           (
           
             Judas
          
           like
           )
           to
           these
           betrayers
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Cause
           ,
           but
           are
           since
           fallen
           backward
           to
           the
           ground
           as
           that
           Band
           of
           men
           did
           .
           At
           the
           Rendition
           of
           
             Pomfret
          
           Castle
           there
           was
           found
           the
           Originall
           Letters
           by
           which
           this
           bargaine
           was
           made
           with
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Newcastle
          
           by
           the
           Conspiratours
           to
           sell
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           was
           of
           worth
           in
           it
           to
           that
           Popish
           Commander
           and
           Army
           :
           which
           Letters
           being
           shewed
           to
           the
           Commitees
           for
           that
           County
           attending
           at
           
             York
             ,
          
           and
           by
           them
           duely
           considered
           of
           ,
           it
           was
           
           agreed
           and
           thought
           fit
           that
           those
           Letters
           should
           be
           Printed
           ,
           and
           a
           Declaration
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           posterity
           might
           see
           who
           had
           been
           the
           chief
           destroyers
           of
           their
           Country
           .
        
         
           The
           Letters
           are
           these
           being
           examined
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Committee
           appointed
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           the
           Originalls
           remaine
           in
           safe
           hands
           to
           be
           seene
           by
           any
           man
           that
           shall
           desire
           it
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               IT
               is
               the
               desire
               of
               us
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               of
               the
               Gentry
               of
               this
               County
               to
               crave
               assistance
               from
               your
               Lordship
               in
               this
               time
               of
               Mr.
               
               
                 Hotham's
              
               infesting
               the
               Countrey
               ;
               which
               favour
               we
               shall
               alwayes
               acknowledge
               from
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               the
               bolder
               in
               this
               businesse
               ,
               because
               we
               know
               it
               to
               be
               a
               great
               Service
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               by
               the
               preservation
               of
               this
               County
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               much
               to
               your
               Honour
               ,
               to
               preserve
               in
               peace
               and
               safety
               .
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               Your
               Lordship●
               most
               humble
               Servants
               .
               
                 York
                 ,
                 
                   Sept.
                   26.
                   1642.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Savile
                     ▪
                  
                   
                     George
                     Wentworth
                  
                   
                   
                     William
                     Savile
                  
                   
                     Tho.
                     Gower
                     ,
                     
                       Vi
                       .
                       Co.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     Henry
                     Slingsby
                  
                   
                     Peter
                     Middleton
                  
                   
                     Iohn
                     Key
                     .
                  
                   
                     John
                     Ramsden
                  
                   
                     Fardinando
                     Leigh
                  
                   
                     Iohn
                     Mallery
                  
                   
                     Francis
                     Nevill
                     .
                  
                   
                     Tho.
                     Ingram
                  
                   
                     Iohn
                     Goodricke
                     .
                  
                   
                     Richard
                     Hutton
                     .
                  
                   
                     William
                     Ingram
                     .
                  
                   
                     Robert
                     Rockley
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Noble
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 I
              
               Have
               received
               from
               you
               a
               Letter
               of
               invitation
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               Sir
               
                 Mar.
                 Langdale
                 ,
              
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Aldburgh
                 ,
              
               and
               shall
               (
               for
               the
               esteeme
               and
               affection
               
                 I
              
               beare
               in
               generall
               to
               the
               Country
               ,
               being
               my
               native
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               in
               particular
               to
               many
               of
               you
               to
               whom
               
                 I
              
               have
               the
               Honour
               to
               be
               knowne
               )
               be
               ready
               to
               contribute
               my
               best
               aid
               and
               assistance
               in
               that
               worke
               ,
               since
               it
               is
               likely
               to
               conduce
               to
               his
               Majesties
               Service
               ,
               and
               peace
               and
               quiet
               of
               all
               his
               good
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               to
               conclude
               this
               agreement
               ,
               
                 I
              
               have
               sent
               you
               inclosed
               certaine
               Propositions
               ,
               which
               by
               way
               of
               Articles
               should
               be
               drawne
               ,
               and
               signed
               and
               s●aled
               by
               you
               ,
               and
               as
               many
               more
               as
               you
               shall
               ingage
               in
               
               that
               worke
               ,
               which
               I
               shall
               expect
               from
               you
               before
               
                 I
              
               march
               .
               And
               so
               presenting
               my
               Service
               to
               you
               all
               ,
               
                 I
              
               remaine
               ,
            
             
               
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 
                   Sep.
                   30.
                   1642.
                   
                
              
               
                 Your
                 most
                 faithfull
                 Servant
                 ,
                 W.
                 N.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               To
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               and
               my
               Noble
               friends
               the
               Nobilitie
               and
               Gentrie
               now
               assembled
               at
               York
               for
               his
               Majesties
               present
               service
               .
            
             
               Propositions
               in
               answer
               to
               your
               Letter
               of
               Invitation
               .
            
             
               FIrst
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               all
               your
               consents
               and
               promises
               that
               the
               Army
               be
               paid
               whilest
               they
               are
               in
               that
               County
               .
            
             
               That
               an
               Assessement
               be
               laid
               upon
               the
               Countrey
               to
               enable
               you
               for
               that
               undertaking
               ,
               and
               that
               if
               money
               be
               not
               gotten
               in
               time
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               have
               free
               Billet
               for
               the
               Souldiers
               ,
               for
               which
               Billet
               you
               are
               to
               ingage
               your selves
               to
               the
               Quarters
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Officers
               be
               paid
               according
               to
               his
               Majesties
               present
               establishment
               ,
               out
               of
               that
               Assesment
               .
            
             
             
               That
               there
               be
               some
               of
               the
               Gentry
               of
               that
               Country
               appointed
               as
               a
               Committee
               ,
               enabled
               by
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Gentry
               ,
               to
               agree
               and
               conclude
               of
               such
               further
               Propositions
               as
               may
               happen
               to
               be
               necessary
               for
               this
               Service
               ,
               and
               not
               here
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               to
               march
               along
               with
               the
               Army
               ,
               whose
               councell
               and
               assistance
               from
               time
               to
               time
               I
               am
               resolved
               to
               use
               .
            
             
               That
               I
               have
               assurance
               that
               all
               manner
               of
               Provisions
               fit
               for
               an
               Army
               ,
               be
               prepared
               and
               brought
               to
               the
               Army
               the
               first
               day
               it
               enters
               .
            
             
               That
               since
               this
               Army
               was
               levied
               ,
               a
               purpose
               to
               guard
               her
               Majesties
               person
               ,
               that
               it
               shall
               not
               be
               held
               a
               breach
               of
               any
               engagement
               betwixt
               us
               ,
               if
               I
               retire
               with
               such
               numbers
               ,
               as
               I
               shall
               thinke
               fit
               for
               that
               service
               .
            
             
               
                 W.
                 N.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               WEE
               have
               received
               from
               your
               Lordship
               an
               Answer
               to
               our
               Letters
               of
               
               Invitation
               ,
               (
               Noble
               as
               your selfe
               )
               which
               shall
               we
               hope
               make
               you
               the
               Master
               of
               such
               a
               worke
               of
               Honour
               ,
               as
               besides
               your
               great
               Service
               it
               will
               be
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               shall
               both
               enoble
               your selfe
               farther
               and
               oblige
               us
               .
               We
               have
               signed
               and
               sent
               unto
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               Articles
               proportionable
               to
               your
               Lordships
               desire
               (
               as
               we
               conceive
               ,
               )
               besides
               a
               particular
               power
               to
               those
               Gentlemen
               now
               with
               you
               ,
               more
               fully
               to
               declare
               our selves
               .
               My
               Lord
               ,
               beleeve
               this
               ,
               That
               wee
               suffer
               here
               no
               distresses
               ,
               but
               for
               our
               Loyalty
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               your
               Lordships
               favour
               to
               us
               will
               equally
               oblige
               both
               ;
               therefore
               ,
               Good
               my
               Lord
               ,
               make
               all
               possible
               speed
               to
               march
               hither
               ,
               or
               to
               send
               some
               force
               before
               ,
               lest
               a
               little
               delay
               make
               all
               our
               endeavours
               fruitlesse
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               generall
               ,
               beleeve
               that
               their
               is
               nothing
               in
               the
               power
               of
               us
               ,
               or
               of
               this
               County
               ,
               which
               shall
               not
               faithfully
               serve
               you
               ,
               and
               more
               you
               cannot
               expect
               from
               ,
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               Your
               most
               faithfull
               and
               humble
               Servants
               .
               
                 
                 
                   
                     H.
                     Cumberland
                  
                   
                     Savile
                  
                   
                     Tho.
                     Gower
                     ,
                     
                       Vi
                       .
                       co
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     William
                     Savile
                  
                   
                     Henry
                     Griffith
                  
                   
                     Henry
                     Slingesby
                  
                   
                     Edward
                     Stanhope
                     .
                  
                   
                     Iohn
                     Key
                  
                   
                     John
                     Mallery
                  
                   
                     Ferdinando
                     Leigh
                  
                   
                     William
                     Ingilby
                  
                   
                     John
                     Ramsden
                  
                   
                     George
                     Wentworth
                  
                   
                     Conyers
                     Darcy
                  
                   
                     Robert
                     Strickland
                     .
                  
                   
                     William
                     Wentworth
                     .
                  
                   
                     Ingram
                     Hopton
                     .
                  
                   
                     Iohn
                     Goodricke
                     .
                  
                   
                     William
                     Wentworth
                     .
                  
                   
                     John
                     Batty
                     .
                  
                   
                     Richard
                     Hutton
                  
                   
                     Francis
                     Monckton
                  
                   
                     Robert
                     Rockley
                  
                   
                     W.
                     Thornton
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Answer
               of
               the
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               of
               Yorkshire
               ,
               assembled
               at
               York
               for
               His
               Majesties
               Service
               to
               the
               Propositions
               sent
               unto
               them
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earle
               of
               Newcastle
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               THat
               your
               Lordship
               shall
               have
               our
               consents
               and
               promises
               ,
               the
               Army
               which
               your
               Lordship
               shall
               bring
               with
               you
               into
               this
               County
               for
               the
               defence
               thereof
               ,
               shall
               be
               paid
               by
               this
               County
               .
            
             
             
               2.
               
               There
               is
               an
               Assessement
               of
               eight
               thousand
               pounds
               already
               laid
               upon
               this
               County
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               levied
               as
               soone
               as
               by
               your
               Lordships
               assistance
               we
               are
               enabled
               to
               doe
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               till
               money
               be
               gotten
               in
               ,
               your
               Souldiers
               shall
               have
               free
               billet
               ,
               for
               which
               we
               will
               engage
               our selves
               to
               the
               Quarters
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               payment
               of
               your
               Officers
               for
               the
               Army
               ,
               it
               is
               referred
               to
               the
               Committee
               for
               this
               County
               ,
               who
               have
               Instructions
               and
               power
               to
               treat
               and
               conclude
               with
               your
               Lordship
               in
               that
               particular
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               There
               shall
               be
               a
               Committee
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Gentry
               of
               the
               County
               appointed
               ,
               and
               enabled
               by
               the
               rest
               to
               agree
               ,
               and
               conclude
               of
               such
               further
               Propositions
               as
               may
               happen
               to
               be
               necessary
               for
               this
               service
               ,
               not
               here
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               to
               march
               along
               with
               your
               Lordships
               Army
               ,
               whose
               councell
               and
               assistance
               wee
               desire
               your
               Lordship
               may
               use
               ,
               the
               names
               of
               which
               Committee
               wee
               send
               your
               Lordship
               herewithall
               ,
               who
               are
               appointed
               to
               attend
               you
               at
               
                 Newcastle
                 ,
              
               and
               
               to
               march
               along
               with
               your
               Army
               ,
               when
               you
               enter
               into
               the
               County
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               assoone
               as
               we
               have
               notice
               of
               your
               Lordships
               march
               ,
               we
               will
               use
               all
               possible
               means
               to
               bring
               to
               your
               Army
               all
               such
               provisions
               ,
               as
               this
               Countrey
               can
               afford
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               We
               are
               tender
               of
               the
               safety
               of
               her
               Majesties
               person
               ,
               that
               we
               shall
               not
               onely
               consent
               to
               your
               Lordships
               performance
               of
               that
               service
               ,
               but
               will
               also
               contribute
               our
               utmost
               endeavours
               to
               assist
               your
               Lordship
               therein
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Lastly
               ,
               we
               have
               appointed
               our
               Committee
               to
               be
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Edward
                 Osborne
                 ,
              
               Baronet
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Marmaduke
                 Langdale
              
               Knight
               ▪
               
                 Francis
                 Tindall
              
               and
               
                 Richard
                 Aldburgh
              
               Esquires
               ,
               and
               given
               them
               Instructions
               and
               power
               to
               treat
               with
               your
               Lordship
               and
               to
               conclude
               in
               such
               particulars
               as
               may
               further
               conduce
               to
               this
               Service
               ,
               or
               in
               these
               Propositions
               admit
               a
               doubtfull
               interpretation
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     H.
                     Cumberland
                  
                   
                     Savile
                  
                   
                     Tho.
                     Gower
                     ,
                     
                       Vi
                       .
                       co
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     George
                     Wentworth
                  
                   
                     Conyers
                     Darey
                  
                   
                     Robert
                     Strickland
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     William
                     Savile
                  
                   
                     Henry
                     Griffith
                  
                   
                     Henry
                     Slingesby
                  
                   
                     Edward
                     Stanhope
                  
                   
                     Iohn
                     Key
                  
                   
                     John
                     Mallery
                  
                   
                     Ferdinando
                     Leigh
                  
                   
                     William
                     Ingilby
                  
                   
                     John
                     Ramsden
                  
                   
                     Iohn
                     Savile
                     .
                  
                   
                     William
                     Wentworth
                     .
                  
                   
                     Ingram
                     Hopton
                     .
                  
                   
                     Iohn
                     Goodricke
                  
                   
                     William
                     Wentworth
                     .
                  
                   
                     John
                     Batty
                     .
                  
                   
                     Richard
                     Hutton
                  
                   
                     Francis
                     Monckton
                  
                   
                     Robert
                     Rockley
                  
                   
                     Francis
                     Nevill
                     .
                  
                   
                     Walter
                     Haukesworth
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 My
                 Lords
                 and
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 I
              
               am
               to
               give
               you
               many
               thankes
               for
               your
               favourable
               Letter
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Aldburgh
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               signing
               so
               far
               my
               desired
               Articles
               ,
               which
               had
               no
               other
               end
               ,
               then
               the
               better
               to
               enable
               me
               to
               serve
               you
               .
               And
               
                 I
              
               beseech
               you
               give
               me
               〈◊〉
               as
               
                 I
              
               intend
               faithfully
               to
               serve
               you
               ,
               so
               to
               deale
               clearly
               and
               freely
               with
               you
               ,
               which
               I
               hold
               a
               duty
               ;
               The
               truth
               is
               ,
               I
               am
               very
               sorry
               you
               pleas'd
               to
               leave
               out
               the
               Article
               for
               the
               Officers
               pay
               ,
               or
               coldly
               refer'd
               it
               to
               your
               Committee
               ,
               being
               the
               principall
               thing
               in
               all
               the
               Articles
               ,
               for
               you
               know
               the
               Souldier●
               is
               encouraged
               with
               nothing
               
               but
               money
               ,
               or
               hopes
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               truely
               yesternight
               when
               I
               was
               going
               to
               bed
               ,
               there
               came
               Collonels
               and
               Lievtenant-Col
               .
               and
               said
               ,
               they
               heard
               you
               had
               left
               it
               out
               ,
               and
               for
               their
               parts
               ,
               that
               they
               must
               thinke
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               were
               so
               cantious
               not
               to
               grant
               it
               is
               paper
               ,
               before
               we
               came
               in
               ,
               they
               doubted
               very
               much
               of
               it
               in
               money
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               there
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               workman
               was
               worthy
               of
               his
               hire
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               discontented
               words
               ;
               so
               the
               truth
               is
               ,
               rather
               then
               not
               come
               cheerfully
               to
               serve
               you
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               come
               at
               all
               ,
               for
               
                 I
              
               see
               before-hand
               
                 I
              
               shall
               either
               disband
               with
               a
               Mutinie
               ,
               or
               fall
               of
               plundering
               without
               distinction
               ,
               either
               of
               which
               would
               be
               destructive
               to
               me
               :
               and
               besides
               ,
               I
               hold
               my self
               free
               ,
               since
               my
               Articles
               are
               not
               sign'd
               for
               
                 I
              
               never
               understood
               any
               of
               those
               Articles
               to
               be
               referr'd
               to
               the
               Committee
               ,
               but
               such
               things
               as
               we
               could
               not
               remember
               ,
               and
               the
               present
               occasion
               offer'd
               .
               Could
               
                 I
              
               pay
               them
               ,
               or
               his
               Majesties
               you
               should
               not
               have
               had
               such
               an
               Article
               ,
               but
               since
               that
               cannot
               be
               ,
               ●ou
               will
               pardon
               me
               in
               telling
               you
               how
               
                 I
              
               am
               capable
               to
               serve
               you
               ▪
               and
               how
               not
               ,
               and
               so
               
                 I
              
               rest
               in
               a
               huge
               disposition
               to
               be
               really
            
             
               
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 
                   Oct.
                   30.
                   1642.
                   
                
              
               
                 Your
                 most
                 faithfull
                 Servant
                 ,
                 W.
                 N.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Observation
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             plaine
             out
             of
             the
             first
             Letter
             that
             these
             Gentlemen
             began
             with
             a
             false
             Insinuation
             ,
             to
             terme
             themselves
             the
             most
             of
             the
             Gentry
             of
             
               Yorkeshire
               ,
            
             who
             are
             not
             the
             fourth
             part
             of
             them
             .
             In
             it
             they
             call
             Captaine
             
               Hothams
            
             coming
             to
             Doncaster
             ,
             which
             was
             by
             command
             of
             the
             Parliament
             of
             
               England
            
             to
             assist
             the
             Lord
             
               Fairfax
            
             to
             set
             up
             the
             
               Militia
               ,
            
             (
             an
             infesting
             the
             Country
             )
             They
             invite
             Athists
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             and
             who
             ever
             will
             to
             come
             to
             joyne
             with
             them
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             enable
             them
             to
             oppose
             the
             resolutions
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             call
             it
             great
             Service
             to
             the
             King
             and
             preservation
             of
             the
             Country
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             Country
             that
             bred
             them
             ,
             and
             more
             service
             to
             the
             Pope
             then
             the
             King
             .
             That
             Lord
             so
             invited
             ,
             yeelds
             presently
             to
             that
             bait
             they
             call
             Honour
             ,
             but
             inthralls
             them
             with
             Articles
             to
             oppresse
             the
             Country
             by
             Assessements
             which
             no
             Law
             warrants
             ,
             by
             Free-quarter
             which
             the
             knowne
             Lawes
             forbid
             to
             be
             taken
             without
             Authority
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             
             and
             they
             pawne
             their
             cred
             〈…〉
             poore
             County
             shall
             pay
             for
             all
             ,
             and
             〈…〉
             did
             .
             They
             are
             carefull
             to
             guard
             her
             Majesties
             person
             ,
             who
             had
             no
             care
             for
             the
             five
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             .
             They
             tel
             that
             Lord
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             Master
             (
             as
             they
             hope
             )
             of
             a
             work
             of
             Honour
             ,
             &c.
             which
             was
             to
             burn
             
               Bradford
               ,
            
             much
             of
             
               Yorke
               ,
            
             and
             numbers
             of
             other
             houses
             ;
             to
             rob
             ,
             plunder
             ,
             and
             imprison
             the
             well-affected
             of
             the
             County
             .
             They
             would
             have
             his
             Lordship
             beleeve
             they
             suffer
             no
             distresse
             but
             for
             loyalty
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             was
             but
             a
             sconce
             for
             their
             own
             protection
             from
             the
             Justice
             of
             Parliament
             ▪
             In
             the
             second
             Letter
             ,
             They
             tell
             that
             Lord
             his
             favour
             to
             them
             shall
             oblige
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             promise
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             the
             County
             shall
             not
             faithfully
             serve
             him
             ,
             so
             he
             will
             serve
             their
             turns
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             great
             part
             they
             performe
             it
             ;
             their
             bodies
             ,
             their
             estates
             ,
             their
             wives
             ,
             their
             daughters
             ,
             were
             his
             servants
             ,
             and
             his
             servants
             servants
             too
             :
             nay
             ,
             their
             consciences
             ,
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             true
             Ministers
             of
             it
             were
             made
             to
             serve
             that
             Papisticall
             
             crew
             .
             The
             proud
             
               Haman
               ,
            
             because
             he
             had
             all
             things
             but
             one
             granted
             him
             ,
             by
             their
             Articles
             ,
             (
             which
             was
             his
             Officers
             pay
             )
             that
             not
             granted
             or
             coldly
             referred
             to
             a
             Committee
             ,
             without
             this
             also
             hee
             lightly
             values
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             come
             to
             their
             assistance
             .
             Thus
             Country-men
             you
             see
             how
             you
             and
             all
             yours
             ,
             what
             ever
             is
             deare
             to
             any
             of
             you
             ,
             hath
             beene
             bought
             and
             sold
             by
             these
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             in
             stead
             of
             peace
             and
             preservation
             to
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             have
             brought
             in
             War
             ,
             Bloudshed
             and
             ruine
             upon
             it
             ;
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             Honour
             to
             his
             Lordship
             ,
             both
             he
             and
             they
             like
             blazing
             comets
             are
             gone
             out
             in
             a
             stinch
             ,
             which
             will
             last
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             
               It
               was
               thought
               fit
               to
               publish
               in
               Print
               one
               Letter
               more
               ,
               found
               in
               the
               same
               place
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               proper
               hand
               writing
               of
               Cap.
            
             John
             Htham
             ,
             
               written
               to
               the
               Enemy
               when
               he
               was
               the
               profest
               servant
               to
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               Hear
               the
               Letter
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     My
                     Noble
                     Lord
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   found
                   out
                   a
                   way
                   to
                   doe
                   his
                   Majesty
                   reall
                   Service
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     
                     to
                     be
                     your
                     Servant
                     without
                     scandall
                     ;
                     for
                     I
                     confesse
                     nothing
                     went
                     hard
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     I
                     could
                     not
                     come
                     in
                     to
                     your
                     Lordship
                     in
                     such
                     a
                     condition
                     as
                     befitted
                     him
                     that
                     you
                     esteem
                     worthy
                     your
                     friendship
                     .
                     I
                     shall
                     desire
                     you
                     would
                     by
                     this
                     Bearer
                     send
                     me
                     a
                     safe
                     conduct
                     for
                     forme
                     sake
                     ,
                     not
                     that
                     I
                     desire
                     or
                     care
                     for
                     it
                     :
                     if
                     you
                     could
                     write
                     me
                     but
                     a
                     word
                     what
                     my
                     L.
                  
                   Fairfax
                   hath
                   done
                   ,
                   I
                   could
                   make
                   great
                   advantage
                   of
                   it
                   in
                   this
                   businesse
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   thinke
                   you
                   will
                   see
                   such
                   a
                   considerable
                   party
                   brought
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   as
                   hath
                   not
                   beene
                   yet
                   ;
                   all
                   which
                   he
                   is
                   to
                   thank
                   you
                   for
                   .
                   I
                   shall
                   add
                   no
                   more
                   because
                   I
                   shall
                   wait
                   on
                   you
                   so
                   soon
                   ,
                   but
                   to
                   desire
                   the
                   countenance
                   of
                   your
                   good
                   opinion
                   ,
                   to
                
                 
                   
                     Lincolne
                     ,
                     
                       Aprill
                       15.
                       1643
                    
                  
                   
                     Your
                     most
                     affectionate
                     servant
                     ,
                     John
                     Hotham
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             By
             this
             secret
             contrived
             treason
             of
             his
             against
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             he
             suffered
             death
             is
             more
             discovered
             ,
             and
             that
             righteous
             sentence
             cleared
             and
             ratified
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .