OUR DEMANDS OF THE ENGLISH LORDS MANIFESTED, BEING AT RIPPON Octob. 8. 1640.  
WITH ANSWERS TO THE COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES GIVEN IN BY THE BISHOP OF DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, and some of NEWCASTLE; said to be committed by our Army.  
Printed, by MARGERY MARPRELAT. 1640.   


I R   decorative illustration consisting of a central Tudor rose surmounted by a crown with the Tudor rose and English lion on one side and the Scottish thistle and unicorn on the other  
At RIPPON the 8. of Octob. 1640.  
NOTHING is more hearty wished of us, and of those that sent us, then that the Treaty may begin tymously, and end happily. This moved us in our last Proposition to desire to know what your Lordships did conceive to be a competency for the maintenance of our Army; and now after his Majesty is acquainted therewith, we desire to know his Majesty's mind, that the Army being provided for in a competent manner; and so much being made known to such as sent us, according to the instructions which we have received from them, which make the maintenance of the Army grievous to the Treaty; we may with all diligence show them his Majesty's pleasure concerning the change of the place, and new power to be granted for concluding: And as we are uva ranted to give this answer, so will we not conceal our own thoughts about all this matter of the maintenance of the Army, transferring of the Treaty to York, and enlarging of our power. First, it is universally known that our Army was stayed in the March by his Majesty's special command, without which they might before this time, either have been better provided, or further advanced in their Petitions and Intentions; and that in hope of provision to be made this way, they have kept up from taking such ways, and using such means, as may serve for their necessary maintenance, which yet are not to lay any burden upon the Nation or good People of England, whose weal and happiness we seek as our own; and with whom we have determined as we have declared, to stand or to fall. But our meaning is, that our necessary maintenance being denied to the Army, we take ourselves to those Papists and Prelates, with their adherents, our professed enemies, and the unhappy instruments of all our troubles, and charges and hazards these years by past, who therefore ought in all equity to suffer in the same kind.  
Next we cannot conceive what danger may be apprehended in our going to York, and casting ourselves and others who may be joined with us into the hands of an Army, commanded by the Lieutenant of Ireland, against whom as a chief Incendiary (according to our Demands, which are the subject of the Treaty itself) we intent to insist; as is expressed, in our Remonstrance and Declaration, who hath in the Parliament of Ireland proceeded against us as Traitors, and Rebbels, the best Title it pleased his Lordship in his common Table to honour us with, whose Commission is to subdue and destroy us; and who by all means professeth the breaking up of all Treaties of peace, as fearing to be excluded in the end; command also by divers Papists, who conceive our Pacification to be their ruin and desolation; and where there are divers others our godless and disnaturall Countrymen, doing the most offices about his Majesty, and waiting the occasion of expressing their malice and revenge against us and their own Nation.  
Thirdly, the whole Committie cannot be transmitted to us and them, nor the want of neither hath been, nor needeth it to be any hindrance of the speedy progress and peaceable conclusion of the Treaty, since we have already in the beginning of our Conference showed to your Lordships what is the subject and substance of our demands.   

ANSWERS TO THE COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES GIVEN IN BY THE BISHOP OF DURHAM, NORTHUMBRLAND, and some of NEW-CASTLE; said to be committed by our Army.  

1. WE did crave in the Treaty that before Answer was given to them, that either the suppliants, or some representing them, may put their hands to the supplications and grievances, to the effect, that if they have Calumniated our Army, they may have Lex talionis.  
2. The necessity of our stay at Newcastle, with our Army, till we sent supplications to his Majesty, which was returned with a referrnce to the 24. Septemb. and a commandment to come no further into England.  
3. We sent to the justices of Peace to meet with us, that our regular way might be laid and prosecuted, for the entertainment of our Army with less trouble to the Country, whereof some came, and some refused; those of the Bishopric offered to lend us 350. pound per diem; those of Northumberland 300. pound per diem, the way of settling it being unknown to us, we conceived it a voluntary way of friendly borrowing. The projects of this raised almost as much more of the County; whereupon so many complaints came to us, that we took another course to prevent the abuse of ourselves and the Country.  
4. The offer of Newcastle was voluntary, and a contract for borrowed money: If we had been such as we are described, we might have used some rigour, which we have not done, seeing they have neither kept word, nor writ with us.  
5. In all our demands we meant nothing but borrowing from Protestants, and to repay it: but from Papists and Prelates prise, they having been our adversaries, and borne Arms against us.  
6. We have not 6. pence from any without order, but upon complaint the offenders being known, they have had redress to the full, and the offenders punished.  
7. For the Complaints of the Bishops, Deans, Prebends, Parsons, they rifled their own houses themselves, left their doors open, and fled from them: so that if there were justice in the Land, they may be accused before the Chief justice, for the pillaging their own houses, and accusing others.  
8. If any straggling Soldiers committed any pillaging, we do not allow it, but knowing it shall punish it.  
9 All robberies committed cannot be imputed to our Army, for before we came to Newburne: we took not a groat and after we came the King's Army had wasted all, that we found nothing but empty houses and waste ground.  
10. Many English put on blue Bonnets called themselves Scots, rob houses, and by the way some of them being now in prison for the same,  
11. Our victuals spent, we demanded victuals and money from the Town of Newcastle upon security; who refused at first to lend us any, only telling us where the King's Magdzeens was of Corn, Bread, Cheese, and Munition, which was not above 300. sterling.  
12. They denied us, that their Bakers and Brewers should provide: us any bread and drink, shifting us off, by telling us they were fled: our Soldiers for want, gave 12 pence for a loaf of rye Bread of 5. pound weight, and 4. pence a pottle of sod water, without any substance in it.  
13. We finding they had resolution to starve us, told them, if they would not sell us Corn, it behoved us to take it; and we sent to the Major desiring him to send Constable's, with some of our Officers, which he did, to see what Corn he could find: we agreed with the Merchants for it, and gave them security; and where the owners were fled, we made Inventoryes of it, in the presence of the Constable, for which we are accountable.  
14. When we had Corn, we could not get it ground, they saying their Millers were fled: these difficulties being put to, it was the mighty hand of God that kept our Army together from pillaging the Country.  
15. The chief m●n of Newcastle were gone, and 〈◊〉 transported their money and goods, nothing almost being left but some Corn, which we assured the Lord Almighty provided for us, and not for them.  
16. The Parson of Rye and of Wickham first rifled their own houses, and then fled, leaving nothing but a few Playbooks, and Pamphlets; and one old Cloak, with an old Woman, being the only living Christian in the Town; the rest being fled.  
17. What hath been done at Durham, is not so fully known to us, but we will inform ourselves, and make it known to you.  
18. What hath been done in any other persons houses is not known to any general Officer of our Army.  
19 If any disorderly act hath been committed, none here allows it.  
20. Lastly, the Ships that came with Rye were brought up the River, we wanting victuals, made a free bargain with the Merchants; paying them nigh 400. pound of their money, yet have they the victuals in their own possessions.    
FINIS.