A DECLARATION Of the LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT: That no Ships, Barks, or other Vessels shall from hence forward make any Voyage to Newcastle for the fetching of Coals, or any other Commodity, until that Town shall be reduced into such hands, as shall declare themselves for King and Parliament  
Die Sabbathi, 14 jan. 1642.  
ORdered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, that this Declaration shall be forthwith Printed and Published.  
John Browne, Cler. Parliament  
jan. 16. Printed for John Wright in the Old-Bailey. 1642.   

A DECLARATION Of the LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT.  
Die Sabbathi, 14. jan. 1642.  
THe Lords and Commons assembled in PARLIAMENT, taking into their consideration the number of Ships, and quantity of Money, that is every year employed from London, and other Parts and places of this Kingdom, for the fetching of Coals and Salt from Newcastle, Sunderland, and Blyth; And finding that since the beginning of the present Troubles, that Town of Newcastle, being possessed by Forces raised against the King, and Parliament, hath been, and is the principal Inlet of Foreign Aid, Forces, and Ammunition, for the strengthening of that Force that intends Destruction to the Parliament, and thereby to the Religion, Laws, and Liberties of this Kingdom; And taking into Consideration, that sufficient Coals be supplied from other Parts, for the use of this Kingdom, do Declare, That they are enforced for the safety of the Kingdom, and for the better hindering of the supporting of the said Forces, and of the reducing of the Town of Newcastle, and the Parts Adjacent, to yield obedience, and submission, to the Commands of the two Houses of Parliament, Are constrained for the present, to hinder the repairing of Ships to Newcastle, Sunderland, and Blyth, lest those Ships and Money which are intended to procure Fuel, for the supportation of the Kingdom, be improved to give Vigour and maintenance to the War, raised to the Destruction thereof; For prevention whereof, we the Lords and Commons do Ordain, That no Ship, Ships, or Barks, shall from henceforwards, make any Voyage for the fetching of Coals, or Salt, from Newcastle, Sunderland, or Blyth, or carrying of Corn, or other Provision of Victual, Until that Town of Newcastle shall be freed of, and from the Forces there now raised, or maintained against the Parliament, and the Town be reduced into such hands, and condition, as shall declare themselves for King and Parliament; And the Masters, Owners, and Sailors of Ships, and Barks, are hereby required, not to presume to go that Voyage contrary to this Ordinance; And it is further Ordained, and Ordered, that if any Ship, Vessel, or Bark, shall at any time after the first day of February next coming Import, or bring into any Port or Place of this Kingdom, any Coals or Salt Laden from Newcastle, Sunderland, and Blyth, or any of them, until further Order be taken by both Houses of Parliament, that every such Ship, Vessel, and Bark, and the Master and Saylors in the same, shall be seized upon, and stayed in such Port and Place where they come in, Until the two Houses of Parliament being thereof Informed, shall take further Order and Direction therein.  
FINIS.