A LETTER SENT To the Right Honourable, WILLIAM LENTHAL Esq Speaker of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England; Concerning the Securing of Windsor Castle for the Parliament And a Declaration of the Officers and soldiers of the Regiment of Foot belonging to the Tower of London, December 24. 1659.  
Read in Parliament, December the 28. 1659.  
LONDON, Printed by John Streater, 1659.   

A Letter, sent to the Right Honourable William Lenthal, Esq, Speaker of the Parliament of the commonwealth of England; Concerning the securing of Windsor Castle for the Parliament.  
Read in Parliament, Decemb. 28. Right Honourable,  
YOur Commissioners for the Command of the Army, having from Portsmouth Ordered us to march unto Major Breman with such Forces as we could raise, for the restoring the Parliament whilst we were at Henly, and had sent to find out Major Breman that we might add to his number what we could; upon Intelligence that the Forces with him were marched towards London, we resolved to march nearer London, in order to a conjunction with him as soon as we had particular Notice of the place of his Rendezvouz nearer London: and in our march being informed from undoubted hands, that some of Colonel Hewson's Regiment of Foot were designed for Windsor-Castle, to keep the same against the Parliament; and being also assured, That Colonel Whichcott the present governor, had not only joined with those that put the late Treacherous Force upon your Honour, but also had endeavoured to raise Forces in this County against the Parliament, and offered Commissions to that purpose unto several Persons: And upon further Intelligence, that the cavaliers had some Design upon the place, in order to a Conjunction with some of their Adherents in London, and knowing their Guards to be very Weak and insufficient for a place of so great Consequence, We thought it our Duty, in order to the Parliaments Service, to secure this Castle with the Forces now with Us, and did Summon the same accordingly: and as we were upon our March thither within two miles of this Place, we received further Orders from the said Commissioners, to march with our Forces unto this Place, and to remain here until further Orders: and looking upon this as an Act of Divine Providence concurring with our Intentions, We immediately sent two of our number to persuade Colonel Whichcott to admit our Horse into this Castle; who submitted to our demand; and thereupon we thought necessary to draw together the soldiers under his Com● and whilst our Horse were in the Castle, and to inform t●●m of the vileness of their defection from the Parliament, and assisting those that had betrayed the Trust reposed in them, and that we hoped they had done it through Ignorance, being misled by their Officers; and therefore we presumed to assure all the soldiers of indemnity: if they should return to their due Obedience to Your Honours, and their faithfulness to the Cause engaged in, and should sign the Engagement of those Horse under Major Breman (which we read unto them); and thereupon they unanimously declared, That their Hands and Hearts should be unto that Engagement. Yet we have thought it our Duty to place Guards in the Castle with some of the Horse with us, and to give an Account of what we have done, to your Honour, and to expect the Parliaments Pleasure therein; We have no more but our most humble Congratulation of the Parliaments happy Return to the Exercise of their Trust, and with our hearty Prayers to God to direct your Great counsels, We remain,  
Right Honourable, Your most humble faithful and obedient Servants, 

Jo. Butler.  
Rob. Huntington,  
Joh. Wildman.  
John Brown.  
John Phelps.   Windsor-Castle, 27. Decemb. 1659.   

A Declaration of the Officers and soldiers of the Regiment of Foot belonging to the Tower of London, Decemb. the 24. 1659.  
We being fully convinced, that it is our Duties to return to our obedience to the Parliament, from whom We have received our Commissions, after a late unhappy defection from Them; do hereby Declare our Resolution (through God's Grace) to be true and faithful to Them as our superiors; and to stand by Them, with the hazard of our Lives and Fortunes, against all opposition which may be made against Them; and shall not suffer ourselves to be drawn hereafter from our Duty and obedience to Them. As an Evidence of our real Intentions, We have this Day delivered up the Possession of the Tower, to the Honourable Speaker of Parliament, and other Worthy Persons on the behalf of the Parliament.  


Io. Miller  
Nich. Cordy  
John jenning's  
Henry Sharp  
Will. Foster  
Abraham Spooner  
Robert Acres  
Will. Risse  
William Starlin▪  
Phil. Brown  
Isaac Dreyme  
Henry Beale  
Nath. London  
Will. Haukins  
John Ryves  
Peter Seine  
Simon Knight.   Read in Parliament, Decemb. 28. 1659.  
FINIS.