THE COPIES OF TWO PETITIONS From the Officers and Soldiers of Col. CHARLES FLEETWOODS' Regiment, concerning their several Grievances, One of them presented to his Excellency the Lord Gen. Fairfax. The other to the Right Honourable the Commons of England in Parliament assembled. Signed by the Chief Officers present with the said Regiment.  

William Coleman Major.  
Richard Sankie Captain.  
Steven White Captain:  
Robert Stanard Lieutenant.  
William Duck Cornet.  
William William's Cornet.   
With the Parliaments Answer touching their sending down Commissioners upon Tuesday 24. of Octob. to consult with his Excellency for redressing the said Grievances  
LONDON Printed by JOHN CLOWES, 1648.   

To his Excellency the Lord FAIRFAX.  
The humble Petition of the Officers and Soldiers of Colonel Fleetwoods' Regiment.  
Shows,  
THat your Petitioners taking into their serious thoughts, the intolerable burden which the Kingdom lieth under by reason of free Quarter, the many sad complaints which our ears are daily witnesses off, and the odium which hereby reflects on your Excellency and the Army, something we are duly paid, because the Country pays all that's demanded of them, and that we are neglective of our duties in not discharging our quarters, as likewise considering the great inconveniences that may ensue; both the Kingdom and the Soldiery being impatient under this unsupportable expression. We could not longer delay to use our endeavours for redress.  
Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Excellency will be pleased to cast your eye on this annexed petition, and after perusual thereof, to represent it for us to the Parliament in such manner as your Excellency shall judge meet.  


William Coleman  
Richard Sankie  
Steven White  
Wil: Williams  
Wil: Buck  
Ro: Stanard:     

To the Right Honourable the Commons of England in Parliament Assembled.  
The humble Petition of the Officers and Soldiers of Colonel Charles Fleetwoods' Regiment.  
SHOWETHS,  
THat your petitioners have even from the beginning of your sitting stood by you, using their utmost abllity for you in the Kingdom's preservation, & when they saw you could no longer subsist without Jeapording your lives, they did thereto show much willingness, not making their own terms, but with all their strength did endeavour the pulling down of your and the Kingdoms enemies, which when they had through the goodness of God crowning their endeavours) done, they did then expect some satisfaction for their services and former losses, and a settlement of the Kingdom in their Birthrights and privileges, as the purchase of so much Blood and Treasure, which, while they looked for contrary to their expectation, they found a second Enemy let lose, not only on them, but on you, seeking to involve the Nation in slavery and ruin, & then again did your Petitioners (though formerly much discouraged & neglected) freely adventuring, their lives in your defence, refusing no danger nor labour, nor in your low Condition troubled you with clamorous Petitions, or requests though they saw others game by running that uncivil course, but wholly betook themselves to the work in hand, which they suddenly through Gods owning of them, brought to an hopeful Issue, forcing those that risen up against you to lie at their feet, though it was not gained without the loss of much blood, and the lives of our dear and faithful friends, yet to their unspeakable grief, even in this time they found themselves neglected, and not paid, having received but one months pay since the 12. of May last, so that they are constrained to lie upon free quarter, although much money hath been collected for them, which hath begotten in the Kingdom an evil opinion of them, though undescorned, your Petitioners therefore for pervention of this insupportable burden of free quarter humbly pray,  
1. That you will please to assign each Regiment of the Army, the particular County out of which they are immediately to receive their pay, whereby not only the great Fees to Treasurers at War, amounting to near Ten thousand pounds, per Annum, besides what Committees, Clerks, and other attendants belonging to them may be cut off, and your Petitioners freed from tedious attending, and great expenses, as usually they are exposed to. But the Country by the Soldiers receiving of constant pay, eased of this intolerable oppression of free quarter.  
2. That you will under the pay of our Arrears from the 5. of Jan. last, according to your engagements to us out of the money already paid in for that purpose, that so we may be enabled to cloth ourselves, as the season of the year requires, and repair our losses in the late troubles.  
3. That some course may be taken for recruiting the Regiment with Horses, having had none almost of three years, which we leave to your consideration, And pray, etc.  


Robert Stanard  
Wil Williams  
William Buck  
Wil: Coleman  
Rich: Sankie  
Steven White.     

Answer was returned by Mr. Scowen, Esquire and Chairman of the Committee of the Army to this effect, viz. That the House had taken their Petition into serious consideration. And for that purpose had thought upon a way to send down Commissioners of their own to consult with his Excellency the Lord Gen. Fairfax, whereby to take some speedy course for full satisfaction of their desires in their said Petition.   
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