A DECLARATION OF THE NORTHERN ARMY: WITH Instructions concluded at a Council of War, concerning the Northern Forces. ALSO A Letter concerning the Country's resolutions in relation to the Scots. Decemb. 30. 1647. I Approve, ratify, and confirm these Orders of the Council of War, and require all Officers and Soldiers, of the Army under my Command duly to observe the same; And all Field Officers (in their several places) to see that they be made known to all under their respective Commands, as other the Articles and laws of War; and to cause them forthwith to be published in every Parish Church within the Quarters of each Troop and Company, that they may be the better made known to the Country. Given under my hand the 30 of Decemb. 1647. J. LAMBERT. Printed at York by Thomas Broad, And reprinted at London by Robert Ibbitson in Smithfield, near the Queens-head Tavern. 1648. A LETTER Concerning The Country's resolution in Relation to the SCOTS. Sir, I Have sent you here enclosed, the Declaration of the Northern Army, commanded by our General to be published, with his Warrant for publication thereof, all things are quiet hereabouts, and the Country unanimous, People's minds run much upon the Scots, they galled their backs so much before, that now they begin to winch before they are touched. York the first of Janua. 1647. WHereas by the blessing of God upon the faithful endeavours, and the great and difficult services of the Armies, raised by the Parliament, for the defence and preservation of the Laws, Rights, and Liberties of the Kingdom, from oppression, injustice, and slavery, some ease and relief hath been brought to the people, as well in these Northern, as other parts of the Kingdom, to their great comfort and benefit, after a long suffering, by a cruel and wasting War; and yet nevertheless (as the rest, so) these parts in particular do still lie under great burdens and oppressions, notwithstanding the great care & means used (as much as could be) to ease and relieve them, both by a late earnest endeavour and solicitation for obtaining of moneys from the Parliament for the payment of these Forces, the preventing and punishing of the misdemeanours and disorders of the Soldiers; and for the equal and just distribution of them into quarters, thorough the whole Assotiation, in such manner as that each County, Riding, Wapontake, and also each Town and Inhabitant might bear their equal proportion in quartering, that thereby the general charge (which for the present cannot be removed) might be equally and orderly disposed for the greatest ease of the country, and the enormities and disorders of the Soldiers might be corrected and redressed, (as much as could be) for the pence and quiet thereof: In the prosecution of which intent, Orders were agreed upon, and published by the Commander in Chief, and Council of War at Wakefield the ninth of September last; and since that other Orders issued at Rippon, by the Commander in Chief, for a more equal quartering then was in the former provided. Notwithstanding which divers Complaints are daily made not only of the unequal distribution and allotment of Quarter, in the several Wapontakes, Parishes, and Towns; but also of the several disorders, and misdemeanours, (by extorting of mo●●y from the Country, and otherwise) committed by divers Soldiers and inferior Officers of the Army; being chief occasioned by reason some Officers have not been so careful in the discharge of their Duties in their respective Places, as (out of obedience to Authority, love to equity, and common good of the Country) they ought to have been. For remedy and prevention whereof (and of all other of the like nature) for the time to come it is ordered by this Council as followeth; Concerning the inequality of Quartering. I. That forthwith a review be made of the several Quarters of the Army, and that every Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Ensigne, Cornet, and Quartermaster of Horse, Foot, and Dragoones, shall (on sight hereof) procure of the High-Constables of the Divisions or Wapontakes within the Quarters of their respective Regiments, Troops and Companies, a Book or List of the Rates of each Town, Parish and Place within the same, and thereby make inquiry within their said Quarters, what inequality of Quartering there is; and shall take care that the Officers and Soldiers of his Regiment, Troop or Company now be, (and hereafter shall be) equally and justly distributed and divided, in and to the several and respective Hundreds, Townes, Parishes, Places and Persons, allotted (or hereafter to be allotted) to them for their respective Quarters, according to the said Chief Constables Rates upon every Inhabitants Estate, in Lands, Goods, or other profits in the Town or Parish where it lieth, according to the Ordinance of Parliament for the Association; and in case any inequality or partiality shall be found in the distribution of Quarters, through default of the High-Constables, Constables, Quartermasters, or other Officers, that the said Officers, together with the said High-Constables and Petty Constables of the respective Divisions and Constableries, shall again proportion the Allotments, and use their utmost endeavours to regulate the same, so as every Division, Town, Parish, Place, and Person, may bear their equal and just proportion. II. That all Towns and Parishes (where any part of the Army shall be appointed to quarter) shall be equally proportioned by such Assessors as are or shall be chosen by the Inhabitants, (or the major part of them, (as in the like cases hath been used and if any Inhabitant shall refuse to pay or bear his or her proportion, justly assessed by the Assessors, for Lands, Goods, or other Profits for the charge of Quartering, then the Captain (or other Commission Officers of the Troop or Company in whose Quarters it shall happen to be, shall (upon Complaint made to him or them) appoint so many Soldiers to quarter at the dwelling house of such Refusers as comes to their Proportion; provided in be within the same Riding of this County, or within the same County in other parts of the Association; and if not, he is to certify the Commander in Chief thereof. Provided also that if any Town or Parish shall either out of malice, or other sinister end, oppress, or overassesse any particular Person in habiting therein, the said Person so oppressed, shall be relieved as is provided in the next ensuing Article, viz. III. That in case there now is (or hereafter shall haprens to be) any difference, between any Inhabitants of any Town or Parish, concerning their just Proportion in Quartering (or in Assessment for the charge of Quartering) the Captain, or (in his absence) the next Commission-Officers of each Regiment, Troop or Company in whose Quarters that difference happens to be, shall examine the matter on both Parties, and use his utmost endeavours by persuasions and fair means to reconcile the same; which if he cannot effect, he is to bring the Parties before the next Justice of the Peace, who is by us earnestly desired to be assisting to such Officer in ending the difference, and if by this means a reconciliation cannot be procured, by reason of the refractoriness of one or both Parties, the said Justice of the Peace is further desired by this Council, to join with the said Officer (who is hereby thereunto required) in certifying the case in Writing to the Commander in Chief. And what Officer soever upon the desire of any Plaintiff or Party aggrieved herein, desiring to have justice and relief, shall wilfully neglect or refuse to bear, and endeavour to reconcile the same, as is before expressed) shall be proceeded against as an enemy to Discipline and Service. iv That whereas great complaints are made, that (notwithstanding all former Orders to the contrary) divers Officers and Soldiers do by threats, and otherwise forcibly and unjustly I avie and collect moneys upon the Country, It is therefore (for prevention of all inconveniences, irregular courses, and charges of that kind) Ordered, that no Officer or Soldier shall demand or receive any moneys as aforesaid; But in case the Town appointed to quarter, shall rather desire to pay the Soldiers in money, to provide themselves quarters, then actually to quarter them, (and the Soldiers likewise be content with the rates and allowances in the List ensuing,) notwithstanding the Rules set down in these present Orders, It is desired, that each Constable in his respective Constablerie, may collect the rates and allowances set down in the said List, (according to the equal proportion quartered upon them in each Constablerie) being for the necessary quarters of each Officer and Soldier both for themselves, their Servants and Horses; and each Officer and Soldier, shall be fully satisfied and contented with the said Rates and Allowances for their own, their servants, and Horses quarters: And if any person shall presume to demand, receive, or force any Constable (or other) to collect or pay above the proportion and allowance therein allowed and agreed upon, shall be proceeded against according to the Articles of War for Extortion: And the Officers and Soldiers may be assisting to the Constables in the raising and collecting of such Allowances, being Assessed for that purpose by Assessors, as is provided in the second Article. Foot. Each foot-Souldier 6 d a day. Each Gentleman of Arms 7 d a day. Each Corporal of Foot 7 d a day. Each Drummer 7 d a day. Each Sergeant of Foot 9 d a day. Each Drumm-Major 9 d a day. Each Quartermaster of Foot 3 s 6 d a day Each Ensign of Foot 2 s 4 d a day. Each Lieutenant of Foot 3 s a day. Each Captain-Lieutenant of Foot 3 s 6 d a day. Each Captain of Foot 5 s a day. Each Mayor of Foot 6 s 6 d a day. Each Lieutenant Col. of Foot 7 s a day. Each Colonel of Foot 8 s a day. Horse. Each Trooper mounted 1 s 6 d a day. Each Trooper unmounted 9 d a day. Each Officer of Horse not in Commission, viz. Trumpeter, Corporal and Chirurgion-Mate 1 s 8 d a day. Each Quartermaster of Horse as a day. Each Cornet of Horse 5 s a day. Each Lieutenant of Horse 6 s a day. Each Captain Lieuten. of horse 7 s a day. Each Captain of Horse 8 s a day. Each Mayor of Horse 8 s 6 d a day. Each Colonel of Horse 9 s a day. Dragoons. Each Dragoon mounted 1 s 4 d a day. Each Dragoon unmounted ● d a day. Each Corporal and Drummer of Dragoons 1 s 6 d a day. Each Sergeant of Dragoons. 1 s 7 d a day. Each Quartermaster of Dragoons 3 s 4 d a day. Each Cornet of Dragoons 4 shillings a day. Each Lieut. of Dragoons 4. s. 6. d. a day. Each Capt. of Dragoons 5. s. 6. d. a day. Staff Officers and General Officers. Each Gunner's Mate one shilling a day. Each common Gunner 10. d. a day. Each Matrosse 8. d. a day. Chief Gunner 2. s. a day. Each Wagon Master 2. s. 6. d. a day. Each Marshal to a Regiment 3. s. a day. Each Chaplain 5. s. a day. Each Chirugion 4. s. a day. Each Deputy-Mustermaster 3. s. a day. Joint Commissary of the Musters 3. s. 6. d. a day. Marshal General's Lieutenant 3. s. a day. Marshal Gen. 4. s. 6. d. a day. Seven Marshals men, each 1. s. 8. d. a day. Judge Advocate and Secretary to the Council of War; 7. s. a day. Mustermaster Gen. 7. s. a day. Scout Master Gen. 12. s. a day. Chirurgeon Gen. 7. s. a day. 5. That each Soldier and Officer, with the said allowance and proportion set down, shall provide quarters for himself, his Servants and Horses as aforesaid, as he shall think fit, without any further charge at all to the Country,) provided, that each Officer be quartered within the quarters of the Troop, or Company to which he doth belong, and that each Soldier do not quarter himself out of the Town or Parish where he is allotted to quarter, without the special leave of his Captain, or other Commission Officer) But if either the Officers, or Soldiers shall not think fit to accept of the same Rates aforementioned, in lieu of their quarters, in regard the Country may exact unreasonable Rates & prizes for ma●s or horse provisions, or the Towns do rather desire to give quarters then the aforementioned Rates, It is Ordered, that the Sould●ers sh●ll be appointed and settled by the Quarter master, or other Commission Officer of the Troop or Company, with the Assistance of the Constable of the Town or parish, in some convenient houses of the same; and the persons with whom they shall be appointed to quarter, shall be satisfied by the Constable, and Inhabitants of the Town or Parish, for their quarters both for Horse and men, as they shall agree. 6. That if any Town or Parish shall not think fit to make the said allowance in lieu of quarters, or any Officer or Soldier do not accept nor receive the same, to provide himself quarters, as before mentioned, every such Officer and Soldier shall be content with such dyet, as though e with whom they quarter usually afford themselves and their Families, and not absent himself from his quarters, without special leave by Ticket, viz. the Soldiers and Officers not in Commission 〈◊〉 from the Captain or Field Officer, and the Officers in Commission from the Commander in Chief, which Ticker shall express the place he is to go to, and the time allowed for his stay: And if any such Soldier or Officer sh●ll absent himself upon his own occasions, without leave 〈…〉 said, he shall not demand (and his Landlord shall not pay h●m any money for his absence. But if any such Officer or Soldier shall be absent up●n the public Service, or with leave as aforesaid, w●●ch is to be allowed by the Officers but upon real and urgent occasions only, and for as little time as can be, such Officer or Soldier during such his absence, shall be allowed according to the Rates, for his quality, mentioned in the said List, one moiety whereof is to be paid upon his departure, and the other at his return. 7. That if any Soldier or Officer, receiving his said allowance, shall refuse or neglect to pay his Landlord for his quarters, according as he shall agree, upon complaint thereof to the next Superior Officer in Commission, such Officer shall cause the Neglecter or refuser to make present payment to his Landlord of the sum due, or do his endeavour to give just satisfaction to the party wronged therein: which if he shall neglect or refuse to do, he shall upon complaint thereof, pay the Landlord out of his own purse, the double of what is due from the Soldier, besides satisfaction for the Landlords necessary charges of prosecution. Against the disorders of the Soldiers. 8. THat to prevent the Soldiers and all others from committing of disorders, contrary to the intent of these Orders, and other the known Articles of War used in the Army, and for that the quarters of the Army are dispersed over the whole Association, and every parish or person that is a grieved, cannot without great charge, trouble and loss of time, make his complaint to the Commander in Chief; It is Ordered, that the Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign, or Cornet, Quarter master, Sergeants, and Corporals of each Troop and Company, shall be appointed, divided, & allotted by their superior Officers, to quarter in the most convenient places of their Troop or Company, for the more conveniency of hearing Complaints, and redressing the disorders of the Soldiers. And further for the better ease of the Country in bringing in their Complaints, and for the more eff●cta●ll● and 〈…〉 of all borders, misdemeanours, & offences to a trial, It is ordered, that every Captain of a Troop or Company shall appoint some convenient town or place in or near the Centre of his quarters, and also a certain day weekly, where he or some Commission Officer of the Troop or Company, shall be present to hear, receive, and examine all complaints from the Country within his quarters, of which place and day he is to give notice to the Inhabitants within his quarters respectively, by procuring them to be proclaimed in every Parish Church the next Sunday, within 10 days after the receipt of these Orders, and to do his endeavours to rectify all such disorders and grievances; which if he cannot do, he is to transmit the examinations, and also the offenders to the next regimental Council of War, as is appointed in the next ensuing Article: And in case the offence or grievance be of such nature, as if cannot be punished nor redressed at the said Council is then to treasure the examinations to the Judge-Advocate of the Army, and give him notice of the names of the Parties and Witnesses, the place of their abode, & the time & place of the Facts committing, to the end it may be brought to the next Council of War, held at the head quare●●, whose small determination and redress shall be had, and the Offenders to be sent to the Marshal General in safe custody, if the matter require it; and whatsoever Off●●er shall be found wilfully neglecting the due ex●●c●●ion hereof. he shall be accounted as unfit, and made uncapable of his Office or Command. 9 That the Field▪ Officer, or Officer in chief of each Regiment, both of Horse and Foot, shall have power, and are hereby required to call a Council of War upon any complaints or misdemeanours committed b● the Soldiers, except in such matters where Life and Limb is concerned, in which case no proceed are permitted without the pretence of, or some special injunction from the Commander in chief. And to that end the Field Officers (or one of them) shall appoint a particular curtain; and convenient place about the Co●●er of the quarters of each Regiment to keep the said Council at, once every month, or oftener, as occasion shall require. 10. That no Officer or soldier shall presume by threats or otherwise, to d ter mine discourage or hinder any person from complaining, or from prosecution of his complaint; nor shall ●ffer any violence, or put any burden, injury, or wilful prejudice upon any so complaining upon pain of cashering. 10. That each Offi oer whatsoever to whom any complaint shall be made, or who shall know of any misdemen our or disorder committed by the Soldiers, and shall not give all due encouragement and assistance to each person complaining, in the prosecuting and obtaining redress of their complaints, according to justice, and also use all means to prevent and compose differences in the soldiers or the Countery, as is before expressed, shall be made unapable of bearing any command in the Army, 11. That if any Officer or person whatsoever shall demand or receive quarters (or Money for quarters) for any more than are of his Troup or Company, and not mustered the last Muster or shall countenance, permit, or (if he know thereof) not discover the same, shall be proceeded 'gainst upon the Article of War for making false Musters. 12. That in regard some Officers and soldiers, do, or may demand and receive their aforementioned Allowance for quarters in more places than one, it is therefore Ordered, that no Member of the Army shall presume to demand or receive the said allowances [or any other whatsoever] in any more places than where he is justly allotted and appointed to be quartered. 13. That in regard the Allowances in the List before mentioned, are not sufficient for the maintenance of each Officer, with the number of Horses allowed them by the Establishment, It is hereby declared, that the intent thereof is o●ely for the ease of the Country, and no to the prejudice of their pay; and if in case there shall be a Muster du●ing the time these Orders a●● in force, and the Officers shall not be able to bring to the Muster, so many Horses as are allowed them in the Establishment, notwithstanding these Orders, each Officer shall receive pay upon that Muster, and his Arrears be accounted to him, as if he had mustered his full numbers according to the Establishment. 14. That no Officer shall list or enrol any more Soldiers in his Troop or Company. And such as (contrary to the Order of the 9 of Septemb. last at Wakefield, have been listed or enroled since that day, except such as have been o● shall be particularly ordered by the Commander in Chief to be listed shall be forthwith discharged. 15. That from the Date of these present Orders, the Orders set down and agreed on the 9 of September last, at Wakefield shall cease and be no longer in force. Signed THO: MARGETTS. Advocate. York 30. December 1647. I Approve, ratify, and canfirme these Orders of the Council of War, and require all Officers, and Soldiers of the Army under my command duly to observe the same; And all Field-Officers, Captains and other Officers, (in their several places) to see that they be made knewne to all under their respective commands, as other the Articles, and Laws of War; and to cause them forthwith to be published in every Parish Church within the quarters of each Troup and Company, that they may be the better made known to the Country. Given under my hand the thirteenth of December, 1647. I Lambert FINIS.