A LETTER FROM THE KINGS MAJESTIES COURT AT OATELANDS: Concerning his Majesties coming to LONDON. Also the Copy of a Remonstrance, and other Papers of the ARMY: Debated by his Excellency Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX: And his council of war: Concerning the further desires of the ARMY. CAMBRIDGE, Printed for Nathaniel Smith, An●o Dom. 1647. THREE Propositions from the Agitators of the Army, to his Excellency at Hammersmith, when the Members resided with the ARMY, August 5. 1647. FOrasmuch, as your Excellency with the council of War, by their Representations and Declarations have referred the composure of differences; and the Establishment of the Peace and happiness of the whole Nation to a free Parliament. Wee being very sensible, that the ends of all our labours, and manifold hazards of our lives are now depending thereupon; and of how dangerous a concernment it may prove, if persons dis-affected to the peace and welfare of the kingdom, should retain places therein: do humbly offer to your Excellencies consideration, to be by you presented to the Members of Parliament, now residing in the Army. First, That all those who have sate at Westminster, usurping a Parliamentary authority, since the Tumultuous and forcible expulsion of the Parliament of England, and choice of new pretended Speakers( thereby giving encouragement and assistance to the City of London, to raise a new war in this kingdom) may immediately be excluded the Houses. Secondly, That all which formerly have been Members of Parliament, and have adhered to the pretended Parliament, may be also excluded the Houses: and a penalty agreed upon, to be imposed upon such person or persons, appearing guilty, that shall presume to sit after the said exclusion. Lastly, That all ●●●●er Vote● against Members ●f affect●d may be duly executed. Dantel Hincksman Jo●● Blackmore Geo● Tracey Will Youn● Timothy Thornberry. Will. Hall Ed. Vaughan John Wells John Wilfo●● jo. ●a●man Nich. Lockier Ge● ▪ Stevenson Sam. Whitmo●e Richard Clerk Edmond ●u●ne Con●olation Fox Th●. Butterr●y John Wil●●ug●by Ed. twig Will prior J Reyno●●● Jos●ph W●llin●ton Hen. Cannon Rich. Hodden John. P●rk F●an Allen. ●●o. R●bin●●● John Clerk Tho. johnson Geo. Ioyce Ed. Sex●y Will. Allen Rich. Johnson Joseph Adams Rich F●o●er Edmond C●illington Rich. Colbrand. Tim. Whiting T●o. ●●t●er Stephen Shipden will. knolls will. Wirkinson Edw ▪ ●o●lins Rich Salter R●bert Sted●●● Herbert field Robert Baldwin Tho. Ellis John Felpes will. Symond John Woo● Tho. shepherd To●i●s ●o●● By His Excellency. A PROCLAMATION. WHereas there are great complaints by divers inhabitants in several Parishes where the Army is quartered of their being over burdened with Souldiers by reason of several persons of estate who have protections to bee freed from quarter, having no souldiers put upon them, whilst the souldiers assigned to quarter in those Parishes put the rest of the poorer sort of inhabitants to great inconvenience●, and the richer sort go free, and im●●rtheneth. It is therefore ●●dered by the council of war for prevention of the like complaints and inconveniencies for the future, that his Excellency be moved; that all protections for exemption from quarter be recalled, and that those persons who had the same granted do notwithstanding bear their share in quartering; yet nevertheless shall have their houses free from quartering of private souldiers, provided they take care to provide quarter elsewhere for the proportion of souldiers which justly ought to be assigned to them; and all Officers in the Army are required to take notice of this order. By the appointment of his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax, and his council of War. John Rushworth, &c. Kingston Aug. 11. 1647. To his Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax Knight general of all the forces within the kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, &c. The humble Petition of divers Officers whose names are underwritten, Sheweth, THat many of your Petitioners have faithfully served the Common-Wealth, during these Wars as before, and ●●nce the reducement under your Excellencies command, for which there is great sums due and in arrears unto them as by their several debenters and otherwise may appear. That some of your Petitioners necessitous condition hath required their long and chargeable attendance for supply in London; yet to this day hath not received one penny, whilst persons disaffected to the freedom of the people who deeply acted in the late tumults and distempers have received considerable sums, by which most of your Petitioners are reduced to such a miserable condition of living, that unless speedily relieved they must in all likelihood perish. Now forasmuch as your Petitioners have always been cordially affencted to your Excellencies proceedings continually, concurring in the Armies desires who for opposing these late tumults, distempers, mutinies, had their lives daily exposed to great hazard and danger. Your Petitioners therefore most humbly pray your Excellency would vouchsafe to take them and their distressed condition into your serious consideration, and out of your wonted goodness and a means they may bee relieved with some considerable proportion of their arrears, in such way and manner as to your Excellencies wisdom shall seem meet, And your Petitioners( as bound) shall daily pray, J. Smith Capt. of horse. Benia. Perry Capt. of horse. Anth. Hiller Quartermaster. Edw. Apprire Cornet. Obad Perry Lieu. will, walls Cornet. Christo. Barker Quartermaster. simon brown Lieut. Tho. Blackmore Commissary of provisions. Rich. Smith Cornet. Rich. Nithlets Capt. Edw. Tapp Lieut. Nath. Knash Lieut. Robt. Fleet Quartermaster. Rob. Goodier Cornet. Rich. King Lieut. Rob. Pelham Capt. Jo. Evans Capt. Sam. clerk Quartermaster. Jo. Grenyway Cornet. Jo. Richman Lieut. Hen. Wansey mayor. Jo. Waller Lieut. Tho. Wansey Lieut. Christ●p. Chisman Cornet. Jo. Kindrick Lieut. Tobias Daniel Quart. Rich. Chum Commissary. simon rye Capt. Leut. Tho. Boylston Capt. Rich. Hiller Quart. Mo. R●ndel Capt. Rich. Lee Capt. Christop. Pennolt Lieut. Fran. Knight ensign. Rob. Langrish Capt. will. Ludlow Capt. Rob. Hassels Lieuten. Ja. Heely Cornet. Robt. Rede Quarterm. Jo. Lisleshwate Capt. And. Manwaring Capt. Rich. Washburnham. jo Nash Cornet. John Arnet Cornet. Rich. Green Quartermaster and others. To his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax. The humble Remonstrance of the Agitators of the Army. May it please your Excellency, THe continued destructive designs and dangerous Combinations of perfidious men, formerly Members of Parliament, which constantly blast the fairest hopes and expectations of Peace and freedom, rendering all our endeavours and hazards of our lives fruitless, and at present threatening the ruin and desolation of this poor distracted kingdom, constrains us once more to address ourselves to your Excellency, to imp●ove the present opportunity that Providence hath put into your hands, of making them incapable of prosecuting their mischievous purposes; being fully confident that though their former treacheries were more obscure and intricate; yet their late unparallelled proceedings in violating the free legal Parliament, and usurping a Parliamentary power, on purpose to have embroiled this miserable( and almost, still, bleeding) Nation, again in blood, cries aloud to Justice to remove them from their Usurped, Destructive Power. Seeing therefore those Honourable Members of Parliament that discharged their tru●t, have been forced to fly to this Army for refuge; that they might endeavour to secure them to fit as a free and legal Parliament, and your Excellency with this Army have engaged themselves to improve the utmost of your po●sibilities to that intent; and seeing those worthy Members are now again disenabled for discharging their Trust, through the unexpected Intrusion of those usurpers, and their assuming to themselves a Power of voting among●t them, whereby those desperate enemies to the kingdoms peace and welfare, do again obscure and pervert the true Parliamentary power, and imprint the image of that highe●t Authority upon their own designs, protecting themselves and their complices from justice. Wee cannot but humbly and earne●tly implore your Excellency, That those Usurpers of that supreme Authority might not be permitted( even contrary to the Law of nature) to fit judges of their own prodigious Treacheries. But that all and every person, that have sate in that pretended Parliament, or adhered to them or their Votes, when the free legal Parliament was by violence suspended, might immediately be declared against, as persons uncapable of sitting or voting in this Parliament; That so according to our last Declaration, and our former Proposals tendered to your Excellency for that end, we might secure that free and legal Parliament, till the differences of the kingdom be composed, and the Peace and Liberties of the people ●●●mly established. Subscribed by the Auditors of the Army. Kingston the 4. of August, 1647. Sir, HIS Majesty is in very good health & merry since he came hither, & hath had some thoughts of coming to London, affecting to be with his Children at St. Jameses, But in regard of their removal to Sion House, because of the sickness, I suppose his Majesty will come no nearer the City at present than that place, neither can it be safe for his person in regard that so many Houses are visited in all parts about the City especially West●inster, and the Strand, and upon advertisement that several houses are shut up between White-hall● & S. Jameses on the street side about Char●ng-Crosse, and other parts adjacent, How can it bee thought that his Majesty can be at London without great danger; but I suppose His Majesty will suddenly visit His Houses near London, where he may be ready to receive such things as shall be presented to him from the Parliament, for the settlement and peace of the kingdoms Dated at Oatlands 14 August 1647, FINIS.