PAPERS Presented to the Parliament, against the Lord Inchequin Lord Precedent of Munster in Ireland, sent from Captain Crowther, Vice-admiral of the Irish Seas.  
And the Lord Inchequins Declaration. With a DECLARATION Subscribed By several eminent Commanders, late of the Army commanded by the Lord INCHEQVIN.  
Read in both Houses of PARLIAMENT.  
Die Sabbathi, April 15. 1648.  
THese Papers concerning the Lord Inchequins disserting the Parliament, with his Declaration, And the Declaration of the Officers, is appointed to be Published.  
Imprimatur  
Gil. Mabbott.  
Printed at London by Robert Ibbitson in Smithfield, near the Queens-head Tavern. 1648.   

PAPERS Presented to the Parliament against the Lord Inchequeen, Lord Precedent of Munster in Ireland.  
Right Honourable,  
I Am sorry I have so sad a subject as to occasion this, some time since, having been at Sea, and absent from this Port, some few days, in my absence the Council of War exhibited Articles against Sir William Fenton, Knight and Colonel, Colonel Edm. Temple, Lieutenant Colonel Fair, and Major Docdum, which Gentlemen they have committed close prisoners, to four several Garrisons, not permitting any to have correspondence with them; upon my return into Harbour here, where I presently understood of these sad divisions, I immediately wrote to the Council of war (my Lord being abroad in the field) that they would grant the imprisoned the liberty of Subjects for me to send to them to see what they had to be transmitted to England, which from them I could not obtain, which gave me cause of much suspicion of their actions, and occasioned my present dispatch of a Letter to be posted to my Lord, to know whether things were acted by his pleasure, and that his Honour would declare his intention, in regard I heard a rumour he would make a Cessation with the Irish, which I protested against, and that if he did, I would block up all his Harbours, my Letter obtaining no Answer, till his return to Cork, in his way home at Mayall his actions produced this enclosed, upon which I took Order for shipping, to lie in all his Harbour mouths, and declared my best assistance and succour, to my utmost power to all, whether Officers, Soldiers, or others, that would desert him, two days since he sent me leave to send to the Gentlemen in prison, which I suddenly did, and yesterday received two Letters, one from Colonel Temple, the other from Sir William Fenton, the latter of which desires me to impart to your Honour his request, that you would be pleased to mediate to some of the honourable Houses of Parliament, that a Letter may be sent from them to my Lord Inchequin, desiring his transmitting the imprisoned Gentlemen into England, to receive their trial there, which he desires you to be mindful of. And that he farther advices you, that he conceives, that if the Houses would be pleased to send over Commissioners speedily, with some moneys, that most, both Officers and Soldiers might be obtained, and so consequently the Garrisons, which (Sir) truly is my opinion likewise: forasmuch as I have heard from some Officers with whom I have had some conference: which is all at present I have to communicate to your Honour, only to subscribe myself,  
Bonaventure Kinsale, April 5. 1648. My Lord, Your Honours in all service to be commanded, JOHN CROWTHER,   

THE Declaration of several eminent Commanders, late of the Army commanded by the Lord INCHEQUIN.  
IN obedience and difcharge of our trust to the Parliament of England, sitting at Westminster: we give this information under our hands, to be presented to them, which we shall be ready to make good in our persons upon oath, viz.  
That the Lord Baron of Inchequin Lord Precedent of Munster, having been abroad with some part of his Army, whereof we are members: Did upon the third of this month upon his return home, being at Mayalle send for us, who have hitherto subscribed to appear presently before at his Quarters, which being performed, and all of us assembled together in his presence Chamber: His Lordship declared this unto us, that in order to the Nationall Covenant, and to that particular branch thereof, which concerns the re-investing His Majesty in his Throne: he had with the advice of his Officers taken a resolution to oppose the present pretended Parliament in England: who were forced by an Independent faction, they having broken all Oaths and Covenants, which they had made both to God and Man: and to that purpose, was now putting himself into a posture of defence: And that for the managing of this Design, he had correspondency with the King, with the Scots, and generally all the Presbyterian party that were agreed with the King: who were resolved to endeavour to their utmost the re-inthroning the King, and restoring a free Parliament, which he fully declared this not to be: And for the better effecting and carrying on this Design, he was resolved to join with the Lord Taff, and the whole Irish of the Province of Munstor: who have assured him of their assistance, both with their persons and estates, and that he had now sent for us, who were only the suspected party of the Army to report this to us, and to require of us our resolution whether we all would comply with him in this or no: To which we answered, We stood for the King and Parliament, as we had ever done, upon which he required us not to juggle with him, but to declare whether it was this present Parliament we meant, for he said the truth was, they did not acknowledge this to be a Parliament: To which we answered his Lordship, we could not comply with him: He still using many aggravations, to make good what he had said against them, and further said, He hoped to see this present Parliament laid flat on their backs by Michaclmas day, and that this was no rash resolution, but a premeditated action, he being confident, that let it come to the worst it could, yet in spite of all, he would be able to procure good terms both for himself and the rest that adhered to him: and that which induced him chiefly to put it in practice at present was, that he was now assured, he was before hand with the Independent party, which he never was before; yet he had thought for some time longer to have forborn his declaring, but yet some suspicions, the Vice admiral Captain John Crowther had of him; could not permit him to carry it private any longer, in regard the said Captain Crowther had protested against him, and blocked up his Harbours. And his Lordship did further declare, that all which would not join with him in this design, he required them to departed and go for England, for that he would not permit any near him, or in his Army, that would not faithfully comply with him in his intention; and as a motive to induce us to join with him, he informed us that he was certainly assured, that Colonel Jones had by order from the Parliament of England, made a cessation with Owen Roe Oneal, and that faction; who chose rather to enter into League with the Parliament then with the King: and in this respect he would now join with the Lord Taffe, and Munster forces against the other. For the truth of all these we have hereto subscribed our names this seventh of April 1648, aboard the Bonaventure, in Kinsale Harbour.  


Christopher Elsing.  
Alexander Barington  
John Grace.  
Thomas Davis  
Thomas Chandlor.     

WE under written having this present seaventh of April, 1648, heard read unto us the several heads made by the Lord Inchequin, to the respective Commanders in his Presence Chamber at his head Quarters at Mayalle, the third instant forementioned, do declare, that the said things were in the field upon the same day propounded to us, and the other Officers then in the Army, whereupon he desired our compliance, we refused the same, as inconsistent with our duties to the Parliament, and thereupon disserted our several Charges and Offices under his command.  


John Benyworth,  
William Battle,  
Silliam Stotesbury,  
John Gettings.    
FINIS,