A MESSAGE FROM BOTH HOUSES OF Parliament Sent to YORK to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, the 28. of March 1642.  
With his Majesty's Letter to the Lord Keeper, in answer to the same, Dated March the last. 1642.  

Sabbati 2. of April, 1642.  
Ordered by the Lords in Parliament, that the Message of both Houses to his Majesty, dated 28. of March, 1642. That the Earl of Warwick might command this Summer's Fleet, in chief under the Lord Admiral: and his Majesties Answer thereunto shall be forthwith printed and published.  
john Browne, Cler. Parliament.   
Printed at London for Andrew Coe. 1642.   

May it please Your Majesty,  
THE Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, having found it necessary to provide, and set to Sea a strong and powerful Navy for the defence of this Kingdom against foreign force & the security of your other dominions, the charge whereof is to be borne by the Commonwealth, and taking notice of the indisposition of the Lord Admiral, which disables him at this time for commanding the fleet in his own person, did thereupon recommend unto his Lordship, the Earl of Warwick (a person of such quality and ability as in whom they might best confide) to supply his Lordship's room for this employment, and understanding that your Majesty hath since signified your pleasure concerning that command to Sir john Pennington, we do hold it our duty to represent unto your Majesty, the great danger and mischief the Commonwealth is like to sustain by such interruption.  
And therefore do humbly beseech your Majesty that the person recommended by both Houses of Parliament for this service, may no longer be detained from it out of any particular respect to any other person whatsoever.   

To our Right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor, Edward Lord Littleton, Keeper of our Great Sea●e of ENGLAND.  
RIght trusty and well-beloved Counsellor, we greet you well:  
we wonder both at the form and matter of that enclosed Paper ye sent Us, (in the name of both House of Parliament, in yours of the 28. of March) it being neither by way of Petition, Declaration, or Letter, and for the matter, We believe it is the first ti●e that the houses of Parliament have taken upon them the nomination or recommendation of the chiefsea Commander; but it adds to the wonder, that Sir john Pennington being already appointed by Us for that service, upon the recommendation of our Admiral, (which is so well known that none can be ignorant of it) and no fault so much as alleged against him, another should be recommended to Us: Therefore Our Resolution upon this point is, that We will not alter him, whom we have already appointed to command this year's Fleet, whose every way suffeciency is so universally known, the which We are confident Our Admiral (if there shall be occasion) will make most evident (against whose Testimony We suppose our Parliament will not except) and though there were yet none appointed; or the said Sir John (through some accident) not able to perform the service, yet the men of that Profession, are so well known to Us, (besides many other Reasons) that (our Admiral accepted because of his place) Recommendation of that kind, would not be acceptable to Us.  
Given at Our Court at York, the last of March, 1642.  
FINIS