THE ADVICE AND DIRECTION Of Both houses of PARLIAMENT, To Sir William BRERETON, and to the rest of the Deputy Lieutenants, for the County of CHESTER.  
With Orders of the LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in Parliament, for the Regulating of those Souldiers that are gon, or shall go, under the Command of his Excellency, Robert earl of Essex, Lord general for this Expedition.  

Die Jovis, August 18. 1642.  
Ordered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament that these Orders bee forthwith Printed and Published. John brown clear. Parliamentor.   
August 19. Printed at London for John Wright. 1642.   

Instructions for Sir William Brereton, one of the Members of the House of Commons, and one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the county of Chester, and for the rest of the Deputy Lieutenants for that county.  
WHereas it doth appear to the Lords and Commons in Parliament now assembled, that the King seduced by wicked counsel, intends to make War against the Parliament, and for that it is not improbable that under colour of a guard for his Majesties person, or some other pretences, the Knights, Gentlemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the County of Chester, may be drawn together, therefore you, and every of you, shall take special care that the Ordinance concerning the Militia be put in execution through the whole County; and the sheriff, and all other Officers are hereby moved to assist you, and every of you therein; and if any person whatsoever shal leavy or endeavour to levy any Souldiers, or draw, or keep together the trained bands, or other armed Forces of the said County, or any other Force, by colour or pretence of any Commission or warrant from his Majesty, under the great seal or otherwise, without Order or consent of both Houses of Parliament, you, and every of you, shall in the name and authority of both Houses, require and command all persons to forbear the execution of such Commission or warrant,& the same to be delivered up to you, or any of you, to be sent to the Speaker of the House of Commons, and you, and every of you, shall require and command all his Majesties Subjects, to forbear to obey any such warrant or Commission, and you,& every of you, are hereby required to draw together such of the trained Bands and other forces of the said County, as shall be expedient for the suppressing of all such Assemblies, and for apprehending of all or any person or persons as shall after admonition and command by you, or any of you, made unto them to forbear the execution of any such command or warrant, or the calling or gathering of or keeping together any such forces or assemblies, still persist in doing the same, and likewise such disaffected persons as shall be found raising any parties or forces against the Parliament, to be sent up hither to answer such their offences as to law and Justice shall appertain; and you the abovesaid Sir William Brereton, shall in the names of the Lords and Commons, require and command the sheriff of the County of Chester, to publish throughout the said County, the Declarations formerly Printed by both Houses of Parliament, and you, and every of you, shall further take care that such Resolutions, and Orders of both Houses( as have been, or shal be delivered, and sent down to you, or any of you) be put in execution,& shall require the sheriff and Justices of the peace, and all other his Majesties Officers and Lieutenants, to be aiding and assisting to you for that purpose; and you shall declare unto all men, that it hath been, and still shall be the care and endeavour of both Houses of Parliament to provide for his Majesties safety, that they do not, nor ever did know of any evil intended to his Majesties person which might move him to require any extraordinary armed guard, that his greatest safety is in the Parliament, and his greatest danger in withdrawing himself from them; To that under colour of doing him service, disaffected and Malignant persons, obnoxious for their bad counsels against the Justice of the Law, labour to raise forces and a party, against the Parliament, which at the last may break out into open Rebellion& civil war, to the destruction both of King and kingdom, you the said Sir William Brereton, and every of you, shall endeavour to clear the proceedings of Parliament from all imputation and aspersions, and shall from time to time certify so of all things which you conceive necessary for the present service, and that we may have a sudden warning of it, and that our directions to you as well as your advertisements to us may have a clear and ready passage, you and every of you, shall lay a strict charge upon all post-masters, that they do not suffer any Letters or other dispatches to or from the Parliament to be intercepted or stayed; and if any shall presume to make stay of such dispatches, you and every of you, shall direct the post-masters to repair to the Justices of the peace, Constables, and all other Officers, for their aid and assistance, who are hereby required to take a special care that there may be no such interruptions.  
You and every of you, shall take care that none of the Recusants arms or other ammunition of the said County, becarried or taken out of the County upon any pretence or command whatsoever, without warrant of both Houses of Parliament.  
And you and every of you, shall give order and direction to the Sheriffes, Justices of the peace and other Officers, to require and command all the Popish Recusants in that County, to confine themselves to their dwellings, according to the Statute in that case provided, and if any such Recusant shall be found to transgress therein, you and every of you, shall cause the Justices of the peace forthwith to bind them to their good behaviour, and upon refusal or neglect to give security accordingly, to commit them to prison, and further to proceed against them according to the Law.  
You shall also in the name of both Houses of Parliament, require all such persons who have in their custody any part of the public Magazine of your County, to deliver the same unto you or some of you, to be employed for the service of the said County.  
And you& every of you, are likewise to give charge from both Houses of Parliament, to all Captaines and Lieutenants, and other Officers of the Militia, that they be observant to such directions as they shall from time to time receive from the Lieutenant of the County or his Deputies, or any of them, for due performance of any commands of the said houses.  
And you and every of you, shall resist and repel, and are hereby authorised to resist and repel by the power of the said County and by all other ways and means, all such force and violence as shall be raised or brought by any person ot persons to the hindrance or disturbance of the said service, or for the Arresting or seizing the persons of you or any of you, or of any other that shall be employed in the Ordinances, instructions, and commands of both Houses of Parliament, for any thing done in execution thereof, and the sheriff, and the Justices of peace of the said County, and all other Officers and Subjects are hereby enjoined to be aiding and assisting to you and every of you, for the more better and speedier execution of the premises.  
And the Lords and Commons do hereby declare, that they will protect, defend and assist, all manner of persons for such actions as they shall perform in pursuance of these instructions and other Orders and commands of the said Houses of Parliament.  
John brown Cleri. Parliament.   

Orders of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament.  
IT is this day Ordered by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, that the several Lords Lieutenants appoynted by Parliament, their Deputy Lieutenants, the Justices of the peace, and other his Majesties Officers within the kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, shall take special care to prevent and suppress all riots, Tumults, breaking into, or Robbing houses, breaking into Churches, taking away of the Goods of any person, or taking of victuals, without due payment for the same, and to take and apprehended all such person or persons as shall do or commit any such Outrages as aforesaid, and to proceed against them according to Law. And it is further Ordered, that the Commanders and several Officers, shall give their best assistance for the apprehension and punishment of all such persons which shall be found guilty of the misdemeanours aforesaid.   

Die Jovis August 18, 1642.  
WHereas there have been divers Complaints made unto us of many disorders committed by the Soldiers in their marching, and in such places wherein they have been quartered or billeted, which disorders( as is informed) have been partly occasioned by the neglect of their Officers to go along with them and conduct them: It is therefore Ordered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, that the Lord general be desired to give Command to all his Officers, that they take care to attend according to the duty of their several places, that the Souldiers thereby may be hereafter kept from straggling up and down the Countires: And to that end to lay his Command upon the Officers of each Company, both in the Marching, Quartering, and Billerting, to be in person amongst the Souldiers themselves, to prevent any disorders whatsoever, and punish such as shall offend.  

ORdered by the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, that these Orders be forthwith Printed and Published.  
John brown Cleric, Parliamentorum.   
FINIS.