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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A11673) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 17380) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1495:2) Our demands of the English lords manifested, being at Rippon Octob. 8. 1640 With answers to the complaints and grievances given in by the Bishop of Durham, Northumberland, and some of Nevvcastle; said to be committed by our Army. Scotland. Army. [8] p. Printed, by Margery Mar-Prelat [i.e. the Cloppenburg Press], [Amsterdam] : 1640. The imprint is false; printed in Amsterdam at the Cloppenburg Press (STC). Signatures: A⁴. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Scotland -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. Durham (England : County) -- History -- Early works to 1800. Northumberland (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. eebo Our demands of the English lords manifested, being at Rippon Octob. 8. 1640. With answers to the complaints and grievances given in by the Bishop of D Scotland. Army 1640 8 1692 3 0 0 0 0 0 17.73 C The rate of 17.73 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2011-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2011-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2011-06 Sampled and proofread 2011-06 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2012-05 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

OVR DEMANDS OF THE ENGLISH LORDS MANIFESTED , BEING AT RIPPON Octob. 8. 1640.

WITH ANSWERS TO THE COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES GIVEN IN BY THE BISHOP OF DURHAM , NORTHUMBERLAND , and some of NEWCASTLE ; said to be committed by our Army .

Printed , by MARGERY MAR-PRELAT . 1640.

I R decorative illustration consisting of a central Tudor rose surmounted by a crown with the Tudor rose and English lion on one side and the Scottish thistle and unicorn on the other
At RIPPON the 8. of Octob. 1640.

NOTHING is more heartily wished of us , and of those that sent us , then that the Treaty may begin tymously , and end happily . This moved us in our last Proposition to desire to know what your Lordships did conceive to be a competencie for the maintenance of our Army ; and now after his Majesty is acquainted therewith , we desire to know his Majesties mind , that the Army being provided for in a competent manner ; and so much being made known to such as sent us , according to the instructions which we have received from them , which make the maintenance of the Army grievous to the Treaty ; we may with all diligence shew them his Majesties pleasure concerning the change of the place , and new power to be granted for concluding : And as we are wa ranted to give this answer , so will we not conceale our own thoughts about all this matter of the maintenance of the Army , transferring of the Treaty to Yorke , and enlarging of our power . First , it is universally known that our Army was stayed in the March by his Majesties speciall command , without which they might before this time , either have been better provided , or further advanced in their Petitions and Intentions ; and that in hope of provision to be made this way , they have kept up from taking such wayes , and using such meanes , as may serve for their necessary maintenance , which yet are not to lay any burden upon the Nation or good People of England , whose weale and happinesse we seek as our own ; and with whom we have determined as we have declared , to stand or to fall . But our meaning is , that our necessary maintenance being denyed to the Army , we take our selves to those Papists and Prelats , with their adherents , our profest enemies , and the unhappy instruments of all our troubles , and charges and hazards these yeares by past , who therefore ought in all equity to suffer in the same kind .

Next we cannot conceive what danger may be apprehended in our going to Yorke , and casting our selves and others who may be joyned with us into the hands of an Army , commanded by the Lievtenant of Ireland , against whom as a chiefe Incendiary ( according to our Demands , which are the subject of the Treaty it selfe ) we intend to insist ; as is exprest , in our Remonstrance and Declaration , who hath in the Parliament of Ireland proceeded against us as Traytors , and Rebbels , the best Title it pleased his Lordship in his common Table to honour us with , whose Commission is to subdue and destroy us ; and who by all meanes professeth the breaking up of all Treaties of peace , as fearing to be excluded in the end ; command also by diverse Papists , who conceive our Pacification to be their ruine and desolation ; and where there are divers others our godlesse and disnaturall Countrey-men , doing the most offices about his Majesty , and waiting the occasion of expressing their malice and revenge against us and their own Nation .

Thirdly , the whole Committie cannot be transmitted to us and them , nor the want of neither hath been , nor needeth it to be any hinderance of the speedy progresse and peaceable conclusion of the Treaty , since we have already in the begining of our Conference shewed to your Lordships what is the subject and substance of our demands .

ANSWERS TO THE COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES GIVEN IN BY THE BISHOP OF DURHAM , NORTHUMBRLAND , and some of NEW-CASTLE ; said to be committed by our Army . 1. WE did crave in the Treaty that before Answere was given to them , that either the suppliants , or some representing them , may put their hands to the supplications and grievances , to the effect , that if they have Calumniated our Army , they may have Lex talionis . 2. The necessity of our stay at New-castle , with our Army , till we sent supplications to his Majesty , which was returned with a referrnce to the 24. Septemb. and a commandement to come no further into England . 3. We sent to the Iustices of Peace to meet with us , that our reguler way might be layed and prosecuted , for the entertainment of our Army with lesse trouble to the Countrey , whereof some came , and some refused ; those of the Bishopricke offered to lend us 350. pound per diem ; those of Northumberland 300. pound per diem , the way of settling it being unknown to us , we conceived it a voluntary way of friendly borrowing . The projects of this raysed almost as much more of the County ; whereupon so many complaints came to us , that we tooke another course to prevent the abuse of our selves and the Countrey . 4. The offer of New-castle was voluntary , and a contract for borrowed money : If we had bin such as we are described , we might have used some rygour , which we have not done , seeing they have neither kept word , nor writt with us . 5. In all our demands we meant nothing but borrowing from Protestants , and to repay it : but from Papists and Prelats prize , they having been our adversaries , and borne Armes against us . 6. We have not 6. pence from any without order , but upon complaint the offenders being known , they have had redresse to the full , and the offenders punished . 7. For the Complaints of the Bishops , Deanes , Prebends , Parsons , they rifled their own houses themselves , left their doores open , and fled from them : so that if there were justice in the Land , they may be accused before the Chief Iustice , for the pillageing their own houses , and accusing others . 8. If any stragling Souldiers committed any pillageing , we doe not allow it , but knowing it shall punish it . 9. All Robberyes committed cannot be imputed to our Army , for before we came to Newburne : we tooke not a groat and after we came the Kings Armie had wasted all , that we found nothing but empty houses and wast ground . 10. Many English put on blew Bonnets called themselves Scots , robbed houses , and by the way some of them being now in prison for the same , 11. Our victualls spent , we demanded victualls and money from the Towne of New-castle upon security ; who refused at first to lend us any , onely telling us where the Kings Magdzeens was of Corne , Bread , Cheese , and Munition , which was not above 300. sterling . 12. They denyed us , that their Bakers and Brewers should provide : us any bread and drinke , shifting us off , by telling us they were fled : our Souldiers for want , gave 12 pence for a loafe of rye Bread of 5. pound weight , and 4. pence a pottle of sod water , without any substance in it . 13. We finding they had resolution to starve us , told them , if they would not sell us Corne , it behooved us to take it ; and we sent to the Major desiring him to send C●●●stables , with some of our Officers , which he did , to see what Corne he could find : we agreed with the Merchants for it , and gave them security ; and where the owners were fled , we made Inventoryes of it , in the presence of the Constable , for which we are accountable . 14. When we had Corne , we could not get it ground , they saying their Millers were fled : these difficulties being put to , it was the mighty hand of God that kept our Army together from pillaging the Countrey . 15. The chiefe m●n of New-castle were gone , and 〈◊〉 transported their money and goods , nothing almost being left but some Corne , which we assured the Lord Almighty provided for us , and not for them . 16. The Parson of Rye and of Wickham first rifled their own houses , and then fled , leaving nothing but a few Play-bookes , and Pamphlets ; and one old Cloake , with an old Woman , being the onely living Christian in the Towne ; the rest being fled . 17. What hath been done at Durham , is not so fully known to us , but we will informe our selves , and make it known to you . 18. What hath been done in any other persons houses is not known to any generall Officer of our Army . 19. If any disorderly act hath been committed , none here alows it . 20. Lastly , the Ships that came with Rye were brought up the River , we wanting victualls , made a free bargaine with the Merchants ; paying them nigh 400. pound of their money , yet have they the victualls in their own possessions .
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