The impeachment by the House of Commons against the Lord Major of the City of London and divers other aldermen, common-councell men, citizens, ministers, apprentices, and others and an order for chusing a new lord mayor, and the manner of the tryall, also the sentence denounced against John Poyntz, alias Morris, Isabel Smith, Leonard Derby and John Harris. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09267 of text R222784 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 12KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B09267 Wing I95 ESTC R222784 ocm 62369322

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 eng Gayer, John, -- Sir, d. 1649 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Impeachments -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Sources. Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1649 -- Sources. eebo The impeachment by the House of Commons against the Lord Major of the city of London and divers other aldermen, common-councell men, citizens, ministe n/a 1647 9 1851 11 0 0 0 0 0 59.43 D The rate of 59.43 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2014-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-12 Sampled and proofread 2014-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

THE IMPEACHMENT by the HOUSE of COMMONS Against The Lord Major of the City of London AND Divers other Aldermen , Common-Councell men , Citizens , Ministers , Apprentices , and others .

And an Order for chusing a new Lord Major , And the manner of the Tryall .

ALSO The Sentence denounced against John Poyntz alias Morris , Isabel Smith , Leonard Derby , and John Harris .

Printed at London by Robert Ibbitson , and are to be sold at his house in Smithfield , 1647.

Die veneris Septem . 24. 1647.

Resolved upon the Question ,

THat there appeare sufficient matter to accase Sir Jo . Geyer , Knight , Mayor of the City of London , of high Treason , and further Voted , that he be committed prisoner to the Tower of London , upon accusation of high Treason , for countenancing and abetting the force and tumult brought downe and used against the House of Commons , the 26 of July last , and this to be in order to his triall ; the House upon debate also further Voted , the like charge of high Treason against Thomas Cullum Alderman , and one of the Sheriffes of London , James Bunce , Alderman John Langham Alderman , and Thomas Adams Alderman , Citizens of London , for countenancing and abetting the said force against the Houses , and that they be committed to the Tower of London . And the Committees appointed to examine the said force and tumult , were appointed to prepare and bring impeachments against the said Lord Mayor and Aldermen as aforesaid , against munday morning next .

Die Sabbathi , Septem . 25. 1647 , Resolved upon the Question ,

First , That Col. Laurence Bromfield , Col. Edward Hooker , Cap. Jones , be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors , and committed to the Serjeants custody , attending the house of Commons , and that a charge of Impeachment be drawn up against them accordingly .

Secondly , That Captain Musgrave , Thomas Carill , Bartholomew West , Rich . Rumney , Ralph Hooker , Joh . Melton Minister , James Studley , Richard Eortis , Mr. Will . Drake . — Brook , Apprentice to Mr. Baker of Hellens , John Harley , Daniel Hill , Edmund Peisley , Citizens of London , be indicted of high treason at the Kings bench barre ; and committed to the Serjeants custody untill their triall this next Terme , at the Court of Kings bench aforesaid .

Die Lunae Septemb . 27. 1647.

The Commons sent a Message to the Lords with an Impeachment against Sir John Geyer , Lord Mayor of the City of London , of high Treason in the name of all the Commons of England , for levying War against the King , Parliament , and Kingdome , and to desire their Lordships to appoint a day , and they would make good the Charge of High Treason against him . And that the City be sent to , to chuse a Lord Mayor to execute the place during his time .

The Sentence denounced against John Morris , Isabel Smith , Leonard Derby , & John Harris .

WHereas John Browne Esquire Clerke of the Parliament did the 25. of June 1647 exhibit a charg before the Lords in Parliament , against John Morris alias Poyntz , Mary his wife , Isabel Smyth , Leonard Derby , and John Harris for forging , framing and publishing a Copy of a pretended Act of Parliament aledged to have beene made Anno 43. Elizabeth . And intitled , An Act to enable and make good a conveiance and assurance made of the Mannors of chopping Ouger , Northokenden , Southokenden , and other Lands in the County of Essex , and Bevies Markes alias Buries Markes in London by James Morris Esq ; and Gabriel Po●ntz Esq ; to John , Poyntz alias Morris and his Heires , and to establish the said● mannors upon the said John Poyntz alias Morris and his Heires , according to the said conveiance , wheras in truth there neither is , nor ever was any such Act of Parliament , And for forging and counterfieting his hand writing , and subscribing the said Copy . John Browne Cler . Par .

And the better to colour their late practises have charged the said John Browne with the losse of the said Record , and denying of his owne hand . And whereas Sir Adam Littleton Barro . who had good title to part of the said Mannors & Lands as in the right of Dame . Awdery his wife , whose inheritance thereunto was sought to be impeached by the coppy , of the said pretended Act of Parliament , complained likewise against the said persons before their Lordships for th● said forgery and publication in that the said John Morris , Edward Derby Iohn Harris , and Isabel Smyth did procure the said copy at Chesmstow at Lent Assizes 1646. for the County of Essex , at a tryall in an Ejectione forme , brought by Thomas Smyth Husband to the said Isabel , and Lessee of the said John Morris against Josias Clerke Tennant to the said Sir Adam Littleton of part of the said Lands contained in the said pretended Act , And did pleade and affirme the same to bee a true copy of an Act of Parliament ; And the said Derby and Harris did falsly and pe●juriously swear in open Court , at the said tryall , that they had examined the said copy by them , produced with the Record of the said pretended Act in the Office of the Clerke of the Parliament , and that hee did acknowledge the said writing to be his own hand , whereas in truth the said subscription , to the said pretended Act of Parliament is counterfeit and none of the said Clerke of the Parliaments hand . And the said Sir Adam further complained of an exemplification under the great Seal of England for countenancing the said forged Coppy of the said pretended Act , by some undue means by the said parties thereunto affixed , of the parties shewing whereof , proofe was made before their Lordships .

All which being crimes of a very high and transcendent nature , and do concerne the publique justice of the Kingdome , and of this Honourable House , the supreamest judicatory of this Kingdome : That Acts of Parliaments , the highest Records in this Kndgdome should be framed invented , forged and given in evidence , and published as true Acts of Parliament . And the hand of the Clerke of the Parliament a sworne Officer forged , counterfited & subscribed to the same , & if such bold and audacious acts should not be severely punished , no man can bee safe in his life , person , or estate , they said Iohn Browne and Sir Adam Littleton desired that the persons aforesaid might forthwith answer the said Charges , and that their Lordships would inflict such exemplary punishment upon the offenders as may deferre the like attempts and leud practise , in others , and give such setting reparations as their Lordships in their wisdome should thinke meete .

Whereupon the persons aforesaid , put in their answers to the premises and pleaded not guilty . And after the Case had beene divers days fully heard by councell on both sides and witnesses produced at this Barre , and the whole matter afterwards throughly weighed , debated , and fully confided of by the House . The Lords in Parliament assembled , being fully satisfied of the guilt of the said persons for the aforesaid high crimes charged against them : doe award and adjudge

1. That the said John Morris shall pay to our Soveraigne Lord the King the Summe of one thousand Pounds , Isabel Smith two hundred Pounds , Leonard Derby foure hundred Pounds , and John Harris foure hundred Pounds .

2. That the said Parties shall pay to John Browne Esquire Clerke of the Parliament for his Damages five hundred Pounds .

3. That all the said Parties shall before their inlargement out of Prison be bound to the good Behaviour during their lives , before some one of his Majesties Justices of his Bench at Westminster , with good Sureties .

4. That the said Copie of the pretended Act of Parliament falsely affirmed upon Oath to have been subscribed with the name of the said Clerke of the Parliament , intituled An Act to enable and make good a Conveyance and Assurance made of the Mannours of Chepping ouger , North Kenden , South Kenden , and other Lands in the County of Essex , and Bevis Markes , al●às Buries Markes in London by James Morris and Gabriel Pointz Esquire to John Pointz aliàs Morris and his heires , and to establish the said Mannours upon the said John Pointz aliàs Morris his heires , according to the said Conveyance , is hereby declared to be forged and counterfeit , and is by their Lord ps . adjudged & decreed to be for ever damned and cancelled , and never to be pleaded in any Court or Cause whatsoever , nor to be admitted in Evidence , there being no Record of any such pretended Act of Pa●lia●ent , to warrant the same .

5. That all ●he said s●vera●l persons hereby adjudged guilty of the said crimes , shall ever hereafter be made uncapable to be wi nesses in any cause whatsoever .

6 That John Brown Esquire , Clerk of the Parliament , is in the ju●gement of this House free and cleer of , and from all and every the aspersi●ns , falsities , and charges of th● said John Morris , Isabel Smith , Leonard Derby , and John Harris charged , uttered , divulged , and given out by them against him . Concerning the matters herein mentioned , and that this Judgement shall be openly read and published in the face of the County of Essex , at the next Assizes to be held for that County .

7 That the said parties shall bring , or cause to bee brought into this House by the fifth day of October next one exemplification under the great Seale of England , concerning the Mannor of Little Munden , in the County of Hartford , and the aforesaid Exemplification of the said counterfeit Act of Parliament , to which the great Seale of England is charged to have been unduly and fraudulently affixed , that so the aforesaid forged exemplification may be cancelled and vacated .

8 That they shall be imprisoned during the pleasure of this House .

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