IT
is
this
day
ordered
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
,
That
houses
for
Courts
of
Guard
,
and
Posts
,
Bars
,
and
chaines
,
be
forthwith
erected
and
set
up
in
such
places
and
by-Lanes
of
the
Parishes
of
St.
Margarets
Westminster
,
S.
Martins
in
the
fields
(
in
the
confines
of
Westminster
)
S.
Clements
Danes
,
S.
Mary
Savoy
,
S.
Andrews
Holborne
,
S.
Giles
in
the
fields
,
Coven
Garden
,
S.
Iohn-street
,
S.
Iames
at
Clarkenwell
,
S.
Giles
Cripplegate
,
Shorditch
,
Whitechappel
,
Islington
,
Mile-end
,
Southwarke
,
Lambeth
,
or
any
other
place
or
places
,
as
shall
be
thought
necessary
and
convenient
for
the
defence
and
safe
guarding
of
the
said
Parishes
,
places
,
and
by-Lanes
,
the
charge
thereof
to
be
born
by
the
inhabitants
of
the
several
Parishes
aforesaid
respectively
,
who
shall
be
rated
and
assessed
by
such
persons
respectively
,
as
the
Lord-Lieutenant
of
that
County
or
any
two
of
his
Deputies
shall
nominate
for
that
purpose
.
And
if
any
shal
refuse
to
contribute
their
proportion
,
then
the
said
persons
so
to
be
named
to
rate
and
assesse
,
shal
certifie
the
names
of
such
refusers
to
the
Lord-Lieutenant
,
or
any
two
of
his
Deputies
,
who
are
to
acquaint
one
or
both
Houses
of
Parliament
therewith
,
that
such
further
order
may
be
taken
therein
as
to
them
shall
be
thought
most
convenient
;
And
that
a
competent
number
of
the
Trained-bands
and
Companies
of
Volunteere
in
and
belonging
to
the
said
Parishes
,
shall
day
and
night
attend
with
their
Armes
in
or
neere
the
said
Court
of
Gard
;
who
shal
have
power
and
authority
hereby
to
apprehend
,
seize
and
arrest
all
suspitious
persons
,
Ammunition
and
Armes
,
passing
through
the
said
Parishes
,
places
,
or
by-Lanes
,
or
any
part
of
them
,
until
either
of
the
said
Houses
of
Parliament
be
made
acquainted
therewith
,
and
their
pleasure
be
further
known
concerning
the
same
;
And
the
Captains
and
Officers
of
the
Trained-bands
and
Volunteers
.
And
the
persons
here
under
named
are
required
to
take
care
that
the
Premises
be
carefully
performed
accordingly
,
which
persons
are
to
be
named
by
the
Lord
Lieutenant
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
his
Deputy-Lievtenants
.
I
Brown
Cler
.
Parliamentorum
.
Die
Sabbathi
22.
Octob
.
1642.
WE
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
assembled
do
in
the
presence
of
Almighty
God
,
for
the
satisfaction
of
our
owne
consciences
,
and
discharge
of
that
great
trust
which
lies
upon
us
,
make
this
Protestation
,
and
Declaration
to
this
Kingdome
and
Nation
,
and
to
the
whole
World
,
That
no
private
passion
or
respect
,
no
evill
intention
to
His
Majesties
Person
,
no
designe
to
the
prejudice
of
his
just
honor
and
authority
engaged
us
to
raise
Forces
,
and
take
up
Armes
against
the
Authors
of
this
Warre
wherewith
the
Kingdome
is
now
enflamed
.
And
we
have
alwayes
desired
from
our
hearts
and
soules
,
manifested
in
our
actions
and
proceedings
â–ª
and
in
severall
humble
Petitions
and
Remonstrances
to
His
Majesty
professed
our
Loyalty
,
and
Obedience
to
his
Crowne
,
readinesse
and
resolution
to
defend
His
person
,
and
support
His
estate
with
our
lives
and
fortunes
,
to
the
uttermost
of
our
power
.
That
we
have
beene
willing
to
passe
by
not
onely
those
injuries
,
ignominies
,
slanders
and
false
accusations
,
wherewith
we
have
beene
privately
oppressed
and
grieved
,
but
likewise
many
publique
incroachments
and
high
usurpations
to
the
prejudice
of
Religion
and
Liberty
,
divers
bloudy
Trayterous
and
cruell
practises
and
designes
for
the
utter
ruine
and
destruction
of
the
Church
and
State
,
so
as
we
might
for
the
time
to
come
have
beene
secured
from
that
wicked
and
mallignant
party
,
those
pernicious
and
Trayterous
Councells
,
who
have
beene
the
authors
and
fomentors
of
the
former
mischiefes
and
present
calamities
,
which
have
and
still
doe
distemper
this
Church
and
State
.
That
for
the
same
purpose
,
and
for
the
avoyding
of
bloud
we
directed
the
Earle
of
Essex
Lord
General
by
himselfe
or
others
,
in
some
safe
and
honorable
way
to
cause
to
be
delivered
an
humble
Petition
,
wherein
we
do
desire
nothing
from
His
Majesty
,
but
that
he
would
returne
in
peace
to
His
Parliament
,
and
by
their
faithfull
Councell
and
advise
compose
the
distempers
and
confusions
abounding
in
His
Kingdomes
,
as
he
is
bound
to
do
;
we
therein
professing
in
the
sight
of
Almighty
God
,
which
is
the
strongest
Obligation
and
assurance
that
any
Christian
,
and
the
most
solemn
publique
Faith
,
which
any
such
State
as
a
Parliament
can
give
,
that
we
would
receive
Him
with
all
honour
,
yeeld
Him
all
true
Obedience
and
subjection
,
and
faithfully
endeavour
to
defend
His
Person
and
estate
,
from
all
danger
,
and
to
the
uttermost
of
our
power
,
to
establish
to
Him
and
to
His
people
,
all
the
blessings
of
a
glorious
and
happy
Raigne
,
as
it
is
more
largely
exprest
in
that
Petition
.
For
the
delivery
of
which
Petition
his
Excellency
hath
twice
sent
unto
the
King
,
humbly
desiring
a
safe
conduct
for
those
who
should
be
imployed
therein
,
but
His
Majesty
refused
to
give
any
such
safe
conduct
,
or
to
receive
this
humble
and
dutifull
Petition
by
any
addresse
from
the
Earle
of
Essex
,
saying
that
if
Justice
had
beene
done
the
Gentleman
which
brought
the
second
message
could
not
expect
his
liberty
.
By
all
which
and
many
other
evidences
&
inducements
,
we
are
fully
convinc'd
in
our
judgements
and
beliefe
,
that
the
Kings
Councells
,
and
Resolutions
are
so
engaged
to
the
popish
party
,
for
the
suppression
and
extirpation
of
the
true
Religion
,
that
all
hopes
of
peace
and
protection
are
excluded
,
and
that
it
is
fully
intended
to
give
satisfaction
to
the
Papists
by
alteration
of
Religion
,
and
to
the
Cavaleers
and
other
Souldiers
,
by
exposing
the
wealth
of
the
good
Subjects
,
especially
of
this
City
of
London
to
be
sackt
plundred
and
spoild
by
them
.
That
for
the
better
effecting
hereof
,
great
numbers
of
Papists
have
in
shew
conformed
themselves
to
the
Protestant
Religion
by
comming
to
the
Church
,
receiving
the
Sacrament
,
and
taking
the
Oathes
of
allegiance
,
and
supremacy
which
some
of
their
owne
Priests
have
encouraged
them
to
do
,
by
maintaining
that
they
might
do
all
those
things
,
and
yet
continue
good
Catholiques
,
under
which
cover
His
Majesty
did
at
first
begin
to
strengthen
himselfe
,
those
of
that
Religion
being
weake
,
and
unable
to
endure
the
envy
and
discontent
which
the
arming
of
the
Papists
would
procure
in
the
Kingdome
,
and
therefore
endeavoured
to
keepe
off
all
jealousies
and
suspitions
by
many
fearefull
Oaths
and
Imprecations
,
concerning
his
purpose
of
maintaining
the
Protestant
Religion
and
the
Lawes
of
the
Kingdome
,
causing
some
profest
Papists
to
be
discharged
out
of
his
Army
,
and
none
to
be
received
that
would
not
endure
the
test
of
comming
to
Church
,
receiving
the
Sacrament
,
and
taking
the
Oathes
.
That
His
Majesty
being
now
growne
stronger
,
and
able
as
he
conceives
to
make
good
His
owne
ends
by
Armes
,
His
Confidence
in
the
Papists
doth
more
clearly
appeare
;
persons
imprison'd
for
Priests
and
Jesuits
have
beene
released
out
of
the
goale
of
Lancaster
,
profest
Papists
have
been
invited
to
rise
and
take
up
Armes
,
Commissions
under
His
Majesties
authority
have
beene
granted
to
many
of
them
for
places
of
command
in
this
War
,
with
power
to
raise
men
,
and
great
numbers
have
beene
raised
by
them
,
and
they
daily
increase
,
as
namely
to
sir
Nicholas
Thornton
,
Sir
Thomas
Howard
Barronet
,
Sir
Edward
Widdington
,
Sir
William
Riddell
,
Mr.
Smith
of
Ash
,
Master
George
Wray
,
Master
Edward
Grey
of
Morpeth-Castle
,
Master
Launcelot
Errington
of
Dento
,
Master
Launcelot
Holtby
all
of
Northumberland
,
Bishoprick
of
Durham
,
and
New
castle
,
to
Master
Clifton
,
Master
William
Walton
,
Sir
Willam
Gerrard
Barronet
,
Sir
Cicill
Trafford
,
Mr.
Anderson
of
Lostock
in
the
County
of
Lancaster
,
and
divers
forces
are
raised
and
paid
by
the
Earle
of
Worcester
and
his
sonne
the
Lord
Herbert
,
and
as
we
are
informed
by
an
expresse
messenger
sent
from
those
parts
,
The
said
L.
Herbert
,
a
notorious
Papist
is
made
Generall
of
all
South
Wales
;
and
we
are
further
informed
out
of
Yorkeshire
,
by
divers
persons
of
great
worth
and
quality
,
that
those
that
raise
Forces
in
those
parts
for
his
Majesty
doarme
and
imploy
papists
,
and
use
their
advise
in
their
consultations
,
All
which
is
contrary
to
the
solemn
Oathes
,
Protestations
,
and
Execrations
,
whereby
his
Majesty
bound
himself
to
maintain
the
Protestant
Religion
,
and
the
lawes
of
the
Land
,
By
which
he
endeavoured
to
get
a
confidence
in
the
people
of
his
good
intentions
,
which
how
well
it
is
answered
we
leave
the
world
to
judge
.
That
Sir
I.
Hinderson
,
and
Collonel
Cokram
men
of
ill
report
,
both
for
religion
and
honesty
,
are
sent
to
Hamburgh
and
Denmarke
,
as
we
are
credibly
informed
,
to
raise
forces
there
,
and
to
bring
them
to
Newcastle
,
and
to
joyn
with
the
Earle
of
Newcastle
,
and
the
Army
of
Papists
which
they
intend
to
raise
there
;
And
that
divers
endeavours
have
been
used
in
other
forraine
parts
,
to
bring
in
strange
forces
into
the
Kingdom
;
That
the
King
hath
received
about
him
divers
papists
of
Ireland
,
some
of
which
are
indited
of
high
treason
for
their
rebellion
there
,
notoriously
known
to
have
been
in
actuall
rebellion
;
as
namely
,
the
Lord
Taffe
,
Sir
Iohn
Dungane
,
proclaimed
a
Rebel
,
Collonel
Fitzwilliams
,
Dr.
Meara
indited
for
the
rebellion
in
Ireland
and
fled
for
the
same
,
and
yet
appointed
Phisition
to
Prince
Rupert
;
And
that
his
Majesty
hath
sent
for
the
petition
of
the
Irish
Rebels
which
the
Justices
had
stopt
,
with
evident
expression
of
favour
to
them
,
whereby
that
Kingdom
is
like
to
become
an
unfit
habitation
of
any
Protestants
,
and
a
Seminary
of
War
and
treason
against
this
Kingdom
.
That
divers
English
Traytors
,
actors
in
the
former
designes
against
the
Kingdome
and
Parliament
,
are
chiefe
counsellors
and
actors
in
this
unnaturall
warre
against
his
subjects
,
as
the
Lord
Digby
,
Oneale
,
Wilmot
,
Pollard
,
Ashburnham
and
others
.
That
we
have
been
likewise
credibly
informed
that
divers
Jesuits
and
Priests
in
forraigne
parts
make
great
collections
of
money
for
reliefe
of
the
papists
in
Ireland
,
and
the
furthering
of
his
Majesties
designes
here
against
the
Parliament
,
and
that
by
them
and
some
others
fled
out
of
this
Kingdom
for
treason
,
great
means
are
made
to
take
up
the
differences
betwixt
some
Princes
of
the
Roman
religion
,
that
so
they
might
unite
their
strength
for
the
extirpation
of
the
Protestant
Religion
,
wherein
principally
this
Kingdom
and
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
are
concerned
,
as
making
the
greatest
body
of
the
reformed
Religion
in
Christendome
,
and
best
able
to
defend
themselves
,
and
succour
other
Churches
.
For
all
which
reasons
we
are
resolved
to
enter
into
a
solemne
oath
and
covenant
with
God
,
to
give
up
our selves
,
our
lives
,
and
fortunes
into
his
hands
;
And
that
we
will
to
the
utmost
of
our
power
and
judgement
maintain
his
truth
,
and
conform
our selves
to
his
wil
,
that
we
wil
defend
this
cause
with
the
hazzard
of
our
lives
against
the
Kings
army
,
and
against
all
that
shal
joyn
with
them
in
prosecution
of
this
wicked
designe
,
according
to
the
form
to
be
agreed
upon
by
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
to
be
subscribed
by
our
hands
.
And
that
we
wil
for
the
same
ends
associate
our selves
,
and
unite
with
all
the
wel
affected
in
the
City
of
London
,
and
other
parts
of
his
Majesties
Dominions
.
That
we
expect
our
brethren
of
Scotland
,
according
to
the
act
of
Pacification
,
whereby
the
two
Kingdomes
are
mutually
bound
to
suppresse
all
debates
and
differences
to
the
disturbance
of
the
publike
peace
,
That
they
will
help
and
assist
us
in
defence
of
this
cause
;
which
if
the
Popish
party
prevaile
,
must
needs
either
involve
them
in
that
alteration
of
Religion
which
wil
be
made
here
,
or
engage
them
in
a
war
against
this
Kingdome
,
to
defend
their
own
Religion
and
liberty
.
And
we
doubt
not
but
the
God
of
truth
,
and
the
great
protector
of
his
people
will
assist
and
enable
us
in
this
our
just
defence
,
to
restraine
the
malice
and
fury
of
those
that
seek
our
ruine
,
and
to
secure
the
persons
,
estates
,
and
liberties
of
all
that
joyn
with
us
;
And
to
procure
and
establish
the
safety
of
religion
,
and
fruition
of
our
lawes
and
liberties
,
in
this
and
all
other
his
Majesties
Dominions
,
which
we
do
here
again
professe
before
the
everliving
God
,
to
be
the
chiefe
end
of
all
our
Counsels
and
resolutions
,
without
any
intention
or
desire
to
hurt
or
injure
his
Majesty
,
either
in
his
person
or
just
Power
.
FINIS
.