House of Commons. And the House also tooke into consideration their preparations
for the Relief of Ireland. And ordered that as there both been a publique fast
for England (which was Thursday last,) so to have the like for Ireland, And the
Thursday come sennite should be set a part for a day of Humiliation for London, and
parts adjacent, And the Thursday sennite after that for all other parts of this Nation.
Some other Acts were read in the House of Commons, and reported to severall
Committees. This day the Officers drew lots at whitehall about the (Regiments
to go for Ireland And the number that are already designed out of the Army, wasting
4, Regiments of horse, and 4. Regiments of foote, to make them complete
12000, horse and foote in an Equipage, and proportion fit for that service, therefore
they drew lots for 4. Regiments of horse, and 4. of foote.
The Regiments which were drawn to go, are these 8. following.
Regiments at Horse, Commit, Gen. Iresons. Col. Gen. hamberts. Col, Sero[unr]s
Col. Hortens, 4 Regiments of Fosts. Col. Hawsons Col. Cookes. Col. Etres.
Col. Deanes Companies of Dragoons. Captain Abbots. Capt. Mersers. Capt. Fulshers.
Capt. Bokars. Capt. Garlands.
2 Troopes of the Generalls horse, that were sent to St. Georges Hill, and Oasilands
in Surrey, returned (this day) for dispersing of the party that were diging
share, and brought away Everrest, and another, [unr] of the chief of them to Whitehall,
who were brought before the Lord Gen. and the Officers had a check, and good
admonition, and were dismissed. They thought because they were called Commons
they belonged to any body, not considering that they are the Commons only
for the Inhabitants of such or such a place; They are a distracted crack brained
people that were the chief.
Saturday April 21.
THe House of Commons spent much time this day about the Act for Drean and
Chapters Lands; As so the casing of what is layd upon the Excise, and Goldsmiths-Hall,
concerning which the House passed several Votes.
The resule of all was, that all the particular summs charged upon the Excise, as
to particular persons (most whereof became now due to the severall parties) should
be taken off the receipt of the said Excise, and further Ordered, that the same should
be charged upon the Act for sale of Deane and Chapters Lands, and paid out of the
monies trifing thereupon, according to the severall dates of the Ordinances which
charged the said monies upon the Excise.
And because there is a great want of speedy advancing a confiderable summe
for the service of the Common-wealth both in relation to Ireland and the [unr]
they Ordered. that so much as the said Lands do amount unto, shall be charged upon
the Excise for the service of the Common-wealth and by the Commissioners
of Excise when they fall due in course or otherwise.
By his Excellency the Lord Gen. Fairfax.
Whereas Major Gen. Laughton; Col. Powel, and Col. Poyer, by the lawes
and Ordinances of War, are senrenc't by my Court Martiall so suffer death, as
by the said sentence at large appeareth. Now for divorse causes me moving. Those
are to require you, to cause three lots to be prepared, and that but one of them be
that to death upon whose lot it shall fall, and the other two be kept it your custody.