take care, and use their utmost endeavours for the apprehending of all, and every such
person and persons, which now are, or shall be found within their Liberties respectively,
as were in the late Rebellion, and aressted from the Generall, about they may be brought to
Justice, except such as have been dismissed by the Generall, and have a passe under the
band of the Generall for that purpose.
3. Ordered &c. That Mr. Attorney Generall, do prepare a Proclamation to be sent
into, and proclaimed in the severall Counties, for apprehending all such persons as were in
the late Rebellion, and report it to the House forthwith.
The substance of the Lord Generalls Letter was, That Tompson with 15 horse had
marched into Northampton Town, seized the Magazine, and the monies in the Excise mens hands, went to the Major, called the poor of the Town, distributed 10%
amongst the poor, and made invitations to the people to come in to him, joyn with
him for their Liberties, and had drawn in some 30 or 40 to come in to him.
But when the County Troop, and some others with Col. Reynolds, were come up
towards Northampton against him, he fled out of the Town, but some of his followers
were taken. And Tompson himself fled into Willing borough Wood, where he was
surrounded, and his fellowes taken prisoners upon bare quarter.
Tompson being discovered, a party of 10. Troopers, rid up to him, whom he charged,
fought, and shot one of them, and upon a second Charge shot another, and
Tompson being well horsed (though wounded) wheeled about again, and rid up to
a bush where he made another Charge, and wounded one of them; but a Corporal
having laden a Carbine with 7 bullets, marched up to him, and shot him, that he sell,
and was then exceedingly cut by the Souldiers, for though they had called to him
to take quarter, yet he refused, saying that he would neither take, nor give
quarter.
The Prisoners were sent to Northampton. And the Lord Gen. Refers their Tryall
to the Parl. they being not of the Army.
The House of Commons ordered Mr. John Durant of Canterbury to be Lecturer in
place of Dr. Knight.
ORdered by the Commons assembled in Parl. That it be referred to the Committee of
plundered Ministers, to place an able Minister in Langham, in the County of Essex,
until this House shall take further Order.
The House of Commons ordered that the Act for the Accounts of the Nation
should be speedily brought in, that it may be passed for bringing all persons to
account.
The Commons ordered the Act for setling of the jurisdiction of the Court of the
Exchequer to be reported, which was read, and after debate, committed to a
Committee.
An Act concerning the Northern Counties was ordered to be brought in, on this
day seven-night, to be reported to the House. And a Committee appointed for that
purpose.
A motion was made to the House for a review of the compositions of some Delinquents
upon the proviso in the order that passed on Saturday last, concerning Articles;
but the House declined, being resolved not to make any review at all concerning
any persons while Compositions are passed.