the upper Bench Old Judge Jenkings the next Western Circuit.
Brown Bushel to be Tryed at a Court Martial, as a Revolter.
Marquis of Winchester and Bishop Wren put to the question to be
Tryed for life, but carried in the Negative; [the Arranter Knaves,
better luck.] They Vote that none but Jenkings and Stowel, and
such as are appointed to be Tryed, or are Tryable by a Court Martial,
for Revolt, either by Land or Sea, as Langhorn, Poyer, Powel,
Linden, and Brown Bushel, and except such as have held out any
Fort, Island, or Castle against the Parliament since the first of
March instant. They sentence the Marquis of Winchester and Bishop
Wren imprisonment till farther Order, alias, during life, and
exempt them Composition. They Order of Banish the Banished,
and Confiscate the Unconfiscate estate of Charls Stuart,
(lately called Prince of Wales) James Stuart, (late Duke of York,)
Dam of Buckingham, Earls of Bristol and Newcastle, George Lord
Digby, Sir William Widdrington, Sir Philip Musgrave, Sir Marmaduke
Langdale, Sir Richard Greenvile, Sir Francis Dodington, Earl
of Worchester, Sir John Winter, Sir John Culpepper, and Sir John
Byron; And would not these Estates, if speedily put to sale, at
twelve years purchase, amount to above one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds, and leave sufficient maintenance for their wives and
children? Let us once have thoughts to ease our poor fellow Commoners
of their insupportable burthens. They Vote all Delinquents
within eighty miles of London, to enter their Petitions for Compositions
by the first of April next, all the rest within six weeks. All
but those that had a hand in the Irish Rebellion, admitted to Compositions,
except the persons before excepted. All other Delinquents
(not comprehended in the former qualification) admitted to Compositions,
not withstanding the Propositions of both Nations to the
contrary.
That all those that come not in by the time prefixed, their estates
to be confiscated, and sold, for the use of the Common-Wealth.
But will you still impose the blinde, weak, dumb, and dead Scottish
Covenant upon the Compounders? if so, few Delinquents will
Compound with you.