hereupon voted that a Committee should be appointed to send to Mr. Elsynge, to
take an accompt of him where the Bockes and Records of that House are, and are
to Inventory the said Books and Records, and are to present the names of fit and
able persons, that a sufficient Clerk may be elected one of them, to be Clerk to
the House.
They likewise voted M. Phips to be Clerk assistant to the house, and ordered M.
Daruell the present Clerk assistant 200 ll. in past of 500 out of the Revenue. A Committee
was appointed to consider of Anticipations upon Goldsmiths hall, Excize,
and other Treasuries, and how to take off or otherwise secure and satisfie the same,
and to prevent obstructions in the bringing in of the severall Revenues.
The souldiers of the Army, in prosecution of an Ordinance of Parliament, secured
all the Players in Salisbury court and Drury lane, and brought them away prisoners
in the midst of their Acts in their Robes as then habited.
A Committee of the Army was appointed to consider of concealed moneys to
the State, and to send for parties witnesses and Records concerning the same, and
the other was a Committee of Officers in the Army, and Citizens, to consider of
notorious Delinquents that are to be made fit examples of justice; both these Committees
having power to examine witnesses upon Oath.
The Judges for triall of the King are, the Lord chiefe Justice Rolls, chiefe Justice
of England, Justice St John, Lord chiefe Justice of the Common pleas, and Lord
chiefe Baron Wilde.
The Commissioners (who are to be of the Jury) are 150 (whereof 20 of the
quorum) some of each house of Parliament, some of the Army, and some from all the
40 Counties of the Kingdom.
Of the Lords house, the Earl of Denbigh, Earl of Pembrooke, Earl of Kent, Earl of
Mulgrave, Earl of Nottingham, and L. Grey of Watk.
Of the house of Commons, the Lord Munson, Lord Grey of Groby, L. Gen. Crumwell,
Maj. Gen. Skippon,Commis. Gen. Ireton, Col. Harrison, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir Iobez
Danvers, Sir Greg. Norton, Col. Walton, Col. Moore, M. Edwards, Col. Boswell M. Crawley,
M. Allen, Col. Ven, Col. Ludlow, Col. Purefoy, M. Henningham, M. Smith, M. Darley,
M. Balgrave, M. Pury, M. Scot, M. Trencbard, M. Corbets senior and junior, M. Holland,
M. Hallowes, M. Cballoners senior and junior, M. Lisle, Col. Lassels, and most of the
Members now sitting.
Of the Army that are not Members, The Lord Gen. Fairfax, Col. Wbaley, Col.
Rich, Sir Hardresse Waller Col. Tomlinson, Col. Scroop Col. Sanders, Col. Twisleton, Col.
Pride, Col. Huson, Col. Cooke, Col. Barkestead, Col. Horton, Col. Detborough, Col. Dean,
Col. Okey, &c.
Of the City of London, Alderman Pennington, Alderman Wollsstone, Alderman
Fouks, Alderman Gibbs, Alderman Andrenv, Alderman Atkins, &c.
From Scotland they write that the Lord Chancellor at the late renewing of the
Covenant in Scotland, stood up in his pew, and made a publike acknowledgemeat
of his late failings in self-seeking, and countenancing the last wicked engagement;
which he performed so, Orthodoxly with tears and so pathetically desired the people
to pray for him, that there was great weeping among them. Some Lords, as Hume,
St Clare, Hatfield, and others, are called before the Committee of Estates to give
caution for their peaceable behaviour in the Kingdome : Some queries are put to