OF THOMAS BURTON, ESQ. MEMBER IN THE PARLIAMENTS OF OLIVER AND RICHARD CROMWELL, FROM 1656 TO 1659: NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT. WITH AN INTRODUCTION, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF 1654; FROM THE JOURNAL OF GUIBON GODDARD, ESQ. M. P. ALSO NOW FIRST PRINTED. EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL BY JOHN TOWILL RUTT. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON-STREET. OD SYAN PARLIAMENTARY DIARY. &c. &c. Monday, April 13, 1657. Lord Whitlock acquaints the House that the Committee* attended his Highness on Saturday last, and his Highness was pleased to appoint them to meet his Highness again this morning at eight of the clock. Resolved, that this House, after the rising thereof, be adjourned till to-morrow morning, eight of the clock. * This Committee consisted of ninety-nine members; the Speaker, probably, being added to complete a hundred. They were chosen April 9th, in consequence of the following resolutions ; "That a Committee be appointed to wait upon his Highness, in reference to what his Highness did yesterday propose in his speech, now reported to the House. "That this Committee have power to receive from his Highness his doubts and scruples, touching any of the particulars contained in the humble Petition and Advice formerly presented; and in answer thereunto, to offer to his Highness reasons for his satisfaction, and for the maintenance of the resolutions of this House: and such particulars as they cannot satisfy his Highness in, that they report the same to the Parliament."-Journals. See also, " Monarchy Asserted to be the Most Ancient and Legal Form of Government, in a conference had at Whitehall, with Oliver, late Lord Protector, and a Committee of Parliament." 1660. p. 1. The managers in this Committee were nine, Lord Chief-Justices, St. John and Glynn; Lords Commissioners, Whitlock, Lisle, and Fiennes ; Resolved, that the debate upon the Report made by Mr. Secretary on Saturday last,* be adjourned till Wednesday morning.† Tuesday, April 14, 1657. Lord Whitlock gives the House an account of the proceedings of the Committee appointed to attend his Highness, the Lord Protector, yesterday, and that his Highness appointed the Committee to meet with him again this afternoon, at three of the clock, at Whitehall, and that the Committee desire leave to meet this morning, in order thereunto. Resolved, that the Committee appointed to attend his Highness, the Lord Protector, upon "the humble petition and advice,"§ do make a Report of their proceedings, tomorrow morning. Resolved, that the House be adjourned till to-morrow morning, eight of the clock.|| Wednesday, April 15, 1657, being the first day of Term. Lord Whitlock acquainted the House, that the Com Lord Broghill, the Master of the Rolls, (Lenthall) Sir Charles Wolseley, Sir Richard Onslow, and Colonel Jones. Their speeches, at length, with the Protector's replies and rejoinders, are preserved in the volume just quoted. See also Parl. Hist. xxi. 66—126. With this Report, giving "some account of a design lately discovered," Mr. Secretary " produced a book printed, called, ' a Standard'; and likewise the painted standard, which was taken, being a red lion couchant, with this motto, 'Who shall rouse him up?" "—Journals. The entry, for this day, is verbatim, as in the Journals. For his Highness's answer at the Conference," See Appendix, No. 3. § See Parl. Hist. xxi. 129–142. It was voted, March 27, and first called," the humble Address and Remonstrance." It was presented to the Protector, March 31. " The Speaker took this occasion to commend the title and office of a king in this nation, for several reasons; as that a king first settled Christianity in this Island," &c.-See Mercurius Politicus, No. 355. in Parl. Hist. xxi. 59. This day's entry is verbatim, as in the Journals. |