Inter-regnum. Protector, to be chosen ; but also in preventing the 1656. Election of many Gentlemen of the best Families and Fortunes b. Yet finding, nevertheless, that a September. great Number of Members of the last Parliament, who had been the most resolute Opposers of his Mea-. sures, were return'd to serve in the present; and apprehensive he should not, therefore, be able, by a Legislative Sanction, to ratify and establish his Government, which had hitherto no Authority but what was derived from the Sword, he determined that not a Man fhould be permitted to fit in the House, without first producing a Certificate of his being approved by the Council of State. This Tyrannical Project of Cromwell's, being the highest Infringement of the Liberties of the Nation we have yet met with, in the whole Course of these Inquiries, we fall endeavour to investigate, and bring together, every authentic Circumstance that can possibly contribute to illustrate so important a Crisis. To this End we exhibit a List of the Members of this Parliament, distinguishing all such as were the Dependents or Relations of Cromwell; and also those who, though: duly return’d by the Sheriffs, were not permitted to fit in the House. The b In the Fifth Volume of Thurloe's State Papers, is a Copy of a Pamphlet, intituled, England's Remembraneer, or a Word in Season to all Englishmen about their Elections of Members for the approacbing Parliament. This Piece, great Numbers whereof were dispersed all over the Nation, seems to have been calculated to spirit up the People against the Protector and his Government. In that Collection also are several Letters from Lord Brogbill, Henry Cromwell, Monck, Tburloe, Whalley, Lilburne, Haynes, Disorowe, Kelsey, Goffe, Berry, Bridges, &c. from the Perufal of which may be form'd a juít Idea of the arbitrary Measures made use of to secure a Majority of Members in the Protector's Interest, to be return'd for England, Scotland, and Ireland.- -We shall give an Extract of one only, as a Specimen of the ret. London, Aug. 22, 1656. “ All our Newes is about the Choyce of Members for Parliament. Where our honest Soldiers can appeare, a reasonable good Choyce is made, but the farther off from London the worse ; for even here amongst us, under our Noses, the Ill-affected are so bould and ingratefull, as, at Elections, to cry out, Noe Souldiers, noe Courtiers: But curft Cowes have short Hornes; and the Prudence of our Governors, by the sending for up of the rest of the Army, will doubtless fecure us against the new and old Malignants boath.". The Names of the PERSONS return'd to serve in the Parliament appointed to meet at Westminster, September 17, 1656, for the several COUNTIES, Cities, Towns, BOROUGHS, and CINQUE Ports, of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. c The Members in the Italic Chara&ter were denied Admittance into the House; and those with k prefix'd, voted for Cromwell's being King. 4 John Harvey, Esq; 5461, per Ann. and Captain of a County the Public Revenues, 300l. per Ann. Richard Edwards, Esq; Bedford T Thomas Margets, Esq; Judge-Advocate of the Army, 2731. 15 s. per Ann. John Southby, Esq; tector by Marriage. k William Hide, Ejq; Abingdon B. Thomas Holt, Eig; Readc Extracted from the Journals, Dr. Willis's Notitia Parliamentaria, the Diaries of the Times, Tburloe, &c. The Account of the several Offices, &c. of which the Members were poflefled, with their respective Value, are taken from a Pamphlet published immediately after the Diffolution of the Parliament.- -This Piece, which is wrote with equal Truth and Resentment, is intituled, A Narrative of tbe late Parliament, (jo cailed) their Election and Appearing ; tbe Seclusion of a great part of them; the Sitring of the rest. With an Account of the Places of Profit, Salaries, and Advantages, which they bold and receive under the present Power. With some Queries thereupon; and upon the moff material. Asts and Proceedings paled by them. All bumbly proposed to Confideration ; published for Information of the People, by a Friend 10 the Commöntvealıb, and to its 'dear-bought Rights and Liberties.-- It was communicated by the Rev. Dr. Birch, Secretary to the Royal Society; to whom the Authors of this work are much obliged for several valuable Materials. d It is remarkable that some of those Members who were denied their Seats in the House, at the Opening of the Parliament, afterwards voted for making of Cromwell King.That they were at first refused Admittance, as not being approved by the Council, is confirm'd by the Journals; and yet, from the frequent Mention of their Names in those Authorities afterwards, as Tellers, c, it is evident thcy got in by fome. Means or other. It is not improbable, therefore, that their promising to vote for the Protector's Advancement to the Crown, was the Price of their Admallora Reading B. Daniel Blagrave, Esq; BUCKINGHAM- k Rt. Hon. Bulstrode Whitlocke, as CommifSHIRE. fioner of the Treasury, 1000l. per Ann. his Şon a Colonel in the Army, and made a Knight by the Lord Protector, Jan. 6, 1656. 4741. 10 s. per Ann. The Protector's Kinf man. SHIRE, k Richard Hampden, Erq; Buckingham T. & Francis Ingoldsby, Efq; a Relation to the Lord Protector. Aylesbury B. Thomas Scott, of Lambeth-House, Esq; Chipping - Wi- Maj. Gen. Tobias Bridge, Colonel of Horses comb B. 474 1. 10 s. per Ann. CAMBRIDGE- k Sir Francis Russel, Bart. Chamberlain of Che fer, 500 l. per Ann. One of his Daughters married the Lord Protector's fecond Son. Robert Castle, Efq; Henry Pickering, Esq; k Robert West, Esq; Cambridge Uni- Rt. Hon. Lord Richard Cromwell, Chancellor versity. of the University. Eldelt Son of the Lord Protector. Cambridge T. Richard Tymbes, Alderman. Isle of Ely. k Rt. Hon. John Thurloe, Principal Secretary of State, and Postmafter of England. William Fisher, Esq; Thomas Marbury, of Marbury, Eld; k Major Peter Brooke, of Reddish. Chester C. Edward Bradshaw, Esq; CORNWALL. Rt. Hon. Francis Rouse, as one of his High ness's Council, 1000l. per Ann. and Provost of Eaton College, 500l. Anthony Nichols, of Penrose, Efq; k Richard Carter, of Colomb Major, Efq; Thomas Ceeley, of Trevilham, Esq; William Braddon, Efq; Captain of a County Troop, 1001. per Ann. John per Ann. John St. Aubyn, of Clowance, Esq; North and South Coasts of Cornwall. Walter Moyle, of Bake, Ejq; Launceston B. Thomas Gewen, of Bradridge, Esq; Truro B. Walter Vincent, Ela; Penryn B. John Fox, Esq; Recorder of this Borough, Governor of Pendennis Castle, and Captain of Horse. The Protector's Kinsman. East-Low and k , CUMBERLAND. k Maj. Gen. Charles Howard, as Colonel of Foot, 365l. per Ann. and Captain of a County Troop, 1001, also Governor of Berwick, Carlife, and Tinmouth. & William Briscoe, Esq; Colonel of Foot, 3651. Carlisle C. & George Downing, Efq; as one of the Tellers of the Exchequer in England, 500l. per Ann. and, as Scout- Master General of Scotland, 3651. DERBYSHIRE. John Gell, Esq; Sir Samuel Sleigh, Knt. German Pole, Esq; k Gervase Bennet, Esq; one of the Committee for the Preservation of the Excise and Cuftoms, 300l. per Ann. also a valuable Place in the Wine Office, and one of the Commit tee for the Army. DEVONSHIRE. Sir John Northcot, Bart. Sir John Young, Knt. toms, supposed to be worth near 8ool. per Ann. at Plymouth, 300l. per Ann. John ness, B. John Hele, Esq; Governor of Plymouth. Thomas Westlake, Gent. Town-Clerk. Bar by a Writ of the Lord Protector, Jan. 19, 1653, Timothy Alfop, Merchant. Clifton, Dartmouth, Hard Edward Hopkins, Esq;. a Commissioner of the Admiralty, 500 l. per Ann. giment. Knighted by the Lord Protector, June 1, 1655. Highness's Council, 1000 l. per Ann. and as sides the Government of the Isle of Wight. John Trenchard, Efq; k Dennis Bond, Efq; Comptroller of the ReMelcomb ceipts in the Exchequer, 500 l. per Ann. Lyme-Regis B. k Edmund Prideaux, Esq; Attorney-General to the State. His Fee for every Patent and per Ann. the Public Revenues, 300 l. per Ann. DURHAM, k Thomas Lilburn, of Ufferton, Esq; Captain of Horse, 2731. per Ann. James Clavering, Esq; Hof Regis B. |
