THE

PARLIAMENTARY

OR

CONSTITUTIONAL

Hiftory of England;

BEING A

FAITHFUL ACCOUNT

Of all the

Moft remarkable TRANSACTIONS

In PARLIAMENT,

From the earlieft TIMES,

то THE

Restoration of King CHARLES II.

COLLECTED

From the RECORDS, the JOURNALS of both HOUSES, original
MANUSCRIPTS, fcarce SPEECHES, and TRACTS; all com-
pared with the feveral Contemporary Writers, and connected,
throughout, with the Hiftory of the Times.

By SEVERAL HANDS.

Juvat integrofs accedere Fontes.

VOL. XII.

From the Call of the Houfe of Commons, November 1, 1642, till the
Convention at Oxford, in January 1643.

The SECOND EDITION.

LONDON,

Printed, and fold by WILLIAM SANDBY, against St. Dunstan's Church,
Fleet-Street. MDCCLXII.

THE

Parliamentary History

O F

ENGLAND. ·

1642.

N the firft of November the Commons An. 18, Car, I,
ordered, That all their Members, living
within fixty Miles of London, and not
employed in the Service of that House,

November.

fhould attend within three Days; all at The Commons a farther Distance, within eight Days; and that fuch require the Atas did not appear within the Times limited, fhould tendance of their be fent for by Meffengers, who were to bring them up.

This Order was occafioned by the Thinness of the House, for fome Months paft, which appears by the following Divifions extracted from their fournals. The moft material Points, which gave Occafion to thefe, have been taken Notice of in their proper Order of Time: The Numbers, only, will be therefore fufficient for this Review. June 27. 42 against 27.

30. 49 against 35. July 9. 125 against 45. 19. 69 against 51. 23. 89 against 43. 26. 50 against 33. 28. 82 against 32. VOL. XII.

A

Members.

Aug. 15. 42 against 33. The State of that
— 17. 43 against 16. House at this
27. 69 against 26.
Sept. 2. 40 against 29.

29. 53 against 36.
In October not one Divi-
fion enter'd.

It

Time,