SEVERALL VOTES OF THE Lords and Commons Assembled in PARLIAMENT.

DECLARING What Forces shall be continued in the Kingdome of ENGLAND, and Dominion of WALES.

AS ALSO, What Regiments shall be disbanded.

With the manner▪ and places appointed for the same.

ORdered by the Lords assembled in Parliament that these Votes be forthwith printed and published.

J. Brown, Cler. Parliamentorum.

LONDON, Printed for Iohn Wright at the Kings head in the Old-baily, Iune 1. 1647.

Resolved by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament,
THat the Generals Regiment be first disbanded. That the time for that disbanding be on Tuesday next the first of Iune. That the Town of Chelnis­ford be the place of the Rendezvous.

Resolved, &c.
That such as will engage for Ireland be presently taken on, and have a fortnights advance payed them out of their six weeks, besides the two moneths pay of their arreares, and to march forthwith to I [...]garstone, there to receive orders

Resolved, &c.
That those that shall disband shall receive their two moneths pay of their Arreares, and shall deposite their Armes in the Church, and have passes to go to their se­verall homes.

Resolved. &c.
That the like manner be observed in disbanding the rest of the Regiments, at the severall times and places of rendezvous, as followeth (viz.)

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Hewghsons Regiment be disbanded at Bishop-Stafford on Thursday the third of June next, and [Page 2] that those who engage for Ireland march to Puckridge to receive orders.

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Lamberts Regiment be disbanded at Wal [...]en on Saturday the fifth of June next, and that those that engage for Ireland march to Heydon to receive orders.

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Harleys Regiment be disbanded at Cam­bridge on Tuesday the eighth of Iune ne [...]t, and those who engage for Ireland to march to Stanton to receive orders.

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Lilborns Regiment be disbanded at New­market on Thursday the tenth of Iune next; and those who engage for Ireland to march to [...]ot [...]sham to receive orders. Of this Regiment there is 580 already engaged now at Evesholm.

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Sir Hardresse Wallers Regiment at Hunting­ton be disbanded on Saturday the twelfth of Iune next, and those who engage for Ireland to march to Thrapston to receive orders.

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Hammonds Regiment be disbanded at Bedford on Tuesday the fifteenth of Iune next, and those who engage for Ireland to march to Newport-Pag [...]ell to receive orders.

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Ingoldsbies Regiment be disbanded at Woodstock on Friday the fourth of Iune next, and those who engage for Ireland to march to Chipping-Norton.

Resolved, &c.
That Field-marshall Skippons Regiment at Newcastle be taken on for Ireland, and march according to his or­ders.

Resolved, &c.
That the money for disbanding of all these Regi­ments, and also for the fortnights pay for those that shal goe to Ireland be conveyed under a strong guard to the severall places of rendezvous, to be there the day be­fore the day of disbanding.

Resolved, &c.
That the Generall be desired to issue out his Orders to the severall Regiments to be at the severall places and times of rendezvous respectively. And that him­selfe will be there present to see them disbanded. As likewise Field-marshall Skippon, who is then to take on such of them as will goe for Ireland. And that in re­gard the Regiment of Col. Ingoldsby lies off from the rest, and is to be disbanded at Woodstock the fourth of June next, That the Generall be desired to send some Officer thither to see them disbanded.

Resolved, &c.
That the severall Captains of every Company bring a List of their company under their hands to the place of rendezvous appointed for disbanding, wherein the name of every Souldier in that company shall be ex­pressed.

Resolved, &c.
That where it shall appeare that any of the Souldiers have not two moneths pay due to them, that so much be abated as shall be found to come short of it.

Resolved, &c.
That it be referred to the Committee of the Army to consider of Instructions for stating the Arreares and accounts of the Souldiers of this Army: And how de­benters shall be given them for so much as shall appeare justly due upon their accounts.

Resolved, &c.
That all commission Officers shall receive their parti­cular debenters upon their account made by the Com­mittee and Treasurers of the Army abovesaid.

Resolved, &c.
That the Excise in course shall be the security to be given for the payment of the Arreares of the inferiour Officers and common Souldiers, and that the commis­sion Officers shall be payd out of the state of Delin­quents in the first exceptions, not yet disposed of: And that the Committee of the Army do prepare and bring in Ordinances to this purpose.

Resolved, &c.
That a Committee of Lords and Commons be ap­pointed to goe down and be assisting to the Generall in this service of disbanding of the Army.

Resolved, &c.
That the Committee of Lords and Commons ap­pointed to goe down to the Army shall in the head of every Regiment at their disbanding give them the thanks of the Houses for their faithfull service to the Parliament

J. Brown cler. Parliamentorum.

Rosolved by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament,
THat the severall Troops in the particular Coun­ties of Leicestershire, Shopshire, Cheshire, Stafford­shire, Warwickeshire, and Northamptonshire, doe make up one Regiment under the command of Col. Needham, and be one of the Regiments that is to be kept up in the Kingdome of England.

Resolved, &c.
That the Generals own Regiment of horse shall be one of the regiments that is to be kept up in the King­dom of England.

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Greaves Regiment shall be one of the Re­giments of horse that is to be kept up in the Kingdome of England.

Resolved, &c.
That Major Twisleton be Colonell of Col. Rossiters Regiment; and that that Regiment be one of the Re­ments of horse that is to be kept up in the Kingdome of England.

Resolved, &c.
That Col. Whaleys Regiment be one of the Regi­ments of horse that is to be kept up in the Kingdome of England.

Resolved, &c.
That Lieut. Generall Cromwels Regiment, under the commnnd of Major Huntington as Colonell, shall be one of the Regiments of horse that is to be kept up in the Kingdome of England.

Resolved, &c.
That an hundred Horse and an hundred Dragoons shall be kept up for the safety of North-wales, under Major Gen. Mitton, to be commanded in chiefe by the Generall, as other Horse kept up in the Kingdome are.

Resolved, &c.
That an hundred Horse and an hundred Dragoons shall be kept up for the safety of Southwales, under Major Gen. Laughorne, to be commanded in chiefe by the Generall, as other Horse kept up in the King­dome are.

J. Brown, cler. Parliamentorum.
FINIS.

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