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<P>The Humble Petition, <HI>OR</HI> Repre&s;entation Of M. <HI>William Harri&s;on,</HI> Gentleman and Souldier. To His Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, Captain Generall of the Forces rai&s;ed for the KING and PARLIAMENT. Together with a further Relation of the &s;aid Mr. <HI>William Harri&s;on,</HI> with a true di&s;co|very of abundance of Trea&s;ure &s;ent downe into the We&s;t, and divers Per&s;ons there imployed to rai&s;e Forces (under pretence of the Service for Ireland) to make warre again&s;t the Army commanded by his Excellency. As al&s;o the de&s;ire of the Souldiery to the Com|mittee of NORTHAMPTON. By <HI>William Harri&s;on</HI> Gent. Souldier under his Excellency Sir THOMAS FAIREFAX.</P>
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<HEAD>The Humble Petition, or Repre&s;entation of Mr. <HI>William Harri&s;on,</HI> Gentleman, and Souldier, To his Excellency Sir THO. FAIRFAX, Captain Generall of the Forces rai&s;ed for the King and Parliament.</HEAD>
<P>MAy it plea&s;e Your Excellency to understand, that the true cau&s;e which made me for a while to di&s;|continue my Service in your Regiment, was upon notice given me that one Mr. <HI>Marriot</HI> had got an Exe|cution forth again&s;t me, Who about foure yeares &s;ince did violently draw his Sword upon me, and I gave backe a little, and drew mine to defend my &s;elf. It was my fortune to wound him, and I could have killed him, but I clo&s;ed with him to di&s;arme him, at what time one <HI>Gad&s;on</HI> a Kee|per ran in, and laid hold of my haire, whereupon I was inforc'd to defend my &s;elfe and to draw my knife, and did cut one in the face, and the others fingers, and had got them both downe, and di&s;armed them; for which the Committee of Northampton kept me in pri&s;on &s;even Moneths and thirteen dayes without Bail; but ha|ving got my liberty by the meanes of Sir <HI>Rowland St. Iohn,</HI> and other Gentlemen that were my friends, I pre|&s;ently bought a brace of Geldings, and came to your Ex|cellencies Regiment, to Capt. <HI>Laurence</HI> his Troope, where I and my man did Service above a twelve-Moneth, untill I heard that my Enemy Mr. <HI>Marriot,</HI> a man of an impla|cable &s;pirit, who &s;ued me in the time of my &s;ervice under your Excellency (I not knowing it) had gotten an Execu|tion forth again&s;t me, <HI>Gad&s;on</HI> and he being the one witnes for the other. This was about three dayes before the &s;ur|render
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of <HI>Oxford,</HI> at what time I lo&s;t out of my Quar|ters a Gelding worth (as times are now) at lea&s;t 16 pound. Being very loath to become a pri&s;oner againe, I acquain|ted my Captaine with my &s;ad condition, and de&s;ired him that he would grant me a Pa&s;&s;e to goe into <HI>Holland;</HI> hee deny'd me, but at the la&s;t did grant it. The man whom I did hurt had bad &s;even Articles of a most high Na|ture proved again&s;t him; and the whole Country wondred that he was not &s;equeflred. It will be proved that he bri|bed a Gentleman who gave fal&s;e information to the Com|mitte. His goods were then worth two thou&s;and pound to be proved, but he is &s;ince broke, and now lyeth in Gaole. All his goods are made away. Your Petitioner hath two friends that have paid 500 pound for him. And three or foure hone&s;t men were inforced to fly their Countrey for his Debts. Many have paied 100 l. and 40. l. a Man for him; in the meane time hee lyeth in jaole, drinketh Sack and is merrie. His &s;ureties cur&s;e that Gentle|man and their Wives and Children who mi&s;-informed the Committee; And &s;ay that if the Committee had done right, they &s;hould have &s;eque&s;tred his e&s;tate, which might have helped to have paid the Souldier.</P>
<P>This bu&s;ine&s;&s;e and the&s;e &s;ufferings being out of your Petitioners way above one hundred and forty pound as hee will prove, and the onely occa&s;ion that your Petitio|ner to his great griefe was inforced to leave for a while the Regime it as Captain <HI>Laurence</HI> &amp; Lieutenant <HI>Mer|rice</HI> can beare him witne&s;&s;e, your Petitioner mo&s;t humbly prayeth that your Excellence will be plea&s;ed to take him &amp; his Petition into your con&s;ideration.</P>
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<HEAD>A further Relation of the Grievances of the &s;aid M. <HI>William Harri&s;on,</HI> with a true di&s;covery of abundance of Trea&s;ure &s;ent downe into the We&s;t, and divers per&s;ons there imployed to rai&s;e Forces (under pretence of the Service for <HI>Ireland)</HI> to make Warre again&s;t the Army com|manded by his Excellency.</HEAD>
<P>HAving received a Pa&s;&s;e for the Low-Countries, and intending to take &s;hipping at <HI>Yarmouth,</HI> I was di&s;&s;waded from it by one Ma&s;ter <HI>Duke,</HI> who liveth within ten miles of <HI>Yarmouth,</HI> it was at that time thought that the <HI>Scots</HI> and we &s;hould have differed; whereupon I marched North-ward, but God be thanked, it was not &s;o; whereup|on I turned my cour&s;e and marched We&s;t-wards to &s;ome of my wives friends, knowing it not &s;afe to returne to my own Countrey, my Ene|my <HI>Marriot</HI> having &s;uch power with great Men in it. There I under|&s;tood that Major Generall <HI>Skippon</HI> &s;hould be Field-Mar&s;hall for <HI>Ire|land;</HI> whereupon I came to <HI>London,</HI> and got a friend, one Ma&s;ter <HI>Vickars</HI> a Wine-Merchant, to goe along with me to the Field-Mar|&s;hall, and 40 men whom I had li&s;ted to goe with me into <HI>Ireland,</HI> in ca&s;e that things were &s;o &s;etled, that the Army might disband and I re|ceive my Arreares, but when I came to <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> I found that the Field-Mar&s;hall was gone to the Head-quarters at <HI>Saffron-Wallden,</HI> I made ha&s;te after him, and having enquired out his Quarters, I made bold to goe into his Parlour where I found him &s;itting alone; and ha|ving pre&s;ented my &s;ervice to him, he very nobly &s;hewed me kind re|&s;pects, and asked me to whom I formerly did belong; I told him, and &s;hewed him my Pa&s;&s;e; whereupon he a&s;&s;ured me, that on the next day my Captaine and Major would be in Towne, and moreover a&s;&s;u|red me, that if the Service went on, I &s;hould not want Command: I was not willing to &s;tay there long, moneys being &s;hort, and having had no pay in eleven moneths. But the next day my Major and Cap|taine came, and they did me the favour, readily to con&s;ent and goe a|long with me unto Major Generall <HI>Skippon,</HI> whom we found very bu|&s;ie upon the Treatie, where Lieutenant Generall <HI>Cromwell,</HI> &s;eeing my Captaine, imployed him upon a Me&s;&s;age to &s;ome Gentlemen in the Towne: But I &s;taid and heard the Grievances related in the Church, having taken a re&s;olution with my &s;elfe, not to adventure for <HI>Ireland</HI> without the Army was &s;atisfied and disbanded. It was my fortune pre|&s;ently after to ob&s;erve Major Generall <HI>Skippon</HI> in the &s;treet, I ran after him, and once more made bold to demand of his honour how the bu|&s;ine&s;&s;e &s;tood for <HI>Ireland?</HI> He told me, That for ought he knew, I might
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have as much Command there as him&s;elfe. Whereupon I matched a|gaine into the We&s;t, where &s;taying for a &s;ea&s;on, I could heare but lit|tle Truth in any thing; I re&s;olved therefore to returne to <HI>London,</HI> to under&s;tand how the Affaires &s;tood, hoping that in &s;o much time I &s;hould find things &s;etled. My mi&s;-fortune was &s;uch, that my Hor&s;e mi&s;carried in the way, but a friend lent me another, which when I came to <HI>Lon|don,</HI> I &s;ent downe by the Carrier. Being come unto the Citie, I found a generall Melancholly and Di&s;traction of Spirit, which made me feare a new Warre, in&s;omuch that I could not &s;leepe all night; In the mor|ning I tooke Po&s;t for the We&s;t againe, but had no warrant, and in this di&s;patch I continued untill I came to <HI>Marleborough,</HI> where I de&s;ired Po&s;t-Hor&s;e to ride all night, which the Po&s;t-ma&s;ter granted, but the Committee denyed, partly becau&s;e I had no warrant, and partly becau&s;e they under&s;tood that I belonged to Sir <HI>Tho. Fairfax;</HI> I told them that I was very &s;orry that any who belonged to his Excellency &s;hould be &s;o under-valued as not to be allowed Po&s;t-Hor&s;es for money to follow their nece&s;&s;ary imployments. The Po&s;t told me, that the Committee was informed, that Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI> was falling off from what he was. I an&s;wered him in the heat of blood, <HI>That he was the &s;onne of a Whore that told him &s;o.</HI> And &s;o having &s;atisfied the charges of the hou&s;e, I walked forth into the &s;treet, no man regarding me, where an hone&s;t young-man, one who had beene a Souldier, <HI>Thomas Slatter</HI> by name, proffered to goe along with me, and to doe me any courte&s;ie he could for Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> which accordingly he did, and car|rying my Cloake for me, I all that night travail'd in my Bootes, and by the next night we came into <HI>Gloce&s;ter&s;hire,</HI> and had marched on foot full fiftie miles. There I found a friend who lent me a Hor&s;e that car|ryed me unto other friends; being with whom, I did &s;end for divers Gentlemen from the Counties of <HI>Gloce&s;ter, Worce&s;ter,</HI> and <HI>Hereford,</HI> who loved me well: And having communicated my &s;elfe unto them, and &s;hewed that the intent of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI> was to re&s;tore the King to his Parliament to Gods glory and our comfort, he enjoying his Crowne and Dignitie, and the Subjects their Liberties and Privile|ges, I found the Gentlemen &s;o propen&s;e unto that Cau&s;e, that for &s;o good an end I &s;hould not want for men, money, hor&s;e, or Armes, but I readily &s;hould have them.</P>
<P>Finding &s;uch a generall inclination, I &s;uddenly prepared for <HI>London</HI> againe, and tooke my way by <HI>Tewksbury,</HI> and &s;ent two me&s;&s;engers on foot to <HI>Stow-in-the-Old,</HI> to lodge there at the &s;igne of the Crowne, at the hou&s;e of one <HI>Dickson.</HI> They came thither on Saturday night was
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three weekes, and found there ten gue&s;ts, &s;even of them &s;eeming to be Gentlemen, and the other three to be their &s;ervants, who were dire|cted by a &s;peciall friend in private to that hou&s;e. I came there on the Lords Day in the morning, and brought with me a Gentleman that was my friend: The&s;e ten being merry, and frolike with the Ho&s;t of the hou&s;e, he told them, That the King and Parliament would agree. Im|mediately they declared them&s;elves to be utterly again&s;t Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI> and his Army, rayling again&s;t his Excellency in a nature too high to report, and withall affirming, That if they had came through his Army they had beene all made &s;laves. Thereupon they confe&s;&s;ed, they were going to <HI>Worce&s;ter</HI> to ray&s;e Forces for <HI>Ireland.</HI> They had in their Port-mantle as much gold and &s;ilver as two men could ea&s;ily lay upon a Hor&s;e, they could not put their hands into their pockets to pay for a quart of Wine, but they pulled forth handfulls of gold. I percei|ving that this pretence of them for <HI>Ireland</HI> was onely a de&s;igne to ray&s;e Forces again&s;t his Excellencies Army, for <HI>I</HI> knew it could not be for <HI>Ireland, I</HI> called unto me the man of the hou&s;e who was my friend, and told him that they were ba&s;e fellowes, for <HI>I</HI> was confident, that what they had &s;aid was fal&s;e: <HI>I</HI> therefore de&s;ired him that he would be plea&s;ed to depart his hou&s;e; and when they were &s;et at din|ner, <HI>I</HI> and the three men with me would kill three or foure of them, and give quarter to the re&s;t, and bring up their money, hor&s;e and armes unto Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax.</HI> The Inne-keeper was daunted at it, and &s;aid, that they were &s;ent thither by a &s;peciall friend, however if he thought they were again&s;t the King and Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax,</HI> he would willingly on the high-way be one of my &s;ide, and withall importuned me to be patient, and to forbeare them in his owne hou&s;e. <HI>I</HI> was much vexed at it, and the rather, becau&s;e they would have had away my two foot-men with them: Upon my Soule, had the man of the hou&s;e beene right, we &s;hould have both ma&s;tred and di&s;-arm'd them.</P>
<P>Seeing I could not prevaile, I made ha&s;te from thence unto the Army, and &s;hortly after lay at <HI>Teddington</HI> in <HI>Bedford&s;hire</HI> at the &s;igne of the <HI>Griffin</HI> extreamly weary. On the next morning, I heard that the Head-quarters would bee at <HI>Hatfield,</HI> and going thence to Mr. <HI>Parrots</HI> at <HI>Shidlington,</HI> I under&s;tood that the Head-quarters were at <HI>Uxbridge,</HI> which made me and my friend to ride our Hor&s;es very hard, in&s;omuch that I tired mine, and left it with the Con&s;table of <HI>Barton,</HI> and came on foot to <HI>Uxbridge</HI> on the la&s;t Sunday morning&punc; I there &s;poke with divers Gentlemen of my acquaintance, to whom I made known the progre&s;&s;e of my Journey, and my many &s;ufferings, and what was that which I came about.</P>
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The Commanders being then bu&s;ie at Councell, I met with young Mr. <HI>Cromwell,</HI> &s;on to the Lieutenant Generall, by who&s;e means I found out Lieutenant <HI>Merris,</HI> and divers other Gentlemen, by whom I under|&s;tood that his Excellency was not rai&s;ing of forces, but onely &s;tanding on his owne Guard, hoping that all would be well. I intended indeed to pre&s;ent my &s;ervice to his Excellency with about three&s;core or foure|&s;core foot, and to give him in a true relation of the &s;tate of the Coun|tries where I had beene, knowing where to Arme five hundred men. And if his Excellency would be plea&s;ed to &s;end downe a Colonell or two, I would have &s;hewed him in a little compa&s;&s;e he could be provi|ded with one Regiment of Hor&s;e, and 2000 Foot; but God be pray&s;ed I found things in a better po&s;ture, how&s;oever I was extreamly di&s;con|tented, con&s;idering how I had lo&s;t my &s;elfe in the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>Relating my minde to the &s;ouldiers, they kindly embraced me, I im|parted to them in order all my grievances; and out of the true reality of their affections, and &s;en&s;e and fellow feeling of my &s;ufferings, It is the de&s;ire of the &s;ouldiers, with the advice of many of my betters in the Army, that this &s;hould be committed to the Pre&s;&s;e, and the fir&s;t Book to bee delivered to the Committee of North-ampton, to have a &s;ight thereof, by which they may perceive how much mi&s;-information hath abu&s;ed them, And the Souldier doth not doubt but that the Commit|tee (&s;eeing how faithfull I have been ever unto the &s;ervice, and at what expence of money, and how I had both tired my &s;elfe and Hor&s;e to ad|vance the well-fare of the Kingdome) would of them&s;elves bee plea|&s;ed either to give or lend mee a hor&s;e with all furniture fitting for a Gentleman, that &s;o I may the better be accommodated to pre&s;ent my &s;elfe unto his Excellency, and per&s;onally, and by word of mouth de|clare my &s;elfe unto him. And withall, whereas in the Articles which I Articled again&s;t Mr. <HI>Marriot</HI> of <HI>Hartwell</HI> Parke, they were not put in a way, or any mention of &s;eque&s;tration to bee made for 2000 pounds worth of goods then to be proved which was occa&s;ioned by a Gentle|man who gave fal&s;e Information, and deluded the Committee, of who&s;e honour I am and alwayes have been very tender, for I dayly pray for Mr. <HI>Ou&s;ley,</HI> Mr. <HI>Farme<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> the High Sheriffe, and the re&s;t: And whereas in a&s;&s;i&s;ting Mr. <HI>Marriot</HI> heretofore with the hazzard of my life at <HI>Hartwell</HI> Parke, I &s;o farre ventured to &s;ave his goods, that I killed a Hor&s;e, and wounded foure men: The Honourable and mo&s;t vertuous Lady <HI>Crane</HI> (to whom they did belong) did forgive mee all, when Ma&s;ter <HI>Marriot</HI> was to &s;ave mee harmle&s;&s;e, although it &s;hould co&s;t him five hundred pound, for which fact &s;ome of the Committee
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&s;ufferd me to be Fin'd, which Fine I paid, in the proceeding of which troubles both my wife and children wanted. It is the &s;ouldiers de&s;ire, that the Saddle &s;hould be laid upon the right Hor&s;e, Mr. <HI>Marriot</HI> ha|ving had the benefit of the croppe, and that the Fine that was paid &s;hould be re&s;tored to my wife and children. And if the Gentleman who mi&s;-informed the Committee, &s;hall bee found out in <HI>Northamp|ton</HI> Towne or thereabouts, it is the Souldiers de&s;ire that hee &s;hall bee &s;ent up unto the Generall, or kept in &s;afe cu&s;tody untill hee &s;hall make good the 2000 pound for which I &s;hall produce my witne&s;&s;es; And the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e to be heard in the Army. And if that any man &s;hall deny the party I &s;hall demand, the Souldiers will fetch him with 2000 Hor&s;e. It is al&s;o de&s;ired that all Executions, Writs, and Warrants, and Actions of Battery, concerning Mr. <HI>Marriots</HI> bu&s;ine&s;&s;e be made void. And if a new warre &s;hal happen in this Kingdome (which God forbid) I doe here fully declare my &s;elfe to bee for King and Parliament, and willingly to adventure my life in the &s;ervice, and that I will give in un|to the Generall a li&s;t of tho&s;e Gentlemens names in the Counties of <HI>Gloce&s;ter, Worce&s;ter, Hereford,</HI> and <HI>Salope,</HI> that are able and ready to rai&s;e one thou&s;and Hor&s;e, and two thou&s;and Foot and willingly and altogether venture both lives, limbes, and fortunes for the King and Parliament, for the &s;afety, the reconcilement, and the happine&s;s where|of I doe dayly and devoutly pray.</P>
<P>The &s;aid Mr. <HI>Harri&s;on</HI> &s;ayes that the Committee is much railed on in this Kingdome, but he believes it is long of fal&s;e intelligence; It is our de&s;ire in the whole Army, that if the &s;aid <HI>Marriot</HI> &s;hall deny to pay back this Fine, that you Gentlemen of the Committee doe pay it to his Wife and Children, and that you will be plea&s;ed to keep the &s;aid <HI>Marriot</HI> with Bread and Water, till he re&s;tore the mony to you a|gaine: for it is nothing but right, and in Con&s;cience you ought to &s;ee ju&s;tice done. We heare that many Knaves brought Letters to Sir <HI>Ri|chard Samuel,</HI> and did &s;ay any thing to doe Mr. <HI>Harri&s;on</HI> wrong; they had be&s;t give him &s;atisfaction, for we know Sir <HI>Richard Samuel</HI> well enough.</P>
<P>It is our whole Armies de&s;ire, That if in ca&s;e Mr. <HI>Harri&s;on</HI> &s;hall finde out the Gentleman who kept <HI>Marriot</HI> from being &s;eque&s;tred, that then he challenging the man to you, he be kept &s;afe till wee fetch him, and Mr. <HI>Harri&s;on</HI> produce his witne&s;&s;e, and then the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e to be heard before Sir <HI>Tho. Fairefax,</HI> and the two thou&s;and pound before &s;poken of to be returned to the Parliaments u&s;e.</P>
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