House of Commons Journal Volume 1: 18 April 1626

Martis, 18o Aprilis

Ld. Aburgenye.

Lord Aburgenye's Bill, - Wednesday next. Two Clock, Mr. Bisse, Sir J. Perrott, Sir Nevill Poole, added to the Committee.

Sea Coal.

Bill for Sea Coal, - Wednesday next.

Cloth-workers.

L. 1a. An Act for Relief of Cloth-workers, and Dyers.

Committees

Ward's Bill, - Thursday next, former Place. Bill of Concealments, - Thursday next, former Place.

Bill of Administrations, - Wednesday next, former Place,

Clerk of the Market: - Upon Friday next, in the former Place,

Vicarages.

L. 1a. An Act concerning Appropriations and Vicarages.

E. of Dorsett.

Dorsett. L. 3a. An Act - Upon Question, passed.

Citations.

L. 3a. - Citations. - Upon Question, passed.

Negotiations with France.

Mr. Vice Chamberlain: - That his Majesty hath given Leave, and commanded him, to lay open the Proceedings in the French Treaties and Negotiations, concerning the Embargue in Fraunce. -

1. Three Points in charge to them upon their Embassage: 1. To demand the Sending home of our Ships ;

2. To procure the Peace of the Protestants: 3ly, To engage the King, if possible, in the Wars of Germany. - For the 1st, no negative answer, but some Delay, Promise of the King's Ships; which lent only in Courtesy; but for the Seven Merchant Ships, hired for Sixteen Months. To this they replied, these Ships were lent, as also the Dutch Ships were, against the common Enemy for the Service against Genoa; and therefore the using them against the Rochellers, an Abuse. That the French yielded to send home our Ships; and they having paid their Men (in the Ships in Mutiny for Pay) they are to be brought to the Isle of Wight, and we are thither to send Ships, to carry the Frenchmen back. -

2. For the Peace of the Protestants ; a Work of great Difficulty. - Great Enemies to them. Their Wants thought

great, both in Money, and all other Provisions : Wants also on the King's Part, who had 115,000 Men in Pay. A good Peace for the Protestants not to be hoped for at the present; but if a War, that certainly bad in the Beginning. Thought therefore best for them, to submit themselves for the present, especially the Clergy of Fraunce offering a great Supply for a cruel Prosecution of them. -

Queen Mother a great furtherer of this Peace. -

This Peace good for the rest of the Protestants, but for Rochell not so good ; but yet with some Promises of Hopes for afterwards. This joyous to the Protestants in general, who had appointed a general Fast, for procuring a Peace; which Peace procured the next Day after the general Fast.

3. The French, for the Germane War, seemed more forward, than we; but the Instructions being now, to draw the French King into theLeague and Confederation, made at the Hague, with King of Denmarke, Sweden, and the Low Countries, he promised the Effects of the Confederation, but would not enter into it. -

That the French King being now sent unto by our King, to renew the League, made 1610, which they most willingly yielded to; but then happened the Embargue in Fraunce. Their Merchants much complained, upon the Stay of their Ships here. Hereupon our Ambassadors gave the Reasons of the Stay of their Ships here. Hereupon the King promised Enlargement of our Goods; and this at last granted under the Great Seal,though crossed, not only by Clamours of the French, but much more by such, who had been lately naturalized in Callys. This Command interrupted a while by those of Roane, upon Pretence of their Privilege; but fortified by a new Commission. -

The Treaty of 1610, at last confirmed ; wherein One Clause, that, though Wars, yet the Merchants to have Three Months Time, to withdraw their Goods. -

That the French King hath promised to march towards Germany, with 25,000 Men, so as we would not leave them alone. -

For this they offered assurance by Merchants, for a certain Sum of Money, for One Year, for the present; with Assurance forThree Years more, so we would do the like. -

They offered to join, for Restitution of the Palatinate, and of other dispossessed Princes in Germany, but no further. -

That now all resteth upon the King's Answer to the French, upon this their Proposition; and the King resteth upon the Parliament.

Message from the King - Supply, &c.

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer delivereth a Message from his Majesty, to revive his Message last Week, about his Majesy's Supply, viz. That his Majesty had considered and advised of our Remonstrance, delivered him before Easter; but finding the Affairs of Christendom......

Considering King's Message.

Upon Question, no Question to be now made, for prefixing Thursday sevennight, for entering into Consideration . . the King's Message.

Evils, Canses, and Remedies.

Upon Question, the Committee for Evils, Causes, and Remedies, shall sit this Afternoon.