The Tryal of Thomas, Earl of Strafford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, upon an impeachment of high treason by the Commons then assembled in Parliament, in the name of themselves and of all the Commons in England, begun in Westminster-Hall the 22th of March 1640, and continued before judgment was given until the 10th of May, 1641 shewing the form of parliamentary proceedings in an impeachment of treason : to which is added a short account of some other matters of fact transacted in both houses of Parliament, precedent, concomitant, and subsequent to the said tryal : with some special arguments in law relating to a bill of attainder
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641, defendant., Rushworth, John, 1612?-1690., England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.
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Wednesday, March 26. 1628.
THe Propositions tendred the day before by Secretary Cook from His Majesty, were now Received and Read, but the Debate thereof * was referred to another day: the Propositions were these, viz.
- 1. To furnish with Men and Victuals, Thirty Ships to guard the narrow Seas, and along the Coasts.
- 2. To set out 10 other Ships for the relief of the Town of Rochelle.
- 3. To set out 10 other Ships for the preservation of the Elbe, the Sound, and Baltick Sea, &c.*
