Oct. 25. Royalists ex London. A list of the MajorGenerals. The proclamation of October 25, commanding the expulsion of Royalists from London and Westminster, was pelled from accompanied by a list of the Major-Generals-whose number was now raised to eleven-in order that those persons who had been sent back to their homes in the country might know to whom they must apply themselves with the bonds they were required to offer for the good behaviour of themselves and their servants. Of the eleven Major-Generals, Kelsey was to take charge of Kent and Surrey; Goffe of Sussex, Hants, and Berkshire; Desborough, as formerly, of the six counties of the WestGloucestershire, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall; Fleetwood, who had by this time returned from Ireland, of Oxfordshire, Bucks, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk; Skippon of the City of London; Barkstead of the rest of Middlesex; Whalley of the shires of Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Warwick, and Leicester; Butler of those of Northampton, Bedford, Rutland, and Huntingdon ; Berry of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and North Wales; Worsley of Cheshire, Lancashire, and Staffordshire ; Lambert of Yorkshire, Durham, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Northumberland.1 Lambert and Fleetwood, whose services were required at Whitehall as members of the Council, were, however, allowed to appoint deputies, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Northumberland being assigned to Charles Howard, and York and Durham to Robert Lilburne. In Fleetwood's district, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire were given to Hezekiah Haynes. The remainder of the district was at first given to Tobias Bridge; but as, for some unknown reason, he retired from the post, Packer was employed as deputy in Oxon and Herts, and also, in conjunction with George Fleetwood, in Bucks.2 Monmouthshire and South Wales remained for the present unallotted; but early in January they were assigned to Berry, who, no doubt in conse The Public Intelligencer, E, 489, 9. 2 Council Order Book, Interr. I, 76, p. 343. This is not the brother of the Lord Deputy. Oct. 25. Royalists ex pelled from London. A list of the MajorGenerals. The proclamation of October 25, commanding the expulsion of Royalists from London and Westminster, was accompanied by a list of the Major-Generals-whose number was now raised to eleven-in order that those persons who had been sent back to their homes in the country might know to whom they must apply themselves with the bonds they were required to offer for the good behaviour of themselves and their servants. Of the eleven Major-Generals, Kelsey was to take charge of Kent and Surrey; Goffe of Sussex, Hants, and Berkshire; Desborough, as formerly, of the six counties of the WestGloucestershire, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall; Fleetwood, who had by this time returned from Ireland, of Oxfordshire, Bucks, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk; Skippon of the City of London; Barkstead of the rest of Middlesex; Whalley of the shires of Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Warwick, and Leicester; Butler of those of Northampton, Bedford, Rutland, and Huntingdon ; Berry of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and North Wales; Worsley of Cheshire, Lancashire, and Staffordshire; Lambert of Yorkshire, Durham, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Northumberland.1 Lambert and Fleetwood, whose services were required at Whitehall as members of the Council, were, however, allowed to appoint deputies, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Northumberland being assigned to Charles Howard, and York and Durham to Robert Lilburne. In Fleetwood's district, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire were given to Hezekiah Haynes. The remainder of the district was at first given to Tobias Bridge; but as, for some unknown reason, he retired from the post, Packer was employed as deputy in Oxon and Herts, and also, in conjunction with George Fleetwood, in Bucks.2 Monmouthshire and South Wales remained for the present unallotted; but early in January they were assigned to Berry, who, no doubt in conse The Public Intelligencer, E, 489, 9. 2 Council Order Book, Interr. I, 76, p. 343. This is not the brother of the Lord Deputy. |