258 NOTES TO THE LETTERS. "that those absent members whose names were now read shall not sit in the House till they have made their excuse to the Committee, and their excuse reported to the House, and that the House hath allowed it." Journ. H. Corn. 16 June, 1642. P. 136. I am glad Corenell Goreing did so well eleere himself. We heareof many plots, etc. -Lord Strafford's escape, it is said, had been planned. Master Goreing, eldest son of the Lord Goreing, was implicated in the charge, but, upon examination, dealt so clearly with the charge, and so far purged himself from evil intentions, that he was not at all committed by the Parliament. May's Hist of the Long Parliament. P. 140. I thanke youfor the acts of Parlament, and for Docter Dowing booke. -This was probably a book of the notorious Colybute Downing, of whom an account will be found in Wood's Athena, vol. iii. p. 106, too long to abstract, and too curious and edify- ing not to claim the reading of all who have access to it. P. 142. 1 thanke you for the King's manifest.-Journ. H. Commons, 5 July, 1641. " The King's manifesto touching the Prince Elector read, and Ordered, That the House be resolved into a Committee on Wednesday next, at nine o'clock, to take into consideration the manifesto now received concerning the Prince Elector Palatine." Sir Robert Harley was of this Committee. The manifesto will be found in Nalson's Collections, vol. ii. p. 383. P. 144. Letter Cxxxni. 9 Aug. 1641. -This letter terminates another series of letters addressed to Edward Harley, who now returns home from London. Letter cxxxiv. undated and misplaced.- Letter cxxxiv. undated, contains allusions to Dr. Wright's exertions in the Hereford city election subsequent to the deathof Mr. Weaver, Member for that place, which, it will be seen, took place inMay, 1642: and also to a Pro- clamation in Shobdon church, which was most probably made after the receipt of the Speaker's letter to the sheriff ; for Mr. Wigmore exercisedat Shobdon a contrary influence to Sir Robert at Brampton. It would follow Letter C.xxtx., dated 2 July, 1642, which announces Sir W. Croft and Mr. Wigmore's intention of going to the King, or rather the previous letter, crxxvni. The original of Letter CLXXIX. is in a very decayed state, and the date in part obliterated : it was certainly written in the week of the 23rd, as it speaks of Wigmore fair to be held on the Monday following, which, according to the old style, took place on the 25th of July, which was on Monday, but before eaxxvnr. as it says Mr. Elton had not arrived to supper at 10 o'clock, whereas that letter says he came at four o'clock, no doubt of the following day. It would, there placed, terminate another series of letters addressed to Edward Harley before his return home: this it does as now printed. P. 146. Letter cxxxv. 5 Feb. 1641-2.-Commences a new series addressed to Edw. Harley in London.
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