653 ._Id. ibid._, i, 456.

M304 City's petition to parliament for payment of debts out of estates of
delinquents, 2 Aug., 1644.

654 Journal 40, fos. 103-103b.

655 Journal 40, fos. 101, 102, 102b, 105.

M305 Ordinance for a standing army, 12 July, 1644.

656 Journal House of Commons, iii, 559; Journal House of Lords, vi, 629,
630.

657 Journal 40, fos. 103b.

M306 The City's propositions laid before the House, 21 Aug., 1644.

M307 The number of propositions ordered to be reduced, 25 Oct.

658 Journal 40, fos. 104, 108-110; Journal House of Commons, iii, 602.

659 Journal House of Commons, iii, 667, 669, 675, 677.

M308 The propositions reduced to six, 26 Oct., 1644.

660 Journal 40, fo. 115; Journal House of Commons, iii, 679, 680.

M309 Surrender of the parliamentary forces in the west, 2 Sept.

661 Journal 40, fo. 106.

M310 Fresh forces required to prevent Charles returning to Oxford, Sept.,
1644.

662 Journal 40, fos. 106b, 107, 107b.

663 Journal 40, fo. 111. To assist the City at this juncture parliament
allowed them L10,000, a sum which Waller, the poet, who had now been
in prison for more than a year, was content to pay for the recovery
of his freedom.--_Id._, fo. 107; Journal House of Commons, iii, 639.

M311 The second battle of Newbury, 27 Oct.

M312 Surrender of Newcastle, 19 Oct., 1644.

664 Journal 40, fo. 102; Journal House of Commons, iii, 534, 564.

665 Journal 40, fo. 117.

666 Journal 40, fos. 117b, 118; "A Perfect Diurnal," No. 70, for the
week ending 2nd December, 1644, p. 558; _Id._, No. 71, p. 566.

M313 The trade and commerce of the city ruined by the war.

667 See schedule of "Reasons against free trade to or from any ports of
his majesty's dominions that are or shalbe in hostility against the
king and parliament," October, 1644.--Journal 40, fos. 113-114.

668 Journal 40, fos. 119-122b.

M314 The treaty of Uxbridge, 31 Jan.-22 Feb., 1645.

M315 The New Model Army, 15 Feb., 1645.

M316 The City advances L80,000, 4 March, 1645.

669 Journal 40, fo. 125.

M317 The self-denying ordinance, 3 April, 1645.

670 Journal House of Lords, vii, 302.

671 Journal 40, fo. 126.

M318 Military activity in the city, April, 1645.

672 Id., fos. 125b, 128.

M319 The siege of Oxford, 22 May, 1645.

673 Journal 40, fo. 128b.

674 Letter Book QQ, fo. 158b. Th