Parliament Orders Militia Recruits and City Purge Edict
The Commons urged the Lords to advance relief for Sir William Waller and to redeploy forces to St Alban’s and Newport Pagnell. An ordinance disqualifies any City official or Common Council member who has not taken the Covenant or who is under sequestration for malignancy. The Excise bill lingers, London bands return with 400 prisoners who refused the Covenant. The White and Yellow Trained Bands prepare to march in Waller’s place. Judicial writs sealed in Westminster.