Perfect Diurnall in London, Middlesex

Parish petitions and war updates amid Parliament turmoil

The document records a county plea to the High Sheriff urging oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy for papists, plus a plea to press recusants. It notes a day of public thanksgiving in London for Parliament's victories at Scarborough Plymouth Weymouth Shrewsbury and the troops of Sir John Winter. It mentions sermons at Christ Church and a March conference among Lords and Commons. An order calls Sir Thomas Fairfax to recruit four regiments and to fund his foot soldiers, with praise for a valiant regiment. A petition seeks satisfaction for seamen endured and compensated for lost goods.