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War-time Edict Grants Seizure Letters to Merchants for Rebel Action
The ordinance orders merchants to equip ships at their own charge to seize ships and goods of anyone in arms against Parliament or aiding the Rebels across England Scotland and Ireland. Lords pause Lord Peters sequestration after a petition from Oxford. A general collection for sick and maimed soldiers is ordered in churches, and reports from Lincolnshire note Earl of Alamcheferom’s raid on Lincoln and anticipated movements toward Gainsborough and Newark amid shifting forces.
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Ireland
Commons
Lord Peeters
Oxford
House of Peeres
Lord Peter
Lesdes
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Lincolnshire
Alamcheferom
Lincolne
Duc de Comaavn
Liccorne
Gainsborough
Newark
Adanche
Geerall
Thule
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