Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus / Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecuted

by W. H. Hart

99.

The humble petition and declaration of both Houses of Parliament, of 23rd March, 1641/2.

On March 28th, 1642, the House of Commons resolved that John Wright the stationer and Gregory Dexter should be sent for as delinquents by the Serjeant at Arms for printing this petition without licence.[72]

100.

Two letters from the Hague. 1642.

On March 28th, 1642, the House of Commons resolved that William Humfreyvile should be sent for as a delinquent for feigning and making these two letters, and causing them to be printed.[73]

101.

Diurnal from March 14th to March 21st, 1642.

On March 28th, 1642, the House of Commons resolved that this Diurnal, printed by Robert Wood, was false and scandalous to the King and the parliament, and contained in it "divers seditious passages and of dangerous consequence," and that Wood should be sent for as a delinquent by the Serjeant at Arms for printing this Diurnal; and it was resolved that whoever should print or sell any act or passages of that house under the name of a Diurnal or otherwise without particular licence "should be reputed a high contemner and breaker of the privilege of parliament, and so punished accordingly."[74]