From the Lords Journal, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London

Orders for Watches in Cambridge, Suffolk, and Norfolk.

It is this Day Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament, That, for the better Preservation of the Peace of the Kingdom, Sir Jn°. Potts, Knight and Baronet, Sir Edmond Mounford, Knight, Sir Roger North, Knight, Sir Robert de Gray, Knight, John Spilman, of Narborough, Esquire, and Oliver Cromwell, Esquire, and other the Deputy Lieutenants for the Counties of Norff, Suff, and Cambridge, and the Isle of Eley, or any One or more of them, are hereby authorized and required to cause strong Watches, sufficiently armed, as well by Day as by Night, to be set and kept upon the several Bridges of Germanes, Maudlyn, Soame, Stow, Downeham, and all and every other the Bridges and Ferries between the Town of Cambridge and of Lyn Regis, for the apprehending of all Horses of Service for the Wars, Arms, and other Ammunition, and also all Plate and Money, sent unto His Majesty, to maintain a War against His Parliament and People, and also all Persons as have executed or attempted to execute the illegal Commission of Array, and all Soldiers, raised without Consent and Authority of Parliament, that pass from the Counties of Norff, Suff, or Cambridge, towards the Northern Parts of this Kingdom, or shall pass from the Northern Parts of this Kingdom towards the said Counties, or any of them; and that they safely them keep, till further Order be therein had and taken by both Houses of Parliament; and that the Mayors of the Towns of Lyne Regis, Cambridge, and Thetford, for the Time being, the Justices of Peace, and Captains of the Trained Bands, in the said Towns respectively, or any Two of them, take the like Course, for the said Towns respectively.

Die Veneris, 19 Augusti, 1642.