Commissioners came down on the 10th from the Commons; but the army formed up, and when the votes were read, refused to obey them.

The same afternoon a letter, signed by Fairfax, Cromwell, Ireton, and ten other officers, was sent to the city, stating that they were about to advance upon London, and declaring that if the city did not take part against them "in their just desires to resist that wicked party which would embroil us and the kingdom, neither we nor our soldiers shall give you the least offense." The army marched to St.Albans, and thence demanded the impeachment of eleven members of the Commons, all leading Presbyterians.

The city and Parliament were in a state of consternation.

The army advanced to Uxbridge.

It demanded a month's pay, and received it; but it continued to advance.