Six-and-twenty days sufficed for all that was required from this reinstated fag-end of the famous Long Parliament.
Naturally much of the work of the House took the form (1) of redress of old or recent injuries, and (2) of rewards and punishments.
Almost the first thing done by the House was to restore the privileges of the City of London, release the imprisoned Common Council men and citizens, and issue orders for the repair of the broken gates and portcullises.

The City and the Parliament were now heartily at one, and there was a loan from the City of L60,000 in token of the happy reconciliation.

Sir George Booth, who had been recommitted to the Tower by the Rump, was finally released, though still on security.

There were several other releases of prisoners and removals of sequestrations, and at length (Feb.

27) it was referred to a Committee to consider comprehensively the cases of all persons whatsoever then in prison on political grounds.