House of Lords Journal Volume 16: 23 November 1699

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 16, 1696-1701. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 16: 23 November 1699', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 16, 1696-1701, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 478. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol16/p478 [accessed 25 April 2024]

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DIE Jovis, 23 Novembris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Petrib.		 Ds. Cancellarius.
Comes Pembroke, Præses.
Viscount Lonsdale, C. P. S.
Dux Devon, Ds. Senescallus.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
March. Halifax.
March. Normanby.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Marlborough.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Romney.
Viscount Townshend.		 Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Herbert.

PRAYERS.

Abp. York takes the Oaths.

This Day John Lord Archbishop of Yorke took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Standing Orders to be read.

ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Standing Orders of the House shall be read on Thursday next; and all the Lords summoned.

Order to prevent Stoppsges in the Streets.

Upon Complaint made to this House, "That there is such an Interruption, by Hackney Coaches, Carts, and Drays, in King's-street, and the Passages in The Old Palace Yard in Westminster, that the Lords and others are frequently hindered from coming to this House, to the great Inconveniency of the Members of both Houses:"

It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the High Steward of the City of Westminster, or his Deputy, together with the Justices of the Peace for the said City, shall, by their Care and Directions to the Constables and other Officers within the said Limits, take special Order, that no empty Hackney Coaches be suffered to make any Stay, between Whitehall and The Old Palace Yard in Westminster, from Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon until Three of the Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, during the Sitting of this Parliament; and that no Carriages, Drays, or Carts, be permitted to pass through the said Streets and Passages, between the Hours aforesaid, during the Sitting of this Parliament; and herein special Care is to be taken, by the said Deputy Steward, Justices of the Peace, Constables, and all other Officers herein concerned, as the contrary will be answered to this House.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii prox. sequent. (videlicet,) vicesimum nonum diem instantis Novembris, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

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