House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 30 April 1702

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 30 April 1702', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 109-110. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol17/pp109-110 [accessed 19 March 2024]

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DIE Jovis, 30 die Aprilis.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Dunelm. & Crew.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Dux Somerset, Præses.
Dux Devonshire, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Newcastle.
Comes Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius.
Comes Kent.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Plymouth.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Romney.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Grantham.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Longueville.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. North.
Ds. Grey W.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Powlet.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawel.
Ds. Jeffreys.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Halifax.

PRAYERS.

Subsidy and Land Tax, Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to Her Majesty, by divers Subsidies and a Land Tax."

ORDERED, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, presently.

Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the said Bill.

After some Time spent therein, the House was resumed.

And the Lord Viscount Longueville reported, "That the Committee had gone through the said Bill; and think it fit to pass, without any Amendment."

Sudbury Workhouses, &c. Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for erecting Hospitals and Workhouses within the Town of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor thereof."

ORDERED, That the Consideration of the said Bill be committed to the Lords following; (videlicet,)

Dux Somerset, Præses.
Dux Devonshire, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Newcastle.
Comes Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius.
Comes Kent.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Romney.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Grantham.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Longueville.
Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Duresm. & Crew.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Bangor.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Grey W.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Poulet.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawel.
Ds. Jeffreys.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Halifax.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Whitby Piers, Bill.

The Lord Viscount Longueville reported from the Lords Committees, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the rebuilding and repairing the Piers of the Town and Port of Whitby, in the County of York," as fit to pass, without any Amendment.

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the re-building and repairing the Piers of the Town and Port of Whitby, in the County of York."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

ORDERED, That the Commons have Notice, that the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Greenland Trade, Bill.

Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the enlarging and encouraging the Greenland Trade."

Sir Wm. Ashurst's Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Sir William Ashurst Knight, with relation to the forfeited Estates in Ireland."

ORDERED, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, To-morrow, at Eleven a Clock; and that the Trustees for the forfeited Estates in Ireland do then attend.

Col. Luttrell's Bill.

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Colonel Henry Luttrel, with relation to the forfeited Estates in Ireland."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

ORDERED, That the Commons have Notice, that the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Shales versus Shales.

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Robert Shales, from a Decree made in the Court of Chancery, the Four and Twentieth Day of October last, on the Behalf of Charles Shales, Youngest Son of John Shales Esquire, deceased, by the first Venter, the Appellant's Brother of the Half-blood; and praying the Reversal of the said Decree; as also upon the Answer of the said Charles Shales put in thereunto; and due Consideration of what was offered thereupon:

It is ORDERED, and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Petition and Appeal of Robert Shales shall be, and is hereby, dismissed this House; and that the Decree therein complained of shall be, and is hereby, affirmed.

Adjourn.

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Veneris, (videlicet,) primum diem Maii jam prox. futur. hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

Hitherto examined by us, this 20th Day of May, 1702.

Sandwich.
Warrington.
De Longueville.
E. Asaph.
Jo. Chichester.