House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 3 December 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: 3 December 1702', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 179-180. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol17/pp179-180 [accessed 16 April 2024]

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DIE Jovis, 3 Decembris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Dunel. & Crew.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Cov. & Lich.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Lincolne.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carlisle.		 Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Ds. Godolphin, Thesaurarius.
Comes Pembroke, Præses.
March. Normanby, C. P. S.
Dux Devon, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Southampton.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Carlisle, Marescallus.
Comes Jersey, Camerarius.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Portland.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Marlborough.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Romney.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Orford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Longueville.		 Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. North.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Raby.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Bernard.
Ds. Halifax.

PRAYERS.

Lords take the Oaths.

This Day Charles Earl of Carlisle Earl Marshal and Thomas Earl of Sussex took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Bp. Chichester's Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act, giving further Time to John Lord Bishop of Chichester, and his Successors, to make Leases of certain Houses and Ground, in and near Chancery Lane, belonging to the Bishopric of Chichester."

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

Dux Devon, Senescallus.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Bolton.
Comes Carlisle, Marescallus Angl.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Bradford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville.		 Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Dunel.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. Gloucester.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carlisle.		 Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. North.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Halifax.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Friday the Eighteenth Day of this Instant December, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Bowdler's Bill.

Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Manor of Michael Church, in the County of Radnor, and other Lands in the County of Salop, of Mary Bowdler and William Bowdler Gentleman, in certain Trustees, for Payment of the Debts, and making Provision for the Younger Children, of the said William Bowdler."

Lands in Brampton, for others in Wickham, Ravenscroft's Bill.

Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act concerning the Exchange of certain Lands lying in or near Brampton, in the County of Northampton, for Lands lying in or near Wickham, in the County of Lincolne."

Occasional Conformity, Bill to prevent.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for preventing Occasional Conformity."

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

Then it was proposed, "That an Instruction be given to the Committee, That this Act extend to no other Persons than such as are comprehended in the Test Act."

And, after Debate thereupon,

This Question was put, "Whether it shall be an Instruction to the Committee, That this Act extend to no other Persons than such as are comprehended in the Test Act of the Twentyfifth of King Charles the Second ?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Instruction to the Committee that it shall extend only to Persons included in the Test Act.

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That it shall be an Instruction to the Committee of the whole House, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for preventing Occasional Conformity," is referred; that this Act shall extend to no other Persons than such as are comprehended in the Test Act of the Twenty-fifth of King Charles the Second.

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

After some Time, the House was resumed.

And the Lord Herbert reported, "That the Committee had made some Progress in the Bill; and desire another Time may be appointed, for them to sit again."

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House shall be put into a Committee again, to proceed upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for preventing Occasional Conformity," To-morrow; and all the Lords summoned to attend.

Adjourn.

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, quartum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

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