House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 22 January 1704

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

'House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 22 January 1704', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 380-381. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol17/pp380-381 [accessed 20 April 2024]

DIE Sabbati, 22 Januarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:



Epus. Sarum. Epus. Lich. & Cov. Epus. Norwic. Epus. Petrib. Epus. Lincoln. Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Oxon. Epus. Bangor.	Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli. Comes Pembroke, Præses. Dux Buckingham, C. P. S. Dux Devonsbire, Senescallus. Dux Somerset. Dux Newcastle. Comes Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius. Comes Kent. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Northampton. Comes Peterborow. Comes Stamford. Comes Winchilsea. Comes Carnarvon. Comes Sunderland. Comes Scarsdale. Comes Essex. Comes Anglesey. Comes Feversham. Comes Berkeley. Comes Nottingham. Comes Rochester. Comes Holdernesse. Comes Portland. Comes Torrington. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Romney. Comes Orford. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Weymouth.	Ds. Bergevenny. Ds. Wharton. Ds. North & Grey. Ds. Chandos. Ds. Grey W. Ds. Poulett. Ds. Mohun. Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Lucas. Ds. Berkeley S. Ds. Ossulstone. Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Guilsord. Ds. Ashburnham. Ds. Weston. Ds. Herbert. Ds. Haversham. Ds. Sommers. Ds. Bernard. Ds. Halifax. Ds. Gernsey. Ds. Conway.

PRAYERS.

Bowyer admitted in Forma Pauperis.

Upon reading the Petition of James Bowyer and Elizabeth his Wife; shewing, "That they were admitted in Forma Pauperis in the Court of Chancery, in the Case wherein they have appealed to this House;" praying, "That they may have the same Favour, to prosecute their Appeal in this House; and that Mr. Spencer Cooper and Mr. Phipps may be assigned Counsel for them:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Petitioners shall be, and they are hereby, admitted in Forma Pauperis; and that the said Mr. Spencer Cooper and Mr. Phipps shall be, and they are hereby, assigned Counsel for them, as is humbly prayed.

Commissioners for Public Accompts, Report delivered.

Mr. King, Secretary to the Commissioners of Public Accompts, attending at the Door, was called in; and, at the Bar, delivered,

"The Report of the Commissioners appointed by One Act of Parliament, passed 1° Annæ Reginæ, intituled, An Act for taking, examining, and stating, the Public Accompts of the Kingdom."

Bourne & al. versus Hunt, in Error:

After hearing Counsel this Day, to argue the Errors assigned upon the Writ of Error, brought into this House the Fourteenth Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Three, from Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, wherein that Court hath affirmed the Judgement given in the Court of Common Pleas (wherein Judgement is entered for Philip Hunt the Defendant in the Writ of Error) against Edward Bourne and Margaret his Wife, Andrew Fryzer and Mary his Wife, and Mary Merrick Widow; and due Consideration of what was offered thereupon:

Judgement affirmed.

It is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Judgement given in the Court of Common Pleas, and the Affirmation thereof in Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, for the said Philip Hunt, against the said Edward Bourne and Margaret his Wife, Andrew Fryzer and Mary his Wife, and Mary Merrick Widow, shall be, and they are hereby, affirmed.

The Tenor of which Judgement, to be affixed to the Record to be remitted, is as follows:

"Et postea, scilicet, Decimo Quarto Die Decembris, Anno Regni dictæ Dominæ Reginæ nunc Secundo, Transcript. Record. et Process. præd. inter Partes præd. de Placito præd. cum omaibus ea tangen. Prætextu cujusdam Brevis dictæ Dominæ Reginæ nunc de Error. corrigend. per præfat. Ed'r'um Bourne et Margaret. Uxorem ejus, Andream Fryzer et Mariam Uxorem ejus, et Mariam Merrick, prosecut. Cur. Dominæ Reginæ, coram dicta Domina Regina, in præsenti Parliamento suo apud Westm. præd. a Cur. dictæ Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsam Regina, transmiss. fuit; prædictique Ed'r'us Bourne et Margareta Uxor ejus, Andreas et Maria, et Maria Merrick, in eadem Cur. coram Domina Regina, in Parliamento suo comparentes, diversas Materias huic Transcript. annexat. et Errores pro Revocatione et Adnullatione Judicii præd. assignaverunt; ad quod præd. Philippus Hunt, in eadem Cur. coram Domina Regina in Parliament. similiter comparens, placitavit, quod nec in Record. et Process. præd. nec in Redditione vel Affirmatione Judicii præd. in (fn. 1) nullo est Errat. Super quo, Dies dat. est præfat. Ph'o Hunt, in Cur. Parliament. præd. ad audiend. Errores in Record. et Process. Præd. assignat. usque Vicesimum Secundum Diem Januarii, Anno Regni dictæ Dominæ Reginæ nunc Secundo supradicto; idem Dies dat. est præsat. Edwardo et Margaretæ, Andreæ et Mariæ, et Mariæ, ibidem, &c. Postmodumque, ad eundem Vicesimum Secundum Diem Januarii, Anno Secundo supradicto, in eadem Cur. Parliament. apud Westm. præd. ven. Partes præd.; super quo, visis et per Cur. Parliament. diligent. examinatis et plenius intellectis tam Record. et Process. præd. ac (fn. 1) Judicium et Affirmation. inde super eisdem reddit. quam præd. Causis pro Error. per præfat. Ed'r'um et Margaretam, Andream et Mariam, et Mariam, assignat. et allegat. videbatur eidem Cur. Parliament. præd. quod Record. ill. in nullo vitiosum aut defectivum existit, ac quod Record. ill. in nullo est Erratum: Ideo per eandem Cur. Parliamenti præd. considerat. est, quod Judicium præd. in præd. Cur. Dominæ Reginæ de Banco coram Justic. ejusdem Cur. reddit. nec non Affirmation. ejusdem Judicii, in Cur. Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsa Regina, in omnibus affirmarentur, et in omni suo Robore starent et Effectu; dictis Causis et Materiis pro Errore per præsat. Ed'r'um et Margaretam, Andream et Mariam, et Mariam assignat. et allegat. in aliquo non obstantibus; et quod Record. præd. nec non Process. a Cur. Parliament. præd. prædicto Vicesimo Secundo Die Januarii, remittantur; et quod præd. Ph'us Hunt, haberet inde separales Executiones suas ver. præfat. Ed'r'um et Margaretam, Andream, Mariam, et Mariam, juxta Formam et Effectum Judicii præd. in præd. Cur. Dominæ Reginæ de Banco, coram Justiciariis ejusdem Cur. reddit. nec non Affirmation. ejusdem Judicii præd. in Cur. dictæ Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsa Regina, dict. Breve de Error. et Process. superinde in dicta Cur. Parliament. prius habit. in aliquo non obstant.; ac superinde Record. et Process. præd. Cur. dictæ Dominæ Reginæ per Cur. Parliamenti præd. coram dicta Domina Regina, ubicunque, &c. remittentur, in eadem Cur. dict. Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsa Regina, jam residen. &c."

Adjourn.

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, vicesimum quartum diem instantis Januarii, hora decima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.