House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 13 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: 13 April 1702', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 95-96. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol17/pp95-96 [accessed 19 March 2024]

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DIE Lunæ, 13 Aprilis.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Epus. Dunelm. & Crew.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Bangor.
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Dux Somerset, Præses.
Dux Devonshire, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux Bolton.
Comes Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius.
Comes Carlisle, Marescallus.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Essex.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Portland.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Marlborough.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Bradford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Grey W.
Ds. Poulet.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Raby.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawel.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Cholmondeley.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Halifax.

PRAYERS.

E: Sunderland takes the Oaths.

This Day Robert Earl of Sunderland took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, pursuant to the Statute; and also took the Oath of Abjuration, and subscribed the same, pursuant to the late Act of Parliament.

Benovad et al. Nat. Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Stephen Benovad, John Girrard, and others."

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

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir Richard Holford and Mr. Pitt:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.

Keightley's Bill.

Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Thomas Keightley Esquire, with relation to the forfeited Estates in Ireland."

And, after some Time spent therein, and hearing the Trustees for the Irish Forfeitures, 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."

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Thomas Keightley Esquire, 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.

Messages from H. C. with Bills.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Conyers and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to declare the Alterations in the Oath appointed to be taken by the Act, intituled, An Act for the further Security of His Majesty's Person, and the Succession of the Crown in the Protestant Line; and for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and all other Pretenders, and their open and secret Abettors; and for declaring the Association to be determined;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Topham and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for confirming a Purchase made by Her Majesty, and an Exchange between Her Majesty and the Dean and Canons of the King's Free Chapel, within the Castle of Windsor;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Queen, and Church of Windsor, Exchange of Lands, Bill.

Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for confirming a Purchase made by Her Majesty, and an Exchange between Her Majesty and the Dean and Canons of the King's Free Chapel, within the Castle of Windsor."

Worcester College, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for settling Sir Thomas Cook's Charity of Ten Thousand Pounds, for the erecting and endowing of Worcester Colledge, in Oxford."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with the Statutes thereunto annexed, shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir Richard Holford and Mr. Pitt:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.

Charlton versus Bailey.

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Sir Francis Charlton Baronet, Thomas Mason, and George Tomkins, from a Decree made in the Court of Exchequer, on the Fifth Day of February last, wherein James Baily and Ambrose Sparry were Complainants, against the Appellants then Defendants; and praying the Reversal of the said Decree; and that the Appellants may try the Modus's at Law; as also upon the Answer of the said James Baily and Ambrose Sparry put in thereunto; 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 Petition and Appeal of the said Sir Francis Charlton, Thomas Mason, and George Tomkins, shall be, and is hereby, dismissed this House; and that the Decree therein complained of shall be, and is hereby affirmed.

Kinsey versus Hayward, in Error.

Upon reading the Petition of Mary Kinsey Widow; shewing, "That she hath a Writ of Error depending in this House, to which Henry Hayward is Defendant; and praying that a Day may be appointed for hearing the Errors argued thereupon."

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear the Errors argued in this Case, on Monday the Twenteeth Day of this Instant April, at Eleven a Clock.

Adjourn.

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