December 1719, 1-10
DIE Lunæ, 7o. Decembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
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Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, Præses.
Dux Newcastle, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montrose.
M. Annandale.
Comes Dorset & Middl'x.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Hadinton.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Coningesby.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Tadcaster. |
Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Romney.
Ds. Newburgh. |
PRAYERS.
Dutchess of Hamilton versus Incledon.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Elizabeth
Dutchess of Hamilton, from an Interlocutory Order of
the Court of Exchequer, of the Fourth of November
last, made on the Behalf of Robert Incledon; and praying, "That the same may be reversed; and that another Order of the said Court, of the Eight and Twentieth of October last, may be made absolute:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Robert Incledon may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and shall and
is hereby required to put in his Answer thereunto, in
Writing, on or before Monday the Fourth Day of January next; and that Service of this Order on the Respondent's Clerk in the said Court of Exchequer be
deemed good Service, in order thereunto.
E. of Hadinton's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Earl of Hadinton
and Lord Binning his Son; praying Leave to bring
in a Bill, for vesting such Part of the Petitioner's Estate,
in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, as lies discontiguous and dispersed from the Petitioner's chief Seat,
in Trustees, to be sold; and the Money arising thereby
to be laid out in the Purchase of other Lands and Hereditaments, lying more contiguous to the principal
Part of the Petitioner's Estate, to be settled to the same
Uses, and under the same Restrictions, as the Estate to
be sold stands settled:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of
the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Baron
Price; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report
to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion
thereupon, under their Hands; and whether all Parties
that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill
have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges,
having perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Dove's Pet. referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Dove Esquire,
Henry Dove Gentleman, and Diana Dove an Infant of
the Age of Fourteen Years or thereabouts, by Christopher Jackson Gentleman her Guardian and next Friend;
praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to make an absolute
Sale of a Messuage and Lands in Heathencoat, and also
for Sale or Mortgage of the Manor of Upton, and
divers Messuages, Lands, and Tenements, in Upton,
Sutton, Aylesworth, and Castor, in the County of Northampton, to raise the further Sum of Two Thousand
Pounds, for Payment of Debts, and for other Purposes
in the Petition mentioned:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of
the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to Mr.
Justice Powis and Mr. Justice Blencowe; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and,
after hearing them, to report to the House the State of
the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their
Hands, and whether all Parties that may be concerned
in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill,
do sign the same.
Trevor & al. versus Trevor & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Trevor, Arthur Trevor, and Tudor Trevor, Esquires, and
Prudentia Trevor Spinster, from a Decree of the High
Court of Chancery, of the Fifth of June last, in
a Cause wherein Edward Trevor Esquire was Complainant, and the Petitioners, the Right Honourable Allen
Lord Viscount Middleton of the Kingdom of Ireland,
the Lady Anne his Wife, and Roger Salisbury, were Defendants; and praying, "That the same may be reversed, so far as it relates to the Lands comprised in
the Marriage Articles of the Petitioners Father, and
the Petitioners relieved in such Manner as to this
House shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Edward
Trevor, Allen Viscount Middleton, and the Lady Anne
his Wife, may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and
do put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto,
in Writing, on or before Monday the Fourth Day of
January next.
Stafford & al. versus Mayor and Commonalty of London.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Stafford, John Adams, and Bartholomew Soames, from an
Order and Decree of the Court of Exchequer, of the
Eleventh of June last, in a Cause, there depending,
wherein the Petitioners were Plaintiffs, and the Mayor
and Commonalty of the City of London Defendants;
and praying, "That the same may be reversed, or such
other Relief as to this House shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Defendants
may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and shall and are
hereby required to put in their Answer thereunto, in
Writing, on or before Monday the Eight and Twentieth
Day of this Instant December.
Arthur versus Arthur & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Daniel
Arthur of London Merchant, from a Decree of Dismission made in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland,
on the Nine and Twentieth of November 1717, in a
Cause there depending, wherein the Petitioner was Complainant, and John Arthur Esquire and Christian his
Wife, Denis Daly, and Darcy Hamilton, Esquires, were
Defendants; and praying, "That the same may be
reversed, and such further Relief as to this House
shall seem just and equitable:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said John Arthur
and his Wife and the other Defendants may have a
Copy of the said Appeal; and shall and are hereby required to put in their Answer or respective Answers
thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the Eleventh Day of January next; and that Service of this
Order on the Respondents Clerk in the said Court of
Chancery be deemed good Service, in order thereunto.
Records in Offices, Committee concerning.
The House being moved, "That a Committee be
appointed, to inspect the Manner of keeping Records
and Public Papers in Offices;"
The Committee following was named:
Lords Committees appointed to view the Records of
of the Court of Chancery in The Tower, and those
fit to be carried thither; and to consider what
Place there is proper to receive them; and likewife to view all such other Public Records as they
shall think fit, and in what Manner and Place the
same are now kept; whose Lordships have Power
to send for Persons, Papers, and Records; and to
report to the House; (videlicet,)
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Ld. President.
L. Chamberlain.
D. Somerset.
D. Bucks & Normanby.
D. Montrose.
M. Annandale.
E. Dorset & Middl'x.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Sunderland.
E. Clarendon.
E. Burlington.
E. Litchfield.
E. Yarmouth.
E. Rochester.
E. Bradford.
E. Rochford.
E. Sutherland.
E. Rothes.
E. Buchan.
E. Hadinton.
E. Orkney.
E. Ferrers.
E. Aylcsford.
E. Bristol.
E. Sussex.
E. Cowper.
E. Coningesby.
V. Townshend.
V. Tadcaster. |
Ld. Bp. Sarum.
L. Bp. Norwich.
L. Bp. St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Exon.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov.
L. Bp. Carlisle.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
Ld. Willoughby Er.
L. Delawar.
L. North & Grey.
L. Compton.
L. Teynham.
L. Lucas.
L. Guilford.
L. Boyle.
L. Foley.
L. Carleton.
L. Romney.
L. Newburgh. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Wednesday next, at Ten of the Clock in the
Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the
House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Dagenham Breach, Accompt delivered.
The House being informed, "That a Person from
the Trustees appointed by an Act of Parliament
passed in the Twelsth Year of the Reign of Her
late Majesty, for stopping the Breach in the Levels
of Havering and Dagenham, in the County of Essex,
was attending at the Door:"
He was called in.
And Mr. David Legrose, Secretary to the said Trustees,
presented to the House, pursuant to the said Act of Parliament, a Paper, intituled,
"Accompt of the Treasurer to the Trustees for Dagenham Breach, for a Year, ending at Michaelmas
1719."
And then he withdrew.
And the said Title was read.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
nonum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Auror., Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 9o. Decembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Dux Newcastle, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Devon.
Dux Bucks & Normanb.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
M. Annandale.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Hadinton.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Stanhope.
Viscount Townsbend. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Lempster.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Romney.
Ds. Newburgh. |
PRAYERS.
L. Lempster takes his Seat.
This Day Thomas Lord Lempster sat first in Parliament, upon the Death of his Father William Lord
Lempster; and came to the Table, and took the Oaths,
and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also
took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Stoppages in the Streets, Order to prevent.
The House taking Notice, "That there is such
an Interruption, by Hackney Coaches, Carts, and
Drays, in King-street and the Passages to 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 Westm'r, from Eleven of the
Clock in the Forenoon until Four 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: And it is further Ordered, That the High
Bailiff of the City of Westminster be served with this
Order, for the Purposes aforesaid.
Holborne versus Babbington, in Error.
The House being informed, "That a Person attended at the Door, with the Transcript of a Record from
the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland, upon a Writ of
Error returnable before this House:"
He was called in.
And Mr. Augustus Hancock, at the Bar, attested
upon Oath, "That he examined the said Transcript
with the original Record in the said Exchequer Chamber in Ireland; and that the same was a true Copy."
And delivering the said Transcript in at the Bar, he
withdrew.
In which Writ of Error,
James Holborne is Plaintiff, and
William Babbington Defendant.
Butler versus Sir T. Prendergast & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Theobald
Butler, from several Orders of the High Court of
Chancery of Ireland, of the Seventeenth of June 1718,
of the Fifth and Five and Twentieth of June, of the
Third, Sixth, and Sixteenth of November last, in a
Cause there depending, wherein Sir Thomas Prendergast Baronet, an Infant, Son and Heir of Sir Thomas
Prendergast, deceased, by his Mother and Guardian
Dame Penelope Prendergast, and Lieutenant General
William Cadogan (now Earl Cadogan), Colonel James
Dawson, and Jeffery Prendergast, Executors of the
last Will and Testament of the said Sir Thomas Prendergast, deceased, were Plaintiffs, and the Petitioner
Defendant; et è contra; and praying, "That the same
may be reversed, and the Petitioner freed from the
Attachment he now lies under, until the Hearing of
the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Plaintiffs
may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and do put in
their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Wednesday the Thirteenth Day of
January next; and that Service of this Order on the
Respondents Clerk or Clerks in the said Court of
Chancery in Ireland be deemed good Service, in order
thereunto.
Ludlow & al. versus Macartney & al.
Whereas there is an Appeal depending in this House,
wherein Stephen Ludlow Esquire and Richard Fenner
Gentleman, surviving Executors of Sir Walter Plunket
late of Rathbeall Knight deceased, and Plunket Plunket Esquire are Appellants, and the Honourable James
Macartney Senior, John Roberts, Gerald Cuffe, Michael
Cuffe, and James Macartney Junior, Esquires, Respondents:
And the House being this Day moved, on the Behalf of the said Respondents, "That a Day may be
appointed, for hearing thereof:"
It is thereupon Ordered, That this House will hear
the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Monday the
Eleventh Day of January next, at Eleven a Clock.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, decimum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Auror.
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 10o. Decembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
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Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, Præses.
Dux Kent, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Greenwich, Senescallus.
Dux Newcastle, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devon.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Manchester.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset & Middl'x.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Essex.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Bute.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Stanhope.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount St. John.
Viscount Cobham. |
Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Lempster.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Romney.
Ds. Newburgh.
Ds. Pawlet Bas. |
PRAYERS.
Accounts of prohibited East India Goods and Naval Stores delivered.
The House being informed, "That some of the
Commissioners of the Customs attended:"
They were called in.
And Mr. Walker, at the Bar, presented to the House,
pursuant to some Acts of Parliament, several Papers.
And withdrew.
The Titles whereof were read, as follow:
"The Return of the Commissioners of the Customs
to the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, with the Accounts of prohibited East India Goods and Naval Stores, from
Michaelmas 1718 to Michaelmas 1719.
1. An Account of prohibited East India Goods
remaining in the Warehouses at St. Hellens at Michaelmas 1718; with what has been brought in since
that Time, what exported, as also what remained at
Mich'as 1719."
"2. An Account of the prohibited East India Goods
remaining in the Warehouses at Leadenhall at Michaelmas 1718; with what has been brought in since
that Time, what exported, as also what remained at
Michaelmas 1719."
"3. An Account of the prohibited East India Goods
remaining in the King's Warehouse at The Customhouse, London, at Michaelmas 1718; with what has
been brought in since that Time, what exported, as
also what remained at Michaelmas 1719."
"4. An Account of the prohibited East India Goods
remaining in the respective Warehouses in the Outports at Michaelmas 1718; what brought in since that
Time, what exported, as also what remained at Michaelmas 1719."
"5. An Account of Naval Stores imported from
Russia into the Port of London, from Michaelmas
1718 to Michaelmas 1719."
"6. An Account of Naval Stores imported from
Russia into the Ports commonly called the Out-ports,
from Michaelmas 1718 to Michaelmas 1719."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
D. of Dover's Writ of Summons.
The Order being read, for taking into Consideration
the Matter relating to his Grace the Duke of Dover's
Application to the Right Honourable the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, for a Writ of Summons to
Parliament:
After Debate;
It was moved to adjourn.
Accordingly,
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, decimum quintum diem hujus instantis Decembris, hora
undecima Auror. Dominis sic decernentibus.