May 1742, 11-20
DIE Jovis, 13o Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Dux Cumberland.
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Glocestriens.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Landavens. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Comes Harrington, Præses.
Ds. Hervey, C. P. S.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Devon.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Greenwich.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Bridgewater.
March. Tweeddale.
March. Lothian.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Morton.
Comes Home.
Comes Lauderdale.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Breadalbane.
Comes Dunmore.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Rockingham.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Graham.
Comes Ker.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Fitzwalter.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Malton.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Fauconberg.
Viscount Cobham.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Harcourt.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Carteret, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Clinton.
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Poulet.
Ds. Strange.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Conway.
Ds. Somerville.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Romney.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Hobart.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Lovel.
Ds. Raymond.
Ds. Talbot.
Ds. Ilchester.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Edgcumbe. |
PRAYERS.
York Buildings Company against D. Norfolk et al.
The joint and several Answer of Edward Duke of
Norfolk and others to the Cross Appeal of the Governor and Company of Undertakers for raising Thames
Water in York Buildings, was brought in.
As was also, the joint and several Answer of Sir
Alexander Murray Baronet and others, to the said Cross
Appeal.
L. Chedworth takes his Seat.
John Lord Chedworth sat first in Parliament, after the
Death of his Father John Lord Chedworth; having, at
the Table, first taken the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also taken and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Messages from H. C. with Bills; and to return Harvey's Bill;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Carew and others:
To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting
the settled Estate of Michael Hervey Esquire, in the
County of Leicester, in Trustees, to be sold; and, by
applying the Money arising by such Sale, for discharging the Encumbrances affecting his Estate in the
County of Surrey; and for settling that Estate in Lieu
of the Leicestershire Estate, and to the same Uses;" and
to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the same,
without any Amendment.
and V. Blundell's Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Bligh and others:
To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting
the several Castles, Manors, Towns, Lands, and
Hereditaments, of Mountague Lord Viscount Blundell, in the County of Downe, in the Kingdom of
Ireland, in Trustees, for raising, after the Death of
the said Viscount, the Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds,
for the Portion of Mary Lady Raymond his Daughter;
and for other Purposes therein mentioned;" and to
acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the same,
without any Amendment.
Bank Agreement, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Francis Fane and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for establishing an
Agreement with the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England, for advancing the Sum of One
Million Six Hundred Thousand Pounds, towards the
Supply for the Service of the Year One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Forty-two;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
Byrom's Short Hand, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Thomas Drury and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for securing to John
Byrom Master of Arts the sole Right of publishing,
for a certain Term of Years, the Art and Method of
Short Hand, invented by him;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
Colchester Workhouses, &c. Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Grey and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to render more
effectual an Act made in the Ninth and Tenth Years
of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the
Third, intituled, An Act for erecting Hospitals and
Workhouses within the Town of Colchester, in the
County of Essex, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor thereof;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
From Petersfield to Portsmouth, Road, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Jolliffe and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain and
amend Two Acts of Parliament; One, made in the
Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen
Anne, intituled, "An Act for repairing the Highways from Sheet Bridge, in the Parish of Petersfield,
to the Town of Portsmouth, in the County of Southampton;" and another Act, made in the Twelfth Year
of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the
First, for enlarging the Term in and by the said Act
granted; and for other Purposes therein mentioned;
and for enlarging the Term and Powers by the said
last mentioned Act granted;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
Persons who have omitted to take the Oaths, indemnifying, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Carew and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to indemnify Persons who have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices, Employments, and Promotions, within the Time
limited by Law; and for allowing further Time for
that Purpose;" to which they desire the Concurrence
of this House.
The said Bills were severally read the First Time.
Bp. St. Asaph to preach 29th Instant.
Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph be,
and he is hereby, desired to preach before this House, in
the Abbey Church, Westminster, on the 29th Day of this
Instant May, being the Anniversary Thanksgiving to
Almighty God for the Restitution of King Charles the
Second and Royal Family, and the Restoration of the
Government, after the Great Rebellion.
D. Leeds, Pet. referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Duke of Leeds;
praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for repealing a Power
contained in the Petitioner's Marriage Settlement; and
for the establishing and vesting a new Power in Trustees, instead thereof, for the Purposes in the Petition
mentioned:
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr. Justice
Parker; with the usual Directions, according to the
Standing Order.
Rolt, Leave for a Bill.
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Edward
Bayntun Rolt Esquire; praying Leave to bring in a
Private Bill:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for Sale of Part of the Estates of Edward Bayntun
Rolt Esquire, for Payment of Debts affecting the
same, and raising Portions for his Younger Brothers
and Sister, charged thereon by the Settlement of
their late Uncle; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned."
Lucas & Ux. Leave for a Bill:
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Robert
Lucas and Mary his Wife; praying Leave to bring in a
Private Bill:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for vesting Part of the settled Estate of Robert Lucas
Esquire and Mary his Wife in Trustees, to be sold;
and for applying Part of the Money arising by such
Sale in the Purchase of another Estate, contracted for,
in order to be settled, together with other Lands of
the said Robert Lucas, as an Equivalent for the said
settled Estate, and to the like Uses."
Northey et al. Leave for a Bill:
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Edward
Northey Esquire (Uncle and Guardian of William Northey an Infant), for himself and on the Behalf of the
said Infant; praying Leave to bring in a Private
Bill:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable William Northey, an Infant, to settle Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County of
Wilts, for the Benefit of himself and any Woman
he shall marry, and their Issue, notwithstanding his
Infancy; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
Standing Orders considered and varied.
The Order of the Day being read, for taking into
Consideration several of the Standing Orders of this
House:
The Order of the 25th of January 1720, No 112,
as entered in the Roll of Standing Orders, was read, as
follows; (videlicet,)
That, when an Order of the Day is appointed to
be read, for taking any Public Business into Consideration, the Lord on the Woolsack do stop the Reading of the Order, till the House shall be cleared of all
Persons that have no Right to be in the House when
sitting, if any such shall be there at that Time."
Then it was moved, "That the same be vacated, in
order to substitute another instead thereof."
Which being objected to;
And Debate thereupon:
The Question was put, "Whether the said Standing Order shall be vacated?"
It was Resolved in the Negative.
Next, the Rule entered in the said Roll, No 9, was
read, as follows; videlicet,
"Every Lord that comes after Prayers, if he be a
Baron or Bishop, is to pay One Shilling; and if he
be of any Degree above, Two Shillings, for the
Poor: But every Lord who comes not at all, and
makes not his just Excuse, is to pay Five Shillings for
every Day's Absence."
Ordered, That the said Standing Rule be vacated.
Then, the Standing Order of the 28th of June 1715,
No 62, was read, as follows; (videlicet,)
"That, on the Days Causes are appointed to be
heard, the Cause be called in precisely at Eleven
o'Clock; and no other Business to intervene."
Proposed, "To leave out the Words ["called in
precisely at Eleven o'Clock"]; and instead thereof
to insert these Words, ["the First Business proceeded
on after Prayers"]."
And the same was agreed to.
Then, the Standing Order of the 13th of June, 1685,
was read, as follows; (videlicet,)
"That, for the future, neither His Majesty's Attorney General, nor any Assistant to this House, shall
be allowed to be of Counsel, at the Bar of this House,
for any private Person or Persons whatsoever."
Proposed, "To insert, before the Word ["Assistant"], the Word ["other"]."
And the same was agreed to.
Also proposed, "After the Words, ["to this
House"], to insert these Words ["after having taken
his Place on the Woolsacks as such"]."
And that Variation was likewise agreed to.
Then the Standing Order of the 16th of November
1705, No 96, was read, as follows; (videlicet,)
"That, for the future, no Private Bill shall be read in
this House, until printed Copies thereof be left with
the Clerk of the Parliaments, for the Perusal of the
Lords; and that One of the said Copies shall be delivered to every Person as shall be concerned in the
said Bill, before the Meeting of the Committee upon
such Bill; and, in case of Infancy, to be delivered to
the Guardian, or next Relation of full Age, not
concerned in Interest, or in the passing the said Bill."
Proposed, "To insert, after the Word ["House"],
these Words ["a Second Time"]."
And that Addition was also agreed to.
After which, the Rule, as entered in the said Roll,
No 79, was read, as follows; videlicet,
"All Proxies from a Spiritual Lord shall be made
to a Spiritual Lord, and from a Temporal Lord
to a Temporal Lord."
Moved, "To leave out ["a"], after ["made to"];
and insert ["One or more"]."
The same was objected to.
And the Question being put, upon the said Motion:
It was Resolved in the Negative.
Ordered, That the said Roll of Standing Orders be
varied, and rectified, according to the aforegoing Directions.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
decimum quartum diem instantis Maii, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 14o Maii.
Dominitam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Carlisle.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Landavens. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Dux Bridgewater.
March. Tweeddale.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Berks.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Morton.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Graham.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Fauconberg. |
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. Poulet.
Ds. Strange.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Somerville.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Hobart.
Ds. Ilchester.
Ds. Fitzwilliam. |
PRAYERS.
Ingoldsby against Napper & al.
The joint and several Answer of James Lenox Napper
Esquire, and others, to the Appeal of Thomas Ingoldsby
Esquire, was brought in.
Chetwynd against Fleetwood & al.
After hearing Counsel, in Part, upon the Petition
and Appeal of Walter Chetwynd Esquire, to which
Henry Fleetwood Esquire and others are Respondents:
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of this
Cause be adjourned till Monday next.
Bank Agreement, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
establishing an Agreement with the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England, for advancing the
Sum of One Million Six Hundred Thousand Pounds,
towards the Supply for the Service of the Year One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-two."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House, on Monday next.
Rolt's Bill;
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for Sale of Part of the Estates of Edward Bayntun
Rolt Esquire, to raise Money, for the Payment of
Debts affecting the same, and of Portions for his
Younger Brothers and Sister, charged thereon, by
the Settlement of their Uncle John Bayntun Esquire,
deceased; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)
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Ld. Chamberlain.
D. Beaufort.
D. Portland.
D. Bridgewater.
M. Tweeddale.
E. Northampton.
E. Berks.
E. Winchilsea.
E. Thanet.
E. Sandwich.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Litchfield.
E. Sutherland.
E. Findlater.
E. Ilay.
E. Harborough.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Graham.
V. Hereford.
V. Fauconberg. |
L. B. Hereford.
L. B. Sarum.
L. B. St. Asaph.
L. B. Norwich.
L. B. Bangor.
L. B. Landaff. |
L. Willoughby Par.
L. Poulet.
L. Strange.
L. Ward.
L. Gower.
L. Somerville.
L. Boyle.
L. Foley.
L. Bathurst.
L. Ducie.
L. Walpole.
L. Hobart.
L. Ilchester.
L. Fitzwilliam. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Saturday the 29th Day of this Instant May,
at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as
they please.
Motion to dispense with the Standing Order.
The House being moved, "That the Standing Order,
relating to the Time of Commitment of Private Bills,
may be so far dispensed with, as that the Committee
on the aforesaid Bill may meet on a sooner Day, in
regard the Session of Parliament is far advanced:"
Ordered, That the said Motion be taken into Consideration on Monday next; and the Lords to be summoned.
Lucas's Bill;
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for vesting Part of the settled Estate of Robert Lucas
Esquire and Mary his Wife in Trustees, to be sold;
and for applying Part of the Money arising by such
Sale in the Purchase of an Estate contracted for, in
order to be settled, together with other Lands of the
said Robert Lucas, as an Equivalent for the said settled Estate, and to the like Uses."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on the same Day, at the same Place; and to
adjourn as they please.
Motion to dispense with the Standing Order.
Then the like Motion and Order was made, with respect to the Meeting of the said Committee, as on the
last mentioned Bill.
Northey's Bill;
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
to enable William Northey, an Insant, to settle Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County of
Wilts, for the Benefit of himself and any Woman he
shall marry, and their Issue, notwithstanding his
Infancy; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
same Committee:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on the same Day, at the same Place; and to
adjourn as they please.
Motion to dispense with the Standing Order.
The like Motion and Order was made, with respect to
the Meeting of the said Committee, as on the Two other
Bills.
Byrom's Short Hand, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for securing to John Byrom Master of Arts the
sole Right of publishing, for a certain Term of
Years, the Art and Method of Short Hand, invented
by him."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
same Committee:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Wednesday next, at the usual Time and Place;
and to adjourn as they please.
Colchester Hospitals, &c. Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
to render more effectual an Act made in the Ninth
and Tenth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty
King William the Third, intituled, An Act for erecting Hospitals and Workhouses, within the Town of
Colchester, in the County of Essex, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor thereof."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
same Committee:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Tuesday next, at the usual Time and Place;
and to adjourn as they please.
Petersfield to Portsmouth Road, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
to explain and amend Two Acts of Parliament; One,
made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late
Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, "An Act for repairing
the Highways from Sheet Bridge, in the Parish of
Petersfield, to the Town of Portsmouth, in the County
of Southampton;" and another Act, made in the
Twelfth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the First, for enlarging the Term in and by
the said Act granted, and for other Purposes therein
mentioned; and for enlarging the Term and Powers
by the said last mentioned Act granted."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
same Committee:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on
the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn
as they please.
Ingoldsby against Napper & al.
A Petition of James Lenox Napper Esquire and others,
was presented to the House, and read; praying, "In
regard their Papers are not yet come from Ireland,
that the Hearing of the Appeal of Thomas Ingoldsby
Esquire, to which the Petitioners are Respondents,
may be put off for Three Weeks, or such other Time
as to the House shall seem meet."
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in, and heard at the Bar.
And being withdrawn:
Ordered, That the said Hearing be put off to the
First vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ,
decimum septimum diem instantis Maii, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Lunæ, 17o Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestriens.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Landavens. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Ds. Hervey, C. P. S.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Dux Greenwich.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Bridgewater.
March. Tweeddale.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Berks.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Morton.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Ailesford.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Graham.
Comes Harborough.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Conway.
Ds. Somerville.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Romney.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Raymond.
Ds. Ilchester.
Ds. Fitzwilliam. |
PRAYERS.
Chetwynd against Fleetwood & al.
After hearing Counsel, as well on Friday last as this
Day, upon the Petition and Appeal of Walter Chetwynd
Esquire; complaining of a Decree of the Court of
Chancery, of the 3d of November 1735, made in a
Cause wherein Henry Fleetwood Esquire was Plaintiff,
and the Appellant, together with William Henry Chetwynd and Barbara Chetwynd (since married to William
Blacknell), the Appellant's Brother and Sister, Thomas
Beckford Esquire Executor of William Beckford Esquire,
deceased, William Chetwynd Esquire, William Clayton
Esquire, and Edward Lane the Administrator of Walter
Chetwynd Esquire, the Appellant's Father, deceased,
were Defendants; and also of several subsequent Or
ders of the said Court, and Reports made by the Master,
in the said Cause; and praying, "That the said Decree,
Orders, and Reports, might be set aside and reversed, so far as the same relate to or concern the
Appellant or his Estate; and that this House would
be pleased to give him such other Relief as in their
great Wisdom and Justice should seem meet:" As
also upon the joint and several Answers of the said Henry
Fleetwood, William Clayton, and Edward Lane; and likewise upon the several Answers of the said Thomas Beckford, William Henry Chetwynd, William Chetwynd, William
Blacknell and Barbara his Wife, put in to the said
Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered
on all Sides in this Cause:
Judgement.
It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said
Petition and Appeal be, and is hereby, dismissed this
House; and that the said Decree, Orders, and Reports,
complained of in the said Appeal, be, and the same are
hereby, affirmed: And it is further Ordered, That
there be paid to the Respondent Thomas Beckford the
Sum of Thirty Pounds, for his Costs in respect of the
said Appeal; and that the said Sum of Thirty Pounds be
added to the Principal, Interest, and Costs, decreed by
the said Court of Chancery to be paid to him.
Bank Agreement, Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for establishing an Agreement with
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England,
for advancing the Sum of One Million Six Hundred
Thousand Pounds, towards the Supply for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Forty-two."
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Earl of Findlater reported from the said
Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
Northey's Bill:
The Order of the Day being read, for taking into
Consideration the Motion made on Friday last, for dispensing with the Standing Order of this House, relating to the Time of Commitment of Private Bills, so far
as that the Committee to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act to enable William Northey, an Infant, to settle
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County
of Wilts, for the Benefit of himself and any Woman
he shall marry, and their Issue, notwithstanding his
Infancy, and for other Purposes therein mentioned,"
stands committed, may meet on a sooner Day than was at
first appointed.
And Consideration having been had thereof accordingly:
Committee shortened.
Ordered, That the said Standing Order be so far
dispensed with, in this Case, as that the said Committee
may meet, to consider of the said Bill, To-morrow.
Rolt's Bill.
The like Proceeding was had in relation to the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for Sale of Part of the Estates of
Edward Bayntun Rolt Esquire, to raise Money, for
the Payment of Debts affecting the same, and of
Portions for his Younger Brothers and Sister, charged
thereon by the Settlement of their Uncle John Bayntun Esquire, deceased; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned."
Lucas's Bill;
The last Order of the Day being read, for taking
into Consideration the Motion, made likewise on Friday
last, for dispensing with the Standing Order, for the same
Purpose, in relation to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
vesting Part of the settled Estate of Robert Lucas Esquire and Mary his Wife in Trustees, to be sold;
and for applying Part of the Money arising by such
Sale in the Purchase of an Estate contracted for, in
order to be settled, together with other Lands of the
said Robert Lucas, as an Equivalent for the said
settled Estate, and to the like Uses."
Committee shortened.
Ordered, That the said Standing Order be so far
dispensed with, as that the Committee to whom the said
Bill stands committed may meet, to consider thereof, on
Friday next.
Sheriff against Donovan & al. et è contra.
A Petition of Jeremiah Donovan Esquire, One of the
Respondents to the Original Appeal of Samuel Sherriff
Gentleman, and Appellant in the Cross Appeal, to
which the said Sherriff is Respondent, was presented,
and read; praying, "In regard the Petitioner's Case
lies now before his Counsel, but is so very long as
that he cannot possibly be ready for hearing at the
Time the said Causes now stand appointed, that the
same may be put off to such further Day as to the
House shall seem meet."
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in, and heard at the Bar.
And being withdrawn:
Ordered, That the said Hearing be put off to the
First vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed.
Ingoldsby against Napper & al.:
The House being informed, "That William Crookshanks attended, in order to deliver in several Papers,
Pleadings, and Proceedings, in the Cause wherein
Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire is Appellant, and James
Lenox Napper Esquire and others are Respondents:"
Pleadings proved.
He was thereupon called in; and delivered, at the
Bar, the said Papers and Proceedings; and attested
upon Oath, "The same were true Copies, he having
examined them with the Originals in the proper
Offices in Ireland."
And then he was directed to withdraw.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis,
vicesimum diem instantis Maii, hora undecima Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
Feb. 6th, 1743,
Hitherto examined by us,
Bridgewater.
Oxford & Mortimer.
Say & Sele.
Foley.
DIE Jovis, 20o Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Ld. Abp. Cant.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestriens.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Landavens. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Comes Harrington, Præses.
Ds. Hervey, C. P. S.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Devon.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Kingston.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Dux Greenwich.
Dux Chandos.
Dux Bridgewater.
March. Tweeddale.
March. Lothian.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Moray.
Comes Home.
Comes Lauderdale.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Breadalbane.
Comes Portmore.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Rockingham.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Graham.
Comes Ker.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Fitzwalter.
Comes Wilmington.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Malton.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Fauconberg.
Viscount St. John.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Harcourt.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Carteret, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Clinton.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Poulet.
Ds. Strange.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Conway.
Ds. Somerville.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Hobart.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Lovel.
Ds. Raymond.
Ds. Talbot.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Ilchester.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Fitzwilliam.
Ds. Edgecumbe. |
PRAYERS.
Messages from H. C. with Bills; and to return Knightley's Bill;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Compton and others:
To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale of
certain Estates of Valentine Knightley Esquire, in the
County of Northampton; and for settling another
Estate, in the same County, to the same Uses, in
Lieu thereof;" and to acquaint this House, that
they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.
L. James Cavendish's Bill;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Marquis of Hartington and others:
To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable
James Cavendish Esquire, commonly called Lord
James Cavendish, to take, in Great Britain, the Oath
of Office, as Auditor General of His Majesty's Revenues in the Kingdom of Ireland; and to qualify himself for the Enjoyment of the said Office;" and to
acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the same,
without any Amendment.
and Walcot's Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Bramston and others:
To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting
Part of the Marriage Portion of Mary late Wife of
John Walcot Esquire, and also Part of his settled
Estate, in Trustees, for raising Money to pay Debts;
and for securing an Equivalent for the same, for the
Benefit of his Heir Male;" and to acquaint this
House, that they have agreed to the same, without any
Amendment.
Sir R. Burgoyne's Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Archer and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for consirming and
establishing an Exchange agreed to be made, of certain
Lands in the Parish of Sutton, in the County of Bedford, between Sir Roger Burgoyne Baronet, Lord of
the Manor, and Doctor Crane Rector of the Church
of Sutton, in order to promote and facilitate the Enclosure of the Common Fields and Common Grounds
in the said Parish; and for securing to the said Rector
an Equivalent for his Tithes arising in the said Parish
of Sutton;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
Prisoners Escape, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Carew and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually
to prevent Persons from assisting Prisoners to escape,
or to attempt to escape, from their Confinement;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Aston Cantlow Commons enclosing, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Hay and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
enclosing, setting out and allotting, certain Common
Fields and Enclosures, within the Manor and Parish of
Aston Cantlow, in the County of Warwick;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Justices of Corporations to commit Offenders, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Wilkinson and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to empower the
Justices of the Peace of a Liberty or Corporation to
commit Offenders to the House of Correction of the
County, Riding, or Division, in which such Liberty
or Corporation is situate;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
The Four last mentioned Bills were all read the First
Time.
From Petersfield to Portsmouth Road, Bill.
The Duke of Portland reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain and amend Two Acts of Parliament; One, made
in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty
Queen Anne, intituled, "An Act for repairing the
Highways from Sheet Bridge, in the Parish of Petersfield, to the Town of Portsmouth, in the County of
Southampton;" and another, made in the Twelfth
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George
the First, for enlarging the Term in and by the said
Act granted, and for other Purposes therein mentioned; and for enlarging the Term and Powers by
the said last mentioned Act granted," was committed:
That they had considered the said Bill, and examined
the Allegations thereof, which they found to be
true; and that the Committee had gone through the
Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House,
without any Amendment."
Colchester Workhouses, &c. Bill.
His Grace made the like Report from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to render more effectual an Act made in the Ninth and
Tenth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King
William the Third, intituled, An Act for erecting
Hospitals and Workhouses within the Town of Colchester, in the County of Essex, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor thereof," was committed.
Byrom's Shorthand, Bill.
The Earl of Moray made the like Report from the
Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for securing to John Byrom Master of Arts the
sole Right of publishing, for a certain Term of Years,
the Art and Method of Short Hand, invented by him,"
was committed.
Discoverers of the Conduct of E. Orford, indemnifying, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Limerick and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for indemnifying
such Persons as shall, upon Examination, make Discoveries touching the Disposition of Public Money,
or concerning the Disposition of Offices, or any Payments or Agreements in respect thereof, or concerning other Matters relating to the Conduct of Robert
Earl of Offord;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the same be read a Second Time on
Tuesday next; and the Lords to be summoned; and that
the Bill be printed.
Bank Agreement, Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
establishing an Agreement with the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England, for advancing the
Sum of One Million Six Hundred Thousand Pounds,
towards the Supply for the Service of the Year One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty-two."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Edwards and Mr. Sawyer:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.
Rolt's Bill.
The Earl of Sandwich reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale
of Part of the Estates of Edward Bayntun Rolt Esquire, to raise Money, for the Payment of Debts
affecting the same, and of Portions for his Younger
Brothers and Sister, charged thereon by the Settlement of their Uncle John Bayntun Esquire, deceased,
and for other Purposes therein mentioned," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and
examined the Allegations thereof, which they found
to be true; that the Parties concerned had given
their Consents; and that the Committee had gone
through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereunto."
Which, being read Twice by the Clerk, were agreed
to by the House.
Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendments,
be engrossed.
Trade protecting, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Mayor of London and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better protecting and securing of the Trade and Navigation of
this Kingdom in Times of War;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the same be read a Second Time
on this Day Sevennight; and the Lords to be summoned.
Northey's Bill.
The Lord Raymond reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable
William Northey an Infant to settle Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County of Wilts,
for the Benefit of himself and any Woman he shall
marry, and their Issue, notwithstanding his Infancy;
and for other Purposes therein mentioned," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and
examined the Allegations thereof, which they found
to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their
Consents; and that the Committee had gone through
the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the
House, without any Amendment."
Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.
Wootton Underwood Common enclosing, Bill.
The Duke of Portland made the like Report from
the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for dividing and enclosing the Common Fields,
Lawnd, Wastes, and Unenclosed Grounds, within the
Manor and Parish of Wootton Underwood, in the
County of Bucks, and for the making effectual certain
Exchanges therein mentioned," was committed.
Sir W. Pole's Bill.
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Bill, intituled, "An
Act to empower the Trustees named in the Will of
Sir William Pole Baronet, deceased, to make Leases
of Part of his Estate, during the Minority of his Son
Sir John Pole."
The said Bill was read a Second Time.
Ordered, That the same be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)
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Ld. President.
Ld. Steward.
D. Bolton.
D. Bedford.
D. Portland.
D. Greenwich.
D. Bridgewater.
M. Tweeddale.
M. Lothian.
E. Pembroke.
E. Northampton.
E. Warwick.
E. Winchilsea.
E. Sandwich.
E. Carlisle.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Abingdon.
E. Findlater.
E. Ilay.
E. Oxford.
E. Cowper.
E. Harborough.
E. Graham.
E. Waldegrave.
V. Hereford.
V. Fauconberg. |
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. B. Rochester.
L. B. Hereford.
L. B. St. Davids.
L. B. St. Asaph.
L. B. Norwich.
L. B. Landaff. |
L. Carteret, Sec.
Ld. Abergavenny.
L. Delawarr.
L. Clifton.
L. Strange.
L. Ward.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Haversham.
L. Conway.
L. Somerville.
L. Masham.
L. Bathurst.
L. Walpole.
L. Monson.
L. Lovel.
L. Talbot.
L. Montfort.
L. Ilchester.
L. Chedworth.
L. Fitzwilliam.
L. Edgcumbe. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Thursday the 4th Day of June next, at the
usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they
please.
V. Montague, & al. Leave for a Bill to sell Walsingham's Estates.
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Anthony
Lord Viscount Montague and others; praying Leave to
bring in a Private Bill:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for Sale of the Estates late of James Walsingham Esquire, deceased, lying in the Counties of Surrey,
Essex, Norfolk, and Cambridge, for raising Money, to
discharge the Encumbrances affecting the same; and
for other Purposes therein mentioned."
Persons who have neglected to take the Oaths, indemnifying, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
to indemnify Persons who have omitted to qualify
themselves for Offices, Employments, and Promotions,
within the Time limited by Law; and for allowing
further Time for that Purpose."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Monday next.
D. Norfolk & al. against York Buildings Company et al. et è contra:
A Petition of the Governor and Company of Undertakers for raising the Thames Water in York Buildings,
was presented to the House, and read; praying, "That
the Hearing of the Original Appeal of the Duke of
Norfolk and others, which stands for To-morrow,
may be put off to some further Day; and that the
Hearing of the Petitioners Cross Appeal, to which
the said Duke and others are Respondents, may come
on together, at the same Time."
And thereupon the Agents on all Sides were called
in, and heard at the Bar.
And being withdrawn:
Ordered, That the said Causes be heard on Wednesday next.
Books and Papers from the Admiralty-office to be delivered back.
Ordered, That such original Books and Papers as
have been laid before this House this Session of Parliament, from the Admiralty-office, be delivered back,
by the Clerk, to the Secretary of the Commissioners of
the Admiralty.
Lucas's Bill, Committee put off.
Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill for vesting Part of the settled Estate of Robert Lucas Esquire
and Mary his Wife, in Trustees, to be sold, appointed
to meet To-morrow, do meet on Monday next.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ,
vicesimum quartum diem instantis Maii, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.