DIE Martis, 12 Aprilis.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Durham.
Epus. St. David's.
Epus. Gloucester. |
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli, Comes Pembroke.
March. Halifax.
Ds. Magnus Camerarius.
Ds. Camerarius.
Comes Kent.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Lincolne.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Maclesfeild.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Mountagu.
Viscount Sidney. |
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Granville. |
PRAYERS.
E. of Lincoln, for the Murder of Webb, Recognizance.
This Day, the Lord Chief Justice of Their Majesties
Court of King's Bench at Westminster having brought
into this House, by virtue of Their Majesties Writ of
Certiorari, the Tenor of a Recognizance entered into before his Lordship, the Eight and Twentieth Day of February last, by Edward Earl of Lincolne and his Sureties,
for his the said Earl's Appearance in Parliament, to answer
the Felony and Murder of Anthony Webb; as also the
Coroner's Inquest and Proceedings upon the Trial of
Thomas Atkins and Thomas Selby, at the last Newgate
Sessions, concerning the same, whereby it appeared,
"That the said Thomas Atkins (who was supposed to do
the Fact) and Thomas Selby were acquitted, and that
the said Anthony Webb died by the Visitation of God;"
and the Earl of Lincolne, appearing according to the
Condition of the said Recognizance, desired the same
might be discharged, and that his own Recognizance
might be taken for his Appearance for the future.
After Debate thereupon,
This Question was put, "Whether the Earl of
Lincolne's own Recognizance should be taken
in this Case?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
And ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Earl should
be discharged from any further Appearance, by virtue
of the said Recognizance so entered into by him and
his Sureties as aforesaid; and that the said Earl's Recognizance of Four Thousand Pounds should only be taken,
with Condition to appear in Parliament on the First
Day of the next Session of Parliament, and so from
Day to Day until he be discharged; which Recognizance
the said Earl did enter into accordingly, and followeth
in these Words; (videlicet,)
"Ed'r'us Comes Lincoln. recognovit se debere Domino
Regi et Dominæ Reginæ Quatuor Mille Libr. legal. Monet.
Angl. fieri et levari de Bonis et Catoll. Terr. et Tenement. suis, sub Conditione sequen. (videlicet,)
"The Condition of this Recognizance is such, That if
the abovesaid Edward Earl of Lincolne shall personally
appear in Parliament on the First Day of the next
Session of Parliament, and so from Day to Day until
he shall be discharged, then the said Recognizance to
be void and of none Effect; or else to remain in full
Force."
Writs of Error brought in.
The Lord Chief Justice of Their Majesties Court of
King's Bench, in the usual Manner, brought in Two
Writs of Error:
One, Edmund Winder & al. Plaintiffs, versus Roger
Swindlehurst Defendant.
The other, Thomas Thompson Plaintiff, versus Simon
Leach Defendant.
The Earl of Nottingham acquainted the House, "That
Her Majesty had sent a Commission for the proroguing
the Parliament."
Then the Lords Commissioners, in their Robes, being
seated on a Form, placed between the State and the
Woolsack; the Lord Privy Seal in the Middle; and the
Earl of Bridgewater, Earl of Bath, Earl of Macclesfeild, and the Earl of Nottingham on his Right Hand;
and the Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Chamberlain,
and the Earl of Bedford on his Left Hand; commanded
the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to go to the
House of Commons, and let them know, "That the
Commissioners desire them to come and be present, to
hear the said Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read by the Clerk, as followeth:
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"Maria R.
"Gulielmus et Maria, Dei Gratia, Angliæ, Scociæ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex et Regina, Fidei Defensores,
&c. Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris
Thomæ Marchioni Carmarthen Præsidenti Concilii
Nostri, Thomæ Gomiti Pembr. et Montgomery Custodi
Privati Sigilli Nostri, Henrico Duci Norfolc. Comiti
Marescallo Angl. Carolo Duci Bolton, Rob'to Comiti
Lindsey Magno Camerario Angl. Will'o Comiti Devon.
Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Comiti Dors. et
Midd'x Camerario Hospitil Nostri, Alberico Comiti
Oxon. Carolo Comiti Salop, Will'o Comiti Bedford, Joh'i
Comiti Bridgewater, Joh'i Comiti Bathon. Carolo
Comiti Macclesfeild, Danieli Comiti Nottingham uni
Principal. Secretarior. Nostror. Laurentio Comiti Roffen.
Thomæ Comiti Fauconberge, Carolo Comiti Monmouth,
Rad'o Comiti Montagu, Henrico Comiti Warrington,
Franc'o Vicecomiti Newport Thesaurario Hospitii
Nostri, ac Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris
Carolo Domino Cornwallis; et Sidney Domino Godolphin,
Salutem: Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotils, Nos, Statum et Defensionem Regni
Nostri Angl. et Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ concernen. præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Vicesimo Die Martii, Anno Regni Nostri
Secundo, inchoari et teneri ordinaverimus; a quo Die
idem Parliamentum Nostrum usque ad et in Vicesimum
Tertium Diem Maii tune proxim. sequen. continuatum
fuerat, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. prædict. ibidem
tunc tenendum et prosequendum: Sciatis tamen, quod,
certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia,
et Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, de
Avisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus vos
Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus
Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium, plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die Martis, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine Nostro,
ad et in Vicesimum Quartum Diem Maii jam proxim.
futur. usque prædictam Civitatem Nostram Westm. prorogandum et continuandum, ibidemque tunc tenendum
et prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa
Præmissa diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis
et singulis Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus,
Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, et Burgensibus, ac omnibus aliis quorum
interest ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris,
Tenore Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis
in Præmissis faciendis, agendis, et exequendis, pareant,
obediant, & intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei
Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Testibus Nobisipsis, apud Westm. Duodecimo Die
Aprilis, Anno Regni Nostri Quarto.
"Per ipsam Reginam, propria Manu signat.
"Chute."
Then the Lord Privy Seal said,
Parliament prorogued.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"By Virtue of Their Majesties Commission now read,
and to us directed, we do, in Their Majesties Name, prorogue this Parliament to Tuesday the Four and Twentieth Day of May next: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Four and Twentieth Day of May next, at Ten of the Clock in the
Forenoon."