House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 7 February 1693

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 15, 1691-1696. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 15: 7 February 1693', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 15, 1691-1696, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 218-219. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol15/pp218-219 [accessed 18 March 2024]

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DIE Martis, 7 Februarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Landaffe.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. St. David's.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Chester.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Norwich.
Epus. Peterborough.
Epus. Gloucester.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Lincolne.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Præses.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Somersett.
March. Halifax.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Kent.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Craven.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Marleborough.
Comes Scarborough.
Comes Warrington.
Viscount Newport.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Longueville.
Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Berkeley Ber.
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Clifford L.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Cholmondeley.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Capell.

PRAYERS.

L. Shannon's Bill.

The Earl of Rochester reported from the Committee, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for settling the Estate of Francis Boyle, Lord Viscount Shannon in the Kingdom of Ireland," with some Amendments.

Which were read Twice, and agreed to; and the Bill ordered to be engrossed, with the said Amendments.

Osbaston's Bill.

The Earl of Rochester reported the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Sale of certain Manors, Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, late the Estate of Francis Osbaston Esquire, deceased, for the Payment of his Debts and Legacies, and raising Ten Thousand Pounds for the Portion of Mary Osbaston his Daughter, chargeable upon the said Estate," as fit to pass, without any Amendment.

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Sale of certain Manors, Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, late the Estate of Francis Osbaston Esquire, deceased, for the Payment of his Debts and Legacies, and raising Ten Thousand Pounds for the Portion of Mary Osbaston his Daughter, chargeable upon the said Estate."

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

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. that the Lords have passed it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir Miles Cooke and Mr. Meredith:

To let them know, the Lords have passed the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Minshall versus Warr.

Upon reading the Petition of Francis Minshall, Defendant in the Writ of Error wherein William Warr is Plaintiff; praying a Day of Hearing:

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear the said Errors argued, upon the said Writ of Error, on Wednesday the Fifteenth Day of this Instant February, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.

Tower'sBill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Manor of Barescroft, otherwise Thonock, otherwise Low Thonock, Hinton, otherwise Hengton, and other Lands, in the County of Lincolne, Isle of Ely, and Counties of Cambridge and Norfolke, in Trustees, for Payment of the Debts of Thomas Towers Esquire, and making Provisions for his Wife and Daughter."

ORDERED, That the Consideration of the abovesaid Bill shall be committed to the Lords following:

D. Somerset.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Craven.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Rochester.
Viscount Newport.
Viscount Longueville.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. St. David's.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Peterborough.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Ashburnham.

Their Lordships, or any Three of them; to meet on Thursday next, at Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Stephens's Bill.

Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for selling the Estate of William Stephens, late of Greenwich in Kent."

Crawford versus Ashby.

Upon reading the Petition of Henry Crawford and Anne his Wife, William Meadows and Katherine his Wife; shewing, "That Champion Ashby hath brought an Appeal into this House, for Delay, the Seventeenth of January last; and had an Order for the now Petitioners to answer the Four and Twentieth, and served them with it not before the Three and Twentieth of the same Month, when it was impossible for the Petitioners, who live at Lynne Regis in Norfolke, to answer thereunto:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Champion Ashby shall, on or before Tuesday the Fourteenth of this Instant February, give sufficient Security to answer such Order as this House shall think fit to make, upon hearing the said Appeal; which if not done, the said Appeal shall be dismissed: And it is further ORDERED, That the Petitioners shall have Eight Days allowed them for answering thereunto, from this Time.

Stydolse versus Langhorne.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing of the Cause wherein Sygismond Stydolfe Esquire is Appellant, and Luke Langhorne and Susan his Wife Respondents:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel on both Sides, at the Bar, on Thursday the Sixteenth Day of this Instant February, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Harley and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable Sir Thomas Wroth Baronet to make a Jointure and Settlement upon his Marriage, and to make a Provision for his Sister, notwithstanding his being under the Age of One and Twenty Years;" to which the Concurrence of this House is desired.

Sir Thomas Wroth's Bill.

Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable Sir Thomas Wroth Baronet to make a Jointure and Settlement upon his Marriage, and to make a Provision for his Sister, notwithstanding his being under the Age of One and Twenty Years."

Hastings versus Ly. Churchill.

Upon hearing Counsel this Day, at the Bar, upon the Petition and Appeal of Caroletta Hastings, the Widow and Exccutrix of the late Colonel Anthony Hastings deceased; complaining of a Decree made in the Court of Chancery, the Sixteenth Day of December, in the Second Year of Their now Majesties Reign; as also upon the Answer of Dame Susan Churchill put in thereunto:

After due Consideration had of what was offered by Counsel thereupon, it is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Decree made the Sixteenth Day of December, in the Second Year of Their Majesties Reign, complained of in the said Petition of Caroletta Hastings, shall be, and is hereby, reversed.

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

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

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for removing Doubts and preventing Disputes touching Royal Mines, and that Their Majesties may have the Pre-emption;" to which the Concurrence of this House is desired.

Royal Mines Bill.

Then, Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for removing Doubts and preventing Disputes touching Royal Mines, and that Their Majesties may have the Pre-emption."

ORDERED, That this Bill be read the Second Time on Friday next, being the Tenth Instant, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.

Order for fining E. of Ailesbury £.100 confirmed.

The House being moved, "That the Order for fining Thomas Earl of Ailesbury the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, for not attending at the Lord Mohun's Trial, may be discharged:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Order shall be, and is hereby, confirmed.

Williams versus Reade:

Judges to attend for not obeying the Order in this Cause.

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Barons of Their Majesties Court of Exchequer, Mr. Justice Gregory, and Mr. Justice Nevill, do attend this House on Saturday the Eighteenth Day of this Instant February, to give Reasons why the Order of the Third of January, One Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety, made in the Case of Walter Williams Esquire and Richard Reade, was not pursued.

Adjourn.

Rob'tus Atkyns, Miles de Balneo, Capitalis Baro de Scaccario, Orator Procerum, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, (videlicet,) 8um diem instantis Februarii, hora decima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.