DIE Jovis, 9 Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Menev.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Norwich.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Cicestr.
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Dux Cumberland.
Job'es Sommers Miles, Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Dux Leeds, Ds. Præses.
Comes Pembroke, Ds. Privati Sigilli.
Dux Devon, Ds. Senescallus.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Ormond.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Schonberge.
Dux Newcastle.
March. Halifax.
Comes Dorset, Ds. Camerarius.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Carnarvan.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Craven.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Portland.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Marleborough.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Romney.
Viscount Longueville. |
Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Berkeley Ber.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Raby.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Clifforde L.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Arundell Tr.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Cholmondeley.
Ds. Weston.
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PRAYERS.
Ly. Cath. Fane's Bill.
The Earl of Bridgewater reported from the Committee, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for enabling the
Lady Katherine Fane to sell the Reversion of certain Fee-farm Rents, given to her by her Grandfather John Bence Esquire," as fit to pass, with One
Amendment.
Which, being read Twice, was agreed to; and the Bill
ordered to be engrossed.
Stoner's Bill.
The Earl of Bridgewater also reported from the Committee, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the enabling
Thomas Stoner Esquire, Son and Heir of John Stoner
Esquire, deceased, to make a Jointure and Settlement of his Estate in Marriage, notwithstanding his
Minority," as fit to pass, with One Amendment.
Which, being read Twice, was agreed to; and the Bill
ordered to be engrossed.
Powell's Bill.
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting several Messuages and Lands belonging to
Samuel Powell Esquire in Trustees, for Payment
of his Debts."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Oaths in Ireland, for amending, Bill:
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
altering Part of an Act made in the Third Year of
His present Majesty and the late Queen, intituled,
An Act for the abrogating the Oath of Supremacy
in Ireland, and appointing other Oaths."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with it; and Powell's Bill.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir John Francklyn and Sir John Hoskyns:
To carry down the said Bills, and desire their Concurrence to them.
Exports and Imports, Account of;
The Earl of Manchester reported from the Committee, appointed to consider of the Papers delivered into
this House from the Commissioners of the Customs,
"That it is the Opinion of that Committee, That the
Commissioners of the Customs do make up an Account every Year of all the Branches of the Trade
of this Kingdom, Outwards or Inwards, to the End
a perfect and particular Balance of the said Trade
may appear; and the said Account to be ready to
be laid before this House when called for."
To which the House agreed; and ordered as followeth; (videlicet,)
Annual Account of them to be made out by the Commissioners of the Customs.
"It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Commissioners of the Customs do make up an Account
every Year of all the Branches of the Trade of
this Kingdom, Outwards or Inwards, to the End a
perfect and particular Balance of the said Trade
may appear; and the said Account to be ready to
be laid before this House when called for."
Sir Richard Verney's Petition, claiming a Writ of Summons, as Descendant of L. Willoughby de Broke:
Upon a Question put, "Whether Sir Richard Verney's Petition shall be read?" And it being carried
in the Affirmative:
The Petition of Sir Richard Verney Knight, with
His Majesty's Reference thereupon to this House, was
read, as follows; (videlicet,)
"To the King's most Excellent Majesty.
"The humble Petition of Sir Richard Verney
Knight;
"Humbly sheweth,
"That Sir Robert Willughby Knight of the Garter,
your Petitioner's Ancestor, whose Heir he is, was summoned to Parliament, as a Baron of this Realm, Anno
7 Hen. VII; the Writ being directed, Roberto Willughby de Broke, Chevalier; and being also summoned
to other ensuing Parliaments, died seised of the said
Dignity of a Baron, by Writ, to him and his Heirs;
to whom succeeded Sir Robert Willughby Knight, his
Son and Heir; who being likewise summoned to Parliament, among the Peers of this Realm, Temp. Hen.
VIII, sat accordingly, and died seised of the said
Dignity, to him and his Heirs: Whereupon the said
Dignity came to Elizabeth Lady Grevile, Grandchild, and at length sole Heir, to the said Sir Robert
Willughby Knight, the Second Baron of that Name;
and, by several Mesne Descents, is now come to your
Petitioner, as rightful Heir to Margaret Lady Verney
his Grandmother; which Marg't Lady Verney was
Grandchild, and at length sole Heir, to the foresaid
Elizabeth Lady Grevile.
Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays Your
Majesty, That he may have Your Majesty's
Gracious Writ of Summons to Parliament accordingly.
"And Your Petitioner shall daily pray for
Your (fn. *) Majesty, &c.
"Richard Verney."
King's Reference:
"William R.
"We are graciously pleased to refer this Petition to
the House of Peers, to examine the Petitioner's
Claim and Title therein mentioned; and to certify
Us how the same shall appear to them, with their
Opinion thereupon.
"Given at Our Court at Kensington, the Fourth
Day of January 1695, in the Seventh Year
of Our Reign.
"By His Majesty's Command.
"Shrewsbury."
Petition to be considered.
Upon reading the Petition of Sir Richard Verney Knight,
presented to His Majesty; praying, "That he may
have a Writ of Summons to Parliament;" as also His
Majesty's Reference thereof to this House:
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Petition
of Sir Richard Verney shall be considered on Friday the
Seventeenth Day of this Instant January, at Eleven of
the Clock in the Forenoon; and all the Lords summoned then to attend.
Silver Coinage Bill, Amendments considered.
Then the House proceeded upon the Consideration
of the several Amendments made by them to the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for the regulating the Coinage of
the Silver Money of this Kingdom;" to which
Amendments the Commons have disagreed.
And the Amendments preceding the Clause agreed
by the Lords to be added to the said Bill, 9 Press, 24
Line, marked (A), being postponed;
The said Clause being read, as follows; (videlicet,)
Clause added by the Lords, for making good the Deficiency of all clipped Money whatsoever, as well as what is paid to the King in Taxes, &c. not insisted upon by them:
"And because there may be more Money remaining in the Hands of the Subjects of this Realm than
what is sufficient to be paid to His Majesty for Taxes
or otherwise, or that the Possessors of such Money
shall not choose to apply the same to the said Uses:
Therefore, to the End that the Deficiencies of such
clipped or diminished Money may be also ascertained and known, in order to the making them
good at the Public Charge in such Manner as may
be hereafter provided, be it Enacted, That the same
Persons respectively, who are by this Act appointed
to try, tell, mark, and weigh, the clipped or diminished Money which shall be paid in for His Majesty's Use, upon the Accompt of Taxes, Loans, or
otherwise, shall also try, tell, mark, and weigh, such
other clipped or diminished Money as shall be
offered to them by the Possessors thereof on or before
the Five and Twentieth Day of January which shall
be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six
Hundred Ninety-five; and at the same Time, (Notice
having been given as aforesaid) in the Presence of
such Possessors, cut, or cause to be cut, to the Middle
thereof, every Piece of clipped or diminished Money, which they find to be Sterling Silver, without
diminishing the Silver; and what they find to be
counterfeit, shall cut into Two Pieces, and immediately deliver back to the Bringer thereof; and shall
then set down, in Words at Length as well as Figures,
in Two several Books to be provided for that Purpose, the Tale, Weight, and Deficiency of the
clipped or diminished Money so cut to the Middle
thereof as aforesaid, in Manner following; (that is to
say) in one Column of each of the said Books,
what the said Money doth amount unto by Tale; and
in another Column of the said Books, what is the
true Weight of the same Money; and in another
Column of the said Books, what is the Deficiency
thereof; and in a Fourth Column of the said Books,
the Possessors Names, Additions, and Places of
Abode; and, after such Entry, shall cause a true
Copy thereof, signed and sealed by the said Receiver
General, or such other Person or Persons as shall be
appointed, and by the Trier, to be forthwith delivered to the respective Possessors of such clipped or
diminished Money, together with such his clipped
or diminished Money so cut to the Middle thereof,
as aforesaid; all which is to be performed without
Charge to the Possessor or Bringer of such clipped
or diminished Money: And be it further Enacted,
That such clipped or diminished Money so cut to
the Middle thereof, if good Silver, shall from thenceforth pass in Payments by Weight, according to the
present Standard of the Mint, and not by Tale: And
be it also Enacted, That every Leaf of the said Books,
in which such Entries shall be made, shall be signed
by the said respective Receivers and Triers; and
One of the said Books shall, before the Tenth Day
of January in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-five, be returned by the
respective Receiver General into the Receipt of His
Majesty's Exchequer, and the other of the said Books
shall remain in the Hands of the Sheriff of every
respective County, to the End that the respective
Persons to whom Copies of the said Entries have
been delivered may have Resort thereto, at reasonable Times, without Fee or Reward."
And, after Debate thereupon,
This Question was put, "Whether this House shall
insist upon the abovesaid Clause?
It was Resolved in the Negative.
Protest against that Resolution.
"Dissentientibus,
"Because we conceive, that, in the Bill for new regulating the Coin of this Kingdom, the Commons
having taken Care to make good the Deficiencies of
such clipped Monies only as were to be paid to the
King on the Account of His Majesty's Revenues or
Taxes, it was agreeable to common Equity and Honesty, that Provision should be made to supply the
Deficiencies of all other clipped Monies whatsoever that were to pass in Payments amongst the
Subjects of this Kingdom: And therefore we
could not consent to the leaving out this Clause,
that had been added to the Bill by the Lords,
which had so impartially taken Care of the Benefit
and Advantage of the Subject in general, so much
for the Honour and Justice of the House of Peers.
"Rochester.
Kingston.
Marleborough.
H. London.
Clifforde."
The Amendments, 11th Press, 13 and 15 Line, being
read (concerning the Mints), were postponed.
Clause added by the Lords, that the Officers of the Mint shall receive no Gold to coin for a limited Time, and that no Gold shall be imported, not insisted on by them.
The Clause (B), to be added to the Bill, II Press,
16 Line, being read, as follows:
"And whereas the common People of this Realm,
by reason of the Badness of the Silver Coins, do frequently take, and accept in Payment, the Gold
Coins at a very high and unusual Rate or Price;
which Practice gives Occasion to Foreigners to import their Gold at a very unreasonable Profit, and
tends very much to the Damage and Loss of the Public: Be it therefore further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That, from the Tenth Day of January which shall be in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-five, until the First
Day of November next ensuing, the Officers of His
Majesty's Mint or Mints shall not receive into the
said Mint or Mints any Gold whatsoever to be
coined, or shall coin the same for any Person or
Persons whatsoever; and that, from and after the
said Tenth Day of January, until the said First Day
of November, no Coins of Gold whatsoever, whether
the same be the Coins of this Realm or Foreign
Coins, shall be imported or brought from any Foreign Ports or Places, into the Kingdom of England,
Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed,
under Pain of Confiscation thereof."
The Question was put, "Whether this House shall
insist upon the said Clause?"
It was Resolved in the Negative.
And the Clause (C) being also read, as follows;
(videlicet,)
Clause added by the Lords, allowing the Exportation of the Coin for a limited Time, not insisted upon by them.
"And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the Second Day of February which shall be in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-five, until the End
of the next Session of Parliament, it shall and may
be lawful for any Person or Persons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politic or Corporate, to export
or carry forth of this Realm any coined Money of
this Realm, without paying any Customs or other
Duties for the same upon such Exportation, making
due Entries thereof as for other Merchandize; any
Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding:
Provided always, and be it Enacted, That, from and
after the said Second Day of February, until the End
of the next Session of Parliament, no other Gold or
Silver, in English or Foreign Bullion or Plate, shall be
exported or carried out of this Realm, upon Pain that
the Exporters thereof shall incur the same Penalties
and Forfeitures which by the Laws of this Realm
such Persons who export any English Money out of
this Realm are to undergo and suffer."
The Question was put, "Whether this House
shall insist upon the said Clause?"
It was Resolved in the Negative.
Protest against that Resolution.
"Dissentientibus,
"Because we conceive it inconsistent with the Rules
of common Prudence, when the Bill for new regulating the Coin of this Kingdom provides that all the
clipped Money shall be re-coined up to the old Standard of the Mint, there should not be a Liberty
granted by Law to export the Coin of this Kingdom, whilst the Occasion lasts of supporting so great
an Expence for the Armies Abroad; and so long as
the Exportation of Bullion is permitted, and that of
Coin prohibited, it seems to us undeniable, that the
Coin must be melted down again into Bullion; which,
we conceive, will be much more prejudicial to the
Nation, and not so easily to be drawn back by a Balance of Trade as if that Wealth were preserved
in the Coin of this Kingdom.
"Rochester.
Marleborough."
The postponed Amendments, which relate to the
Clause marked (A), being severally read, were desisted from; and the Amendment made by the Commons, to the Lords Amendment, 6 Skin, 13 Line, was
read, and agreed to.
Then the postponed Amendments made by the Lords,
11 Press, 13 and 15 Lines (concerning the Mints), being read; and Debate thereupon;
This Question was put, "Whether this House
shall insist upon their Amendments?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Committee to prepare Reasons for the Lords insisting on some Amendments to the Bill; and what shall be offered, concerning the Commons denying the Lords a Right of inflicting Pecuniary Penalties.
Lords Committees appointed by the House to
draw Reasons, to be offered at a Conference with
the House of Commons, for the Lords insisting
upon their Amendments made to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the regulating the Coinage
of the Silver Money of this Kingdom," in
the 11 Press, 13 and 15 Lines, and what shall
be offered at the Conference, in relation to
what was said by the Commons at the Close of
the last Conference on this Bill; and report to
the House.
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Ds. Præses.
Ds. Privati Sigilli.
Ds. Senescallus.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Bolton.
March. Normanby.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Marleborough.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Bradford. |
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Raby.
Ds. Clifforde.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Jeffreys. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
To-morrow, at Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House
of Peers.
Adjourn.
Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens
Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem
Veneris, (videlicet,) decimum diem instantis Januarii,
hora decima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.