Anno 21 Caroli Secundi
DIE Martis, Decimo Nono die Octobris, 1669, Anno
Regni Serenissimi Domini Nostri Caroli Secundi,
Dei Gratiâ, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ Regis,
Fidei Defensoris, &c. Vicesimo Primo; quo die præsens
hæc Octava Parliamenti Sessio tenenda est apud Civitatem Westm. ibi tam Spirituales quam Temporales Domini,
quorum Nomina subscribuntur, præsentes fuerunt:
REX.
| His Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke. |
Arch. Cant.
Arch. Eborac.
Epus.London.
Epus.Durham.
Epus.Winton.
Epus.Ely.
Epus.Cov. et Litch.
Epus.Sarum.
Epus. Carlile.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus.Rochester.
Epus.Landaffe.
Epus.Chester. |
Sir Orlando Bridgman, Mil. et Bar. Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli.
Dux Bucks.
Dux Albemarle.
Marq. Worcester.
Robertus Comes de Lyndsey, Magnus Camerarius Angliæ.
Jacobus Comes de Brecknock, Senescallus Hospitii Domini Regis.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Dorsett.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Dover.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylsbury.
Comes Burlington.
Vicecomes Hereford.
Vicecomes Mountague.
Vicecomes Stafford.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Hallifax. |
Ds. Arlington, One of the Principal Secretaries of State.
Ds. Awdley.
Ds. Berkley de Berkley.
Ds. Sandis.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Willoughby de Parham.
Ds. Tenham.
Ds. Newport.
Ds. Hatton.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Bellasis.
Ds. Gerard de Brandon.
Ds. Berkley de Stratton.
Ds. Holles.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Ashley.
Ds. Arundell de Trerice.
Ds. Butler de Moore Parke. |
PRAYERS.
King present.
His Majesty being present this Day, and sitting in
His Royal Throne, adorned with His Regal Crown and
Robes (the Peers sitting in their Robes uncovered); the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was commanded by
His Majesty to let the House of Commons know, "That
it was His Majesty's Pleasure that they come presently, with their Speaker, to attend His Majesty."
Who being come, His Majesty made this short
Speech following:
King's Speech.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"I am very glad to see you here at this Time, and
I hope this will be a happy Meeting; for I have had
great Experience of your Affection and Loyalty to
Me, and am very confident of your Continuance of
it. It is now almost a Year and a Half since your
last Sitting; and though My Debts have pressed Me
very much, yet I was unwilling to call for your
Assistance till this Time.
"What you gave Me last, was wholly applied to the
Navy, and that extraordinary Fleet for which it was
intended. I desire that you will now take My Debts
effectually into your Considerations. Something I have
to propose to you of great Importance, concerning the
Uniting of England and Scotland; but it will require
some Length: And I have left that, and some other
Things, to my Lord Keeper, to open them fully to
you."
Then the Lord Keeper spake as follows:
L. Keeper's Speech.
"My Lords; and you Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, of the House of Commons;
"His Majesty, in His most Gracious Speech, hath
expressed His great Satisfaction in seeing you here at
this Time, and his Hopes of a happy Issue of this
Meeting: To obtain this, nothing can conduce more
than a good Correspondency and Union among yourselves.
"He hath Reason to believe that you all come with
the same common Affections for the general Good,
and therefore persuades Himself there will be no
Differences between the Two Houses: But if there
should be any such, He earnestly recommends it to
you, that, by your Moderation and Wisdoms, such
Expedients may be found out as may compose them,
and that thereby no Delay or Obstruction be to your
other Proceedings.
"His Majesty hath also desired you to take His Debts
effectually into Consideration: I need not mention to
you the Uneasiness of His Condition with that Burden; nor the Inconveniencies or Mischiefs which
might fall out if He should continue under it.
"It is not unknown to you, that His Majesty hath
been a happy Instrument, by the Treaty at Aix and
by the Triple Alliance, to procure Peace between the
Two Neighbouring Crowns; the Securing of that
Peace (wherein our own Peace is concerned), and His
Majesty's Reputation Abroad, will also much depend
upon your Kindness to Him; and therefore He hopes,
that your will consider of how great an Importance it
is, at this Time, that His Majesty be enabled to
bear such a Part in the Affairs of Europe, as may contribute most to His own Honour, and the Safety, Benefit, and Glory, of this Nation,
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"You may remember that, upon His Majesty's Recommendation, an Act was lately made, for settling
Freedom and Intercourse of Trade between England
and Scotland, which was occasioned upon Complaints
of new Duties imposed in each Kingdom upon divers
Commodities of the Growth, Production, or Manufacture, of the other.
"According to this Act, Commissioners were appointed by His Majesty for both Kingdoms, to treat
upon that Affair; and they had several Meetings,
which produced no Effect, unless it were a Conviction
of the Difficulty, if not Impossibility, of settling it in
any other Way than by a nearer and more complete
Union of the Two Kingdoms.
"His Majesty is fully persuaded, that nothing can
tend more to the Good and Security of both Nations,
than such an Union; and finds that His Royal Grandfather King James of Blessed Memory, went so far
on towards this good Work, that, by Act of Parliament in the First Year of His Reign, Commissioners
were authorized to treat and consult with Commissioners from Scotland concerning it.
"And, in Pursuance of their Treating, in the Fourth
Year of His Reign, an Act was made for the Repeal
of Hostile Laws, and the Abolition of the Memory of
Hostility between the Two Nations; and, after the
End of that Session, about the Seventh Year of His
Reign, it was (by the Judges of all the Courts at
Westminster Hall) solemnly adjudged, in the Case of
the Post Nati, that those who (after the Descent of
the Crown to King James) were born in Scotland were
no Aliens in England, and consequently were capable,
not only of Lands, but all other Immunities, as if they
had been born here.
"By these Steps, so great an Advance hath been made
towards this Union, that His Majesty well hopes,
that what is yet wanting to the perfecting it may be
now accomplished; the Continuance under the same
Obedience and Subjection for near Threescore and
Seven Years having begotten the same common
Friends and common Enemies to both Nations, and
taken off a great Part of those Difficulties which
at the First stood in the Way.
"And therefore His Majesty doth most heartily recommend it unto you, that Commissioners may be nominated, to treat and consult with Commissioners from
Scotland, concerning this Union. His Majesty hath
given Directions to the Earl of Lauderdale, His Commissioner for Scotland, to make the like Proposal to
the Parliament which is now sitting there; and doubts
not but, upon the Meeting of such Commissioners of
both Kingdoms, those Things will be offered to your
Considerations, in order to the Union, as shall tend to
the Honour of His Majesty and the common Good
of all His Subjects.
"And this is all I have in Command to say at this
Time."
After this, His Majesty withdrew.
Address of Thanks to the King, for these Speeches.
ORDERED, That the humble Thanks of this House
be presented to His Majesty, for His Gracious Speech,
and that of the Lord Keeper's by His Appointment; and that His Majesty would be pleased to give
Order for the Printing and Publishing of them both;
and that the Lord Steward and the Lord Arlington are
appointed to attend His Majesty forthwith for that Purpose.
Bill to prevent Frauds in exporting Wool, &c.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, "An Act for preventing
of Frauds in exporting Wool, Woolfells, Mortlings,
Shorlings, Wool Flocks, or any Yarn made of Wool,
contrary to former Acts made in that Behalf."
House to be called, and Orders read.
ORDERED, That this House shall be called this Day
Sevennight, the 26th of this Instant October, at which
Time the Orders of this House shall be read.
Committee of Privileges.
Lords Committees appointed to take Consideration
of the Customs and Orders of this House, and
Privileges of Parliament and the Peers of this
Kingdom and Lords of Parliament, videlicet,
| His Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke. |
Dux Bucks.
Dux Albemarle.
Marq. Worcester.
L. Great Chamberlain.
L. Steward.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Dorsett.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Dover.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylsbury.
Comes Burlington.
Vicecomes Hereford.
Vicecomes Mountague.
Vicecomes Stafford.
Vicecomes Fauconbridge.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Hallyfax. |
Arch. Cant.
Arch. Eborac.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Ely.
Epus. Cov. et Litch.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Carlile.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Landaffe.
Epus. Chester. |
Ds. Arlington.
Ds. Awdley.
Ds. Berkley de Berkley.
Ds. Sandis.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Willoughby de Parham.
Ds. Tenham.
Ds. Newport.
Ds. Hatton.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Bellasis.
Ds. Gerard de Brand.
Ds. Berkley de Strat.
Ds. Holles.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Ashley.
Ds. Arundell de Trerice.
Ds. Butler. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them; to meet on
Monday next, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon, and afterwards every Monday; and have
Power to adjourn themselves as they please.
Committee for the Journal.
Lords Sub-committees appointed to consider of the
Orders and Customs of this House, and Privileges
of the Peers of this Kingdom and Lords of Parliament; and to peruse and perfect the Journal
Book:
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Comes Dorsett.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Dover.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Craven.
Vicecomes Stafford. |
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Ely.
Epus. Cov. et Litch.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Chester. |
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Willoughby de Parham.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Holles.
Ds. Ashley.
Ds. Arundell de Trerice. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them; to meet on
Saturday next, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon, and afterwards every Saturday; and at
such other Times as they shall think fit.
Committee for Petitions.
Lords Committees appointed by this House to receive and consider of Petitions; and afterwards
to make Report thereof to the House:
| His Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke. |
Dux Bucks.
Dux Albemarle.
Marq. Worcester.
L. Great Chamberlain.
L. Steward.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Dorsett.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Dover.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylsbury.
Comes Burlington.
Vicecomes Hereford.
Vicecomes Mountague.
Vicecomes Stafford.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Hallyfax. |
Arch. Cant.
Arch. Yorke.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Ely.
Epus. Cov. et Litch.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Carlile.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Landaffe.
Epus. Chester. |
Ds. Arlington.
Ds. Awdley.
Ds. Berkley de Berkley.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Willoughby.
Ds. Tenham.
Ds. Newport.
Ds. Hatton.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Bellasis.
Ds. Gerard de Brand.
Ds. Berkley de Strat.
Ds. Holles.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Ashley.
Ds. Arundell de Trerice.
Ds. Butler. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on
Tuesday next, at Three of the Clock in the
Afternoon, in the Painted Chamber, and afterwards every Tuesday; and to adjourn themselves
from Time to Time, as they think fit.
Lord Sandys takes his Seat.
This Day Henry Lord Sandys, of The Vyne, first sat
in Parliament, by Writ of Summons, dated 11° Octobris,
Anno Regni Domini Nostri Regis Caroli IIdi 21°, upon
the Death of his Brother William Lord Sandys.
Adjourn.
Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Mercurii,
20um diem instantis Octobris, hora decima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.