House of Lords Journal Volume 12: 26 February 1673

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 12, 1666-1675. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 12: 26 February 1673', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 12, 1666-1675, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 537-538. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol12/pp537-538 [accessed 25 April 2024]

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DIE Mercurii, 26 die Februarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

REX.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke.
Arch. Eborac.
Epus. Petriburgh.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Gloucester.
Epus. Bath & Wells.		 Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Cancellarius Angliæ.
Ds. Thesaurarius Angl.
Dux Bucks.
Dux Monmouth.
Marq. Dorchester.
Comes Kent.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Suff.
Comes Dorsett.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Devon.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bollingbrooke.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berks.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Dover.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bath.
Comes Carlile.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylisbury.
Comes Arlington.
Vicecomes Hereford.
Vicecomes Say & Seale.
Vicecomes Stafford.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Hallyfax.		 Ds. Awdley.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Windsor.
Ds. North.
Ds. Petre.
Ds. Arundell de Warder.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Newport.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Widdrington.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Bellasis.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Gerard de Brand.
Ds. Berkeley de Strat.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Townsend.
Ds. Butler.

PRAYERS.

Bellamy's Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, "An Act for enabling Robert Bellamy to sell Lands, for Payment of his Debts."

ORDERED, That the Consideration of this Bill is committed to these Lords following:

Comes Dorsett.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Devon.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Clare.
Comes Bollingbrooke.
Comes Berks.
Comes Dover.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Vicecomes Say & Seale.
Vicecomes Mordant.		 Epus. Petriburgh.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Gloucester.
Epus. Bath & Wells.		 Ds. Windsor.
Ds. North.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Widdrington.
Ds. Berkeley de Strat.

Their Lordships, or any Five; to meet on Friday Morning next, at Nine of the Clock, in the Lord Chancellor's Lodgings.

Sir W. Hanham's Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, "An Act to enable the Trustees of Sir Will. Hanham deceased to sell Lands, to pay his Debts, according to his own Direction in his Life-time."

ORDERED, That the Consideration of this Bill is committed to these Lords following:

Marq. Dorchester.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Dorsett.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Devon.
Comes Clare.
Comes Berks.
Comes Dover.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylsebury.
Vicecomes Say & Seale.
Vicecomes Stafford.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Hallyfax.		 Epus. Petriburgh.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Bath & Wells.		 Ds. Windsor.
Ds. North.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Newport.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Widdrington.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Berkeley de Strat.

Their Lordships, or any Five; to meet on Friday next, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon, in the Prince's Lodgings; and to hear all Parties concerned.

Ld. Berkley and Ld Delawar, Precedency.

Whereas Monday next being the Third Day of March, is appointed for giving Judgement upon the Claim of Precedency made by the Lord Berkeley of Berkeley to the Lord Delawar, the House being this Day moved, that the Lord Delawar, who is now sick in the Country, might have a longer Day granted to him:

It is thereupon ORDERED, That this House will proceed to Judgement upon the said Claim on Tuesday the Eleventh of March next peremptorily.

Ld. Windsor Privilege.

Whereas, upon Complaint made to this House, on the Fifteenth Day of April, 1671, in the last Session of this Parliament, and upon Affidavit thereof before a Master in Chancery Extraordinary, "That on Friday the Seventh Day of the said Month of April, John Rawlins, a menial Servant to the Lord Windsor, a Peer of this Realm, was arrested (the Parliament then sitting), by Edward Wassell and Henry Hayward, Bailiffs of Evesham, by the Prosecution of John Watson, of Bengeworth, in the County of Worcester, Attorney, at the Suit of Samuell Langley, of the County of Salop, Esquire, and detained Prisoner till the said John Rawlins signed a Warrant to Mr. Bird an Attorney to appear for him; and that One of the said Bailiffs uttered opprobrious Language against the Privilege of Parliament, and of the Peerage of this Kingdom;" it was, on the said Fifteenth Day of April, ordered, That the said Samuell Langley, John Watson, Edward Wassall, and Henry Hayward, should be brought to the Bar, in Custody, to answer for their said Offences, who, by reason of the Prorogation of the Parliament on the 22th of the said Month of April, did not appear; neither have they or any of them since made any Application or Submission to the Lord Windsor, for the same:

Langley, Watson, et al. to be attached, for arresting Rawlins his Servant.

It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, or his Deputy, shall forthwith attach the Bodies of the said Samuell Langley, John Watson, Edward Wassall, and Henry Hayward, and bring them in safe Custody to the Bar of this House, to answer for their said Offences; and this shall be a sufficient Warrant on that Behalf.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Jovis, 27um diem instantis Februarii, hora decima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.

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