DIE Martis, 12 die Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Exeter.
Epus. Chichester.
Epus. St. David's.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Chester. |
Dux Cumberland.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
E. Marshal.
Dux Ormond.
Dux Bolton.
L. Steward.
L. Chamberlain.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Kent.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Bristoll.
Comes Bollingbrooke.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Carnarvan.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylisbury.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Macclesfeild.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abington.
Comes Portland.
Comes Fauconberge.
Comes Monmouth.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Marlborough.
Comes Torrington.
Viscount Newport.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Sidney.
Viscount Lumley. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Grey Ruth.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Grey War.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Clifford.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Granvill.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Crew.
Ds. Clifford.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ossulston.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Cholmondley.
Ds. Ashburnham. |
PRAYERS.
E. Litchfield to attend, in a Fortnight;
A Letter from the Earl of Litchfeild, was read,
desiring some longer Time to attend this House.
And he hath Fourteen Days longer to attend this
House peremptorily, all Excuses set apart.
and L. Morley, in Three Weeks.
The Lord Morley hath Three Weeks longer Time to
come out of Lancashire, to attend this House, being at
present not able to come; as was testified by the Earl of
Macclesfeld.
Bill to reverse Walcott's Attainder.
The Duke of Bolton reported, "That the Committee
for considering the Bill for reversing the Attainder of
Thomas Walcot Gentleman, and the Bill for naturalizing of William Watts, are of Opinion that the said
Bills are fit to pass as they are, without any Amendment."
Whereupon the House ordered the said Bills should
be engrossed.
L Preston's Patent of English Peerage, from the late King, voted null and void.
Next, the House took into Consideration the Patent
of the Lord Viscount Preston.
And the Speaker told the House, "That he had acquainted the Judges with the Particulars of the whole
Case; which they hold to be a high Misdemeanor."
After Debate;
The House had this Question put, "Whether the
pretended Patent sent into this House by the
Lord Preston, by which he claims to be a Peer
of England, be null and void?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative, nemine
contradicente; and so declared.
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
assembled in Parliament, That the pretended Patent of
the Lord Viscount Preston be kept in the Custody of
the Clerk of the Parliaments, until further Order of
this House.
V. Preston to be prosecuted by Attorney General:
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That Their Majesties Attorney
General do prosecute Richard Lord Viscount Preston of
the Kingdom of Scotland, in Their Majesties Court of
King's Bench, for a high Misdemeanor, in claiming to
be a Peer of this Realm by his pretended Patent.
To Sir George Treby, Their Majesties Attorney General.
Committed to The Tower.
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
assembled in Parliament, That the Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod do carry Richard Lord Viscount Preston,
now in his Custody, to Their Majesties Tower of London; there to be kept in safe Custody, until he shall be
delivered by due Course of Law.
To Sir Thomas Duppa, Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod, his Deputy and Deputies, and every of them.
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That Richard Lord Viscount
Preston, of the Kingdom of Scotland, be, and is hereby, committed Prisoner to Their Majesties Tower of
London, for high Misdemeanors, in claiming to be a
Peer of this Realm by his pretended Patent, there to be
kept in safe Custody; and this shall be a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Lucas,
Chief Governor of Their Majesties Tower
of London, his Deputy and Deputies, and
every of them.
Judges Opinions, concerning the Evidence against L. Griffin.
Next, the House took into Consideration the Case of
the Lord Griffin.
The Letter was read, and the Evidence of
Hall, that he believes that Letter to be the Hand-writing
of the Lord Griffin.
Whereupon the Judges were of Opinion, "That
this is good Evidence to commit the Lord Griffin."
L. Griffin committed to The Tower, upon it.
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That Edward Lord Griffin be,
and is hereby, committed Prisoner to Their Majesties
Tower of London, there to be kept in safe Custody, for
holding Correspondency with Their Majesties Enemies,
and contriving and carrying on treasonable Practices
against Their Majesties and Their Government; and this
shall be a sufficient Warrant on that Behalf.
To the Right Honourable the Lord Lucas,
Chief Governor of Their Majesties Tower
of London.
Goodridge versus Crossman.
Upon reading the Petition of William Goodridge;
shewing, "That James Crossman, Vicar of Banwell, in
the County of Somersett, having exhibited his Bill in
the Court of Exchequer against the Petitioner, for
Non-payment of Small Tithes; which the Petitioner
not answering, the said Crossman exhibited another
Bill against him; which Bill being read in Court
Three several Times, the said Court did decree all
the Suggestions in the said Bill contained should be
taken against the Petitioner pro confesso, and be
charged in Execution for £.20 Costs of Suit; and
all in regard the Petitioner could not answer the said
Bill upon Oath, in respect of his tender Conscience
scrupling to swear in any Case; and setting forth several other Things in the said Petition, which he alledges to be illegal, unwarrantable, and oppressive,
and humbly praying to be relieved therein:"
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said James Crossman may have a Copy of the said Petition; and be,
and is hereby, required to put in his Answer thereunto,
in Writing, on Thursday the 28th Day of this Instant
November; and hereof timely Notice is to be given to
the said James Crossman, to the End he fail not to answer accordingly.
Wyndham versus Wyndham.
Upon reading the Petition of Edmund Windham;
shewing, "That he hath an Appeal depending in this
House, to which Anne Windham is Defendant, and
praying that a Day of hearing of the said Appeal
may be appointed; and that the Respondent Anne
Windham should give him, or his Solicitor, a true and
perfect Copy of the stated Accompt between them, a
Week before the Hearing:"
It is thereupon 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 Tuesday the 26th of this Instant November,
at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon; and that the said
Anne Windham do give, or cause to be given, unto the
said Edmund Windham, or his Solicitor, a true and perfect Copy of the stated Accompt between them, on
Tuesday the 19th Instant; whereof the said Edmund
Windham is to cause Notice to be given to the said Anne
Windham, to the End she attend with her Counsel, and
give a Copy of the Accompt accordingly.
Beake versus Berney.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Elizabeth
Beake, an Infant of about the Age of Sixteen Years,
Daughter and Executrix of Samuell Beake, of London,
Merchant, deceased, by Abraham Beake and John Cranenburgh her next Friends, and Administrators of the
Petitioner's Father during the Minority of the Petitioner, from a Decree obtained by Rich. Berney Esquire,
against the said Abraham Beake and John Cranenburgh,
by the Lord Chancellor Jeffryes, the 27th Day of October, in the Second Year of the Reign of the late King
James the Second, and praying Relief herein:
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Richard Berney may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and be, and
is hereby, required to put in his Answer thereunto in
Writing, on Tuesday the 3d Day of December next,
at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon; whereof the said
Elizabeth Beake, Abraham Beake, and John Cranenburgh,
are to cause timely Notice to be given to the said Richard
Berncy, to the End he answer accordingly.
Underwood versus Canham.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Mary Underwood and others, from a Decree made in the High
Court of Chancery the 3d Day of July, 1689, in a
Cause wherein these Appellants were Plaintiffs, against
Daniell Canham Defendant; and praying that the Decree may be rectified; and that your Petitioners may be
relieved:
It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said
Daniell Canham may have a Copy of the said Petition
and Appeal; and be, and is hereby, required to put
in their Answer thereunto, in Writing, on Saturday
the 23th Day of this Instant November, at Ten of the
Clock in the Forenoon; whereof the said Mary Underwood and others, Plaintiffs, are to cause timely Notice to
be given to the said Daniell Canham, to the End he
answer accordingly.
Beaple versus Gay.
Whereas this Day was appointed for hearing the
Cause wherein Thomas Beaple is Plaintiff, and Martha
Gay Defendant:
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, Tomorrow, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.
Report from Committee of Inspections, concerning the Prosecution of L. Russel, &c.
Some Members of H. C. to be desired to attend the Committee.
The Earl of Stamford reported, "That it was the
Opinion of the Committee appointed to examine who
were the Advisers and Prosecutors of the Murders of
the Lord Russell, Colonel Sidney, Sir Tho. Armstrong,
Mr. Cornish, and others; and who were the Advisers
of issuing out Writs of Quo Warrantos against Corporations, and who were their Regulators, and also
who were the public Assertors of the Dispensing
Power; that the House of Commons be desired that
Mr. Serjeant Trenchard and John Hampden Esquire,
and such other Members of their House as can inform
the Lords of the said Committee about these Matters,
may have Leave to appear when desired, to declare
their Knowledge therein."
His Lordship also reported, "That it is the Desire of
the Committee, that Doctor Tillotson may attend their
Lordships on Friday next, at Five of the Clock; and
that, in the mean Time, he may be sworn at the Bar
of the House, in order to his Examination before
their Lordships."
To which Report the House agreed.
Message to H. C. for Mr. Hampden, Serjeant Trenchard, and others, to attend it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Miles Cooke and Mr. Merredith:
To desire that Mr. Serjeant Trenchard and John
Hampden Esquire, and such other Members of their
House as can inform the Lords of the said Committee
about these Matters, may have Leave to appear when
desired, to declare their Knowledge therein.
Doctor Tillotson to be examined before the Committee.
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That Doctor Tillotson do attend
this House on Friday next, at Ten of the Clock in the
Forenoon, to be sworn at the Bar, in order to his giving Information to the Committee for Inspections at
Five of the Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day.
Mutiny Bill.
1a & 2a
vice lecta est Billa, "An Act for the
punishing Officers and Soldiers who shall mutiny or
desert Their Majesties Service, and for punishing
false Musters."
ORDERED, That the Consideration of this Bill is
committed to these Lords following:
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L. Privy Seal.
Dux Bolton.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Bristoll.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Macclesfeild.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Portland.
Comes Monmouth.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Marlborough.
Viscount Newport.
Viscount Sidney.
Viscount (fn. *)
Lumley. |
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. (fn. †)
Bangor. |
Ds. Eure.
Ds. North.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Clifford.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Granvill.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Cholmondley.
Ds. Ashburnham. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them; to meet
To-morrow, at Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of
Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
L. Ferrers, Leave to be absent.
The Lord Ferrers asked Leave of the House to go into
the Country for his Health, and he would send his Proxy.
Which the House granted.
Adjourn.
Robertus Atkins, Miles de Balneo, Capitalis Baro de
Scaccario, Orator Procerum, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Mercurii, videlicet, 13um diem instantis Novembris, hora decima
Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.