House of Lords Journal Volume 16: 23 January 1700

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 16, 1696-1701. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

'House of Lords Journal Volume 16: 23 January 1700', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 16, 1696-1701, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 499-501. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol16/pp499-501 [accessed 25 April 2024]

DIE Martis, 23 Januarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:



Arch. Ebor. Epus. London. Epus. Wigorn. Epus. Roffen. Epus. Exon. Epus. Menev. Epus. Sarum. Epus. Cestr. Epus. Elien. Epus. Cov. & Lich. Epus. Norwic. Epus. Petrib. Epus. Gloucestr. Epus. Bristol. Epus. Asaph. Epus. Lincoln. Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Oxon.	Ds. Cancellarius. Viscount Lonsdale, C. P. S. Dux Norfolke. Dux Somerset. Dux Richmond. Dux Ormonde. Dux Northumberland. Dux Bolton. Dux Leeds. Dux Newcastle. March. Halifax. March. Normanby. Comes Kent. Comes Dorsett. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Leicester. Comes Denbigh. Comes Rivers. Comes Peterborow. Comes Stamford. Comes Kingston. Comes Carnarvon. Comes Thanet. Comes Sunderland. Comes Scarsdale. Comes Sandwich. Comes Essex. Comes Anglesey. Comes Bathe. Comes Carlisle. Comes Burlington. Comes Feversham. Comes Maclesfeld. Comes Radnor. Comes Nottingham. Comes Rochester. Comes Abingdon. Comes Portland. Comes Marleborough. Comes Torrington. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Warrington. Comes Bradford. Comes Romney. Comes Rochford. Comes Tankerville. Comes Albemarle. Comes Orford. Comes Jersey. Comes Grantham. Viscount Hereford. Viscount Say & Sele. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Weymouth. Viscount Longueville.	Ds. Bergevenny. Ds. Audley. Ds. Willughby Er. Ds. Lawarr. Ds. Ferrers. Ds. Eure. Ds. North. Ds. Chandos. Ds. Hunsdon. Ds. Brooke. Ds. Lovelace. Ds. Howard Esc. Ds. Mohun. Ds. Raby. Ds. Byron. Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Culpeper. Ds. Lucas. Ds. Rockingham. Ds. Berkeley. Ds. Granville. Ds. Cornwallis. Ds. Craven. Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Godolphin. Ds. Jeffreys. Ds. Cholmondeley. Ds. Lempster. Ds. Weston. Ds. Herbert. Ds. Haversham.

PRAYERS.

Butler's Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable Henry Butler Esquire to make Leases of Part of his Estate in Lancash'r, for discharging of Incumbrances thereupon."

ORDERED, That the Consideration of the said Bill be committed to the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the Estate of Thomas Cowper, of the City of Chester, Gentleman, in Trustees, for Payment of Debts," is referred.

Merefield, Leave for a Bill.

Upon reading the Petition of Lidia Merefeild Widow, and Robert Merefeild her Son, an Infant, John Donne and Alice his Wife, William Merefeild and Susanna his Wife; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for confirming an Agreement, concerning Two Annuities; which cannot be otherwise performed, by reason of the Infancy of Robert Merefeild:

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Petitioners have hereby Leave to bring in a Bill, as desired:

Jackson versus Warren.

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear the Cause wherein Samuel Jackson is Appellant, and Hugh Warren Respondent, on Wednesday the One and Thirtieth Day of this Instant January, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon.

Holman's Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to supply the Loss of certain Indentures of Lease and Release, heretofore made by Philip Holman Esquire, since deceased, to George Holman his Son, now also deceased."

Siderfin's Bill.

The Lord Viscount Longueville reported from the Lords Committees, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Manor of Exton, and other Lands, in the County of Somerset, late the Estate of Thomas Siderfin Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, to be sold, for Payment of Debts," as fit to pass, with some Amendments.

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

Hendrix Nat.

Upon reading the Petition of John Hendrix; praying, "That he may be admitted to be naturalized; he being a Protestant, and having served at Sea several Years:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Petitioner shall be added to the Bill for the Naturalization of Oliver D' Harcourt and others.

Williamson versus Regem, in Error:

After hearing Counsel, at the Bar, to argue the Errors assigned upon the Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein Robert Williamson is Plaintiff; and His Majesty, by His Attorney General, Defendant; and Debate thereupon:

Judgement of Reversal reversed:

This Question was put, "Whether the Judgement of Reversal shall be reversed?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Protest against it.

"Leave being asked, and given, for any Lord to diffent; these Lords, whose Names are hereunto subscribed, do diffent, for the Reasons following; (videlicet,)

"For that we conceive it did not appear that ever any such Judgement was given by the Exchequer, before the annexing the Court of Augmentations to the Exchequer.

"For that, since the dissolving and annexing of the said Court of Augmentations, there hath no such Judgement been given, unless in such Cases which were in the Cognizance of the Court of Augmentations before it was dissolved.

"That the Judgements, in the Cases of Sir Henry Nevill and Sir Thomas Wroth, and others of the like Nature cited, seem to be by virtue of the Powers of the Court of Augmentations being annexed to the Court of Exchequer.

"That those Courts were duly annexed, appears by the Preamble of the Statute 1° Eliz. Cap. 4. by the Lord Chief Justice Bromley's Case, and by the Case of the Earl of Devonsh'r in Cook's Reports; and for that the Court of First Fruits and Tenths was dissolved, and annexed in like Manner to the Exchequer, as the Court of Augmentations was; which Powers, by that Annexation, subsist in that Court to this Day".

Lonsdale, C. P. S.
Stamford. Rivers.
J. Culpeper.
Bergevenny.
Audley.
W. Wigorn.
Gj. Sarum.
Haversham.
Sy. Eliens.
Ric. Petriburg.

Williamson versus Regem:

Whereas, by virtue of His Majesty's Writ of Error, returnable into the House of Peers in Parliament assembled, a Record of the Court of Exchequer was brought into this House, the Fourth Day of April, One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-nine, wherein a Judgement given by the Barons of the said Court, in Hillary Terme, One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-one, for Robert Williamson, against His Majesty's Attorney General, for the Payment of an Annual Sum of Sixty Pounds, and the Arrears thereof, out of the Hereditary Revenue of Excise, was, in Michaelmas Terme, One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-six, reversed in the Exchequer Chamber, by the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, now Lord Chancellor:

Judgement of Reversal reversed.

After hearing Counsel several Days, to argue the Errors assigned upon the said Writ of Error; and due Consideration of what was offered on either Side; it is this Day ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Judgement of Reversal shall be, and is hereby, reversed; and that the said Judgement, given by the Barons of the Exchequer for the said Robert Williamson, shall be, and is hereby, affirmed.

The Tenor of which Judgement, to be affixed to the Record to be remitted, followeth; (videlicet,)

"Postea, scilicet, Quarto Die Aprilis, Anno Regni Domini Regis nunc Undecimo præd. Record. et Process. præd. cum omnibus ea tangent. dicto Domino Regi in præsenti Parliamento apud Westm. in Com. Midd'x præd. assemblat. secundum Exigent. Brevis præd. miss. sunt: Posteaque, scilicet, Undecimo Die ejusdem Mensis Aprilis, coram eodem Domino Rege in Cur. Parliamenti præd. ven. præd. Rob'tus Williamson in propria Persona sua, et dic. quod in Recordo et Process. habit. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium, vocat. Le Councell Chamber, ac etiam in Redditione pr&aed. Judicii, sic, ut præsertur, per dict. Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. in eadem Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. reddit. manifest. est Errat. in hoc, videlicet, quod præd. Literæ Patent. et præd. Script. Assignationis in Forma præd. superius recitat. ipsi eidem Rob'to Williamson juxta Tenorem et Effectum eorundem allocari debent; quodque præd. Summa Quadringint. et Quinque Librar. de Arrearag. pro præd. separal. Quarter Ann. eidem Rob'to solvi debet; et quod præd. Annual. Reddit. sive Summa Sexagint. Librar. eidem Rob'to, Hæredibus et Assignatis suis, annuatim solvi debet, Modo et Forma prout præd. Barones de Scaccario dicti Domini Regis et dictæ Dominæ nuper Reginæ consideraverunt et adjudicaverunt, eo tamen non obstan. considerat. existit, per dictum Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. quod Judicium præd. sic, ut præsertur, per præd. Barones de Scaccario dicti Domini nunc Regis et dictæ nuper Dominæ Reginæ Mariæ reddit. revocetur, adnulletur, et penitus pro nullo habeatur: Ideo in eo manifeste est Errat. Erratum est etiam in hoc, quod per Record. ejusdem Judicii per eundem Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli. Angl. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. reddit. apparet, quod idem Judicium per eundem Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. reddit. in Forma præd. reddit. existit. pro dicto Domino Rege nunc, versus eundem Rob'tum, ubi per Leg. Terræ Judicium illud reddi debuisset pro ipso eodem Rob'to, versus prætatum Dominum nunc Regem, et ubi per Leg. Terræ Judicium reddit. per Barones in Cur. Scaccarii affirmari et non reversari debuisset: Ideo in eo maniseste est Errat. Et sic idem Rob'tus dicit, quod in Recordo et Process. præd. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. vocat. Le Councell Chamber, ac etiam in Redditione Judicii præd. sic, ut præfertur, per dictum Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. in eadem Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. reddit. manifeste est Errat. Et super inde idem Rob'tus petit, quod Judicium illud, sic, ut præfertur, per dict. Dominium Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. in eadem Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. reddit. ob Errores præd. et al. in Record. et Process. præd. in eadem Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium prædict. vocat. Le Councell Chamber habit. existen. revocetur, adnulletur, et penitus pro nullo habeatur. Et modo, ad hanc Sessionem Parliamenti tent. per Prorogationem Decimo Sexto Die Novembris, Anno Undecimo supradicto, coram eodem Domino Rege, in eadem Curia Parliamenti apud Westm. in Com. Middl'x assemblat. ven. tam prædict. Rob'tus Williamson in propria Persona sua, quam Thomas Trevor Miles, Attornat. Domini Regis nunc General. qui pro eodem Domino Rege in hac Parte sequitur, in propria Persona sua; et super hoc idem Robertus Williamson, allegando Error. præd. per ipsum Rob'tum superius in Forma præd. allegat. pet. quod præd. Thomas Trevor, qui sequitur, &c. ad Er ror. præd. respondeat, &c. Et super inde dictus Attornat. Domini Regis nunc General. qui sequitur, &c. dic. quod nec in Record. et Process. præd. habit. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium prædict. vocat. Le Councell Chamber, nec in Redditione præd. Judicii, sic, ut præsertur, per dictum Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. in eadem Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. reddit. in ullo est Errat. Et pet. quod Curia Parliamenti præd. bic procedat ad Examinationem tam Record. et Process. præd. habit. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. et Reddition. Judicii præd. sic, ut præsertur, per dictum Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. in eadem Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium præd. reddit. quam Mater. præd. per prædict. Rob'tum Williamson superius pro Erroribus assignat. et allegat. et quod Judicium prædict. ut præsertur, per dictum Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. reddit. in omnibus affirmetur, &c. Thomas Trevor. Et quia Cur. Parliamenti nunc hic, scilicet, apud Westm. præd. in Com. Midd'x assemblat. de Judicio suo de et super Præmiss. reddend. nondum advisatur, Dies inde dat. est tam præd. Rob'to Williamson, quam præd. Thom. Trevor Militi, qui pro eodem Domino Rege in hac Parte sequitur, &c. coram Domino Rege, in eadem Cur. usque ad Diem Martis, Vicesimum Tertium Diem Januarii ex tunc prox. sequen. apud Westm. in Com. Middl'x, de Judicio suo inde audiendo, eo quod eadem Cur. nondum &c.; ad quem Diem, coram Domino Rege, in Cur. Parliament. præd. ven. tam præd. Rob'tus Williamson quam præd. Thomas Trevor, qui pro eodem Domino Rege in hac Parte sequitur, in propriis Personis suis; super quo, vis. & per eandem Cur. Parliamenti nunc hic plenius intellectis omnibus & singulis Præmiss. maturaque Deliberatione inde habita, videtur eidem Cur. Parliamenti nunc hic, quod in Recordo & Process. præd. habit. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium, ac etiam in Redditione Judicii per dictum Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. in eadem Camera Concillii juxta Scaccarium præd. reddit. manifeste est Errat. Ideo cons. est per eandem Cur. Parliamenti, quod præd. Judicium Revocation. in præd. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium vocat. le Councell Chamber, per dictum Dominum Custodem Magni Sigilli Angl. reddit. revocetur, adnulletur, & penitus pro nullo habeatur; & quod præd. Judicium per prædict. Baron. de Scaccario prædict. in Forma præd. reddit. in omnibus affirmetur, & in omni suo Robore stet & Effectu; & quod idem Rob'tus Williamson ad omnia quæ ipse Occasione præd. Judicii Revocation. in prædict. Camera Concilii juxta Scaccarium reddit. amisit restituatur, &c. Super quo, Record. & Process. præd. in eadem Cur. Parliamenti in Præmiss. habit. in Cur. Scaccarii præd. pro Executione super prædict. Judic. Baron. præd. in præd. Cur. Scaccarii præd. pro præfat. Rob'to Williamson fiend. & exequend. juxta Formam & Effectum Judicii præd. remittuntur."

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad & in diem Mercurii, (videlicet,) vicesimum quartum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.