House of Commons Journal Volume 1: 04 July 1607

Saturni, 4o Julii, 1607

Prisoner Discharged.

SIR Henry Poole moveth for Pity towards Pasmore, the Knight Marshal's Man, committed by the House, for arresting Jesop, Servant to Sir Henry Nevill. The House inclined to discharge him, so as he had performed the former Order of the House, upon his Commitment; viz. paid Jesop's Fees, the Fees of the House, and discharged the Assumpsit: Wherein Satisfaction was given to the House ; and Ordered, he should be freed, upon his Submission.

Privilege.

Sir Rob. Johnson informeth, that Sir Robert Brett, his Adversary (against whom, in Point of Trial in the Exchequer, the House was pleased to grant him Privilege) hath sithence entered upon his House in Question, and his Goods, and keepeth Possession by Force and Violence.

No Order ensued upon this.

Collection from Members.

Sir Robert Wingfield reporteth the Agreement of the Committees, touching the Distribution of the Money collected ; and delivereth a Note, in Writing, of the Manner of it; viz.

£. s. d.

THE Sum received of the old Assessment, whereof some was gathered by Sir Henry Billingsley, deceased, and the rest by Sir Hugh Beeston and Sir Thomas Horsman, amounts to £42. 0s. 0d.

Whereof the Committees think it good to bestow in Manner and Form following:

£. s. d.

First, to Mr. Ewyns, - - - £10

Item, to Mr. Serjeant, - - - £12

Item, to Mr. Speaker's Officers, - £6

Item, to Four of Mr. Ewyns his Servants 20s. a-piece, - £4

Item, to Four of Mr. Serjeant's Men, - £6

Whereof Owen and Thomas Lech, who most attended the Door, and the Prisoners, 40s. a-piece.

Item, to the Usher's Man of the Court of Wards, - £2

Item, to the Usher's Man of the Exchequer,- £1 10s

Item, to old Clark (the Fool) - 10s

Eighty-seven Knights and Burgesses unpaid of this old Collection.

Memorandum, That this last Session there is no Collection : When it comes, Mr. Ewyns, with others, are to have an Increase of their Rewards.

To-morrow Morning, at Nine a Clock, every Man to come, or send, to the Court of Wards, and there to receive their Money.

Cavendish's Relief.

The said Sir Robert maketh Report also of the Proceeding of the Committee in the Bill for the Relief of Mrs. Cavendish, &c., and saith, in regard of the Shortness of the Time, they moved, that she would be contented to refer herself to some indifferent Compromise. To this Motion she made an Answer in Writing, which he thought good to tender to the House, with Desire it might be read ; and so delivered in the Writing ; and the House commanded it to be read, as followeth:

MrS. Mary Cavendish being moved by the Committees of her Bill, that, insomuch as, by reason of the Breaking up of this present Session of Parliament, her Bill cannot pass, by the Course of the House, she would therefore refer her Cause to Compromise, concerning her Statute of 2,000l. and concerning the Execution thereupon had; to which, with all Humbleness, she answereth, as followeth:

First, That she desireth to be resolved by this honourable House, whether the Lands of the Cognizors of the Statute, being extended, and delivered to her in Extent, and she being in Possession thereof, and being put out of Possession by the Sheriff, by Virtue of a Commission out of his Highness' honourable Court of Chancery, commanding him to take the Power of the County, and to put her out of Possession; and the whole Penalty of the Statute being run up, according to the Rate of the Extent, during the Time the Possession was thus taken from her:

Quest. Whether she may, by the Law, resort to the Lands, and take Benefit of the Extent, as if the same were not run up by Effluxion of Time.

Allowing, that she hath no Remedy, but to be relieved by this noble and worthy House; then, in her good Respect of the Motion of the said Committees, and to shew her Conformity to their Pleasures, and Inclination to obtain Peace, she saith, if the Purchasers will name One of the House, she will name another, and will wholly submit her Cause to be heard and determined by them, before Bartholomewe Day next; and if they Two cannot agree, that then they Two shall name an Umpier, who shall have Power to end the Cause before Michaelmas next: Provided, that good Security be first given on both Sides, to perform the Award or Umperage. And if she have no Means to be relieved in her distressed Cause, but by Parliament; and that it shall fall out, that her Adversaries shall not conform themselves to this reasonable Motion; then her humble Suit to the Committees is, that they will be pleased to make Report to the House of the true State of her Cause, that she may have Relief therein at the next Session of Parliament.

King appoints to be attended.

Mr. Speaker informeth the House, that it is his Majesty's Pleasure, that himself, together with all the Members of this House, should attend him in the Higher House, this Afternoon, at Two a Clock.

And put them in mind, that upon such Occasions, it hath been the Manner, first to assemble in this House, and to go up with their Speaker: Which was now so ordered.

Mr. Speaker, &c. dine in Committee Chamber.

Mr. Speaker, the Clerk, and Serjeant, with some Two or Three Members of the House, dined this Day in the Committee Chamber, within the House.

Royal Assent to Bills.

About One a Clock, Mr. Speaker was sent for to Whytehall, to the King, about the great Bill of Clothing, which was said to be much opposed; yet was it so strongly defended, as the King was pleased to give it Passage with the rest of the Bills, presented in the House for his royal Assent.

House attends the King.

Mr. Speaker returning to the House, about Four a Clock, he, with the Commons, were sent for to attend his Majesty, and came up into his Presence, in the Higher House; where Mr. Speaker begun to speak, to the Effect following [a] * * *

[b] By the King.

A Proclamation for Proroguing the Parliament.

Proclamation for proroguing Parliament.

WHEREAS, at the Rising of the late Session of our Parliament, we prorogued the same until the Sixteenth Day of November now next ensuing; forasmuch as the Infection of the Plague is now in some Parts of our City of London, so that it is to be feared, that, if the Term and Parliament should meet together, and thereby draw a double Concourse of People from all Parts of the Realm thither, it might give Occasion both to increase the said Sickness thereabouts (where our most Abode is) and to disperse it into other Parts ot the Realm; we have therefore thought it fit to prorogue it further into the Winter, that is to say, to the Tenth Day of February next; at which Day our Purpose is (God willing) to hold the same; and do hereby give Notice to all whom it concerneth, that they may frame their Affairs accordingly, and attend at the said Tenth Day of February, to that Service.

Given at our Honour of Hampton Court, the last

Day of September, in the Fifth Year of our Reign

of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland.

By the King.

A Proclamation for Proroguing of the Parliament.

Parliament further prorogued.

WHEREAS we did lately prorogue our Parliament till the Tenth Day of February now next ensuing; we have, for divers special Causes, us moving, thought fit to prorogue the same again, till the Seven-and-twentieth Day of October now next ensuing; at which Day our Purpose is (God willing) to hold the same; and do therefore hereby give Notice to all whom it may concern, that they may frame their Affairs accordingly, and attend at the same Seven-and-twentieth Day of October, to that Service.

Given at our Palace of Westminster, the Tenth Day of January, in the Fifth Year of our Reign of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland.

By the King.

Parliament further prorogued.

WHEREAS we did lately prorogue our Parliament till the Seven-and-twentieth Day of October now next coming; forasmuch as the late Increase of the Sickness, in and about our City of London, maketh us loth to draw a Concourse of People together, so great, as the Term and Parliament holding at One Time, would make, lest thereby an Augmentation of Infection should follow ; we have thought fit to prorogue the same again, until the Ninth Day of February now next ensuing; at which Day our Purpose

is (God willing) to hold the same; and do therefore hereby give Notice to all whom it may concern, that they may frame their Affairs accordingly, and attend at the same Ninth Day of February, to that Service.

Given at Windsor, the Fourth Day of September, in

the Sixth Year of our Reign of Great Britaine,

France, and Ireland.

By the King.

Parliament further prorogued.

WHEREAS we did lately prorogue our Parliament till the Ninth Day of February now next coming; forasmuch as the Dearth and Scarcity of all kind of Victual is at this present great, and, if it should draw so great a Concourse of People hither, as the Parliament will bring, it would not only more increase the Prices of all things hereabouts (which are already very high) but also draw many Gentlemen out of their Countries, where there Hospitality will give much Relief to their poor Neighbours; we have therefore thought fit to prorogue the same again, until the Ninth Day of November now next ensuing; whereof we do hereby give Notice to all whom it may concern, that they may frame their Affairs accordingly, and attend at the same Ninth Day of November, to that Service.

Given at our Palace of Westminster, the Fourth Day of January, in the Sixth Year of our Reign of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland.

By the King.

Parliament further prorogued.

WHEREAS we did lately prorogue our Parliament till the Ninth Day of November now next coming; forasmuch as the Sickness hath of late somewhat increased in and about our City of London, by Reason whereof we have already, by our Proclamation, published the Adjournment of Part of Michaelmas Term now at hand; the same Cause doth much more require the proroguing of the Parliament, lest so great a Concourse of People, as the Term and Parliament, holding at One Time, must draw together, should give Occasion to continue, or spread the Infection, both in the City itself, and other Parts of the Realm, which our Care is to prevent: We have therefore thought fit to prorogue our said Parliament again, until the Ninth Day of February now next ensuing, at which Day our Purpose is (God willing) to hold the same; and do therefore hereby give Notice to all whom it may concern, that they may frame their Affairs accordingly, and attend at the same Ninth Day of February, to that Service.

Given at our Honour of Hampton Court, the Six-and-twentieth Day of September, in the Seventh Year of our Reign of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland.