House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 14 January 1704

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

'House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 14 January 1704', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 368-369. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol17/pp368-369 [accessed 26 April 2024]

DIE Veneris, 14 Januarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:



Epus. London. Epus. Winton. Epus. Wigorn. Epus. Roffen. Epus. Sarum. Epus. Cestr. Epus. Lich. & Cov. Epus. Norwic. Epus. Lincoln. Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Oxon. Epus. Bangor. Epus. St. Asaph.	Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli. Comes Pembroke, Præses. Dux Devonshire, Senescallus. Dux Somerset. Dux Richmond. Dux St. Albans. Dux Newcastle. Comes Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius. Comes Carlisle, Marescailus. Comes Jersey, Camerarius. Comes Kent. Comes Derby. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Leicester. Comes Northampton. Comes Rivers. Comes Peterborow. Comes Stamford. Comes Winchilsea. Comes Kingston. Comes Carnarvon. Comes Sunderland. Comes Scarsdale. Comes Essex. Comes Anglesey. Comes Radnor. Comes Berkeley. Comes Rochester. Comes Abingdon. Comes Holdernesse. Comes Portland. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Warrington. Comes Bradford. Comes Orford. Viscount Say & Seale. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Weymouth.	Ds. Bergevenny. Ds. Lawarr. Ds. Ferrers. Ds. Wharton. Ds. Paget. Ds. Howard Eff. Ds. North & Grey. Ds. Chandos. Ds. Grey W. Ds. Lovelace. Ds. Poulett. Ds. Mohun. Ds. Byron. Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Culpeper. Ds. Lucas. Ds. Rockingham. Ds. Lexington. Ds. Berkeley. Ds. Osborne. Ds. Ossulstone. Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Stawell. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Cholmondeley. Ds. Herbert. Ds. Haversham. Ds. Sommers. Ds. Bernard. Ds. Halifax. Ds. Granville. Ds. Gernsey. Ds. Gower. Ds. Conway. Ds. Harvey.

PRAYERS.

L. Grey Wark & al. Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for confirming the Execution of a certain Agreement, made between Ralph Lord Grey Baron of Warke, and Charles Lord Ossulstone and the Lady Mary his Wife, touching certain Manors, Lands, and Tenements, in the Counties of Northumberland, Middl'x, and City of London; and also between Lawrence Earl of Rochester, and the said Lord Grey, concerning other Manors, Lands, and Tenements, in the said County of Northumberland, County Palatine of Durham, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir Richard Holford and Mr. Hiccocks:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.

Ashby versus White & al. in Error:

After hearing Counsel, for arguing Errors upon a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein Mathew Ashby is Plaintiff, and William White and others Defendants; and Debate thereupon:

The Question was put, "Whether this Debate shall be adjourned till To-morrow Morning?"

It was Resolved in the Negative.

And, after further Debate,

The Question was put, "Whether this Judgement shall be reversed?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Protest against reversing the Judgement:

"Dissentient.
Scarsdale.
Rochester.
Weymouth.
Northampton.
H. London.
Abingdon.
Tho. Roffen.
N. Cestriens.
Granville.
Gernsey.
Geo. Asaph.
Gower.
Guilford."

Judgement reversed, with Colts to the Appellant.

After hearing Counsel, at the Bar, to argue the Errors assigned upon the Writ of Error brought into this House, from Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, the Sixth Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Three, wherein Judgement is entered, for William White, Richard Talboys, William Bell, and Richard Heydon, against Mathew Asbby:

After due Consideration of what was offered thereupon, it is this Day ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Judgement given in the Court of Queen's Bench, for the said William White, Richard Talboys, William Bell, and Richard Heydon, shall be, and is hereby, reversed: And it is further ORDERED, That the Plaintiff Mathew Asbby do recover his Damages by the Jury assessed in the Queen's Bench, and also do recover the further Sum of Ten Pounds for his Costs in this Behalf sustained, by this Court to him adjudged.

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

Postea, scilicet, Sexto Die Decembris, Anno Regni Dominæ Annæ, Dei Gratia, Angl. Scoc. Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Reginæ, Fidei Defensoris, &c. Secundo, Transcript. Record. et Process. prædict. inter Partes præd. cum omnibus ea tangent. Prætextu cujusdam Brevis dict. Dominæ Reginæ de Error. corrigend. per præd. Matheum Asbby prosecut. præd. Dominæ Reginæ in præsenti Parliamento a prædict. Cur. dictæ Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsa Regina, apud Westm. secundum Exigent. dict. Brevis transmissum suit; prædictusque Matheus, tunc in dict. Cur. Parliamenti comparens, per Rob'tum Greenway Junior. Attornat. suum dic. quod in Record. et Process. præd. necnon in Redditione Judicii præd. manifeste est Errat. in hoc, videlicet, quod ubi per Record. et Process. præd. apparet quod Judicium in Loquela præd. in eadem Cur. dict. Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsa Regina, apud Westm. reddit. suit pro præd. Will'o White, Ric'o Talboys, Will'o Bell, et Ric'o Heydon, versus ipsum Matheum Asbby, Judicium in eadem Loquela per Legem Terr. hujus Regni Angl. reddi debuit pro eodem Matheo Asbby, versus ipsos Will'um White, Ric'um Talboys; Will'um Bell, et Ric'um Heydon; ideo in eo manifest. est Errat. Et pet. idem Matheus Asbby, quod Judicium præd. reversetur, adnulletur, et penitus pro nullo habeatur; et quod ipse idem Matheus Asbby ad omnia quæ ipse Occasione Judicii præd. amisit restituatur, &c. Super quo, præd. Will'us White, Ric'us Talboys, Will'us Bell, et Ric'us Heydon, per Jacobum Close Attornat. fuum ven. hic in Cur. Parliament. præd. et dicunt, quod nec in Record. et Process. præd. nec in Redditione Judicii præd. in ullo est Errat.: Et pet. quod dict. Cur. Parliamenti nunc his procedat ad Examinationem Judicii præd. nec non Record. et Process. præd. Materiæque pro Error. in Record. et Process. prædict. ac in Redditione Judicii præd. sic ut præfertur per prædict. Matheum Asbby allegat. Etpostea, scilicet, Decimo Quarto Die Januarii, Anno Regni dictæ Dominæ Reginæ nunc supradict. in prædict. Cur. Parliamenti visis et per Cur. Parliamenti prædict. ibidem diligent. examinatis et plenius intellectis tam Record. et Process. præd. ac Judie. præd. superinde reddit. quam præd. Materia per eundem Matheum Asbby pro Error. assignat. et allegat. et matura Deliberatione inde habita, videtur dictæ Cur. Parliamenti nunc hic, quod in Redditione Judicii præd. manifeste est Errat.: Ideo, consideratum est per eandem Cur. Parliamenti nunc hic, scilicet, apud Westm. in Comit. Midd'x, assemblat. quod Judicium præd. per Cur. dictæ Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsa Regina apud Westmonaster. in Præmiss. reddit. revocetur, adnulletur, et penitus pro nullo habeatur: Etulterius considerat. est per dict. Cur. Parliamenti nunc hic, quod præd. Matheus Asbby recuperet, versus eosdem Will'um White, Ric'um Talboys, Will'um Bell, et Ric'um Heydon, Dampna sua præd. per Jur. præd. in Forma præd. assess. necnon Decem Libras pro Mis. et Custagiis suis per eandem Cur. Parliamenti nunc hic eidem Matheo Asbby, ad Requisitionem suam, deIncrement. adjudicat. quæ quidem Dampna in toto se attingunt ad Septemdecem Libras: Et præd. Will'us White, Ric'us Talbois, Will'us Bell, et Ric'us Heydon, in Misericordia, &c. Ac superinde Record. et Process. præd. eidem Cur. dictæ Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsa Regina, apud Westm. per Cur. Parliamenti præd. remittuntur, et in eadem Cur. dictæ Dominæ Reginæ, coram ipsa Regina, apud Westmonaster. jam residen. &c."

Adjourn

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, decimum septimum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.