Die Sabbati, 24 Octobris, 1646.
Prayers.
THE Grand Committee of the House sat, to take
into further Consideration the Ordinance for appointing the Sale of Bishops Lands.
Mr. Sandys in the Chair.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
An Ordinance for appointing the Custody of the Great
Seal of England to be in the Speakers of both Houses,
and authorizing them to seal all Writs and Processes, and
such other Things, as have usually passed under the Great
Seal, was this Day read the First and Second time; and,
upon the Question, Committed.
An Ordinance for the warranting a Commission to the
Master of the Rolls, the several Judges of the several
Benches, and the Masters of the Chancery, to hear and
determine all Causes, that are or shall be commenced in
Chancery, was this Day read the First and Second time;
and, upon the Question, Committed.
Mr. Marten, Mr. Recorder, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Grimston, Mr. Gott, Mr. Crewe, Mr. Holles, Mr. Bainton, Mr.
Serjeant Wilde, Mr. Boys, Mr. Lisle, Mr. Whitelock, Mr.
Selden, Mr. Challenor, Sir John Evelyn of Wiltes, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Samuel Browne, Mr. Love, Mr. Bacon, Mr.
Miles Corbett, Sir William Lewes, Mr. Nichlas;
This Committee, or any Five of them, are to consider
of the said Two Ordinances: And are to meet upon them,
in the Duchy-Court, this Afternoon at Two of the Clock;
and to report the same on Monday Morning next.
And the Care hereof is more particularly referred to Mr.
Reynolds.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth nominate and approve of William Ligon Esquire to be Sheriff of the County
of Worcester: And that a Commission be issued, under
the Great Seal, to him to be Sheriff of the said County
accordingly.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
A Letter from the Commissioners of Scotland, from
Worcester-house, of 24 Octobris 1646, representing the
Necessities of their Army, and the Hardship the Country
suffers by the Free-Quarter of their Army upon the Country, was this Day read.
Ordered, upon the Question, That the Paper offered by
Colonel Harvey, concerning the Place of a Register Accomptant, be referred to the Consideration of the Grand
Committee of the whole House, appointed to consider of
the Ordinance for the Sale of Bishops Lands.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth nominate and approve of Rowland Hunt Esquire to be Sheriff of the County
of Montgomery: And that a Commission be issued, under
the Great Seal, to him to be Sheriff of the said County
accordingly.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.