Tuesday, the 2d of March, 1651.
Prayers.
Moore's Claims.
THE humble Petition of Richard Worsley, Administrator of Colonel John Moore deceased, with the
Will of the said Colonel annexed, on the Behalf of the
Four Children of the said Colonel, and the State of the
Accompt of the said Colonel John Moore, were this Day
read.
Resolved, That the Parliament doth approve of the
Accompts of the said Colonel John Moore; and of the
Sum of 612l. 18s. 2d. thereupon due.
Resolved, That, in full Satisfaction of the Monies certified by the Committee of Accounts to be due unto
Colonel John Moore deceased; and in full of all other
Demands of the said Colonel John Moore, and his Administrators; Lands of Inheritance of the clear yearly
Value of One hundred and Twenty Pounds, out of the
Estates of Delinquents, which shall be exposed to Sale
by the additional Act for Sale of Delinquents Estates, be
settled upon Edward Moore, Son of the said Colonel
John Moore, and his Heirs, for the Use and Performance of the Will of the said Colonel John Moore: And
that the Committee to whom that additional Bill is committed, do take care for a Proviso or Clause in the said
Bill for the settling thereof, accordingly.
Embassy from Hanse Towns.
The Lord Commissioner Lisle reports from the Committee appointed to give Audience to the Publick Minister from the Burgemasters and Senators of Lubeck,
Bremen, and Hamborow, and the rest of the Hanse Towns,
That the said Publick Agent delivered to the Committee
Two Letters Credential, and then expressed himself at
large in the Latin Tongue; and delivered to the Committee Two Papers, declaring the same to be the Effect
of what he delivered in Words; the one Paper being in
Latin, the other in English.
Which Letters were this Day read, first in Latin, and
after Englished; and were Letters of Credence, to be given
to the renowned Lyon of Aisema, Counsellor of the Hanse
Towns, from the Burgemasters and Senators of Lubeck,
Bremen, and Hamborow, for themselves, and in the Name
of the rest of the Hanse Towns; and directed "To the
Parliament of the Commonwealth of England:" And
likewise Letters of Credence to the same Person, from
the Burgemasters and Senators of Hamborough: Which
were likewise read both in Latin and English.
The said Papers, delivered in by the said Publick
Minister to the said Committee, were this Day read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Council of State,
to give Audience from time to time to the said Publick
Minister; with Power to receive what he shall offer to
them; and to treat with him; and from time to time to
present to the House their Proceedings therein.
Transactions with Spaine.
The Lord Commissioner Whitelock reports from the
Council of State, the Transactions of the said Council
with the Lord Ambassador from the King of Spaine.
1. A Paper, sent to the Spanish Ambassador, in Answer to his, concerning Mr. Aischam's Murder, of the
30th of January 1651.
2. A Paper delivered in by the Spanish Ambassador,
17 Febr. 1651, in Spanish, together with a Translate
thereof in English: Which were this Day read.
The Question being put, That it be referred back to
the Council of State, to take this Paper into their serious
Consideration; and to give such Answer to it, as they,
in their Judgment, shall think fit, for the Good of the
Publick.
The House was divided:
The Yeas went forth:
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Lord Com. Whitelock, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
46. |
| Lord Viscount Lisle, |
With the Yeas, |
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Colonel Marten, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
16. |
| Mr. Scott, |
With the Noes, |
So it was Resolved, That it be referred back to the
Council of State, to take this Paper into their serious
Consideration; and to give such Answer to it, as they,
in their Judgment, shall think fit, for the Good of the
Publick.
Resolved, That the Council of State be impowered to
treat with the Spanish Ambassador.
Merchants Complaints.
Ordered, That the Goods in the Ship Kesar of Amsterdam, belonging to Robert Ingram, Ironmonger, and Thomas Ingram, Merchant, be freed and discharged of all
Seizure, Forfeiture, and Confiscation, by Force of the Act
of Parliament, intituled, An Act for Increase of Shipping, and Encouragement of Navigation: And that the
Goods in the said Ship, belonging to the said Robert Ingram, and Thomas Ingram, be restored to them, freed and
discharged of and from any Seizure or Confiscation, by
Force of the said Act, as if the same had come in before
the First Day of December last: And that all Officers, and
other Persons concerned, do take notice thereof, and yield
Obedience hereunto, accordingly.
Resolved, That the Ship Keysar of Amsterdam, and
the Goods therein, be discharged of and from all Seizure,
Forfeiture, and Confiscation, by Force of the Act intituled, An Act for Increase of Shipping, and Encouragement of Navigation; and that the said Ship and Goods
be restored to the Owners, freed and discharged of all
Seizure, Forfeiture, and Confiscation, by Force of the
said Act, as if the same had come in before the First Day
of December last: And that all Officers, and other Persons
concerned, do take notice hereof, and yield Obedience
hereunto, accordingly.
Fee-farm Rents.
Ordered, That the additional Bill for the Sale of the
Fee-farm Rents, be read To-morrow Morning, the first
Business.
Council of Officers.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Council of Officers
be taken into Consideration on Thursday next, the first
Business; nothing to intervene.
Obstruction to Sale of King's Lands.
Ordered, That Mr. Say do bring in a Bill, To-morrow
Morning, for transferring the Powers of the Committees,
for Obstructions into the Hands of other sit Persons, not
Members of the House: And that the same be read To-morrow Morning, next after the Bill for Fee-farm Rents.