Wednesday, the 4th of August, 1652.
Prayers.
Prisoners reprieved.
THE Question being propounded, That Mildred
Wright, Anne Wilson, and Susan Pickenden, be
reprieved for One Month;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put; It was
Resolved, by the Parliament, That Mildred Wright,
Anne Wilson, and Susan Pickenden, be reprieved for One
Month: And that the Judges of Assize, before whom
the said Persons were tried, do make Certificate of the
Matter of Fact of the Parliament, in the mean time.
Forfeited Estates.
The House resumed the Debate upon the Bill for several Lands and Estates, forfeited to the Commonwealth
for Treason, appointed to be sold, for the Use of the
Navy.
Ordered, That the Blank in the Clause in the 14th
Leaf of this Bill, be filled up with the " 1st of December
1652."
The Question being put, That the Clause in this Bill,
" that the Reversions and Remainders upon Estates-Tail
be forfeited," do stand in this Bill;
It passed with the Affirmative.
A Proviso was tendered to this Act, in these Words:
Viz. "Provided that this Act, or any thing therein contained, shall not extend to make void any Remainder,
Use, or Reversion, settled upon Sir William Craven,
Knight, out of the Estate of William Lord Craven, or
John Lord Craven his Brother, whose Estate is since descended to William Lord Craven, at or before his Marriage with Elizabeth, Daughter of Ferdinando Lord Fairfax, deceased; any thing in this Act contained to the
contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding:" Which
was this Day read the First time.
The Question being put, That this Proviso be read
the Second time;
It passed with the Negative.
Resolved, That this Proviso be rejected.
A Proviso was tendered to this Bill, in these Words:
Viz. "Provided also, that this Act, nor any thing therein
contained, shall not extend, nor be prejudicial, unto, bar,
or destroy, extinguish, nor take away, any Right, Interest, Reversion, or Remainder, saved or preserved, or
mentioned or intended to be saved or preserved, unto
Charles Fleetwood Esquire, and unto Frances his late Wife,
their or either of their Heirs or Assigns, unto any Manors,
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments whatsoever, mentioned in or by the late Act for Sale of several Lands
and Estates forfeited to the Commonwealth for Treason,
by Order of Parliament published the 16th Day of July
1651:" Which was this Day read the First time.
Resolved, That this Proviso be read the Second time.
The said Proviso was read the Second time, accordingly.
Resolved, That this Proviso be Part of the Bill.
A Proviso was tendered to this Act, in these Words:
"Provided always, That this Act, nor any thing therein
contained, shall not extend to bar the Remainder of John
Denham, an Infant, to the Estate of John Denham, late
of Egham, in the County of Surrey; whose Estate is to
be sold, as forfeited to the Commonwealth:" Which was
this Day read the First time.
The Question being put, That this Proviso be read the
Second time;
It passed with the Negative.
Resolved, That this Proviso be rejected.
A Proviso was tendered to this Act, in these Words:
Viz. "Provided nevertheless, and it is further Enacted,
That, in Recompence and Satisfaction of such Judgments,
Statutes, Recognizances, Mortgages, and other Incumbrances, as by the true Intent and Provision of this Act
are to be satisfied, the said Trustees, or any Five or more
of them, upon the Return of the respective Surveys, are
hereby impowered and authorized to set out such Proportion of the Lands so surveyed, as will be sufficient to
satisfy such Incumbrance and Incumbrances; and, after
such Incumbrances proved, and the Debts allowed of,
by the Commissioners for removing of Obstructions, to
sell and convey such proportionable Part of the said
Lands, so surveyed, to such Creditor or Creditors, or
their Assigns, in Recompence and Satisfaction of such
Incumbrance and Incumbrances, either for Life, Lives,
Years, or in Fee; the said Trustees taking Care, in satisfying such Incumbrances, to satisfy the same in such
Priority and Course, as the same ought to be satisfied by
the Laws of this Land; and, upon such Conveyance and
Conveyances made, the said Creditor and Creditors, their
Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, shall acknowlege Satisfaction upon Record, or otherwise release
and discharge such Judgments, Statutes, Recognizances,
Mortgages, and other Incumbrances, respectively, as the
Council of the said Trustees, and for the Commonwealth,
shall direct and advise; and such Acknowlegement, Release, and Discharge, shall be good and effectual in Law,
to discharge the said Debts and Incumbrances, as against
the Residue of the said Lands intended to be sold, by
this Act; any Law, Statute, or Usage to the contrary in
any wise notwithstanding: Which was this Day read
the First and Second time.
The said Proviso was read the Third time.
Resolved, That this Proviso be Part of the Bill.
A Proviso was tendered to this Act, in these Words:
"Provided notwithstanding, the Contractors, or any Five
of them, may have Liberty to sell to any Purchaser, for
ready Money, not selling under Eight Years Purchase,
any of the Lands of the several Traitors mentioned in
this present Act; and the said Contractors and Trustees
to have Four-pence per Pound for so much Lands as they
sell for ready Money, and not otherwise, notwithstanding any thing in this Act;" Which was this Day read
the First time.
The Question being put, That this Proviso be read the
Second time;
It passed with the Negative.
Resolved, That this Proviso be rejected.
A Proviso was tendered, touching some Provision to
be allowed to the Wives and Children.
The Question being put, that this Proviso be read;
It passed with the Negative.
The said Bill, with the Provisoes and Additions so
amended, being put to the Question, passed: And it is
Ordered, That the said Bill be forthwith printed, and
published.