Saturday, the 3d of September, 1653.
Mayor of Barnstaple.
ORDERED, That Thomas Whorwood, being chosen
Mayor of Barnstaple in the County of Devon, do
execute the said Office, without incurring any Fine or
Penalty in respect thereof.
Petition from Persons in Custody.
The humble Petition of the young Men, and Apprentices, who are in the Prison of Bridewell, by an Order
of Parliament, was this Day read.
Irish Adventurers.
A Bill, intituled, An Act for the speedy and effectual
Satisfaction of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland; and
of the Arrears due to the Soldiery there, and of other
publick Debts; and for Encouragement of Protestants
to plant and inhabit Ireland; was this Day read the Second time.
Customs in Ireland.
Colonel Cromwell reports from the Committee of
Parliament for the Affairs of Ireland.
THAT, upon Consideration had (according to an
Order of Parliament, dated 2 Septembris 1653) of a
Letter, from the Commissioners of Parliament in Ireland, concerning the Customs received there, of imported
Goods sent from England; and the publick Necessities
of Monies for those Ends, for which that Revenue is now
employed, in case those Customs shall be taken away;
the Committee find, That as the Commissioners in Ireland do, in pursuance of their Trust, represent that Particular, so it is found here, that the Continuance of those
Customs would discourage Planters to remove themselves
and their Stocks from England to Ireland; and therein
more would be lost in the Revenue of Ireland than that
would yield: In which regard, and for other Reasons
that induced the inserting in the Bill for Satisfaction of the
Adventurers for Lands and Soldiery in Ireland, a Clause
for taking away the said Customs, the Committee humbly
offer their Opinion to the Parliament, by way of Report,
That the said Clause may be continued and passed in
the said Bill, if the Parliament shall so think fit.
Resolved, by the Parliament, That this Bill be debated
in the House by Parts.
Resolved, That this Bill be accordingly debated on
Tuesday next.
Delinquents Estates.
Colonel Sydenham reports from the Committee for
raising of Money;
THAT it is the Opinion of that Committee, That
the Estates of all Delinquents, not included in any Bill
of Sale, or yet compounded for, be, by Order of Parliament, admitted to Composition at One Third, according to the full Value of their Estates, as the same were
worth in the Year 1640:
That those Delinquents, whose Habitations are within
Eighty Miles of London, do compound and perfect their
Composition within Two Months after the Passing of this
Order; perfecting and paying their First Moiety within
Two Months, and their Second Moiety within Two
Months following:
That those whose Habitations are not within Eighty
Miles of London, do compound and perfect their Composition within Three Months after the Passing of this
Order; perfecting and paying their First Moiety within
Three Months, and their Second Moiety within Two
Months following:
That the Commissioners for Compounding, in all
Cases (not herein provided for), do follow and pursue
the Rules, Powers, and Instructions formerly given by
Parliament in the like Cases:
That the Commissioners for Compounding have Power,
and be authorized, to take off and discharge the Sequestration of all and every the Persons who shall so compound; and pay in their Composition, as aforesaid:
That those who compound not in the Time limited,
and perfect not, and pay their Compositions, accordingly,
shall have their Estates sold; and that a Bill (after the
Expiration of the Time limited, as aforesaid) be brought
in by this Committee, to be offered to the Parliament,
accordingly.
Resolved, upon the Question, by the Parliament, That
all Delinquents whose Estates are not included in any
Bills of Sale, or yet compounded for, and now under Sequestration, be admitted to Composition at One Third,
according to the full Value of their Estates, as the same
was worth in the Year 1640.
Resolved, by the Parliament, That those Delinquents,
whose Habitations are within Eighty Miles of London, do
compound, and perfect their Composition, within Two
Months after the Passing of this Order; perfecting and
paying their First Moiety within Two Months, and their
Second Moiety within the Two Months following.
Resolved, by the Parliament, That those whose Habitations are not within Eighty Miles of London, do compound, and perfect their Composition, within Three
Months after the Passing of this Order; perfecting and
paying their First Moiety within Three Months, and their
Second Moiety within Two Months following.
Resolved, by the Parliament, That the Commissioners
for Compounding in all Cases (not herein provided for)
do follow and pursue the Rules, Powers, and Instructions
formerly given by Parliament in the like Cases.
Resolved, by the Parliament, That the Commissioners
for Compounding have Power, and be authorized, to
take off and discharge the Sequestration of all and every
the Persons who shall so compound, and pay in their
Composition, as aforesaid.
Resolved, by the Parliament, That those who compound not in the Time limited, as aforesaid, and perfect
not, and pay their Compositions, accordingly, shall have
their Estates sold: And that a Bill (after the Expiration of
the Time limited, as aforesaid) be brought in by this Committee, to be offered to the Parliament, accordingly.
Resolved, That the Commissioners for Compounding
do take care that these Votes be published, to the End
the same may be taken notice of, accordingly.
Planting Tobacco.
A Bill, intituled, An Act touching the Planters of
Tobacco in Gloucestershire, was this Day read the First
and Second time.
Resolved, That these Words, "or elsewhere in England," be added in the Third Line of the First Folio;
and the Words "in the County of Gloucester," in the
Title, omitted.
The Question being put, That this Bill be ingrossed;
It passed in the Negative.
And the Bill was, upon the Question, passed; and
ordered to be printed and published.
Irish Affairs.
Resolved, That the Business touching Ireland be taken
into Consideration on Monday next.
Fee-farm Rents.
Resolved, That Captain Stone do bring in a Bill relating
to Fee-farm Rents.
Leave of Absence.
Resolved, That Colonel Lassels have Leave to go into
the Country for Six Weeks.
Grant to Burton.
Colonel West reports from the Committee of Parliament for Irish Affairs, Their Opinion, that Three hundred
Pounds a Year in Ireland, be settled upon Mrs. Sarah
Burton, and her Son, in lieu of Two hundred Pounds a
Year, which was ordered them out of the Delinquents
Estates in England; that is to say, One Moiety of it to
her; and the other Moiety to her Son Henry Burton,
during her Life; and after her Decease, the Whole to
him him the said Henry Burton, and his Heirs, for ever.
Resolved, by the Parliament, That Lands of Inheritance,
of the clear yearly Value of Three hundred Pounds, of
the forfeited Lands in the County of Dublin, in Ireland,
according to the Value the same were in the Year 1640,
be settled upon Mrs. Sarah Burton, and Henry Burton
her Son, in lieu of the Two hundred Pounds per Annum,
ordered them out of Delinquents Estates in England;
that is to say, One Moiety of it to her; and the other
Moiety to her said Son, during her Life; and after her
Decease, the Whole to him the said Henry Burton, and
his Heirs, for ever: And that the Commissioners of Parliament in Ireland be authorized and required to set out
the said Lands, to be enjoyed by the said Sarah Burton,
and the said Henry Burton, and his Heirs respectively,
accordingly.