Monday, 1st of December, 1656.
Private Petitions.
ORDERED, That the Petition of Henry Peck
Esquire, of Captain Edward Lister, and concerning
the Isle of Axholme, and other private Petitions, be heard
on Monday next; and so every Monday during this
Session of Parliament.
Ordered, That the Order against printing private Petitions, before they are presented to this House, be duly
observed; and that the Serjeant attending this House
shall seize upon such printed Petitions, in the Hands of
any Person that shall deliver or disperse the same.
Yarmouth Ministers.
A Bill for raising Money for Maintenance of the Ministers in Great Yarmouth, was this Day read the Third time.
And the Question being put, That these Words in the
last Clause save one; viz. "according to such Proportions
as by the Bailiffs, Justices, Aldermen, and CommonCouncil of the said Town, shall be agreed;" do stand in
the Bill;
It passed in the Negative.
Ordered, That, in the room thereof, these Words be
inserted; viz. "Quarterly, every Year, by and according
to equal Rates and Proportions to each Minister there."
And the Bill, so amended, was, upon the Question,
passed.
Ordered, That his Highness' Consent be desired to this
Bill.
Probate of Wills.
Mr. Lister reports, from the Committee, Amendments
to the Bill for Probate of Wills, and granting Administrations; together with a Table of Fees: Which were
twice read; and the same Amendments put, one by one,
to the Question.
Resolved, That, to the Division of Northampton, &c.
these Words, "the City and County of the City of Coventry," be inserted.
Resolved, That, to the Division of Salop, Chester, &c.
the City of Chester be inserted.
Resolved, That, in the Division of York, &c. the Liberty
of Crake, be added.
Resolved, That in this Act, there shall be a Saving of
the Rights of both Universities.
Resolved, That, in the Division for Worcester, there
be added "the City of Worcester."
Resolved, That, in the Division of Devon, &c. there
be added, "and the County of the said City."
Resolved, That there shall be one Register for Brecon
and Radnor, one for Glamorgan and Carmarthen, and
one for Pembroke and Cardigan.
Resolved, That there shall be one Register for the
Counties of Montgomery, Denbigh, and Flint.
Resolved, That there shall be one Register for the
Counties of Merioneth, Carnarvan, and Anglesey.
Resolved, That in the Clause for the Register of Counties to be Register of the Cities and Towns that are Counties within the same, these Words be added, "except for
the City of London."
The Question being put, To agree with the Committee, That the Place for the Register of Surrey shall be
at Guilford;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Sir Rich. Onsloe, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
98. |
| Colonel Hewson, |
With the Yeas, |
| Lord Lambert, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
70. |
| Colonel Sidenham, |
With the Noes, |
So it was resolved, That the Place for the Register of
Surrey shall be at Guilford.
Ordered, That the Debate on these Amendments be
adjourned till To-morrow Morning.
Resolved, That the House be resolved into a Grand
Committee, on Thursday next, upon the Bill for Uniting
Ireland into one Commonwealth with England, next after
the Bill for the Highways is read.
Ld. Cobhame's Estate.
Ordered, That the Bill to enable the Lord Cobhame to
pay his Debts be read To-morrow Morning.
Serges, &c.
Ordered, That the Bill for Serges and Perpetuanas be
read on Friday Morning next.
Laying Actions.
Ordered, That the Bill for Trial of Actions in the
proper Counties be read on Wednesday next.
Civil Law.
Ordered, That Captain Baines, Mr. Fothergill, Alderman Foote, Sir Richard Lucy, Colonel John Jones, Mr.
Carey, Colonel Wilton, Colonel Wood, Mr. Hildesley,
Colonel Timbs, Colonel Hawkesworth, Colonel Salmon,
Mr. Marbury, Judge Advocate Whaley, Sir John Reynolds, Mr. Audley, Major Aston, Colonel Edwards, Mr.
Cole, Colonel Whitham, Mr. Bond, Colonel Michell, Lord
Commissioner Fiennes, Lord Commissioner Lisle, Lord
Lambert, Mr. Margetts, Lord Cleypoole, Colonel P. Jones,
Sir Richard Onsloe, be added to the Committee, to whom
the Petition of the Doctors of the Civil Law was referred.
Ditto.
The humble Petition of the University of Oxon was
this Day read.
Ordered, That this Petition be referred to the Committee, to whom the Petition for the Professors of the
Civil Law is referred.
Jurors.
Ordered, That the Bill for the Regulation of Jurors be
read on Wednesday Morning next.
Gaming, &c.
Resolved, That the Bill against Gaming, and the Report
touching Bibles, be brought in on Friday Morning next.