Die Jovis, 30 Septembris, 1647.
PRAYERS.
Bailiffs of Oxford.
ORDERED, by the Commons, assembled in Parliament, That Mr. Anthony Slatford, and Mr. Mathew
Langley, the present Bailiffs of the City of Oxford, shall
continue Bailiffs thereof; and hold and execute the Place,
Charge and Office of Bailiffs of the said City, to all Intents and Purposes, notwithstanding any Charter, Usage,
or Custom to the contrary, until the House take further
Order.
Earl of Mulgrave, &c.
Ordered, That the Report concerning the Petition of
the Earl of Mulgrave, and the Alum Business, be made
on Monday next.
Knollys' Delinquency.
Mr. Edward Ashe reports the Fine, and an Ordinance
for pardoning the Delinquencies, and taking off the Sequestration of the Estate, of Sir Henry Knollys, of Grove
Place in the County of Southampton, Baronet.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum
of Twelve hundred and Fifty Pounds, for a Fine, for the
Delinquency of Sir Henry Knollis, of Grove Place in the
County of Southampton, Baronet: His Offence, That he
left his Habitation, and adhered to the Enemies of the
Parliament: He rendered before December 1645: His
Estate, in Fee Tail, per Annum, Three hundred and Forty
Pounds; the like in old Rents, per Annum, Sixty Pounds;
and also, in dry Rents, per Annum, Two Pounds; in Fee,
per Annum, One hundred Twenty Pounds; the like in old
Rents, per Annum, One Pound Ten Shillings; and also, in
dry Rents, per Annum, One Pound; in Reversion, for a
Life after a Life, per Annum, One hundred Pounds; the
like in old Rents, per Annum, Twenty Pounds: Out of
which issues to a Free School, per Annum, Five Pounds;
for Rent, per Annum, Seventy-three Pounds Ten Shillings:
Which, being allowed, leaves the Fine, at a Tenth, Twelve
hundred Fifty Pounds.
An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Sir Henry
Knollis, of Grove Place in the County of Southampton,
Baronet, for his Delinquency, and for taking off his Sequestration, was this Day read; and, upon the Question,
passed; and ordered to be sent unto the Lords for their
Concurrence.
Tonage and Poundage.
An Ordinance for Tonage and Poundage, was this
Day read the First time; and, ordered, upon the Question,
to be read the Second time To-morrow Morning, the first
Business.
Resolved, &c. That the Collection of the Subsidy of
Tonage and Poundage shall continue for the Term of
Two Years, from the Expiration of the former Time.
Navy Supply.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of the
Navy, to treat with the present Commissioners of the
Customs, or such other Persons as they shall think fit, for
the Advance of Monies for the carrying on the Service of
the Navy.
Treasurers at Wars.
Mr. Pury is appointed to carry to the Lords, for their
Concurrence, the Ordinance for securing and paying unto
the Treasurers at Wars the Thirty thousand Pounds
advanced by them, and so forth.
Treaties.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Members of both
Houses, that are of the Committee of both Kingdoms, to
consider of the large Treaty, and the Three late Treaties,
between the Kingdoms; and to report to the House the
State of them, how they stand in reference to any Desire of
the King's Consent unto them, or Confirmation of them.
Message to Lords.
Resolved, &c. That the Lords Concurrence be desired
in the Vote of this House, for making once again an
Application unto the King.
Sir Robert Pye carried it to the Lords.
He was appointed likewise to desire the Lords that are
of the Committee of both Kingdoms, to meet at Derby
House this Afternoon, and to fit To-morrow, and on
Saturday.
Propositions to the King.
Resolved, &c. That the Lords Concurrence be desired
in those Votes that the House has passed, concerning the
Matter of such Propositions as they have voted to be
prepared to be sent to the King for his Consent.
Sir John Evelyn is appointed to carry them to the Lords.
Resolved, &c. That the Matter of the Proposition, so
far as relates to the declaring and making void the Cessation of Ireland, and to settle the Prosecution of the War
of Ireland in both Houses of the Parliament of England,
be prepared to be sent to the King for his Consent.
Resolved, &c. That the Matter of the Proposition concerning the nominating the chief Officers of England and
Ireland by both Houses of the Parliament of England, and
in the Intervals of Parliaments, by the Committees of
Parliament appointed to that Purpose, to be approved
by the Houses at their next Sitting, be prepared to be
sent to the King for his Consent.
Resolved, &c. That it be referred to a Committee, to
consider of a Proposition to be prepared to be sent to the
King touching Religion, in the Points of Government and
Doctrine; viz. unto Mr. Rous, Mr. Ashhurst, Mr. Nath.
Fienis, Mr. Drake, Mr. Swynfen, Sir John Temple, Sir
Walter Erle, Mr. Whittacre, Sir Wm. Armyn, Mr. Purefoy, Mr. Lisle, Mr. Solicitor, Lieutenant General Cromwell, Mr. Ball, Colonel Birch, Colonel Leigh, Mr.
Weaver, Sir John Evelyn of Wiltes, Mr. Selden, Mr.
Marten, Sir John Danvers, Sir John Franklyn, Sir Wm.
Massam, Mr. Challener, Mr. Crowder, Mr. Harrington,
Mr. Samuel Browne, Mr. Holland, Sir Peter Wentworth,
Mr. Strickland: And are to meet upon it, this Afternoon,
at Three of Clock in the Exchequer Chamber: And the
Care of this Business is more particularly referred unto
Mr. Crowder: And they are to bring it in on Saturday
Morning next.
Violence to Parliament.
Ordered, That, To-morrow Morning, the first Business,
the House do proceed in, and take into further Consideration, the Report from the Committee appointed to
examine the Force and Violence upon the Houses.
Propositions to the King.
Ordered, That on Saturday Morning next, the House
do resume the Consideration of what shall be sent to the
King for his Consent.
Army.
Ordered, That on Monday Morning next peremptorily,
the first Business, and nothing to intervene, the House do
take into Consideration the Report, and whole Business,
concerning the Armies and Forces of England and Ireland:
And that Mr. Speaker do put the House in mind hereof.
Answer from Lords.
Sir Robert Pye brings Answer, That the Lords do agree
to all the Orders, and whole Message, carried by him;
viz. For the Meeting of a Committee of both Kingdoms
at Derby House, for making once again an Application
to the King: And that their Lordships would fit Tomorrow, and on Saturday.