Die Veneris, 18 Februarii, 1647.
Prayers.
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Sir John Young, Mr. Ellys, and
Mr. Rigby, Members of this House, shall have
. . . . . to go into the Country.
Mayor of Carlisle.
The House being informed, that the well-affected Inhabitants of the City of Carlisle, considering how much it
conduceth to the Well-regulating of the said City, and to
the Keeping of it in Obedience to the Parliament, to have
a well-affected Person Mayor of the said City, have made
Choice of Richard Barwis, Esquire, a Member of this
House, to be Mayor of the said City;
The House doth approve of the said Choice; and doth
order, That the said Mr. Barwis have Leave to execute
the said Place: And that he be dispensed with for his
Attendance during the same Term of his Mayoralty.
Consession of Faith.
According to former Order, the House proceeded in
the Consideration of the Advice of the Assembly of Divines, concerning a Consession of Faith; and resumed the
Consideration of the Fourth Paragraph of the Four-andtwentieth Chapter, intituled, "Of Marriage and Divorce:" And
It is Resolved, &c. That this House doth agree to the
First Clause of the said Fourth Paragraph, in hæc verba;
viz. " Marriage ought not to be within the Degrees of
Consanguinity or Affinity forbidden in the Word."
The Question was propounded, For agreeing to that
Clause of the Fourth Paragraph of the Four-and-twentieth
....."Of Marriage and Divorce;" viz. "Nor can
such incestuous Marriages ever be made lawful by any
Law of Man, or Consent of Parties, so as those Persons
may live together as Man and Wife:"
And the Question being put, Whether this Question
shall be now put;
It passed with the Affirmative. And
It is Resolved, &c. That this House doth agree to this
Clause; viz. "Nor can such incestuous Marriages ever
made Lawful by any Law of Man, or Consent of
Parties, so as those Persons may live together as Man and
Wife."
The Question being put, "For agreeing to the last
Clause of the Fourth Paragraph of the Four-and-twentieth
Chapter, "Of Marriage and Divorce;" viz. "The Man
may not marry any of his Wife's Kindred nearer in Blood
than he may of his own; nor the Woman of her Husband's
Kindred, nearer in Blood than her own;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Sir Robert Pye, |
Tellers for the Yea: |
40. |
| Sir Anthony Irby, |
with the Yea, |
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Sir Wm. Armyn, |
Tellers for the Noe: |
71. |
| Mr. Knightley, |
with the Noe, |
So that the Question passed with the Negative.
Message to Lords.
Sir Robert Pye carried to the Lords, for their Concurrence, the Alterations of the Names of Mr. Games and
Mr. Walbeuf: An Ordinance for the Sale of the Leaden
Steeple in Worcester, for the Use of the Poor, and repairing
some Churches: Commissioners for disbanding the Forces
in South Wales: Ordinance . . . Mr. Cross and Mr. Button
to be Proctors of the University of Oxon: An Ordinance
for Mr. Edward Reynolds to be Vice Chancellor of Oxon.
Answer.
Sir Robert Pye brings Answer, That the Lords do agree
to all the said Orders and Ordinances carried up by him.
Intercepted Letters to the King.
A Letter from the Governor of the Isle of Wight, of
14 Februarii 1647; with Letters intercepted, endeavoured to be delivered to the King, brought by Major
Boswell, under the Name of John Fox, and directed, under a Cover, to Mr. Mildmay; in which were a Letter
from the Queen, from St. Germaines, of 11 Februarii, to
the King; and another from the Princess Elizabeth to the
King; with divers other Letters and Characters: The
which were all read: And
It is Ordered, That this Business, and these Letters, be
referred to the Committee at Derby House.
Disbanding Forces.
Resolved, &c. That Colonel James Lewis be added to
those Commissioners, Yesterday by Order appointed, for
the Service of disbanding the Supernumeraries in South
Wales, according to the former Instructions and Ordinances.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Ordinance for Assessments.
Ordered, That the Ordinance for the monthly Assessments of Twenty thousand Pounds, be forthwith printed
and published.
King's Attendants.
A Letter from the General, from Queenstreet, of 16
Februarii 1647, with a List, inclosed, of Persons represented by the General to attend the Person of the King:
The which were read.
Resolved, &c. That it be wholly left to Colonel Robert
Hammond, Governor of the Isle of Wight, to appoint
such Persons as shall attend the King, not exceeding the
Number of Thirty; and, from time to time, to place
and displace such of them as he shall think fit.
Plymouth Garison.
A Letter from the Governor of Plymouth, from Plymouth, of 14 Februarii 1647, representing the Necessities of the Soldiery of that Garison; and to what Height
of mutinous Carriage their great Necessities have brought
them unto; was this Day read.
Ordered, That the Sum of Six thousand Pounds be
forthwith advanced for the present Service of the Garison
of Plymouth, over and above the Ten thousand Pounds
formerly appointed to be advanced for the Service of the
said Garison.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Plymouth, to treat and confer with the Treasurers of the
Army, for the present Advance of the said Six thousand
Pounds; and to treat with them about the Security they
do expect for the said Six thousand Pounds: And that
they shall have Power to propound such Security to them
as they shall think fit.
Ordered, That it be left to the Committee of Plymouth,
to take Course for the demolishing such Works about
Plymouth, and in such Manner, as they shall think fit; and
to dispose the Materials, and to restore such Ordnance as
are upon the Works, that belong to the Town, and to
such other Places and Persons as they do belong; and
otherwise ascertaining Matters and reconciling Differences
upon the Disbanding, as they shall conceive necessary.
Receiver of Yorkshire.
Ordered, That, on Tuesday Morning next, Sir Henry
Mildmay do make Report of the Business concerning the
Receiver of Yorkshire.
Answer to Scotts.
Ordered, That, on Monday Morning next, the Answer
to the late Scotts Papers, touching the Bills and Propositions last presented to the King, be reported and
read.
Sir J. Astley.
Ordered, That the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall do
give a Ticket to Sir Jacob Astley to stay in Town, he being
upon his Composition according to the Ordinance: And
that they do free the said Sir Jacob Astley from his Restraint; he being apprehended for staying in Town, notwithstanding his being upon his Composition.
Attainting Jenkins.
An Ordinance for attainting David Jenkins, late of
Greie's Inn in the County of Middlesex, Esq. of High
Treason, was this Day read the Second time; and, upon
the Question, committed unto the same Committee that was
appointed to present it: And they are to make ready the
Proofs, and to bring them in, with the Ordinance, with
all Speed.