Die Lunæ, 27 Martii, 1648.
Prayers.
Delinquents.
SIR Anthony Irby reports Fines and Compositions from
the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall: Whereupon it is
resolved, as followeth; viz.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum
of Two thousand Six hundred Forty-eight Pounds, for the
Fine, for the Delinquencies of Sir Sutton Coney and
Wm. Coney, Son and Heir-apparent of the said Sir Sutton
Coney: Their Offence, That they adhered unto and assisted
the Forces raised against the Parliament: Rendered in
January 1644: Their Estate, in Fee, per Annum, One
thousand Four hundred and Ten Pounds Sixteen Shillings;
personal Estate, Two hundred Pounds: Out of which
Estate issues, for One Life, per Annum, One hundred and
Eighty-three Pounds Six Shillings and Eight-pence; for
ever, per Annum, Four Pounds Three Shillings and Threepence: The Fine, at a Tenth, remains Two thousand Six
hundred Forty-eight Pounds.
An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Sir Sutton
Coney, of Northstoak in the County of Lincoln, Knight,
and Wm. Coney his Son and Heir, for their Delinquency,
was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and
ordered to be sent unto the Lords for their Concurrence.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum
of Nine hundred and Thirty Pounds, for a Fine, for the
Delinquency of Richard Turpin, of Knaptoft in the County
of Leicester, Esquire: His Offence, That he adhered unto
and assisted the Forces raised against the Parliament: Rendered in February 1645: His Estate, in Fee, per Annum,
Six hundred and Forty-seven . . . . . . in Reversion, after
One Life, per Annum, Fifty-three Pounds: There is
charged upon the said Land Seven thousand Five hundred
Pounds: Which leaves the Fine, at a Sixth, Nine hundred
and Thirty Pounds.
An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Richard
Turpin, of Knaptoft, in the County of Leicester, Esquire,
for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration
of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent unto the Lords for
their Concurrence.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum
of Six hundred Eighty-seven Pounds, for a Fine, for the
Delinquency of Sir John Burrell, of Dowsby in the
County of Lincoln, Knight: His Offence, That he left his
Habitation, and resided in Newark, whiles it was a Garison held against the Parliament: He rendered upon
those Articles: His Estate, in Fee Tail per Annum, Three
hundred and Forty Pounds; more, in Fee, in Possession,
per Annum, Fifty-nine Pounds: For which his Fine, at a
Sixth, is Six hundred Eighty-seven Pounds.
An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Sir John
Burrell, of Dowsby in the County of Lincoln, Knight,
for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration
of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question,
passed; and ordered to be sent unto the Lords for their
Concurrence.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum
of Six hundred and Forty Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of John Tint, of Chelvey in the County of Somersett, Esquire: His Offence, That he was in Arms against
the Parliament: He rendered before December 1645: His
Estate, in Fee, in old Rents, per Annum, Eighty-three
Pounds Seventeen Shillings; in Reversion, after his Mother, per Annum, Seventy Pounds; in Reversion, in old
Rents, per Annum, Ten Pounds; in Reversion, after Two
Brothers, per Annum, Sixty Pounds: There is a Statute
extended upon his Lands, compounded for One thousand
Four hundred Pounds; and Eight hundred Pounds charged
thereupon by his Father; both unsatisfied: He hath, in
personal Estate, One thousand Pounds, which is left him
by his Uncle Sir Robert Tint, who died in Ireland; the
said Thousand Pounds being lent by his said Uncles to the
King and Parliament, upon Ticket, for the Maintenance
of the English Army there, and is still owing: For which
his Fine, at a Tenth, is Six hundred and Forty Pounds.
An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto John Tint
of Chelvey, in the County of Somersett, Esquire, for his
Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his
Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question,
passed; and ordered to be sent unto the Lords for their
Concurrence.
Letter, &c. read.
A Letter from the Commissioners of Parliament, from
Edinburgh, of Martii 27, 1647, with a Paper inclosed,
was this Day read.
Defeat at Pembroke Castle.
Three Letters from Mr. Samuell Lort, and from Mr.
Philip Jones, to Colonel Horton; and Letters from Walter
Bethell to the General; all expressing the sad News of a
Defeat given by Colonel Poyer and his Forces, in the
Castle of Pembroke, to the Parliament Forces before that
Castle; were all this Day read.
Settling the Kingdom.
Resolved, &c. That, on Thursday Morning next, the
first Business, and nothing to intervene, the House do
take into Consideration the Settling of the Kingdom.
Call of the House.
Resolved, &c. That, on Monday the Twenty-fourth of
April next, the House be Called: And that the like Order
for Summons, and Notice given to the Members, be now
taken, as was taken upon the last Call of the House.
Message to Lords.
Mr. Selden carried to the Lords, for their Concurrence,
a Contract for the Provisions for the Soldiery in Ireland:
An Ordinance for London Ministers: Order for buying
a Library for the University of Cambridge: An Ordinance
for settling Ministers in the City of Leichfield: An additional Ordinance of Indemnity for the County of Kent:
An Ordinance for vacating the Presentation of William
Parker to the Vicarage of Wrotham in Kent: An Ordinance for dividing of the Parish of Wrotham in Kent into
Two Parishes: An Order, That Six hundred Forty
Pounds be allowed unto Charles Lord Lambert, upon
his Accompt, and for Discharge of his Delinquency:
An Order for Payment of Four thousand Pounds to the
Lady Moore: An Order for Payment of Six hundred and
Seventeen Pounds Fifteen Shillings and Six-pence to
Edward Husbands Stationer: Ordinance for uniting
certain Churches in Gloucester.
Grant to the Lord General.
An Ordinance for Payment of Ten thousand Pounds
to the Lord General was this Day read the First time.
Ordered, That Mr. Darley do attend the Committee of
the Army, to agree upon the said Ordinance.
Grant to Lady Harecourt.
An Ordinance for Payment of Two thousand Pounds
to the Lady Harecourt was this Day read; and, upon the
Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords
for their Concurrence.
Sir Anthony Irby is appointed to carry the same to the
Lords.
Receiver General of York.
An Ordinance for granting the Office of Receiver
General of the County of York to Walter Fowke was this
Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered
to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.
Sir Anthony Irby is appointed to carry to the Lords
this Ordinance.
Sheriff of Bucks.
Ordered, That Richard Barrenger Esquire, nominated
and appointed to be High Sheriff of the County of Bucks,
by both Houses of Parliament, do, and be hereby authorized and required to execute the Office of Sheriff of the said
County, notwithstanding he hath not taken any Oath as
Sheriff.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Oaths.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Lords
and Commons, appointed to Judge of Scandal, to receive
all Complaints concerning Oaths: And to consider, What
Oaths are fit to be taken, and what to be discharged; and
what Alterations are fit to be made in such Oaths as shall
be thought sit to be continued and taken.