Die Sabbati, 2 Junii, 1649.
Turner's &c. Petition.
ORDERED, That the Petition of Richard Turner,
Maurice Gething, Tempest Milner, and Hannah Wollaston, be read on Tuesday next, after the Act for the General.
Grant to Alkeen.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Council of State, to
take care to bestow some House on Elizabeth Alkeen,
Widow, for her Life; and also to give her what they
shall think sit, for Supply of her present Necessity.
Serjeants at Law.
An Act for issuing forth Writs, returnable 9 Junii
1649, for calling of Peter Warburton Esquire, Richard
Aske Esquire, and Alexander Rigby Esquire, to the Degree of Serjeant at Law, was this Day read; and, upon
the Question, passed.
The Form of the Writ, to call Serjeants at Law, was
this Day read, and agreed unto; and, upon the Question,
ordered to be the Form in such Cases.
The Form of an Oath, to be taken by Serjeants at Law,
was this Day read; and upon the Question, agreed unto.
Late King's Property.
Commissary General Ireton proceeded this Day in his
Report of the Amendments to the Act for Sale of the
Goods of the late King, Queen, and Prince: Which said
Amendments were twice read; and, upon the Question,
assented unto.
And the said Act, so amended, being put to the Question, was, upon the Question, ordered to be ingrossed.
Resolved, &c. That Mr. Anthony Myldmay be added
as one of the Trustees in this Act.
Resolved, &c. That the Order of the Fourth of April
last, whereby the Proposition of Captain Myldmay, touching the Pictures and Statutes be referred to the Council
of State, to take care therein, for the Benefit of the Commonwealth, be revoked.
Resolved, &c. That Mr. Lampeire be added as one
of the Trustees in this Act.
Resolved, &c. That Mr. * Belcampe be added as one
of the Trustees in this Act.
Resolved, &c. That Mr. * Grafton, of *, be added
as one of the Trustees in this Act.
The Question being put, That Mr. Winstanley be added
as one of the Trustees in this Act;
It passed with the Negative.
Absent Members.
Colonel Ludlow reports from the Committee touching
absent Members, That they have received Satisfaction
touching Mr. Hussey, and Mr. Thomas Pury.
Ordered, That Mr. Hussey and Mr. Pury be admitted
into the House.
Claims on Publick Faith.
Mr. John Corbett reports Instructions for the Trustees,
Treasurers, and Register Accomptant, for the Sale of
Dean and Chapters Lands, for the admitting such as have
Monies owing them upon the Publick Faith, to come in,
and double upon Deans and Chapters Lands: Which
were read the First time at large; and after was read
again by Parts: And every Part, being put to the Question, was assented unto: And the said Instructions, being
put to the Question, passed.
Resolved, &c. That if, upon Return of the Surveys, it
shall appear, that the Dean and Chapters Lands shall not
be sufficient to satisfy and defray the Monies charged
upon them; then the House doth declare, That they will
give further Security for Surplussage of the said Debt,
upon some other Receipts of the Commonwealth.
Mr. Corbett reports the Debt owing by Mr. Bingham
to Mr. Scutt; and the Petition of divers Citizens of
London.
Whereas the House is informed, That Mr. Scutt, of
Poole, who lent to Colonel Bingham Five hundred Pounds,
upon Bond for the Use of the Garison of Poole, is willing to double the said Sum, upon the Lands of Deans
and Chapters: It is Ordered, That the said Mr. Scutt
shall and may be admitted to double the said Sum upon
the Lands of the Dean and Chapters: And that he shall
have the like Benefit of the Act, as other Persons that
were in upon Doubling are to have: And that the Trustees and Treasurers do admit him accordingly.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Citizens of London,
now reported from the Committee appointed to prepare
Instructions for the Trustees, &c. for Sale of Dean and
Chapters Lands, be taken into Consideration on Monday
Morning next.
Resolved, &c. That all such Persons as come in, and
double their Monies upon Purchase of Deans and Chapters Lands, within the Times limited by the Instructions,
shall be allowed after the Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum per Annum, for Forbearance of their said Monies:
But such as shall not come in, and double their Monies
within the time limited by the said Instructions, shall have
only after the Rate of Six Pounds per Centum for
Forbearance of their Monies.
Whereas both Houses of Parliament did on the Second of August last, order the Sum of Two thousand
Nine hundred Pounds to be forthwith paid unto Ralph
Darnell Esquire, Clerk Assistant in this House, or his
Assigns (in lieu of his Sufferings, and Loss of his Office,
in the late Court of Wards), out of the Remainder of the
Sum of Fourteen thousand Pounds, remaining due upon
Two Subsidies, granted in or about May 1641, for Supply of his Majesty's Army, and Relief of the then
Northern Parts of this Kingdom; but no Part thereof is
yet paid: Now, for the better securing of the said Money
to the said Ralph Darnell, and his Assigns, it is Ordered,
by the Commons assembled in Parliament, That the said
Ralph Darnall, and his Assigns, be and is hereby admitted to come in as a Purchaser of Deans and Chapters
Lands, upon doubling the said Money, or for so much
thereof as he shall double: And that he, and his Assigns,
have the same Benefit and Advantage as any others that
double their Debts, upon Purchase of Deans and Chapters
Lands, have, or may have, by the Act for abolishing
Deans and Chapters, &c.: And the Trustees, Register
Accomptant, and Treasurers for Sale of Deans and Chapters Lands, are required to admit him as a Purchaser, upon
doubling the said Debt, or any Part thereof, as aforesaid; and to allow of the said Debt, or any Part thereof,
in such Purchase to be made accordingly.
Whereas the Sum of Six thousand One hundred Pounds
is due and owing, by the State, unto Thomas Boone
Esquire, and Arthure Upton Esquire, Son of John Upton
Esquire, deceased; and the said Thomas Boone and Arthure Upton, their Executors or Assigns, were, by Order
of this House, of the First Day of May 1649, admitted
to come in for Satisfaction of the said Debt, out of the
Sale of Dean and Chapters Lands, in such sort as others
whose Debts are transferred from the Excise, and Grand
Receipt of Goldsmiths Hall, by the Act touching Deans
and Chapters Lands, are and may do: It is now Ordered,
That the said Order, of the First Day of May 1649, be,
and is hereby, vacated.
And it is further Ordered, That the said Sum of Six
thousand One hundred Pounds be, and is hereby, charged
upon the Publick Revenue: And the Committee of the
Revenue are hereby required to pay the said Sum of Six
thousand One hundred Pounds unto the said Thomas Boone
and Arthure Upton, or either of them, their or either of
their Executors or Assigns; viz. the Sum of Three
thousand Fifty Pounds, being One Moiety thereof, on
the Second Day of December 1649; and the Sum of
Three thousand Fifty Pounds, Residue thereof, on the
Second Day of June, which shall be in the Year of our
Lord 1650: And the Acquittance or Acquittances of the
said Thomas Boone and Arthure Upton, or either of them,
their or either of their Executors or Assigns, shall be a
sufficient Warrant and Discharge to the said Committee,
and the Receiver or Treasurer, or to such other Person
or Persons as shall pay the same.
Whereas the Sum of Six thousand One hundred Pounds,
due and owing, by the State, unto Thomas Boone and
Arthure Upton Esquires, is charged upon the Publick
Revenue, to be paid unto the said Thomas Boone and
Arthure Upton, or their Assigns, on the Second Day of
December 1649, and on the Second Day of June 1650, by
equal Portions: Now, for the better Securing of the said
Six thousand One hundred Pounds unto the said Thomas
Boone and Arthure Upton, It is Ordered, That the said
Thomas Boone and Arthur Upton, their Executors or Assigns, may, if they shall think sit, be, and are hereby,
admitted to come in as Purchasers of Deans and Chapters
Lands, upon doubling the said Money, or for so much
thereof as they, or either of them, shall double: And that
they, or either of them, have the same Benefit and Advantage, as any others that double their Debts upon Purchase of Deans and Chapters Lands have, or may have,
by the Act for abolishing Deans and Chapters, &c.: And
the Trustees, Register Accomptant, and Treasurers for
Sale of Deans and Chapters Lands, are required to allow
of the said Debt, or any Part thereof, in such Purchase
to..made accordingly.
Wilson's Accompt, &c.
Ordered, That, on Monday next, the House take into
Consideration the Accompt of Mr. Wilson; and the
Petition of the reduced Officers.
Free Quarter.
Ordered, That Mr. Salwey do make Report touching
Free Quarter, on Monday Morning, the first Business.