Die Sabbati, 23 Martii, 1649.
Prayers.
Attendance of Members.
RESOLVED, That every Member of this House,
that doth not attend the Service of the House
at Nine of the Clock in the Morning, shall pay Twelvepence to the Poor: And that the Serjeant at Arms be required to collect the same duly of all those Members that
shall come after that Time.
New Business.
The Question being propounded, That no new Business
be entertained in the House after Twelve of the Clock;
and that the House do rise at that Hour;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And so the main Question being put;
It was Resolved, That no new Business be entertained
in the House after Twelve of the Clock: And that the
House do rise at that Hour.
Sir Christofer Hatton.
Sir Arthur Haslerigg reports from the Council of State,
That it appears by several Letters, that Sir Christofer
Hatton, called the Lord Hatton, is beyond the Seas, with
the late Queen, and her Son; and is active there against
this Commonwealth; and yet enjoys his Estate here according to his Composition.
The Question being propounded, That the Estate of
. . . Christofer Hatton be forthwith sequestered;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being now put;
It was Resolved, by the Parliament, That the Estate of
Sir Christofer Hatton be forthwith sequestered.
Ordered, by the Parliament, That the Committee of
Goldsmiths Hall be injoined and required to take care,
that the same be forthwith done accordingly.
Jermin's Composition.
The humble Petition of Rebecca Jermin, on the Behalf
of her Husband Thomas Jermin Esquire, being beyond
Sea, was this Day read.
The Question being propounded, That all such Persons
as have compounded for their Delinquency, and are now
beyond the Seas without Leave, their Estates real and
personal be forthwith secured:
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed in the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put;
It was Resolved, That all such Persons as have compounded for their Delinquency, and are now beyond the
Seas without Leave, their Estates real and personal be
forthwith secured.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of Goldsmiths Hall, to take care, that this Vote be forthwith put
in Execution.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Council of State,
to examine, upon Oath, the Truth of the Matters contained in the Letters of Mrs. Rebecca Jermin; and the
Abuse therein supposed in obtaining the Composition of
her Husband; and to certify the House how they shall
find the same.
Resolved, That all further Proceedings in the Composition of Mr. Jermin be stayed, until the said Mrs. Jermin
shall satisfy the Council of State of the Truth in the several Particulars mentioned in the said Letters.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Commissioners of
Goldsmiths Hall, to examine the State of the Matter touching the Statutes, and other Incumbrances laid upon the
Estate of Mr. Thomas Jermin; whereby the Benefit that
should accrue to the Commonwealth hath been taken
away; and to do therein as they shall think fit.
Caldwell's Composition.
Sir Arthur Hesilrigg reports from the Committee at
Goldsmiths Hall, the Case of Laurence Caldwell: Which
is thus stated by that Committee.
Mr. Caldwell the Father, being a Delinquent, is
seised of an Estate in Fee."
"In May 1646, the said Caldwell the Father dies,
having not compounded for his Delinquency."
"Lawrence Caldwell, being his Son and Heir, claims
the said Estate as Heir at Law; who, being likewise a
Delinquent, petitions to be admitted to compound upon
the late Votes of March last."
"This Committee doth humbly desire the Resolution
of the Parliament, Whether the said Lawrence Caldwell
the Son shall be admitted to the Possession of the Estate
upon a single Composition for his own Delinquency; or,
Whether this Committee shall require a double Composition, as for an Estate in Fee, for the Delinquency of the
Father and of the Son."
"Ordered, That Sir Arthur Hesilrig be likewise desired
to report to the House, Whether such Persons that still
continue beyond the Seas, shall be admitted to Composition, and whether the Composition of such Persons, who
still remain beyond the Sea, shall stand; they being not
admitted to compound, by Order of the House; and
to know the Resolution of the House therein."
"Commissioners in the Country to have Power to examine upon Oath."