Jovis, 12 Martii, 15 Car. IIdi.
Prayers.
Lord's Day.
ORDERED, That the Committee to whom the
Bill for better Observation of the Lord's Day, and
the Committee to whom the Bill against Pluralities, is
referred, be revived; and do sit this Afternoon.
Didier's &c. Nat.
A Bill for Naturalization of Abraham Didier, and
others, was this Day read the First time.
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be read the Second time
on Monday Morning.
Poor Relief.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee appointed to peruse the Act for Highways, and other Acts,
to consider of the Act for Relief of the Poor of this
Kingdom; and to see whether there be a sufficient Power
therein for to charge a Tax for Relief of the Poor; and
whether they find it fit to make any Additions or Amendments to the Bill; and make Report to the House, what
Amendments or Additions they think fit to be made
thereto.
London, &c. Streets.
Ordered, That the Bill for repairing the Streets and
Highways in and about London and Westminster be referred
to the Committee appointed to peruse the Bill for Highways, and other Bills: And that these Persons following
be added to the Committee; viz. Mr. John Ashburnham,
Sir John Denham, Mr. Waller, Sir Tho. Ingram, Sir Robert
Howard, Sir John Duncombe, Sir Geo. Downing, Sir John
Morton, Sir Bain. Throckmorton, Mr. Westfaling, Sir
Edm. Bowyer, Mr. George, Mr. Reames, Sir Tho. Gower,
Sir Cha. Harbord, Sir Tho. Littleton, Sir Lanc. Lake, Sir
John Covert, Mr. Graham, Mr. Oneale, Mr. Glascock,
Sir Rich. Onslow, Sir Rich. Browne, Mr. Whorwood, Mr.
James, Mr. Morgan, Sir John Newton, Mr. Dowdswell,
Sir Robert Holt, Sir Tho. Littleton, Sir Geo. Cartwright,
Mr. Greenvile, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Geo. Probert, Mr.
Pryn, Sir Cha. Hussey, Sir Geo. Ryve: And all the Members of this House, that come to the said Committee, are
to have Voices thereat: And they are hereby impowered
to make Sub-committees; and to report to the House
such Amendments, Additions, or Explanations, as they
shall think fit to be made to any of the Acts which are
referred to their Consideration: And to expedite their
Report upon the Act concerning Highways, and the Act
for repairing the Streets and Highways in and about
London and Westminster.
Relief of Loyalists.
Ordered, That the several Knights of the Shire, or
in their Absence, the Burgesses, that serve for such Counties as have not made Return of the Monies which are
by Act of the last Session of Parliament, to be distributed
amongst the indigent loyal Officers; and such Counties
as have not returned a List of the Offices to be assessed by
the said Act, for the said Officers further Supply; do
write their Letters to the Sheriffs, and other Officers concerned, to quicken the Receipt and Return of the Monies; and also to speed the Return of the List of the
Officers; and to make Report of their Proceedings
therein to the House.
Loyalist Officers.
A Petition was this Day read, presented in the Name
of the truly loyal and indigent Commission Officers,
that have faithfully served the Royal Interest throughout
the whole Course of the late Rebellion.
Resolved, &c. That a Committee be appointed, to
consider of the said Petition; and also the Act for distributing the Sixty thousand Pounds, and assessing Officers,
for the loyal indigent Commission Officers; and to peruse
the Certificates returned concerning the said Offices; and
receive Information touching the same; and consider,
whether there are any Officers admitted as indigent, which
are not so; and whether any be allowed Offices in a
higher Degree than they served; or whether any be
allowed, which revolted from their Loyalty: Viz. Lord
Bruce, Sir Wm. Compton, Colonel Strangwayes, Lord
Falkland, Colonel Fretchvile, Colonel Reames, Sir John
Goodrick, Mr. Vaughan, Sir Tho. Allen, Sir Wm. Lowther, Sir Cha. Hussey, Mr. Seymour, Sir Geo. Probert,
Lord Fanshaw, Sir John Holland, Sir John Shaw, Sir
James Smith, Sir Tho. Tomkins, Sir John Covert, Sir Anth.
Cope, Sir Tho. Meres, Mr. Culleford, Mr. Scudamore, Sir
Edm. Peirce, Sir John Duncombe, Sir Bain. Throckmorton,
Mr. Thomas, Sir Solomon Swale, Sir Nicholas Crispe, Sir
Tho. Strickland, Sir Geo. Cartwright, Sir Adrian Scrope,
Sir John Birkinhead, Colonel Windham, Major General
Egerton, Sir Tho. Gower, Colonel Gilby, Mr. Heywood,
Sir Tho. Stewkley, Sir Tho. Fanshaw, Sir John Low, Lord
Gorge, Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Mr. Newport, Sir Phil. Musgrave, Mr. Clifford, Sir Robert Howard, Mr. Hollis, Mr.
Lowther, Mr. Higgons, Sir Cha. Harbord, Mr. Barnaby,
Mr. Westfaling, and all the Members of this House,
that have been Commission Officers in the Service of his
now Majesty, or his Royal Father: And they are to meet
in the Star Chamber, on Saturday next, at Two of the
Clock in the Afternoon; and report their Proceedings
and Opinions to the House.
Preventing Popery, &c.
A Bill to prevent the Growth of Popery, and Increase
of the Number of Recusants, was this Day read the First
time.
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be read the Second time
on Tuesday next.
Enfeild Chace Poor.
A Bill for Relief of the Poor of Enfeild Chace was
this Day read the First time.
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be read the Second time
on Saturday next.
Church Lands.
Ordered, That the Bill for apportioning Rents, and
preventing concurrent Leases by Bishops and Clergymen,
be read To-morrow Morning.
Ministers Maintenance.
Ordered, That the Bill for the Increase of the Maintenance of Ministers in Cities, Towns Corporate, and
Market Towns, be read the First time To-morrow
Morning.
Priests and Jesuits.
The House taking into Debate an Address proposed
to be made to the King's Majesty, to issue a Proclamation
to command all Priests and Jesuits, especially English,
Scots, and Irish, to depart the Kingdom by a Day.
Ordered, That the further Debate of this Matter be
adjourned till Tuesday next.
Morley's Estate.
Ordered, That Mr. Clifford, Sir Richard Onslow, Mr.
Hollis, and Mr. Thurland, and all the Members of this
House that serve for the Counties of Yorke, Lincolne,
and Nottingham, be added to the Committee to whom
the Bill for vesting the Lands and Tenements of Cuthbert
Morley, in Richard Barret, Catharine Chute, and Arthur
Ingram, their Heirs and Assigns, till they have received
certain Monies due to them, was committed.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Nine of the Clock.