Mercurii, 29 April. 15 Car.
JOHN Baptist Capell and Peter Vanoverscheld did
this Day take the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, at the Clerk's Table, in order to their being
naturalized.
Prayers.
Capell's, &c. Nat.
Ordered, That the Names of the said John Baptist
Capell and Peter Vanoverscheld be inserted into the Bill
for Naturalization.
Wallingford Writ.
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a Writ, for Electing
of a new Member, to serve for the Town of Wallingford
in the County of Berks, in the room of Mr. George Fane,
lately deceased.
Richmond Writ.
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a Writ, for Electing
of a Member to serve for the Borough of Richmond in the
County of Yorke, in the room of Sir John Yorke, lately
deceased.
Profaneness, &c.
A Bill for preventing Profaneness, Licentiousness, and
Impiety, was this Day read the First time.
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be read again, the Second
time, To-morrow Morning.
Lyndsey Level.
The Question being put, That the Order, made the Second of this Month, for Hearing of the Cause, upon the
Bills depending concerning the Draining of the Level of
the Fens, called Lyndsey Level, at the Bar of this House,
To-morrow, do stand;
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Committees on Revenue.
Ordered, That such Committees as were appointed to
inspect the several Branches of the King's Majesty's Revenue, be revived; and do meet this Afternoon, at the
Places formerly appointed: And they are to prepare, and
bring in, their Reports, on Tuesday Morning next.
Committees.
Ordered, That all Committees, which are not already
adjourned to a Day certain, be revived; and do meet
this Afternoon, at the Places formerly appointed.
Courts of Justice.
Ordered, That Mr. Spry, Colonel Kirkby, Mr. Culleford, Sir Tho. Stewkley, Sir John Coriton, Mr. Boscowen,
Mr. Rigby, Sir Bain. Thockmorton, Mr. Elliot, be added
to the Committee to which the Bill for regulating Abuses
in the Law is committed.
Vaughan's Claims.
Ordered, That these Members following be added to
the Committee to which the Bill for restoring Henry
Vaughan Esquire, to certain Sums of Money unduly
gained from him by John Allured, was committed; viz.
Sir Anth. Irby, Sir Tho. Strickland, Colonel Arundell,
Mr. Warton, Sir Geo. Ryve, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Harbord,
Sir John Birkinhead, Sir Edw. Walpoole, Mr. Oldfeild,
Mr. Geo. Mountague, Mr. Cornwallis, Sir John Coriton,
Mr. Gaudy, Mr. Waller.
Earl of Portland's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill, sent from the Lords, for settling an
Annuity of Three hundred Pounds per Annum upon
Charles Earl of Portland, and for the Benefit of Willoughby Whitlocke, Bulstrode Whitlocke, and Carleton
Whitlocke, Infants; and for Confirming of Agreements
made to compose Suits in Law against them; was this
Day read the First time.
The Question being put, That this Bill be read the
Second time, on This-day-sevennight;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went out.
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| Sir Bain. Throckmorton, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
64. |
| Sir Cliff. Clifton, |
With the Yeas, |
| Sir Tho. Tompkins, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
59. |
| Sir Cha. Harbord, |
With the Noes, |
And so it was resolved in the Affirmative, That this
Bill be read the Second time, on This-day-sevennight.
Merchants Bills, &c.
A Bill to enable Merchants, and others, to assign Bills
and Bonds, and for preventing Abuses in Shop Books
and Contracts, was this Day read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That the said Bill be committed to Sir
Cha. Harbord, Sir Job. Charlton, Sir Wm. Compton, Mr.
Rigby, Sir Robert Atkyns, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir John
Keeling, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Vice Chamberlain, Colonel
Legg, Sir Edm. Pooley, Sir Tho. Meres, Sir John Frederick, Mr. Waller, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Culleford, Mr. Finch,
Mr. Hen. Coventry, Mr. Sprye, Sir Rich. Ford, Colonel
Birch, Sir Edw. Seymour, Sir Cha. Cottrell, Sir Geo Downing, Sir Bain. Throckmorton, Sir Tho. Allen, Colonel Arundell, Colonel Robinson, Sir Wm. Batten, Mr. Vaughan,
Colonel Gilby, Mr. Newport, Sir John Goodrick, Mr.
Crouch, Mr. Clifford, Mr. Pryn, Colonel Reames, Mr.
Westphaling, Sir Edw. Mosely, Sir Wm. Doyley, Sir Tho.
Widdrington, Mr. Jones, Sir Hen. Wood, Sir Tho. Tompkins, Sir John Talbot, Colonel Edm. Windham, Sir Chichester Wray, Sir Robert Brooke, Mr. Oglander, Sir Jeoffrey Shakerley, Mr. Wm. Mountague, Mr. Gaudy, Mr.
Milward: And they are to meet To-morrow in the Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber, at Two of the Clock:
And to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.
Sectaries, &c.
A Letter, directed to the Lord Fanshaw, and subscribed
by Mr. Willoughby, and several other Persons of Quality,
of the County of Hertford, complaining of the frequent
and numerous Conventions of Quakers, Anabaptists, and
other Dissenters from the Church of England, was read.
Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to peruse
the Statute of 35° Eliz.; and to consider whether the
same be defective, and wherein; and to provide such further Remedies and Expedients as they shall find necessary, against the Meetings and Conventions of Sectaries,
Nonconformists, and Dissenters from the Church; viz.
Lord Fanshaw, Sir Tho. Strickland, Sir James Smith, Colonel Robinson, Sir Tho. Meres, Colonel Arundell, Sir Tho.
Allen, Lord Herbert, Colonel Kirkby, Sir Courtney Poole,
Sir Tho. Tompkins, Sir John Keeling, Sir John Birkinhead,
Colonel Leg, Mr. Gaudy, Sir Robert Brooke, Sir Anth. Irby,
Sir Edw. Mosely, Sir Clifford Clifton, Mr. Culleford, Sir
Roger Bradshaigh, Sir Wm. Tompson, Mr. Price, Sir Cha.
Chottrell, Lord Gorge, Sir Job Charlton, Mr. Seymour, Mr.
Trelawney, Sir Hen. Herbert, Lord Bruce, Sir Bain.
Throckmorton, Colonel Sandys, Sir Allen Apsley, Sir Tho.
Tompkins, Colonel Fretchvile, Sir John Hotham, Sir Edm.
Pye, Sir Wm. Terringham, Sir John Denham, Sir Rich.
Vivian, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Newport, Mr. Milward, Mr.
Crouch, Sir Edm. Pooley, Sir Phil. Musgrave, Mr. Hen.
Coventry, Sir John Duncombe, Mr. Lovelace, Mr. Bulteele: And they are to meet To-morrow at Two of the
Clock in the Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber: And
to send for Persons Papers, and Records.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Eight of the Clock.