Die Martis, 12 Novemb. 1667.
Post Office.
ORDERED, That the Members following be
added to the Committee touching the Post Office;
viz. Mr. Seymour, Sir Edm. Pooley, Lord Vaughan, Sir
George Downham, Mr. Weld, Sir Thomas Higgons, Sir
Richard Oatley, Lord Fitzwilliams.
Hearth Money Tax.
Ordered, That these Members following be added to
the Committee for Examination of Abuses in the levying
of Hearth Money; viz. Sir Thomas Meeres, Mr. Pepis,
Col. Kirby, Sir John Erott, Sir Wm. Hickman, Sir
William Lewis, Sir John Strode, Sir Richard Franklin.
Restraints on Juries.
Ordered, That the Committee for examining of Abuses
in Restraints upon Juries be adjourned till Friday next in
the Afternoon; and that the Lord Chief Justice may then
attend: And Thomas Tanner, Lancellet Monour, and
Thomas Poynett, and all other Persons formerly summoned, are then also to attend.
Dr. Wharton's Estate.
A Bill to enable Jane and Henry Perkins to ensure
Dr. Warton's Land, purchased in the County Palatine
of Durham, was read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That the Bill be committed to Dr. Burrell, Sir Thomas Gower, Col. Kirby, Sir John Strode, Sir
Richard Oateley, Sir John Moreton, Mr. Kent, Sir Gilbert
Talbott, Mr. Morrice, Mr. Rigby, Mr. Crouch, Sir
Edmund Walpoole, Sir Soloman Swale, Mr. Pryn, Mr.
Westphaling, Mr. Pepis, Sir Clifford Clifton, Sir Edward
Masters, Col. Millward, Sir Henry Casar, Sir Thomas
Tompkins, Sir Thomas Allen, Mr. Grey, and all the
Members that serve for the Counties of Yorke and
Lancaster: 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 to
take care, that Provision be made for the Infant.
A Petition of the Freeholders and Inhabitants, who
claim a Right of Common in the Forest of Deane, was
read.
And some of the Petitioners, viz. Mr. Coulchester,
and Mr. Hall, being called in; and owned the Petition
on the Behalf of themselves and the other Petitioners,
Resolved, &c. That this Petition be referred to the same
Committee, to which the Petition of Sir John Wintour,
was committed; to examine the Matter of the Petition,
and the Injuries and Abuses therein complained of; and
reported it, with their Opinions therein, to the House;
And that these Members be added to the Committee;
viz. Mr. Crouch, Sir John Moreton, Sir Jordan Crosseland,
Sir Anth. Ierby, Sir Hum. Winch, Sir Tho. Allen, Mr.
Towell, Mr. Westphaling, Sir Rich. Oateley, Sir Tho.
Strickland, Mr. Barnaby, Sir Edw. Harlow, Sir John
Earnley, Sir Tho. Tompkins, Sir Edward Masters.
Privilege- Freedom of Speech.
Mr. Vaughan reports from the Committee to which it
was referred to examine and report the Matter of Speech
in Parliament, that the Substance of the Information of
5° Car. I. in the King's Bench against Sir John Elliot
Knight, Denzill Hollis, and Benjamine Vallentine, Esquires,
and the Proceedings and Judgment thereupon, be reported
to the House.
That the Resolves of the House of Commons upon the
Question, in the Year 1641, concerning the Unlawfulness
of the said Proceeding and Judgment, and other unlawful
Proceedings against the said Elliot, Hollis, and Valentine,
and other Members of Parliament in 3° Car. I. be reported
to the House.
That a Petition of both Houses to the King, in the
Year 1641, concerning Privilege of Parliament, be reported to the House.
That the Case published in the printed Reports of Sir
George Crooke Knight, concerning the said Judgment,
5° Car. Imi, and the Causes of giving the same, as is published in the said Report, be reported to the House.
That the Act of Parliament in 4° Hen. VIII, commonly titled, An Act concerning Rich. Strowd; and
Consequence of the said Judgment 5° Car. I. with
relation to the said Act, be reported to the House.
That the said Act 4° Hen. VIII. commonly intituled,
An Act concerning Richard Strowd, is a general Law,
extending to indemnify all and every the Members of both
Houses of Parliament, in all Parliaments, for and touching
any Bill, speaking, reasoning, or declaring of any Matter or
Matters in or concerning the Parliament, to be communed
and treated of; and is a declaratory Law of the ancient
and necessary Rights and Privileges of Parliament.
Resolved, &c. That the House do agree with the Committee, that the Act of Parliament in 4° Hen. VIII.
commonly intituled, An Act concerning Rich. Strowd, is
a general Law, extending to indemnify all and every the
Members of both Houses of Parliament, in all Parliament, for and touching any Bills, speaking, reasoning,
or declaring of any Matter or Matters in and concerning
the Parliament, to be communed and treated of; and is
a declaratory Law of the ancient and necessary Rights
and Privileges of Parliament.
Resolved, &c. That the further Consideration of this
Report be adjourned till Thursday Morning next.
Earl of Clarendon's Impeachment.
Ordered, That Mr. Edward Seymor do carry up an
Impeachment to the Lords against the Earl of Clarendon,
to the Effect following; viz.
My Lords,
The Commons assembled in Parliament, having received Information of divers traiterous Practices and
Designs of a great Peer of this House, Edward Earl of
Clarendon, have commanded me to impeach the said
Earl of Clarendon of Treason, and other High Crimes and
Misdemeanours: And I do here in their Names, and in
the Names of all the Commons of England, impeach
Edward Earl of Clarendon of Treason, and other High
Crimes and Misdemeanors. I am further commanded
by the House of Commons, to desire your Lordships, that
the Earl of Clarendon may be sequestered from Parliament, and forthwith committed to safe Custody. They
have further commanded me to acquaint your Lordships,
that they will, within a convenient time, exhibit to your
Lordships the Articles of the Charge against him.
Miscarriages of the War.
Ordered, That the Committee for Examination of
Miscarriages do send for, and examine, Sir John Chichley,
before his Departure out of England.
Earl of Clarendon's Impeachment.
Ordered, That it be referred to Mr. Pryn, Mr. Seymour,
Sir Thomas Gower, Mr. Steward, Sir Thomas Lee, Mr.
Vaughan, Sir Lancellott Lake, Sir John Birkenhead, or
any Three of them, to see all the Proceedings relating to
the Accusation against the Earl of Clarendon, regularly
entered in the Journal of this House.
Monmouth Election.
A Petition of James Herbert Esquire, complaining of
an undue Return of a Knight to serve for the County of
Monmouth, was read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee of
Elections, to examine the Matter of the Petition; and
whether the Return comes from the proper Office; and
report it to the House.
Resolved, &c. That Sir Trevor Williams, being the
Person returned, do sit, till the Election be determined.
Committee of Privileges.
Ordered, That these Members following be added to
the Committee of Privileges and Elections; viz. Mr.
George, Sir Edward Bower, Mr. William Mountague, Sir
John Shaw.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Eight of the Clock.