DIE Mercurii, 18 Decembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Epus. Exon.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Landaven. |
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Ds. Godolphin, Thesaurarius.
Dux Devonshire, Senescallus.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Marlborough.
Comes Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius.
Comes Kent, Camerarius.
Comes Derby.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Holdernesse.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Grantham.
Viscount Townshend. |
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Hervey. |
PRAYERS.
Witnesses to Private Bills to be sworn at the Bar.
The House being informed, "That, upon the Reference of Petitions for Private Bills to the Judges, pursuant to the Standing Orders of this House, there
arises some Difficulty, as to the Examination upon Oath
of the Persons who are produced before them, to
prove the Fact, as to the Merits of such Bills:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That, upon the Reference
of any Private Bill to the Judges as aforesaid, the
Judges to whom the said Bill shall be referred shall
send to this House a List or Lists of such Persons Names
as are to be sworn, in relation to such Bill; and that
they shall be thereupon sworn, at the Bar of this House,
in order to be examined by the Judges upon such Oath,
in relation to the Bill before them.
Felons, &c. Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for repealing a Clause in an Act, intituled, An Act
for the better apprehending, prosecuting, and punishing Felons, that commit Burglaries, House-breaking, or Robberies, in Shops, Warehouses, Coachhouses, or Stables, or that steal Horses."
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second
Time on the Second Day of the Sitting of this House
after the Recess; and that the Judges do then attend.
D. of Marlborough's Bill.
The Lords Chief Justices and Lord Chief Baron
delivered the Bill prepared by them, for settling the
Honours of the Duke of Marlborough, pursuant to the
Order of this House.
Then, Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for the settling of the Honours and Dignities of John
Duke of Marlborough upon his Posterity, and annexing the Honour and Manor of Woodstock, and
House of Bleinheim to go along with the said Honours."
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
To-morrow.
Elliott versus Davenport:
Upon reading the Petition of William Elliot Esquire;
shewing, "That the Petitioner preferred his Appeal
against George Davenport the Nineteenth of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Five, to which
George Davenport put in his Answer the Tenth Day
of December last, which Appeal is appointed to be
heard on Friday next;" and also shewing, "That the
Parties have agreed, as appears by George Davenport's Consent, in Writing, Executor of Anne Davenport:"
Appeal withdrawn.
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said William Elliot
hath hereby Leave given to withdraw his Appeal, according to the Prayer of his Petition.
Tigh, Nat. Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for naturalizing John Tigh."
Adjourn.
Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis,
decimum nonum diem instantis Decembris, hora decima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.