DIE Sabbati, 21 die Octobris.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Salwey.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Kent.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rutland.
L. Viscount Hereford.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Lyncolne. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Howard. |
Report concerning making new Judges and Serjeants.
The Earl of Kent reported, "That the Commissioners
of the Great Seal, with the Advice of the Judges, do
think it fit, that some Resolution were given concerning the making of new Judges and Serjeants, because the Time is very short, the Term grows so near;
and they further offer to their Lordships Consideration, whether it will not be expedient at this Time to
lay aside the Feast which usually hath been at the
Call of Serjeants at Law, in regard all Public Feastings hath been laid aside in this Time."
Message from the H. C. with Ordinances and Orders.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Colonel Harvey, &c.; who brought up divers Ordinances and Orders, wherein they desire their Lordships
Concurrence:
1. Order and Declaration, That neither the Lord'sdays (fn. *) nor Days of Humiliation be accounted any of
the Forty Days for the Treaty. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
2. An Ordinance concerning the Contractors for Bishops
Lands.
3. Order for the Payment of Four Thousand Two
Hundred Eighty-one Pounds, Eighteen Shillings, and
Four Pence Half-penny, to Mr. Pecke, out of Two
Thirds of the Recusants Estates in the County of Suff.
mentioned in the said Order. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
4. Order for the Moiety of Five Thousand Pounds to
be paid to Colonel Mitton. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
5. Order for Payment of Part of Colonel Birch's
Arrears. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
6. Order for Thirty Pounds to the Messenger that
brought the News of the Surrender of Appleby Castle.
(Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
7. Order to pay One Hundred Pounds to Captain
Wolfe. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
8. Order to pay Mr. Noble, a Messenger, Twenty
Pounds. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
Ordinance concerning the Contractors for Bishops Lands.
The Ordinance concerning the Contractors for Bishops Lands, was read Twice, and committed to these
Lords following:
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Comes Kent.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Nottingham. |
Ds. Grey.
Ds. North. |
Any Two; to meet when they please.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That concerning the Ordinance concerning the Contractors for Bishops Lands, their Lordships will take
the same into Consideration, and send an Answer by
Messengers of their own: To all the other Orders and
Ordinances, their Lordships do agree.
Message from the H. C. with a Vote about the Proposition for Delinquents.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Annesley, &c.; who brought up a Vote
concerning the Proposition concerning Delinquents,
wherein they desire their Lordships Concurrence.
Read Once.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House will take their Message into Consideration, and return an Answer by Messengers of
their own.
Votes for the King to be restored to His Dignity, Revenues, &c. and for an Act of Oblivion.
Next, the House was adjourned into a Committee
during Pleasure, to take into Consideration the King's
last Papers concerning the Treaty.
The House was resumed.
And the Propositions of the King were read particularly.
And it was Resolved, That His Majesty be settled in
a Condition of Honour, Freedom, and Safety, and have
the Faith of His Two Houses for the same.
Resolved, That His Majesty be restored to the Possession of His Lands and Revenues.
Resolved, That His Majesty have Compensation for
the Revenues and Profits, which His Majesty, for the
Satisfaction of His Two Houses, in this Treaty, hath
or shall consent to part withal.
Resolved, That an Act of Oblivion and Indemnity
may be passed, to extend to all Persons, for all Matters, with such Limitations and Provisions as shall be
agreed between His Majesty and His Two Houses.
The House declared, That these Votes are not to
be binding, if the Treaty be not concluded, but break
off.
Ordered, That the Concurrence of the House of
Commons be desired to these Votes, at a Conference.
Hatton to be a Serjeant at Law.
Resolved, That a Writ be issued forth, to call Mr.
Hatton to be a Serjeant at Law; and that the Commissioners of the Great Seal do issue forth a Writ, returnable in usual Form, for the Call of the said Mr.
Hatton, accordingly.
The Concurrence of the House of Commons to
be desired herein.
Kings Papers about the Treaty.
Ordered, That the rest of the King's last Papers
shall be taken into Consideration on Monday Morning
next.
Message to the H. C. about calling Serjeants; and to remind them of L. Foliot's Petition.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Dr. Bennet and
1. To let them know, That their Lordships have
agreed to call all the Persons brought up to the Serjeants (fn. *) at Law; and desire their Concurrence, that
Mr. Hatton may be called to be a Serjeant, &c.
2. To put them in Mind of the Lord Foliott's Petition.
Swan to be instituted to Ickham.
Ordered, That Dr. Bennett give Institution and Induction unto John Swan Clerk, Master of Arts, to the
Rectory of Ickham cum Wells, in Com. Kent; salvo Jure
cujuscunque: Great Seal.
Sundays and Fast-days not to be reckoned in the Treaty.
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled
do declare, That neither the Lord's-days nor the
Public Monthly Fast-days, that shall happen within
Forty Days appointed for the Time of the Treaty,
shall be accounted any of the Forty Days limited
for the Treaty."
Order for 4281 l. 18s.4d. to Mr. Peck.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That Mr. Pecke be satisfied the
Sum of Four Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-one
Pounds, Eighteen Shillings, Four Pence Halfpenny,
due to him out of the Iron Works in the Forest of
Deane, out of the Two Thirds of the Estates of Sir
Thomas Timperley, of Hintlesham, in the County of
Suff. Knight, Sir Francis Mannox, of Gifford's Hall,
in Stoke juxta Nayland, in the said County, Knight,
and Sir Roger Martin, of Long Melford, in the said
County, Knight, Recusants, payable to the State,
and sequestered for their Recusancy; the same to
begin the 28th Day of September last, and so to continue until the said Mr. Pecke be paid and satisfied
the said Sum due to him, by Receipt of the Two
Third Parts of the Rents and Profits of the said
Estates: And the Committee for Sequestrations
of the said County, and their Treasurer, and the
Tenants and Occupiers of the said Lands, are required to take Notice hereof, and to pay the Two
Thirds of the Rents and Profits of the said Estates,
from Time to Time, as the same shall grow due,
to the said Mr. Pecke, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, accordingly, until he or they be
fully satisfied the said Sum of Four Thousand Two
Hundred Eighty-one Pounds, Eighteen Shillings and
Four Pence Halfpenny; and the Acquittance or Acquittances of the said Mr. Pecke, his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, testifying the Receipt thereof, shall be a sufficient Warrant and Discharge unto
the said Committee for Sequestations, and their
Treasurer, and to the Tenants and Occupiers of
the said Lands, and to such other Person or Persons
as shall pay the same."
Order for Payment of 5000 l. formerly ordered to Colonel Mitton.
"Whereas the Sum of Five Thousand Pounds was,
by Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament of the
14th of August last, ordered to be paid to Colonel
Thomas Mitton, upon Accompt, out of such Delinquents Fines or Estates, not formerly discovered or
compounded with as he should discover to the Committee at Gouldsmiths Hall, or to the Committees in the
Countries where their Estates lie: It is now Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That the said Colonel Mitton shall have the
One Moiety of the said Five Thousand Pounds
now charged and paid unto him, out of the new Sequestrations of the new Delinquents Estates, Real
and Personal, who were engaged in the late Insurrection in the Isle of Anglesey, in North Wales: And
all Committees, Sequestrators, Solicitors, Treasurers,
Receivers, Tenants, and all other Persons, who are
or shall be authorized or concerned in and about the
sequestering, receiving, paying, or issuing forth, of
any the Monies raised, or to be raised, out of any
of the Estates, Real or Personal, of the said Delinquents, or any of them, are hereby authorized, ordered, and required, respectively, to issue forth, and
to pay to the said Colonel Mitton, or his Assigns, out
of the same Estates, upon Accompt, the Sum of Two
Thousand Five Hundred Pounds, being the Moiety
of the said Sum of Five Thousand Pounds: And
the Acquittance or Acquittances of the said Colonel
Mitton, or his Assigns, shall be a sufficient Warrant
and Discharge, from Time to Time, to the Persons
aforesaid, and every of them, for Payment thereof,
and of every Part or Parcel thereof respectively."
Order for Payment of Part of Colonel Birch's Arrears.
"Whereas, upon the 29th of March, 1647, there
was charged upon the Receipts at Gouldsmiths Hall, in
Course, the Sum of Six Thousand Seven Hundred
and Forty Pounds, to be paid unto the Committee
for the County of Her'f. towards the satisfying of
Two Months Pay of Arrears, and a Month's Advance, for the speedy Dispatch of the Horse and
Foot under the Command of Colonel John Birch into
Ireland, which Forces went not for that Service as
was intended, and did therefore only receive from
the said Committee Two Months Pay of Arrears:
It is therefore Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That, out of the Six
Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Pounds charged
as aforesaid, intended for that Service, the Treasurers at Gouldsmiths Hall do pay to Colonel John Birch,
or his Assigns, the Sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty
Pounds (Part of the Six Thousand Seven Hundred
and Forty Pounds) in Part of his Arrears due for the
Service of the Parliament, certified by the Committee
for the Accompts of the whole Kingdom, and approved
of by the House of Commons; whose Receipt shall
be a sufficient Warrant and Discharge to the Treasurers at Gouldsmithes Hall for the said Sum, when the
same in Course shall become payable: And it is further Ordered, That the Sum of Eight Hundred
Pounds more be paid to the said Colonel Birch, or
his Assigns, in Part of his Arrears, stated and approved as aforesaid, out of the Sequestration of the
Estate of Sir Edward Morgan, of the County of
Monmouth, a Papist in Arms: And the Committee
for Sequestrations of the said County of Monmouth,
and their Treasurers, are required to make Payment thereof to the said Colonel, or his Assigns,
accordingly; and his and their Acquittance, for the
Receipt thereof, shall be to the said Committee and
their Treasurers a sufficient Warrant and Discharge."
Order for 30l. to King, from Appleby.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, that Richard King, the Messenger that
brought News of the good Success of taking the
Castle of Appleby, have the Sum of Thirty Pounds
bestowed upon him, and paid unto him by the Committee for Advance of Monies usually sitting at Habberdash'rs Hall: And it is more particularly referred
to Colonel John Moore and Colonel Rigby, to take
Care of this Business, that this Thirty Pounds may
be speedily paid unto him accordingly."
Order for 100 l. to Capt. Wolfe.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Sum of One Hundred
Pounds be bestowed upon, and paid unto, Captain
Edward Wolfe, that brought up the good News of
the Delivery of Carlisle; and that the said Sum of One
Hundred Pounds be charged upon Sir Charles Keymish's Fine, in Course, after the other Engagements
upon that Fine first satisfied; and that the same be
paid as aforesaid, by the Treasurers at Gouldsmiths
Hall, unto the said Captain Wolfe, or his Assignee;
and that the Acquittance of the said Captain Wolfe,
or his Assignee, shall be a sufficient Discharge unto
the Treasurers at Gouldsmiths Hall, for Payment of
the said Hundred Pounds accordingly."
Order for 20 l. to Noble.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Sum of Twenty Pounds
be bestowed upon, and paid unto, Mr. Noble,
One of the Messengers that brought the News of
the Success of the Surrender of Carlisle; and that
the said Sum of Twenty Pounds be charged upon
Sir Charles Keymishe's Fine, in Course, after the
other Engagements upon that Fine first satisfied; and
that the same be paid as aforesaid, by the Treasurers at Gouldsmiths Hall, unto the said Mr. Noble,
or his Assignee; and that the Acquittance of the said
Mr. Noble, or his Assignee, shall be a sufficient
Discharge unto the Treasurers at Gouldsmiths Hall,
for Payment of the said Twenty Pounds accordingly."
Adjourn.
House adjouned till 10a
Monday Morning next.