Die Lunæ, 7 die Aprilis.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Gibbs.
Ds. Grey de Warke, Speaker.
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Comes Kent.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Northumb.
L. Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Willoughby.
Ds. Mountague. |
Answer from the H. C.
Dr. Heath, &c. return with this Answer to the Message sent on Saturday last to the House of Commons:
That they agree to the Pass for Mr. Wm. Grey, and
Mr. Tho. Grey; as concerning the rest of the Particulars, they will send an Answer by Messengers of their
own.
Message from thence, with Ordinances, &c.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Grimston;
To desire Concurrence to these Particulars:
1. An Ordinance for issuing out Two Thousand
Pounds, out of the Excise, for the Payment of the Horse
late under the Command of the Lord General.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
2. An Order for securing of the Two Thousand
Pounds for Abingdon, out of the next Monies arising out
of the Excise, &c. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
3. An Order for preparing Articles and a Charge
against Mr. Griffith. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees to all the Particulars of this
Message.
Message from the H. C. with a Declaration concerning the Isle of Wight.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Lisle, &c.
1. To desire Concurrence in a Declaration concerning the Isle of Wight, &c. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House agrees to the Declaration now
brought up, concerning the Isle of Wight.
Griffith, for Scandal.
Ordered, That the Committee for Mr. Griffin's
Business shall meet this Afternoon, at Two of the
Clock, and afterwards at such Time as they shall appoint.
Countess of Peterborough, freed from the Order of the Committee at Kingston, for paying a Stipend to a Curate appointed by them for the Church of Capell; and Pilkington, her Servant, released, who was committed by them.
Upon reading the Petition of Eliz. Countess Dowager
of Peterborough; complaining, "That she being Owner
of the Impropriate Rectory and Church of Capell, in
the County of Surry, and is to find a Curate there
at her own Charge; that the Curate by her appointed for the serving of the Cure there was lately
displaced, by the Committee of scandalous Ministers;
that one Mr. Dennis is, by the Committee at Kingston, put into this Place; and her Tenant of the said
Rectory is by them Ordered to allow him Forty
Pounds per Annum; that hereupon the Petitioner sent
her Servant John Pilkington to the said Committee at
Kingston, to acquaint them with her Right of appointing of a fit Curate there, as she conceives it lawful
for her to do; that her said Servant, appearing at
the said Committee, was by them demanded whether
he had taken the National Covenant; who answering
it was never offered him, they then urged him to take
it presently; whereupon he desiring to have further
Time to consider thereof, they then forthwith committed him to the Marshal, in whose Custody he now
remaineth a Prisoner." It is Ordered, That the
said John Pilkington shall be released forthwith of
his Imprisonment; and that the Committee do take
off their Order for the Payment of the Forty Pounds
per Annum out of the Petitioner's Estate, or else
shew to this House the Grounds upon which they
did it.
Mr. Thornton's Ordinance.
Next, the Ordinance for taking off the Sequestration
from the Estate of Mr. Thornton, of Lyncolneshire.
(Here enter it.)
Read Thrice, and Agreed to.
States Ambassadors Audience.
Ordered, That this House appoints to give Audience to The States Ambassadors To-morrow Morning.
Message to the H. C. about it;
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page:
To let them know, that whereas this House appointed
this Day to give Audience to The States Ambassadors, of
which their Lordships gave the House of Commons Notice (fn. *) on Saturday last, but have received no Answer of it; therefore to give them Notice, that this
House hath appointed, and are resolved, to give them
Audience To-morrow Morning.
and for Committees to meet about Mr. Griffith's Business.
2. To let them know, that this House hath added
Four Lords to the Committee for Mr. Griffith's Business,
and desire that they would add a proportionable Number of their House; and that their Lordships have appointed the Lords Committees to meet this Afternoon,
at Three of the Clock, in the Prince's Lodgings, and
afterwards at such other Times as they please.
Order for the Commissioners of Excise to repay themselves 2000l. advanced for the Horse late under the Command of the Ed. General.
"Whereas John Towse Esquire, Alderman of the
City of London, and the rest of the Commissioners of
Excise or new Impost, have advanced and lent the
Sum of (fn. †) Two Thousand Pounds, to be disposed of
by the Committee of both Kingdoms, for the Payment of the Horse late under the Command of the
Lord General: Be it Ordained, by the Lords and
Commons in Parliament assembled, That the said Commissioners of Excise, their Executors, Administrators,
or Assigns, shall and may satisfy and reimburse themselves the said Sum of Two Thousand Pounds, together with Interest for the same after the Rate of
Eight Pounds per Cent. for so long Time as the same,
or any Part thereof, shall be forborn, out of such
Intervals of Receipts as shall happen when other
Payments already assigned upon the Office of Excise
shall not fall due, or, for Want of such Intervals,
then as the same shall follow in Course; and shall not,
by any other Order or Ordinance of One or both
Houses of Parliament, be debarred from satisfying
themselves accordingly; and the Receipt of Walter
Frost Esquire shall be a sufficient Discharge for the
said Two Thousand Pounds to the said Commissioners
in that Behalf."
Order for 2000l. for the E. of Manchester's Forces at Abingdon.
"It is this Day Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, That the Two Thousand Pounds assigned for some of the Regiments of
the Association at Abingdon be secured out of the
next Money arising out of the Excise, after the Monies already assigned, in case that the said Two Thousand Pounds shall not be satisfied and secured out of
the Arrears of the said associated Counties to the
present Treasurers who shall advance the same."
Order for preparing Articles and Charge against Mr. Griffith.
"It is Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in
Parliament assembled, That the Business concerning
Mr. John Griffith's scandalizing the Prince Elector and
the Lady Herbert, is hereby referred back to the
Committee of Lords and Commons in that Behalf, to
examine fully this whole Business concerning Mr. John
Griffith, and all other Informations against him of the
like Nature, and, upon the whole, to prepare Articles; and that the Committee shall have Power to
take his Answer, and to give unto him the Matters
they examine him upon in Writing (if they shall see
Cause); and to send for Parties, Witnesses, Papers,
and Records; and that One Lord and Three Commoners of the said Committee shall have Power to
examine and proceed herein according to this Order."
Declaration concerning the Ld. Lieu't of Hants and the Isle of Wight.
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled
do Declare, That the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire,
South'ton, and the Isle of Wight, by what Name soever
called, is comprehended within the Exception of
Lieutenancy in the Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament, for taking away (fn. *) Offices, Military and Civil,
from the Members of Parliament."
"An Ordinance for the Discharge of the Delinquency of William Thornton Gentleman.
Ordinance to clear Mr. Thornton of his Delinquency.
"Whereas William Thorneton, of Wyham, in the
County of Lincolne, Gentleman, hath been fined at
Two Hundred Marks for his Delinquency, to pay the
same by Way of Composition to the Use of the State,
and, in Pursuance of the said Composition, hath paid
the same to the Committee at Gouldsmiths Hall intrusted for that Service: It is this Day, therefore,
Ordered, Ordained, and Declared, by the Lords
and Commons assembled in Parliament, and the said
Lords and Commons do hereby Order, Ordain, and
Declare, That the Sequestration of the said William
Thornton's Estate, in what County or Place soever,
shall be, and is hereby, taken off and discharged,
from the Day of the making his said Composition,
being the Seventh of this Instant March, and his Delinquency against the Parliament pardoned and remitted; any former Direction, Declaration, or Ordinance, notwithstanding."