DIE Veneris, 19 die Junii.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Bond.
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Pembrooke. Comes Warwicke. Comes Stamford. Comes Sarum. Comes Essex. Comes Lyncolne. Comes Northumb. Comes Rutland. Comes Suffolke. Comes Denbigh. L. Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. North. Ds. Willoughby. Ds. Mountague. Ds. Howard. Ds. Wharton. Ds. Dacres. Ds. Robertes. Ds. Maynard. Ds. Hunsdon. |
Lords Vaux and Stafford, Passes to come to England.
Resolved, That the Lord Vaux shall have a Pass, to
come into England, with his Retinue.
Resolved, upon the Question, That the Lord Viscount
Stafford shall have a Pass, to come into England, from
beyond the Seas.
Forces for Ireland.
The Lord Willoughby reported from the Committee,
the Particular of the Forces which are to make up the
Number of Forces which are to be sent into Ireland;
which Particular was read.
And the Question being put, "Whether to agree
to this Report?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to the H. C. about it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Serjeant Fynch and Doctor Aylett:
To let them know, that this House hath agreed to
the Vote of sending the Proposition for Forces into Ulster
in Ireland, with the Addition, wherein their Concurrence is desired.
Message from thence, for a Conference about the Propositions;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Rob't Pye Knight, &c.
1. To desire a Conference, if it may stand with their
Lordships Conveniency, touching the Propositions.
with an Ordinance;
2. To desire Concurrence in an Ordinance for taking
off the Sequestration of Edward Wrench.
and about Turpin's Daughters.
3. To let their Lordships know, that they have passed
the Ordinance concerning Mr. Turpin's Daughters.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House appoints to give them a present
Conference, in the Painted Chamber: To the rest of
the Particulars of this Message, their Lordships will
take them into Consideration, and will send them an
Answer by Messengers of their own.
Lady Lowther's Petition.
Upon reading the Petition of Dame Francis Lowther:
It is Ordered, To be referred to the Consideration of
these Lords following, who are to offer to this House
what they think fit to be done thereupon:
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Comes Essex. Comes Warwicke. Comes Lyncolne. Comes Stamford. |
Ds. North. Ds. Robertes. Ds. Hunsdon. |
Any Three, to meet when and where they
please.
Private Causes deferred.
Ordered, That all Private Causes are put off until
such Time as the Propositions are dispatched, except the
Business concerning Lieutenant Colonel Lylburne.
Bilithoe restored to be a Burgess of Launceston.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Bilithoe, of
Launceston, in the County of Cornwall; complaining,
That he being a Burgess of the said Town of Launceston, and (fn. *) went to Plymouth, and took up for the
Service of the Parliament; for which Act, as being
termed a Rebel against the King, he was disfranchised
from the said Burgesship."
It is Ordered, That the said Bilithoe shall be restored to be a Burgess of the said Town of Launceston,
and enjoy his Privilege.
Suit against Kingerby stayed.
Upon reading the Petition of Captain Tho. Kingerby:
It is Ordered, That the Suit commenced against him
shall be staid, in regard the Money was taken for the
Use of the State.
Trott to be instituted to Rayish.
Ordered, That Doctor Aylett shall give Institution
and Induction to Robert Trott Clerk, to the Vicarage of
Rayish, in the County of Kent, in the Diocese of Rochester.
Beverley versus Sir C. Crofts and Turbett.
Upon reading the Petition of Joseph Beverly Gentleman, against Sir Christopher Crofts and Mr. Turbett: It
is Ordered, That the Petitioner is lest to the ordinary
Course of the Law.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the
Lords went to the Conference; which being ended, the
House was resumed.
Report of the Conference about the Propositions.
The Speaker reported the said Conference, to this
Effect:
"That whereas their Lordships had formerly sent
down to them a Proposition touching the Militia of
this Kingdom; the House of Commons agrees therein,
with an Alteration; which was read.
"And that the House of Commons agrees with their
Lordships in the Proposition sent down to them concerning the City of London."
Ordered, That the Proposition concerning the Militia of this Kingdom shall be taken into Consideration Tomorrow Morning; and after that, the Business of Ireland.
Ld. Lovelace, Leave to go to Oxfordshire.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Lord Lovelace
shall (fn. †) be recommended to the House of Commons:
(Here enter his Petition.) And that the Lord Lovelace
shall have Leave to go into Oxfordshire, about his Affairs
touching his Estate thereabout, Twelve Days, notwithstanding his Recognizance; he being to enter into a new
Recognizance at his Return.
Answer from the H. C.
Doctor Aylett and Doctor Heath return with this Answer to the Message sent Yesterday to the House of
Commons; which was,
That they agree to the Ordinance concerning the
continuing the Committee for the Admiralty and Cinque
Ports: (Here enter it.) But to the Names of the Lords
to be added to that Committee, and to all the rest of
the Particulars, they will send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
Ordinance concerning Turpin's Daughters.
"It is this Day Ordained, by the Lords and Commons
assembled in Parliament, That Thomazin, Tabitha, and
Hannah, the Daughters of Captain Robert Turpin,
who was lately executed in the County of Devon for
his good Service done to the Parliament, out of the
First Monies that shall be raised upon the Sale of the
respective Estates, Real and Personal, of Sir John
Bankes Knight late Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, of Mr. Justice Heath, and Justice Foster,
or their respective Compositions, shall have and receive the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds apiece; and
that, in the mean Time, for their present Subsistence,
they shall receive the Sum of One Hundred Pounds per
Annum, out of the Profits of such of their Estates as
lye within the Parliament's Quarters; the said One
Hundred Pounds per Annum to be paid Quarterly, by
equal Portions, and the First Payment thereof to begin at Michaelmas last past."
Ordinance to continue the Committee for the Admiralty, &c.
"Ordered and Ordained, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Committee of
Lords and Commons for the Admiralty and Cinque
Ports be continued, according to the Powers formerly
granted unto them, for Six Months longer; and that
they be enjoined diligently to attend that Service."
L. Lovelace's Petition, to moderate the Fine set for his Composition.
"To the Right Honourable the Lords assembled
in Parliament.
"The humble Petition of John Lord Lovelace;
"Sheweth,
"That the Yearly Value of your Petitioner's Estate
is not above One Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds
per Annum in Possession, and One Thousand Three
Hundred Pounds per Annum in Reversion after the
Death of his Mother, wherein he hath but an Estate
for his own Life in all the Premises; so that he cannot forfeit his Estate therein but only for his Life,
nor sell, let, or dispose of, any Part thereof longer
than his Life, either for Payment of his Fine set at
Gouldsmiths Hall to be Eighteen Thousand Pounds,
or for Payment of his Debts amounting to Eight Thousand Pounds besides Interest for Four Years past;
and hath no other Estate to live upon, or satisfy his
Fine and Debts, but only One Hundred Pounds per
Annum in Fee Simple.
"Your Petitioner therefore humbly prayeth the
Leave and Favour of this Honourable House,
to petition the Honourable House of Commons, whereby your Petitioner may be enabled to inform them the Truth of his Estate,
that, by the Favour of both Houses of Parliament, your Petitioner may be set at such a Fine,
as he may be able, out of his said Estate, to
pay such Fine, satisfy his said Debts, and reserve something, that he, with his Wife, Children, and Family, may live in the Quality of
a Peer.
And he shall ever pray.
"Jo. Lovelace."