DIE Veneris, 18 die Decembris.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Seaman.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Northumb.
Comes Kent.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Mulgrave.
L. Viscount Hereford.
L. Viscount Say & Seale.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Lyncolne.
Comes Midd.
Comes Warwicke.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Stamford. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Mountague.
Ds. Dacres.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Willoughby.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. Wharton. |
Answer from the H. C.
Dr. Aylett and Dr. Heath return with this Answer
from the House of Commons:
That which concerns the Meeting of the Committee
concerning the Great Seal, they agree to meet this Af
ternoon: To all the rest, they will send an Answer by
Messengers of their own.
Steward and Hodges.
Ordered, That Mr. Walter Steward shall have till
Monday next, to put in his Answer to Hodges' Petition;
else Hodges is to take his Course against him.
E. of Worcester's Funeral Expences, Fees, &c. to be paid.
The House being informed that the Earl of Worcestér
is dead, and there is no Means to inter his Body:
It is Ordered, To recommend it to the House of
Commons, that some Course may be taken, to procure
some Means out of his Estate for his Interment, and for
defraying the Charges since his Imprisonment, and the
Fees due to the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
Ld. Dunsmore, Leave to remain at Abscourt.
Ordered, That the Lord Dunsemore shall have Leave
to remain at his House at Abbscourte, in the County of
Surry; (fn. *) his Lordship having promised upon his Honour
not to come on this Side the River of Thames during the
Time limited in the Ordinance of Parliament of the 12th
Instant.
Letter from the Spanish Ambassador, about 50,000 l. due to Spanish Merchants.
A Letter from the Spanish Ambassador was read, "to
put their Lordships in Mind to give an Answer to the
Business concerning the Fifty Thousand Pounds in The
St. Clare."
It is Ordered, That this Letter be delivered to the
Committee for Foreign Affairs, that so the Business may
be hastened.
E. of Westmorland, a Pass.
Ordered, That the Earl of Westm'land, with his
Lady and Servants, shall have a Pass, to go into France,
and return into England.
Ordinance to continue the Assessments for Sir T. Fairfax's Army.
The House was adjourned into a Committee during
Pleasure, to take into Consideration the Ordinance for
continuing the Payment of Sir Tho. Fairefax' Army for
Six Months longer.
The House being resumed;
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the whole
Ordinance is referred to these Lords following, who are
to make Report thereof to this House:
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Comes Northumb.
Comes Warwicke.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Sarum.
L. Viscount Say & Seale.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Kent. |
Comes Midd.
L. Wharton.
L. Howard.
L. Willoughby.
L. North.
L. Grey.
L. Berkeley. |
Any Five, to meet To-morrow Morning, in the Lord
Keeper's Lodgings, at Eight a Clock; and have
Power to adjourn themselves from Time to Time
as they shall see Cause.
Binding to be a Warder of The Tower.
Ordered, That Wm. Binding shall have a Warder's
Place in the Tower of London; and that the House of
Commons be desired to concur herein.
Ordinance for Col. Manwaring to be Searcher of Sandwich.
Ordered, upon the Report of the Earl of Northumb.
from the Committee of the Revenue, That an Ordinance be drawn up, and presented to this House, for
Colonel Manwaringe to have the Place of Searcher of
Sandwich.
And the Earl of Northumb. Earl Pembrooke, Earl Sarum, Earl Manchester, Lord Viscount Say, Lord Wharton, and Lord North, do draw up an Ordinance to this
Purpose, and present the same to this House.
Cook and Slipper,
Ordered, That the Writ of Errors between Cooke
and Slipper shall be argued To-morrow Morning.
Message to the H. C. about the E. of Worcester's Funeral, &c. and other Particulars.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Doctor Aylett and Doctor Heath:
1. To inform them of the Earl of Worcester's Death;
and desire that some Means may (fn. *) be allowed, out of
the Estate of the Earl of Worcester, to inter his Body,
and pay the Charges of his bringing up, and since his
Imprisonment, and the Fees due to the Gentleman Usher.
2. To desire their Concurrence, that Binding may be
a Warder of The Tower of London.
3. To recommend to them, that some Allowance may
be made for the Interment of the Body of the Lord
Dowcra, lately deceased.
Paper from the Committee for the Revenue, for Colonel Manwaring to be Searcher of Sandwich.
"At the Committee of Lords and Commons for
His Majesty's Revenue, sitting at Westm'r, the
12th of December, 1646.
"Upon Consideration had of the Petition of Colonel
Randall Manwareing to the House of Peers, wherein
he prays, for the Reasons therein mentioned, that the
Place of Searcher of Sandwich with the Members
(being now void) may be conferred upon him, and of
the Order of the House of Peers referring the same
to the Consideration of this Committee, and to report
our Opinions what we conceive fit to be done therein
on the Behalf of the Petitioner: It is this Day Ordered, and we are of Opinion, That Colonel Randall Manwareing is a very fit Man to have the said
Searcher's Place of Sandwich, with the Members, so
that he reside at Sandwich, and execute the Place in
Person, and take moderate Fees: And we desire the
Right Honourable the Earl of Northumberland to report this our Opinion unto the House of Peers accordingly.
"Pembrooke & Mount. Salisbury.
"Denis Bond. F. Rous.
"W. Ashurst. Tho. Hoyle."