DIE Jovis, 4 die Martii.
PRAYERS.
Cassier, &c. Naturalization Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, An Act for Naturalizing of Jo. Cassier, Abraham Hoegarden, and Jacob Watchter, etc.
E. of Lindsey & al. versus Sir Walter Norton.
Upon reading the Petition of the Lord Great Chamberlain, and other of Lincolneshire, against Sir Walter
Norton; it was Ordered, That the Petition be referred to the Committee for Petitions; and the Gentleman Usher attending this House to bring the said Sir
Walter Norton to appear before this House, to answer
the Matters contained in the Petition.
Osbaston's Cause.
Ordered, That Mr. Osbaston's Cause be heard the
next Day that the Committee for the Star-chamber doth
sit; and that all Parties interested therein to have Notice
to be there.
Publishers of unlicensed Books to be sent for.
Next the Master and Wardens of the Company of Stationers appeared, and presented to the House a Paper of
some unlicensed Books lately printed, with the Names
of the Printers; which being read, it was Ordered,
That, by an Order of this House, the Printers and Sellers
of unlicensed Books and Pamphlets be sent for, to appear
before the Lords Committees following, this Afternoon;
and an Order to be given to the Stationers, to search for
clandestine Presses, and to give this House an Account
thereof.
Committee appointed to examine them.
Ordered, That these Lords Committees do examine
the whole Business concerning the Printing and Selling of
unlicensed Books and Pamphlets, and to report the same
to this House; videlicet,
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The E. of Bath.
E. of Clare.
E. of Monmouth.
L. Viscount Saye & Seale.
L. Bp. of Chester.
Ds. Robarts.
Ds. Pawlett.
Ds. Perpointe. |
L. Bp. of Lincolne.
L. Bp. of Sarum.
L. Bp. of Exon.
L. Bp. of Elye.
Ds. Howard de Charl.
Ds. Dunsemore.
Ds. Herbert de Cherb.
Ds. Seymour. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet at
Three of the Clock this Afternoon, in the Lord
Keeper's Lodgings.
Merchant Adventurer's Petition referred.
The Petition of the Merchant Adventurers was read,
and Ordered to be referred to the Commissioners and
Committee appointed for the Treaty of Consederation
with The States, with a Recommendation for Expedition.
Archbishop of Cant.'s Petition for Counsel.
After this, the Petition of the Lord Archbishop of
Cant. was read; wherein he humbly prayeth, "in regard many of the Counsellors at Law, and some of
the most able, are or will be absent, by reason of the
Assizes now ensuing; and in regard also that Mr. Recorder of London hath been of his Counsel in divers
Businesses heretofore; he and such others of those formerly named, according to the Schedule annexed, may
be granted unto him, upon this great Occasion, as to
your Lordships Wisdom shall seem meetest, etc."
His Counsel assigned.
Hereupon it was Ordered, That Mr. Herne, Mr.
Hales, Mr. Newdigate, Mr. Wyndham, and Dr. Merricke,
be assigned Counsel for the Lord Archbishop of Cant.
and may have Liberty to have them for Counsel, instead
of those that are of Counsel with the Earl of Strafford.
The Petition of the Earl of Corke was read; and the
House conceiving some Particulars therein to be Part of
the Earl of Strafford's Charge brought up against him
from the House of Commons, thought not fit to Order
any Thing in it.
Lowe's Petition.
The Petition of Tho. Lowe was presented to the House,
and referred to the Committee for Petitions.
Sutton Marsh.
Ordered, That the Counsel of the Lord Phill. Herbert and Lord Viscount Grandison, etc. and the Counsel
of the Earl of March, be heard To-morrow Morning at
the Bar, to state the Cause aright concerning Sutton
Marsh; and then this House will give such Order therein as may stand with the Justice and Honour of this
House.
Sir Geo. Ratcliffe to be examined in the Cause between Sir John Bourchier and the E. of Strafford.
Ordered, That Sir George Radcliffe be brought
hither To-morrow in the Afternoon, and be sworn, and
give his Evidence, as a Witness before the Lords Committees, in the Cause between Sir John Bourchier and
the Earl of Strafford.
Committee to meet about the Treaty with the States.
It was signified to the House, That His Majesty had
commanded the Commissioners for the Treaty with The
States to give the Lords Committees appointed for that
Business an Account of some Particulars touching the
Consederation; therefore it was Ordered, That the
Commissioners and the Committee should meet this Afternoon, at Three of the Clock, about it.
Adjourn.
Dominus Capitalis Justiciarius de Communi Banco, Locum
tenens Domini Custodis Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens
Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Veneris,
videlicet, 5m diem instantis Martii, hora nona, Dominis
sic decernentibus.