DIE Martis, videlicet, 30 die Martii.
PRAYERS.
Bp. of Chester Leave to be absent.
Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of Chester have
Leave to go into the Country, and to return again in
Easter-week.
Next, a Petition of the Earl of Strafford was read;
shewing,
E. of Strafford's Petition, for Ld. Cottington's Depositions to be taken in Writing, if he cannot attend.
"That the Right Honourable the Lord Cottington,
being a very material Witness for your Petitioner
unto the Tenth Article of the Charge, is of late indisposed in his Health; which, as is doubted, may
hinder his Lordship's answering in Court (viva voce)
to such Questions as should be asked of him.
"His humble Suit therefore is, That your Lordships
will be Nobly pleased to give Way, in Case the said
Lord Cottington's Indisposition do continue upon him,
that then his Lordship's Answer may be taken in
Writing to such Interrogatories as shall be tendered
unto him.
"And he shall wish unto your Noble Lordships the
Increase and Continuance of all Honour and
Happiness.
"Strafforde."
Commission to be made for examining Ld. Cottington.
Hereupon it was Ordered, That a Commission be
made, to examine the Lord Cottington, and such others
whom the Lords shall think sit, in the Earl of Strafford's
Case; and the Commons to have Notice thereof, and
the same Course to be taken in this as was Ordered in
the taking the Examinations of the Lord Primate of
Armagh.
Managing the Evidence.
The Lord Steward is to desire the Earl of Strafford,
and the Members of the Commons that manage the
Evidence, to hold themselves to the material Points, and
avoid Excursions.
Baron Denham's and Ld. Falkland's Books to be brought.
Mr. Raylton, the Earl of Strafford's Solicitor, is to
attend To-morrow Morning, with the Book of Mr.
Baron Denham's and the Book of Orders made in the
Lord Viscount Faulkland's Time, in Ireland.
Archbishop of Armagh's Depositions to be delivered to the Commons.
Ordered, That the deputed Lords may deliver to
the Members of the Commons the Examinations of the
Lord Primate of Armagh, taken this Morning, concerning the Earl of Strafforde.
Adjourn to Westminster Hall.
E. of Strafford at the Bar.
Eighth Article.
Then the Lord Steward adjourned the House to
Westm. Hall; and the Lords went down in their
Order. Being set in their Places, the Lord Steward
commanded the Earl of Strafford to be brought to the
Bar; which being done, Mr. Glynn proceeded upon
the Eighth Article, but did not decline the Seventh,
and desired he might go on upon the Lady Hibbott's
Case: "That, upon a Petition exhibited in October
1635, by Tho. Hibbotts, against Dame Mary
Hibbotts, Widow, to the Earl of Strafford, he recommended it to the Council Table of Ireland, where
the Earl of Strafford caused an Order to be entered
against the said Lady, though the most Part of the
Council gave their Vote and Opinion for the Lady,
and threatened her, That, if she refused to submit
thereunto, he would imprison her, and fine her Eight
Hundred Pounds, etc."
Proofs.
The Witnesses that gave the Evidence upon Oath
were John Hoye, Tho. Hibbotts, Lord Mountnorris,
Earl of Corke, Sir Adam Loftus, Fitzgerrarde, Lord Rannelaugh; and a Deposition of the Lord
Primate of Armagh's was read.
His Answer.
The Evidence being given, the Earl of Strafford made
his Defence; and, on his Part, these Witnesses were
produced; the Lord Robert Dillon, Sir Phillip Manwaringe; and an Examination of the Lord Primate of Armagh was read, but not upon Oath.
Reply.
Ninth Article.
After which, Mr. Glynn replied; which being done,
he proceeded to the Ninth Article, "For granting a
Warrant, contrary to Law, to the Bishop of Downe,
for apprehending, arresting, and attaching, the Bodies
of the Subjects of Ireland."
Proofs.
Sir James Mountgomery was produced as a Witness
herein, and proved the Copy of a Warrant to agree
with the Original.
Answer.
Next, the Earl of Strafford made his Defence, and
produced the Examination in Writing of the Lord Primate of Armagh; and then the Lord Dillon, and Tho.
Little, testified their Knowledge.
Reply.
Adjourn to the Chamber of Parliament.
His Defence being ended, Mr. Glynn replied shortly;
and then the Lord Steward signified to the Commons,
That the Lords would sit again To-morrow Morning,
by Eight of the Clock; and adjourned the House to the
usual Place above.
The Lords being come up to the House;
Adjourn.
Dominus Senescallus declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque post meridiem hujus diei,
hora quarta, Dominis sic decernentibus.
Post meridiem.
PRAYERS.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Serjeant Ayliff and Dr. Bennett:
Message to the H. C. for the Committees to meet, to receive the Answer of the City, touching the Loan of Money.
To let them know that the Lord Mayor of the City
of London being come, their Lordships do desire that
the same select Committee that went with the Committee
of Lords into the City may meet presently, in the
Painted Chamber, to receive the Answer of the City.
Doctor Marsh bailed.
Richardus Marsh, Theologiæ Doctor, recognovit se
debere Domino Regi Mille Libras, levari ex Terris, Tenementis, Bonis, et Catallis suis, ad usum Domini Regis.
The Condition of the abovesaid Recognizance is, That
if the said Richard March, Doctor of Divinity, shall
appear Personally here, before the Lords in Parliament, and be present at the Judgement of Parliament
against him, if any shall be, then this Recognizance to
be void; or else to remain in Force.
Discharged out of Custody.
Ordered, That the abovesaid Richard March, Doctor Theologiæ, be discharged from the Custody of the
Gentleman Usher attending this House.
Ordered, That the Earl of Bedford be added to
the Committee for to treat with the City.
The Answer which the House of Commons returned
to the Message was:
Answer from the H. C.
That the select Committee of their House will meet
with the Lords Committees of this House, presently.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the
Lords went to the Conference; which being ended, the
Lord Privy Seal reported the Effect of the Conference,
which was:
Report of the Conference, concerning the Loan of Money from the City.
"That the Recorder of London declared, That, after
the Committees from both Houses of Parliament had
propounded to borrow of the City, upon good and
safe Security, One Hundred and Twenty Thousand
Pounds, the Lord Mayor, on Monday last, called a
Common Council, and withall Forty or Fifty of the
ablest Commoners; and, after much Debate, he
found that all of them had good Desires and Affections to the Work; but they said that they were
not furnished with Monies, and yet were loth to come
with a Denial. He said further, That by the City
was to be understood the Common Council, and the
Mayor and Aldermen; and, if any Commoners did
refuse to lend any Monies, they had no Power to
compel Men. The Chamber of London hath no Monies in it; and the Reason that some give for the
Scarcity of Money is, That much Monies hath been
transported out of the Kingdom by Strangers; and
also the great Fall and Decay of Trading is a Cause
of Deadness of Monies. As for the Aldermen, they
have done their Shares; and are ready to do their
best Endeavours, if they could be put in any Way
by their Lordships."
After this, the Committees of both Houses met again,
and consulted further what Course was to be taken in
this great Necessity for Monies; and the Lords and the
Members of the House of Commons agreed to join
together, by Way of Security, and to propound to
the Aldermen of London whether they will be bound
with the Lords and the Members of the House of Commons, for the Money, in Case it can be procured; and
they should be secured by collateral Security. Which
Proposition the Lord Mayor and Aldermen desired until
To-morrow in the Afternoon to consider of; and then
they would come and return an Answer, after they had
conferred with the rest of their Brethren.
Doctor Aylet bailed.
Aylett, Legum Doctor, recognovit se debere Domino
Regi Quingentas Libras, levari ex Terris, Tenementis,
Bonis, et Catallis suis, ad usum Domini Regis, &c.
The Condition of the abovesaid Recognizance is, That,
if the said Aylett, Doctor of the Civil Laws,
shall appear Personally here before the Lords in Parliament, and be present at the Judgement of Parliament
against him, if any shall be, then this Recognizance to
be void; or else to remain in Force.
Adjourn.
Dominus Capitalis Justiciarius de Communi Banco,
Locumt enens Domini Custodis Magni Sigilli, declaravit
præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem
Mercurii, videlicet, 31m diem instantis Martii, hora
septima, Dominis sic decernentibus.