DIE Lunæ, 4 die Octobris.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Spurstoe.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Northumb.
Comes Kent.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Warwicke.
Comes Nottingham. |
Ds. Grey. |
Answer from the H. C.
Doctor Aylett and Doctor Heath return with this Answer from the House of Commons:
That to the Paper to the Scotts Commissioners, and
the Commanders of the Winter Guard, and the Letter
of the Prince Elector, they will send an Answer by
Messengers of their own: To all the rest, they do
agree.
Ordinance to disable Delinquents from holding Places of Trust.
The Ordinance for disabling such Persons to be
chosen in Places of Trust as have been in Arms against
the Parliament, was read Twice; and committed to the
Earl of Kent and the Earl of Warwicke, to meet presently: Which accordingly they did.
E. of Newport's Fine for his Composition to be abased, on account of his losing the Place of Master of the Ordnance.
Upon reading the Petition of the Earl of Newport;
desiring "some Allowance may be made him in his Fine
of Composition for Delinquency, for his Place of
Master of the Ordinance, in regard it is disposed from
him by the Parliament:" It is Ordered, To be sent
to the House of Commons, with this Sense, "That,
upon the Consideration of the Petition of the Earl of
Newport, the Lords think fit that there be a Deduction made out of the Earl of Newport's Fine for Composition, according to the Value of the Place of the
Master of the Ordnance; and that the Committee of
Goldsmithes Hall be ordered to set the Proportion of
the said Deduction."
Ordinance to disable Delinquents from holding Places of Trust.
The Earl of Kent reported the Ordinance to disable
those Persons that have been in Arms against the Parliament, shall not be chosen in any Office or Place of
Trust, as fit to pass, with some Alterations.
The Alterations were read; and then the said Ordinance was read, with those Alterations, and approved of;
and Ordered to be sent to the House of Commons for
their Concurrence therein.
Message to the H. C. with it; with the Bishops of Durham's and Armagh's Petition; and with Prince's Ordinance.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page:
1. To deliver to them the Ordinance to disable Persons as have been in Arms against the Parliament to be
chosen in Places of Office and Trust, and desire their
Concurrence in the Alteration.
2. To deliver to them the Petition of the late Bishop
of Duresme; and desire their Concurrence, that the
Trustees for the Sale of the Bishops Lands may pay him
the Eight Hundred Pounds, according to the Ordinance
of Parliament.
3. To recommend to them the Bishop of Armagh's
Petition.
4. To desire their Concurrence in the Ordinance concerning Mr. Prince, with the Alteration.
Votes concerning the Propositions.
Next, the House took again into Consideration the
Votes brought from the House of Commons, concerning the Matter of the Propositions to be sent to the
King:
And the First Vote concerning the Militia was Agreed
to, with some Alterations made in the Proposition.
The Seventh Alteration was passed, with an Amendment.
To all the rest of the Votes, this House concurred
with the House of Commons.
Duke of Bucks Sequestration taken off.
"Be it Ordered and Ordained, by the Lords and
Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Sequestration Real and Personal of George Duke of
Buckingham be, and is from this Day, fully and clearly discharged and taken off; and all Committees and
Sequestrators, and other Officers, in the several Counties and Places where any of the said Estate Real and
Personal lies and is, are hereby required and ordered
to take Notice of this Order, and to yield full and
ready Obedience thereunto."
Votes concerning the Propositions.
Resolved, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled,
That the Matter of that Clause of the Twelfth
Proposition lately presented unto the King, that concerns the raising Monies, for the Payment and satisfying the Public Debts and Damages, and other
Public Uses, shall be prepared to be sent to the King,
for His Consent.
Resolved, &c.
That the Matter of the Proposition concerning
Titles of Honour shall be prepared to be sent to
the King, for His Consent.
Resolved,
That the Matter of the Proposition concerning the
Great Seal shall be prepared to be sent to the King,
for His Consent.
Resolved,
That the Matter of the Proposition concerning
the Sale of Bishops Lands shall be prepared to be
sent to the King, for His Consent.
Resolved,
That the Matter of the Proposition for the utter
abolishing and taking away of Archbishops, Bishops,
their Chancellors, &c. out of the Churches of England and Ireland, and leaving out the last Clause;
(videlicet,) ["with such Alterations concerning the
Estates of Prelates as shall agree with the Articles
of the late Treaty, of the Date at Edinburgh, 29
Novembris, 1643, and joint Declaration of both
Kingdoms"], shall be prepared to be sent to the
King, for His Consent.
Resolved, &c.
That the Matter of the Proposition, so far as relates to the declaring and making void the Cessation
of Ireland, and to settle the Prosecution of the War of
Ireland in both Houses of the Parliament of England,
be prepared to be sent to the King, for His Consent.
Resolved, &c.
That the Matter of the Proposition concerning
the nominating the Chief Officers of England and
Ireland by both Houses of the Parliament of England, and, in the Intervals of Parliaments, by Committees of both Houses of Parliament nominated and
appointed by the said Houses to that Purpose, shall
be prepared and sent to the King, for His Consent."
Ordinance for Symonds to be a Fellow of Eaton College.
Whereas Doctor Stokes, late Fellow of Eaton Colledge, hath for divers Years together deserted his
Fellowship, and adhered to the Forces raised against
the Parliament, and hath resided in the King's Quarters and Garrisons in open Hostility, whereby the
said Doctor Stokes hath justly forfeited his Fellowship, and left it void, as if he were naturally dead:
Be it therefore Ordered and Ordained, by the Lords
and Commons in Parliament assembled, That Joseph
Symonds, an approved orthodox Divine, be hereby
made and constituted Fellow of Eaton Colledge aforesaid; and that he have and enjoy all lawful Rights,
Privileges, and Emoluments, as fully and wholly as
the said Doctor Stokes, or any other Fellow of the
said College, had, hath, or ought to have; and the
Solicitor is hereby required to prepare a Grant for
the Great (fn. *) Seal, to this Effect; and the Commissioners of the Great Seal are hereby required to pass
the same accordingly."
Ordinance for 1175 l. to Prince, for Provisions.
The humble Petition of Thomas Prince, Citizen and
Cheesemonger of London, was this Day read; shewing,
That there is due unto the Petitioner the Sum of
Eight Hundred Ninety-nine Pounds, Seventeen
Shillings, Eight Pence, for Cheese and Butter delivered for the Use of the State Four Years past, as
likewise by Orders annexed appeareth:
It is Ordered and Ordained, by the Lords and
Commons assembled in Parliament, That Payment be
made of his just Debt, with Interest after Eight Pounds
per Centum, which amounts to Eleven Hundred Seventy-five Pounds; (videlicet,) Eight Hundred Ninetyfive Pounds out of the Moiety of Fines and Composition-monies of Delinquents at Gouldsmiths Hall not
engaged for Security, in Course, with Interest for the
same, payable every Six Months, from this Time till
it be paid; and the Residue thereof, being Two Hundred and Eighty Pounds, out of the Hands of such
Person or Persons as the Petitioner shall make appear to have been Twice paid out of the State's Money for one and the same Debt; and that the Acquittance of the said Thomas Prince, or his Assigns,
shall be a sufficient Warrant and Discharge to the
Treasurers at Gouldsmiths Hall, for the Payment of
the said Sum of Eight Hundred Ninety-five Pounds,
and growing Interest, accordingly; and also that the
Acquittance of the said Thomas Prince, or his Assignee, shall be a sufficient Warrant and Discharge to
James Southeby, for the Payment of the said Sum of
Two Hundred and Eighty Pounds, which Sum the
said James Southeby hath received Twice over, out
of the State's Money, for One and the same Debt, as
he acknowledgeth under his Hand."
Ordinance for Hartford to be instituted to Cheriton.
Ordered, That Doctor Aylett give Institution and
Induction unto Heritage Harteford Clerk, Master of
Arts, to the Rectory of Cheriton, in the County of
South'ton; salvo Jure cujuscunque; granted by the Great
Seal of England.