DIE Martis, 26 Februarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Asaph.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor. |
Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, C. P. S.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Bucks.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Newcastle.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Rothes.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount Castleton.
Viscount St. John. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Rosse.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Cobham.
Ds. Parker.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Onslow. |
PRAYERS.
Bond & al. versus Hele & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Isabella
Bond Widow, Relict and Administratrix of John Bond
Esquire, deceased, Paschasius Minne and Martha his
Wife, Caleb, Martha, Mary, Gertrude, John, and Isabella
Minne, their Children, Infants, by the said Paschasius
Minne their Father and Guardian; complaining of a
Decree made by the late Lord Chancellor, on the
Eighteenth Day of July One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Thirteen, in a Cause wherein Charity and Julyan
Hele, Infants, by Julyan their Mother and next Friend,
were Plaintiffs, and the Appellants and others Defendants; and praying, "That the said Decree may be
reversed and rectified, and the Appellants relieved:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the said Charity and
Julyan Hele, and Sir Thomas Putt Baronet and Dame
Julyan his Wife, may have a Copy of the said Appeal;
and shall and are hereby required to put in their Answer
or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Tuesday the Twelfth Day of March next.
D. Kingston takes the Oaths.
This Day Evelyn Duke of Kingston Lord Privy Seal
took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; his Grace having
first delivered a Certificate of his receiving the Sacrament; to the Truth whereof, Witnesses were sworn and
examined.
Bradshaw & al. versus Astley & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Bradshaw, Richard Roe, Thomas Proxsum and Joyce his Wife,
John Street and Elizabeth his Wife, Grace Shelmerdine
Widow, and Bracey Dorcas, complaining of a Decree
made on the Ninth Day of February One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Ten, by the then Lord Keeper of
the Great Seal of Great Britain, in a Cause wherein the
Appellants were Plaintiffs, and Sir John Astley Baronet,
Richard Astley, and Mary Bradshaw, Defendants; and
likewise of the Master's Report and Order for confirming the same, and other the Proceedings in the Cause
subsequent thereto; and praying, "That so much of
the said Decree, Report, and Order, as compels the
Petitioners to allow or pay Interest upon Interest, or
Compound Interest, may be reversed or rectified:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the said Sir John Astley,
Richard Astley, and Mary Bradshaw, may have a Copy
of the said Appeal; and shall and are hereby required
to put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto,
in Writing, on or before Tuesday the Twelfth Day of
March next.
Lords appointed to view the Parliament-office.
Upon reading the Petition of William Cowper Esquire,
Clerk of the Parliaments; representing (amongst other
Things), "That the Tower, or Building, where the Records of Parliament are deposited and kept, is in so
ruinous a Condition, that the said Records cannot be
safely preserved therein, in respect of the Injuries of
Weather and otherwise; and that the Officers of His
Majesty's Works (to whom the Petitioner has applied) cannot, as they alledge, do any Work, beyond
a certain Rate of Expence, without a special Order for
so doing, which is in no wife adequate to the Occasions mentioned in the Petition;" and praying "the
Consideration of this House; and that such Order
may be made therein (with respect to the safe and
convenient Custody of the said Records) as to their
Lordships shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the Lord Privy Seal,
Earl of Manchester, Earl of Stamford, Earl of Clarendon,
Lord Guilford, Lord Cobham, Lord Parker, and Lord
Coningesby, or any Three of them, do consider and view
the Place where the said Records are kept, and report
their Opinion thereupon to the House; and have Power
to send for the Officers of the Works, to attend their
Lordships upon this Occasion.
Mr. Incledon, Yeoman Usher.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
Sir William Oldes, Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod, had appointed Mr. John Incledon to be Yeoman
Usher, in the room of Mr. David Davis, deceased."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
vicesimum septimum diem instantis Februarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.