February 1563
On Monday the first day of February, the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal Assembled, but
nothing was done, save only the Parliament continued in usual Form, usq; in diem Mercurii prox.
hora nona.
On Wednesday the 3d of February, the Lords
also Assembled, but nothing was done, save only
the Parliament continued by the Lord Keeper,
usq; ad diem Sabbati prox. hora nona.
On Saturday the 6th day of February (to which
day the Parliament had been on Wednesday last
continued) a Bill against forging of Evidences
and Writings, was read the first time.
On Monday the 8th day of February, the Bill
against forging of false Deeds and Writings, was
read the second time, & commissa ad ingrossand.
On Tuesday the 9th of February, the Bill
touching Pewterers, was read the first time.
Dominus Custos magni Sigilli continuavit præsens
Parliamentum usq; in diem Jovis prox. hora nona.
On Thursday the 11th day of February, the Bill
against forging of false Deeds and writings, was
read tertia vice, & conclusa, and sent down to
the House of Commons by the Queens Attorney
and Sollicitor.
On Monday the 15th day of February (to
which day the Parliament had been on Thursday
last continued) The Bill touching Fines to be
levyed in the County Palatine of Durham, The
Bill against carrying over Sea of Sheep Skins and
Pelts, not being Staple Ware, And the Bill to
revive certain Statutes Repealed for Servants robbing their Masters, the punishment of the Vice
of Buggery, against fond and phantastical Prophecies, and for the punishment of Invocation of
evil Spirits, Inchantments, Witchcrafts and Sorceries, were brought from the House of Commons, and each of them read prima vice.
Two Bills also had each of them their first and
second reading, of which the latter, being the
Bill for the Restitution in Blood of Thomas
Brooke, William Cromer, and Cutbert Vanghan, and
others, commissa suit Domino primario justiciario
Com. Placitor.
On Tuesday the 16th day of February, the Bill
for Restitution in Blood of Anne Thomas; The
Bill for Restitution in Blood of the Heirs of Thomas Isely; And the Bill for Restitution in Blood
of Thomas Diggs, were each of them read Primâ,
secundâ & tertiâ vice, & conclus. and were, with
two others, sent down to the House of Commons, by Serjeant Carus and the Queens Attorney.
Dominus Custos magni Sigilli continuavit præsens Parliamenum usq; in diem Crastinum bora
nona.
On Wednesday the 17th day of February, the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal Assembled, but
nothing was done, save only the Parliament continued by the Lord Keeper in usual Form, usq;
in diem crastinum hora nona.
On Thursday the 18th day of February, the Bill
touching Fines to be levied within the County
Palatine of Durham, and the Bill against carrying of Sheep Skins and Pelts over the Seas, not
being Staple Wares, were each of them read tertia vice & conclusæ.
On Saturday the 20th day of February (to
which day the Parliament had been on Thursday
last continued) Three Bills were brought up to
the Lords from the House of Commons, of which
the first being the Bill of one Subsidy and two
Fifteens and Tenths, granted by the Temporalty,
was read the first time.
The Bill for Assurance of certain Lands to
Sir Francis Jobson, was read the first time,
whereupon the Lords took Order that the Learned Counsel, as well of the said Francis, as of
the Bishop of Durham, whom it concerned,
should on Saturday then next following be heard,
what could on either side be said in furtherance
or disallowance of the same.
The Bill also for the Assurance of the Queens
Majesties Royal Power, over all States and Subjects within her Dominions, was brought up to
the Lords from the House of Commons.
On Monday the 22th day of February, two Bills
had each of them one reading; of which the
first being the Bill of one Subsidy and two Fisteens and Tenths, granted by the Temporalty,
was Secunda vice lect. but no mention is made,
that it was either Ordered to be ingrossed, or
referr'd to Committees, because it had been formerly sent up to the Lords from the House of
Commons.
On Tuesday the 23th day of February, the Bill
of one Subsidy and two Fifteens and Tenths,
granted by the Temporalty, was read tertiâ vice
& communi omnium Procerum assensu conclus. and
sent to the House of Commons by Serjeant Carus,
and Doctor Huicke.
Nota, That this Bill of Subsidy, after it had
passed the Upper House, was not by them altered or amended in any thing, but only sent
back again unto the House of Commons, to
whom it did most properly belong, and is on
the last day of the Parliament, or Session of Parliament, to be brought up by the Speaker of
the said House, as it was at this time on Saturday
the 10th day of April ensuing, and presented unto her Majesty by Thomas Williams Esq; Prolocutor of the said House, at this present Session,
before the gave her Royal Assent to such Acts as
passed.
On Thursday the 25th day of February, the
Bill for the Assurance of the Queens Majesties
Royal Power over all States and Subjects within
her Dominions, was read the first time.
On Saturday the 27th day of February, the
Bill for Restitution in Blood of the Children of
Thomas Cranmer, late Archbishop of Canterbury,
and the Bill declaring the Authority of the Lord
Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and the
Lord chancellor, to be one, were each of them
read prima vice.
Eight Bills were brought up to the Lords
from the House of Commons, of which the first,
being the Bill of one Subsidy and two Fifteens
and Tenths, granted by the Temporalty, and
the second against carrying over Sheep Skins and
Pelts over the seas, not being Staple Ware, were
each of them returned conclus.
This day, according to the Order formerly
taken, Sir Francis Jobson, with his Counsel, came
before the Lords, and by them declared .... And
no more is set down in the Original Journal-Book
of the Upper House; and by the negligence of
the Clerk the matter is so left abruptly; but it
doth plainly appear, that it was touching the
Assurance of certain Lands, which concerned
the Bishop of Durham, ut videas, on Saturday
the 20th of this Instant February foregoing.