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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… no other reason but for the countenance of justice. Lord Whitlock. This petition is clearly determinable in the … Speaker directed the petitions ordered to be read. Lord Whitlock said he would not hinder that petition; but desired … 10 and threw it from him upon the table. Per Lord Whitlock and Mr. Attorney-General. Resolved, that Mr. …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the Lord Goring should be reprieved. This one vote," says Whitlock, "was the Speaker, who carried the House, between …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… to attend the service of this House. The Lord Commissioner Whitlock, reported from the Committee to wait on his Highness … to, must conclude us. So we approve we know not what. Lord Whitlock. I hope your Committee has given you no such … is like make work and mar work; below a Parliament. Lord Whitlock. I doubt, if you loose that link, you give occasion …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… enough, and the right was best to be determined here. Lord Whitlock. Inns of Court never paid any assessments hitherto. … call them in, and take your own time for reading it. Lord Whitlock. Receive it now, and read it to-morrow. Colonel … knew the petition, he ought to have asked leave. Lord Whitlock. It is clear to me, for all that is said to the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… which it passed, May 26, 1657, Parl. Hist. xxi. 129–142. Whitlock says, "I declined the first delivery of the Petition …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… 19, 1644, though not without opposition, especially from Whitlock, (see Memorials, p. 119,) when it was rejected by … vii. 620. "Feb. 4, 1657–8. Divers were imprisoned," says Whitlock, "upon the new plot, and the Protector and his …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… stayed a month: it may well stay till next meeting. Lord Whitlock. It is strange logic to say, because we have been a … the Engagement appears to have been by no means general. Whitlock (Feb. 23, 1649, 50) reports the receipt of " …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… neither sheriffs nor constables. Colonel Jones and Lord Whitlock moved, that a Committee might be appointed to bring … regulate the body of the law would be impracticable. Lord Whitlock. The law is a just rule, and a regulation itself. … non-alienating the revenue, was read. Mr. Speaker and Lord Whitlock. If you tie it up so that the public revenue shall …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… p. 386,) and again, "Feb. 26, 1648–9," when, according to Whitlock, "John Lilburn delivered a paper to the House, with … was assassinated at the Hague, in May 1649, according to Whitlock by "twelve English Cavaliers in disguise," had been …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… in some cases. We remember Lord Strafford's case. 5 Lord Whitlock agreed this to be very proper, not to reveal them … any thing to the disadvantage of the Commonwealth." Lord Whitlock. It is not fit to put such a stress upon the office … and who are settled in their consciences. Lord Whitlock. There is a great weight in what this noble lord …