House of Lords Journal Volume 13: 21 February 1678

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 13, 1675-1681. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 13: 21 February 1678', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 13, 1675-1681, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 156-157. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol13/pp156-157 [accessed 24 April 2024]

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DIE Jovis, 21 die Februarii.

REX.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

His Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke.
Arch. Eborac.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Cov. & Litch.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Gloucester.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Chichester.
Epus. Landaff.
Epus. Lyncolne.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. St. David's.		 Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Cancellarius.
Ds. Thesaurarius Angl.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Bucks.
Dux Albemarle.
Dux Monmouth.
Marq. Winton.
L. Great Chamberlain.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Kent.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes St. Alban.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Essex.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Bath.
Comes Carlile.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylesbury.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Powis.
Comes Feversham.
Vicecomes Conway.
Vicecomes Stafford.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Hallyfax.
Vicecomes Newport.		 Ds. Mowbray.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Morley.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Stourton.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. North et Grey.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Petre.
Ds. Arundell W.
Ds. Tenham.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Coventry.
Ds. Hatton.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Carington.
Ds. Widdrington.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Gerard B.
Ds. Holles.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Frescheville.
Ds. Arundell de T.
Ds. Butler de W.

PRAYERS.

Northern Borders Bill.

Hodie 1 vice lecta est Billa, "An Act for continuance of Two former Acts, for preventing of Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders of England."

Clifton's Bill.

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, "An Act to confirm such Sale as hereafter shall be made of the Manor of Alwoodby, in the County of Yorke, by Sarah Clifton, the Widow of Robert Clifton deceased."

The Question being put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it; and to remind them of the Bill against clandestine Marriage.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir John Coell and Sir Miles Cooke:

1. To deliver them the Bill to confirm such Sale as hereafter shall be made of the Manor of Alwoodby, in the County of Yorke, by Sarah Clifton, the Widow of Robert Clifton, deceased; and to desire the Concurrence of the House of Commons therein.

2. To desire they would give Expedition to the Bill formerly sent down, to prevent clandestine Marriages.

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir George Downing and others; who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable Sir John Cotton Baronet to dispose of a Messuage, called St. Jermans, and Lands therewith used, near St. Albans, in the County of Hertford, and to settle Lands in Lieu thereof;" to which their Lordships Concurrence is desired.

Mrs. Fane's Pet. for Witnesses to attend concerning Cartwright's Estate Bill.

Upon reading the Petition of Mary Fane Widow; praying, "That the Right Honourable the Lady Rhoda Fairfax, Sir Robert Markham, Sir Thomas Hussey, the Honourable Mrs. Ursula Cartwright, Mrs. Jane Hussey, Mrs. Mary Gabell, Mrs. Ellis, Mr. Alexander Hurlston, Mr. Christopher Newell, Mr. Mathew Hutton, Mr. William Hussey, and Mr. Kilby, may be summoned to attend the Lords Committees who are appointed to consider of a Bill, intituled, "An Act for settling the Personal Estate, Goods, and Chattels Real, of John Cartwright, of Aynhoe on the Hill, in the County of North'ton, Esquire, deceased," to give their Evidence touching Three Wills pretended to have been made by the said Mr. Cartwright:"

Order for their Attendance.

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Rhoda Lady Fairfax, Sir Robert Markham, Sir Thomas Hussey, Mrs. Ursula Cartwright, Mrs. Jane Hussey, Mrs. Mary Gabell, Mrs. Ellis, Mr. Alexander Hurlston, Mr. Christopher Newell, Mr. Mathew Hutton, Mr. William Hussey, and Mr. Kilby, be, and are hereby, required to appear at the Bar of this House, on Tuesday the 26th Instant, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, to be sworn there, in order to their Examination concerning the said Wills, before the said Lords Committees on the same 26th Instant, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers, and at such other Times as their Lordships shall think fit.

Vacat per Ordinem 13tii Novembris, 1680, coram

J. Bridgewater.
P. Bath & Wells.
Wm. Peterborough.
Tho. Exon.

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Vacat per Ordinem 13tii Novembris, 1680, coram

J. Bridgewater.
P. Bath & Wells.
Wm. Peterborough.
Tho. Exon.

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How versus E. of Rutland for privileging Mason.

The House being informed, "That Sir Scroope How having brought his Action against Mason, a Carpenter, for felling Timber in his Ground, the Earl of Rutland hath entertained the said Carpenter as his menial Servant, since the said Action brought against him, whereby he is privileged against the said Action:"

It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Matter of Fact shall be made out, by Witnesses, at the Bar of this House, To-morrow at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Veneris, 22um diem instantis Februarii, hora decima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.

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