House of Lords Journal Volume 18: 12 November 1705

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 18, 1705-1709. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 18: 12 November 1705', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 18, 1705-1709, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 15-16. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol18/pp15-16 [accessed 26 April 2024]

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DIE Lunæ, 12 Novembris.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Landaven.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Bath & Well.
Epus. Asaph.
Epus. Lincoln.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
Ds. Godolphin, Thesaurarius.
Dux Newcastle, C. P. S.
Dux Devonshire, Senescallus.
Dux Southampton.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Buckingham & Normanby.
Comes Kent, Camerarius.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Essex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Portland.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Viscount Weymouth.
Ds. De Lawarr.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Grey W.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Conway.

PRAYERS.

Lords take the Oaths.

The Lords following took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; (videlicet,)

Prince George of Denmarke, Duke of Cumberland.
Charles Duke of Grafton.
Thomas Earl of Westmorland.
John Earl of Anglesey.
William Lord Bishop of Landaff.
Simon Lord Bishop of Ely.
George Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells.
John Lord De Lawarr.

Palmes versus Barstow.

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of William Palmes Esquire, from a Decree made in the Court of Chancery, the Seven and Twentieth Day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Four, on the Behalf of Thomas Barstow; and praying the Reversal of the said Decree:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Thomas Barstow may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and shall and he is hereby required to put in his Answer thereunto, in Writing, on Monday the Third Day of December next, at Eleven a Clock in the Forenoon.

Lambe versus Jackson, in Error:

Upon reading the humble Petition of James Jackson; shewing, "That the Petitioner, in Easter Term last, recovered a Judgement in Chancery against William Lambe Esquire, for the Payment of Six Hundred Pounds Debt, besides Costs of Suit; who, to delay the Petitioner, hath since obtained a Writ of Error, returnable in Parliament; which was brought into this House on Wednesday the One and Thirtieth Day of October last;" and praying, "That (pursuant to the Standing Orders of this House) the said Writ of Error be discontinued, and Judgement affirmed for the Petitioner, and the Record be remitted:"

Writ discontinued.

It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said William Lambe shall lose his Writ of Error, and the same is hereby discontinued; and that the Record shall be remitted to the Court of Chancery, to the End Execution may be had thereupon as if no such Writ of Error had been brought into this House.

The Tenor of which Judgement, to be affixed to the Record to be remitted, follows; (videlicet,)

"Et postea, scilicet, Duodecimo Die Novembris, Anno Regni dictæ Dominæ Reginæ nunc Angl. &c. Quarto, usque quem Diem prædict. Will'us Lambe habuit Licentiam Error. in Record. prædict. assign. venit Jacobus Jackson per Basil. Herne Arm. Attorn. suum, & prædict. Will'us Lambe non ven. nec Error. in Record. prædict. assignavit: Ideo consideratum est, per eandem Cur. Parliamenti, eo quod predict. Will'us Lambe Breve de Error prædict. non prosecut. fuit, quod Record. et Process. prædict. in prædict. Cur. Cancellar. remittantur, pro Executione inde pro dict. Jacobo Jackson fiend."

House called, and Standing Orders read.

The House (according to the Order of the Day) was called over; and the Lords following, being absent, were, for several Reasons, excused; (videlicet,)

John Lord Hervey.
John Lord Gower.
Heneage Lord Gernsey.
Christopher Lord Bernard.
Henry Lord Herbert.
Charles Lord Weston.
William Lord Lempster.
John Lord Ashburnham.
Hugh Lord Cholmondeley.
William Lord Stawell.
Charles Lord Ossulstone.
William Lord Craven.
Charles Lord Cornwallis.
Robert Lord Lexington.
William Lord Byron.
Henry Lord Jermyn and Lord Dover.
Thomas Lord Leigh.
Thomas Lord Raby.
Charles Lord Mohun.
Banistre Lord Maynard.
John Lord Poulett.
John Lord Lovelace.
Foulke Lord Brooke.
James Lord Chandos.
William Lord Pagett.
Hugh Lord Willughby of Parham.
Thomas Lord Wharton.
Richard Lord Willughby of Broke.
Edward Lord Dudley & Ward.
Charles Lord Fitzwalter.
Robert Lord Ferrers.
James Lord Berkeley.
George Lord Bergevenny.
George Lord Bishop of St. Davids.
Edward Lord Bishop of Gloucester.
John Lord Bishop of Bristol.
Nicholas Lord Bishop of Chester.
Thomas Lord Bishop of Rochester.
William Lord Bishop of Worcester.
Nathaniel Lord Bishop of Durham, and Lord Crew.
Charles Viscount Townshend.
Nathaniel Viscount Say & Seale.
Price Viscount Hereford.
Thomas Earl of Coventry.
Arnold Joust Earl of Albemarle.
William Earl of Rochford.
George Earl of Warrington.
Richard Earl of Scarbrough.
Arthur Earl of Torrington.
Other Earl of Plimouth.
Robert Earl of Holdernesse.
Montague Venables Earl of Abingdon.
Charles Earl of Berkeley.
William Earl of Yarmouth.
Charles Earl of Radnor.
Thomas Earl of Sussex.
Anthony Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury.
Charles Earl of Carlisle.
Edward Earl of Sandwich.
Charles Earl of Sunderland.
Thomas Earl of Thanet.
Phillip Earl of Chesterfeild.
Charles Earl of Carnarvon.
Evelin Earl of Kingston.
Charles Earl of Peterborow & Monmouth.
Thomas Earl of Berkshire.
Poulet Earl of Bolingbroke.
George Earl of Northampton.
John Earl of Leicester.
Scroop Earl of Bridgewater.
John Earl of Exeter.
Charles Earl of Dorsett & Middl'x.
Henry Earl of Suffolke.
James Earl of Derby.
Robert Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain of Eng'd.
Ralph Duke of Montagu.
John Duke of Rutland.
John Duke of Marlborough.
Wriothesley Duke of Bedford.
Thomas Duke of Leeds.
Charles Duke of Shrewsbury.
Mainhardt Duke of Schonburg.
Charles Duke of St. Albans.
George Duke of Northumberland.
James Duke of Ormonde.
Charles Duke of Southampton.
Charles Duke of Richmond.
Thomas Duke of Norfolke, Earl Marshal of Engl'd.
Thomas Earl of Pembroke, Lord President.
Thomas Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.

Then the Roll of Standing Orders was read.

Union between England and Scotland, Address for Proceedings about it since last Session.

The House taking Notice of that Part of Her Majesty's Speech relating to an Union between the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, "That Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to lay before this House, what hath passed since the last Session of Parliament in England, in relation to the Succession of the Crown of Scotland, and to the intended Treaty of Union in the Parliament of that Kingdom."

Then Lords Committees were appointed, to draw an humble Address, to be presented to Her Majesty, pursuant to the aforesaid Order; and report to the House; (videlicet,)

Ds. Godolphin, Thesaurarius.
Dux Devonshire, Senescallus.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Buckingham & Normanby.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Viscount Weymouth.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Bath & Well.
Epus. Lincoln.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Grey W.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Granville.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Adjourn.

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, decimum tertium diem instantis Novembris, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.