House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 22 March 1715

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 20, 1714-1717. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

'House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 22 March 1715', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 20, 1714-1717, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 31-33. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol20/pp31-33 [accessed 19 April 2024]

DIE Martis, 22 Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Georgius Princeps Walliæ.



Arch. Ebor. Epus. London. Epus. Winton. Epus. Lich. & Cov. Epus. Eliens. Epus. Oxon. Epus. Bangor. Epus. Lincoln. Epus. Norwic. Epus. Hereford. Epus. Bristol. Epus. Cestrien. Epus. Gloucestr. Epus. Asaph.	Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius. Comes Nottingham, Præses. March. Wharton, Custos Privati Sigilli. Dux Devon, Senescallus. Dux Shrewsbury, Camerarius. Dux Somerset. Dux Richmond. Dux Grafton. Dux Ormond. Dux Northumberland. Dux St. Albans. Dux Bolton. Dux Marlborough. Dux Bucks. Dux Rutland. Dux Montagu. Dux Montrose. Dux Roxburgh. Dux Kent. March. Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius. March. Dorchester. Comes Pembroke. Comes Lincoln. Comes Dorset. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Manchester. Comes Berks. Comes Thanet. Comes Sunderland. Comes Scarsdale. Comes Clarendon. Comes Anglesey. Comes Radnor. Comes Berkeley. Comes Rochester. Comes Abingdon. Comes Holderness. Comes Portland. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Rochford. Comes Jersey. Comes Grantham. Comes Greenwich. Comes Poulet. Comes Godolphin. Comes Cholmondeley. Comes Loudoun. Comes Orkney. Comes De Loraine. Comes I'lay. Comes Strafford. Comes Carnarvon. Comes Rockingham. Comes Tankerville. Comes Halifax. Comes Aylesford. Comes Bristol. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Longueville. Viscount Bolingbroke. Viscount Tadcaster.	Ds. Willoughby Eresby. Ds. Hunsdon. Ds. St. John. Ds. Compton. Ds. Howard Escr. Ds. Bruce. Ds. Colepeper. Ds. Berkeley. Ds. Cornwallis. Ds. Lumley. Ds. Carteret. Ds. Stawell. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Ashburnham. Ds. Weston. Ds. Sommers. Ds. Belhaven. Ds. Harcourt. Ds. Boyle. Ds. Montjoy. Ds. Trevor. Ds. Lansdowne. Ds. Masham. Ds. Foley. Ds. Bathurst. Ds. Bingley. Ds. Saunderson. Ds. Harborough. Ds. Pierrepont. Ds. Carleton.

PRAYERS.

Daly versus French, to proceed on the Appeal.

Upon reading the Petition of Denis Daly Junior Esquire and Ellin his Wife; setting forth, "That, on the Twelfth of May last, they lodged an Appeal in this House, from a Decree of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, in January 1713; but, by means of the Shortness of the Session, the same was not heard; and upon Application to the Register of the said Court to make up the Decretal Order, he refused so to do;" and praying, "That the said Register may be ordered to make up the same, that the Petitioners may have it to produce before this House; and that they may be permitted to amend their said Appeal, by making Mary Lynch, Thomas Martin, Patrick Bodkin, and Michael Lynch, Respondents thereunto; and that they and Mary French the former Respondent may be required to answer the said Appeal; and that the Service of the Order of this House on their Six Clerk in the said Court may be good Service:"

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Register of the said Court of Chancery do make up the Decretal Order in the said Cause; and that the several Persons abovementioned be made Respondents to the said Appeal; and that they and the said Mary French be, and are hereby, required to put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Tuesday the Twenty-sixth Day of April next; and that the Service of this Order on the Respondents Six Clerk shall be good Service, in order thereunto.

Lords take the Oaths.

This Day James Duke of Ormond, John Duke of Rutland, William Lord Bishop of Ely, and Charles Lord Weston, took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes. Also,

Arthur Earl of Anglesey and Henry Earl of Rochester took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; their Lordships having first severally delivered Certificates of their receiving the Sacrament; to the Truth whereof, Witnesses were sworn and examined.

E. of Tankerville introduced.

Charles Lord Ossulstone, being, by Letters Patents, dat. Decimo Nono Die Octobris, Primo Georgii Regis, created Earl of Tankerville, was this Day (in his Robes) introduced, between the Earl of Lincoln and the Earl of Grantham (also in their Robes); the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Clarencieux King at Arms in the Absence of Garter King at Arms, and the Lord Great Chamberlain, preceding.

His Lordship presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolsack; who delivered it to the Clerk; and the same was read, at the Table.

His Writ of Summons was also read, as follows:

His Writ of Summons.

"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Mag. Britanniæ, Franc. & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &e. Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Carolo Comiti Tankerville, Salutem. Quia, de Advisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Mag. Brit. & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, quoddam Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Martii prox. futur. teneri ordinavimus; & ibidem, cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti Regni Nostri, Colloquium habere & Tractatum; vobis, sub Fide & Ligeantia quibus Nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod, consideratis dictorum Negotiorum Arduitate & Periculis imminentibus, cessante Excusatione quacunque, dictis Die & Loco personaliter intersitis, Nobiscum, ac cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus præd. super dictis Negotiis tractatur. vestrumque Consilium impensur.; & hoc sicut Nos & Honorem Nostrum, ac Salvationem & Defensionem Regni & Ecclesiæ præd. Expeditionemque dictorum Negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.

"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Januarii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo.

"Trevor. Dauling."

Then his Lordship was placed on the lower End of the Earls Bench.

L. Pierrepont introduced:

Also Gervase Lord Pierrepont in the Kingdom of Ireland, being, by Letters Patents, dat. Decimo Nono Die Octobris, Primo Georgii Regis, created Baron Pierrepont of Hanslip in the County of Bucks, was this Day, in like Manner, in his Robes, introduced, between the Lord Guilford and the Lord Harcourt (also in their Robes).

His Lordship presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolsack; who delivered it to the Clerk; and the same was read, at the Table.

His Writ of Summons was also read, as follows:

His Writ of Summons.

"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Mag. Britanniæ, Franc. & Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Prædilecto & Fideli Nostro Gervasio Pierrepont Ch'r, Salutem. Quia, de Advisamento & Assensu Concilii Nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri Mag. Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ, concernentibus, quoddam Parliamentum Nostrum, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Martii prox. futur. teneri ordinavimus; & ibidem, cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti Regni Nostri, Colloquium habere & Tractatum; vobis, sub Fide & Ligeantia quibus Nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod, consideratis dictorum Negotiorum Arduitate & Periculis imminentibus, cessante Excusatione quacunque, dictis Die & Loco personaliter intersitis, Nobiscum, ac cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus præd. super dictis Negotiis tractatur. vestrumque Consilium impensur.; & hoc sicut Nos & Honorem Nostrum, ac Salvationem & Defensionem Regni & Ecclesiæ præd. Expeditionemque dictorum Negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.

"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Januarii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo.

"Trevor. Dauling."

Then his Lordship was placed on the lower End of the Barons Bench.

And then Charles Earl of Tankerville and Gervase Lord Pierrepont came to the Table, and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Address reported:

The Duke of Bolton reported from the Lords Committees appointed to draw an Address, to be presented to His Majesty, pursuant to an Order of this House Yesterday, "That they had drawn an Address accordingly, as follows; (videlicet,)

"Most Gracious Sovereign,

"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, beg Leave to present to Your Majesty our most humble and hearty Thanks, for Your Majesty's most Gracious Speech to Your Houses of Parliament; and to assure Your Majesty, that, although we met together with Hearts deeply sensible of the Goodness of Divine Providence to us, in bringing Your Majesty with Safety, and at so critical a Juncture, to the Throne of Your Ancestors, yet we could not but become still more affected with that inestimable Blessing, when we heard so very affectionate Expressions from Your Majesty towards Your People; so clear and full Assurances, from a Prince of such known Honour and Justice, that the established Constitution in Church and State shall be the Rule of Your Government; and so just and tender a Concern for our not having obtained those Advantages by the Peace, which would have been but a suitable Conclusion to so glorious and successful a War; nor as yet a due Execution of some Conditions, even of that Peace, essential to the Security and Trade of this Kingdom.

"We are affected with Wonder, as well as with a just Resentment, that a Pretender to Your Majesty's Crown should be yet permitted to reside so near Your Dominions; especially after his public boasting of an Assistance he expects here, and his avowing a Design to invade this Your Majesty's Kingdom.

"We are but too sensible that our Trade is rendered impracticable in the most valuable Branches of it, and of the ill Effects that must have upon our Manufactures and Navigation: But Your Majesty may be assured, nothing shall be wanting on our Part, that may any Way conduce to the retrieving it.

"These and other Difficulties Your Majesty hath met with on Your Accession to the Crown (and which, we must observe, in Justice to Your Wisdom and Foresight, would have been prevented had Your Opinion been followed), we must confess, are very great and discouraging: However, we do not doubt but that Your Majesty, assisted by this Parliament, zealous for Your Government, and the Safety and Honour of their Country, may be able to take such further Measures, as will secure what is due to us by Treaties, ease our Debts, preserve the Public Credit, restore our Trade, extinguish the very Hopes of the Pretender, and recover the Reputation of this Kingdom in Foreign Parts; the Loss of which, we hope to convince the World by our Actions, is by no Means to be imputed to the Nation in general.

"And these good Ends cannot fail of being obtained, by Your Majesty's pursuing with Steadiness, as You have begun, the true Interest of this Your obedient and affectionate People: And Your Majesty may, by God's Blessing, depend that, in Conjunction with so loyal a Parliament, You will be able to lay Foundations that can never be moved, not only of the Security and Glory, but even of the Ease and Tranquillity of Your Government, and that of Your Majesty's Posterity; for which we offer up our most ardent Prayers, that it may for ever continue to reign after Your Majesty on the Throne of these Kingdoms, and in the Hearts of a People truly happy, and fully sensible of their being so."

Then the same was read by the Clerk entire.

And the Three first Paragraphs, being again read, were severally agreed to by the House.

Then the Fourth Paragraph being read;

Motion for omitting Words in it.

It was moved, "That at the Close thereof these Words be left out; (videlicet,) ["And recover the Reputation of this Kingdom in Foreign Parts; the Loss of which, we hope to convince the World by our Actions, is by no Means to be imputed to the Nation in general."]

After Debate;

The Question was put, "Whether those Words shall stand Part of this Address?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That this be the Address to be presented to His Majesty.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty by the whole House.

Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do wait on His Majesty, humbly to know what Time His Majesty will please to appoint to be attended by this House, with the said Address.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, vicesimum tertium diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.