House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 14 June 1715

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

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 14 June 1715', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 20, 1714-1717, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 73-74. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol20/pp73-74 [accessed 25 April 2024]

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DIE Martis, 14 Junii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Bath & Well.
Epus. Menev.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Gloucestr.		 Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Comes Nottingham, Præses.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Schonburg.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montrose.
March. Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius.
March. Dorchester.
March. Tweddale.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Bute.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Viscount Longueville.		 Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. St. John.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Rosse.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Saunderson.
Ds. Harborough.
Ds. Carleton.

PRAYERS.

Bridges versus Hitchcock & al.

Upon reading the Petition of Shem Bridges Esquire; praying, "That the Hearing of his Appeal, which is appointed for Friday next, may be put off for a Week; he being very ill; and Notice having been given to the other Side, pursuant to the Standing Order of this House:"

And a Person being called in, and examined upon Oath, at the Bar, touching the said Notice:

It is Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Appeal be, and is hereby, adjourned till Tuesday next, at Eleven a Clock.

Farthinge versus Wright & al.:

Whereas this Day was appointed for hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Walter Farthing Gentleman; complaining of a Decree of the Court of Chancery, made the Sixth of December 1711, and of the Confirmation of the Master's Report thereupon, the Fourth of December 1713, in a Cause wherein John Wright and others were Plaintiffs, and the Appellant was Defendant; and praying, "That the same may be reversed:"

Counsel appeared for the Respondents, but none for the Appellant; and they stating the Case, and praying exemplary Costs may be awarded by this House: The Appellant, being present, was also heard; and desiring further Time to procure Counsel, to maintain the Allegations in his said Appeal; they were directed to withdraw.

And being withdrawn accordingly:

Judgement affirmed, with Costs.

It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Petition and Appeal be, and is hereby, dismissed this House; and that the Decree, and Confirmation of the Master's Report therein complained of be, and are hereby, affirmed: And it is further Ordered, That the Appellant do pay, or cause to be paid, to the Respondents, the Sum of Forty Pounds, for their Costs in this House.

Menzies versus Menzies & al.:

Upon reading the Petition of Charles Menzies Gentleman; praying, "In regard the Persons ordered to answer the Petitioner's Appeal have not so done, nor will their Solicitor Mr. Alexand'r Hamilton allow the Second Order for that Purpose, granted Ten Days ago, to be served or notified to him; that therefore this House will appoint a short peremptory Day, for hearing and determining of the said Appeal ex Parte; betwixt and which Time the Respondents may answer, if they think fit; and that the Notification thereof to the Solicitor shall be sufficient:"

Respondents to answer peremptorily.

It is Ordered, That if the Respondents do not put in their Answers within Five Days after Notice of this Order, that then this House will appoint a Day for hearing the said Cause, in order to proceed ex Parte; and that the Service of this Order on the Respondents said Solicitor shall be good Service.

Trenchard's Bill.

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable Trustees to grant Leases of Part of the Lands devised by the last Will and Testament of Thomas Trenchard Esquire, deceased."

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

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir Thomas Gery and Mr. Rogers:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.

Basill versus Sir A. Acheson:

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause depending in this House, wherein Martin Caulfield Basill Esquire is Appellant, and Sir Arthur Acheson Baronet Respondent:"

Hearing appointed.

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Wednesday the Twenty-second Day of this Instant June, at Eleven a Clock.

Bromfield's Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for confirming a Sale already made to Edmund Dummer Gentleman of some Part, and for vesting other Part, of the Estate of John Bromfield Esquire, in the County of Southampton, comprized in the Articles made upon his Marriage with Anne his Wife, in Trustees, to be sold, for the Payment of his Debts; and for settling the remaining Part thereof, as near as may be, to the Intent of the said Articles; and by making thereby, and by other Means in the Act mentioned, some Provision for the said John Bromfield and Anne his Wife, and their Issue."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

Dux Grafton.
Dux Bolton.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Derby.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Aylesford.
Viscount Longueville.		 Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Menev.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Gloucestr.		 Ds. Delawar.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. St. John.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Harborough.
Ds. Carleton.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Wednesday the Twenty-ninth Day of this Instant June, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Gardiner discharged.

John Gardiner, in Custody of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, for Non-payment of his Fees, upon account of arresting John Lord Bellendine, a Peer of Great Britain, was this Day (according to Order) brought to the Bar; and being, on his Knees, reprimanded by the Lord Chancellor for his said Offence, was discharged.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad & in diem Mercurii, decimum quintum diem instantis Junii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

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