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AN Alphabetical TABLE
Of the most material
Bills, Debates, and other Matters
Contained in this BOOK.
A
Accomptants; a bill for satisfaction against them p.83
Ale complained of by Mr. Johnson, that 'tis as strong as Wine, and will burn like Sack p.181
Ale-houses; a bill to suppress their
multitude 135
-,
No man to frequent any within
two miles of his own dwelling 196
Alchouse-keepers: Corporal punishments moved to be inflicted on them
181
-,
Mr. Glascock opposes it Ibid.
Aliens, their children to pay strangers customs 10
Alisbury: a bill concerning their Highway-land 119
Apparel; a bill to reform excess in it, passed 7, 125
Armour and Weapons; a bill touching them 105
Arrest complained of 134, &;c.
Artillery, where was but Iron, now Brass 59
Assurance of Land : a bill for it 132, 143
Attendants made joynt Committees with Lords , as had been usual in former Parliaments of this' Queen; but was not so in after-times 5
Attorney-General reflected on 141
Attorneys their number
: see Suits their
multiplicity
-,
Inconvenient that Scriveners
should act as such 209
Auditors; a bill to prevent fraud in them and their Clerks 146
Award: a bill to establish one 111
B
Bastardie, a bill against it 106
-,
A Case put about it by Mr. Wiseman, discussed 133
Beating the servant of a Member , argued 259, 260
Beggars: a bill for their extirpation 105
Berwick; a bill for that Town 26
Bill, after ingrossed, not to be look'd
into 209
-,
One returned by the Lords, because sent up in Parchment,
when it should have been Paper 89
Bills, not to be brought into the House obscurely 189
Bishops Leases ; a bill about them 186
Bishoprick, the greatest in England but 2200 l. per an. 187
Blades: a bill for true making those of Daggers, Swords and Rapiers 115
Blasphemers to be severely punish'd
188
-,
An Instance of the great scandal
caus'd by them Ibid.
Bloud: a bill for the restitntion of Sir Tho. Perrot 73
Book-debts; the bill largely debated
282, 283
-,
An Example of a Mercer 271
Bread; a bill for its lawful Assize 74
Bridges; a bill for their repairing 110, 114
Brokers retailing : a bill for them 97
Brownists deserve to be rooted out
76
-,
A Sect too well known in England
320
Buildings; a bill for restraint of new ones 77
Bullion, a bill to prevent its transportation 226
-,
Debated and spoken to 227
Burgesses, two in competition 193
-,
A Saying of Sir Edward Hobby
concerning them Ibid.
L. Burleigh, the oldest Parliament-man 93
C
Caps: See Hats
Captains and Souldiers 5,6,136
Cards for Wool ; a bill to prevent their importation 110
Case of Thomas Fitz-herbert 27
Cask: see Clap-board.
Catalogue of the names of Parliamentmen 337
Causey; a bill to mend that of Egham 114
Cecil Sir Robert (Secretary) his large
Speech 182, 183, 184
-,
His saying Sir Robert Wroth had
offered 100 l. per an. towards
the War with Spain 185
Chancellor, (Sir Christopher Hatton) his Speech 2
Charitable Uses : a bill to prevent deceits and breaches of trust about them 97
Charter: a bill to confirm that of K. Edw. 6. to the Hospitals about London 227
Chirurgeons. A bill to provide able
ones for Sea 93
-,
A bill for the well ordering of
them 114
-,
A Case concerning a Cure 324
Church: a bill against wilful abstaining from it, debated 227, 228
-,
A bill for more diligent repair to.
it, argued at large 273, 274,
275
Clap-board; a bill concerning it 73
Clergie; the benefit of it taken from them that steal away women without their consent 85
Cloaths; a bill concerning several sorts 72, 98
Cloath Northern ; a bill against stretching and Taintering 113
Cloathworkers: a Committee for them 222
Coaches; a bill to restrain their superfluous and excessive use 132
Colchester: a bill concerning its Haven and Paving 74
Collection for poor Souldiers by the
Lords
43, 146
-,
The like by the Commons 43
-,
How disposed of 269
Command from the Queen to sit in the afternoons for dispatch , being to sit but a week longer 309
Commons called over
15, 28
-,
chuse their Speaker 15, 53
-,
Attend the Queen in the Councilchamber, where the Speaker
makes a Speech 261
-,
Fall on their knees while the Qu.
speaks 263
Are bidden to rise 264
Conveyances original by the Queen : a bill 6
Cordwayners; a bill concerning them 23
Corn; a bill to stay it within the Realm 92
Correction: a bill for houses to be erected 87
Cottages; a bill against erecting and maintaining them 10
Counsel to attend on several occasions 28, 139, 140
Coyn: a bill to prevent its transportation 201
Curriers: a bill concerning them 23
Customs: a bill to advance them 200
D
Debates with some heat 297
Debts of Sir Henry Hatton: a bill concerning them 106
Defaulters noted 28
Defeasances; a bill for enrolling and exemplifying of them 109
Delays; a bill to prevent them in Executions upon Judgments 135
Deprivation of Edm. Bonner late Bishop of London 68
-,
And of divers other Bishops 85
Devon; a bill for a Key in the North part, in the River of Severn 144
Disorder in the House noted and reproved 301
Disms and Tenths; a bill for their payment 6
Dominions why not enlarged 48
Doors of the Lords being shut
, complained of, commanded to be opened
57
-,
Their shutting excused 174
Dover-peer
; a bill for its maintenance 23
-,
Spoken to by Sir Walter Rawleigh
309
-,
And by Secretary Cecil 323
Doubt propounded and resolved 96
Double-Soal-Green, a Highway neer London, order'd to be amended 272
Draining certain grounds: a bill for it 91
Drake Sir Francis resolved to be sent to Sea against the Spaniards 65
Dunkirk- Pirates spoken against by
Mr. Dannet: his motion 280, 281
-,
It began with two Ships 280
Dunkirkers trouble our Fisher-men 58
Durham: Writs upon Proclamations upon Exigents to be currant in that County Palatine 7
E
Ecclesiastical Judges ; a bill against their excessive Fees 110
Eclipse, a great one about noon 322
Election: a Letter about a disturbance in the Election of Knights of the Shire 190
Embroiderers; a bill to reform their abuses 222
Effex Earl created Earl Marshal
, and
took his place 90
-,
His rising 208
-,
His matters 248
-,
His going into Ireland, 300000 l.
-,
Spent since 199
Exchequer: a bill touching the exactions there 17
-,
A bill concerning Proces and
Pleadings there 21
-,
A bill for the observation of Rules
there 143
Exeter: a bill for confirming Letters
Patents to the Merchant-adventurers
there 115
-,
A bill for uniting certain Churches into one Parish 193
Excuses for Lords absence to be made by Peers , and not by others 135
Eye and Dunsden
Security to the Citie
for 20000 l. lent to the Queen 290
-,
A bill to re-unite them to the
Mannor of Sunning, debated
Ibid.
F
Family of Love: See Brownists.
Felonies hereafter to be committed, their punishment 108
Fifteens and Tenths: see Subsidies.
Fish Salted: a bill concerning them 69
Fishing, how prejudicial to the Lord Admiral 237
Fishmongers admitted to the Bar with Counsel 309
Forcible Entries: a bill to explain the Statute of 8 Hen. 6. concerning them 11
Forestallers: a bill against them 102
Forms of speech in French at the passing of Acts 12, 13, 49, 50
Foul play in the House complained of,
and briskly argued 321
-,
A great stir about it Ibid.
French King made great by the Queens Supports 182
Fuel: a bill for the Size of it 146
Furnaces: See Glass-houses.
Fustians: a bill about them 113
G
Gaging: Brewers and others to be heard about it 24
Garbling: a bill for reforming abuses in it 121
Gavil-kinde; a bill to alter the nature
of it 113
-,
Arguments about it 303
Glass-houses and Furnaces, a bill about them 27
Government of Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmerland, and Durham: a bill to make it more peaceable 136
Grammar-School of Tunbridge, a bill to assure its maintenance 11
Grammar-Schools, a bill for good order in them 113
Grants made to her Majesty , a bill to confirm them; as also Letters Patents made by her 133
H
Hartlepool; a bill for maintenance of their Poor 22
Hats and Caps: a bill for their true making 253
Hawkers; a bill against them 210
Heale (Sergeant) hum'd and laugh'd at
205
-,
Is shew'd his mistake Ibid.
Hemp; its sowing in England opposed by Sir Walter Raleigh 188
Herrings: see Fish salted.
Horses; a bill for their breed and increase 133
-,
To have Horse, Armour, and
Weapons 7
Horse-stealing, a bill to prevent it 6, 106
Hospitals; a bill for their erection 106
-,
A bill for that of Lamborn 10
-,
A bill for that of Bristol 88
-,
A bill for that of Warwick 93
-,
A bill for that of S. Bartholomew
221
-,
A bill for Nevil's Hospital in
Yorkshire 111
House: the Lord Dela Ware petitions for his place in it 83
Hue and Cry; a bill touching it 105
Husbandry and Tillage, a bill for its
increase 5
-,
A bill against its decay 97
I
Impropriations; a bill to relieve the Poor out of them 107
Inclosures and Inmates; a bill to restrain them neer London and Westminster 77
Inclosures and Tillage, a bill concerning them 105
Innes, &;c. a bill to reform disorders in
them 17
-,
See it debated 278
Innovation complained of against the
Lords
93
-,
Their resolution thereupon 94
Invasions, greater intented than ever heard of 33
Inventions new; a bill to monopolize them, thrown out 311
Journal; the Lord Treasurers motion about it 83
Joynture; a bill to assure it 9
-,
See 95, 98, 142.
Judges joyned Committees with the Lords 5
Justices of Peace, their luxuriant
power a Grievance 275
-,
A hot contest about them 275,
276, 277
-,
A fling at them by the by 268
-,
Reflected on from the Queen 151
-,
Further Reflections 355
-,
A motion against their sianderers
277
Jurors; a bill for their relief 69
K
L. Keeper, (Sir John Puckering) his
speech in Parliament 32
-,
Answers the Speaker of the Commons 36
-,
Replies to him 37
-,
His second Reply 47
-, (Sir Tho. Egerton) his Speech
79, 80, 81
-,
He answers the Speaker 150
-,
His Speech in the Star-chamber,
by the Queens command 353
Kersies; a bill to repeal a Statute made 14 Reginæ 284
L
Labourers: a bill to explain the Statute 5 Reginæ 89
Lands: Bills for sale of them 9, 88, 96
-,
Forfeited for Treason, confirmed
to the Queen 40
-,
Proceedings thereupon Ibid.
-,
See Bills for other Sales 70, 136
Laws Superfluous and burthen some: a
bill to abridge and reform them
103
-,
Often spoken against, and argued
by many 180, 193
Lease from her Majesty , a bill to confirm it 91
Leases made by Archbishops and Bishops : a bill about them 107
Lessees to enjoy their Leases against all Patents 96
Letters Patents for Lincoln, a bill to confirm them 67
Libel complained of, called The Assembly of Fools; but found to be an old Toy 217
License to depart given by the House 23, 27
Licenses for Marriage , their abuses moved against 104
Lincoln and Nottingham; a bill to confirm Statutes Merchants there 114
Logwood: a bill to establish it in dying of Cloth, &;c. 111
London: a bill to confirm the authority
of the Lord Mayor in St. Katherines
224
-,
The Sheriffs committed 35 H. 8.
196
Longford Estover; a bill for rebuilding of it 103
Lords temporal present at a dissolution
of Parliament
12
-,
Both Spiritual and temporal at
commencement 13, 129
Losses casual: a bill for relief of pri soners and others so impoverished 107
M
Maltsters; a bill to suppress their multitude 103
Mannors and Lands: a bill to give leave to alienate 113
Mariners; a bill for their increase and
maintenance 86
-,
A bill for well ordering them and
Sea-men 113
Marshals man brought before the Lords for an Arrest 87
Message from the Queen by Mr. Speaker
about Monopolies
248
-,
Seconded by Mr. Secretary Cecil
249
-,
Joyfully received 252
-,
Thanks ordered to be returned
253
-,
A motion to record it; and further Spoken to 257, 258
-,
Another from the Queen by Mr.
Comptroller 261
Misdemeanours in leud and idle persons: a bill to prevent them 133
Mistake about an Adjournment
102
-,
About the Question 66
-,
About the manner of receiving
Bills 94
Money transported impoverisheth the
Realm
21
-,
Better for this Kingdom if none
in the world 225
Monopolies, their Grievance 130
-,
Several Smart Speeches on that
subject 230, &;c.
-,
See much more to the same purpose 238, 239, 240, &;c.
Morter-makers, alias Plaisterers 314
Mortmain; a bill touching it 21
Motions made by several
61, 68
-,
One by Sir Arthur Gorge, about
Justices, noted by Secretary
Cecil 204
-,
Another by the Speaker in behalf
of the Clerk 16
Musters, &;c. a bill concerning them
133
-,
Lawyers to be exempted: a pleasant motion 329
N
Naturalization; several bills for several persons. See 11,40,44, 69,78,144
Navie; a bill for its maintenance 137
Navigation: See Mariners.
Newcastle: a bill to confirm Statutes Merchant acknowledged there 124
Newport: See Dunkirk. Two base Towns 280
Non-residents: See Pluralities.
Northampton: a bill for the Town 106
Norwich; a bill to establish that Bishoprick against a concealed Title 90
Nottingham: See Lincoln.
O
Obedience: a bill to continue the people in it 55
-,
The Heads of it Ibid.
Order of the Lords about Painters and
Plaisterers
147, 148
-,
For the relief of Maimed Souldiers 42
Ordnance: a bill to prohib it their
transportation 291
-,
Debates, some for the bill, and
some for petitioning the Queen
to revoke her Patent 291, 292, &;c.
-,
The bill asleep in the Lower House
333
-,
The Speaker promises to mention
it in his Speech to the Queen;
but does not 334
-,
Which caused a Murmur Ibid.
-,
It is further spoken to Ibid.
Orford-Haven , a bill for its preservation 9
Outlawries secret: a bill to avoid them 11
P
Painters and Plaisterers to be heard
144
-,
Their Case debated 270,271
See more 313,314,315
Painting; a bill to prevent abuses in it
114
-,
A bill of no great moment 191
Pamphlets published by Jesuits and Seminaries 331
Pardon free, several bills for it 29,
49, 147, 335
-,
To be craved for extravagant
Speeches in the House 252
-,
Thanks for the same 12, 150, 335
-,
It passeth at once reading; whereas other bills have three 44
Parishes, of 8800 and odde, not above 600 afford a competency 218
Paris-garden; a bill to re-unite the Mannor 121
Parliament summoned to begin
Nov. 12.
prorogued to Feb. 4. 1588. 1
-,
Dissolved, March 29.1589. 29
-,
Passed into Acts 16 publick, and
8 private Bills Ibid.
-,
Began, Nov. 19. 1592. 31
-,
Dissolved, Apr. 10.1593. 50
-,
We have no account of the number of Bills.
-,
Began, Octob. 24.1597. 79
-,
Dissolved, Feb. 9.1597. 99
-,
Passed into Acts 24 publick, and
19 private Bills 127
-, 48 Bills refused that had past both
Houses
-,
Began, Octob.27. 1601. 129
-,
Dissolved, Decem.19. 1601. 333
-,
Passed into Acts 19 publick, and
ten private Bills 151
Parliament-man priviledged
, and his
servant, for fourteen days 225
-,
One of them swooneth in the
House 332
-,
Several Conjectures about it Ibid.
Patents: Committees named for them 103
Patents and Patentees: a List of them Ibid.
Pawn-takers: See retailing Brokers.
Pedegree of the Marquess of Winchester 195
Pelts: See Sheep-skins.
People; a bill to increase them 90
Perjury; a bill to prevent it 221
Petty Larceny, its punishment 71
Phesants and Partridges: a bill to preserve them 132
Pins: a bill to avoid their importation 92
Plaintiff to pay the Defendant costs, being in Prison for want of Bail, if the suit go against him 123
Plaisterers: See Painters.
Pluralities, a bill against them largely debated 218,219,220
Plymouth, a bill for the Haven 74
Prayer: a Copie of that used daily in the Commons House 179
Preamble to the bill of Subsidie 70
Precedent; a notable one 233
Precedents that Warrants of new Election ought to go from the Speaker, the Parliament sitting 192
Printers; a bill against their multiplicity 322
-,
One over Guild-hal-gate 217
Priviledges of Parliament canvass'd 254,255
Priviledge, not to say what they list,
but Yea or No 37
-,
Broken by an Arrest, complained
of 225
Privie. Counsellors; irreverence to them blamed by the Queen 47
Probate of Wills, its abuses moved against 104
Process; a bill for its better execution 70
Proclamations upon Fines at Common Law to be abridg'd 7
Proctors: all the Sprititual Lords but one, had two 4
Protest of the Commons 95
Proviso for the Lard Powes and Sir Edward Herbert 25
Proxies Ordinary and extraordinary 34 &; 38, 39
Purchasers; a bill to assure their Lands 68
Purveyors: a bill to reform their disorders 17
-,
The Queens care about them signified by Mr. Speaker 24
Q
QUEEN comes to the Upper House
2,4,31,45,129,334
-,
She makes a Speech her self 48
-,
Swears by God she will punish
Cowards Ibid.
-,
She makes another Speech 263,
264, 265, 266
Quære, Whether the Speaker have a
voice 321
-,
The Speaker declares he hath none
by custom Ibid.
-,
What was done with the money
raised for the Poor 333
R
Raleigh Sir Walter; his sharp speech,
and great silence after it 235
-,
He complains for liberty of Speech 302
-,
He blushes 232
Rapesdale in Lancashire; a bill for its Inhabitants 107
Recusants and Sectaries very pernicious to Government 46
Recusants Popish, restrained to some
place 40
-,
A bill about them 61
Relief of Thomas Hasilrig Esq
; a bill
18
-,
Of George Ognel Esq; a bill
20
-,
Of the Citie of Lincoln; a bill
25
Remainder of certain Lands of Andrew Kettleby to be established on Francis Kettleby 135
Repeal of a branch of a Statute of 4 & 5 Phil. & Mary 73
Roan made Admiral, threatens England 58
Robbing in the day-time , though none in the house, not admitted to Clergie: a bill 96
Robberies: a bill to suppress them 105
S
Sabbath-breakers: Examples of Gods judgments upon them 274
School of Tunbridge, a bill for it 22
Schoolmaster: a bill to maintain one at Wanting 103
Secrets of the House misrepresented and discover'd ; complained of 18
Sectaries: See Recusants.
Seditious persons , a bill to punish them 38
Sergeant of London Sent for on an Arrest 85
Sheeps skins ; a bill touching their transportation 102
Sherifts: a bill to reform abuses in them and their under-Officers 141
Ships: one English beat twenty Spanish,
till they got our Guns 293
-,
One of the Queen's a petty Princes
wealth 59
-,
One ready laden with 36 Pieces
of Ordnance 307
Shop-books: a bill to prevent double payment of debts upon them 111
Silk-weavers: a bill to reform their abuses 222
Sollicitors; a Bill about them Ibid.
-,
Their Character 201
-,
None to sollicit but without see
222
-,
No Mechanick trades-man to be
one Ibid.
Souldiers: see Captains.
-,
A bill to reform sundry abuses
done by them in the War 95
-,
A Collection for them 41
-,
Absent Members of both Houses
to pay double 43
-,
Mr. Secretary Cecil's passionate
Speech for maimed Souldiers
307
Spain; the practices of that King against England 183, 184
-,
The Spanish General's Letter to
the Irish Catholicks 351
Speaker: Sir George Snag: He is
presented: excuses himself; is approved: His Thanks; and Petitions
allowed 4, 5
-, Edward Coke Esq;: His excuse
not allowed; his Petitions
granted 53
-,
His Speech 35
-,
He speaks again 36
-,
His Speech to the Queen 45
-,
Serjeant Yelverton: His excuses,
Petitions, &;c. 82
-,
He giveth a Caution 101
-, John Crook Esquire, Recorder of
London: His Speech 131
&; 149
-,
He gives an account of the Queens
Speech 71, 272
-,
He makes his Speech 334
Speeches of many worthy Members upon several occasions 56,57,58, 59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66
Spinners; a bill concerning them 73
Spur: a Motion about an ancient custom of putting off the Spurs before entrance of Members into the House 181
Stanes Bridge; a Bill for its reparation 110
Star-chamber: persons present there 353
Statutes; a bill to repeal certain of them
19
-,
See 74
Stealing of horses
: a Proviso against
it 189
-,
A bill about stealing Oxen, Sheep,
&;c. 69
Stealers of Corn and Fruit ; a bill against them 112
Stews: their Case like that of Alehouses 181
-,
Being suppressed, every house is a
Bawdy-house Ibid.
Sub-pœna; one served on a Member
212
-,
Argued 213
-,
Reasons offered for allowing it
Ibid.
Subsidies: a bill for them requires not
the Queens consent 49
-,
Several Bills for them 9,
126,142
-,
Sir Walter Raleigh moves for
them 197
-,
Is seconded 198
-,
How Edward the third rais'd
money for his Wars 205
Succession: a bill brought in about it
by Mr. Peter Wentworth and Sir
Henry Bromley 54
-,
Her Majesty highly displeased
therewith Ibid.
-,
They are first confin'd to their
lodgings, and at last committed to several Prisons
Ibid.
Suits; a bill touching their multiplicity, and the excessive number of Atturneys 17
Sunday: a bill to prevent Markets and
Fairs on that day 142
-,
A bill to avoid Contracts made on
that day 194
-,
Whether taking a wife on that
day be void Ibid.
Supreme: Kings of England have been
so from Henry the third's time
36
-,
And before the Conquest 37
Sussex and Surrey: a bill against decay of Highways there 114
Swearing: Mr. Glascock speaks to the Bill, and lashes the CountryJustices 267,268
Swearers: See Blasphemers.
T
Taxes not so great as heretofore
81
-,
Instance in Edward the third,
and other Kings Ibid.
Tellers and Receivers: a bill 85
Tenancy by Courtesie by the man , and Tenancy in Dower by the woman, to be lost in case of Adultery, the Bill cast out 222
Tenements not to be made of great houses 77
Tenths: See Disms and Fifteens 104
-,
A bill for the Clergies better answering to the Queen Ibid.
Term: a bill to shorten that of Michaelmas 204
-, London-Burgesses oppose it 207
-,
And therefore are not of the Committee Ibid.
Thorns, that prick, and yield no fruit, compared to multiplicity of Laws 180
Tidings glad, the Queens Message about Monopolies 258
Tillage: See Husbandry.
-,
Largely debated 299,300,301
Timber, its marking and sizing 76
Tin: Sir Walter Raleigh urged to Speak about it, for several reasons 235
Tipling-houses: a bill to suppress them
304
-,
A Proviso for the Vintners Ibid.
-,
Several Speeches about it 304,
305
Tobacco-pipes, a Monopoly, an idle conceit 247
Tower of London: a bill for a Preacher there 110
-,
The Prison of the House of Commons 260
Mr. Townshend of Lincolns-Inne, the
Collector of this Journal 239
-,
He puts in a bill, and Speaks to it
200
-,
He makes a Motion Ibid.
-,
He delivers a bill, and speaks to it
221
L. Treasurer made Lord Burleigh, and seated accordingly 97
Trifling Suits: a bill to prevent them 136
Trinity, the Lower House a new person in it 260
Trinity-house; a bill for it, committed 298
Tryers of Petitions 3,33,131
Trust: a bill against imbezeling the Queens goods, chattels or treasure 28
Tunbridge: see Grammar-School.
Turks: the Spaniards provision against them 184
U
Vagrant: See Seditious.
Vicarage of Rotherston; a bill to confirm its Patronage 284
Victualing-houses: see Innes.
Under-Sheriff of Surrey committed to the Fleet 135
Uncharitable action to subvert a mount of Charity 291
Votes, when equal, the Negative by custom carries it 134
Vouchers: a bill to reform their abuses 89
Use in the House 293
Uses charitable ; a quoil about the Bill 298
Usher (Gentleman-) to the Lords, his request by the Lord Steward 133
W
Wandering persons , pretending to be Souldiers or Mariners; a bill against them 112
Walls so curiously painted , witness our Forefathers care in cherishing the art of Painting 316
Wanting, a Town in Berkshire; a Bill
for mending its Highway 103
-,
A bill for its Town-lands 105
Ward (her Majestie's) Arthur Hatch: a bill to enjoy a Rectory and Parsonage 87
War a curse to all people , especially the Poor 307
Warrants for new Elections , whence to proceed 192
Watches in the night; a bill for setling them 193
Weapons: see Armour.
Weavers: see Spinners.
-,
Their Bill put to the Question
303
Weeping for joy at the Queens Message 252
Weights false so numerous , that we need no other metal to make Bells and Battlements for Churches 190
Weights and Measures; the bill expung'd 197
-,
A Groat makes all good Ibid.
Whirpool of the Princes profits ; what so called 320
Whispering with the Lords 311
Wife hath no goods ; therefore shall not pay 228
Will and Testament of George Durant:
a bill to perform it
102
-,
Lord Cobham deceased: a bill
to confirm it 136
Wish of Mr. Johnson, and his good opinion of the Queen 236
Wood; the bill for its Assize ordered to be ingrossed 303
Woollen Clothes: a bill for them 68
Word; the Ministers of it induced not to seek Bishopricks 187
Work-house for the Poor: see Hospitals.
Workmanship and skill the gift of God 314
Writ of Prorogation 2
Writs of Errour to save discontinuance
in the Exchequer
6
-,
Of Covenant 25
Wye the River; a bill for a Bridge over it 115
Y
Yarmouth: a bill to repeal part of
their Charter 117
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A bill for better measuring of seven miles from it 122
Z
Zeal to her Country
, there will never be
Queen with greater 266
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The Queen shews much in her
Message to the House 248