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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… he looked upon the union made in the remaining part of the Long Parliament, as no law; but the Act of Council made it. … Parliament must have an Act of Oblivion. I wonder to see long-robe men so diametrically differ in point of law. It may … live to see a bill passed to bring them in again. In the Long Parliament, arguments of prudence were made use of. They …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the reading the Declaration will not be much scrupled, so long as the matter pleases. If it be left free, it will prove …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… I am glad I am alive to say this at this day." He made a long narrative, how Useless and pernicious the House of Lords … And shall we now rake them up, after they have so long laid in the grave? Will it not be infamous all the … or equitably, they are shut out; they would claim. Let the long robe clear that to us, and how limited. My motion is for …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… to hear that motion from a gentleman that has sat so long in this House. The gentleman ought to confess or deny. … the other gentleman I said not a word; (but asked him how long a lease he had of sitting here) meaning only to … for no reflection; but out of a desire to hear any of the Long Robe speak, which I would at any time sit down to hear. …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… was called down, in respect it was late, and not known how long the debate might last upon a report. Mr. Speaker said, a …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… and heard several Petitions, and heard Counsel between Long and Edwards about the Roll's Office in Chancery, where …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… thus seized, grants to Duke Brook and his heirs, for so long as George or Henry should have any issue of their … a great sickness in your service, not of the shot. 3 The Long Parliament thought fit to relieve his children. He died … his own debts, and made provision for his children. The Long Parliament considered this; and if it were now before …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… xxi. 131, 194. Henry Scobell; who had been Clerk to the Long Parliament. See supra, p. 313. Not so expressed, supra, … League and Covenant, and represented Colchester in the Long Parliament, from whence he was secluded in 1648. In this … aside and removed from the House of Lords. " For this, not long after, they were accused by the Commons of high treason. …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Whitlock. Penalties have been very frequent, as in the Long Parliament; sometimes 40 l., sometimes 20 l; and it is … I am sorry to see the neglect of some members in being so long from their trust. Mr. Fowell. I move that no penalty be …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… and came to Whitehall, where the Committee had another long speech, as dark almost as before, with a paper of …