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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the Committee. My single negative was to it. Mr. Bethel. I move that the debate upon the Scotch and Irish members be … Clarges. There is nought in this debate but ipsi diximus. I am of opinion that the gentlemen that serve for Scotland … did assume the government, by advice of his council. I shall not dispute the title. Two Parliaments were called, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… of Thomas Burton 11 April 1659 Monday, April 11, 1659. I came late. Leave had been given to Mr. Alderman Toll to go … days time. Sir William D'Oyley. It appears not that those post entries are due from the brewers, till you have a report … the first bankers. Mr. Stow says, "it was so called before Edward II.'s time, from Florence and other foreign merchants …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… 11,1656. A Private Bill was read this morning, but I, not being in the House, know not what it was. Whitehall, … stood up Mr. Drake. If you had not passed so great a vote, I should not have said any thing in it. I should willingly … crimes, which are clear to the House, make a law ex post facto, either to heighten the punishment, as in the case …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… touching the debate adjourned yesterday. Mr. Hoskins. I would not look back but with relenting, and never to come … not by descent. Among the rest, King Stephen, Richard II., Edward I. The Parliament has always power to make or empower … the very first Books of Common-Prayer, in the beginning of Edward VI.; which book, at the request of Archbishop Cranmer, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… his bed. Of the gentleman himself, if he were not present, I should say more. He was the first that brought in the Scots … Mr. Fenwick's father was born in the same parish that I was born in. He died in his bed, and all his neighbours … affirmed it was a wholesome smell of brickkilns. 6 Post Meridiem 7. Mr. Bampfield reported from the Grand …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… to intervene. The order of the day was read. Mr. Bodurda. I have something to offer which may seem to put you by your … Wales sent no members, though they were united in 12 Edward I. till Henry VIII. I make a question whether they … was taking the air upon Blackheath, near Greenwich, a post riding by, her Majesty inquired from whence it came; and …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… be added to the Committee for the affairs of Scotland. I found them in a debate upon a report from the Committee of … both from civil and military offices. Sir George Booth. I move that he be put out of the commission of the peace, and … to put him out of the military list. Colonel White. I move that he not only be put out of civil and military …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… rule all the protestants of England may suffer death, for I believe according to that rule, we shall be all heretics. … he had spoken before, viz. upon Tuesday night, at the post, near the bar. Mr. Bedford. He did not speak to the … for the condemnation and burning of Bartholomew Legatt and Edward Wightman, the one in West-Smithfield, London, the …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… You have vipers in your bowels, divers delinquents. I move that they be commanded to withdraw. You have such as … by, we sat but by a piece of paper. You heard it from the post, per Colonel Terrill, that without the word "successor," … but his crime entered upon your books. Resolved, that Mr. Edward Jones, returned to serve as a member for the county of …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… forty persons, and the petition was read. 1 Major Morgan. I move, not to cross the reading that Bill, that before you … to be made next after the Bill read. Mr. Speaker. I move that those clamours at the door may be stopped; (they … relishing in the House, they presently called to adjourn. Post Meridiem. Mr. Bampfield brought in a Bill against gaming …