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Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the Duke of Buckingham, for his enlargement. 1 Mr. Onslow. I move that he be at liberty, not upon the terms that Lord … It may be dangerous to give such a precedent. Mr. Scot. I move for his release, upon Lord Fairfax's security. Sir … is this: Mars, the god of war, Henry VIII.; Puer, a boy, Edward VI.; Alecto, a fury, Queen Mary; Virgo, a maiden, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… there will be no need of paying salaries to the judges. I see nothing in the Petition but what Westminster-hall may … desire the petitions in order may be read. The petition of Edward Dendy read, set forth, that he had 200 l. per annum, … doth not say his sufferings were by him. The petition of Edward Scot of Scot's Hall, read. He married Katharine, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Burton 22 February 1658–9 Tuesday, February, 22, 1658. I came in late, so knew not what was before; I suppose only the orders of the day about bounding the other … appears to have occasionally emulated the manner of Sir Edward Coke, who, in his pleadings for the Crown, as Lord …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… about the appointing registers. Sir Lislebone Long. I move for the commitment of the Bill. It is not yet so … such an authority as a House of Lords. I am one of the post nati. 11 I find three rubs upon me why I cannot consent … See supra, p. 324, 325. Hugh, " the eighth son of Sir Edward Wyndham, of Orchard and of Felbridge, Knt." He was …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… here. He was one of those that were excluded, 2 and I hope I shall never see him sit within these walls. I could give … a crowd the clause passed, 6 and nobody questioned it. 7 Post Meridiem. The Bill for the Excise was read the third …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Burton 23 February 1658–9 Wednesday, February 23, 1658–9. I came in late, and the Duke of Buckingham had been at the … Packer on the highway. Major-general Packer. As I was going home on Saturday night, a gentleman, being drunk, … the then inconsiderable East India Company,) his Chaplain, Edward Terry, published an account, which was reprinted, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… Lord Lambert. Mr. Collingwood, a prisoner, is at the door. I desire he may be called in. Colonel Jones and Sir William … sessions, and to examine the business then by a Committee. I had a petition in my hand on behalf of Sir Robert … away half the customs upon small coal in Scotland, &c. Post Meridiem. Major-General Disbrowe. Your time of rising …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… the Commissioners of his Highness's Treasury, to pay unto Edward Birkhead, Esq. the Serjeant-at-arms attending the … the payment of tythes shall be read upon Monday next. 1 I came in late. Sir Richard Onslow moved, that a petition … of the clock this afternoon. 15 The House rose at one. Post Meridiem. Dr. Clarges moved, that the House being thin, …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… physic, 1 and others, read three times together: such as I have not known before. Resolved to pass for a law, and that … not chuse the worst. If you give such large exhibitions, I doubt you will find some fall short; they that come last. … that it might be read a second time, upon Friday next. Sir Edward Rhodes. I desire you will not appoint it on Friday; …
Diary of Thomas Burton esq
… prayed. Query, per diurnal 1 what passed before, for I went out into the hall for half-an-hour, and when I came in … had thus communicated his collected information to "Sir Edward Hyde," afterwards Earl of Clarendon:— "Feb. 16, … excise of beer and ale; and 5000 l. a-year out of the Post Office. All promotions, spiritual and temporal, pass …