May 1762, 21-30
DIE Lunæ, 24o Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cantuar.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Carliol. |
Dux Devon, Camerarius.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Coventry.
Comes March.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Harrington.
Comes Gower.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Powis.
Comes Temple.
Comes Hertford.
Comes Guilford.
Comes Hardwicke.
Comes Darlington.
Comes Ilchester.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Spencer. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Edgecumbe.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Feversham.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Mansfield.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Melcombe.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Lovel.
Ds. Montagu.
Ds. Vernon. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Mansfield sat Speaker.
Cheslyn against Creswell.
The Answer of Henry Cresswell and Sarah his Wife,
Charlotte Cresswell and Richard Cresswell, Infants by the
said Henry Cresswell their Father, to the Appeal of
Richard Cheslyn and Edward Cheslyn, was brought in.
Cosham to Chichester, Road, Bill.
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for repairing and widening the Road from Cosham in
the County of Southampton, to the City of Chichester."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Anguish and Mr. Graves:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to
the said Bill, without any Amendment.
Weller's Bill.
The House proceeded to take into Consideration the
Amendments made by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting the settled Estate of John
Weller Esquire, deceased, lying in the Counties of
Kent and Chester, in Trustees, to be sold, to pay off
Encumbrances affecting the same; and to lay out the
Surplus of the Money arising by such Sale (if any) in
the Purchase of other Lands, to be settled to the Uses
of the Will of the said John Weller."
And the said Amendments, being read Three Times
by the Clerk, were agreed to.
And a Message was sent to the House of Commons,
by the former Messengers, to acquaint them therewith.
Forts and Batteries, Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for vesting certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, upon the Sea Coasts, in the Counties of Kent,
Sussex, and Southampton, on which Forts and Batteries
have been erected for the Defence of the said Coasts,
in Trustees, for certain Uses, and for other Purposes
therein mentioned."
Waggons with 2½ Inch Wheels, Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for repealing so much of an Act made in the Fifth
Year of His Majesty King George the First, as restrains
Waggons travelling for Hire, with Wheels of a less
Breadth than Two Inches and an Half, from being
drawn with more than Three Horses."
Vanderheyden against Dawes and Fisher; Writ of Error Non pros'd, with Costs.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Dawes and
John Fisher, Defendants in a Writ of Error, wherein
Dirk Vanderheyden is Plaintiff; praying, "In regard
the said Plaintiff has not assigned Errors within the
Time limited by the Order of this House for that
Purpose, that the said Writ of Error may be Non
pros'd, with such Costs as to their Lordships shall
seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith
enter a Non pros. on the said Writ of Error, as desired;
and that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's
Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the
Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writ of
Error had been brought into this House; and further,
that the Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to be paid, to
the Defendants in Error, the Sum of Twenty Pounds,
for their Costs by reason of the Delay of the Execution of the said Judgement.
Espinasse against Lowe & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Isaac
Espinasse of the City of Dublin Esquire and Mary his
Wife, and of Richard Espinasse their Son, an Infant
under the Age of Twenty-one Years, by the said Isaac
Espinasse his Father and Guardian; complaining of a
Decretal Order of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland,
pronounced the 10th Day of February 1762, but not
made up till the 26th of April last, nor entered till
afterwards; and praying, "That the same may be reversed and set aside, or that the Appellants may have
such other Relief in the Premises as the Nature and
Circumstances of the Case may require; and that
Eusebius Lowe, William Espinasse, Thomas Colley and
Isabella his Wife, William Luffingham and Frances his
Wife, Christopher Fitz Simons, Alexander M'Aulay,
Robert Hamilton, Thomas Wright, and Mathew Smith,
may be required to answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Eusebius Lowe, William
Espinasse, Thomas Colley and Isabella his Wife, William
Luffingham and Frances his Wife, Christopher Fitz Simons,
Alexander M'Aulay, Robert Hamilton, Thomas Wright, and
Mathew Smith, may have a Copy of the said Appeal;
and do put in their Answer or respective Answers
thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 28th
Day of June next; and Service of this Order upon
the Clerks in Court or Agents of the said Respondents
shall be deemed good Service.
Report of Conference on Kingston upon Hull Street, Bill:
The Order of the Day being read, for taking into
Consideration the Report of the Conference had with
the Commons on Monday the 10th Instant, upon the
Subject-matter of the Amendment made by this House
to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend and render
more effectual several Acts made for cleansing and
enlightening the Streets of the Town of Kingston upon
Hull, and for preventing Annoyances therein:"
The Commons Reasons for disagreeing to the said
Amendment were read.
The Sixth Section of the Statute of the 9th of King
George the First, Cap. 7, for amending the Laws relating
to the Settlement, Employment, and Relief, of the Poor,
was read.
And it being moved, "Not to insist upon the said
Amendment:"
After Debate;
The Lords do not insist on their Amendment to the Bill.
The Question was put, "Whether this House shall
insist on their Amendment made to the said
Bill?"
It was Resolved in the Negative.
Then a Message was sent to the House of Commons,
by the former Messengers:
To acquaint them, that this House does not insist on
their Amendment made to the said Bill.
Sinking Fund, &c. Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Alderman Dickinson and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting to His
Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying certain Monies remaining in the Exchequer, for the Service of the Year
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-two; and
for settling and securing a certain Annuity for the
Use of the Right Honourable Arthur Onslow, Speaker
of the House of Commons in the last Five Parliaments;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
Million Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Alderman Dickinson and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enabling His
Majesty to raise the Sum of One Million, for the Uses
and Purposes therein mentioned; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and for allowing Time for the Payment of
the Stamp Duties omitted to be paid upon Admissions
into Corporations or Companies, and Appointments
to Offices therein; and for Relief of William Earle,
in respect of a Quantity of White Salt lost by the
Wreck of a Ship near the Harbour of Dublin;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Militia Pay and Cloathing, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Turner and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for applying the
Money granted in this Session of Parliament, towards
defraying the Charge of the Pay of the Militia of
that Part of Great Britain called England, when unembodied, and of the Cloathing of the Part of the said
Militia now unembodied for One Year, beginning
the Twenty-fifth Day of March, One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Sixty-two;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
Judges Salaries, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Alderman Dickinson and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for better securing
the Payment of the Sums of Money directed, by an
Act made in the Thirty-second Year of the Reign of
His late Majesty King George the Second, to be applied in Augmentation of the Salaries of the Puisne
Judges in the Court of King's Bench, the Judges in
the Court of Common Pleas, the Barons of the Coif
in the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, and the Justices of Chester, and the Great Sessions for the Counties in Wales, for the Time being;" to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Four Bills were severally read the First Time.
Adjourn.
Ds. Mansfield, Prim. Justiciarius Banci Regii, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque
ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum quintum diem instantis
Maii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 25o Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Cicestrien.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Carliol. |
Dux Devon, Camerarius.
Dux Ancaster.
Dux Portland.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Essingham.
Comes Gower.
Comes Powis.
Comes Egremont.
Comes Hertford.
Comes Guilford.
Comes Hardwicke.
Comes Ilchester.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Spencer. |
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Feversham.
Ds. Archer.
Ds. Hyde.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Mansfield.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Melcombe.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Lovel.
Ds. Milton.
Ds. Vernon. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Mansfield sat Speaker.
Sinking Fund, &c. Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money
out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying certain
Monies remaining in the Exchequer, for the Service
of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixtytwo; and for settling and securing a certain Annuity
for the Use of the Right Honourable Arthur Onslow
Speaker of the House of Commons in the last Five
Parliaments."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill, To-morrow.
Million Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for enabling His Majesty to raise the Sum of One
Million, for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned;
and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in
this Session of Parliament; and for allowing Time for
the Payment of the Stamp Duties omitted to be paid
on Admissions into Corporations or Companies, and
Appointments to Offices therein; and for the Relief
of William Earle, in respect of a Quantity of White
Salt lost by the Wreck of a Ship near the Harbour
of Dublin."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill, To-morrow.
Judges Salaries, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for better securing the Payment of the Sums of
Money directed, by an Act made in the Thirty-second
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George
the Second, to be applied in Augmentation of the
Salaries of the Puisne Judges in the Court of King's
Bench, the Judges in the Court of Common Pleas,
the Barons of the Coif in the Court of Exchequer at
Westminster, and the Justices of Chester, and the Great
Sessions for the Counties in Wales, for the Time
being."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill, To-morrow.
Militia Pay and Cloathing, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for applying the Money granted in this Session of
Parliament, towards defraying the Charge of the Pay
of the Militia of that Part of Great Britain called
England, when unembodied; and of the Cloathing of
the Part of the said Militia now unembodied for One
Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of March One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-two."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill, To-morrow.
Forts and Batteries, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for vesting certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, upon the Sea Coasts, in the Counties of Kent,
Sussex, and Southampton, on which Forts and Batteries
have been erected for the Defence of the said Coasts,
in Trustees, for certain Uses, and for other Purposes
therein mentioned."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill, To-morrow.
Dunbar against Wilson; Writ of Error Non pros'd with Costs.
Upon reading the Petition of Robert Wilson, Defendant in a Writ of Error, wherein John Dunbar is Plaintiff; praying, "In regard the said Plaintiff hath not
assigned Errors within the Time limited by the Order
of this House for that Purpose, that the said Writ of
Error may be Non pros'd, with such Costs as to their
Lordships shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith
enter a Non pros. on the said Writ of Error, as desired; and that the Record be remitted to the Court
of King's Bench, to the End Execution may be had
upon the Judgement given by that Court, as if no such
Writ of Error had been brought into this House; and
further, that the Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to
be paid, to the Defendant in Error, the Sum of Twenty
Pounds, for his Costs by reason of the Delay of the
Execution of the said Judgement.
Goble against Wilson; Writ of Error Non pros'd, with Costs.
Upon reading the Petition of the said Robert Wilson,
Defendant in a Writ of Error, wherein Martin Goble is
Plaintiff; praying, "In regard the said Plaintiff hath not
assigned Errors within the Time limited by the Order
of this House for that Purpose, that the said Writ of
Error may be Non pros'd, with such Costs as to their
Lordships shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith
enter a Non pros. on the said Writ of Error, as desired;
and that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's
Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the
Judgement given by that Court as if no such Writ of
Error had been brought into this House; and further,
that the Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to be paid,
to the Defendant in Error, the Sum of Twenty Pounds,
for his Costs by reason of the Delay of the Execution
of the said Judgement.
Scandrett against Wilson; Writ of Error Non pros'd, with Costs.
Upon reading the Petition of the said Robert Wilson,
Defendant in a Writ of Error wherein Christopher
Scandrett is Plaintiff; praying, "In regard the said
Plaintiff hath not assigned Errors within the Time
limited by the Order of this House for that Purpose, that the said Writ of Error may be Non pros'd,
with such Costs as to their Lordships shall seem
meet:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitioner do forthwith enter a Non pros. on the said Writ of Error, as
desired; and that the Record be remitted to the Court
of King's Bench, to the End Execution may be had
upon the Judgment given by that Court, as if no such
Writ of Error had been brought into this House; and
further, that the Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to
be paid, to the Defendant in Error, the Sum of Twenty
Pounds, for his Costs by reason of the Delay of the
Execution of the said Judgement.
E. of Bucks & al. against Lady Drury; Judges Opinions delivered.
The Order of the Day being read, for the further
Consideration of the Cause wherein John Earl of Buckinghamshire and others are Appellants, and Dame Martha Drury Widow is Respondent; and for the Judges to
deliver their Opinion upon a Question of Law to them
proposed on Thursday last:
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That the Judges
differed in their Opinions upon the said Question."
Ordered, That the Judges present do deliver their
Opinions upon the said Question, seriatim, with their
Reasons.
Accordingly, Mr. Baron Gould was heard; and delivered his Opinion upon the said Question, in the Negative; (videlicet,) "That a Woman married under the
Age of Twenty-one Years, having before such Marriage a Jointure made to her in Bar of her Dower, is
not thereby bound and barred of Dower within the
Statute 27o Hen. VIII. Cap. 10;" and gave his Reasons.
Mr. Justice Wilmot was heard; and delivered his Opinion upon the said Question, in the Affirmative: "That
she is thereby bound and barred of Dower within the
the said Statute;" and gave his Reasons.
Mr. Justice Bathurst was heard; and delivered his
Opinion upon the said Question, in the Affirmative also;
and gave his Reasons.
Mr. Baron Adams was heard; and delivered his Opinion upon the said Question, in the Affirmative also;
and gave his Reasons.
Mr. Baron Smythe was heard; and delivered his Opinion upon the said Question, in the Affirmative also;
and gave his Reasons.
Ordered, That the further Consideration of the
said Cause be adjourned till To-morrow, at Twelve
o'Clock; and that the Judges do then attend.
Adjourn.
Ds. Mansfield, Prim. Justiciarius Banci Regii, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque
ad et in diem Mercurii, vicesimum sextum diem instantis Maii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 26o Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cantuar.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Cicestrien.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Carliol. |
Dux Devon, Camerarius.
Dux Ancaster.
Dux Portland.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Morton.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Gower.
Comes Temple.
Comes Guilford.
Comes Hardwicke.
Comes Ilchester.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Spencer. |
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Hyde.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Mansfield.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Milton.
Ds. Vernon. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Mansfield sat Speaker.
Sinking Fund Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee on the
Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting to His Majesty
a certain Sum of Money, out of the Sinking Fund;
and for applying certain Monies remaining in the
Exchequer, for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-two; and for settling
and securing a certain Annuity for the Use of the
Right Honourable Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the
House of Commons in the last Five Parliaments."
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Earl of Marchmont reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Million Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during
Pleasure, and put into a Committee on the Bill, intituled,
"An Act for enabling His Majesty to raise the Sum of
One Million, for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned; and for further appropriating the Supplies
granted in this Session of Parliament; and for allowing
Time for the Payment of the Stamp Duties omitted to
be paid upon Admissions into Corporations or Companies, and Appointments to Offices therein; and for
the Relief of William Earle, in respect of a Quantity
of White Salt lost by the Wreck of a Ship near the
Harbour of Dublin."
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Delamer reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Judges Salaries, Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during
Pleasure, and put into a Committee on the Bill, intituled, "An Act for better securing the Payment of the
Sums of Money directed, by an Act made in the
Thirty-second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty
King George the Second, to be applied in Augmentation of the Salaries of the Puisne Judges in the Court
of King's Bench, the Judges in the Court of Common
Pleas, the Barons of the Coif in the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, and the Justices of Chester, and
the Great Sessions for the Counties in Wales, for the
Time being.
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Delamer reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Militia Pay and Cloathing, Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during
Pleasure, and put into a Committee on the Bill, intituled, "An Act for applying the Money granted in this
Session of Parliament, towards defraying the Charge
of the Pay of the Militia of that Part of Great Britain
called England when unembodied, and of the Cloathing of the Part of the said Militia now unembodied, for
One Year, beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of March,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-two."
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Delamer reported from the Committee,
That they had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."
Forts and Batteries, Bill.
"The House (according to Order) was adjourned during
Pleasure, and put into a Committee on the Bill, intituled,
"An Act for vesting certain Lands, Tenements, and
Hereditaments, upon the Sea Coasts, in the Counties
of Kent, Sussex, and Southampton, on which Forts and
Batteries have been erected for the Defence of the
said Coasts, in Trustees, for certain Uses; and for
other Purposes therein mentioned."
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Earl of Marchmont reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Hamerfley to enter into Recognizance on Espinasse's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That Mr. Hugh Hamersley may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance
for Isaac Espinasse Esquire, and others, on account of
their Appeal depending in this House; they residing
in Ireland:"
It is Ordered, That the said Hugh Hamersley may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as
desired.
E. of Bucks & al. against Lady Drury:
The Order of the Day being read, for the further
Consideration of the Cause, wherein John Earl of Buckinghamshire and others are Appellants, and Dame Martha Drury Widow is Respondent; and for the Judges to
attend:
Judges Opinious:
The Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer
was heard; and delivered his Opinion upon the Question proposed to the Judges on Thursday last, in the
Negative; (videlicet,) "That a Woman married under
Age, and having a Jointure made her, as stated in the
said Question, is not thereby bound and barred of
Dower, within the Statute 27o Hen. VIII;" and gave
his Reasons.
Then the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas was heard; and delivered his Opinion upon
the said Question, in the Negative also; and gave his
Reasons.
Whereupon, and upon due Consideration and Debate
had of what had been offered on either Side in this
Cause, the following Order and Judgement was made;
(videlicet,)
Decree reversed.
"After hearing Counsel, as well on Thursday the
13th and Friday the 14th, as Thursday the 20th Days
of this Instant May, upon the Petition and Appeal
of the Right Honourable John Earl of Buckinghamshire and the Right Honourable Mary Ann Countess
of Buckinghamshire his Wife, late Mary Ann Drury
Spinster, and late an Infant, by her next Friend,
and Jocosa Catharina Drury Spinster, an Infant, by
Sir John Tyrell Baronet, and George Drury Clerk,
her next Friends; complaining of a Decree of the
Court of Chancery, of the 1st of June, 1761; and
praying, "That the same might be reversed, or that
this House would grant the Appellants such Relief in
the Premises, as to their Lordships in their great Wisdom should seem meet:" As also upon the Answer
of Dame Martha Drury Widow, put in to the said Appeal; and after hearing the Judges, seriatim, as well
Yesterday as this Day, to deliver their Opinions, with
their Reasons, upon a Question of Law to them proposed; and due Consideration and Debate had of
what was offered on either Side in this Cause: It is
Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal in Parliament assembled, That so much of
the said Decree, complained of by the said Appeal,
whereby an Accompt is directed to be taken of the
Personal Estate of the Intestate Sir Thomas Drury,
come to the Hands of the Respondent, or to the
Hands of any other Person for her Use, and also of
his Debts and Funeral Expenses, which are to be
paid out of his Personal Estate in a Course of Administration, be, and the same is hereby, affirmed;
and that the Residue of the said Decree be, and the
same is hereby, reversed: And it is hereby Declared,
That the Respondent is bound by the Agreement entered into in Consideration of, and previous to, her
Marriage with the said Sir Thomas Drury; and that
the same ought to be performed and carried into
Execution; and that the Respondent is thereby barred
of her Dower, and of any Share of the said Sir Thomas Drury's Personal Estate, under the Statute for the
Distribution of Intestates Estates: And it is hereby
further Ordered and Adjudged, That it be referred to the Master to whom this Cause stands referred, to see a sufficient Part of the said Sir Thomas
Drury's Personal Estate set apart, and invested in
Trustees, to be approved of by the said Master, upon
Trust, to secure and satisfy to the Respondent an
Annuity or Yearly Rent Charge of Six Hundred
Pounds per Annum, clear of all Taxes and Deductions whatsoever, during her Life, for and in the
Name of her Jointure, and in full Satisfaction and
Bar of her Dower, or of any Share or distributory
Part of the said Intestate's Personal Estate, according
to the said Agreement, and to be paid to her Half
Yearly; and that the same be answered and paid
to her accordingly (without Prejudice to any Agreement which may have been entered into between the
Respondent, and the Appellants the Earl and Countess of Buckinghamshire, to charge One Half of the
said Annuity upon the Real Estate of the said Sir
Thomas Drury, and to discharge their Moiety of the
Personal Estate therefrom); and that the Surplus of
the Income and Produce of such Part of the said
Personal Estate as shall be so set apart be divided
and applied in such Manner as the clear Residue of
the said Personal Estate is herein after directed to be
divided and applied; and that the said Master do
take an Accompt of what is, or shall become, due
to the Respondent, for the Arrears of her said Annuity of Six Hundred Pounds per Annum, from the
Intestate's Death to the Time that a sufficient Part
of the said Personal Estate shall be set apart, and invested in Trustees as aforesaid; and that the same
be paid to her, or allowed to her in the Accompt
directed by the said Decree; and that, after the Appellant Jocosa Catharina Drury shall have attained her
Age of Twenty-one Years, the Respondent be at
Liberty to apply to the said Court of Chancery, to
have her said Annuity charged upon, and secured by
and out of, the Real Estate of the said Sir Thomas
Drury, or such Part thereof as shall not have been
before charged upon the said Real Estate, if she shall
think fit; and in that Case, or in the Case of her
Death, that so much of his Personal Estate as shall be
so set apart as aforesaid be (after all Arrears thereof
satisfied) discharged thereform, and applied and disposed of as the clear Residue of the said Intestate's
Personal Estate is to be applied and disposed of;
and that the said Master do inquire what Jewels or
other Things the Respondent is entitled to for her
Paraphernalia, and that the same be retained by, or
delivered to her; and that the clear Surplus of the
said Intestate's Personal Estate, after Payment of his
Debts and Funeral Expenses, and what shall be so
set apart as aforesaid, be divided into Moieties,
whereof One Moiety is declared to belong to the
Appellants the Earl and Countess of Buckinghamshire,
in Right of the said Countess, subject to such Agreements as were entered into between them upon and
in Consideration of their Marriage; and the other
Moiety to belong to the Appellant Jocosa Catharina
Drury, pursuant to the beforementioned Agreement
entered into on Sir Thomas Drury's Marriage; and
that the Appellants the Earl and Countess of Buckinghamshire be at Liberty to apply to the said Court
of Chancery, for Directions touching the Payment
and Disposition of their Moiety of the said clear Surplus, and the Income and Produce thereof, as they
shall be advised; and that the said Master do inquire
what is proper to be allowed for the Maintenance
and Education of the Appellant the Countess of Buckinghamshire, from her said Father's Death, till her attaining her Age of Twenty-one Years; and for the
Maintenance and Education of the Appellant Jocosa
Catharina Drury, from her said Father's Death, for
the Time past, and to come, till she shall attain her
Age of Twenty-one Years, or be married, and state
the same to the said Court; and that what shall be
so allowed for the Time past be paid or allowed to
such Person as hath maintained them respectively,
and for the Time to come to the Person by whom
the Appellant Jocosa Catharina shall be maintained,
out of the Income and Produce of their respective
Moieties of the clear Surplus of the said Personal
Estate, and of the Rents and Profits of the said Intestate's Real Estate; and that the Receiver, who has
been appointed by an Order of the said Court of
Chancery, of the Rents and Profits of the said Intestate's Real Estate, be continued till the further Order
of the said Court, and pass his Accompts before the
said Master; and that the Appellants the Earl and
Countess of Buckinghamshire be at Liberty to apply to the said Court, for Payment of what shall be
coming to them upon the said Accompt, for the said
Countess's Share of such Rents and Profits, in like
Manner as is before directed, touching her Share of
the Surplus of the said Personal Estate; and that what
shall be found due to the Appellant Jocosa Catharina
Drury, for her Share of the Surplus of the said Personal Estate, and of the Income and Produce thereof,
and for her Share of the Rents and Profits of the said
Real Estate (after deducting thereout what shall be
allowed for her Maintenance and Education, as aforesaid), be placed out, upon Government or Real Securities, for her Benefit, in the Name, and with the
Privity, of the Accomptant General of the said Court,
to be placed to his Accompt in this Cause, subject
to the further Order of the said Court; and that the
said Master inquire whether the same, or any Part
thereof, hath already been placed out on any such
Securities; and if the said Master shall find them to
be proper, that the same be continued; and that so
much of the Appellant Jocosa Catharina's Share of
the said Rents and Profits as is in the said Receiver's
Hands, and so much as shall hereafter be received by
him for such Share, be paid into the Bank, in the
Name, and with the Privity, of the said Accomptant
General, to be placed to his Accompt in this Cause,
for the said Jocosa Catharina Drury's Benefit, subject
to the further Order of the said Court; and that the
said Appellant Jocosa Catharina Drury be at Liberty
to apply to the said Court, for Payment to her of what
shall be coming to her on the Accompts before directed,
or for the Transfer of Assignment of any Securities,
on which the same, or any Part thereof, shall have
been placed out, when she shall attain her Age of
Twenty-one Years, or be married; and that the said
Master do inquire, whether any Thing, and what, is
proper to be allowed, for keeping up the Mansionhouse, Park, and Premises usually occupied there
with, during the Minority of the Appellant Jocosa
Catharina Drury, and state the same, with his Opinion
thereupon, to the said Court: And it is further
Ordered, That, in taking the several Accompts before directed, the said Master do make to all Parties
all just Allowances; and that all the Parties be paid
their Costs of this Suit to this Time, to be taxed by
the said Master, out of the said Intestate's Estate; and
that the Consideration of the subsequent Costs, and of
all further Directions, be reserved till after the said
Master shall have made his Report; and that all Parties be at Liberty to apply to the said Court of Chancery as there shall be Occasion; and that the said
Court do give all necessary and proper Directions for
carrying this Judgement into Execution."
Adjourn.
Ds. Mansfield, Prim. Justiciarius Banci Regii, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et
in diem Jovis, vicesimum septimum diem instantis Maii,
hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 27o Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cantuar.
Epus. Carliol. |
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Ilchester. |
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Mansfield.
Ds. Boston. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Mansfield sat Speaker.
Sinking Fund, &c. Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money,
out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying certain
Monies remaining in the Exchequer, for the Service
of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixtytwo; and for settling and securing a certain Annuity,
for the Use of the Right Honourable Arthur Onslow,
Speaker of the House of Commons in the last Five
Parliaments."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Million Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for enabling His Majesty to raise the Sum of One
Million, for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned; and for further appropriating the Supplies
granted in this Session of Parliament; and for allowing
Time for the Payment of the Stamp Duties omitted
to be paid upon Admissions into Corporations or Companies, and Appointments to Offices therein; and for
the Relief of William Earle, in respect of a Quantity
of White Salt lost by the Wreck of a Ship near the
Harbour of Dublin."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Judges Salaries, Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for better securing the Payment of the Sums of
Money directed, by an Act made in the Thirtysecond Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the Second, to be applied in Augmentation of
the Salaries of the Puisne Judges in the Court of
King's Bench, the Judges in the Court of Common
Pleas, the Barons of the Coif in the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, and the Justices of Chester, and the
Great Sessions in Wales, for the Time being."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Militia Pay and Cloathing, Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for applying the Money granted in this Session of
Parliament, towards defraying the Charge of the Pay
of the Militia of that Part of Great Britain called England when unembodied, and of the Cloathing of the
Part of the said Militia now unembodied, for One Year,
beginning the Twenty-fifth Day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-two."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Forts and Batteries, Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for vesting certain Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, upon the Sea Coasts, in the Counties of Kent,
Sussex, and Southampton, on which Forts and Batteries
have been erected for the Defence of the said Coasts,
in Trustees, for certain Uses; and for other Purposes
therein mentioned."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the preceding Bills.
And Messages were severally ordered to be sent to
the House of Commons, by Mr. Bennett and Mr.
Edwards:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Adjourn.
Ds. Mansfield, Prim. Justiciarius Banci Regii, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et
in diem Mercurii, secundum diem Junii jam prox.
sequen. hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.