DIE Jovis, 17 die Aprilis.
REX.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Carlile.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Ely.
Epus. Chichester.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Lyncolne.
Epus. Worcester.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. St. David's.
Epus. Bristol. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Cancellarius.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Albemarle.
Dux Monmouth.
Marq. Winton.
L. Chamberlain.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Kent.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Suffolk.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Clare.
Comes Westmerland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berks.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Peterborough.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Carna'von.
Comes Chesterfeild.
Comes Thannet.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Rochester.
Comes St. Albans.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Essex.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylesbury.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Guilford.
Comes Sussex.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Halyfax.
Vicecomes Yarmouth.
Vicecomes Newport. |
Ds. Mowbray.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Morley.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. De Grey.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Grey de Wark.
Ds. Robertes.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Coventry.
Ds. Howard de Esc.
Ds. Leigh.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Gerard de Brand.
Ds. Wotton.
Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Frescheville.
Ds. Arundell de Treryse.
Ds. Butler de M. Park. |
PRAYERS.
E. Berks takes the Oaths;
This Day Thomas Earl of Berks took the Oaths of
Allegiance and Supremacy, and made and subscribed
the Declaration, in Pursuance of the Act for the more
effectual preserving of the King's Person and Government, by disabling Papists from sitting in either House
of Parliament.
and his Seat.
This Day Thomas Earl of Berks sat first as a Peer in
Parliament, upon the Decease of Charles Earl of Berks,
his Brother.
His Writ of Summons to Parliament bears Date the
16th Day of April, Anno 31° Domini Regis Caroli Secundi.
Cooling versus Stratfold, in Error.
Whereas this Day was appointed to hear the Errors
argued by Counsel, upon a Writ of Error depending in
this House, wherein Joseph Cooling Esquire is Plaintiff,
against Samuell Stratfold Defendant:
Upon reading a Petition of the said Joseph Cooling,
concerning the same; it is thereupon ORDERED, by the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled,
That this House will hear the said Errors argued, by
Counsel on both Parts, at the Bar, on the First Day of
the Sitting of the Parliament next after Easter-day.
E. Manchester versus Newtas & al. Privilege, concerning the Manor of Holwell &c.
Whereas Edmund Mewtas, Henry Smith, John Lambert, and John Thorpe, were this Day brought to the
Bar, by the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, to
answer for their Breach of Privilege, in entering upon
the Inheritance of the Earl of Manchester, a Peer of
this Realm, in the Manors of Holwell and Needingworth,
nigh St. Ives, in the County of Huntingdon; and breaking down his Lordship's Fences, and ploughing up the
Ditches there made to fence-in his Grounds, and keeping his Servants out of Possession of his House built
thereon; where, they having humbly begged the Pardon of this House, and of his Lordship, for their said
Offence; and having promised and engaged, within
One Month's Time after the Date hereof, to repair
and put the said Fences and Ditches into the same
Condition as they were in at the Time of their flinging
and ploughing them down:
It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said
Edmund Mewtas, Henry Smith, John Lambert, and
John Thorpe, be, and are hereby, discharged from
their present Restraint for their said Offences, paying
their Fees: And this shall be a sufficient Warrant on
that Behalf.
To Sir Edward Carteret, Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod, his Deputy and Deputies, and every of them.
Weld discharged.
Whereas Humphrey Weld Esquire was this Day
brought to the Bar, by the Serjeant at Arms attending
this House, for not obeying the Orders given for preventing the Back Avenues to the Chapel of the Spanish
Ambassador, and frustrating the Intent thereof:
Upon hearing what the said Humphrey Weld had to
say concerning that Matter; it is ORDERED, by the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled,
That the said Humphrey Weld be, and is hereby, discharged from any further Restraint for the Cause aforesaid, paying his Fees; and this shall be a sufficient
Warrant on that Behalf.
To Sir Edward Carterett Knight, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod attending
this House, his Deputy and Deputies,
and every of them.
Wolfe exempted from the Penalties of Popish Recusants.
Whereas there is a Bill depending in Parliament, intituled, "An Act for the better Discovery, and more
speedy Conviction, of Popish Recusants;" wherein Provision is made, "That Mr. Francis Wolfe, of Madely,
with other Persons therein named, who, although
Papists, were yet very instrumental in the Preservation of His Majesty's Sacred Person, after the Battle
at Worcester; and have thereby merited, as a Reward
of their Loyalty, to be distinguished from others of
their Religion:"
It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said
Francis Wolfe and his Wife be, and are hereby, protected from Imprisonment and Consinement of his Person, or any other Penalties to be inflicted on Popish
Recusants, for refusing any Oaths (excepting the Oath
of Allegiance), or not repairing to Church to hear
Divine Service, or receiving the Sacrament according to
the Usage of the Church of England, during the Depending of the said Bill in Parliament.
Address to His Majesty, concerning Ireland.
Upon serious Consideration had by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, of the
present State of Ireland, in this Time of imminent
Danger; and of the Securing of the Protestant Religion
there:
It is ORDERED, by their Lordships, That the Lord
Privy Seal, Earl of Strafford, Earl of Essex, Earl of
Burlington, the Lord Robertes, the Lord Herbert of Cherbury, and the Lord Butler of Moore Park, do attend
His Majesty, humbly to desire Him, from this House,
That His Majesty will be pleased to give Order to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to put all the Laws in
Execution strictly and vigorously (that are now in
Force), for the disarming of all Papists there; and
that the Lord Lieutenant take the best Care he can,
to arm all the Protestants there, for the Defence of
their Religion, and the Government of that Kingdom; and that His Majesty will be pleased to give
Order that a sufficient Quantity of Arms and Gunpowder may be sent over to such Places in Ireland as
His Majesty shall direct, to be disposed as the Lord
Lieutenant shall think fit; which are to be sold to the
Protestants, and at such Rates as that His Majesty
may be reimbursed His Charges; and also that His
Majesty will be pleased to give Order to the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, for the inquiring after and
prosecuting such Bonds by Suit as have been entered
into in Ireland, for the Education of Children in the
Protestant Religion, and are forfeited by the said
Children's being educated Papists; and that the Forfeitures may, by His Majesty's Order, be disposed
in such Manner, to charitable Uses, as that they be
effectually recovered; and that His Majesty will be
pleased to give Order, that an Account may be transmitted hither of the Names of the Guardians, and
of the Security entered into for the Education of
Children in Ireland in the Protestant Religion, with
the Names of the said Children, expressing respectively which have been educated Protestants, and
which Papists; and also that His Majesty will be
pleased to give Order to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to put the Laws there in Execution, to the
utmost Extent, against all Jesuits, and such other
Popish Priests as exercise Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
after the Romish Manner in Ireland; and that, upon
the account of the late horrid Conspiracy, and the
present Prospect of Affairs, and that several Things
are under Consideration for preventing the Dangers
that may thereby arise, and for the Preservation of
His Majesty's Person, Kingdoms, and Dominions;
that His Majesty will be pleased to give Order to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the mean Time, to
secure such Persons, being Papists, in Ireland, as his
Lordship and the Council shall judge to be dangerous
to the Government there."
Barret versus St. Leger.
Upon the Petition of John Barret Esquire, being
an Appeal from a Decree, made in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, on the Behalf of John St. Leger, concerning Lands in Ireland, late the Estate of Sir William
Barret:
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the said John St. Leger
be, and is hereby, required to put in an Answer in
Writing to the said Appeal (whereof he may have a
Copy) on Saturday the 26th Day of this Instant April,
at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon; whereof the said
John Barret is to cause timely Notice to be given to the
said John St. Leger, for that Purpose.
Report concerning paving Streets, &c.
The Lord Viscount Fauconberg reported, from the
Lords Committees for considering the Inconveniencies
which arise for Want of paving and repairing the Streets,
That the King may be moved, from this House, That,
for the immediate Repair of such Places and Ways as
are to be paved at His Majesty's Charge, His Majesty
will be pleased to give Order, That the Commissioners
of the Treasury may issue such a Sum as may forthwith put the said Places into good Repair; and that
there may be a certain Fund for the future, that they
may be continued so: And further, that the Lords
Committees, finding that the Act of 13 and 14° Car.
2di, for the paving the Streets, is expiring, in which
several Defects are found; their Lordships are of Opinion, That a new Act for repairing the Streets may be
prepared, to be offered to the House."
Which Report the House Agreed to.
Address to the King thereupon.
"Upon Report made from the Lords Committees for
considering of the Inconveniencies which arise for
Want of paving and repairing the Streets, and what
Course is fit to be taken for the more effectual Remedy thereof: It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That
the Earl of Bridgewater, and the Lord Viscount
Fauconberg, do humbly move His Majesty, from
this House, That, for the immediate Repair of
such Places and Ways as are to be paved at His
Majesty's Charge, His Majesty will be pleased to
give Order, That the Commissioners of His Treasury may issue such a Sum of Money as may forthwith put the said Places and Ways into good Repair;
and that there may be a certain Fund for the future,
that they may be continued so."
Liberty of the Subject, Habeas Corpus Bill.
The House was adjourned into a Committee, to consider of the Bill for the better securing the Liberty of
the Subject.
The House being resumed;
The Lord Robertes reported, "That the Opinion of
the Committee of the House is, That the further
Consideration of this Bill be put off till the next
Day of sitting after Easter-day:
"That, in the mean Time, a Committee may be
appointed, to consider of the whole Coherence of the
said Bill, so as it may be put into a fit Method to
be offered to the Committee of the whole House the
next Sitting."
To which Purpose, the House named the Committee
following:
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L. Chancellor.
L. Privy Seal.
Marq. Winton.
E. Huntingdon.
E. Bridgewater.
E. North'ton.
E. Clare.
E. Berks.
E. Winchilsea.
E. Strafford.
E. Essex.
E. Burlington.
E. Shaftesbury.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Halyfax. |
Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Carlile.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Ely.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Lyncolne.
Epus. Exon. |
L. Berkeley.
L. Wharton.
L. North.
L. Grey W.
L. Robertes.
L. Herbert Cherb. |
The Judges, and Mr. Attorney General, to
assist their Lordships.
Their Lordships, or any Five; to meet on Monday
next, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon,
in the Prince's Lodgings; and to adjourn as they
please.
Trial of Peers, Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, "An Act for the
better regulating of the Trial of the Peers of England."
The Question was proposed, "Whether this House
shall be adjourned till Wednesday next, or not?"
Then this previous Question was put, "Whether
this Question shall be put?"
It was Resolved in the Negative.
ORDERED, That this House be adjourned to Monday
next.
E. Danby, to answer to his Impeachment.
Whereas Thomas Earl of Danby was Yesterday appointed to put in his Answer, in Writing, to the Articles of Impeachment wherewith he stands charged by
the House of Commons, on the First Day of the Sitting of the Parliament next after Easter-day:
It is this Day ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Thomas
Earl of Danby is hereby appointed to put in his said
Answer, in Writing, on Wednesday the Twenty-third
Day of this Instant April, at Ten of the Clock in the
Forenoon.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Lunæ, 21um diem
instantis Aprilis, hora decima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.