DIE Martis, 26 Januarii.
REX.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Arch. Yorke.
Epus. London.
Epus.
Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus.
St. David's.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Worcester.
Epus.
Oxon.
Epus. Ely.
Epus.
Norwich.
Epus. Peterborough.
Epus. Chichester.
Epus. Bath &
Wells. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Præses.
Dux
Norfolke.
Dux South'ton.
Dux Ormond.
Dux
Northumb'land.
Dux Bolton.
March. Halifax.
Ds.
Magnus Camerarius.
Ds. Senescallus.
Ds. Camerarius.
Comes
Oxford.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Kent.
Comes
Bedford.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes
Clare.
Comes Bullingbrooke.
Comes Westmerland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes
Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes
Carnarvon.
Comes Chesterfeild.
Comes Thannet.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes
Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Bath.
Comes
Craven.
Comes Sussex.
Comes
Maclesfeild.
Comes Notingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes
Abingdon.
Comes Portland.
Comes Fauconberge.
Comes Montagu.
Comes
Marleborough.
Viscount Newport.
Viscount Weymouth. |
Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Delaware.
Ds. Berkeley B.
Ds.
Fitzwalter.
Ds. Howard
Eff.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Sidney.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds.
Grey W.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds.
Jermyn.
Ds. Byron.
Ds.
Clifford.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds.
Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley
Str.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Crew.
Ds.
Carteret.
Ds. Ossulston.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds.
Cholmondley.
Ds. Ashburnham. |
PRAYERS.
Militia Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for raising the
Militia of this Kingdom for the Year 1692, although the Month's Pay formerly
advanced be not re-paid."
Strode versus Chichester.
Upon hearing Counsel this Day, at the Bar, upon the
Petition and Appeal of Samuell Strode, Anne his Wife, and
Jane his Daughter, from a Decree made by the Lords
Commissioners of the Great Seal of England, the Seventh
Day of December last, on the Behalf of Henry Chichester and his Wife; as also upon the Answer of the
said Henry Chichester and Dorothy
his Wife put in thereunto:
After due Consideration had of what was offered by Counsel
upon the said Petition and Answer, it is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Petition and
Appeal of the said Samuell Strode shall be, and is
hereby, dismissed this House; and that the Decree from which he appealed shall
be, and is hereby, affirmed.
Message from H. C. for a Conference on Trials for Treason,
Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr.
Mountagu and others:
To desire a Free Conference with their Lordships, upon the
Clause (A) added by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
regulating Trials in Cases of Treason."
To which the House agreed.
And the Messengers were called in; and told, "That the
Lords agree to a Free Conference, as desired; and appoint the same To-morrow,
at Twelve of the Clock, in the Painted Chamber."
E. of Rochester versus L. Grey.
The House being moved, "That the Lord Grey
of Werke may have further Time allowed for answering to the Petition of
Lawrence Earl of Rochester:"
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That the Lord Grey of Werke hath
hereby Time allowed him for answering thereunto, until Tuesday the Second Day of February next,
at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.
Against adhering to Their Majesties Enemies, Bill.
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act against adhering to
Their Majesties Enemies," shall be reported To-morrow, after the Free
Conference; and that the Lord Chief Justice Holt and Mr.
Baron Powell do then attend the House.
Mutiny Bill.
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Punishment of
Mutineers and Deserters, preventing false Musters, and paying the Army
according to the Musters of Effective Men," shall be considered, in a Committee
of the whole House, on Thursday next, at Ten of the Clock
in the Forenoon.
Committee to examine the Ballots for Commissioners to examine
Public Accompts.
ORDERED, That the Lords following do open the Balloting
Glass, and give the House an Account To-morrow on whom the Majority
falls.
Any Three of them to be of the Quorum.
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Ds. Præses.
Dux Bolton.
March. Hallifax.
Comes
Ailesbury.
Comes Maclesfeild.
Comes Monmouth.
Viscount Weymouth. |
Epus. Sarum. |
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Rochester. |
D. of Norfolk's Witnesses examined.
Then, the Duke of Norfolke's
Witnesses attending, his Counsel and Proctor, and the Dutchess's Counsel and
Proctor, were also called in.
The Dutchess of Norfolke's Proctor
prayed, "That the Duke's Counsel might not be present, when the Witnesses give
in their Evidence."
It was presently ORDERED, That the Duke's Counsel being
present shall be no Prejudice to the Dutchess.
Then the Dutchess's Counsel moved, "That the Evidence
should be taken in Writing, and delivered to him."
Then they withdrew.
And the House agreed, and ORDERED, That the Evidence shall
be taken in Writing by the Clerk; and that the Clerk shall read what he hath
taken to the Witnesses before they go from the Bar; and if the Counsel on
either Side observe any Thing to be omitted or mistaken, the Counsel may offer
to have it rectisied before the Witness goes from the Bar.
Then the Counsel and Proctors were called in again, and
told what the House had ordered.
Then Sir William Thompson (the
Duke's Counsel) called in Rowland Owen and others; who
gave their Evidence at the Bar; and it was taken by the Clerk, in the Presence
of the Dutchess's Counsel.
Which being ended, the Duke's Counsel said, "We have
several other circumstantial Witnesses, which we do not think sit to examine at
present; and so we rest our Evidence here."
And withdrew.
Then the House ordered as followeth:
Dutchess of Norfolk to make her Defence.
"After hearing this Day the Witnesses on the Behalf of his
Grace the Duke of Norfolke, it is ORDERED, by the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That Friday next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, shall be, and
is hereby, appointed for her Grace the Dutchess of Norfolke to make her Defence, by her Proctor or Counsel; and
that his Grace the Duke of Norfolke's Counsel and Proctor
be then present, and the Witnesses who this Day delivered their Evidence, or
others, on his Grace's Behalf; and that the Dutchess may have an Order for such
Witnesses as she shall think sit to make Use of, on her Grace's Behalf."
Adjourn.
Rob'tus Atkyns, Miles de Balneo,
Capitalis Baro de Scaccario, Orator Procerum, declaravit præsens
Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, (videlicet,) 27um diem Januarii, hore
decima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.