DIE Veneris, 22 die Maii.
REX.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cant.
Arch. York.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Chichester.
Epus. Peterborough.
Epus. Lyncolne.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Landaff.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Gloucester.
Epus. Ely.
Epus. Carlile.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Bath & Wells. |
Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli.
L. Treasurer.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
E. Marshal.
L. Steward.
Duke of Somerset.
Duke Albemarle.
Duke of Newcastle.
Duke of Beaufort.
L. Great Chamberlain.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Kent.
Comes Derby.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Devon.
Comes Clare.
Comes Westmerland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berks.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborough.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Chesterfeild.
Comes Thannet.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylesbury.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Litchfeild.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Macclesfeld.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Plymouth.
Vicecomes Say & Seale.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Newport.
Vicecomes Townsend.
Vicecomes Weymouth. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Morley.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Conyers.
Ds. Cromwell.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. North et Grey.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Coventry.
Ds. Howard de Esc.
Ds. Leigh.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley de Strat.
Ds. Crew.
Ds. Arundell Trerice.
Ds. Butler de West.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Osulston.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Churchill.
Ds. Jefferyes. |
PRAYERS.
Lords take the Oaths.
These Lords following took the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and subscribed the Declaration, in Pursuance of the Act for the more
effectual preserving the King's Person and Government, by disabling Papists from sitting in
either House of Parliament:
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George Duke of Buckingham.
Henry Earl of Peterborough.
Arthur Earl of Anglesey.
William Viscount Say & Seale.
Charles Viscount Mordant. Lord Coniers.
William Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. John Lord Lovelace. |
King present.
His Majesty, being on His Royal Throne, adorned
with His Regal Robes and Crown, commanded the Gentleman Usher to give Notice to the House of Commons,
"That they attend His Majesty presently, with their
Speaker."
Who being come; His Majesty made the following
Speech:
His Speech.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"After it pleased ALMIGHTY GOD to take to His
Mercy the late King My dearest Brother, and to bring
Me to the peaceable Possession of the Throne of My
Ancestors, I immediately resolved to call a Parliament,
as the best Means to settle every Thing upon those
Foundations that may make My Reign both easy and
happy to you; towards which, I am disposed to contribute all that is fit for Me to do. What I said to
My Privy Council at My First Coming there, I am
desirous to renew to you; wherein I fully declared
My Opinion concerning the Principles of the Church
of England, whose Members have shewed themselves
so eminently loyal, in the worst of Times, in Defence
of My Father, and Support of My Brother, of Blessed
Memory, that I will always take Care to defend and
support it: I will make it My Endeavour to preserve
this Government both in Church and State, as it is
now by Law established. And, as I will never depart
from the just Rights and Prerogative of the Crown,
so I will never invade any Man's Property; and you
may be sure, that, having heretofore ventured My
Life in the Defence of this Nation, I shall still go as
far as any Man, in preserving it in all its just Rights
and Liberties. And having given you this Assurance
concerning the Care I will have of your Religion and
Property, which I have chosen to do in the same
Words I used at My First Coming to the Crown, the
better to evidence to you that I spoke them not by
Chance, and consequently that you may the more
firmly rely upon a Promise so solemnly made; I cannot
doubt that I shall fail of suitable Returns from you,
with all imaginable Duty and Kindness on your Part;
and particularly in what relates to the settling of My
Revenue, and continuing it during My Life, as it was
in the Time of the King My Brother. I might use
many Arguments to enforce this Demand, from the
Benefit of Trade, the Support of the Navy, the Necessity of the Crown, and the Well-being of the Government itself; which I must not suffer to be precarious: But, I am confident, your own Consideration
of what is just and reasonable, will suggest to you
whatsoever might be enlarged upon this Occasion.
There is One popular Argument, which I foresee
may be used against what I ask of you, from the Inclination men may have for frequent Parliaments; which
some may think would be the best secured by feeding
Me from Time to Time by such Proportions as they
shall think convenient. And this Argument, it being
the First Time I speak to you from the Throne, I
will answer once for all: That this would be a very
improper Method to take with Me; and that the best
Way to engage Me to meet you often, is always to
use Me well. I expect, therefore, that you will
comply with Me in what I have desired; and that you
will do it speedily, that this may be a short Session,
and that we may meet again to all our Satisfactions.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"I must acquaint you, that I have had News this
Morning from Scotland, that Argile is landed in The
West Highlands, with the Men he brought with him
from Holland; and that there are Two Declarations
published; one, in the Name of all those in Arms
there; the other, in his own: It would be too long
for Me to repeat the Substance of them; it is sufficient to tell you, I am charged with Usurpation and
Tyranny. The shorter of them I have directed to
be forthwith communicated to you. I will take the
best Care I can, that this Declaration of their own
Treason and Rebellion may meet with the Reward it
deserves. And I will not doubt, but that you all will
be the more zealous to support the Government, and
give Me My Revenue as I have desired it, without
Delay."
This being done; the Commons went to their House.
Committee of Privileges.
Lords Committees appointed to consider of the
Customs and Orders of the House of Peers, and
Privileges of Parliament; and of the Peers of
this Kingdom and Lords of Parliament, &c.
and to report to the House.
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L. Treasurer.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
E. Marshal.
L. Steward.
D. of Somerset.
D. Albemarle.
D. of New Castle.
D. de Beaufort.
L. Great Chamberlain.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Kent.
Comes Derby.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Devon.
Comes Clare.
Comes Westmerland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berks.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborough.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Thannet.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylisbury.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Macclesfeld.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Plymouth.
Vicecomes Say & Seale.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Newport.
Vicecomes Townsend.
Vicecomes Weymouth. |
Arch. Cant.
Arch. Yorke.
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Durham.
L. Bp. Winton.
L. Bp. Sarum.
L. Bp. Chichester.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Lyncoln.
L. Bp. Oxon.
L. Bp. Exon.
L. Bp. Landaff.
L. Bp. St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Carlile.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Bath & Wells. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Morley.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Conyers.
Ds. Cromwell.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Coventry.
Ds. Howard de Esc.
Ds. Leigh.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Crewe.
Ds. Arundell de T.
Ds. Butler de Weston.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Osulston.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Churchill.
Ds. Jefferies. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them; to meet
on Monday next, and every Monday after, at
Three of the Clock, in the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.
No Lord a Minor to sit in the House.
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That no Lord under the Age of
One and Twenty Years shall be permitted to sit in the
House: And it is further ORDERED, That this Order
be added to the Standing Orders of this House.
Message from H. C. to return Thanks to the King for His Speech.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Talbot and others:
To acquaint their Lordships, that the House of Commons have resolved, nemine contradicente, to give His
Majesty most humble and hearty Thanks, for His Gracious Speech this Day; and the Commons desire their
Lordships Concurrence therein.
Agreed to.
Lords to attend the King.
ORDERED, That the Lords with the White Staves
do wait upon His Majesty presently, to know what Time
He will please to appoint for both Houses to attend Him,
to present Him with the humble and hearty Thanks of
both Houses for His Gracious Speech this Day.
King's Answer reported.
The Lords with the White Staves reported, "That
His Majesty hath appointed this Afternoon, at Four
of the Clock, in the Banqueting House at Whitehall,
to receive both Houses."
The Answer returned was:
Answer to H. C.
That this House agrees with the House of Commons,
to return humble and hearty Thanks for His Majesty's
Gracious Speech this Day; and their Lordships having
sent to His Majesty, to know what Time He will appoint
for both Houses to wait upon Him, His Majesty hath
appointed this Afternoon, at Four of the Clock, in the
Banqueting House at Whitehall, to receive both Houses
for that Purpose.
Committee for the Journal.
Lords Sub-committees appointed to consider of the
Orders of the House of Peers, and Privileges
of the Peers of this Kingdom and Lords of Parliament; and to peruse and perfect the Journal
Book of the late Parliament, which began at
Oxford, the 21th Day of March, 1680.
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L. Privy Seal.
Comes Kent.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylisbury.
Comes Macclesfeld.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Plymouth.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Newport.
Vicecomes Weymouth. |
Arch. Yorke.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Peterborough.
Epus. Lyncolne.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Bath & Wells. |
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Crewe.
Ds. Arundell T.
Ds. Butler de W.
Ds. Osulston.
Ds. Jefferies. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them; to meet
on Saturday next, at Three of the Clock in the
Afternoon, in the Lord Keeper's Lodgings, near
the House of Peers; and after, when, and where,
and as often as, they please.
Committee for Petitions.
Lords Committees appointed by the House of Peers
to receive and consider of Petitions; and afterwards to make report thereof to the House.
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L. Treasurer.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
E. Marshal.
L. Steward.
D. of Somerset.
D. Albemarle.
D. of New Castle.
D. Beaufort.
L. Great Chamberlain.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Kent.
Comes Derby.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Bedford.
Comes Pembrook.
Comes Bridgwater.
Comes Devon.
Comes Clare.
Comes Westmerland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berks.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborough.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Thannet.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Bath.
Comes Craven.
Comes Aylisbury.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Litchfeild.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Macclesfeld.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Abington.
Comes Plymouth.
Vicecomes Say & Seale.
Vicecomes Fauconberg.
Vicecomes Mordant.
Vicecomes Newport.
Vicecomes Townsend.
Vicecomes Weymouth. |
Arch. Cant.
Arch. York.
Epus. London.
Epus. Durham.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Chichester.
Epus. Peterborough.
Epus. Lyncolne.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Gloucester.
Epus. Ely.
Epus. Carlile.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Rochester.
Epus. Bath & Wells. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Morley.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Conyers.
Ds. Cromwell.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Coventry.
Ds. Howard de Esc.
Ds. Leigh.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Crewe.
Ds. Arundell T.
Ds. Butler West.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Osulston.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Churchill.
Ds. Jefferies. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Tuesday next, and every Tuesday and Thursday
after, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon,
in the Painted Chamber; and to adjourn as they
please.
Bill to prevent Minors clandestine Marriages.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, "An Act disabling
Minors to marry, without the Consent of their Fathers
or Guardians; and against their untimely marrying
after the Decease of their Fathers."
Order for Continuation of Impeachments from Parliament to Parliament, reversed.
Upon Consideration of the Cases of the Earl of
Powis, Lord Arundell of Warder, the Lord Belasis,
and the Earl of Danby, contained in their Petitions:
After some Debate;
This Question was proposed; "Whether the Order
of the 19th of March, 1678/9;, shall be reversed and
annulled, as to Impeachments?"
The Question being put, "Whether this Question
shall be now put?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Then,
The Question was put, "Whether the Order of
the 19th of March, 1678/9, shall be reversed
and annulled, as to Impeachments?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Protest against it.
"Dissentiente, John Earl of Radnor."
The Earl of Anglesey, before the putting of the abovesaid Question, desired Leave of the House to enter his
Dissent, if the Question were carried in the Affirmative;
which was granted.
Several other Lords desired Leave to enter their Dissents.
"According to the Right of Peers to enter their
Dissent and Protestation against any Vote propounded
and resolved upon any Question in Parliament, we do
enter our Dissent and Protestation to the aforesaid
Vote or Resolution; for these Reasons, among many
others:
"1. Because it doth, as we conceive, extrajudicially,
and without a particular Cause before us, endeavour
an Alteration in a Judicial Rule and Order of the
House, in the highest Point of their Power and Judicature.
"2. Because it shakes and lays aside an Order made
and renewed upon long Consideration, Debate, Report of Committees, Precedents, and former Resolutions, without permitting the same to be read, though
called for by many of the Peers, and against weighty
Reasons, as we conceive, appearing for the same, and
contrary to the Practice of former Times.
"3. Because it is inherent in every Court of Judicature, to assert and preserve the former Rules of Proceedings before them, which therefore must be steady
and certain; especially in this High Court; that the
Subject and all Persons concerned may know how to
apply themselves for Justice: The very Chancery,
King's Bench, &c. have their settled Rules and standing Orders, from which there is no Variation.
"Anglesey.
Clare.
Stamford."
Earl of Argyle's Declaration.
A Paper, being a Declaration of the Earl of Argyle,
mentioned by His Majesty in His Speech, was read.
"The Declaration of Archibald Earl of Argyle,
Lord Kintyre, Cowell, Campbell, and Lorne,
&c. Heritable Sheriff and Lieutenant of the
Shires of Argyle and Tarbett, and Heritable
Justice General of the said Shires, and of the
West Isles, and others; with his Order to his
Vassals and others, in the said Shires, and under his Jurisdiction, to concur for Defence of
their Religion, their Lives, and Liberties.
I shall not mention my Case, published and printed
in Latin and Dutch, and more largely in English; nor
need I repeat the printed Declaration emitted by several Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others, of both Nations, now in Arms: But, because the Suffering of
me and my Family are therein mentioned, I have
thought it fit for me to declare for myself, That as I
go to Arms, with those who appointed me to conduct
them, for no private nor personal End, and only for
those contained in the said Declaration, which I have
concerted with them and approve of; so I do claim no
Interest but what I had before the pretended Forfaulter of my Family, and have sufficient Right to; and
that I do freely, and as a Christian, fully forgive all
personal Injuries against my Person or Family, to all
that shall not oppose, but join and concur with us in
our present Undertaking, for the Ends mentioned in
the said Declaration; and hereby I oblige me, never
to pursue them, in Judgement nor out of Judgement.
And I further declare, That, obtaining the peaceable
and quiet Possession of what belonged to my Father
and myself before our pretended Forfaulters, I shall
satisfy all Debts due by my Father and myself, as far
as any Heir or Debtor can be obliged.
"And as my Faithfulness to His late Majesty and His
Government hath sufficiently appeared to all unbiassed
Persons void of Malice; so I do with Grief acknowledge my former too much complying with, and conniving at, the Methods have been taken to bring us to
the (fn. *) Condition we are now in, though, GOD
knows, never concurring in the Design.
"I have now, with GOD's Strength, suffered patiently
my unjust Sentence and Banishment Three Years and
a Half, and never offered to make any Uproar or Defence, by Arms, to disturb the Peace upon my private
Concern. But the King being now dead, and the
Duke of Yorke having taken off his Mask, and having
abandoned and invaded our Religion and Liberties,
resolving to enter into the Government, and exercise it
contrary to Law; I think it not only just, but my Duty
to GOD and my Country, to use my utmost Endeavours
to oppose and repress His Usurpation and Tyranny.
"And therefore, being assisted and furnished very
nobly by several good Protestants, and invited and
accompanied by several of both Nations to lead them;
I resolve, as GOD shall enable me, to use their Assistance of all Kind, towards the Ends expressed in the
said Declaration.
"And I do (fn. *) thereby earnestly invite and obtest all
honest Protestants, and particularly all my Friends and
Blood Relations, to concur with us in the said Undertaking.
"And as I have written several Letters, so, having no
other Way fully to intimate my Mind to others, I do
hereby require all my Vassals every where, and all
within my Jurisdictions, with the sencible Men within
their Command, to go to arm, and to join and concur with us according to the said Declaration, as they
will be answerable at their Peril; and to obey the
particular Orders they shall receive from me from
Time to Time."
House to be called.
ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That the Roll of the Standing
Orders of this House shall be read on Tuesday next; and
the House then to be called over.
Adjourn.
Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Sabbati,
videlicet, 23um diem instantis Maii, hora decima Aurora
Dominis sic decernentibus.
Hitherto examined by us, this 27th of May, 1685,
Clarendon, C. P. S.
J. Bridgewater.
Craven.
Tho. Exon.
North & Grey.