DIE Lunæ, 7 die Maii.
PRAYERS, by
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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18 Comes Manchester, Speaker.
1 D. of Bucks.
6 Comes Bedford.
13 Comes Bridgwater.
19 Comes Berks.
16 Comes Midd.
17 Comes Bollingbrooke.
4 Comes Derby.
23 Viscount Hereford.
11 Comes Dorsett.
25 Viscount Conway.
5 Comes Rutland.
24 Viscount Say & Seale.
20 Comes Monmouth.
21 Comes Carnarv.
15 Comes Denbigh.
10 Comes Suffolke.
12 Comes Exceter.
9 Comes Nottingham.
14 Comes Warwicke.
3 Comes Northumb.
22 Comes Strafford.
8 Comes Lyncolne.
7 Comes Pembrooke.
2 Comes Oxon. |
18 Ds. Howard Esc.
19 Ds. Deincourt.
16 Ds. Craven.
12 Ds. Gerrard.
1 Ds. De la Warr.
10 Ds. Hunsdon.
13 Ds. Tenham.
3 Ds. Morley.
4 Ds. Sandys.
9 Ds. Chandos.
5 Ds. Dacres.
8 Ds. Willoughby.
15 Ds. Grey.
17 Ds. Maynard.
20 Ds. Capell.
11 Ds. Petre.
6 Ds. Crumwell.
14 Ds. Brooke.
2 Ds. Berkley.
7 Ds. Wharton. |
Message to the H. C. with the Marquis of Winton's Order.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Hobert and Mr. Glascocke:
To desire their Concurrence in the Order for preventing of Waste upon the Lord Marquis of Winchester's
Estate.
Bill to prevent Disputes concerning the Parliament.
The House was adjourned into a Committee during
Pleasure, to consider of the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for removing and preventing all Questions and Disputes, concerning the Assembling and Sitting of this
present Parliament."
The House was resumed.
King to be proclaimed.
ORDERED, That His Majesty shall be proclaimed
King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, and
of all the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging;" and the Time to be further considered of.
Message from the H. C. for the E. of Manchester to be One of the Commissioners of the Great Seal;-and with a Declaration to prevent Riots.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Annesley; who brought these Particulars:
1. That the House of Commons doth agree with the
Lords, that the Earl of Manchester, Speaker of the
House of Peers, be, and is hereby nominated and appointed, One of the Commissioners for the Great Seal;
and that he be added to those who have the present
Custody thereof, till further Order.
2. A Declaration for continuing of Officers in His
Majesty's Name, and preventing of Riots and Tumults,
&c.
Read, and Agreed to, and ordered to be forthwith
printed and published. (Here enter it.)
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That their Lordships do concur with the House of
Commons in this Declaration.
Bill to prevent Disputes concerning the Parliament.
After this, the House was again adjourned into a Committee during Pleasure, to debate the Bill for removing
of all Questions and Disputes for the Assembling and
Sitting of this present Parliament.
The House being resumed;
The Earl of Manchester reported, "That the Lords
think fit to offer a Proviso and an Amendment to the
aforesaid Bill."
Which being read Twice, and approved of, then the
said Bill was read the Third Time, with the said Proviso
and Alteration.
And the Question being put, "Whether this Bill
shall pass as a Law, with this Proviso and Alteration?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
It is ORDERED, To be sent to the House of Commons,
for their Concurrence.
Committee of Privileges.
ORDERED, That the Earl of Berks be added to the
Committee for Privileges; likewise the Duke of Bucks,
Earl of Exeter, Earl Monmouth, the Lord Tenham, Lord
Morley, Lord Sandys, Lord De la Warr.
King's Statues to be set up.
It is referred to the Committee of Privileges, to consider the Setting up the Statue of the late King, in Scotland, Ireland, and in The Covent Garden.
Message to the H. C. with a Bill.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Eltonhead and Mr. Rich:
To let them know, that their Lordships have agreed
to the Bill concerning the preventing the Questions about
this Parliament, &c. with a Proviso and Amendment,
wherein their Lordships desire their Concurrence.
Answer from thence.
Mr. Hobart and Mr. Glascock return with this Answer
from the House of Commons to a Message sent on Saturday last:
That they concur and agree with this House, in the
Order sent down concerning the Duke of Bucks.
(Here enter it.
Message to the H. C. for Committees to meet, about the King being proclaimed.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by the
Master of the Rolls and the Lord Chief Baron:
To let them know, that this House hath resolved,
That His Majesty shall be proclaimed "King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, and all the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging:" And that
this House hath nominated a Committee of Four Lords,
to meet this Afternoon, at Four of the Clock, in the
Prince's Lodgings, to consider of the Manner, Time, and
Form, of the same; and that the House of Commons
will appoint a Committee of a proportionable Number
of the House of Commons, to join with their Lordships:
To which Purpose, these (fn. *) Lords following were named.
Committees:
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1 E. of Northumb.
2 E. of Bedford. |
4 Ds. Maynard.
3 Ds. Craven. |
Ly. Jermyn and Long, about the Chancery Records.
Upon Report from the Committee for Petitions, concerning the Records of the Chancery to be taken out of
Mr. Walter Long's Hands, until the Business depending
between him and the Lady Jermin be decided:
It is ORDERED, That this Business between him and
the said Lady shall be heard To-morrow in the Afternoon, before the Lords Committees for Petitions; and
their Report thereof to be made to this House on Wednesday Morning.
Answer from the H. C.
The Master of the Rolls and the Lord Chief Baron
return with this Answer from the House of Commons:
That they do concur with their Lordships in the whole
Message concerning the Proclaiming of His Majesty;
and they have nominated a Committee of their House, of
a proportionable Number, to meet this Afternoon, as is
desired.
ORDERED, That the Earl of Exeter be added to the
Committee, to prepare a Bill for the constituting General
Monck Captain General.
Answers from the H. C.
Mr. Hobart and Mr. Glascock return with this Answer
from the House of Commons:
That they will send an Answer, by Messengers of their
own, concerning the Marquis of Winchester's Order.
Mr. Eltonhead and Mr. Hobart return with this Answer
from the House of Commons:
That they do agree with their Lordships in the Proviso and Alteration in the Bill concerning preventing the
Questions and Disputes concerning the Assembling and
Sitting of this present Parliament.
General Montague, Leave to send an Answer to the King:
A Letter from General Mountague, at Sea, was read;
and ORDERED, That the Speaker of this House do write
a Letter to General Mountague, to give him Thanks from
this House, for his Respects to this House; and to let
him know, that this House do give General Monck and
him Leave to send such an Answer, either jointly or severally, as they think fit, to His Majesty.
The Letter followeth:
Letter from him, desiring Leave to do so.
"My Lord,
"This Morning I received His Majesty's most Gracious Declaration, dated 4/14; of April, 1660, and a
Letter of the same Date, directed to General Monke
and myself, to be communicated to the Fleet; the
which I have done accordingly: And it being the Desire
of all the Commanders, Officers, and Seamen of the
Fleet here, that his Excellency the Lord General
Monke and myself should express unto His Majesty
their great Joyfulness of Heart, for His said Gracious
Declaration and Purpose expressed toward them in the
said Letter, as also their Loyalty and Duty to Him,
I humbly entreat your Lordship's Favour to understand, whether it be your Pleasure that such an
Answer be returned unto His Majesty. Remaining,
Nazeby, in The Downes, 4 May 1660.
"My Lord,
"Your Lordship's
"Most humble and faithful Servant,
"E. Mountagu."
Poors Money.
ORDERED, That the Sub-committee for Privileges do
consider how the Money collected for the Poor at the
late Fast shall be disposed of; and report the same to
the House.
Declaration against Tumults, Riots, &c.
"The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament
having received several Informations, that there hath
been divers Tumults, Riots, Outrages, and Misdemeanors lately committed, in sundry Parts of this
Realm, by unquiet and discontented Spirits, to the
Disturbance of the Public Peace, and Fomenting of
new Troubles, do hereby order and declare, That all
Sheriffs, Justices of the Peace, Mayors, Constables,
and other Ministers of Public Justice, that were in
Office the 25th Day of April, 1660, shall be continued in their respective Offices, and shall exercise the
same in the King's Majesty's Name and Style, and
shall use their best Endeavours to suppress and prevent all Riots, Tumults, unlawful Assemblies, and
Misdemeanors whatsoever, against the Laws and
Peace of this Realm, and all treasonable and seditious Words, Reports, and Rumours, against His Majesty's Royal Person and Authority; and proceed
against all Offenders therein according to Law and
Justice. And all Military Officers and Soldiers, and all
others, are to be aiding and assisting to them therein."
Order for staying Waste on the D. of Bucks' Lands, and for stopping the Rents in the Tenants Hands.
"That the Duke of Buckingham having had his
Estate sequestered and sold, not only without the Concurrence of the House of Lords, but also against their
Vote of Indemnity sent down to the House of Commons in his Behalf, and that his being in Arms was
in his Minority: The Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, conceiving his Case to be singular,
have ordered, That there be a Stop and Stay of demolishing, or defacing of, or committing Waste in,
the Houses and Lands, or any of them, whereof the
Duke of Buckingham, or Katherine late Dutchess of
Bucks his Mother, or either of them, was or were
seised, in Possession or Reversion, the First Day of July,
1651; and that no Timber or Woods be selled, or
cut down, of any of the said Lands, or any Part
thereof; and that no Wood or Timber selled, and
now remaining thereon, be taken away, or removed
from the same Lands; and that all the Rents of the
said Lands be stopped in the Tenants Hands respectively, and a Stay and Stop is hereby made accordingly; and this to continue till the Pleasure of both
Houses be further signified concerning the same: And
all Persons whom it may concern are hereby required to yield Obedience to this Order."
A Letter was read, from the Portugall Ambassador,
thus directed,
Letter from the Portuguese Ambassador, concerning Antonio Vas.
"For the Right Honourable the Lords assembled
in Parliament.
"Right Honourable Lords,
"I received an Order from your Lordships, by the
Gentleman Usher of that House, upon last Friday,
about one Antonio Vas, a Priest, and a Subject of His
Majesty the King my Master, and a domestic Servant of my House. This being a Matter already resolved upon by this last Parliament and Council of
State, who were pleased to deliver him up unto me
after he hath once made his Escape from my House,
considering the Reasons I then presented unto them,
whereof I send your Lordships the very Copy inclosed. And acquainting His Majesty with the Parliament's and Council's Proceedings, His Majesty was
graciously pleased to write a Letter of Thanks unto
the Parliament of England, which was accordingly delivered and read; whereof I also send here the Copy
inclosed. And from the Parliament I had this Answer, "That the Prisoner was my own, and I might
remit him when I pleased;" so that I intended to carry
him along with me, having made up a Treaty with
the yet Council of State. But, having new Orders
from His Majesty to continue here, and sending the
Treaty over by One of His Majesty's Ministers, I do
desire of your Honours, that it may be put in Execution what His Majesty desired of the Parliament;
that is, the Security and Transportation of the said
Antonio Vas to Portugall, of which the Security of Portugall depends, and consequently the Interest of England. And in Conclusion I represent unto your Lordships Three Things:
"The First, That this Petition is most false, for I
am not, nor never was a Member of the
Inquisition; neither this Man is guilty of any
Crime besides High Treason, and to have Intelligence with the Castillians; which I affirm
unto your Lordships, in the Name of the King
my Master, to be so.
"Secondly, That this said Antonio Vas was with
Don Fernando Telles, who betrayed the Embassage of the King in Holland, with a general
Scandal to all Europe, betraying the Public
Faith and Law of Nations; so that, these
dangerous Times, this Man being guilty of
Treason, and having once run away, it would
prove very prejudicial unto me any other Resolution. And I am not to expect that my Ruin
should be the Reward of what I deserve from
the English Nation.
"Thirdly, That this is a Matter already resolved,
and now only suggested by one Marcas Dias,
who hath a Hand in this Man's Escape from
my House; and is a Traitor banished out of
Portugall, and daily endeavours with great
Sums of Money to bribe my Servants to give
Intelligence to Castile of what I act here;
which is very prejudicial to both States: Which
I have endured, only not to seem troublesome
to your Lordships, who now are (fn. *) employed in
greater Things.
"I hope that the Clearness and Verity of this
short Narrative will satisfy your Lordships, as Justice and Law of Nations do
secure me; and myself in particular shall
study to deserve of your Lordships, whom
God Almighty protect."
From my House in Wildestreet,
17/7; of April, 1660.
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 9a cras.