Friday, the 8th of April, 1653.
Prayers.
Probates of Wills, &c.
MR. Corbett reports Amendments to the Act for
Probate of Wills: Which were twice read; and,
upon the Question, assented unto.
The Question being put, That this Bill be ingrossed;
It passed with the Negative.
The said Bill, so amended, being put to the Question,
passed: And it is Ordered, That the said Act be forthwith printed . . . published.
Embassy from Sweden.
Ordered, That Colonel Morley, Mr. Allein, Lord Viscount Lisle, Sir Henry Mildmay, Mr. Rawlegh, Sir John
Danvers, Sir Wm. Brereton, Sir Wm. Constable, Mr.
Nevill, Col. Bossevile, Sir Peter Wentworth, be the Committee to give Audience to the Publick Minister from
the Queen of Sweden.
Biggs respited.
The humble Petition of Richard Biggs, a convicted
Person in the Marshalseas in Southwark, was this Day
read.
The Question being propounded, That the Execution
of Richard Biggs, a convicted Person in the Marshalsea
in Southwark, for Horse-stealing, be staid for a Month;
and that the Judges, before whom he was tried, do, in
the mean time, certify the true State of the Matter of
Fact, upon the Evidence, to the Parliament;
And the Question being put, That this Question be
now put;
The House was divided.
The Noes went forth.
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| Sir H. Mildmay, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
12. |
| Sir Peter Wentworth, |
With the Noes, |
| Col. Marten, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
24. |
| Mr. Holland, |
With the Yeas, |
So it passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put;
The House was again divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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| Lord Viscount Lisle, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
22. |
| Col. Marten, |
With the Yeas, |
| Sir Henry Mildmay, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
16. |
| Sir John Danvers, |
With the Noes, |
So it was Resolved, That the Execution of Richard
Biggs, a convicted Person in the Marshalseas in Southwark, for Horse-stealing, be staid for a Month: And that
the Judges, before whom he was tried, do, in the mean
time, certify the true State of the Matter of Fact, upon
the Evidence, to the Parliament.
Embassy from Sweden.
The Lord Viscount Lisle reports from the Committee,
that was appointed to give Audience to the Publick
Minister from the Queen of Sweden, the Letters Credential
of the said Queen to the said Publick Minister, with the
Speech made by the said Publick Minister, both in Latin
and English: which were this Day read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Council of State,
to hear what this Publick Minister shall further say: And
to prepare an Answer to this Letter; and report it to the
Parliament.
Adjournment.
Resolved, That when the House riseth, Mr. Speaker
do adjourn the House until Wednesday Morning next.
Ireland.
Resolved, That the Debate upon the Amendments to
the Bill touching Ireland, be adjourned till Thursday
next: And to be proceeded in from Day to Day, until
it be perfected; and no other Business to intervene.
Hampshire Petition.
The House being informed, that divers Hampshire Gentlemen were at the Door, they were called in: And, being
come to the Bar, Major Hooker informed the Parliament,
That he with the other Gentlemen with him, were desired, by the Justices of the Bench, Grand Jury, and the
Gentlemen of the County of Southampton, Freeholders and
Inhabitants of the said County, to present their Petition to
the Parliament: And did thereupon present their Petition
to the House: Which, after the Petitioners were withdrawn, was read; and was intituled, The Petition of the
County of Southampton, subscribed, at the late Assizes, by
the Grand Jury, and near Eight thousand of the Gentry,
Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the said County.
Resolved, That the Petitioners be called in; and that
Mr. Speaker do give them the Thanks of the Parliament;
and let them know, that some of the Matters contained
in the Petition are already under Consideration; and the
rest shall be taken into Consideration in due time.
The Petitioners were again called in, and Mr. Speaker,
by Command of the House, gave them this Answer:
"Gentlemen,
"The House has read your Petition, and considered
seriously of it; and have commanded me to give you
Thanks: And, in their Name, I do give you Thanks:
And I am further to let you know, that the Parliament
have many of the Matters contained in the Petition,
under Consideration; and that they will take the rest into
Consideration, in due time."
Duchy of Lancaster.
The humble Petition of the Justice of Peace, and
Two Grand Juries for the County Palatine of Lancaster,
assembled at the Assizes, the 18th Day of March 1652,
on the Behalf of themselves, and the rest of the Inhabitants of the said County, was this Day read.
Resolved, That the Act for continuing John Bradshaw,
Serjeant at Law, Chancellor of the Duchy, be continued
for Six Months longer.
An Act for continuing of John Bradshaw Serjeant at
Law, Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of
Lancaster; and Bartholomew Hall Esquire, AttorneyGeneral of the Duchy of Lancaster; and for continuing
the Jurisdictions of the said Duchy and County Palatine
of Lancaster; was this Day read the First and Second
time.
Resolved, That the Words "revived and" be inserted
next before the Word "continued;" and the Time to
be, until the 10th Day of October 1653, and no longer.
And the Question being put, That this Act, so amended,
be ingrossed;
It passed with the Negative.
And the said Act, so amended, being put to the
Question, passed: And it is ordered that the said Act
be forthwith printed and published.
Weaver's Petition.
Ordered, That Mr. Weaver's Petition be read on
Wednesday Morning next, the first Business.
The House, according to former Order, adjourned itself
to Wednesday Morning next, Eight of Clock.