Thursday, the 8th of September, 1653.
Irish Adventurers.
THE House, according to former Order, resumed
the Debate upon the Bill for the speedy and effectual Satisfaction of the Adventurers for Lands in Ireland, &c.
The Clause, beginning with the Word "And," in the
6th Line of the 23d Folio, and ending with the Word
"whatsoever," in the 10th Line of the same Folio, being
read;
The Question being put, That the Time for Exportation Custom-free, be Three Years;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Colonel Cromwell, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
49. |
| Sir Robert King, |
With the Yeas, |
| Alderman Ireton, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
29. |
| Captain Howard, |
With the Noes, |
So it was Resolved, That the Time for Exportation,
Custom-free, be Three Years.
Resolved, That, instead of the Clause aforesaid, these
Words be inserted; viz. "That every Person which shall
have any Part of the said Lands, so to be divided and
allotted as aforesaid, shall and may export out of England
and Wales, any Horses, Mares, Cattle, Sheep, Corn,
Materials, Tools, Instruments for Building, and Household-Stuff for the Planting, Improving, and Stocking,
of the said Lands, or any Part thereof, at any Time
during the Space of Three Years, to be accounted from
such Division and Allotment to be made as aforesaid,
without paying any Custom, Subsidy or Impost, for the
same."
Resolved, That Sheep shall be restrained to certain
Ports for Transportation.
Resolved, That this Proviso be inserted at the End of
the Clause in the 14th Line, next after the Word, England;" viz. "Provided that such Sheep be transported
from one of the Ports hereafter named; that is to say,
From Padstow, Barnstable, Ilford-combe, Minhead, Bristoll, Milford-haven, West-Chester, Leverpoole, Whitehaven, Wire, Holyhead, Swanzey, Beaumaris, and from
no other Port whatsoever.
Resolved, That these Words, "Horses and Mares,"
be inserted into the former Proviso.
The Clause beginning with the Word "And," in the
14th Line of the 23d Folio, and ending with the Word
"Commonwealth," in the 7th Line of the 24th Folio,
being read;
And the Question being put to agree with this Clause,
as it stands in the Bill;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Colonel Clerk, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
24. |
| Sir Gilbert Pickering, |
With the Yeas, |
| Mr. Moyer, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
39. |
| Mr. Barbon, |
With the Noes, |
So it passed with the Negative.
Resolved, That something be offered to the House To-morrow Morning, for settling the Lands formerly appointed for the Lord Broghill.
Resolved, That the like be offered for Lands for Satisfaction of the Money of Colonel Owen Row, according
to the Resolution of the Parliament.
And the Bill, being voted by Parts, and amended in
several Particulars, at the Table, was, upon the Question,
ordered to be ingrossed.
Fee-farm Rents.
The Bill, intituled, An Explanatory Additional Act
for the Sale of the remaining Fee-farm Rents, and the
Finishing of that whole Affair, was this Day read the
Third time; and, upon the Question, passed: And ordered to be printed and published.
Leave of Absence.
Resolved, That Colonel Bingham have Leave to go
into the Country.
Resolved, That Mr. Robert Fenwick have Leave to go
into the Country for Six Weeks.
Persons discharged from custody.
The humble Petition of the young Men and Apprentices, Prisoners in the Prison of Bridewell, London, was
this Day read.
Resolved, That James Brigges, Wm. Trevar, John
Blow, and Robert Brook, who were, by Order of Parliament, committed to Bridewell, London, be discharged of
their Imprisonment.
Grant to Ld. Broghill.
Ordered, by the Parliament, That the Castle of Blarney, together with Lands of Inheritance, of the clear yearly
Value of One thousand Pounds per Annum, out of those
Lands, into the Possession of which the Lord Broghill
hath been put by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Order of Parliament, by Survey on Oath, be settled upon
the Lord of Broghill and his Heirs for ever, as a Mark
of the Parliament's Favour to him, for his eminent and
faithful Services to the Commonwealth; And the Commissioners of Parliament in Ireland be, and are hereby,
impowered and authorized forthwith to cause Lands of
that Value to be surveyed upon Oath, and set them forth
to, and settle them upon, him and his Heirs, at such a
Value as those Lands held, or were set out, in the Year
1640: And this to be also in full Satisfaction of all his
Arrears and Demands until the 28th of June 1650.