Monday, 28th of November, 1653.
Inclosures.
ORDERED, That it be referred to the Committee for
the Poor, to consider of the Business where Inclosures
have been or shall be made, how there may be a prevention of Depopulations, and Decay of Tillage; and offer to
the House what they shall think fit to be done therein.
Naval Officers Widows, &c.
Major Burton reports from the Committee for the Admiralty and Navy, in pursuance of an Order of Parliament
of the 5th of August 1653; whereby it is referred to the
said Commissioners, to consider of some Provision to be
made for the Wives and Children of such Captains as were
slain in the late Engagement with the Dutch: The said
Commissioners, upon Examination, find, that, besides the
Eight Captains lately represented to be slain, there are
Two more since dead of the Wounds they received in the
said Engagement, who behaved themselves very valiantly
in the Service; And upon Consideration of the said Condition of their respective Widows and Children, do humbly
offer, That the Parliament will be pleased to allow unto
them, for the Maintenance and Relief of the said Widows
and Children, the several Sums of Money hereafter following; viz. To the Widow of Captain Wm. Rowse, late
Captain of the Portland Frigat, a Third-Rate Ship, having
Ten Children, Nine whereof are unprovided for, the Sum
of Nine hundred and Twenty Pounds; whereof Two
hundred Pounds to herself, and Fourscore Pounds apiece
to the Children: And to the Widow of Captain James
Bamford late Captain of the Recovery, having one Child,
the Sum of Two hundred and Fifty Pounds: whereof
One hundred and Fifty to herself, and One hundred
Pounds to her Child.
Ordered, That there be paid to the Widow of Captain
Wm. Rowse, late Captain of the Portland Frigat, the Sum
of Nine hundred and Twenty Pounds; whereof Two
hundred Pounds to herself, and Fourscore Pounds apiece
to the Nine Children of the said Captain Rowse, unprovided for.
Ordered, That there be paid to the Widow of Captain
James Bamford, late Captain of the Recovery, having
one Child, the Sum of Two hundred and Fifty Pounds;
whereof One hundred and Fifty Pounds to herself, and
One hundred Pounds to her Child.
Trinity Col. Cambridge.
An Address from Trinity College, in November the
Five-and-twentieth, 1653, was this Day read.
Ordered, That Dr. John Arrowsmith be, and is hereby
constituted and appointed to be Master of Trinity College, in Cambridge, in the stead of Doctor Hill, late
Master thereof, deceased.
St. John's Col. Cambridge.
The Question being propounded, That Mr. John
Yates be put into the Sequestration of the Place of
Master of St. John's College in Cambridge;
And the Question being put, That this Question be
now put;
The House was divided.
The Noes went forth.
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Mr. Lawrence, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
41. |
| Alderman Titchborne, |
With the Noes, |
| Mr. St. Nicholas, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
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| Mr. Moyer, |
With the Yeas, |
So it passed in the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put;
The House was again divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Sir Charles Wolsley, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
41. |
| Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, |
With the Noes, |
| Colonel Blunt, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
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| Alderman Ireton, |
With the Yeas, |
So it was Resolved, That Mr. John Yates be put into
the Sequestration of the Place of Master of St. John's
College in Cambridge.
Shoreditch Vicarage.
The Petition of the godly and well-affected Inhabitants
of Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, was this Day
read.
Ordered, That Mr. Francis Raworth be confirmed and
continued in the Vicarage of the Parish Church of Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, in the Place of John
Squire, deceased.
Grant to Jones.
Colonel Cromwell reports from the Council of State,
the humble Petition of Colonel Theophilus Jones:
Which was this Day read.
Resolved, That Colonel Theophilus Jones shall have and
enjoy the Town and Lands of Lucan, in the County of
Dublyn, and Province of Lemster, in Ireland, with some
other Parcels of Land lately belonging to one Sarsefield
of Lucan, in which the said Colonel Theophilus Jones
claims a Lease from the Commonwealth, at the Rent of
One hundred and Ninety Pounds yearly, for and towards
the Satisfaction of such Arrears as are due unto him for
his Service for the Parliament; he paying for the same
half so much more as other the Lands within that Province are to be sold at; viz. Nine hundred Pounds for a
Thousand Acres, Allowance being made out of the same
unto him for his present Estate in the Premises, or any
Part thereof: And the Commissioners of Parliament in
Ireland are hereby authorized and required to set out the
same unto the said Colonel Theophilus Jones, his Heirs
or Assigns, to be enjoyed by him, his Heirs and Assigns,
accordingly.
Officers of the House.
Ordered, That the Salaries unto the Clerk of the Parliament, Serjeant at Arms attending the Parliament,
Clerk Assistant to the Clerk of the Parliament, and
other the Servants attending the Parliament, together
with the other Allowances granted and made to them,
or any of them, by Order or Vote of Parliament, be
charged upon the Receipts of Goldsmiths-hall, and Haberdashers-hall: And that the Commissioners for compounding be, and hereby are authorized and required to
issue their Warrants unto the Treasurers for Payment of
the Arrears now due, and of the same from time to
time as they shall become due: And the said Treasurers,
and either of them, are hereby authorized and required
to make Payment thereof unto the said Officers and Persons from time to time respectively, according to such
Warrant: And the Acquittance and Acquittances of the
said Officers and Persons respectively, shall be a sufficient
Discharge unto the said Treasurers, and either of them,
for the same.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee for Inspection of the Treasuries, to examine and consider what
Sum and Sums of Money are justly due, as well unto the
present Officers attending the Parliament, as any other
Persons who have been discharged for their Service unto
the last Parliament, by virtue of any Grant or Allowance
made to them by the said Parliament; and, upon their
Certificate thereof, unto the Commissioners for compounding: The said Commissioners for compounding
are authorized and required to issue their Warrant unto
the Treasurers at Goldsmiths-hall, or Haberdashers-hall,
to make Payment of such Sum and Sums of Money respectively, unto the said Officers and Persons aforesaid
Which the said Treasurers are hereby authorized and
required to pay accordingly: And the Acquittance and
Acquittances of the said Officers and Persons respectively,
shall be a sufficient Discharge unto the said Treasurers,
and either of them, for the same.
Ordered, That it be referred to the respective Committees, to consider what Servants are necessary to be
employed by them; and what Allowances are fit to be
made unto them in respect thereof; and to report the
same to the Parliament.
Excise.
Resolved, That the Business of Excise be taken up
To-morrow Morning, the first Business; and nothing to
intervene.
Admiralty.
Ordered, That the Business touching the Commissioners of the Admiralty, and Generals at Sea, be considered
next after the Business of Excise.
Scotland.
Ordered, That the Bill concerning Scotland be read
next to the Business of the Commissioners for the Admiralty, and the Generals at Sea.