Saturday, the 4th of April, 1657.
Merchants Arrears.
MR. Secretary reports from his Highness and the
Council, several Addresses made by the Ambassador of the States General of the United Provinces, to
his Highness the Lord Protector, touching the Intercourse-Merchants: Which were read.
Ordered, That these Papers be referred to the Committee of Trade, to state the Matter of Fact, and to deliver their Opinion therein to the House.
Ordered, That the Committee of the Army be required
to suspend the Levying of the Arrears of the Assessments, upon the Merchants of the Intercourse, in the
mean time.
Faunt's Estate.
A Bill for enabling George Faunt, of Foston in the
County of Leicester, Esquire, to sell and convey Part of
his Lands, for Payment of several Debts and Legacies,
charged upon his Estate by Sir William Faunt Knight,
deceased, and for raising Portions for his younger Children, and for making his Wife a Jointure, was this Day
read the Third time; and, upon the Question, passed.
Ordered, That the Lord Protector's Consent be desired
to this Bill.
Catechism.
Ordered, That the Bill for Catechising be read on
Tuesday Morning next.
Bastwick's Claims.
Mr. Gorges reports from the Committee to whom
Mrs. Bastwick's Petition was referred, The Opinion and
Resolves of the said Committee thereupon, accordingly:
Which were read as followeth:
IT is the Opinion of this Committee, That the Pension of Forty Shillings by the Week, now paid out of the
Receipt of the Exchequer by his Highness' Order, shall
be continued and paid unto her, or her Assigns, during
her Life, out of the said Receipt.
Also that forfeited Lands, to the yearly Value of Two
hundred Pounds, in the County of Dublyn in Ireland, be
settled on the said Mrs. Bastwick, and the Issue of her
Body, begotten by Doctor Bastwick, in Fee-Simple, according to the Value of Lands there in the Year 1640.
And that the said Lands be proportioned and divided
into Five Parts: And that Forty Pounds by the Year,
thereof, be settled on the said Mrs. Bastwick, during her
Life: Another Forty Pounds by the Year, on John Bastwick the elder, and his Heirs for ever: And another Forty
Pounds by the Year, on John Bastwick the younger, and
his Heirs, for ever: Another Forty Pounds by the Year,
on Judith, now Wife of Thomas Leech Gentleman, and
her Heirs, for ever: Another Forty Pounds by the Year,
on Susannah, Wife of Roger Burgen Gentleman, and
her Heirs, for ever; being the Four Children of the said
Doctor Bastwick, and Susanna: And that the Forty
Pounds settled on the said Susanna the Mother shall,
after her Decease, descend on the said John Bastwick the
elder, and his Heirs for ever.
Resolved, That this House doth agree with the Committee, That the Pension of Forty Shillings by the Week,
now paid out of the Receipt of the Exchequer by his
Highness' Order, shall be continued and paid unto her, or
her Assigns, during her Life, out of the said Receipt.
Resolved, That the House doth agree with the Committee, That forfeited Lands, to the yearly Value of Two
hundred Pounds, in the County of Dublyn in Ireland, be
settled on the said Mrs. Bastwick, and the Issue of her
Body, begotten by Doctor Bastwick, in Fee-Simple, according to the Value of Lands there in the Year 1640:
And that the said Lands be proportioned and divided into
Five Parts: And that Forty Pounds by the Year, thereof,
be settled on the said Mrs. Bastwick, during her Life:
Another Forty Pounds by the Year, on John Bastwick the
elder, and his Heirs, for ever: And another Forty Pounds
by the Year, on John Bastwick the younger, and his Heirs,
for ever: Another Forty Pounds by the Year, on Judith,
now Wife of Thomas Leech Gentleman, and her Heirs,
for ever: Another Forty Pounds by the Year, on Susanna,
Wife of Roger Burgoyn Gentleman, and her Heirs, for
ever; being the Four Children of the said Doctor Bastwick, and Susanna: And that the Forty Pounds, settled
on the said Susanna the Mother, shall, after her Decease,
descend on the said John Bastwick the elder, and his
Heirs for ever.
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in to these Purposes
on Monday Morning next.
Protector attended.
The Lord Commissioner Whitelock reports from the
Committee appointed Yesterday to attend his Highness
the Lord Protector, That the said Committee did Yesterday attend his Highness, according to the Order of the
House: And that his Highness did express himself to
the Committee to this Effect;
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Petition and Advice.
The Question being propounded, That this House
doth adhere to their humble Petition, and Advice, presented to his Highness the Lord Protector;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
The House was divided.
The Noes went forth.
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| Major-General Whalley, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
65. |
| Colonel Talbott, |
With the Noes, |
| Major-Gen. Howard, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
77. |
| Major-Gen. Jephson, |
With the Yeas, |
So it passed in the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put, That this House
doth adhere to their humble Petition, and Advice, presented to his Highness the Lord Protector.
The House was again divided.
The Noes went forth.
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| General Disbrow, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
65. |
| Colonel Hewson, |
With the Noes, |
| General Montagu, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
78. |
| Sir John Hobart, |
With the Yeas, |
So it was Resolved, That this House doth adhere to
their humble Petition, and Advice, presented to his
Highness the Lord Protector.
Debate adjourned.
Resolved, That the present Debate be adjourned till
Monday Morning, Eight of the Clock; and nothing else
to intervene.
Resolved, That the House be adjourned till Monday
Morning, Eight of the Clock.