Monday, August the 8th, 1659.
Judgment against Lilburne.
MR. Garland reports, Amendments to the Bill for
making void an Act of Parliament for Execution
of a Judgment given in Parliament against LieutenantColonel John Lilburne, deceased: Which were Twice
read; and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
Ordered, That this Bill be ingrossed.
Clement's Market.
A Bill for Establishing of a common, open, and free
Market in Clement's-Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex, was this Day read the First time.
Ordered, That this Bill be read again on Friday
Morning next.
London Militia.
Major-General Skippon reports, from the Commissioners for the Militia of the City of London, The Names
of some Lieutenants and Ensigns of the Militia-Forces
of London: Which List was read.
Thames River.
A Bill for the better Conservation of the River of
Thames was this Day read the Second time; and, upon
the Question, committed unto Mr. Garland, Mr. Robinson, Alderman Penington, Mr. Trenchard, Sir Henry
Mildmay, Alderman Atkin, Sir Tho. Wroth, Mr. Walter
Strickland, Colonel Ja. Temple, Colonel Marten, Mr.
Henry Darley, Colonel Harvey, Mr. Gurdon, Colonel
White, Colonel Eyres, Mr. Smith, Colonel Dove, Mr.
Blagrave, Earl of Pembrooke, Mr. Jo. Lenthall, Colonel
Birch, Colonel Temple, Mr. Robert Goodwin, Mr. Cawley, Sir Richard Lucy, Sir Peter Wentworth, Mr. Leman,
and Colonel Hutchinson, or any Five of them: To meet
To-morrow, at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, in
the Speaker's Chamber.
Publick Sales.
Ordered, That, on Thursday Morning next, the Bill
for Confirmation of publick Sales be read.
Call of the House.
The House, according to former Order, proceeded in
Calling the House.
Resolved, That Mr. Thomas Crompton be excused.
Resolved, That Sir Thomas Walsingham be excused.
Resolved, That Colonel Waite be excused.
The Question being propounded, That the Fine of
One hundred Pounds be set upon the Head of Edmund
Dunch Esquire, a Member of Parliament, for not giving
his Attendance on the Service of the Parliament;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put; It was
Resolved, That the Fine of One hundred Pounds be set
upon the Head of Edmund Dunch, a Member of Parliament, for not giving his Attendance on the Service of
the Parliament.
The Question being propounded, That the Fine of
One hundred Pounds be set upon the Head of Mr.
Peter Brooke, a Member of Parliament, for not giving
his Attendance on the Service of the Parliament.
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
It passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put; It was
Resolved, That the Fine of One hundred Pounds be set
upon the Head of Mr. Peter Brooke, a Member of Parliament, for not giving his Attendance on the Service of
the Parliament.
The Question being propounded, That the Fine of
Twenty Pounds be set upon the Head of Nicholas Lechmere Esquire, a Member of Parliament for not giving
his Attendance on the Service of the Parliament;
And the Question being put, That this Question be
now put;
It passed with the Negative.
Resolved, That the Fine of Twenty Pounds be set
upon every Member now absent upon the Call of the
House, not fined a greater Fine; or not already excused;
or that had Leave to be absent; or that are not in the
Service of the Parliament.
Resolved, That every Member of this House, now
absent upon the Call of the House, who are not in the
Service of the Parliament, or who are not excused, do
give their Attendance on this House on this Day Fortnight, upon the Pain of One hundred Pounds.
Enfeild Chace.
Ordered, That the Committee to whom the Business
touching Enfeild Chace was referred, do make their Report, in that Business, on Thursday Morning next.
Lands forfeited by Rebellion.
Sir Arthur Hesilrig reports, from the Members of this
House of the Council of State, An Act for settling the
Lands and Tenements of Persons now in Rebellion, upon
their Tenants, and their Heirs (rendering the Rent formerly reserved), that desert their Landlords, and engage
in the Parliament's Service: Which was this Day read
the First and Second time; and, upon the Question, committed unto Sir Arthur Hesilrig, Lord Whitlock, Colonel
Sydenham, Lord Chief-Justice St. John, Colonel White,
Mr. Solicitor Reynolds, Colonel Birch, Mr. Martin, Sir
James Harrington, Sir Henry Mildmay, Mr. Anlaby, Mr.
Robinson, Lord Lisle, John Lenthall Esquire, Sir Wm.
Strickland, Major Salwey, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Smith, Mr.
Nelthrope, Mr. Richard Darley, Mr. Cawley, Colonel
Lister, Mr. Holland; or any Five of them: And are to
meet in the Speaker's Chamber, this Afternoon, at Two
of the Clock: And that Colonel Birch do take care
hereof.
Militia Commissioners.
Mr. Scot reports from the Council of State, That it
be humbly offered to the Parliament, That Major-General
Lambert, and Colonel Lilburne, may be added to the
Commissioners of the Militia in the several Northern
Counties, into which the said Major-General Lambert is
now appointed to march: And that several Persons,
mentioned in a List, may be added Commissioners for
the Militia in the respective Counties of Lancaster and
Chester; as in the said Paper is expressed.
Ordered, That Major-General Lambert, and Colonel
Lilburne, be added to the Commissioners for the Militia
in the several Counties of Yorke, Lancaster, Chester,
Derby, Stafford, Salop, Flint, Denbigh, Carnarvon, Nottingham, Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmerland, and Lincolnshire; and that they be, and are
hereby, impowered and authorized to act as Commissioners in the several Counties aforesaid, as fully, to all
Intents and Purposes, as if they had been named Commissioners in the Act intituled, An Act for settling the
Militia in England and Wales; and as fully as any other
Commissioners named in the said Act are, by the said
Act, enabled and impowered to do.
Ordered, That Edmund Hopwood, Wm. Hulton, Edward Robinson, Wm. West, and Thomas Birch, Esquires,
be added to the Commissioners for the Militia in the
County of Chester; and that they be, and are hereby
impowered and authorized to act as Commissioners in the
said County, as fully, to all Intents and Purposes, as if
they had been named Commissioners in the Act intituled,
An Act for settling the Militia in England and Wales;
and as fully as any other Commissioners named in the
said Act are, by the said Act, enabled and impowered
to do.
Ordered, That Sir Wm. Brereton, Baronet, Robert
Duckenfeild, Thomas Croxton, Thomas Stanley, Thomas
Brereton, Henry Bradshawe, Mr. Joseph Rigby, and Lieutenant-Colonel Gerrard, be added to the Commissioners
for the Militia of the County of Lancaster; and that they
be, and are hereby, impowered and authorized to act as
Commissioners in the said County, as fully, to all Intents
and Purposes, as if they had been named in the Act intituled, An Act for settling the Militia in England and
Wales; and as fully as any other Commissioners named
in the said Act are, by the said Act, enabled and impowered to do.
Prisoners concerned in Conspiracy.
Sir James Harrington reports from the Council of State,
That, in regard many Prisoners . . apprehended as Persons
engaged, or suspected to be engaged, in the present Designs of the Enemy, and the constant Attendance the
Members of the Council are to give upon other publick
Affairs, That the Parliament would please to order, That
a Warrant, under the Hand of the President and Seal of
the Council, may be sufficient for the Commitment of
any Prisoner in this Time of imminent Danger.
Ordered, That the President of the Council of State
have Power, and is hereby impowered, by Warrant under his own Hand, and the Seal of the Council, to commit any of those that are brought up Prisoners, for a
Fortnight's time.