Die Veneris, 18 Maii, 1649.
Prayers.
Probate of Wills.
AN Act for establishing several Courts for Probate of
Wills, determining Causes Testamentory, of Marriage, Divorce, Appeals, &c. in England and Wales, was
this Day read the First time.
And the Question being put, That this Bill be rejected;
The House was divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Mr. Holland, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
38. |
| Mr. Rigby, |
With the Yeas, |
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Mr. Hill, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
26. |
| Mr. Salway, |
With the Noes, |
And so it passed with the Affirmative; And was
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be rejected.
Ordered, That it be referred to a Committee to consider what is fit to be done in the Business of Probate of
Wills, Administrations, Marriages and Divorce, upon
the Debate now had in the House; and to prepare and
bring in a Bill for the Settling of a Way for Relief in such
Cases.
Tythes.
The Question being propounded, That the same Committee do also consider of the Business of Tythes;
The Question being put, That that Question be now
put;
The House was divided.
The Noes went forth.
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Lord Grey, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
31. |
| Colonel Rich, |
With the Noes: |
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Mr. Allen, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
35. |
| Colonel Purefoy, |
With the Yeas, |
And so it passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put, That the same Committee do also consider of the Business of Tythes in the
same Act;
The House was again divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Mr. Allen, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
33. |
| Colonel Purefoy, |
With the Yeas, |
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Lord Grey, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
34. |
| Colonel Rich, |
With the Noes, |
So it passed with the Negative.
Mr. Lechmere, Mr. Rigby, Mr. Garland, Mr. Long,
Mr. Hill, Mr. Holland, Sir Gregory Norton, Mr. Scott,
Mr. Tho. Challenor, Mr. Martyn, Colonel Venn; or
any Three of them: And this Committee are to meet
To-morrow at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, in the
Speaker's Chamber.
Murder of Dr. Dorislaus.
Sir Henry Vane junior reports from the Council of State,
a Letter from Mr. Strickland, from the Hagh, of 20/10 Maii
1649: Which was this Day read: And Instructions for
Sir Oliver Fleminge, to be observed in his Address to the
Lord Ambassador of the High and Mighty Lords the
States General of the United Provinces, concerning the
Murder of Dr. Dorislaus: Which were this Day read.
Mr. Speaker presented to the House a Letter, directed,
"To the honourable Parliament of England, from the
Ambassador Ordinary from the High and Mighty Lords
the States of Holland:" Which, with other Papers sent
from the Ambassadors, were this Day read.
Resolved, &c. That the Parliament of England, upon
Consideration of what hath been represented from the
Lord Joachimi, the Ambassador in Ordinary from the
States General, and from Mr. Strickland their Resident,
do declare, That they take in very good Part the Affections testified by the Provincial States of Holland and
West Friesland, to this Commonwealth, in the just and
tender Sense they have of the horrid Fact committed on
Dr. Dorislaus; and their Care of future Security to Mr.
Strickland their Resident: That they doubt not but they
shall find the same tender Sense and Care from the States
General: They do take in very good Part the Affections
expressed by the said Lord Ambassador; and desire his
Endeavours still to continue the good Correspondency
between the Two Nations: That, for further Answer,
the Parliament doth refer the said Lord Ambassador to
the Council of State, to whom the Parliament hath given
Power herein.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Council of State, to
communicate the Sense of the Parliament unto the said
Lord Ambassador, as the Answer of the Parliament, with
such further Inlargement as they shall in their Wisdoms
think fit: And also that it be referred to the Council of
State, to take into Consideration what may be fit or convenient to make any further Address to the States General of the United Provinces, by an Ambassador Extraordinary, for settling a more near and firm Union between
the Two Nations.
Sir Henry Vane junior reports. Amendments to a
Declaration of the Parliament of England, touching the
horrid Murder of Dr. Dorislaus: Which were this Day
read; and, upon the Question, assented unto.
And the said Declaration, so amended, being put to the
Question, passed; and ordered to be forthwith printed and
published.