Friday, July 6, 1660.
Prayers.
Religion.
A BILL for the Maintenance of the true Reformed
Protestant Religion, and for the Suppression of
Popery, Superstition, Profaneness, and other Disorders
and Innovations in Worship and Ceremonies, was this
Day read the Second time; and, upon the Question,
ordered to be committed.
Resolved, That a Grand Committee of the whole
House be appointed for Religion.
Resolved, That this Bill be referred to the said Grand
Committee.
Resolved, That this House be resolved into a Grand
Committee, for Matters of Religion, every Monday in
every Week.
Resolved, That this Grand Committee be impowered
to send for Persons, Papers, Witnesses, and Records,
and what else may conduce to the Business.
Poll Bill Commissioners.
The House resumed the Consideration of Commissioners Names for the Poll Bill.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Leicester, and for the Borough of Leicester, was read;
and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Kent, and the Cinque Ports, was read; and, upon the
Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the Town of
Berwick upon Tweed was read; and, upon the Question,
agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Derby was read; and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Oxford, and City of Oxford, was read; and, upon the
Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Bedford was read; and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Sussex was read; and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Lyncolne was read; and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
Resolved, That all Peers of the Realm be omitted out
of the Lists of Commissioners Names for the Poll Bill.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Nottingham, and Town of Nottingham, was read; and,
upon the Question, agreed unto.
Ordered, That the Commissioners above-named for
the Poll Bill for the City of Oxford, be Commissioners
in the Ordinance for Three Months Assessment, at
Seventy-thousand Pounds per Mensem, for the said City;
and that they be, and are hereby, impowered and authorized to sit and act as Commissioners, as fully, to
all Intents and Purposes, as if they had been named
Commissioners for the said City in the said Ordinance.
Ordered, That the Names of Commissioners for the
Three Months Assessments for the County of Cardigan,
be Commissioners for the said County in the Poll Bill.
Ordered, That the Names of the Commissioners for
the Three Months Assessments for the County of Flint,
be Commissioners for the said County in the Poll Bill.
A List of Commissioners Names for the Isle of Anglesey was read; and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Carnarvon was read; and, upon the Question, agreed
unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the East Riding
in the County of Yorke was read; and, upon the Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the Town of
Beverley in the County of Yorke was read; and, upon
the Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the Town of
Heydon in the County of Yorke was read; and, upon
the Question, agreed unto.
A List of Commissioners Names for the County of
Cumberland was read; and, upon the Question, agreed
unto.
Resolved, That this Bill, with the Amendments, be
ingrossed.
Heydon Writ.
Sir John Clobery, being elected for the Borough of
Launceston in the County of Cornewall, and also for the
Borough of Heydon in the County of Yorke, elects to
serve for the Borough of Launceston, and waves his
Election for the Borough of Heydon.
Ordered, That a new Writ be issued for the Election
of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the
Borough of Heydon in the County of Yorke, in the Room
of Sir John Clobery, elected to serve for Launceston in
the County of Cornwall; and that Mr. Speaker do grant
his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, to
issue forth a new Writ for the Purpose aforesaid; and
that the Lord Chancellor of England do issue and pass
the same under the Great Seal accordingly.
Pardon and Oblivion.
The House resumed the Debate upon the Bill of
General Pardon and Oblivion.
A Proviso was tendered, that this Act do not extend
to confirm any Orders of Indemnity, not relating to the
War; which was read the First time, and, upon the
Question rejected.
Another Proviso was tendered, for making void Judgments obtained against Officers and Soldiers of the late
King's Army, where no Execution is taken out; which
was read, and, upon the Question, rejected.
Another Proviso was tendered, touching a List, to be
presented, of the Names of such Treasurers as should
only be called to Account; which was read, and, upon
the Question, rejected.
Another Proviso was tendered to this Bill, that it be
exacted, that every Person who sat in Judgment as a
Commissioner, or prosecuted, or pleaded as Attorney
General, or Solicitor, to the late pretended Commonwealth, or Protector, in any High Court of Justice, since
the 6th Day of December 1648, his Heirs, Executors,
and Administrators, shall be liable to answer full Damages, &c.: Which was read the First time:
And the Question being put, That this Proviso be laid
aside;
The House was divided.
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| Sir Francis Gerrard, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
163. |
| Sir Henry Wright, |
With the Yeas, |
| Sir John Talbot, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
138. |
| Mr. Rich, |
With the Noes, |
So it was
Resolved, That this Proviso be laid aside.