Veneris, 24 die Maii, 13° Car. 1661.
Prayers.
Cardiff Writ.
SIR Richard Lloyd Knight, being returned Knight of
the Shire for Radnor, and Burgess for the Town of
Cardiff, waved his Election as to the Town of Cardiff,
and made Choice to serve as Knight for the County of
Radnor:
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do make his Warrant to the
Clerk of the Crown, to issue a new Writ for the Election
of a new Burgess for the said Town of Cardiff.
Howard's Estate.
A Bill for Confirmation of several Conveyances made
by Sir Robert Howard Knight of the Bath, was this Day
read the First time.
Resolved, That the said Bill be read again the Second
time on Tuesday Morning next.
Bash's Estate.
Ordered, That a Bill for settling several Lands, late of
Sir Edward Bash Knight, upon Sir Ralph Bash Knight of
the Bath, Heir of the said Edward, and his Heirs, which
was this Day brought in, be read on Monday Morning
next.
Highways.
A Bill for the enlarging and repairing of Highways,
was this Day read the First time.
Resolved, That the said Bill be read again the Second
time on this Day Sevennight.
Great Level of Fens.
A Bill concerning the great Level of the Fens, was
this Day read the Second time.
Another Bill for draining of the great Level of the
Fens, was this Day also read the Second time.
Resolved, That both the said Bill be committed to
Sir Henry North, Mr. Fane, Mr. Pepis, Mr. Prin, Mr.
Thurland, Sir Charles Harboard, Mr. Croutch, Sir Heneage
Finch, Sir Lancelot Lake, Sir Maurrice Berkley, Mr. Crooke,
Mr. Wren, Mr. Bulteele, Mr. Chichley, Sir Phillip Warwick, Sir Allan Brotherick, Mr. Jeoffery Palmer, Lord
Falkland, Sir Robert Atkins, Mr. Goodricke, Mr. Dennis,
Sir John Goodricke, Mr. Wm. Sandys, Mr. Clifton, Mr.
Swanton, Mr. Tucker, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Robert Howard, Serjeant Charleton, Mr. Coventrye, Mr. Finch, Sir
Allan Apsley, Sir Wm. Smith, Mr. Chetwind, Mr. Lewes
Palmer, Sir Thomas Stukeley, Sir Thomas Meres, Mr.
Street, Sir Humphrey Bennett, Sir Wm. Compton, Sir Richard Temple, Mr. Whittaker, Sir John Brampston, Sir Benjamin Ayloff, Lord Cornberie, Sir Justiman Isam, Mr.
Lawrence Hide, Sir Thomas Fanshaw, Mr. Higgons, Mr.
Jennings, Mr. Richard Spencer, Lord Willoughby, Mr.
Bennett, Mr. Knight, Mr. Goddard, Colonel Leg, Mr.
Ashburnham, Sir John Denham, Sir Richard Fanshaw, Sir
John Talbot, Lord Bruce, Sir John Hotham, Lord Ossory,
Mr. Herbert Morley, Sir Henry Newton, Mr. Bucklend,
Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Gawdy, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Seymour,
Mr. Spencer, Mr. Lucy, Mr. Bunkley, Mr. Clifford, Sir
Henry Herbert, Sir Nicholas Crisp, Mr. Andrewes, Sir
John Harrison, Mr. Glascock, Mr. Waller, Lord Newburgh, Mr. Robert Long, Mr. Rigby, Sir Phillip Musgrave, Sir Thomas Strickland, Sir Anthony Irby, Mr. Morton, Mr. Lowther, Sir Thomas Ingram, Sir Solomon Swale,
Sir Francis Windham, Sir Baynan Throckmorton, Sir Thomas Lee, * Phillips, Sir Richard Mallecore, Sir Richard
Lloyd, Mr. Popham, Sir Henry Lee, * Windham, Mr.
Biscowen, Sir Thomas Littleton, Sir John Covett, Sir Francis Lawley, Mr. Swinfein, Sir Cecill Wyche, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Clement Fisher, Sir George Reeve, Mr. Potter,
Mr. Milward, Sir Henry Worsley, Sir John Barrington,
Sir Humphrey Wynch, Sir John Shaw, Sir Robert Holt,
Mr. George, Sir Thomas Peyton, Sir Wm. Hickman, and
all the Members of this House, who serve for all the Six
Counties into which the said Level doth extend: And
they are to meet in the Exchequer Chamber, at Two of
the Clock in the Afternoon, on Monday next: And to
send for Persons, Witnesses, Papers, and Records, as
they shall think fit.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Inhabitants of Waterbeach, Borisham, Swafain Bulbeck, and Swafain Prior,
be referred to the Committee to whom the two Bills
concerning the great Level of the Fens were this Day
committed.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Owners, Commoners, and Inhabitants of Brandon, be referred to the
same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Inhabitants of Willingham be referred to the same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Owners, Commoners, and Inhabitants of Mildenhall, be referred to the
same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of Sir John Maynard Knights
be referred to the same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Queen's Majesty's
Tenants of Somersham be referred to the same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Inhabitants of Lakenheath be referred to the same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of Hockwold and Wilton,
Feltwell and Methwold, be referred to the same Committee.
Ordered, That the . . . . Inhabitants of the City of
Ely, be referred to the same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Alleyn, Baldwin
Arthur, and John Arthur, be referred to the same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Town of Swasey be
referred to the same Committee.
Ordered, That the Petition of the Town of Northold
be referred to the same Committee.
Resolved, That no Members within the Six Counties
into which the great Level of the Fens do extend, nor
any other Members of this House, who are Undertakers,
or concerned, in Point of Interest, as Adventurers or
Undertakers therein, though particularly named, do sit,
or have any Vote, as the Committee to whom the Two
Bills concerning the great Level of the Fens, were upon
their second reading this Day committed.
Public Revenue.
Ordered, That the Matter touching his Majesty's Revenue and present Supply, be taken into Consideration
the first Business on Monday Morning next.