Die Lunæ, 7 Martii, 1669.
Prayers.
Corn and Salt Measures.
ORDERED, That these Members following be
added to the Committee to which the Bill concerning Measures was committed; viz. Sir Richard Temple,
Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Mr. Thomas, Sir Fran. Lawley, Colonel Whitley, Lord Ancram: and all the Members that
serve for the several Counties of Monmouth, Hereford,
Shropshire, Wales, Cornwall, and Devon, are also added.
Dean of St. Paule's House.
Mr. Crouch reports from the Committee to which the
Bill concerning the Dean of Saint Paule's, to build a Mansion-house for himself and Successors, was committed,
some Amendments agreed to be made to the Bill: Which
he read, with the Coherence, in his Place: Which,
being twice read, were agreed to: And delivered in the
Bill at the Clerk's Table.
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be
ingrossed.
Wharton's Estate.
Sir Solom. Swale reports from the Committee to which
Mr. Perkin's Bill to make Assurance to Dr. Wharton of
Lands by him purchased in the County Palatine of Durham, was committed, That the Committee had carefully
perused the Bill, and found no Cause to make any Alteration or Amendment: And delivered in the Bill at the
Clerk's Table.
Resolved, That the Bill be ingrossed.
Williams' Estate.
Ordered, That Leave be given for bringing in a Bill
on the Behalf of Col. Williams, concerning Lands in
Huntingtonshire.
Bromley's Estate.
A Bill to enable George Bromley Gentleman to sell
Lands for Payment of Debts, and providing for his
Children, was read the Second time.
Resolved, That the Bill be committed to Lord Fanshaw,
Mr. Vaughan, Lord Richardson, Mr. How, Mr. Bartu,
Sir Thom. Doleman, Sir Edm. Pye, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Swynfen, Sir Solom. Swale, Sir Jo. Coryton, Sir Charles Harbord,
Sir Thom. Allen, Sir Thom. Tompkins, Col. Reames, Sir
Winston Churchill, and all the Members that serve for
Hertford and Bedford: And they are to meet To-morrow
at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, in the Speaker's
Chamber: And to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.
Regulating Juries.
A Bill for regulating Juries, was read the Second time.
Resolved, That the Bill be committed, upon the Debates of the House, to Sir Robert Carr, Mr. Vaughan, Sir
Thom. Allen, Sir Robert Atkins, Sir Wm. Lowther, Sir
Wm. Coventry, Col. Reames, Sir Jo. Coryton, Mr. Buscawen, Sir Gilbert Talbott, Sir Thom. Doleman, Mr. Dowdeswell, Col. Birch, Dr. Burwell, Sir Humfry Wynch, Sir
Solom. Swale, Sir Thom. Tompkins, Sir Thom. Gower, Sir
Lanc. Lake, Mr. Solicitor General, Col. Titus, Sir Charles
Harboard, Mr. Harboard, Mr. Win, Mr. Swynfen, Sir Jo.
Talbott, Sir Jo. Brampston, Sir Robert Barnham, Mr.
Hobby, Mr. Onslow, Mr. Buscawen, Mr. Westphaling, Mr.
Culleford, Sir Walter Young, Mr. Spry, Sir Jo. Newton:
And all that shall come are to have Voices; and all the
Members that serve for Yorke, Devon, Cornwall, and
Somerset: And they are to meet To-morrow at Two of
the Clock in the Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber:
And to send for Persons, Papers and Records.
Horde's Leases.
An ingrossed Bill, to enable Thomas Horde Esquire to
make Leases of his Estate, was read.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title shall
be, An Act to enable Thomas Horde Esquire to make
Leases of his Estate.
Cornwall Rivers.
Ordered, That the Bill for making Rivers navigable in
Cornwall, be read To-morrow Morning.
Supply Bill; Duchy of Cornwall Leasing.
A Bill to enable his Majesty to let Leases of Duchy
Lands in Cornwall, was read the First time.
Resolved, That this Bill be read a Second time.
Falmouth Key.
A Bill for explaining a former Act: And for enabling
Sir Peter Kellegrew to erect a Key for Shipping within
the Harbour of Falmouth was read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That the Bill be committed to Sir Jo. Coryton, Sir Thom. Allen, Sir Solom. Swale, Sir Richard Edgecombe, Sir Will. Lowther, Sir Jo. Hanmore, Mr. Lucy,
Sir Nich. Slaning, Sir Edm. Pye, Mr. Spry, Sir Thom.
Clergis, Colonel Reames, Sir Jo. Knight, Sir Rich. Wiseman, Mr. King, Sir Gilbert Talbott, Mr. Buscawen, Mr.
Solicitor General, Sir Jo. Newton, Col. Windham, Sir
Wm. Fleetwood, Sir Jonath. Trelawny, Mr. Vaughan, Mr.
Steward, Mr. Pleydall, Sir Jo. Northcote, Mr. Tregonnell,
Sir Walter Young, Sir Wm. Heyward, Sir John Talbott,
Sir Wm. Lewis, Sir Thom. Gower, Mr. Westphaling, Mr.
Crouch, Sir Robert Carr, Sir Thom. Lee, Mr. Buller, Sir
Fretchville Hollis, Mr. Garraway, Sir Fran. Clerke, Sir
Jo. Malet, Col. Williams, Sir Edm. Bowyer, Sir Hen.
Yelverton, and all the Members that serve for the Counties
of Devon and Cornwall; and all that serve for any Port
Towns: And the Committee are to hear what shall be
offered in the Behalf of the Vicar of Penryn; or of the
Towns of Truro and Perryn, and Ports near adjacent:
And to meet To-morrow, at Two of the Clock in the
Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber: And to send for
Persons, Papers, and Records.
Heath's Petition.
A Petition on the Behalf of Sir John Heath and his
Lady, was tendered.
Ordered, That the Petition be read; and a Committee
appointed To-morrow Morning, to take it into Consideration.
Suppressing Conventicles.
Ordered, That the Report of the Bill for suppressing
and preventing Conventicles, be heard To-morrow
Morning, Nine of the Clock.
Publick Accounts.
Ordered, That the Matter concerning the publick Accounts be taken into Consideration on Thursday Morning
next: And that the Commissioners for Accounts be desired then to attend.
Illegal Imprisonment.
Ordered, That Sir Thomas Lee's Report of the Bill,
touching Prisoners, be heard on Wednesday Morning
Nine of the Clock.
Supply Bill; Wine Duties.
The House then resolved into a Committee of the
whole House, to proceed in the further Consideration
of the Bill for his Majesty's Supply.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair.
Sir Robert Atkins took the Chair of the Committee.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Sir Robert Atkins reports, That the Committee had
made some further Progress in the said Bill for his Majesty's Supply: And that the Committee were of Opinion, That the Duty to be laid upon the Liquors in
this Bill be paid by the Importer.
Resolved, That this House doth agree with the Committee, that the Duty be paid by the Importer.
Resolved, That Provision be made in this Bill for preventing Frauds in the Importation; and for prohibiting
any Allowance upon Exportation of any of the Liquors
chargeable in the Bill.
The House then again resolved into a Committee of
the whole House, upon the said Bill.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair.
Sir Robert Atkins took the Chair of the Committee.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Sir Robert Atkins reports, That the Committee had
made some further Progress in the said Bill, upon the
Votes last passed in the House: And moved, that the
House would resolve into a Committee, to proceed upon
the said Bill on Thursday Morning next; and so de die
in diem.
Resolved, That the House will resolve into a Committee of the whole House, on Wednesday Morning next,
to proceed in the Consideration of the Bill for his Majesty's Supply.
Tillage and Cattle.
Ordered, That all the Members that serve for the
Cinque Ports be added to the Committee to which the
Bill concerning Tillage was committed.
Lynn Writ.
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do certify the Lord Keeper
of the Great Seal of England, of the Death of Sir William Hovell Knight, who lately served as a Member of this
House for the Town of Lynn in the County of Norfolke;
desiring him, that a Writ may issue forth under the Great
Seal, for a new Election of a Member to serve in this
present Parliament, in his place and stead.
Rebuilding London.
Ordered, That Sir James Rushout be added to the
Committee to which the Bill for rebuilding the City of
London was committed.
And then the House adjourned, till To-morrow
Morning, Eight a Clock.