Die Mercurii, 22 Decembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Arch. Cantuar.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Asaphen. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Comes Godolphin, Thesaurarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Buckingham & Normanby.
Dux Hamilton.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Dover.
March. Kent, Camerarius.
March. Dorchester.
March. Lothian.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorsett & Middl'x.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Essex.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Wharton.
Comes Poulett.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Crafurd.
Comes Mar.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Wemyss.
Comes Leven.
Comes Northesk.
Comes Seafield.
Comes Roseberie.
Comes Glasgow. |
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Gernsey. |
PRAYERS.
Land Tax, Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
granting an Aid to Her Majesty, to be raised by a
Land Tax in Great Britain, for the Service of the
Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Nine."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House, presently.
Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and
put into a Committee on the said Bill.
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Herbert reported, "That the Committee of the whole House had gone through the said
Bill; and think it fit to pass, without any Amendment."
Haydon & al. Petition, referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Alice Haydon, Widow
and Relict of Gideon Haydon Esquire, deceased, and
William Fitch Esquire, Uncle and Guardian of Gideon
Haydon and Thomas Haydon, Infants, Children of the
said Gideon and Alice, and Trustee in the Marriage Settlement of the said Gideon and Alice, for and on Behalf
of the said Infants, and themselves and others; praying
Leave to bring in a Bill, for Sale of the Manors of
Farwood and Farway, and other Lands and Tenements,
in the County of Devon, for Payment of the Debts
wherewith they are incumbered; and for laying out
the Overplus of the Money in the Purchase of other
Lands and Tenements, to be settled for the Jointure
of the Petitioner Alice, and for the Provision of the
said Infants:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the
said Petition shall be, and is hereby, referred to Mr.
Justice Gould and Mr. Baron Bury; who are forthwith
to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after
hearing them, to report to the House the State of the
Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands,
and whether all Parties that may be concerned in the
Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and
also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign
the same.
Attorney General versus Crofts & al.
Upon reading the Petition of Her Majesty's Attorney
General Appellant, against Roger Crofts and others Respondents; praying a Day may be appointed for hearing the said Appeal:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will
hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on the
Fourth Day of the Sitting of this House after Christmas.
De la Fountaine & al. Nat. Bill.
Upon reading the Petitions of James De la Fountaine,
Lewis Fenhoulet, and others; praying Leave to be added to the Bill for Naturalization now depending in this
House:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Petitioners may
be added to the said Bill, according to the Prayer of
their Petitions.
Calendrini & al. versus Hugueton.
Upon reading the Petition of John Lewis Calendrini
and John James Ployard, Merchants; shewing, "That,
after a tedious Suit at Law, they recovered a Judgement, against one John Henry Hugueton, for Twelve
Hundred and Fifty Pounds, and Hugueton brought a
Writ of Error in the Queen's Bench; and, after
long Delay, Judgement was affirmed thereon for the
Petitioners; and Hugueton running away beyond the
Seas, the Petitioners put the Recognizance in Suit
against Rene Rauc and Mathew Kirwood, who are
Hugueton's Security: That, last Michaelmas Term, the
Lord Chancellor did pronounce Judgement for Sir
John Trevor Knight and Sir Lacon William Child
Knight, whose Names were made Use of as Plaintiffs
in the Proceedings for the Petitioners; and a Writ of
Error was brought the same Day Judgement was
given; and they have not yet transcribed the Record,
or made any Manner of Proceeding since that Time;
and the Petitioners Agents dare not take out any Execution, on the said Judgement obtained on the said Recognizance, without Leave of this House; and praying,
that they may be at Liberty to take out Execution
upon the Judgement obtained on the said Recognizance, or proceed for the obtaining their Debt; and
that Service upon the said Hugueton's Attorney may be
good Service of this Order:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the said John Henry Hu
gueton, or his Agents, shall cause the said Record to be
transcribed, and brought into this House on or before
the First Day of the Sitting of this House after the
Recess now at Hand; and, on Failure thereof, the Petitioners John Lewis Calendrini and John James Ployard
to take out Execution upon the said Judgement obtained
upon the Recognizance, or proceed as they shall be
advised therein, for the obtaining their Debt; and that
the Service of this Order upon the said Hugueton's Attorney in this Cause shall be good Service.
Champernowne versus Hillersden.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Henry
Champernowne, from a Decree made in the Court of
Chancery, the Twentieth of June in the Fifth Year of
Her present Majesty's Reign, on the Behalf of Ursula
Hillersden; and praying the Reversal of the said Decree;
and that the Respondent may answer the Petition, and
all Proceedings below stayed:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the said Ursula Hillersden
may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and shall and she
is hereby required to put in her Answer thereunto, in
Writing, on the Seventh Day of January next, at
Eleven a Clock; and that in the mean Time all Proceedings on the said Decree be stayed.
Elections of Peers in Scotland, to be considered.
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That, on the First Day of
the Sitting of this House after the Recess now at Hand,
the House shall take into Consideration the Petitions and
Representations before their Lordships, relating to the
Elections of Peers in Scotland.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum tertium diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.