DIE Martis, 22 die Februarii.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Sallawey.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
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Comes Manchester, Speaker. Comes Kent. Comes Pembrooke. Comes Warwicke. Comes Mulgrave. Comes Northumb. |
Ds. Robertes. Ds. Grey. Ds. Dacres. Ds. North. Ds. Mountagu. |
Jones and Heatherley versus Rutter.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Jones and
Hetherley, against John Rutter:
It is Ordered, That the said Rutter shall have a
Copy of this Petition, and return his Answer thereunto
within Days after Notice.
Geddy, Yeom Usher, to be re-paid Money expended for Candles for this House.
Upon reading the Petition of Charles Geddy, Yeoman
Usher to this House; shewing, "That he hath expended much Money of his own Purse, for furnishing
this House with Tallow Candles and Wax Candles:"
It is Ordered, To be specially recommended to the
Lords that are of the Committee for the Revenue, that
speedy Satisfaction may be given to the Petitioner, for
the Money which he hath expended as aforesaid.
Risley to have Copies of the Judgement against the E. of Castlehaven and Skipwith.
Upon reading the Petition of James Risley; shewing,
That whereas, by a Lease from Richard then Bishop
of Winchester, he hath Right to certain Lands in
Wilts, called Fountell Farme, which escheated to the
said Bishop by the Attainder of Mervin Lord Awdley
Earl of Castlehaven, and Henry Skipwith; and the
Petitioner, having now a Suit depending for the same
at the next Assizes at Salisbury, doth humbly desire
the Warrant of this House to Mr. Solicitor, that he
may have Copies of the Indictments of the said Earl
and Skipwith, and of the Judgement thereupon, that
so he may be enabled to proceed to Trial in the said
Suit:"
It is Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor (fn. *) do grant Copies
of the said Indictments and Judgement, as is desired.
Lennard's Ordinance for Naturalization.
An Ordinance was presented to this House, for naturalizing of Wm. Lennard, Rob't Lennard, and Mary
Lennard; which was read the First Time, and ordered
to be further considered of.
Ordinance to make St. Giles', at Pontefract, Parochial.
An Ordinance was presented to this House, for making
the Chapel of St. Gyles, in Pomfract, a Parochial Church,
the former Parish Church being set on Fire in the Wars;
which was read Twice, and committed to the Earl of
Warwicke, the Earl of Mulgrave, and the Lord Robertes,
to consider of it, and report their Opinions to this
House.
Report concerning Harvey's Sequestration.
The Lord North reported from the Committee of
Lords and Commons for Sequestrations, a Paper concerning Mr. Harvey; which was read: (Here enter it.)
And the House approved of the said Report; and that
the same be sent down to the House of Commons for
their Concurrence therein.
Sir J. Brooke, in his Answer to Kirk, stiles himself Ld. Cobham.
An Answer was presented to this House, to the Petition of Kirke, in the Name of "John Lord Cobham;"
whereas, in the Order, he is stiled by the Name of
"Sir John Brooke Knight."
Upon this, the House being desirous to be satisfied
herein; Ordered, That Sir John Brooke shall make it
appear to this House, how he comes to claim the Title of
Lord Cobham; and this to be this Day Fortnight.
E. of Cleveland, further Liberty.
Ordered, That the Earl of Cleveland shall have
Liberty, upon his former Bail, to go to his House at
Tuddington, in Bedfordshire, for Three Months; provided he stir not above Seven Miles from his House:
And the Concurrence of the House of Commons to be
desired herein.
Letter from the Duke of York.
A Letter to the (fn. *) Earl of Manchester, from the Duke
of Yorke, was read.
Horses to be exported for the French King.
Ordered, That a Pass shall be granted, for transporting Twenty Horses into France, for the Use of the
French King; and the Concurrence of the House of Commons to be desired herein.
Message from the H. C. with an Ordinance to attaint Jenkins.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Serjeant Wylde; who said, "He had brought
up an Ordinance of attainting of David Jenkins, late
of Greyes Inne, in the County of Midd. Esquire, of
High Treason." He further said, "That David Jenkins was a Capital Offender, and Pestis Reipublicæ et
Hostis Patria; who, with his Pen and Tongue, hath
offended in the highest Degree. The House of Commons desired their Lordships to give Expedition therein; and said, that the Witnesses were ready."
Message from thence, with Ordinances and Orders.
Another Message was brought from the House of
Commons, by Myles Corbett Esquire; who brought up
divers Particulars, wherein they desire their Lordships
Concurrence:
1. An Ordinance for securing the Commissioners of
Excise Ten Thousand Pounds, advanced by them for the
Use of the Navy. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
2. An Order for securing the Committee of the
Eastern Association the Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds,
and charging the same, with Interest, upon the Receipts
of the Excise. (Here enter it.)
Read, and Agreed to.
3. Order for securing Twenty Thousand Pounds
payable by former Ordinance to the Committee of the
Eastern Association, for the borrowing of the same,
and advancing it for the Use of the Navy.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
4. An Order for Captain Thomas Ashley to have One
Hundred Fifty-one Pounds, Six Shillings, and Five Pence,
paid him out of Goldsmithes Hall. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
5. An Order, One Thousand Pounds for Mr.Fenwick. (Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
6. An Order for restoring Wm. Franklyn to his Fellowship in King's Colledge, in Cambridge.
(Here enter it.)
Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
That this House agrees to all the Particulars now Answer
brought up.
Rooper versus Wiseman.
Upon reading the Petition of Henry Rcoper Esquire,
against Sir Thomas Wiseman, concerning reversing a Decree in the Chancery: (Here enter it.)
It is Ordered, That the Defendant shall have a
Copy of this Petition, and return Answer within Fourteen after Sight; and the Proceedings in Chancery to be stayed until it be determined in this House.
Gill and Perry, in Error.
Upon hearing Counsel argue the Errors, in the Writ
of Error depending in this House, between Gill Plaintiff
and Perry Defendant:
It is Ordered, That this House affirms the Judgement given in the King's Bench; and that the Transcript of the Record be returned into the King's Bench,
that Execution may be taken out: And it is further
Ordered, That the Plaintiff shall pay to the Defendant Five Pounds Cost.
Brough and Hunt, D°.
Upon hearing Counsel argue the Errors, in the Writ
of Error depending in this House, between Brough Plaintiff and Hunt Defendant:
It is Ordered, That this House affirms the Judgement given in the King's Bench; and that the Transcript of the Record be returned into the King's Bench,
that so Execution may be taken out: And it is further
Ordered, That the Plaintiff shall pay Fifty Shillings
to the Defendant, for Costs in this Business.
Steward and Elmhurst.
Upon hearing Counsel on both Sides, in the Business between Stewart and Elmehurst:
It is Ordered, That the said Elmehurst shall appear
gratis in the Chancery; and the Issue to be tried, whether there be a Trust or not.
Gen. Sterling and Marshall, a Pass.
Ordered, That Major General Sterlinge and Major
Marshall shall have Passes, to go into Scotland.
Message to the H. C. with Honnor's Order;-for the E. of Cleveland to have further Liberty;-and with Lady Moore's Petition.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
by Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page:
To desire their Concurrence in the Order concerning
Mr. Honnor.
2. To desire their Concurrence in the Order concerning the Earl of Cleveland having Liberty to be at
Tuddington for Three Months, upon the former Bail;
provided he go not further than Seven Miles from his
House.
3. To recommend the Lady Moore's Petition to
them.
Report from the Committee for Sequestrations, about Harvey's.
"Die Mercurii, 2 Febr. 1647.
"At the Committee of Lords and Commons for
Sequestrations.
"In the Case of Mr. Robert Harvey: Upon the Certificate and Examinations returned from the Committee of the City and County of Chester; upon the
hearing of Counsel on both Sides, it appearing to the
Committee, That the said Mr. Harvey, though he
was named Commissioner of Array for the King, yet
did never act therein; and for that it also appeared,
That, for his Not-acting, his House after Six several
Attempts was set on Fire, which, together with the
Shop and Stables adjoining, were of the Value of
Eighty Pounds per Annum, besides many Services
which he and his Wife had done to the Parliament's
Friends: Yet, in respect it is certified and confessed
by the said Mr. Harvey, That he had taken some of
the King's Oaths against the Parliament; this Committee are of Opinion; That he is within the Ordinance for Sequestrations; but, in respect of his aforesaid Sufferings and Services, do think fit and order,
That his Case be presented to the Consideration of
both Houses, as a fit Object for their Favour: And
that the Lord North be desired to report the same to
the House of Peers, and Mr. Serjeant Wylde to the
House of Commons.
"John Wylde.
"Intr. R. Vaughan."
"The Case of Mr. Robert Harvey, One of the
Aldermen of the City of Chester, drawn out
of several Depositions taken at the Committee of Chester for Sequestrations.
"That, albeit he was nominated a Commissioner of
Array, he nevertheless rejected the Temptation, and
utterly refused the Entertainment thereof; and remains altogether clear of any Affection or Action concerning the same.
"That, being called to an Election of the Mayor of
the City aforesaid, and upon the Bench amongst the
rest of the Aldermen, he was chose Mayor; which
he presently protested against, rose from the Bench,
and immediately left the Court.
"That, in Observation of this Passage, the Lord
Cholmondeleth, and Sir John Byron the Governor of
that Garrison, and many others also, exceedingly maligned him, as for sundry Speeches touching their
unlawful Proceedings against the Parliamentary Party; and especially for saying, (videlicet,) "That they
had over-mastered us;" which drew him into Suspicion of his Fidelity, and them into Malice against him
for the same.
"That they sent Six several Times to set Fire on his
House before it could be done; for which at last,
being done, one Holmes had Forty Pounds.
"That his House, together with the Shop, Stables,
and Out-houses, are of the Yearly Value of Eighty
Pounds; and his Goods, worth Two Hundred Pounds,
all burnt therein.
"That (fn. *) he privately secured the Person of one Mr.
Langley, a godly Minister, adherent to the Parliament,
together with Mr. Peter Leigh, a well-affected Citizen, much maligned by the Cavaliers (who thirsted
after their Misery), until they were conveyed thence
from the Danger of their Malice.
"That he secured the Goods of Mr. Justice Warberton, and others well-affected, until the Surrender of
Chester; and after, delivered them safe to the true
Owners.
"That he contributed One Hundred Marks towards
the Payment of the State Soldiers, upon the Reducement of Chester.
"That, upon the happy Reducement of Chester, and
Inquisition made of the Affection and Disaffection of
the Aldermen, of their Service or Disservice, Cause
was found to continue him, when many were put out.
"That the Rents and Profits of his Estate were only
stayed, and not sequestered at all.
"That he and his Wife have done many good Offices
and considerable Service for the Parliament.
"All which have plainly appeared to the Right
Honourable the Committee of Lords and
Commons for Sequestrations, wherewith they
are satisfied so far, in regard of his Service
and Sufferings for the Parliament, as that,
"notwithstanding
notwithstanding he lies within the Compass of
the Ordinance for Sequestration for some
Oaths forced upon him against the Parliament, they conceive him nevertheless a sit
Object of Favour; and therefore, by their
Order of the Second of this Instant February,
have recommended his Case and Condition to
both Houses, to be reported by the Lord
North and Mr. Serjeant Wilde, for a favourable Discharge."
Rooper's Petition, for Reversal of a Decree in Chancery, made in Favour of Wiseman.
"To the Right Honourable the Lords assembled
in Parliament.
"The humble Petition of Henry Rooper Esquire;
"Sheweth,
"That Ralphe Wiseman, Second Son of Sir Thomas
Wiseman, being Nephew to your Petitioner, about
Twenty-four Years since unhappily married with a
Servant of his Father's, far below his Rank, and had
no Portion, by which he incurred his Father's Displeasure; and thereupon prevailed with your Petitioner to enter into Articles to the said Sir Thomas
Wiseman, That, within a Month after the Death of
Sir Anthony Roper your Petitioner's Brother, your
Petitioner should settle the Reversion of the Manor
of Habour, in Lincolnesbeir, after your Petitioner's
Death, on the said Ralph Wiseman and his Wife,
and his Heirs; and also, after the Death of Sir Anthony, to pay Fifty Pounds per Annum to him and
his Wife; with some other Provision, That if no
Lands descended from the said Sir Anthony Roper,
that your Petitioner should secure the Payment of
Four Thousand Pounds to him and his Wife, after
your Petitioner's Death; and upon Request to enter
into a Statute of Five Thousand Pounds for Performance thereof; which Articles were entered into
only at the Desire of the said Ralph Wiseman, the
better to procure a Reconciliation with his Father;
and the same was only voluntarily done by your Petitioner; and so the said Ralphe Wiseman declared, and
agreed that no other Use should be made thereon;
and accordingly the said Articles lay sleeping above
Twenty Years, and no further Assurance was required, nor any Request made to enter into the said
Statute: But, about Three Years since, a Bill was
preferred into the Chancery, by the said Ralphe
Wiseman, against your Petitioner and Sir Thomas Wiseman, charging a Combination, and to have the said
Lands settled, and the Fifty Pounds per Annum paid:
To which Bill your Petitioner, by Advice of Counsel,
demurred. But the Court was pleased to order an
Answer, in respect the Point of the Demurrer might
be insisted on at the Hearing. After which, the
Cause was heard, and decreed contrary to your Petitioner and his Counsel's Expectation.
"But, though it were declared that the Court did
not bind the Interest of the Land, yet that the Court
would enforce your Petitioner to perform his Agreement; and did order and decree your Petitioner to
perform the Articles and Agreement, and convey the
Manor of Harbour, according to the Meaning of the
Articles.
"Now, for that your Petitioner humbly conceiveth the same Decree is erroneous, and the
Cause not proper for the said Court of Chancery, for these Causes; because Damages
were only recoverable at Law upon the Articles; and because the Bill, as against Sir Thomas Wiseman, was dismissed, and your Petitioner still chargeable at Law at his Suit:
And for that the Court declared the Interest
of the Land is not bound, and yet decreed
your Petitioner to convey, and thereby enjoined what is not possible for him to perform, the Lands being long since sold, for
Payment of many just Debts due to the King
and others; and in respect your Petitioner
had but a Possibility when the Articles were
entered into: For which Causes, and many
other apparent Defects and Errors in the said
Decree; and for that your Petitioner, relying
that the Cause was proper for Law, did not
examine Witnesses, to prove the said Ralph
Wiseman's own Agreement that no other Advantage should be taken of the Articles than
to procure his Father's Favour:
"Therefore your Petitioner's humble Suit is,
That your Honours would be pleased to
take the Premises into Consideration;
and, upon Examination of the Truth
hereof, to reverse the said Decree; and,
till your Lordships Leisure permit to hear
the Cause, that all Proceedings upon the
said Decree may be stayed by your Lordships Order; to whose Justice he humbly
appeals, and will readily submit.
"And ever pray, &c.
"Henry Rooper."
Commissioners of Excise to reimburse themselves 10,000£. to be advanced by them for the Use of the Navy.
"Whereas both Houses of Parliament did, by their
Order of the First of February present, charge upon
the Receipts of the Grand Excise, to be employed
for the Use of the Navy, the Sum of Seventy Thousand Pounds, that shall first arise, Part of One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand, charged, by Order of the Twentyeighth of May, 1647, on the said Receipts in Course,
for the Arrears of the Army: And whereas the Commissioners of Excise have, for Supply of the present
and pressing Occasions of the Navy, offered to advance, by Way of Loan, the Sum of Ten Thousand
Pounds, upon the Credit of the said Orders of Seventy Thousand Pounds, to be re-paid the same, with
Interest after the Rate of Eight Pounds per Cent. per
Annum, every Six Months, until Reimbursement:
Be it therefore Ordained, by the Lords and Commons
assembled in Parliament, That the Commissioners of
Excise shall and may satisfy and reimburse themselves,
by Way of Defalcation; and that their Executors,
Administrators, and Assigns, shall be paid, by the
Commissioners of Excise for the Time being, out of
the foresaid Seventy Thousand Pounds, as the same shall
fall due in Course, next after other Engagements made
by both Houses of Parliament upon the said Seventy
Thousand Pounds, the said Sum of Ten Thousand
Pounds, now by them advanced, together with Interest for the same after the Rate of Eight Pounds
per Centum per Annum, to be paid unto them every
Six Months, to be accounted from the Time of their
Lending thereof, until their full Reimbursement:
And the Comptroller and Auditor of the Excise are
to take Notice hereof, and allow the same upon their
Accompts accordingly."
Ordinance to re-pay 10,000£. to the Committee of the Eastern Association, advanced by them for the Public Service.
"Whereas the Committees of the several Counties
of Norff. Suff. Essex, Huntingdon, Herts, Cambridge,
and the Isle of Ely, and the City and County of Norwich, have, by themselves and others, advanced, paid,
and lent, great Sums of Money, for Payment of the
Regiments of Horse, and other Forces, lately employed under the several Commands of Major Heynes,
Major Le Hunt, and Major Gibb, and of Captain Waylett's Company of Dragoons, and no Satisfaction or
Security as yet hath been given for the same, the
Charge thereof being computed to amount to Ten
Thousand Pounds: Be it Ordained, by the Lords
and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Sum
of Ten Thousand Pounds, with Interest for the same
after the Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum, payable
every Six Months, be charged upon the Grand Excise, in Course; and the Commissioners of Excise for
the Time being are hereby authorized and required
to make Payment of the said Ten Thousand Pounds,
as the same shall grow due in Course, and Interest
for the same, after the Rate of Eight Pounds per
Centum, payable every Six Months, and to begin from
the First of March next, for so long as the same shall
be forborn, unto the said Committee of Lords and
Commons for the Eastern Association, or to such Treasurer as they shall appoint to receive the same, whose
Receipt or Receipts shall be to the said Commissioners of Excise their full and sufficient Discharge;
which Committee for the Eastern Association, or any
Five or more of them, have hereby a Power to grant
forth their Warrants, for Payment of the said Ten
Thousand Pounds and Interest, for the Uses abovementioned."
Ordinance to secure 20,000£. to the Committee of the Eastern Association, formerly ordered to them; and for borrowing it for the Use of the Navy.
"Whereas, by Ordinance of the Twenty-eighth of
February, 1645, there was charged upon the Excise,
in Course, the Sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds,
with Interest after the Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum, payable for the Use of the Three Regiments
of Horse, late under the several Commands of Major
Haynes, Major Le Hunt, and Major Gibb, and of
Captain Waylett's Company of Dragoons, raised, sent
out, and maintained, by the Eastern Association:
And whereas the Committee of Lords and Commons
for the Eastern Association was contented, and did
agree, that the same should be issued forth and disposed of for the present Supply of the Army; and,
by an Ordinance of the 8th Day of December last, it
was thereupon ordained and declared, That, in Satisfaction of the said Agreement, the said Twenty
Thousand Pounds, with Interest due on the First of
March next, shall be re-paid, by Sir John Wollaston
and the rest of the Treasurers at War, out of the
Receipts and Assessments for the Army, upon the First
of March next, to such Treasurers as the said Committee shall appoint; and whereas the present Necessities of the Navy are so pressing, that the same require a speedy Supply of Monies; without which
those Affairs cannot be carried on; and the said Committee for the Eastern Association is contented, and
do agree, that the said Twenty Thousand Pounds
shall be forborn, and be paid and employed for the
Use of the Navy: Be it Ordained, by the Lords and
Commons assembled in Parliament, That the said
Treasurers of War shall have hereby Power to pay
the said Twenty Thousand Pounds unto Sir Vane
Junior Knight, Treasurer of the Navy, for the Use
of the Navy, upon Warrant from the Committee of
the Army, or any Five of them, directed to the Treasurers at Wars; the which Committee of the Army is
hereby required to issue their Warrant to the same
Purpose accordingly; and that the Receipt or Receipts of the said Sir Henry Vane shall be to the said
Treasurers at War their sufficient Discharge: And
the said Treasurers at War are hereby ordered and
required, without any further or other Warrant than
as aforesaid, to pay the Interest due for the said
Twenty Thousand Pounds, to the First of March next,
unto the Committee for the Eastern Association, or
to such Treasurer as they shall appoint to receive the
same, whose Receipt or Receipts shall be to the said
Treasurers at Wars their sufficient Discharge: And
whereas both Houses of Parliament did, by their Order of the 28th of May, 1647, charge upon the Receipt of the Grand Excise, in Course, the Sum of
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds, payable to
the said Treasurers at War, for Payment of the Arrears due to the Inferior Officers and Soldiers of the
Army under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairefax;
for which the said Houses of Parliament having since
made other Provision, did thereupon order, the First
of February last, That the First Seventy Thousand
Pounds, Part of the said One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Pounds, as the same shall grow due in
Course, be paid unto the said Treasurer of the Navy,
for the Use of the Navy: Be it therefore further
Ordained and Declared, by the Authority aforesaid,
That, in Satisfaction of the said Agreement of the
Committee for the Eastern Association, and for their
Security, the said Twenty Thousand Pounds, which
was payable to them upon the First of March next
as aforesaid, shall be re-paid, by the Commissioners
of Excise, out of the First Monies of the said Seventy
Thousand Pounds assigned to the Navy, Part of the
said One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds charged
upon the Excise in Course, and formerly assigned to
the Army as aforesaid; and that Interest for the said
Twenty Thousand Pounds, after the Rate of Eight
Pounds per Centum, be paid every Six Months, and do
begin from the First of March next, and be continued
for so long Time as the said Twenty Thousand Pounds
shall be forborn, and till the same shall fall due, and
be paid in Course as aforesaid: And the Commissioners of Excise for the Time being shall have Power,
and are hereby authorized and required, to make
Payment of the said Twenty Thousand Pounds, and
the Interest thereof as abovesaid, unto the said Committee of Lords and Commons for the Eastern Association, or to such Treasurer as they shall appoint to
receive the same, whose Receipt or Receipts shall be
to the Commissioners of Excise their full and sufficient Discharge in that Behalf: And it is likewise
Ordained, by the Authority aforesaid, That the said
Twenty Thousand Pounds, and the Interest thereof
due to the First of March next, and payable by the
Treasurers at War as aforesaid, and likewise the Interest thereof to begin from the First of March next,
and payable by the Commissioners of Excise as aforesaid, shall be issued and paid out, by Warrant from
the said Committee of Lords and Commons for the
Eastern Association, or of any Five or more of them,
who have hereby a Power to grant forth their Warrants accordingly, for Payment thereof, as well for
the Reimbursement of all such Sums of Monies, with
Interest for the same, as shall appear to the said Committee to have been advanced and lent, or paid, for
maintaining of the said Three Regiments of Horse
and Company of Dragoons, in the Service against
Newarke, upon the Ordinance of 28th February,
1645, first abovementioned, and for Satisfaction of
such Damages as shall also appear to the said Committee to have been sustained by the Committees of
the several Counties of the Eastern Association, or
by any of them, in the Loss of Horses, Arms, and
Furniture, by them provided for the furnishing of
the said Horse and Dragoons for the said Service; as
also for Payment (fn. *) and Satisfaction of the Arrears
which shall appear to the said Committee to be due,
for the Pay of such Officers and Soldiers of the said
Regiment of Horse and Company of Dragoons as have
served in reducing of Newarke: And that the said
Twenty Thousand Pounds and Interest may be issued
and paid according to the true Intent and Meaning
of this Ordinance, it is also Ordained, That the said
Committee for the Eastern Association, or any Five
of them, shall have Power and Authority, and are
hereby authorized and enabled, by themselves and such
as they have or shall appoint, and by such Ways and
Means as they have or shall appoint, and by such Ways
and Means as they or any Five of them shall think
fit, to take, state, audit, and determine, as well the
Accompts of all the said Officers and Soldiers, for
their Pay, as well due upon the Public Faith, as for
their present Pay during the Time of their said Service, as also the Accompts of all Treasurers and
others that are to receive any Proportion of the said
Sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds and Interest, by
the Appointment of the Committees of the Counties
in the said Association as aforesaid: And it is further
Ordained, That the said Committee for the Eastern
Association may reward and pay such Person or Persons as they have or shall employ for the better Execution of this Service, for their Pains and Charges,
out of the said Sums, or of any other Treasure in
their Dispose, as they shall think fit: And further it
is Ordained, That the said Committee shall administer
an Oath, which they have hereby Power for to do,
as well to such Persons as are to pass their Accompts
before them as aforesaid, as also to all other Persons
upon all other Accompts within Survey of the said
Committee, for the better clearing the Truth thereof.
"Provided always, That neither this present Ordinance, nor any Thing therein contained, shall extend
to the Prejudice of the making void of an Order of
the House of Commons made the 23th of December
last past, for the Payment of Sixteen Hundred Sixtythree Pounds unto Captain Edward Wingate; which
said Order is hereby confirmed."
Order for 151£. 6s. 5d. to Capt. Ashley.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That Captain Thomas Ashley, Commander of the Ship Imployment, a Person that hath
done very many good Services to the Parliament, desiring Satisfaction for the Sum of One Hundred Fiftyone Pounds, Six Shillings, and Five Pence, for Guns
and Ammunition, which he left at Hull, for the Defence and Safety of that Place; for the Payment of
which Sum of One Hundred Fifty-one Pounds, Six
Shillings, and Five Pence, he received an Order from
the Committee of Lords and Commons for the Safety
of the Kingdom, directed to Sir Gilbert Gerard,
Treasurer at Wars, dated 19 Decembr. 1643, be recommended to the Committee at Gouldsmiths Hall;
and referred unto them, to make present Payment of
the said Sum of One Hundred and Fifty-one Pounds,
Six Shillings, and Five Pence, to the said Captain Thomas Ashley, he having deserved very much, and long
patiently expected the Payment of the said Monies."
Order for 1000£. for Fenwick.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That the Sum of One Thousand Pounds
be bestowed upon, and paid unto, Mr. Robert Fenwicke, in respect of his very great and good Services
to the Parliament and his Losses, out of such concealed Delinquents Estates as he shall discover to the
Committee at Habberdash'rs Hall, or out of the Surplusage of such Delinquents Estates as have compounded at Gouldsmiths Hall, and not given in true
and full Particulars of their Estates; and the respective Committees are to pay it unto him accordingly; he delivering in at one Time the Names of such
Delinquents he shall discover, to the said respective
Committees."
Order for Franklin to be restored to his Fellowship of King's College.
"Whereas William Francklyn, late One of the Fellows of King's Colledge, in Cambridge, was ejected out
of his Fellowship, for expressing his Disaffection in
not taking the solemn League and Covenant, and that
no other Crime was objected against him; and that
he is willing to take it: It is Ordered, by the Lords
and Commons assembled in Parliament, That the said
Mr. Francklyn be restored to his said Fellowship, if
it be still void; and that he be likewise restored to
the Profits of the said Fellowship, grown due since his
Ejectment, that are not yet disposed of."
Long to be instituted to Pendomer.
Ordered, That Dr. Aylett give Institution and Induction unto Thomas Longe, to the Rectory of Pendomer,
in Com. Som'sett, void by Death of the last Incumbent; salvo Jure cujuscunque: Granted by the Great
Seal.
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 10a, Thursday next.