DIE Martis, 18 die Februarii.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Price.
Ds. Grey de Warke, Speaker.
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Comes Kent.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Stamford.
L. Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Mountague.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Willoughby.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Bruce. |
Answer from the H. C.
Doctor Heath and Doctor Aylett, sent Yesterday with
a Message to the House of Commons, return with this
Answer:
That they agree to the Paper concerning the Commissioners of Sweden; and to the Order concerning the
Pardon to be given to the Prisoners at North'ton, they
will send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
Letter from The States of Holland.
A Letter from The States of Holland and Fridland,
concerning Mr. Courten, was read.
Elsworth to stop his Building near the E. of Clare's Garden.
A Petition of John Earl of Clare, was read; shewing,
"That one Ellsworth, having lately purchased a Lease of
a low Drinking-room, Parcel of a Victualing-house
adjoining to the Garden of the Petitioner's Mansionhouse in Drury Lane, he is now raising it Two or
Three Stories high, in Part upon his Garden Wall,
incroaching thereby upon it, and even taking away
the Use of the Petitioner's Garden, by keeping out
the Air and Sun, and overlooking and annoying it,
being but streight of itself; therefore his Lordship
desires their Lordships to afford him the Justice of
this House."
Hereupon it is (fn. *) Ordered, That there be a Stay of
the Building, until the further Pleasure of this House
be signified; and the Order to be served upon the Workmen.
North and Conisby.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause further,
between Roger North Esquire, and Tho. Conisby, is put off
until the Accompt is finished; and Mr. Conisby is to appear before the Referees for the Accompt, from Time
to Time, as Occasion is.
Message from the H. C. with an Ordinance for raising a Monthly Sum for the Scots Army, and to expedite the One for Martial Law.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Gilbert Millington Esquire:
To desire their Lordships Concurrence in an Ordinance, concerning raising of One and Twenty Thousand
Pounds a Month, for maintaining the Scottish Army.
2. To desire their Lordships to expedite the Ordinance
concerning Martial Law.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That this House will send an Answer by Messengers
of their own.
De La Salle to have his Liberty, for the Prosecution of his Cause.
Upon reading the Petition of Peter De La Salle,
Merchant Stranger, a Prisoner in the King's Bench;
shewing,
"That the Petitioner hath exhibited a Petition before their Lordships in Parliament for his Relief,
which yet is undetermined; but, by reason of his Imprisonment, he is not able to follow his Business before their Lordships, to his great Delay, and almost
Ruin: Therefore desires Liberty to follow his said Business, with a Keeper, until the same shall receive a
Determination in this House."
Hereupon this House Ordered, That Sir John Lenthall, Keeper of the Prison of the King's Bench, shall
permit the said Peter De La Salle to (fn. †) go abroad, to
follow his Business depending in this House; provided
he take Care to go with a Keeper, that so he may be in
safe Custody, and make no Escape.
Ordinance for raising a Monthly Sum for the Scots Army.
Next, the Ordinance for raising One and Twenty
Thousand Pounds a Month, for maintaining the Scottish
Army, was read the First Time, and Ordered to be
read again To- (fn. †) morrow Morning.
Mansell and Harris.
Ordered, That the Cause between Sir Rob't Mansell
and Harris shall be heard, by Counsel on both Sides,
at this Bar, on Saturday Morning next.
Alston freed from an Arrest.
Upon Information given to this House, "That Alston
is a Gentleman of the Company of Colonel Marten's
Regiment:" It is Ordered, That he shall be released
from his Imprisonment, the Defendant not appearing
according to Order, to shew Cause to the contrary.
Ogle released, on Condition of living beyond Sea.
Ordered, That John Ogle shall be released from
his (fn. ‡) Imprisonment; Mr. Gardiner of Croyden
entering first into Bond of One Thousand Pounds, that
the said Ogle shall not come over from beyond the Seas
when he is there, to engage himself in the Service of
the King against the Parliament, nor do any Thing beyond Sea to the Prejudice of the Parliament.
Letter from The States of Holland and West Friezeland, about Mr. Courteen.
"Illustrissimis, Nobilissimis, Honoratissimis Dominis, Comitibus, Vicecomitibus, Baronibus, nec
non Militibus & Burgensibus, Parliamento Angliæ, apud Westmonasterum, convocatis.
"Illustrissimi, Nobilissimi, et Honoratissimi Domini,
"Exposuerunt nobis, per Libellos supplices, non pauci
Cives nostri, Viri spectatæ Fidei & honesti, quonam
modo in Regno Angliæ sint habiti, & quid ipsis evenerit, Occasione Operis cujusdam ardui per ipsos
Anno 1627 ibidem suscepti, in vindicando nimirum
magno Terrarum Tractu (quem Hadfielt Chache nominant) ab Inundatione Fluminum ac Vi irruentium
Aquarum, ut ferendis Frugibus idoneus esse posset;
referunt iidem nostri Cives Necessitate sese coactos
fuisse (cum ultra Pacta conventa magna Pecuniæ Summa ab ipsis exacta esset), Anno 1631, mutuo sumere,
per Commissarios ad id deputatos, À Domino Wilhelmo
Courten, Londini commorante, Duo Millia Librarum
Sterlinx, sub Promissione Usurarum Octo in Centum
singulis Annis persolvendarum, ex eoque (More Angliæ) confectum Instrumentum, signatumque per Quinque Commissarios (obligatis singulis in solidum), eâ Intentione, ut Debitum illud, primâ datâ Occasione, ex
Pecuniâ viritim in Opus illud conferendâ exsolveretur: Hinc factum esse, ut, Anno 1635, supradicto
Domino Courten, per Commissarios À Rege deputatos,
dati ac delegati sint Quatuor Debitores, Angliæ Incolæ (quorum Tres Instrumentum supradictum signaverant), qui in se susceperunt, singuli pro ratâ Parte,
dicto Domino Courten satisfacere, unÀ cum Usuris eo
Tempore debitis, idque in Solutionem ejus quod singuli
se debere in dictum Opus fatebantur; eoque Nomine,
Rura ipsorum per Regios Commissarios ad id affectata
et Executioni obnoxia pronunciata sunt: Hinc factum est, ut Johannes Gibbon, Unus istorum Debitorum (qui Instrumentum supradictum tamen non signaverat), dicto Domino Courten solverit Noningentas et
Viginti-duas Libras Sterlinx, unÀ cum Usuris; et quamvis tum Temporis in Manu dicti Domini Courten constat fuisse Residuum dicti Debiti ab aliis (duplici Nexu
ad id obligatis) exigere, ille tamen, Rationibus suis
(quas conjicere facile est) motus, nihil Pecuniarum ab
aliis exigit, Fruitione dictarum Usurarum, ut videtur,
pro Tempore contentus; aliis tamen post Instantibus,
dictos Debitores Londini de novo (Anno 1638) aggredi, dictus Dominus Courten instituit, Litemque iis
intendit coram Judice ibidem ordinario; et quamvis
in Re liquidâ nihil Actionem ipsius impedire poterat,
deseruit tamen Causam supradictus Dominus Courten,
&, relictis Debitoribus duplici Nomine ipsi obligatis,
relictâ reali Actione in affectos Agros, relicto toto ifto Terrarum Tractu in cujus Conservationem supradicti Nummi impensi erant, totum Mare trangressus,
Judicio jam nunc agere per interpositam Personam in
Dominum Jacobum Catzium (Syndicum jam nostrum,
ac quondam Civium nostrorum Mundatarium in dicto
Negotio de Haedfielt Chache) aggressus est, quos ille
(si Lis supradicta Progressum habitura esset) ad sui Indemnitatem in Judicium vocare cogeretur; quo Casu,
dicti nostri Cives in supramemoratos Debitores, vel Terras ipsorum, five alia eorum Bona, necessario regredi
deberent, vel (si ita videretur) in ipsum Corpus supradicti Tractus de Hadfielt Chache, quem per dictam Pecuniam restauratum ac conservatum fuisse constat.
Quibus omnibus et aliis Rationibus maturè per nos
consideratis ac perpensis, nullas justi et æqui Rationes,
nulla bonæ Fidei Momenta, istis Actionibus inesse;
sed Machinationes non bonas, in Civium nostrorum
Detrimentum, liquido agnoscimus.
"Vos itaque, Illustrissimi ac Nobilissimi Domini, etiam
atque etiam monitos rogatosque volumus, ut Negotium
supramemoratum ita apud vos habeatur, quod Debiti
istius Solutio ab iis præstetur, qui duplici Nomine, tam
realiter quam personaliter, in id obligati sunt; &, in
omnem Eventum, ut supramemoratus Syndicus, Civesque nostri, eâ de Causâ, nullâ Molestiâ afficiantur.
Nos interea, Rationibus non tantum politicis, sed ipsius justi & æqui Momentis permoti, tolerandum non
putamus, ut Litibus ac Dissidiis Cives primùm nostri,
deinde etiam vestri, involvantur; idque ne fiat, nec
ulteriùs in isto Negotio apud nos procedatur, Curiæ
nostræ in Mandatis À Nobis datum esse certiores hisce
vos facere visum fuit.
"Illustrissimi ac Nobilissimi Domini, omnia fausta ac
salutifera vobis a Deo Optimo Maximo ex Animo optamus.
"Datum Hagæ Comitum, Die septimo Mensis Februarii, Anno Salutis XVIc XLV.
"Illustrissimorum vestrorum
Amici & Vicini,
Ordines Hollandiæ ac
West Frisiæ & ex
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Adjourn.
House adjourned till 9a cras.