Monday, April 20, 1657.
Lord Whitlock acquaints the House, that the Committee
on Friday last, were at Whitehall to attend his Highness, who
being not then in a condition of health, desired the meeting
might be put off till this morning, ten o'clock.
Resolved, that the House be adjourned till to-morrow
morning at eight o'clock. (fn. 1)
I was all the forenoon attending the trials between Mr.
Clapham and his tenants, but the jury had, in a quarter of an
hour, agreed in a verdict for the plaintiff, and the other trial
will be as bad.
The Committee were to wait upon his Highness at the old
place, and returned as unsatisfied as before: nothing but a
dark speech, more promiscuous than before. See the book of
speeches, (fn. 2) and the paper of exceptions, (fn. 3) which his Highness told them of.
Footnotes
| 1 |
Verbatim from the Journals. |
| 2 |
Monarchy Asserted, pp. 80–87. |
| 3 |
Unfortunately, it is not preserved in Monarchy Asserted. The authors of the Parl. Hist. (xxi. 89) regret that they could not (in 1760)
procure this paper of exceptions. |