DIE Mercurii, 19 die Januarii.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Whitacre.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Kent.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Northumb'land.
Comes Warwicke.
Comes Denbigh. |
L. North.
L. Grey.
L. La Warr.
L. Mountague. |
Ordinance to prevent the Exportation of Wool, Fullers Earth, &c.
Ordinance sent up from the House of Commons, for
the restraining of transporting or sending out of this
Realm Wool, Wool Fells, Fullers Earth, &c. 2a
vice
lecta. (Here enter it.)
Exped.
Orders from the H. C. for Concurrence.
Order sent up from the House of Commons, That
no Wool of the Growth of Ireland shall be sent out of
that Kingdom, but into Engl. and Wales.
(Here enter it.)
Exped.
Order sent up from the House of Commons, for the
adding of Names to the Committee of Indemnity.
(Here enter it.)
Exped.
Order sent up from the House of Commons, concerning Public Collections. (Here enter it.)
Exped.
Order sent from the House of Commons, That Edward Games Esquire be Sheriff of the County of
Brecon, was read, and Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Order sent from the House of Commons, That Will'm
Lloyde Esquire be Sheriff of the County of Carnarvon,
was read, and Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Order sent from the House of Commons, That
Will'm Standen Esquire be Sheriff of the County of
Berks, was read, and Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Taylor to be instituted to Deane, &c.
Ordered, That Samuell Tayler Clerk, Master of
Arts, have Institution and Induction to the Rectory and
Parish Church of Deene, with Deenthorpe, in the County
of Northampton.
Letter from the Lords under Restraint for sitting while the Speakers, &c. were with the Army, desiring to be released:
A Letter to the Speaker, from the Earl of Lincoln
and other Lords under Restraint, excepting the Lord
Hunsdon, desiring that they may have their Liberty, was
read, as follows:
To the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Manchester, Speaker of the House of Peers pro
Tempore; to be communicated to the Right
Honourable the Lords in Parliament assembled.
My Lords,
After so long a Restraint by your Lordships Order, and no Prosecution of the Charge against us,
we may expect from your Justice our Liberties; the
which we shall enjoy with more Satisfaction, as it will
appear a Right to your Lordships Quality, as well as a
Freedom to the present Condition of
Jan. 19th, 1647.
Your Lordships humble Servants,
G. Berkeley.
F. Willoughby.
T. Lyncolne.
Suffolke.
Midd'esex.
W. Maynard."
To be freed from their Restraint.
Ordered, That these Six Lords which have subscribed this Letter shall, upon this Letter, have their
Liberties from the Restraint they lie under in the
Custody of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
attending this House.
Commitment of Peers upon Impeachment.
Ordered, That these Lords following are appointed
to consider of some Declaration, to be entered into the
Journal Book, concerning the Commitment of Peers of
this Realm upon Impeachment:
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Comes Northumb.
Comes Warwicke.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Kent.
Comes Manchester. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. Mountague. |
Any Two; to meet when they please.
E. of Nott's Pet. for the Arrears of his Pension.
Upon reading [ (fn. *) the Petition of] the Earl of Nottingham; desiring, "That the Four Thousand One Hundred and Twenty-five Pounds in Arrears, due to him
for his Pension, may be paid to him out of the Arrears of the Court of Wards and Liveries, or in any
other Way as the Parliament shall think fittest:"
It is Ordered, To be specially recommended to the
House of Commons, and sent when his Lordship shall
think fit.
L. Mayor, &c. to reprieve Budd and other Prisoners in Newgate, as they shall think proper.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Budd, Prisoner
in Newgate:
It is Ordered, That this Answer be returned to
the Lord Mayor of the City of London; "That the
Lords, upon Notice of Complaint made of the Reprieve of Three Persons, did give Order to be certified of the Cause thereof; yet they did not thereby
intend to limit the Lord Mayor and the rest of the
Bench, but that they should, according to Justice,
reprieve or not reprieve them, or any of them, as
they shall see Cause."
Ordinance to naturalize Kath. Prude, alias Prowde.
Upon reading the Petition of Katherine, One of the
Daughters of Wm. Prude, alias Prowd, late of Canterbury, deceased; shewing, "That, at the Beginning
of this Parliament, there was a Bill passed in the
House of Commons, for her Naturalization; which
was fruitless, in regard of these Dictractions: Therefore the Petitioner desires an Ordinance may be
passed for her Naturalization:"
It is Ordered, That an Ordinance be prepared, and
brought in to this House, for that Purpose.
Ordinance to prevent the Exportation of Wool and Fullers Earth.
An Ordinance to prohibit the Transporting of
Wool and Fullers Earth.
Be it Ordained, by the Lords and Commons, That
it shall not be lawful for any Person or Persons, to
lade, ship, or carry, in any Ship, Barge, Boat, or
other Vessel, or otherwise, any Wool of the Growth
of the Kingdoms of England or Ireland, or Dominion
of Wales, or any Woollen Yarn, Woollen Flocks,
Wool Fells, Fullers Earth, Clay, Tobacco pipe Clay,
or any other Earth or Clay which may be used in the
Art of Fulling, of Intent to transport or carry the
same into any Place or Places of the Parts beyond the
Seas, or into the Realm of Scotland by Land or by
Sea, or to carry the same to any Ship or other Vessel
whatsoever to be transported, upon the Pains and
Forfeitures hereafter ensuing; that is to say, Upon
the Pain of the Forfeiture of the said Wools, Woollen Yarn, Woollen Flocks, Wool Fells, and Earth or
Clay, so laden, shipped, carried, or transported;
and Three Shillings for every Pound of such Wool,
Yarn, Flocks, and Earth or Clay; and for every
Pound Weight of the said Earth or Clay, Three
Shillings to be forfeited by the Owner or Owners
thereof; and also the Owner of the said Ships or
Vessels, knowing of such Offence, to forfeit all their
Interest in the said Ships or Vessels, with all their
Apparel and Furniture to them and every of them
belonging; and the Master and Mariners, knowing
of such Offence, to forfeit all their Goods and Chattels, and to have Imprisonment by the Space of One
whole Year, without Bail or Mainprize; and further, That if any such Wool, Woollen Yarn, Woollen Flocks, Wool Fells, or any of the said Earth or
Clay, be laid in any Place whatsoever, with Intention
to transport, or that the same should be transported
beyond Sea, or with Intention to transport or convey
the same, or that the same should be transported or
conveyed, to any other Port or Place by Sea in England or Wales, and shall not, in such Case where the
same is to be transported or conveyed by Sea to other
Place in England or Wales as aforesaid, enter, or
cause to be entered, sufficient Obligation with the
Customer and Comptroller of the Port to such Place
belonging, or as is next unto the same, for the true
Delivery thereof at some other Place of this Realm;
that then the said Wools, Woollen Yarn, Woollen Flocks, Wool Fells, and Earth or Clay, and Three
Shillings for every Pound Weight of the said Earth
or Clay, shall be forfeited by the Owners thereof:
And it is further Ordained, That if any Merchant, or
any other Person or Persons, shall transport, or cause
to be transported, any of the said Earth or Clay, Wool,
Woollen Yarn, or Woollen Flocks, or Woollen Fells, contrary to the Intent of this Ordinance, that then he shall
be disabled for requiring any Debt or Accompt of any
Factor or others, for or concerning any Debt or
Estate properly belonging to such Merchant and Offender, to his own Use; and if any Owner of the
Land where such Clay or Earth is digged or gotten
shall be privy unto, or know of, such Transportation by any Person or Persons, and shall not discover the same to some Justice or Justices of the Peace
within Three Months of such his Knowledge, he
shall, for every such Offence, forfeit Five Hundred
Pounds of lawful Money of England; and if such
Justice of Peace to whom such Discovery shall be
made shall not certify the same, under his Hand and
Seal, to the Barons of the Exchequer, or any One of
them, within Three Months following, he shall, for
every such Offence, forfeit One Hundred Pounds of
like lawful Money: And it is further Ordained,
That all and every Person, Owner or Occupier of any
Grounds where such Earth or Clay as aforesaid shall
be digged or taken, or Owner or Occupier of such
Earth or Clay, that shall sell or dispose of the same,
shall keep One or more Books, wherein he shall enter
from Time to Time the Quantities of all such Clay or
Earth by him sold, the Name or Names of the Person
or Persons to whom such Sale shall be made, and the
Place of his Habitation or Abode; and shall, Once in
Six Months, give a Note in Writing of all such
Fullers Earth or Clay sold or disposed of, to the
Justices of the Peace, or any One of them, next or
near adjoining to the Place where such Earth or Clay
is or shall be at the Time of the Sale or Disposition
thereof, on Pain to forfeit for every Hundred Weight
the Sum of Twenty Shillings, of lawful Money of
England, for every such Neglect; and that a sufficient
Person, of the Profession of a Clothier or Fuller, of
the County of Kent, shall by the Barons of the Exchequer be appointed to keep a Book of the Entries
of the true Quantities of such Earth and Clay, measured and received from the Pits or Store-houses
thereof, and to certify such his Book Half-yearly in to
the Court of Exchequer, upon Oath; and to have
such Sum or Sums of Money as the said Committee of
the Navy and Customs shall think fit, not exceeding
Six Pence for every Load, containing Twenty-two
Bushels of such Earth and Clay, so received by the
Receiver thereof; and that One Half or Moiety of
all the Forfeitures before mentioned shall be paid to
the Commissioners and Collectors of the Customs for
the Time being, for the Use of the Navy, or to such
Use as the said Houses of Parliament shall order or
appoint; and the other Moiety thereof to be to such
Person and Persons as shall seize or sue for the same, by
Bill, Plaint, or Information, in the Court of Exchequer; and the said Goods, so seized, to be by the
Seizer, from Time to Time, registered with the Officer thereunto appointed in the Custom-house of
London.
And it is farther Ordered, by the said
Lords and Commons, That the Barons of the said
Court of Exchequer, and all other the Officers and
Ministers of the said Court respectively, for the
Time being, do and shall, and are hereby authorized
and required to, receive and proceed to Judgement,
upon such Bill, Plaint, or Information, according to
the Course of that Court heretofore used, for the
Recovery of forfeited Goods, for Non-payment of
Tonnage and Poundage, when the same were granted
by Act of Parliament; and that the Barons of the
said Court of Exchequer, His Majesty's Attorney
or Solicitor General, or any Three of them, whereof
the said Attorney or Solicitor General to be One,
shall and may compound for the Part of the said
Forfeiture appointed to the Use of the Navy as aforesaid; and, upon such Composition made, the said
Court of Exchequer to give Judgement for the Discharge of such Forfeiture against His Majesty; and
that any the Barons of the said Exchequer shall and
may give Licence to such Informer, to compound with
the Defendant, for the said other Part of the said
Forfeiture.
Ordinance to prevent the Exportation of Wool from Ireland, except to England and Wales.
Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled
in Parliament, That no Wool of the Growth of
Ireland be transported, in any Ship or Vessel, into
any Parts out of that Kingdom (except into the
Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales), upon
any Warrant or Pretence whatsoever, upon Pain of
Forfeiture of the said Wools; and that the Commissioners and Officers of the Customs and Ports in
that Kingdom do take effectual Care, and employ
their Diligence, that this Order be duly observed;
and that they be very careful to take good Security,
to the Double Value of the Wools shipped, that the
Transporters will unship and deliver the said Wools
in some Port of the Kingdom of England or Dominion of Wales; and that they will not transport the
said Wools into any other Parts or Places whatsoever; and that they do bring Certificate that they
have delivered the same accordingly; and that the
Governors of the Provinces, and Commanders in Chief
of the Forces in that Kingdom, do give Order and
Charge, and take Care, that all the Officers of
Forts whom it may concern do duly observe this
Order."
Additional Names to the Committee of Indemnity.
"Ordered, by the Lords and Commons assembled in
Parliament, That Sir Walter Earle, Colonel Bosvile,
Mr. Knightly, Sir Rob't Pye, Mr. Crowther, and Mr.
Harrington, be added to the Committee of Indemnity."
No Collections to be made by Brief, but under the Great Seal.
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled
do declare, and so order, That no General Collections shall be made in Parishes, by Way of Brief, for
demanding the Charity of People, except it be under the Great Seal of England, directed by Order
of both Houses of Parliament."
Games, to be Sheriff of Brecon;
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled
do nominate and appoint Edward Games Esquire, to
be Sheriff of the County of Brecon; and that the
Commissioners of the Great Seal do pass a Patent
to the said Edward Games, under the Great Seal, to
be Sheriff of the said County of Brecon, accordingly."
Lloyd, of Carnarvon;
"The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament do nominate and appoint Wm. Lloyd Esquire,
to be Sheriff of the County of Carnarvon; and
that the Commissioners of the Great Seal do pass
a Patent to the said William Lloyd, under the said
Great Seal, to be Sheriff of the said County of
Carnarvon, accordingly."
and Standen, of Berks.
"The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, do nominate and appoint William Standen Esquire, to be Sheriff of the County of Berks; and
that the Commissioners of the Great Seal do pass
a Patent to the said William Standen, under the said
Great Seal, to be Sheriff of the said County of
Berks, accordingly."
Alflat to be instituted to Clutton.
Ordered, &c. That Doctor Heath give Institution
and Induction unto Mathew Alflatt Clerk, to the Rectory
of Clutton, in Com. Som'sett, void by the Resignation
of the last Incumbent; salvo Jure cujuscunque: Lady
Katherin Brooke Guardian to Francis Lord Brooke, her
Son, Patron.
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 10a cras.