Jovis, 20 Maii, 1624

Sir J. Rives.

Mr. Carvyle reports Sir John Rives his Bill. Amendments twice read. - Ordered, To be ingrossed.

Foreign Pensions.

L. 3. An Act against the secret Receiving of Pensions, Gifts, and Rewards, of any foreign Prince or State: - Upon Question, passed.

Palavisine's Estate.

Mr. Ducke reports Mr. Palavisine his Bill, without Amendments.

L. 3. An Act to enable Toby Palavisine to sell certain Lands, for Payment of his Debts, and Preferment of his Wife, and younger Children: - Upon Question, passed.

Clerk of the Market.

Bill for the Clerk of the Market: - To-morrow Afternoon. Two Clock, Court of Wards.

Recusants.

Sir Edw. Cooke sent up to the Lords, to desire a Conference about the Petition concerning Recusants; and carried up Five Bills.

Complaints against Dr. Anian, &c.

Mr. Selden reports from the Committee, appointed to examine the Complaints against Doctor Anian, and others.

- Found him guilty of Four Kind of faults: 1. Dilapidation, and mispending the College-money, and making Leases, contrary to the Statutes of the College ; misemploying of Fines for Copyhold Lands. 2. Misgovernment: Negligentia intolerabilis. - One Twine Five times found a great Offender: For the Four First times Anian did nothing, and the Fifth, but admonished him. And one Bailey, that was absent from Commemorations, a great Offence there : - He slighted this. One James also, that said, that it had been no Matter, if the Archbishop of Yorke had given over preaching Twenty Years ago, but any Good he, or any other, had done by it:- - For this he did nothing against him. 3. Declining of his Judges, and their Sentence. Procured his Majesty's Letter, to take the Matter out of their Hands, by the Lord Treasurer's Means; for which he had 100 l. 4. Nefandum: Unnatural Wantonness with some Tavern-boys. - Committee resolved, that these fit to be presented to the Lords, as Crimes against him. -

Another Complaint against Doctor Richardson, Master, of Trinity College in Cambridge. But nothing proved against him. -

Another Complaint against one Day, a Schoolmaster in Suffolke. - Confessed, he had been Schoolmaster there 12 - Not received but Three times all this Time : Hath divers Scholars, that go not to Church : Never corrected any Boy for not going to Church : Uses no Catechism, nor Prayer, in his School: - Maintains the Popish Opinions, by Arguments and Oaths. - Committee resolved, he was fit to be removed: The Means how, they leave to the House. -

4. A Complaint of one Rogers against a worthy Member of this House, Sir Eubele Theloall. Upon Examination, found to be quite false, and that Sir Eubele Theloall ; a great Benefactor to that College.

Precedents.

Sir Henry Poole added to the Committee, that were appointed to search the Precedents of Judicature.

Conference.

Sir Edw. Cooke reports from the Lords. - They have appointed the Conference presently, in the Painted Chamber ; and 24 of their House.

Sir Tho. Hoby, Mr. Solicitor, specially appointed. All Knights of Shires sent up to this Conference.

Dr. Anian's Offences.

Upon Question, these Offences, reported against Doctor Anian, shall be transmitted to the Lords, with the Aggravations of Circumstances.

Sir Edwyn Sandys, Mr. Selden, to report this to the Lords; and, for this, a Conference to be now desired.

House to sit a Week longer, &c.

Mr. Solicitor reports from the Lords. - Did deliver unto them the Occasion of this Petition; which was read; and the Names, that are to be presented. Prince took them into his Hands. Prince then made known to them the King's Answer, for our sitting; He is pleased, that we shall sit a Week longer, upon this Condition, that we entertain no new Business, but proceed with that we are already possessed. Prince desires to know our Resolution,

that he may send away a Messenger to the King. Lord President put them in mind of Two Bills, sent down to us from them; Brewhouses, and Battle.

To be no new Business.

Resolved, That no new Matter shall be entertained by the House; but only perfecting the old Business already in the House.

Battle.

Bill of Battle, - This Afternoon, in the Court of Wards.

Recusant School-master.

Resolved, upon Question, as the Opinion of the House. That Simon Dormer is unfit to be continued a Schoolmaster at Aye ; and that this Business shall be presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury, with Intimation of the Declaration of this House; and, that the Bishop of Norwich hath been acquainted with this, but hath not reformed it.

Sir Dud. Digs, Sir Rob. Hatton, Mr. Abbot, and Mr. Selden, to do this.

Sir Eubele Theloall.

Upon Question, Sir Eubele Theloall cleared from all Manner of Imputation upon Rogers Petition.

Trade.

The Petition, concerning the Matter of Trade, referred to the Committee for drawing up the Grievances : - To meet this Afternoon, Four Clock.

Several Orders.

Sir Rob. Philips to make his Report on Saturday Morning, Eight Clock.

Survey of Coals, to be heard To-morrow Afternoon, next after the Staplers.

Sheriffs Accounts : - To-morrow Afternoon.