House of Commons Journal Volume 10: 6 December 1689

Veneris 6 die Decembris; 1° Gulielmi et Mariæ.

Prayers.

Rogerson's Nat.

A BILL for the Naturalizing of John Rogerson, was read the First time.

Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.

Walpergen's, &c. Nat.

Isaiah de Walpergen and John Rogerson, took the Oaths at the Table, in order to their Naturalization.

Woollen Manufacture.

A Petition of the Company of Weavers at London and Canterbury was read; setting forth, That such a Law as the Bill for enjoining the Wear of Woollen for certain Months, will, as the Petitioners conceive, tend to their utter Ruin: And praying to be heard at the Bar of the House, by their Counsel, before the said Bill doth pass.

Resolved, That the Petition do lie upon the Table, to be taken into Consideration, when the Bill for enjoining the wearing the Woollen Manufactures certain Months in the Year, shall be read the Second time.

A Petition of the * * * *.

Cane Chairs, &c.

Resolved, That the Petition do lie upon the Table, to be taken into Consideration, when the Bill for prohibiting the Making of Cane Chairs, Couches, and Squabs, be read the Second time.

Restoring Corporations.

A Petition of the ancient Town of Thetford was read; setting forth, That in 1681, John Mendham, being Mayor of the said Town, combining with others to surrender their Charter, procured a Hall to be assembled in a clandestine Manner, and without due Notice to the rest of the Burgesses: And the said Mayor finding the Majority of the Burgesses and Commoners, who had Right to vote, would not consent to the Surrender of their Charter, he caused some of them to be turned out, without Conviction of any Misdemeanor; and put others in their Places, that were not duly qualified; by means whereof, he procured the old Charter to be surrendered, and obtained a new one, whereby the Petitioners were excluded: That, by Colour of an Enrollment of the said Surrender, the Petitioners cannot obtain a Restitution of their former Charters and Liberties; and praying the Consideration and Relief of the House.

Resolved, That the Petition do lie upon the Table, to be taken into Consideration, when the Bill for restoring Corporations, shall be read a Second time.

Leave of Absence.

Ordered, That Mr. Horner have Leave to go into the Country for a Month, for Recovery of his Health.

Ordered, That Mr. Serjeant Bigland have Leave to go into the Country for Three Weeks, upon urgent Business.

Astly Vicarage.

A Bill for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of a Minister for the Town of Astly in the County of Warwick, was read the First time.

Resolved, That the Bill be read the Second time.

London Orphans.

Resolved, That the House do, upon Wednesday Morning next, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of Ways for Payment of the Debts to the Orphans of the City of London.

Supply Bill; Land Tax.

Mr. Solicitor General reports from the Committee of the whole House, to whom the Bill for granting to their Majesties an Aid of Two Shillings in the Pound for One Year, was referred, That they had thought fit to make several Amendments in the Bill, and to add several Clauses to the same: Which he read in his Place, with the Coherence; and afterwards, delivered the same in at the Clerk's Table: Where the same were once read throughout; and afterwards a Second time, one by one; and, upon the Question severally put thereupon, agreed unto by the House.

But the Time not permitting to go through the Report;

Resolved, That the further Consideration of the said Report be proceeded upon To-morrow Morning, the first Business.