5° & 6° Gul. & Mar. Parl. 2. Sess. 5. A. 1693, & 1694.

LANCASTER County new Writ, 13 Jan.

Land Forces, State of them, ordered, 3 Dec. Presented, 5.
-, — Tax. Vide Supply.—Petition of Commissioners, 15 Dec.

Leadbiter . Vide Privileges.

Leather . Vide Supply.—Petition for Bill to make the Act more effectual concerning cutting it; Bill ordered, 20 Dec. Read, 20. Committed, 12 Jan. Petition against Bill, presented, and referred, 23. Committees added, 24. Bill reported; Report to be considered, 8 Feb. Considered; Question for Ingrossment, Neg. 21 Mar.

Leathersellers Petition, 23 Jan. Vide Leather, supra.

Leckby , Bill, from Lords, for selling Part of the Manor thereof, and settling other Lands in lieu, 17 Mar. Read, 19. Committed, 21. Reported, 31. Passed, with Amendments, 3 Apr. Amendments agreed to by Lords, 5. Royal Assent, 16.

Lee , Wm. Petition, 15 Mar. Vide Stawell.

Leeds , Petition from, 6 Feb. Vide Woollen Manufacture.

Levant Company Petitions, 9 Dec. Vide Silk, thrown.—23 Feb. Vide Saltpetre.

Linen-drapers , and others, Petitions, 14 & 30 Dec. Vide East-India.

London , Petition of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commoncouncil, thereof, 30 Nov. Vide Orphans.
-, — Petition of Merchants, and others, rejected, 24 Feb.
-, —Another, 17 Jan. Vide Protestants.

Lords , House of. Vide Messages.

6° & 7° Gul. & Mar. Parl. 2. Sess. 6. A. 1694, & 1695.

LAKE . Vide Privileges.

Lancashire and Cheshire, Parties to attend relating to late Tryals therein, 22, 23, 24. 27, 28. & 30, Nov. 5, 6. 14. 20. & 22, Dec. 7. 14. 17. & 23, Jan. Serjeant's Report touching Persons not to be found, 23 Nov. Matter considered, 22, 23, 24. & 27, Nov. 5, 6. 22. 27, & 28, Dec. 14 & 17 Jan. 5 & 6 Feb. Consideration adjourned, 22, 23, & 24, Nov. 5, 6. & 22, Dec. 7. 14. 17. 23. & 29, Jan. & 5 Feb. Parties examined, 22, 23, 24. 27, & 28, Nov. 5, 6. & 22, Dec. 14 & 17 Jan. & 5 Feb. Discharged from further Attendance, 22 Dec. & 14 Jan. Mr. Smith to bring Examinations and Papers, 22 Nov. Presents them; examined, 23. Warrants presented, 5 Dec. Mr. Standish ordered into Custody; a Person to be examined, on Oath, by Lord Chief Justice; several Informations read; Residue to be read, 5 Feb. Read; Resolutions thereupon, 6.

Land Tax. Vide Supply.

Lapis Calaminaris, Duty thereupon to be considered by the grand Committee of Trade, 26 Jan.

Laws , expiring, Committee to inspect them, 30 Nov. Committees added, 3 Jan. Report, 9. To be considered, 9. 23. & 29, Jan. & 7 Feb. Considered—Bill to continue several, ordered, 11. Read, 25. Committed, 21 Mar. Reported, and to be ingrossed, 26. Passed, 29. Returned from Lords, with Amendments, 8 Apr. Amendments in Part disagreed to, 12. Reasons for Disagreement, reported; Conference to be desired, 17. Desired, agreed to, held, and reported, 18. Lords waive their Amendment, 19. Royal Assent, 22.

Lawes , Blanch, Petition to be delivered to a Member, a Commissioner of publick Accounts, 1 Apr.

Layton . Vide Privileges.

Leather . Vide Supply.

Leeds , Duke of, impeached of high Crimes and Misdemeanors, admitted into the House on his Request; Manner of receiving him; heard; Committee to prepare Articles; Impeachment sent to Lords; Committees added; Report to be made, 27 Apr. Articles reported, and read Paragraph by Paragraph; to be ingrossed; ingrossed, read again, and sent to Lords, 29. His Answer; Committee to prepare Replication, 30. Lords put House in mind of Impeachment; Messenger dismissed without Answer; Duke's Answer and Message referred to the Committee; Committee impowered to send for Persons, Papers, and Records, 1 May. Report; Robart to attend, 2. Order for sitting of Committee, 2 & 3. Speaker acquaints the House, that the Serjeant could not find Robart, but had left the Summons at the Duke's House; Report touching him, 3. Conference, desired with Lords on their Message, agreed to; Managers appointed; Conference held, and reported; Committee to withdraw; Report, 3.

Leisler , Jacob, and others, Bill, from Lords, to reverse their Attainder, 10 Apr. Read, 11. Committed, 12. Reported, 16. Re-committed to the same Committee; Committees added, 17. Committee impowered to send for Persons, Papers, and Records, 18. Bill reported; Questions for Re-commitment and Reading, severally Neg. 30. Bill passed, with Amendments, 2 May.

Letters not to be delivered to Members sitting the House, 7 Mar.

Lights , convex, Mr. Chiswell, and Secretary, to attend with Books of the Company, 25 Mar.

Lindsey , Frances, Petition to be delivered to a Member, a Commissioner of publick Accounts, 1 Apr.

Liverpool new Writ, 12 Nov. Complaint, that no Return is made, referred to the Committee of Privileges and Elections, 20 Dec. Election, Petition to be heard at Bar; Mayor to attend, 21. Heard; Mayor ordered into Custody; Return to be amended, 11 Jan. Amended, 12. Mayor's Petition, 28. Order for bringing him to Bar, 20 Feb. Reprimanded, and discharged, 21.
-, — Petition from, 3 Jan. Vide Plantation.

Locks and Wiers, Petition for Bill to prevent Exactions of Occupiers thereof, and to settle the Price of Water-carriage, referred to a Committee, 22 Dec. They have Leave to sit before the Sitting of the House, 2 Feb. Report; Bill ordered, 9. Read, 13. Committed, 18. Reported, 28. Report to be considered, 28 Feb. 8. 16. & 19, Mar. Considered; Bill to be ingrossed, 23. Clause added; Bill passed, 28. Agreed to by Lords, 8 Apr. Royal Assent, 22.

London , Petition of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commoncouncil, 3 Jan. Vide Apothecaries.—of Merchants and Owners of Ships, referred to the Committee on Coasting Trade, 12 Feb. Vide Supply.—of several Inhabitants, referred to the Committee on Coinage Bill, 18 Apr. Vide Supply.
-, — a Committee to inspect the Chamberlain's Books, 7 Mar. Vide East-India.

Lords , House of. Vide Messages.
-, — Journals to be searched by a Committee, 2 Mar.

Luckin , Wm. Petition, 20 Dec. Vide Sheriffs.

Ludgershall new Writ, 1 Jan. Election, Petition 26. Report, 18 Apr.

Lustrings . Vide Supply.

7° & 8° Gul. III. Parl. 3. Sess. 1. A. 1695, & 1696.

LANCASHIRE , Robert, impeached of high Crimes and Misdemeanors; Committee to prepare Articles, 21 Jan. Committees added, 24. Complaint, that a Person endeavoured to suppress the Evidence he had given; Order thereupon, 29.

Land Tax. Vide Supply.
-, — Petition of Collectors relating to clipped Money; Resolution thereupon, 2 Jan. Vide Supply.

Lapis Calaminaris. Vide Supply.

Laurence , St. Old Jewry. Vide Baliol.

Laws , expiring, a Committee to inspect them, 16 Jan. Committees added, 10 Mar. Report; Bill for continuing several, ordered, 19. Read, 21. Committed; Petition presented, and referred, 24. Committees added, 31. Bill reported, and to be ingrossed, 8 Apr. Passed, 13. Agreed to by Lords, 23.

Lead-merchants Petition, 28 Jan. Vide Darwent.

Ledbury , Petitions from, 18 Jan. Vide Wye.

Leicester County, Petition from, 24 & 28 Jan. Vide Darwent.
-, — Borough, Petitions from, 24 Jan. Vide Darwent.— 28 Feb. Vide Wool.

Leominster , Petition from, 14 Jan. Vide Wye.

Letters not to be delivered to Members sitting the House, 20 Dec.

Levant Company Petition, 22 Jan. Vide Garblers.

Lewis . Vide Privileges.

Lincoln City, Election, Petition, 5 Dec.
-, — County Election, Petition, 5 Dec.

Linen Manufactory, Bill to encourage it in Ireland, and bringing Hemp and Flax into England, ordered, 24 Mar. Read, 26. Order for Second Reading, 7 Apr. Committed; Instructions to receive Clauses for Encouragement of making white writing Paper, and for taking off the Duties upon Englishmade Sailcloth exported, 9. Bill reported, and to be ingrossed, 20. Passed, 21. Agreed to by Lords, 25.

Litchfield , Petition from, 23 Jan. Vide Darwent.

Littlehale , John. Vide Privileges.—to be prosecuted by Attorney-general, 14 Mar.

Lofting , Mr. to be prosecuted by Attorney-general, 27 Apr.
-, — John, Petition, 10 Mar.

London , Petitions from, 21 Jan. & 17 Mar. Vide Garbling.— 13 Feb. Vide Guineas.—touching Election of Sheriffs, rejected, 19 Mar.

Lords , House of Vide Messages.

Loughborough , Petition from, 27 Jan. Vide Darwent.

Lowndes , Charles, Petition, 21 Feb. Vide Robberies.

Ludlow Election; Petition withdrawn, 16 Jan.

Lugg . Vide Wye.

Lustring Company, Question for Bill to explain a Clause relating to them, Neg. 24 Mar.

Lymington Election, Petition, 25 Nov. Report to be made, 13 Feb. Made; Right of Election determined, 18.

8° & 9° Gul. III. Parl. 3 Sess. 2. A. 1696, & 1697.

LANCASTER , Dr. desired to preach, 11 Jan. Thanked, 1 Feb.
-, — Borough new Writ, 8 Feb.

Land Tax. Vide Supply.

Lawrimor , Archibald, Jacob Smith, and others, Petition to lie on the Table, Colonel Byerley not being in the House, 14 Dec. Read; Member heard; Commissioners of Accounts to inform the House of the Matter, 15 Jan. Their Report to be made, 17 Mar. Made, 18. To be considered, 18 & 19. Read, and referred to the Paymasters of the Irish Army, 30.

Leather . Vide Supply.

Loe , Godfrey, Petition in behalf of Mary Hewestson, referred to a Committee, 28 Jan. Report; Order thereupon, 3 Mar. Vide Privileges.

Leeds , Petition from, referred to the Committee on Leather Bill, 27 Mar. Vide Supply.

Leicester Borough Petition relating to hammered Money, 21 Nov.—to Tax on Woollen Manufacture, to lie on the Table for future Consideration, 18 Mar.

Leigh , Edward, and Wife, Bill to sell Lands, and settle others to the same Uses, ordered, 16 Jan. Read, 19. Committed, 25. Reported, and to be ingrossed, 29. Passed, 3 Feb. Agreed to by Lords, with Amendments, 22. Amendments agreed to, 23. Royal Assent, 8 Mar.

Leonard , St. Shoreditch, Petition, 19 Dec. Vide Silks.

Leskard , new Writ, 20 Oct.

Lethulier , Lady Catherine, Petition referred to the Committee on Bill for making good Deficiencies, 4 Mar. Vide Supply.

Levant Company, Petition for Bill to import Goods from Turkey in foreign-built Ships, paying the Duty; Bill ordered, 8 Mar. Read, 9. Committed, 10. Reported, and to be ingrossed, 11. Clauses added; Bill passed, 12. Agreed to by Lords, 16. Royal Assent, 1 Apr.

Lilburne , Elizabeth, and Daughter, Petition, 15 Mar. Vide Privileges.

Lince . Vide Privileges.

Linen-drapers Petition, 10 Dec. Vide Silks.

Llandinham . Vide Hill.

Lloyd , David, Petition, 5 Jan. Vide Hakewell.

London , Petitions from, referred to the Committee on Coinage Bill, 12 Nov. & 30 Dec. Vide Supply.—referred to the Committee on Bill for regulating Elections, 27 Nov. Vide Elections.—relating to Bill to restrain wearing wrought Silks, &c. from India, to lie on the Table for future Consideration, 10 & 22 Dec. Referred to the Committee on the Bill, 30.— relating to Russia Company, 17. Vide Russia.—referred to the Committee on Brewers Petition, 22. Vide Supply.—of Merchants, and others, relating to Act for remedying the ill State of Coin; Question for referring it to a Committee, Neg. Petition rejected, 15 Jan.—relating to foreign Bills of Exchange, rejected, 16 Mar.—relating to Duties on Wines, to lie on the Table for future Consideration, 25.
-, — Bishop of. Vide Nottingham, Earl of.

Lords , House of. Vide Messages.

Lovelace , Catherine, Petition referred to a Committee, 6 Apr. Report; Order for prosecuting Mr. Harnage, 15.

Loveny . Vide Privileges.

Ludlow , Petition from, relating to the Duty on Leather, 1 Apr.

Lustring Manufacture, Bill for Encouragement thereof, ordered, 3 Mar. Presented, 11. Read, 12. Committed, 13. Reported, and to be ingrossed, 16. Passed, 24. Returned from Lords, with Amendments, 9 Apr. Amendments in Part considered; Residue to be considered, 10. Considered, and agreed to, 12.

Lutterell , Colonel. Vide Privileges.

Lynn Regis, Petition from, 12 Dec. Vide Glass-makers.
-, — Bill to preserve the Navigation of the Port, ordered, 19 Dec. Read, 6 Jan. Order for Second Reading; Counsel for and against Bill, to be heard at Bar, 12 & 26. Read; Counsel heard; Motion for Commitment, 28. Debate thereon adjourned, 28 Jan. 6 & 11 Feb. Resumed; Question for Commitment, Neg. 18.

Lyster , Mr. Vide Privileges.