House of Commons Journal Volume 8: 22 April 1662

Martis, 22 Aprilis, 14° Car.

Prayers.

Leave of Absence.

ORDERED, That Sir William Doyley have the Leave of this House to go into the Country.

Transported Loyalists.

Ordered, That the Committee to whom the Bill against Stealing of Children and Servants was committed (who, by Order of the Eleventh of April Instant, were to consider of the Enlarging and Bringing home of those that, for their Loyalty, were transported into Foreign Plantations), do likewise consider of the Case and Sufferings of such as, for their Service and Loyalty to his Majesty, or his Royal Father, were transported to such Foreign Plantations, and are already returned, as well as those that are yet beyond the Seas; and to report the Matter of Fact to this House; with their Opinion, for their Relief.

Flax and Hemp.

A Bill for sowing Flax and Hemp, was this Day read the First time.

Ordered, That this Bill be read the Second time Tomorrow.

Navy and Ordnance Carriages.

A Bill for providing Carriage by Land and by Water, for his Majesty's Army and Navy, was this Day read the Second time.

Resolved, That the said Bill be committed to Mr. Wm. Coventry, Mr. Trelawney, Sir Phil. Warwick, Mr. Knight, Sir Tho. Meres, Mr. Waller, Mr. Clifford, Colonel Windham, Mr. James Smith, Mr. Andrew Newport, Sir Edm. Pye, Sir Edw. Seymour, Mr. Seymour, Colonel Reames, Mr. Attorney of the Duchy, Mr. Boscowen, Mr. Stroude, Sir Lanc. Lake, Sir Edm. Peirse, Sir Allen Brodrick, Mr. John Trelawney, Sir Tho. Strickland, Sir Hen. Worsley, Mr. Elliot, Sir Wm. Batten, Serjeant Rainsford, Sir Hum. Winch, Mr. John Ashburnham, Mr. Henley, Sir Hen. North, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Wm. Mountague, Sir John Duncombe, Mr. Crouch, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Phillips, Sir Fra. Goodrick, Mr. Pryn, Mr. Jones, Sir Geo. Courtope, Mr. Mountague, Mr. Hungerford, Sir John Rouse, Sir John Shaw, Dr. Birkinhead, Sir Wm. Pen, Mr. Edw. Smith, Sir Cha. Harbord, Mr. Scawen, Mr. Warcing, Colonel Robinson, Sir Hen. Herbert, Mr. Moore, Sir John Robinson, and all the Members that serve for the County of Southampton: And all the Members of this House, that come to the said Committee, are to have Voices thereat: And they are to meet, this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber, at Two of the Clock: And to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.

Pilchard Fishing.

An Amendment, sent from the Lords, to the Bill for regulating the Pilchard Fishing in the West, was read, and agreed to.

Ordered, That the Bill be amended accordingly.

Customs, &c.

Ordered, That the Amendments, sent from the Lords, to the Bill for regulating the Customs; and also the Report from the Committee, touching the Officers Fees; be taken into Consideration the first publick Business To-morrow Morning.

Uniformity of Worship.

The House then proceeded upon the Amendment to the Bill of Uniformity.

The Paragraph in the Parchment, marked N° 1, as to the Penalties not to extend to Foreigners, or Aliens of the Foreign Reformed Churches, was read the Second time; and agreed to.

The rest of the Paragraphs and Provisoes, to the End of the said Parchment, were read the Second time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The House then proceeded to the Reading of the Second Sheet of the Amendments, sent from the Lords, to the Bill of Uniformity.

And the Amendment to the Eighth Line of the Third Skin being Twice read;

Resolved, That these Words, "Archbishop of the Province," be inserted in the said Amendment, after the Words "by the," in the Eighth Line; and the Word "Archbishop," after the Word "said," in the Eleventh Line.

And the said Amendment, with the Additions aforesaid, was agreed to.

The Amendment to the Ninth Line was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Thirteenth Line of the Third Skin was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The next Amendment to the Twenty-sixth Line was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Twenty-seventh Line was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment of the Twenty-eighth Line, and the Proviso directed by way of Amendment, marked N° 2, were twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Line was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Thirty-seventh Line, being twice read; was, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Fortieth Line was read.

Ordered, That the Word "are," be inserted betwixt the Word "and," and the Word "hereby," in that Amendment.

Resolved, That the Amendment, so altered, be agreed to.

The next Amendment, to the One-and-fortieth Line was read the Second time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The next Amendment to Forty-second Line was read the Second time; and the Provisoes, marked N° 3, directed, by Way of Amendment, to be inserted instead of the Words "which are to be omitted," were read the Second and Third time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Twenty-seventh Line of the Fourth Skin was read the Second time; and, on the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Twenty-eighth Line of the Fourth Skin was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Twenty-ninth Line of the Fourth Skin was read the Second time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the One-and-thirtieth Line was twice read; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Amendment to the Thirty-seventh Line being, after the Word "Authority," to leave out the rest of the Bill; and add the Provisoes beginning "Provided also, and be it Enacted," and marked N° 4.

The rest of the Bill, after the Word "Authority," being twice read;

Resolved, upon the Question, That the same be left out of the Bill.

The said Provisoes in the Parchment, N° 4, were read the Second time.

The First Paragraph of the said Provisoes in Parchment, "for providing the Book of Common Prayer in every Parish, &c." being read the Third time;

Resolved, upon the Question, That this House doth agree to the said Paragraph.

A Proviso by way of Amendment, touching the Prices to be set on the Book of Common Prayer, was read.

Ordered, That Liberty be given to bring in a Proviso, such as shall be fit for setting the Rates on the Quires of the Book of Common Prayer in Folio, to be used in Churches and public Places: And Mr. Pryn, Dr. Birkinhead, Sir Edmund Peirce, and Dr. Burwell, to bring it in.

The next Paragraph, touching the King's Professor of the Law in the University of Oxford, was read the Third time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Fourth Paragraph, touching the Subscription to the Thirty-sixth Article of the Thirty-nine Articles, was read the Third time; and, upon the Question, agreed to.

The Proviso, as to the Dispensation with Deprivation for not using the Cross and Surplice, was read the Second and Third time.

The Question being put, Whether the Question concerning Amendments to be made to this Proviso, should be now put;

It passed in the Negative.

The main Question being put, For agreeing with the Lords as to this Proviso concerning the Cross and Surplice;

It passed in the Negative.

And then the House adjourned till Thursday Morning next, at Eight of the Clock.