House of Lords Journal Volume 16: 9 February 1698

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 16, 1696-1701. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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DIE Mercurii, 9 Februarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Menev.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Cestr.
Epus. Elien.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Lincolne.
Epus. Cicestr.		 Dux Leeds, Ds. Præses.
Comes Pembroke, Ds. Privati Sigilli.
Dux Devon, Ds. Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Southampton.
Dux Ormond.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Newcastle.
March. Halifax.
March. Normanby.
Comes Lindsey, Ds. Magnus Camerarius.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Kent.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Montagu.
Comes Marleborough.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Romney.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Lonsdale.		 Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Willughby Er.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Berkeley Ber.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Dudley.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Willughby Par.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Sidney.
Ds. Powlet.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Arundell Tr.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Jeffreys.
Ds. Cholmondeley.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Lempster.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.

PRAYERS.

The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas sat Speaker.

L. Lexington takes the Oaths.

This Day Robert Lord Lexington took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Baron versus Bradford.

Upon reading the Petition of Richard Bradford; praying, "That he may be allowed further Time, for answering to the Petition of Humphry Baron; he being Eighty Years of Age, and very infirm, and could not instruct his Counsel so as to answer as ordered:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Richard Bradford hath hereby Time allowed him for answering thereunto, until Wednesday the Sixteenth Day of this Instant February, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.

Godwin versus Berry.

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Sir Benjamin Godwin Baronet; complaining of a Decree made by the Master of the Rolls, the Fourth Day of August, One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-six; and also from a Decree pronounced by the Lord Chancellor the Twelfth of November last, on the Behalf of John Berry and Rice Bowen; and praying the Reversal of the said Decrees:

Memorandum, This Appeal was received; because the Decree was not enrolled till Christmas, and there were Terms of Accommodation offered.

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said John Berry and Rice Bowen may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and shall and they are hereby required to put in their Answer thereunto, in Writing, on Wednesday the Three and Twentieth Day of this Instant February, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Foley and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act that all Retailers of Salt shall sell by Weight;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Rex versus Greepe, in Error.

The Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, in the usual Manner, brought in a Writ of Error:

Dominus Rex Quær. versus Edvard. Greepe Def.

Messages from H. C. with a Bill; and to return Lassel's Bill.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir Henry Colt and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Dudley Vesey, an Insant;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Whitaker and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable Rebecca Lassells Widow to sell Copyhold Lands and Houses in Ealing, in the County of Midl'x;" to which they have agreed, without any Amendment.

Count. of Macclesfield versus Divorce, Bill.

After hearing Counsel and Witnesses this Day, on Behalf of the Countess of Maclesfeld:

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will proceed to hear Counsel and Witnesses in this Matter on Tuesday next, at Eleven of the Clock.

ORDERED, That no further Order shall be allowed for Witnesses on Behalf of the Countess of Maclesfeld, unless for supporting Mrs. Goodhall's Credit.

E. of Burlington takes his Seat.

This Day Charles Earl of Burlington sat first in Parliament, upon the Death of his Grandfather Richard Earl of Burlington; and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Adjourn.

Georgius Treby Miles, Capitalis Justiciarius Com. Placit. declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad & in diem Jovis, (videlicet,) decimum diem instantis Februarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

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