House of Lords Journal Volume 16: 26 March 1700

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

Citation:

'House of Lords Journal Volume 16: 26 March 1700', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 16, 1696-1701( London, 1767-1830), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol16/pp559-560 [accessed 23 December 2024].

DIE Martis, 26 Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:



Arch. Cant. Epus. Sarum. Epus. Cestr. Epus. Cov. & Lich. Epus. Gloucestr. Epus. St. Asaph. Epus. Lincoln. Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Oxon.	Ds. Cancellarius. Dux Devon, Ds. Senescallus. Dux Somerset. Dux Ormonde. March. Normanby. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Northampton. Comes Denbigh. Comes Rivers. Comes Peterborow. Comes Stamford. Comes Kingston. Comes Carnarvon. Comes Scarsdale. Comes Sandwich. Comes Essex. Comes Anglesey. Comes Carlisle. Comes Burlington. Comes Shaftesbury. Comes Radnor. Comes Rochester. Comes Tankerville. Viscount Say & Sele. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Weymouth. Viscount Longueville.	Ds. Bergevenny. Ds. Audley. Ds. Lawarr. Ds. Ferrers. Ds. North. Ds. Chandos. Ds. Hunsdon. Ds. Mohun. Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Culpeper. Ds. Berkeley. Ds. Cornwallis. Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Weston. Ds. Herbert. Ds. Haversham.

PRAYERS.

Sir J. Child's Bill.

The Lord Viscount Longueville reported from the Lords Committees, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Lands and Tenements of Sir Josiah Child Baronet, deceased, in Trustees, for the better Performance of certain Covenants entered into by the said Sir Josiah Child upon the Marriage of his Eldest Son with the Daughter of Sir Thomas Cooke Knight," as fit to pass, without any Amendment.

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Lands and Tenements of Sir Josiah Child Baronet, deceased, in Trustees, for the better Performance of certain Covenants entered into by the said Sir Josiah Child upon the Marriage of his Eldest Son with the Daughter of Sir Thomas Cooke Knight."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

ORDERED, That the Commons have Notice, the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Howland's Bill.

The Lord Viscount Longueville also reported from the Lords Committees, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for taking the Estate in Law of several Messuages and Lands, mortgaged to Jeffrey and Edward Howland and their Heirs, out of Wriothesley Russell, commonly called Lord Marquis of Tavistock, and his Lady," as fit to pass, with One Amendment.

Which was read Three Times, and Agreed to.

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for taking the Estate in Law of several Messuages and Lands, mortgaged to Jeffrey and Edward Howland and their Heirs, out of Wriothesley Russell, commonly called Lord Marquis of Tavistock, and his Lady."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with the Amendments, shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with an Amendment to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir John Francklyn and Mr. Pitts:

To return the said last mentioned Bill, and desire their Concurrence to their Lordships Amendment made thereunto.

Pet. against Bone Lace Bill.

Upon reading the Petition of sundry Dealers in English Bone Lace, in Behalf of themselves and several Thousands, Dealers in, and Manufacturers of, the said Commodity; praying, "That they may be heard, by their Counsel, against the Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act made in the Ninth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for rendering the Laws more effectual, for preventing the Importation of Foreign Bone Lace, Loom Lace, Needle-work, Point, and Cut-work, Three Months after the Prohibition of Woollen Manufactures in Flanders shall be taken off:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Petitioners shall be heard, by their Counsel, on Thursday next, at Eleven of the Clock; as also any other Persons for the Bill, if they think fit.

Bourges & al. Nat. Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing John Bourges and others."



March. Normanby. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Rivers. Comes Stamford. Comes Sandwich. Comes Rochester. Comes Tankerville. Comes Grantham. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Weymouth. Viscount Longueville.	Epus. Sarum. Epus. Cestr. Epus. Petrib. Epus. Gloucestr. Epus. St. Asaph. Epus. Lincoln. Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Oxon.	Ds. Audley. Ds. Lawarr. Ds. Ferrers. Ds. Hunsdon. Ds. Powlet. Ds. Culpeper. Ds. Cornwallis. Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Herbert.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet To-morrow, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Speidell versus Cornock:

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Francis Speidell, John Dann, William Bridges, and Thomas Harvey, from a Decree made in the Court of Exchequer the Two and Twentieth Day of June last, and subsequent Orders in the said Cause, on the Behalf of Samuel Cornock, Edmund Ferrers, and Gilbert Lacy; praying the Reversal of the said Decree and Orders, as also upon the Answer of the said Samuel Cornock, Edmund Ferrers, and Gilbert Lacy, put in thereunto, and due Consideration of what was offered thereupon:

Judgement affirmed.

It is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Petition and Appeal of Francis Speidell, John Dann, William Bridges, and Thomas Harvey, shall be, and is hereby, dismissed this House; and that the Decree and Orders from which they appealed shall be, and are hereby, affirmed.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, (videlicet,) vicesimum septimum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.