House of Commons Journal Volume 6: 26 September 1648

Die Martis, 26 Septembris, 1648.

Prayers.

Delinquents.

SIR Anthony Irby reports from the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, divers Fines and Compositions of Delinquents, as followeth: Viz.

Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum of Five thousand One hundred Thirty-three Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of Edward Dymock, of Kyme in the County of Lincoln, Esquire: His Offence, That he resided for some short Time in the Enemy's Quarters: He compounds also for the Estate of Charles Dymock his Brother, deceased, who died in Oxford in Anno 1643, and therefore is admitted at a Tenth, as upon the Articles of Oxford: His Estate in Fee, in Possession, per Annum, Three thousand Five hundred and Eighty-nine Pounds Fourteen Shillings: Out of which issues, for One Life, per Annum, Forty Pounds; for ever, per Annum, Three Pounds Six Shillings Eight-pence: Which leave the Fine to be Seven thousand One hundred and Thirty-three Pounds: But if he shall settle Two hundred Pounds per Annum, for ever, upon the Two Churches or Parishes where the Tythes do arise, that is, unto each of them One hundred Pounds per Annum, then to be allowed for the same Two thousand Pounds; and the Fine to remain Five thousand One hundred and Thirty-three Pounds.

An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Edward Dymock, of Kyme in the County of Lincoln, Esquire, for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum of Two hundred and Twelve Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of Leonard Pinckney, of Netherthorpe in the County of York, Esquire: His Offence, That he deserted his Dwelling, and went to Oxford: He rendered upon those Articles: His Estate, for Twelve Years, per Annum, One hundred and Twenty Pounds; for Fourteen Years yet to come, per Annum, Fifty Pounds; personal Estate, Four hundred and Twenty Pounds: For . . . . his Fine, at a Tenth, is Two hundred and Twelve Pounds.

An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Leonard Pinckney, in the County of York, Esquire, for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum of One thousand One hundred and Fifty Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of Robert Holt, of Castleton in the County of Lancaster, Esquire: His Offence, That he deserted his Dwelling, and lived in the Enemies Quarters: He rendered the Eighth of December1645: His Estate in Fee, in Possession, per Annum, One hundred and Seventy-one Pounds Five-pence; in old Rents, per Annum, Forty-eight Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Fivepence; more, in Old Rents, after One Life, per Annum, Sixteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Two-pence; for One Life, per Annum, One hundred and Seventy-two Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Eight-pence; in Reversion, per Annum, Twenty-four Pounds: Out of which issues, for One Life, per Annum, Fourteen Pounds: Which being allowed, leaves the Fine, at a Sixth, One thousand One hundred and Fifty Pounds.

An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Robert Holt, of Castleton in the County of Lancaster, Esquire, for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum of Two hundred and Nine Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of Thomas Gerard junior, of Ince in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman: His Offence, That he was in Arms against the Parliament: He rendered 11 Decembris 1645: His Estate in Fee, in Possession, per Annum, Seventy-three Pounds; personal Estate, Five Pounds: There issues out of his Estate for ever, per Annum, Three Pounds Six Shillings and Eight-pence; Which leaves the Fine, at a Sixth, Two hundred and Nine Pounds.

An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Thomas Gerard junior, of Ince in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman, for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum of Two hundred and Twenty Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of John Smyth, of the City of Oxford, Gentleman: His Offence, That, being a Member of the House of Commons, he deserted the Parliament: He rendered upon the Articles of Oxford: His Estate in Fee, in Possession, per Annum, One hundred and Seven Pounds Six Shillings and Eight-pence; in Reversion, per Annum, Three Pounds; in Goods and Debts, One hundred and Fifty Pounds; and he owes Six hundred Pounds: His Fine, at a Tenth, is * * * *.

An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto John Smyth, of the City of Oxford, Gentleman, for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of Henry Gudgeon, of Skipton in the County of York, Yeoman: His Offence, That he left his Habitation, and resided in the Enemies Quarters: He rendered in December 1645: His Estate in Fee, in Possession, per Annum, Forty-one Pounds; for Eleven Years, per Annum, Thirty Pounds; for Sixteen Years, per Annum, Ten Pounds; for Eighty Years, per Annum, Four Pounds: For which his Fine, at a Sixth, is Two hundred Pounds.

An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Henry Gudgeon, of Skipton in the County of York, Yeoman, for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

Resolved, &c. That this House doth accept of the Sum of Four thousand One hundred Fifty-six Pounds, for a Fine, for the Delinquency of Sir Christopher Hatton, Knight of the Bath: His Offence, That he left his Habitation, and went to Oxford: He rendered upon those Articles: His Estate in Fee, in Possession, per Annum, Two thousand One hundred Six Pounds and Six-pence; in Reversion, per Annum, One hundred and Sixty Pounds; for Three Lives, per Annum, One hundred and Thirty Pounds; personal Estate, Fifteen hundred Pounds: Out of which issues for ever, per Annum, One hundred and Thirty Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Three-pence Halfpeny; for One Life, per Annum, Three hundred Pounds: Which, being allowed, leaves the Fine, at a Tenth, Four thousand One hundred and Fifty-six Pounds.

An Ordinance for granting a Pardon unto Sir Christopher Hatton, Knight of the Bath, for his Delinquency, and for taking off the Sequestration of his Estate, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

An Ordinance for the Sequestrations in the County of Yorke, upon the new Engagements against the Parliament, and Fines for their Delinquency, and all Arrears of the old Compositions of Papists in that County, shall be employed for Maintenance of the new Militia raised in that County, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed; and ordered to be sent to the Lords for their Concurrence.

Sir Tho. Widdrington is appointed to carry it to the Lords.

Resolved, &c. That the Order formerly made, for Sir Thomas Peyton's compounding at Goldsmiths Hall, be, and is hereby, revoked, and made null: And that Sir Thomas Peyton be left to the Committee of Kent.

Resolved, &c. That the particular Committees of the respective Counties, to which the Liberty of compounding with Delinquents is granted, do certify, unto the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall, the Particulars of the Delinquents Estates upon which they compound, and the Sums they pay upon such Composition; to the end they may be there recorded.

Parliament's Guards.

Mr. Annesley, Mr. Wheler, Colonel Copley, Sir Antho. Irby, Mr. Holland, Colonel Moore, Sir John Curson;

This Committee, or any Three of them, are to consider of some certain Way and Means, for the Pay and Maintenance of the Horse Guards that attend the Parliament; and report it to the House with all Speed.

Call of the House.

The House, according to former Order, was this Day Called.

Members not excused.

Henry Marten, Henry Wills, Tho. Arundell, Fran. Godolphin, Richard Erisey, Edw. Lord Clinton, Richard Rose, Thomas Ceely, John Fry, William Wray, Sir Robert Binlosse, William Lord Fitzwilliams, William Fenwicke, Esay Thomas, Geo. Horner, Sir Tho. Wroth, James Bellyngham, Hugh Rogers, Robert Jenner, Walter Long, Philip Lord Herbert.

Members excused.

Bennett Hoskins Esquire, Walter Kirle Esquire, Richard Lee Esquire, sick; Sir John Wray sick; Sir Edw. Aiscough, sick; William Ellys Esquire, Edward Rosseter Esquire; Sir Arth. Hesilrigg, Lord Gray, Major General Ralph Ashton, Sir Richard Haughton, Colonel Richard Shuttleworth, John Laughton, Wm. Ashhurst, John Holcroft, Richard Shuttleworth, John Venne Esquire, sick; Zouch Tate Esquire, sick; Sir Martin Lister, John Hutchinson Esquire, Gervas Pigott, Francis Pierrepont, Gilbert Millington, Erasmus Erle, Edward Owner, Sir Tho. Woodhowse, Sir John Holland, Sir John Fenwicke, William Fenwicke, John Blackiston, George Fenwicke, James Fiennes Esquire, sick; John Doyly, John Nixon, Thomas Wayte, Sir Robert Parkhurst, sick; John Bowyer, Thomas Crompton, Michael Noble, Sir Peter Wentworth, George Abbott, sick; Roger Charleton, John Corbett, Nicolas Love, George Gallopp, sick; Sir Wm. Lewis, Sir Wm. Uvedale, sick; John Button, sick; Ro. Wallopp, Ro. Brewster, Sir Charles Le Grosse, Squire Bence, Alexander Bence, Sir Roger North, Sir William Spring, sick; Sir Tho. Barnardiston, sick; Richard Aldworth, Lillibone Long, George Searle, Walter Strickland, Thomas Hodges, Sir Gregory Norton, John Alford, Richard Salloway, Henry Ireton, Ro. Reynolds, John Ashe, Robert Nicholas, Sir Edward Hungerford, sick; Charles Fleetwood, sick; John Wilde Serjeant at Law, Jo. Croocher, Nicolas Lechmere, Wm. Purefoy, Godfrey Boswell, Richard Browne, sick; Sir Henry Heyman, sick; Wm. Jones, William Morgan, Brecon', Lodwicke Lewis, Sir Richard Price, Thomas Wogan, Sir Tho. Middleton Knight, Simon Thelwell, Sir William Drake, extra Regnum with Leave, Thomas Harrison, Hugh Boscowen, Nicolas Trefusis, Tho. Gewen, Geo. Keckwich, Antho. Nicoll, John Penrose, Francis Buller, John Moyle, Sir John Bamfeild, Tho. Dacres Esquire, William Armyn Esquire, Richard Tolson, Richard Barwis, Thomas Cholmeley, Oliver Cromwell, John Ratcliff, Sir John Coke junior, extra Regnum, Thomas Gell Esquire, Nathanael Hallowes, Sir Nicolas Marten Knight, Mr. Samuel Clerke, Jo. Maynard, Sir John Young, John Wadden, Hugh Potter, Eliz. Crymes, Edmund Fowell, Sir Francis Drake, Robert Shapcott, Charles Vaughan, Walter Young, Sir John Northcott, Sir Thomas Trenchard, John Bond, Doctor of Law, sick; Roger Hill Esquire, a Lawyer; Sir Wm. Allinson Knight, Sir Wm. Constable, Thomas Stockdale, John Anlaby, Luke Robinson, Sir Charles Egerton, Francis Thorpe, Sir William Strickland Knight, John Allured, sick; Sir Thomas Maleverer, Francis Lassells, James Nelthorpe, Henry Arthington, William White, Henry Darley, John Wastall, John Lenthall, John Stephens, Valentine Walton, Sir Wm. Litton, sick.

Resolved, &c. That the Gentlemen of the Long Robe, that are gone the Circuit, shall be excused.

Ordered, That, on Saturday next, all the several Cases of the Members of this House be reported.

Resolved, &c. That the Members of the House be, and are hereby, injoined to attend constantly from Day to Day.

Resolved, &c. That the House be called on This-daythree-weeks.

Treaty with the King.

A Letter from the Commissioners, employed upon the Treaty from Newport, of 25 Septembris 1648, with an Account and Relation of the Proceedings of the last Week upon the Treaty, and of the Proceedings on Monday, were all read.

Resolved, &c. That this House doth declare, That nothing that shall be put in Writing, concerning any Proposition, or Part of a Proposition, shall be binding, prejudicial, or in any manner made use of, if the Treaty break off, upon any other Proposition, or Part of any Proposition, unless it shall be otherwise especially agreed.

Ordered, That the Lords Concurrence be desired herein.

Pass for Wilding, &c.

Ordered, That Robert Wilding and Martin Nowell Merchants, and their Man, with their Horses and Necessaries, have a Pass from London to Portsmouth, and to the Isle of Wight, for the Recovery of their Ships, taken from them by the Prince's Agents at Sylley: And that Mr. Speaker do grant them a Pass accordingly.