House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 8 May 1714

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

Citation:

'House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 8 May 1714', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714( London, 1767-1830), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol19/pp679-680 [accessed 23 December 2024].

DIE Sabbati, 8 Maii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:



Epus. Sarum. Epus. Lich. & Cov. Epus. Oxon. Epus. Asaphen. Epus. Meneven. Epus. Bristol. Epus. Cestrien.	Ds. Harcourt, Cancellarius. Comes Oxon. & Mort. Thesaurarius. Dux Bucks & Nor. Præses. Comes Dartmouth, Custos Privati Sigilli. Dux Somerset. Dux Grafton. Dux Ormonde. Dux Bolton. Dux Montagu. March. Dorchester. Comes Poulet, Senescallus. Comes Pembroke. Comes Lincoln. Comes Dorset. Comes Northampton. Comes Denbigh. Comes Westmorland. Comes Manchester. Comes Stamford. Comes Thanet. Comes Sunderland. Comes Scarsdale. Comes Clarendon. Comes Anglesey. Comes Radnor. Comes Yarmouth. Comes Nottingham. Comes Rochester. Comes Abingdon. Comes Holderness. Comes Portland. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Warrington. Comes Jersey. Comes Greenwich. Comes Godolphin. Comes Cholmondeley. Comes Mar. Comes Eglintoun. Comes Loudoun. Comes Findlater. Comes Northesk. Comes Dundonald. Comes Broadalbane. Comes Dunmore. Comes Portmore. Viscount Hereford. Viscount Say & Seale. Viscount Weymouth. Viscount Longueville. Viscount Kilsith.	Ds. Delawar. Ds. Compton. Ds. Rockingham. Ds. Cornwallis. Ds. Osborne. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Ashburnham. Ds. Haversham. Ds. Halifax. Ds. Gernsey. Ds. Cowper. Ds. Balmerino. Ds. Boyle. Ds. Montjoy. Ds. Mansel. Ds. Masham. Ds. Foley.

PRAYERS.

Messages from H. C. with Bills.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to Her Majesty, to be raised by a Land Tax in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fourteen;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for upholding and repairing the Bridges and Highways, in the County of Edinburgh;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Land Tax Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to Her Majesty, to be raised by a Land Tax in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fourteen."

Wine-merchants Bonds, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of the Wine Merchants, in Payment of their Bonds."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Monday next.

Dunstable and Hockley Highways, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for making more effectual an Act, passed in the Ninth Year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for repairing the Highways between Dunstable and Hockley, in the County of Bedford."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Tuesday next.

Grove & al. versus Hooke:

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Thomas Grove and Elizabeth his Wife, William Hammond, William Dyer and Ann his Wife, Thomas Grove the Younger, John Hamond the Younger, and William Dyer the Younger, from a Decree, or Decretal Order, made in the Court of Chancery, the Twentieth Day of November last, in a Cause wherein Dame Hester Hooke Widow and Relict of Sir Hele Hooke Baronet, was Plaintiff, and the Petitioners and Mary late Wife of the said William Hamond were Defendants, et è contra; praying, "That the said Decree may be reversed, and the Petitioners relieved:" As also upon the Answer of the said Dame Hester Hooke 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 be, and is hereby, dismissed this House; and that the Decree therein complained of be, and is hereby, affirmed.

Kirchhoff's Nat. Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Christian William Kirchhoff."

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

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Meller and Mr. Orlebar:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.

Scrope's Bill.

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges, to whom was referred the Petition of Simon Scrope and others; praying Leave to bring in a Bill:

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for Sale of some Out-parts of the Estate of Simon Scrope Esquire, in the Counties of York and Nottingham, for Payment of his Debts; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."

Brown's Bill.

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges, to whom was referred the Petition of Anne Browne Widow, on the Behalf of William Browne her Son, an Infant; praying Leave to bring in a Bill:

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the Estate of William Brown, an Infant, lying in the Parishes of Bridgewater, Northpetherton, and Westorn Zoyland, in the County of Somerset, in Trustees, to be sold, for Payment of a Mortgage, and other Debts and Legacies."

Golding & al. Bill to confirm a Mortgage by L. Howe.

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges, to whom was referred the Petition of George Golding Esquire and others; praying Leave to bring in a Bill:

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the rendering valid and effectual Two several Indentures of Demise and Mortgage, executed by Scrope late Lord Viscount Howe in the Kingdom of Ireland, deceased, by virtue of a former Act of Parliament made for enabling him thereunto, notwithstanding some Defects therein."

Loggin's Divorce Bill.

Whereas Tuesday next is appointed, for the House to be in a Committee on the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dissolving the Marriage of Francis Loggin with Sarah Gardner, and to enable him to marry again;" and to hear Counsel and Witnesses for the said Francis Loggin, as also for the said Sarah:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House shall be put into the said Committee on Thursday next, at Twelve a Clock.

Drawback on Salt; Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for allowing a Drawback upon the Exportation of Salt, to be made Use of for the curing of Fish taken at North Seas, or at Isleland."

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

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Meller and Mr. Orlebar:

To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Mortuaries in St. Asaph, &c. Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for taking away Mortuaries, within the Dioceses of Bangor, Landaff, St. David's, and St. Asaph, and giving a Recompence therefor to the Bishops of the said respective Dioceses; and for confirming several Letters Patents granted by Her Majesty, for perpetually annexing a Prebend of Gloucester to the Mastership of Pembroke College in Oxford, and a Prebend of Rochester to the Provostship of Oriel College in Oxford, and a Prebend of Norwich to the Mastership of Catherine Hall in Cambridge."

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

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Meller and Mr. Orlebar:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, decimum diem instantis Maii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.