House of Commons Journal Volume 1: 29 November 1606

Saturni, 29o Die Novembris, 1606

Ecclesiastical Canons.

SIR Francis Barrington preferreth a Bill, intituled, An Act to restrain the Execution of Canons ecclesiastical not confirmed by Parliament.

Evelin's Estate.

Mr. Hoskins reporteth the Bill for the Sale of Mr. Evelin's Land, with some Amendments ; which being twice read; the Bill, upon Question, ordered to be ingrossed.

Ecclesiastical Courts.

L. 2a. B, To direct some Proceedings in Courts and Causes ecclesiastical: - Secondly read, and committed to Sir Francis Hastings, Sir Henry Nevill, Sir Francis Barrington, Mr. Fuller, Sir John Bennett, Sir Nathan. Bacon, Mr. D. James, Sir Rob. Oxenbridge, Sir Francis Goodwyn, Sir Christofer Parkins, Sir Antho. Rowse, Sir Edw. Grevill. Sir Geo. Moore, Sir Edward Mountague, Sir Robert Wingfield, Sir Valentyne Knightley, Sir Jerome Horsey, Sir Roland Litton, Sir James Perrott, Mr. Cole, Sir Thomas Crompton, Mr. Bacchus, Sir Henry Poole, Sir John Hungerford, Sir Antho. Cope, Sir William Fleetwood, Mr. Wentworth, Sir William Twysden, Sir Francis Knollys, Sir John Morrice, Sir William Cook: - To meet this Afternoon, at Two a Clock, in the Middle Temple Hall.

Free Trade.

Mr. Hoskins reporteth the Travel of the Committee in the Bill, intituled, An Act to explain a former Act, intituled, An Act to enable all his Majesty's loving Subjects to trade freely into the Dominions of Spaine, Portugall, and France: - Much disputed and impugned ; but, upon the Question, ordered to be ingrossed.

Members not to depart.

A special Order moved, and made, that no Lawyer of the House depart the Town, without Licence of the House.

Union with Scotland.

The Instrument of the Union read at large, and thereupon sundry Motions made: 1. That a Committee should be named.

2. That it should be first debated, and then committed.

3. That the whole House (saving the Commissioners) should be of the Committee.

4. That a particular and select Committee should be named.

5. Lastly, Q. made, whether a Committee, or no?

And Resolved, That the Committee named for meeting with the Lords, should be read ; and those (with others more added) should stand for a Committee in this Business [a].

The Committees added, were, Sir Chro. Perkins, Sir Tho. Smyth, Sir Tho. Lowe, Sir Jo. Hobart, Mr. Gore, Sir Robert Oxenbridge, all the Lawyers of the House, Sir Thomas Biggs, Mr. Alford, Sir Robert Stanford, Sir Nicholas Saunders, Mr. Lieutenant of the Tower, Sir Jerome Bowes, Sir Valentyne Knightley, Sir Tho. Knevytt, Mr. Dyett, Sir Richard Spencer, Mr. Unton, Sir William Herbert, Sir Henry Goodyeare, Mr. May, Sir Peter Manwood, Sir Thomas Crompton, Sir John Morrice, Mr. Shelley, Mr. Tolderby, Sir William Cope, Sir John Luke, Sir John Peyton, Sir Hugh Beeston, the Burgesses of all Port Towns, Mr. D. Stewart, Sir Geo. Fleetwood, Sir Tho. Beamount, Sir William Twysenden, Sir William Godolphin, Sir William Ayre, Sir William Killigrew, Sir Robert Knollys, Sir Robert Miller, Sir Richard Molineux, Sir William Cook, Mr. Hackwill, Sir William Bulstrod, the Knights and Burgesses of all the Northern Counties.

These Committees are appointed to meet on Monday next, at Two a Clock in the Afternoon, in the Parliament-house, there to peruse, debate, and consider of, the Act of the Commissioners for the Union; thereby to be better prepared for a Conference intended with the Lords of the Upper House, touching a Distribution of the Matters of the said Act.