House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 20 January 1705

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

Citation:

'House of Lords Journal Volume 17: 20 January 1705', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 17, 1701-1705( London, 1767-1830), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol17/pp626-627 [accessed 23 December 2024].

DIE Sabbati, 20 Januarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsente fuerunt:



Epus. Sarum. Epus. Petrib. Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Carliol. Epus. Bath & Well.	Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli. Ds. Godolphin, Thesaurarius. Dux Buckingham, C. P. S. Dux Devonshire, Senescallus. Dux Somerset. Dux Grafton. Dux St. Albans. Dux Bolton. Dux Newcastle. Dux Marlborough. Comes Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius. Comes Kent, Camerarius. Comes Huntingdon. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Denbigh. Comes Westmorland. Comes Manchester. Comes Rivers. Comes Peterborough. Comes Stamford. Comes Winchilsea. Comes Kingston. Comes Thanet. Comes Sunderland. Comes Essex. Comes Anglesey. Comes Feversham. Comes Radnor. Comes Berkeley. Comes Nottingham. Comes Rochester. Comes Abingdon. Comes Portland. Comes Torrington. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Warrington. Comes Orford. Comes Jersey. Viscount Townshend.	Ds. Bergevenny. Ds. Lawarr. Ds. Wharton. Ds. Pagett. Ds. North & Grey. Ds. Grey W. Ds. Poulett. Ds. Mohun. Ds. Byron. Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Colepeper. Ds. Berkeley Str. Ds. Osborne. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Cholmondeley. Ds. Weston. Ds. Herbert. Ds. Haversham. Ds. Sommers. Ds. Halifax. Ds. Hervey.

PRAYERS.

Delves's Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable Trustees to raise Money, to pay the Debts of Mark Delves Esquire, deceased."

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

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

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale of the Estate of Ambrose Scudamore Esquire, deceased, for Payment of the Mortgage-money and Debts thereupon; and placing out the Overplus-money to the Uses therein mentioned;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Scudamore's Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for Sale of the Estate of Ambrose Scudamore Esquire, deceased, for Payment of the Mortgage-money and Debts thereupon; and placing out the Overplus-money to the Uses therein mentioned."

Toler et al. Leave for a Bill.

Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Toler Esquire, Dorothy his Wife, John Wood Esquire, Elizabeth his Wife, and Arthur Bushe Esquire, in Behalf of themselves and Worsopp Bushe his Son, an Infant; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for Sale of the Estate late of Sir Thomas Worsopp Knight, in Finsbury Fields, London:

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Petitioners have Leave to bring in a Bill, as desired.

Messages from H. C. with Bills.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir Willoughby Hickman and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Augmentation of the Vicarage of Gainsborough, in the County of Lincoln;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

A Message from the House of Commons, by the Lord Will'm Pawlet and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale of several Lands, late of Thomas Goddard, of Rudlowe, in the County of Wilts, Esquire, deceased, for Payment of Debts; and for settling the Overplus upon Ambrose Goddard, for the Purposes therein mentioned;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

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

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale of Part of the Estate of John Sands Esquire, in the County of Surrey, for Payment of his Debts, and raising a Portion for his Daughter;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Report, Committee Naval Affairs, concerning Ship Judith.

Upon Report from the Lords Committees appointed to consider of the State of the Nation, in relation to Naval Affairs, "That the Committee having received Information upon Oath, from Robert Morley, That the Ship, called New Judith, of Venice, now in the River of Thames, did, on the Fifth of June One Thousand Seven Hundred and Two, sail from The Downs, and delivered at Alicant, August the 19th, Five Hundred Pigs of Lead, and Twelve Hundred Bars of Iron; and at Valentia, on the Fifth of September following, delivered there Five Hundred Pigs of Lead:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Lords with White Staves do attend Her Majesty, humbly to desire Her Majesty, "That She will forthwith give Order for the immediate stopping of the said Ship."

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir Francis Masham and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale of certain Lands and Tenements, in Heston, in the County of Middlesex, late the Estate of Mathew Lister and his Wife, and Timothy Whitfield and his Wife, for the Purposes therein mentioned;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Address upon Report of Admiralty Papers.

After reading and considering, this Day, the Report made the Eighteenth Instant, from the Lords Committees appointed to consider of the Books and Papers delivered into the House from the Admiralty-office, and other Books:

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this Report shall be referred to the Committee who made the same, to draw up an Address, to be presented to Her Majesty thereupon, and upon the Debate of the House: Whose Lordships are to meet on Monday next, at Ten a Clock; and report to the House.

Adjourn.

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, (videlicet,) vicesimum secundum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.