Stokes verfus Clarke :

Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&t "for Relief of Dorothy Baronefs Dowager of Upper Offery and Captain James Roche, with relation to "the Irish Forfeitures."

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Wednesday the First Day of April next, at
Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's
Lodgings near the Houfe of Peers; and to ad-
journ as they please.

half of Richard Clarke and Sufannah his Wife, late
Sufannah Rainbut Widow, and Philip Jenkins the Son,
Heir, and Executor of Rebeccah Jenkins, deceased, and
Adminiftrator, with the Will annexed, of Jane Brooks de-
ceafed; and praying, "That fo much of the faid Decree
"as relates to the Sale of the Parfonage of Whitchurch,
"as alfo the Household Goods (other than the Plate), may
"be reverfed;" as alfo upon the Anfwer of Richard
Clarke and Sufannah his Wife, late Sufannah Rainbut
Widow, and Philip Jenkins the Son, Heir, and Exe-
cutor of Rebeccah Jenkins, deceased, Administrator,
with the Will annexed, of Jane Brooks, deceased, put
in thereunto; and due Confideration of what was offe
red thereupon:

It is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual Judgemert, and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Decree complained of in the faid Appeal fhall be, and is hereby, reverfed, as to fo much thereof as decrees Chriftopher Stokes the Younger to account for the Rents and Profits of the Rectory of Whitchurch in Queftion, fince the Death of Mary Ailoffe, and to affign the faid Rectory and Premises to the Refpondent Sufannah Rainbut and Philip Jenkins; and as to thofe Particulars the Bill in Chancery is hereby difmiffed; and as to all other Matters,' the Decree is hereby affirmed.

After hearing Counfel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Abjohn Stokes, the Uncle, Heir, and Administrator of Chriftopher Stokes Gentleman, deceased, who was Son and Heir, and Administrator, with the Will annexed, of Chriftopher Stokes the Father, as Husband and Adminiftrator of Mary Ailoffe his late Wife, deceafed, and alfo Adminiftrator, with the Will annexed, of the faid Chriftopher the Father, of his Goods unadministered by the faid Chriftopher Stokes the Son, from a Decree made in the Court of Chancery, the Third of February, Undecimo Gulielmi Tertii Regis, on the Be *There is no Entry of the First Reading of this Bill; it was brought up from H. C. 23° March.

Epus. Norwic.
Epus: Petrib.

fuerunt:

Ds. Cuftos Magni

Sigilli.

Ds. Bergevenny.

Dux Somerfet, Præfes. Ds. Lawarr.
Dux Devon, Senef- Ds. Ferrers.

callus.

Dux Richmond.

Ds. Fitzwalter.

Ds. Chandos.

Ds. Lovelace.

Dux Northumberland. Ds. Raby.

Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor:

Dux Bolton.

Dux Schonburg.
March. Normanby:

Comes Oxon.
Comes Derby.
Comes Leicester:
Comes Manchester:
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilfea:
Comes Effex.
Comes Anglefey.
Comes Suffex.
Comes Feverfham:
Comes Radnor.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Warrington.

Ds. Vaughan.

Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Reckingham.

Ds. Berkeley.
Ds. Stawel.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Cholmondeley
Ds. Afhburnham:
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Halifax.

Comes

Civil Lit Bill.

Suffolk Place.
Bill.

Dent verfus

ton.

Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and Comes Bradford. put into a Committee upon the faid Bill.

After fome Time, the Houfe was refumed.

And the Lord Ferrers reported, "That the Com-
"mittee had gone through the faid Bill; and think it fit
"to pafs, without any Amendment.”

Hodie 3 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&
"for the better Support of Her Majefty's Household,
and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown."
"Whether this Bill fhall
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
"pafs?"

It was Refolved in the Affirmative.

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

The Lord Lawarr reported from the Lords Committees, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better Improvement of Suffolke Place, in the Borough of South"warke, in the County of Surrey," as fit to pafs, with

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fome Amendments.

Which were read Twice, and agreed to; and the Bill ordered to be engroffed, with the faid Amendments.

After hearing Counfet this Day, upon the Petition SW. Buck. of Thomas Dent Doctor in Divinity, praying an Alteration in the Judgement of this Houfe of the Nineteenth Inftant; as alfo Counsel for Sir William Buck, in rela

Attingham

Manor, for

tion to the faid Alteration:

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the following Words fhall be added to the Judgement of this Houfe of the Nineteenth Inftant; (videlicet,) [" And that the Court "of Exchequer do proceed to hear and determine the "Caufe, as to the Right of the Tithes in Queftion, "notwithstanding the Agreement."]

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Hodie 2 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An A&t Sale of, Bill" for the Sale of the Manor of Attingham, in the County of Salop; and fettling a Farm called Selly"Hall, and a Moiety of the Manor of Temple Lawrne, "in the County of Worcester, of better Value, in Lieu

"thereof."

Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Longue-
ville.

Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Saturday the Eleventh Day of April next, at
Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the
Prince's Lodgings near the Houfe of Peers; and
to adjourn as they please.

Parker:

of William Harris Efquire, from a Difmiffion and De-ver
After hearing Counfel, upon the Petition and Appeal Harris
cree made in Chancery, the Sixth of July One Thou-
fand Six Hundred Ninety-nine, on the Behalf of George
ding; the First, between William Harris Efquire Plain-
Parker Efquire, in Three feveral Caufes there depen-
tiff, and George Parker Efquire and others Defendants;
the Second, between George Parker Efquire Plaintiff,
and others Defendants; and the Third, between His
and His Majesty's Attorney General and William Harris
Majefty's faid Attorney General Plaintiff, and the faid
faid Difmiflion and Decree may be reverfed and fet
William Harris and others Defendants; and praying the
afide; as alfo upon the Anfwers of the faid George
Parker and Her Majefty's Attorney General put in
thereunto; and due Confideration of what was offered
thereupon:

tual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the affirmed.
It is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiri- Judgement
faid Petition and Appeal of William Harris fhall be,
and is hereby, difmiffed this Houfe; and that the De-
cree therein complained of shall be, and is hereby,
affirmed: And it is further ORDERED, That the Ap-
pellant William Harris do pay, or caufe to be paid, unto
the Refpondent George Parker, the Sum of Ten Pounds,
for his Cofts.

Hans Stevenfon Refpondent to the Appeal of Hans and vers
The House being this Day moved, on the Behalf of Stevenfon
James Hamilton, "That a Day may be appointed for
"hearing of their Caufe:"

ral in Parliament affembled, That this House will hear
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Tempo-
the faid Caufe, by Counfel, at the Bar, on Wednesday
the Fifteenth Day of April next, at Eleven a Clock.

Hamilton.

Dominus Cuftos Magni Sigilli declaravit præfens Par- Adjourn. liamentum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Sabbati, vicefimum octavum diem inftantis Martii, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus.

Ds. Culpeper.

Meffages from

A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, H. C. with a by Mr. Kinafton and others:

Bill; and to return the

Whitchurch;

Bill.

To return the Bill, intituled, " An Act for vefting Bill for Sale "feveral Meffuages, Lands, and Tenements, in the Parish of Lands in "of Whitchurch, in the County of Chefter, in Trustees, and Sir Win. "to be fold, for paying off the Incumbrances charged Meredith's thereon, and for other Ufes therein mentioned ;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the fame, with fome Amendments, whereunto they defire their Lordships Concurrence.

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A Meffage was fent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Richard Holford and Mr. Gery:

To carry down the said Bill, and defire their Concur

rence thereunto.

A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, Parish Offices, by Sir John Bolles and others:

&c. Bill.

Which Amendments were read Thrice, and agreed to; and ORDERED, That the Commons have Notice thereof.

A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Roger Mostyn and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, " An Act for enabling "Sir William Meredith Baronet to fell Part of a Capital "Meffuage, Lands, and Hereditaments, herein after men"tioned, in Afhley, in the County of Chefter, he having "fettled other Lands and Tenements in Lieu thereof;" and to acquaint this Houfe, that they have agreed to the fame, with fome Amendments, whereunto they defire their Lordships Concurrence.

Which, being read Thrice, were agreed to; and OR-
DERED, That the Commons have Notice thereof.

A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Mr. Ver-
non and others:

Who brought up a Bill, intituled, " An A&t for
"continuing and amending the Act made in the Eighth
"Year of His late Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act for
"the fettling and adjusting the Proportions of fine Silver
"and Silk, and for the better making of Gold and Silver
"Thread, and to prevent the Abufes of the Wire-
this House.
"drawers;" to which they defire the Concurrence of

Hodie 1 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act for Gold and "continuing and amending the Act made in the Eighth Bill. Silver Thread, "Year of His late Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act "for the fettling and adjusting the Proportions of fine "Silver and Silk, and for the better making of Gold and "Silver Thread, and to prevent the Abuses of the Wire"drawers."

A Meffage was brought from the Houfe of Commons, Meffage from by Mr. Etterick and others:

H. C. with a Bill; and to return the

III. for fet

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for explaining one for exa Clause in an Act, made at the Parliament begun and plaining the "holden at Weftm'r the Two and Twentieth of No- At 7 Will. "vember in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our tling the SucSovereign Lord King William the Third, intituled, An ceffion, &c. "Act for the better Security of His Majefty's Royal "Perfon and Government;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the Lords Amendments made to the Commons Amendments to the faid Bill.

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