Bill. Upon reading the Petition of Elizabeth Orlebar, the Orlebar, Widow and Relict of Cooper Orlebar Gentleman, deceaf- Leave for a. ed, and Elizabeth Orlebar, the only Child of the faid Cooper Orlebar; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for Sale of the Eftate of the faid Elizabeth the Daughter, and applying the Monies thereby raised for her Advantage and Preferment: It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Petitioners have hereby Leave to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition. Dolben et al. Whereas Friday next was appointed for hearing of Tooke the Caufe wherein Katherine Tooke is Appellant, and the verfus Lord Bishop of Ely and Sir Gilbert Dolben Refpondents: The Houfe being moved, by the Confent of all Parties, "That another Day may be appointed for hearing there"of:" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That this House will hear Day of the Sitting of this House after the Recefs now the faid Caufe, by Counfel, at the Bar, on the Second at Hand. Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of William El- Elliot liot, Son and Heir and Administrator of Sir William El- Davenport. verfus liot Knight, deceafed, from a Decree made in the Court of Chancery, the Fifth Day of December Inftant, on the Behalf of George Davenport, Executor of Anne Davenport; and praying, "That the faid Decree may be re"verfed:" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the faid George Davenport may have a Copy of the faid Appeal; and fhall and he is hereby required to put in his Anfwer thereunto, in Writing, on Wednesday the Sixteenth Day of January next, at Eleven a Clock in the Forenoon. Hodie 3 vice leta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act Sir Thomas "to enable Sir Thomas Cave Baronet to fell certain Cave's Bill. "Lands, in the County of Northampton, to raise Money, "to pay his Brothers and Sifters. Portions; and fettle "other Lands, in the faid County of Northampton and County of Leicester, of better Value, to the fame "Ufes," 66 A Meffage was brought from the House of Commons, Bill, to repeal by Mr. Topham and others: Claufes rela tive to Scot land. Queen's Anfwer to Addrefs about the Church: Addrefs and Answer to be printed. Pechells' Nat Bill. Adjourn. To return the Bill, intituled, " An Act to repeal fe"veral Claufes in the Statute made in the Third and "Fourth Years of Her prefent Majefty's Reign, for fecuring the Kingdom of England from feveral Acts 66 lately paffed in the Parliament of Scotland;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the fame, with fome Amendments; whereunto they defire their Lordships Concurrence. Which Amendments were read Thrice, and agreed to; and ORDERED, That the Commons have Notice, that the Lords have agreed to the faid Amendments. Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes Arch. Ebor. Epus. Wigorn. fuerunt: Ds. Cuftos Magni Sigilli. faurarius. Dux Somerset. Dux Beaufort. Dux Northumberland. Ds. Cornwallis. Dux Bolton. Comes Bridgewater. Ds. Halifax. Comes Leicester. Ds. Granville. Comes Northampton. Ds. Hervey. Comes Westmorland. Comes Manchester. Comes Rivers. Comes Stamford. PRAYERS. A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Mr. Meffage from Conyers and others: cr Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An A&t for granting an Aid to Her Majefty, by a Land Tax, to be "railed in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and "Six;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this House. H. C. with a Bill. Marbury et al. verfus " arifing thereby in the Purchase of other Lands and "Hereditaments, in the County of Norfolke, to be fettled "to the fame Ufes as the Warwickshire Estate stands "fettled ;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the fame, without any Amendment. After hearing Counsel, this Day, at the Bar, upon Torbuck et al. the Petition and Appeal of Katherine Marbury Spinfter, Benjamine Woodroffe Doctor in Divinity and Mary his Wife, Gilbert Thacker Efquire and Elizabeth his Wife, which faid Katherine, Mary, and Elizabeth, are the Sifters and Coheirs of William and Richard Marbury, late of Marbury, in the County of Chefter, Efquire, deceased, from a Decree made in the Court of Chancery, the Thirteenth Day of August One Thoufand Seven Hundred and One, on the Behalf of George Torbuck and others, Mortgagees and Bond and Simple Contract Creditors of the faid William Marbury, who contended for Sale of the Estate in Queftion; as alfo upon the feveral Answers of Sir Roger Hill, Sir Streynsham Mafter, Cecilia Fyennes, and Elizabeth Horfey, Refpondents, by the Denomination of Mortgagees; the Anfwer of Francis Painter, Richard Spour Executor of William Noy deceased, Anne Andrews, Nathaniel Hodges Administra tor of John Couch deceafed, John Ifherwood, Creditors by Bond of William Marbury, late of Marbury, in the County of Chefter, Efquire, deceased; the Anfwers of Thomas Frith, Samuel Minfhall, Robert Naylor Executor of Peter Downall, Thomas Birkinhead Adminiftrator of John Birkinhead, John Torbuck and Deborah Torbuck Executors of George Torbuck deceased, and Richard Smith Executor of John Worrall deceased; and also the Anfwer of Richard Earl Rivers, put in thereunto; and due Confideration had of what was offered thereupon: Judgement affirmed. Land Tax Bill. Adjourn. It is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the faid Petition and Appeal of Katherine Marbury Spinfter, Benjamine Woodroffe Doctor in Divinity and Mary his Wife, Gilbert Thacker Efquire and Elizabeth his Wife, fhall be, and is hereby, difmiffed this House; and that the Decree of the Thirteenth Day of Auguft One Thousand Seven Hundred and One, therein complained of, fhall be, and is hereby, affirmed; fo far as it relates to the Sale of the Estate in Queftion, and without Prejudice to any of the fubfequent Orders or Proceedings in the Court of Chancery in this Cafe. DIE Veneris, 21° Decembris. REGINA. takes the This Day Christopher Lord Barnard took the Oaths, Lord Barnard and made and subscribed the Declaration, and alfo took Oaths. and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes. put Bill: Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and Land Tax into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to Her Majefty, by a Land Tax, “ to be raised in the Year One Thoufand Seven Hun"dred and Six." After fome Time, the House was refumed. And the Lord Herbert 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&t for "granting an Aid to Her Majefty, by a Land Tax, to be "raifed in the Year One Thoufand Seven Hundred "and Six." The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?" It was Refolved in the Affirmative. preach before this Houfe, in the Abbey Church at Westminster, on the Thirtieth Day of this Inftant Janu Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes ary. fuerunt: Leave for a Upon reading the Petition of Sir John Conway Conway et al. Baronet, Henry Conway his Son, and Maria Margaretta Bill. Conway his Daughter, both Infants, by Dame Mary Conway deceafed, One of the Daughters of John Digby Efquire, deceased; and alfo the Petition of Richard Mostyn Efquire, Bridgett and Charlotta his Daughters, both alfo Infants, by Charlotta Moftyn deceased, the other Daughter of the faid John Digby deceased; and of Edward Mills, David Evans Devifees of Thomas Cornwallis Efquire, deccafed; and of Eme Cornwallis, his Widow and Executrix; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to veft their Eftates, in the Counties of Leicester and Rutland, in Trustees, to be fold, to discharge Debts, and other Purposes in the Petition tioned : men Hodie 2 vice leta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act Orlebar's Bill. "for vefting in Trustees the Manor of Hinwick, and "feveral Lands and Hereditaments in Hinwick, Poding"ton, Wynington, Strixton, and Woolafton, in the "Counties of Bedford and Northampton, late the Estate "of Cooper Orlebar Gentleman, deceased, to be fold; "and applying the Monies arifing thereby for the Por"tion and Preferment of Elizabeth Orlebar, only Child "of the faid Cooper Orlebar." ORDERED, That the Confideration of the faid Bill be committed to the Lords following; (videlicet,) |