Wilfon & al.

verfus Townley.

Adjourn.

After hearing Counfel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Thomas Wilfon, Thomas Sheppard, William Claxton, and George Parker, from a Decree made in the Court of Exchequer, the Seventh of July laft; as alfo upon the Anfwer of Thomas Townley put in thereunto:

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England do report to the Honfe, what was offered by Counfel thereupon, on Tuesday the Two and Twentieth Day of this Inftant January, at Eleven a Clock.

fuerunt:

Comes Feverfham. Comes Nottingham. Comes Holdernec. Comes Portland. Comes Torrington. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Bradford. Comes Orford. Comes Grantham. Comes Greenwich.

Viscount Hereford. Viscount Townshend.

PRAYERS.

The Earl of Torrington reported from the Lords Com- Methods for mittees appointed to confider of proper Methods for manning the the more eafy and effectual manning of the Fleet of England, "That the Committee is of Opinion, they "fhall have Occafion to fpeak with feveral Officers of "the Fleet, who are Members of the Houfe of Com"mons; (videlicet,) Sir Cloudefly Shovell, Mr. Churchill, "Sir George Byng, Sir John Jennings, and Sir Stafford "Fairborn."

ORDERED, That a Meffage be fent to the Houfe of Commons, as defired by the Committee.

Then, a Meffage was fent to the Houfe of Commons, Meffage to by Sir Robert Legard and Sir Richard Holford:

H. C. for fome of their

attend the

To defire that Sir Cloudefly Shovell, Mr. Churchill, Members to Sir George Pyng, Sir John Jennings, and Sir Stafford Committee. Fairborn, may have Leave to attend the Lords Committees appointed to confider of proper Methods for the more eafy and effectual manning of the Fleet of England.

verfus

After hearing Counfel, upon the Petition and Appeal Tooke of Katherine Tooke Spinster, Executrix of the laft Will Sw. Dulben and Teftament of Charles Stuteville Efquire, deceafed, & al.: on Behalf of herfelf and the Creditors of the faid Charles Stuteville, from a Decree, or Order, of the Court of Chancery, of the One and Twentieth of July One Thousand Seven Hundred and Four, for allowing the Pleas of the Refpondents; which Order was made on the Behalf of Sir Gilbert Dolben, Executor of the laft Will and Teftament of Sir William Dolben, and Symon Lord Bishop of Ely: As alfo upon the feveral Anfwers of the faid Lord Bishop of Ely and Sir Gilbert Dolben put in thereunto; and due Confideration of what was offered thereupon:

It is ORDERED and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiri- Jumer t tual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the faid Petition and Appeal of Katherine Tooke thall be, and is hereby, difmiffed this Houfe; and that the Decree and Orders therein complained of fhall be, and they are hereby, affirmed.

DIE Jovis, 10' Januarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes

Epus. Durefime,

& D. Crew.

Epus. Petriburg.

Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.

Epus. Bath & Well.

D. of Marl

borough takes the Oaths.

Chetham

fuerunt:

Ds. Cuftos Magni
Sigilli.
Ds. Godolphin, The
faurarius.
Dux Newcastle,
C. P. S.

Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Grey W.
Ds. Howard Efc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Afhburnham.
Ds. Wefton.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Halifax.
rarius.
Ds. Granville.
Comes Bridgewater.
Ds. Gernfey.
Comes Leicester.
Ds. Conway.
Comes Westmorland. Ds. Hervey.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.

Dux Somerfet.

Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.

Dux Shrewsbury.

Dux Marlborough.

Comes Kent, Came

Comes Winchilfea.

Comes Kingston.

Comes Sunderland.

Comes Scarfdale. Comes Feverfham. Comes Nottingham. Comes Rochefter. Comes Holderneffe. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Bradford. Comes Orford. Comes Greenwich. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Weymouth.

PRAYERS.

This Day John Duke of Marlborough took the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declaration, and took and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

verfus
Upon reading the Petition of Ralph Chetham; pray-
Lamplugh. ing, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing of his
Appeal depending in this Houfe, whereunto Mary
Lamplugh Widow is Refpondent:"

Holworthy and Neale,

Leave for a Bill.

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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.

verfus

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Katherine Marbury & al. Marbury Spinfter, Benjamine Woodroffe Doctor in Divi- Torbuck & al. nity 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, Efquires, deceafed, from the Reports, and feveral Orders and Proceedings, made in the Court of Chancery; (videlicet,) the Reports whereby the Debts of Andrews, Noy, and Couch are reported, and the Order of the Three and Twentieth of June One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Three, relating to the Appellant's, Doctor Woodroff's, lefing of his One Thoufand Pounds; and the Order of the Nine and Twentieth of April One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Four, whereby the faid Appellant was difcharged from being the Purchafer of the Premifes, and ordered to pay Cofts; and the Order of the Eighth of June One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Five, whereby the Earl Rivers was irregularly admitted the Purchaser of the Premises in Queftion; and the other Proceedings on the Decree, made on the Behalf of George Torbuck, John Worrall, Anne Andrew, Richard Spour, and others, Creditors of William Marbury Efquire, deceafed; and praying, "That the faid feveral Reports, and fubfequent Orders and Proceedings, may be reverfed; and "that the feveral and refpective Creditors, the Mortgagees, and the Bond and Simple Contract Creditors, "Parties to the feveral Suits, and the Earl Rivers, 66 may answer:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That this Houfe will hear the faid Caufe, by Counfel, at the Bar, on Tuesday the Two and Twentieth Day of this Inftant January, at Eleven a Clock.

Upon reading the Petition of John Holworthy, of the Parish of St. James's, in the County of Middi'x, Gentleman, and of Henry Neale, of London, Merchant, One of the Creditors of the faid John Holworthy, on Behalf of himself and all other Creditors of the faid John Holworthy; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for the vefting a Legacy of Two Thousand Pounds, given by the Will of his Mother, Mrs. Anne Holworthy, in Truftees, to be applied for the Payment of the Debts of the faid John Holworthy, purfuant to an Agreement made with his Creditors:

I

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the faid respective Creditors, the Mortgagees, and the Bond and Simple Contract Creditors, and the Earl Rivers, may have a Copy of the faid Appeal; and do put in their Anfwer or feveral Anfwers to the faid Petition, in Writing, on or before Monday the Eight and Twentieth Day of this Inftant January, at Eleven a Clock; and that the Service of this Order upon the Refpondent's Clerk in Chancery shall be good Service, in order thereunto.

DIE Lunæ, 14° Januarii.

Comes Kent, Ca- Epus. Sarum.

Ds. Berkeley.

merarius.

Epus. Hereford.

Epus. Norwic.

Ds. Wharton. Ds. Grey W.

Comes Derby.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes

Epus. Petriburg.

Ds. Poulett.

Comes Bridgewa

Epus. Bangor.

ter.

Epus. Carliol.

Ds. Howard Efc. Ds. Mohun.

Comes Wetmor

Epus. Bath &

Ds. De Lawarr.

land.

Well.

Ds. Colepeper. Ds. Berkeley.

Ds. Chandos.

Arch. Cantuar. Epus. Duresme,

& Ds. Crew.

fuerunt:

Ds. Cuftos Magni
Sigilli.
Ds. Godolphin, The

faurarius.
Comes Pembroke,
Præfes.
Dux Newcastle,
C. P. S.

Ds. Grey W.
Ds. Poulet.

Ds. Howard Efc.
Ds. Mohun.

Epus. Carliol.

Dux Grafton.

Ds. Colepeper.

Epus. Bath & Well.

Epus. Afaph. Epus. Lincoln.

E. Berkeley takes the Oaths.

Le Grand, Nat: Bill.

Dux Somerfet.

Ds. Byron.

Dux Northumberland. Ds. Berkeley Str.

Dux Bolton.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Buckingham.

Comes Lindsey, Mag

nus Camerarius. Comes Kent, Came

rarius.

Comés Derby.

Ds. Cornwallis.

Ds. Craven.

Ds. Ofborne.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawell.

Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Sommers.

Ds. Halifax.

Comes Bridgewater. Ds. Conway.

Comes Northampton. Ds. Hervey. Comes Westmorland.

Comes Manchester.

Comes Rivers.

Comes Stamford.

Comes Winchilfea.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Thanet.

Comes Sunderland.

Comes Scarfdale.
Comes Effex.
Comes Anglefey.
Comes Feverfham.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Portland.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Greenwich.

Viscount Townshend.

A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Mr. North and others:

Who Lrought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to en"able Robert Greenall the Younger to fell an Estate, in "the Parish of King's-Norton, in the County of Worcefter; and purchafe another Eftate, of as great or greater Value, to be fettled to the fame Ufes;" to which they defire the Concurrence of this Houfe.

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H. C. with Bills.

Hodie 32 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act for Hamilton 3a "Sale of Part of the Eftate of James Hamilton Efquire, Bill: "a Minor, for Payment of Debts, and for raifing "Portions for Younger Children; and for making Fee-farms, and Leafes for Lives, during his Mi"nority."

The

Meffage to H. C. with it.

Holworthy's Bill.

Digby's Bill.

No Private

Bill to be read

on a Caufeday, before

the Cause is heard.

Clavering verfus Clavering.

Adjourn.

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill fhall "país?"

Whether this Bill shall

It was Refolved in the Affirmative.

It is this Day ORDERED and Declared, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That, for the future, when any Caufe fhall be appointed to be heard in this House, no Private Bill whatfoever shall be read that Day before the Hearing of the Cause.

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Henry Clavering and others:

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That To-morrow, at Eleven a Clock, this House will proceed to hear Counfel for Sir James Clavering and others, Refpondents to the faid Appeal.

Dominus Cuftos Magni Sigilli declaravit præfens Parliamentum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Martis, decimum quintum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus.

Epus. Durefme,
& D. Crew.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.i
Epus. Ciceftr.
Epus. Bangor
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Bath & Well.
Epus. Lincoln.

fuerunt:

Ds. Cuftos Magni

Sigilli.
Ds. Godolphin, The
faurarius.
Dux Newcastle,
C. P. S.

Dux Somerfet.
Dux Richmond.

Dux Grafton.

Dux Ormonde...

Dux Beaufort.

Dux Narthumberland.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Marlborough..
Dux Buckingham.
Comes Kent, Came-
rarius.

Comes Weftmorland,
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilfea.
Comes Kingston.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarfdale.
Comes Effex.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Feverfham.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rachefter.
Comes Portland.
Comes Torrington.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Greenwich.

Viscount Townshend.

Ds. De Lawarr.

Ds. Berkeley B. Ds. Howard Eff. Ds. Grey W. Ds. Lovelace." Ds. Poulets Ds. Mabun: Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Colepeper. Ds. Rockingham. Ds.. Berkeley Str. Ds. Cornvallis. Ds. Craven. Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Stawell. Ds: Guilford. Ds. Cholmondeley. Ds. Herbert.

Ds. Sommers.

Ds. Halifax.

Ds. Conway.

Ds. Hervey.

Nat. Bill.