Sir E. Sadleir, Leave for a Bill. Birkbeck verfus Sperman. Seagrave verfus Euitace. Smalman's Upon reading the Petition of Sir Edwine Sadleir Baronet; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for Sale of fome Part of his Eftate, for Payment of his Debts. It is ORDERED, by the Lord's Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Petitioner hath hereby Leave to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of his faid Petition. Upon reading the Petition of Catherick Birkbeck, and Edward Birkbeck, an Infant, by the faid Catherick, his Father and Guardian; fhewing, "That the Petitioners "being justly entitled (as they are advised) to a Moiety "of the Rectory of Bishop Midleham, in the County "of Durbam, as Tenants in Common with the Re"fpondents; but kept out of the Poffeffion of the fame, "under Colour of a Decree in Chancery, of the Eigh"teenth of December in the Third Year of Her Majesty's Reign, on the Behalf of Gilbert Sperman and Margaret his Wife, which was but lately figned and "enrolled; the Petitioners having, by reafon thereof, "been reduced to great Neceffities, and difabled to "profecute their Appeal until now, their Friends having, "out of Compaffion to their Circumftances, and the "Hardship of their Cafe, raised Money to enable them "to profecute the fame, as by Affidavit annexed ap "pears" and praying, "That this House will please to "receive their Petition of Appeal this prefent Seffion; "and that the Refpondents may answer thereunto:" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That, upon the fpecial Matters alledged in the faid Petition and Affidavit, the Petitioners have hereby Leave to bring in their Appeal, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition. Upon reading the Petition of Francis Seagrave and Mary his Wife; fhewing, "That, they being aggrieved by a Decree of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, obtained in Michaelmas Term One Thousand Seven "Hundred and Four, on the Behalf of James Euftace "Efquire, they had appealed to this House the laft "Seffion of Parliament; but that they could not get a Sight of the Decree till the Parliament was up, "though often requested; the Officer who was to make up the Decree ftill pretending that it was not made up; and the Petitioner Francis, being in Reftraint, "could not poffibly be in England by the Time allowed by this House for bringing in Appeals, as by the Affi"davit annexed appears; and praying Leave to offer a "Petition of Appeal against the said Decree :" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That, upon the fpecial Matters alledged in the faid Petition and Affidavit, the Petitioners have hereby Leave to bring in their Appeal, according to the Prayer of their Petition: And it is further ORDERED, That if the Petitioners do not profecute the faid Appeal fo as the fame be heard this Seffion of Parliament, that then the receiving thereof fhall not be any Stay of Proceedings on the faid Decree; but that the fame may notwithstanding be carried on to Execution. The Earl of Stamford reported from the Lords Committees, the Bill, intituled, " An Act for supplying "a Defect (by the Death of a Trustee) in the Appoint"ment of Provifions for the Younger Children of "Henry Smalman Efquire, deceased; and for making "the faid Provision more effectual for fuch Younger "Children," as fit to pafs, with One Amendment. Which was read Twice, and agreed to. Comes Rivers. Comes Stamford. Comes Effex. Ds. Howard Eff Ds. Chandos. Ds. Grey W. Ds. Poulett. Ds. Mohun. Ds. Vaughan. Ds. Colepeper. Ds. Dartmouth. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Cholmondeley. Ds. Herbert. Whereas this Day was appointed for hearing of the Edge Caufe wherein Nicholas Edge is Appellant, and Henry verfus Hatterel Refpondent; Couniel appearing for the Refpondent, but no Counfel for the Appellant: The Appellant's Wife, at the Bar, humbly praying Two or Three Days longer for her Counfel's coming to Town: It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That this House will hear the faid Caufe, by Counfel, at the Bar, on Wednesday the Three and Twentieth Day of this Inftant January; at Eleven a Clock. Dominus Cuftos Magni Sigilli declaravit præfens Far- Adjourn, Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes fuerunt: This Day George Earl of Warrington, William Earl of Rochford, and Charles Lord Fitzwalter, took the Oaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declaration, and alfo took and fubfcribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes. A Meffage from the Houfe of Commons, by Sir Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to em- of this House. Hodie 1a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, "An Act "tity of French Wines from Copenhagen, contracted for ORDERED, That the faid Bill be read a Second Time Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Francis Seagrave Seagrave Efquire and Mary his Wife, from an Order or Decree made in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, on the Behalf of James Euftace Efquire, the Eighth Day of November One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Four, and the fubfequent Rules, Orders, and Proceedings thereupon; and praying "the fame may be reverfed; and that "the Appellants may have an Order or Decree for the Payment of the Legacy of Four Hundred Pounds in "the Petition mentioned and Intereft; and that James "Eulace may accompt for a Moiety of the Rents and "Profits of the Lands devifed by Alexander Euftace, "and alfo of Lands purchafed by Katherine Euftace; and that the Appellants may have Poffeffion of One Moiety "of the Lands and Perfonal Eftate:" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the faid James Euftace may have a Copy of the faid Appeal; and fhall and he is hereby required to put in his Anfwer thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the Eighteenth Day of February next: And it is further ORDERED, That if the Appellants do not profecute the faid Appeal fo as to be heard this Seffion, that then the bringing the faid Appeal into this Houfe fhall not be any Stay to the Proceedings upon the faid Decree; but that the fame may be carried on to Execution. 66 66 Leave for a Bill. Upon reading the Petition of John Egerton, Elizabeth Egerton & ali Egerton, Anne Pierrepoint, John Bowyer, John Reynolds, Elizabeth Hartopp, Peter Gelfthorp, Richard Quick, Anne Appleton, and Sir Roger Bradfhaigh, and others, concerned in the Estate of Anne late Countess of Oxford, deceased; fhewing, "That the Petitioners (amongst others) being entitled to the Eftate of Anne late Coun"tefs of Oxford, deceased, in the feveral Counties of Effex, Suffolke, Gloucefter, Kent, Surrey, Hertford, "and the City of London, after the Death of Aubrey "de Vere, late Earl of Oxford; and fince his Death, the "Petitioners have, by Confent, made a Partition of Part "of the faid Eftate, which, by reafon of Infancy, they "are advised, must be confirmed by Act of Parliament; "and praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to confirm the "Partition agreed to by the Petitioners :" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Petitioners have hereby Leave given them to bring in a Bill, according to the Prayer of the faid Petition. Sir E. Sadleir's Bill. Wilfon verfus Townley. Edwards's Bill. 66 66 66 "Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-four, Sir Kenelme Digby Knight, and John Vincent and James Mafters Efquires, his Trustees, for Four Thoufand Pounds paid to Sir Kenelme Digby, by Mary Lumley Widow, "Sir William Turner Knight, and Robert Garter, did grant and convey feveral Parcels of Land, in StokeDry, in the County of Rutland, unto Mary Lumley, "Sir William Turner, and Robert Garter, and their "Heirs, as a Security for the Payment of Four Thou"fand Pounds, and Intereft; and, on Payment thereof "at the Times in the Indentures of Leafe and Release "mentioned, the faid mortgaged Premifes to be re"conveyed; and, by other Deeds, the Eftate is come to the Petitioner, and on her Marriage fettled; and "that, her Husband being now in Her Majefty's Ser"vice beyond the Seas, the cannot take Care con cerning the fame; and that Sir John Conway and "Richard Moftyn have brought in a Bill, for Sale of "the faid Estate, which the Petitioners have had in "Poffeflion Five and Thirty Years;" and praying, "That the faid Sir John Conway and Richard Moftyn "may not be permitted to redeem the faid Manor and "Premifes; but that the faid Bill, as to the faid Manor "and Premifes, may be difcharged, and not further "profecuted, until her Husband's Return:" It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That, the Confideration of the faid Petition shall be, and is hereby, referred to the Lords Committees to whom the faid Bill ftands com mitted; who are to confider of the Subject-matter of the Allegations of the faid Petition; and report their Opinion thereupon to this Houfe, before they proceed on the faid Bill. Hodie 1 vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An Act for "Sale of the Manor of Temple Dionifley, alias Dinfley, "and other Lands, in the County of Hertford, for the Payment of the Debts of Sir Edwin Sadleir Baronet, "and other Purposes." The Earl of Stamford reported from the Lords Com- Owen's Bill, mittees, the Bill, intituled," An Act for confirming an Agreement, made upon the Marriage of Charles "Owen Efquire and Dorothy his Wife, of Nah, in the "County of Pembroke," as fit to pafs, without any Amendment. Dominus Cuftos Magni Sigilli declaravit præfens Par- Adjourn. liamentum continuandum effe ufque ad et in diem Mercurii, vicefimum tertium diem inftantis Januarii, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis fic decernentibus. DIE IE Mercurii, 23° Januarii. of Lords Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præfentes fuerunt: prefent Governor of the faid Island, to "the Destruction of the known Rights, Privileges, and Properties of the Petitioners, and many other Inha"bitants of the faid Ifland; and that they have lately prefented their Petition to Her Majefty, reprefenting "their Grievances; and praying to be relieved touching the fanie, and to be heard before this Houfe, in "order to have a Reprefentation of the Cafe laid be"fore Her Majefty, on the Behalf of the Petitioners "and the rest of the Inhabitants of the faid Ifland:" હે It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the faid Petition fhall be, and is hereby, referred to the Confideration of the Lords Committees following; (videlicet,) Lords Committees appointed to confider of the Petition of John Lesley and Thomas Maxwell Efquires, Members of the late Affembly of the Iland of Barbadoes, and of John Kirton Efquire, in Behalf of themfelves and of many other habitants of the faid Iland; whofe Lordships, having confidered of the faid Petition, and of the feveral Grievances mentioned therein, have hereby Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records; and report their Opinion thereupon to this Houfe: D. Somerfet. D. Buckingham. ter. Comes Weftmor- This Day Adelaide Dutchefs of Shrewsbury took the Comes Bradford. takes the Oaths Oaths appointed, in order to her Naturalization. for Nat. E. Notting ham & al. Petition for a Part of the late Upon reading the Petition of Daniel Earl of Nottingham, Thomas Lord Viscount Weymouth, Heneage Lord Bill, to fell Gernfey, Francis Gwynne, and John Conyers; praying Marq. of Ha- Leave to bring in a Bill, to fell a Term of Five Hunlifax's Eftate: dred Years in the Manor or Lordship of Fotheringhay, in the County of Northampton, late the Eftate of William Lord Marquis of Halifax, to raife Monies, for buying in fome Part of the Annuities charged on their Truft Eftate, and to pay off the Arrears of the Annuities, Debts, and Legacies: March. of Halifax & al. tice of it. It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Tempoto have No- ral in Parliament affembled, That the Lady Dowager Marchionefs of Halifax and the Lady Stanhope fhall have a Copy or Copies of the faid Petition; and do put in their Anfwer thereunto, in Writing, within One Week next after Notice of the Petition, and Service of Lesley & al. verjus preffions in Barbadoes. this Order. Upon reading the Petition of John Lesley and Thomas Maxwel Efquires, Members of the late Affembly ville, for Op- of the Iland of Barbadoes, and of John Kirton Esquire, in Behalf of themfelves and of many other Inhabitants of the faid Iland; fhewing, "That the Petitioners "have been greatly oppreffed, by divers illegal Acts and arbitrary Proceedings of Sir Beville Granville Comes Orford. Comes Ferfey. Viscount Townf hend. Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Friday next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they pleafe. verjus After hearing Counfel, upon the Petition and Ap-Edge peal of Nicholas Edge, against a Decree made upon the rus Hearing of Two Caufes, by the then Lord Chancellor, Hatterell: in the Court of Chancery, the Five and Twentieth Day of October One Thoufand Six Hundred Ninety-five; One of them, between the Petitioner Plaintiff, and Henry Hatterel and Thomas Swinnerton, James Ford, William Parker, Philip Hollins, Thomas Swetenham, and Hannah Bateman, Defendants; and the other, between the faid Henry Hatterel Plaintiff, and the Petitioner DeHenry Hatterel and others put in thereunto; and due fendant, upon a Crofs Bill: As alfo upon the Anfwer of Confideration of what was offered thereupon: PRAYERS. Comes Kingston. Comes Greenwich. Viscount Townshend. verfus After hearing Counfel, upon the Petition and Ap- Chetham peal of Ralph Chetham, from a Decree of the Court of Lamplugh: Exchequer, made the One and Twentieth Day of February One Thoufand Six Hundred Ninety-eight, and the Report and other fubfequent Orders, and Difmiffion in that Court of the Thirteenth of November laft, on the Behalf of Mary Lamplugh; and praying" the "Reverfal of the faid Decree, Report, Orders, and "Difmiffion;" as alfo upon the Anfwer of the faid Mary Lamplugh put in thereunto: affirmed. tual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the for Exporta Hodie 2a vice lecta eft Billa, intituled, " An Act to Cloth buttons "permit the making up of Cloaths with Buttons of "Cloth, for Exportation, for cloathing the Army of "the Allies, notwithstanding the Act against Cloth" buttons.' ORDERED, That the Confideration of the faid Bill Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Upon reading the Petition of Elizabeth Hore, only Hore, Leave It . |