great moment had each of them one reading of which the second being the Bill against great Hosen was read the second time and committed On Friday the 18 th day of May Two Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill for the Free Grammar-School in Southwark was read the second time and Ordered to be ingrossed The Bill against great Hosen was read the third time and upon the division of the House with the advantage of one man it was Ordered that the Clause for disabling the wearer to prosecute or commence any Suit shall be allowed to be in the Bill in manner and form as in the Bill is contained The Bill for the preservation of Woods c. was read the third time and upon the division of the House passed Post Meridiem This day in the Afternoon eleven Bills of no great moment had each of them their first reading of which the first was the Bill for the Free-School of Bletchingly and the second for John Tirrell On Saturday the 19 th day of May the Bill against the bringing into this Realm of Foreign Wares forbidden was twice read and Ordered to be ingrossed Two Bills also of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill for the twelve Shires of Wales was read the second time but no mention is made that it was either referred to Committees or Ordered to be ingrossed which is usual upon the second reading M r Doctor Lewes and M r Doctor Yale did bring from the Lords seven Bills whereof one was to License the Earl of Leicester to found an Hospital another for the Restitution in Blood of Henry Brereton Esq another against fraudulent gifts to defeat Dilapidations another against corrupt Presentations to Benefices another against Simony another for the River of Welland and another for the coming to Church and receiving the Communion All which Bills are particularly transcribed in respect that the sending down of them to the House of Commons is wholly omitted in the Original Journal-Book of the Upper House The Bill for preservation of Wood and the Bill against Vagabonds were sent up to the Lords by M r Treasurer and others Mr. Doctor Lewes and Mr. Doctor Yale brought from the Lords three Bills one against Fugitives another for Southampton and another for Confirmation of a Subsidy of the Clergy All the Privy-Council being of this House my Lord President Sir Nicholas Arnold Sir Owen Hopton Mr. Stokes Mr. Mounson Mr. Bell Mr. Yelverton Sir Francis Hastings Sir Henry Knolles Sen. Mr. Edward Hastings Mr. Strickland Mr. Carleton Mr. More Mr. Norton and Mr. Dalton were appointed to confer with the Lords touching the Lords Bill for coming to Church and receiving of the Communion May the 20 th Sunday On Monday the 21 th day of May the Bill for Confirmation of the Subsidy granted by the Clergy was read three times The Bill also for reviving and continuance of certain Statutes was read the second time but no mention is made that it was either Ordered to be ingrossed or referred to Committees as was only this day a Bill against Bankrupts It was this day Ordered that the Court do from henceforth every day during this Sessions sit in the Afternoon and proceed as well to the second reading of Bills as to the first The Proviso to the Bill for reviving and continuance of Statutes and the Proviso to the Bill against buying of the Wares for Apparel without ready money were each of them twice read The Bill for the twelve Shires of Wales was Ordered to be ingrossed The Bill for limitation of the Subsidy of the Clergy was sent to the Lords by Mr. Comptroller and others The Bill against Bankrupts was read the second time Nota That this Bill having formerly passed the Upper House was sent down from them to the House of Commons on Wednesday the 16 th day of this instant May foregoing And therefore now upon the second reading is neither Ordered to be ingrossed nor referred to the Committees for it being sent down fairly ingrossed in Parchment from the said House after it is passed unless the Bill be wholly dashed or much altered it shall need no other ingrossing And for referring a Bill to Committees it is chiefly for amendment or alteration thereof after it hath been penned and put into the House by some one or more private men But when a Bill hath once passed the Upper House in which besides the Lords the greater part of the Judges of the Realm are commonly Assistants there shall need no consideration thereof either for Addition or mutation for either House doth ever for the most part shew it self so careful to keep firm correspondency with the other as that when a Bill hath passed either of the said Houses and is sent to the other it doth for the most part pass and is neither dashed nor altered without very great cause upon mature deliberation and usually also not without Conference desired and had thereupon that so full satisfaction may be given to that House from which the Bill so rejected or altered was sent Of which the Presidents are so frequent in every Journal of her Majesties Reign as there shall need no further reference or Citation Mr. Doctor Lewes and Mr. Doctor Vaughan brought from the Lords three Bills one for Pastors to be of sound Religion another that no Hoyes or Plate shall cross the Seas and another that no Purveyor shall take any Victuals within five Miles compass of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Mr. Treasurer Sir Christopher Heydon Sir Henry Gate Sir Valentine Brown Mr. Hawkins Mr. Grice Mr. Holstock Mr. Langley Mr. Humberston Mr. Holliard Mr. Sampoole Mr. Boynton Mr. Palmer Mr. Grimston Mr. Hassett and Mr. Vaughan were appointed to confer this Afternoon with the Lords touching the Bill for increase of Tillage and maintenance of the Navy Three Bills of no great moment had each of them their third reading and passed the House of which the first was the Bill for the Free Grammar-School of Southwark The Bill that no Hoy or Plate shall cross the Seas was read the first time Post Meridiem In the Afternoon five Bills of no great moment had each of them their second reading and were Ordered to be ingrossed of which the first was the Bill for the removing of the Grammar-School from Laughton to Gainsborough The Bill to License the Earl of Leicester to found an Hospital and the Bill for Restitution in Blood of Henry Brereton Esq were each of them read twice being the first and second time The Bill against fraudulent gifts to defeat Dilapidations was read the first time The Bill lastly for the Restitution in Blood of the Children of Sir Thomas Wyat Knight and the Bill for the severance of the Counties of Huntington and Cambridge were each of them read the second time But neither Ordered to be ingrossed nor referred to Committees
Bill by the Lords denied to be given in writing to the Commons till Conference first had p. 536 Onslow Richard chosen Speaker in the Parliament held 8 9 Eliz. his Speeches to the Queen at his Confirmation p. 97 98. at the Dissolution of that Parliament p. 114 115 P. THE Painters having presented a Bill against the Plaisterers which passed not the Upper House it is Ordered by that House that their complaint shall be heard and adjudged by the Lord Mayor Recorder c. p. 617 Pardon Vide Bills Parliament which is the first and last day thereof or of a particular Session p. 9. The manner of the Sovereign and Peers sitting in Parliament p. 10. 59. 96. the manner of setting down the presence of the Peers in the Journal Book p. 62 Passing of Bills Vide Bills Patents of priviledge petition'd against in the Parliament 39 40 Eliz. which the Queen construes to be a violation of her Prerogative p. 547 Peers to be of age before they sit in the House p. 11. 96. how attired p. 11. Vide Parliament Popish Bishops suffered to sit in the Parliament 1 Eliz. but turn'd out of their Sees at the end of the Session p. 23. How they opposed divers Bills ibid. and p. 28. 30. a dispute betwixt them and some English men come from Geneva p. 53 Presence of the Peers how marked p. 62 111. Priviledge Vide Attach The solemn Procession of the Queen and House of Lords at the opening of the Parliament 5 Eliz. p. 58. and 13 Eliz. p. 136 Prorogation Vide Writ The Sovereign after a Prorogation comes not to the Parliament with that solemnity as is usual at the first meeting p. 95. After the end of a Prorogation a new Session beginneth p. 318 Provisoes when added by the Lords unto Bills sent up to them from the Commons are written in Parchment p. 26 Proxie the form of the Licence from the Queen to a Peer to make one p. 3. a Peer ordinarily does not make one without such licence p. 270. The form of making a Proxy and entring it in the Journal-Book p. 4. and 8. The nature and use of a Proxy and the form of returning them p. 5. What an absent Peer used to forfeit if he constituted no Proxy p. 6. The form of making a Proxy without licence from the Sovereign ibid. The form of revoking a Proxy p. 7. How many Proxies one Peer is capable of receiving p. 8 9. 58. 101. 196. 598. where as also p. 314. is mentioned an Order of the Lords 2 Car. 1. that from thenceforth no Lord should be capable of above two Proxies A Commoner can constitute no Proxy and why p. 9. A spiritual Lord does not now appoint a Temporal Lord for his Proxy nor on the contrary but formerly they did p. 58. 378. A Temporal Lord usually constitutes but one Proxy and a Spiritual two p. 101. Yet a Spiritual Lord sometimes appoints but one sometimes three p. 196. 460 461. and also a Temporal sometimes two ibid. Proxies are appointed after a Prorogation as well as at the beginning of a Parliament p. 268. They may be delivered into the hands of the Clerk as well before the Parliament begin as after p. 311. Why Bishops Proxies are entred before those of the Temporal Lords p. 523. 598. In the former part of the Queens Reign they were entred in the Journal Book with express mention of the several dayes on which they were returned but in the latter part thereof and since only generally p. 597 Serjeant Puckering Lord Keeper in 35 Eliz. p. 456. His Speech to the Parliament held that year p. 457 458. He dies in 38 Eliz. Anno Domini 1596. p. 522 R. REading Vide Bills Receivors and Tryors of Petitions in the House of Lords the manner of entring them in the Journal Book p. 14 15 A Bill for Recognition of the Queens Title to the Crown of England p. 18 Restitution in bloud of Sir James Crost a Bill for it p. 21. of Sir Henry Gate ibid. of John Lord Grey ibid. of Robert Rudston ibid. of Henry Howard p. 22. of the Sons and Daughters of Edward Lewkenor p. 25. of Katherine Wife to the Lord Berkely and of her Sisters p. 27. 54 55. of Gregory Fynes ibid. of Lord Dacres of the South p. 55. of Ann Thomas Thomas Isely Thomas Diggs Thomas Brook William Cromer Cutbert Vaughan c. p. 68. of Arch-bishop Cranmer's and Lord Husseys Children p. 69. of Sir Ralph Chamberlain John Harleston and William West ibid. and p. 70. of Sir Peter Carew and Edward Turner p. 70. of Sir Thomas Wyats Children p. 146. of Henry Brereton Esq p. 147. of John Lord Stourton his Brothers and Sisters p. 230. Vid. p. 261 262. the Bills dashed p. 264 265. of Henry Lord Norris of Ricaut p. 231. of Anthony Mayney ibid. and 273. of Thomas Howard Son of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk p. 317. of Sir Thomas Parrot p. 510 S. A Saving requisite in every Bill p. 464 Queens Serjeants though but Attendants on the House made Committees p. 99. 108. Though they are to attend upon the Upper House as Councellors yet they have no voice there but may in the House of Commons if Members thereof p. 249 Serjeant at Arms whether to be employed to take into custody those that are accused of breach of priviledge of the Upper House or whether the Gentleman Usher p. 603. He is ordered to bring before the House a Lords Servant committed upon an Arrest to Newgate as also him that Arrested him for breach of Priviledge p. 607. This not to injure the Gentleman Usher's pretensions to that right ibid. Under Sheriff of Surrey committed to Prison for aiding the Arrest of an ordinary Servant of the Queen in Parliament time p. 606 Thomas Smith Esq made Clerk of the House of Lords 39 Eliz. p. 522 Queens Solicitour made a Joint-Committee with the Lords p. 142. Being chosen a Member of the House of Commons he is demanded of them to attend there but denied by the Lords p. 424 Spain's design against England set out in a Speech by the Lord Keeper p. 599. See the word in the Table to the Journal to the House of Commons Spilman Francis Clerk of the House of Lords in the Parliament 1 Eliz. p. 14. continued in that place in the Parliaments held 5 Eliz. and 8 9 Eliz. but in 13 Eliz. succeeded by Anthony Mason p. 136 Spiritual Lords why their Names are set down in the Journal Book before those of the Temporal p. 598 Star-Chamber dayes the Lords seldom sate on them p. 67 Bills of Subsidy sent from the Commons seldom alter'd by the Lords p. 69. Subsidies granted by the Clergy always ingrossed in Latin but the confirmation thereof in Parliament is in English p. 229. The Subsidy of the Clergy should be sent to the Commons in a Skin of Parchment under the Sovereigns band and seal p. 688. The body of the Grant of the Subsidies of the
as well of the said Francis as of the Bishop of Durham whom it concerned should on Saturday then next following be heard what could on either side be said in furtherance or disallowance of the same The Bill also for the Assurance of the Queens Majesties Royal Power over all States and Subjects within her Dominions was brought up to the Lords from the House of Commons On Monday the 22 th day of February two Bills had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill of one Subsidy and two Fifteens and Tenths granted by the Temporalty was secunda vice lect but no mention is made that it was either Ordered to be ingrossed or referr'd to Committees because it had been formerly sent up to the Lords from the House of Commons On Tuesday the 23 th day of February the Bill of one Subsidy and two Fifteens and Tenths granted by the Temporalty was read tertiâ vice communi omnium Procerum assensu conclus and sent to the House of Commons by Serjeant Carus and Doctor Huicke Nota That this Bill of Subsidy after it had passed the Upper House was not by them altered or amended in any thing but only sent back again unto the House of Commons to whom it did most properly belong and is on the last day of the Parliament or Session of Parliament to be brought up by the Speaker of the said House as it was at this time on Saturday the 10 th day of April ensuing and presented unto her Majesty by Thomas Williams Esq Prolocutor of the said House at this present Session before she gave her Royal Assent to such Acts as passed On Thursday the 25 th day of February the Bill for the Assurance of the Queens Majesties Royal Power over all States and Subjects within her Dominions was read the first time On Saturday the 27 th day of February the Bill for Restitution in Blood of the Children of Thomas Cranmer late Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bill declaring the Authority of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and the Lord Chancellor to be one were each of them read prima vice Eight Bills were brought up to the Lords from the House of Commons of which the first being the Bill of one Subsidy and two Fifteens and Tenths granted by the Temporalty and the second against carrying over Sheep Skins and Pelts over the Seas not being Staple Ware were each of them returned conclus This day according to the Order formerly taken Sir Francis Jobson with his Counsel came before the Lords and by them declared ..... And no more is set down in the Original Journal-Book of the Upper House and by the negligence of the Clerk the matter is so left abruptly but it doth plainly appear that it was touching the Assurance of certain Lands which concerned the Bishop of Durham ut videas on Saturday the 20 th of this Instant February foregoing On Monday the first day of March two Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the second being the Bill for the Restitution in Blood of the Sons and Daughters of the late Lord Hussey was read prima vice A Proviso to be annex'd to the Bill for the Assurance of the Queens Majesties Royal Power over all Estates and Subjects within her Dominions was read primâ secunda vice commissa ad ingrossand On Tuesday the 2 d day of March Ten Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill for the Confirmation of a Subsidy granted by the Province of Canterbury and the second against such as sell Wares for Apparel without ready money to persons under two hundred pound Lands or Fees were each of them read prima vice The Bill also for Restitution in Blood of the Children of Thomas Cranmer late Archbishop of Canterbury was read secunda tertia vice conclus and was with the Bill for the Children of the Lord Hussey which had likewise this day passed the House upon the third reading sent to the House of Commons by Sir Richard Read and Serjeant Carus On Wednesday the 3 d day of March Three Bills had each of them one reading of which the last being the Bill for the Assurance of the Queens Majesties Royal Power over all States and Subjects within her Dominions was read tertia vice with certain Provisions thereunto annexed by the Lords which were thrice severally read conclus A Proviso annexed by the House of Commons to the Bill against forging of false Deeds was read prima secunda tertia vice commissa Domino Rich Domino Willoughby Primario Justiciario Banci Regii Justiciario Browne Quod Nota Because no Bill or Proviso is usually committed after the third reading On Thursday the 4 th day of March The Bill for the Restitution in Blood of Sir Ralph Chamberlain Knight and John Haleston Esq The Bill against such as sell Wares for Apparel without ready money to persons under two hundred pound Lands or Fees The Bill for the punishments of Vagabonds calling themselves Egyptians And the Bill for uniting of Churches within the City of Winchester were each of them read secunda vice but no mention is made that they were either Ordered to be ingrossed or referred to Committees because they had been formerly sent from the Lords The Bill also for Restitution in Blood of William West and the Bill for the Town of Southampton were each of them read the first time and thereupon committed to Justice Southcote Serjeant Carus and the Queens Attorney Nota That these two Bills last mentioned were not only committed after the first reading which is not usual till the second but also committed to meer Assistants which are not Members of the House and therefore in both respects the President is more rare and remarkable vide consimile on Tuesday the 26 th day of Jan. foregoing On Saturday the 6 th day of March The Bill for the Subsidy of the Clergy And the Bill for the Restitution in Blood of Edward Turner were each of them read tertiâ vice conclus commis Servienti Carus Ricardo Read in Domum Communem deferend Three Bills were brought up to the Lords from the House of Commons of which the first was the bill for avoiding of divers Foreign Wares made by Handy-crafts-men beyond the Seas and the second touching Badgers of Corn and Drovers of Cattle to be Licensed Three Bills lastly of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill for the further punishment of Vagabonds calling themselves Egyptians was read tertia vice conclusa dissentiente Comite Arundel On Monday the 8 th day of March Six Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the third being the Bill against such as shall sell any Wares for Apparel without ready money c. The Bill declaring the Authority of the Lord Keeper
Hereford the Bishop of Salisbury the Bishop of Lincoln the Lord Burleigh the Lord Cobham the Lord Lumley the Lord Hastings of Loughborough and Serjeant Barham Dominus Custos magni Sigilli continuavit praesens Parliamentum usque in diem Crastinum horâ Octavâ On Thursday the 10 th day of May Four Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the second being the Bill for the appointing of two several Sheriffs for the Counties of Cambridge and Huntington was read secundâ vice commissa ad ingrossandum And the last that no Purveyors shall take any Corn Grain or Victuals within five Miles of Cambridge and Oxford was read primâ vice Nota That Cambridge is here ranked before Oxford in the title of this Bill Nine Bills were brought up to the Lords from the House of Commons of which the third being the Bill against the bringing in and putting in Execution of Bulls c. from the See of Rome was returned as it seemeth not expedited for the Journal-Book doth not set it down conclus as in like Cases is usual The Earl of Sussex the Earl of Bedford the Earl of Winchester the Bishop of Ely the Lord Burleigh and the Lord Wentworth were appointed to confer with certain of the House of Commons about the Bill of Tellors c. The Bill for increase of Tillage and maintenance of the Navy was referred to Committees of which two were Viscount Hereford and Viscount Mountague but no mention is made of the reading of it of which nature see a like President on Saturday the 21 th day of April foregoing Dominus Custos magni Sigilli continuavit praesens Parliamentum usque in diem Sabbati horâ Octavâ On Saturday the 12 th day of May the Bill for two Fifteenths and Tenths and one Subsidy granted by the Laity was read primâ vice Seven Bills were brought up to the Lords from the House of Commons of which one was the Bill to restrain the Oppression of Common Promoters and another for the maintenance of Navigation Four Bills also had each of them one reading of which the third being the Bill for Restitution in Bloud of the Children of Sir Thomas Wyatt Knight was read tertiâ vice conclusa The Bill lastly against the bringing in of Bulls c. was committed to the Lords that were in the Committee for the Bill of Treasons who were appointed on Saturday the 5 th day of this instant May foregoing to confer therein in certain points with certain of the House of Commons Dominus Custos magni Sigilli continuavit praesens Parliamentum usque in diem Lunae prox horâ Octavâ May the 13 th Sunday On Monday the 14 th day of May Nine Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the second being the Bill for one Subsidy and two Fifteenths and Tenths granted by the Laity was read secundâ vice Vide May 16. postea The reason why no Commitment And the last for Orders for Bankrupts was read secundâ vice commissa ad ingrossandum Three Bills which passed this day with the Bill for Restitution in Bloud of the Children of Sir Thomas Wyatt Knight were sent to the House of Commons by M r Sollicitor and Doctor Lewis The Bill for respite of Homage was referred to Committees but no mention made of the reading of it of which see a like President on Saturday the 21 th day of April foregoing Dominus Custos magni Sigilli continuavit praesens Parliamentum usque in diem Crastinum horâ Octavâ On Tuesday the 15 th day of May Five Bills had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill for one Subsidy and two Fifteenths and Tenths granted by the Laity was read secundâ vice conclusa Five Bills were brought to the Lords from the House of Commons of which one was for the Confirmation of the Attainder of Charles Earl of Westmerland and Thomas Earl of Northumberland and others with a Proviso and Amendments And another was the Bill for the Town of Lestwithiell in the County of Cornwall The Bill lastly against Simony was read secundâ vice and committed to the Earl of Huntington the Earl of Bedford the Bishop of Winchester the Bishop of Ely the Bishop of Salisbury the Bishop of Lincoln the Lord Burleigh the Lord Shandois the Lord Hastings and the Lord Hunsdon And to the same Committees was likewise committed the Bill against corrupt Presentations Dominus Custos magni Sigilli continuavit praesens Parliamentum usque in diem Crastinum horâ Octavâ On Wednesday the 16 th day of May Three Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the third being the Bill touching Orders for Bankrupts was read tertiâ vice conclusa and sent to the House of Commons by Doctor Yale and Doctor Huick The Proviso and Amendments required by the House of Commons to be put in the Bill for Confirmation of the Attainder of the Earls of Westmerland and Northumberland c. were thrice read and the Lords gave their Assent thereunto The Amendments likewise in the Bill for Constats and Exemplifications of Letters Patents being thrice read the Lords also gave their Assents Dominus Custos magni Sigilli continuavit praesens Parliamentum usque in horam secundam post Meridiem About which hour the Lord Keeper and divers other Lords both Spiritual and Temporal meeting thirteen Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the third touching Dilapidations the fifth for Confirmation of a Subsidy granted by the Clergy and the twelfth that no Hay or Plate shall cross the Seas were each of them read the second time and ordered to be ingrossed And of the said Bills the second being to License the Earl of Leicester to Erect an Hospital the fourth for the making of the River of Welland Navigable the eighth for the maintenance of Navigation and the tenth for the continuance of making of Caps were each of them read secundâ vice but no mention is made that they were either ordered to be ingrossed or referred to Committees of which there can be but two Reasons the first that the Lords deferred the committing or ingrossing thereof until some other time as fell out before in the Bill touching the Commission of Sewers which being read secundâ vice on Friday the 2 d day of April foregoing was referred to a Committee the day following although sometimes it may be omitted likewise through the negligence of the Clerk of the Upper House or else another reason there may be that such Bills having passed the House of Commons and being sent up to the Lords fairly ingrossed in Parchment can be no more ingrossed neither do the Lords ordinarily refer such Bills to Committees unless there be very great Cause in respect that each House holding correspondency with other they do not willingly submit that to the agitation of a private Committee which hath been
be ingrossed The Bill for the payment of Tithes was read the first time and rejected upon the Question May the 13 th Sunday On Monday the 14 th day of May the Bill for not returning in Juries persons of the Queens Majesties Houshold was read the second time and committed unto Mr. Treasurer Sir John Thinne Mr. Cofferer Mr. Brown Mr. More and Mr. Ferrers The Bill for Residence of Pastors being the third of those seven Bills preferred this Parliament touching the reformation of matters in Religion and therefore called in the Original Journal-Book of the House of Commons the Bill C was read the second time and Ordered to be ingrossed Touching which Bill and matters of Religion see a more full Animadversion or Declaration on Thursday the 17 th day of this instant May following The Bill against Vagabonds and the first Bill for preservation of Wood were Ordered to be ingrossed The Bill for Conveyances and Assurances of Lands to be made without Covin was read the second time and committed unto Mr. Recorder of London Mr. Marsh Mr. Stanhop Mr. Grice Mr. Sampoole Mr. Norton Mr. Alford and Mr. Dalton who were appointed to meet in the Temple Church at two of the Clock this Afternoon Mr. Sollicitor and Mr. Attorney brought from the Lords four Bills of which the two last were one for the Restitution in Blood of the Children of Sir Thomas Wyat and the other for the Assurance of the Jointure of the Lady Barkley Three Bills had each of them their third reading and passed upon the question of which the last was the Bill against the Exaction of Collectors of the Tenths of the Clergy The Bill lastly for severance of the Sheriffs in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham were read the second time and thereupon Ordered to be ingrossed Post Meridiem Four Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill concerning Hospitals and the third for Planting of Hops were each of them read the first time and the second being the Bill against great Hosen was read the first time and committed unto Sir Christopher Heydon Sir William Buts Mr. Stokes Mr. Moore Mr. Warncomb Mr. St. John Mr. Gare Mr. Humberston Mr. Layton and Mr. Sackerston Which is the rather to be observed in respect that this Bill was committed upon the first reading which is not usual until the second of which there were three like Presidents viz. one on Thursday the 10 th day and two on Friday the 11 th day of this instant May foregoing The Bill for making of William Watson a free Denizen was twice read and the Bill lastly for Leverpool was read the first time On Tuesday the 15 th day of May the Bill against Wednesdays was read the first time The Bill touching the Commutation of Penance by the Ecclesiastical Judge being the last of those seven Bills preferred this Parliament touching the Reformation of matters of Religion and therefore called in the Original Journal-Book of the House of Commons the Bill G was read the second time and Ordered to be ingrossed Touching which Bill and matters of Religion see more at large on Thursday the 17 th day of this instant May following Three Bills also of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the last being the Bill for Confirmation of Attainders was read the third time and passed the House The Proviso for the Countess of Cumberland and others to the Bill for Confirmation of Attainders was thrice read And further Ordered by the House that the Saving for Sir Henry Peircy Knight shall be placed in the Book before the general saving without any alteration or change of any word or words at all The Bill for Confirmation of Attainders with the other last passed were sent up to the Lords from the House of Commons by M r Treasurer and others The Bill for the Restitution in Blood of the Children of Sir Thomas Wyat Knight was read the third time The Bill lastly for the continuance of the severance of Sheriffs in sundry Shires was read the third time and passed upon the Question On Wednesday the 16 th day of May the Bill against Wednesdays was read the second time and Ordered to be ingrossed The new Bill against great Hosen and a new Bill of Jeofails were each of them read the first time M r Attorney General and M r Doctor Vaughan brought from the Lords the Bill for Confirmation of Attainders for mending of an Indorsement Three Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the third being the Bill against Collusions and Delays in Vouchers was read the second time and Ordered to be ingrossed M r Attorney General and M r Doctor Huick did require from the Lords to have the Committees in the Bill for Treasons presently sent to them for Conference The Bill for Residence of Pastors being the third of those seven Bills preferred this Parliament touching matters of Religion and therefore called in the Original Journal-Book of the House of Commons the Bill C was read the third time and upon the Division of the House dashed M r Doctor Huick and Mr. Doctor Yale did bring from the Lords a Bill against Bankrupts with Commendations for the expediting thereof Post Meridiem In the Afternoon the Bill for search of Fairs of Maidston in Kent was read the first time Mr. Sollicitor and Mr. Doctor Huick brought from the Lords the Bill against Bulls c. and the Bill for Treasons both reformed as appeareth in several Papers annexed containing the places and words of Amendments Seven Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the fourth being a new Bill for the maintenance of the Havens of Plymouth and Dartmouth c. was read the second time On Thursday the 17 th day of May Two Bills of no great moment had each of them their second reading and Ordered to be ingrossed of which the second was the Bill against Clothworkers The Bill against Cloth-workers was read the second time and Ordered to be stayed Sir Walter Mildmay Sir Thomas Smith Mr. Serjeant Lovelace Mr. Bell Mr. Mounson Mr. Popham Mr. Sampool Mr. Sands and Mr. Yelverton were appointed to have Conference with the Lords touching the Bill for respite of Homage in the outer Chamber of the Upper House at two of the Clock this Afternoon The Bill for Sewers was read the first time The Bill against Bulls and the Bill for Treasons were upon the Question absolutely passed with all the Additions and Amendments The Bill also against Wednesdays and the Bill against Collusion and delays in Vouchers were each of them read the third time and passed the House The Bill touching the Commutation of Penance by the Ecclesiastical Judge being last of those seven Bills preferred this Parliament touching Reformation of matters of Religion and therefore called in the Original Journal-Book of the House of Commons the Bill G was read the
because they had been sent from the Lords On Tuesday the 22 th day of May Two Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill for John Tirrell Esq was read the second time and Ordered to be ingrossed Mr. Doctor Lewes and Mr. Doctor Yale brought from the Lords two Bills one against the untrue Demeanours of Tellors Receivors Treasurers and Collectors and another for Treasons newly written and truly examined by the former Book thereof lately passed this House to the end the same may likewise be Examined by this House and so then pass accordingly M r Doctor Vaughan and M r Doctor Yale did pray from the Lords that this House would send unto them such Bills as are already passed this House for that their Lordships do tarry for them and thereupon five Bills were sent unto them by M r Chancellor of the Dutchy and others of which one was the Bill for the River of Welland The Bill for coming to Church and receiving the Communion was Ordered upon the Question to be general as to the body thereof Post Meridiem In the Afternoon the Bill against taking of any Grain or Victual within five Miles compass of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was read the first time M r Attorney General and M r Doctor Haick brought from the Lords a Bill against the Oppression of common Promoters Four Bills lastly of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill against fraudulent gifts and Conveyances for defeating of Dilapidations and the third for Sewers were each of them read the second time but no mention is made that they were either Ordered to be ingrossed or referred to Committees because they had been sent from the Lords On Wednesday the 23 th day of May Five Bills of no great moment had each of them their third reading and passed the House of which the first was the Bill for the paving of the street without Aldgate The Bill that no Hoy or Plate shall cross the Seas was read the second time but neither ingrossed nor committed because it had been sent from the Lords Two Bills also had each of them their third reading of which the second was the Bill for the removing of the Grammar-School from Laughton to Gainsborough All these Bills which passed this Day were sent up to the Lords by M r Treasurer and others M r Attorney General and M r Richard Read did bring word from the Lords that their Lordships prayed Conference with some of this House touching the Bill for preservation of Timber and Woods the Bill against Vagabonds and the Bill for continuance of Statutes Whereupon were sent unto them the former Committees in the Bill for coming to the Church and receiving the Communion whose names see on Saturday the 21 th day of April foregoing Three Bills lastly had each of them their third reading and passed the House of which the second was the Bill for Restitution in Blood of the Children of Sir Thomas Wyat Knight Post Meridiem In the Afternoon six Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the first being the Bill for the Jointure of the Lady Berkley and the fifth against taking of any Grain or Victual within five Miles compass of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge were each of them read the second time but neither Ordered to be ingrossed nor referred to Committees because they had been formerly sent from the Lords On Thursday the 24 th day of May the Bill against the untrue Demeanors of Tellors Receivors Treasurers and Collectors was read the second time but neither Ordered to be ingrossed nor referred to Committees Vide consimile May the 22 th Tuesday foregoing The Bill for Sewers was read the third time and a Proviso added to the said Bill was thrice read whereupon the Bill passed the House The Bill also against Bankrupts and the Bill that no Hoyes nor Plate shall cross the Seas were each of them read the third time and passed the House All the Bills which last passed the House were sent to the Lords by M r Treasurer and others The Bill for the reviving and continuance of Statutes was read the third time M r Serjeam Barham and M r Doctor Huick did bring from the Lords a Bill for bringing the River of Lee to the North-side of the City of London M r Doctor Lewes and M r Doctor Yale did bring word that the Lords pray present Conference with three or four of this House touching the amendments of the Bill for coming to Church and receiving the Communion and thereupon were sent M r Treasurer and others The Bill for not paying for Wares sold for Apparel without ready money was upon the Question Ordered to be rejected and not to be revived or any longer continued The Bill for carrying out of Leather beyond the Seas was likewise upon the Question Ordered to be rejected or discontinued Post Meridiem In the Afternoon two Bills of no great moment had each of them their third reading and passed the House of which the first was the Bill for Restitution in Blood of Henry Brereton Esq The Bill for maintenance of Tillage was upon the Question Ordered to be revived and continued in such sort as in the Bill for the reviving and continuance of Statutes is contained The Proviso to the Bill against Regrators Forestallers and Ingrossers mentioned in the said Bill of Reviver was read the third time and passed the House An Addition to the old former Statute for preservation of Woods was read the second time Mr. Doctor Yale and Mr. Doctor Vaughan brought from the Lords two Bills the one for coming to Church and receiving the Communion and the other for the severance of the Sheriffs in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham with some amendments and did also require that six of this House may presently confer with the Lords touching the Bill against Bankrupts The Bill for reviving and continuance of certain Statutes was passed upon the Question with some Additions and some Substractions On Friday the 25 th day of May Mr. Treasurer Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Thomas Scott Sir Henry Morrice Mr. Serjeant Manwood Mr. Mounson Mr. Norton Mr. Alford Mr. Cromwell Mr. Thomas Snagg Mr. Bedle Mr. Nicholas S t Leger and Mr. Sands were appointed to have Conference with the Lords touching the Bill against Fugitives The Bill against taking of any Grain or Victuals within five Miles of the City of London was read the third time and passed the House Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Doctor Vaughan brought from the Lords three Bills one for the Incorporation of both the Universities another for the Incorporation of Weymouth and Melcomb Regis in the County of Dorset and another for the increase of Tillage and maintenance of the Navy with recommendations from the Lords of the Bill against taking of any Grain or Victual within five Miles
attempt the destruction of your Majesty and us all that live by you We fear a Faction of Hereticks in your Realm Contentious and malicious Papists lest they most unnaturally against their Country most madly against their own Safety and most treacherously against your Highness not only hope for the woful day of your Death but also lay in wait to advance some Title under which they may revive their late unspeakable Cruelty to the destruction of Goods Possessions and Bodies and thraldom of the Souls and Consciences of your faithful and Christian Subjects We see nothing to withstand their desire but your only Life their Unkindness and Cruelty we have tasted we fear much to what attempt the hope of such opportunity nothing withstanding them but your Life will move them We find how necessary it is for your preservation that there be more set and known between your Majesties Life and their desire We see on the other side how there can be no such danger to your Majesty by ambition of any Apparent Heir established by your benefit and advancement for want of Issue of your Majesties Royal Body as you are now subject unto by reason of their desire and hope We know not how many pretend Titles and Trust to succeed you whose secret desire we so much more fear because neither their number force nor likelihood of disposition is known unto us and so we can the less beware of them for your preservation We find also by good proof that the certain limitation of the Crown of France hath in that Realm procured so great quiet as neither the person of the Prince in Possession hath been indangered by secret or open practice nor the Common-Weal molested by civil dissention through any quarrel attempted for the Title of that Crown And somewhat near home we have remembred the miserable estate of Scotland after the Death of King Alexander without any certain Heir or limitation to whom the Crown of Scotland should remain by reason whereof the whole estate of that Realm was left open to the ambition of many Competitors and most grievous desolation and spoil that grew upon such division which afterwards gave occasion to King James the Fifth to limit the Crown of Scotland to certain Noble Families of that Realm whereby they at this present enjoy that quiet surety which we want And all your Majesties most Noble Progenitors Kings of this Realm have been in this behalf so careful that from the Conquest till this present day the Realm was never left as it is now without a certain Heir living and known to whom the Crown after the Death of the Prince should appertain So as your Majesty of your singular Care for us and our Posterity hath at this time Assembled us for establishing of this great and only stay of our Safeties We again Most Gracious Sovereign Lady acknowledge our selves and all that we have to depend upon your Preservation being according to our bounden Duty most careful of the same are in most humble manner come to your Majesties presence And I the Mouth appointed for them together with and in the name of all your most loving natural and obedient Subjects do present unto you our most lowly Suit and Petition That for asmuch as of your Majesties Person would come the most redoubted and best Heirs of your Crown such as in time to come we would most Comfortably see and our Posterity most Joyfully Obey It may please your Most Excellent Majesty for our sakes for our preservation and comforts and at our most humble Suit to take to your self some Honourable Husband whom it shall please you to join unto in Mariage whom whatsoever he be that your Majesty shall choose we protest and promise with all humility and reverence to Honour Love and Serve as to our most bounden duty shall appertain And where by the Statute which your most noble Father Assented unto of his most Princely and Fatherly Zeal for his most loving Subjects for the limitation of the Succession of the Emperial Crown of this Realm Your Majesty is the last expresly named within the body of the same Act and for that your Subjects cannot judge nor do know any thing of the form or validity of any further limitations set in certain for want of Heirs of your Body whereby some great dangerous doubt remaineth in their Hearts to their great grief peril and unquietness It may also please your Majesty by Proclamation of certainty already provided if any such be or else by limitations of certainty if none be to provide a most gracious remedy in this great necessity which by your most Honourable and Motherly Carefulness for them hath occasioned this Assembly That in this convenient time of Parliament upon your late danger most graciously called by you for that cause your Grace may now extend to us that great benefit which otherwise or at other times perhaps shall never be able to be done again so not only we but all ours hereafter and for ever shall owe no less to your Majesties propagation of Succession than we do already owe to your most Famous Grandfather King Henry the Seventh his uniting of Division And your Subjects on their behalfs for your Majesties further Assurance whereupon their own preservation wholly dependeth shall imploy their whole endeavours and Wits and Power to renew devise and establish the most strong and beneficial Acts and Laws of Preservation and Surety of your Majesty and of your Issue in the Emperial Crown of this Realm and the most penal sharp and terrible Statutes to all that shall but once practise and attempt or conceive against your Safety that by any possible means they may invent or establish with such limitations of conditions and restraints to all in Remainders such grievous pains and narrow Animadversions to all that shall enterprize or imagine any thing in prejudice of your Highness and your Issue as your Majesty shall not have any cause of suspicion but most assured ground of Confidence in all your faithful Subjects continually Watching and Warding for your Preservation which God long continue that you may see your Childrens Children to his Honour and our Comfort and encline your Gracious Ear to our most humble Petitions This Petition of the House of Commons delivered by Thomas Williams Esq their Speaker to her Majesty this Afternoon as aforesaid to which see her Majesties further Answer sent to the said House on Tuesday the 16 th day of February ensuing now follows the residue of the passages of this Journal out of the Original Journal-Book of the same House On Friday the 29 th day of January Seven Bills of no great moment had each of them one reading of which the sixth being the Bill for Fines to be levyed in the County Palatine of Durham was read the third time and passed the House For that John Hippesley Esq is returned a Burgess for Wotten-Basset in Wiltshire and also for Wells in Somersetshire and doth appear for