House of Commons Journal Volume 1: 16 May 1604

Mercurii, 16o Maii, 1604

Tanners,&c.

B. TOUCHING Tanners and Leather, &c. reported from the Committee by Sir John Savill with Amendments; which being twice read, the Bill upon Question, to be ingrossed.

Ld. Howard's Restitution.

B. For Restitution in Blood of the Lord Wm. Howard, &c. reported from the Committee by Sir Francis Hastings, without any Amendment.

L. 3. The Bill thirdly read, and, upon the Question, passed [b].

Union with Scotland.

Sir Francis Bacon reporteth the Meeting of the Lords with our Committee.

Delivered by a great Lord, That he conceived Two Things to be the Cause of their Meeting; One, to receive the Names of the Commissioners, the other, to confer of the Act.

Answ. The Names they had ready; the Clerk was commanded to attend the Committee with them; for the other, they were not prepared.

Ordered, upon this Report, The great Committee to meet amongst themselves, before they confer.

The Committee for Purveyors, to meet this Afternoon; and the great Committee for the Union, to meet at the same Time and Place; if they cannot, then upon Friday.

Wardship, &c.

Motions. - [c] Moved, and persuaded by a long-continued Speech, that the Matter of Composition for Wardship, &c. might go Hand in Hand with that of Purveyors. -

In our Message to the Lords, to desire their Lordships to join in Petition to his Majesty for Leave to treat, &c.

That the Matter of Wardship may go single. - Sir John Hollice, Mr. Hare, Mr. Winch.

These Motions induced Questions to be agreed and made, viz.

1. Whether to desire the Lords to join with this House in a Petition for Composition for Wardship? - Resolved.

2. Whether Composition for Wardship shall go Hand in Hand with that of Purveyors ? - Resolved not - :To go single.

3. Whether to desire a Conference, touching the Framing of a Petition for Leave to treat, &c. - Resolved.

Union with Scotland.

Mr. Vice-chamberlain, Sir Francis Hastings, Sir Edw. Stafford, Sir Geo. Moore, Sir Edw. Hobby, to let the Lords know, they will be ready for a Meeting, touching the Matter of the Union, on Saturday at the same Time and Place.

Irish Servitors.

Mr. Speaker delivereth from the King, that his Highness taketh Knowlege of the Care of this House to provide for the Miseries and Wants of Irish Servitors, &c. He much approveth their Care, and desireth they will continue their Meetings in that Matter.

The Meeting by the former Committees to be on Monday.

Prisoners in the Tower.

Mr. Lieutenant putteth the House in Mind of the Prisoners in the Tower; viz. Bridger, the poor Minister, and the Warden of the Fleet ; and desireth to know their Pleasure.

Motions. - Bridger to be delivered :- - A poor simple Man, or a mad Man. -

The Warden to be delivered out of Little Ease, but to remain a Prisoner in the Tower still. -

To be delivered, upon Petition, and Submission to the House.

To be contained in his Petition, a Desire to be brought to this House, that he may acknowlege his Fault.

Questions put:

1. Whether the Warden shall be freed from Little Ease presently? Resolved, to continue.

2. Whether Brian Bridger, the poor Minister, shall be delivered presently ? - Resolved.

Thanks to the King.

A Motion, that Thanks might be presented to his Majesty, at the End of this Session, for his Highness' gracious Message in the Case of the Warden.

Berwick Charter.

L. 2. B. For the Confirmation of the Charter and Letters Patents granted to the Mayor, Bailiffs, and

Burgesses of the Borough of Berwick, &c. - Committed to Sir Wm. Selby, Mr. Perkinson, Sir Rob. Wingfield, Sir Roger Aston, Sir Edwyn Sandys, Sir Tho. Hesketh, Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Eure, Sir John Savill, Sir Tho. Ridgeway, Sir Henry Wytherington, Sir Raphe Gray, Sir Rob. Wroth, Sir Wm. Slingsby, the Burgesses for Newcastle, Mr. Moore, Mr. Bowes, Mr. Yelverton, Mr. Toby Matthewe, Mr. Preston, Mr. Holt, Mr. Hedley, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Percyvall, Mr. Brock, Mr. Musgrave, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Godfrey: - To meet on Friday, in Grays Inn Hall.

Seymour's Cause.

The Counsel in Mr. Seymour's Cause to be heard again on Friday Morning: - Ordered, upon Motion.

Purveyors, &c.

Ordered, upon Motion, That Mr. Bannister, Clerk, Controller of his Majesty's Houshold, should give his Attendance at the great Committee for Purveyors, with the Book of Rates of Composition for the Houshold, &c. and be ready with such other Helps, as they shall require, for the Furtherance of their Proceeding.

Letters from a Member charged with Bribery.

Two Letters from Mr. Typper; the One to Mr. Speaker, the other to Sir Henry Beamount, read in the House, as followeth:

Right Worshipful,

ACCORDING to the Commandment of this honourable House, whom, with all Humbleness of Duty, and Respect, I have attended some Fourteen Days, to answer an Accusation most unjustly laid against me; and attending the Committees on Saturday last, they received my Answer, and did appoint me to attend on Monday last; where, according to my Duty, I attended the Rising of the Court ; but nothing said unto me: and Yesterday, minding to have attended again, moved Sir Charles Cornwallis for my calling into the House; and he answered me, that the Affairs of the House were such, as there would be no time: So I attended not; and Yesternight, coming from the Court, with my own Ears I heard some Gentlemen of this House say, That I had confessed to the Committees, that I had received a hundreth Pounds to corrupt some in the House: Therefore my humble Desire is, that I may be called to answer this Imputation, so scandalously laid upon me; which if I cannot clear, both before God and the World, I submit myself to the Censure of this honourable House. And so, with my humble Duty remembered, I take my Leave, this 16th of May, 1604.

Your Worship's to command,

William Typper.

Right Worshipful,

ACCORDING to your Appointment, and the rest of the Committees, I attended on Monday last, until the Rising of this honourable Court; and Yesterday, though not warned, I came again; and Sir Charles Cornwallis told me, that there would be no time to hear me : Whereupon I departed; and in going from the Court Yesternight, I heard, with my own Ear, (being Four in Number of this honourable House) said, that now I should be handled in my kind; for that I had confessed to the Committees, that I had taken One hundreth Pounds to procure Voices in the House. This is a double Imputation; which to answer, I beseech you to be a means, that I may be called in to answer this Abuse; which proved, I crave no Favour, but to be censured, as by this honourable Court shall be thought meet. And so I humbly take my Leave.

Your Worship's to command.

William Typper.