House of Commons Journal Volume 7: 27 October 1652

Wednesday, the 27th of October, 1652.

Prayers.

Approval of Lord Mayor.

THE House being informed, that the Lord Mayor Elect was at the Door, according to the Order of the House, by Command of the House, he was called in, and presented by the Recorder of London, attended with divers Aldermen of the City: And Mr. Recorder, having made an eloquent Oration, declared, That the City have chosen Mr. Alderman John Fowkes to be Lord Mayor for the Year now next ensuing, with a large Testimonial of the Fidelity, Integrity, and Abilities of the said Alderman, and his Qualifications for that great Office and Trust; and desiring the Approbation of this House, to their said Election: And being all withdrawn; It was

Resolved, That the Parliament doth approve of the Election of Alderman John Fowkes, to be Lord Mayor of the City of London, for the Year now next ensuing, and that he be sworn accordingly.

The Lord Mayor Elect, Recorder, and Aldermen, being again called in; and being come to the Bar; Mr. Speaker, by Command of the House, gave this Answer;

"My Lord Mayor Elect,

"You have been presented to the Parliament of England, by Mr. Recorder, for their Approbation."

"The Parliament hath commanded me, in their Names, to declare unto you, That they do approve and confirm the Choice of you, to be Lord Mayor of the City of London, for the Year ensuing, and out of their Experience of your great Service and Fidelity to this Commonwealth and Parliament, and the Confidence they have of your Abilities for the Discharge of so high a Trust, they are well pleased, that such an eminent Stamp of Authority is so fitly placed; and they have ordered, that you shall be sworn accordingly.

Forfeited Estates.

The House this Day resumed the Debate upon the Bill for Sale of several Lands and Estates forfeited to the Commonwealth for Treason.

Ordered, That the Name of Richard Grantham of Halle in the County of Chester Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Ordered, That the Name of Richard Green, of Congleton, in the County of Chester, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

A Certificate from the Commissioners for Compounding, on the Behalf of George Hope, of Doddleston in the County of Chester, Esquire, was this Day read.

Resolved, That the Name of George Hope of Doddleston in the County of Chester, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of William Hutchins, late of Gosworth, Clerk, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Harpur, of Dutton, Husbandman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Hardy, of Hale, Husbandman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Hodgkey, of Burwardsly, Husbandman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Uriam Leigh, of Adlington, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

The humble Petition of Elizabeth Rutter, the Relict and Widow of John Rutter, late of Kingsleym in the County of Chester, deceased, Mother and Guardian to John Rutter, an Infant of Nine Years old, was this Day read.

Resolved, That the Name of John Rutter, late of Kingsleyn, in the County of Chester, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Ordered, That the Name of John Robinson, sometime of Brereton, Clerk, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Sharman, of Oldcastle, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Wilbraham, late of Woodhay, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Peter Worth, of Titherington, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Walker, of LittleBudworth, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Geoffry Whaley, of Tatton, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Peter Wright, of Lostack Graham, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Biddulph, of Biddulph in the County of Stafford, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Robert Chantrell, of Knocktorum cum Wood-Church, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Poole, of Morley, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of George Parsons, of Beeston, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Edward Standish, of Wooston in the County of Lancaster, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Wicksted, of Marbury, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Rice Beaumont, of Egermon in the County of Cumberland, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Linsey, of Rickerby, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Simon Musgrave, of Fairebanck, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

The humble Petition of Sir Wm. Musgrave of Crookedack in the County of Cumberland, Knight, was this Day read.

Resolved, That the Name of Sir Wm. Musgrave, of Fairebanck, Knight, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Raine, of Penreth, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Robert Story, of Eanall, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Wybergh, of St. Bees, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Launcelott Walker, of Torpennow, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Robert Whitfeild, of Randenholme, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Lodowick West, of LittleSalkeild, late One of the Prebends of Carlisle, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Sir Charles Howard, of Croglin, Knight, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of George Skelton, of Wetherell-Abby, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Andrew Huddleston, of Hutton-John, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Bretland, of Thorncliff in the County of Chester, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Poole Turvile, of Grazeley, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Merry, of Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Richard Arundell, of Walkhampton, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Nicholas Beare, of Silferton, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Henry Bidlake, of Bidstow, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Cox, of Combepine, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Richard Galthampton, of Newton-Ferys, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Robert Hill, of Woodbury, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Jacob, the elder, of Tavistock, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Richard Lane, of Marychurch, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Little-John, of Tavistock, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Lang, of Plympton, Inn-keeper, be inserted into this Bill.

Forfeited Estates.

Resolved, That the Name of Richard Keys, Clerk, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of George Moore, of Culhampton, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Rich, of Worthell, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Somaster, of Stokenham, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Richard Trennick, of Ugborow, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Wood, of Orchard, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Robert Emerson, of Ludwell, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Robert Ellys, of PaulHarburne in the County of York, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Ralph Grey, of TrimbleHill, Yeoman, be inserted in this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Hilton, of Hilton, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Richard Harrison, of Overfryer-side, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Katherine Conyers be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Sir John Morley, of Newcastle on Tyne, Knight, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Mennes, late of Winlaton, Knight, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Sir John Somersett, of Knight, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of James Aiscough, of Middleton on Row, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Brathwaite, of in the County of York, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Anthony Bulmer, of Ketton, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Cuthbert Collingwood, of Dawden, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Ralph Coatesworth, of Great Stainton, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Errington, of Rudby in the County of York, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Errington, of Elton, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Sir Wm. Fenwick, of Scrimweston, Knight, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Hall, of Greencroft, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Ralph Millett, of Mayland, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Michael Pudsey, of Middleton-George, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Power, of the City of Duresme, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Lancelot Salkeild, late of Skirmingham, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Sherratton, of Elwick, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Lawrence Sayer, of Yarum in the County of Yorke, Esquire, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Smith, of Eske, be respited from being in this Bill.

The humble Petition of Thomas Wray, of Bemish, was this Day read.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Wray, of Bemish, be inserted into this Bill.

The humble Petition of Andrew Young Esquire was this Day read.

Resolved, That the Name of Andrew Young Esquire, late called by the Name of Sir Andrew Young Knight, be inserted into this Bill.

The humble Petition of Henry Lord Arundell, Baron of Wardour, was this Day read.

Resolved, That the Name of Henry Lord Arundell, Baron of Wardour, be inserted into this Bill.

Forfeited Estates.

Resolved, That the Name of Richard Burleton, of Stalbridge, Linen-Draper, be inserted into this Bill.

The humble Petition of Larder Coplestone, being about Sixteen Years old, the Son of John Copleston, of Nashe in the County of Dorset, but before his Death late of Upton in the County of Devon, was now read.

Resolved, The Name of John Copleston, late of Nashe, in the County of Dorsett, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Gardiner, late of Waymouth, Merchant, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Wm. Gayler, of Whitchurch, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

The humble Petition of Joane Heming Widow, was this Day read.

The Question being put, that the Name of Henry Heming, of Poxwell, be inserted into this Bill;

It passed with the Negative.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Jervis Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas Loope, of Henbury in the Parish of Sturmister, Marshal, be inserted into this Bill.

The humble Petition of Maximilian Mohun, of Fleet in the County of Dorsett, Gentleman, was this Day read.

The Question being put, That the Name of Maximilian Mohun, of Fleet, in the County of Dorsett, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill;

It passed with the Negative.

Resolved, That the Name of Zachary Newbery of Stockland, Yeoman, be inserted into this Bill.

The humble Petition of Nicholas Payne, of Causwey in Roddipole in the County of Dorsett, was this Day read.

Resolved, That the Name of Nicholas Payne, of Causwey in Roddipole in the County of Dorsett, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Anthony Salter, of the City of Exeter, Apothecary, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Samwaies, late of Broadway, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of John Turnor, of WoottanFizpaine, Husbandman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Alexander Kaynes, of Roddipoll, Gentleman, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of Thomas White, of Fittleford in the County of Dorsett, be inserted into this Bill.

Resolved, That the Name of George White, of in Com' Dorsett, be inserted into this Bill.

Claims on Public Faith.

Resolved, That Colonel Marten do report the Bill for the publick Faith, next after the Bill for Sale of Delinquents Estates is passed.

Preacher appointed.

Ordered, That Mr. Philip Nye be desired to preach before the Parliament, at Margarett's, Westminster, on the Fifth Day of November next.

Sir John Trevor to give him Notice.