Catalogue description Main Papers 21- 38

21. 20 March 1671 -- Holdsworth v. Lady Honywood.--Petition of Wm Holdsworth, son-in-law and administrator (with the will annexed) of the goods and estate of John Wood, complaining of a dismission of his Bill in Chancery in 1646, concerning some estates late of John Lamot.

Annexed:

a) Case of the said William Holdsworth.

b) 4 April 1671 -- Answer of Dame Hester Honywood.

c) 13 February 1673 -- Petition of Wm. Holdsworth.

d) Copy of Appellant's original petition of Appeal of 20 March 1671 -- Appended to preceding.

e) Copy of Appellant's case a). Appended to c).

f) 15 April 1617 -- Order on report from Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XII. 492. In extenso. Appended to c).

g) 25 February 1673 -- Answer of Respondent.

22. 21 March 1671 -- Lord Roberts v. Cresset.--Petition and Appeal of John, Lord Roberts, Sir Richard Wynn, Bart., and Henry Wynn.

Annexed:

a) 21 March 1671 -- Petition and Cross-Appeal of John Cresset.

b) 24 March 1671 -- Answer of John Cresset to the Appeal of Lord Roberts.

c) 24 March 1671 -- Answer of original Appellants to Cresset's Cross-Appeal.

23. 21 March 1671 -- Mercer v. Mercers.--Petition and Appeal of Robert Mercer, merchant. Petitioner's father had, on his marriage, entailed his lands at Westderby, Wavertree, Fazakerly, Walton, Liverpool, Thingwall, and Childwall, on heirs male.

Annexed:

a) 5 April 1671 -- Answer of Alice and Ellen Mercer by their Guardian Richard Blackmore.

b) 10 February 1673 -- Petition and Appeal of Robert Mercer, merchant. Lords Journals, XII. 528.

c) 1 March 1673 -- Petition of Alice and Ellen Mercer, infants signed by Richard Blackmore.

d) 17 March 1673 -- Answer of same (by their guardian).

e) 12 February 1674 -- Petition of the Respondent Alice Mercer, by her guardian Richard Blackmore.

f) 18 November 1675 -- Petition of the Appellant.

24. 21 March 1671 -- Portsmouth Fortifications Bill.--Amended draft of an Act for vesting and settling the fee-simple of certain lands on His Majesty, his heirs and successors, which have been taken into and spoiled by making new fortifications about the town of Portsmouth.

25. 21 March 1671 -- Corn and Salt Measures Additional Bill.

26. 24 March 1671 -- Post Office Bill.--Amended draft of an Act for explaining of a proviso contained in an Act entitled An Act for settling the profits of the Post Office and power of granting wine licenses on His Royal Highness the Duke of York and the heirs males of his body.

27. 24 March 1671 -- Bills of Middlesex, Latitats, etc.--Papers produced before the Committee.

a) 28 October 1670 -- Answers of Sir Robert Henley, Master of the King's Bench Office, and Mr. Paget, one of the officers there.

b) Copies of Bills of Middlesex and Latitats in the following causes.

1 Benet et al v. Broun.

2 Bradfield v. Martin.

3 Perry v. Bentele.

4 Rocins v. Banastre.

5 Shotbolt v. Vessey.

6 Sparrowe v. Bilbowe. --Defendant being a Spaniard, half the jury were Spaniards.

c) 7 November 1670 -- List of ancient precedents, from Henry VI. to Richard III., of Bills of Middlesex and Latitats.

d) 5 December 1670 -- Precedents of suits in the King's Bench by Bill of Debt.

e) Forms of a Bill of Middlesex before and after the Statute, 13 Car. II.

f) 24 March 1671 -- Corrected Draft of an Act touching Recovery of Possessions.

28. 24 March 1671 -- Draft of an Act to Natwalise John Deledique, Mark Maubert, Albertus Gronen, and Peter Bousinie.

30. 30 March 1671 -- Message from the Commons sending up six Bills, Lords Journals, XII. 473-4. In extenso.

31. 30 March 1671 -- Message from the Commons returning four Bills, Lords Journals, XII. 473. In extenso.

32. 30 March 1671 -- Tobacco Bill.--Portion of Commons' engrossment of an Act to prevent the planting of tobacco in England, and for regulating the plantation trade.

33. [1671] -- Humble Address of John Ogilby, setting forth his grand design in compiling his English Atlas, the first volume of which, being an "imperial Africa,"

34. 1 April 1671 -- Lady Wentworth's Privilege.--Petition of Philadelphia, Lady Wentworth, Widow and Relict of Thomas, Lord Wentworth.

36. 6 April 1671 -- African Company Bill.--Draft of an Act for incorporating the Company of Royal Adventurers of England trading into Africa.

37. 7 April 1671 -- E. Dorset's Privilege.--Petition of Richard, Earl of Dorset.

Annexed:

a) 10 April 1671 -- The several answers of Sir Wm. Turner, Knight, Alderman of London, now President of the Hospital of Bridewell, London, and of John Lee, Clerk to the said Hospital, and of John Bevan, Clerk to the Commissioners for Charitable Uses in London.

38. 8 April 1671 -- Foreign Commodities Bill.--Lords' Amendments in Committee and on Report. Agreed to this day. Lords Journals, XII., 482.

Annexed:

a) 4 April 1671 -- Parchment Proviso, marked A., excluding from the prohibited commodities East India cabinets.

b) Parchment Proviso, marked B., for the restoration to their owners of goods seized as prohibited goods, upon proof before two justices of the peace that they are not foreign goods.

c) 29 March 1671 -- Petition of divers merchants, planters and importers of tobacco.

c1) Reasons referred to in preceding petition.

d) 4 April 1671 -- Petition of the merchants trading to Brittany in France, praying to be heard on the Bill. [Read this day, Com. Book.]

d1) 4 April 1671 -- Reasons humbly offered to the Committee against laying any further imposition on Lockerams and all other linens from Brittany.

d2) 4 April 1671 -- Duplicate of preceding.

e) 4 April 1671 -- Petition of the merchants trading into Flanders, praying to be heard on the bill. [Read this day. Com. Book.]

e1) 4 April 1671 -- Reasons humbly offered to the Committee against laying any further imposition on Flanders linen.

e2) 4 April 1671 -- Duplicate of preceding.

f) 29 March 1671 -- Petition of Sir Peter Colliton, Henry Drax, Thomas Middleton, and Fardinando George, planters of His Majesty's sugar plantations in America.

f1) 29 March 1671 -- State of the case of the sugar plantations of America. Sets forth that in 1666 the English were possessed of Barbadoes, the better half of St. Christopher's, Mevis, Mountserat, Antigua, and Surinam.

f2) 29 March 1671 -- An account of the charge on 20 cwt. of white sugar at this present time.

f3) 29 March 1671 -- Petition of the refiners of sugar in England.

f4) 29 March 1671 -- The Case of the refiners of Sugar in England stated.

f5) Affidavits of Rich. Stevenson and Thos. Cotton that more than 3 lbs. of brown sugar are required to produce 1 lb. of white.

f6) Certificate of Sir Richard Fjord to same effect. Sworn 6 March.

f7) 29 March 1671 -- Petition of the merchants trading to Portugal, praying to be heard on the Bill.

f8) The State of the Trade between England and Portugal. The trade exports yearly £350,000 worth of woollen manufactures, corn, fish, coals, lead, tin, and other English products; and employs above 150 ships.

f9) 29 March 1671 -- Petition of the merchants owners of shipping, and mariners trading to his Majesty's sugar plantations in America.

f10) 29 March 1671 -- An exact account or demonstration of the intrinsic or net value of the three sorts of Barbadoes sugars.

g) 29 March 1671 -- Petition of several merchants trading into the Levant seas.

g) 29 March 1671 -- Reasons for taking into consideration the great burthen upon the trade of Zante.

h) 6 April 1671 -- Certificate of Custom House Officers at Berwick.

i) 29 March 1671 -- Petition of the Weavers in and about the City of London, in behalf of themselves and all other weavers in H. M. kingdoms.

i1) 1st April 1671 -- Reasons humbly offered why figured, flowered, biassed, stitched and striped silks, and drugget, tamines and estamines, and other stuffs made of wool should be prohibited.

i2) Petition of divers Merchants of London, trading to France, Flanders, and other parts of the narrow seas.

i3) Reasons humbly offered to the House against the prohibition of divers sorts of French silks from being imported, as is desired by the petition of Silk Weavers of London.

k) 28 March 1671 -- Petition of Geo. Blake, on behalf of himself and partners, farmers of the general duties on coals exported beyond the seas.

l) 29 March 1671 -- Petition of the Merchant Traders in brandy.

m) 3 April 1671 -- Petition of Samuel Lamott, John Archer, Daniel Van Mildert, John Jekyll, Tho. Jeve, and Tho. Kirke, on behalf of themselves and many hundreds of citizens and tradesmen in London.

m1) 3 April 1671 -- Paper containing five suggested amendments.

m2) 3 April 1671 -- Petition of Samuel Lamott, John Archer, Thos. Jeve, Thos. Kirk, on behalf of themselves and others, the merchants, tradesmen and shop-keepers in London.

n) 19 April 1671 -- Lords' resolutions in answer to Commons Amendments to Lords' Amendments. See Lords Journals, XII. 505.

o) 22 April 1671 -- Report of the King's answer to the address of both Houses as to encouraging English manufactures. Lords Journals, XII. 509. In extenso.

Some documents may have been removed from this file to the Parchment Collection, the Large Parchments or the Parchment Main Papers. Where this has occurred it is noted in brackets in the descriptions above. Please see relevant entries in the Parchment Collection (HL/PO/JO/10/2), Large Parchments (HL/PO/JO/10/3) or Parchment Main Papers (HL/PO/JO/10/4) for further details.

See Journals of the House of Lords for the same date for entries relating to the laying of these papers.

Calendared in HMC 9th Report, pp 4-15