UK Parliamentary Archives

• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/JO/10/1/293
• Ref No: HL/PO/JO/10/1/293
• Date: 25 Jun 1660 - 2 Jul 1660
• Level: File
• Description: This record contains:
  25 June 1660 -- Petition of Thomas Mompesson.
  25 June 1660 -- Order referring preceding to the Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 74.
  25 June 1660 -- Draft order for hearing the cause between Humphrey Leigh, Sergeant-at-arms, and Alexander Thayne, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Lords Journals, IX. 47.
  25 June 1660 -- Petition of George Porter, of London, Charles Lord Stanhope of Harrington, being by letters patent of King James appointed Master or Comptroller of all posts, messengers, and couriers of England and the dominions of His Majesty in the parts beyond the seas.
  25 June 1660 -- Petition of Sir Trevor Williams and Dame Elizabeth his wife, Sir Thomas Hartopp and Dame Mary his wife, Katherine Wyndham, widow, Sir Baynham Throckmorton, the said Dame Elizabeth, Dame Mary, Katherine, and Sir Baynham being co-heirs of the Right Hon. Ralph Lord Hopton, Baron of Stratton, deceased.
  25 June 1660 -- Order referring preceding to the Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 75.
  25 June 1660 -- Petition of Francis Goodwin, clerk.
  26 June 1660 -- Petition of Edward Gibson, grandchild and heir to John Sutton, Lord Dudley.
  26 June 1660 -- Petition of William Holbrook, of Marlborough, Wilts, blacksmith.
  26 June 1660 -- Petition of Roger Portington, a prisoner in execution in the King's Bench.
  Annexed:
  1 Order referring preceding to the Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 75.
  2 Draft proviso to the Bill for confirmation of judicial proceedings to except the judgment complained of in the petition, etc.
  3 Another draft.
  26 June 1660 -- Affidavit of Wm. Greenwood, of Caversham, Oxon, that George Harrison refuses to give up possession of a meadow, called the King's meadow, at Reading, belonging to Lord Craven according to an order of the House of the 6th instant. Lords Journals, XI. 76.
  26 June 1660 -- Affidavit of Wm. Greenwood that Elizabeth, wife of George Vaux, refuses to give up possession of a messuage and park at Caversham belonging to Lord Craven. Lords Journals, XI. 76.
  26 June 1660 -- Petition of the participants, purchasers for valuable consideration of lands within the drainage of the level of Hatfield Chase, extending into the counties of York, Lincoln, and Nottingham (signed by John Gibbon and Nathaniel Reading on behalf of themselves and the rest of the participants).
  Annexed:
  1 Affidavit of Nathaniel Reading.
  2 Affidavit of John Amory, similar to preceding, and stating that he has been forced to leave his wife and children and get away for fear of being murdered. 21 June.
  3 Copy of order of the 21st March 1646 for attachment of Thomas Peacock and other rioters.
  4 Copy of order of 21st March 1646 for protection of the participants.
  5 Copy of petition of the farmers and tenants of the level of Hatfield Chase.
  6 Letter from the King to the Sheriff and Justices of the Peace for the county of York, directing them punctually to pursue the laws against the rioters, and to certify to one of the Principal Secretaries of State the names of the offenders, 29 June 1660.
  7 Certificate of the Sheriff and Justices of the county of York in pursuance of the King's letter, addressed to the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Morris.
  26 June 1660 -- Petition of Arundell Penruddock, widow of John Penruddock, deceased.
  Annexed:
  1 Petition of Arundell Penruddock, Jane Grove, and Elizabeth Poulton, widows.
  2 Proviso proposed to be inserted in the Bill of Indemnity.
  3 Proviso proposed to be inserted in the Bill for Confirmation of Judicial Proceedings.
  26 June 1660 -- Petition of "Robert Danvers alias Villiers, whom your Lordships are pleased to honour with the title of Viscount Purbecke."
  This record contains:
  27 June 1660 -- Petition of Henry Earl of Sterling, son and heir of Mary Countess of Sterling, deceased, Sir Robert Croke, Knight, and Dame Susan his wife, and Henry Alexander alias Zinzan, and Jacoba his wife, the said Countess, Dame Susan, and Jacoba being daughters and heirs of Sir Peter Vanlore the younger, deceased, who was only son of Sir Peter Vanlore the elder, deceased, and cousins and co-heirs of Dame Mary Powell, late wife of Sir Edward Powell, deceased, one of the daughters of old Sir Peter. With accusations of witchcraft.
  Annexed:
  1 Copy of preceding.
  2 Order referring the petition to the Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 77.
  3 Order of the Committee for the hearing of the cause. 2 July 1660.
  4 Book in MS., containing upwards of 600 pages of evidence taken in the cause of Levingston against the Countess of Sterling [in HL/PO/JO/10/1/292]
  5 Copy of examination of John Loriman, an apothecary under Sir Theodore Mayerne.
  6 Copy of statement purporting to be signed by Lady Powell.
  7 Copy of preceding.
  8 Notes taken at the hearing of the cause. Lords Journals, XI. 84.
  27 June 1660 -- Petition of Colonel Ratcliffe Gerard, and Sir Gilbert Gerard, the sad father and brother of John Gerard, deceased.
  27 June 1660 -- Order referring preceding to Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 77. In extenso.
  27 June 1660 -- Draft order for payment of £5,859 15s. 6d. to General Monck. Lords Journals, XI. 77. In extenso.
  27 June 1660 -- Application of the Marquess of Winchester for an order for liberty to search for and recover goods, household stuff, and plate taken out of Basing House. Lords Journals, XI. 77.
  29 June 1660 -- Petition of John St. John the elder, and John St. John the younger, of Cold Overton, in the county of Leicester.
  29 June 1660 -- Copy of order referring preceding to Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 77.
  29 June 1660 -- Petition of Anne Duchess of Hamilton and Lady Susanna Hamilton, daughters unto James Duke of Hamilton and Earl of Cambridge, deceased.
  29 June 1660 -- Order referring preceding to the Committee for Privileges. Lords Journals, XI. 78.
  29 June 1660 -- Petition of Sir Robert Carr, Baronet, and Dame Mary his wife, on behalf of themselves and their daughters.
  Annexed:
  1 Copy of order referred to in petition.
  29 June 1660 -- Order referring preceding petition to the Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 78.
  29 June 1660 -- Petition of Sir William Huddleston, of Millom, in the county of Cumberland, Knight, now prisoner in the Fleet.
  Annexed:
  1 Printed statement of petitioner's case.
  2 Proposed proviso excepting the judgment complained of from the Act for confirmation of judicial proceedings.
  29 June 1660 -- Order referring Sir William Huddleston's petition to the Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 78.
  29 June 1660 -- Petition of Edward Baker. Prays to be released from custody, having now submitted himself to their Lordship's order concerning Lord Craven. Lords Journals, XI. 78.
  29 June 1660 -- Petition of John Wood, an orphan, by George Wood his uncle and guardian. Petitioner claims the advowson of the living of Kirby-Wiske.
  30 June 1660 -- Affidavit of George Fenn of scandalous words spoken by Alexander Pepper against the Earl of Suffolk. Lords Journals, XI. 79.
  30 June 1660 -- Similar affidavit of John Parker.
  30 June 1660 -- Similar affidavit of Thomas Runham.
  30 June 1660 -- Draft of an Act for naturalizing of Renée de Sabran, an infant of about eight years of age. This Bill, which was read a first time this day, was passed by the Lords, and sent down to the House of Commons, but was not proceeded with in that House. Lords Journals, XI. 79.
  Annexed:
  1 The case of Renée de Sabran: is son of Melchior de Sabran, formerly resident for the French King in England, and of Mary Lake, only daughter of Sir Arthur Lake.
  2 Minutes of proceedings of the Committee on the Bill.
  30 June 1660 -- Application for an order for leave to search the houses of Thomas Nicholes and others for goods belonging to Lord Newport. Lords Journals, XI. 79.
  30 June 1660 -- Information that Arthur Brooker, vintner at the Crown in Rochester, and Richard Greene, Alderman of the city of Rochester, detain divers of the household stuffs belonging to Edward Earl of Dorset. Lords Journals, XI. 80.
  30 June 1660 -- Application for an order for searching the houses of Colonel Edmond Ludlowe, and others, for goods belonging to Lord Arundel of Wardour. Lords Journals, XI. 80.
  30 June 1660 -- Petition of Robert Pitter and William Page, inhabitants of Crawley, in the county of Southampton.
  Annexed:
  1 Statement of petitioner's grievances.
  [June--] 1660 -- List of justices of the peace for Middlesex.
  2 July 1660 -- Petition of Edward Lord Viscount Loftus of Ely.
  2 July 1660 -- Order referring preceding to the Committee for Petitions. Lords Journals, XI. 80.
  2 July 1660 -- Petition of John Warner, D.D., Bishop of Rochester. Petitioner was legally possessed of the rectory of Barham, in the county of Kent.
  2 July 1660 -- Petition of Thomas Earl of Cleveland and Thomas Lord Wentworth, his son.
  Annexed:
  1 List of many of petitioners' creditors, and others claiming under the creditors who now have possession of the estates.
  2 Answer of William Smith to the petition of the Earl of Cleveland and Lord Wentworth. 9 July 1660.
  2 July 1660 -- List of Committee to whom the petition of the Earl of Cleveland and Lord Wentworth was referred, and report of proceedings upon several subsequent days. Lords Journals, XI. 80.
  2 July 1660 -- Petition of Jane Grove, widow, late wife of Hugh Grove, deceased.
  2 July 1660 -- Petition of Robert Carr, only son of Sir Robert Carr, Baronet.
  2 July 1660 -- Petition of Sir Anthony Aucher.
  2 July 1660 -- Petition of Mathew Griffith, D.D. Prays to be restored to his living of Burghfield, in the county of Berks. Lords Journals, XI. 80.
  2 July 1660 -- Petition of Dr. George Wilde. Petitioner was in the year 1644 presented to the rectory of Lambeth.
  2 July 1660 -- Draft order for all papers, etc. concerning the Duke of Buckingham's estate to be delivered to him. Lords Journals, XI. 81.
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• Related Material: For a related record: See Journals of the House of Lords for the same date for entries relating to the laying of these papers.
• Access Status: Open
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