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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30740	The acts and monuments of our late Parliament, or, A collection of the acts, orders, votes, and resolves that hath passed in the House by J. Canne Intelligencer Generall.	Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.	1659 (1659)	Wing B6290; ESTC R2958	4,866	11

THE ACTS AND MONUMENTS Of our late PARLIAMENT OR A Collection of the Acts Orders Votes and Resolves that hath passed in the HOVSE BY I. Canne Intelligencer Generall LONDON Printed according to Order 1659. An Advertisement to the Reader Reader THou art desired to take notice of the last order of Parliament in this book mentioned whereby I am enjoyned upon my Oath to discover onely things tollerable and agreable to the practice formerly of the long Parliament now the Lands be sold Offices disposed of and their own turnes satisfied and they turned out I shall acquaint you further for it is a maxime here that if I sweare to be faithfull to another if that other hath the worse of it I am not bound by this oath and this is the opinion of all reformed Divines and to my knowledge hath been put in practice for these 18 years so that being now discharged of that oath I shall hereafter discharge a good conscience and set forth an History of rare things These are not an Ace to them I have in my Budget Farewell I. Canne THE ACTS and MONVMENTS of our late Parliament May 9th 1659. THis Day their small Assembly was resolved into a Grand Committee to debate what the House should be called in ordinary proceedings Lenthall It shall be called the New-Exchange Vane It shall be called The House of Prayer Hasilrig It shall be called a Gaole for I see Martin and other Gaole-birds here Lowry It shall be called Naberden Skippon It shall be called A Den of Theeves Atkins It shall be called A House of Office Scot It shall be called The free state Crosse Saloway That is a superstitious name Let it be called The Armies Ware-house Martin Let it be called a Church for we are all Saints St. Iohn I am of opinion that by the ancient known Lawes of England this is the legallest Parliament that ever was and that the Men that met here by OLIVER'S and RICHARD'S Writs made but illegall Assemblies therefore let it be called The Parliament House Baron Hill Baron Nicholes We are of the same opinion strongly Withrington I shall declare no opinion as to the point but shall consider thereof Prinne this day got in and he would have it called Bedlam for here is frantick Mr. St. Iohn Hairbrained Hasilrig sensless Lowry and Atkins possessed Vane distracted Nichols and a multitude more of Madmen besides fooles therefore he thought it fit that the chaines and fetters might be removed from Newgate hither to be Keepers of the liberties thereupon the House ordered it to be referred to a Committee and adjorned till the afternoon and that Mr. Prinne should come no more there for he was too wise and too honest to be in that place In the afternoon they met and upon debate these things were resolved on First Resolved That the Family of the Cromwell's were not born Protector's Secondly Resolved That it 's more convenient we should have the Government we having already the Crown lands So they adjorned till the next morning May 10th This day it was referred to a Committee to consider of the selfe denying Ordinance and they are to take notice that there are severall Kings lands yet to be sould therefore they are to report whether it be convenient that that Ordinance be in force or no May 11th This day the Committee whereof St. Iohn was chair-man reported to the House that by Law that Ordinance was of no force for the intent of the Makers of Lawes must be observed and it cannot be intended that the Makers thereof would so far prejudice their own interests as to have that Ordinance to be in force when Lands are to be sould and places to be disposed of May 12. Ordered that this day usually called Ascension-day be no more called so but henceforth May 7th be called by that name in commemoration of our ascent to the old shop on that day And this was the great work of that day From May 13th to May 20th The House took into their consideration the titles of honour and dignity conferred by Squire OLIVER and his Son RICHARD and also other titles to be given and thereupon it was enacted as followes The Contents of the Act for Names Titles and Dignities c. First enacted That our fellow member Alderman Atkins be no more called Alderman Tom. Alderman shitbritch Sir Tom Sir Alderman Tom. Thumb but in all ordinary proceedings he be called and stiled Tom fool and in exigents let him be named Tom. Turd Secondly that Harry Nevill be no more called religious Harry Nevill that the people may take notice he is one of the Councell of state Thirdly that the eldest Son of OLIVER Protector have the same addition of title and dignity that the long Parliament conferred upon the eldest Son of the late King to all intents and purposes Fourthly That all other titles of honour whatsoever be sequestred and the profits arising thence to goe to the payment of the late Protectors debts Provided that this Act not any thing herein shall not be construed to take away or null those apt and reasonable titles that are given to the severall Members and Councell of State and recorded in the excellent Book of Englands Confusion From May 20th to Iune 1. This day the regulation of the Law was taken into consideration And Resolved That the ablest Lawyers be prohibited to judge or practise that the Law may florish and justice be done Ordered That old Collonel Walton grow yong again before three weeks or the dissolution of this Parliament and by that time become as frollick as he was with the Barbers Wife that his young Wife may no longer be forced to get a snap abroad at the great charge of the Publick And that in the interim he sit close in the House and that she hath allowed to her an universall tolleration during that time and no longer Yesterday the Colt formerly drowned at Huntington and taken up at the great charge and paines of the Mayor and Recorder was voted a Sturgion vemine contradicente And it was ordered that Serjeant Bernard have the next Sturgion to his own use any grant or prescription to others notwithstanding Resolved That Paules-Steeple is the Crosse that stood formerly in Cheap-side and therefore to be pulled down forthwith Reported from the Committee of safety as followes That the best way to settle this Nation in peace is to sell the residue of the Lands c. And dispose of them amongst the Parliament-men that were not liberally provided for before 1653. Yet we conceive that Sir Arthur Hasilrig remembred himselfe pretty well before that time however if the Parliament adjudge 30000 lb per annum not sufficient for him let him have more This Report was taken into consideration accordingly being of great import Thereupon the house resolved into a grand Committee to debate the proportioning of the said lands to the particular members according to their wants Lenthall Gentlemen can ye think that I