Volume II 1603-1660 - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

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they may read after they be so called, but they are to have no voice, nor
benchers' chambers, nor intermeddle with the goverment of the House.
" Forasmuch as Mr. Sleigh, master of arts, and curate to this
society, hath by petition moved the bench to recommend him unto the
right honorable Edward, Lord Littleton, lord keeper of the Great
Seal of England, to prefer him to some benefice, and hath preferred a
like petition to the bench of the Middle Temple, who, as he informeth,
have answered the same that their committee will advise with the
committee of this House thereupon, it is therefore ordered that Mr.
Babbington and Mr. Crooke, of the bench, shall be authorized to treat
and agree with the said committee of the Middle Temple, of a fit
course for the preferring of his said suit to the lord keeper."
" It is ordered that the stipend of 40/i. per annum shall be allowed
to Mr. Cressey, the lecturer, to be paid at four equal payments, at the
end of every term, the first payment to begin at the end of this term, and
the said money shall be collected by the chief butler as formerly it hath
been, viz. :—of every bencher, 25. the term ; of every barrister, 18d. the
term ; and of every fellow of this House, under the bar, is. the term.
And the said butler to pay the io/i. termly ' to the said Mr. Cressey
and to answer the overplus thereof to Mr. Treasurer to the use of
the House."
Order that the allowance of jai. and 15/i. respectively for the
Lent and Summer vacations ordered by the act of 30 June, 15
Charles I., " to be cast in apparels upon the stock of commons, is
found to be with the least," it is ordered that 15/1. and 20/1. shall be
respectively allowed, and that the two first weeks at the beginning of
the said vacations and the reading times shall bear their own charge,
and in every week of the rest of the vacation the auditors are to take
care that the said allowances be cast and expended proportionably.
Order that if an amercement be set upon the brewer, baker, or
other officer of the House, it shall only be taken off by petition to
the treasurer and bench.
Upon the request of Edward, Lord Littleton, lord keeper of the
Great Seal of England, presented by Willis of the bench, Thomas
Littleton, a fellow of this House, who has married the daughter and
heir apparent of the said lord keeper, is called to the bar.
Order for the repair of the chambers of Burbidge, Coyshes,
Leaving, Gore, and Price.