Description | Present at the Council: The President; Sir John Lowther; Sir William Petty; Sir Christopher Wren; Mr Daniel Colwall; Mr Hoskins; Mr Abraham Hill; Mr Creed; Mr Henry Oldenburg
Mr Hoskins was sworn as a Member of the Council.
Sir John Lowther reported on his efforts in soliciting the arrears from the Fellows; some had pretended they had long been absent out of England, others that they had been drawn into the Society against their inclination, and others that they did not know of the duty of weekly contributions. He asked for advice as to what to reply to these excuses.
Resolved that it was to be left to the discretion of the Committees how to proceed, and to get what they could of such arrears. In the meantime it was thought advisable to solicit those first that were most likely to pay the whole of their arrears, and then to take part from those that were unwilling to pay the whole sum.
Ordered that the Council be Summoned again to meet the next day in the afternoon at four of the clock in Arundel House to further advise the Lord Marshall about soliciting the arrears of the Lords who are Members of the Society; also to consider about putting into better order and use the Library, which the Lord Marshall had bestowed upon the Society. |