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A brief history of the succession collected out of the records, and the most authentick historians, written for the satisfaction of the Earl of H.
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Somers, John Somers, Baron, 1651-1716.
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for Edmond Ironside their Elder Brother had a Son then alive (e) Brompt 945. whose Name was Edward and who was Father to Edgar Atheling living also at the same time And though this Edward had an undoubted Title to the Crown if proximity of Blood could have given it yet the Confessor was so far from suspecting any danger from such a Title as that he invited his Nephew into England and welcom'd him when he came with the greatest expressions of Joy and entertain'd him with the greatest Confidence Nor had the People any regard to this Royal Bloud upon the Death of the Confessor but elected Harald the Son of Earl Godwin who had no pretence of Kindred to the Saxon Line These few among many other Instances which may be given will shew plainly enough how men entituled themselves to the Crown in those days and that then it was no strange thing to hear of a Parliaments medling with the Successon Therefore I suppose the men who seem astonished at the boldness of a Parliament in presuming to speak of it at this time will say that they ought not to be troubled with Presidents before the Norman Conquest and that though the Saxons might be guilty of preferring a brave and deserving Bastard before a cruel or a silly legitimate Prince and of many other Irregularities yet no such things are to be found in our Histories since the time of William the first whose Reign is the great Epoche from whence we do compute our Kings Let us therefore go on more particularly to observe what has been done since that time and we hall see whether they who wonder so much have any reason to do so William the Conquerour was himself illegitimate and yet succeeded his Father in the Dutchy of Normandy and therefore had no reason to set any great value upon that fort of Title which is derived from a Right of Bloud And it seems he did not much regard it for passing by Robert his eldell he gave the Crown (a) A patre ultima valetudine decumbente in Successorem adoptatus Guil. Malmab lib. 4. fol. 120. Sim. Dunel anno 1087. fol. 213. Brompt f. 980. by his last Will to William Rufus his younger Son disposing only with regard to his own Inclinations the Crown which himself had gain'd But his Son was too wise to rely upon this Disposition as a sufficient Title and therefore had recourse to a more sute one (b) Convocatis terrae magnatibus Brompt 983. Optimates frequentes 〈◊〉 Westmonasterium in Concilium convenere ubi loci post lorgam Consultatinnem Guilielinum Rufum Regem fecere Mat. Paris Flores hist fol. 231. Volentibus omnium Provincianum animis in Regem acceptus Mat. Paris in vit Gull 2. fol. 14. anno 1088. For calling together the Nobles and wise Men of the Kingdom he acquainted them in a full Council with his Fathers Will and desired their Consent to it who after a long Consultation did at last unanimously agree to make him their King and thereupon he was Crown'd by Langfranck Archbishop of Canterbury I cannot but observe one thing farther that though some men make use of the absolute Victory which the Conquerour had made and affirm that thereby the English were wholly broken and all the old Laws and Customs of the Realm were destroy'd yet it is plain that at this time the English Interest was so great that it kept the Crown upon William Rufus's Head in spight of all that the Normans could do in behalf of Robert though they universally joyn'd with him (c) Rex fecit convocare Anglos Sim. Dunelm an 1088. fol. 214. For the King calling together the English and opening to them the Treason of the Normans and (d) Angli cum fideliter juvabant c. Sim. Dun. ubi supra promising them a compleat Resticution of their ancient Laws they stood firm to him and soon put an end to all the Attempts of his Brother and his Norman Accomplices Upon the Death of William Rufus Robert had a fair pretence to renew his Claim to the Crown (a) Hic Robertus semper contraraus adeo innaturalis extiterat Baronibus Regni Angliae quod plenario consersie consilio totius Communitatis Regn◠ipsum refutaverunt pro Rege omnino reousaverunt Henricum fratrem in Regem erexerunt H. de Knyght c. 8. 2374. Post mortem Willielmi Rufi electus est Henricus frater ejus M. Paris 55. in vita H. 1. an 1100. 62. anno 1105 Mat. West 235. Apud Winton in Regem electus est Brempt 997. but that Prince had discover'd too much of the Cruelty of his Disposition of his aversion to the English Nation and of his proneness to Revenge so that by the full Consent and Counsel of the whole Body of the Realm assembled at Winchester he was finally rejected and they did concur to elect the Conqueror's third Son Henry for their King as Mar. Westminster expresses it Nor did they do this but upon Terms for both the Clergy and Laity said that if he would restore them their ancient Liberties and confirm them by his Charter and abrogate some severe Laws which his Father had made they would consent to make him King And this prudent and learned King was not ashamed or unwilling to own this Title for he does at large recite it in his Charter whereby he confirms their Liberties (b) Rich. Hagulstad 310. Brompt 10.21 Mat. Paris 240. Sciatis me misericordia Dei communi consilio Baronum Regni Angliae ejusdem Regni Regem Coronatum esse c. Henry the first you see had reason to believe and own the Power of the Kingdom in setting the Crown upon what head they pleased and therefore he desired to secure it that way to his Posterity To that end in the 13th year of his Reign (c) Coacio Concilio fecit omnes Principes Potentes Anglicani Regni adjurare terram Regnum Willielmo filio suo c. Gervas Cron. 1138. he summon'd a Council and procured all the great and powerful men of the Kingdom to swear that his Son William should succeed him But afterwards this Son of his was unfortunately drown'd and the King dy'd leaving no other Issue but Maud his Daughter who had been married to the Emperor and afterward to Geoffery Plantaginet Earl of Anjou No dispute can be made but that she had all the Right which proximity of Bloud could give yet Stephen Earl of Boloign who was the Son of Adela one of the Conquerors Daughters and whose elder Brother Theobald Earl of Blois was then living stept in before her and by representing to them the Inconvenience of a Feminine Government and promising them to consent to such good and gentle Laws as they should devise prevail'd (d) A primoribus Regni cum fuvere Cleri populi Electus est à Wil. Cant. Archiepiscopo in Regem Consecratur R. Hagulstad an 1156. f. 312. Consentientibus