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A56204 The second part of a brief register and survey of the several kinds and forms of parliamentary writs comprising the several varieties and forms of writs for electing knights, citizens and burgesses for Parliaments and Great Council ... : wherein the original of the commons house, and elections of knights, citizens, burgesses and barons of ports to sit in Parliament, is infallibly evidenced to be no entienter than 40 H. 3. the presidents and objections to the contrarie answered ... / by William Prynne ... Prynne, William, 1600-1669. 1660 (1660) Wing P4071; ESTC R1409 118,009 213

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the_o same_o law_n of_o the_o long_a sword_n they_o now_o make_v use_n of_o 498._o will_v patient_o endure_v to_o their_o own_o and_o the_o nation_n infamy_n the_o ruin_n of_o our_o parliament_n constitution_n and_o privilege_n if_o connive_v at_o in_o these_o time_n of_o sad_a distraction_n i_o shall_v desire_v these_o forcible_a secluder_n and_o voter_n of_o we_o out_o of_o the_o house_n serious_o to_o consider_v these_o passage_n of_o 657._o a_o declaration_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n to_o which_o many_o of_o they_o be_v party_n in_o answer_n to_o his_o majesty_n declaration_n 23._o october_n 1642._o if_o the_o t●…uth_n be_v that_o the_o d●…my_n of_o the_o king_n be_v raise_v to_o force_v some_o particular_a member_n of_o this_o parliament_n to_o be_v deliver_v up_o yet_o upon_o this_o ground_n will_v it_o follow_v that_o the_o same_o be_v levy_v against_o the_o parliament_n for_o we_o have_v often_o declare_v to_o his_o majesty_n and_o the_o 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long_o dwell_v with_o they_o that_o be_v enemy_n unto_o peace_n i_o labour_v for_o peace_n but_o when_o i_o speak_v unto_o they_o thereof_o they_o make_v they_o ready_a to_o battle_n london_n print_v for_o the_o author_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o edward_n thomas_n dwell_v in_o green_a arbour_n arbour_n deu●…r_n 17._o 2_o to_o 14._o john_n 7._o 51._o act_n 23._o 30_o 35._o c._n 24._o 8_o etc._n etc._n c._n 25._o 16_o 17_o 18._o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la c._n 35._o 35._o act_n 25._o 27._o 27._o see_v the_o epistle_n to_o my_o speech_n dec._n 4._o 1648._o c_o luke_n 23_o 24._o d_o 1_o cor._n 12_o 25_o 26._o 26._o mat._n r●…_n 31_o 32._o 32._o mr._n william_n lambard_n his_o archaion_n p._n 242._o to_o 273._o mr._n nathaniel_n bacon_n bacon_n 4_o inst._n p._n 12._o 349._o 1_o instit._fw-la p._n 110._o 2_o inst._n p._n 7_o 8._o 8._o page_n 18_o 19_o 20_o 40_o 85_o 87._o 87._o the_o prerogative_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n p._n 2_o 3._o 3._o the_o freeholder_n grand_a 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pars_fw-la 2._o ann._n 1204._o p._n 80._o selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n '_o p._n 707._o 707._o 7_o e._n 1._o stat._n of_o mortmain_n see_v part_n 1._o p._n 383._o 383._o mat._n paris_n 247._o 247._o mat._n paris_n hist._n angliae_fw-la p._n 200_o 201_o 202._o 202._o see_v here_o p._n 4_o 5._o 5._o see_v mr._n selden'_v title_n of_o honour_n p._n 710._o my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 374._o 374._o hist._n angliae_fw-la p._n 224_o 229_o 230_o 231_o etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v here_o p._n p._n 4_o 5._o &_o part_v 1._o p._n 156._o to_o 180._o 180._o see_v malmsbury_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la regum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 13._o hoveden_n wigorniensis_n &_o bromton_n anno_fw-la 1051._o &_o my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 308_o 308_o see_v here_o p._n 5._o aluredi_fw-la regis_fw-la lex_fw-la 41_o 42._o chron._n johan_n bromton_n col_fw-fr 825._o forma_fw-la directa_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o vicom_fw-la angliae_fw-la angliae_fw-la injungetis_fw-la injungetis_fw-la see_v mat._n paris_n mat._n west_n walsingham_n polychronicon_n polydore_n virgil_n fabian_n grafton_n holinsh_v speed_v and_o daniel_n ann._n 1261._o &_o 45_o h._n 3._o 3._o claus._n 45_o h._n 3._o m._n 5._o dorso_fw-la dorso_fw-la part._n 1._o p._n 5._o 5._o see_v my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 379._o 379._o mat._n westm._fw-la anno_fw-la 1265._o p._n 340._o my_o plea_n for_o the_o lord_n p._n 258_o 259._o cl._n 22_o e._n 1._o m._n 6._o dorso_fw-la de_fw-fr militibus_fw-la eligendis_fw-la &_o mittendis_fw-la ad_fw-la consilium_fw-la pro_fw-la rege_fw-la de_fw-la aliis_fw-la militibus_fw-la cum_fw-la prioribus_fw-la intendendis_fw-la ut_fw-la supra_fw-la de_fw-fr veniendo_fw-la pro_fw-la confirmatione_fw-la magnae_fw-la cartae_fw-la cartae_fw-la see_v part_n 1._o p._n 9_o 9_o see_v 25_o e._n 1_o c._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o 7._o walsingham_n hist._n angl._n p._n 35._o to_o 42._o 42._o
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praesens_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la london_n incboatum_fw-la demandato_fw-la nostro_fw-la venire_fw-la fecisti_fw-la &_o qui_fw-la ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la parliamento_fw-la certis_fw-la de_fw-la cau_v recesserunt_fw-la bell_n alios_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la idoneos_fw-la loco_fw-la eorum_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la bacare_fw-la non_fw-la possint_fw-la usque_fw-la westm._fw-la ad_fw-la idem_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la quod_fw-la ibid●…m_fw-la duximus_fw-la continuandum_fw-la venire_fw-la facias_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la sint_fw-la ibidem_fw-la in_o crastino_fw-la sancti_fw-la martini_n prox_n futur_fw-la ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la cum_fw-la sufficienti_fw-la potestate_fw-la comitatus_fw-la tui_fw-la &_o civitatum_fw-la et_fw-la burgorum_n praedictorum_fw-la ad_fw-la consentiendum_fw-la etc._n etc._n testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la london_n xi_o die_v octobris_fw-la by_o this_o write_v it_o be_v apparent_a 1._o that_o there_o be_v knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n 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praedicti_fw-la i._n b._n i._o d._n &_o alii_fw-la qui_fw-la procl_n praedictae_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la comitat_fw-la predict_v interfuerunt_fw-la secundum_fw-la formam_fw-la statutorum_fw-la in_o brevi_fw-la praedicto_fw-la specificatorum_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la exigen_n brovis_fw-la illius_fw-la eligerunt_fw-la w._n f._n &_o v._n s._n milites_fw-la gladiis_fw-la cinctos_fw-la pro_fw-la comitatu_fw-la praedicto_fw-la ad_fw-la essendum_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la brevi_fw-la specific_a qui_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o sufficientem_fw-la potestatem_fw-la pro_fw-la se_fw-la et_fw-la communitate_fw-la comitatus_fw-la praedicti_fw-la habeant_fw-la ad_fw-la faciendum_fw-la &_o consentiendum_fw-la prout_fw-la breve_fw-la illud_fw-la in_o se_fw-la exigit_fw-la &_o requirit_fw-la in_o cujus_fw-la rei_fw-la testimonium_fw-la part_n praedictae_fw-la he_o indenturis_fw-la sigilla_fw-la sua_fw-la alternatim_fw-la apposuerunt_fw-la datum_n tali_fw-la die_fw-la &_o ann●…_n plo._n 120._o g._n a._n armig_v vic_a autiel_n indenture_n serra_fw-mi fait_fw-fr inter_fw-la viscount_n et_fw-la burgess_n de_fw-la d._n sur_fw-fr election_n de_fw-mi lour_v burgess_n &c_n &c_n mutatis_fw-la mutandis_fw-la i_o have_v here_o give_v you_o the_o exact_a full_a clear_a account_n of_o all_o the_o several_a form_n and_o variety_n of_o writ_n for_o elect_a knight_n of_o county_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n for_o our_o parliament_n and_o great_a council_n and_o of_o their_o retorn_n extant_a in_o our_o record_n ever_o yet_o present_v to_o the_o world_n hitherto_o unacquainted_a with_o most_o of_o they_o of_o which_o our_o great_a antiquary_n have_v be_v in_o some_o measure_n ignorant_a i_o shall_v now_o close_v up_o this_o section_n with_o 2._o m●…morable_a rare_a record_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o 18_o &_o 38_o h._n 6._o touch_v the_o election_n of_o knight_n not_o impertinent_a to_o my_o purpose_n and_o worthy_a publication_n the_o first_o of_o they_o i_o find_v 397._o thus_o record_v rot._n parl._n an._n 18_o h._n 6._o m._n 13._o n._n 18._o memorandum_n quod_fw-la pro_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la 16_o die_v novembris_fw-la anno_fw-la praesenti_fw-la lecto_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o dominis_n spiritualibus_fw-la &_o temporalibus_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la praedicto_fw-la tunc_fw-la existentibus_fw-la &_o per_fw-la illos_fw-la plenius_fw-la intellecto_fw-la retorno_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la brevis_fw-la ipsius_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la gilberto_n hore_n nuper_fw-la vic._n cantebr_n pro_fw-la electione_n duorum_fw-la militum_fw-la inter_fw-la alia_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la praedictum_fw-la pro_fw-la com._n praedicto_fw-la venire_fw-la debuissent_fw-la juxta_fw-la formam_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la breve_fw-la specificatam_fw-la faciend_n directi_fw-la satis_fw-la evidenter_fw-la constabat_fw-la tunc_fw-la ibidem_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la certis_fw-la de_fw-la causis_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la returno_fw-la specificatis_fw-la nullos_fw-la 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regni_fw-la tractarent_fw-la after_o which_o the_o king_n have_v suppress_v the_o welsh_a the_o same_o year_n and_o build_v a_o strong_a castle_n at_o montgomery_n disband_v his_o army_n concedentibus_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la de_fw-la quolibet_fw-la scuto_fw-la duo_fw-la marcas_fw-la argenti_fw-la 113._o anno_fw-la 1223._o the_o seven_o of_o his_o reign_n rex_fw-la henricus_fw-la in_o octavis_fw-la epiphaniae_fw-la apud_fw-la londonias_fw-la veniens_fw-la cum_fw-la baronibus_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la requisitus_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la cantuariensi_fw-la &_o magnatibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la ut_fw-la libertates_fw-la &_o liberas_fw-la consuetudines_fw-la pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la guerra_fw-mi mota_fw-la suit_n contra_fw-la patrom_n suum_fw-la confirmaret_fw-la 308._o anno_fw-la 1224._o 8_o h._n 3._o per_fw-la idem_fw-la tempus_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la in_o octavis_fw-la sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la apud_fw-la nor●…amptonam_fw-la rex_fw-la cum_fw-la archiepiscopis_fw-la episcopis_fw-la comitibus_fw-la baronibus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la multis_fw-la lord_n peer_n and_o other_o of_o his_o counsel_n de_fw-la regni_fw-la negotiis_fw-la tractaturi_fw-la voluit_fw-la enim_fw-la rex_fw-la uti_fw-la consilio_fw-la magnatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la transmarinis_fw-la quas_fw-la rex_fw-la francorum_fw-la paulatim_fw-la occupaverat_fw-la 311._o anno_fw-la 1229._o 9_o h._n 3._o the_o king_n demand_v advice_n and_o a_o aid_n of_o the_o fifteen_o part_n of_o his_o people_n good_n to_o recover_v his_o foreign_a territory_n archiepiscopus_fw-la &_o concio_fw-la tota_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la episcoporum_fw-la comitum_fw-la et_fw-la baronum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la &_o priorum_fw-la habita_fw-la deliberatione_n regi_fw-la dedere_fw-la responsum_fw-la quod_fw-la regiis_fw-la petitioibus_fw-la gratanter_fw-la adquiescerent_fw-la si_fw-la illis_fw-la diu_fw-la petitas_fw-la libertates_fw-la concedere_fw-la voluisset_fw-la whereupon_o he_o grant_v and_o confirm_v the_o great_a charter_n 312._o the_o same_o year_n martio_n mense_fw-la convenerunt_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la ad_fw-la colloquium_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la cum_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la suis_fw-la ubi_fw-la rex_fw-la sententialiter_fw-la jussit_fw-la diffinire_fw-la quid_fw-la de_fw-la proditore_fw-la svo_fw-la falcatio_fw-la suis_fw-la agendum_fw-la proceres_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la pariter_fw-la consenserunt_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la patri_fw-la svo_fw-la multis_fw-la fideliter_fw-la servierat_fw-la annis_fw-la ne_fw-la de_fw-la vita_fw-la periclitaretur_fw-la vel_fw-la membris_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la angliam_fw-la aeternaliter_fw-la abjuraret_fw-la omnes_fw-la communiter_fw-la addixerunt_fw-la which_o be_v according_o execute_v forthwith_o 119._o anno_fw-la 1226._o 10_o h._n 3._o venit_fw-la interea_fw-la terminus_fw-la concilii_fw-la ad_fw-la festum_fw-la sancti_fw-la hillarii_n apud_fw-la westm._fw-la praesixus_fw-la 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