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conficiend'detis_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la tam_fw-la vic'_fw-la nostro_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la com'_v cestr_n '_o quam_fw-la vic'_fw-la nostris_fw-la civitat_fw-la '_o cestr_n '_o quod_fw-la facta_fw-la proclamatione_fw-la in_o prox_n '_o com'_v suis_fw-fr post_fw-la receptionem_fw-la eorundem_fw-la brevium_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la tenend'de_v die_v &_o loco_fw-la praed'dictus_fw-la vic'_fw-la dc'i_fw-la com'_v cestr_n '_o dvos_fw-la milites_fw-la gladio_fw-la cinctos_fw-la magis_fw-la idoneos_fw-la &_o discretos_fw-la com'_v praed'&_n praed'&_n praed'vic_a '_o dc'ae_fw-la civet_fw-la '_o cestr_n '_o dvos_fw-la cives_fw-la dc'ae_fw-la civet_fw-la '_o de_fw-fr discretioribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la nomina_fw-la eorundem_fw-la milit_fw-la '_o sic_fw-la eligend'in_v quibusdam_fw-la indentur_fw-la '_o in_o it_o '_o ipsum_fw-la vic'_fw-la civitat_fw-la '_o &_o illos_fw-la qui_fw-la hujusmo'i_fw-la electioni_fw-la interfuerint_fw-la ac_fw-la nomina_fw-la praed'civium_fw-la sic_fw-la eligend'in_v quibusdam_fw-la indentur_fw-la '_o in_o it_o '_o ipsos_fw-la vic'_fw-la civitat_fw-la '_o &_o illos_fw-la qui_fw-la etc._n etc._n nolumus_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la idem_fw-la vic'_fw-la dc'i_fw-la com'_v cestr_n '_o nec_fw-la praed'vic_a '_o civitat_fw-la '_o praed'nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la electiones_fw-la illas_fw-la in_o plenis_fw-la com'_n &_o civitat_fw-la '_o praed'sic_n fact_n '_o distincte_n &_o aperte_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la com'_v palatini_n praed'&_n praed'&_n sigillis_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la electionibus_fw-la illis_fw-la interfuerint_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o cancellariam_n nostram_fw-la angliae_fw-la ad_fw-la dictos_fw-la diem_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la certifices_fw-la indilate_v remitten_v '_o nobis_fw-la alteras_fw-la part_n seperal'indentur_fw-la '_o praed'presentibus_fw-la consut_n '_o unacum_fw-la hoc_fw-la brevi_fw-la t._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la rex_fw-la vic'_v carnarvan_n salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la etc._n etc._n usque_fw-la 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aequitatis_fw-la however_o sir_n edward_n coke_n to_o prove_v its_o antiquity_n tell_v we_o of_o a_o epitaph_n in_o ramsy_n abbey_n engrave_v on_o stone_n in_o these_o word_n alvinus_fw-la incliti_fw-la regis_fw-la edgari_fw-la cognatus_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la aldermannus_n say_v that_o by_o aldermannus_n be_v mean_v capitalis_fw-la justitiarius_n angliae_fw-la and_o consequent_o his_o assistance_n in_o all_o council_n before_o the_o name_n of_o parliament_n and_o since_o that_o name_n have_v always_o be_v esteem_v necessary_a and_o as_o he_o say_v all_o these_o court_n of_o justice_n be_v so_o ancient_a that_o they_o seem_v to_o have_v their_o original_n from_o custom_n rather_o than_o by_o commission_n 10._o his_o jurisdiction_n be_v so_o great_a as_o well_o out_o of_o parliament_n as_o in_o parliament_n that_o often_o time_n the_o lord_n do_v wave_v their_o own_o power_n and_o privilege_n of_o use_v their_o own_o officer_n and_o do_v direct_v the_o chief_a justice_n to_o 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quod_fw-la nos_fw-la de_fw-la gratia_fw-la nostra_fw-la speciali_fw-la ac_fw-la ex_fw-la certa_fw-la scientia_fw-la &_o mero_fw-la motu_fw-la nostris_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la fecimus_fw-la &_o constituimus_fw-la dilectum_fw-la &_o fidelem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la h._n f._n mil._n solicitatorem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la generalem_fw-la ac_fw-la ipsum_fw-la h._n f._n solicitatorem_fw-la generalem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la per_fw-la present_n ordinavimus_fw-la fecimus_fw-la &_o constituimus_fw-la habendum_fw-la gaudend_v occupand_v &_o exercend_v officium_fw-la illud_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la nobis_fw-la placuerit_fw-la percipiend_n annuatim_fw-la eidem_fw-la h._n f._n pro_fw-la occupatione_fw-la &_o exercic_n '_o officij_fw-la predicti_fw-la tal'&_n tal'&_n tant_fw-fr '_o vad._n feod_n profic_n '_o &_o commoditat_v '_o qual'&_n qual'&_n quanta_fw-la dicto_fw-la officio_fw-la debito_fw-la sive_fw-la pertinend_n prout_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alius_fw-la sive_fw-la aliqui_fw-la alij_fw-la officium_fw-la predict_v '_o 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hen._n the_o 8_o and_o the_o 13._o of_o car._n the_o second_o how_o they_o continue_v and_o alter_v some_o observation_n on_o the_o old_a writ_n of_o the_o first_o writ_n in_o the_o first_o pawn_n of_o the_o 21._o pawn_n now_o remain_v in_o the_o pettibag_n observation_n on_o that_o pawn_n of_o the_o 2d_o pawn_v there_o of_o the_o 3d._n pawn_v there_o of_o the_o pawn_n of_o this_o parliament_n begin_v the_o 8_o of_o may_n 1661._o wherein_o bishop_n be_v omit_v though_o enter_v in_o all_o former_a pawn_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o that_o omission_n of_o their_o writ_n of_o restitution_n in_o the_o same_o year_n aug._n 1661._o and_o where_o record_v of_o their_o consimilar_v writ_n fifteen_o observation_n on_o their_o writ_n and_o temporal_a employment_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o lord_n chancellor_n of_o the_o original_a of_o the_o office_n of_o lord_n chancellor_n or_o lord_n keeper_n and_o of_o the_o description_n of_o they_o ancient_o distinct_a but_o now_o unite_v 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difference_n in_o the_o former_a and_o late_a value_n of_o money_n chap._n xi_o of_o lord_n and_o peer_n of_o the_o word_n dominus_fw-la &_o pares_fw-la or_o lord_n and_o peer_n what_o the_o word_n signify_v when_o peer_n use_v in_o france_n and_o of_o their_o number_n there_o when_o in_o england_n and_o of_o their_o number_n there_o of_o the_o word_n praelate_n magnate_n &_o proceres_fw-la how_o to_o be_v appy_v who_o proper_o call_v peer_n how_o place_v in_o the_o lord_n house_n the_o word_n general_o apply_v and_o promiscuous_o use_v the_o number_n increase_n or_o decrease_v according_a to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o king_n a_o corrollary_n on_o the_o subject_a chap._n xii_o of_o proxy_n in_o the_o lord_n house_n of_o the_o word_n procurator_n proxy_n &_o proctor_n consider_v as_o distinct_a appellation_n proxy_n only_o proper_a in_o the_o lord_n house_n license_v by_o the_o king_n and_o to_o who_o and_o sometime_o deny_v a_o
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ecclesiae_fw-la predict_v '_o expeditionemque_fw-la dictorum_fw-la negotiorum_fw-la diligitis_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la omittatis_fw-la t.r._n rege_fw-la testae_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm'd_n decimo_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_fw-la februarii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la tertio_fw-la decimo_fw-la consimile_n breve_fw-la dirigitur_fw-la praecharissimo_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la svo_fw-la ruperto_fw-la duci_fw-la cumbriae_fw-la t._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la consimile_n consimile_n rex_fw-la etc._n etc._n archiepiscopo_fw-la cant_n '_o etc._n etc._n consimilia_fw-la archi_n '_o ebor_n &_o episcop_n '_o rex_fw-la praedilecto_fw-la &_o perquam_fw-la fideli_fw-la consiliario_fw-la svo_fw-la edro_n '_o dno_fw-la '_o hyde_n cancellar_n svo_fw-la angliae_fw-la salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la usq_fw-la '_o tractatum_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la sic_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungen_v quod_fw-la omnibus_fw-la al'pretermissis_fw-la predict_v die_n &_o loco_fw-la personaliter_fw-la intersitis_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la ac_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la de_fw-fr concilio_n nostro_fw-la super_fw-la dictis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la tractatur_fw-la '_o vestrumq_fw-fr '_o consilium_fw-la impensur_n '_o &_o hoc_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la omittatis_fw-la t._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la rex_fw-la praecharissimo_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la svo_fw-la thomae_fw-la comiti_fw-la south'ton_fw-la thesaurario_fw-la angliae_fw-la salt'm_n quia_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la usque_fw-la tractatum_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la sic_fw-la vobis_fw-la sub_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o ligeancia_fw-la quibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenemini_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la t._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la consimilia_fw-la brevia_fw-la diriguntur_fw-la personis_fw-la subscript_n '_o sub_fw-la eodem_fw-la dat'_n videlt_n '_o praecharissimo_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la svo_fw-la consimilia_fw-la consimilia_fw-la georgio_n duci_fw-la buck_n carolo_n duci_fw-la richmond_n georgio_n duci_fw-la albermarl_n exercituum_fw-la suorum_fw-la generali_fw-la three_o duke_n three_o johanni_n marchioni_n winton_n '_o four_n marquis_n four_n edro_n '_o marchioni_fw-it wigorn_v '_o will'o_o marchioni_fw-la novi_fw-la castri_fw-la henr_n '_o marchioni_fw-it dorcestr_n '_o charissimo_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la svo_fw-la montague_n comiti_fw-la lindsey_n magno_fw-la camerario_fw-la svo_fw-la angliae_fw-la five_o earl_n fifty_o five_o jacobo_n comiti_fw-la brecon_n '_o senescallo_fw-la hospitii_fw-la edro_n '_o comiti_fw-la manchester_n camerario_fw-la hospitii_fw-la alberico_n comiti_fw-la oxon_n '_o algernon_n '_o comiti_fw-la northumbr_n '_o francisco_n comiti_fw-la salop._n carolo_n comiti_fw-la derb_n '_o johanni_n comiti_fw-la rotel_n '_o will'o_o comiti_fw-la bedford_n '_o philippo_n comiti_fw-la pembr_n '_o &_o montgomeri_fw-la theophilo_n comiti_fw-la lincoln_n '_o carolo_n comiti_fw-la nott_n '_o jacobo_n comiti_fw-la suff_v '_o ric'o_o comiti_fw-la dor_n '_o will'o_o comiti_fw-la sarum_n joh'i_fw-la comiti_fw-la exon_n '_o joh'i_fw-la comiti_fw-la bridgewater_n rob'to_fw-la comiti_fw-la leic_n '_o jacobo_n comiti_fw-la north'ton_n carolo_n comiti_fw-la war_n '_o will'o_o comiti_fw-la devon_n '_o basil'comiti_fw-la denbigh_n '_o georgio_n comiti_fw-la bristol_n '_o lionell'comiti_fw-la mid_a '_o henrico_n comiti_fw-la holland_n joh'i_fw-la comiti_fw-la clare_n olivero_n comiti_fw-la bullingbrooke_n mildmay_n comiti_fw-la westmoreland_n thomae_fw-la comiti_fw-la berks._fw-la thomae_fw-la comiti_fw-la cleveland_n edr'o_o comiti_fw-la mulgrave_n henr_n '_o comiti_fw-la monmouth_n jacobo_n comiti_fw-la marlborough_n thomae_fw-la comiti_fw-la rivers_n henrico_n comiti_fw-la dover_n henrico_n comiti_fw-la stamford_n henr_n '_o comiti_fw-la
transcript_n of_o the_o act_n of_o predency_n 31._o hen._n 8._o cap._n 10._o the_o act_n of_o precedency_n 31._o hen._n 8._o cap._n 10._o forasmuch_o as_o in_o all_o great_a council_n and_o congregation_n of_o man_n have_v sundry_a degree_n and_o office_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n it_o be_v very_o requisite_a and_o convenient_a that_o a_o order_n shall_v be_v have_v and_o take_v for_o the_o place_n and_o sit_v of_o such_o person_n as_o be_v bind_v to_o resort_v to_o the_o same_o to_o the_o intent_n that_o they_o know_v their_o place_n may_v use_v the_o same_o without_o displeasure_n or_o let_v of_o the_o council_n wherefore_o the_o king_n most_o royal_a majesty_n although_o it_o appertain_v to_o his_o prerogative_n royal_a to_o give_v such_o honour_n place_n and_o reputation_n to_o his_o counsellor_n and_o other_o his_o subject_n as_o shall_v seem_v best_a to_o his_o most_o excellent_a wisdom_n he_o be_v nevertheless_o please_v and_o content_v for_o a_o order_n to_o be_v have_v and_o 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lord_n cromwell_n and_o lord_n privy_a seal_n his_o vicegerent_n for_o good_a and_o due_a ministration_n of_o justice_n to_o be_v have_v in_o all_o cause_n and_o case_n touch_v the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o for_o the_o godly_a reformation_n and_o redress_n of_o all_o error_n heresy_n and_o abuse_n in_o the_o say_a church_n it_o be_v therefore_o also_o enact_v by_o authority_n aforesaid_a that_o the_o say_a lord_n cromwell_n have_v the_o say_a office_n of_o vicegerent_n and_o all_o other_o person_n which_o hereafter_o shall_v have_v the_o say_a office_n of_o the_o grant_n of_o the_o king_n highness_n his_o heir_n or_o successor_n shall_v sit_v and_o be_v place_v as_o well_o in_o this_o present_a parliament_n as_o in_o all_o parliament_n to_o be_v hold_v hereafter_o on_o the_o right_a side_n of_o the_o parliament-chamber_n and_o on_o the_o same_o form_n that_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n sit_v on_o and_o above_o the_o same_o archbishop_n and_o his_o successor_n and_o shall_v have_v voice_n in_o every_o parliament_n to_o assent_v or_o dissent_v as_o other_o the_o lord_n of_o the_o parliament_n 3._o and_o it_o be_v also_o enact_v that_o next_o to_o the_o say_a vicegerent_n shall_v sit_v the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n and_o then_o next_o to_o he_o on_o the_o same_o form_n and_o side_n shall_v sit_v the_o archbishop_n of_o york_n and_o next_o to_o he_o on_o the_o same_o form_n and_o side_n the_o bishop_n of_o london_n and_o next_o to_o he_o on_o the_o same_o side_n and_o form_n the_o bishop_n of_o durelme_n and_o next_o to_o he_o on_o the_o same_o side_n and_o form_n the_o bishop_n of_o winchester_n and_o then_o all_o the_o other_o bishop_n of_o both_o province_n of_o canterbury_n and_o york_n shall_v sit_v and_o be_v place_v on_o the_o same_o side_n after_o their_o ancienty_n as_o it_o have_v be_v accustom_v 4._o and_o forasmuch_o as_o such_o other_o personage_n which_o now_o have_v or_o hereafter_o shall_v happen_v to_o have_v other_o 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reward_n in_o store_n which_o they_o confer_v proportionable_o to_o their_o service_n and_o such_o reward_n be_v purposely_o reserve_v for_o such_o as_o have_v either_o give_v good_a counsel_n or_o follow_v it_o by_o venture_v their_o life_n and_o fortune_n for_o preservation_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o some_o such_o order_n be_v make_v in_o our_o edw._n the_o 3d_n time_n and_o confirm_v by_o many_o successive_a council_n as_o may_v be_v read_v in_o sir_n edw._n coke_n and_o judge_n dodridge_n 12._o there_o be_v also_o other_o lesser_a council_n beside_o what_o i_o mention_v before_o as_o the_o common_a council_n of_o london_n and_o the_o like_a though_o not_o for_o number_n in_o other_o city_n which_o relate_v only_o to_o the_o government_n of_o those_o city_n and_o counsellor_n at_o law_n and_o the_o meeting_n of_o such_o degree_n as_o be_v qualify_v for_o that_o purpose_n be_v call_v in_o some_o of_o the_o inn_n of_o court_n parliament_n which_o relate_v only_o to_o matter_n of_o 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in_o 2_o h._n 6._o c._n 14._o 2._o the_o master_n of_o the_o roll_n in_o the_o first_o of_o h._n 7._o cap._n 20._o for_o till_o than_o he_o be_v call_v clerk_n of_o the_o roll_n or_o custos_fw-la archivorum_fw-la and_o chief_a clerk_n of_o the_o chancery_n of_o which_o there_o be_v twelve_o as_o i_o say_v since_o which_o six_o chief_a clerk_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o a_o lesser_a form_n be_v there_o constitute_v whereby_o they_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o ancient_a clerk_n now_o the_o 12._o master_n of_o chancery_n which_o may_v be_v account_v the_o three_o sort_n in_o point_n of_o time_n mention_v in_o the_o statute_n the_o four_o the_o master_n of_o the_o horse_n in_o the_o first_o of_o edw._n the_o six_o the_o five_o the_o master_n of_o the_o postern_n in_o 2_o edw._n 6._o the_o six_o the_o master_n of_o the_o king_n household_n in_o the_o 32_o h._n 8._o change_v to_o the_o lord_n stuard_n of_o the_o king_n household_n charles_n duke_n of_o brandon_n be_v the_o first_o 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clerk_n which_o constant_o attend_v in_o the_o lord_n house_n and_o be_v within_o the_o bar._n 4._o of_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o i_o shall_v speak_v in_o the_o second_o part_n 5._o as_o i_o have_v show_v the_o employment_n of_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o crown_n office_n in_o chancery_n so_o to_o prevent_v misapplication_n it_o be_v fit_a to_o show_v the_o employment_n also_o of_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o crown_n office_n in_o the_o king_n bench_n who_o be_v no_o constant_a attendant_n in_o this_o house_n or_o in_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o but_o only_o upon_o contingency_n and_o then_o by_o order_n but_o more_o especial_o in_o the_o lord_n house_n for_o produce_v read_v and_o manage_v record_n concern_v writ_n of_o error_n habeas_fw-la corpus_fw-la etc._n etc._n of_o which_o i_o shall_v speak_v in_o order_n but_o his_o most_o eminent_a employment_n be_v upon_o the_o trial_n of_o peer_n as_o will_v be_v show_v of_o the_o 26._o clerk_n before_o mention_v who_o still_o retain_v that_o title_n these_o five_o which_o i_o have_v name_v be_v the_o chief_a which_o be_v employ_v in_o parliamentary_a matter_n but_o of_o the_o other_o 21._o which_o may_v be_v see_v in_o lambert_n fitz_n herbert_n etc._n etc._n neither_o the_o six_o clerk_n in_o chancery_n be_v officer_n of_o eminency_n employ_v in_o that_o court_n bear_v that_o title_n nor_o be_v the_o other_o clerk_n which_o be_v employ_v also_o in_o that_o court_n in_o the_o least_o as_o i_o know_v of_o engage_v in_o the_o fabric_n of_o parliament_n note_v that_o those_o five_o clerk_n who_o i_o first_o mention_v have_v place_n allot_v they_o within_o the_o bar_n of_o either_o house_n as_o i_o say_v and_o now_o i_o must_v speak_v of_o other_o attendant_n of_o another_o nature_n viz._n the_o gentleman_n usher_n of_o the_o black_a rod_n and_o the_o sergeant_n at_o arms._n chap._n xviii_o of_o the_o gentleman_n usher_n of_o the_o black_a rod._n there_o be_v but_o three_o way_n by_o which_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n do_v send_v any_o message_n to_o the_o commons_o of_o two_o of_o they_o i_o have_v speak_v viz._n by_o some_o of_o the_o judge_n or_o by_o some_o of_o the_o master_n of_o chancery_n and_o the_o king_n also_o use_v two_o way_n viz._n by_o his_o secretary_n or_o some_o of_o the_o privy-council_n when_o they_o be_v member_n of_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o both_o upon_o ordinary_a and_o extraordinary_a occasion_n or_o for_o attend_v his_o person_n upon_o address_n etc._n etc._n but_o when_o he_o have_v occasion_n to_o command_v the_o house_n of_o commons_o to_o attend_v he_o in_o the_o house_n of_o lord_n he_o only_o send_v this_o officer_n the_o manner_n of_o which_o ceremony_n i_o shall_v show_v in_o order_n he_o be_v call_v the_o black_a rod_n from_o the_o black_a staff_n or_o rod_n about_o three_o foot_n long_o tip_v with_o