a Bishop of England or the Popes Vicar-General or that the See of Canterbury was void or that a Bishop was Chancellor and then the Exemplar Writ was directed to that Bishop and to neither of the Archbishops or if both Archbishopricks were void then to the Bishop of London Thirdly The Exemplar and Consimilar Writs to Bishops have been generally plac't in the Clause-Rolls and in all the Pawns extant before any Degrees except Princes of the Blood though their places in the Lords House are otherwise Fourthly Sometimes the Writ to the Archbishop was without any Epethit to his Christian name but the Epithet of the most constant Application was Venerabili Archiepiscopo and the like to Bishops but in Hen. the Eighths time it was alter'd Reverendissimo to Archbishops and Reverendo to Bishops Fifthly Also an other Title is usually in the Bishops Writs as in the Writs to the Lords Temporal viz. Praedilecto fideli Conciliario which is not in the ancient Writ but of late it is entred as an addition to such as are of the Kings Privy Council whereof the Bishop of Canterbury is for the most part one Sixthly In the 36. of Henry the Eighth the Writ is Primati Metropolitano which latter word was not extant till that Writ Seventhly In the latter Writs the words de advisamento assensu Concilii nostri are entred which are not in the old Waits and some other words which are in the Dukes Writ and not in the old Writs as may be observed in the Figures which I have placed in that Writ Eighthly And in the Mandamus instead of Firmiter injungentes to the Temporal Lords the Writs to the Bishops are Rogando Mandamus and instead of Fide ligeantia to the Temporal Lords it is In side dilectione to the Lords Spiritual so that to the word Praemonentes the Writs both to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal do agree as well in the Originals as Alterations except in those particulars before nam'd Ninthly From the word Praemonentes in the Writ there is a greater Latitude of power granted to the Lords Spiritual than to the Lords Temporal for the Lords Temporal are not impowred by their Writs to Summon the Laity who sit in the House of Commons as Representatives of the Commonalty but the Lords Spiritual are impowred by their Writs to Summon Deacons Archdeans and Proctors to attend the Parliament as Representatives of the Clergy who being met at places appointed distinct from the House of Lords or House of Commons those places where they meet have the Titles of Convocations the Bishops making the upper Convocation the Representatives of the Clergy the lower Suting to those two of the Laity one called sometimes the House of Lords or Peers or upper House the other sometimes the House of Commons or lower House The General Writs for this Parliament were dated as I have shewn the 18th of Febr. 1661. to meet the 8th of May 1661. but the Writs to the Bishops were not dated till the 29. of August following yet by these Writs they are appointed to meet die loco at the day and place viz. on the Eighth of May and at Westminster as in the General Writs so as the latter Writs seem to command an Impossibility but this is to be understood in a Parliament-sence viz. That the first day of the Meeting of a Parliament continues to the end of a Session or Prorogation and is accounted but as one day for an Adjournment is but the continuance of that day and a passing of Acts upon an Adjournment as in this case was not a determining the Session because they were passed by way of Proviso That it should not thereby discontinue the Parliament so that the Bishops being admitted before any Session of determining the Parliament or before any Prorogation of it it is to be esteem'd in a Parliament-sence as I said as one day And so it is in Law where a Sum is due the Eighth of May payable at Westminster and not paid till the 29. of August and then paid in London and then accepted by the Creditor it doth bar all breaches or punctilios in Law or Equity between the Creditor and Debtor Besides If a Parliament continues some Months without Adjournments or Prorogations in which time many Members of both Houses Dye so as there is a necessity to send out Writs for a Supply of Members if the Writs should not issue in a certain Form with respect to a certain day though past it would produce many inconveniencies attending the Discretion or Indiscretion of Clerks who are to form such Writs and therefore all Writs though after Prorogations though many years subsequent have still reference to the first day of the Parliament as will be further shewn for it hath been the Wisdom of Parliaments to admit of no variation in that point Next As to the place of Meeting the Bishops are Summon'd to meet Cum Praelatis Magnatibus proceribus at Westminster which the Bishops do as to their Co-Interest in the House of Lords but in relation to the inferior Clergy the Bishops do meet at Westminster and sometimes Adjourn to such places out of Westminster as the Archbishop or his Vicar appoints which before the Fire in 1666. was at the Convocation-House on the South-side of St. Pauls Church in London but since in Westminster-Abby The Bishops in all this Parliament sit in Henry the Sevenths Chappel as the upper Convocation the Deans c. in St. Benedicts Chappel on the North-side of the Abby as the lower Convocation so as they have distinct Houses or Places from the House of Lords and House of Commons as also distinct days of meeting but always after the Parliament first meets and so of sitting some days after any Adjournment or Prorogation or Dissolution which is appointed beyond the Lords or Commons as will be shewn in the Chapter of Convocations 11. Concerning the alteration of Priorem into Decanum I have given an account 12. Instead of favente deo the later Writs say favente divina clementia 13. In the old Writs the year of Christ is not added for it was more than 300 years after Christ before the Computation was us'd but in the later Writs it is not omitted 14. Till about the year 855. there was not above 16 Bishopricks and then they increas'd to 19 and 21 and in Hen. 8. time to 26 and so they have continued ever since but in all times there have been several Transplacings and Transmutations so as the names of the Bishopricks of Dorchester Dunwich Haglested Sydnacester and Leicester Landasfirm Selsy Sherborn Chester in Durham Crediton and St. Petrocks 10 in all are utterly lost and drown'd in the now remaining 26 Bishopricks 15. The Bishops being men well Educated in all Sciences Divine and humane were stil imployed by our Successive Kings as well in matters Temporal as Spiritual for I find that of 153 Chancellors and Keepers of the Great-Seal from William the
was commonly taken for the Master of the Horse to the Emperour and is a Place still of great Honour in most parts of Europe but I conceive he was rather call'd Comes stabuli as an Officer or Office of refuge for so stabulum also signifies However for many Ages this Office was held in Grand Sergeanty by those persons hereafter nam'd but in 12 H. 8. it became forfeited to the Crown and since that never granted to any Subject but pro hac vice at some Solemnities as at the Coronation of King Charles the Second in April 1661 a little before this Parliament Algernoone Piercy Earl of Nortbumberland was made High Constable of England pro hac vice for with the Ceremony of that day his Office ended and Henry the Eighth I conceive did enter it in the Act of 31 of his Reign that in case there should be any use of this Officer when any such Solemnity happen'd in time of Parliament his place might be known without dispute 3. Before the 13th of Henry the 8th in some respects it had a greater power than the Earl Marshal and in others equal to it and so the extravagant parts being taken away the rest fixt in the Earl Marshal of whom I shall speak next however it hath left a name of great honor and use those of Honor are the Constable of Dover c. those of Use are the high Constables and Constables disperst in all parts of England 4. Whilst this great Officer was of constant use he was constantly summon'd to Parliaments viz. 50. E. 3. Thomas de Woodstock Comes de Buck Constabularius Angliae and so that 1.3 and 4. Ric. 2. Thomas Dux Glostriae Constabularius Angliae 17. R. 2. and the 1st of Hen. the 4th Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland Constab Angliae and the 2d of Hen. the 5th and 1. H 6. Summons to Humphrey Duke of Gloster Const Angliae and to John Duke of Bedford Const Angliae 2. H. 6. and from thence again to the Duke of Buckingham Const Angliae but from thence to the 20. of Hen. the 8. there are no Pawns as I said to guide us to the knowledge of such as were summon'd to the intervening Parliaments but it appears by other Records that in the 13th of Hen. the 8. this Office of Constable of England was turn'd into an hac vice and so only granted upon the Solemnity of Coronation and thereupon is not mention'd in any following Pawns to this time or was of any use in this Parliament SECT XII Of the Earle Marshal of England THis great Officer hath not so great a Latitude of power as the Constable of England had yet he hath under his Jurisdiction the Care of the Common Peace of the Land in deeds of Ams and matters of War when it happens in Forraign or Domestick parts in most of which he is guided by the Civil Laws and yet not to do any thing repugnant to the Common Laws In times of War he is more absolute in times of Peace less this mane of Marshal 't is very probable had its Original from Mars the Romans God of War and was the same which they call'd Comes Militum 2. However with us this Great Officer had and hath several Courts under his Jurisdiction viz. the Court of Chevalry now almost forgotten and the Court of Honor now quiet layd aside but the Sedes Mariscalli or Court of Marshalsee is still in being where he may sit in Judgment against Criminals offending within the verge of the Kings Court and the chief Officer under him is call'd the Knight Marshal 3. As also the Herauld Office or Colledge where when doubts arise concerning Descents Pedegrees Escuchteons c. he determins them this was Incorporated by Ric. the 3d. and many priveledges added by Philip and Mary 4. and 5. 4. Heraulds amongst the old Romans were a certain Order of Priests call'd Faeciales and so term'd because Bello paceque faciendo apud eos jus erat pronuntiare c. they were also call'd Caduceatores from a little wand which they carried whereon was fixt two wings to represent Mercury the nimble Messenger of War quod Contentionem Bella Cadere facerent 5. This Office or Colledge consists of 3 Regulators of Arms Ceremonies Pedegrees and Descents of Nobility and Gentry the first is call'd Garter Rex Armorum Principalis chief King at Arms and is also an Officer to the Soveraign and Knights Companions of the most noble order of the Garter the 2d call'd Clarentius also King of Arms but his Jurisdiction is only on the Southside of Trent The 3d. call'd Norray also King of Arms for the Northside of Trent these two being confin'd but Garter not consin'd 6. Besides these there are 6 more properly call'd Heraulds quasi Honorem tenentes Haeredes Aulae dicentes such as are able to give an account to the Court of Heyres to Families and these have distinct Titles distinguishing their Imployments viz. 1. York 2. Lancaster 3. Somerset 4. Richmond 5. Chester 6. Windlesour 7. And there are also 4 Under Graduats call'd Pursevants or such who with readiness do pursue the Commands of their Superior Officers properly in Marshal Causes and therefore call'd Pursevants at Arms to distinguish them from other Pursevants or Messengers from other Courts and these 4 have also 4 distinct Titles viz. Blewmantle 2. Rougecross 3. Rouge-Dragon 4. Portcullis but of the Earl Marshal and Heraulds I shall speak more as they are imployed in Parliamentary Ceremonies 8. There is no doubt but these Earls Marshals have for many ages sat in Parliaments viz. the Duke of Norfolk Marshal of England was summon'd 15 Ed. 2. But 11 R. 2. the Title of Earl Marshal of England being by Patent granted to Thomas de Mowbray Earl of Nottingham and entail'd on the Heirs Males of his Body which failing yet the Title of Mowbray descending on Thomas Earl of Arundel King James did by Pattent make him Earl Marshal for life and he was Summon'd to Parliament by both Titles but he dying Thomas Earl of Arundel and Mowbray Grandson and Heir to the said Thomas had no Writ provided for him in Feb. 1660 when this Pawn was made being then suppos'd to be a Lunatick and upon that account kept close at Padua in Italy but soon after by the Solicitation of Henry Howard next Brother and Heir to the said suppos'd Lunatick the Dukedom of Norfolk was restor'd after a long Attainder and by Act of Parliament settled on the said Thomas the Grandson and the said Henry being soon after created Earl of Norwick did manage the Office of Earl Marshal and had a Patent for the same from this present King Charles therein setling this Office upon him and the Heirs Males of his Body with a large Intaile for want of such Issue to the next Heir Male of that Noble Family So Henry was Summond about the middle of this Parliament as Earl of Norwich with the Title also of Earl
from the said 16 of April to the 30th of October following Accordingly Prorogu'd the 16th of April 24 Car. 2d 1672 to the 30th of October following By Commission Prorogu'd the 30th of Dec. 24 Car. 2d 1672 to the 4th of Feb. 25 Car. 2d 1672 3. By Commission Session the 4th Feb. 25 Car. 2d 1672 3. continued to the 29th March 1673. Acts Publick 10 Private 11 Adjourn'd the 29th of March 25 Car. 2d 1673 to the 20th of October following Prorogu'd the 20th of Oct. 25 Car. 2d 1673 to the 27th of the same Month. By Commission Session the 27th of Oct. 25 Car. 2d 1673 to the 4th of November following No Bills past this Session Prorogu'd the 4th of Nov. 25 Car. 2d 1673 to the 7th of January 1673 4. The King Present Proclamation dated the 10th of Decem. 25 Car. 2d to require the Members of both Houses to attend the 7th of Jan. following Session the 7th of Jan. 25 Car. 2d 1673 4. continu'd to the 4th Feb. 26 Car. 2d 1673 4. No Bills past this Session Prorogu'd the 24th of Feb. 26 Car. 2d 1673 4. to the 10th of Novem. 26 Car. 2d 1674. The King Present Proclamation dated the 1st of July 26 Car. 2d 1674 declaring the Kings pleasure to prorogue the Parliament to the 13th of April 1675. Proclamation dated the 3d. Septem 26 Car. 2d 1674 for Proroguing the Parliament from the 10th of Nov. to the 13th of April 1675 27 Car. 2d Prorogu'd the 10th of Nov. 26 Car. 2d 1674 to the 13th of April 1675 27 Car. 2d By Commission Session the 13th of April 27 Car. 2d 1675 continu'd to the 27th of June following Acts Private 5 Prorogu'd the 4th of June 27 Car. 2d 1675 to the 13th of October following The King Present Session the 13th of October 27 Car. 2d 1675 continu'd to the 22d of November following No Bills past Prorogu'd the 22d of Nov. 27 Car. 2d to the 15th of Feb. 28 Car. 2d 1675 6. Proclamation dated the 20th of Dec. 28 Car. 2d 1676 requiring both Houses to give their attendance on the 15th Feb. next Session the 15th Feb. 28 Car. 2d 1676 continu'd to the 16th of April 29 Car. 2d 1677. Acts Publick 10 Private 14 Adjourn'd the 16th of April 29 Car. 2d 1677 to the 21st of May following The King Present Acts Publick 10 Private 14 Proclamation dated the 2d of May 29. Car. 2d 1677 requiring both Houses to give their attendance the 21st of May. Session the 21st May 29 Car. 2d 1677 continued to the 28th of the same Month. Adourn'd the 28th of May 29 Car. 2d 1677 to the 16th of July following Adjourn'd the 16th of July 29 Car. 2d 1667 to the 3d. of December following Proclamation dated the 26th of Octo. 29 Car. 2d 1677 for Adjourning the two Houses of Parliament from the 3d. of Dec. to the 4th of April 30 Car. 2d 1678. Proclamation dated the 7th of Decem. 29 Car. 2d for Adjourning both Houses back from the 4th of April 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 15th Janu. 29 Car. 2d 1677 8. requiring the Members of both Houses to attend that day Adjourn'd the 15th of Jan. 29 Car. 2d 1677 8. to the 28th of the same Month. Session the 28th of January 29 Car. 2d 1677 8. continu'd to the 27th of March 30 Car. 2d 1678. Acts Publick 2 Private 13 Adjourn'd the 27th of March 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 11th of April 30 Car. 2d 1678. Adjourn'd the 11th of April 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 15th of the same Month. Adjourn'd the 15th of April 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 29th of the same Month. Session the 29th of April 30 Car. 2d 1678 continu'd to the 3d. of May following Prorogu'd the 13th of May 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 23d of the same Month. By Commission Session the 23d of May 30 Car. 2d 1678 continu'd to the 15th July following Acts Publick 9 Private 12 Prorogu'd the 15th of July 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 1st of August following By Commission Prorogu'd the 1st of August 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 29th of the same Month. By Commission Proclamation dated the 2d of August 30 Car. 2d 1678 requiring the Members of both Houses to give attendance on the 29th of August Proclamation dated the 8th of August 1678 declaring that the Parliament shall be prorogu'd the said 29th of Aug. to the 1st of Oct. 30 Car. 2d 1678. Prorogu'd the 29th of August 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 1st of Oct. following By Commission Proclamation dated the 25th Sept. 30 Car. 2d 1678 for the further Proroguing the Parliament to the 21st of Oct. in the same Month. By Commission Session the 21st of Oct. 30 Car. 2d 1678 continued to the 30th of Dec. following Acts Publick 1 Private 0 Prorogu'd the 30th of Dec. 30 Car. 2d 1678 to the 4th of Feb. 31 Car. 2d 1678. Proclamation dated the 24th of Jan. 30 Car. 2d 1678 9. wherein the King discharges the Members of both Houses from meeting the 4th of Feb. 31 Car. 2d 1678 and declare the Parliament Dissolv'd Dissolution the 24th Jan. 30 Car. 2d 1678 9. but in the Proclamation His Majesty further Publisheth his pleasure that Writs should be issued for another Parliament to meet the 6th of March following viz. 31 Car. 2d 1678 9. I did design to deferr the Printing of this Diary till I publish some discourses of the nature of Sessions Proclamations Adjournments Recesses Prorogations and Dissolutions but because it will take long time before I shall publish them some friends did persuad me to add this Appendix as very useful to all such as may have any recourse in point of times to matters transacted in this Parliament of which I chiefly treat Summon'd the 18th of Feb. 1660 1. 13 Car. 2d and ended the 14th January Car. 2d 1678 9. and though the dates of Session c. are repeated in several Paragraphs yet it is so ordered for the case and advantage of him that desires to satisfie himself in the Chronological questions of that Parliament without looking on the Antecedent or Subsequent Paragraphs FINIS A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS Printed for Tho. 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either Houses and when they are fixt in both Houses I shall give an account of the most material passages as to the renewing of Writs for supply of Members and other distinct Operations considered as an House of Lords or an House of Commons and in their joynt Operations as Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament and then of their compleat Operations as an intire Parliament consifting of the King and the three Estates viz. the Lords Spiritual the Lords Temporal and the Commons and this is more particularly evident when by passing of Acts the King confirms what those three Estates do joyntly Operate And so I conclude with the Kings power of Summoning Adjourning Proroguing and and Dissolving of this and all other Parliaments and what is to be done with Records Laws c. after Dissolution of any Parliament And because I could not well reduce the copious matters of so large a Subject into my Discourses or observations I shall hereafter add some Annotations as Explanitories and Enlargements to many things which are necessary or convenient to be enlarged or explained AN APPENDIX Being A Diary of the several Sessions of the publick Adjournments Prorogations and Proclamations relating to the Parliament which was Summon'd the 18th of Feb. 1660 1 and Disloved the 24th of Jan. 1668 9. THE Kings Warrant and Writs of Summons for that Parliament were dated the 18th of Feb. 13 Car. 2d 1660. Proclamation contain'd in those Writs 1660. to meet att Westminster the 8th of May following Session the 8th of May 13 Car. 2d 1661 at Westminster continued to the 30th of July following Acts Publick 19. Private 21. 1661. Adjourn'd the 30th of July 13 Car. 2d 1661 to the 20th of November following Session the 20th of Novemb. 13 Car. 2d 1661 continued to the 19th of May 14 Car. 2d 1662. Acts Publick 33 Private 39. Prorogu'd the 19th of May 14 Car. 2d 1662 to the 18th of Feb. 15 Car. 2d 1662 3. The King present Session the 18th of February 15 Car. 2d 1662 3. continued to the 27th July 15 Car. 2d 1663. Acts Publick 17 Private 19 Prorogu'd the 27th of July 15 Car. 2d 1663 to the 16th of March 16 Car 2d 1663 4. The King Present Session the 16th March 16 Car. 2d 1663 4. continued to the 17th of May 16 Car. 2d 1664. Acts Publick 8 Private 10 Prorogu'd the 17th of May 16 Car. 2d 1664 to the 20th of August following The King Present Prorogu'd the 20th of Aug. 16 Car. 2d 1664 to the 24th of Novemb. following By Commission Session the 24th of Novemb. 16 Car. 2d 1664 continued to the 2d of March 17 Car. 2d 1664 5. Acts Publick 12 Private 17 Prorogu'd the 2d of March 17 Car. 2d 1664 5. to the 21st of June 17 Car. 2d 1665. The King Present Proclamation dated the 24th of May 17 Car. 2d for the further Proroguing the Parliament from the 21st of June to a day that shall be fixt at the actual Prorogation thereof Accordingly Prorogu'd the 21st of June 17 Car. 2d 1665 to the 1st of August following By Commission Proclamation dated the 9th of July 17 Car. 2d 1665 for further Proroguing the Parliament from the 1st of Aug. to the 3d. of Octob. following Accordingly Prorogu'd the 1st of Aug. 17 Car. 2d 1665 to the 3d. of October following By Commission Proclamation dated the 10th of August 17 Car. 2d 1665 appointing the meeting of the Parliament at Oxford in respect the Plague was then at London Accordingly Prorogu'd the 3d. of Octob. 17 Car. 2d 1665. at Oxford to the 9th of the same month and place By Commission Session at Oxford the 9th of Octob. 17 Car 2d 1665 continued to the 21st of the same month Acts Publick 9 Private 1 Prorogu'd the 31st of Octob. 17 Car. 2d 1665 to meet at Westminster the 20th of Feb. 18 Car. 2d 1665 6. The King Present Prorogu'd the 20th of Feb. 18 Car. 2d 1661 at Westminster to the 23d of April 1666. Proclamation dated the 23d of April 18 Car. 2d 1666 for Proroguing the Parliament to the 18th Sep. following accordingly Prorogu'd the 23d of April 18 Car 2d 1666 to the 18 of Sep. following By Commission Session the 18th of Septemb. 18 Car. 2d 1666 continued to the 8th of Feb. following Acts Publick 5 Private 5 Prorogu'd the 8th of Feb. 19 Car 2d 1666 7. to the 10th of October 1667. The King Present Proclamation dated the 26th of June 19 Car. 2d 1667 to reassemble the Parliament back from the 10th of October to the 25th of July 19 Car. 2d 1667. Adjourn'd the 25th of July 19 Car. 2d 1667 to the 10th of October following Session the 10th of Oct. 19 Car. 2d continued to the 9th of May 20 Car. 2d 1668. Acts Publick 15 Private 24 Adjourn'd the 9th May 20 Car. 2d 1668 to the 11th of August following Proclamation dated the 3d. of July 20 Car. 2d 1668 for the Parliament to meet the 11th of Aug. and that they shall and may Adjourn to the 10th of Nov. following accordingly Adjourn'd the 11th of August 20 Car. 2d 1668. to the 10th of Nov. following Proclamation dated the 19th of Sept. 20 Car. 2d 1668. to meet the 10th of Nov. as many of both Houses as may Adjourn themselves to the 1st of March 21 Car. 2d 1668 9. Adjourn'd the 10th of Nov. 20 Car. 2d 1668. to the 1st of March 21 Car. 2d 1668 6. Proclamation dated the 18th Dec. 20 Car. 2d 1668. reciting that whereas the two Houses of Parliament had Adjourn'd by the Kings directions from the 10th of Nov. to the 1st of March the King Declares that he will Prorogue them on the said 1st of March to the 9th of October 21 Car. 2d 1669 accordingly Prorogu'd the 1st of March 21 Car. 2d 1668 9. to the 19th of October 21 Car. 2d 1669. Session the 19th of Oct. 21 Car. 2d 1669. continued to the 11th of December following In this Session no bill past the Royal assent Prorogu'd the 11th December 21 Car. 2d 1669 to the 14th February 22 Car. 2d 1669 10. By Commission Proclamation dated the 23d of Decem. 21 Car. 2d 1669 requiring the Members of both Houses to attend at the time prefixt at the last prorogation viz. the 14th Feb. 22 Car. 2d 1669 70. accordingly Session the 14th Feb. 22 Car. 2d 1669 70. continued to the 11th of April 22 Car. 2d 1670. Acts Publick 8 Private 16 Adjourn'd the 11th of April 22 Car. 2d to the 24th of October following Proclamation dated the 21st of April 22 Car. 2d 1670 requiring the Members of both Houses to attend the prefixt time viz. the 24th of October 22 Car. 2d 1670. Session the 24th Oct. 22 Car. 2d 1670 continued to the 22d April 23 Car. 2d 1671. Acts Publick 26 Private 30 Prorogu'd the 22d April 23 Car. 2d 1671 to the 16th of April 24 Car. 2d 1671. The King Present Proclamation dated the 27th Sept. 23 Car. 2d 1671 declaring the Kings resolution to Prorogue the Parliament