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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25776	An Account of the proceedings at Westminster-Hall, on the 29th and 30th of June, 1688 relating to the tryal and discharge of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of S. Asaph, Bishop of Chichester, Bishop of Ely, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Bishop of Peterborough, and the Bishop of Bristol.		1688 (1688)	Wing A363; ESTC R18992	3,903	4

An Account of the Proceedings at Westminster-Hall on the 29th and 30th of June 1688. Relating to the Tryal and Discharge of the Archbishop of Canterbury the Bishop of S. Asaph Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Ely Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Peterborough and the Bishop of Bristol THE Indictment when read was very much excepted against on the account of its Form in that it did not mention all the Petition they were Indicted for there was not either the Title 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 expressing to whom it was directed Viz. To the 〈…〉 Most Excellent Majesty was omitted and the 〈…〉 afterwards We therefore Pray c. was not there 〈…〉 being closely pursued by the Bishops Council seemed 〈◊〉 ●●●lidate the whole business Then it was not and could 〈…〉 proved by the Kings Council that the Bishops pre●●●● the Petition to the King. They had in the Corut the … al and subpoena'd some of the Arch-Bishops and Bi●●●●● Chaplains Servants and others to prove their hand … was not done very clearly upon most of them all the p●oof the Kings Council had for the presenting the Pe … ●o His Majesty did not directly prove it upon them T●●●ost it amounted to was either that the King told the● he had it from the said Bishops or that my Lord Cha●●●llor did ask them if it were theirs when they were … mou'd before the King and Council and that they ●●en express'd an ●versness to own it saying ●●●or● the King that if His Majesty did insist on it and that it should not be improved to their disadvantage or produc'd in evidence against them that they would be plain and leave it to His Majesty Upon this the Bishops Council had some ●●flexions which my Lord Chief Justice told them he must 〈◊〉 hear But thi● did not amount to a full proof of the po●●t Then the Bishops Council did greatly insist upon the Ind●ctment being laid ●n a wrong County for it was proved upon Oath that the Arch-Bishop was not out of his House ●or a very considerable time before he was summon'd to t●● King in Council Now what was alledg'd against them was done at Lambeth and therefore in Surrey the Indict●●ent ought to have been laid which seem'd much to affect ●●em After this the Bishops Council objected against ●●e term Publishing whereas what was said to be done 〈◊〉 them was in the privatest way that could be and g … … ly to the King which caus'd a long debate between both P●rties of things requisite to denominate a Publication all did still appear favourable on the Bishops side and here things were going to a conclusion and the Judg was entered upon summing up the Evidence but Mr. Finch one of the Bishops Council interrupted my Lord Chief Justice saying there was one material Evidence remaining Whereupon my Lord desisted tho with some seeming dissatisfaction to the rest of the Bishops Council For the Judg was going on very favourably for the Bishops Cause some of the Bishops importun'd my Lord Chief Justice to proceed but he would not And so it brought on more discourse about the former subjects and occasion'd the sending for my Lord President who came into Court after it had stayed an hour for him The evidence that he gave upon Oath could not fully prove the delivery of the Petition to the King by the Bishops When before for the proof of this the Sollicitor did v●ry greatly importune some Witness for the King that had upon Oath deliver'd what they knew about this matter which was as aforesaid by putting to them very intricate questions my Lord Chief Justice reproved him saying it was not to be suffer'd adding that if he went on thus he would let the Bishops Council loose on him After these things my L. C. J. ask'd the Bishops Council what else they had to plead whereupon they proceeded to that part of the Indictment that called the Bishops Petition A scandalous Seditious Label c. which occasion'd very great solemn and most pleasing debates For hereupon they entered into and discuss'd the lawfulness of the Declaration and the Dispensing Power which were harang'd by every one of the Bishops Council in most brisk home and admirable Speeches for the space of three hours shewing the Declaration to be against and contrary to Law which no Power could dispence with or abrogate but that which made it viz. a Parliament and that the Ecclesiastical Laws had the same foundation as the Civil and could be therefore no more dispens'd with That the Declaration did evacuate the Laws for Sabbath-breaking Fornication c. and 〈◊〉 the re … s to 〈…〉 extravagant Sects and licentious Practices and that all Laws might be dispens●d with as well as some That the Bishops were sworn to maintain the Ecclesiastical Laws and in representing the Case thus to His Majesty they had done both as the Law directed them and according to Prudence Honour and Conscience There were hereupon publickly read several Acts of Parliament Records of the Tower and Parliament Records among which one Act of Parliament was observeable that gave the King Power to dispence with a Law for a stated time So that what Dispensing Power he ever had was both given and bounded by Parliament From what they produc'd out of the Parliament Records and otherwise they greatly confirm'd what was said in the Petition of the Dispensing Power having been often declared illegal in Parliament and particularly in the years 62 and 72 and in the beginning of His Majesties Reign which was in 85 when the Parliament declar'd the Popish Officers could not be dispens'd with but that is was contrary to Law to do so tho they were willing by Act of Parliament to indemnifie such as His Majesty should nominate c. And they shew'd how the like Dispensing Power upon the same occasion was accounted illegal in 62 and 72 both by Parliament and the King himself who offered the Seal to be tore off and gave the testimony of his disowning such a Dispensing Power To which the Sollicitors chief Answer was that the King then lack'd Money and that such Acts as aforesaid whatever they might say did confirm not give the King 's Dispensing Power In short the Bishops Council behav'd themselves in this weighty matter with a great deal of gallantry and plainness nowise inferior to most mens expectations and desires The chief of the managers for the King was the Sollicitor Wi. Williams who as was apprehended did no great wonders for invalidating the foregoing Arguments He was very hot and earnest if not passionate in proving it a Libel saying It would be so tho it were done by them to redress a certain grievance Whereupon my L. C. J. asking what course then they should take or what they should do in such circumstances he answered Acquiesce which occasion'd a very great Hiss over the Court He added farther to prove it Libellous the insinuating Expressions of gaining the Populace by saying It was not