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cause_n	england_n	king_n	lord_n	4,602	5	4.1139	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86394	The manner of holding Parliaments in England. Collected forth of our ancient records. Whereunto is added. Certaine ancient customs of this kingdome. The prerogative and power of Parliaments. The order and forme of the placing and sitting of the Kings Majesty and peeres in the upper house of Parliament. The order and course of passing bills in Parliament. With the stately and magnificent order, of proceeding to Parliament, of the most high and mighty prince, King Charles, on Monday the 13th. of Aprill 1640. in the 16th. yeare of his Majesties reigne, first on horse backe from White Hall to Westminster-Abby-Church, and from thence on foot to the Parliament house.	Hakewill, William, 1574-1655.	1641 (1641)	Wing H214; Thomason E157_11; ESTC R212700	24,894	61

is spoken of the Barons of the Cinque Ports and the Knights of the Shires and the Citizens were wont to be Peeres and equalls with the Knights of the Shires in expences all the while they came tarryed and returned from the Parliament Touching the Burgesses After the same manner commandement was wont to be given to the Bayliffes and honest men of Burrowes and Townes Corporate that they ought of themselves and by themselves to choose two fit honest and skilfull Burgesses to come and be present at the Kings Parliament after the same manner as is spoken concerning Citizens but two Burgesses were not wont to receive by the day for their expences above ten shillings and somtimes not above a noble which was wont to be taxed by the Court according to the greatnes of the Burroughs and the persons sent hitherto hath been declared the form quality and persons how long a time before the Summons of the Parliament ought to be made and who are those that ought to come by the Summons and who not Now secondly we must shew who they are which by reason of their Offices ought to come and are bound to be present at the Parliament time without Summon whereupon we must make the two principall Clerks of the Parliament elected by the King and his Councell and other secondary and undertakers of whom and whose Offices we will speak more specially afterwards and the principall Cryer of England with their under-Cryers and the principall Porter of England with two Offices were wont to belong to one person These two Officers are bound to be present the First day The Chancellour of England the Treasurer and Chamberlaines and Barons of the Exchequer Justices and all the Clerks and the Kings Knights together with them that sue for the Kings Pleas who are of the Kings Counsell are bound to be present the second day unlesse by Order they be excused Touching the beginning of Parliament The Lord the King shall sit in the midst of the great Bench and is bound to be present in the First and Last day of Parliament And the Chancellour Treasurer Barons of the Exchequer and Justices were wont to Record the defaults made in Parliament according to the Order following In the First day the Burgesses and Citizens of al England shall be called at which day if they doe not come the Shires shall be amerced at an hundred pounds In the Third day of the Parliament the Barons of the Cinque Ports shal be called and afterwards the Barons of England after them the Earles whereupon if the Barons of the Cinque Ports do not come the Barony from whence they are shall be amerced at an hundred Marks and an Earle at an hundred pounds And after the same mannerit must be done with those that are equall to Earles and Barons namely which have Lands and Revenews to the value of an Earldome or of one Barony as before said In the Fourth day the Proctors of the Clergie or Clerks of the Convocation house shall be called if they come not their Bishops shall be amerced for every Archdeanery one hundred pounds In the First day the Deanes Priors Abbots Bishops and at length the Archbishops shall be called who if they doe not come every Archbishop shall be fined at an hundred pounds and every one holding a whole Barony or Abbots Doctors at an hundred Marks In the First day Proclamation ought to be made in the Hall or in the Monastery or in som publique place where the Parliament is to be held and afterwards publickly in the City or Town That all those who would deliver Petitions or Bills to the Parliament that they may deliver them the First day and soother five dayes next following Touching the Preaching at the Parliament An Archbishop or Bishop or some great Clerk discreet and eloquent chosen by the Archbishop in whose Province the Parliament is held ought to preach one of the said five dayes of Parliament and in the presence of the King and this must be done when the Parliament for the greater part shal be joyned and gathered together In his Sermon he shall admonish and exhort the whole Parliament that they with him humbly pray God and worship him for the peace and tranquility of the King and Kingdome as shall be said in the Title following Touching the Speech for the Parliament After the preaching the Chancellour of England or the Lord Chiefe Justice of England or some other fit honest and eloquent Justice or Clerke chosen by the Chancellor or Chief Iustice themselves ought standing to pronounce the causes of the Parliament Whosoever they be whilest they speake shall stand except the King so that all of the Parliament might heare him that speaketh or if he speake somthing darkly or in a talke lowe voyce let him speak againe and speak lowder also or let another speak for him Touching the Speech of the King after the Speech before mentioned The King after the Speech before mentioned ought to require the Clergie and Laity naming them after their degrees as Archbishops Bishops and Abbots c. Earles Barons Knights Citizens c. that they carefully diligently and heartily labour throughly to handle labour and deliberate in the businesse of the Parliament even as they shall understand and perceive that this shal be first according to the will and pleasure of God and afterwards for his and their honours and commodities Touching the Absence of the King in the Parliament The King is bound by all meanes possible to be present at the Parliament unlesse he be detained or let therefrom by bodily sicknes and then hee may keep his Chamber yet so as he ly not without the mannour or Towne at the least where the Parliament is held and then hee ought to send for twelve persons of the greatest and best of them that are summoned to the Parliament That is two Bishops two Earles two Barons two Knights of the Shire two Burgesses and two Citizens to looke upon his person to testify and witnesse his Estate and in their presence he ought to make a Commission and give authority to the Arch-bishop of the place the Steward of England and chiefe Iustice that they joyntly and severally should begin the Parliament and continue the same in his name expresse mention being made in that Commission of the cause of his absence then which ought to suffice and admonish the other Nobles and chiefe men in the Parliament together with the evident Testimony of the aforesaid twelve Peeres of theirs the reason is because there was wont to be a cry or murmur in the Parliament for the Kings absence because his absence is hurtfull and dangerous to the whole Commonalty of the Parliament and Kingdome when the King shall be absent from his Parliament neither indeed ought hee or may be absent but onely in the case aforesaid Touching the places and sitting in the Parliament First as I before said the King shall sit in the mid place of the great Bench