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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A83647	Articles of the Commons assembled in Parliament, in maintenance of their accusation, against William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury, whereby he stands charged with high treason. Also, further articles of impeachment by the Commons in Parliament, against the said Archbishop of Canterbury, of high treason, and divers high crimes and misdemeanors. Die Mercurii, 17 Jan. 1643. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that these articles and impeachment, be forthwith printed and published. John Brown Cler. Parliamentor.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1644 (1644)	Wing E2527; Thomason E29_15; ESTC R8429	7,331	16

practises this Church Kingdome hath beene exceedingly endangered like to fal under the tyranny of the Roman See 11. He in his owne person and his Suffragans Visiters Surrogates Chancellors or other Officers by his command have caused divers learned pious and Orthodox Preachers of Gods Word to be Silenced Suspended Deprived Degraded Excommunicated or otherwise grieved and vexed without any just and lawfull cause whereby and by divers other meanes he hath hindred the preaching of Gods Word caused divers of his Majesties loyall Subjects to forsake the Kingdome and increased and cherished ignorance prophanenesse amongst the people that so he might the better facilitate the way to the effecting of his owne wicked and Traiterous designe of altering and corrupting the true Religion here established 12. He hath Traiterously endeavoured to cause division and discord betweene the Church of England and other Reformed Churches and to that end hath supprest and abrogated the priviledges immunities which have beene by His Majesty and His Royall Ancestors granted to the French and Dutch Churches in this Kingdome and divers other wayes hath expressed his malice and disaffection to those Churches that so by such disunion the Papists might have more advantage for the overthrow and extirpation of both 13. He hath maliciously and Traiterously plotted and endeavoured to stir up war and enmity betwixt His Majesties two Kingdomes of England and Scotland and to that purpose hath laboured to introduce into the Kingdome of Scotland diverse innovations both in Religion and Government all or the most part tending to Popery and Superstition to the great grievance and discontent of His Majesties Subjects of that Nation and for their refusing to submit to such innovations he did Traiterously advise His Majesty to subdue them by force of Armes and by his owne Authority and Power contrary to law did procure sundry of His Majesties Subjects and enforced the Clergie of this Kingdome to contribute towards the maintenance of that war and when his Majesty with much wisdome and justice had made a pacification betwixt the two Kingdomes the said Arch-Bishop by his councell and endeavours did presumptuously censure that pacification as dishonourable to His Majesty and incense His Majesty against his said Subjects of Scotland that he did thereupon by advice of the said Arch-Bishop enter into an offensive warre against them to the great hazard of His Majesties Person and Subjects of both Kingdomes 14. That to preserve himselfe from being questioned for these and other his Traiterous courses he hath laboured to subvert the rights of Parliaments and the Ancient course of Parliamentary proceedings and by false and malicious slanders to incense His Majesty against Parliaments By which words Councells and Actions he hath Traiterously and contrary to his Allegiance laboured to alienate the hearts of the Kings Liege people from His Majesty 〈◊〉 set a division betweene them and to ruine and destroy His Majesties Kingdomes for which they doe impeach him of high Treason against Our Soveraigne Lord the King His Crowne and Dignity The said Commons doe further averre That the said William Archbishop of Canterbury during the time in which the Treasons and Offences aforementioned were committed hath beene a Bishop or Archbishop in this Realme of England one of the Kings Commissioners for Ecclesiasticall matters and of his Majesties most Honourable Privie Councell and that he hath taken an Oath for his faithfull discharge of the said Office of a Councellour and hath likewise taken the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance And the said Commons by Protestation saving to themselves the liberty of Exhibiting at any time hereafter any other Accusation or Impeachment against the said Archbishop and also of replying to the answers that the said Archbishop shall make unto the said Articles or to any of them and of offering further proofe also of the premises or any of them as the case shall according to the course of Parliaments require do pray that the said Archbishop may be put to answer to all and every the premises and that such proceedings Examination Tryall and Judgement may be upon every of them had and used as is agreeable to Law and Justice Further Articles of Impeachment by the Commons assembled in Parliament against William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury of high Treason and divers high crimes and misdemeanours as followeth 1. THat the said Archbishop of Canterbury to introduce an Arbitrary government within this Realme and to destroy Parliaments in the third and fourth yeares of his Maiesties reigne that now is a Parliament being then called sitting at Westminster trayterously and maliciously caused the said Parliament to be dissolved to the great grievance of his Maiesties subiects and preiudice of this Commonwealth And soone after the dissolution thereof gave divers Propositions under his hand to George then Buke of Buckingham casting therein many false aspersions upon the said Parliament calling it a factious Parliament and falsly affirming that it had cast many scandals upon his Maiesty and had used him like a childe in his minority stiling them Puritans and commending the Papists for harmlesse and peaceable subiects 2. That within the space of ten yeares last past the said Archbishop hath treacherously endeavoured to subvert the fundamentall Lawes of this Realme and to that end hath in like manner endeavoured to advance the power of the Councell Table the Canons of the Church and the Kings Prerogative above the Lawes and Statutes of the Realme And for manifestation thereof about six yeares last past being then a Privy Councellor to his Maiesty and sitting at the Councell Table he said that as long as he sate there they should know that an Order of that Board should be of equal force with a law or Act of Parliam And at another time used these words That he hoped ere long that the Canons of the Church and the Kings Prerogative should bee of as great power as an Act of Parliament And at another time said that those that would not yeeld to the Kings power hee would crush them to peeces 3. That the said Archbishop to advance the Canons of the Church and power Ecclesiasticall above the law of the Land and to pervert and hinder the course of Iustice hath at divers times within the said time by his Letters and other undue meanes and sollicitations used to Iudges opposed and stopped the granting of his Maiesties Writs of Prohibition where the same ought to have beene granted for stay of proceedings in the Ecclesiasticall Court whereby iustice hath beene delayed and hindred and the Iudges diverted from doing their duties 4. That for the end and purpose aforesaid about seven yeares last past a Iudgement being given in his Maiesties Court of Kings Bench against one Burley a Parson being a man of bad life and conversation in an information u●on the Statute of 21. Hen. 8. for wilfull Non-residency the said Archbishop by sollicitations and other undue meanes used to the Iudges of that Court caused