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A72523 Articles exhibited in Parliament against William Archbishop of Canterbury, Feb. 25. 1640. Published by a true and perfect copy; Proceedings. 1641-02-25 England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1641 (1641) STC 15310.1; Wing A3822A; ESTC S124786 1,615 11

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ARTICLES EXHIBITED IN PARLIAMENT AGAINST WILLIAM ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Feb. 25. 1640. Published by a true and perfect Copy Printed in the yeare 1640 Articles of the Commons assembled in PARLIAMENT AGAINST WILLIAM LAWD Archbishop of Canterbury in maintenance of their Accusation whereby he stands charged with High Treason Febr. 25. 1640. I. THat hee the said VVilliam Laud Arch-Bishop of Canterbury traiterously labored to subvert the fundamentall Lawes and Government of the Kingdome by giving his Majestie advice privately and at Counsell Table High Commission and in other places that hee would have governed by Civill Lawes and further said hee would make the proudest Subject in the Kingdome to give way unto him and being told it was against Law he said he would make it Law and that the King might at his owne pleasure take away without Law and make it warrantable by Gods Law II. His countenancing of bookes and their Authors for the maintenance of his unlimited and absolute power whereby the power of Parliament is denied and the Bishops power of Prelacie set up III. That he traiterously went about to interrupt the Judges by his threatnings and other meanes to constraine them to give false judgement in the case of Shipmony as will appeare both by writings under his hand and by testimony of divers persons of good worth and quality IV. That he hath taken bribes and sold justice in the High Commission as Archbishop and hath not onely corrupted the Judges there but also sold Judicious places to bee corrupted V. That hee hath endeavoured the incroachment of Jurisdiction and Institution of Canons which are not onely unlawfull but prejudiciall to the subject And that he hath exercised his authority very cruelly both as a Counsellour Commissioner and a Judge VI. That hee hath traiterously assumed a capital power over his Majesties subjects denying his power of Prelacie as from the King VII That by false enormious Doctrines and other synister wayes and meanes Hee went about to subvert the Religion established in this Kingdome and to set up Papistrie and superstition in the Church VIII That by undue meanes and practice hee hath gotten into his hand the power of nominating of Ministers to Spirituall promotion and hath preferred none but scandalous Ministers thereunto and that hee preferred corrupt Chaplains to His Majesty IX That his owne Ministers as Haywood Laifield and others are notoriously disaffected to Religion X. That he hath Trayterously endeavoured to reconcile us to the Church of Rome and to that end hath employed a Jesuite and a Papist-Priest and hath wrought with the Popes Agents in severall points XI That to suppresse preaching Hee hath suspended divers good men and used unlawfull meanes by Letters and otherwise to severall Bishops to suppresse them XII That he hath Trayterously endeavoured to suppresse the French Religion which is the same wee are off and the Dutch Church and to set division betweene them and us XIII That he hath Trayterously endeavoured to set Division betweene the King and his Subjects and hath gone about to bring in Innovations into the Church And hath induced the King to Warre with the Scots and many upon their death Bedds to give towards the maintenance of the Warre And hath caused the Clergie to give freely towards the same and hath brought in many Superstitions and Innovations into the Church of Scotland And that hee procured the King to breake the pacification thereby to cause a bloody Warre between the Kingdomes XIIII That to preserve Himselfe from being questioned for these and other his Trayterous designes from the First of his Majesties Raigne untill now Hee laboured to subvert the Rights of Parliaments by all which Words Councells and Actions he hath Trayterously laboured to Alienate the hearts of the Kings leige people from his Majesty to set a Division betweene them and to ruine and destroy His Majesties Kingdomes For which they impeach him of High Treason against our Soveraigne Lord the King his Crowne and Dignity 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 WILLIAM LAUD Arch-Bishop of Canterbury And also to the replying of the Answers that Hee the said Arch-Bishop shall make unto the said Articles or any of them And of offering proofe also of the Premisses or any of them or any other Impeachment or Accusation that shall bee exhibited by them as the course of Parliaments require DOE PRAY That he the said VVilliam Laud Arch-Bishop of Canterbury may be put speedily to answer for all and every of the Premisses That such Proceedings Examinations Tryalls and Judgements may be upon every of them had and used as is agreeable to Law and Justice FINIS