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A40660 Ephemeris parliamentaria, or, A faithfull register of the transactions in Parliament in the third and fourth years of the reign of our late Sovereign Lord, King Charles containing the severall speeches, cases and arguments of law transacted between His Majesty and both Houses : together with the grand mysteries of the kingdome then in agitation. England and Wales. Parliament.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. 1654 (1654) Wing F2422; ESTC R23317 265,661 308

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14_o m_n r._n goodwin_n speech_n march_v 22._o pag._n 18_o sir_n francis_n seymour_n speech_n ibid._n sir_n thomas_n wentworth_n speech_n pag._n 20_o the_o speech_n and_o argument_n of_o m_o r._n creswell_n of_o lincoln_n inn_n concern_v the_o subject_n grievance_n by_o the_o late_a imprisonment_n of_o their_o person_n pag._n 21_o sir_n benjam_n ruddier_n speech_n pag._n 27_o sir_n robert_n phillip_n speech_n pag._n 28_o sir_n thomas_n edmond_n pag._n 30_o sir_n john_n elliot_n ibid._n sir_n humh_o may_n ibid._n the_o petition_n for_o the_o fast_o march_z 26._o 1628._o pag._n 31_o the_o king_n proposition_n march_v 28._o pag._n 32_o three_o grand_a question_n ibid._n sir_n john_n coke_n his_o speech_n at_o a_o conference_n between_o the_o lord_n and_o commons_o about_o the_o petition_n to_o the_o king_n against_o recusant_n pag._n 33_o the_o petition_n of_o both_o house_n to_o his_o majesty_n concern_v recusant_n march_v 31._o pag._n 34_o the_o king_n answer_v to_o the_o petition_n 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per_fw-la speciale_a mandatum_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la ideo_fw-la predicutus_fw-la johannes_n remittitur_fw-la prefato_fw-la custodi_fw-la marr._n hospitii_fw-la predict_v salvo_fw-la custodiend_n quousque_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v quousque_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la deliberatus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la and_o if_o that_o court_n which_o be_v the_o high_a for_o ordinary_a justice_n can_v deliver_v he_o secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la what_o law_n be_v there_o i_o beseech_v you_o my_o lord_n that_o can_v be_v seek_v for_o in_o any_o other_o inferior_a court_n to_o deliver_v he_o now_o my_o lord_n because_o this_o draught_n if_o it_o be_v enter_v in_o the_o roll_n as_o it_o be_v prepare_v for_o no_o other_o purpose_n will_v be_v a_o great_a declaration_n contrary_a to_o the_o many_o act_n of_o parliament_n already_o cite_v contrary_a to_o all_o precedent_n of_o former_a time_n and_o to_o all_o reason_n of_o law_n to_o the_o utter_a subversion_n of_o the_o chief_a liberty_n and_o 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now_o as_o i_o have_v leave_v and_o direction_n give_v i_o lest_o your_o lordship_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o too_o much_o trouble_v and_o expense_n of_o time_n in_o the_o find_n or_o get_v copy_n at_o large_a of_o these_o thing_n which_o i_o have_v cite_v offer_v also_o to_o your_o lordship_n authentic_a copy_n of_o they_o all_o and_o so_o leave_v they_o and_o whatsoever_o else_o i_o have_v say_v to_o your_o lordship_n further_a consideration_n the_o whole_a copy_n of_o the_o precedent_n of_o record_n mention_v in_o one_o of_o the_o argument_n make_v at_o the_o first_o conference_n with_o the_o lord_n touch_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o person_n of_o every_o freeman_n inter_fw-la recorda_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la caroli_n in_o thesaurario_fw-la receptus_n scaccarii_fw-la svi_fw-la sub_fw-la custodia_fw-la dom._n thesaurarii_n &_o camerarii_fw-la ibidem_fw-la remanentia_fw-la viz._n placita_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la paschae_fw-la anno_fw-la regis_fw-la e._n 3_o post_fw-la conquestum_fw-la angliae_fw-la 15._o inter_fw-la alia_fw-la sic_fw-la continetur_fw-la ut_fw-la sequitur_fw-la adhuc_fw-la de_fw-la termino_fw-la paschae_fw-la london_n sc_n dominus_fw-la rex_fw-la mandavit_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la svo_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr dalton_n constabulario_fw-la turris_n suae_fw-la london_n vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum-tenenti_a breve_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o haec_fw-la verba_fw-la edwardus_fw-la deigratia_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o fran●iae_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la dilecto_fw-la &_o fideli_fw-la svo_fw-la roberto_n de_fw-fr dalton_n constabulario_fw-la turris_n suae_fw-la london_n vel_fw-la ejus_fw-la locum-tenenti_a salutem_fw-la mandamus_fw-la vobis_fw-la quod_fw-la johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n cappellanum_fw-la quem_fw-la vicecomites_fw-la nostri_fw-la london_n ad_fw-la mandatum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la praedictam_fw-la turrim_n vobis_fw-la liberabunt_fw-la ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la recipiatis_fw-la &_o in_o prisona_fw-la nostra_fw-la turri_n praedicta_fw-la custodiri_fw-la faciatis_fw-la quousque_fw-la aliud_fw-la vobis_fw-la super_fw-la hoc_fw-la duxerimus_fw-la de_fw-la mandato_fw-la testae_fw-la i_o ip_n so_o apud_fw-la turrim_n nostram_fw-la london_n trigesimo_fw-la die_fw-la martii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la sextodecimo_fw-la regni_fw-la vero_fw-la nostri_fw-la francia_fw-la tertio_fw-la et_fw-la modo_fw-la scilicet_fw-la in_o craft_n ascension_n dom._n anno_fw-la reg._n nunc_fw-la 18._o coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la venit_fw-la johannes_n de_fw-fr wyndwick_n locumtenens_a praedicti_fw-la constabularii_fw-la &_o adduxit_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciarios_fw-la hic_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la praedicta_fw-la johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n quem_fw-la alius_fw-la à_fw-la praefatis_fw-la vicecomitibus_fw-la virtute_fw-la brevis_fw-la praedicti_fw-la recipit_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la habuit_fw-la in_o mandatis_fw-la ducendi_fw-la &_o liberandi_fw-la corpus_fw-la ipsius_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n praefat_fw-la justic._n hic_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quaesitum_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la praedicto_fw-la johanne_n wyndwick_n si_fw-la quam_fw-la aliam_fw-la detentionis_fw-la praefat_fw-la johannis_n de_fw-fr bildeston_n habeat_fw-la causam_fw-la qui_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v tantum_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la videtur_fw-la curiae_fw-la breve_fw-la predict_v sufficientem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la causam_fw-la predict_v johannem_fw-la de_fw-la bildeston_n in_o prisona_fw-la marescall_n reg._n hic_fw-la retinend_n etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la johannes_n dimittitur_fw-la per_fw-la manucaptionem_fw-la willielmi_n de_fw-fr wakefield_n rectoris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la de_fw-la willingham_n johannis_n de_fw-fr wyndwick_n de_fw-fr come_v lancaster_n johannis_n de_fw-fr lakenham_n &_o johannis_n de_fw-fr norton_n de_fw-fr come_v norsolciae_fw-la nicolai_n de_fw-fr wandesford_n de_fw-fr come_v midd._n &_o rogeri_n de_fw-fr bromley_n de_fw-fr come_v staff_n qui_fw-la eum_fw-la manuceperunt_fw-la habendi_fw-la eum_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la in_o octabis_n sanctae_fw-la trinitatis_fw-la ubicunque_fw-la etc._n etc._n viz._n corpora_fw-la pro_fw-la corpore_fw-la ad_fw-la quas_fw-la octab._n sanct_a trinit_fw-la coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la apud_fw-la westm._fw-la venit_fw-la predict_v
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