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Moft remarkable TRANSACTIONS
In PARLIAMENT,

From the earlieft TIMES,

TO THE

Restoration of King CHARLES II.

COLLECTED

From the JOURNALS of both HOUSES, the RECORDS,
original MANUSCRIPTS, fcarce SPEECHES, and
TRACTS; all compared with the feveral Cotem-
porary Writers, and connected, throughout, with
the Hiftory of the Times.

By SEVERAL HANDS.

VOL. VI.

From the Twenty-first Year of King James I.
to the Second of King Charles I.

LONDON,

Printed and fold by Thomas Ofborne, in Gray's Inn ;

AND

William Sandby, against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-ftreet.

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PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY

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ENGLAND. ·

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FEORE we enter into the A new Para
Proceedings of this Parliament, it liament called,
An. 21. James I.
may be neceffary to take a View 1623.
of the State of the Peerage at this At Westminster,
Time; which the Reader will

find much enlarged from the Lift
at the Beginning of this Reign. But this was no-
thing to the Number of Scotch and Irish Lords the
King made, from English private Gentlemen,
who had Ambition enough to purchase those
Titles, in order to get a Step higher than the new
Degree of Baronets, created alfo in this Reign.
This gave great Difguft to the English Peerage;
and near Forty of that Order joined in a Petition
to the King, to remonstrate the Inconvenience of
fuch Proceedings. Which Petition had fuch Ef-
fect, That though it did not derogate from the
Dignity of thofe already created, yet the King wil-
lingly reftrained himself for the Time to come (a).
VOL. VI.
A

(a) Wilfon in Kennet, P. 747

A

An. 21. James I. A LIST of all the PEERS of England, called to Par

1623.

The State of the
Peerage.

liament, Anno 1623, 21 JAMES I. (b)

HARLES,
Prince of Wales, &c.
Lodowic, Duke of Rich-
mond, Lord High-
Steward of the Hou-
fhold.

Lionel, Earl of Middle-
fex, Lord High-Trea-
furer of England.
Thomas, Viscount Man-
deville, Prefident of
the Council.
Edward, E. of Worce-
fter, Lord-Keeper of
the Privy-Seal.
George, D. of Bucking-
ham, Lord High Ad-
miral of England.
William, Marq. of Win-
chefter.
Thomas, Earl of Oxford,
Lord Great-Cham-
berlain.

Thomas, E. of Arundel
and Surrey, Earl-Mar-
fhal of England.
James, E. of Cambridge,
Steward of the Hou-
fhold.
William, E. of Pembroke,
Chamberlain of the
Houfhold.

Henry, E. of Northum-
berland.

Charles, E. of Notting

bam.

John, E. of Shrewsbury.
Henry, E. of Derby.
Francis, E. of Rutland.
Francis, E. of Cumber-
land.

Henry, E. of Hunting-
don.
Edward, E. of Bath.
Henry, E. of Southamp-

ton.

Edward, E. of Bedford.
William, E. of Hertford.
Thomas, E. of Suffolk.
Richard, E. of Dorfet.
William, E. of Salisbury.
William, E. of Exeter.
Philip, E. of Montgo-

niry.

John, E. of Bridgewa

ter.

Robert, E. of Leicester.
William, E. of Nor-
thampton.

Robert, E. of Warwick.
William, E. of Devon.
Efme, E. of March.
John, E. of Holderness.
Charles, E. of Carlisle.
William, E. of Denbigh.
John, E. of Bristol.
Christopher, E. of An-
glesey.
Anthony, Viscount Mon

tague.
William, V. Wallingford.
John, V. Purbeck.

William,

(6) From the Lords Journals and Dugdale's Summons to Parlia

ment.

William, V. Mansfield. Thomas, V. Colchester. V. Rochford. Thomas, V. Andover. Richard, V. Tunbridge. Henry Nevile, Lord A

bergavenny.

Mervin Touchet, L. Audley.

Edward, L. Zouch.
Robert Bertie, L. Wil-
loughby, of Eresby.
Henry Weft, L. De La-
Warr.
George, L. Berkeley.
Henry Parker, L. Mor
ley and Montegle.
Richard, L. Dacres and
Herft.
Edward, L. Stafford.
Emanuel, L. Scroop.
Edward Sutton, L. Dud-
ley.

Edward, L. Stourton.
Charles, L. Herbert, of
Shurland,

John, L. Darcey and
Meinill.
Edward, L. Vaux.
Thomas, L. Windfor.
Thomas, L. Wentworth.
John, L. Mordaunt.
Oliver, L. St. John de
Bletfo.

Thomas, L. Cromwel.
William, L. Evers.
Philip, L. Wharton.

Edmund, L. Sheffield.
William, L. Paget.
Dudley, L. North.

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Theophilus, L. Howard, An. 21. James I,
of Walden, Son to
the E. of Suffolk.

Edward, L. Wotton.
Francis, L. Ruffel, of
Thornhaugh.

Henry, L. Grey, of

Groby.
William, L. Petre.
Henry, L. Danvers.
Robert, L. Spenfer.
George, L. Carew.
William Fienes, L. Say

and Sele.
Edward, L. Denny.
Charles, L. Stanhope, of
Harrington.

Thomas, L. Arundel of
Wardour.

John Holles, L. Hough

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