Moft remarkable TRANSACTIONS In PARLIAMENT,
From the earlieft TIMES,
Restoration of King CHARLES II.
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.
From the Twenty-first Year of King James I. to the Second of King Charles I.
Printed and fold by Thomas Ofborne, in Gray's Inn ;
William Sandby, against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-ftreet.
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
An. 21. James I. A LIST of all the PEERS of England, called to Par
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
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-
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-
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.
(6) From the Lords Journals and Dugdale's Summons to Parlia
William, V. Mansfield. Thomas, V. Colchester. V. Rochford. Thomas, V. Andover. Richard, V. Tunbridge. Henry Nevile, Lord A
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.
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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