Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I

George Walter Prothero

Clarendon Press, 1898 - Constitutional history - 478 pages

INTRODUCTION	xvii

Church and State	xxx

Council Ministry and StarChamber	cvii

Army and Navy	cxix

REIGN OF ELIZABETH	1

99	26

99	33

Eliz cap 1 For the assurance of the Queens power	42

To prevent dangers from Popish Recusants	268

Proclamation concerning elections to Parliament 1604	287

The Kings speech before Parliament 1610	295

Petition of the House of Commons May 1610	296

Propositions touching Purveyance 1610	298

Memorial concerning tenures 1610	299

302	300

First petition of the House of Commons Dec 1621	310

Eliz	57

29	92

Parliamentary Proceedings	107

PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT	117

g Speech of Mr Wentworth 1587	123

Judicature	138

Military System	154

Commission for the emancipation of villains	174

The StarChamber	181

Summons to Convocation 1562	190

Puritan demands in Convocation 1563	191

Beginnings of Puritanism 1568 Camden	194

Bull of excommunication 1570	195

a Cartwrights propositions 1570	196

b Charks propositions 1572	197

Extracts from the First Admonition 1571	198

The Canons of 1571	200

b Suppression of Exercises 1574	204

d The Queens letter against Prophesyings 1577	205

e Regulations in the diocese of Chester 1585	206

f Harrison on Prophesyings g Bacon on Prophesyings	207

19	215

Puritan Petition to the Queen 1585	221

Independent Doctrines 24 Martin Marprelate libels 1588 Camden	224

Attacks on the High Commission 1591 Camden	225

The Lambeth Articles 1595	226

The Canons of 1597	227

b The Commission of 1562	232

c The Commission of 1572	235

d The Commission of 1576	237

e The Commission of 1601	240

f Ecclesiastical Commission for Wales 1579	241

1 The congé délire	242

EXTRACTS FROM ECCLESIASTICAL WRITERS	245

2 Letter of recommendation	253

Second petition of the House of Commons Dec 1621	313

The Kings Proclamation on dissolving Parliament 1622	314

First Address of both Houses to the King March 1624	317

b Shirleys Act	324

a Buckinghamshire Election 1604	325

b Cardigan and Shrewsbury 1604	331

c Cambridge 1621	333

Right of expulsion Sir R Floyde 1621	334

b Floydes case 1621	337

III Unparliamentary Taxation a Arguments of the Judges 1606	340

b Mr Hakewills argument 1610	342

c Mr Whitelockes argument 1610	351

Judicature	361

XXX	372

Instructions for the President and Council of Wales 1617	378

Jurisdiction of the Admiralty 1618	389

DOCUMENTS	413

A Proclamation enjoining conformity 1604	420

EXTRACTS FROM ECCLESIASTICAL WRITERS	435

APPENDIX	441

First Charter to the East India Company 1600	448

13	451

Charter to the Virginian Colonies 1606	456

219	461

221	462

36	463

118	464

222	465

224	467

268	469

225	471

226	473

235	476

241	477

Title	Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I Making of modern law
Editor	George Walter Prothero
Compiled by	George Walter Prothero
Edition	2
Publisher	Clarendon Press, 1898
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	8 Oct 2008
Length	478 pages

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