Distress, poor-rate levied by, 97, 99:
fines for absence from church,
261.

Dublin Castle, Court of Castle
Chamber in, 151.

Durham, Bishopric of, exempted
from subsidy, 36: black-mailing
in, 105: subject to C. of the
North, 376 (2).

Edward I, II, III, loans of, 347,
348.

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- VI, vestments used under, 20;
schools founded by, 36, 233:
prayer-book of, 13, 14: form of
ordination under, 64.
Egerton, Thomas, Lord Ellesmere ;
Lord Keeper, 240: Chancellor,
252, 358, 361, 446.

Elders, parochial, 220, 224, 248,
435.

Election (parliamentary), freedom

of, interfered with, 280, demanded
288, 289, 290: for Bucks 289,
325, Cambridge 333, Cardigan
331, Norfolk 130, Shrewsbury
331, Westbury 132: Writs for,
331, 333: see also Returns.

(episcopal), 242.

Elizabeth, Queen; her answers to
petitions of Parliament, 109, III,
124 messages to parliament, 118,
119, 120 (2), 121, 124, 125, 209,
210 proclamations of, 183, 208:
on prophesyings, 205: ecclesiastical
policy, 221, &c.

-, daughter of James I, her mar-
riage, 355.

Embracery (an attempt to influence
a jury corruptly), forbidden, 150,
381.

Enclosures, see Common Lands.
English language, in church, 184,
185.
Engrossers (wholesale dealers,
blamed for holding up goods to
increase their price), to be pun-
ished, 381; cf. Forestallers,
Regraters.

Equity, to be regarded by J.P.'s,

46, 53; by C. of Wales, 384:
basis of dispensing power, 179.
Erasmus, Paraphrases of, to be
used, 185.

Escheators (officers, one in each
county, appointed to look after
estates, &c., escheated to the
king), to take oath of
supremacy,
40; their duties, 244, 356.
Escheats (estates falling in to the
lord by death or felony of the
tenant), to be maintained, 296.
Escuage (or scutage, a fine for not

following the King in war),
amount of, fixed by Parliament,
345.
Esquires, what they are, 176.
Estates of the realm, defined, 409.
Eton College, exempted from sub-
sidy, 36.

Excambia (exchanges), 389.
Exchequer, Court of, ecclesiastical
valuation in, 55: monopolies tried
in, 112 bill to reform it, 124:
certificates of fines, &c., made into,
231, 364, 433: Bates' case in, 297;
opposed to High Commission, 407 :
pleas about revenue in, 403.

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Receipt of, fines paid into, 88 (3),
257 taxes paid into, 28, 358.
―, Chancellor of, to name commis-
sioners for aids, 55, 356.

-> Chief Baron of, on judicial com-
missions, 82, 141; his censorship
of the press, 172; not a judge in
Star-Chamber, 403.

Barons of, on C. of the North,
365; not in Star-Chamber, 403.
Excommunication, regulations for,
201 (3), 222; abuses of, 210,
218 (2), 301, 414, 415, 446: to be
reformed, 220: to be abolished,
416; effect of, 265, 301.
Exercises, 202-208: approved, 218,
248.
Exhibitions, at the Universities,
186.

Expulsion, parliamentary right of,
150, 381.

Fealty, see Homage.

Felony, offences against the crown
made, 66, 67, 78 (2), 79; of re-
cusants, 84, 90, 260; of vaga-
bonds, 68, 69, 102; of black-
mailers, 106: to be tried before
King's Bench, 79; Justices of 0.

and T., 362; C. of the North,
375 (with exceptions, 370); C. of
Wales, 380; Justices of Peace,
145, 146, 148: challenge to jury
in cases of, 79.
Feoda (fees), 143, &c.

Feodaries (officers of the court of
wards, appointed in every county
to look after the feudal rights of
the crown), 40, 356.
Feudal rights, of the King, 179;
demand for commutation of, 291,
295, 299: object of, 345: value
of, 345 origin of, 292: see Aids,
Great Contract.
Field, Theoph., Bp. of Llandaff, im-
peached, 334.

Fifteenths and Tenths, defined, 175:
process of levying, 28, 29, 279.
Fines and Forfeitures, for neglect of
duty, 49, 97, 104, 272: for re-
fusal of office, 70, 74, 100: em-
ployed in poor-relief, 72, 76, 237,
261, in allowances to J.P.'s, 53:
arbitrary, 86: not arbitrary, 306,
344 wrongly remitted, 275:
land seized instead of, 257: an
alternative for pillory &c. 77 (2):
inflicted by H. of Lords, 336; H.
of Commons, 132 (2), 337; Star-
Chamber, 181; High Commission,
230, 430, disputed 404-407: see
also Recusants, Labourers, &c.
First-Fruits (profits of an ecclesias-

tical benefice for the first year,
payable to the crown), restored to
the crown, 22: allowed for, 55-
Fish, royal, 388; preservation of,
390.

Fleet prison, 183, 289, 290, 321.
Flotson (or flotsam, things found
floating on the sea), 388.
Floyde, Sir R., expelled the House,
333.

Force (illegal violence), punished by
C. of North, 375; by Star-Cham-
ber, 408.

Foreign policy, discussed in parlia-
ment, see Palatinate, Spanish
Match.

Forest, law of the, maintained, 340:
poaching in, forbidden, 381.
Forestallers (persons who bought

up goods before they came into

the market, cf. Engrossers, Re-
graters), to be punished, 145, 148,
381.
Forgery, punished by Star-Chamber
and Castle-Chamber, 152; C. of
North, 374; C. of Wales, 381.
Forisfactura (forfeiture), 149.
Fortescue, Sir John, in the Bucks
election, 325-333-

Franchises (privileges or exemptions
from ordinary jurisdiction), 69, 87.
Frank-bank (a widow's interest in
her husband's lands, preserved by
special custom), 265.

Freedom, original, of all men, 173.

Galleys, rogues condemned to the,

102.

Gaol-Delivery, Justices of, see Jus-
tices.

Gaolers, under supervision of J.P.'s,
145, 146, 148.

Gaols, prisoners in, 99: see Compter,
Fleet, Marshalsea.
Garter King at Arms, 139.
Geneva, church of; its influence in
England, 195, 224.

Gentlemen, what they are, 176, 177.
Goodwin, Sir Francis, 289, 325-331.
Governors of the poor, 73 (2).
Greenwood, John, before the High
Commission, 223.

Grindal, Edmond, Bp. of London,
and High Commissioner, 169, 194,
227, 232; Abp. of Canterbury, 237:
his partiality to Puritans, 204.
Guernsey, see Jersey.

Habeas Corpus, writ of, 322: granted
against High Commission, 407.
Hackwell (or Hakewell), Mr., 115
342.

Hall, Arthur, 128, 131.
Handicrafts, list of regulated, 51:
exemptions for, 263.
Harding, Thomas, 194.
Harrison, Richard, 211.
Hatton, Sir Christopher, hated by
Puritans, 176.

Henry VII, strengthens the Star-
Chamber, 175.

Henry VIII, schools founded by, 36,

12 (2) powers concerning, dele-
gated to High Commission, 6,
228, 229, 425; disputed, 405.
Heriot (the best beast, due on the
death of a tenant to the lord of
the manor), to be retained, 296.
Highways, repair of, out of alms,
187.
Holidays, to be observed, 185, 186,
188: enforced by High Com-
mission, 406, 407: Puritan objec-
tions to, 191, 414.
Homage, of a bishop, 243: to be
abolished, 295.

Homilies, to be read in church, 187,
193.

Hospitals, exempt from subsidy, 36:

rate for, 99, 100: permission to
erect, 103.
Householders, responsibility of, 91,
261: overseers of poor chosen
from, 96, 103; to subscribe to
the Articles, 285.

Hull, salt-trade of, 114.
Hundred, the, a district for collec-

tion of subsidy, 29, 31, 33, 35;
for poor-relief, 70, 97, 98: labour-
ers not to depart from, 47: police
responsibility of, 86, 87.
Husbandry, regulations for servants
in, 46-52: protection of, 93-96,
371, 376.

Images, to be destroyed, 186.
Impeachment, 279, 280, 334-336.
Impositions (additional taxes on im-

ports), arguments against, 296,
302, 340-355.
Impressment (of mariners, &c.),

390, 397.

Imprisonment, power of, given to
High Commission, 230 (2), 427,
428, 429 impugned, 404.
Impropriations (the profits of eccle-

siastical benefices in the hands of
laymen), taxation of, 104, 414.
Independents, 211, 223, 224, 291,
445.
Indictment (a criminal charge made,

at the suit of the crown, by
the grand jury, 11, 12, 39, 80,
145, 378, &c. Cf. Presentment.
Infants (persons under 21), not
taxed for bequests, 36.

Injunctions, the Queen's, confirmed,

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172, 192, 194, 212, 242, 375, 386.
- (prohibitions to other courts),
issued by Chancery, 385; by
Council of Wales, 385.

Inns, under control of J.P.'s, 145.
146,148; of Council of Wales, 381.
Inquest of office (an enquiry by
jurors specially impanelled), 68.
Ireland, exempted from subsidy, 35:
Star-Chamber in, 150:
Under-

takers in, 166: measures for re-
tention of, 278, 318, 354, 396:
schools and preachers in, 416.

James I, his proclamations, 280,314.
392, 394, 395, 420: his messages
to Parliament, 296, 310, 312, 326,
330, 334 speeches, 282, 291, 293:
policy towards Puritans, 283, 420;
towards Papists, 283-285, 422:
letter about preachers, 422: coro-
nation oath, 391 views of the
prerogative, 399, and above,
passim.

Jersey and Guernsey, exempted from
subsidy, 35.

Jesuits, banished, 84: punished by
death, 85 colleges of, 84: sub-
mission of, 85: persons suspected
of being, 93: their activity, &c.,
260, 308: execution of laws
against, demanded, 300, 319, 320.
Journals of Parliament, an official
record, 130.

Judges, not to be papists, 6, 264:
opinions of, 126, 326 (2): not
superior to parliament, 130, 290:
conference with parliament, pro-
posed, 326, 330 (2): subordinate
to crown, 399, 408: cases recom-
mended to, by Star-Chamber, 167:
appointment of, 143: to assess
fines, 345 (2).

Jury, trial by, allowed under Act of
Supremacy, 15: for sedition, 79(2);
robbery, 57; felony, 79; on the
Borders, 270; before High Com-
mission, 228, 233, 303, 304;
Justices of O. and T., 361; Justices
of Peace, 145, 148; Admiralty,
390; C. of North, 369: rebuked
for wrong verdicts, 180: parlia-
mentary exemption from, 12.

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of Assize, Oyer and Terminer,
and Gaol Delivery, commissions
to, 361, 363: their jurisdiction
(papists and recusants) 18 (2),
40, 76, 91, 261; (sedition) 79;
(husbandry) 94, 96; (borders)
106, 270, 271: doubtful cases
referred to, by J.P.'s, 147; by
C. of North, 371.

of the Peace, their powers: (a)
judicial-2 or more Justices-
(servants) 46; (vagabonds), 102:
3 or more- -(vagabonds and poor)
72: 4 or more- -(apprentices, &c.)
53 (2): in Quarter Sessions-
(recusants, &c.) 40, 76, 90, 257,
258, 274; (husbandry, &c.) 96;
(vagabonds) 102; (borders) 106,
271; (proclamations) 306:
quorum required, 53, 72, 102, 146.
(b) administrative-1 or more—
(licences to beg) 102; (appren-
tices, &c.) 52, 53; 2 or more—
(poor) 43, 44, 96 (2); (licences
to beg), 69 (2); (certificate of
poverty) 384; (allowance of
parsons' wives) 187; (search of
houses) 267; (poor) 43, 44, 69,
70, 96 (2), 97, 99, 104; (appren-
tices, &c.) 49, 53: 3 or more—
(vagabonds) 71: 4 or more-
(licences to travel) 264; (arms
of recusants) 268: in Quarter
Sessions (wages) 48, 49; (poor)
72, 73, 97, 98, 100; (husbandry)
96; (vagabonds) 101, 272: quo-
rum required, 96, 104, 258, 273,
274: (administration of oaths),
I Justice, 85, 90, 266, 274,
2 Justices, 85, 258, 273, 274: (dis-
covery of recusants) 185, 262, 364:
(certificates of recusancy) 75:
(c) penal-(power of committal)
I Justice-sedition, 79, 80 (2), 86;
servants, &c., 52; recusants, 261,

274; vagabonds, 68: 2 Justices-
poor-law, 44, 97, 98, 99; labourers,
49, 50, 71; vagabonds, 102; recu-
sants, 258, 274: (branding) 68;
(banishment, galleys) 102;
(death) 106: (levy of fines) 261.
Fines on, for neglect of duty, 49,
104, 272, 374: allowances to, 53:
subordinate to High Commission,
232, 238; to C. of North, 374, 376:
to take oath of supremacy, 6:
general importance of, 179.

Keeper, Lord, 441: see also Chan-
cellor.

King, see Prerogative, &c.
King's Bench, certificates of sedition
or recusancy to be made into, 40,
41, 75, 239, 433: prison of, 99:
subordinate to Parliament, 352:
pleas in, 401, 408: collides with
High Commission, 407: see also
Justices.

Knighthood, distraint of (fine for
declining knighthood), 133, 176.
Knights, how made, 176, 177.
Knight-service, aid from lands held
by, 355, 356, 357: to be taken
away, 291, 295, 296.

Labourers, regulations for, 45-54:
their position in the state, 177:
see also Justices of Peace.
Lagon (or lagan, things found sunk
in the sea), 388.

Lancashire, exemption for weavers
in, 52.

Lancaster, Duchy of; its liberties in
Wales, 380.

Lastage (payment for ballast or
lading of a ship), 388.
Law, Common, the succession deter-
mined by, 59: monopolies, &c.
tried by, 111, 276: customs, fines,
&c., limited by, 343-345: recu-
sants not to practise in, 40, 264:
bills expository of, invalid, 115:
censorship of books on, 172:
defects of, supplied by Star-
Chamber, 181: defined, 341: its
basis, 349.

—, ecclesiastical, to be followed, 30,
217, 383: fine and imprisonment
not inflicted by, 406.

Libels, against religion, punished by
High Commission, 426, 427.
Liberatae de unica secta (liveries of
one cut or fashion), forbidden, 145.
Litany, the, to be used, 184.
Literae partitae (= carta partita,
charter-party, a contract between
a ship-owner and a merchant),
389.

Liturgy, condemned by Puritans,
211, 223: see also Prayer-Book.
Livery (the retention of bodies of
servants by the gift of coats or
other badges), punishable by
J.P.'s, 144, C. of North, 369, C.
of Wales, 382, 386.
Llandaff, Bishop of, see Field.
London, exemptions for, 47, 54, 170,
172, 277: customs of, touching
apprentices, 50: aldermen of, to
act as J.P.'s, 104: Recorder of,
129: vagrants in, 229: recusants
expelled from, 263: martial law
in, 443.

Bishop of, his duties in ecclesi-
astical taxation, 161: censorship
exercised by, 171, 172, 188, 395.
Lords, House of, its jurisdiction,
280, 334-336, 337-339, 446: pri-
vileges, 126, 128: see also Peers.
Lieutenant, to aid in collecting
loans, 134, 135: military duties,
154.

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Ludlow, place of meeting for Council
of Wales, 380.
Lynn, salt-trade of, 114.

Maiming, punished by J.P.'s, 145,
148.
Maintenance (the unlawful uphold-
ing of a suit at law), forbidden,
145, 150, 362, 374, 381, 408.
Maisons de dieu (hospitals), 103.
Majestas laesa (high treason), 141.
Malvesey, tax on, 25.

Manors, lords of, their control of
waste lands, 98.

Mansion-houses, of recusants, 258.
Manslaughter, 254, 362.

Manuals (books containing occa-
sional services for the use of
priests), to be destroyed, 267.
Marches, Lords Wardens of the,
376: Scotch, see North Parts:
Welsh, see Wales.
Market-towns, labourers in, 51 (2),
52: work-houses in, 72, 73: pro-
clamations to be made in, 49, 102,
373: pillory in, 77.

Marque, letters of (permission of
reprisal granted by the Lord
Chancellor), 268.

Marriage; of clergy, see Clergy: of
recusants, 265: the ring in, 414:
without banns, 415: feudal rights
over, 179, 295: causes concerning,
in High Commission, 432, 433:
register of, to be kept, 186.
Marshal, Knight (Marshal of the
Household), duty of, 100.
Marshalsea, contributions for prison-
ers in, 99.

Mary, Q. of England, schools founded
by, 36.233: monasteries refounded
by, 37.

-, Q. of Scotland, petition against,
109: trial of, 140.

Mass, penalty for saying or hearing,
75-

Master of the Horse, duty of, 133.
Masters of colleges, their marriages
regulated, 188.

Mayors, to take oath of supremacy,
6: jurisdiction-Act of Uni-
formity, 19; servants, &c., 46, 50,
53: administrative powers-poor-
law, 42 (2), 43, 69, 70, 72 (2),
98; wages, 48; recusants, 267:
power of committal-poor-law,
43, 44, 69; servants, 50, 53;
vagabonds, 63; sedition, 80: