allowances to, 53: acting as
J.P.'s, 80, &c.; as returning
officers, 332: subordinate to
J.P.'s,145,146, to C. of North, 374.
Merchants, taxed for tonnage and
poundage, 26: apprentices of, 50,
51: exemptions for (penal laws),
85, 266; (patents), 277: their
political inferiority, 177.
Messuagium (a dwelling-house, with
or without land adjacent), 173.
Metropolitan, of the realm to deter-
mine vestments, 20.

Mines, to pay poor-rate, 104.
Ministers of state, to take oath of
supremacy, 6.

of religiou, to take the oath, 6:
general duties of, 13-21, 184-189,
191-194; (poor) 42 (2), 43(2), 104;
(recusants) 90, 91 (2), 185, 274,
417 exemptions from taxation,
56: subscription to Articles, 64,
212, &c. want of learning in,
186, 188, 200, 210, 215, 291, 416:
not to be without cure of souls,
197: see Clergy, Uniformity.
Missal (mass-book), prayer-book de-
rived from, 198: to be destroyed,
267.

Moderators, of exercises, 204: of

action of a statute or other order
was barred), 112, 114.
Nonconformists, see Puritans.
Non-residence, see Residence.
North Parts, the, exempted from
subsidy, 36: measures for keeping
order in, 105, 269, 270: schools
and preachers in, 416: recusants
in, 62.

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President and Council in, com-
mission to, 363: secretary to know
about, 166: procedure of, 214.
Northamptonshire, Puritans in, 202,
248.

Northumberland, see North Parts.
Norwich, industrial exemptions for,
52, 54: exercises in, 202.
Notary public (a person appointed
by authority to attest deeds, &c.),
236.
Novelists (Puritans), 283.

Oath, of allegiance or supremacy,
see Allegiance, Supremacy: coro-
nation, 391, 410: corporal (taken
by laying the hand on the Bible),
7, 8(2), 40, 166, 273, before High
Commission, 230, 429 (2).

-, ex officio (administered by an
official by virtue of his office,
specially used of the oath ad-
ministered to persons accused be-
fore the High Commission), at-
tacked, 213, 217, 225, 303, 415;
defended, 214: before admission
to a benefice, &c., 216.

Officers, of army or navy, not to be
recusants, 264.
Ordinances, made by the crown,
400 instances, 168, 169.
Ordinaries

(ecclesiastical judges
having authority of their own
right, not delegated), their juris-
diction-Act of Uniformity) 19,
20; (poor) 43 (2); (ordination)
64, 65 (2); (recusants) 75. 91,
185; (censorship) 188; (morals)
375, 383: to be aided by High
Commission, 430, 431: to have
associates, 219.

Ordination, regulations touching, 40,
65, 193, 200: Puritan demands
concerning, 215, 216, 285, 414,
416.

Palatinate, the, negotiations about,

278, to be broken off, 317, 318:
aid for, 309, 315, 359, 360.
Papers, wearing of (a penalty), 337,
368, 382, 403.
Papists, see Recusants.

Pardon, King's right of, 342: from
Rome, 63.

Parish, administrative district
(Act of Supremacy) 17; (taxation)
35; (poor) 42, 44 (2), 70, 72, 96,
97, 98 (2), 99 (4), 103, 104 (2),
186, 187; (rogues) 101; (recu-
sants) 256; (labourers) 47: to
provide prayer-books, 18; bibles,
185; communion-table, 193: re-
gister of births, &c., 186.

church, articles to be read in,
65: overseers to meet in, 97:
bibles, &c., to be placed in, 185:
to be purged of shrines, &c., 186.
Parker, Abp. of Cant., his conver-

sation with P. Wentworth, 121:
his Advertisements, 191: sup-
presses exercises, 204: his homage,
243 on High Commission, 169,
194, 227, 232, 235: letter to, 441.
Parliament, its sovereignty-(re-
ligion) 12, 290, 370; (succession)
59; (legislation) 124, 341; (tax-
ation) 176, 347, 352, 411; (in
general) 178, 289, 352: subordi-
nation to the crown argued, 400,
409, 436: privileges of, 117-133,
254, 255, 287-293, 310-316, 320-

339: jurisdiction of, 131-133,
334-339 privacy of debate in,
133: petitions of, 109: addresses
of, 317, 318, 319: procedure in,
179: see also Lords, Commons.
Patents, Letters, discussed, 111-
115, 333: regulated, 276.
Patronage, taken from Romanists,
266.

Peace, Justices of, see Justices:
clerk of the, 257: breach of, 145,
148, 167, 375.

Peculiars (ecclesiastical districts,
exempt from ordinary ecclesi-
astical jurisdiction), 430.
Peers, trial of, by their peers, re-
served by statute, 12, 19, 25, 60,
63, 260; in D. of Norfolk's case,
139: exempted from oath of su-
premacy, 41: sons of, eligible to
H. of Commons, 131: to take
oath of allegiance, 262: members
of Magnum Concilium, 403: see
also Barons, Lords.
Penance, commutation of, 201, 210.
Penry, John, 225.

Perjury, in regard of benefit of
.clergy, 74: to be tried in Star-
Chamber and similar courts, 150,
152, 374, 382.

Peterborough, exercises in, 202.
Philizers (or Filizers, officers who
file the writs in the Common
Pleas), 40.

Pilgrimages, forbidden, 185, 186.
Pillory, penalty for seditious words,
77 (2), 337: inflicted by Star-
Chamber, &c., 181, 368, 403.
Pirates, goods of, 388.
Pius V, Pope, his Bull, 195.
Players, theatrical, 69, 253.
Pluralities, to be reformed, 210,
416: regulations touching, 202,
222: complained of, 218, 285,
301, 414.

Poaching, forbidden, 381.
Pole, Cardinal, schools founded by,
36, 233.

Pontifical, the (order of consecra-
tion), 198.

Poor, statutes concerning, 41, 69,

72, 96, 103: fines payable to re-
lief of, 17, 76, 237, 261: see
Justices of Peace.

Ports, free entry through, 350.

=

porti-

Cinque, exempted from subsidy,
36; not from feudal aids, 356:
martial law in, 398.
Portuise (O. F. porthors
forium or breviary, q. v.), prayer-
book culled from, 198.
Praemunire, penalty of (the penalty
of outlawry and forfeiture inflicted
under the stat. 16 R. II. 5), for
impugning eccl. supremacy, &c.,
10, 11, 12, 39, 41, 61, 62, 63;
denying the Queen's title, 60; re-
fusing oath of allegiance, 259,
262, 274: inflicted by High Com-
mission, 304 (2).
Prayer-book, of Edward VI, to be
kept, 13, with alterations, 14.

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of Elizabeth, to be used, 14-16,
188, 208, 212, 375: to be pro-
vided in parishes, 18: condemned
by Puritans, 198: orthodoxy of,
212, 445 strict observance of, ob-
jected to, 217.

Preachers, regulations for, 65, 185,

192, 193, 200, 201, 422: more
liberty demanded for, 217: ne-
cessity of, 414, 416.
Prebendaries, taxation of, 54, 162,
360: vestments of, 193.
Predestination, doctrine of, adopted,
226: not to be generally preached

on, 423.
Pre-emption, royal right of, 299:
cf. Purveyance.
Premier seisin (first possession: the
King's right to the first year's
profits of any estate of which a
tenant-in-chief dies seised), to be
abolished, 296.

Prerogative, the, of the crown: in
general, 174, 179, 391, 409, 410,
412, 436-438: legislative, 120,
411: judicial, 153, 181: eccle-
siastical, 225, 240, 290, 418, 425:
dispensing, 111, 112, 113: feudal,
292: taxative, 340-342: Bracton
on, 115, 409: Blackstone on, 410:
Q. Elizabeth on, 116, 125: James I
on, 293, 294, 310, 312, 313,

315, 316, 399, 400, 423: Judges
on, 340-342: growth of, 289:
penalty for attacking, 119: limi-
tations of, 290, 297 (2), 342-353,
409 (note).
Prerogative-court, of the Arch-
bishop, 199, 412.
of the Pope, 199.

Presbyterians, 197, 246, 247, 435..
Presentment (a statement made
by the grand jury, being usually
a charge of an offence), 39, 41,
425 of recusants, 257, 274, 364.
President, Lord, of the Council;

duties in taxation, 31, 34: power
of committal, 114: in Star-
Chamber, 175, 403.

Press, Censorship of, 168-172, 188,
189, 394, 396, 427, 428: see also
Books.

Primers (Popish books of devotion
containing prayers and religious
instruction), to be destroyed,
267.

Printers, Queen's, exemptions for,
171, 172: see Press.

Prisage (the King's right to take a
portion of the wine loaded on a
ship), certainty of, 349.
Privileges, parliamentary, see Par-
liament, &c.

Privy Seal, Lord, his duties in tax-
ation, 31, 34: in Star-Chamber,
175, 403 other duties, 273, 356:
see also Seal.
Processions (religious), forbidden,
186.
Proclamations, abuses of, 305, 306:
see also Elizabeth, James I.
Proctors or Procurators (those who
manage another man's cause in
an ecclesiastical court or collect
the fruits of a benefice for an-
other), pretended, 69.
Prophesyings, see Exercises.
Protonotaries (chief clerks of the
King's Bench and Common Pleas),
40.

Provost-marshal (an officer to exe-
cute martial law), 155, 444.
Puritans, general descriptions of,
194, 283, 291: name first used,
195 their views, 196-199: de-
mands, 191, 219, 413, 420, 421:

see also Independents, Presby-
terians, Sectaries.
Purveyance (the King's right of
buying goods at a valuation,
and of impressing carriages, &c.,
without consent of the owner),
340 bill against, quashed, 124:
to be abolished, 298, 299: regu-
lated, 385.

Quarter Sessions, see Justices.
Quo warranto, enquiry by, 112.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, his monopoly,
113: Vice-Admiral, 165: his
view of the prerogative, 409.
Ransom, carrying off persons for
the sake of, 105.
Rape (crime), 74, 380: (division of
a shire), 29, 70.
Rebellion, stirred up by Roman-
ists, 61: provided against, 81,
154, 362: martial law used in,
155, 179: proclamation of, 183,
372, 373.
Recognisances, (bonds or obligations

for debts, appearance in court,
good behaviour, &c.), 43, 231,
304, 428, &c.

Record, Courts of (courts whose
records cannot be disputed), at
Westminster, 81, 82: see also
H. of Commons.

Recorder, of London (a legal officer
appointed by the Mayor and Cor-
poration who delivers judgement
in their courts, records the cus-
toms of the city, &c.), 129.
Recusants, Popish (properly, those
who refuse to go to church, also
used of any Papists), defined, 92:
penalties on, 17, 75, 76, 88, 89-
93, 253, 256-261, 274: disabilities
of, 6, 8, 40, 264-267, 274: mea-
sures for discovery of, 92, 228,
256, 364: not to go five miles
from home, 93, 264, nor abroad
without licence, 260, 309: ban-
ished from the realm, 93, from
London and court, 263: marriages
of, 265 education of, 266, 267,
309, 427: lands of, 266, 267, 309:

disarmed, 268, 319: patronage of,
266 increase of, 307, 308: action
against, demanded, 300, 309, 319,
320: indulgence to, 422: pun-
ished by High Commission, 228,
427.

Regarda (rewards), 143.
Register, of poor 42 (2), 70: of
recusants, 256: of births, &c.,
185.
Regraters (persons who buy and
sell in the same market), for-
bidden, 145, 146, 148.

Relics, Popish, to be destroyed,
431.

Reliefs (sums payable by incoming

feudal tenants), to be abolished,

296.

Requests, Master of the [Court of],

168.

Residence, on benefices, enjoined,
202, 223, 226: non-residence
complained of, 218, 219, 301,
414: fined, 186.
Retaining (retentio; keeping per-
sons as retainers), forbidden, 362,
377, 386.

Returns, of elections, to be made to
Chancery, 281: right of examin-
ing, 130, 131, 287, 288, 325–333.
Revenue of the crown, legislation
about, prohibited, 124: limited
by common law, 344, 346: see
also Customs, Feudal rights, Sub-
sidy, &c.

Riding (division of a shire), 31,
69.

Right, Divine, of succession, 21,

250 in general, 436-439.
Riots, punishable by Lord Lieu-
tenant, 155: Justices of Peace,
179; Star-Chamber, 167, 180;
Privy Council, 368; other courts,
150, 152, 362, 368, 375, 381.
Rites and Ceremonies, uniformity
of, 13-20, 194, 445: bills on, for-
bidden, 120, 121, 125, 126: im-
portance of, 246, 291, 413: see
also Uniformity, Injunctions, &c.
Robbery, hue and cry for, 86: how

punished, 57, 105, 179, 380.
Rogues and Vagabonds, definition
of, 69, 98, 99, IOI, 272: statutes
about, confirmed, 42, 253: to be

branded, 67, 254; whipped, 101;
transported, 102: workhouses for,
71, 73, 101, 271: search for,
272: under supervision of J.P.'s,
144, 145, 146, 179, and of High
Commission, 229.

Rolls, Master of the (an assistant
to the Lord Chancellor, judge in
Chancery, and Keeper of the re-
cords), 82, 129, 280.
Romanists, see Recusants.
Rosaries (books of prayers to the
Virgin), to be destroyed, 267.
Routs, see Riots.

Sectaries, repressed, 89, 211, 427.
Seminaries (Romanist schools), 84,
85. 427, 431.

Seminary priests, penalties on, 83-
86, 93, 262: statutes against,
confirmed, 253: to be dealt with
by High Commission, 426, 427:
repression of, demanded, 300, 319.
Sequestration (the temporary with-
holding of the profits of a benefice),
19.
Serjeant, of H. of Commons, 128,
129, 132, 321, 322, 325, 332.
Serjeanty, grand and petty (a tenure
by special service to the crown),
295.
Sermons, regulations for, 184, 423:
necessity of, 207, 414: see also
Preachers.

Servants, see Labourers.
Sheriffs, to take oath of supremacy,
40: their duties (labourers), 48,
49; (vagabonds), 69; (empanelling
of jurors), 147, 150, 357, 362:
(distraint of knighthood), 133:
(parl. elections), 281, 325, 329,
331, 332, 333, 442: punishable
by J.P.'s, 146, 148.

Shire, an administrative district
(taxation), 27, 31, 32, 134; (poor),
73, 97, 99, 100: (labourers), 47.
Shirley, Sir Thomas, his case, 289,
290, 320-325.

Shrines, to be destroyed, 186.
Sidesmen (assistants to the church-
wardens), 364.

Signet (the seal in possession of the
Secretary), 159, 419.

Simony, punished, 187, 407, 426:
oath to be taken about, 216.
Slander, in parliament,
131:
punished by High Commission,
228, 407.

Socage, tenure in, 295, 355, 356, 357-
Soldiers, discharged, provision for,

100, 102.

Sovereignty, 351, 352: cf. Preroga-
tive.

Spanish Match, the, 278, 308, 310,
312, 317, 318.
Speaker, of H. of Commons, nomi-
nated by the crown, 178: his
demand for privileges, 117:
powers in the House, 124: rela-