RECORDS Of Things done in PARLIAMENT( without the Kings consent) Of higher consequence then have yet been done by this PARLIAMENT. LONDON: Printed by R. Bishop for laurence Blaiklock at the Sugar-loafe near temple-bar. 1643. Records of Things done in Parliament of higher consequence then have yet been done by this PARLIAMENT. Counsellors. AN. 4. Ed. 3. art. 1. The King had put to him 4. Bishops, 4. earls, and 4. Barons, without whose consent no great business was to bee transacted. Ann. 14. Ed. 3. num. 35. The Parliament appointed the Arch-bishop of Canterbury, the earls of Lancaster, Warren and huntingdon, to be Counsellors to the Duke then Protector, with power to call such others as they shall think fit. Counsellors. Ann. 50. Ed. 3. num. 10, 11. Ordered in Parliament that the King should have at least 10. or 12. counsellors, without whom no weighty matters should pass. Ann. 11. Ric. 2. num. 23. No person to be about the King, or to intermeddle with the affairs of the realm other then such as should bee appointed by Parliament. Officers. Ann. 8. Ri. 2. num. 11.16. The names of the chief Officers of the kingdom to be known to the Parliament, and were not to be removed without just cause. Counsellors. Ann. 7. & 8. H. 4. num. 31. Counsellors appointed by Authority of Parliament. Protector. Ann. 1. H. 6. num. 24. The Protector & Defensor Regni appointed in Parliament. Counsellors. and, num. 26. Privy Counsellors. Ann. 2. H. 6. num. 15. Counsellors appointed in Parliament. admiral. Rot. Parl. 13. Ed. 3. num. 15, 16. The whole Navy disposed of by Parliament. Num. 13, 14. admirals appointed, and Instructions given them. Num 32. Instructions for defence of jersey, and a Deputy Governor appointed in parliament. Militia. Num. 36. A Clerk appointed for payment of their wages by the over-sight of the Lord percy and Nevell. Num. 38. Sir Walter Creak, appointed Governor of Barwick. Ann. 39. Sir Thomas Wake, appointed to set forth the Array of Souldiers for the County of York. Num. 40.41.42.43. Others for other Countreys. Custos regni. Num. 14. Ed. 3 num. 36. The Parliament agreeth that in the Kings absence, the Duke of Cornwall shall be custos regni. Militia. Num. 19. certain men are appointed to keep the islands and Sea Coasts. Num. 42. The Lord Mowbray appointed keeper of Barwick. Num. 48. Commission to the Lord Mowbray of the Iustices Lentham. Militia. Num. 53.54. Commission of Array to the earl of Angors and others. An. 50. Ed. 3. num. 15. A Commission to the Lord Piercie and others, to appoint able persons for the defence of the Marches of the East-riding. Officers. An. 15. Ed. 3. num. 15. The Chancellors chief Iustices, Treasurers, the Chancellors and Barons of the Exchequer, &c. may be chosen in open Parliament, and there openly sworn to observe the Law: Answer, as they fall by death or otherwise, that shall be so done in the choice of new by their assents, &c. Kings education. An. 1. Ric. 2. num. 18.19. The Parliament wholly disposeth of the education of the King, and Officers. Officers. Num. 51. Officers for gascoigne, Ireland, Artois: keepers of the ports, Castles, &c. admiral. An. 2. Rich. 2. Rot. Parliament. part. 2. art. 39. Admiralty. Num. 37. In a schedule is contained the earl of Northumberland and others, for the defence of the North Sea Coasts, and confirmed by Parliament. An. 6. Rich. 2, num. 11. The proffers of the Bishop of Norwich, to keep the Sea coasts, and accepted in Parliament. An. 15. Rich. 2. num. 15. The Commons name the persons to Treat of a peace with the Kings enemies. Militia. An. 1. H. 4. num. 106. That the King appoint able Captaines in England and Wales. An. 5. H. 4. num. 16. The King at the request of the Commons removed his Confessor and others from being about him. Councellors. Num. 37. The King at the request of the Commons nameth divers privie-Councellors. admiral. An. 7. & 8. H. 4. num. 26. Power given to Merchants to nominate two persons to bee Admirals. Stat. 5. Ri. 2. ca. 3. The mariners of the West appointed to guard the Seas, and had six pence per pound out of Merchants goods towards their charges, and reprisals. 7. & 8. H. 4. num. 26. Commissions granted in Parliament to keep the Sea. Officers. An. 1. H. 6. num. 61. Chancellor, Treasurer, and Privie-Seale appointed by Parliament. Castles. An. 4. H. 6. num. 19. The Duke by common consent in Parliament, appointed a Deputy to keep Barwick Castle: Note, that was a trust committed unto him for which he could not make a Deputy. Castles. An. 14. H. 6. num. 1●. The keeping of the town of calais is committed to the Duke of gloucester by Indenture between him and the King, and confirmed in Parliament. admiral. An. 31. H. 6. num. 41. Richard earl of Salisbury and others, are appointed by Parliament to keep the Seas. An. 33. H. 6. num. 27. discharged. general. An. 39. H. 6. num. 32. The Duke of York made general by Parliament. counsel of war. Stat. 21. Iocob. cap. 34. Tresurers and a counsel of War appointed by Parliament, and an oath to be taken by them. An. 8. H. 6. cap. 25. The Mayor of K. Staple to continue but two yeeres in his Office: Note the Kings Prerogative in appointing his Officers abridged by parliament. kingdom. 40. Ed. 3. num. 7.8. Resolved, that the King could not dispose of the kingdom without the consent of his people. FINIS.