‘ll; Mr: H I BEFORE THE THE . VPPER HOVSE Of Pa1‘]1ament_ . M our [V N‘ ‘g‘}‘@/¢*"’*+‘{<’f*""€ Print ‘ J . ed 1:: the ycarc, 1.54% .«o' -, 2 -,-3' A R GV ME N ‘D i e ‘Beforeithe 0 RD S in h i the npperfloufcof Q’arliamertt.i ‘ ' Aprillg I 641. ‘Y, Lords, Iam commanded by e i * e the Knights , Citizens , and 4Burge{fcs*‘of the Houfe of Corrlfrhons to prefefit to your to ,4 Lordfhips agrcaf and crying ‘ '*' ‘ "grievance, whichthough it be ecjomplayned of in the prefent preffutes,but by the northern parts,yet bythe Logick and C on-» fequence ofit, itis the grievance of the whole Kingdome. ‘The Court of the Prefidents,and Counfeil of the North, or as it is more ufually called , the Courts of Yorke, which by the’ {piritieand ambition of the Miniiters , ~trufted‘ there, orby thenaturallInclination;ofCour‘ts_ ' to‘ inlargc their owne power and Iurifdidtion,’ i A .2 ehatth fiath 1-To‘ p~r6digioui1y bTrzil~{et’db ,\firtne'°’».:tfll“?1f€§__b3}‘I1_l;rT:ies ;.<‘of:the.tiri’t t'Cou_ncell,2ian_yv’hich it range 5_.tli_at_ it hath almoft otfer-whelmed that C ounttreyf un- der the Sea of Arbitrary’ power; and involved \the people in a Labery nthof ,dil‘t,em per , op- prefiion and poverty. - a uYour.L0rdlhip$. will give mee. leave not with prefumption to inforrnf,-. your great un- deritandings , about that you may know What moved the houfe of Commons to tl1e‘i'rir'efolu- tions to remember your Lordfhips of the foun- dation,and ereéting this Cour-t,and of the pro- greffe and growth of it. , ~ ‘ Your Lordihips well know , that upon the fuppreflion of all religious houfes to fuch a va-« ilewin the 27 yeare of H. 8. from that timeto the thirtieth yeare of that Kings raigne , many (not fewer then fixe Inf u rreétions ) and Rebel- lions were made in thc_Northerne parts, under pretence of that quarrel], moft of them under the command of fame eminent perfonof that Countrey, the which being quieted before the end of the thirtieth yeare,that great King well: knowing his ownemindg , and what hee meant to doe with the great yloufesof Religion; in the yeare following for prevention of any in- eonvenience that mightenfue tohimupon fuch diltemper,.in the 3 1 .yeare of his Reign granted a Commiflion to the Biihop of Landzzfe , the fitft Preiident, and others, for the quiet go-. vernment L- 2:?‘-* -7-...« A tcfmzritt , quadj qtmrw ((3) 2 wtrelrnment of -the Conn-ty of 'T0(/lfe;.,t ,Norr£z;)7f £zerl4z¢d,Cnmbcrl42zd and Wcflmerlmé’,tl)e~Bill1op'+ ,1-ickc of Dur/yam, the c_oI.1nties of the Citiesof forke, Kizggflon upon Hufl, andtNc'n7t-ca/lleupon. Tyne. But’ my Lords this Comm-i{fion‘was no .other;then,a:(Eommiffionof Oyéraénd Termi;2er,' onely it had :1 claufe at the end oF it , -orthe hearing Of all caufesreall and perfo ,_ qzzanu dc dmboepartey, e’U£’l’dl“t€I’ztPd(5f1‘C gravvatg patpertzz’-T A 'zfj?mm ficufia/um legem ,Regm'.noflrz' ,t aliter Mfiquit’ non pa ;5it%,t which claufe how illegall foeiier, for that iris illegall and voyd in Law , ‘little doubt canhe made yet ‘whether theyexercife that part of the Com- V miffionatall, or fotfparingly exercifedit, that poorepeople found cafe and benefit by it, I know notgbut at that time I find no complaint againfl.it,tillthecomming in of King Iame: the C; ommiffioncontinued {till th_e fame, a-ndthat in thefirfl yeare of his Reigne to the Lord St/zcfieild varied nootherwife from zhc.forme1; auc,_ onely it had . reference to Infiruétionst e which ihould be fent , thoughany. new I‘ent‘ot* no iseuncertaine , but wee can find none. . In lame , in the feventh yeare of the R‘:-igne of King fame: a new Commiffion was gran- . ted to the fame man ( the Lord Shjfeild) vctfy differing from all that went’ before , it being‘ left out, that they fhould enqhuireperfltcmmma #~t<«»:'f ‘ tum izomrum é‘ leg_aliz¢m_baminum,W add to heare $9 dc.-» . , ( determine fmmdam lege: Anglia 3 Relaetioinbc? mg hadwonelyt to the Inftruétioins, which were -are {=iti’c Infiruétionst, wee can find wetefenit athigther, though I told your Lordihips there . vwerefome mentions of fome In 1. Ifhali not trouble your Lordfltips with th3efetaInIttu6t‘i- ons, nor with the other that followed in1:4. ,i.Iacobz“‘to the fame man, nor'in16. Iméi , when anew -Commiflion was granted to my Lord i .:.$:mder»l4m1s, not indeet;i,;,withany«ti’1iwecome to thefe prefent Infirué¥ions,and Commifliotis » under which that part or the Kingdomeigtoans 'r:_“m'*..1~h‘/Q! and languiflaeth. . - t t My Lord of Stmjford came to that govern- ‘meant in Deceméa. 4. "Caro/i , t and. fince ‘the Commiflion hath beene three, feverall. times remo , in the fit‘: yeare in cmarcb , in the eighth in Nawmé. in the thirteenth yeareof his. Majeflies taigne into that Commiflion of8.and 13.a new-.cIaufe ferved in for the granting, fe- quefiringt , and eiiablifhing Pofl"efIionsaccord- ing, to inftruétions, crowded in a Mail" e of new exorbitant and intollerable power,though our g complaint be againft this Commiflion it felfe; and againft the whole body of thofein[trué’ci- eons: I {hall not mifpend your Lordfhips pre-" A tious time in defiring to have the whole read; but fhall prefume to trouble ayour Lordfluips 0.nly,with five or fix ofthe inftruétions, that by the vait irregularity of thofe» yout- = Lord... ‘ ¢-««-————__?e_ _ . I (‘-S;’ 5’ Lordfhips may judge , how infupportablerthe; whole burthén 15. 7Ilhall not trouble your Lordfhips with the ninth Inflruétion, thoughit be but {he rt 5 which introduceth that ,’ myzfimm‘ firwitmm, ulzi jaw eflwtgum, :9" imagnitum, by . requiring an obedience to fuch ordinances,andi determinations, as be or fl]21_1i_b€C made by the Councell Table, or high Commiflion Court. A igrievance my ‘Lgrydvs ; howfoever confivemido» (ff lpecrauwm glaritzatnaéilitgvcrit £74726 mlpam, of folitranfeendent a-nature , that your; Lo rdfhips no-ble Iuftice wil provide a remedy for it, with no leffe care, then you would refcue thelife, \ andfbloodof the.Common-wealth. "Readethc;=19:.2.2,23,24.29.*and go. will - not trouble” your Lordihips With. reading more , there. being among them in thewhole- 5~8.InPtru.€tions-,; fcarce one that is not againft, or befides the Law. 1_fgether?Hi§‘ Ma jeftie may caution loutagiparte l of hisflingdome to betryed y Comtnifiion, though accordingto: the rules of Law, fine: the whole Kingdome. "is under the Lawes and? l government of thetCour.ts tefiaebliifhed. atW:jZ—__ minflezg and by this reafon the feverall-parts of‘ the Kingd ome may bee deprived: of that privi-F ledge,will:n0tb¢.e now the quefiion; that his; Majeftielvcannot by Commifliion craft 8; new couett of C hancety," or a proceeding a_cco«rding,; l rules o£tthc'Sta.:-thamheir,y ggmofi £1635; , '. e to». V ' ' czutficwlv ' L. 1 .11 an -. -.--.. .a 1 “W to aiiwho have tread Mag»): Charm gwhichr allowed no proceedings, mji per a jlegule judibium ,1M.riam & peg ’lc_’gem temc_; for our ecourt of Chanceryjheare by long ufage and iprofe*ripti- ronééis ‘grovime to bee as it we re lex term But my Lordsa ‘the t-hi‘rtieth¥Inftt~u€tion goes further, and e rent}-s fuch an Em prie , fuch aDominion, as (hall hee *1 yable tono contrary, ‘ ‘ The Courts of Weflmiag/feri,m,y Lords have A ifuperintendences over all inferiout Courts to L regulate the1r‘jur1fdi6tions,aif they exceedtheir limits.’ As to hold Plea of greater valew, lor the liicein his exercife of Iurifdiétion , the Iudges are fworne to grant, and fend prohibi- tions 1, and to “flop -the grantingsof thefe pro» hibitions, orto neg«le—ét them 3 Whe'ii they are granted , -is the greatefi‘ and boldcft {come of the Iaaw, andthe Law-makersfthat canbe ima« ; me . ‘- '- i 1 9 7 Thé King$ Courts at :I'2V}_{!mi:gl/fer; having‘ bin aliwayes of Vthatfawefiul-1andtevetentefieeme, with tnfettour ‘Iudges ,j that the Infiances of fuch contem p_t’s againfi them are ‘very rare and. ee.e2‘<‘ernpl-arzyain the pn‘ni{hmrent;i V A . - ~ ; X The 1=Bifhop ot_ :'Nom2icb in Trinity ‘=iI‘-ertne,i A in the twentieth yeare of Edward the third‘, in grtullandfl folemne diII_e_r_x(ion of the whblemat-» Rat.._.2 8 9? in thceommon Please in Hillary Terme 21 tin-the Kings Bench , was attached for diifo- beyinegra prohibition at the fate OfSfr4cil1,upo'D.~ tcr, i (7) - tcrg the Courtbierefolved , that the jaroccedingi of the Bilhop werein obea'ieutz'am.é' dimimtw rent Domini . ,. é- pottjlatia Regzle autbaritatzk fin lefiionem carom fim ex/aercditationem ?7MI1Z:f€.- flgm, (9% As the words of the Recordsare, and therefore adjudged the temporallityes of the Bifhop to be feifed into the Kings hand,and, great, verely great dammages to bee ; paid to Plaintiffes : And whofoever gave digreétions for thefc flout Inftrué’zio.ns, might haveare-j membred that no longer fince then Mic/)4el~' nw,i in the feventh yeare of Eli{_. Rot. 3 1. An Attachment was grauntcd againfl the Arch- bifhop of Tar lee then Prefidcnt of that Couna fell, for forbidding the Goaler of Tor/eeto de- liver one Lambert his_Prifoncr , who was fen: for by akcbeas corp»: from the Kings Bench; _ ' 2 and if theywvould have believed the rcfolution . of all the Iudges in. Englarmflin Trinity Term, | inthe 6 '.yeate.of King Iames, they would have lmowne how unfit it Vhadeabeene to enlarge that Iurifdiéiion , fince molt of their proceedings being of an inferiour nature to. what they are now growhe, were then declared to be illegal! ‘ 8: inconfiftant with the liberty of the tSubjeéi:; . And can fuch a court, a as this my a%Lordsde-4 ferve to live to what acompendious .abridge+- mentuhath mice‘ gotten of ‘all the c_ourts;_.in§ Wefiminflcr Halli,‘ whatf9everefals- w:1th1n«thc cogn‘izance,orjurifdi«‘.3 ion o£:ci.ther.court.sthereg ‘ B i ’” l is . ._ ~ ._ ,-....r_.rw ..,_,A.'- ._._. ‘.._.-—- —- -- igcempltatlyehtcrminable within; that am» Gout‘: atee1‘mv¢,,befidetsnthetpewerithath with tficelefiafiicall. anti’. . high: C*omtt1iIfien% 1g‘.Qurtg., «_.:: "4 > . What ha§tI1‘.the good;Nbrtheirh’~peo-gle done , that:-hey onely m:ufli' be disfranchifedf of alltheir privi1edges.b:y Magm Cizarm,’ ;_ande t“hePeti'tion of right: >, fottto-«what purpoii ferve ‘thefe Statutes , if they«' may befined and im rifoned without Law , accordingito the ' dfi cretion ofithei, Commiflioncrs , what have they d9ne,~that.they, and they alone of all the geople at? this happy ll’-and mutt be difittheri-’ ofhtheit birth.-right, of their Inheritance. prohihietionstw tits of Haéea Carpmggvritse J-Ticrotir are thetbirtha right,the inheritance of Wesubjefis. t t A ' L t it A t 'PEnd*'EiS here worth‘-your Lordfliips obfei-.;.‘. vetitoiigthat to thofe rmnyptohibitiongwrhich beene» grantedi from ahove, for till? (DE) 4 hjte, the court of Twha ha.d+rtot the eouragetoa di;fpofc., ibitions ti, no-re indeed ' till.§otu:,,.; courts herc.,had not the courageto grant them..., Twas nevetknownei, that court pleaded the Iurifdiétipn-of—theirceunfellsg which without doubt they would have done upgn the-.advan--« ’ % rage of many great perfons,e in whofe pr0tC-- . t aionthey havealwayes beene, hat! they not “m°W“¢*‘“°LaWa W191 #195 be I!!ifin§erPret=de’ii §!399S[!SQ!!l9_V!;:l§:i.:ae e X9952‘: refs)“ « . .Your‘T?LOrdfl1ips~rcmember=thc dire&.ioti§ r I mentioned of Magma G-l2arta,= ‘thatall procec-. _ dings flnll beeper nlegaleiilufliciflmgflparium, ya‘, ijlegemterrg. , now t»hCfe3':]u risdiétions tell-you, you flaaalip l'0CC@d'~aCCOFdi‘I,'Ig'tf0s~y0l'113?diQ3f€tiOfl. thiatis gsyouihalldoe What your plea»{c,one.ln that wee may vsnotfufpeét this difcretion win ‘I be .gentle.r and kinder to us then the Lawc: fpeciei1l9rovifion« is rnadenofine , n0;_.pu'ni1h~ . mentz‘ fl1al1Fibe lcfle then by the Law isappoin- ted , byno meanes, but-,as much greater; as your difcretion (hall thinke Ht ;\ and ‘indeed in this ilmprovcment weefind»: Arbitrary courts are very pregnant, tifethe Law requires rays good behaviour, this difcretion makes me: c,lofe.Prifoner, if the Law fets me uponitthc Pillory , gthis difcretion appoints metoleave ‘Cares there. i i n B utthis proceediin» accordingto difizretiott is no new exprefiion, twas in the firfl coimmifa. [ion I told your Lordfhips of inthe 3 I .Hm,,8. that they fh rriuld proceed fimndumtlegm er rin- fiutacfmem Reg») Anglia ml uliterfccunnhom ji- imr di/Eretionr: -vcflrarc, which in 'the«intcrprc- tation ofthe Law,and that is the beft-interpre- ration, fignifies the fame thing , to proceed according to difcrction , is to proceed accor- ding to Law, which is fimrim dzfi‘rtti0,ebut‘-flit , gccording’totheir private conceit or affefiion, F or uh’: dzfwtio (fayes the hLaW) ‘dzfirclhnm B 2 i ..m— “ fife) " Eufmdit - andfuch a conflifion haththis dill ~ icretion in thefe Inftruétions produced , as t if difcrction were onely removed from rage and _ .~ ‘fury, no inconvenience, no milchiefe, nodif- “ grace, that the malice or infolence,or curiofity of‘ thefe commiflioners had a mind ‘to bring upon that people, but through the latitude and ower of this d'i{cretion the poore people have felt this difcretiomhath be‘eneth'e quickc fggind which hath fwallowed up their proper. ty,‘, their liberty : Ii befeech your Lordihips erefcue them from this difcretion. e . A’ e i . Befides , the ‘charge that this Court is to his Majefty, which is neere 1 goo. 1; per ahnum, your Lordihipswill eafily gueiTe,what an un- fnpportable burthen the many oflicersi (whofe places are of great valew ) the Atturnies , i C larkes,Regi{ters , and above rooo Sollici- «tors that attend the Courts , ‘mull: bee tothat-' people (infomuch) that in truth the whole countrey feernes to‘ be divided into the Offi- cers and. Dependants upon that Court: ‘And the people ;upon whom thefe Officers of that Court prey and commitrapines , as he laid in Pgtronim , ‘ omms /Jic ant captantimaut cdptqmt 5 mt cadaveraqzae lzttermmrpnxt corbiquai larerxmt. Truly my Lords , thefe vexed worne-people -ofithe North are not futorsto your Lord- s 1‘-hips, to regulatethis Court, or to reform: thealudges of it ,i bUt’.» for, eixtripating thefe Iudges Iudges; and theeru'tter abolifhing:thi‘s on-HQ — thcyaré Of: Catmmind , who would not run. t nut to Cafax for his life,;‘fay.ing , he would not be beholding to a Tyrant for injultiee, for ' it _ was injufficee in him to take upon him to fave a. mans life,over whom heehad no power; ' Sothefe Gentlemen defire not to be behol-i - e Ldingto this Court hereafterforinjuliice.“ The _ very adminii-{ration of: in juftice, founded up- —on-rfuch illegall principles being "a ‘grievance grand: opprefiion to the ‘fubjeét. . i V ‘ " A r ,FirPc uponthe whole matter the houfe of“ Commons is , of opinion ,.o thatfthe (Jommiil ifioin: ‘and Inflruétions ‘I wtherieby the Bsefident and Counfelliof the North, exe‘reife«