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23rd March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… SIR DUDLEY DIGGES acknowledges that it were much the best that this law might extend to all if it might be, but …
24th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… the bill of subsidies Mr. [John] Selden thinks the best precedent to lead us in the appointment of treasurers is …
24th February 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… points to use all mediation: the King of Spain will do the best, the Palatine yielding submission as articles of the … of Great [Britain] is/ Knowing that the Infanta is the best born lady of the world. Lord Buckingham says that upon … demanded, to deliver it and/ [f. 17v] And he will do his best by treaty for the restitution of the Palatinate. …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… I have some credit with my Lord Treasurer and I will do my best with him for the Lady as [?will] help me and mine. [f. … be strict, but he had [ illegible] him and would do the best he could for her. The witnesses required to attend … Though no wood generally good for dyeing, yet redwood the best. 3. Now all the redwood granted to one man. [f. 160v] 4. …
25th February 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… whole realm. We are inquisitors: first, because they have best notice of it; secondly, because the caterpillars and … it to the King to take such course in it as shall seem best to his Majesty. [f. 22v] It is ordered that there shall … Sir Edward Coke says the old parliamentary course is the best and that was that there should be receivers of petitions …
25th March 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… has been presented to the King. In reading of it, said the best speech taken of any before. Lord President told him the best received of any before. Read in the House. At last … might be a committee that was likeliest to do the House best service. So they were both agreed upon. It was moved by …
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… where under x tuns, contrary to the law, and take of the best wine. This likewise resolved to be petitioned as a … exactions for prisage, taking for under 10 tun, taking the best of it. These ordered to be presented as grievances. The …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… at her social pretensions by saying that 'she was the best woman in the parish and that the very breath of the … as your husband comes to the parish he must sit in the best seat in the church'; he should have 'risen by degrees as … St Saviour's in April-May 1637. The Bishop was doing his best to persuade the two men to refer their differences in …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… a J.P. and deputy lieutenant and 'esteemed to be of the best family in the county', while Lewis was serving as high … Gwynnes 'were always accounted an ancient family of the best ranke of the county.' To Lewes's interrogatories: 2. He … an ancient family of esquires 'and esteemed to be of the best familie in the county.' They had been justices of the …