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7th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… do nothing but with two of the court now alone. Next, the rewards prove therein, call you them bribes. First the rewards. The farmers of the petty farms, having sustained … was given. That he has brought his witnesses to prove the rewards, gratuities or bribes taken by the Lord Treasurer. He …
9th April 1624
Proceedings in Parliament 1624
… the Treasurer was thus accused. The charge was more than rewards or gratuities, nearest extortion, but less than … We cannot yet determine what offence it is. The taking of rewards is not so faulty as bribery; and if we consider the …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
Three fifteenth-century chronicles