House of Lords Journal Volume 3: 2 May 1626

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 3, 1620-1628. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

'House of Lords Journal Volume 3: 2 May 1626', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 3, 1620-1628, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 579-580. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol3/pp579-580 [accessed 25 April 2024]

Die Martis, videlicet, 2 die Maii,

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum nomina subscribuntur, præsentes fuerunt:



p. Archiepus. Cant. Archiepus. Eborum. p. Epus. London. p. Epus. Durham. Epus. Winton. Epus. Petriburgh. Epus. Hereforden. Epus. Wigorn. p. Epus. Norwicen. p. Epus. Roffen. p. Epus. Co. et Lich. Epus. Bath. et W. p. Epus. Bangor. p. Epus. Elien. Epus. Cicestren. p. Epus. Oxon. p. Epus. Cestren. p. Epus. Landaven. Epus. Lincoln. p. Epus. Sarum. Epus. Exon. p. Epus. Meneven. Epus. Bristol. Epus. Asaphen. Epus. Carlien. p. Epus. Glocestren.	p. Thomas Coventrey, Miles, Ds. Custos Magni Sigilli. p. Comes Marleborough, Magnus Thesaur. Angliæ. p. Comes Manchester, Præs. Concilii Domini Regis. Comes Wigorn, Ds. Cust. Privati Sigilli, et Senesc. Hospitii. p. Dux Buckingham, Mag. Admirall. Angliæ. Marchio Winton. Comes Arundell et Surr. Comes Maresc. Angliæ. Comes Pembroc, Camerar. Hospitii. p. Comes Oxon. Comes Northumbriæ. Comes Salop. p. Comes Kancii. Comes Derbiæ. p. Comes Rutland. Comes Cumbriæ. p. Comes Sussex. Comes Huntingdon. Comes Bath. Comes Bedford. p. Comes Hertford. p. Comes Essex. p. Comes Lincoln. p. Comes Nottingham. Comes Suffolciæ. p. Comes Dorsett. p. Comes Sarum. p. Comes Exon. p. Comes Mountgomery. p. Comes Bridgewater. p. Comes Leicestriæ. p. Comes North'ton. p. Comes Warwiciæ. p. Comes Devon. p. Comes Cantabr. p. Comes Carlile. p. Comes Denbigh. Comes Bristol. p. Comes Angles. p. Comes Holland. p. Comes Clare. p. Comes Bolingbrooke. p. Comes Westmerland. p. Comes Berk. p. Comes Cleveland. p. Comes Mulgrave. Comes Danby. p. Comes Tottnes. Comes Monmouth. Vicecomes Mountague. Vicecomes Wallingford. Vicecomes Purbeck. p. Vicecomes Maunsfeild. Vicecomes Colchester. p. Vicecomes Rotchford. Vicecomes Tunbridge. p. Vicecomes Say et Seale. Vicecomes Wimbleton. p. Ds. Conway, Prin. Sec. p. Ds. Abergavenny. Ds. Audley. Ds. Percy. Ds. Willoughby. p. Ds. Delawarr. p. Ds. Berkley. p. Ds. Morley et M. Ds. Dacres. p. Ds. Scroope. p. Ds. Dudley. p. Ds. Stourton. Ds. Herbert. Ds. Darcy et M. p. Ds. Vaux. Ds. Windsore. Ds. Mordant. Ds. St. John de B. p. Ds. Cromewell. Ds. Evre. p. Ds. Pagett. p. Ds. North. p. Ds. Compton. p. Ds. Howard. Ds. Wootton. p. Ds. Russell. Ds. Grey de G. p. Ds. Petre. Ds. Spencer. p. Ds. Denny. p. Ds. Stanhope de H. Ds. Arundell. Ds. Teynham. Ds. Stanhope de Sh. Ds. Noel. Ds. Brooke. p. Ds. Mountague. p. Ds. Grey de W. Ds. Deyncourt. p. Ds. Ley. Ds. Roberts. Ds. Vere.

THE Lord Keeper delivered a Message from the King, in hæc verba: videlicet,

"My Lords,

Message from the King, concerning the E. of Bristol's Charge against the Duke of Buckingham.

"His Majesty takes Notice of the Articles exhibited against the Duke of Bucks by the Earl of Bristol. He observes that many of them are such as Himself is able to say more than any Man of His own Knowledge of the Duke's sincere Carriage in them; that one of them, namely, that touching the Declaration made in the Parliament of the One and Twentieth of King James, trencheth as far upon Himself as upon the Duke, for that His Majesty went as far in that Declaration as the Duke; and that all of them have been closed in the Earl's own Breast now Two Years, contrary to his Duty, if he had known any Crimes of such Nature by the Duke; that they are now vented by Way of Recrimination against him, whom he knows to be a principal Witness to prove His Majesties Charge. And therefore His Majesty commanded me to give you Thanks, that you gave no Way to that unreasonable Motion of the Earl of Bristol, to put the Duke under the same Restraint as you have put the Earl; thereby eschewing what the Earl aims at, to alter the dutiful Proceedings of this House, so often in this Parliament expressed to His Majesty. And hereby you have made His Majesty confident, that, as you have, so your Lordships will, put a Difference between His Majesties Charge against one that appears as a Delinquent, and the Recrimination of the Earl of Bristol against His Majesties Witness; and not to equal them by a Proceeding pari passu; not to match the Imprisonment of the one and the other, as the Earl of Bristol desired, the Ground being so different and unequal."

E. of Bristol impenches the Duke of Buckingham to the Commons also.

Intimation was also given to the House, That the Earl of Bristol, having accused the Duke of Buckingham here of High Treason, and delivered his Charge here against him, did, at the same Time, cause the same Charge to be delivered to the Commons also. And the Opinion of the House demanded, whether it were lawful or no.

But their Lordships gave no Resolution herein; for that the Commons had not given them any Notice hereof.

Method of proceeding against the E. of Bristol debated.

The Lord Keeper put their Lordships in Mind of the Business of this Day; and thereupon a Motion being made, That the said Earl of Bristol might be indicted, according to the Statute of 35 Hen. VIII; and that, being certified hither, then to proceed against him here by Trial of his Peers; their Lordships did not resolve of that Manner of Proceeding.

Then the House was moved, That Mr. Attorney might proceed to provide an Indictment, to be returned hither on Saturday next; and, if he doubt of the Form, to confer thereof with the Judges; and, if any greater Difficulty appear, so that there shall be Cause to resort to their Lordships, then their Lordships to be acquainted with it.

And it was Ordered, Mr. Attorney to proceed with the Preparation; but the House not to be concluded till their next Meeting on Thursday; and a Subcommittee for Privileges to search for Precedents in the mean Time.

E. of Arundell's Imprisonment.

It was this Day Ordered, The Lord Keeper to move His Majesty, from the House, for a speedy and gracious Answer unto their Petition, on the Behalf of the Earl of Arundell.

Adjourn.

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque in diem Jovis proximum, videlicet, quartum diem instantis Maii, hora nona, Dominis sic decernentibus.