A perfect copy of all summons of the nobility to the great councils and parliaments of this realm from the XLIX of King Henry the IIId until these present times with catalogues of such noblemen as have been summoned to Parliament in right of their wives, and of such other noblemen as derive their titles of honour from the heirs-female from whom they are descended, and of such noblemens eldest sons as have been summoned to Parliament by some of their fathers titles / extracted from publick records by Sir William Dugdale, Kt. ...

Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi xxj.

THe Third day of November his Grace came from Westminster * 1.1 by Water, accompanied with the substance of the Noble-men of this his Realm; and many Barges and great Boats fol∣lowed him, and landed at Bridewell, or near thereabout.

At which place of Bridewell, his Grace did on his Robes of Estate; and all the other Lords did on their Parliament Robes.

The Marquess Dorset bear the Cap of Estate.

The Marquess of Exeter bore the Kings Sword.

The Duke of Suffolk, being Earl Marshal, bore the Staff of his Office.

And before him Garter Principal King of Arms.

And before him the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Sir Thomas Moore, then being Lord Chancelour (whose Habit was of Scarlet furred with Miniver, made of the fashion of the Judges) went on the left hand of the said Archbishop.

And before them the Spiritual Lords according to their Estates.

And of every side the Bishops, the Officers of Arms.

And before them the Judges, and the Serjeants at the Law.

And before them the other Noble-men, as Knights and Esquires, according to their Degrees.

And after followed the KING, the Earl of Oxinford, as Lord Chamberlain of England, and bare the Kings Train, supported by the Lord Sands, being Lord Chamberlain to the King.

Then followed the Duke of Norfolk, being Lord Treasure of Eng∣land.

Then followed all the Temporal Lords according to their Estates and Ancienties; and so proceeded to the Quire in the Black-Fryers, where was sung the Mass of the Holy Ghost; all Spiritual Lords being on the South-side of the Quire, the Temporal Lords being on the North-side.

And at the Offering time the great Estates went to attend upon the Kings Highness; and after went to their Stalls again.

The Mass finished, the King went in like order to the Parliament Chamber, and after sate in his Seat Royal, both the Marquesses standing.

The Cap of Estate was on the Right hand, and the Sword on the Left hand; and the Lord the Kings Chamberlain stood by it, and behind them Garter.

The Lord Marshal sate, and the Spiritual and Temporal Lords sate, according to the Order of the Parliament Chamber.

The Lord Chancelour and the Lord Treasurer stood behind the Long-Settle; the Lord Chancelour on the right hand of the King, and the Lord Treasurer on the left hand.

The Lord Chancelour made the Proposition according to his Of∣fice. Which, and other Ceremonies finished; the King, by the mouth

of the Lord Chancelour, Adjourned his Parliament to his Palace at Westminster.

At this Parliament these Lords following made their first Entry into the Parliament Chamber: Of which Garter demanded to have a Reward for their said Entries, and the ordering of their Seats, and Re∣gistring of their Names and Arms of every one, after their Estates, according to the Old Ordinance.

• First, The Marquess of Exeter.
• The Lord Cobham xx s.
• ...The Earl of Oxford.
• The Lord Powes xx s.
• The Earl of Northumberland xxx s.
• The Lord Grey of Wilton xx s.
• ...The Earl of Westmerland.
• The Lord Lumley xx s.
• ...The Earl of Worcester.
• The Lord Mont-Egle xx s.
• ...The Earl of Rutland.
• The Lord Hussey xx s.
• ...The Earl of Cumberland.
• The Lord Windsor xx s.
• ...The Lord of St. Johns.
• The Lord Talboys xx s.
• The Lord Zouche xx s.
• The Lord Wentworth xx s.
• The Lord la Warre xx s.
• The Lord Burgh xx s.
• The Lord Mountagu xx s.
• The Lord Bray xx s.
• The Lord Berkley xx s.
• The Lord Mordant xx s.
• The Lord Dacre of Graystok xx s.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ex praefato vetusto Codice MS. in Officio Armorum, fol. 403. a. [H. 13.]