Obj. Next Record cited was Rot. Alm. 12 E. 3. pars 1. m. 22. That E. 3. was so penitent for what he had done, that he sent to the Archbishop of Canterbury to pray for him, and that the people would forgive him for laying those Taxes upon them, which his Wars compelled him unto, and he would never do the like.
You shall see it was only to pray for him for his Voyage into forreign parts, and so caused the Record to be read, beginning thus, De excusando Regem versus Populum, ending de Gravaminibus, dated at Barwick upon Tweed: Your Lordships see by this Record nothing, but the desire of a prayer. 1. To pray for the King for his Voyage beyond Sea, the other concerning the Charges or Impositions: Surely this Contribution com∣manded in the shipping besides, was none of these Charges, Talliages or Impositions: This his desire to the Archbishop was not only in the twelfth year of his Reign, but the like 25 E 3. 26 E. 3. and 50 E. 3. so as surely those prayers of the Archbishop were for other Causes, and not for this, which was for the defence of the Realm.
Obj. Next Objection, Fra. 7 R. 2. m. 13. That the King assigned Tunnage and Poundage to Henry Earl of Northumberla••d for guard of the Seas.