The constitution of parliaments in England deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1, and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9 : with an appendix of its sessions / observed by Sr. John Pettus ... Knight.
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The constitution of parliaments in England deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1, and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9 : with an appendix of its sessions / observed by Sr. John Pettus ... Knight.
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Pettus, John, Sir, 1613-1690.
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London :: Printed for the author and are to be sold by Tho. Basset ...,
1680.
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England and Wales. -- Parliament -- History.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688.
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"The constitution of parliaments in England deduced from the time of King Edward the Second, illustrated by King Charles the Second in his Parliament summon'd the 18 of February 1660/1, and dissolved the 24 of January 1678/9 : with an appendix of its sessions / observed by Sr. John Pettus ... Knight." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54595.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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SECT. XV. Of the Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold.
THat High-Chamberlain before menti∣oned is called Magnus Camerarius,* 1.1 but this hath not that Epethite of Magnus, and yet his authority is very great within the Verge of the Kings Court; so that though there is some Subordination, yet in many great Regalios he hath an in∣tire command, and even in some things which concern the conveniency of a Par∣liament, (and its places of Addresses to the King) that the furniture of the Rooms may be sutable to the Majesty and Gran∣dure of such as are imployed there.
2. He hath been anciently summon'd to sit there, as may be seen in the Clause-Rolls of the 25. and 27. and 28. of Edw. the 3d. in the Summons of Sir Bartholomew
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Bergehurst Camerario Hospitij, he being also Guarden of the Cinqueports, and in 1. H. 4. to Sir Tho. Erpingham, Baneret, Camerario Hospitij, he being also Guarden of the Cinqueports, and so the 10. H. 6. to Radulpho Cromwel Chevalier or Baron, Camerario Hospitij, I might instance ma∣ny others, but I shall skip as the Records do to the Act of Precedency, 31. H. 8. where he is call'd the Kings Chamberlain, and in the Pawns of the 36. H. 8. the Writ was Carolo Duci Suff. Magno Magistro Hospitij sui & Praesidenti Consilii sui, (and in the same Pawn which may be observa∣ble, the Office of great Chamberlain of England was supplied by Edward Earl of Hereford, of a lesser Degree than a Duke) in the 6. and 7. Edw. 6. the Writ was Tho. D'no Darcy Chevaleer Camerario Hospitij sui, and in the 43. Eliz. to Tho. Cary Lord Hunsden, Camerario Hospitij, and conti∣nues in the same Office, he was Summon'd again primo. Jacobi, and in the 15. Car. 1. Philip Earl of Penbrook was Summon'd, Camerario Hospiti sui, and to this Par∣liament, first Edward Earl of Manchester, Camerario Hospitij, then Henry Earl of St. Albans Camerario Hospitij, and after him Hen. Earl of Arlington, Camerario Hospitij, who continued his place and precedency in this Parliament to the Dissolution of it.
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3. Edward Earl of Manchester Lord Cham∣berlain of the Kings Houshold was Sum∣mon'd so by Writ 18. Feb. 1661. Vid. Cap. 2.