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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Of the Earls Place in Parliament by his Patent.

16. AFter the Kings Title and the Pre∣amble in the Sciatis, these words are also in the Earls Patents, viz.

Prefat' N. in Comitem A. &c. creavimus per gladij cincturam & Capae honoris & Circuli aurei impositionem investimus Habendum, &c. honorem Comitis A. &c. prefat' N. & here∣dibus masculis de Corpore suo exeuntibus, &c. (Then as to Parliaments,) Et quod di∣ctus N. & heredes sui Masculi predicti & eorum quilibet habeat teneat & possideat sedem locum & vocem in Parliamentis & Consilijs nostris heredum & successorum no∣strorum infra regnum nostrum Angl'inter alios Comites ut Comes A.

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Note, It is not here said inter Marchiones & Vicecomites, because they were Degrees erected after the Earls.

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