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.

CHAP. XIII.

Of Assistants in the Lords House.

The Assistants are generally professors of the Laws the vertues arising from that Profession, it is the path to wisdom: How call'd Laws: The antient way of distribut∣ing them; The benefit of good Laws in any State, The Revenues, Honors, Profits, Places, and other Rewards given to the Professors of them: Intituled Justices and Judges &c. Divided into 3 Orbs or de∣grees; The several sorts of Laws in which they are to be conversant, of the Titles of the chief professors, 1st. Of the Chief Justice of the Kings Bench with general observations on his Writ of Summons to Parliaments, Of his Patent and Jurisdiction. 2ly. Of the Master of the Rolls with observations on his Patent and Writ and Office: Of the chief Justice of the Common Pleas with observa∣tions

on his Patent, Writ, and Jurisdiction, 4ly. Of the Lord chief Baron with observa∣tions on his Patent, Writ, Jurisdiction, 5ly. Of the 3 other Justices of the Kings Bench, 6ly. Of the 3 other Justices of the Common Pleas 7ly. Of the 3 other Barons of the Ex∣chequer with observations on their Writs, Patents, and Jurisdictions, 8ly. Of the Kings Sergent at Law with observations on their Writs, Patents, and Imployments, 9ly. Of the Kings Atturney General of his Writ, Patent, and Imployment, 10ly. Of the Kings Solicitor General, of his Writ Patent, and Imployment, 11ly. Of the Kings Principal Secretaries of State, of their Writ, Signet, Precedencies Imployments, and In∣fluence.