CHAP. V.
SECT. I. Of the Decrees of Nobles. From whence the word Nobility is deri∣ved, Divided into Majores and Minores, The Majores into 5 degrees, the Minores
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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- 1680.
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- 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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into three, the Majores makes the Lords House, the Minores the Commons House.
SECT. II. Of Dukes. Duke from the Latin word Duco & Dux, Antiently Earls were Prior to Dukes in England, How Dukes got the Priority: Of the several Titles attributed to Dukes; Duke and Earl promiscuously us'd, And of the name Grace apply'd to Dukes in Eng∣land: Dukes were in England before they were formally Created; The time when Created, Of two sorts of Dukes how distin∣guisht, (A Duke as Generall) is not provid∣ed for in the Act of Precedency as other de∣grees of officiall honors are.
SECT. III. Of Marquesses. When begun in the Empire, and in France, When in England: the reason of placing him between Duke and Earl: From whence the Title is suppos'd to come, Noble Actions caus'd Noble Titles, and by some Heredi∣tary.
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SECT. IV. Of Earls. Of the word Comes or Count signifying Earl, 6. sorts of Counts (according to Sel∣den) 22. sorts (according to Cassiadore) 3. sorts in England, Of the incongruity of the words Comes and Earl; and from whence the word Earl is derived, when first given in England Titutarly, and upon what occa∣sion; when by Creation, Of the Tachygra∣phy of the word Earl, Of the Antient Ti∣tular and Created Earls little difference, Of Local and Personal Earls here in Eng∣land.
SECT. V. Of Viscounts. Sometimes considered as Equal, some∣times of a lesier degree then an Earl, Two sorts in England, why the Hereditary Vis∣count interpos'd to Earl and Baron, Of the first Created Viscount in England, of the Parliamentary dignity of the one, and Offi∣cial Dignity of the other.
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SECT. VI. Of a Baron. Of the word Baron, the Baronial Tenures were the foundation of the Superior Te∣nures and Degrees, Of Contributions to the King from Barons Spiritual: Barons how Exempted from Contributions, Of several other sorts of Barons, The advantages of Created Barons.