[398:3] Hans. 4 Ser. XXXIII., 1058 et seq., 1174 et seq., and 1728 et seq. Cf. Rep. of Com. on Vacating of Seats, Com. Papers, 1895, X., 561.

[399:1] For misdemeanors, peers, like other persons, are tried by an ordinary jury.

[399:2] Upon conviction a peer is now liable to the same punishment as other offenders.

[399:3] For the history of the subject in general see Pike, Chs. x., xi., and for that of the bishops, Ibid., 151-68, 179-94, 219-23.

[400:1] 9 Com. Journals, 235.

[400:2] 9 Ibid., 509.

[400:3] Cf. May, "Const. Hist.," I., Ch. viii., 444.

[401:1] May, "Parl. Prac.," 542.

[401:2] Ibid., 547, 549-50.

[401:3] Ibid., 552-53.