[276] Madox, Firma Burgi, ch. 1.

[277] Madox, Firma Burgi, ch. 2. Ruffhead, vol. 1. p. 4.

[278] Ruffhead, vol. 1. p. 156.

[279] Gurdon’s history of Parliament. Tyrrel’s introduction to his history. L. L. Anglo Saxon, ap. Wilkins.

[280] History of the common law of England, p. 107.

[281] Biblioth, polit. dial. 6, 7, 8. Hume, vol. 1.

[282] Ruffhead, vol. 1. p. 544.

[283] Spelman, voc. Parlamentum. Hales on Parliaments. Ellys on Temporal Liberty.

[284] Elsringe, on the method of passing bills in Parliament. Gurdon’s hist. of Parliament.

[285] Ruffhead’s preface to the statutes.