[632] 5 Elizabeth, c. 2.
[633] 31 Elizabeth, c. 7.
[634] 35 Elizabeth, c. 7.
[635] 39 Elizabeth, c. 1 and c. 2.
[636] Hall’s Chronicle of Henry VIII., p. 585 (Edition 1809), quoted by Leadam, introduction to Select Cases in the Court of Requests (Selden Society).
[637] Smith, De Republica Anglorum, Lib. III., chap. iv.
[638] Acts of the Privy Council, New Series, vol. xiii. pp. 91–92.
[639] Acts of the Privy Council, New Series, vol. xxx. pp. 36–37. A letter to the Council in the Marches of Wales, concerning the tenants of Aston in Montgomeryshire: “And if it be true, as they do inform us by their petitions, that examinations in a case concerning one of that Counsell should be taken by a kinsman of his owne and a clerk underneathe him, wee wyshe ... that you would have taken a more indifferent course, especially in a matter of commons, which, concerning many persons, doth easily give occasion of offence and scandal.”
[640] Selden Society, Select Cases in the Court of Star Chamber, edited by Leadam, and Leadam, E. H. R., vol. viii. pp. 684–696.
[641] Leadam, E. H. R., vol. viii. pp. 684–696.