[317] 1 Parl. Hist. 1187.

[318] This was “the revival of the ancient right of Parliamentary impeachment—the solemn accusation of an individual by the Commons at the bar of the Lords—which had lain dormant since the impeachment of the Duke of Suffolk in 1449.” For further details see Taswell-Langmead, Eng. Const. Hist. 409 et seq.

[319] 1 Parl. Hist. 1208.

[320] 1 Parl. Hist. 1262.

[321] 1 Parl. Hist. 1300-1301.

[322] 1 Ibid. 1316-1317.

[323] 1 Parl. Hist. 1361-1363.

[324] 1 Ibid. 1366-1371.

[325] 1 Parl. Hist. 1487-1488.

[326] 1 Hallam, Const. Hist. Eng. 508, 509.