[118] This statute, which gave such extraordinary powers to constables, only remained in force for twelve months. (See article "The office of Constable," by H. B. Simpson, "English Historical Review," vol. x.)
[119] See Proclamations, etc., of Charles I. Bodleian, z. i. 17 Jur.
[120] I. Car. i. cap. 16.
[121] 3 Car. i. cap. 4.
[122] Lib. Albo, fol. 41, b, c, d, e; 23 Henry vi.
[123] "Minshæi Emendatio," ad ann. 1626.
[124] See [Note] on Liability of the Hundred, chap. ix. post.
[125] 4 & 5 Phil. Mary, cap. 2 and 3.
[126] For a full and interesting account of Cromwell's Major-Generals, see an article under that title by D. W. Rannie in the "English Historical Review," No. 10.
[127] See Professor Gardiner's "History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660," vol. iii.