A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period to the Year 1783, with Notes and Other Illustrations, Volume 4Thomas Bayly Howell Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816 |
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... archbishop Laud ; began to prepare an Impeachment against the great of ficer of the law , the Lord - Keeper Finch , of High - Treason . December 14 , 1640 , a Committee was ap- pointed to prepare a Charge against him ; of which he ...
... archbishop Laud ; began to prepare an Impeachment against the great of ficer of the law , the Lord - Keeper Finch , of High - Treason . December 14 , 1640 , a Committee was ap- pointed to prepare a Charge against him ; of which he ...
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... archbishop ; ( archbishop Laud , ) that there was no thought of dismissing the two armies , which were the capital grievance and insupportable burthen to the whole nation ; and that instead of ques- tioning others , who were looked upon ...
... archbishop ; ( archbishop Laud , ) that there was no thought of dismissing the two armies , which were the capital grievance and insupportable burthen to the whole nation ; and that instead of ques- tioning others , who were looked upon ...
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... archbishop of Canterbury ; and there having been a very angry vote passed the house two days before , upon a sudden debate upon the Canons which had been made by the Convocation after the dissolution of the last parliament ( a season in ...
... archbishop of Canterbury ; and there having been a very angry vote passed the house two days before , upon a sudden debate upon the Canons which had been made by the Convocation after the dissolution of the last parliament ( a season in ...
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Thomas Bayly Howell. against the archbishop , ( when the Committee | knew were of precious memory with the un- the next morning made their report of what the several judges had said concerning the lord Finch , ) they were wonderfully ...
Thomas Bayly Howell. against the archbishop , ( when the Committee | knew were of precious memory with the un- the next morning made their report of what the several judges had said concerning the lord Finch , ) they were wonderfully ...
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... archbishop , that great incendiary of this kingdom , lies now like a fire - brand raked up in the embers ; but if ever he chance to blaze again , I am afraid that what hereto- fore he had but in a spark , he will burn down to the ground ...
... archbishop , that great incendiary of this kingdom , lies now like a fire - brand raked up in the embers ; but if ever he chance to blaze again , I am afraid that what hereto- fore he had but in a spark , he will burn down to the ground ...
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