Verney papers: notes of proceedings in the Long Parliament temp. Charles I. printed from original pencil memoranda taken in the House of Sir Ralph Verney, knight, member for the borough of Aylesbury, and now in the possession of Sir Harry Verney, Bart / Edited by John Bruce.

  • Verney, Ralph, Sir, 1613-1696.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Verney papers: notes of proceedings in the Long Parliament temp. Charles I. printed from original pencil memoranda taken in the House of Sir Ralph Verney, knight, member for the borough of Aylesbury, and now in the possession of Sir Harry Verney, Bart / Edited by John Bruce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The statute saies, if the servant kill his master, but if the maid kill the mistris ? If a judge bee killd in his seat of justice 5tis treason, but quaere then the powder plot. 25 Ed. 3. takes not away all treasons at common law, for ?tis only an affirmative statute. 1 H. 4 cap. 10. and 1 Mar. cap. 1. doe not take away the declara¬ tory power given by 25 Ed. 3. Ri. Roose, alias Cooke, his case, in putting poyson into yeast, divers died, this declared high treason, and hee to bee boyled to death. 22 H. 8. cap. 9. ergo, since Hen. 4th his time, treason hath been declared in parliment. In equity lord Straford deserves to dye. In Hen. 7ths time clergy was taken from on Gleame, and hee hanged. The committee spake to the lords like oratours, but heere like judges, full of doubts. Subversion of the fundamentall law either by force or by tongue. Ingeniosissime nequam, et in malo publico facundus. Mr. Vaughan. 20 Ed. 3. cap. 6. Jurors taking bribes, in sub- vertion of the law. 27 Ed. 3. cap. 1. Drawinge please unproper for courts, in subvertion of the law. 1 Ri. 2. De la Poole’s case, for granting charters unlawfully, charged to subvert the lawes. But non of these were treason. An endeavour by force or invasion to subvert the law is high treason, but for other endeavours, hee may bee punished by the law hee would subvert. The declaration in 25 Ed. 3. is free. 1 H. 4. sayes, noe other treasons then in 25 Ed. 3. 1 M. 1 cap. saies, noe paines of death and forfeitures uppon any for any treason, other then such as are expressed in 25 Ed. 3, a non obstante, and therefore the paines and forfitures for any treason to be declared by parliment is taken away.