Title: The first part of an historical collection of the ancient Parliaments of England, fromthe yeer of Our Lord 673, till the end of King John's reign, anno 1216. Wherein it is clearly demonstrated by histories and records beyond contradiction, that the ancient Parliaments, and great councels of England, during all this tract oftime, and many yeers after, were constituted, and consisted onely of our Kings, Princes, Dukes, Earls, Nobles, Barons, Spiritual and Temporal Lords, and those we now usually stile theHouse of Peers...
First published: 1649
Subjects: England, England. Parliament