2 2 6 Mr. NE A LAS Ha Vol. of the into your grave Confiderations, and that the laid Under -Sheriff may undergo fuch Puniíhment for this Offence, as in your grave Wifdoms íhall be thought meet ; and they shall be bound to pray F for your Lordíhips, &c. The Schedule annexed is as follows: ' James Clerk being fworn, faith, That the laid yohn Dios Under - Sheriff, fcornfully anfwered thofe ' that (hewed the Prote3ion, that the fame was in- . fulEcient, and not worth a pin ; faying, It was a Protection but from a Clerk ofDivinity; which Clerk of Divinity, as he faid', had no Authority togrant any fuch Proteion.' furat 26 Aprilis, 1628. Eub. I'helwall. The Lords, upon this, the fame Day, " Or- " dered the Under-Sheriff of Hereford to be fent for, to anfwer his Contempt, by the Serjeant at " Arms. And he appearing on May 20, did then " further order him, to fubmit himfelf to the Lower " Houfe of Convocation, and to be difcharged, pay- " ing his Fees." Upon the top of the Petition, thofe Words are fet by the Clerk of the Houle of Lords. " Rec. 16 Maii, 1628. Per Epfcopurn Lond. Nay, there is a much later Inftance, and that frefh in Memory. * November 58, 21. 1702. Among the Votes of the Honourable Houle of Commons, we found as follows : Mercurii, 18 Noniembris, 1702. Ordered, That Mr. Attorney- General do pro- ' f cute Mr. Lloyd, the Lord Bifhop of Worcefter's Son, for his faid Offences, after his Privilege as a A Colle &ion of Papers concerning what has been tranfac- ted in the Convocation. fummon'd A. D. 1702, and diffolved 1.705, p. 4, y. Printed by . J. Nat, i dos. ' Member
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