King Henry IV. monafterium in Crafting St. Michaelis proximo futuro. Tefte Rege apud Ceftriam xxix. Die Augufti. The other is, Rex [Henricus] &c. Henrico Duci Lancaftriæ [Filio fuo] &c. apud Weftmonafterium, in Fefto Sanét. Fidis Virginis, fexto Die Octobris, 1399. Tefte Rege called at Weft apud Weftmonafterium, 30 Septembris. Next follow minfter. the Names and Titles of the Peers h. A Parliament William Lord Roos, of Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh, Thomas Lord Morley, John Lord Welles, John Lord Lovell, of Tich- Richard Lord Grey, of Codonore, Reginald h There is a Miftake in Dugdale's Summons to Parliament, in placing the Writs for calling a Parliament at York the first Year of this King, inftead of the fecond; and putting it before this Parliament at Wemin Aer, as the Dates of the Writs them felves will evidently shew. Reginald Lord Grey, of Robert Lord Scales, Thomas Lord Bardolf, of King Henry IV • On Monday, being the 6th of October, these Peers, with the Bishops and Commons of England, being affembled in the Great Hall at Westminster, and the new King placed in the Royal Throne, by his Command Thomas Arundele, Archbishop of Canterbury, declared, That this Parliament was fummoned by King Rich- The Archbishop ard, to be held the Tuesday next before; which of Canterbury informs them of • Summons was annulled and made void by the accept- King Richard's ing of the Renunciation of the faid King Richard, Depofition. ' and depofing of him; which was done the fame Day in the Prefence of the King, Lords, and Commons, as by the Process hereafter to be read would appear. He then told them, That this moft famous Realm, abounding in all Felicities, had been long governed by Children and young Counsellors, and would utterly have been ruined and wafted, had not God fent a wife and difcreet Man to govern the fame, who meant, by God's Help, to be governed himfelf by ◄ the wife and old Heads of the Realm.' After this he took for his Text thefe Words out of Maccabees, Incumbit nobis ordinare pro Regno, i, e. It is the King's Will to be governed by the honourable, difcreet, and fage Men of the Realm, and by their common Confent; and not by his Will or Humour to rule the fame. He further laid great Strefs on this, That this Nation, of any under the Sun, might beft fupport and live within itself, alledging for Authority this Adage, Quod • inter Regna, hoc Principatum tenet. To these he added, That to every good Govern"ment three Things were required; First, Juftice; next, That the Laws thould be duly obferved; and, lastly, That every Degree of Men, in their feveral Voca⚫tions, fhould be encouraged and protected.' He brought many Reasons why this Nation ought to be well governed, and faid, That their new King intended ftrictly to obferve these three Points.' He concluded with acquainting them, That Henry, • their King and Lord, meant to be crowned on the Monday following, after which he would wholly ad [6] King Henry IV. dict himself to the Care of the Commonwealth; and [ 7 ] defired the Commons that they would confent to have the Parliament continued or adjourned to the Tuesday following. After this Harangue was ended, Henry Percie, Earl of Northumberland, and Conftable of England, demanded of the Lords and Commons, whether they would agree to this Continuance; who, being all and feverally examined, confented thereto. Then the Receivers and Triers of Petitions for England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, were appointed, with thofe for Gascoigny, and other Places beyond the Seas, with the Ifles. The next Thing they went upon, was to read the Record of the Renunciation of King Richard II. with their Acceptance of the fame, and the Depofition of the faid King, as follows: The Roll of Parliament fummoned and holden at Weftminfter, on the Feast of St. Faith the Virgin, in the first Year of the Reign of King Henry IV. after the Conquest, Membrane xx. The Record and Procefs of the Renunciation of King Richard II. after the Conqueft, and likewife the Acceptance of the fame Renunciation, with the Depofttion of the fame King Richard afterwards enfuing 1. BE E it remembered, that, on Monday the Feaft of St. Michael the Archangel, in the 23d Year of "the Reign of King Richard II. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and other Perfons of Note; that is to fay, the Lord Richard le Scrope Archbishop of York, John 'Bihop of Hereford, Henry Earl of Northumberland, and Ralph Earl of Westmoreland; the Lord Hugh de Burnel, • Thomas Lord de Berkeley, the Prior of Canterbury with the Abbot of Westminster, William Thyrning, Knight, • and John Markham, Juftices; Thomas Stow and John Burbache, Doctors of Laws, Thomas de Erpingham • and Thomas Gray, Knights, William de Feryby and Dio i It was printed, from an attefted Copy in the original Languages, by Sir Roger Twifden, at the End of his Edition of the Decem Scriptores Hiftoria Anglicana, col. 2743. But this Tranflation is taken from the Hiftory of the Life and Reign of Richard II. by a Perfon of Quality. 8vo. Lond. 1681. p. 192, &c. and compared with the Original on the Rolls of Parliament. • Dionyfius Lapham, Public Notaries, firft deputed King Henry IV' to the Act under-written, by the Affent and Advice of feveral of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and ' of the Judges and others, fkilful as well in the Civil and Canon Law, as in the Laws of the Realm, af'fembled at Westminster in the ufual Place of Council, 'did, about Nine of the Clock, come to the Presence of the faid King, being within the Tower of London : And it being recited before the faid King, by the faid Earl of Northumberland, in the Behalf of all the rest 'beforenamed, fo as aforesaid joined with him, how the 'faid King heretofore at Conway in North-Wales, being at Liberty *, did promife unto the Lord Thomas Arch⚫ bishop of Canterbury, and the Earl of Northumberland, that he would yield up and renounce the Crown of "England and France, and his Regal Majefty, for Causes of his Inability and Infufficiency, there by the faid King himself confeffed, and that in the beft Manner and Form the fame could be done, as Counsel learned 'fhould beft order; the faid King, before the faid Lords • and others above-named, hereunto benignly answered, • That he would, with Effect, accomplish what before in "that Behalf he had promised; but defired to have fome Difcourfe with his Coufins, Henry Duke of Lancaster, and the faid Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, before he • fulfilled fuch his Promife. Afterwards, the fame Day after Dinner, the faid King, much affecting the coming of the faid Duke of 'Lancafter, and having long waited for him, at laft the 'faid Duke of Lancaster, the Lords, and others above named, and alfo the faid Archbishop of Canterbury, 'did come to the Prefence of the faid King in the Tower 'aforefaid; the Lords de Roos, de Willoughby, and de Bergavenny, and very many others, being then there prefent; and after the faid King had had Difcourfe with the 'faid Duke of Lancaster and Archbishop, exhibiting a merry Countenance here and there amongst them to Part thereof, as appeared to thofe that ftood round about, at last the said King, calling to him all that were there 'present, did publickly fay before them, That he was 'ready to make the Renunciation, and to renounce and ' recede See Vol. I. p. 501, 526, in fua Libertate exiftens, &r. Rot. Parl. 1 Henry IV. No. 10. [ 8 ] King Henry IV. recede according to the Promife by him made as aforefaid, and fo forth, although, as was faid unto him, he 'might have made fome Deputy to have ferved as the Organ of his Voice, for avoiding fo tedious a Labour · as the reading of the faid Ceffion and Renunciation, reduced by others into a Schedule of Parchment; yet "the faid King, very willingly as appeared, and with a 'pleasant Countenance, holding the faid Schedule in his Hand, faid, That he himself would read it, and diftinct< ly read the fame through; and alfo did abfolve all his C Liege People, and renounce, and recede, and fwear, and ' other Things did fay and pronounce in Reading, and 'did fubfcribe it with his own Hand, as is more fully contained in the faid Schedule; the Tenor whereof is ❝ fuch. The Form of K. IN the Name of God, Amen. I Richard, by the Grace Richard's Refigof God, King of England and France, and Lord of nation of the Crown, Ireland, do abfolve the Archbishops, Bishops, and other Prelates of Churches, Secular or Regular, of whatsoever Dignity, Degree, State, or Condition they be; the Dukes, Marquiffes, Earls, Barons, Vaffals, and Valvafors, and all and every my Liege People whatsoever, Ecclefiaftics or Seculars, of all the faid Kingdoms and Dominions, by what Name foever they are known, from the Oath of Fealty and Homage, and other Oaths whatsoever to me made, and from all Bond or Tye of Liegance, Royalty, and Dominion, whereby they have been or are obliged, or otherwife in any Manner bound unto me. And I do free, releafe, and acquit them and their Heirs and Succeffors for ever, from the faid Oaths and other Obligations whatsoAnd I do difmifs them free, unloofen, quit, and in full Immunity, as far as relates to my Perfon, to every Effect of Law which may follow from the Premiffes, or any of them. And I do purely, of my own Accord, fimply and abfolutely, in and by the best Manner, Way, and Form that may be in thefe Writings, renounce and totally refign all Kingly Dignity and Majefly, and the Crown, and Dominion, and Power of the faid Kingdoms and Dominions, and all other my Dominions and Poffeffions, or any way belonging or appertaining unto me, by what Name foever they may be reckoned up within the aforefaid Kingdoms, or elsewhere; and all Right and Colour of Right [9] ever. |