. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ament, the assembly of prelates and barons, to bethe tribunal which could con-ect the mistakes in law cuiiiuiitledby the lower courts. The right of a peer of the rcalui to betried tor cajjital ci-imes by a court comjiosed of liis peers wasestal>lished. Precedents were set for those ])roeesses whicli weknow as impeachments, in which tlie House of hearsaccusations brought by tlie House of Comm
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ament, the assembly of prelates and barons, to bethe tribunal which could con-ect the mistakes in law cuiiiuiitledby the lower courts. The right of a peer of the rcalui to betried tor cajjital ci-imes by a court comjiosed of liis peers wasestal>lished. Precedents were set for those ])roeesses whicli weknow as impeachments, in which tlie House of hearsaccusations brought by tlie House of Commons, in all thesematters, therefore, a tribunal technically styled the i\iiig mParliament, but wliich was in reality the House of Lords, ENGLISH LAW, L3Q7-1600. (J55 aijpeared as thi. lii^liest tribuiiai of the realm. ]!nt, licsidc Beginning. , ., , .,.,,.., ., , . of the star It, we see another tribunal with mdennitely wide elaiius to Chamber. jurisdiction—we see the Kiiit^- in (ouncil. And the two are not so distinct as an historian, for his own sake and his readers, might wish thcni to be. Un the one hand, those of the Kings Council who are not peers of the realm, in particular. THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS {Inner Temple Library).(Bij pcrmis.^ion 0/ tltc Masters of the Bench.) the judges and the i\rasters of the Chancery, are suninionedto the Lords House of Parliament, and (snlj^ by slow degreesis it made plain to them that, when they are in that House,they are mere assistants of the peers, and are only to speakwhen thev are spoken to. On the other liaiid, there is a wid(^-spread, if not very ])ractical, belief that all the peers are byrights the kings councillors, antl that any one of them maysit at the council board if lie pleases (^>uestions enough areleft open for subsequent centuries. t)5e Till-: TlK(ilSNISG8 (>F MODEBN EXGLAXI). Its Workand Use. Its Pro-cedure and Iniquities. Meanwhile the Council, its actual constitution varying muchfrom reiyii to reisjn, does a
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