Excerpt from The Constitutional History of England, Vol. 2 of 3: From the Accession of Henry VII. To the Death of George II Declaration of the King after the Dissolution Prosecutions of Eliot and others for Conduct in Parliament Of Chambers for refusing to pay Customs Com mendable Behaviour of Judges in some instances Means adopted to raise the Revenue Compositions for Knighthood Forest Laws Monopolies Ship-money Extension of it to inland Places Hampden's Refusal to pay Arguments on the Case Proclamations Various arbitrary Proceedings star-chamber Jurisdiction Punishments inflicted by it Cases of Bishop Williams, Prynne, &c. Laud, his Character Lord Strafl'ord Correspondence between these two Conduct of Laud in the church-prosecution of Puritans Favour shown to Catholics Tendency to their Religion Expectations enter tained by them Mission of Panzani Intrigue of Bishop Montagu with him Chilliugworth Hales Character of Clarendon's Writings Animadver sions on his Account of this Period Scots Troubles, and Distress of the Govern ment Parliament of April, 1640 Council of York Convocation of Long Parliament. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.