...jurisdictions of parliament, amongst others not herein mentioned, do make this protestation following:—That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions...birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England ; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the king's state, and the defence of the realm,...

...the eve of the Christmas recess, they entered a protestation on their journals, that " the liberties and jurisdictions of parliament are the ancient and...birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; that arduous and urgent affairs concerning the king, the state, and defence of the realm, and the church...

...that their privileges were derived from royal favor. On this, the Commons framed another protest, — that the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions...Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright of Englishmen, and that every member has the right of freedom of speech. This protest they entered...

...and us," u the House of Commons passed the famous Protestation of December 18, 1621, which asserted: That the Liberties, Franchises, Privileges and Jurisdictions...birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the King, State and defence of the realm, and of...

...acknowledged nonetheless that "prerogative" is part of the law.73 When the Protestation of 1621 stated "that the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions...birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England," the assertion obviously benefited from the myth of an ancient constitution. By 1628, in arguing for...

...ancestors'. The House replied in a protestation, which the angry King tore from the Journal of the House: 'The liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions...birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; . . . the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the king, state and defence of the realm and of the...

...their journal their insistence that their privileges were not dependent on any such compromise, but "the ancient and undoubted Birthright and Inheritance of the Subjects of England" (p. 360). James lost his patience. In January 1622, he dissolved the House, and with his own hands...

...franchises and privileges of parliament, amongst others here mentioned, do make this Protestation following. That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions...birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the king, state and defence of the realm, and of...

...of pleading to the constitutional merits. "[T]he liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdiction of parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England," the English Commons reminded Charles I in 1628. Thirteen years later, the Irish Commons claimed "their...

...liberties, it would clear us of all those rubs. . . . Pages 359-360. [Dec. 18, 1621. The Protestation.] That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and unis doubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent...