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INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME.
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Wentworth Mr. committed by the Privy Council (a. d. 1586) to the Tower, 102; again committed (a. d. 159-2) 106. Westminster Hall, Palacium Domini Regis, citations and summons to be served therein only by the King's Steward and Marshall, 4. Whitelocke quoted, 213 «. Williams, Sir William, fined for acts done by him as Speaker of the House, 288. Wotnan, coming as a witness, not permitted to enter the House, but examined at the door by a Committee, 194, 195. Words, complaint mnde by a Member of contemptuous expressions used concerning him, 194; the ofl'ending party ordered to be sent for, 195; evil words against the House punished, 198. 204. spoken by a Peer against a Member, 155; proceedings thereupon, 196. Writ directed to the Warden of the Fleet (39° Hen. VI,) by virtue of an Act of Parliament to discharge a Member in execution, 35; similar writ offered but refused by the Commons, 34° Hen. "V III, 54. of election issued from the Chancery and returnable therein, does not confer on the Court of Chancer}- judgment of elections, 240. of Privilege, the remedy at common law for delivery of Members arrested on mesne process, 67 ; ordered for the servant of a Member (a. d. 1548) 70 ; for a servant taken in execution (a. d. 1624) 165; to be obtained by the Speaker's warrant upon Member's declaration, 71 ; to be issued only by virtue of the Speaker's warrant, thou<rh the right of sending the Serjeant is declared, 167, 168; the Lord Keeper directed by the Lords to issue such a warrant, 118.

Yelverton, Mr. his speech (a. d. 1571) on the detention of Mr. Strickland, a Member from the House, by the Queen Council, 84; whereupon Mr. Strickland restored to the House, 84, 85. Yeoman of the Guard, insolent to the Commons, 193. 2370.

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