.ODg.Mzc3Mg

{3}

ye. Commons Petition'd, yt. a Parlia. might be held once a year in any convenient place, to redress delays in suits, & to end Causes where ye. Judges were of different opinions.

ye. Answer made to this was, yt. ye. Statutes made for yt. purpose should be observ'd, & yt. ye. K. would choose where ye. Parlia. should be held.

ye. K. summon'd a new Parlia. in 1370. to meet at Westm. ye. Chancellor open'd this Parlia. and said, yt. ye. K. desire'd ye. Liberties of ye. Church might be kept. yt. he had elected several Lds, & others to be of his deletion unclear /deletion addition standing /addition Council; yt. they had consulted with ye. Lds. about ye great danger of ye. Realm, & as it would require great Sums to support it, they did not choose entirely to determine without ye. advice of Parlia. yet they had agreed to prepare a Navy & an army, & had lent ye. K. great sums for it. ye. Chan. ended with saying yt. ye. Treasurers were ready to produce their accounts.

ye. Parlia. granted ye. old subsidy upon Wool & a Poll tax.

A Parlia. was held deletion unclear /deletion Glocester, in 1379 deletion ye. expenses of their meeting was yt. /deletion ye. K. deletion was unclear midst of great /deletion addition not being able to continue /addition deletion wars, & could neither endure nor unclear /deletion the warr. without ye. assistance of Parlia.

Sir J. Pickering was elected Speaker of ye. Commons. He rehears'd ye. articles given them in charge ye. heartily thank'd ye. K. for ye. Liberties & Franchises granted to ye. Holy Church, & for his promiss of keeping ye. good Laws & Customs of his K m. & ye. punishing those who shou'd act against them. yt. as to ye. aid he demanded ^ addition underline he could not have great need for it because /underline /addition there must yet be plenty of money left in ye. treasury.

ye. K. Council answer'd them, yt. ye. Coronation had been a very great expense, & yt. ye. taxes were paid but slowly, so yt. if they would grant ye. K. a for ye. present, they hop'd they should have enough money from time to time to maintain ye. war, deletion & unclear /deletion without them.

ye. Commons beg'd ye. K. would excuse their not granting him a subsidy, deletion not being able to bear any further /deletion addition they pleaded unclear & affirm'd /addition deletion charge of more unclear /deletion yt. ye. reason of their having granted him so great a subsidy ye. year before, was deletion because they hoped unclear /deletion addition from the hopes of being discharg'd /addition of all Tallage for a long time.