Note 32 — Chapter XIII · ON THE STATE OF THE CONSTITUTION UNDER CHARLES II.
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They were very rare after the accession of Henry V.; but one occurs in 10th Hen. VI. 1432, with which Hale's list concludes. Hargrave's Preface to Hale, p. 7. This editor justly observes, that the incomplete state of the votes and early journals renders the negative proof inconclusive; though we may be fully warranted in asserting that from Henry V. to James I. there was very little exercise of judicial power in parliament, either civilly or criminally.