Note 500 — Chapter XVII
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Heylyn says, in his Life of Archbishop Laud (527), that Stroud was sent up to the Lords with a message from the House of Commons, to let them know that the Londoners would shortly petition with 20,000 hands to obtain that ordinance.
The arguments of the Commons in support of the attainder, as presented to the Lords, are given in the journals of the latter, under date, Die Sabbati, 4 die Januarii.
Heylyn (528) states, that only seven Lords concurred in the sentence; Clarendon (519), that there were not above twelve peers in the House at the time. In the Journals the names of nineteen appear at the commencement of the minutes of the sitting.