Note 196 — Chapter V
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Journal, June 7, 1641.
Verney's Notes bear evidence that the same day the feeling of the House was unfavourable to Episcopacy. Monday, 7th June:—"Sir John Griffin, the elder, said, I see it is distasteful to this House to speak for the government of the Church."—Verney Papers, 83.
On the same day, in the course of a debate, the subject of ecclesiastical canons came again under consideration. Mr. Maynard "transmitted the votes about the canons." According to Verney's Notes, (84) in which this appears, the debate touched generally on the power of the clergy to make canons. No formal resolution or vote is recorded.