Note (44) — Chapter III
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See Hallam, i. 129; Lingard, vi. 239, 243. The Act 13 Elizabeth, c. 1, declares it to be treason “yf any person shall in any wyse holde and affyrme or mayntayne that the Common Lawes of this Realme not altred by Parlyament, ought not to dyrecte the Ryght of the crowne of England, or that our said sovrayne Ladye Elizabeth the Quenes Majestie that nowe is, with and by the aucthoritye of the Parlyament of Englande is not able to make Lawes and Statutes of suffycyent force and valyditie to lymit and bynd the Crowne of this Realme, and the Descent Lymitacion Inheritaunce and Government thereof.” The like is the crime of “whosoever shall hereafter duryng the Lyef of our said Soveraigne Ladye, by any Booke or Worke prynted or written, dyrectly and expresly declare and affyrme at any tyme before the same be by Acte of Parlyament of this Realme established and affyrmed, that any one particular person whosover it be, is or ought to be the ryght Heire and Successor to the Queenes Majestie that nowe is (whome God longe preserve) except the same be the naturall yssue of her Majesties bodye.”
This statute may possibly be taken as setting aside the claims of the House of Suffolk; but, if so, it sets aside the claims of the House of Stewart along with them.