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and inventories, the statute of the 21st of King Henry the 

 VHIth restraining them. Wherefore we hold it much 

 more convenient that it should be done by a lawful officer, 

 to be appointed by your majesty, than in a cause not war 

 rantable by law. Yet our humble opinion and advice is, 

 that good consideration be had in passing this book, as 

 well touching a moderate proportion of fees to be allowed 

 for the pains and travel of the officer, as for the expedition 

 of the suitor, in such sort that the subject may find himself 

 in better case than he is now, and not in worse. 



But however we conceive this may be convenient in the 

 two courts of prerogative, where there is much business, 

 yet, in the ordinary course of the bishop s diocesans, we 

 hold the same will be inconvenient, in regard of the small 

 employment. 



Your Majesty s most faithful and obedient Servants, 



FR. VERULAM, Cane. 



ROBERT NAUNTON, 



November 15, 1620. HENRY MONTAGU *. 



To the Lord Chancellor f. 



After my very hearty commendations I have acquainted 

 his majesty with your letter, who commanded me to tell 

 you that he had been thinking upon the same point whereof 

 you write three or four days ago, being so far from making 

 any question of it that he every day expected when a writ 

 should come down. For at the creation of Prince Henry, 

 the lords of the council and judges assured his majesty of 

 as much as the precedents mentioned in your letter speak 

 of. And so I rest your Lordship s 



Very loving Friend at command, 



Newmarket, the 24th of G. BUCKINGHAM. 



November, 1620. 



Indorsed Shewing his Majesty is satisfied with precedents, 

 touching the Prince s summons to parliament. 



To the Marquis of Buckingham. 



My very good Lord, 



Your lordship may find, that in the number of patents 

 which we have represented to his majesty, as like to be 

 stirred in the lower house of parliament, we have set down 

 three, which may concern some of your lordship s special 



* Lord Chief Justice of the King s Bench, who, on the 3rd of December 

 following, was advanced to the post of Lord High Treasurer, 

 t Harl. MSS. Vol. 7000. 



