Falkinek — Parliament of Ireland under Tudor Sovereigns. 563 



SuMMA Baeoxuii xxij^. 



M" that the Chief Justices of the one Bencli, and the other, the 

 Chief Baron, the Master of the Bolls, and the Queen's Majesty's 

 Attorney General and her Highness' Solicitor, did sit altogether at a 

 table in the myddes of the parliament house. 



M". that Mr. Stanhurst, Recorder of the city of Dublin, was- 

 Speaker of the lower house, and did wear for his upper garment, 

 Avhen the Lord Deputy sat in the higher house under the cloth ol: 

 estate, a scarlet gown ; and this Mr. Stanhurst was a very wise man,, 

 and a good member of the Commonwealth of Ireland. 



JOH^^ HOOKER'S DIARY, OR JOUR^s^AL, JAJs^UARY 17 to 

 PEBRIJARY 23, 1568-9.1 



M'' that one mone[day, the 17th of January, 1568-9] 

 the parlament beganne [in 

 Robert weston [ 



court adiorned vntyll the tliurs[day following] 

 w''^ thursday beinge the xx^^ of Januarie [ 

 was assembled and there accordinge to the [ 



dyd chose theire speker namely M' James [Stanihurst] Recorder of 

 Dublin who forthw^^ was presented to the L. depute & made his 

 oration before him, w'^ L: deputie awnswered verie eloquentlye. 



On friday greate contention did growe yn the lower house, by 

 S' chrestopher barnewell & others of meth who thought not that 

 assembly to be lauffull for sundry causses, fyrst because that some 

 burgesses were returned for suche townes as were no corporations, 

 then that some beinge shiriffes of countyes & some maiors of townes 

 had named & apoynted them selffes, but specially because there were 

 a number of englysshe m[embers] returned for burgesses whom the 

 saide Irish m [embers] wolde not admytt because they were resyaunt 

 [without] the townes for w'^^ they were chosen. These [matters] 

 were had yn greate questyon miche stomake [dyd] growe 



^IS. Mm. 1. 32, Cambridge University Librarr. 



