...subject of discord, particularly during the reign of Charles I. The Commons claimed in December 1621, 'that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the...of the realm, and of the Church of England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within the...

...declaring without qualification "That the Liberties, Franchises, Priviledges, and Jurisdictions of the Parliament, are the ancient and undoubted Birthright and Inheritance of the Subjects of England." With that they rested. The King ordered the Commons' Journal brought to him and he ripped out the page...