224.
*** His credit with the king had given him such influence, that he had no less than twenty proxies granted him this parliament by so many peers; which occasioned a vote, that no peer should have above two proxies.

The earl of Leicester, in 1585, had once ten proxies D'Ewes, p.

314.
Two violent attacks he was obliged this session to sustain, one from the earl of Bristol, another from the house of commons.
As long as James lived, Bristol, secure of the concealed favor of that monarch, had expressed all duty and obedience; in expectation that an opportunity would offer of reinstating himself in his former credit and authority.

Even after Charles's accession he despaired not.

He submitted to the king's commands of remaining at his country seat, and of absenting himself from parliament.