310.
v** Rushworth, vol.i.p.

419.

Whitlocke, p.

7.
It may safely be affirmed, that, except a few courtiers or ecclesiastics, all men were displeased with this high exertion of prerogative, and this new spirit of administration.

Though ancient precedents were pleaded in favor of the king's measures, a considerable difference, upon comparison, was observed between the cases.