Writ of summons
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 (English)
That the summons to Parliament shall be by writ under the Great Seal of England, directed to the sheriffs of the several and respective counties, with such alteration as may suit with the present government, to be made by the Lord Protector and his council, which the Chancellor, Keeper, or Commissioners of the Great Seal shall seal, issue, and send abroad by warrant from the Lord Protector.
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The writ of summons, the formal instrument entitling a peer to sit in Parliament, withheld from and then granted to the Earl of Bristol under continuing personal restriction.
this petition being referred unto the Committee for privileges, and after diligent search, no precedent being found that any writ of summons hath been detained from any peer that is capable of sitting in the House of Parliament;
The petition of the Earl of Bristol, for his writ of summons, being referred to the Lords Committees for privileges, &c.
Whereupon the Duke of Buckingham signified unto the House, That upon the Earl of Bristol’s petition, the King had sent him his writ of summons.