sented: Then it being a Cession of a presentative Rectory, whether old or new, 'tis the King's Right to present. Vernon's Case, 4 Rep. 4. Plowd. 127. The Doctor came in not by Donation, but was rather placed in by Parliament, which implies in it the Consent, and all the necessary Acts of the Patron and Ordinary. Suppose the King should grant away his own Advowson during a Plenarty, and afterwards such a Cession should happen by Promotion; surely that would not deprive the King of his Prerogative; and by the same Reason it ought not in this Case. Wherefore, upon the whole Matter, it was prayed, That the Judgment should be affirmed; and it was affirmed accordingly.
[15 Lds. Jo. 467. See 14 7 15 Vict. c. 100 s. 24.]
Treason, its Essence. 3 Lev. 396. 4 Mod. 162, &c.—Writ of Error to reverse a Judgment given in B.R. for Reversal of a Judgment against T. before Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, upon an Indictment of High Treason. The Record is to the Effect following:
Ad Gen' Session' de Oyer & Terminer tent' pro Com' Somerset apud Civitat' Wellen' in dict Com' Somerset corum Francisco Wythens mil' un', &c. Richardo Heath un', &c. Georgio Strode, mil' un' Servient, &c. & aliis Sociis suis Justiciariis dicti Domini Regis per Literas Patentes ipsius Dom' Regis sub magno sigillo Angliæ confect' eisdem Francisco Wythens, Richardo Heath, Georgio Strode, & aliis aliquibus tribus vel pluribus eorum direct' quorum alter eorum præfat' F. W. vel Richardum Heath dictus Dominus Rex unum esse voluit ad inquirend' per Sacramentum proborum & legalium Hominum Com' præd' ac aliis viis modis & mediis, &c. assignat per Sacrament' Francisci Warre Baronett', &c. proborum & legalium hominum Com' Somerset præd' adtunc & ibid' impannellat' jurat' & onerat' ad inquirend' pro Domino Rege pro Corpore Com' præd' præsentat existit quod Reginald Tucker nuper de Long Sutton in Com' præd' Gen' & Thomas Place nuper de Eddington in Com' præd' Yeoman timorem Dei in cordibus suis non habentes nec debitum ligeantiæ suæ ponderantes sed Instigatione diabolica mot' & seduct' dilection' ac veram & debit' obedientiam quas veri & Fideles subditi Domini Jacobi Secundi nuper Regis Angliæ, &c. erga ipsum Dominum Regem gererent & de jure gerere tenentur subtrahent' & machinant' & totis viribus suis intendent' pacem & Communem tranquilitatem, &c. proditorie compassaverint imaginat' fuer' & intendebant dictum Dominum Regem supremum & naturalem Dominum suum ad mortem adducere & contra dictum Dominum Regem supremum verum naturalem & indubitatum Dominum suum proditorie levaverunt guerram, &c. contra pacem dicti Domini Regis nunc Coron' & Dignitat' suas ac contra formam Statut' in hujusmodi casu edit' & provis'.
Et statim de præmissis in Indictament' præd' specificat' superius eis imposit' per cur' hic allocut' qualiter se vellent inde acquietari, iidem Reginald Tucker & Thomas Place separatim dicunt, &c.
The Judgment is per cur' hic quod præd' Reginald Tucker & Thomas Place ducantur & eorum uterq; ducatur usq; ad Gaolam dicti Domini Regis Com' præd' unde venerunt, & ubinde usq; ad locum Executionis trahantur & uterq; eorum trahatur & super furcas ibidem per collum suspendantur & viventes ad terram pro-[187]-sternantur & uterq; eorum prosternatur & interiora sua extra ventres eorum & utriusq; eorum capiantur ipsisq; viventibus ibidem comburantur, & quod capita eorum & utriusq; eorum amputentur quodq; corpora eorum & utriusq; eorum in quatuor partes dividantur & quod capita & quarteria illa ponantur ubi Dominus Rex ea assignare voluit, &c.
Argument for the King. Judgment in High Treason. Contrary to the Duty of his Allegiance.—And now it was argued on the Behalf of the King, That this Reversal was not justifiable; that the Exceptions taken below were many, and as to the Pretence that secreta membra amputentur was omitted; the same was
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