...1589, and which he called The Commonwealth of England and the manner of government thereof, he declares that " the most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the parliament." Such doctrines could be preached with safety while Tudor kingcraft remained; when it departed they...

...published in 1589, to which special attention has been called by Professor Maitland, may be quoted : " The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the parliament. . . . That which is done by this consent is called firm, stable and sanctum, and is taken for law....

...without the consent of the subject, nor burthen them, against their wills, with strange impositions."2 Later still, during the reign of Elizabeth, who did...Parliament as that acknowledged by statute, since the Revolution. Not to multiply authorities, enough has been said to prove that the Ilevolution denned,...

...in the time of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Thomas Smith in his Commonwealth of England states categorically that ' the most high and absolute power of the realm of England consists in Parliament '. . . . But it cannot be too strongly insisted upon that the fundamental basis...

...these."1 As a result of these developments, Sir Thomas Smith, Elizabeth's secretary of state, could say that, "The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the Parliament ",2 meaning, of course, the King in Parliament. In these ways then the Tudor sovereigns restored the...

...in the Lords and royal intervention was lacking. In the early 1560's Sir Thomas Smith could write, 'the most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the Parliament'; he intended, of course, the crown in parliament but it was in marked contrast to Elyot's plain statement...

...but does nothing to derogate from the fundamental facts. 105. Sir Thomas Smith on Parliament (1565). The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the Parliament. For as in war, where the King himself in person, the nobility, the rest of the gentility and the yeomanry...

...were powerful and conscious of their power. Sir Thomas Smith wrote in De Republica Anglorum (1589) that "the most high and absolute power of the Realm of England consists in the Parliament . . . The Parliament abrogates old laws, makes new . . . changes rights,...

...was a price to be paid for the development of such an extremely useful instrument. Smith also wrote 'The most high and absolute power of the realm of England consisteth in the parliament'; and later in the same passage, with reference to statute 'That is the Prince's and the whole realm's...

...of activity lay elsewhere - at court or in council'.4 Why then did Sir Thomas Smith boldly proclaim that 'The most high and absolute power of the realm of England, is in the Parliament'?5 Writing in the 1560s he was confident of its place in the firmament of Tudor...