November 1645: Ordinance for disabling the Judges who have deserted their Places.

November, 1645

[24 November, 1645.]

The Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, taking Notice that Sir Robert Heath, Sir Francis Crawley, Sir Richard Weston, Sir Robert Foster, and Sir Thomas Mallett, heretofore Judges of the several Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, have deserted their Places, and, by their Councils and Actions, have advised and assisted the War against the Parliament; do Ordain, and be it Ordained, That the said Sir Robert Heath, Sir Francis Crawley, Sir Richard Weston, Sir Robert Foster, and Sir Thomas Mallett, and every of them, be removed from their said Places, and disabled from being Judges of the said Courts: And be it further Ordained, That the several Places by them holden in the said several Courts be void, as if they were actually dead.