An historical essay on the legislative power of England [electronic resource] : Wherein the origin of both Houses of Parliament, their antient constitution, and the changes that have happen'd in the Persons that compos'd them, with the Occasions thereof, are related in a chronological order. And Many Things concerning the English Government, the Antiquities of the Laws of England, and the Feudal Law, are occasionally illustrated, and explain'd. By George St. Amand, of the Inner Temple, Esq; .