any longer; but in this he was
altogether unwilling to consent to him,--nay, he wished to govern the
kingdom, together with the crown and its appurtenances, as long as he
retained his vital breath. Whence the Prince, in a manner, with his
counsellors retired aggrieved; and afterwards, as it were through the
greater part of England, he joined all the nobles under his authority
in homage and pay. In the same parliament the money, as well in gold
as in silver, was somewhat lessened in weight in consequence of the
exchange of foreigners, &c."

[Footnote 328: Bibl. Reg. 13, C. I. 10. An. 13 Hen.
IV. "Eodem anno in Crastino Animarum incepit
parliamentum apud Westmonasterium. Et quia Rex
ratione suae infirmitatis non poterat in persona
propria interesse, assignavit et ordinavit in
nomine suo fratrem suum Thomam Beuforde,
Cancellarium tunc Angliae, ad inchoandum,
continuandum, et prorogandum; in quo parliamento
Henricus Princeps desidevavit a patre suo regni et
coronae resignacionem, eo quod pater ratione
aegritudinis non poterat circa honorem et utilitatem
regni ulterius laborare; sed sibi in hoc noluit
penitus assentire; ymmo regnum una cum corona et
pertinenciis, dummodo haberet spiritus vitales,
voluit gubernare: unde Princeps quodammodo cum suis
consiliariis aggravatus recessit; et posterius
quasi pro majori parte Angliae omnes proceres suo
dominio in humagio et stipendio copulavit. In eodem
parliamento moneta tam in auro quam in argento
fuerat aliqualiter in pondere minorata ex causa
permutationis extraneorum, qui in suis partibus
ratione cambii magnum sibi cumulabant emolumentum,
et Regi et suis mercatoribus Angligenis in magnum
dispendium et detrimentum, &c."]

Now, there can be no doubt (1) that a parliament was held on the (p. 439)
morrow of All Souls, in the thirteenth year of Henry IV. (1411);
(2) that it was _opened_, _continued_, and _prorogued_ by Thomas
Beaufort, the Chancellor, by commission from the King, in his absence;
(3) that an alteration in the coin was