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.