...as Lord Treasurer, in 1636, Laud writes in his journal, ' No churchman had it since Henry ' VII. ; and now, if the Church will not hold themselves up under ' God, I can do no more.' Profound humility, even abjectness, to the monarch, was the policy of the party, that they might 491...

...lord high treasurer. "No churchman had it since Henry the Seventh's time," Laud comments proudly. " 1 pray God bless him to carry it so that the church may have honor, and the state service and content by it. And now, if the church will not hold up themselves,...