the English Parliament

“ He is a Bastard that is born before the Marriage of his Parents.
TO the King's Writ of Bastardy, Whether one being born before Matrimony may inherit in like manner as he that is born after Matrimony, all the Bishops answered, That they would not, nor could not, answer to it ”

“ Bastardy, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33. 1 H. 6. 3. 11 H. 4. 84. 39 Ed. 3. 14. 44 Ed. 3. 12. 12 Co. 72.
2 Inst. 96.
a Dominus in marg. b De Hibernia in marg.c Et ideo Dominus Rex habet consilium suum sub qua forma procedendum est ad inquisitionem in Curia sua de talibus fic natis in marg. ”