WOOLSACK  , i.e. a See also:

• SACK

sack or See also:

• CUSHION (from O. Fr. coisson, coussin; according to the New English Dict., from Lat. coxa, a hip; others say from Lat. culcita, a quilt)

cushion stuffed with See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, a name more particularly given to the seat of the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Lords . It is a large square cushion of wool, without back or arms, covered with red See also:

• CLOTH

cloth . It is stated to have been placed in the House of Lords in the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III. to re-mind the peers of the importance of the wool See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . The earliest legislative mention, however, is in an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII . (c. ro s . 8) : " The lord chancellor, lord treasurer and all other See also:

• OFFICERS

officers who shall be under the degree of a See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron of a See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament shall sit and be placed at the uppermost See also:

• PART

part of the sacks in the midst of the said parliament chamber, either there to sit 1mnn nine See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form or See also:

• CANON

canon the uppermost sack." The woolsack istechnically outside the precincts of the house, and the lord chancellor, wishing to speak in a debate, has to advance to his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as a peer .