At the Board of Treasury he must sit below the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The First Lord, Godolphin, was a peer of the realm; and his right to precedence, according to the rules of the heralds, could not be questioned.

But every body knew who was the first of English commoners.

What was Richard Hampden that he should take the place of a Seymour, of the head of the Seymours?
With much difficulty, the dispute was compromised.

Many concessions were made to Sir Edward's punctilious pride.