coke case OF non to stand before or dispense power No Act of parliament can  bind the king from any prerogative which be sole and inseparable to his person  but he may dispense with it by a non to stand before but in thing which be not  incident sole and inseparable to the person of the king but belong to every  subject and may be sever a Act of parliament may absolute bind the king      Vaugh Cumberb note a good diversity when the king shall be bind by Act of  parliament so that he can dispense with it by any clause of non to stand  before a No Act can bind the king from any prerogative which be sole and  inseparable to his person but that he may dispense with it by a non to stand  before as a sovereign power to command any of his subject toserve he for the  public weal and this sole and inseparable be annex to his person and this  royal power can be restrain by any Act of parliament I neither in proposition  nor in high pothesi but that the king by his royal prerogative may dispense  with it for upon commandment of the king and obedience of the subject do his  government consist as it be provide by the statute of h cap that all patent  make or to be make of any office of a sheriff c for term of year for life in  feesimple or in tail be void and of no effect any clause or parole de non to  stand before put or to be put into such patent to be make notwithstanding and  further whosoever shall take upon he or they to accept or occupy such office  of sheriff by virtue of such grant or patent shall stand perpetual disable to  be or hear the office of sheriff within any county of England by the same  authority and notwithstanding that by this Act the patent be make void the  king be restrain to grant non to stand before the grantee disable to take the  office yet the king by his royal sovereign power of command may command by his  patent for such cause as he in his wisdom do think meet and profitable for  himself and the commonwealth of which he himself be sole judge to serve he and  the weal public as sheriff of such a county for year or for life c and so be  it resolve by all the justice of England in the ExchequerChamVer h and so the  royal power to pardon treason murder rape c be a prerogative incident sole and  inseparable to the person of the king and for this non to stand before a Act  of parliament to make the patdon of the king void and restrain the king to  dispense with this by non to stand before and to disable he to who the pardon  be make to take or plead it shall not bind the king but that he may dispense  with it and this be well prove by the Act of r parliament cap for by this it  be enact that no charter a Vid attorneygeneral v Pougett price a by I W m  saint c it be declare that the pretend power of suspend or dispense with law  or the execution of law by regal authority without consent of parliament be  illegal Vid I black command Vol l p and the note to the allowance of this part  of the report   blow salk see skin Q de hoc note this mischievous resolution  be the ground of king I patent to popish officers Note to former edition coke  report er p of pardon from henceforth be allow by whatsoever justice for  murder treason rape of a woman not specify in the say charter and if it be  otherwise be the charter disallow note this be the sure way that the  parliament can take to restrain the king to pardon murder unless that he  pardon it by express term which they think the king will not for they know  that the king can not be restrain by any Act to make a pardon for mercy and  power to pardon be a prerogative incident sole and inseparable to the person  of the king and it have oftentimes be adjudge that the king can pardon murder  by general word without any express mention with non to stand before the say  statute see h cap in which it be ordain that no Welshman be justice coke  chamberlain treasurer sheriff steward constable of a castle escheator coroner  or chief forester nor other officer whatsoever nor keeper of record c in any  part of Wales notwithstanding any patent make to the contrary with clause of  non to stand before although sit Wallicus nalus and yet without question the  king may grant this with anon to stand before so purveyance for the king and  his household be incident sole and inseparable to the person of the king and  for this cause the Act of parliament hold in time oh h de tallagio non to go  away title purveyance in rastall which bar the king whole of purveyance be  void as it appear in   lib fol but in all such case although that the king may  dispense with statute yet a general dispensation or grant without non to stand  before be void but in thing which be not incident sole and inseparable to the  person of the king but belong to every subject and may be sever there a Act of  parliament may absolute bind the king as if a Act of parliament to disable any  subject of the king to take any land of his grant or any of his subject as  bishop as it be do by the statute I James c to grant to the king this be good  for to grant or take land or tenement be common to every subject and for this  it be not pro prium quarto modus to king scilicet omni solietsemper vide the  case of dean and chapter upon the statute of Elizabeth vide r cap h that none  shall be justice of assize c in the county where he be bear or do inhabit and  yet the king with special non to stand before may dispense with this for this  belong to the inseparable prerogative of the king videlicet his power of  commandment to serve c note these opinion may justify any king act against law  and be a proper ground to erect arbitrary power c note to former edit