 Complete the following phrase:  Earlier practice was to specify the parliamentary session by the year in which it started only  and sometimes to date its Acts accordingly. So, for example, the Adventurers Act was passed by the session 16 Cha. 1 in 1642 and is cited as 16 Cha. 1 c.33. That session began in 1640. In consequence the Act is often referred to as the Adventurers Act 1640: despite being passed in response to 