▁( the ▁L ords ) ▁would ▁try ▁their ▁own ▁pe ers , ▁while ▁common ers ▁ought ▁to ▁try ▁their ▁pe ers ▁( other ▁common ers ) ▁in ▁a ▁j ury . ▁However , ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 1 , ▁the ▁Commons ▁declared ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁im pe ach ▁anyone , ▁and ▁the ▁L ords ▁have ▁respect ed ▁this ▁resolution . ▁Off ices ▁held ▁" d uring ▁good ▁behaviour " ▁are ▁termin able ▁by ▁the ▁writ ▁of ▁either ▁qu o ▁war r anto ▁or ▁sci re ▁fa cias , ▁which ▁has ▁even ▁been ▁employed ▁by ▁and ▁against ▁well - pla ced ▁jud ges . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Edward ▁IV , ▁im pe achment ▁fell ▁into ▁dis use , ▁the ▁bill ▁of ▁att ain der ▁becoming ▁the ▁preferred ▁form ▁of ▁dealing ▁with ▁und es irable ▁subjects ▁of ▁the ▁Crown . ▁However , ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁James ▁I ▁and ▁there after , ▁im pe ach ments ▁became ▁more ▁popular , ▁as ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁require ▁the ▁ass ent ▁of ▁the ▁Crown , ▁while ▁b ills ▁of ▁att ain der ▁did , ▁thus ▁allowing ▁parliament ▁to ▁resist ▁royal ▁attempts ▁to ▁domin ate ▁parliament . ▁The ▁most ▁recent ▁cases ▁of ▁im pe achment ▁de alt ▁with ▁Warren ▁H ast ings , ▁Governor - General ▁of ▁India ▁between ▁ 1 7 7 3 ▁and ▁ 1 7 8 6 ▁( im pe ached ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 8 ; ▁the ▁L ords ▁found ▁him ▁not ▁guilty ▁in ▁ 1 7 9