Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick were originally invited to testify. He was appointed to the Privy Council. Cabinet members advise the monarch as members of the Privy Council. The Cabinet members advise the monarch as members of the Privy Council. Privy Council meetings broke out into fisticuffs. He resigned from his ministerial office, parliamentary seat and membership in the Privy Council. Legal cases may be appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He briefly acted as one of the commissioners of the privy seal. The Grand Councillors served as a sort of privy council to the emperor. The sovereign also grants Royal Charters on the advice of the Privy Council. Originally, this is subject to being summoned to the British Privy Council. It is the executive committee of the Privy Council. In 1547 with Privy Council acquiescence he made himself Duke of Somerset. And there could be an appeal with permission of the Privy Council. Wernick, the Clerk of the Privy Council, appeared before the committee.