Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History from the Earliest Times to the Reign of Edward the First, Volume 3William Stubbs |
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... their Proctors .. V. Writ for Distraint of Knighthood Statute of Mortmain .. Writs for Parliament and Councils in 1282 and 1283 Letter of Credence for a Royal Commissioner to raise PAGE 426 .. .. 429 447 .. 448 450 451 452 .. 453 .. 453 ...
... their Proctors .. V. Writ for Distraint of Knighthood Statute of Mortmain .. Writs for Parliament and Councils in 1282 and 1283 Letter of Credence for a Royal Commissioner to raise PAGE 426 .. .. 429 447 .. 448 450 451 452 .. 453 .. 453 ...
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... their own suicidal wars ; whose vast forests and unreclaimed marsh - lands afforded to the new - comers a ... their new settle- ments ; honouring the women of their nation , and strictly careful of the distinction between themselves and ...
... their own suicidal wars ; whose vast forests and unreclaimed marsh - lands afforded to the new - comers a ... their new settle- ments ; honouring the women of their nation , and strictly careful of the distinction between themselves and ...
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... their pastures and hunting - grounds , as they were said to do when Caesar wrote ; but they are not so far settled as to have divided the land amongst individuals . The several com- munities allot annually their arable lands among the ...
... their pastures and hunting - grounds , as they were said to do when Caesar wrote ; but they are not so far settled as to have divided the land amongst individuals . The several com- munities allot annually their arable lands among the ...
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... their principes only : others have adopted royalty possibly in imitation of neighbouring polities ; possibly as a relic of a patriarchal stage , in which the family tie was not merely the chief but the only bond of organisation , and ...
... their principes only : others have adopted royalty possibly in imitation of neighbouring polities ; possibly as a relic of a patriarchal stage , in which the family tie was not merely the chief but the only bond of organisation , and ...
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... their independence of Rome , their ancient religion and seats , and very much of their ancient barbarism . To what extent they had developed the germs of a political system common to them with the rest of the Germans , before they took ...
... their independence of Rome , their ancient religion and seats , and very much of their ancient barbarism . To what extent they had developed the germs of a political system common to them with the rest of the Germans , before they took ...
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Page 522 - I AB do swear, That I do from my heart, abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 520 - By raising and keeping a standing army within this kingdom in time of peace, without consent of parliament, and quartering soldiers contrary to law. 6. By causing several good subjects, being protestants, to be disarmed at the same time when papists were both armed and employed, contrary to law.
Page 512 - ... they were detained by your majesty's special command, signified by the lords of your privy council, and yet were returned back to several prisons, without being charged with anything to which they might make answer according to the law.
Page 520 - And several grants and promises made of fines and forfeitures before any conviction or judgment against the persons upon whom the same were to be levied. All which are utterly and directly contrary to the known laws and statutes and freedom of this realm.
Page 512 - England, it is declared and enacted, That no freeman may be taken or Imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold or liberties, or his free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in manner destroyed, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 522 - And thereupon their Majesties were pleased, That the said lords spiritual and temporal and commons, being the two houses of parliament, should continue to sit, and with their Majesties' royal concurrence make effectual provision for the settlement of the religion, laws and liberties of this kingdom, so that the same for the future might not be in danger again of being subverted; to which the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, did agree and proceed to act accordingly.
Page 519 - Whereas the late king James the Second by the assistance of divers evil counsellors, judges and ministers employed by him did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion and the laws and liberties of this kingdom.
Page 523 - That all and every person and persons that is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with, the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall be excluded, and be...
Page 512 - ... and condemnation of such offenders, and them to cause to be executed and put to death according to the law martial...
Page 524 - ... power, authority or jurisdiction within the same; and in all and every such case or cases the people of these realms shall be and are hereby absolved of their allegiance; and the said crown and government shall from time to time descend to and be enjoyed by such person or persons being Protestants as should have inherited and enjoyed the same in case the said person or persons so reconciled, holding communion or professing or marrying as aforesaid were naturally dead.