Lectures on the Constitution and Laws of England: With a Commentary on Magna Charta, and Illustrations of Many of the English Statutes, Volume 1Thomas B. Wait and Company, 1805 - Constitutional history |
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... Edward the Confessor ; and though he had rather the qualities of a saint than those of a king , his laws have been highly extolled . They were strenuously contended for during the administration of the earlier Norman princes ; they kept ...
... Edward the Confessor ; and though he had rather the qualities of a saint than those of a king , his laws have been highly extolled . They were strenuously contended for during the administration of the earlier Norman princes ; they kept ...
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... Edward's charter to the abbay of Croyland was subscribed by an Abbess . Even in the time of Henry III . and in that of Edward I. it appears that four Abbesses were summoned to parliament ; those of Shaftsbury , Berking , St. Mary of ...
... Edward's charter to the abbay of Croyland was subscribed by an Abbess . Even in the time of Henry III . and in that of Edward I. it appears that four Abbesses were summoned to parliament ; those of Shaftsbury , Berking , St. Mary of ...
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... Wilkins , p . 76 , 102 , 126 . In the 8th law of Edward the Confessor we read , Hac concessa sunt a rege , baronibus et POPULO ; and in his 35th rogative , indeed , have affirmed that these were judg- XX DISCOURSE ON THE LAWS AND.
... Wilkins , p . 76 , 102 , 126 . In the 8th law of Edward the Confessor we read , Hac concessa sunt a rege , baronibus et POPULO ; and in his 35th rogative , indeed , have affirmed that these were judg- XX DISCOURSE ON THE LAWS AND.
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... Edward Coke to have been written before the conquest ; and ad- ditions were made to it by Andrew Horn in the reign of Edward I. from old MSS . the authors of which must have seen ancient rolls and records . Matter , also from more ...
... Edward Coke to have been written before the conquest ; and ad- ditions were made to it by Andrew Horn in the reign of Edward I. from old MSS . the authors of which must have seen ancient rolls and records . Matter , also from more ...
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... Edward III . the pe- riod which , with great probability , some writers have as- signed to it , it yet proves that the sense of that period was full and strong with regard to the antiquity of the consti- tution , as consisting of king ...
... Edward III . the pe- riod which , with great probability , some writers have as- signed to it , it yet proves that the sense of that period was full and strong with regard to the antiquity of the consti- tution , as consisting of king ...
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Page 205 - Homage," says the Treatise of Tenures, " is the most honorable service, and most humble service of reverence, that a frank tenant may do to his lord: for when the tenant shall make homage to his lord, he shall be ungirt and his head uncovered, and his lord shall sit and the tenant shall kneel before him on both his knees, and hold his hands jointly together between the hands of his lord, and shall say thus: I become your man, from this day forward, of life and limb, and of earthly worship, and unto...
Page 272 - When all estates were fee simple, then were purchasers sure of their purchases, farmers of their leases, creditors of their debts, the king and lords had their escheats, forfeitures, wardships and other profits of their seigniories : and for these and other like cases, by the...
Page 206 - I become your man from this day forward of life and limb and of earthly worship, and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements (MN) that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king;' and then the lord so sitting shall kiss him.
Page 138 - I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you shall bear for the lauds which I claim to hold of you, and that I shall lawfully do to you the customs and services which I ought to do at the terms assigned, so help me God and his saints ; and he shall kiss the book.
Page xxxv - ... to our Lord the King, he shall be amerced, and otherwise punished, according as of old times hath been used to be done within the said realm in the said case.
Page 263 - Sheriff shall deliver to him all the Chattels of the Debtor (saving only his Oxen and Beasts of his Plough) and the one half of his Land, until the Debt be levied upon a reasonable Price or Extent.
Page 155 - to yield him yearly a bow, or a sword, or a dagger, or a knife, or a lance, or a paire of gloves of maile, or a paire of gilt spurs, or an arrow, or divers arrowes, or to yield such other small things belonging to warre
Page xxxv - Commons, that all and singular persons and commonalties which from henceforth shall have the summons of the Parliament, shall come from henceforth to the Parliaments in the manner as they are bound to do, and [have] been accustomed within the realm of England of old times.
Page xxxv - And if any person of the same realm, which from henceforth shall have the said summons, be he archbishop, bishop, abbot, prior, duke, earl, baron, banneret, knight of. the shire, citizen of city, burgess of borough, or other singular person or commonalty, do...
Page 138 - Know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you shall bear, for the lands which I claim to hold of you, and that I shall lawfully do to you the customs and services which I ought to do at the terms assigned ; so help me God and his saints.