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Page xiv
... and there was no wide- spread desire for any social improvements . The abolition of the House of Lords , the sweeping away of Episcopacy and of the Common Prayer Book were secondary consequences of the xiv Introduction .
... and there was no wide- spread desire for any social improvements . The abolition of the House of Lords , the sweeping away of Episcopacy and of the Common Prayer Book were secondary consequences of the xiv Introduction .
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... desire to settle the troubles on the Continent caused by the outbreak of the Thirty Years ' War by means of the Spanish alliance , was received with disapprobation by all classes of Englishmen ; and when , in the Parliament of 1621 ...
... desire to settle the troubles on the Continent caused by the outbreak of the Thirty Years ' War by means of the Spanish alliance , was received with disapprobation by all classes of Englishmen ; and when , in the Parliament of 1621 ...
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... desire to conciliate Charles , and to make possible the peace which seemed more desir- able after a brief experience of war than it had seemed before the commencement of hostilities . That there was no intention of conceding the ...
... desire to conciliate Charles , and to make possible the peace which seemed more desir- able after a brief experience of war than it had seemed before the commencement of hostilities . That there was no intention of conceding the ...
Page xliii
... removal from the House of all the Episcopalian members , who were now fighting on the King's side , had probably combined with the desire of Parliament to gain the military assistance 1643 . xliii The Treaty of Oxford .
... removal from the House of all the Episcopalian members , who were now fighting on the King's side , had probably combined with the desire of Parliament to gain the military assistance 1643 . xliii The Treaty of Oxford .
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Great Britain. Parliament Samuel Rawson Gardiner. with the desire of Parliament to gain the military assistance of the Scots to bring about this change . When the negotiations at Oxford failed , and the prospects of success in the field ...
Great Britain. Parliament Samuel Rawson Gardiner. with the desire of Parliament to gain the military assistance of the Scots to bring about this change . When the negotiations at Oxford failed , and the prospects of success in the field ...
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Page 188 - GOD, endeavour, in our several places and callings, the preservation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, according to the word of GOD, and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 350 - Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging : to our trusty and beloved son, Lord Richard Cromwell, greeting.
Page 96 - ... our Sovereign Lord the King, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to him or them that will sue for the same.
Page 2 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided...
Page 40 - Barons which so agreed being, that when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger...
Page 3 - ... 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 2 - ... your subjects have inherited this freedom, that they should not be compelled to contribute to any tax, tallage, aid or other like charge not set by common consent in parliament.
Page 3 - And whereas also by authority of parliament, in the five and twentieth year of the reign of King Edward III, it is declared and enacted, that no man shall be forejudged of life or limb against the form of the Great Charter and the law of the land...
Page 3 - That no man should be forejudged of life or limb against the form of the great charter and the law of the land; and by the said great charter and other the laws and statutes of this your realm, no man ought to be adjudged to death but by the laws established in this your realm, either by the customs of the same realm, or by acts of parliament...
Page 2 - ... law of the land. IV. And in the eight and twentieth year of the reign of King Edward III, it was declared and enacted by authority of parliament, that no man, of what estate or condition that he be, should be put out of his land or tenements, nor taken, nor imprisoned, nor disherited, nor put to death without being brought to answer by due process of law.