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... franchise of the Agreement of the People , there was the franchise in the counties to be given to the possessors of real or personal estate to the value of £ 200 ( § 18 ) . As nothing was said about lvi 1653 . Introduction .
... franchise of the Agreement of the People , there was the franchise in the counties to be given to the possessors of real or personal estate to the value of £ 200 ( § 18 ) . As nothing was said about lvi 1653 . Introduction .
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... estate or condition that he be , should be put out of his lands or tenements , nor taken , nor imprisoned , nor disherited , nor put to death , without being brought to answer by due process of law : Nevertheless , against the tenor of ...
... estate or condition that he be , should be put out of his lands or tenements , nor taken , nor imprisoned , nor disherited , nor put to death , without being brought to answer by due process of law : Nevertheless , against the tenor of ...
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... estate of those of the reformed religion , in Germany , France , and other parts of Christendom ; the distressed extremities of our dearest uncle , the King of Denmark , chased out of a great part of his dominions ; the strength of that ...
... estate of those of the reformed religion , in Germany , France , and other parts of Christendom ; the distressed extremities of our dearest uncle , the King of Denmark , chased out of a great part of his dominions ; the strength of that ...
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... estate than any subjects in the Christian world . Yet let no man hereby take the boldness to abuse that liberty , turning it to licentiousness ; nor mis- interpret the Petition by perverting it to a lawless liberty , wantonly or ...
... estate than any subjects in the Christian world . Yet let no man hereby take the boldness to abuse that liberty , turning it to licentiousness ; nor mis- interpret the Petition by perverting it to a lawless liberty , wantonly or ...
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... estate , vindicate our sovereignty , and preserve the authority which God hath put into our hands . And now having laid down the truth and clearness of our proceedings , all wise and discreet men may easily judge of those rumours and ...
... estate , vindicate our sovereignty , and preserve the authority which God hath put into our hands . And now having laid down the truth and clearness of our proceedings , all wise and discreet men may easily judge of those rumours and ...
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according Act of Parliament appointed Archbishop army assent authority aforesaid barons Bill Bishop Boroughs burgesses cause Chancellor charge Charles Church City command commission Commissioners Commonwealth Commonwealth of England consent contrary Council counsels counties Court defence divers dominions Earl ecclesiastical election endeavour Engl estates execution forces further enacted granted hath heirs or successors hereafter Hist Holy Orders honour House of Commons Houses of Parliament Ireland Judges justice King kingdom of Scotland kingdoms of England land late levied liament liberties likewise Lord Protector Lords and Commons manner ment ministers oath offence officers Ordinance Papists Parl Parlia Parliament assembled Parliament of England party peace person or persons Petition Popish present Parliament Privy proceedings Propositions punishment realm respectively royal Rushworth Seal of England Sheriffs Star Chamber statute subsidies summons thereof thereunto things think fit Tonnage and Poundage trained bands unto warrant whatsoever whereby writs
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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.