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Page xxii
... expressed so much doubt as to the King's right permanently to imprison that Charles's authority in the matter was considerably shaken . The general result was that the judges treated the King's power as something exceptional , to be ...
... expressed so much doubt as to the King's right permanently to imprison that Charles's authority in the matter was considerably shaken . The general result was that the judges treated the King's power as something exceptional , to be ...
Page xxvi
... expressed by the resolutions drawn up by their sub- committee ( No. 5 , p . 11 ) , though in consequence of the early dissolution those resolutions were never put to the vote in the House itself . The quarrel about religion would ...
... expressed by the resolutions drawn up by their sub- committee ( No. 5 , p . 11 ) , though in consequence of the early dissolution those resolutions were never put to the vote in the House itself . The quarrel about religion would ...
Page xxxi
... expressed in the Petition of the Twelve Peers for a New Parliament , laid before the King on August 28 , 1640 ( No. 15 , p . 64 ) . In addition to the piled - up grievances of the past eleven years , was the new one that Charles was ...
... expressed in the Petition of the Twelve Peers for a New Parliament , laid before the King on August 28 , 1640 ( No. 15 , p . 64 ) . In addition to the piled - up grievances of the past eleven years , was the new one that Charles was ...
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... expression of feeling amongst his supporters in favour of their accept- ance , as whilst the constitutional demands of Parliament had become less strict , its ecclesiastical demands had become more strict than in the preceding June ...
... expression of feeling amongst his supporters in favour of their accept- ance , as whilst the constitutional demands of Parliament had become less strict , its ecclesiastical demands had become more strict than in the preceding June ...
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... expressed his preference for the army proposals ( No. 63 , p . 241 ) . On November 11 , he fled from Hampton Court , where he had been under the custody of the army , to the Isle of Wight , where he was placed in virtual imprisonment in ...
... expressed his preference for the army proposals ( No. 63 , p . 241 ) . On November 11 , he fled from Hampton Court , where he had been under the custody of the army , to the Isle of Wight , where he was placed in virtual imprisonment in ...
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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.