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... assent of the clergy and people elected king of the English , and consecrated by William , archbishop of Canterbury and legate of the Holy Roman Church , and confirmed by Innocent , pontiff of the Holy Roman See , from regard and love ...
... assent of the clergy and people elected king of the English , and consecrated by William , archbishop of Canterbury and legate of the Holy Roman Church , and confirmed by Innocent , pontiff of the Holy Roman See , from regard and love ...
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... assent and grant . 3. Clerks cited and accused of any matter shall , when summoned by the king's justice , come into his own court to answer there con- cerning what it shall seem to the king's court should be answered there , and in the ...
... assent and grant . 3. Clerks cited and accused of any matter shall , when summoned by the king's justice , come into his own court to answer there con- cerning what it shall seem to the king's court should be answered there , and in the ...
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... assent of the lord the king . If a dispute shall arise between a clerk and a layman , or between a layman and a clerk , in respect of any tenement which the clerk wishes to bring to frank - almoign , but the layman to a lay fee , it ...
... assent of the lord the king . If a dispute shall arise between a clerk and a layman , or between a layman and a clerk , in respect of any tenement which the clerk wishes to bring to frank - almoign , but the layman to a lay fee , it ...
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... assent of the lord on whose land they are known to have been born . Now the record of the aforesaid royal customs and dignities was made by the said archbishops and bishops , and earls and barons , and the nobles and elders of the realm ...
... assent of the lord on whose land they are known to have been born . Now the record of the aforesaid royal customs and dignities was made by the said archbishops and bishops , and earls and barons , and the nobles and elders of the realm ...
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... assent of the archbishops , bishops and barons , earls and nobles of England , at Woodstock . I. First he forbids that any one shall offend in regard to his veni- son or his forests in any respect : and he wills that no trust shall be ...
... assent of the archbishops , bishops and barons , earls and nobles of England , at Woodstock . I. First he forbids that any one shall offend in regard to his veni- son or his forests in any respect : and he wills that no trust shall be ...
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Page 444 - 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 454 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their majesties, King WILLIAM and Queen MAKY. So help me God.
Page 358 - I, AB, do in the Presence of Almighty God promise, vow and protest, To maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and estate, the True Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England...
Page 444 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 454 - ... and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this kingdom, and so shall be esteemed, allowed, adjudged, deemed, and taken to be, and that all and every the particulars aforesaid shall be firmly and strictly holden and observed, as they are expressed in the said declaration ; and all officers and ministers whatsoever shall serve their Majesties and their successors according to the same in all times to come.
Page 455 - Westminster do resolve that William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, be and be declared king and queen...
Page 338 - Yet, nevertheless, of late divers Commissions directed to sundry Commissioners in several Counties, with Instructions, have issued ; by means whereof your People have been in divers places assembled, and required to lend certain Sums of Money unto your Majesty, and many of them, upon their...
Page 418 - ... unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained and prescribed in these words and no other. IV. I, AB, do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the book intituled,
Page 467 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, judges' commissions be made Quamdiu se bene gesserint, and their salaries ascertained and established ; but upon the address of both Houses of Parliament it may be lawful to remove them.
Page 483 - ... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...