Select Documents of English Constitutional HistoryGeorge Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens |
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... ment is taken , as indicated at the head of each number . Some of the later documents , such as 264 , 265 , and 266 preserve the capitalization of the Acts of Parliament exactly as they were printed ; others follow the system used in ...
... ment is taken , as indicated at the head of each number . Some of the later documents , such as 264 , 265 , and 266 preserve the capitalization of the Acts of Parliament exactly as they were printed ; others follow the system used in ...
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... ment , or chattels , except the lord king in his court before his jus- tices , and the lord king shall have all their chattels . In the case of those , however , who have been arrested , otherwise than through this oath , let it be as ...
... ment , or chattels , except the lord king in his court before his jus- tices , and the lord king shall have all their chattels . In the case of those , however , who have been arrested , otherwise than through this oath , let it be as ...
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... ment concerning damages and losses in the time of the interdict , between us and our venerable fathers Stephen , archbishop of Can- terbury , primate of all England , and Cardinal of 40 English Constitutional Documents Writ of Summons ...
... ment concerning damages and losses in the time of the interdict , between us and our venerable fathers Stephen , archbishop of Can- terbury , primate of all England , and Cardinal of 40 English Constitutional Documents Writ of Summons ...
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... ment of the debt ; nor shall the pledges of a debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor himself has enough for the payment of the debt ; and if the principal debtor fails in the payment of the debt , not having the ...
... ment of the debt ; nor shall the pledges of a debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor himself has enough for the payment of the debt ; and if the principal debtor fails in the payment of the debt , not having the ...
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... ment of our kingdom , and for the better quieting of the hostility sprung up lately between us and our barons , we have made all these concessions ; wishing them to enjoy these in a complete and firm stability forever , we make and ...
... ment of our kingdom , and for the better quieting of the hostility sprung up lately between us and our barons , we have made all these concessions ; wishing them to enjoy these in a complete and firm stability forever , we make and ...
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according advowsons afore aforesaid archbishop assent assize attainted authority aforesaid barons begotten benefices bishop boroughs Calais cause chancellor Charter chattels Church of England commons contrary convicted council court customs declared divers duke earls ecclesiastical election feast French text granted hath heirs and successors heirs or successors henceforth Henry VIII hereafter holden holy Church honour Item justices King Henry king of England king's highness kingdom kingdom of England knights land lawfully letters patents liberties lord king lord of Ireland lord the king lords spiritual Majesty Majesty's manner and form Mechlin ment merchants noble oath offenders ordained parlia person or persons places prelates premises present Parliament assembled prince Queen realm of England reason reign royal seal sheriffs sovereign lord spiritual and temporal statute Stubbs subjects subsidy tenements text and translation thereof things tion Translation by Editors unto Westminster whatsoever wise wool woolfells writ
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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...