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... liberties and effecting the inde- pendence of her country lost , " destroyed herself by poison . Under Vespasian and Domitian , the Roman laws , customs , habits , arms , manners , feasts , baths , lan- guage , and learning , were ...
... liberties and effecting the inde- pendence of her country lost , " destroyed herself by poison . Under Vespasian and Domitian , the Roman laws , customs , habits , arms , manners , feasts , baths , lan- guage , and learning , were ...
Page 75
... liberties of the inhabitants . The lands and tenements being in villein - socage , as may be gathered from the preceding free quotations from Blackstone and others , are , though not freehold in their tenure , superior to copyhold , as ...
... liberties of the inhabitants . The lands and tenements being in villein - socage , as may be gathered from the preceding free quotations from Blackstone and others , are , though not freehold in their tenure , superior to copyhold , as ...
Page 79
... liberties of the people , as it raised the burgesses of this and simi- larly enfranchised towns nearly to a level with the freest tenants of the country . The only difference between them was , that the privileges of boroughs belonged ...
... liberties of the people , as it raised the burgesses of this and simi- larly enfranchised towns nearly to a level with the freest tenants of the country . The only difference between them was , that the privileges of boroughs belonged ...
Page 88
... liberties they had enjoyed under their Saxon Monarchs . He subsequently re- stricted this new form of law to his royal and other grants , effecting at the same time the introduction of the Norman language into the practice of the courts ...
... liberties they had enjoyed under their Saxon Monarchs . He subsequently re- stricted this new form of law to his royal and other grants , effecting at the same time the introduction of the Norman language into the practice of the courts ...
Page 92
... liberties of socage tenure were fragments of Saxon liberty . In the Cotton MSS . Brit . Mus . are the following particulars relative to this custom : " Also it is ordeyned and statutyd , that if any man of the sd towne of Gumycester ...
... liberties of socage tenure were fragments of Saxon liberty . In the Cotton MSS . Brit . Mus . are the following particulars relative to this custom : " Also it is ordeyned and statutyd , that if any man of the sd towne of Gumycester ...
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Abbot acres afore aforesaid Bailiffs aforesaid borough amongst Anno antient demesne appointed Bailiffs borough aforesaid called castle Charles 2d Charter Chauntry chester church Clarke Commonalty confirmed Corporation county of Huntingdon Court Crown custom Danegeld Danes demesne Demy died Domesday Duchy Duke Earl Edward 1st fee-farm rent Godman Godmanchester grant Guild Gumecestr Guthrum heirs and successors held Henry 8th Heron Hunt Huntingdonshire inhabitants James John Negus King of England King's kingdom kingdom of England Lancaster lands letters patent liberties Lord Lord of Ireland manchester manor meadow Mehew Merton Ouse Parliament possession present Prior Ramsey Recorder Regis reign Richard river river Ouse Robert Stevenson Robert Vinter Roman rood Royal Saxon Seal seid seisin shillings sluices Stevenson tenants tenements tenure tingdon tion tolls town Tryce tyme Via Devana Vicar Villeins villenage William William Franklyn ye sd
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Page 384 - But now by this little diligence, mark what a privilege I have gained with good men and saints, to claim my right of lamenting the tribulations of the church, if she should suffer, when others that have ventured nothing for her sake, have not the honor to be admitted mourners.
Page 379 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Page 383 - ... to read good authors or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary or memory have its full fraught; then with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness, to render lightsome, clear, and not lumpish obedience to the mind, to the cause of religion, and our country's liberty, when it shall require firm hearts in sound bodies to stand and cover their stations, rather than to see the ruin of our protestation, and the enforcement of a slavish life.
Page 96 - Dat' per manus Simonis Welbun archidiacono et Johannes de Grey apud Cenom ix° die Octobris anno regni nostri primo. [TRANSLATION.] John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Earl of Anjou, to the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls, Barons, Justices, Sheriffs, Stewards, Reeves, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting.
Page 273 - Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith etc.
Page 60 - The first is a large folio, written on 382 double pages of vellum, in a small but plain character} each page having a double column. Some of the capital letters and principal passages are touched with red ink; and some have strokes of red ink run across them, as if scratched out.
Page 87 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 238 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Page 251 - It shall not be lawful from henceforth to any to give his lands to any religious house, and to take the same land again to hold of the same house. Nor shall it be lawful to any house of religion to take the lands of any, and to lease the same to him of whom he received it: if any from henceforth give his lands to any religious house, and thereupon be convict, the gift shall be utterly void, and the land shall accrue to the lord of the fee.
Page 275 - Pounte and his assigns, from the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary then last past...