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... . Yet , though internal peace was maintained , there was a rift between the Crown and the House of Commons , and the rift was widened during the " latter part of James's reign by difference of opinion XX 1603-1625 . Introduction .
... . Yet , though internal peace was maintained , there was a rift between the Crown and the House of Commons , and the rift was widened during the " latter part of James's reign by difference of opinion XX 1603-1625 . Introduction .
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... Peace as had been put out of office since April 1 , 1642 , and for the deprivation of office of such as were excepted against by Parliament ( § 9 ) , as well as for the restitution to office of such members of either House as had been ...
... Peace as had been put out of office since April 1 , 1642 , and for the deprivation of office of such as were excepted against by Parliament ( § 9 ) , as well as for the restitution to office of such members of either House as had been ...
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... peace . If the negotiations at Uxbridge failed , as fail they must , there was nothing for it but to prepare for war . The army was remodelled , and the new model army better paid and disciplined than former armies had been must be put ...
... peace . If the negotiations at Uxbridge failed , as fail they must , there was nothing for it but to prepare for war . The army was remodelled , and the new model army better paid and disciplined than former armies had been must be put ...
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... peace was restored , the leaders of the army became impatient for the fulfilment of the neglected demands of the Agreement of the People . On April 20 , 1653 , Cromwell dissolved the Parliament by force , and stated his reasons for ...
... peace was restored , the leaders of the army became impatient for the fulfilment of the neglected demands of the Agreement of the People . On April 20 , 1653 , Cromwell dissolved the Parliament by force , and stated his reasons for ...
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... peace . A modern Parliament can exercise these powers with safety , because if it uses them foolishly a government can dissolve it and appeal to the nation , whereas Cromwell , who was but the head of a party in the minority , and whose ...
... peace . A modern Parliament can exercise these powers with safety , because if it uses them foolishly a government can dissolve it and appeal to the nation , whereas Cromwell , who was but the head of a party in the minority , and whose ...
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Page 97 - ... our Sovereign Lord the King, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to him or them that will sue for the same.
Page 3 - Nevertheless, against the tenor of the said statutes, and other the good laws and statutes of your realm to that end provided...
Page 86 - 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 41 - When the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger...
Page 4 - ... 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 3 - ... 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 5 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 4 - 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 4 - 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 3 - ... 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.