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... counties , established in the reign of King John . Henry VIII . added one , Mary two , and Elizabeth seventeen , since which time your counties received CLOSE BOROUGHS . 25 no addition whatever , though between 24 ...
... counties , established in the reign of King John . Henry VIII . added one , Mary two , and Elizabeth seventeen , since which time your counties received CLOSE BOROUGHS . 25 no addition whatever , though between 24 ...
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... Henry VIII.'s reign , the king of England is ipso facto king of Ire- land . The various statutes altering the succession of the Crown in England at and after the Re- volution were not re - enacted in Ireland . When the English ...
... Henry VIII.'s reign , the king of England is ipso facto king of Ire- land . The various statutes altering the succession of the Crown in England at and after the Re- volution were not re - enacted in Ireland . When the English ...
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... Henry VI . , who sent the Duke of York with great power and great revenue to govern this kingdom for no less than ten years , during which time and afterwards it became an asylum to the partisans of that house . That Lord Gormanstown ...
... Henry VI . , who sent the Duke of York with great power and great revenue to govern this kingdom for no less than ten years , during which time and afterwards it became an asylum to the partisans of that house . That Lord Gormanstown ...
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... Henry VII . , who derived his right from the House of Lancaster , when he chose that trusty servant Poynings to be his deputy here , though he had the utmost reliance on his fidelity , yet would not entrust even him with the power of ...
... Henry VII . , who derived his right from the House of Lancaster , when he chose that trusty servant Poynings to be his deputy here , though he had the utmost reliance on his fidelity , yet would not entrust even him with the power of ...
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... Henry VII . , and who par- ticularly mentions Poynings , would not have let so great a matter as a total inversion of our Constitution pass by the accuracy of his penetrating genius . He mentions the law of Poynings , indeed , but not ...
... Henry VII . , and who par- ticularly mentions Poynings , would not have let so great a matter as a total inversion of our Constitution pass by the accuracy of his penetrating genius . He mentions the law of Poynings , indeed , but not ...
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