The student's Constitutional history of England. The constitutional history of England from the accession of Henry vii. to the death of George ii by W. Smith1872 |
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... bill of attainder . Seymour was appa- rently a dangerous and unprincipled man ; he had courted the favour of the young king by small presents of money , and appears beyond question to have entertained a hope of marrying the princess ...
... bill of attainder . Seymour was appa- rently a dangerous and unprincipled man ; he had courted the favour of the young king by small presents of money , and appears beyond question to have entertained a hope of marrying the princess ...
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... bill creating some new treasons one of . the most important constitutional provisions which the annals of the Tudor family afford . It is enacted that " . no person shall be indicted for any manner of treason except on the testimony of ...
... bill creating some new treasons one of . the most important constitutional provisions which the annals of the Tudor family afford . It is enacted that " . no person shall be indicted for any manner of treason except on the testimony of ...
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... bills sent down from the upper house ; and though there was always a majority of peers for the government , yet the dissent of no small number is frequently recorded in the former reign . Thus the commons not only threw out a bill ...
... bills sent down from the upper house ; and though there was always a majority of peers for the government , yet the dissent of no small number is frequently recorded in the former reign . Thus the commons not only threw out a bill ...
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... bill for restoring first fruits and impropriations in the queen's hands to the church passed not without difficulty ; and it was found impossible to obtain a repeal of the act of supremacy without the pope's explicit confirmation of the ...
... bill for restoring first fruits and impropriations in the queen's hands to the church passed not without difficulty ; and it was found impossible to obtain a repeal of the act of supremacy without the pope's explicit confirmation of the ...
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... bill of the same nature passed the commons in 1589 , though not without some opposition . The clergy took so great alarm at this measure that the convocation addressed the queen in vehement language against it ; and the arch- bishop ...
... bill of the same nature passed the commons in 1589 , though not without some opposition . The clergy took so great alarm at this measure that the convocation addressed the queen in vehement language against it ; and the arch- bishop ...
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