An Entire and Complete History, Political and Personal, of the Boroughs of Great Britain;: To which is Prefixed, an Original Sketch of Constitutional Rights, from the Earliest Period Until the Present Time ... In Two Volumes Octavo, Volume 1G. Riley, 1792 - Administrative and political divisions |
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... customs , proceeded to elect or dethrone their kings , as fuch were found favourable or inimical to their com- mon interests . And not even Vortigern , whom they had elected fole monarch of South - Britain , could perform any business ...
... customs , proceeded to elect or dethrone their kings , as fuch were found favourable or inimical to their com- mon interests . And not even Vortigern , whom they had elected fole monarch of South - Britain , could perform any business ...
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... custom , is acknowledged by all to have been completely afcertained and esta- blished by Alfred . It was even found in the laws of his predeceffor Etheldred , who lived : 300 years before the conqueft . In his laws , it was enacted ...
... custom , is acknowledged by all to have been completely afcertained and esta- blished by Alfred . It was even found in the laws of his predeceffor Etheldred , who lived : 300 years before the conqueft . In his laws , it was enacted ...
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... custom i . e . a copyholder fhall make fealty t , and that the free - tenant performs this fervice by holding his right hand upon a book , while he swears faith and allegiance to his lord . This proves , that being admitted to fealty is ...
... custom i . e . a copyholder fhall make fealty t , and that the free - tenant performs this fervice by holding his right hand upon a book , while he swears faith and allegiance to his lord . This proves , that being admitted to fealty is ...
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... customs in Normandy never contained * . It is , indeed , a tenure beyond the general re- ftraints of all that are in the variety of feudal fyftems , that have been in this and other countries founded , Well might Craig † observe , from ...
... customs in Normandy never contained * . It is , indeed , a tenure beyond the general re- ftraints of all that are in the variety of feudal fyftems , that have been in this and other countries founded , Well might Craig † observe , from ...
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... customs , excife , ftamps , & c . are wifely and justly deprived of rights , the first have forfeited , and the latter might abuse . But as neither of these political neceffities exist with regard to co- pyholders , they should poffefs ...
... customs , excife , ftamps , & c . are wifely and justly deprived of rights , the first have forfeited , and the latter might abuse . But as neither of these political neceffities exist with regard to co- pyholders , they should poffefs ...
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abuſe admitted affembled affert againſt aldermen alfo alſo ancient bailiffs becauſe burgeffes burghs cafe caufe cauſe charter chofen cifing claim commonalty confequence conftitution copyholders corporation corruption counſel court crown cuſtom deſtroyed Earl Edward eftate eſtabliſhed eſtate exerciſe exift exiſtence faid borough fame favour fays fecure fend fent fervice feudal fhall fhare fhould fince firſt fome fovereign franchiſe freedom freeholders freemen ftate ftatute fubject fuch fupport fyftem granted Henry VIII heptarchy himſelf houfe houſe houſe of commons houſeholders influence inhabitants intereft itſelf juftice king kingdom laft land laws legiſlation liberty lord manor mayor ment moſt muſt Norman obferved oppreffion perfon poffeffed poffeffion POLITICAL prefent principle privilege purpoſe queftion reaſon Refolved refpecting reign reprefentatives repreſentation reſtored RETURNING OFFICER-the right of election rotten borough Saxon ſtate ſuch tenants tenure thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion town tything uſed villein villenage vote
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Page 155 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Page 164 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 156 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties, and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.
Page 217 - I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Page 33 - HOBART (according to order) reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe...
Page 154 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 155 - That election of members of parliament ought to be free. That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 284 - Members to ferve in Parliament, and for the preventing bribery and corruption in the election of Members to ferve in Parliament, for the Borough of Hindon, in the county of Wilts, be now read.
Page 276 - ... to conceal through what channel it was conveyed to the electors. A person concealed under a ludicrous and fantastical disguise, and called by the name of Punch, was placed in a small apartment, and, through a hole in the door, delivered out to the voters parcels containing twenty guineas each : upon which they were conducted to another apartment in the same house...
Page 153 - By raising and keeping a standing army within this Kingdom in time of peace without consent of Parliament, and quartering soldiers contrary to law: By causing several good subjects being Protestants to be disarmed at the same time when papists were both armed and employed contrary to law: By violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament: By prosecutions in the Court of King's Bench for matters and causes cognizable only in Parliament, and by divers other arbitrary and illegal...