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... Borough Charters- Special Jurisdictions . 3. Sheriffs - Parish Constables - Justices of the Peace - Custos Rotulorum - Power of the Central Autho- rity - Municipal Government . 4. Local Rates - Justices of the Peace - Highways - Poor ...
... Borough Charters- Special Jurisdictions . 3. Sheriffs - Parish Constables - Justices of the Peace - Custos Rotulorum - Power of the Central Autho- rity - Municipal Government . 4. Local Rates - Justices of the Peace - Highways - Poor ...
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... Boroughs . 5. Members - Exclusion - Elections — Acts of Union - Representation . 6. Members - Exclusion - Repre- sentation CHAPTER VI . THE KING'S COUNCIL . 159-175 1. Pre - Norman Period . 2. Concilium Ordinarium . 3. Origin of Privy ...
... Boroughs . 5. Members - Exclusion - Elections — Acts of Union - Representation . 6. Members - Exclusion - Repre- sentation CHAPTER VI . THE KING'S COUNCIL . 159-175 1. Pre - Norman Period . 2. Concilium Ordinarium . 3. Origin of Privy ...
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... borough , or who took holy orders , became free ; and the practice , which was sometimes em- ployed , of voluntary manumission , or of manumission on purchase of his liberty by the villein out of money which , contrary to the theory of ...
... borough , or who took holy orders , became free ; and the practice , which was sometimes em- ployed , of voluntary manumission , or of manumission on purchase of his liberty by the villein out of money which , contrary to the theory of ...
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... borough . And all Nonconformists alike were declared incapable of being schoolmasters , or of teaching in schools . Finally , the Test Act ( 25 Cha . 2 , c . 2 ) though , as its title stated , it was primarily designed " for preventing ...
... borough . And all Nonconformists alike were declared incapable of being schoolmasters , or of teaching in schools . Finally , the Test Act ( 25 Cha . 2 , c . 2 ) though , as its title stated , it was primarily designed " for preventing ...
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... borough . ( ii . ) The lordship , subsequently called the manor , consisting of the land of a hlaford or lord , to whom all the resident freemen were commended ( see pp . 5,6 ) . ( iii . ) The parish , the ecclesiastical division ...
... borough . ( ii . ) The lordship , subsequently called the manor , consisting of the land of a hlaford or lord , to whom all the resident freemen were commended ( see pp . 5,6 ) . ( iii . ) The parish , the ecclesiastical division ...
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