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... continued enforce- ment of the feudal obligations is , however , evidenced by the establishment , in the same reign , of a court of wards and liveries , for the decision of questions as to the rights of the king against his tenants in ...
... continued enforce- ment of the feudal obligations is , however , evidenced by the establishment , in the same reign , of a court of wards and liveries , for the decision of questions as to the rights of the king against his tenants in ...
Page 23
... continued subject to many restrictions . Not only were aliens liable to pay a higher proportion of duties and taxes than subjects , but many statutes were from time to time passed , forbidding them to engage in manufactures or in retail ...
... continued subject to many restrictions . Not only were aliens liable to pay a higher proportion of duties and taxes than subjects , but many statutes were from time to time passed , forbidding them to engage in manufactures or in retail ...
Page 27
... continued practice of billeting rendered it neces- sary to pass an express enactment that no officer , military or civil , or any other person whatever , should thenceforth presume to quarter or billet any soldier upon any subject or ...
... continued practice of billeting rendered it neces- sary to pass an express enactment that no officer , military or civil , or any other person whatever , should thenceforth presume to quarter or billet any soldier upon any subject or ...
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... continued to claim the right of ordering them to withdraw from the realm , when it seemed expedient to do so . This right was acted upon in Eliz's . reign in 1571 , 1574 , and 1575 , but has never been exercised since . The ...
... continued to claim the right of ordering them to withdraw from the realm , when it seemed expedient to do so . This right was acted upon in Eliz's . reign in 1571 , 1574 , and 1575 , but has never been exercised since . The ...
Page 40
... continued in force against them ; they were declared incapable of purchas- ing or inheriting lands ; with a few specified exceptions , they were to be banished from London and Westminster ; and within ten miles of those cities were to ...
... continued in force against them ; they were declared incapable of purchas- ing or inheriting lands ; with a few specified exceptions , they were to be banished from London and Westminster ; and within ten miles of those cities were to ...
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3's reign abolished Act was passed aliens annual appointed authorised authority barons became Bill bishops boroughs burgesses ceorls Charter Church Church of England civil clergy Conquest constables constitution coronation county court court-leet Crown 8vo declared district duties ealdorman ecclesiastical election empowered enacted England English established exercised feudal following reign franchise granted habeas corpus held Henry Henry VII hereditary highways hold House of Commons imprisonment John Henry Blunt judges judicial jurisdiction justices king king's kingdom knights land legislation liable libel liberty London lord matters ment military ministers naturalisation oath offences parish Parliament peace peerage peers persons petitions political Poor Law practice privilege Privy Council proceedings provisions punishment quarter sessions Reform reign of Hen Revolution Roman Catholics royal sheriffs shire sovereign Star Chamber statute summoned tenants thegns tion vestries Vict villeins villenage votes weregild Witenagemot writ
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Page 282 - 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 136 - ... invaded the fundamental constitution of the kingdom, and altered it from a legal limited monarchy to an arbitrary despotic power...
Page 277 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of Parliament...