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... therein , as before men- tioned . The said jurors shall also , upon oath , choose from free men as many and such as they shall think necessary for the per- formance of the aforesaid business of our lord the king as to es- cheats and ...
... therein , as before men- tioned . The said jurors shall also , upon oath , choose from free men as many and such as they shall think necessary for the per- formance of the aforesaid business of our lord the king as to es- cheats and ...
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... therein by certain services to be done for the same to us for the defence of our realm ; saving to the chief lords of the same fees their wards and escheats , and other things to them belonging , and the services for the same , due and ...
... therein by certain services to be done for the same to us for the defence of our realm ; saving to the chief lords of the same fees their wards and escheats , and other things to them belonging , and the services for the same , due and ...
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... therein . And the king commandeth , that from henceforth all watches be made as it hath been used in times past ... therein , the lord shall be answerable for the felony ; and if murder be done the lord shall make a fine at the king's ...
... therein . And the king commandeth , that from henceforth all watches be made as it hath been used in times past ... therein , the lord shall be answerable for the felony ; and if murder be done the lord shall make a fine at the king's ...
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... therein . And from henceforth let the sheriffs take good heed , and bailiffs within franchises and without , greater or lesser , that have any bailiwick or forestry in fee or otherwise , that they shall follow the cry with the country ...
... therein . And from henceforth let the sheriffs take good heed , and bailiffs within franchises and without , greater or lesser , that have any bailiwick or forestry in fee or otherwise , that they shall follow the cry with the country ...
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... therein to provide remedy , by the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal , and of all the com- monalty of the realm in this present parliament , hath ordained and established , that from henceforth the elections of such knights ...
... therein to provide remedy , by the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal , and of all the com- monalty of the realm in this present parliament , hath ordained and established , that from henceforth the elections of such knights ...
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according afore archbishop assent assize authority aforesaid barons Berwick upon Tweed bishop boroughs Calais cause chancellor Charter chattels Church of England commons contrary convicted council court crown customs declared dignity divers dominions duke duke of York earls ecclesiastical election execution forfeit forfeitures French text further enacted granted hath henceforth Henry VIII hereafter hereby holden holy Church houses Ireland Item judgment justices king of England king's kingdom kingdom of England knights land lawfully letters patents liberties lord king Lord Protector lord the king lords spiritual Majesty Majesty's ment merchants noble oath offence officers ordained parlia peace person or persons prelates premises present Parliament assembled prince queen realm of England reason reign royal Scotland seal sheriffs sovereign lord spiritual and temporal statute Stubbs subjects subsidy tenements text and translation thereof thereunto things tion Translation by Editors unto Westminster whatsoever wise wool woolfells writ
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Page 430 - ... unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained and prescribed in these words and no other. IV. I, AB, do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the book intituled,