Select Documents of English Constitutional HistoryGeorge Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens |
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... king's minister , or any other lay- man , do in any wise concern himself with the laws which belong to the bishop , or bring another man to judgment save in the bishop's court . And let judgment nowhere be undergone but B I I.
... king's minister , or any other lay- man , do in any wise concern himself with the laws which belong to the bishop , or bring another man to judgment save in the bishop's court . And let judgment nowhere be undergone but B I I.
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... belong to the abbey of Tavistock in perpetual right , without any question . These very facts having been recited in the king's hearing , the king himself in granting our petition , and , for the sake of the souls of his father and ...
... belong to the abbey of Tavistock in perpetual right , without any question . These very facts having been recited in the king's hearing , the king himself in granting our petition , and , for the sake of the souls of his father and ...
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... belong to the manor of Stanton which I gave to him , let him have possession ; but if not let the abbey of Abingdon have possession . Witness : Roger the chancellor . By Basset ; at Cambridge . Writ concerning Lands at Caversham ( Date ...
... belong to the manor of Stanton which I gave to him , let him have possession ; but if not let the abbey of Abingdon have possession . Witness : Roger the chancellor . By Basset ; at Cambridge . Writ concerning Lands at Caversham ( Date ...
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... belonging to the fee of the lord the king cannot be granted in perpetuity without his own assent and grant . 3 ... belong to the church court be sent to the same to be treated there . current of last appeal 8. In regard to appeals , 12 ...
... belonging to the fee of the lord the king cannot be granted in perpetuity without his own assent and grant . 3 ... belong to the church court be sent to the same to be treated there . current of last appeal 8. In regard to appeals , 12 ...
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... belong to frank - almoign or to lay fee , before the king's justiciar himself . And if the award be that it belongs to frank - almoign it shall be pleaded in the church court , but if to the lay fee , unless both claim under the same ...
... belong to frank - almoign or to lay fee , before the king's justiciar himself . And if the award be that it belongs to frank - almoign it shall be pleaded in the church court , but if to the lay fee , unless both claim under the same ...
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Page 456 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 466 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their majesties, King WILLIAM and Queen MAKY. So help me God.
Page 229 - Where by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this realm of England is an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by one Supreme Head and King having the dignity and royal estate of the imperial Crown of the same...
Page 299 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 481 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Page 464 - 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 299 - ... and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign jurisdictions, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the...
Page 360 - I, AB, do in the Presence of Almighty God promise, vow and protest, To maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and estate, the True Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England...
Page 456 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 340 - Yet nevertheless, of late divers commissions directed to sundry commissioners in several counties with instructions have issued, by means whereof your people have been in divers places assembled, and required to lend certain sums of money unto your majesty, and many of them upon their refusal so to do, have had an oath administered unto them, not warrantable by the laws or statutes of this realm...