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... called ' Leges Henrici Primi ' - Henry courts and receives the support of the native English - Marries a niece of Eadgar Ætheling -Triumphs over the rebellious barons - Raises up new Strengthens jurisdiction of County and Hundred Courts ...
... called ' Leges Henrici Primi ' - Henry courts and receives the support of the native English - Marries a niece of Eadgar Ætheling -Triumphs over the rebellious barons - Raises up new Strengthens jurisdiction of County and Hundred Courts ...
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... called " & c . Page 158 , 5th line from bottom , for " Et autem " read " Est autem . " Page 296 , 8th line from bottom , for " 30 Edward III . " read " 50 Edward III . " Page 376 , 15th line from bottom , for " lord sindirectly " read ...
... called " & c . Page 158 , 5th line from bottom , for " Et autem " read " Est autem . " Page 296 , 8th line from bottom , for " 30 Edward III . " read " 50 Edward III . " Page 376 , 15th line from bottom , for " lord sindirectly " read ...
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... called upon to entertain the king and great men in their progress through the country , and to furnish carriages and horses for their service . Bôcland , on the contrary , was released from all public burdens , except the trinoda ...
... called upon to entertain the king and great men in their progress through the country , and to furnish carriages and horses for their service . Bôcland , on the contrary , was released from all public burdens , except the trinoda ...
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... called in the Anglian districts , wapentakes . An aggregation of hundreds constituted the shire , and the union of shires made up the kingdom . The Hundred , or Wapentake , a district answering to The Hundred . the pagus of Tacitus ...
... called in the Anglian districts , wapentakes . An aggregation of hundreds constituted the shire , and the union of shires made up the kingdom . The Hundred , or Wapentake , a district answering to The Hundred . the pagus of Tacitus ...
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... called from gildan , to pay or con- tribute ) were voluntary associations for ecclesiastical or secular purposes , analogous to our modern clubs . By some the guilds have been regarded as an inheritance . from the Roman municipal ...
... called from gildan , to pay or con- tribute ) were voluntary associations for ecclesiastical or secular purposes , analogous to our modern clubs . By some the guilds have been regarded as an inheritance . from the Roman municipal ...
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Page 571 - Princess during their lives, and the life of the survivor of them ; and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in, and executed by, the said Prince of Orange...
Page 569 - That the commission for erecting the late court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious.
Page 472 - ... or take such oath, or to give attendance, or be confined, or otherwise molested or disquieted concerning the same or for refusal thereof; and that no freeman, in any such manner as is before mentioned, be imprisoned or detained...
Page 703 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Page 568 - And whereas the said late king James the Second having abdicated the government and the throne being thereby vacant, His Highness the prince of Orange (whom it hath pleased Almighty God to make the glorious instrument of delivering this kingdom from popery and arbitrary power) did (by the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal and divers principal persons of the commons...
Page 569 - ... of this nation, taking into their most serious consideration the best means for attaining the ends aforesaid; do in the first place (as their ancestors in like case have usually done) for the vindicating and asserting their ancient rights and liberties, declare: 1. That the pretended power of suspending of laws, or the * 1689 (New Style). execution of laws, by regal authority, without consent of parliament, is illegal.
Page 467 - Statutum de tallagio non concedendo, that no tallage or aid shall be laid or levied by the King or his heirs in this realm, without the good will and assent of the Archbishops, Bishops, Earls, Barons, Knights, Burgesses, and other the freemen of the commonalty of this realm...
Page 568 - Whereas the late King James the Second, by the assistance of divers evil counsellors, judges, and ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the protestant religion, and the laws and liberties of this kingdom.
Page 555 - And whereas no man can be forejudged of life or limb, or subjected in time of peace to any kind of punishment within this realm, by martial law, or in any other manner than by the judgment of his peers, and according to the known and established laws of this realm...
Page 568 - And excessive bail hath been required of persons committed in criminal cases, to elude the benefit of the laws made for the liberty of the subjects.