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... hold their own as a purely commercial community . Towards the close of the pre - Norman period the two chief officers of the city , the representatives of the civic unity of the various wards , townships , parishes , and lord- ships of ...
... hold their own as a purely commercial community . Towards the close of the pre - Norman period the two chief officers of the city , the representatives of the civic unity of the various wards , townships , parishes , and lord- ships of ...
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... hold him to every justice ; and if any one then do wrong and run away , let the " borh " bear that which he ought to bear . But if it be a thief , and if he can get hold of him within twelve months , let him deliver him up to justice ...
... hold him to every justice ; and if any one then do wrong and run away , let the " borh " bear that which he ought to bear . But if it be a thief , and if he can get hold of him within twelve months , let him deliver him up to justice ...
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... hold them . For why , I durst not risk of my own much in writ to set , for why , it to me unknown was what of them would like those that after us were . But that which I met , either in Ine's days my kinsman , or in Offa's the king of ...
... hold them . For why , I durst not risk of my own much in writ to set , for why , it to me unknown was what of them would like those that after us were . But that which I met , either in Ine's days my kinsman , or in Offa's the king of ...
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... to him , and waron his menn , and him hold athas sworon that hi woldon ongean ealle othre men him holde beon . ' Gemôt of Domesday Survey . Checks to the power of the feudatories . memorable mid II . ] 55 The Norman Conquest .
... to him , and waron his menn , and him hold athas sworon that hi woldon ongean ealle othre men him holde beon . ' Gemôt of Domesday Survey . Checks to the power of the feudatories . memorable mid II . ] 55 The Norman Conquest .
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... hold of you.'1 The lord then kissed his vassal on the Fealty . cheek and received the oath of fealty . In the case of a sub - tenant ( vavassor ) , his oath of fealty was guarded by a reservation of the faith due to his sovereign lord ...
... hold of you.'1 The lord then kissed his vassal on the Fealty . cheek and received the oath of fealty . In the case of a sub - tenant ( vavassor ) , his oath of fealty was guarded by a reservation of the faith due to his sovereign lord ...
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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.