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The statute of the 5th and 6th of Edward VI . prohibits the sale of any office , which
in anywise concerns the administration of justice ; but this law , ' we suppose , like
many others , inconvenient in practice , has been suffered to grow . obsolete ...
The statute of the 5th and 6th of Edward VI . prohibits the sale of any office , which
in anywise concerns the administration of justice ; but this law , ' we suppose , like
many others , inconvenient in practice , has been suffered to grow . obsolete ...
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190 patentee for executing bankruptlaws * 5720 6713 clerk of custody , of idiots
and lunatics 698 reversion of clerk of the hanaper 105 Relations -- Edward Smith
Thurlow , rector of Houghton - le . Spring , Durham , £ 800 , and prebendary of ...
190 patentee for executing bankruptlaws * 5720 6713 clerk of custody , of idiots
and lunatics 698 reversion of clerk of the hanaper 105 Relations -- Edward Smith
Thurlow , rector of Houghton - le . Spring , Durham , £ 800 , and prebendary of ...
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The case is this : In the reign of Edward II . land had been left , to the amount of
143 acres , for the maintenance of a free school . At that time , the annual rent
was £ 35 , Bow it lets for £ 160 , although , on the lowest estimate , it could not be
...
The case is this : In the reign of Edward II . land had been left , to the amount of
143 acres , for the maintenance of a free school . At that time , the annual rent
was £ 35 , Bow it lets for £ 160 , although , on the lowest estimate , it could not be
...
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The title of Duke was first conferred by Edward III . ; that of Marquis by Richard II .
; and that of Viscount by Henry VI . The last is the only title originally merely
honorary , and to which no duties were annexed . An increase in the peerage has
...
The title of Duke was first conferred by Edward III . ; that of Marquis by Richard II .
; and that of Viscount by Henry VI . The last is the only title originally merely
honorary , and to which no duties were annexed . An increase in the peerage has
...
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This parliament confirmed the laws of Edwards the Confessor , which the king
bound himself to keep , but neglected his engagement . Writs , dated the 49th
Henry III . summoning knights , citizens , and burgesses to parliament , are still ...
This parliament confirmed the laws of Edwards the Confessor , which the king
bound himself to keep , but neglected his engagement . Writs , dated the 49th
Henry III . summoning knights , citizens , and burgesses to parliament , are still ...
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Page 446 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Page 384 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Page 276 - Because they .promise them both by their Sureties ; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform.
Page 286 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 279 - At the first establishment of parochial clergy the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division, — one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the church, a third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the incumbent.
Page 330 - They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Page 113 - But when the reason of old establishments is gone, it is absurd to preserve nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it.
Page 394 - Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl of Chester and Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Great Steward of Scotland, High Steward of Plymouth, Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Dragoons, and Capt.-General of the Hon.
Page 114 - ... all courts, in all ages, JOBS, were still alive ; for whose sake alone it is that any trace of ancient grandeur is suffered to remain. These palaces are a true emblem of some governments ; the inhabitants are decayed, but the governors and magistrates still flourish. They put me in mind of Old...
Page 286 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.