 | Great Britain - 1922 - 1578 pages
...December 1635 Charles consulted the judges. Ten out of the twelve replied that ' when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger — of which his majesty is the only judge — then the charge of the defence ought to be borne by... | |
 | Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler - Constitutional history - 1924 - 424 pages
...questions: 1. When the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned and the whole kingdom is in danger; whether may not the king, by writ under...great seal of England, command all the subjects of his kingdom, at their charge, to provide and furnish such number of ships, with men, victuals, and... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - Law - 1924 - 758 pages
...op. cit. viii 103. 7 The opinion ran as follows : " We are of opinion that when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger, your majesty may by writ under the great seal of England, command all the subjects of this your kingdom,... | |
 | Sir David Lindsay Keir, Frederick Henry Lawson - Constitutional law - 1928 - 520 pages
...them. The judges answered publicly as follows : ' We are of opinion, That when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger, your majesty may, by Writ, under the Great Seal of England, command all the subjects of this your kingdom,... | |
 | William Austin - Luton (Bedfordshire) - 1928 - 496 pages
...kingdom is in danger Your Majesty may issue Your writ under Your Great Seal commanding all your subjects to provide and furnish such a number of ships with men, victuals, and ammunition and for such time as Your Majesty shall think fit, for the defence and safeguard of the... | |
 | John William Allen - Church and state - 1644 - 700 pages
...question directly bearing on the issue they were to try. He asked them whether, when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned and the whole kingdom in danger, 'the King may not compel all his subjects to contribute to the furnishing of such a number of fully... | |
 | Jack H. Hexter - Political Science - 1992 - 368 pages
...ship money writs in February 1637. The demand for ship money was appropriate "when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger." The judges also agreed "that in such case, your majesty is the sole judge both of the danger, and when... | |
 | Kevin Sharpe - History - 1996 - 1012 pages
...that from hence divers suits and actions' would follow, he posed a question: When the good and safety of the Kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole...whether may not the King by writ under the Great Seal command all the subjects of this Kingdom, at their charge to provide and furnish such number of ships... | |
 | Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts - Great Britain - 1872 - 576 pages
...Feb. 7. — Question submitted by King Charles T. to the judges, whether, when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger, the King may not by writ under the Great Seal command all subjects at their charge to provide and furnish... | |
 | Stephen C. Manganiello - History - 2004 - 632 pages
...grounds and reasons of the said Justices and Barons which so agreed being, that when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger, the King might by writ under the Great Seal of England command all the subjects of this his kingdom... | |
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Barons which so agreed being, that when the good and safety of the kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole kingdom in danger... 
