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... Charters- Anarchy of his reign - Creation of new earldoms - Arrest of the three bishops - Wretched condition of the People - Peace of Wallingford- Scheme of reform - Death of Stephen - HENRY II . The Angevin Dynasty Charter of Liberties ...
... Charters- Anarchy of his reign - Creation of new earldoms - Arrest of the three bishops - Wretched condition of the People - Peace of Wallingford- Scheme of reform - Death of Stephen - HENRY II . The Angevin Dynasty Charter of Liberties ...
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... charter , the usual mode after the introduction of writing . But at an earlier period the conveyance was symbolized by the delivery of a staff , spear , arrow , branch of a tree , or piece of turf . This practice was continued after the ...
... charter , the usual mode after the introduction of writing . But at an earlier period the conveyance was symbolized by the delivery of a staff , spear , arrow , branch of a tree , or piece of turf . This practice was continued after the ...
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... and Matilda . They sided with the barons in their con- tests with the Crown , and assisted in deposing Longchamp , the chancellor Its constitution analogous to that of the shire . Charter C 2 I. ] 19 to the Norman Conquest of England .
... and Matilda . They sided with the barons in their con- tests with the Crown , and assisted in deposing Longchamp , the chancellor Its constitution analogous to that of the shire . Charter C 2 I. ] 19 to the Norman Conquest of England .
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... charter of William the Conqueror confirming to London the laws which it had enjoyed under King Eadward is addressed : ' William the king greets William the bishop and Gos- frith the port - reeve , 1 and all the burghers within London ...
... charter of William the Conqueror confirming to London the laws which it had enjoyed under King Eadward is addressed : ' William the king greets William the bishop and Gos- frith the port - reeve , 1 and all the burghers within London ...
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... charter of Ethelstan , A. D. 931 , the act is said to have been con- firmed ' tota plebis generalitate ovante ' ; and the act of a similar meeting at Winchester in 934 , which was attended by the King , four Welsh princes , two ...
... charter of Ethelstan , A. D. 931 , the act is said to have been con- firmed ' tota plebis generalitate ovante ' ; and the act of a similar meeting at Winchester in 934 , which was attended by the King , four Welsh princes , two ...
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Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 703 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.