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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesaforesaid ancient appears Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury arms Bailiffs Barons befound Bishop Blackst bythe Canterbury Cardinal Castle Chap Charter of King Charters of Liberties chief Church Clergy Common confirmed contained copy County Court crown Cuapver custody customs Dauphin of France death Duke Earl ecclesiastical Edward Edward the Confessor effigy elected English Engraved estates Forest Charter France French Gloucester granted Gules heir held honour Hugh instrument issued John's Justices Justiciary King Henry King John King of England King's kingdom Knights lands Latin letters lion London Lord Coke Magna Charta Matthew Paris Normandy officers original Parliament Peers person Philip Pleas Pope possessions preceding present volume preserved Prince principal printed privileges realm reign Richard Robert Roger Roll Royal Saxon Scutage Seal Sheriff signifies Sir William Blackstone Socage Sovereign Statute summons tenants vide Westminster whilst whole William Marshall Writ Popular passagesPage 79 - Kingdom, by the counsel of our venerable fathers, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Henry, Archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester... Page 222 - Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods ; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. Page 87 - ... and for the assessing of scutages, we will cause to be summoned the Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Earls, and great Barons, individually, by our letters. And besides, we will cause to be summoned in general by our Sheriffs and Bailiffs, all those who hold of us in chief... Page 97 - It shall be lawful, for the time to come, for any one to go out of our kingdom, and return safely and securely, by land or by water... Page 55 - So help me God I will keep all these articles inviolate, as I am a man, as I am a Christian, as I am a knight, and as I am a king crowned and anointed. Page 81 - If any of our earls, or barons, or others, who hold of us in chief by military service, shall die, and at the time of his death his heir shall be of full age, and... Page 69 - Jews, more or less, and die before the debt be satisfied, there shall be no interest paid for that debt, so long as the heir is under age. Page 156 - It shall not be lawful from henceforth to any to give his lands to any religious house, and to take the same land again to hold of the same house. Nor shall it be lawful to any house of religion to take the lands of any, and to lease the same to him of whom he received it: if any from henceforth give his lands to any religious house, and thereupon be convict, the gift shall be utterly void, and the land shall accrue to the lord of the fee. Page 123 - And the City of London shall have all its ancient liberties and free customs, as well by land as by water: furthermore we will and grant, that all other cities and boroughs, and towns and ports, shall have all their liberties and free customs. Page 79 - FitzHugh, and others, our liegemen, have, in the first place, granted to God, and by this our present Charter confirmed, for us and our heirs for ever: — 1. Bibliographic information
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