The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: from the earliest times till the reign of King George IVJ. Murray, 1848 |
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... held the Office of Under - Sheriff , 516. More's Maiden Speech against the Subsidy , 517. Indignation of the King , 517. More resolves to go into Exile , 518. Death of Henry VII . , 518 . CHAPTER XXXI . Rapid Progress Returned to Par ...
... held the Office of Under - Sheriff , 516. More's Maiden Speech against the Subsidy , 517. Indignation of the King , 517. More resolves to go into Exile , 518. Death of Henry VII . , 518 . CHAPTER XXXI . Rapid Progress Returned to Par ...
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... held it ; but it was only in the end of the reign of Henry III . , or the beginning of the reign of Edward I. , that its supremacy was established . Till then the Aula Regia existed , — of which the Chief Justiciar was president , and ...
... held it ; but it was only in the end of the reign of Henry III . , or the beginning of the reign of Edward I. , that its supremacy was established . Till then the Aula Regia existed , — of which the Chief Justiciar was president , and ...
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... held a separate independent court , in which the validity of royal grants was questioned by scire facias , and the other matters were discussed which I have supposed to have been previously referred for his opinion , to guide the ...
... held a separate independent court , in which the validity of royal grants was questioned by scire facias , and the other matters were discussed which I have supposed to have been previously referred for his opinion , to guide the ...
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... held it under the Chancellor , or while the office was vacant . Immediately after the Revolution , in 1689 , Serjeant Maynard and two other lawyers were appointed by a com- mission under the Great Seal to execute the office of Lord ...
... held it under the Chancellor , or while the office was vacant . Immediately after the Revolution , in 1689 , Serjeant Maynard and two other lawyers were appointed by a com- mission under the Great Seal to execute the office of Lord ...
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... held the office . Lord Lyndhurst was Chancellor on the accession of William IV . , when by an order in council a new Great Seal was ordered to be prepared by his Majesty's chief engraver ' , but when it was finished and an order was ...
... held the office . Lord Lyndhurst was Chancellor on the accession of William IV . , when by an order in council a new Great Seal was ordered to be prepared by his Majesty's chief engraver ' , but when it was finished and an order was ...
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Page 418 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Page 342 - Peace to his soul, if God's good pleasure be ! — Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign : O God, forgive him ! War.
Page 164 - Edward by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine...
Page 462 - ... holding in his hand a very fair orange, whereof the meat or substance within was taken out, and filled up again with the part of a sponge, wherein was vinegar, and other confections against the pestilent airs ; the which he most commonly smelt unto, passing among the press, or else when he was pestered with many suitors.
Page 13 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.'*- — Lord Camden.
Page 501 - Kingston, had I but served God as diligently as I have served the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 535 - Long in his highness' favour, and do justice For truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones, When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans
Page 502 - He is sure a prince of a royal courage, and hath a princely heart ; and rather than he will either miss or want any part of his will or appetite, he will put the loss of one half of his realm in danger; for I assure you I have often kneeled before him in his privy chamber on my knees, the space of an hour or two, to persuade him from his will and appetite : but I could never bring to pass to dissuade him therefrom.
Page 229 - And it came to pass when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished ; that Moses commanded the Levites which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your GOD, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Page 12 - Equity is a Roguish thing, for Law we have a measure, know what to trust to, Equity is according to the Conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'Tis all one as if they should make the Standard for the measure, we call [a Foot] a Chancellor's Foot, what an uncertain Measure would this be?