The Constitutional History of England, in Its Origin and Development, Volume 2

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Clarendon Press, 1906 - Constitutional history
 

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Page 353 - Crown, shall be void and of no avail or force whatever ; but the matters which are to be established for the estate of our lord the King and of his heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, shall be treated, accorded, and established in Parliaments, by our lord the King, and by the assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and the commonalty of the realm ; according as it hath been heretofore accustomed.
Page 316 - But the matters which are to be established for the Estate of our Lord the King and of his Heirs, and for the estate of the Realm and of the People, shall be treated, accorded, and established in Parliament by our Lord the King and by the Assent of the Prelates, Earls, and Barons and the commonalty of the Realm, according as it hath been heretofore accustomed.
Page 234 - Poniinum expectet ultorem . . . niri sit qui dicat quod universitas regni et baronagium suum hoc facere debeat et possit in curia ipsius regis ;
Page 315 - The new promises, four in number, are The kinB's more definite, and to some extent combine the terms of the promises. more ancient forms. ' Sire,' says the primate or his substitute, ' will you grant and keep, and by your oath confirm, to the people of England, the laws and customs to them granted by the ancient kings of England your righteous and godly predecessors, and especially the laws, customs, and privileges granted to the clergy and people by the glorious king Saint Edward your predecessor...
Page 294 - ... did not retrace it. He regarded it as a part of a new compact that faith and honour forbad him to retract. And so on in the rest of his work. He kept his word and strengthened every part of the new fabric by his own adhesion to its plan, not only from the sense of honour, but because he felt that he had done the best thing. Thus his work was crowned with the success that patience, wisdom, and faith amply deserve, and his share in the result is that of the direction of national growth and adaptation...
Page 483 - ... that if the king from any malignant design or foolish contumacy or contempt or wanton wilfulness or in any irregular way should alienate himself from his people, and should not be willing to be governed and regulated by the laws, statutes and laudable ordinances of the realm with the wholesome advice of the lords and peers of the realm, but should...
Page 115 - I defend them against anyone who wishes to usurp them. For the king did not conquer and subdue the land by himself, but our forefathers were with him as partners and helpers.
Page 41 - It is at all events not improbable that the constitutional doctrine that the king can do no wrong, and that his ministers are responsible to the nation, sprang up whilst the king was a child, and the choice of his ministers was actually determined by the national council.
Page 155 - And by the articuli super cartas, it is enacted, that no common pleas be thenceforth held in the exchequer contrary to the form of the great charter: but now any person may sue in the exchequer. The surmise of being debtor to the king being matter of form, and mere words of course; and the court is open to all the nation. When the courts will have a precedent...
Page 377 - III was not a statesman, although he possessed some character of qualifications which might have made him a successful one. He was a warrior; ambitious, unscrupulous, selfish, extravagant, and ostentatious. His obligations as a king sat very lightly on him. He felt himself bound by no special duty either to maintain the theory of royal supremacy or to follow a policy which would benefit his people. Like Richard I he valued England primarily...

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