 | English essays - 1836 - 746 pages
...recognition, followed by a Parliamentary settlement. 2. That there existed from time immemorial, in the Kingdom of Scotland, a known and established constitutional...Scotland, possessing privileges of singular importance. :.(. That, upon the. death of the Maid of Norway, William' Fraser, Bp. of St. Andrew's, and John Comyn,... | |
 | Great Britain. Exchequer - Great Britain - 1837 - 742 pages
...legislature, re- Appeal on . ,. behalf of the ceived what we should now term a parlia- Seven Earls mentary recognition, followed by a par- ' -^ liamentary settlement....Norway, William Fraser, Bishop of St. Andrew's, and John Comyn, endeavoured to bestow the Crown upon Balliol, violating the settlement made upon Bruce and the... | |
 | Literature - 1847 - 650 pages
...not to the contrary, a court or known and established constitutional body, denominated the " Court of the seven Earls of Scotland," possessing privileges...singular importance, as a distinct estate of the realm, and to whom, among other functions, it appertained to constitute, and absolutely to choose the king.... | |
 | 1847 - 574 pages
...not to the contrary, a court or known and established constitutional body, denominated the " Court of the seven Earls of Scotland," possessing privileges...singular importance, as a distinct estate of the realm, and to whom, among other functions, it appertained to constitute, and absolutely to choose the king.... | |
 | Eben William Robertson - Scotland - 1862 - 664 pages
...been " pushed out," but surely not the men. APPENDIX S. THE SEVEN EARLS. "THERE existed in the ancient kingdom of Scotland a known and established constitutional...the other Earls and from the body of the Baronage." Such was the theory of Sir Francis Palgrave, in which he was followed by other authorities. It was... | |
 | Eben William Robertson - Scotland - 1862 - 582 pages
..." pushed out," but surely not the men. APPENDIX S. THE SEVEN EARLS. " THERE existed in the ancient kingdom of Scotland a known and established constitutional...the Seven Earls of Scotland, possessing privileges cI singular importance as a distinct Estate of the Realm. severed equally from the other Earls and... | |
 | Marjory G J. Kinloch - 1874 - 338 pages
...cross was erected near t11e place of the battle by Sir Ralph Neville. !See Burton, vol. iii. p. 26. ... as a distinct Estate of the Realm, severed equally...the other Earls, and from the body of the Baronage.' l Queen Joan died childless in 1362, and in certain transactions regarding the succession the son of... | |
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Kingdom of Scotland a known and established constitutional body, denominated, the Seven Earls of Scotland, possessing privileges of singular importance as a distinct Estate of the Realm, severed equally from the other Earls and from the body of the Baronage. 