The judges of England, from the time of the Conquest, Volume 21848 |
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11 Henry 15 John 52 Henry 9 Henry 9 John Abbot Abbrev afterwards appointed Archbishop Archdeacon assizes Banco barons bench Bishop Bishop of Winchester bishoprick brother castle chancellor charter chief justiciary church Claus Common Pleas counties court Curia Regis custody daughter death died Dugdale Dugdale's Baronage Dugdale's Chron Dugdale's Orig e Rot Earl Edward entry Essex Excerpt Exchequer father favour Fines of Richard fines were levied Finibus Fuller's Worthies Geoffrey grant heir held Hubert de Burgh Hugh hundred marks Ibid ITIN justices itinerant justicier keeper Kent King John king's lands latter Lincoln Lincolnshire Madox's Exch manor married Matthew Paris mentioned Nicholas Nicolas's Synopsis Norfolk Pateshull Peter Placit probably Ralph de Neville record reign of Henry Reign of Richard Robert Roger de Wendover roll royal scutage seal Series Sheriff sheriffalty Simon Stephen de Segrave tallage Thomas Walter de Grey Wendover Westminster wife William writs
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Page 240 - No, Sir," replied Roger Bigod, " but by your partiality to foreigners, and your own prodigality, the realm is involved in misery Wherefore we demand that the powers of government be delegated to a committee of barons and prelates, who may correct abuses, and enact salutary laws.
Page 5 - Assizes of novel disseisin, and of mort d'ancestor, and of darrien presentment, shall not be taken but in their proper counties, and after this manner : We, or, if we should be out of the realm, our chief justiciary, shall send two justiciaries through every county four times a year, who, with four knights, chosen out of every shire by the people, shall hold the said assizes, in the county, on the day, -and at the place appointed.
Page 440 - Fin. i. 319, 320. 322. 328. 333. 362. 409. heir of the Earl of Warwick, whose first husband, John Mareschall, had lately died, did not venture to refuse him as her second. He married her accordingly in 1243, but did not assume the title of Earl of Warwick until he had obtained the consent of William Malduit, the presumptive heir to the earldom in the event of the countess's death, that he should enjoy it for his life if he survived her. This occurred in Hilary, 31 Henry III., after which he adopted...
Page 95 - The grandfather was a Norman, and received from William the Conqueror the castle of Tamworth, in "Warwickshire. The father succeeded to this and to other property, among which were the strong castle of Fontney in Normandy, and the manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, which was held by grand serjeanty to perform the office of champion at the king's coronation.
Page 390 - The munificence of his expenditure may be judged from the stately dinner he gave in 1256 at his house in Tothill Fields, when he entertained the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland, Prince Edward, and the nobles and prelates of the kingdom. It is recorded that his guests were so numerous that he was compelled to erect tents for their reception, and that seven hundred dishes were scarcely sufficient ! for the first course.
Page 199 - Eight Centuries of Reports, or Eight Hundred Cases solemnly adjudged in the Exchequer Chamber, or upon Writs of Error, from 4 Hen.
Page 11 - June 23, 1206 ; and the next entry on the roll is a conclusive proof of the fact : — " Hie devenit cancellaria in manum domini regis post mortem H. Arch. Cant." During the earlier part of his tenure of the office, his name frequently appears to the charters after the words " Data per manum ; " but in the latter years his authentication occurs but seldom and at long intervals. To the officers who so signed them when he did not, Mr. Hardy and Lord Campbell give the title of keepers of the seal, or...
Page 438 - This is the only time in which he appears in a judicial position ; and he held it then no doubt in his character of Constable of the Tower, where the sittings were to take place. He was Earl of Warwick for life only, in right of Margery, his second wife, the sister and heir of Thomas de Newburgh, the last earl.
Page 15 - Pbilipot is not sufficiently lucid on the point to render discussion available. Dugdale introduces Richard de Marisco as Chancellor in 14 John, on the authority of Matthew of Westminster, and makes him resign the Great Seal in the next year, quoting the Close and Patent Rolls, on both of which there is this entry : — " Nono die Octobris anno regni Domini Regis quinto decimo liberavit Magister Ricardus de Marisco, Archidiaconus Richmondise et Northumbriae, Sigillum Domini Regis apud Osspring.
Page 281 - Do what you please with me ; I would rather die than put fetters on him. Is he not the faithful and magnanimous Hubert, who has so often rescued England from the ravages of foreigners, and restored England to the English — who served his Sovereign so...