A Constitutional History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the Restoration: with an Introd., Tracing the Progress of Society and of the Constitution from the Feudal Times to the Opening of the History, and Including a Particular Examination of Mr. Hume's Statements Relative to the Character of the English Government, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1866 - Constitutional history |
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... late as Edward VI.'s reign , a statute was passed to extend the benefit of clergy , on conviction of crimes , to peers , though they could neither write nor read . Now Henry VII . kept a journal with his own hand , was intimately ...
... late as Edward VI.'s reign , a statute was passed to extend the benefit of clergy , on conviction of crimes , to peers , though they could neither write nor read . Now Henry VII . kept a journal with his own hand , was intimately ...
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... late capital , increased the number of tenants who were in a condition to embark in extensive undertakings , + sit carior . Quin lanarum quoque adeo increvit pretium , ut a tenuori- bus , qui pannos inde solent apud vos conficere ...
... late capital , increased the number of tenants who were in a condition to embark in extensive undertakings , + sit carior . Quin lanarum quoque adeo increvit pretium , ut a tenuori- bus , qui pannos inde solent apud vos conficere ...
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... late , no man dwelling there except a shepherd with his dog , people starv- ing , and unjustly and illegally thrust out of their possessions . In a proclamation by King Edward , in 1548 , the misery arising from en- closures is ...
... late , no man dwelling there except a shepherd with his dog , people starv- ing , and unjustly and illegally thrust out of their possessions . In a proclamation by King Edward , in 1548 , the misery arising from en- closures is ...
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... late dissolved monasteries , and confirmed by your high court of parliament . They make us believe that , by virtue of your highness , all our former writings are void and of no effect and that if we will not take new leases of them ...
... late dissolved monasteries , and confirmed by your high court of parliament . They make us believe that , by virtue of your highness , all our former writings are void and of no effect and that if we will not take new leases of them ...
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... late king , who circulated that Henry CHAP . meant to attack the temporalities of the church , was raised against him at the beginning of his reign . But he had now , as monarch , a different interest , while his precarious tenure of ...
... late king , who circulated that Henry CHAP . meant to attack the temporalities of the church , was raised against him at the beginning of his reign . But he had now , as monarch , a different interest , while his precarious tenure of ...
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Page 143 - ... general councils, or any of them ; or by any other general council, wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of canonical scripture, or such as shall hereafter be declared to be heresy by the high court of parliament, with the assent of the clergy in convocation.
Page 344 - The duke was indeed a very extraordinary person; and never any man, in any age, nor, I believe, in any country or nation, rose, in so short a time, to so much greatness of honour, fame and fortune, upon no other advantage or recommendation than of the beauty and gracefulness and becomingness of his person.
Page 121 - , it is enacted that no man shall be attached by any accusation nor forejudged of life or limb, nor his lands, tenements, goods nor chattels seized into the King's hands against the form of the Great Charter and the law of the land...