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... land ; and the towns , fecure through their humi- lity , had escaped taxation . But many of them , being now grown , wealthy by industry and . commerce , began to contribute their share to the public expence . Talliage , which was a tax ...
... land ; and the towns , fecure through their humi- lity , had escaped taxation . But many of them , being now grown , wealthy by industry and . commerce , began to contribute their share to the public expence . Talliage , which was a tax ...
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... lands held by knight fervice ; and if certain , in respect of lands held by focage ; was the principal tax then exifting which affected lands . None but those who had free land could therefore be called upon to contribute to it ...
... lands held by knight fervice ; and if certain , in respect of lands held by focage ; was the principal tax then exifting which affected lands . None but those who had free land could therefore be called upon to contribute to it ...
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... land , and are implied , though they are not expreff- ed , in the parliamentary writ . There are other difqualifications which are special ; bur which , having been introduced , or arifen from circumstances fubfequent to the formation ...
... land , and are implied , though they are not expreff- ed , in the parliamentary writ . There are other difqualifications which are special ; bur which , having been introduced , or arifen from circumstances fubfequent to the formation ...
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... land ; or commiffioner of the navy or victual- ling offices ; nor any deputies or clerks in any of the faid offices , or in any of the feveral offices of lord high treasurer ; or the com- miffioners of the treafury ; or chancellor of ...
... land ; or commiffioner of the navy or victual- ling offices ; nor any deputies or clerks in any of the faid offices , or in any of the feveral offices of lord high treasurer ; or the com- miffioners of the treafury ; or chancellor of ...
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... land ) , was , before the abolition of the feudal tenures , capable of and liable to be made a knight , it . became neceffary to enlarge the qualification as wealth increased , when the value of a man's pro- perty was once adverted to ...
... land ) , was , before the abolition of the feudal tenures , capable of and liable to be made a knight , it . became neceffary to enlarge the qualification as wealth increased , when the value of a man's pro- perty was once adverted to ...
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Page cxi - Wales during the life of the late King James, and since his decease, pretending to be and taking upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third...
Page cix - James, and since his decease, pretending to be and taking upon himself the stile and title of King of England by the name of James the Third, or of Scotland by the name of James the Eighth, or the stile and title of King of Great Britain, hath not any right or title whatsoever to the crown of this realm...
Page cvii - Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint and the sacrifice of the mass as they are now used in the Church of Rome are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page cviii - That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me...
Page cviii - Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man, or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page ciii - United Kingdom and the Church We have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster on the day of next ensuing And there to treat and have conference with the Prelates Great Men and Peers of Our Realm...
Page 158 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom...
Page cvii - Rome are superstitious and idolatrous, and I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration and every part thereof in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me as they are commonly understood by English Protestants without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page xxv - ... to regulate the trials of controverted elections, or returns of members to serve in parliament...
Page 162 - Corpus according to the true intent and meaning of this act, may be directed and run into any county palatine, the cinque ports, or other privileged places within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.