History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... Statutes at large 1 Hen . VII . c . 6. ) The acts of this parliament are confused in Bacon's narrative with those of the third Parliament ( see notes ) . He seems to have had no information about this parliament of 1487 . IV . V. Treaty ...
... Statutes at large 1 Hen . VII . c . 6. ) The acts of this parliament are confused in Bacon's narrative with those of the third Parliament ( see notes ) . He seems to have had no information about this parliament of 1487 . IV . V. Treaty ...
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... statute he procured to be confirmed by the Pope's bull the year following , with mention nevertheless , by 20 way of recital , of his other titles , both of descent and con- quest . So as now the wreath of three , was made a wreath of ...
... statute he procured to be confirmed by the Pope's bull the year following , with mention nevertheless , by 20 way of recital , of his other titles , both of descent and con- quest . So as now the wreath of three , was made a wreath of ...
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... statute did in effect but restore an ancient statute of the realm , which was itself also made but in affirmance of the common law . The alteration had been by a statute , commonly called the statute of non - claim , made in the time of ...
... statute did in effect but restore an ancient statute of the realm , which was itself also made but in affirmance of the common law . The alteration had been by a statute , commonly called the statute of non - claim , made in the time of ...
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... statute , made 15 afterwards in his successor's time , was more fully declared : this upon forfeiture to be taken , not by way of popular action , but by seizure of the land itself by the King and lords of the fee , as to half the ...
... statute , made 15 afterwards in his successor's time , was more fully declared : this upon forfeiture to be taken , not by way of popular action , but by seizure of the land itself by the King and lords of the fee , as to half the ...
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... in " English bottoms ; " bowing the ancient policy of this estate , from consideration of plenty to consideration of power . For that almost all the ancient statutes incite by all means 72 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
... in " English bottoms ; " bowing the ancient policy of this estate , from consideration of plenty to consideration of power . For that almost all the ancient statutes incite by all means 72 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
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Page 272 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 221 - He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive in Richmond, or any of his palaces.
Page 155 - ... creation, as in St. George's Fields, where his own person had been encamped. And for matter of liberality, he did, by open edict, give the goods of all the prisoners unto those that had taken them; either to take them in kind, or compound for them, as they could. After matter of honour and liberality, followed matter of severity and execution. The lord Audley was led from Newgate to Tower-Hill, in a paper coat painted with his own arms; the arms reversed, the coat torn, and he at Tower-Hill beheaded.