History of England, Volume 1

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Page 312 - Finally brethren, farewell : be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Page 503 - Therefore I beseech my liege and sovereign lord the king, that he will of his high grace and benignity accept me to his mercy and his grace, as I that put my life, my body, and my goods wholly at his will, as lowly and as meekly as any creature can do, or may do, to his liege lord.
Page 180 - Albans they sent a message to the king, demanding the banishment of these objects of their hatred; which demand Edward refused with indignation. The confederates advanced to London, where the parliament was sitting; and then was passed the statute of exile of Hugh le Despenser, father and son, "to the honour of God and holy church and of our lord the king, and for the profit of him and his realm, and for maintaining peace and quiet among his people.
Page 141 - ... kingdom at all times. Whence, upon a due deliberation, and treating of the contents of your memorable letter, the common and unanimous consent of all and singular was, is, and will be, God willing, for ever, that our...
Page 114 - ... be required or commanded by our •* faid Lord, the King of England, or his heirs. That " we will hinder him from damage as much as we can* " and fet upon his enemies with all our forces, wherever " they may be found ; and to the end that we may firm" ly keep and hold thefe prefents, we do bind ourfelves,.
Page 443 - Alexander archbifhop of York, Robert de Vere duke of Ireland, Michael de la Pole earl of Suffolk, fir Robert Trefilian, and fir Nicholas Brembre, digefted into thirty-nine articles'-13.
Page 332 - ... of the crown, *' and to the great prejudice of the kingdom ;"— — and praying, — " That it would therefore pleafe the *' king, that laymen, and no others, might for " the future, be made chancellor, treafurer, clerk " of the privy feal, barons of the exchequer, " comptroller, or other great officers and governors
Page 476 - Power to referve a convenient Sum of Money out of the Fruits and Profits of it, to fuftain the poor Parifhioners of the faid Church, and to endow a perpetual Vicar fufficiently to fupply the
Page 435 - King upon which the lords and commons in that parl. ought to proceed ; if yet the said lords and commons will proceed altogether upon other articles and affairs, and not at all upon those limited and proposed to them by the King, until the King shall have first answered them upon the articles and matters so by them...
Page 84 - Because our lord the King had great zeal and desire to redress the state of the realm in such things as required amendment for the common profit of Holy Church, and of the realm, and because the state of the Holy Church had been evil kept, and the prelates and religious...

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