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... these impor- tant enquiries , as foon as circumstances will admit of it , and to include both , in the third Volume , which remains to be published . In regard to Ireland , as he is likely to be fa- voured with the obliging affiftance ...
... these impor- tant enquiries , as foon as circumstances will admit of it , and to include both , in the third Volume , which remains to be published . In regard to Ireland , as he is likely to be fa- voured with the obliging affiftance ...
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... these and the other fources of revenue ' , which the king of England enjoyed from the landing of the Saxons , to the deftruction of the heptarchy , and from thence to the Norman conqueft . It is computed that the tax called Danegeld ...
... these and the other fources of revenue ' , which the king of England enjoyed from the landing of the Saxons , to the deftruction of the heptarchy , and from thence to the Norman conqueft . It is computed that the tax called Danegeld ...
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... these great fources all public revenue muft arife . Without entering into any particular difcuffion of the principles on which they are refpectively founded , or inquiring , where they are peculiarly productive , or which of them , in ...
... these great fources all public revenue muft arife . Without entering into any particular difcuffion of the principles on which they are refpectively founded , or inquiring , where they are peculiarly productive , or which of them , in ...
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... these were not the only advantages attend- ing the right of feigniory : for , as lord paramount of the kingdom , the fovereign claimed all bona a Lawyers make a diftinction between efcheats and for- feitures . See Wright on Tenures , p ...
... these were not the only advantages attend- ing the right of feigniory : for , as lord paramount of the kingdom , the fovereign claimed all bona a Lawyers make a diftinction between efcheats and for- feitures . See Wright on Tenures , p ...
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... these the only advantages refulting from this right ; for , in virtue of acting as the arbiter of commerce , the king claimed the lucrative privilege of granting patents and monopolies , which , in the reigns of the first monarchs of ...
... these the only advantages refulting from this right ; for , in virtue of acting as the arbiter of commerce , the king claimed the lucrative privilege of granting patents and monopolies , which , in the reigns of the first monarchs of ...
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Acceffion affiftance alfo alſo amount ancient anno annuities borrowed cent circumftance confequence confiderable Danegeld Edward Edward III eftates Engliſh eſtabliſhed exchequer expences faid fame fecond fecurity fervices feudal fhillings fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fources fovereign fpecie fpirit ftate fubfidies fubjects fuch fufficient fums of money fupplies fuppofed fupport furniſhed fyftem granted Henry Henry VIII Hift hiftorians hiftory himſelf Houfe houſe House of Stuart Hume impofed income increaſe intereft king kingdom laft lands lefs levied long parliament meaſure ment minifters mode moft monarch moſt muſt narchs National Debts neceffary neceffity Normans occafion paffed paid Parl parliament perfonal poffeffed poffeffion propofed Public Debts purchaſe purpoſe raifing raiſed reafon refpectable reign Revenue of England Revolution 1688 Rife and Progress royal Saxon Line South Sea Company ſtate Stuart thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treaſure Tudor Go uſe venue vernment whofe William the Norman
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Page 211 - ... hoped that her dutiful and loving subjects would not take away her prerogative, which is the chief flower in her garden and the principal and head pearl in her crown and diadem, but that they would rather leave these matters to her disposal.
Page 390 - Eighth, and not cleared until within these two years, and all that while running upon Interest, a course able to eat up not only private men and their Patrimonies, but also Princes, and their Estates...
Page i - The History of the Public Revenue of the British Empire, containing an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure from the Remotest Periods recorded in History to Michaelmas, 1802; with an Account of the Revenue of Scotland and Ireland, &c.
Page 33 - WAIFS, bona moviola, are goods stolen, and waived or thrown away by the thief in his flight, for fear of being apprehended. These are given to the king by the law, as a punishment upon the owner, for not himself pursuing the felon, and taking away his goods from him"i. And therefore if the party robbed do his diligence immediately to follow and apprehend the thief, (which is...
Page 341 - ... dead lift, when neither her receipts could yield her relief at the pinch, nor the urgency of her affairs endure the delays of...
Page 341 - They do therefore humbly pray your most excellent majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament...
Page 484 - All the monies to arife, from time to time, " as well of the excefs, or furplus of an aft made
Page 389 - Years, at leaft, before the * Death of King Henry. VIII, and not cleared * until within thefe two Years ; and all that while * running upon Intereft; a Courfeable to eat up ' not only private Men and their Patrimonies, but...
Page 56 - The Romish Horseleech: or, An impartial Account of the intolerable Charge of Popery to this Nation...
Page 268 - ... maintained inviolate in this country. And the friends of public liberty ought ever to bear in memory the admirable vote of the Houfe of Commons, on the...