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... given to the want of uniformity in spelling and capitalization . As a general rule this reprint follows the spelling and capitalization of the source from which the docu- ment is taken , as indicated at the head of each number . Some of ...
... given to the want of uniformity in spelling and capitalization . As a general rule this reprint follows the spelling and capitalization of the source from which the docu- ment is taken , as indicated at the head of each number . Some of ...
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... given to them . With regard to these , signify to me by letters which they are and who hold them . But let those who hold lands by service , which , without doubt , ought to be held from the church , make the best agreement they can ...
... given to them . With regard to these , signify to me by letters which they are and who hold them . But let those who hold lands by service , which , without doubt , ought to be held from the church , make the best agreement they can ...
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... given . Moreover , if he himself , prevented by arms , or by weakness , shall not have bestowed his money , or arranged to bestow it , his wife or his children or parents , and his legitimate men shall divide it for his soul , as to ...
... given . Moreover , if he himself , prevented by arms , or by weakness , shall not have bestowed his money , or arranged to bestow it , his wife or his children or parents , and his legitimate men shall divide it for his soul , as to ...
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... given to the church of Saint Martin of Battle , and partly purchased , how afterwards it was taken away , and also how far progress had been made in the case , at the present so long since the beginning of the suit ; adding also their ...
... given to the church of Saint Martin of Battle , and partly purchased , how afterwards it was taken away , and also how far progress had been made in the case , at the present so long since the beginning of the suit ; adding also their ...
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... given by his predecessors , but he took occasion to note that no seals were affixed to them in attestation . Turning to him , that splendid and wise man Richard de Lucy , the brother of the said abbot , then the Justiciar of the lord ...
... given by his predecessors , but he took occasion to note that no seals were affixed to them in attestation . Turning to him , that splendid and wise man Richard de Lucy , the brother of the said abbot , then the Justiciar of the lord ...
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according Act of Parliament adjudged afore appointed archbishop assent assize authority aforesaid barons begotten bishop boroughs burgesses cause chancellor chattels Church of England committed commons contrary convicted council court customs declared divers earl ecclesiastical election execution forfeit forfeitures further enacted granted hath heirs and successors heirs or successors henceforth Henry VIII hereafter hereby hereditaments high treason holden honour houses Ireland judgment jurisdiction justices king of England king's highness kingdom kingdom of England knights lands lawfully letters patents liberties lord chancellor lord king Lord Protector lord the king lords spiritual Majesty's manner and form ment noble oath offence officers ordained parlia peace person or persons prayer prelates premises present Parliament assembled prince Queen realm of England reason reign royal sacraments Scotland seal sheriffs sovereign lord spiritual and temporal Stubbs subjects tenements therein thereof things tion Translation by Editors unto Westminster whatsoever wise writ writs of summons
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Page 456 - I, AB, do swear, 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.
Page 466 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their majesties, King WILLIAM and Queen MAKY. So help me God.
Page 340 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause showed, and when for their deliverance they were brought before your Justices, by your Majesty's writs of Habeas Corpus, there to undergo and receive as the Court should order, and their keepers commanded to certify the causes of their detainer ; no cause was certified, but that they were detained by your Majesty's special command...
Page 360 - I, AB, do in the Presence of Almighty God promise, vow and protest, To maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and estate, the True Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England...
Page 456 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
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Page 467 - Westminster do resolve that William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, be and be declared king and queen...
Page 430 - ... unfeigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained and prescribed in these words and no other. IV. I, AB, do here declare my unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained and prescribed in and by the book intituled,
Page 495 - ... the. jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...
Page 503 - United Church, as the Established Church of England and Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the Union...