Select Documents of English Constitutional HistoryGeorge Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens |
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... kingdom of England , I have been crowned king of the same kingdom ; and because the kingdom has been oppressed by unjust exactions , I , from regard to God , and from the love which have toward you , in the first place make the holy ...
... kingdom of England , I have been crowned king of the same kingdom ; and because the kingdom has been oppressed by unjust exactions , I , from regard to God , and from the love which have toward you , in the first place make the holy ...
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... kingdom . 12. A firm peace in my whole kingdom I establish and require to be kept from henceforth . 13. The law of King Edward I give to you again with the changes with which my father changed it by the counsel of h barons . 14. If any ...
... kingdom . 12. A firm peace in my whole kingdom I establish and require to be kept from henceforth . 13. The law of King Edward I give to you again with the changes with which my father changed it by the counsel of h barons . 14. If any ...
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... kingdom without molestation . If any bishop or abbot or other ecclesiasti- cal person shall , before his death , reasonably devise or intend to devise his goods , I grant it to remain firm . But if he shall be overtaken by death let the ...
... kingdom without molestation . If any bishop or abbot or other ecclesiasti- cal person shall , before his death , reasonably devise or intend to devise his goods , I grant it to remain firm . But if he shall be overtaken by death let the ...
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... kingdom so long as it shall please him . 15. Inquest of the Sheriffs ( 1170. Latin text , Stubbs , S. C. 148. Translation by Editors . 1 Stubbs , 510. ) N the first place , the barons shall require bond and surety from went over to ...
... kingdom so long as it shall please him . 15. Inquest of the Sheriffs ( 1170. Latin text , Stubbs , S. C. 148. Translation by Editors . 1 Stubbs , 510. ) N the first place , the barons shall require bond and surety from went over to ...
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... kingdom . And if he shall have been to the water whole he shall furnish sureties and remain in the kingdom , unless he has been accused of murder or other infamous felony by the community of the county and of the lawful knights of the ...
... kingdom . And if he shall have been to the water whole he shall furnish sureties and remain in the kingdom , unless he has been accused of murder or other infamous felony by the community of the county and of the lawful knights of the ...
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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 229 - Where by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this realm of England is an empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by one Supreme Head and King having the dignity and royal estate of the imperial Crown of the same...
Page 299 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 481 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Page 464 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 299 - ... and 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 : and therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign jurisdictions, powers, superiorities and authorities, and do promise that from henceforth I shall bear faith and true allegiance to the...
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.
Page 340 - Yet nevertheless, of late divers commissions directed to sundry commissioners in several counties with instructions have issued, by means whereof your people have been in divers places assembled, and required to lend certain sums of money unto your majesty, and many of them upon their refusal so to do, have had an oath administered unto them, not warrantable by the laws or statutes of this realm...