Select Documents of English Constitutional HistoryGeorge Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens |
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... Shilling Freeholders • Larke's Case ; Privileges of Member's Servants Act against Smuggling PAGE 188 190 191 • 193 124. 1439 . 125. 1445 . Against Abuse in Appointment of Justices of the Peace Qualifications of Knights of the Shire ...
... Shilling Freeholders • Larke's Case ; Privileges of Member's Servants Act against Smuggling PAGE 188 190 191 • 193 124. 1439 . 125. 1445 . Against Abuse in Appointment of Justices of the Peace Qualifications of Knights of the Shire ...
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... shillings , now six pounds . It has been waste . ( 1 Domes- day , 20 , a . ) 2. To the use of this manor the same Hugh claims three messuages and a corner of a meadow and one virgate and five acres of land against Turstin the ...
... shillings , now six pounds . It has been waste . ( 1 Domes- day , 20 , a . ) 2. To the use of this manor the same Hugh claims three messuages and a corner of a meadow and one virgate and five acres of land against Turstin the ...
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... shillings . * Witness : Ranulf the chaplain , and Eudes the steward , and Urso de Abetot . If any one shall refuse to do this , Urso and Bernard shall seise their lands and money into my possession . 6. An Early Iter : The King vs. The ...
... shillings . * Witness : Ranulf the chaplain , and Eudes the steward , and Urso de Abetot . If any one shall refuse to do this , Urso and Bernard shall seise their lands and money into my possession . 6. An Early Iter : The King vs. The ...
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... shillings , so far as he knows . 3. And if the lord of the man who has been arrested or his steward or his men shall have claimed him , with a pledge , within the third day after he has been seised , let him be given up and his chattels ...
... shillings , so far as he knows . 3. And if the lord of the man who has been arrested or his steward or his men shall have claimed him , with a pledge , within the third day after he has been seised , let him be given up and his chattels ...
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... shillings only , but , according as the land is good or bad , whether the value is likely to increase or decrease . Those persons who shall take these farms shall stock their farms , as already said , according to the above named value ...
... shillings only , but , according as the land is good or bad , whether the value is likely to increase or decrease . Those persons who shall take these farms shall stock their farms , as already said , according to the above named value ...
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