Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James IGeorge Walter Prothero |
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according Act of Parliament aforesaid aliis Angliae appointed Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury bishop Bishop of London Canterbury cause charge church clergy command commission commissioners committed common law convicted court Court of Chancery crown declare diocese divers dominions doth ecclesiastical election Eliz Elizabeth execution forasmuch forfeit full power further enacted grant hath heirs hereafter Highness honour House of Commons imprisonment jurisdiction justices of assize justices of peace King King's knights lands lawfully letters patents liberty Lord Chancellor Majesty's manner matter ment ministers oath offences officers ordinances parish petition pleasure Popish recusant praedicta prerogative present Parliament prince privilege Privy Council Provided province of Canterbury punishment Queen's Majesty quod realm of England reason refuse reign religion royal sacraments session of Parliament shire Sovereign Lady Speaker spiritual Star-Chamber statutes subjects subsidy temporal therein thereof town unto vestrum VIII vobis writ
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Page 279 - Provided also and be it declared and enacted, that any declaration before mentioned shall not extend to any letters patent and grants of privilege for the term of fourteen years or under, hereafter to be made of the sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within this Realm, to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time of making such letters patents and grants shall not use...
Page 9 - 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 240 - ... which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the sacraments...
Page 14 - ... [by the authority of the canonical Scriptures or by the first four general councils or any of them, or by any other general council wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of the said canonical...
Page 316 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the King, state and defence of the realm, and of the Church of England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matters of counsel and debate in Parliament...
Page 278 - ... any manner of new manufactures within this realm to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures which others at the time of making such letters patents and grants shall not use, so as also they be not contrary to the law nor mischievous to the State by raising prices of commodities at home, or hurt of trade, or generally inconvenient...
Page 261 - God and the world that our Sovereign Lord King George is lawful and rightful King of this realm and all other his Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging.
Page 312 - That we think oureelf very free and able to punish any man's misdemeanours in parliament as well during their sitting as after ; which we mean not to spare hereafter, upon any occasion of any man's insolent behaviour there that shall be ministered unto us.
Page 9 - ... 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 Queen's Highness, her heirs and lawful successors, and to my power shall assist and defend all jurisdictions, pre-eminences, privileges, and authorities granted or belonging to the Queen's Highness, her heirs and successors, or united and annexed to the imperial crown...
Page 295 - The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth, for kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called gods.