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The land was held by military service, and charged with the render of knights and
men, which it was the duty of the abbots and bishops to provide. The holders of
lands by military service, directly of the king, owned no superior but the king: they
...
The land was held by military service, and charged with the render of knights and
men, which it was the duty of the abbots and bishops to provide. The holders of
lands by military service, directly of the king, owned no superior but the king: they
...
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The barons thus became a great military aristocracy, whose nobility descended
with their estates to their eldest son, charged with the render of the military
services by which the estates were held. They took rank after the bishops and
abbots; ...
The barons thus became a great military aristocracy, whose nobility descended
with their estates to their eldest son, charged with the render of the military
services by which the estates were held. They took rank after the bishops and
abbots; ...
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... charges, and customs to which they were liable:-(Kelham's Domesday Book
Illustrated, p. 430; Ellis, vol. i. p. 190.) Dover. Shaftesbury. Huntingdon. Derby.
Norwich. Canterbury. Taunton. Northampton. Lincoln. Yarmouth. Romney.
Hertford.
... charges, and customs to which they were liable:-(Kelham's Domesday Book
Illustrated, p. 430; Ellis, vol. i. p. 190.) Dover. Shaftesbury. Huntingdon. Derby.
Norwich. Canterbury. Taunton. Northampton. Lincoln. Yarmouth. Romney.
Hertford.
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This charter is supposed to make a distinction in the legislative acts of the
sovereign, between those which imposed charges on the people, and those
which applied to the general law. In the former cases, it is supposed that the
consent of the ...
This charter is supposed to make a distinction in the legislative acts of the
sovereign, between those which imposed charges on the people, and those
which applied to the general law. In the former cases, it is supposed that the
consent of the ...
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He also released the barons from certain money-payments and works, described
by the words “gilda” and “opera;” and having thus relinquished the power of
imposing such charges, he in effect surrendered the power of the Crown to
impose ...
He also released the barons from certain money-payments and works, described
by the words “gilda” and “opera;” and having thus relinquished the power of
imposing such charges, he in effect surrendered the power of the Crown to
impose ...
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Seite 444 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Seite 444 - 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. 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...
Seite 118 - No freeman (says the 29th chapter of Henry III.7s charter, which, as the existing law, I quote in preference to that of John, the variations not being very material) shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or. any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.* We will sell to no man, we will not deny, or delay to any man justice or...
Seite 60 - No FREEMAN SHALL BE TAKEN OR IMPRISONED, OR BE DISSEISED OF HIS FREEHOLD, OR LIBERTIES, OR FREE CUSTOMS, OR BE OUTLAWED, OR EXILED, OR ANY OTHERWISE DESTROYED ; NOR WILL WE PASS UPON HIM, NOR SEND UPON HIM, BUT BY LAWFUL JUDGMENT OF HIS PEERS, OR BY THE LAW OF THE LAND.
Seite 482 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical, or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal ; this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Seite 287 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Seite 285 - And whereas no offender of what kind soever is exempted from the proceedings to be used and punishments to be inflicted by the laws and statutes of this your realm, nevertheless of late time divers commissions under your Majesty's Great Seal have issued forth by which certain persons have been assigned and appointed commissioners with power and authority to proceed within the land according to the justice of martial law...
Seite 429 - By issuing and causing to be executed a commission under the great seal for erecting a court, called the court of commissioners for ecclesiastical causes.
Seite 239 - And the like power have Kings: they make and unmake their subjects: they have power of raising, and casting down: of life and of death: Judges over all their subjects, and in all causes, and yet accountable to none but God only.
Seite 430 - By raising and keeping a standing army within this kingdom in time of peace, without consent of Parliament, and quartering soldiers contrary to law.
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| Titel | A Manual of the English Constitution: With a Review of Its Rise, Growth, and Present State |
| Autor/in | David Rowland |
| Verlag | John Murray, 1859 |
| Original von | University of California |
| Digitalisiert | 4. Dez. 2007 |
| Länge | 588 Seiten |
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