An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John: To which are Added, the Great Charter in Latin and English; the Charters of Liberties and Confirmations, Granted by Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them: Explanatory Notes on Their Several Privileges; a Descriptive Account of the Principal Originals and Editions Extant, Both in Print and Manuscript; and Other Illustrations, Derived from the Most Interesting and Authentic Sources |
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... II . , Henry I. , Stephen , Henry II . , John , Henry III . , and Edward I. Drawn by W. H. Brooke ; Engraved by J. Thompson , 27 , Page 49. Articles of the Great Charter . Initial Letter A , formed of a pile of spears , & c . in the ...
... II . , Henry I. , Stephen , Henry II . , John , Henry III . , and Edward I. Drawn by W. H. Brooke ; Engraved by J. Thompson , 27 , Page 49. Articles of the Great Charter . Initial Letter A , formed of a pile of spears , & c . in the ...
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... Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them: Explanatory Notes on T Richard Thomson. 32. Page 102. Covenant between the King and the Barons , Initial Letter T ...
... Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them: Explanatory Notes on T Richard Thomson. 32. Page 102. Covenant between the King and the Barons , Initial Letter T ...
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... Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them: Explanatory Notes on T Richard Thomson. CLASS II . ECCLESIASTICS . Division 1. Popes and Cardinal Legates connected ...
... Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them: Explanatory Notes on T Richard Thomson. CLASS II . ECCLESIASTICS . Division 1. Popes and Cardinal Legates connected ...
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... Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them ... HENRY II . Gu . three lions pass . guard . in pale , or . The third leopard , or lion , used in the Arms of England ...
... Henry III. and Edward I.; the Original Charter of the Forests; and Various Authentic Instruments Connected with Them ... HENRY II . Gu . three lions pass . guard . in pale , or . The third leopard , or lion , used in the Arms of England ...
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... Henry II . , married to the preceding . Gules , a castle triple - towered , or . Fer- dinand III . first quartered this coat with that of Leon , namely , arg . a lion ram- pant , purpure , or gules . 17. ALEXANDER II . KING OF SCOTLAND ...
... Henry II . , married to the preceding . Gules , a castle triple - towered , or . Fer- dinand III . first quartered this coat with that of Leon , namely , arg . a lion ram- pant , purpure , or gules . 17. ALEXANDER II . KING OF SCOTLAND ...
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Abbot aforesaid ancient appears Archbishop of Canterbury arms Bailiffs Barons Bishop Blackst Castle Chap Charter of King Charters of Liberties chief Church Clergy common confirmed contained copy County Court crown custody customs daughter death debt Drawn by W. H. Duke ecclesiastical Edward Edward the Confessor elected English Engraved estates fesse Fitz-Walter Forest Charter France granted Gules hath heir held honour Hugh instrument John's Justices Justiciary King Henry King John King of England King's kingdom Knights lands Latin letters lion Lond London Lord Coke Louis the Dauphin Magna Charta married Matthew Paris Normandy observed officers original Parliament Peers person Philip Pleas Pope possessions preceding Essay present volume preserved Prince principal printed privileges realm reign Richard Robert Roger Roll Royal Runnemede Saxon Scutage Seal Sheriff signifies Sir William Blackstone Sovereign Statute tenants vide W. H. Brooke Westminster whilst William Marshall Writ
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Page 108 - ... or her inheritance, which her husband and she held at the day of his death ; and she may remain in the mansion house of her husband forty days after his death, within which time her dower shall be assigned.
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Page 123 - If we have disseised or dispossessed any Welshmen of their lands, or liberties, or other things, without a legal verdict of their peers, in England or in Wales, they shall be immediately restored to them; and if any dispute shall arise upon this head, then let it be determined in the Marches by the verdict of their peers: for a tenement of England, according to the law of England; for a tenement of Wales, according to the law of Wales; for a tenement of the Marches, according to the law of the Marches....
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Page 135 - ... while the principal debtor is able to pay the debt ; and if the principal debtor fail in payment of the debt, not having wherewith to discharge it, the sureties shall answer for the debt; and if they be willing, they shall have the lands and rents of the debtor, until satisfaction...
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