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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... terms : a " Ye have heard , when at Winchester , before the King was absolved , I com- pelled him to swear that the existing evil statutes should be destroyed , and that more salutary laws , namely , those of King Edward the Confessor ...
... terms : a " Ye have heard , when at Winchester , before the King was absolved , I com- pelled him to swear that the existing evil statutes should be destroyed , and that more salutary laws , namely , those of King Edward the Confessor ...
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... terms of the oath which the King had just taken at Winchester . " " For it is agreed by all our Historians , that the Great Charter of King John was for the most part compiled from the ancient customs of the Realm , or the Laws of King ...
... terms of the oath which the King had just taken at Winchester . " " For it is agreed by all our Historians , that the Great Charter of King John was for the most part compiled from the ancient customs of the Realm , or the Laws of King ...
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... terms : and as the cere- monial of that proceeding was at once the founda- tion and precedent for the second demand , a translation of the Deed by which England was originally consigned to the Pope , and the words then spoken by the ...
... terms : and as the cere- monial of that proceeding was at once the founda- tion and precedent for the second demand , a translation of the Deed by which England was originally consigned to the Pope , and the words then spoken by the ...
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... terms . That the King should immediately grant and confirm the said laws and liberties , by a Charter under his seal , or that they would withdraw themselves from his fealty , until they should gain the satisfaction they 23 ESSAY ON ...
... terms . That the King should immediately grant and confirm the said laws and liberties , by a Charter under his seal , or that they would withdraw themselves from his fealty , until they should gain the satisfaction they 23 ESSAY ON ...
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... terms ; but all other en- deavours were vain , and an early period was as- signed for the conclusion and ratification of the Great Charter . Between Staines and Windsor is a large tract of Meadow land , where this meeting between the ...
... terms ; but all other en- deavours were vain , and an early period was as- signed for the conclusion and ratification of the Great Charter . Between Staines and Windsor is a large tract of Meadow land , where this meeting between the ...
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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 87 - We will remove from their bailiwicks the relations of Gerard de Athyes, so that, for the future, they shall have no bailiwick in England; Engelard de Cygony, Andrew, Peter, and...
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.
Page 56 - And if any one shall die indebted to the Jews, his wife shall have her dower and pay nothing of that debt...
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....
Page 152 - To none will we sell, to none will we deny, to none will we delay right or justice.
Page 69 - ... land shall be committed to two lawful and discreet men of that fee, who shall answer for the issues to us, or to him to whom we shall...
Page 372 - Aquitain, to all to whom the present letters shall come, greeting. Know ye that we...
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...
Page 83 - No free-man shall be seized, or imprisoned, or dispossessed, or outlawed, or in any way destroyed; nor will we condemn him...
Page 19 - III and his catholic successors, the whole kingdom of England and the whole kingdom of Ireland with all their rights and appurtenances for the remission of our sins and the sins of our whole family, both the living and the dead. And now, receiving back these kingdoms from God and the Roman Church...