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... Anglo - Saxon period . This arose from two causes : his philosophical indifference for a people whom he considered little better than barbarians , and the want of authentic ma- terials for his narrative . This want has been supplied in ...
... Anglo - Saxon period . This arose from two causes : his philosophical indifference for a people whom he considered little better than barbarians , and the want of authentic ma- terials for his narrative . This want has been supplied in ...
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... Saxon inva- sion of Britain . B. The Isle of Thanet . 37 37 C. Celtic Words in the English Language .... 37 III . The Anglo - Saxons from the Union of England un- der Egbert till the Reign of Canute the Dane .. 38 IV . Danes and Anglo ...
... Saxon inva- sion of Britain . B. The Isle of Thanet . 37 37 C. Celtic Words in the English Language .... 37 III . The Anglo - Saxons from the Union of England un- der Egbert till the Reign of Canute the Dane .. 38 IV . Danes and Anglo ...
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... Anglo - Norman Constitution .......... B. Authorities for Norman History ........ PAGE 77 93 108 128 132 C. Authorities for Anglo ... Saxon and Norman Races ........ B. Confirmations of the Great Charter C. Trial by Jury .......... 1272-1327 ...
... Anglo - Norman Constitution .......... B. Authorities for Norman History ........ PAGE 77 93 108 128 132 C. Authorities for Anglo ... Saxon and Norman Races ........ B. Confirmations of the Great Charter C. Trial by Jury .......... 1272-1327 ...
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... Anglo - Danish Kings . Of William the Conqueror GENEALOGICAL TABLES . Of the House of Cerdic ( Anglo - Saxon kings ) ........... Of the Descendants of William the Conqueror down to Henry II . PAGE 57 71 80 92 Of the House of Plantagenet ...
... Anglo - Danish Kings . Of William the Conqueror GENEALOGICAL TABLES . Of the House of Cerdic ( Anglo - Saxon kings ) ........... Of the Descendants of William the Conqueror down to Henry II . PAGE 57 71 80 92 Of the House of Plantagenet ...
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... Saxon Pirates ; Ca- rausius . § 14. Picts and Scots . § 15. Final Departure of the Romans . § 16. Condition of Britain under the Romans . § 17. Christianity in Britain ... ANGLO - SAXONS . * See Notes and Illustrations ( B ) . A D ...
... Saxon Pirates ; Ca- rausius . § 14. Picts and Scots . § 15. Final Departure of the Romans . § 16. Condition of Britain under the Romans . § 17. Christianity in Britain ... ANGLO - SAXONS . * See Notes and Illustrations ( B ) . A D ...
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Page 142 - 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 condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 420 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause showed ; and when for their deliverance they were brought before your justices by your Majesty's writs of habeas corpus, there to undergo and receive as the court should order, and their keepers commanded to certify the causes of their detainer, no cause was certified, but that they were detained by your Majesty's special command, signified by the lords of your Privy Council, and yet were returned back to several prisons,...
Page 420 - ... your subjects have inherited this freedom, that they should not be compelled to contribute to any tax, tallage, aid, or other like charge, not set by common consent in Parliament: II.
Page 570 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Page 572 - Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same, declared, enacted, and established accordingly. XII. And be it further declared and enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after this present session of Parliament no dispensation by non obstante of or to any statute or any part thereof shall be allowed, but that the same shall be held void and of no effect, except a dispensation be allowed of in such statute, and except in such cases as shall be specially provided for by one or more...
Page 420 - Charter and the law of the land; and by the said Great Charter and other the laws and statutes of this your realm, no man ought to be adjudged to death but by the laws established in this your realm, either by the customs of the same realm, or by acts of parliament: 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...
Page 420 - And whereas of late great companies of soldiers and mariners have been dispersed into divers counties of the realm, and the inhabitants against their wills have been compelled to receive them into their houses, and there to suffer them to sojourn, against the laws and customs of this realm, and to the great grievance and vexation of the people.
Page 421 - And also sundry grievous offenders, by colour thereof claiming an exemption, have escaped the punishments due to them by the laws and statutes of this your realm, by reason that divers of your officers and ministers of justice have unjustly refused or forborne to proceed against such offenders according to the same laws and statutes, upon pretence that the said offenders were punishable only by martial law...
Page 149 - So help me God I will keep all these articles inviolate, as I am a man, as I am a Christian, as I am a knight, and as I am a king crowned and anointed.
Page 373 - I would advise you, as you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this Parliament ; for God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.