De Necessariis Observantiis Scaccarii DialogusClarendon Press, 1902 - 250 pages |
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Page 163 - Omnis anima potestatibus sublimioribus subdita sit : non est enim potestas nisi a Deo; quae autem sunt, a Deo ordinatae sunt.
Page 38 - ... name. The system of the abacus contained no zero ; and in ordinary calculations the parallel columns of the board were employed for units, tens, hundreds and other denominations. For the purpose of monetary calculations, however, the system underwent a necessary modification. The first column stood for pence, the second for shillings, the third for pounds, the fourth for scores of pounds, the fifth for hundreds, the sixth for thousands, and the seventh (set...
Page 73 - ... conscientiam suam fecerit. Si vero vicecomes, vel qui computavit, aliquo debito tenetur, addet quod a scaccario, hoc est, a leugata villae, in qua est, non discedet, nisi ipsa die rediturus, sine licentia baronum. Item hic factas summonitiones contra terminum alterius scaccarii a latore sigilli regii signatas sub numero suscipiet, et hostiario superioris scaccarii per manum suam distribuet, per Angliam deferendas.
Page 135 - Si vero decesserit quis tenens tunc de rege feodum militis, non quidem ratione corone regie, set potius ratione baronie cuiuslibet, que quouis casu in manum regis delapsa est, sicut est episcopatus vacante sede, heres iam defuncti, ю si adultus est, pro feodo militis c.
Page 227 - ... admitting that he is not entitled to seize the chattels of his serf without good cause. We hesitate before we describe the serf as rightless even as against his lord, and, if we infer want of right from want of remedy, we feel that we may be doing violence to the thoughts of a generation which saw little difference between law and custom. On the whole looking at the law of Bracton's day we might guess that here as elsewhere the king's court has been carrying out a great work of simplification;...
Page 113 - Qualiter Summonitiones fiant. Qualiter autem vel quo ordine fiant, primo dicendum est, ac demum ex quibus. Noveris autem quod, soluto scaccario termini illius quo fiunt summonitiones, excipiuntur a clericis thesaurarii debita regis per singulos comitatus a magno rotulo illius anni, et in brevioribus annotantur, simul cum causis ; quo facto secedunt hii in partem quos majores diximus, proposito comitatu quolibet, et de singulis debitoribus illius decernunt quantum summoneri debeat, habita consideratione...
Page vi - Edward II. Taken from records. Together with a correct copy of the ancient dialogue concerning the Exchequer, generally ascribed to Gervasius Tilburiensis ; and a Dissertation concerning the most ancient great roll of the exchequer, commonly styled the roll of Quinto Regis Stephani," folio; reprinted in 1769, in 4to.
Page 145 - Noveris itaque quod plurimum interest si donum, vel auxilium, civitatis per singula capita commorantium in ea a iustitiis constituatur, vel si cives summam aliquam, que principe digna videatur, iustitiariis offerant et ab eis suscipiatur. Dispar enim in liiis duobus modus est cohercionis.
Page 152 - ... mittendus, sive miles fuerit sive non. Miles vero super debito proprio non satisfaciens, cum tamen de satisfaciendo fidem dederit, post solutum scaccarium, non in carcere sed infra septa domus carceralis, libere custodietur, fide corporaliter praestita quod inde sine regis vel praesidentis licentia non recedet. Decrevit enim memorandae...
Page 106 - Ceterum regum munificentiae terminum in hiis quem non transgrediantur non constitui ; proni etiam sunt omnes propter gratiam sibi creditam in suae dignitatis gloriam promovendam, hii praesertim qui recte sapiunt : at ille maxime mundanorum principum maximus illustris Anglorum rex Henricus secundus in augendis dignitatibus sibi militantium semper aspirat ; sciens pro certo, quod indulta suis beneficia nominis sui gloriam immortalis famae titulis emercantur. Nunc igitur ad alia currentem calamum convertamus....