The Origin and History of the Constitution of England: And of the Early Parliaments of IrelandW. Curry, Jun., 1834 - 386 pages |
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Page 169 - it is considered by the king with the advice and assent of the lords spiritual and temporal...
Page 64 - ... militis de feodo militis integro per centum solidos ad plus ; et qui minus debuerit minus det secundum antiquam consuetudinem feodorum.
Page 143 - But the matters which are to be established for the Estate of our Lord the King and of his Heirs, and for the estate of the Realm and of the People, shall be treated, accorded, and established in Parliament by our Lord the King and by the Assent of the Prelates, Earls, and Barons and the commonalty of the Realm, according as it hath been heretofore accustomed.
Page 192 - An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Tenures in capite and by Knights Service, and Purveyance, and for settling a Revenue upon His Majesty in lieu thereof...
Page 192 - ... infringe or hurt any title of honour, feudal or other, by which any person hath or may have right to sit in the Lords' House of Parliament, as to his or their title of honour, or sitting in parliament, and the privilege belonging to them as peers.
Page 63 - Si quis comitum vel baronum nostrorum, sive aliorum tenentium de nobis in capite...
Page 262 - Roscommon, each in his full county court, and the seneschals of the liberties of Meath, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, and Ulster...
Page 378 - Tuesday next after the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, in the 45th year of our reign.
Page 172 - Doddridge, as given by the report, are these : " If a man be created earl to him " and his heirs, all men do know, that although he have " a fee simple, yet he cannot alien or give away the in" heritance, because it is a personal dignity, annexed to the posterity, and fixed in the blood.
Page 164 - And that in like manner it shall be lawful for the commons, on their part, to commune together of the state and remedy aforesaid. Provided always that the lords on their part, and the commons on their part, shall not make any report to our said lord the king...