 recognize and acknowledge, that immediately upon the dissolution and decease of Elizabeth, late queen of England, the imperial crown thereof did by inherent birthright, and lawful and undoubted succession, descend and come to his most excellent majesty,...  Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another] - Page 200by sir William Blackstone - 1825Full view - About this book
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1876 - 694 pages
...crown of the realm of England did, by inherent birthright and lawful and undoubted succession, descend and come to his most excellent Majesty, as being lineally,...lawfully next and sole heir of the blood royal of the realm"; — language regarded by some learned writers as the first authoritative declaration in... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1876 - 756 pages
...birthright, nnd lawful and undoubted succession, descend and come to his most excellent majesty, as be ing lineally, justly, and lawfully, next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm."* arine Grey had been betrothed, or perhaps married, to Lord Herbert, son of the Earl of Pembroke during... | |
 | Henry John Stephen, James Stephen - 1880 - 824 pages
...inherent birthright, and lawful and nn" doubted succession, descend and come to his most excel" lent majesty, as being lineally, justly, and lawfully,...immediately derived from heaven : which, if it existed anywhere, must be sought for among the aborigines of the island, the antient Britons ; among whose... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1880 - 762 pages
...crown of the realm of England did, by inherent birthright and lawful and undoubted succession, descend and come to his most excellent majesty, as being lineally,...next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm." The will of Henry VIII. it was tacitly, agreed by all parties to consign to oblivion ; and this most... | |
 | James Gairdner, James Spedding - 1881 - 360 pages
...the same, did, by inherent birthright and lawful and undoubted succession, descend and come to your most excellent Majesty, as being lineally, justly,...next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm." These words contained a practical admission of the principle of divine right, together with another... | |
 | David Hume - 1882 - 614 pages
...thereof did, by inherent birthright and lawful and undoubted succession, descend and come to his mosf excellent majesty, as being lineally, justly, and...next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm. 1 James I. cap. 1. The Puritans, though then prevalent, did not think proper to dispute this great... | |
 | Henry St. Clair Feilden - 1882 - 378 pages
...HENRY VII. Margaret=JAMES IV. of Scotland. JAMES V. Mary Queen of Scots=Earl Daroley. Parliament as " lineally, justly and lawfully next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm. 1 " It was James' knowledge of the defect in his Parliamentary title which induced him to magnify "... | |
 | Henry St. Clair Feilden - 1882 - 364 pages
...Scotland. JAMES V. ! Mary Queen of Scots=Earl Darnley. JAMES I. (VI. of Scotland.) Parliament as " lineally, justly and lawfully next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm.1" It was James' knowledge of the defect in his Parliamentary title which induced him to magnify... | |
 | Frank Nutcombe Oxenham - 1884 - 456 pages
...the same, did, by inherent birthright and lawful and undoubted succession, descend and come to your Most Excellent Majesty, as being lineally, justly,...next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm." This was almost to assert totidem verbis the principle of hereditary Divine right, hitherto unknown... | |
 | Sir Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling - 1884 - 1254 pages
...England . . . did by inherent birthright, ami lawful and undoubted succession, descend and come to your most excellent Majesty, as being lineally, justly,...next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm." Already in two of the religious confessions of Henry VIII. 's reign — the Instifntiun of a Cliristian... | |
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