The Magna Charta and Other Great Charters of England: With an Historical Treatise and Copious Explanatory NotesCampbell, 1899 - 364 páginas |
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... the same time possesses all the facts and truths together with the authorities . No claim is made for originality , but solely for research , which has been exhaus- tive in every line I can pursue . All dis- PREFACE . II.
... the same time possesses all the facts and truths together with the authorities . No claim is made for originality , but solely for research , which has been exhaus- tive in every line I can pursue . All dis- PREFACE . II.
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... claim authority over them as a community , where could have been their gain ? This tenure then , of " folkland " always was their tenure and always remained so . Conquests did not change the system , even if they did for the time change ...
... claim authority over them as a community , where could have been their gain ? This tenure then , of " folkland " always was their tenure and always remained so . Conquests did not change the system , even if they did for the time change ...
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... claim he had to the throne was the devise of it to him by his father , he endeavored to win to him the allegiance of the English themselves through fair prom- ises and plenteous gifts , and thus was started a new era for England . He ...
... claim he had to the throne was the devise of it to him by his father , he endeavored to win to him the allegiance of the English themselves through fair prom- ises and plenteous gifts , and thus was started a new era for England . He ...
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... claim to the throne , that he would give them better laws , that he would forbid unjust taxation , and would allow them to hunt in the forests . And he also promised them that such land as his father had taken from them he would return ...
... claim to the throne , that he would give them better laws , that he would forbid unjust taxation , and would allow them to hunt in the forests . And he also promised them that such land as his father had taken from them he would return ...
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... claim by many , if not most of the Norman barons , who considered Henry's haste to secure the crown an act of usurpa- tion . Moreover , Robert just now was popu- 1 Wendover , 1-446 ; Thomson's Magna Charta , 398 . lar . He had acquitted ...
... claim by many , if not most of the Norman barons , who considered Henry's haste to secure the crown an act of usurpa- tion . Moreover , Robert just now was popu- 1 Wendover , 1-446 ; Thomson's Magna Charta , 398 . lar . He had acquitted ...
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¹ Wendover Abbots according aforesaid amerced ancient Archbishop of Canterbury Bailiffs Becket belongs Bishops Burgage castle-guard castles cause CHARTER OF KING chroniclers clergy confirmed consent court crown custody death debt demands distrained dower Duke of Normandy ecclesiastical Edward the Confessor elected England English father feudal Florence of Worcester Forest Charter free customs Free-man give granted hath heirs held Henry of Huntingdon Henry's hold Holy Church Hovenden Ingulph John's justice Justiciaries King Edward King Henry King John king's kingdom kingdom of England Knight land Langton laws levied liberties London Lord of Ireland Lord the King Magna Charta manner ment nobles Normandy oath offence peace Pembroke penalty pence person pleas Pope possession present Charter privileges promised reason reign relief restore Robert Rufus saving Saxon scutages Sheriff shillings Socage summons sureties taxes tenants tenement tenure things tion twenty-five Barons unless Westminster William writ
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Página 228 - Realm, by advice of our venerable Fathers, STEPHEN, Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and cardinal of the Holy Roman Church...
Página 263 - No freeman shall be seized, or imprisoned, or dispossessed, or outlawed, or in any way destroyed, nor will we condemn him, nor will we commit him to prison, excepting by the legal judgment of his peers, or by the laws of the land. XL. To none will we sell, to none will we deny, to none will we delay right or justice.
Página 240 - It shall be lawful, for the time to come, for any one to go out of our kingdom, and return safely and securely, by land or by water...
Página 237 - ... us, all the chattels shall go to the use of the dead, saving to his wife and children their reasonable shares. 27. If any freeman shall die intestate, his chattels shall be distributed by the hands of his nearest relations and friends, by view of the church; saving to every one his debts which the deceased owed to him.
Página 234 - ... we will cause to be summoned the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and greater barons of the realm, singly by our letters. And furthermore we shall cause to be summoned generally by our sheriffs and bailiffs, all others who hold of us in chief...
Página 229 - FitzHugh, and others, our liegemen, have, in the first place, granted to God, and by this our present Charter confirmed, for us and our heirs for ever: — 1.
Página 278 - It shall not be lawful from henceforth to any to give his lands to any religious house, and to take the same land again to hold of the same house. Nor shall it be lawful to any house of religion to take the lands of any, and to lease the same to him of whom he received it: if any from henceforth give his lands to any religious house, and thereupon be convict, the gift shall be utterly void, and the land shall accrue to the lord of the fee.
Página 221 - Jews, more or less, and die before the debt be satisfied, there shall be no interest paid for that debt, so long as the heir is under age.
Página 259 - And the City of London shall have all its ancient liberties and free customs, as well by land as by water : furthermore we will and grant, that all other cities and boroughs, and towns and ports, shall have all their liberties and free customs.