The Magna Charta and Other Great Charters of England: With an Historical Treatise and Copious Explanatory NotesCampbell, 1899 - 364 páginas |
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... land . The his- tory of a people is , of course , more or less a history of the land wherein they dwell ; but not necessarily a record of the manner of possessing their individual holdings . It is more the happenings and events taking ...
... land . The his- tory of a people is , of course , more or less a history of the land wherein they dwell ; but not necessarily a record of the manner of possessing their individual holdings . It is more the happenings and events taking ...
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... land exclusively that led up to the troubles and demands culminating with John's charter . Each and every historical fact , from Wil- liam's time , played a very important part . The wars of the kings , the taxation of their subjects ...
... land exclusively that led up to the troubles and demands culminating with John's charter . Each and every historical fact , from Wil- liam's time , played a very important part . The wars of the kings , the taxation of their subjects ...
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... land to supply them . Wars they could endure , providing they were fed and clothed . But such wars as they later suffered from , which destroyed the land to the extent of ruining their crops , and devastating the whole country , they ...
... land to supply them . Wars they could endure , providing they were fed and clothed . But such wars as they later suffered from , which destroyed the land to the extent of ruining their crops , and devastating the whole country , they ...
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... land , or to those acts leading up to the ten- ure of the land , I will try therefore to set forth ; but in so doing , I shall of necessity be compelled to be brief even in that particu- lar , and to totally avoid what I consider ex ...
... land , or to those acts leading up to the ten- ure of the land , I will try therefore to set forth ; but in so doing , I shall of necessity be compelled to be brief even in that particu- lar , and to totally avoid what I consider ex ...
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... land . They could still pursue their agricultural occupations . They could have their herds and flocks of cattle and sheep unmolestedly , and could have plenty to eat and enough to wear . Why then should they complain ? This state of ...
... land . They could still pursue their agricultural occupations . They could have their herds and flocks of cattle and sheep unmolestedly , and could have plenty to eat and enough to wear . Why then should they complain ? This state of ...
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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.