The History of Great Britain: From the First Invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar. Written on a New Plan, Volume 6 |
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Page 402 - Welshman hath been disseised or dispossessed without the legal verdict of his peers, by King Henry our father, or King Richard our brother, which we have in our hand, or others hold with our...
Page 393 - Kingdom, by the counsel of our venerable fathers, Stephen, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Henry Archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester...
Page 393 - Realm, by advice of our venerable Fathers, STEPHEN, Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and cardinal of the Holy Roman Church...
Page 395 - But the warden, as long as he hath the custody of the lands, shall keep up and maintain the houses, parks, warrens, ponds, mills and other things belonging to them, out of their issues...
Page 406 - ... and their heirs, of us and our heirs, in all things and places, for ever, as is aforesaid.
Page 80 - No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed, or banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor send upon him, except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
Page 293 - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
Page 400 - It shall be lawful to any person, for the future, to go out of our kingdom, and to return, safely and securely, by land or by water, saving his allegiance to us, unless it be in time of war, for some short space, for the common good of the kingdom : excepting prisoners and outlaws, according to the laws of the land, and of the people of the nation at war against us, and Merchants who shall...
Page 404 - Barons of the kingdom, whom they please, who shall with their whole power, observe, keep, and cause to be observed, the peace and liberties which we have granted to them, and have confirmed by this our present charter, in this manner ; that is to say, if we, or our Justiciary, or our bailiffs, or any of our officers, shall have injured any one in...
Page 373 - ... accordingly they prepare for them with more solicitude, expense, and parade, than they do for war; and pursue the wild beasts with greater fury than they do the enemies of their country. By constantly following this way of life they lose much of their humanity, and become as savage nearly as the very beasts they hunt.