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Q.-Give an account of the Common Law, and state its influence on our own.

Q.-Give an account of the Statute of Uses, the causes which led to it, and the effect on the transfer of property which it produced.

Q.-State the encroachments on the liberties of the subject in the reign of Henry VIII.

Q.-What was the character of the parliaments of Henry VIII., and in what instances did they betray the trust reposed in them? State any instances in which Henry VIII. gave way to the demands of the people.

Q. What power to dispose of his property by will had an English subject before the statute of Henry VIII. ?

Q.-By what statute was that right affected afterwards, and in what manner?

Q.-For what offence were Sir Thomas More and Cardinal Fisher executed? What means was used to obtain evidence against Sir Thomas More?

Edward VI.

Q.-State any act in Edward VI. or Mary's time from which you would infer the inference of the Roman and Canon Law on the legislation of those periods.

Q.-What were the changes introduced with respect to the law of the Six Articles under Edward VI. ? Q.-Name any sufferers for religious opinions in the time of Edward VI.

Q. When were the canons of the English Church settled?

Q.-Did the House of Commons recover any portion of its influence in the reigns of Edward VI. and Mary. State the reasons for your opinion.

Q.-Mention any remarkable attainders in the reign of Edward VI., and give some account of them.

Q.-What security for the subject accused of treason was provided during the reign of Edward VI., and how was that security made unavailing?

Q.-Can writing be a proof of an overt act of treason?

Q.-Give an account of the doctrine of constructive treason, citing such cases which occur to you as illustrating it.

Mary.

Q.-Name any instance of persons acquitted on a charge of high treason during the reigns of the House of Tudor. What happened to the jury in such a case?

Elizabeth.

Q.-Give an account of the genius and constitution of the English Constitution on the accession of Queen Elizabeth.

Q.-Give an account of the principal religious sects into which England was divided during the reign of Elizabeth, and of the laws enacted to suppress dissent kind from the Established Church. Q.-Did Elizabeth increase the number of the House of Commons ?

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Q. How did her policy towards her parliaments differ from that of James and Charles I.

Q.-Mention any particular instance of the concessions of Elizabeth to her parliament.

Q.—What was the practice of our Courts of Justice under the reigns of the House of Tudor, with regard to the confronting of the witnesses with the prisoner?

Q.-Give an account of the English church under Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth.

Q.-State the purport of the acts of parliament during those reigns, which (religious questions set apart) most strongly mark the social progress of England.

Q.-Could convocation fix the articles of the Church of England, without the assent of parliament ?

Q.-In what were the securities of the subject defective, during the reign of Elizabeth?

Q.—When and how were these defects supplied?

Q. What instances are there in the reign of Elizabeth, in which the privileges of the House of Commons were asserted?

Q.-What were the evils and abuses for which, during the reign of Elizabeth, the Commons especially sought redress?

Q. What was the case of Udall?

Q. What complaint was made by the judges in Elizabeth's time, with regard to encroachments on the liberty of the subject?

Q. What was the policy pursued by Elizabeth in ecclesiastical matters ?

Q. What was the last writ authorizing a Borough to send members to parliament, issued by the will of the crown?

Q. What explanation did Elizabeth give of the Act of Supremacy?

Q.-Mention the names of some of the most remarkable clergymen, (not Roman Catholics) who refused to comply with the ceremonies established in her reign.

Q. What were the admitted constitutional rights of the Commons, during the reign of Elizabeth?

Q.-What was the first statute by which Roman Catholic recusants were distinguished from other recusants?

Q.-State any proofs of the increasing influence of the Commons during the reign of Elizabeth.

Q.-By what means did Elizabeth connect the church with the state?

Q. What were the guarantees of constitutional freedom in the reign of Elizabeth?

Q. What was Cavendish's case?

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Q. When were witnesses for the prisoner first examined on oath ?

Q.-Mention any interference with the prerogative by the judges, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

Q.-Give an account of the manner in which the exclusive right to originate money bills, grew up in the House of Commons, and of Lord Bacon's conduct on that question, in the House of Commons.

Q. What reasons can you give to show Mr. Hume's assertion, that the government of England during the time of the Tudors was as despotic as that of Turkey, to be incorrect?

Q.-Compare the government of the Plantagenets with that of the Tudors.

Q. What was the legal authority of the royal proclamation during the reign of Elizabeth?

Q.-To what cause do you ascribe the exorbitant prerogative of the Tudors?'

James I.

Q.-What were the attempts made by James to levy money without consent of parliament? and how were they resisted?

Q.-What was the language of the prelates as to the royal authority?

Q.-Give an account of the parliaments of 1621 and 1624.

Q.-State the instances in which during the reign of James I., the House of Commons exercised the right of impeachment.

Q.-Give an account of the changes which had taken place in the social condition of England, during the time which elapsed from the accession of Henry VIII. and the accession of James I., and describe their effect upon the temper, and importance of the House of Commons.

Q.-Give an account of the religious parties during the reign of Elizabeth and of James I.

Q.-In what were the securities of freedom defective on the accession of James I. ?

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Q. What was the title of James I. to the throne of England? If hereditary right were exclusively considered, was the title of James I. to the English crown superior to any other? What were those which could be placed in the balance with it? State the instances in which, since the Conquest, hereditary right has been set aside in the succession to the English

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Q.-What was the great object of the policy of James in the latter part of his reign? How was it defeated?

Q. What was the conduct of James towards his parliaments?

Q. What was his conduct towards his judges ? Give an account of his conduct on the election of Fortescue and Godwin. What was the question that arose on that election ?

Q.-Give an account of his policy towards the church.

Q. What were the most remarkable state trials during the reign of James; how far were they in conformity with existing laws, and what was most remarkable in their management?

Q.-Give an account of the character of James I. Q. What was the bearing of his domestic policy? Q.-What part did he take in the religious divisions of the court?

Q-Were any fresh securities provided against the Roman Catholics in his reign?

Q.-Does it appear that there was any just reason for the fear of the encroachments of the Roman Catholics on our civil and religious liberties?

Q.-State any causes that suggest themselves to you why precautions might then have been taken that would not now be necessary.

Q.-In what respect did James I. attempt to carry his prerogative further than any king had done since 1215?

Q.-Give an account of Lord Bacon's character considered only as a statesman, a judge, and as a law officer of the crown.

Q.-Mention any notorious abuse of the prerogative in the time of James I.

Q. What was the manner of proceeding in our Courts of Criminal Justice ?

Q.-Mention the most eminent leaders of the Puritan party during the reign of Elizabeth, and the conduct of James with respect to those parties, and

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