Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 148
... King's peace and protection and to be immune from the ordinary processes of law while the court of Parliament was in session . ' And because elections ought to be free , ' ran the writ to the sheriffs , ' the King commandeth upon great ...
... King's peace and protection and to be immune from the ordinary processes of law while the court of Parliament was in session . ' And because elections ought to be free , ' ran the writ to the sheriffs , ' the King commandeth upon great ...
Page 163
... king's fiscal rights , the King's Bench tried pleas of the Crown and heard appeals from other courts , the Common Pleas sat permanently in Westminster Hall to adjudicate , with the help of local juries from the shires , disputes between ...
... king's fiscal rights , the King's Bench tried pleas of the Crown and heard appeals from other courts , the Common Pleas sat permanently in Westminster Hall to adjudicate , with the help of local juries from the shires , disputes between ...
Page 327
... King's presence mounted his horse . At this time a yeoman of Kent , who was among the King's retinue , asked to see the said Wat , the leader of the commons ; and when Wat was pointed out to him , he said openly that he was the greatest ...
... King's presence mounted his horse . At this time a yeoman of Kent , who was among the King's retinue , asked to see the said Wat , the leader of the commons ; and when Wat was pointed out to him , he said openly that he was the greatest ...
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Silent Vanished Races I | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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