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 133
... barons by individual writ , and lesser barons by collective summons through the sheriffs - the Charter contained a clause by which twenty - five representative barons , chosen by their Order , were to become its guardians . They were to ...
... barons by individual writ , and lesser barons by collective summons through the sheriffs - the Charter contained a clause by which twenty - five representative barons , chosen by their Order , were to become its guardians . They were to ...
Page 141
... barons . Their approval of whatever the Council decided was thereafter to bind the community . The reforming Fifteen acted quickly . While Parliament re- ceived and investigated hundreds of judicial petitions , it began with furious ...
... barons . Their approval of whatever the Council decided was thereafter to bind the community . The reforming Fifteen acted quickly . While Parliament re- ceived and investigated hundreds of judicial petitions , it began with furious ...
Page 142
... barons were making of them and the part they already played in the kingdom's administration rendered them a force to be reckoned with . They had been called upon in the past year to elect four of their members in every shire to ensure ...
... barons were making of them and the part they already played in the kingdom's administration rendered them a force to be reckoned with . They had been called upon in the past year to elect four of their members in every shire to ensure ...
Contents
Silent Vanished Races I | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
Copyright | |
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