The intermediate education history of England, Part 1Gill & Son, 1881 - 327 pages |
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Page 258 - III., and through that right that God, of his " grace, hath sent me with help of my kin and of my " friends to recover it : the which realm was in point to
Page 201 - As I am a man, as I am a Christian, as I am a knight, as I am a king!
Page 258 - England, and the crown, with all the members and appurtenances, as that I am descended by right line of blood, coming from the good lord King Henry III, and through that right that God, of his grace, hath sent me with help of my kin and of my friends to recover it; the which realm was in point to be undone for default of governance and undoing of good laws.
Page 71 - I next complained to the pope, and expressed my displeasure that such immense sums were extorted from my archbishops, when according to custom they visited the apostolic see to obtain the pallium. A decree was made that this grievance should cease. Whatever I demanded, for the benefit of my people, either of the pope, or the emperor, or the princes, through whose dominions lies the road to Rome, was granted willingly, and confirmed by their oaths, in the presence of four archbishops, twenty bishops,...
Page 122 - It is a measure of precaution taken against the disintegrating power of feudalism, providing a direct tie between the sovereign and all freeholders which no inferior relation existing between them and the mesne lords would justify them in breaking.
Page 198 - Charter, greeting : Know ye that We, unto the honour of Almighty God, and for the salvation of the souls of our progenitors and successors, kings of England, to the advancement of Holy Church and amendment of our realm, of our...
Page 198 - Subjects, which shall see this present Charter, Greeting, Know ye that we, unto the Honour of Almighty God, and for the salvation of the souls of our progenitors and successors, Kings of England, to the advancement of holy Church, and amendment of our Realm...
Page 120 - Evreux had pronounced the panegyric on the deceased, when a voice from the crowd exclaimed, — ' He whom you have praised was a robber. The very land on which you stand is mine. By violence he took it from my father ; and, in the name of God, I forbid you to bury him in it.
Page 97 - By the laws it was provided that the heriot should be paid within twelve months from the death of the last possessor ; and was apportioned to the rank which he bore in the state. That of an earl was four horses saddled, four unsaddled, four helmets, four coats of mail, eight spears, eight shields, four swords, and one hundred mancuses of gold ; of a king's thane...
Page 199 - No free man shall be taken, or imprisoned, or disseised, or outlawed, or banished, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, unless by the legal judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.