Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History: From the Earliest Times to the Reign of Edward the First

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William Stubbs, Henry William Carless Davis
Clarendon Press, 1921 - 528 pages
 

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Page 388 - John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy, and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou...
Page 295 - Communia placita non sequantur curiam nostram sed teneantur in aliquo loco certo.
Page 491 - Edward by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine...
Page 301 - ... carta nostra confirmavimus, ita scilicet quod, si nos, vel justiciarius noster, vel ballivi nostri, vel aliquis de ministris nostris, in aliquo erga aliquem deliquerimus, vel aliquem articulorum pacis aut securitatis transgressi fuerimus, et delictum ostensum fuerit quatuor baronibus de...
Page 62 - Eliguntur in isdem conciliis et principes, qui jura per pagos vicosque reddunt. Centeni singulis ex plebe comites consilium simul et auctoritas adsunt.
Page 95 - And then were with him all the rich men over all England: archbishops and diocesan bishops, abbots and earls, thanes and knights.
Page 71 - If a man, kinless of paternal relatives, fight and slay a man, and then if he have maternal relatives, let them pay a third of the ' wer ; ' his guild-brethren a third part ; for a third let him flee. If he have no maternal relatives, let his guildbrethren pay half, for half let him flee. Cap. 28. If a man kill a man thus circumstanced, if he have no relatives, let half be paid to the king, half to his guildbrethren.
Page 63 - Quanquam severa illic matrimonia; nec ullam morum partem magis laudaveris: nam prope soli barbarorum singulis uxoribus contenti sunt, exceptis admodum paucis, qui non libidine, sed ob nobilitatem, plurimis nuptiis ambiuntur, Dotem non uxor marito, sed uxori maritus offert.
Page 58 - Cum bellum civitas aut illatum defendit aut infert, magistratus, qui ei bello praesint ut vitae necisque habeant potestatem, deliguntur. In pace nullus est communis magistratus, sed principes» regionum atque pagorum inter suos ius dicunt controversiasque minuunt.
Page 60 - Celebrant carminibus antiquis, quod unum apud illos memoriae et annalium genus est, Tuistonem deum terra editum, et filium Mannum, originem gentis conditoresque. Manno tris filios assignant, e quorum nominibus proximi Oceano Ingaevones, medii Herminones, ceteri Istaevones vocentur.

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