Observations on the Land Revenue of the CrownJ. Debrett, 1792 - 352 pages |
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Page vi
... alfo , what Alteration has taken place in the Amount of the Public Debt fince the 5th of January , 1786. Prefented to the Houfe of Commons , May 10 , 1791. Price 5s . The above important Reports contain an authentic Statement of every ...
... alfo , what Alteration has taken place in the Amount of the Public Debt fince the 5th of January , 1786. Prefented to the Houfe of Commons , May 10 , 1791. Price 5s . The above important Reports contain an authentic Statement of every ...
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... alfo when this general furvey was begun , and the purpose for which it was made , are difputed . It was finished about the twen- tieth year of the Conqueror in 1086 ; and Lord Hale , as above , fays , that one great end of it might be ...
... alfo when this general furvey was begun , and the purpose for which it was made , are difputed . It was finished about the twen- tieth year of the Conqueror in 1086 ; and Lord Hale , as above , fays , that one great end of it might be ...
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... alfo the honours of Tickel and Berkamftead , the caftles and manors of Skipton in Yorkshire , Hugh Pec in Derbyshire , Cockermouth in Cumberland ; Torpel and Upton , Northamptonshire ; Carefbrook in the Isle of Wight , & c . This wafte ...
... alfo the honours of Tickel and Berkamftead , the caftles and manors of Skipton in Yorkshire , Hugh Pec in Derbyshire , Cockermouth in Cumberland ; Torpel and Upton , Northamptonshire ; Carefbrook in the Isle of Wight , & c . This wafte ...
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... alfo all other monafteries , & c . which fhould thereafter be fuppreffed , were vefted in the King , his heirs and fucceffors , and put under the furvey of the Court of Augmentations , which had been erected by act of parlia- ment upon ...
... alfo all other monafteries , & c . which fhould thereafter be fuppreffed , were vefted in the King , his heirs and fucceffors , and put under the furvey of the Court of Augmentations , which had been erected by act of parlia- ment upon ...
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... alfo from the impolicy , and danger to the conftitution , of excef- five grants to foreigners . Mr. Price's motion was carried unanimoufly , for an address to the crown to ftop the paffing of the grant . His Majesty in answer was ...
... alfo from the impolicy , and danger to the conftitution , of excef- five grants to foreigners . Mr. Price's motion was carried unanimoufly , for an address to the crown to ftop the paffing of the grant . His Majesty in answer was ...
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Page iv - February 1788, concerning the present state of the trade to Africa, and particularly the trade in slaves; and concerning the effects and consequences of this trade, as well in Africa and the West Indies, as to the general commerce of this kingdom.
Page 96 - When men were outlawed in personal actions, they would not permit them to purchase their charters of pardon, except they paid great and intolerable sums ; standing upon the strict point of law, which upon outlawries giveth forfeiture of goods; nay, contrary to all law and colour, they maintained the king ought to have the half of men's lands and rents, during the space of full two years, for a pain in case of outlawry.
Page 168 - Coke seems to intimate the contrary, by confining the denomination of fee farm to rents at least equal to the fourth part of the value of the land ; and the word is explained in a like manner by Sir Henry Spelman and the author of the book of Old Tenures, with this difference only, that the latter restricts the value to a third. (See Spel.
Page iv - Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations...
Page 261 - No equal capital puts into motion a greater quantity of productive labour than that of the farmer. Not only his labouring servants, but his labouring cattle, are productive labourers. In agriculture, too, nature labours along with man; and though her labour costs no expense, its produce has its value, as well as that of the most expensive workmen.
Page 33 - ... belonged to it ; what had been added to it or taken away from it ; what was the value of the whole together in the time of King Edward, what when granted by William, what at the time of this furvey ; and whether it might be improved, or advanced in its value.
Page 248 - ... species of property. He says : " Supposing this to be true, why are we to consider such an effect as a public evil ? That it might be prejudicial to individuals who at this time want to sell their lands, may be true to a certain degree. But the nation is no loser by the sinking of the money price of land, when the fall in the price of the commodity proceeds only from there being an extraordinary plenty of it.
Page 109 - ... benefit and ease of the subject, who never afterwards (as was projected), in any time to come, should be charged with subsidies, fifteenths, loans, or other common aids ; fourthly, lest the honour of the realm should receive any diminution of...
Page 293 - CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, Kinge of England, Scotland, Fraunce, and Ireland, Defender of the Fayth, &c.
Page 128 - And no less unjust projects of all kinds, many ridiculous, many scandalous, all very grievous, were set on foot; the envy and reproach of which came to the king, the profit to other men...