The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General View of the Domestic and Foreign Possessions of the Crown; the Laws, Commerce, Revenues, Offices, and Other Establishments, Civil and Military, Volume 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818 |
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acres act of parliament aldermen almoſt alſo ancient appointed bailiffs barons becauſe bill biſhop borough burgeſſes buſineſs cafe called caſtle cauſe clerk common-council confiderable confifts conſequence conſiſts conſtitution contains courſe court crown diſtrict diviſion duke earl election England Engliſh eſtabliſhed exerciſe extenſive faid fame feat fide filk firſt fiſh foil fome fouth fuch fummons Henry Henry VIII houſe of commons houſe of lords impeachment inhabitants inſtances iſſue itſelf king king's kingdom land leſs mayor miles moſt muſt obſerved occafions pariſhes parliament paſſed peers perſon preſent prince principal privileges prorogation purpoſe queen queſtion reign repreſentatives reſpect river royal ſaid ſame Scotland ſea ſeparate ſervice ſeveral ſhall ſheriff ſhips ſhire ſhould ſituated ſmall ſome ſpeak ſpeaker ſpring ſtanding ſtate ſtatute ſteward ſtill ſubject ſuch ſupply ſuppoſed theſe thoſe town treaſon uſed uſual veſſels vote weſt whoſe writ
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