English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time |
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ancient appointed Archbishop assembly assent baronage barons Bill bishops boroughs Chancellor Charles Charter Church civil clergy Conquest consent Const Constitution Council Court Crown Curia Regis declared Duke ealdorman Earl ecclesiastical Edward Edward III Edward the Confessor election enacted Engl England English established estates exercised favour feudal Folkland Freeman Gneist granted Hallam Hannis Taylor heirs Henry II hereditary Hist House of Commons House of Lords impeachment imprisonment judges judicial jurisdiction jury justice Justiciar king king's Kingdom knights land liberties London Majesty ment Ministers nation Norman Norman Conquest oath offence original Parl Parlia Parliament parliamentary passed peers persons petition political praemunire prerogative privilege Privy proceedings punishment Queen quod realm reform Regis reign Richard Royal Select Chart sheriff shire sovereign Star Chamber statute Stubbs summoned Supra tenants tenure thegn throne tion treason Vict villeins William Witan Witenagemot writ