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... enacted many useful laws , and was called the English Justinian . He married Eleanor of Castile , and subsequently Margaret of France . His heart was buried in the holy land . f Edward II , son of Edward I , surnamed Carnarvon , 1307 ...
... enacted many useful laws , and was called the English Justinian . He married Eleanor of Castile , and subsequently Margaret of France . His heart was buried in the holy land . f Edward II , son of Edward I , surnamed Carnarvon , 1307 ...
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... enacted ; and in 1401 William Sawtree , a priest of London , and the first protestant martyr , was burnt : his martyrdom was followed by that of many others , and among the rest , sir John Oldcastle , baron Cobham , the leader of the ...
... enacted ; and in 1401 William Sawtree , a priest of London , and the first protestant martyr , was burnt : his martyrdom was followed by that of many others , and among the rest , sir John Oldcastle , baron Cobham , the leader of the ...
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... enactment legal , is in a queen's time ordained.d a An act to enforce six articles of the church of England , passed both houses of parliament , and obtained the assent of Henry VIII , 1539 , although from their popish tendency ...
... enactment legal , is in a queen's time ordained.d a An act to enforce six articles of the church of England , passed both houses of parliament , and obtained the assent of Henry VIII , 1539 , although from their popish tendency ...
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... enacted by statute William IV , took place in 1839 , on the death of the last prelate . The bishopric of Derry was first planted at Ardfath , from thence it was translated to Maghera , and in 1158 transferred to Derry . • The exact time ...
... enacted by statute William IV , took place in 1839 , on the death of the last prelate . The bishopric of Derry was first planted at Ardfath , from thence it was translated to Maghera , and in 1158 transferred to Derry . • The exact time ...
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... enacted to be taken in all cases wherein oaths are required from other subjects , by William III , -1696 . P Quakers were relieved from oaths , qualifying persons to municipal offices , -1828 . q Persons who have withdrawn from the ...
... enacted to be taken in all cases wherein oaths are required from other subjects , by William III , -1696 . P Quakers were relieved from oaths , qualifying persons to municipal offices , -1828 . q Persons who have withdrawn from the ...
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Page 4 - The British Society for extending the Fisheries and improving the Sea Coasts of the Kingdom...
Page 2 - The Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas, and other parts of America, and for encouraging the fishery, &c.
Page 4 - MEMOIRS OF SAMUEL PEPYS, ESQ., FRS Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. and James II.; comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev.
Page 4 - Society, and one of the first promoters of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews.
Page 3 - This article was first manufactured in England by Flemish weavers, under the protection of Henry III., 1253. Before this period woollen shirts were generally worn. A company of linen weavers established itself in London, in 1368 ; and the art of staining linen became known in 1579. A colony of Scots in the reign of James I., and other Presbyterians who fled from persecution in that country in...
Page 73 - This court had its origin in the desire to render justice complete, and to moderate the rigour of other courts that are bound to the strict letter of the law. It gives relief to or against...
Page 72 - He called a parliament, where, besides the barons of his own party, and several ecclesiastics, who were not immediate tenants of the crown, he ordered returns to be made of two knights from every shire ; and also deputies from the boroughs, which had been hitherto considered as too inconsiderable to have a voice in legislation. This is the first confused outline of an English House of Commons.