Report of Proceedings on the Claim to the Barony of L'Isle ...: With Notes, and an Appendix Containing the Cases of Abergavenny, Botetourt and Berkeley ... |
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Page 128 - Report of the Lords' Committees on the Dignity of a Peer of the Realm.
Page 198 - But the matters which are to be established for the Estate of our Lord the King and of his Heirs, and for the estate of the Realm and of the People, shall be treated, accorded, and established in Parliament by our Lord the King and by the Assent of the Prelates, Earls, and Barons and the commonalty of the Realm, according as it hath been heretofore accustomed.
Page 61 - Lord the King, he shall be amerced, and otherwise punished, according as of old Times hath been used to be done within the said Realm in the said case.
Page 110 - that no Peer of this Realm can drown or extinguish his honour (but that it descend to his descendants) — neither by surrender, grant, fine, nor any other conveyance to the King*.
Page 366 - ... and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 92 - Committees on the Dignity of a Peer of the Realm, that in one day eleven peerages were created by patent.
Page 429 - The Words, with those of the same family, are traced to their origin. The Explanations are deduced from the primitive meaning through the various usages. The Quotations are arranged chronologically, from the earliest period to the present time. The Supplement separately. 4to. 12«.
Page 366 - Surrey, and the heirs male of his body ; and for default of such issue...
Page 257 - Gilbert and his heirs, to hold of the chief lord of the fee by the services belonging.
Page 198 - the matters to be established for the estate of the king and of his heirs, and for the estate of the realm and of the people, should be treated, accorded, and established in parliament, by the king and by the assent of the prelates, earls, and barons, and the commonalty of the realm, according as had been before accustomed.