| George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1769 - 510 pages
...reafon why this vas done is fet forth in the preamble : // hertas the ek'Jlionf of knights of JJiires to come to the parliaments of our Lord the King, in many cnuniits of the realm r'f England have now of late ban made by very great outrageous and exceffive... | |
| Great Britain - 1811 - 984 pages
...(hall be chofen Knights of the Parliament. ALSO, whereas the Elections of Knights of Shires chofen to come to the Parliaments of our Lord the King, in many Counties of England, have now of late been made by very giear, [outragiouV] and excefiive Number of People dwelling... | |
| Jeremy Bentham - 1817 - 438 pages
...corrected, I have by examination assured myself of the correctness. \'-^f Item, Whereas, the Elections of Knights of Shires -to come to ." the Parliaments..." realm of England, ha.ve now of late been made by rery great, out." rageous, and excessive number of people dwelling within the same i* Counties of the... | |
| Warwick county - 1821 - 244 pages
...freehold lands. It says, "Item. Whereas the elections of Knights of Shires to come to the Parliament of our Lord the King, in many counties of the realm of England, have now of tate been made by very great, outrageous, and excessive number of people dwelling within the same counties... | |
| Joshua Toulmin Smith - 1849 - 404 pages
...remarkable statute 7 Henry VI. c. 7 (AD 1429), in which it is recited, that " Whereas the elections of knights of shires to come to the parliaments of our lord the king in many counties of E 50 FUNDAMENTAL INSTITUTIONS gemotes the whole body of the freemen discussed and controlled that which... | |
| Great Britain. Courts - 1872 - 608 pages
...he choosers, and who shall be chosen, knights •• of parliament, " recites that " the elections of knights of shires to come to the parliaments of...the realm of England, have now of late been made by many great, outrageous, and excessive number of people dwelling within the same counties of the realm... | |
| Great Britain - 1885 - 640 pages
...chosen Knight-i of the Parliament. [AD 1429. Also, whereas the elections of knights of shires chosen to come to the Parliaments of our lord the King, in many counties of England, have now of late been made by very great outragious and excessive number of people dwelling... | |
| 1927 - 136 pages
...Source. — Statutes of the Realm, 8 Henry VI., c. vii. Item, Whereas the Elections of Knights of the shires to come to the Parliaments of our Lord the King, in many counties of England have now of late been made by very great, outrageous and excessive number of people dwelling... | |
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