A Constitutional History of the House of Lords: From Original Sources

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Macmillan, 1894 - 405 pagina's
 

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Contradictory statements of Coke as to lifepeerages
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The delegated jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas as described
37
Custom of Parliament in relation to Bills affecting the Peerage
44
The first known grant of an earldom with limitation to the grantee
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Difference between creation of a Peer for life and creation of a peerage
71
Changes proposed in relation to the representative Peers of Ireland
75
Acts of Parliament to res rict the grant of Crown Lands in the reign
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CHAPTER VI
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The Baronage after the Conquest consisted of the great tenantsin
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The word Baron still not used as a term of individual dignity
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The particular titles were given to distinguish the bearers from other
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The modern practice of application to the Chancellor for a sum
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Power assumed by Henry VI of giving precedence in ranks above that
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The De la Warr case in 39 Elizabeth the first in which an express
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There was no express legal decision on the point even in the case
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Case of the Earl of Lancaster
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The right of a survivor of coheirs to a barony not acknowledged
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The principle of the bargain still accepted after the House of Commons
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Forfeiture of earldoms and other dignities for high treason
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It issued solely because he alone had power to call the rest of
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They were never in the same position as Temporal Lords even with
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The summons to the Guardian of the Spiritualities during the vacancy
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The hereditary succession to an earldom at first qualified by the neces
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The Act declared null by the King and Council
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Trial by battle refused to one of the appealed on the interposition
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Pagina 364 - Trinity college, and one for each of the thirty-one most considerable cities, towns, and boroughs) be the number to sit and vote on the part of Ireland in the house of commons of the parliament of the united kingdom.
Pagina 230 - Upon advised consideration of the charges," said he, " descending into my own conscience, and calling my memory to account so far as I am able, I do plainly and ingenuously confess, that I am guilty of corruption, and do renounce all defence.
Pagina 269 - Ireland as shall for the time being be actually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, hath any right to give his vote in the election of any member to serve in Parliament.
Pagina 343 - Commons: and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the Commons to direct limit and appoint in such bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants : which ought not to be changed or altered by the House of Lords z.
Pagina 295 - England; that the record and process aforesaid being inspected, we may cause to be done thereupon for correcting that error, what of right and according to the law and custom of our realm of England ought to be done.
Pagina 331 - Parliament ought to be holden at least once every year for the redress of grievances, but the appointment of the time and place for the holding thereof hath always belonged, as it ought, to His Majesty and his royal progenitors...
Pagina 366 - ... and meaning of this article, that at all times after the Union, it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty, his heirs and successors, to keep up the peerage of that part of the united kingdom called Ireland to the number of one hundred, over and above the number of such of the said peers as shall be entitled, by descent or creation, to an hereditary seat in the House of Lords of the united kingdom...
Pagina 302 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Pagina 303 - IRELAND the rights claimed by them to be bound only by laws enacted by his Majesty and the parliament of that kingdom, in all cases whatever, and to have all actions and suits at law or in equity, which may be instituted in that kingdom, decided in his Majesty's courts therein finally, and without appeal from thence...
Pagina 268 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom...

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