A synopsis of the genealogical descent of ... queen Victoria, from Rollo, the founder of the duchy of Normandy

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Page 16 - ... hath any right or title to the crown of this realm, otherwise than according to the act of settlement; or that the kings of this realm with the authority of parliament are not able to make laws and statutes, to bind the crown and the descent thereof; such person shall be guilty of high treason.
Page 16 - Ann. c. 7. it is enacted, that if any person maliciously, advisedly, and directly, shall maintain, by writing or printing, that the kings of this realm with the , authority of parliament are not able to make laws to bind the crown and the descent thereof, he shall be guilty of high treason ; or if he maintains the same by only preaching, teaching, or advised speaking, he shall incur the penalties of a praemunire.
Page 13 - Ireland shall, upon the first day of January which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one, and for ever after, be united into one kingdom, by the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 1 - I., was the nearest of the ancient blood royal, who was not incapacitated by professing the popish religion. On her therefore, and the heirs of her body, being protestants, the remainder of the crown, expectant on the death of king William and queen Anne, without issue, was settled by...
Page 16 - The terrible penalties of a pncmunirc are denounced by a great variety of statutes ; yet prosecutions upon a pramunire are unheard of in our courts. There is only one instance of such a prosecution in the State Trials, — in which case the penalties of a prmnvnire were inflicted upon some persons for refusing to take the oath of allegiance in the reign of Charles the Second.
Page 8 - Ch. xi. after his decease, the Conqueror had caused several houses to be pulled down for enlarging the area, and amongst them one whose owner had received no satisfaction for his loss. The son of that person (*) observing the Grave to be...
Page 8 - Caen, where he intended to lie after his decease, the Conqueror had caused several houses to be pulled down for enlarging the area, and amongst them one whose owner had received no satisfaction for his loss. The son of that person...
Page 17 - Salique law, or the ancient and fundamental law of the kingdom of France, usually supposed to have been made by Pharamond, or at least by Clovis, in virtue whereof males are only to inherit.
Page 13 - ... brought forward by the ministers in both Houses. To the articles already mentioned as forming the resolutions, it is only necessary here to add, that the number of Irish members to be admitted into the united parliament was stated, in the House of Lords, at four Lords spiritual by rotation of sessions, and twenty-eight Lords temporal elected for life by the Peers of Ireland ; and in the House of Commons, at one hundred representatives. After much debate, in which considerable warmth was shewn...
Page 8 - This brave speech spoken in presence of the deceased King's own son, Prince Henry, afterwards our King Henry I. wrought its effect. The Ha-Ro was respected, the man had compensation made him for his wrongs, and all opposition ceasing, the body of the dead King was suffered to be laid in the grave. In the manner I have accounted for it, was Normandy, together with this and the other Islands, dismembred from the Crown of France ; so to remain for ever, pursuant to the Treaty betwixt...

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