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Adams and Stephens “Select Documents of English Constitutional History”
CONTENTS
William I •
William II •
Henry I •
Stephen •
Henry II •
Richard I •
John •
Henry III •
Edward I •
Edward II •
Edward III •
Richard II •
Henry IV •
Henry V •
Henry VI •
Edward IV •
Richard III •
Henry VII •
Henry VIII •
Edward VI •
Mary I •
Elizabeth I •
James I •
Charles I •
Commonwealth & Protectorate •
Charles II •
James II •
William III & Mary II •
Anne •
George I •
George II •
George III •
George IV •
William IV •
Victoria
WILLIAM I
- 1. nd . Ordinance separating the Spiritual and Temporal Courts
- 2. 1080. Writ for an Inquest of Lands at Ely
- 3. 1086. Title of the Domesday Inquest for Ely
- 4. 1086. Typical Domesday Entries
WILLIAM II
- 5. 1095. Writ applying Feudal Principles to the Church
- 6. 1096. An Early Iter
HENRY I
- 7. 1100. Charter of Liberties
- 8. nd . Writ concerning Lands
- 9. nd . Writ concerning Lands
STEPHEN
- 10. 1135. First Charter
- 11. 1136. Second Charter
HENRY II
- 12. 1154. A Trial in the Curia Regis
- 13. 1164. The Constitutions of Clarendon
- 14. 1166. The Assize of Clarendon
- 15. 1170. Inquest of the Sheriffs
- 16. 1176. Assize of Northampton
- 17. 1181. Assize of Arms
- 18. 1184. Assize of the Forest or of Woodstock
- 19. 1188. Ordinance of the Saladin Tithe
- 20. nd . The Writ “Praecipe”
RICHARD I
- 21. 1194. Form of Proceeding on the Judicial Visitation
JOHN
- 22. 1199. The Coronation of John
- 23. 1207. Writ for the Assessment of the Thirteenth
- 24. nd . Recognitions, Assizes, and the Jury
- 25. 1213. Concession of the Kingdom to the Pope
- 26. 1213. Writ of Summons
- 27. 1213. Writ of Summons to a Great Council
- 28. 1214. Grant of Freedom of Election to Churches
- 29. 1215. Great Charter of Liberties (Magna Charta)
HENRY III
- 30. 1220. Writ for the Collection of a Carrucage
- 31. 1231. Writ for the Assembling of the County Court before the Judges Itinerant
- 32. 1235. Writ for the Collection of Scutage
- 33. 1254. Writ of Summons for Two Knights of the Shire to grant an Aid
- 34. 1258. Provisions of Oxford
- 35. 1259. The Provisions of the Barons or of Westminster
- 36. 1265. Confirmation of the Charters
EDWARD I
- 37. 1275. The Statutes of Westminster; the First
- 38. 1275. Grant of Custom on Wool, Woolfells, and Leather
- 39. 1278. Writ for the Distraint of Knighthood
- 40. 1279. Statute of Mortmain or De Religiosis
- 41. 1283. The Statute of Merchants, or of Acton Burnell
- 42. 1285. The Statutes of Westminster; the Second
- 43. 1285. The Statute of Winchester
- 44. 1285. The Statute of Circumspecte Agatis
- 45. 1290. The Statutes of Westminster; the Third: Quia Emptores
- 46. 1295. Writs of Summons to Parliament
- 47. 1296. The Bull “Clericis Laicos”
- 48. 1297. Confirmatio Cartarum
- 49. 1297. De Tallagio non Concedendo
- 50. 1307. The Statute of Carlisle
EDWARD II
- 51. 1311. The New Ordinances
- 52. 1316. Articuli Cleri
- 53. 1322. Revocation of the New Ordinances
- 54. 1324. Statute concerning the Lands of the Templars
- 55. 1327. Articles of Accusation against Edward II
EDWARD III
- 56. 1328. Statute of Northampton
- 57. 1330. Statute concerning Justices and Sheriffs
- 58. 1340. Presentment of Englishry abolished and Grant of a Subsidy
- 59. 1340. Unauthorized Charges and Taxes abolished
- 60. 1340. England not to bc Subject to the King as King of France
- 61. 1341. Inquiry into Accounts
- 62. 1341. An Act to secure the Rights of Peers and Others, and to secure the Responsibility of the King’s Ministers
- 63. 1341. Revocation of the Preceding Statute
- 64. 1343. An Act regulating the Coinage
- 65. 1343. Attempts to tax through the Merchants resisted
- 66. 1344. Grant of a Subsidy for Two Years
- 67. 1344. A Grant of the Clergy for Three Years
- 68. 1348. Grant on Conditions
- 69. 1349. An Ordinance concerning Laborers and Servants
- 70. 1351. Statute of Laborers
- 71. 1351. Statute of Provisors of Benefices
- 72. 1352. The Statute of Treasons
- 73. 1353. Statute of Præmunire
- 74. 1353. Ordinance of the Staples
- 75. 1353. Protest of Parliament against Legislation by Ordinance
- 76. 1354. Certain Ordinances confirmed by Parliament
- 77. 1361. An Act concerning Justices of the Peace
- 78. 1362. Purveyance, English to be used in the Courts, etc.
- 79. 1366. Refusa1 of Tribute to the Pope
- 80. 1372. Lawyers and Sheriffs excluded from Parliament
- 81. 13?2. Grant of Tunnage and Poundage by Citizens and Burgesses alone
- 82. 1376. Impeachment of Richard Lyons
- 83. 1377. Grant of a Poll Tax and Petition for Special Treasurers
RICHARD II
- 84. 1377. Persons appointed to supervise Expenditures
- 85. 1378. Account of Expenditures required by Parliament
- 86. 1379. The King orders Accounts submitted to Parliament
- 87. 1379. The Poll Tax of 1379
- 88. 1380. The Poll Tax of 1380
- 89. 1382. Merchants to use English Ships only. Charters granted to the Peasants annulled
- 90. 1382. An Act against Heretical Preaching
- 91. 1385. An Act to reform the Administration of Justice
- 92. 1385. An Act regarding Fugitive Villeins
- 93. 1386. Articles of Impeachment against Suffolk
- 94. 1386. Threat to depose Richard II
- 95. 1390. The Second Statute of Provisors
- 96. 1390. Statute of Maintenance and Livery
- 97. 1392. Conveyances to the Uses of Religious Houses and Other Corporations forbidden, etc.
- 98. 1393. The Second Statute of Præmunire
- 99. 1397. New Definition of Treason
- 100. 1398. Delegation of Powers by Parliament of Shrewsbury
- 101. 1398. Grant of Subsidy for Life to Richard II by Parliament of Shrewsbury
- 102. 1399. Resignation of Richard II
- 103. 1399. Deposition of Richard II and Election of Henry IV
HENRY IV
- 104. 1399. An Act for the Security of the Subject and in Repeal of the Acts of the Parliament of Shrewsbury
- 105. 1399. Haxey’s case
- 106. 1401. The Statute “De Haeretico Comburendo”
- 107. 1401. Sir Arnold Savage asks for the Privileges of Parliament
- 108. 1401. Members excused for Matters spoken in Parliament
- 109. 1401. Responses to the Petitions of the Commons
- 110. 1406. Act to regulate the Succession
- 111. 1406. The Manner of electing Knights of the Shire
- 112. 1407. Commons to originate Money Bills
- 113. 1410. Act restraining Abuses by the Sheriffs in Election Returns
HENRY V
- 114. 1413. Grant of Subsidy and Tunnage and Poundage
- 115. 1413. Residence required of Knights of the Shire and of their Electors
- 116. 1414. Confiscation of the Alien Priories
- 117. 1414. King agrees not to alter the Petitions of the Commons
- 118. 1415. Grant of a Subsidy and Tunnage and Poundage for Life
HENRY VI
- 119. 1422. Government during the Minority of Henry VI
- 120. 1428. Definition of the Powers of the Duke of Gloucester as Protector
- 121. 1429. Electors of Knights of the Shire must be Forty Shilling Freeholders
- 122. 1429. Larke’s Case: Privileges of Member’s Servants
- 123. 1437. Act against Smuggling
- 124. 1439. Against Abuse in Appointment of Justices of the Peace
- 125. 1445. Qualifications of Knights of the Shire
- 126. 1450, Attainder of John Cade
- 127. 1460. Privilege of Members from Arrest; Clerk’s Case
- 128. 1460. Recognition of the Duke of York as Heir to the Throne
EDWARD IV
- 129. 1461. Act declaring Valid Acts of Lancastrian Kings
- 130. 1467. Treaty of Commerce with Burgundy
RICHARD III
- 131. 1484. Confirmation of Richard’s Title
- 132. 1484. Grant of Subsidy
- 133. 1484. An Act to free Subjects from Benevolences
HENRY VII
- 134. 1485. Recognition of the Title of Henry VII
- 135. 1485. An Act against bringing in of Gascony Wine except in English, Irish, or Welshmen’s Ships
- 136. 1487. Establishment of the Court of Star Chamber
- 137. 1495. Allegiance to a De Facto King not Treason
- 138. 1503-1504. An Act against Unlawful Retainers and Liveries
- 139. 1503-1504. Reversal of Attainders
- 140. 1503-1504. Grant of Two Aids
HENRY VIII
- 141. 1512. Benefit of Clergy denied to Murderers
- 142. 1512. Act in Strode’s Case
- 143. 1514-1515. Resumption of Royal Grants
- 144. 1532. The Conditional Restraint of Annates
- 145. 1533. Act in Restraint of Appeals
- 146. 1534. Ecclesiastical Appointments Act
- 147. 1534. The First Act of Succession
- 148. 1534. Act of Supremacy of Henry VIII
- 149. 1534. The Treasons Act
- 150. 1536. Act for the Dissolution of the Lesser Monasteries
- 151. 1536. The King at Twenty-four may repeal Acts of Parliament passed during his Minority
- 152. 1539. The Lex Regia
- 153. 1539. Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries
- 154. 1539. The Six Articles Act
- 155. 1542. The Attainder of Queen Katherine Howard
- 156. 1543. Ferrers’ Case
- 157. 1544. Act fixing the Succession
- 158. 1544. Act concerning Treasons committed out of the Realm
EDWARD VI
- 159. 1547. Act for the Dissolution of Chantries
- 160. 1549. First Act of Uniformity
- 161. 1550. First Mention of Lords Lieutenant
- 162. 1552. Second Act of Uniformity
MARY I
- 163. 1553. First Act of Repeal
- 164. 1554. Act for the Marriage of Queen Mary to Philip of Spain
- 165. 1554. Revival of the Heresy Acts
- 166. 1554. Second Act of Repeal
ELIZABETH
- 167. 1559. The Act of Supremacy
- 168. 1559. The Act of Uniformity
- 169. 1559. Act of Recognition of the Queen’s Title
- 170. 1559. Treason Act
- 171. 1559. Grant of Tonnage and Poundage
- 172. 1559. Establishment of the Court of High Commission
- 173. 1566. Ordinance of the Star Chamber for the Censorship of the Press
- 174. 1571. Act against bringing Decrees of the Pope into England
- 175. 1571. The Oath of a Privy Councillor
- 176. 1574. Commission for the Manumission of Villeins
- 177. 1579. The Commission of a justice of the Peace
- 178. 1581. The Oath of a Justice of the Peace
- 179. 1586. Resolutions on the Norfolk Election Case
- 180. 1601. The Queen’s Message with Regard to Monopolies
JAMES I
- 181. 1604. Act of Recognition of the King’s Title
- 182. 1604. Commission for negotiating a Union with Scotland
- 183. 1604. Act in Shirley’s Case
- 184. 1606. Opinions of the Court of Exchequer in Bates’ Case
- 185. 1607. The Case of Prohibitions
- 186. 1608. Judgment in the Case of the Post-nati, or Calvin’s Case
- 187. 1610. The Case of Proclamations
- 188. 1624. Act against Monopolies
CHARLES I
- 189. 1628. The Petition of Right
- 190. 1628. The Remonstrance against Tonnage and Poundage
- 191. 1628. The King’s Speech proroguing Parliament
- 192. 1628-1629. Protest of the House of Commons
- 193. 1634. First Writ of Ship-money
- 194. 1637. The Answer of the judges in the Matter of Ship-money
- 195. 1640/1. The Triennial Act
- 196. 1641. The Protestation
- 197. 1641. Act for the Attainder of Strafford
- 198. 1641. Act against dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent
- 199. 1641. Act for the Abolition of the Court of Star Chamber
- 200. 1641. Act for the Abolition of the Court of High Commission
- 201. 1641. Act declaring the Illegality of Ship-money
- 202. 1641. Act for the Limitation of Forests
- 203. 1641. Act prohibiting the Exaction of Knighthood Fines
- 204. 1641. The Grand Remonstrance, with the Petition accompanying it
- 205. 1641. The King’s Answer to the Petition accompanying the Grand Remonstrance
- 206. 1641/2. The Clerical Disabilities Act
- 207. 1643. The Solemn League and Covenant
- 208. 1643/4. Ordinance appointing the First Committee of Both Kingdoms
- 209. 1645. The Self-denying Ordinance
- 210. 1648/9. Act erecting a High Court of Justice for the Trial of Charles I
- 211. 1648/9. Sentence of the High Court of Justice upon the King
- 212. 1648/9. The Death Warrant of Charles I
COMMONWEALTH
- 213. 1648/9. Act appointing a Council of State
- 214. 1648/9. Act abolishing the Office of King
- 215. 1648/9. Act abolishing the House of Lords
- 216. 1649. Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth
- 217. 1650. Act declaring what Offences shall he adjudged Treason under the Commonwealth
- 218. 1653. Declaration by Oliver Cromwell and the Council of Officers after putting an End to the Long Parliament
PROTECTORATE
- 219. 1653. The Instrument of Government
- 220. 1654. An Ordinance by the Protector for the Union of England and Scotland
CHARLES II
- 221. 1660. The Declaration of Breda
- 222. 1660. Act abolishing Relics of Feudalism and fixing an Excise
- 223. 1661. Corporation Act
- 224. 1662. Last Act of Uniformity
- 225. 1664. First Conventicle Act
- 226. 1665. Five Mile Act
- 227. 1673. Declaration of Indulgence
- 228. 1673. Test Act
- 229. 1679. Resolution concerning the Royal Pardon in Bar of Danby’s Impeachment
- 230. 1679. Exclusion Bill
- 231. 1679. Habeas Corpus Act
- 232. 1682. Forfeiture of Charter of London
JAMES II
- 233. 1686. Hales’ Case: The Dispensing Power
- 234. 1687. Declaration of Indulgence
WILLIAM III AND MARY II
- 235. 1688/9. Confirmation of the Convention Parliament
- 236. 1689. The Civil List
- 237. 1689. First Mutiny Act
- 238. 1689. The Toleration Act
- 239. 1689. The Bill of Rights
- 240. 1690. Act restoring the Charter of London
- 241. 1694. The Triennial Act
WILLIAM III
- 242. 1696. Treason Trials Act
- 243. 1701. The Act of Settlement
ANNE
- 244. 1706/7. Act of Union with Scotland
- 245. 1707. Place Act
GEORGE I
- 246. 1715. Riot Act
- 247. 1716. The Septennial Act
- 248. 1719. The Peerage Bill
GEORGE II
- 249. 1731. Use of English Language in the Law Courts made Obligatory
GEORGE III
- 250. 1760. Judicial Commissions not to cease on the Demise of the Crown
- 251. 1763. Camden’s Decision against General Warrants
- 252. 1764. Mansfield’s Decision against General Warrants
- 253. 1771. Somerset’s Case. Mansfield’s Decision
- 254. 1780. Dunning’s Resolution
- 255. 1790. Dissolution of Parliament does not impair Impeachment
- 256. 1792. Fox’s Libel Act
- 257. 1794. Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
- 258. 1800. Act of Union with Ireland
- 259. 1807. Abolition of the Negro Slave Trade
GEORGE IV
- 260. 1821. Disfranchisement of Grampound
- 261. 1828. Repeal of Corporation and Test Acts
- 262. 1829. Catholic Emancipation Act
WILLIAM IV
- 263. 1832. Reform Act of 1832
- 264. 1833. Abolition of Negro Slavery
- 265. 1833. Affirmation allowed instead of Oath
VICTORIA
- 266. 1858. Jewish Relief Act
- 267. 1867. Reform Act of 1867
- 268. 1869. Disestablishment of the Irish Church
- 269. 1870. Education Act
- 270. 1872. The Ballot Act
- 271. 1873. Supreme Court of Judicature Act
- 272. 1876. Appellate Jurisdiction Act
- 273. 1877. Abolition of Names of King’s Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer for Divisions of the High Court of Justice
- 274. 1881. Abolition of Certain Judicial Offices
- 275. 1884. Reform Act of 1884
- 276. 1885. Third Redistribution of Parliamentary Seats
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