Saturday, March 17, 2012

Another English statute

Confirmation of Liberties, 1405

FIRST, That Holy Church have all her Liberties and Franchises; and that all the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and all the Cities, Boroughs, and Towns franchised, have and enjoy all their Liberties and Franchises, which they have of the Grant of the King’s Progenitors, and of the Confirmation and Grant of our Lord the King that now is. And that the Great Charter, . . . , and all the Ordinances and Statutes made in the Time of our Lord the King, and in the Time of his Progenitors, not repealed, be firmly holden and kept, and duly executed in all Points: And that the Peace within the Realm be holden and kept, so that all the King’s liege People and Subjects may from henceforth safely and peaceably go, come, and abide, according to the Laws and Usages of the same Realm: And that good Justice and even Right be done to every Person; saving to the same our Lord the King his Regalty and Prerogative.

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