The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II (Volume 4); From the Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1827. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Abbey Lands, appropriation of them considered, i. 98, 99, 102, 106, note; law-fulness of seizing, gg; dis-tribution of, 1o5; retained by the parliament under Mary, ib.; increase the power of the nobility, etc. ib. 106; charity of the early possessors of, 108; con-firmed by the pope to their new possessors, 141. Abbots, surrenders of, to Henry VIII probably un-lawful, i. 97; seats of in parliament, and their ma-jority over the temporal peers, 98, and note, ib. Abbot, George, archbishop of Canterbnry, sequestered, ii. 6a, and note; his Calvinistic zeal, 138; popish tracts in his library, 255, note. Abolition of military tenures, iii, 13. Act of Indemnity, iii. 3; ex-clusion of the regicides from the, 4; commons vote to exclude seven, yet add se-veral more, ib. and note 1. Act of Uniformity, iii. 47, and note 1, ib.; clauses against the presbyterians, ib.; no person to hold any prefer-ment in England without episcopal ordination, 4g, and note 1, 5o; every mi-nister compelled to give his assent to the book of Com-monPrayeron pain of being deprived of his benefice, 5o, and note 1, ib.; school-masters obliged to subscribe to, ib. Act for suppressing conven-ticles renewed, iii. n5; op-posed by bishop Wilkins, ib.; supported by Sheldon and others, ib. Act of Supremacy, particulars of the, iii. 121. Act of Security, persons eli-gible to parliament by the, iii. 4"8 and note, ib. Act of 1700 against the growth of popery, iii., and note 1, ib.; severity of its penalties, ib.; not carried into effect, ib. Act of Settlement, iii. 461; limitations of the preroga-tive contained in it, 45, and note 1, 46; remark-able cause of the fourth re-medial article, 467; its pre-caution against the influ-ence of foreigners, 472, and note 1; importance of its sixth article, ib....