The Constitutional History of England, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Constitutional History of England, Vol. 2: In Its Origin and Development Share in public measures, p. 212. 209. Fiscal work of the Shire, p. 212. 210. Access of the Shire to the King's Council, p. 215. 211. Com munities of towns, p. 216. 212. Diversities of constitution in Towns, p. 217. 213. Powers of the Town communities, p. 218. 214. Summons of the Commons to Parliament, p. 220. 215. Complete idea of Par liament, p. 224. 216. Election of Knights of the Shire by the County Court, p. 225. 217 Practice not necessarily in accordance with Theory, p. 231. 218. Election in boroughs, p. 232. 219. Numbers of Parlia ment, p. 235. 220. Powers of Parliament, p. 236. 221. These powers limited by Royal Prerogative, p. 239, 222. And by individual action, p. 24 0. 223. Transition from special to general Taxation, p. 243. 224. Rights of the three estates in Legislation, p. 244. 225. Difference in the share or nature of right in Legislation, p. 247. 226. Judicial power of Par liament, p. 248. 227. Deliberative power of Parliament, p. 249. 228. Form of Summons, p. 249. 229. Ideal of 1295, p. 253. 230. The King's Council, p. 255. 231. Petitions in Council, p. 261. 232. Legislation in Council, p. 264. 233. The judicial system: division of Courts, p. 266. 234. Chancery, p. 268. 235. Justices of Assize, p. 269. 236. Conserva tion of the peace, p. 272. 237. Exchequer, p. 275. 238. Military system: feudal force, p. 276. 239. Distraint of Knighthood, p. 281. 240. The Militia of the period, p. 282. 241. Commissions of Array, p. 284. 242. Coast-guard, p. 285. 243. Foundation of Navy and Ad miralty, p. 286. 244. Review of the period, p. 290. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.