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A26147
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A treatise of the true and ancient jurisdiction of the House of Peers by Sir Robert Atkyns ...
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Atkyns, Robert, Sir, 1621-1709.
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1699
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Wing A4144; ESTC R31568
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in_o curiis_fw-la praesunt_fw-la comitatuum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la curiarum_fw-la judices_fw-la quos_fw-la henricus_fw-la primus_fw-la the_o son_n of_o the_o conqueror_n legum_fw-la suarum_fw-la cap._n 30._o esse_fw-la libere_fw-la tenentes_fw-la comitatus_fw-la demonstrat_fw-la regis_fw-la judices_fw-la inquit_fw-la sunt_fw-la barones_n comitatus_fw-la qui_fw-la liberas_fw-la in_o eye_n terras_fw-la habent_fw-la there_o be_v the_o person_n and_o judge_n viz._n freeholder_n per_fw-la quos_fw-la debent_fw-la causae_fw-la singulorum_fw-la alternâ_fw-la prosecutione_n tractari_fw-la there_o you_o have_v their_o power_n and_o jurisdiction_n among_o the_o law_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o first_o c._n 7._o collect_v by_o mr._n lambert_n de_fw-fr priscis_fw-la etc._n etc._n fol._n 180._o the_o title_n of_o the_o law_n be_v de_fw-fr generalibus_fw-la placitis_fw-la comitatuum_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la vel_fw-la quando_fw-la fieri_fw-la debeant_fw-la sicut_fw-la antiqua_fw-la 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