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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… numerous in Wiltshire. At the time when the ecclesiastical and social changes of the 16th century were altering the … revenues for the establishment of a grammar school, and only two of such schools survived. Personal foundations added four more grammar schools and a girls' school in the next two centuries. Wiltshire was …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… (two bishops, two abbots, two earls, two barons and two commoners) who would then travel to 'London', … for a parliament to discuss the 'state' of Scotland and its inhabitants that was to be held three weeks after St … be a joint exercise between these Scottish representatives and a group of English councillors chosen by the king, and …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… I of holding two annual parliaments, one after Easter and one after Michaelmas. 1 This particular Easter … of Queen Eleanor's recently inherited county of Ponthieu and to conclude a treaty at Amiens with Philip III of France … for the administration of the county of Ponthieu and the terms of the future treaty were discussed at this …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… The parliament which began after Easter in 1290 and continued (with a short break) after Trinity fits in with … process of political bargaining between Edward I and his subjects in which Edward's main aim was to obtain the … various measures responding to ecclesiastical grievances and the expulsion of the Jewish community from England. The …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… the next parliament be held shortly after Easter 1294, and a series of writs for inquisitions ad quod damnum were issued at various dates between 28 November and 22 December 1293 which ordered the inquisitions to be … of the duchy of Gascony (announced in Paris on 19 May) and it seems likely that the meeting of parliament was …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… of his subjects for the enforcement of the Charters and the perambulation of the forests. 1 Preliminary steps … c. 1 of Articuli super Cartas at that same parliament, 2 and a general perambulation of the forest was also authorised … borough who had attended the previous parliament, with new elections authorised only if the representives chosen for …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… By the early autumn of 1306 the rising of Robert Bruce and his followers against Edward I in Scotland seemed to have … defeated, though Bruce had not himself been captured and there was later to be a substantial revival in his … by the military activity then taking place in Scotland, and when summonses were sent out for a session of parliament …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… were issued to the prelates, magnates, royal justices and other royal servants and councillors to meet at 'London' (probably meaning … dealt with other matters as well. On 26 March the mayor and aldermen of London appointed four representatives to …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… clearly on the king's mind was the re-establishment of law and order in England, for it was towards the end of this … that the first trailbaston commissions were issued, 3 and during its course that the memorandum of instructions to … issued on 12 November 1304 went to various earls, barons and magnates, bishops and abbots, and justices and other …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… royal attempts to extend the scope of military obligation and royal schemes to seize the property of the king's … which went out on 5 September to five bishops, four earls and barons, two archdeacons, eight clerks of the council, six royal justices and two friars (probably all members of the king's council) …