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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… the Legislature, in contemning all Authority, and in open Defiance of the Laws of the Land. 'It is with the highest …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Abuse, by a due and vigorous Execution of the Laws; Defiance of all Authority, Contempt of Magistracy, and even …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… of privilege conferred on the Italian merchants, in defiance of statutes limiting the residence of foreign …
The Cartulary of Holy Trinity, Aldgate
… and church ornaments so that he could not celebrate, in defiance of the prior and against the decree of the bishop …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… frequent, 3 and detection more resented. Merchants, in defiance of the King's orders, exported wool in butter-tubs … of an old one In the face of his frequent and flagrant defiance of the statutes of 1340 the Commons' only resource …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Reach of Justice, set the Justice of his Country in defiance: And if these were not sufficient Reasons to put him …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the free election of Provost Roderick of King's in 1689 in defiance of a royal mandate. 43 Albemarle had died in 1688, …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… of the Kingdom, is a Practice against Law, and done in defiance of her Majesty's repeated Declarations. Two …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… continue within any of their Dominions the Person, who, in Defiance of her Majesty's most undoubted Title to the Crown, … within any of their Dominions, that Person, who, in Defiance of your Majesty's most undoubted Title to the Crown, …
Old and New London
… scoff at religion and morality, and even to set Heaven at defiance. A journalist of the time writes: "Our South Sea …