The Act of Union continues from post (35)...
"c6. Item, that every of the said Justices of Wales shall have power and authority to enquire of all treasons, murders, felonies, riots, routs, unlawful assemblies, extortions, embraceries, maintenances, retainers, concealments, contemps, and all other offences and evil deeds, of what natures, names or qualities soever they be, done, committed or perpetrated within the limits of their commissions and authorities, against the form of the Common Law of the realm of England, or of any statutes of the same, and to hear and determine the premisses, and every of them, and generally to minister common justice to all and singular the king's subjects within the limits of their commissions and authorities, according to the laws, statutes, and customs of the realm of England, and according to this present ordinance."
Friday, February 28, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Justices (35)
The Act of Union 1536 continues from post (34)...
"c5. That every of the said Justices within the limits of their commissions and authorities to them appointed as is aforesaid, shall hold all manner of pleas of the crown at and in the said Sessions, in as large and ample manner as the King's Chief Justices of the King's Bench there, or any of them, may do in their places, or elsewhere within the realm of England; and also to hold pleas of assises, and all other pleas and actions real, personal, and mixed, in as large and ample manner as the King's Chief Justice of the Common Place in England, and other Justices of the same Place, or any of them, may do in the realm of England."
"c5. That every of the said Justices within the limits of their commissions and authorities to them appointed as is aforesaid, shall hold all manner of pleas of the crown at and in the said Sessions, in as large and ample manner as the King's Chief Justices of the King's Bench there, or any of them, may do in their places, or elsewhere within the realm of England; and also to hold pleas of assises, and all other pleas and actions real, personal, and mixed, in as large and ample manner as the King's Chief Justice of the Common Place in England, and other Justices of the same Place, or any of them, may do in the realm of England."
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Sessions (34)
The Act of Union continues from post (33)...
"c4. Item, that there shall be holden and kept Sessions twice in every year in every of the said shires in the said dominion and principality of Wales, that is to say, in the shires of Glamorgan, Brecknock, Radnor, Caermarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, Montgomery, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth and Anglesey; the which sessions shall be called the King's great Sessions in Wales."
"c4. Item, that there shall be holden and kept Sessions twice in every year in every of the said shires in the said dominion and principality of Wales, that is to say, in the shires of Glamorgan, Brecknock, Radnor, Caermarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, Montgomery, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth and Anglesey; the which sessions shall be called the King's great Sessions in Wales."
Friday, February 14, 2014
President and Council (33)
The Act of Union continues from post (32)...
"c.3 Item, that there shall be and remain a President and Council in the said dominion and principality of Wales and the Marches of the same, with all officers, clerks, and incidents to the same, in manner and form as hath been heretofore used and accustomed; which President and Council shall have power and authority to hear and determine by their wisdoms and discretions such causes and matters as be or hereafter shall be assigned to them by the King's majesty as heretofore hath been accustomed and used."
"c.3 Item, that there shall be and remain a President and Council in the said dominion and principality of Wales and the Marches of the same, with all officers, clerks, and incidents to the same, in manner and form as hath been heretofore used and accustomed; which President and Council shall have power and authority to hear and determine by their wisdoms and discretions such causes and matters as be or hereafter shall be assigned to them by the King's majesty as heretofore hath been accustomed and used."
Monday, February 10, 2014
Limitations of the Hundreds (32)
The additions of 1542 - 1543 continues from post (31):
"c.2 Item, that the limitations of the Hundreds of late made within the said shires by virtue of his Grace's commission directed out of his Highness Court of Chancery, and again returned into the same, shall stand in full strength, force, and effect, according to the said limitation; except such of the same as sith that time hath been altered or changed by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament already made, or that shall be altered or changed by any Act in this present session to be made."
"c.2 Item, that the limitations of the Hundreds of late made within the said shires by virtue of his Grace's commission directed out of his Highness Court of Chancery, and again returned into the same, shall stand in full strength, force, and effect, according to the said limitation; except such of the same as sith that time hath been altered or changed by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament already made, or that shall be altered or changed by any Act in this present session to be made."
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Additions 1542 - 1543 (31)
Additions to the Act of Union 1542 is continues from post (30)...
"2. First, that his Grace's said dominion, principality, and country of Wales be from henceforth divided into twelve shires; of the which eight have been shires of long and ancient time: that is to say, the shires of Glamorgan, Caermarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, Flint, Caernarvon, Anglesey, and Merioneth; and four of the said twelve shires to be newly made and ordained to be shires by an Act made at the Parliament holden at Westminster in the twenty-seventh year of our said sovereign lord's most noble reign, that is to say, the shires of Radnor, Brecknock, Montgomery and Denbigh, over and besides the shire of Monmouth and divers other dominions, lordships, and manors in the Marches of Wales, united and annexed to the shires of Salop, Hereford, and Gloucester, as by the said late Act more plainly appeareth."
This section seems to show that the first Act of 1536 which instituted a new, larger, and single county of Monmouth was found to be unworkable. This section returns to the 12 shire system which had been part of the geographic reality of Wales.
"2. First, that his Grace's said dominion, principality, and country of Wales be from henceforth divided into twelve shires; of the which eight have been shires of long and ancient time: that is to say, the shires of Glamorgan, Caermarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, Flint, Caernarvon, Anglesey, and Merioneth; and four of the said twelve shires to be newly made and ordained to be shires by an Act made at the Parliament holden at Westminster in the twenty-seventh year of our said sovereign lord's most noble reign, that is to say, the shires of Radnor, Brecknock, Montgomery and Denbigh, over and besides the shire of Monmouth and divers other dominions, lordships, and manors in the Marches of Wales, united and annexed to the shires of Salop, Hereford, and Gloucester, as by the said late Act more plainly appeareth."
This section seems to show that the first Act of 1536 which instituted a new, larger, and single county of Monmouth was found to be unworkable. This section returns to the 12 shire system which had been part of the geographic reality of Wales.
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