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."
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Sessions (34)
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"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.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Additions 1542 - 1543 (30)
Additions to the Act of Union 1536 is continued below from post (29)...
"An act for certain ordinances in the king's dominion and principality of Wales. St. 34/35 Hen. VIII, c.26, 1542 - 43 (Stat. Realm, III 926)
Our sovereign lord the king's majesty, of his tender zeal and affection that he beareth towards his loving and obedient subjects of his dominion, principality, and country of Wales, for good rule and order to be from henceforth kept and maintained within the same, whereby his said subjects may grow and rise to more wealth and prosperity, hath devised and made divers sundry good and necessary ordinances which his majesty of his most abundant goodness, at the humble suit and petition of his said subjects of Wales is pleased and contented to be enacted by the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, in manner and form as hereafter ensueth."
Setting the stage for changes to follow. More wealth and prosperity is always good. These changes seem to be as a result of request from the folks of Wales themselves.
"An act for certain ordinances in the king's dominion and principality of Wales. St. 34/35 Hen. VIII, c.26, 1542 - 43 (Stat. Realm, III 926)
Our sovereign lord the king's majesty, of his tender zeal and affection that he beareth towards his loving and obedient subjects of his dominion, principality, and country of Wales, for good rule and order to be from henceforth kept and maintained within the same, whereby his said subjects may grow and rise to more wealth and prosperity, hath devised and made divers sundry good and necessary ordinances which his majesty of his most abundant goodness, at the humble suit and petition of his said subjects of Wales is pleased and contented to be enacted by the assent of the lords spiritual and temporal and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, in manner and form as hereafter ensueth."
Setting the stage for changes to follow. More wealth and prosperity is always good. These changes seem to be as a result of request from the folks of Wales themselves.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Elected and Chosen (29)
The Act of Union 1536 continues from post (28)...
"22. And it is further enacted...that for this present Parliament and all other Parliaments to be holden and kept for this realm, two knights shall be chosen and elected to the same parliament for the shire of Monmouth, and one Burgess for the borough of Monmouth, in like manner form and order as knights and burgesses of the parliament be elected and chosen in all other shires of this realm of England, and that the same knights and burgesses shall have like dignity pre-eminence and privilege, and shall be allowed such fees as other knights and burgesses of the Parliament have been allowed; and the knight's fees to be levied, perceived received gathered and paid in such manner form and order as such fees be gathered levied perceived received and paid in other shires of this realm of England; and the Burgesses' fees be levied as well within the borough of Monmouth as within all other ancient boroughs within the said shire of Monmouth.
[Similarly one Knight to be chosen to the same Parliaments for each of the shires of Brecknock, Radnor, Montgomery, and Denbigh and for every other shire within the said country or dominion of Wales; and for every borough being a shire town within the said country or Dominion of Wales.]"
This section officially ends the Act of Union 1536. Additions to this act follows in 1542 - 1543 and will be presented as recorded in English Historical Documents 1485 - 1558, edited by C.H. Williams, Oxford University Press, New York, 1967.
"22. And it is further enacted...that for this present Parliament and all other Parliaments to be holden and kept for this realm, two knights shall be chosen and elected to the same parliament for the shire of Monmouth, and one Burgess for the borough of Monmouth, in like manner form and order as knights and burgesses of the parliament be elected and chosen in all other shires of this realm of England, and that the same knights and burgesses shall have like dignity pre-eminence and privilege, and shall be allowed such fees as other knights and burgesses of the Parliament have been allowed; and the knight's fees to be levied, perceived received gathered and paid in such manner form and order as such fees be gathered levied perceived received and paid in other shires of this realm of England; and the Burgesses' fees be levied as well within the borough of Monmouth as within all other ancient boroughs within the said shire of Monmouth.
[Similarly one Knight to be chosen to the same Parliaments for each of the shires of Brecknock, Radnor, Montgomery, and Denbigh and for every other shire within the said country or dominion of Wales; and for every borough being a shire town within the said country or Dominion of Wales.]"
This section officially ends the Act of Union 1536. Additions to this act follows in 1542 - 1543 and will be presented as recorded in English Historical Documents 1485 - 1558, edited by C.H. Williams, Oxford University Press, New York, 1967.
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