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."
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
The English Tongue (26)
The Act of Union continues from post (25)....
"17. Also be it enacted...that all Justices, commissioners, sheriffs coroners escheators stewards and their lieutenants and all other officers and ministers of the law shall proclaim and keep the sessions courts hundreds leets sheriffs courts and all other courts in the English tongue; and all oaths of officers juries and inquests and all other affidavits verdicts and wagers of law to be given and done in the English tongue; and also that from henceforth no person or persons that use the Welsh speech or language shall have or enjoy any manner office or fees within this realm of England, Wales or other the King's dominions upon pain of forfeiting the same offices or fees unless he or they use and exercise the English speech or language."
So here you have it. Only the English tongue was to be used in the courts. Thus the Welsh tongue was eliminated from the documents and records of the courts. It was this fact that produced all sorts of problems with those who had to transcribe the Welsh name (and naming system) into the English speaking world.
"17. Also be it enacted...that all Justices, commissioners, sheriffs coroners escheators stewards and their lieutenants and all other officers and ministers of the law shall proclaim and keep the sessions courts hundreds leets sheriffs courts and all other courts in the English tongue; and all oaths of officers juries and inquests and all other affidavits verdicts and wagers of law to be given and done in the English tongue; and also that from henceforth no person or persons that use the Welsh speech or language shall have or enjoy any manner office or fees within this realm of England, Wales or other the King's dominions upon pain of forfeiting the same offices or fees unless he or they use and exercise the English speech or language."
So here you have it. Only the English tongue was to be used in the courts. Thus the Welsh tongue was eliminated from the documents and records of the courts. It was this fact that produced all sorts of problems with those who had to transcribe the Welsh name (and naming system) into the English speaking world.
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