To: SunkenCiv
This version was issued by King Edward I Longshanks.
Sure, he reissued Magna Carta in exchange for some revenue. But then he set about systematically dismantling the manorial court system in order to force everyone to use the royal courts.
3 posted on
02/10/2015 1:19:45 AM PST by
SeeSharp
To: SeeSharp; Bigg Red
9 posted on
02/10/2015 7:38:34 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
To: SeeSharp; SunkenCiv
Edward instituted several legal and administrative reforms that helped the development of the royal courts and the common law.
He also made permanent the principle of including commoners in all Parliaments.
To: SeeSharp
19 posted on
02/10/2015 4:56:54 PM PST by
Mercat
(Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket)
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