Briefe collections out of Magna Charta, or, The knowne good old lawes of England : which sheweth, that the law is the highest inheritance the King hath, and that if his charter, grant, or pattent be repugnant to the said lawes and statutes, cannot be good, as is instanced in the Charter of Bridewell, London, and others : by which it appeares that the King by his charter may not alter the nature of the law, the forme of a court, nor inheritance lineally to descend, nor that any subject be protected from arrests, suites, &c.
Published: (1643)