Lectures on the constitution and laws of England / With a commentary on Magna Charta, and illustrations of many of the English statutes

by Francis Stoughton Sullivan

[166] Montesquieu, l’Esprit de Loix, liv. 31. chap. 1.

[167] St. Amand on the legislative power of England, p. 27. Montesquieu, l’Esprit des loix, liv. 31. ch. 8. Dr Robertson’s Charles V. vol. 1. p. 222.

[168] Mably, observations sur l’histoire de la France, tom. 1. l. 1. ch. 5. and 6. Montesquieu, l’Esprit des loix, liv. 31. ch. 9.

[169] Spelman on feuds and tenures. Mably, observations sur l’histoire de France, tom. 1. l. 2. ch. 3, 4, 5, 6. Montesquieu, l’Esprit des loix, liv. 31. ch. 28, 29, 30, 31. Houard, anciennes loix des François, liv. 1. ch. 1. Basnage, coutume de Normandie, tom. 1. p. 146.

[170] See the authorities quoted above, and Selden’s titles of honour, part 2. chap. 5.

[171] Coke on Littleton, lib. 2. ch. 1.

[172] Houard, anciennes loix des François, liv. 2. ch. 1. Du Cange, voc. Hominium. Spelman, voc. Homagium.

[173] Wright on tenures, p. 154. et seq. Dalrymple on feudal property, chap. 2. § 2. Millar on the distinction of ranks in society, second edit. p. 215.

[174] Wright on tenures, p. 172.

[175] Coke on Littleton, lib. 3. chap. 13.