[78] "Liber Albus," p. 315.
[79] Hist. MSS. Com., ix. 174.
[80] 51 Hen. III., stat. 6.
[81] 12 Edw. ii. c. 6.
[82] See Final Report of H. M. Commissioners appointed to enquire into the operation and administration of the Laws relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, chap. xvi. p. 21.
[83] The King could tax foreign merchants resident in England without having to obtain the consent of Parliament.
[84] The test was usually a verse out of the 51st Psalm—commonly called the "neck verse."
[85] 7 & 8 Geo. iv. c. 28; and see Carter's Eng. Leg. Hist., pp. 202, 203.
[86] 6 Edw. I., c. 9.
[87] 22 Edw. IV.