Produced by Paul Dring, Stephen Hope, Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Reign of Edward I.--Confirmatio Chartarum--Constitution of Parliament --the Prelates--the temporal Peers--Tenure by Barony--its Changes-- Difficulty of the Subject--Origin of Representation of the Commons-- Knights of Shires--their Existence doubtfully traced through the Reign of Henry III.--Question whether Representation was confined to Tenants in capite discussed--State of English Towns at the Conquest and afterwards--their Progress--Representatives from them summoned to Parliament by Earl of Leicester--Improbability of an earlier Origin --Cases of St.…
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