Caesarea, Or, an Account of Jersey; The Greatest of the Islands Remaining to the Crown of England of the Ancient Dutchy of Normandy With an Appendix ... the Island and a Prospect of Elizabeth-Castle - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1734. Excerpt: ... NUMB. Ill Letters Patent of King James I, forbidding the Governor to intermeddle in the Nomination of the Bailly &c. TAMES by the Grace of God, King of EngI land, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come, greeting. "Whereas a Controversy has been long depending before us and our Counsaile, betwixt Sir John Peyton Kt. Captain of our Isle of Jersey, and John Herault of St. Saviour Esq; concerning the Right of Nomination to the Office of Bailiffe of the said Isle, claimed by the said Sir John Peyton by virtue of the Letters Patents whereby he hoHeth his Office of Captain of the fame Island, but the said Office of Bailiffe granted by special Letters Patents from Us unto the said John Herault, and also touching the Wages appertaining unto the said Office of Bailiffe; Forasmuch as the Power and Authority to nominate, and appoint, or constitute a Magistrate, or public Officer of Justice, is one of the essential and principal Marks of our Supreme Power and Authority, and an Act merely regal, and altogether inseparable from our Royal Person, and that contrary to our Royal Intent and Meaning, the same hath been inserted inserted into the said Sir John Peyton's Letters Patents, in prejudice of the common Right and Privilege of that Island, and the special Laws, and Statutes, and Ordinances made for the good Government of the fame: We therefore, according to the Report of our right trusty and wellbeloved Counsellors, the Lord Zoucb, and Sir Raljb Winwood Kt. our principal Secretary, formerly appointed to hear and examine the said Cause, have ordained and commanded, and by these Presents for Us, our Heirs, and Successors, We do ordain and command, that the said John Hermit be put in the present and peaceable po...