Charles I, King of England · Atlas

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Charles Stuart“Charles I, King of England”2 mentions

The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 (English) · Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (English)

Whereas the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, have by their late Act intituled an Act of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, for erecting an High Court of Justice for the trying and judging of Charles Stuart, King of England, authorised and constituted us an High Court of Justice for the trying and judging of the said Charles Stuart for the crimes and treasons in the said Act mentioned;

ch. 22 ¶

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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–166019th Century · English

The reigning English monarch, discussed throughout the window both as the subject of a legal argument for royal prerogative and defence powers, as the addressee of the Scottish National Covenant's loyalty oath, as the recipient of a petition of grievances, and as the issuer of a writ summoning a great council.

That your Majesty’s sacred person is exposed to hazard and danger in the present expedition against the Scottish army, and by occasion of this war your revenue is much wasted, your subjects burdened with coat-and-conduct-money, billeting of soldiers, and other military charges, and divers rapines and disorders committed in several parts in this your realm, by the soldiers raised for that service, …

ch. 13 ¶

but on the contrary we promise and swear that we shall to the utmost of our power, with our means and lives, stand to the defence of our dread Sovereign the King’s Majesty, his person and authority, in the defence and preservation of the aforesaid true religion, liberties and laws of the kingdom;

ch. 13 ¶

Charles, that all Kings and Princes at their coronation and reception of their princely authority, shall make their faithful promise by their solemn oath in the presence of the Eternal God, that during the whole time of their lives they shall serve the same Eternal God to the utmost of their power, according as He hath required in His most Holy Word, contained in the Old and New Testaments, and ac …

ch. 13 ¶

Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated19th Century · English

The reigning British monarch invoked as the source of pay and authority for a judicial power considered an outrage in Massachusetts.

A judicial power, though under the obligation of an oath, paid by the king of England, was justly considered in Massachusetts, as an outrage upon the principles of justice and liberty.

ch. 11 ¶