Henry I
historical figure · 5 works · 19 mentions · 39 anchored passages
Henry I. · Henry · Henry Beauclerk · Henry the First · King Henry I · King Henry I. · his father · his grandfather · the charters of Henry the First · the earlier Henry
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1 expressionHenry I of England2 mentions
The Rights of War and Peace (English) · Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John (English)
The Magna Carta, greatest of all historical characters wrung from the various kings of England from Henry I downward, was granted by King John at the pressing instance of the Barons and Commons of England toward the end of his ill-judged and unfortunate reign.
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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Third son of William the Conqueror, King of England 1100-1135, noted for organizing the Exchequer.
Henry, before his death in 1135, seemed to have carried to completion the congenial task of building a strong monarchy on the foundations laid by William.
Henry’s other great achievement was the organization of the Exchequer, as a source of royal revenue, and as an instrument for making his will felt in every corner of England.
Henry, however, does not seem to have rejected openly the claims of the capitular clergy, but only to have taken steps to render them nugatory in practice.
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
King of England (1100-1135) under whom jury practice is historically situated in the passage.
except some of the greater crimes reformed by the laws of King Henry I.
Crabbe, speaking of the time of Henry I.
It appears, also, that the barons desired of John (what he afterwards granted by Magna Carta) “that the laws and liberties of King Edward, with other privileges granted to the kingdom and church of England, might be confirmed, as they were contained in the charters of Henry the First;
The Rights of War and Peace
Early English king referenced as the starting point of charters preceding Magna Carta.
The Magna Carta, greatest of all historical characters wrung from the various kings of England from Henry I downward, was granted by King John at the pressing instance of the Barons and Commons of England toward the end of his ill-judged and unfortunate reign.
The Law of Torts
English king to whom the early legal compilation known as the Laws of Henry I is attributed.
We find the same statement about accidents in shooting at a mark in the so-called laws of Henry I.
Law in a Free State
The English king before whom Serlo d'Abon preached against long hair, and whose own hair was afterward cropped in the anecdote.
Eccleston mentions how Serlo d'Abon, after preaching before Henry I.