Calais
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
A French city where the law of confiscation was formerly practiced and later abolished under English rule.
It was formerly the law at Calais, but was abolished by the English, whilst that city was in their possession.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The garrison town whose fortifications James I's purveyors sought to repair using unlawfully requisitioned timber.
, shortly after his accession, transgressed this provision of Magna Carta by requisitioning timber for repairing the fortifications of Calais.