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Liberties and the Great Charter Extracts on Exile and Monopolies
A fragment discussing the meaning of liberties and the great charter. It outlines three senses of liberty: realm laws, subject freedom in matters like trades and deaths, and royal grants of franchises. It condemns monopolies and exile without parliamentary authority, and notes limits on punishment and servitude under authority.
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England
Merchant Taylors of
Belknap
Ireland
Richard the Second