Citizenship - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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Britannia libera, or, A defence of the free state of man in England : against the claim of any man there as a slave : inscribed and submited to the jurisconsulti and the free people of England / [by William Bollan].
Bollan, William, -1776.Date: 1772- E-books
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The rights and liberties of Englishmen asserted . With a Collection of Statutes and Records of Parliament against Foreigners. Shewing, That by the Constitution of England, no Outlandish Man, whether Naturaliz'd or not, is capable of any Office in England or Ireland. That no Man ought to be made a Bishop, but he that is English born. That no Outlandish Man ought to work or trade, but under the Governance of English men. That no Outlandish Broker ought to be imployed here. With other useful Observations. Humbly offered to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons.
Wagstaffe, Thomas, 1645-1712.Date: 1701- E-books
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A resolution of some questions , upon the clause in 12. & 13. W. III. c. 2. which Enacts, That after the said Limitation shall take effect, as aforesaid, No Person Born out of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland, or the Dominions thereunto belonging, although he be Naturalized, or made a Denizen (except such as are Born of English Parents) shall be capable to he of the Privy Council, or a Member of either House of Parliament; or to enjoy any Office or Place of Trust, either Civil or Military, or to have any Grant of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments from the Crown to himself, or to any other or others in Trust for him.
Date: 1715