Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne.

  • Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.
Date:
1737
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    Book II. Gre a t-Brit axn. The Cadets, or Younger Children, of the Royal Family. CatlPt#.] The Cadets, or younger Sons of England, are created (not born) Dukes or of England, of what Places or Titles the King pleafeth. They have no certain Appenages, as in Trance, but only what the good Pleafure of the King bellows upon them. All the King’s Sons are by their Birth Counfelldrs of State, that fo they may grow up in the weighty Affairs of the King¬ dom. The Daughters of England are ftiSed Princeffes, theEldeftof which to violate unmarried, is Higb-Treafon at this Day. To all the King’s Children belong the Title of Royal- liighnefs ; all Subjefls are to be uncovered in their ITefence; fo kneel when they are admitted to kifs their Hands ; and at Table they are, out Of the King s Prefence, ferved on the Knee. The Children, the Brothers and Sijlers of the King, being Plaintiff's, the Summons in the Procefs need not have the So¬ lemnity of Fifteen Days, as in the Cafe of other Subjects. All the King’s Sons, Grandfons, Brothers, Uncles, and Ne¬ phews of the King, are by Star. 3 Hen. VIII. to precedeo- th^vs in England. It is true, the Word Grandfon is not there in ter minis, but is underftood, as Sir jEdzvard Coke holds, by Nephew, which in Latin be.ng Nepos, fignifies alio, and chiefly a Grandfon. The Natural or Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the King bear what Sirname the King pleafeth to give them ; and for Arms, the Arms of England, with a Baffon, or a Bor dure Gar-* bonne, or fomeMarkof lllegitimation. CHAP. %