 The ordinance was, that all houses of husbandry, that were used with twenty acres of ground and upwards, should be maintained and kept up for ever, together with a competent proportion of land to be used and occupied with them...  The works of Francis Bacon - Page 60by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 594 pages
...that, by enacting that " all houses of husbandry, used with twenty acres or more of ground, should be kept up for ever, together with a competent proportion of land to be occupied with them, and in no wise to be severed from them, and thus obliging the occupier to be, not... | |
 | James F. Morgan - England - 1858 - 268 pages
...time (13. Hen. VIII. c. 13) would be evaded if not directly broken. It was ordained by Henry 7. — That all houses of husbandry , that were used with twenty acres of land and upwards, should be maintained and kept up for ever, together with a competent proportion of... | |
 | 1858 - 596 pages
...acres or more of ground, should be kept up for ever, together with a competent proportion of land to be occupied with them, and in no wise to be severed from them, and thus obliging the occupier to be, not a beggar or cottager, but a man of some substance, that might... | |
 | Charles Augustus Ward, Feltham BURGHLEY (pseud. [i.e. Charles Augustus Ward.]) - 1859 - 144 pages
...express prohibition, and the statute ran thus : " That all houses of husbandry that were used with 20 acres of ground and upwards, should be maintained...proportion of land to be used and occupied with them ; under penalty of seizure by the king and lords of the fee, to the extent of one half of the profits,... | |
 | John Scott - Sectionalism (U.S.) - 1860 - 282 pages
...forbid, but framed an ordinance, that by indirect means, sought to attain that object. It was enacted, " that all houses of husbandry that were used with twenty...ground and upwards, should be maintained and kept forever ; together with a competent provision of land to be used and occupied with them." The act was... | |
 | John Scott - Sectionalism (U.S.) - 1860 - 278 pages
...forbid, but framed an ordinance, that by indirect means, sought to attain that object. It was enacted, " that all houses of husbandry that were used with twenty...ground and upwards, should be maintained and kept forever; together with a competent provision of land to be used and occupied with them." The act was... | |
 | 1861 - 790 pages
...enacted a penalty for decaying houses of husbandry, and enjoined that all such houses used with 20 acres of ground and upwards, should be maintained and kept up for ever. He rejoices that this statute failed of securing its object, as all laws must do " which are contrary... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Great Britain - 1862 - 416 pages
...yet not that by name, or by any imperious express prohibition, but by consequence. The ordinance was, That all houses of husbandry that were used with twenty...of land to be used and occupied with them, and in nowise to be severed from them (as by another statute, made afterwards in his successor's time, was... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1862 - 448 pages
...yet not that by name, or by any imperious express prohibition, but by consequence. The ordinance was, That all houses of husbandry that were used with twenty...of land to be used and occupied with them, and in nowise to be severed from them (as by another statute, made afterwards in his successor's time, was... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Great Britain - 1862 - 418 pages
...yet not that by name, or by any imperious express prohibition, but by consequence. The ordinance was, That all houses of husbandry that were used with twenty...of land to be used and occupied with them, and in nowise to be severed from them (as by another statute, made afterwards in his successor's time, was... | |
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