1. Ff. 2. 4. 5.
2. L. of N. l. 4. c. 11.
3. Sp. l. l. 23. c. 2.
4. Ff. 25. 3. 5.
5. Nov. 115.
6. l. 4. c. 11. §. 7.
7. De j. b. & p. l. 2. c. 7. n. 3.
8. Raym. 500.
9. Stat. 43 Eliz. c. 2.
10. Stat. 5 Geo. I. c. 8.
11. Styles. 283. 2 Bulstr. 346.
12. Stat. 11 & 12 W. III. c. 4.
13. Lord Raym. 699.
14. Com. Journ. 18 Feb. 12 Mar. 1701.
15. 1 Ann. St. 1. c 30.
16. 1 Lev. 130.
17. 2 Inst. 564.
18. 1 Hawk. P. C. 131.
19. Cro. Jac. 296. 1 Hawk. P. C. 83.
20. L. of N. b. 6. c. 2. §. 12.
21. See page 414.
22. Stat. 1 Jac. I. c. 4. & 3 Jac. I. c. 5.
23. Stat. 11 & 12 W. III. c. 4.
24. Stat. 3 Car. I. c. 2.
25. Ff. 28. 2. 11. Cod. 8. 47. 10.
26. Ff. 48. 9. 5.
27. Inst. 2. 9. 1.
28. 1 Hawk. P. C. 130.
29. Stat. 26 Geo. II. c. 33.
30. Potter's Antiq. b. 4. c. 15.
31. Sp. L. l. 26. c. 5.
32. Stat. 43 Eliz. c. 2.
33. Inst. 1. 10. 13. Decretal. l. 4. t. 17. c. 1.
34.Rogaverunt omnes episcopi magnates, ut consentirent quod nati ante matrimonium essent legitimi, sicut ills qui nati sunt post matrimonium, quia ecclesia tales habet pro legitimis. Et omnes comites et barones una voce responderunt quod nolunt leges Angliae mutare, quae hucusque usitatae sunt et approbatae. [All the bishops requested the peers to consent that children born before marriage should be legitimate, as those which are born after marriage, because the church esteems them so. But all the earls and barons answered unanimously, that they would not change the laws of England which were hitherto used and approved.] Stat. 20 Hen. III. c. 9. See the introduction to the great charter, edit. Oxon. 1759. sub anno 1253.
35. Cro. Jac. 541.
36. Stiernhook de jure Gothor. l. 3. c. 5.
37. Co. Litt. 8.
38. Ff. 25. tit. 4. per tot.
39. Britton. C. 66. page 166.
40. Co. Litt. 8.
41. Cod. 5. 9. 2.
42. But the year was then only ten months. Ovid. Fast. I. 27.
43.Sit omnis vidua sine marito duodecim menses. ["Let every widow remain unmarried twelve months."] LL. Ethelr. A. D. 1008. LL. Canut. c. 71.
44. Co. Litt. 244.
45. Salk. 123. 3 P. W. 276. Stra. 925.
46. 5 Rep. 98.
47. Salk. 123.
48. Co. Litt. 244.
49. Ibid. 235.
50. Lord Raym. 68. Comb. 356.
51. Nov. 89. c. 15.
52. Stat. 18 Eliz. c. 3. 7 Jac. I. c. 4. 3. Car. I. c. 4. 13 & 14 Car. II. c. 12. 6. Geo. II. c. 31.
53. Fort. de. LL. c. 40.
54. Co. Litt. 3.
55. Salk. 427.
56. Salk. 121.
57. Stat. 17 Geo. II. c. 5.
58. Fortesc. c. 40. 5. Rep. 58.
59. Cod. 6. 57. 5.
60. 4 Inst. 36.