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This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.
Of the KING’S PREROGATIVE.X1X2
X1This is inserted in all the Printed Copies as a Statute of 17 Edw. II: The Copy from MS. Cott. Claud. D. II. was printed by Cay; the Various Readings marked MS. Cott. and MS. Harl. are from a Cotton Manuscript, Appendix XVI, fo. 85. and a Harleian MS. No. 947.
X2The original text of this Act was not modern English. The traditional translation appears first with obsolete characters modernised. The original text (as an image) appears second.
F1Cc. 1–9 repealed by (E.W.) Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (c. 125), and (I.) Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (c. 98)
F1C. 10 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. II and superseded by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), s. 2
F1Cc. 11, 12 repealed by Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72), Sch. 8 Pt. I
Also the King shall have . . . F1 throughout the Realm, Whales and [X1great Sturgeons] taken in the Sea or elsewhere within the Realm, except in certain Places privileged by the King.
F1Words repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (c. 60), Sch. 22
X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Sturgeons
F1Cc. 14, 15 repealed by (E.W.) Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (c. 125), and (I.) Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (c. 98)
When our Lord the King giveth or granteth Land or a Manor with the Appurtenances, without he make express mention in his Deed or Writing of . . . F1, Advowsons of Churches, . . . F1, belonging to such Manor or Land, then at this Day the King reserveth to himself such . . . F1, Advowsons, . . . F1, albeit that among other Persons it hath been observed otherwise.
F1C. 18 repealed by Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23), Sch. 2 Pt. I and Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), Sch. 1
F1Cc. 1–9 repealed by (E.W.) Statute Law Revision Act 1863 (c. 125), and (I.) Statute Law (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (c. 98)
F1C. 10 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. II and superseded by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), s. 2
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F1Cc. 11, 12 repealed by Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72), Sch. 8 Pt. I
Prerogativa Regis. Of the King’s Prerogative (temp. incert.) (1322)