...age, to have devifed: That a merchant, who had made three long fea-voyagcs on his own account , fhould be admitted to the rank of a thane or gentleman. This prince died at Glocefler in the year 941 "', after a reign of fixteen1 years ; and was fucceedde by Edmund, his legitimate...

...kingdom; and the layr which he enacted, that a merchant who had .made three sea voyages of any length, on his own account, should be admitted to the rank of a thane or gentleman, is a proof of judgment, soaring above the prejudices of the age.. He died at Glocester, after a reign...

...941, after a reign of 16 years. He passed a remarkable law, for the encouragement of commerce : viz. that a merchant, who had made three long sea voyages...should be admitted to the rank of a thane or gentleman. S3 Athelstan was succeeded by his brother Edmund. EdmucJ. On bis accession, he found the kingdom disturbed...

...liberality of mind in that age to have devised ; that a merchant, who had made three long sea-voyages on his own account, should be admitted to the rank...gentleman. This prince died at Gloucester in the year 941,n after a reign of sixteen years, and was succeeded by Edmund, his legitimate brother. .. - •...

...the real foundation of the power of England was founded in commerce, by enacting the remarkable law, that a merchant who had made three long sea voyages...be admitted to the rank of a thane or gentleman." , A. — The new king encountered an opposition from Anlaf, a powerful Dane settled in Northumberland,...

...the real foundation of the power of England was founded in commerce, by enacting the remarkable law, that a merchant who had made three long sea voyages...account, should be admitted to the rank of a thane or gentleman.1' A. — The new king encountered an opposition from Anlaf, a powerful Dane settled in Northumberland,...

...liberality of mind, in that age, to devise; namely, that a merchant, who had made three long sea-voyages on his own account, should be admitted to the rank of a thane or gentleman. It may be added, for the honour of trade, ' that some of the Italian princes, looking on themselves...

...Londoners before alluded to, forming, as it were, a code of civic ordinances, it was ordained, — that a merchant, who had made three long sea voyages on his own account, should be entitled to the quality of a thane, or nobleman fA more accurate judgement, however, may be drawn from...

...a remarkable law, for the encouragement of commerce ; viz. that a merchant who had made three long voyages on his own account, should be admitted to the rank of a thane or gentleman ; and died in 941, after reigning sixteen years. He was succeeded by his brother Edmund I, On his accession...

...distinction of superior and inferior is commonly very strongly marked. One of the laws of Athelstan declared, that a merchant who had made three long sea voyages on his own account was entitled to the quality of thane; and another declared that a ceorle, or husbandman, who had been...