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Denarii S. Petri

Denarii S. Petri (commonly called Peter's Pence), an annual payment on St.

King's printer

printer has the liberty of printing the Bible, Prayer Book, Statutes, and Acts of State, to the exclusion of all other

King's proctor

King's proctor, the proctor or solicitor representing the Crown in the Probate and Divorce Court. In

King's widow

tenant-in-chief, who was obliged to take oath in Chancery that she would not marry without the King's leave.

King's evil

King's evil, scrofula, formerly supposed to be cured by the King touching the

S.P.,

S.P., sine prole without issue; d.s.p. means 'demisit sine prole,' i.e.

Knight's fee

it, and even a manor if it is usually called so. Consult Shep. Touch. 92, 93. Selden contends that it was

Lloyd's bonds

Lloyd's bonds. Instruments under the seal of a railway company, admitting the indebtedness of the company

Mayor's Court, London

Mayor's Court, London. See LORD MAYOR'S COURT.

Palmer's Act

order to give him a trial free from local prejudice. So called from the poisoner William Palmer, of Rugeley, in Staffordshire,

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