Anglescheria
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
Englishery; the fact of being an Englishman. Pleta, lib.
1, c. 30; Bracton uses "Englesheria" (fol. 135).
Under Canute and William the Conquerer, for the protection of their subjects from assassination, a heavier fine was imposed on the vill or hundred for the killing of a Dane or Norman than for the killing of a native. It was an object, therefore, for the hundred to prove Anglescheria to relieve itself from the added penalty. Anglescheria was abolished by St. 14 Edw, III. c.
4. 4 Bl. Comm. 195.
ANGLIAE JURA IN OMNI CASU LIBERtati dant favorem. The laws of England are