A short history of England . t #1 l\ ;..;..: // ,& ?;;,, • ffi V ? ,.- ; .. pSi «£ b m. Old Town Hall of Leicester king or their other lord, whoever he might be, recognition of theircustoms, and still other advantages in the way of settling their owninternal disputes without interference, or of carrying on their gov-ernment in their own way. The need of Henry II for moneyto carry on his wars on the continent, of Richard for his crusade,and of John and Henry III for their various uses led them to grantcharters to towns very readily when good sums were the townsmen were now rich enou
A short history of England . t #1 l\ ;..;..: // ,& ?;;,, • ffi V ? ,.- ; .. pSi «£ b m. Old Town Hall of Leicester king or their other lord, whoever he might be, recognition of theircustoms, and still other advantages in the way of settling their owninternal disputes without interference, or of carrying on their gov-ernment in their own way. The need of Henry II for moneyto carry on his wars on the continent, of Richard for his crusade,and of John and Henry III for their various uses led them to grantcharters to towns very readily when good sums were the townsmen were now rich enough to pay well for theirprivileges. Thus one after another the towns obtained charters,guaranteeing to their citizens the right to enforce their local 198 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND customs, to make new regulations, to pay their taxes in one sumto the government, collecting them among themselves as they sawfit, and many other privileges. A town valued its charter aboveall things, and from time to time offered and paid to the king alarge sum of money to obtain a new charter with more
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