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CHAP. PAGE
PREFACE vii
Queens Consort 27
Queens Regnant 28
Queens Regent 33
They paid Homage 36
They received Homage 37
They held Courts Baron 37
They held by Military Service 40
They could be Knights 42
They could inherit Public 42 Offices
They could be High Sheriff 43
They could be Earl Marshal 45
They could be High Constable, 47 High Steward, High Chamberlain
They could be Champion, 48 Governor of Royal Castles
They could be appointed to 51 various offices
They could act as Femes Soles 51 when married
They had the Cure of Churches 53
As Peeresses summoned to 53 Parliament in person or in proxy
Could be Freeholders 61
Could act as Femes Soles when 61 married
Could hold by Military Tenure 62
Paid and received Homage 63
Could present to Churches 63
Could hold Motes and attend 64 Motes
Could be Suitors at County 64 Courts, Pares, Judges or Jury
Could elect Knights of the 67 Shire
Could elect Members of Private 69 Boroughs
Could be Members of Guilds 79
Could have Guilds of their own 83
Were free of the City of 84 London
Were free in other Boroughs 86
Could be Members of 90 Corporation
Could vote for Members of 94 Parliament
The Errors of Sir Edward Coke 99
A Believer in Coke's Views 107
Protesting Women 112
Anne Clifford 112
Mary Astell's Protest 124
Mary Wolstonecroft Godwin 127
Legal Cases decided in their 128 favour
The Reform Bill of 1832 136
The Reform Bill of 1867 139
Something has been done 147
Municipal Franchise--School 148 Boards
Married Women's Property Acts 149
Lady Sandhurst's Case 150
What a Woman can do 152
Women and the Universities 155
The Test of Civilisation 162
Labour the basis of Property 165
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