Nimrod, on the death of his eldest son, erected a golden statue of him in his palace and ordained that all criminals fleeing thither should be protected and this was a species of sanctuary. The Green Bag, vol. VIII., 1896, p. 422. [7] Chambers Journal, vol. 44, Jan.-June, 1867, p. 170. [8] The Green Bag, vol. 8, 1896, p. 423. [9] Chambers Journal, vol. 64, p. 513. [10] Plutarch, Dr. Pegge; Green Bag, vol. 8, 1896, p. 423. [11] Chambers Journal, vol. 64, p. 513. Papal sanction was expressly given in the year 620. _ante idem._ [12] Chambers Journal, Vol. 64, August, 1887, p. 512. [13] Chambers Journal, Vol. 44, June, 1867, p. 170. [14] _Ante idem._ [15] I. Reeve’s History English Law, p. 198. Reeves shows that at this early day the _pax ecclesiae_ was more sacred, before the law, than the _pax regis_, _ante idem._ [16] Reville, L’Abjuratio regni, Revue historique, vol. 50, p. 1; M. Reville contends that the law of abjuration is purely an English institution and was adopted by the Normans, from the early Anglo-Saxons. See Pl. Cr. pi. 48, 49, 89; Britton, i, 63; Leg. Edw. Conf. c, 5. [17] II. Pollock and Maitland’s History English Law, p. 590. [18] _Ante idem._ Speaking of the practice known as _adjuration of the realm_, Pollock and Maitland, in their excellent history of English Law, say: “The coroner came and parleyed with the refugee, who had his choice between submitting to trial and abjuring the realm. If he chose the latter course, he hurried, dressed in pilgrim’s guise, to the port that was assigned to him, and left England, being bound by his oath, never to return. His lands escheated; his chattels were forfeited, and if he ever came back, his fate was that of an outlaw.” (Vol. II., p. 590.) [19] I. Pollock and Maitland’s History English Law, pp. 565, 566; R. H. 1, 308; Maddox, Hist. Exch. i, 541, 568. [20] Chamber’s Journal, Vol. 64, 1887, p. 513; Green Bag, vol. 8, p. 423. [21] _Ante idem._ I. Reeve’s History English Law, p. 198. [22] Mirror of Justice, c. 5. [23] I. Reeve’s History English Law, pp. 198, 199, note, Finlason’s edition. [24] This term is composed of the words “frith” and “stol,” meaning “the seat of peace.” It was a heavy stone chair, or seat and that at Beverly was devoid of decoration, but perfectly plain, in every particular. It has been broken and repaired with clamps of iron and we are informed that it formerly bore a Latin inscription, which stated that: “This stone chair is called Fridstool—that is, the Chair of Peace, to which what criminal soever flies to it hath full protection.” Chamber’s Journal, Vol. 64, 1887, p. 513.