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Thomas ©. Sovrell (674). A statute of Edward I. had prohibited the selling of wine without alicence. James I. granted « dispensation to members of the Vintners’ Company. ‘The judges decided that the Crown had power to grant the dispensation, Gadde v. Hales (2688): ‘The Test Act of Charles IT's reign prohibited anyone who was not in communion with the Church of England holding any office in the Army, James 1. bestowed commissions upon Roruan Callolics. ‘The Courts held that the royal dispen- sition wis a sufficient defence when pleaded. ‘The Case of the Fellows of Eton College: Queen Elizabeth had granted a dispensation against a statute of the college which forbade the fellows holding any ecclesiastical livings along th their fellow- ship: it was decided by the Courts that the dispensation still holds good.