| The others were to be the Gloucester, the Severn, Pearle, Wager and Tryall, plus two storeships. |
| Lord Morley appears to have risen to repeat the accusation against Salisbury and the latter to have defied him to prove it by wager of battle. |
| The children were under the care of a nurse, Sara Wager, who instilled in them not only polite manners and good behaviour but also liberal social and philosophical opinions. |
| As the concept of summary execution and wager of battle became incompatible with emerging societal values, the law changed. |
| It is tempting to criticize the trial by ordeal, wager of law and judicial combat for their apparent irrationality and cruelty. |
| Now I ask whether the King, when the dispute is brought before him, should decide for wager of battle. |
