A brief or direction for the King's learned Council, collected by the Lord Chancellor Ellesmere [manuscript], 1615 September.

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A brief or direction for the King's learned Council, collected by the Lord Chancellor Ellesmere [manuscript], 1615 September.

Contemporary copy. In defense of the equitable jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, against the attacks of Coke and the Common Lawyers.

11 leaves.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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