Manuscript tracts relating to affairs of England, [16--?].

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Manuscript tracts relating to affairs of England, [16--?].

Manuscripts in various hands,including The argument of the Lord Chief Baron Hales [i.e. Hale] in the case of Ramsey; The Lord Treasurers speech in Parliament, 1610; Isaac Cotton concerning the proceedings in the Star Chamber, 1622; The processe at the coronation of King Richard the Second; A catalogue collected out of the records of the Pipe of the Sherifs of Salop [i.e. Shropshire] from the beginning of the reign of King Henry the Second to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1603?; An account of the several allowances of velvet & scarlet &c. to the Queens officers in the time of Queen Elizabeth; A collection of such subsidies & other aids as have been granted by Parliamt to the kings of this realm; Liber de origine Monasterii Fontanensis; and Several authorities to prove that by the antient law & custom of England when cases of difficulty did happen to arise in Westminster Hall, the judges adjourned such cases Propter difficultatem usque ad proximum Parliamentum.

1 v. (241 leaves) ; 31 cm.

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