Treatise on the Court of Star Chamber, ca. 1635.

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Treatise on the Court of Star Chamber, ca. 1635.

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A note on the front of the work states that it was composed by William Hudson of Gray's Inn and given to Jonathan Finch by his son William Christopher Hudson on December 19, 1635. Lord Mansfield was said to have cited this work in the case of King v. Wilkes.

1 v. ; 20 x 15 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793

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