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Parliament--The Petition of Right
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- A Book of the Argumentes helde in Parliament Anno 3 et 4 Caroli concerning the liberty of the person of every Freeman of this Kingdome of Englande. 1628
- ink on paper
with speeches by Sir Dudley Digges, Edward Littleton, John Selden, Sir Edward Coke, and Robert Heath at a committee from both Houses of Parliament on 7 April 1628 relating to the Petition of Right, with copies of precedents mentioned in the debate, manuscript in a single scribal hand, 85 pages, folio, first half of the seventeenth century
[bound with:] De Officio admirallitatis Anglie una cum acticuls concernentibus idem officium, scribal manuscript, 13 pages, folio, first half of the seventeenth century, later half calf, upper cover detached, worming
[bound with:] De Officio admirallitatis Anglie una cum acticuls concernentibus idem officium, scribal manuscript, 13 pages, folio, first half of the seventeenth century, later half calf, upper cover detached, worming
Provenance
"Liber Johannis Hurst" (early ownership inscription on "A Booke of the Arguments"); J. Henry Hearn, letter presenting both manuscripts to Mr Williamson, 26 November 1869
Literature
Commons Debates 1628 Vol. II: 17 March-19 April (Yale University Press, 1977), 332-58
Catalogue Note
"1. Resolved upon question, that no Freeman ought to be committed or deteyned in prison, or otherwise retstrayned by Command of the Kinge ...
2. The the writt of habeas Corpus may not be denied, but ought to be graunted to every man..."
An important series of speeches relating to the 1628 Petition of Right, one of the most significant constitutional documents in English history. It includes material not found in the 1642 pamphlet A Conference .. had by a committee of both Houses, concerning the rights and privileges of the subjects [Wing E2793].
2. The the writt of habeas Corpus may not be denied, but ought to be graunted to every man..."
An important series of speeches relating to the 1628 Petition of Right, one of the most significant constitutional documents in English history. It includes material not found in the 1642 pamphlet A Conference .. had by a committee of both Houses, concerning the rights and privileges of the subjects [Wing E2793].
The Law Society of England and Wales was founded in 1825, with a library forming part of the original prospectus for the Society, and by 1832 it was housed in its present elegant building on Chancery Lane. The current selection of 22 lots all have library stamps reflecting their history and have been marked to indicate their deaccession from the Law Society’s holdings.