A treatise of the antiquity, authority, uses and jurisdiction of the ancient courts of leet, or view of franck-pledge, and of subordination of government derived from the institution of Moses, the first legislator : and the first imitation of him in this island of Great Britaine by King Alfred and continued ever since : together with additions and alterations of the moderne lawes and statutes inquirable at those courts, untill this present yeare 1642 : with a large explication of the old oath of allegiance and Kings royall office of protection annexed / published by Robert Powell ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Robert, active 1636-1652.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts baron and courts leet.

Law--Great Britain.

Law.

Great Britain.

Oaths--Great Britain.

Oaths.

Penn Provenance:

Stubbs, William, 1825-1901 (former owner) (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Congregational Library (Boston, Mass.) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 64, 73-128, 137-168 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 169-241 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Treatise of the antiquity, authority, vses and iurisdiction of the ancient courts of Leet, or view of franck-pledge, and of subordination of government derived from the institution of Moses, the first legislator

Special t.p., dated 1641: Explanation of the old oath of legeance

Fingerprint:

onn- esr. o.am anRe (3) 1642 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Richard Badger, 1642.

Notes:

Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ B-2I⁴ 2K².

Text continuous despite pagination.

Leaf a4 is blank.

"An explanation of the old oath of legeance" has separate title page, dated 1641; title page (unpaginated) is V4r; text continues pagination on 2A1r.

"Together with additions and alterations of the modern laws and statutes inquirable at those courts, until this present yeare 1642. With a large explication of the old oath of allegiance and the Kings Royall office of protection annexed."

A reissue, with cancel title page, of the 1641 edition (Wing P3066).

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has stamp from the American Congregational Association Library in Boston on the title page.

Culture Class Collection copy has ms. inscription in pencil: "From the Libr[ary] of Bishop Stubbs."

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) P3067

ESTC R31908

Contains:

Powell, Robert, active 1636-1652. Explanation of the old oath of legeance.

An explanation of the old oath of legeance.

OCLC:

319154717