Ashby and White, or, The great question : whether an action lies at common law for an elector who is deny'd his vote for members of Parliament? : debated and resolv'd, together with the case of Jay and Topham, and the defence made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones for their judgment given therein : with other cases.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashby, Matthew.

Contributor:

White, William, Constable of the Borough of Aylesbury.

Needler, Culverwell, 1656- court reporter.

England and Wales. Parliament.

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Ashby, Matthew--Trials, litigation, etc.

Ashby, Matthew.

White, William, Constable of the Borough of Aylesbury--Trials, litigation, etc.

White, William.

England and Wales. Parliament--Elections.

England and Wales.

Trials--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Trials.

Election law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Election law.

Penn Provenance:

Zachs, William J. (donor) (RBC copy)

King, P. (autograph) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

[2], 257, [3] p. ; 21 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Ashby and White

Great question

Fingerprint:

hem- e.rt d,re neve (3) 1705 (A)

Place of Publication:

[London : s.n.], printed in the year 1705.

Language Note:

"A copy of the record inter Ashby & White, & al." and "A copy of the record inter Soame & Barnardiston" are in Latin.

Notes:

"The case involved Matthew Ashby, plaintiff, and William White, defendant."--ESTC.

A report by Culverwell Needham of a debate in the House of Commons during January 1704.

Signatures: [A]1 B-R⁸ S².

Title within border of double rules.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

RBC copy has ms. inscription ("8 III") on front pastedown; early ms. note on leaf S1v.

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by William J. Zachs.

RBC copy has ms. shelf-mark ("D.I 13") in pencil, possibly that of the library of Ben Damph House, on front pastedown.

RBC has autograph ("P. King") on front free endpaper, probably either that of Peter King, 1st Baron King (1669-1734), or his son Peter King, 3rd Baron King (1709-1754).

RBC copy: front pastedown, front free endpapers, and leaves A1-B2 have wormhole in tail inner corner; leaves G1-S2, back free endpapers and back pastedown wormed in tail margin.

Cited in:

Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2898

ESTC T84969

OCLC:

65098986