Modus tenendi parliamentu[m] apud Anglos

Name:

Elsynge, Henry, 1577-1635 or 1636

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1640

Description:

Two works concerning governance and law bound together. The first work is the first book of Henry Elsynge's treatise on parliamentary procedure, despite the caption title's assertion that the work is "in two bookes" (f. 2r). The treatise comprises eight chapters addressing summons, appearance, locus et modus sedendi, Parliament days, proxies, summonitionis causa, prolocutor domus communis, and receivers and triers of petitions. The second work is a treatise on nobility in English law and custom in six chapters, addressing topics such as the creation of titles, the inheritance of titles, laws concerning nobles in trials, the privileges of nobility, and the cessation or loss of nobility.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Hickman family of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, probably Sir William Hickman (1629-1682), second baronet (armorial bookplate inside upper cover, Hickman Barrt., motto Toujours Fidelle).; Sold by Christopher Edwards (Wallingford, England), 2009.; Hickman, William, 1629-1682, former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

England and Wales. -- Parliament -- Rules and practice; England and Wales. -- Parliament; Parliamentary practice -- England -- History -- 17th century; Nobility -- Great Britain -- History; Nobility -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain; Nobility -- Legal status, laws, etc; Nobility; History; Parliamentary practice

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Manuscripts, European; Manuscripts, English; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

276 leaves : paper; 294 x 182 (Work 1, 239 x 115; Work 2, 223 x 120) mm bound to 299 x 210 mm

Geographic Subject:

Great Britain; England

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title for manuscript from caption title of first work (f. 2r) and title page of second work (f. 141r); Table of contents: 1. f.1r-139v: Modus tenendi parliamentum apud Anglos / Henry Ellsinge.; Table of contents: 2. f.141r-276r: A treatise of nobilitie in generall.; Foliation: Paper, i + 276 + i; [1-144, 145-276 (contemporary foliation 1-132)]; modern foliation in pencil and contemporary foliation in ink (when present), upper right recto. Catchwords every page, lower right corner.; Layout: First work written in 24 long lines; second work written in 19-22 long lines.; Script: Written in cursive script by at least three different hands for the first work, table of contents for second work, and second work (f. 2r-139v, 142r-143v, 145r-276r). The hand of the second work is the latest of the three.; Binding: Contemporary calf and endpapers, rebacked in the 19th century (Christopher Edwards).; Origin: Written in England, perhaps London, in the mid-17th century (Christopher Edwards).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; English, with title of first work and numerous legal terms in both works in Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1556