GB 0096 MS 196 - Petition of Right, parliamentary proceedings

1 volume containing 45 leaves

This manuscript was formerly owned by Sir John Jenyns, MP (d 1642).
GB 0096 MS 196 1628 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 45 leaves Unknown
Put forward to King Charles I in the English Parliament of 1628, the Petition of Right asserted four liberties: freedom from arbitrary arrest; freedom from non-parliamentary taxation; freedom from the billeting of troops; and freedom from martial law.

This manuscript was formerly owned by Sir John Jenyns, MP (d 1642).

From the Library of the London Institution.

Manuscript volume containing a [contemporary copy of an] account of the proceedings of the conference between the House of Commons and the House of Lords concerning the liberty of the subject, undertaken before drawing up the Petition of Right. Includes the arguments of Sir Dudley Digges, Sir Edward Littleton, John Selden, Sir Edward Coke, [Richard] Cresheld and [Robert] Mason, and extracts from the Parliament, Pipe and Close Rolls from 1272.

Single item.

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English
Manuscript quarto. Sewn into a vellum cover.

Collection level description.

See Journal of the House of Lords, III, 717-31. A shorter version of this manuscript was printed in J Rushworth Historical collections of private passages of state (Robert Boulter, London, 1682) and in Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England. From the Norman Conquest, in 1066. to the year, 1803 (R. Bagshaw, Longmans & Co, London, 1806-12).

Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997). Jun 2000 Civil and political rights Coke , Sir , Edward , 1552-1634 , Knight , politician, lawyer and judge Cresheld , [Richard] , fl 1628 , politician Digges , Sir , Dudley , 1583-1639 , Knight , diplomat and judge England Europe House of Commons Human rights Internal politics Littleton , Edward , 1588-1645 , Baron Littleton of Mounsloe , politician and judge x Littleton of Mounsloe , Baron Mason , [Robert] , fl 1628 , politician Parliament Selden , John , 1584-1654 , jurist, politician and antiquary UK Western Europe London

From the Library of the London Institution.

Manuscript volume containing a [contemporary copy of an] account of the proceedings of the conference between the House of Commons and the House of Lords concerning the liberty of the subject, undertaken before drawing up the Petition of Right. Includes the arguments of Sir Dudley Digges, Sir Edward Littleton, John Selden, Sir Edward Coke, [Richard] Cresheld and [Robert] Mason, and extracts from the Parliament, Pipe and Close Rolls from 1272.

Single item.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

• English

• Latin

English

Collection level description.

Held by Lockhart's descendants.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

• English