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An act for the establishing an High Court of Justice : together with 1. An act prohibiting the proclaiming of any person to be king of England or Ireland, or the dominions thereof. 2. An act declaring what offences shall be adjudged treason. 3. Another act declaring what offences shall be adjudged treason. 4. An act for a seal of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England : Tuesday the 22 of November, 1653, ordered by the Parliament, that the act passed yesterday, entituled, An act for the establishing an High Court of Justice, be forthwith printed and published, and that the several other acts therein mentioned be printed therewith : Hen. Scobell, Clerk of the Parliament

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Title
An act for the establishing an High Court of Justice : together with 1. An act prohibiting the proclaiming of any person to be king of England or Ireland, or the dominions thereof. 2. An act declaring what offences shall be adjudged treason. 3. Another act declaring what offences shall be adjudged treason. 4. An act for a seal of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England : Tuesday the 22 of November, 1653, ordered by the Parliament, that the act passed yesterday, entituled, An act for the establishing an High Court of Justice, be forthwith printed and published, and that the several other acts therein mentioned be printed therewith : Hen. Scobell, Clerk of the Parliament
Creator
  • England and Wales. Parliament  
  • England and Wales  
Date
1653  
Publication Place
London (England)
Printer
Field, John, d. 1668  
Description
  • Acquisition made accessible thanks to the generous support of the Frederick J. and Margret L. Worden Endowment.
  • Leaves numbered in ms. 1266-1273.
  • ESTC (online) R209424 (variant).
  • Lambert, S. Printing for Parliament, 1641-1700, p. 191.
  • No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
  • Also issued as part of a through-paged folio set.
  • Commonwealth arms on title page and at head of leaf 2M2 recto; initlal; text in black letter.
  • On leaf 2M2 recto: the last word of first line of text: 'Com-'; first word of line below initial: 'Enemies'; the last word of last full line of text: 'Law,'.
  • Another edition has in line 6 of title: "king over England"; line 10 of title: "An another"; in imprint: "Iohn Field"; line1 of order-to-print on t.p.: "Tuesday the 22th of November, 1653."
  • Signatures: 2M-2N⁴.
  • "Printed by John Field, printer to the Parliament of England.
Extent
[2], 191-204 p.
Dimensions
29 cm. (fol.)
Language
English
Topical Subject
  • Treason  
  • Kings and rulers--Succession  
  • Monarchy  
  • Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685  
  • Courts  
  • Martial law  
  • England and Wales. High Court of Justice  
Geographic Subject
  • London (England)  
  • England  
  • Great Britain  
Genre Subject
Early works to 1800  
Associated Entities
  • England and Wales. Parliament
  • Field, John, d. 1668
  • Scobell, Henry, d. 1660
Collection Title
Digital Rare Book Collection
Sub-Collection
Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Bibliographic Identifier
99554716412205899
Collection
Digital Rare Book Collection
TitleAn act for the establishing an High Court of Justice : together with 1. An act prohibiting the proclaiming of any person to be king of England or Ireland, or the dominions thereof. 2. An act declaring what offences shall be adjudged treason. 3. Another act declaring what offences shall be adjudged treason. 4. An act for a seal of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England : Tuesday the 22 of November, 1653, ordered by the Parliament, that the act passed yesterday, entituled, An act for the establishing an High Court of Justice, be forthwith printed and published, and that the several other acts therein mentioned be printed therewith : Hen. Scobell, Clerk of the Parliament
Creator
  • England and Wales. Parliament  
  • England and Wales  
Date1653  
Publication PlaceLondon (England)
PrinterField, John, d. 1668  
Description
  • Acquisition made accessible thanks to the generous support of the Frederick J. and Margret L. Worden Endowment.
  • Leaves numbered in ms. 1266-1273.
  • ESTC (online) R209424 (variant).
  • Lambert, S. Printing for Parliament, 1641-1700, p. 191.
  • No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
  • Also issued as part of a through-paged folio set.
  • Commonwealth arms on title page and at head of leaf 2M2 recto; initlal; text in black letter.
  • On leaf 2M2 recto: the last word of first line of text: 'Com-'; first word of line below initial: 'Enemies'; the last word of last full line of text: 'Law,'.
  • Another edition has in line 6 of title: "king over England"; line 10 of title: "An another"; in imprint: "Iohn Field"; line1 of order-to-print on t.p.: "Tuesday the 22th of November, 1653."
  • Signatures: 2M-2N⁴.
  • "Printed by John Field, printer to the Parliament of England.
Extent[2], 191-204 p.
Dimensions29 cm. (fol.)
LanguageEnglish
Topical Subject
  • Treason  
  • Kings and rulers--Succession  
  • Monarchy  
  • Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685  
  • Courts  
  • Martial law  
  • England and Wales. High Court of Justice  
Geographic Subject
  • London (England)  
  • England  
  • Great Britain  
Genre SubjectEarly works to 1800  
Associated Entities
  • England and Wales. Parliament
  • Field, John, d. 1668
  • Scobell, Henry, d. 1660
Collection TitleDigital Rare Book Collection
Sub-CollectionProject Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Bibliographic Identifier99554716412205899
CollectionDigital Rare Book Collection

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