Vol. I. (ff. 86). 1. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES and Inscriptions found at Schervey on the wall of Antoninus, Lanchester, co. Durham, Cotterstock, co. Northants (1736), Hovingham, co. York (1745), Weldon, co. Northants (1738), Colchester, co. Essex (1763), Leicester, Devizes, co. Wilts, Checkley, co. Staf...
ENGRAVINGS and drawings of antiquities, coins, seals, etc., discovered in Great Britain; compiled by Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London, with descriptions often in his handwriting. Two volumes. Paper. Late XVIIIth cent. Folio. The contents are:-
Vol. II. (ff. 105). 1. DRAWINGS of ancient flint implements and other miscellaneous antiquities. ff. 1-6. 2. Drawings and descriptions of the reliquary of St. Ethelbert of Hereford, and of the Croyland and Malmesbury reliquaries, and miscellaneous plates. ff. 5-14. 3. Royal Seals of the king...
Vol. I. (ff. 293). A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of short notes on a great variety of subjects, among which are:-(a) References as to judicature in Parliament (cf. vol. xiv.), and the phrase "placita parlementaria" in reference to the Concilium Regis. ff. 3 b, 100; -(b) Money. ff. 7 b, 48, 56 b, 61...
COLLECTIONS by John Anstis, Garter King-of-Arms [1718- 1745], relating to matters of historical, legal, and antiquarian interest, in fifteen volumes. They consist of extracts, almost all in the hand of Anstis, from Patent and Close Rolls, Rolls of Parliament, Pleas of various courts, MSS. in the Cotton Library, Cartæ Antiquæ in the Record Office, and other similar sources. Some of the volumes are devoted to special subjects systematically arranged; in others there is no pretence of order. Th...
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Law OF ENGLAND: Collections by T. Anstis: 18th cent. England General Chronicles and History: Miscellaneous historical collections by T. Anstis: 18th cent. John Anstis, heraldic writer and Garter King of Arms: Historical, legal, and antiquarian collections: 18th cent.
Vol. II. (ff. 240). MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, dealing with the following subjects among others:-(a) Placita coram Rege. f. 2;- (b) List of Parliaments from John to James I. f. 29 b;-(c) Glossary of old English words in charters. f. 57;-(d) Proceedings of Parliaments of Edward II. f. 60;-(e) Notes o...
Vols. III.-V. (ff. 190, 144, 116). OUTLINES and headings, with some portions filled up, of a treatise on the Civil Laws and Constitution of England. At the beginning of vol. iii. is a subject index to the three volumes, and a table of contents, showing the divisions of the treatise. Vol. iii. deals with the Prerogatives of the King, and the position of magistrates, ecclesiastical and temporal; vol. iv. with the reciprocal rights of persons in various relations, such as father and son, or lor...
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England General Chronicles and History: Treatise on the Civil Laws and Constitution of England, by T. Anstis: 18th cent.