Journals of Parliament, 1–29 Elizabeth I (1558/9–1587), including ‘A Proclamation notifying the dissolution of the Parliament that was proroged vnto the xiiii day of Nouember, 1586’ (London, 1586: STC 8159) (277v: printed paper)
Miscellaneous papers, including the statutes of Cardinal’s College, Oxford (Christ Church) (1r-90r)
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Codex chartac. in folio, constans foliis 330. [1+333#] 1. Statuta collegii Cardinalitii, Oxoniae. 2. [1-90v] 2. K. Henry VIII, to the Bp. of Durham; signifying that he had ordered sir Robt Chamberlayne and some other persons taken within he liberties of the church of Durham, to be brought to hi...
Collections by Sir Robert Cotton concerning the proceedings of Parliament, 1–14 James I (1603–1617)
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Codex chartac. in folio, constans foliis 364. 1. Observations of the proceedings in Parliament, in the 1st and 2d years of K. James I. 1. 2. A memorial touching the review of the penal laws, and the amendment of the common law. 9. 3. A collection of such things as have been, by several men, des...