Stowe MS 302

POLITICAL and other tracts and collections, viz.

1. " Mr. Peter Wentworth's speech in Parliament, anno 1576, for which he was sent to the Tower." f. 1.

2. " A reconciliation made betweene the kinge and his subiects touchinge the demaunde of his right in old debts and lands quietly inioyed time out of minde": a treatise on the Exchequer and the remedy of abuses therein; temp. Chas. I. Imperfect. f. 16.

3. " Further considerations humbly shewing that it is necessary and for the kings advantage to reduce the quitt-rent of wast lands" in Ireland; temp. Chas. II. (after 1675). f. 38.

4. " Concerning the High Stewardshipp of England . . . out of a little folio booke, which 'booke was sometimes the booke of William Fleetwood, Recorder of London " [1571-1591]. A translation of a Latin tract, as in Add. MS. 24,079, f. 6, etc. Printed, as part of an anonymous tract on the same subject, in T. Hearne's Curious Discourses, 1771, vol. ii. p. 54. f 41.

5. " A breife and exact treatise declaring how sheriffes and all other great officers of this kingdom haue been antiently elected and chosen. . . . . . London. Printed for T. J. 1642." Apparently an abstract of the printed tract. f 45.

6. "Mr. Prynne's I st lecture on the Petition of Right, made in Parliament, March 17, anno Dni. 1627 [8] " : a law-reading at Lincoln's Inn, 17 Feb. 1661 [2]. f. 47.

7. " Whether the impeaehment of my Lord Stafford be determined by the dissolucion of the last Parliament " ; [ 1680]. f. 82.

8. "The E[arl] of Shaftsbury's Case upon the Habeas Corpus, argued in the King's Bench in Trin. Term, 29^o 2di, 1677." f. 87.

9. " Some presidents out of the Journall Bookes of the House of Lords of the tryall and proceedings in Parliament against a Peer, in capitall cases"; temp. Chas. II. f. 122.

10. Account of the proceedings on " an order of the House of Peers upon the Earl of Bristol's exhibiting articles of High Treason and other Misdemeanours against the Lord Chancellor," [Earl of Clarendon]; July, 1663. Apparently drawn up by Sir Orlando Bridgman, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (see f. 126, and cf Lords' Journals, 14 July). f. 124.

11. "The sum of the arguments in the House of Peers upon the petition for the Honour of Viscount Purbeck, [claimed by Robert Villiers], June 5th, 1678." f. 132.

12. "The question between [Francis Manners], the Earle of Rutland, and William Cecil], sonne and heire apparent to the Lord Burghley, concerning the title of the honor and baronie of Roosse of Hamlake"; [l616]. By R[ichard] St. George, Norroy King of Arms. f. 161.

13. Reports of Conferences between the Houses of Lords and Commons on the bill for additional impositions on foreign commodities, etc.; 17-22 Apr. 1671. f. 174.

14. "Tryal in the Exchequer 29^no Car. 2^di, Hillary Term, [1677], between [Thomas] Arris's, father and son, plaintiffs, and [Scipio] Stukely, defendant," in an action of " Indebitatus assumpsit." f. 192. Paper; ff. 208. Temp Chas. 11. Folio.

Law OF ENGLAND: Miscellaneous tracts, etc.: 16th-17th centt.

Bookplates: Capell (Algernon), Earl of Essex: 1701.

Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex: Book-plates.

includes:

• f. 1 Peter Wentworth, MP for Tregony: Speech in Parliament: 1576.
• f. 1 England; Parliament: P. Wentworth's speech: 1576.
• f. 16 Exchequer: Reconciliation between the King and his subjects, etc. : a treatise on the Exchequer: temp. Chas. I.: Imperf.
• f. 16 Court of Exchequer: Treatise on the remedy of abuses in: temp. Chas. I.
• f. 38 Ireland: Tract recommending reduction of quit-rents on waste lands: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 41 William Fleetwood, Recorder of London: Discourse on the High Stewardship of England from a MS. once belonging to: 17th cent.
• f. 41 Steward, Lord High: Collections relating to the office of: 17th-18th centt.
• f. 45 Sheriff: Treatise on the election of sheriffs, etc.: 1642.
• f. 47 William Prynne: Lecture on the Petition of Right: 1662.
• f. 47 Petition of Right: Lecture on, by W. Prynne: 1662.
• f. 82 William Howard, Viscount Stafford: Tract on the impeachment of: [1680].
• f. 82 England; Parliament: "Whether the impeachment of my Lord Stafford be determined by the dissolution ... ": [1680].
• f. 87 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury: Proceedings at his trial: 1677.
• f. 122 England; Parliament: Precedents for the trial of peers in capital cases: temp. Chas. II.
• f. 124 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: Impeachment of: 1663, 1667.
• f. 124 George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol: Proceedings on his impeachment of Lord Clarendon: 1663.
• f. 124 England; Parliament: Proceedings on the impeachment of Lord Clarendon: 1663, 1667.
• f. 124 Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Keeper (1667): Account of proceedings against Lord Clarendon drawn up by: 1663.
• f. 132 Robert Villiers, self-styled Viscount Purbeck: Arguments in the House of Lords on his petition: 1678.
• f. 161 Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland: Arguments in the dispute for the barony of Ross: 1616.
• f. 161 William Cecil, Lord Roos, son of William, 2nd Earl of Exeter: Arguments in the dispute for the barony of Roos: 1616.
• f. 161 Richard St. George, Norroy (1603) and Clarenceux (1623) King of Arms: The question conc. the title of Lord Roos: [1616].
• f. 174 England; Parliament: Conferences between the two Houses on the Customs bill: 1671.
• f. 174 Customs and Excise: Conferences in Parliament on the Customs bill: 1671.
• f. 192 Thomas Arris: Case of, against S. Stukely: 1677.
• f. 192 Law OF ENGLAND: Arris vs. Stukely, case of " Indebitatus assumpsit ": 1677.