Stowe MS 331

1. " A TRUE PRESENTATION of forepast Parlyaments to the view of present tymes and posteritye." Attributed in T. Hearne's Curious Discourses, 1771, vol. ii. p. 433, to Sir John Dodderidge (ob. 1628), Justice of the King's Bench. The author, however, in his preface (f. 4) states that the work was written in answer to " a booke lately printed, 1628," entitled The Priueledges and Practises of Parlyamentes in England, collected out of the Common. Lawes, etc. Tic describes himself, moreover (f 3), as " not onely the Kings seruant in Court, but allso a servaunt to the Common wealth in my countrie in beeinge an vnworthie member of the Honourable Howse of Commons." According to a copy in Lansdowne MS.

213, f 146, the tract was written in 1629.

2. " The Antiquitie of the Parliaments in England, with the dignitie and orders therof, written by Judge [Sir John] Dodderidge." In a different hand from art. 1. Imperfect, the conclusion being added by a later hand. See Hearne's Curious Discourses, vol. i. p. 28. f. 123. Paper; ff. 131. xviith cent. Belonged to Thomas Astle. Small folio.

includes:

• f. 2 England; Parliament: "A true presentation of forepast Parlyaments ": [1629].
• f. 123 England; Parliament: "The Antiquitie of the Parliaments in England," by Sir J. Dodderidge: 17th cent.
• f. 123 Sir John Dodderidge, Justice of King's Bench: Treatises on the antiquity, etc., of parliament: early 17th cent.