Stowe MS 422

C0PIES of legal treatises, speeches, etc.:-

1. Charter of James 1. to the city of Chichester. Latin. f. 2.

2. Petition of the Mayor and Corporation of Chichester for an Act to compel the paving of the streets ; temp. Eliz. f. 18.

3. Argument of Serjeant [Thomas] Hedley iii the case of Borton v. Nicholls and Smith in the Court of Common Pleas, 1630, concerninglands in Norton Henmarsh, co. Glouc. with the judgment of Chief Justice [Sir Thomas] Richardson; the latter in French. f. 20.

4. The opinion of Archbishop Abbot on the suit for nullity of marriage brought by the Countess of Essex, in 161.3 ; with the king's argument on the other side. f. 45.

5. Treatise on " The Etymologie, Antiquitie, Diginity, Authority, and Office of Sheriffs and their Deputies," beg. " In ancient tyme the Earle was Præfectus." f. 53.

6. " Of the lately erected service called the Office of Composicions for Aljenacions, written by the Right Honble Francis [Bacon], Lord Verulam, late Chancellor of England." f. 83.

7. Speech of Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, at the installation of eleven Serjeants in the Temple Hall, 1614. f. 108.

8. Lord Chancellor Ellesmere's speech to the judges in the Star Chamber on the accession of James I., 1603 ; also (in the same hand) " Notes touching Libelling, taken from his [Lord Ellesmere's] mouth att severall times." ff. 112, 118.

9. " Cases of high treason, felonye, premunire, abjuration, and exile, with the severall punishments, tryalls, and proceedings therein"; by Lord Chancellor [Francis] Bacon. f. 121. Paper; ff. 136. In several hands, of the xviith century. Belonged to John Anstis, no. 489. Folio.

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

John Anstis, heraldic writer and Garter King of Arms: Notices of ownership in.

includes:

• f. 2 Chichester, Sussex: Charter of James I. to: Copy, 17th cent.
• f. 18 Chichester, Sussex: Petition of the Mayor and Corporation: temp. Eliz.: Copy, 17th cent.
• f. 20 Norton Henmarsh, Gloucestershire: Case of Borton v. Nicholls and Smith concerning lands in: 1630.
• f. 20 Thomas Hedley, Serjeant: Argument in Borton v. Nicholls and Smith: 1630.
• f. 20 Sir Thomas Richardson, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas: Judgment in Borton v. Nicholls and Smith: 1630: Fr.
• f. 45 Frances Devereux, wife of Robert, 3rd Earl of Essex, and (1613) of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset: Opinions of the King and Archbishop Abbot on her suit for nullity of marriage: 1613.
• f. 45 James I of England: Opinion on Lady Essex's suit for nullity of marriage: 1613.
• f. 45 George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury: Opinion on Lady Essex's suit for nullity of marriage: 1613.
• f. 53 Sheriff: Treatise on the office of: 17th cent.
• f. 83 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Treatise on the Office of Compositions for Alienations: 17th cent.
• f. 108 Sir Edward Coke, Lord Chief Justice: Speech at the installation of Serjeants: 1614.
• f. 112 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Speech on the accession of James I.: 1603.
• f. 118 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Notes of his decisions on libels: 17th cent.
• f. 121 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: On cases of high treason, etc.: 17th cent.