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Harley MS 1226
- Record Id:
- 040-002047055
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002047055
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000652.0x0002dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 1226
- Title:
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Treatise concerning the court of the Star Chamber
- Scope & Content:
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Folio manuscript volume containing a treatise written by William Hudson of Gray's Inn, in the hand of his son Christopher Hudson, concerning the court of the Star Chamber.
The treatise is divided into three parts:
- Concerning the court itself i.e. the judges, officers and ministers.
- Concerning the jurisdiction of the court, and the cases which they handle.
- Concerning the form in which cases are proceeded and determined.
Inscribed on f. 1 is an epitaph which is written on the tomb of Mrs. Frauncis Hewite, daughter of Lord Hubbart, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
The treatise was first published in 1792.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-002047055", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 1226: Treatise concerning the court of the Star Chamber" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002047055 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1226 : Treatise concerning the court of the Star Chamber - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[1226]/040-002047055
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1621
- End Date:
- 1635
- Date Range:
- 1621-1635
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 310 x 195 mm.
Foliation: 82 folios.
Binding: British Museum binding.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
This manuscript was given by Christopher Hudson to John Finch as a present, 16 December 1635, as inscribed on f. 2v.
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Finding Aids:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), Volume I
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A study of the sources of the Harleian collection of manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 151, 200
- Publications:
- Collectanea juridica. Consisting of tracts relative to the law and constitution of England, Ed. Francis Hargrave (London : E. & R. Brooke, 1792) Volume II, pp. 1-240
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hudson, Christopher, Son of William Hudson, barrister, fl 1635
Hudson, William, barrister and writer, c 1577-1635