Add MS 36086

HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCXXXVIII. Constitutional Treatises, viz.:-

1. "Preparatory notes touching the Right of the Crown," by Sir Matthew Hale, Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1671-1676, slightly abridged by Sir Philip Yorke (1st Earl of Hardwicke), who copied it (see note, dated Sept. 1729, on f. 1) from an autograph MS. in the possession of Matthew Hale, the Chief Justice's grandson. Another MS. is in Lincoln's Inn Library. f. 1.

2. "An answer to the Case Stated concerning the jurisdiction of the House of Peers," by Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford, while Chief Justice of the Cummon Pleas (1675-1682), copied "from the hand of His Lordship's confident clerk Mr. Robert North" and given to Lord Hardwicke in 1762 by Francis, 1st Earl of Guilford, grandson of the Lord Keeper. The "Case Stated," to which it is an answer, is to be found in Harl. MS. 6810, f. 115, and another copy of the answer is in Hargr. MS. 299, f. 143. f. 22.

3. "A True State of the constitution of the Chief Justice of the King's Bench," by Sir John Holt, Chief Justice 1689-1710, with some notes by Sir William Lee, Chief Justice 1737-1754. f. 46. Paper; ff. 62. XVIIIth cent. 12 ¼ X 7 ½ in.

includes:

• f. 1 Sir Matthew Hale, judge: Argument, an notes: 1669, 18th cent.
• f. 22 Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford: Answer to the case stated concerning the jurisdiction of the House of Peers: 18th cent.
• f. 46 Sir William Lee, Chief Justice of the King's Bench (1737): Notes to Holt's argument concerning the office of Lord Chief Justice: 18th cent.
• f. 46 Court of King's Bench: True state of the constitution of the Chief Justice, by Lord Holt: 18th cent.
• f. 46 Sir John Holt, Lord Chief Justice: Tract on his office: 18th cent.