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iv. Of the Powers, Privileges, and Constitution of the Two Houses of Parliament.

CHRISTIAN (Edward) An Account of the Origin of the Two Houses of Parliament. 8vo. London, 1810. [Hh. 3. 41.]

The Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England from the earliest times to the Restoration of King Charles II. Collected from Records, &c. A. D. 1066 to A. D. 1660. 24 vols. 8vo. London, 1762-63-61. [O. 6. 18-41.] The Priviledges and Practice of Parliaments in England, collected out of the Common Lawes of this Land. 4to. London, 1628. [M. 19. 33.] RALEIGH (Sir Walter) Prerogative of Parliaments in England: proved in a Dialogue betweene a Councellour of State and a Justice of Peace. Midelberge, 1628. [L. 15. 37.]

4to.

Another Copy. 4to. Midelberge, 1628. [M. 30. 27.] AN EXAMINATION of Precedents and Principles, from which it appears that an Impeachment is determined by a Dissolution of Parliament, with an Appendix. 8vo. London, 1790. [Hh. 3. 35.] CHRISTIAN (Edward) A Dissertation, shewing that the House of Lords in Cases of Judicature are bound by precisely the same Rules of Evidence, as are observed by all other Courts. 8vo. London, 1792. [Gg.7.13.] Two other Copies. 8vo. London, 1792. [Hh. 3. 35,41.] HATSELL (John) Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1785. [A. 13. 40-42.]

RIGHTS of the Kingdom; or Customs of our Ancestours: touching the Duty, Power, Election, or Succession, of our Kings and Parliaments; our true Liberty, due Allegiance, three Estates, their Legislative Power Originall, Judiciall, and Executive, with the Militia: freely discussed through the British, Saxon, Norman Lawes and Histories. With a Discourse of great Change yet expected in the World. 4to. London, 1649. [H. 7. 31.]

HOWELL (James) Of the Pre-eminence of Parliament. 4to. London, 1677. [N. 8. 32.]

BRADY (Robert) An Answer to William Petyt relative to his Book on Parliaments; with a Glossary of Words used in ancient Records, &c. 8vo. London, 1681. [F. 7. 21.]

JUS ANGLORUM ab Antiquo: or a Confutation of an Impotent Libel against Government by King, Lords, and Commons. Under pretence of answering Mr. Petyt, and the Author of "Jani Anglorum Facies Nova." [Ascribed to ATWOOD.] 8vo. London, 1681. [B. 6. 51.]

A FULL and Clear Answer to a Book written by William Petyt, Esq. entituled "The Rights of the Commons asserted." folio, London, 1683.

[C. 4. 8.]

JANI Anglorum Facies Antiqua, or some Animadversions on a Book called "Jani Anglorum Facies Nova. [Ascribed to ATWOOD.] folio, London, 1684. [C. 4. 8.]

AN HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL ESSAY, discovering the Affinity or Resemblance of the Ancient and Modern Governments, both in neighbouring Nations, as also in the Jewish Commonwealth, in relation to our English Parliaments. 8vo. London, 1706. [M. 6. 7.]

AN ANSWER to this Quodlibetical Question, Whether the Bishops make a fundamental and essential part of the English Parliament? Collected out of some Memorials in a larger Treatise, for the information of some, the confirmation of others, and the satisfaction of all. 4to. London, 1661. [N. 8. 41.]

EPISCOPAL INHERITANCE; or, a Reply to the Examination of a printed Abstract of the Answers to Nine Reasons of the House of Commons against the Votes of Bishops in Parliament. 4to. Oxford, 1641.

[N. 8. 39.] REEVES (John) Thoughts on the English Government, addressed to the quiet Good Sense of the People of England, in a Series of Letters. 8vo. London, 1795. [Hh. 3. 41.] MADOX (Thomas) Firma Burgi, or an Historical Essay concerning the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs of England. folio, London, 1726.

[D. 5. 7.] FREEDOM OF ELECTIONS to Parliament, a fundamental Law and Liberty of the English Subject; and some Presidents, shewing the Power of the House of Commons to inflict Punishments on those who have been guilty of Misdemeanours either in Elections or Returns. 4to. London, 1690. [M. 15. 32.]

2. Municipal or Common Law of England.

i. History of English Law.

DUGDALE (Sir William) Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, &c.; also a Chronicle of the Lord Chancellors, Keepers of the Great Seal, Lord Treasurers, &c. folio, London, 1671. [B. 2. 9.]

HALE (Sir Matthew) History of the Common Law. With Notes, References, and some Account of the Life of the Author. By Charles Runnington, Barrister-at-Law. 8vo. London, 1789. [E. 21. 14.]

*REEVES (John) A History of the English Law from the Time of the Saxons to the end of the Reign of Philip and Mary. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1814.

BLACKSTONE (William) Tracts, chiefly relating to the Antiquities and Laws of England. 4to. Oxford, 1771. [O. 5. 38.]

ii. Antient Laws of England, anterior to Magna Charta, and Treatises thereon.

APXAIONOMIA: sive De Priscis Anglorum Legibus Libri, sermone Anglico vetustate antiquissimo aliquot abhinc sæculis conscripti, Gulielmo Lambardo interprete. Saxonice et Latine. 4to. Londini, 1568. [E. 1. 4.]

Exemplar aliud. folio, Cantabrigiæ, 1644. [P. 2. 5.] Leges Anglo-Saxonicæ Ecclesiastice et Civiles. Accedunt Leges Edwardi Latine, Guilelmi Conquestoris Gallo-Normanice, et Henrici I.

Latine. Subjungitur Domini Henr. Spelmanni Codex Legum, Veterum Statutorum Regni Angliæ, quæ ab ingressu Gulielmi I. usque ad annum nonum Henr. III. edita sunt. Toti Operi præmittitur Dissertatio Epistolaris admodum Reverendi Domini Gulielmi Nicholsoni Episcopi Derrensis de Jure Feudali Veterum Saxonum. Cum Codd. MSS. contulit, Notas, Versionem, et Glossarium addidit David WILKINS. folio, Londini, 1721. [E. 4. 7.]

Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus regni Angliæ, tempore Regis Henrici Secundi compositus, Justicia gubernacula tenente Ranulpho de GLANVILLA. 4to. Londini, 1604. [K. 8. 39.]

FLETA: seu Commentarius Juris Anglicani. Subjungitur etiam Joannis Seldeni ad Fletam Dissertatio Historica. 4to. Londoni, 1647.

[F. 14. 33.]

3. Statute Laws, and other Records of the Realm.

i. Collections of Statutes and Abridgments thereof.

THE STATUTES AT LARGE, conteyning all Acts which have beene extant from Magna Charta, untill the 16th yeere of King James. 2 vols. folio, 1618. [F. 13. 8,9.]

THE STATUTES OF THE REALM, printed by command of King George III. from Original Records and Authentic Manuscripts. From Magna Charta to the end of the reign of Queen Anne. With an Alphabetical Index. [By John RAITHBY, Esq.] 11 vols. folio, London, 1810-24. [Ff. 1. 39-48.]

THE STATUTES AT LARGE from Magna Charta, Anno 9 Hen. III. to Ann. 10 Geo. III. 11 vols. folio, London, 1687-1770. [P. 1. 1-11.] The Statutes at Large, Ann. 11 Geo. III. to Ann. 43 Geo. III. 11 vols. 4to. London, 1770-1803. [P. 1. 12–22.]

THE STATUTES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM of Great Britain and Ireland. With Notes, References, and an Index. By Thomas Edlyne Tomlins and John Raithby, Esquires, Barristers at-Law. 41 Geo. III., 44 to 51 Geo. III., 52 to 57, 59 and 60 Geo. III., 1 to 7 Geo. IV. 21 Parts. 4to. London, 1801-1821. [K. 21. 1,4-24.]

[Continued.]

Sundry Acts of Parliament, 36 Geo. III. to 46 Geo. III. folio, London, 1797-1806. [Hh. 1. 1.]

THE GREAT ABRIDGEMENT of all the Statutes of Englande, with the Abredgements of the Statutes made in the xxxiii yere of the reygne of oure mooste dreade Souvereygne Lorde Kyngs Henry the Eyght. 8vo. London, m. d. rlii. [H. 7. 43.]

A KALENDER, or Table, comprehending the Effect of all the Statutes that have been made; beginning with Magna Charta, enacted Anno 9 H. III. and proceeding, one by one, until the end of the Session of Parliament holden Anno 3 R. Jacobi. [By F. PULTON.] folio, London, 1606. [H. 5. 5.] WINGATE (Edmund) An Exact Abridgement of all the Statutes in force and use from the beginning of Magna Charta until 1641. With a Continuation, under their proper titles, of all Acts in force until the year 1675, alphabetically digested. 8vo. London, 1675. [I. 8. 30.]

TYRWHITT (R. P.) and TYNDALE (T. W.) A Digest of the Public General Statutes from Magna Carta, A. D. 1224-5 to 1 and 2 Geo. IV. A. D. 1821. With a Supplement to 6 Geo. IV. 1825; and an Analytical Index, and an Appendix of Schedules and Forms. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1822-26. [H. 22. 3-5.]

BARRINGTON (Hon. Daines) Observations on the more ancient Statutes, from Magna Charta to the twenty-first of James I. Cap. XXVII. With an Appendix, being a Proposal for New Modelling the Statutes. 4to. London, 1769. [E. 24. 9.]

12mo.

MAGNA CHARTA, translated by Edward CooKE. To which is added, Observations from Lord Chief Justice Coke's Comments upon it. London, 1680. [F. 17. 44.]

ii. Records of the Kingdom of England.

AYLOFFE (Sir Joseph) A Calendar of Ancient Charters, and of the Scotch and Welch Rolls, in the Tower of London. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, giving an Account of the State of the Public Records from the Conquest to the present Time. 4to. London, 1774. [Q. 2. 17.] REPORT from the Select Committee, appointed to inquire into the State of the Public Records of the Kingdom; with an Analysis of the Principal Matters in the various Records, &c. preserved in the several Public Repositories. folio, London, 1800. [Ff. 1. 23.]

COMMISSIONS and Annual Abstracts of Reports of the Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, with a Statement of the Measures executed or in Progress under the Authority thereof, 1807-1812. folio, London, 1812. [Ff. 1. 24.]

COMMISSIONS and Annual Abstracts of Reports of the Commissioners on the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c. 1800-1812. (Two Copies.) folio, London, 1812. [Ff. 1. 25,26.]

REPORTS from the Commissioners, appointed by his Majesty to execute the Measures recommended by a Select Committee of the House of Commons, respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c. 18001819.* 2 vols. folio. [Ff. 1. 27,28.]

*Domesday Book; seu Liber Censualis Wilhelmi Primi, Regis Angliæ, inter Archivos Regni in Domo Capitulari Westmonasterii asservatus. [Editus ab Abrahamo FARLEY.] 2 vols. folio, Londini, 1783. LIBRI CENSUALIS, vocati Domesday Book, Wilhelmi Primi Regis Angliæ, Indices. Accessit Dissertatio Generalis de Ratione hujusce Libri. [Auctore Henrico ELLIS, S. R. S. et S. A.] folio, Londini, 1816.

[Ff. 1. 33.] Dissertatio Generalis de Ratione Libri Censualis, vocati Domesday Book. [Auctore Henrico Ellis.] folio, Londini, 1816. [Ff. 1. 32.]

Domesday Book, one of the most antient records in England, is the register made by command of William the Conqueror, from which judgment was to be given upon the value, tenure, and services of the lands therein described. The exact time of the Conqueror's undertaking this survey is differently stated by historians, who have de

*The accounts of the several Records which are given in this and the following pages, are abridged from the Reports, &c. contained in this magnificent publication.

signated it by different appellations, which it is not necessary to enumerate. From the memorial of the completion of the survey, at the end of the second volume, it is evident that it was finished in the year 1086 and from an attentive comparison and consideration of several passages contained in the Record, that date is not only confirmed, but there is also reason to believe that, by the multiplication of subordinate inquests, the work must have been completed in a short time and that, from a transcript or abridgement of the returns or breviates from the different counties, the great register was afterwards formed, which has ever since been known by the name of DOMESDAY.

The original manuscript of this invaluable record, which is carefully preserved in the Record Office at the Chapter House, Westminster, is in two volumes. It is written on vellum, of singular fineness and beauty, partly with red, but chiefly with black ink; and, notwithstanding the long series of years that have elapsed since it was finished, it is still legible with great ease. The first is a large folio, written on three hundred and eighty-two pages of vellum, in a small but plain character, and in double columns on each page. It contains a survey of most of the counties of England, with the exception of Northumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, and part of Lancashire, which were never surveyed. The second volume is a small folio, written on four hundred and fifty double pages of vellum, in single columns, and in a character somewhat larger than that of the preceding volume. It contains the counties of Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Part of the county of Rutland is included in Northamptonshire, and part of Lancashire in the counties of York and Chester. The order pursued in each county is this:-The king's name and lands are first set down, and then those of the church, which are succeeded by the names and lands of the nobles according to their rank, who held of the king in capite.

For the adjusting of this survey certain commissioners, called the King's Justiciaries, were appointed, who (it appears) associated to them some principal person in each county and these inquisitors, upon the oaths of the sheriffs, the lords of each manor, the presbyters of each church, the reeves of every hundred, the bailiffs and six villans of every village, were to inquire into the name of the place, the person who held it in the time of King Edward the Confessor; who was the present possessor; how many hides (an uncertain measure) of land the manor contained; how many carrucates or plough-lands (that is, as much arable as could be managed with one plough and the beasts belonging thereto in one year), were in demesne; how many homagers, villans, cotarii, servi, freemen, and tenants in socage there were; what quantity of wood, meadow, and pasture; how many mills and fish-ponds; how much was added or taken away; what was the gross value in King Edward's time, and how much each free-man or soc-man had or has. All this was to be trebly estimated :-first, as the estate was held in the time of the Confessor, then as it was bestowed by King William; and, thirdly, as its value stood at the formation of the survey. The jurors, moreover, were to state whether any advance could be made in the value. The inquisitions having been taken, were sent by the Justiciaries to Winchester, and there classed and methodised, and entered in a register such as we now view it.

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