The tryal and conviction of Sr. Sam. Bernardiston. Bart. . for high-misdemeanor at the session of nisi prius, holden at Guild-Hall, London, for his Majesties Court of Kings Bench, before the Right Honorable Sir George Jeffreys, knight and baronet, Lord Chief Justice of England, on Thursday, Feb. 14. 1683.
Category
Books
Date
1684
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3023821.6
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],8,13-34p. . fol.. Page 18 line 17 and p. 19 line 22 end: "the first of December, 1683". Page 29 is correctly numbered. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 419, price 6d. Christies, 21 June, 2004, lot 637.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with double blind fillet parallel to spine-edge; gilt roll on board edges; blind fillets and red gilt title label ("Tryals of Coleman & others") on spine.
Provenance
The library was previously on loan to the National Trust from the Myddelton family. All the books from the Library were purchased on behalf of the National Trust in the Christie's auction at Chirk on 21st June 2004.