An additional appendix to Aurum reginæ; . making some further discoveries of the antiquity, legality, quiddity, quantity, quality of this royal duty; of the oblations, fines from which it ariseth, as well in Ireland as England; the process by, the lands, chattels out of which it is levyed, and that the unlevyed arears thereof, at the Queen-Consorts death, of right accrue to the King, and none other, by his royal prerogative, and ought to be levyed for his use, by the laws of the realm. Collected by William Prynne, Esq; a bencher and reader of Lincolns-Inne, keeper of His Majesties records in the Tower of London.
William Prynne (1600-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1668
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048199
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],43,[1] p. . 4to.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: B.7 [crossed through] in the closet [entered with Prynne's other works as 'Prynne's Histrio-Mastix, Registrum Brevium, & tracts. 14 vol.'] Bound with 'Aurum reginæ' (London: 1668).. Provenance: Unidentified armorial stamp on upper corner of verso of front board; bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819); bookplate on verso of title page of 'Aurum reginæ: Armorial, three boars' heads, differenced with a mullet; The Honble. Henry Booth. [i.e.: Henry Booth (1687-1727)].. Binding: Sprinkled, panelled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; spine blind ruled; red spine label: 'Prynn tract'.
Makers and roles
William Prynne (1600-1669)