A discourse upon grants and resumptions. . Showing how our ancestors have proceeded with such ministers as have procured to themselves grants of the crown-revenue; and that the forfeited estates ought to be applied towards the payment of the publick debts. By the author of, the Essay on ways and means.
Charles Davenant (1656 - 1714)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049783
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 448 p. . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: C.6. Two manuscript fragments of letter (dated [16]99) from Da[vid] Hough loosely inserted.. Provenance: 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), pasted over an earlier, less well-executed plate of the 5th earl, with the single-tailed lion.. Binding: Sprinkled panelled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; spine gilt; spine label missing.
Makers and roles
Charles Davenant (1656 - 1714)