Ashby and White: . or, the great question, whether an action lies at common law for an elector, who is deny'd his vote for Members of Parliament? Debated and resolved. Together with the case of Jay and Topham: and the defence made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones for their judgment given therein. With other cases.
House of Commons
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095422
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],257,[3]p. . 8vo. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on title page verso: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff. March the 23d. 1702 [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title label and date stamp on spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
House of Commons Culverwell Needler (b.1656)