The tryal of John Hampden, Esq; . (of Stoke-Mandeville in the County of Bucks) in the great case of ship-money, Between His Majesty K. Charles I. and that Gentleman. Wherein are inserted, the whole record in Latin and English: The Several Arguments of Council Learned in the Law, on both Sides, in that most remarkable Case at the Bar; with the Opinions of all the Judges on the Bench in the Exchequer-Chamber, &c. As also Mr. St. John's Speech in the House of Lords, Jan. 7. 1640. concerning Ship-Money. With Mr. Waller's Speech to the House of Commons, April 22, 1640. on the Same Subject: And, His Famous Speech in Parliament, at a Conference of Both Houses, in the Painted-Chamber, July 6, 1641. on the Exhibiting Articles, by the Commons, against Mr. Justice Crawley, one of the Judges who gave Judgment for the King in that Cause. To which is added, the tryal of Thomas Harrison, Clerk, for words spoken against Mr. Justice Hutton (when sitting afterwards upon the Bench of the Court of Common-Pleas, in Westminster-Hall) Accusing Him of High-Treason, in Delivering his Opinion in the Exchequer-Chamber, That the King had no Lawful Power in Levying the Ship-Money; and that He therefore denied the King's Supremacy: With the Proceedings thereupon, and his Sentence by the Court. The Whole being Printed from Authentick Manuscripts.
John Hampden (1594-1643)
Category
Books
Date
1719
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3149140
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6], 64, 57-238 p. ; fol. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot", i.e. William Davenport Talbot, 1764-1800, on recto of first free end-paper. Binding: eighteenth century gilt-tooled sprinkled calf; decorative tooling on edges of boards; gilt tooling and blind tooled title label reading "Hampden's tryal" on spine; text block edges sprinkled red and blue.
Makers and roles
John Hampden (1594-1643), author