Minors no senators: or A brief discourse, proving infants under 21. years of age, to be uncapable, in point of law, reason, prudence, of being elected or admitted members of the High Court of Parliament: |b and thatthe elections of such, are not only infamous to the electors, but injurious, prejudicial, dishonourable to the whole Parliament, and mere nullities, not fit to be connived at. Written by way of letter to a friend and clyent, for his private satisfaction, afterwards published in the year 1646. (as now reprinted with some inlargements) for the common good; by William Prynne Esquire, bencher of Lincolnes Inne, a true lover of his country, and honourer of Parliaments.
William Prynne (1600-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1661
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3251256.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 30, [2]p. 4to. Running number: 1186. Bound with other seventeenth-century tracts. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript inscriptions on front endleaf: [1] former shelfmark "16.G.10"; [2] "5.d.4 repaired by Zachnodorf, 1964". Binding: nineteenth-century full calf over boards, triple gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; five false raised bands edged with double gilt lines, green goatskin labels with gilt title, author, and publication dates; comb pattern marbled pastedown and endpaper with additional endleaves; sewn on three supports, two laced-in.
Makers and roles
William Prynne (1600-1669), author