Beheaded Dr. John Hewytts ghost . pleading, yea crying for exemplarie justice against the arbitrarie, un-exampled injustice of his late judges and executioners in the new high-commission, or court of justice, sitting in Westminster-Hall. Conteining his legal plea, demurrer, and exceptions to their illegal jurisdiction, proceedings, and bloody sentence against him; ...
William Prynne (1600-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1659
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3254940.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 18p. ; 4to. Running number: 1311. Bound with six other works by Prynne. Stub from blank leaf (torn from volume) evident between leaves A4 and B1. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Late seventeenth-century and early eighteenth-century manuscript inscriptions on endleaves: (1) notes, calculations, sketch of man, and pen trails; (2) price codes(?); (3) "M. all" [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys]; (4) "20 shillings of Good and lawful money of this kingdom"; (5) contents list; (6) "an answer to [...]r[superscript] I". Binding: late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century brown sheepskin over boards (worn, stained). Double blind fillet border with blind-stamped fleuron cornerpieces. Blind dotted pattern along board edges. Smooth spine (worn, cracked). Sewn on three recessed thongs, laced in. No endbands or pastedown; folded endleaves at both ends. Textblock split; lower board and leather along spine detaching. Holes from original stab-stitching on inner margin.
Makers and roles
William Prynne (1600-1669)