A new discovery of the prelates tyranny,. in their late prosecutions of Mr William Pryn, an eminent Lawyer; Dr. Iohn Bastwick, a learned physitian; and Mr. Henry Burton, a reverent divine. Wherein the separate, and joynt proceedings against them in the high-commission, and Star Chamber; their petitions, speeches, cariages, at the hearing, and execution of their last sentence, and the orders, letters for, and manner of their removes to, and close imprisonments in the Castles of Lanceston, Lancaster, Carnarvan, and Isles of Sylly, Garnsey and Jersy; the proceeddings against the Chestermen, and others before the lords and high commissioners at Yorke for visiting Mr. Prynne; the Bishop of Chesters order, for ministers to preach against M. Prynne, and the Yorke Commissioners decree to deface, and burne his pictures at Chester high-Crosse. The House of Commons order for, and manner of their returnes from exile; their petitions to the Parliament; the votes of the Commons house upon the report of their cases, declaring the proceedings and censures against them illegall, groundlesse, and against the subjects liberty, with M. Prynnes argument, proving all the parts of his censures, with the proceedings against him, and his Chester friends at York, to be against law; are truly related; for the benefit of the present age, and of posterity.
William Prynne (1600-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1641
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3256789
Summary
Bibliographic description
48,56,59-90,[8],91-190,199-226,[2] p., [3] plates : ill (ports.) ; 4to. Running number: 1352. Errata in setting: "the Printer in some coppies." and is indented. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript inscriptions on front endleaf in hand of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Ellys: [1] on recto, "M." [i.e. Mitchell's catalogue code]; [2] on verso, "New Discovery [underlined]" [i.e. catalogue code and title note for anonymous works entered by Mitchell in his catalogue of Elly's library]. Manuscript name inscribed at head of title page in seventeenth-century hand: "Elea: Dunkon". Binding: seventeenth-century full sprinkled sheepskin over boards (worn) with double blind fillet border. Single blind line on board edges. Recessed supports; smooth spine with double blind lines to form five compartments. No endbands. Three thongs laced in. No pastedown, outside hook endleaf. Red dyed edges.
Makers and roles
William Prynne (1600-1669) Doctor John Bastwick (1593-1654) Henry Burton (1578-1648) Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) House of Commons