J. 221
Hakewell’s Modus tenendi Parl.
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Memorial of the method of passing bills.
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16
s.
1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 57, Hakewell’s Mod. Ten. Parl. and method of passing bills 16s.
HAKEWILL,
William.
Modus tenendi Parliamentum: or, the old manner of holding Parliaments in England. Extracted out of our ancient records. With
certain municipal rights and customes of England. Together with some priviledges of Parliament: the manner and method how
laws are there enacted by passing of bills. Collected out of the Journal of the House of Commons. By W. Hakewel of Lincolns-Inn, Esq.
London: printed for
Abel Roper,
1671.
JN534 1641 .H23
12mo. 113 leaves; the title for
The Manner how statutes are enacted on G
1, continuous signatures and pagination.
Lowndes II, 971.
STC H217.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 105, 48.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress; some leaves cut close. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I, and a marginal
note in his hand on page 49.
William Hakewill, 1574-1655, legal antiquary and a member of the first Society of Antiquaries. The first edition of this book was published
in 1659, the second part had been previously printed in 1641.
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J. 222
Petyt’s Jus parliamentarium.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 425, as above.
PETYT,
William.
Jus Parliamentarium: or, the ancient power, jurisdiction, rights and liberties, of the most high court of Parliament, revived
and asserted. In two parts. By William Petyt, Esq; late of the Inner-Temple, and Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London.
London: printed for and sold by
John Nourse [and others],
mdccxxxix
. [1739.]
JN555 .P4
Folio. 231 leaves in twos, title-page printed in red and black. List of subscribers on two leaves at the beginning.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 106, 60.
Lowndes IV, 1846.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 871.
Original calf, gilt back, silk bookmark, marbled endpapers and edges. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
William Petyt, 1641-1707, English archivist and antiquary, was for many years Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London. The
Ancient rights of the Commons of England asserted
was originally published in 1680 and drew several replies. The names of the subscribers in this edition of 1739 are chiefly
of members of the Temples and of lawyers and others from Yorkshire, Petyt’s native county, but include also the name of Philip
Ludwell Esq. of Virginia, a number of whose books are in this Jefferson collection. See also no. 2885.
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223
Lex parliamentaria.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 99. no. 210, as above.
[PETYT,
William.]
Lex Parliamentaria: or, a treatise of the law and custom of the Parliaments of England. By G. P. Esq; with an appendix of a case in Parliament between Sir Francis Goodwyn and Sir John Fortescue, for the Knights place
for the county of
