page_title: Henry Elsynge (Clerk of the Parliaments)
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Elsynge (Clerk of the Parliaments)
caption_attribution_description: English: Title page of Henry Elsynge (1768) Thomas Tyrwhitt , ed. The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England. By Henry Elsynge, Cler. Parl. Corrected and Enlarged from the Author's Original Manuscript, London&#58; &#32;Printed by Richardson and Clark; for Tho[mas] Payne, at the Mews Gate OCLC&#58; 508937999.&#32;
context_page_description: Henry Elsynge was a British parliamentary officer in the reigns of James I and Charles I. He served as Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London jointly with Robert Bowyer from 1604 to 1612, and was named to the office of Clerk of the Parliaments in 1621.
  He is known for his treatise The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England, or, Modus tenendi parliamentum apud Anglos.
  He is sometimes referred to as Henry Elsynge the elder to distinguish him from his son, also called Henry Elsynge.
context_section_description: Henry Elsynge (less often Elsyng or Elsing) (bap. 1577–1635) was a British parliamentary officer in the reigns of James I and Charles I.  He served as Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London jointly with Robert Bowyer from 1604 to 1612, and was named to the office of Clerk of the Parliaments in 1621.
  He is known for his treatise The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England, or, Modus tenendi parliamentum apud Anglos,.
  He is sometimes referred to as Henry Elsynge the elder to distinguish him from his son, also called Henry Elsynge (1606–1656).
caption: The title page of the 1768 edition of Elsynge's The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England, edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt[1]
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