Anno primo Reginae Elizabethe. At the parliament begonne at Westmynster, the xxiii. of Ianuary in the fyrste yeare of the reigne of oure soueraigne ladye, Elizabeth by the grace of God, of England, Fraunce and Ireland, Quene, defendoure of the faithe. [et]c
Subtitle: And there proroged tyll the .xxv. of the same moneth, and then and there holden, kept, and continued vntill the dissolution of the same, beyng the eyght day of May, then nexte ensuynge, were enacted as foloweth. Anno. 1.5.5.9.
Contributors: Cawood, John, 1514-1572, printer; Jugge, Richard, approximately 1514-1577, printer; Grafton, Richard, -1572?, printer?; Whitchurch, Edward, -1561, printer?; Kingston, John, active 1553-approximately 1584; England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I)
Publisher: By Richarde Iugge, and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Quenes Maiestie.
Published: 1559
Place of publication: Imprinted at London in Poules churchyarde
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Session laws; Early works to 1800; Statutes; Law
Other titles: At the parliament begonne at Westmynster, the xxiii. of Ianuary in the fyrste yeare of the reigne of oure soueraigne ladye, Elizabeth; Anno primo Reginae Elizabethe; Acte of a subsedye and two fyftenes and tenth by the temporaltye.
Work titles: Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1559 Jan.-May)
Notes: Title within woodcut border; side pieces (McKerrow, Borders, no. 110) with the 4 Evangelists at top and bottom. Cawood's mark below date.

Title line 6 has 'January'; 1st line of table: 'act restoring'.

Imprint from colophon.

"Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis." --foot of colophon.

Collation: A-E⁶ F⁸ ²A-B⁶ ²C⁴ [$3 (+²C3) signed]

Errors in foliation: leaf vi (1st group) printed 6; xv (2nd group) printed xl.

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman and italic type.

Initial word "Moste" on leaf ii has a large ornamental woodblock letter "M".

Initials, some historiated.

"At least parts of quires A, D-F are by a different pr[inter] or compositor, who uses some Whitchurch/Grafton init[ials] and a few criblé init[ial]s belonging to J. Kingston." --STC (2nd ed.)

Twenty one acts in the table, with no. 5, for the admitting and consecrating of archbishops and bishops, crossed out. --cf. STC (2nd ed.) 9458.7.

Second section is "An acte of a subsedye and two fyftenes and tenth by the temporaltye."

STC (2nd ed.) 9459

Beale, J.H. Engl. law S268