The Lord High Steward of England, or, An historical dissertation on the origin, antiquity, and functions of that officer
Subtitle: shewing the difference between him and the King's Chief Justiciar and the Steward of the King's Household, and explaining the offices of the two latter : with remarks on the antient and modern modes of trying peers and an epitome of some remarkable tryals in the reign of Richard II never before digested and published : to which is added a catalogue of the High Stewards of England from the Conquest to the present time, with the names, crimes, and sentences of the peers whom they tried : in this dissertation the account given by Lord Chief Justice Coke of the office of High Steward is stated and confuted.
Publisher: Printed for C. Parker, bookseller ...
Published: 1776
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Great Britain. Lord High Steward.; Criminal courts -- Great Britain.; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.; Jury -- Great Britain.
Notes: Published anonymously. By Sambrook Nicholas Russell. Cf. BLC.
Signatures: A² B-K⁸ L⁴(L1+'L2'.'L3' 'K4').