The First Part of a Brief Register, Kalendar and Survey of the several Kinds, Forms of all Parliamentary VVrits : Comprising In 3. Sections, all Writs, Forms of Summons to Great Councils, Parliaments, Convocations in the Tower, from the 5th of King John  till 23 Edw. 4.  to all sorts of Spiritual and Temporal Lords, Great- men  and the Kings Counsil  The House Of Lords : With other Rare Writs, and 4. Exact Alphabetical, Chro- nological Tables : 1. Of all Abbots, Priors, Masters of Orders, Clergy-men,  2. Of all Dukes, Earls, Forreign Kings, Marquesses, Princes of Wales : 3. Of all Lay-Barons, Lords, Vicounts, Great men : 4. Of all the Kings Counsil  with the several numbers of each of them, and of Bishops, summoned to every Council, Parliament, and the Years, Rolls, Dorses in every Kings reign, wherein their names are recorded. Illustrated with choice, usefull Annotations, Observations concer- ning these Writs differences, alterations, entries in the Clause Rolls : the Stiles, Titles, Additions of Patriarcha, Cardinalis, Electus, Confirmatus, Ma gister, &c. given in them to Spiritual; of Baro, Miles, Dominus, &c. to Temporal Lords; with their Baronies, Fealty, Homage, Oaths, right of Session, Judicature : The Clergies forms of Procurations; Exemption from Taxes by the Laity
Subtitle: Our Kings Prerogative to call, prorogue, dissolve Parliaments, hold them by a Custos Regni, or Commissioners, by Patents  to create Peers, Barons by Patent, special  Writs  to summon extraordinary Members, Assistants; Their proprie- ty in Parliaments, dissolved by their deaths; The Power of their Counsil in, and out of them; The Constitution, Jurisdiction, Proceedings, Pri- vileges, Ends, Duties of English Parliaments, Lords, Commons; Their in consistence with armed guards, seclusion of Members  and with Scotish, or Irish Intruders; Their late differences from Councils. Parliamentum, when first used in Writs, Acts, Histories, &c. With other particulars. Publishing more Rarities, rectifying more Er- rors in vulgar Writers, touching our Parliaments, than any former Trea- tises of this Subject
By: By William Prynne Esq; a Bencher of Lincolnes Inne. ... (2 lines)
Contributors: Edward IV, King of England, 1442-1483; John, King of England, 1167-1216; McAlpin Collection of British History and Theology (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
Publisher: Printed for the Author, and sold by Edward Thomas in Little
Published: 1659
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450