Trials of peers for treason.
Contributors: England and Wales. Parliament.
Published: 1691
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
Subjects: Trials (Treason) -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Jury -- Great Britain.; Manuscripts, English -- Washington (D.C.); Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702 -- Sources.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Trials of peers for high treason, 1691.; Report of the free conference betweene the Lords and Commons the 5th day of January 1691 vppon the Bill of treason.
Notes: Baker, J.H.  English legal manuscripts in the U.S.A., II, 344 ("Law MS. 22")
Ms.
Title from Baker. On spine of the 20th-cent. binding: Trials of peers for high treason, 1691.
Text begins (p. 1-2) with the clause proposed by the House of Lords ("And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, vppon the Tryall of any Peere or Peeress ..."); the rest of the ms. is (caption, p. 3) the "Report of the free Conference betweene the Lords and Commons the 5th day of January 1691 vppon the bill of Treason."
Text ends (p. 67): ... Therefore the Commons would insist uppon the old wayes keep the ballance of the Government as they found it, and not change the Lawes of England which hath been hitherto used and app[r]oved.
On prelim. p. [2]): 359064/26/L.L.
Following the last page of the ms. (p. [68]), 48 leaves of blank paper added in the (1939?) binding.