The first part of an historical collection of the ancient parliaments of England, from the yeer of Our Lord 673, till the end of King John's reign, anno 1216
Subtitle: Wherein is cleerly demonstrated by histories and records beyond contradiction, that the ancient parliaments, and great councels of England, during all this tract of time, and many yeers after, were constituted, and consisted onely of our kings, princes, dukes, earls, nobles, barons, spiritual and temporal lords, and those we now usually stile the House of peers ... Published, to inform the ignorance, and check the insolent usurpations of those few commoners, who now call themselves not only the Commons house, but Parliament of England ...
By: By William Prynne ...
Publisher: Printed for Robert Hodges
Published: 1649
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: History; Great Britain. Parliament
Notes: First edition.

Signatures: A-D⁴.

Pages 3, 6, 7 incorrectly numbered 1, 4, 5, respectively.

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