The opening of the Great Seale of England
Subtitle: Containing certain brief historicall and legall observations, touching the originall, antiquity, progresse, vse, necessity of the Great Seal of the kings and kingdom of England, in respect of charters, patents, writs, commissions, and other processe. Together with the kings, kingdoms, parliaments severall interests in, and power over the same, and over the Lord Chancellour, and the lords and keepers of it, both in regard of its new-making, custody, administration for the better execution of publicke justice, the republique necessary safety, and utility. Occasioned by the over-rash censures of such who inveigh against the Parliament, for ordering a new great seale to be engraven, to supply the wilfull absence, defects, abuses of the old, unduely withdrawne and detained from them
By: By William Prynne, utter-barrister of Lincolns Inne
Publisher: Printed for Michael Spark senior.
Published: 1643
Place of publication: Lodon. [sic]
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Politics and government; Early works to 1800; History
Notes: Title within a border of type ornaments.

"It is the fifteenth day of September, anno dom. 1643. Ordered by the committee of the House of Commons, concerning printing, that this treatise, intituled, The opening of the Great Seale of England, be forthwith printed by Michael Sparke senior." --title page.

Running title "The opening of the Great Seale of England" within ruled borders.

Signatures: [A]² B-E⁴

In Roman and italic type.

Initials; head pieces.

"Errata: & omissions." --p. [1] at end.

Some copies have gathering B signed "F". These copies were intended to be bound with the author's "An humble remonstrance against the tax of ship-money lately imposed" (Wing P3983)

Includes bibliographical references in side notes.

Wing (2nd ed.) P4026

ESTC R234376

Text in English; some Latin.