The history of King John, King Henry III. and the most illustrious King Edward the I.
Subtitle: wherein the ancient sovereign dominion of the kings of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, over all persons in all causes, is asserted and vindicated, against all incroachments, and innovations whatsoever. The mistakes in some printed statutes, cannonists, law-books, histories, &c. and other matters of moment, are rectified, and rescued from oblivion. Collected out of the ancient records in the Tower of London: and now published for the better advancement of learning.
By: By William Prynne. And finished a little before his death.
Contributors: Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Tho. Ratcliff, and Tho. Daniel, for Philip Chetwind, Nathaniel Brook, and Edward Thomas
Published: 1670
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1307
Subjects: Constitutional history -- Great Britain -- Sources.; Great Britain -- History -- 13th century.; Great Britain -- History -- Sources.; Great Britain -- Church history -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Signatures: A⁴, a-k⁴, l², A-Y⁴, R-Z⁴, Aa-Za⁴, Aaa-Zzz⁴, Aaaa-Zzzz⁴, 5A-5Z⁴, 6A-6Z⁴, 7A-7Z⁴, 8A-8C⁴, 8D².
Irregularities in paging; leaf 107 repeated in numbering.
Third volume of the work commonly referred to as "Prynne's records".
Originally published in 1668 with title "The third tome of An exact chronlogical vindication an historical demonstration of the supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction of our British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, English kings [etc.]; a later issue appeared in 1672 under title "Antiquae constitutiones regni Angliae, sub regibus Joanne, Henrico Tertio, et Edoardo primo, circa jurisdictionem et potestatem ecclesiasticam".