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    By William Hughes
    London   John Streater
    7.5" by 5" [16], 1-333 [25]pp
    Handsomely bound in calf, this is the third edition of William Hughes's scarce guide to the law surrounding advowsons, and the right of patrons to appoint candidates to vacant church positions.
    By William Hughes

    1673 Parsons Law: Or, A View of Advowsons

    London   John Streater
    7.5" by 5" [16], 1-333 [25]pp
    Handsomely bound in calf, this is the third edition of William Hughes's scarce guide to the law surrounding advowsons, and the right of patrons to appoint candidates to vacant church positions.
    £340.00
    : 1kgs / : 985F10
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    Description

    Leather Binding, Rebound, Scarce

    The third edition of this work, which is scarce in all editions, and was first published in 1641.

    This work concerns laws governing advowson, a patron's right in English law to present a candidate to fill a vacant ecclesiastical benefice.

    Rebound in calf, with endpapers renewed.

    ESTC R41019.

    With the register: A-Z8, 2A4. Collated, complete.

    Contemporary ink inscriptions to recto and verso of a front blank from Matthew Hickeringill, seemingly including calculations of rent payments, and with his inscription also to the tail of the final text leaf, to the tail of the title page, and to the title page verso.

    Hughes says he wrote this book in response to 'the earnest request of some eminent men of the Clergy'.

    Condition

    Rebound in calf, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Contemporary inscriptions to recto and verso of front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned due to paper type, with handling marks and foxing throughout. Inscription to tail of final text leaf, tail of title page, and verso of title page. Loss to tail of fore edge of leaf K2, not affecting text.

    Good

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