1818 Placita de Quo Warranto Temporibus Edw. I. II. & III. In Curia Receptae Scaccarij Westm. Asservata.

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound

With preliminaries in English, and the body of the text in abbreviated Latin, printed in two columns.

Illustrated with a facsimile plate depicting a warrant. Collated, complete.

This impressive work provides information on warrants and pleas concerning warrants in connection with the Westminster treasury in the times of Edward I, II and III. These records began upon Edward I's return from the Holy Land, at which point he realised the revenue of the crown had been diminished under the reign of his father, Henry III.

In a quarter morocco library binding from the Stockport Free Library, with their stamp to the front free endpaper, half title, and verso of title page.

A smart copy of this fascinating insight into legal matters in England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.