Corporations vindicated in their fundamental liberties : from a negative voice, and other unjust prerogatives of their chief officer destructive to true freedom. Or, a discourse, proving that the chief officer's assuming to himself the power of 1. Calling or dissolving of meetings.- 2. Proposing or refusing of questions offer'd to the debate.-.----- 3. Granting or denying of assent to the conclusions of the major part of the assembly,- at the sole pleasure of his own private discretion, is of right to be abolish't in all other corporations, ... Argued first and more properly in the case of Peter-House in Cambridge, ... and of great conducement to the sure and more firm establishment of this nation in form of a commonwealth. By C. Hotham, ... Hereunto is annext a true narrative of the proceedings of the committee for the universities against him ... And his preface and petition to the Honorable Parliament; ... his constant adherence to the Parliaments cause.
1651
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Title
Corporations vindicated in their fundamental liberties : from a negative voice, and other unjust prerogatives of their chief officer destructive to true freedom. Or, a discourse, proving that the chief officer's assuming to himself the power of 1. Calling or dissolving of meetings.- 2. Proposing or refusing of questions offer'd to the debate.-.----- 3. Granting or denying of assent to the conclusions of the major part of the assembly,- at the sole pleasure of his own private discretion, is of right to be abolish't in all other corporations, ... Argued first and more properly in the case of Peter-House in Cambridge, ... and of great conducement to the sure and more firm establishment of this nation in form of a commonwealth. By C. Hotham, ... Hereunto is annext a true narrative of the proceedings of the committee for the universities against him ... And his preface and petition to the Honorable Parliament; ... his constant adherence to the Parliaments cause.
Created/published
London : Printed for Giles Calvert, at the Black-Spead-Eagle [sic] neer the west-end of Pauls, 1651.
Description
59, [1], 142, [4], 93, [3] p. ; (12mo)
Associated name
Note
"The petition and argument of Mr. Hotham," and "A true state of the case of Mr. Hotham," each have separate dated title pages, pagination and registers. Imprint on each reads "Printed in the year".
Leaf ²F12 is blank.
With final errata leaf.
Signatures: A-B¹² C⁶, ²A-F¹², chi1 ³A-D¹².
Leaf ²F12 is blank.
With final errata leaf.
Signatures: A-B¹² C⁶, ²A-F¹², chi1 ³A-D¹².
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), H2895
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R8289
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R8289
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
160- 867q
Folger-specific note
T.p. Manuscript ruled in red. Tight binding, affecting t.p. and text throughout. "A true state of the case of Mr. Hotham" is bound before "The petition and argument of Mr. Hotham". Provenance: inscription on t.p. verso: "John Channell his booke"; armorial bookplate of James Comerford (motto "so ho ho dea ne"); book-label of the Cambridge Free Library, with gift label presented by J.E. Foster 1882; purchased by Folger from W. Heffer, cat. 699:1911, 3 April 1957