Copies of impeachment proceedings against Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, 1663 and 1667 [manuscript], late 17th century.

Copies of impeachment proceedings against Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, 1663 and 1667 [manuscript], late 17th century.

259 p. ; 31 x 20 cm

Copies of two treatises: Articles of high treason, and other heinous misdemeanors against Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England, July 10, 1663 (p. 1-42); A Collection of proceedings in the House of Com[m]ons about Impeaching the Earl of Clarendon late L[or]d Chancellor with the debates and speeches concerning that Matter, As allso severall weighty Arguments concerning the Nature of Treason by Mr. John Vaughan, Serjeant Maynard, the then Sollicitor Generall &c in the months of October, November, and December in the year 1667 (p. 1-217).

15, [1], 16-42, [1], 217 p. Both unnumbered pages are blank.

Bound in modern red cloth boards; ruled in red throughout.

Ownership and withdrawn/sold stamps of the Stoke-on-Trent City Libraries (Horace Barks Reference Library) on pastedowns and fly leaves.

Acquired from Mark Sieling in 2008.

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