Star Chamber: Collection of treatises and related material
Scope and Contents
Including: (fo. 1) Isaac Cotton, 'The groundes, rules and proceedings of the honble courte of starr-chamber ...', with dedication to Sir Humfrey May and to Thomas May; (fo. 60) [Cotton?], 'Matters touching the causes and proceedings in the high court of starchamber with the fees used there at this day'; (fo. 84) Orders re star chamber, 12 May 38 Eliz. I, ; (fo. 85v) 'Orders for reformation of dilatory proceedings in causes preferred and presented in ... starr chamber', [Dec. 1597]; (fo. 89) William Mill, 'A discourse concerning the antiquity of the high court of star chamber ... 1590'; (fo 133) reports of cases in star chamber, 7 Eliz. I and 5-21 James I. On front of original cover: 'A.g. No. 15 Duchy Court and Star Chamber' (c. 1700).
Dates
- Creation: 1635 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Extent
1 volume(s) (1 Volume paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1856. Phillipps MS 16811. Purchased at Sotheby's Phillipps sale, 22 June 1893 lot 843, for 10s (Quaritch).
Bibliography
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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