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Collection of speeches made in Parliament during November 1640

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.39

Scope and Contents

Speakers: John, Lord Finch; Sir Benjamin Rudyard; Sir John Culpepper; Sir Edward Dering; Edward Bagshaw, and Sir Harbottle Grimston. With note of proceedings upon the impeachment of Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford. Bound with a printed tract: Lawfulness of the Scots' Expedition into England manifested as followeth, Edinburgh, 1640. fo. 1: '9'. fo. 2: 'B.d.1-11'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1650 (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

Belonged to Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely and rector of Bluntisham, Hunts. After Knight's death in 1746, the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who presented it to the Library in 1861.

Bibliography

Versions of all the items are to be found in Parliamentary History of England, vol. 2.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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