Hughes, William. Parsons lawe, or, A treatise concerninge the ellecc[i]on confirmacon, consecrac[i]on and inuesture of arch-b[isho]pps, b[isho]pps, and other eccle[astic]all ministers with all things incident thereunto

Folger bibliographic ID: 263699
Folger call number: V.a.614
Folger holdings ID: 349214
Accession Number: 266547

An early version of a treatise on the legal structure of the Church of England and the procedures of its ecclesiastical courts

General notes

Title from manuscript title page This work was first printed in 1641 (Wing H3326), though manuscript copies were circulated before that date. Other early manuscript copies include one at the Bodleian Library at Oxford (MS. Lister 11) and 2 at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University (Osborn fb247 and Osborn b80) Contemporary foliation Table of contents at beginning of manuscript Includes index of "The Reportes vouched in this Treatys" (leaves 123r-124v) A typed catalog card from a former owner, now removed to curatorial files, speculates that this manuscript was "perhaps written by the professional scribe, Ralph Crane, who was employed by the lawyers and the playhouses." The manuscript does not, however, conform to specimens of Crane's hand Acquired from James Cummins, 2011 National Cathedral bookplate with typed inscription "Gift of Thomas G. Spaulding, Colonel U.S.A. 1943" Contemporary limp vellum binding with leather ties

Uniform title: Parsons law
Extended title: Parsons lawe, or, A treatise concerninge the ellecc[i]on confirmacon, consecrac[i]on and inuesture of arch-b[isho]pps, b[isho]pps, and other eccle[astic]all ministers with all things incident thereunto / by R.H. of G.I., 1630s
Alternate titles: Parsons lawe, or, A treatise concerninge the elleccion confirmacon, consecracion and inuesture of arch-bishopps, bishopps, and other eccleasticall ministers, Treatise concerninge the elleccion confirmacon, consecracion and inuesture of arch-bishopps, bishopps, and other eccleasticall ministers

Church of England Ecclesiastical law

author: Hughes, William, 1587 or 1588-1663?
subject: Church of England
former owner: Spaulding, Thomas M. (Thomas Marshall), 1882-
former owner: Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)