AN

ACCOUNT

OF

THE MOST IMPORTANT

PUBLIC RECORDS

OF

Great Britain,

AND

THE PUBLICATIONS

OF

THE RECORD COMMISSIONERS:

TOGETHER WITH

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS, HISTORICAL, AND
ANTIQUARIAN INFORMATION.

COMPILED FROM VARIOUS PRINTED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS.

BY C. P. COOPER, Esq.

VOL.\II.//

LONDON:

BALDWIN AND CRADOCK.

Be58, 39

JUN 22188

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
MAR 4 19/5

LONDON:

C. ROWORTH AND SONS, BELL YARD,

TEMPLE BAR.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. II.

CHAPTER XX.

THE PUBLICATION OF THE PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS pages 1-32

A Plan for the Publication of the Rolls of Parliament,

accompanied by such other Records as may illustrate

the ancient Constitution and Policy of the Kingdom

Index to the Rolls of Parliament, Edition of 1765

Ancient Manuscript of the Modus tenendi Parliamentum

Materials for a new Edition of the Parliamentary

Records

The Vetus Codex

Letter Books in the Office of the Town Clerk of London

Plan of the Work usually denominated "the New Edi-

tion of the Rolls of Parliament".

1-8

2

6

8-18

11

CHAPTER XXI.

ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLICATION ENTITLED THE PARLIAMENTARY

WRITS AND WRITS OF MILITARY SUMMONS, TOGETHER WITH

THE RECORDS AND MUNIMENTS, RELATING TO THE SUIT AND

SERVICE DUE AND PERFORMED TO THE KING'S HIGH Court of

PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCILS OF THE REALM, OR AFFORDING

EVIDENCE OF ATTENDANCE GIVEN AT PARLIAMENTS AND

COUNCILS

33-47

48-55

55-59

59-65

Extract from the Retrospective Review, October, 1827

Extract from the Edinburgh Review, October, 1827

Extract from Nicolas-Observations on the State of

Historical Literature