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Brereton, William, 1604-1661.

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Speeches in Parliament, 1627-1628 [new style 1628-1629], created for Sir William Brereton (1604-1661)

 Collection — Volume 1
Call Number: MS C311
Overview

Donated to the library as part of the Eliot S. Berkley collection, this 505-page manuscript volume titled Speeches in Parliament, 1627-1628 [new style 1628-1629] contains (according to the enclosed letter written in 1732 by Henry Richardson, who then owned the manuscript): “Speeches, Arguments & Debates in Parliament, chiefly relating to the famous Petition of Right, by some of the most eminent Men of that Time, Sir Edward Coke, Mr. Selden & many others.”

Dates: 1628-1629 or later