A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers: or, A full, necessary, seasonable, enlarged vindication, of the just, antient hereditary right of the lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge in all the Parliamemts [sic] of England: wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons House, in criminal, civil, ecclesiastical causes as well of commons as peers; ... is irrefragably evidenced by solid reasons, punctual authorities, memorable presidents ... the seditious anti-Parliamentary pamphlets, libels of Lilbourn, Overton, and other Levellers against the Lords House, and right of judging commoners, fully refuted: and larger discoveries made of the proceedings, judgements of the Lords in Parliament, ... by William Prynne Esquire, a bencher of Lincolnes Inne.

All titles

• A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers: or, A full, necessary, seasonable, enlarged vindication, of the just, antient hereditary right of the lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge in all the Parliamemts [sic] of England: wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons House, in criminal, civil, ecclesiastical causes as well of commons as peers; ... is irrefragably evidenced by solid reasons, punctual authorities, memorable presidents ... the seditious anti-Parliamentary pamphlets, libels of Lilbourn, Overton, and other Levellers against the Lords House, and right of judging commoners, fully refuted: and larger discoveries made of the proceedings, judgements of the Lords in Parliament, ... by William Prynne Esquire, a bencher of Lincolnes Inne.
• Plea for the Lords, and House of Peers Full, necessary, seasonable, enlarged vindication, of the just, antient hereditary right of the lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge in all Parliaments of England

People / Organizations

• William Prynne (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for the author, 1658.

Publication year

1658-1658

ESTC No.

R203295

Grub Street ID

80413

Description

[20], 432, 401-424, [4], 425-518, [2] p. ; 4⁰

Note

A greatly enlarged edition of his: A plea for the Lords.

With a final errata leaf.

Text is discontinuous between *3H4v and ?3I1r (p. 424 and p. [1], second sequence).

Annotations on Thomason copies: E.749[1]: "March 24"; the 8 in the date has been crossed out and replaced with a 7.; Annotation on E.944[1]: "May 1st".