A treatise enumerating the most illustrious families of England, who have been raised to honour and wealth by the profession of the law. Together with the names of all the lord chief justices of each court, and barons of the Exchequer, from their first institution

All titles

• A treatise enumerating the most illustrious families of England, who have been raised to honour and wealth by the profession of the law. Together with the names of all the lord chief justices of each court, and barons of the Exchequer, from their first institution
• Grandeur of the law
• Exact catalogue of all the lord chief justices of the courts of King's-bench and Common-pleas, and of the lord chief barons of the Exchecquer

People / Organizations

• H. P. (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for Arthur Jones, at the Flying-Horse near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, MDCLXXXVI. [1686]

Publication year

1686

ESTC No.

R31120

Grub Street ID

113935

Description

[8], 304, [12] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8°.

Note

Dedication signed: H. Philipps

Title page in red and black

With a frontispiece portrait of Francis Lord Guilford, Keeper of the Great Seal of England (plate)

U8 is blank

Includes index which is signed ]2T3-T7 and is bound following U8

"An exact catalogue of all the lord chief justices of the courts of King's-bench and Common-pleas, and of the lord chief barons of the Exchecquer" has separate dated title page; pagination is continuous, but the title page itself is a singleton, inserted between T2 and T3

A reissue, with cancel title page, of his "The grandeur of the law" (Wing P2022).