Parliamentary Texts

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS ANGL 4
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Parliamentary Texts
Date(s)	: 17th century
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume containing 157 leaves
Name of creator(s)	: Unknown

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 17th century: the Manner of Holdinge a Parliament in England in 24 Articles, comprising eight texts on parliamentary history, back to the Anglo-Saxon period, and on procedure, concerning both the House of Lords and the House of Commons and their powers.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and Latin. Cursive hands.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Finding aids:

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), which summarises the contents of the manuscript; handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Archival Information

Archival history:

With the monogram FR and the inscription: sold at Puttick & Simpsons ... 1857 (f 1*r).

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Sep 2001