[Three autograph letters signed to Charles Watkin Williams- Wynn, concerning antiquarian studies, sending samples of historical documents and extracts on ancient English courts rolls; together with a manuscript Outline of a complete collection of records relating to the history of the constitution. ]

PALGRAVE, Francis

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MEDIEVAL LEGAL MANUSCRIPTS & BEGINNING OF NATIONAL RECORDS - 22 Parliament Square, [London]. 22 November 1823, 5 April & 13 November 1824. 3 autograph letters signed. 4to. [8] pages in total over 3 bifolia, with [2] page contemporaneous Outline . of records . on additional bifolium, old folds, very good. Francis Palgrave (1788-1861), archivist and historian, is remembered in particular for his work in setting up the framework for what is now the National Archives, also for his production of numerous volumes reproducing medieval historical documents. Included here is a 2 page manuscript titled Outline of a complete collection of records relating to the history of the constitution , presumably related to Palgrave s initial appointment as sub-commissioner to the Record Commission, together with three lengthy autograph letters by Palgrave penned to the politician and privy councillor Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (1775-1850), all making reference to documents and extracts sent by Palgrave elucidating various esoteric aspects of ancient English medieval court arrangements: the first is a fragment of a council roll. It affords a proof of the substantial antiquity of the Star-Chamber jurisdiction over juries . the two last are extracted from ther rolls of the King s Bench in the Chapter House. The judicial rolls of the reigns of Ed. 1 & 2. abound in the most curious matters relating to Parliament and the Council . Seller Inventory # 32.019

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