Corporations vindicated in their fundamental liberties, from a negative voice, and other unjust prerogatives of their chief officer destructive to true freedom. Or, a discourse, proving that the chief officer's assuming to himself the power of 1. Calling or dissolving of meetings.- 2. Proposing or refusing of questions offer'd to the debate.-.----- 3. Granting or denying of assent to the conclusions of the major part of the assembly,- at the sole pleasure of his own private discretion, is of right to be abolish't in all other corporations, ... Argued first and mor properly in the case of Peter-House in Cambridge, ... and of great conducement to the sure and more firm establishment of this nation in form of a commonwealth. By C. Hotham, ... Hereunto is annext a true narrative of the proceedings of the committee for the universities against him ... And his preface and petition to the Honorable Parliament; ... his constant adherence to the Parliaments cause.

All titles

• Corporations vindicated in their fundamental liberties, from a negative voice, and other unjust prerogatives of their chief officer destructive to true freedom. Or, a discourse, proving that the chief officer's assuming to himself the power of 1. Calling or dissolving of meetings.- 2. Proposing or refusing of questions offer'd to the debate.-.----- 3. Granting or denying of assent to the conclusions of the major part of the assembly,- at the sole pleasure of his own private discretion, is of right to be abolish't in all other corporations, ... Argued first and mor properly in the case of Peter-House in Cambridge, ... and of great conducement to the sure and more firm establishment of this nation in form of a commonwealth. By C. Hotham, ... Hereunto is annext a true narrative of the proceedings of the committee for the universities against him ... And his preface and petition to the Honorable Parliament; ... his constant adherence to the Parliaments cause.
• Petition and argument of Mr. Hotham True state of the case of Mr. Hotham

People / Organizations

• Charles Hotham (Author)
• Giles Calvert ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for Giles Calvert, at the Black-Spead-Eagle [sic] neer the west-end of Pauls, 1651.

Publication year

1651

ESTC No.

R8289

Grub Street ID

128481

Description

59, [1], 142, [4], 93, [3] p. ; 12⁰

Note

"The petition and argument of Mr. Hotham," and "A true state of the case of Mr. Hotham," each have separate dated title pages, pagination and registers. Imprint on each reads "Printed in the year".

Leaf ?F12 is blank.

With final errata leaf.

Signatures: A-B?? C?, ?A-F??, chi1 ?A-D??.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures from DFo