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- [1615x1667] / (Creation)
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394 pp. (foliated iv ff. + 378 pp. + 4 blank ff.) ; 180 x 197 to 322 x 203 mm. Rebound at NLW.
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Transcripts by Robert Vaughan of tracts and documents relating to the Council in the Marches of Wales, including 'The Inconveniences of exemptinge English sheires [Gloucester, Worcester, Monmouth, and Salop], shewed to Queen Elizabeth'; propositions concerning the jurisdiction of the King's Bench in the Marches; precedents for installing plaintiffs in possession; 'The effecte of the King's speech ... 3 November 1608'; 'A Treatise of Wales and the Marches thereof'; an abstract of records in the Tower concerning the Marches; 'A discourse or relation of the ancient and moderne estate of the Principalitie ... by Serieant Dodderidge'; instructions to the Council of the North, 1595/6; a survey of lands in Tal y Bont, Merioneth; a note on the lordship of Glasbury; and 'A description of the Councell and Court established in the Principality and Marches of Wales', and 'An exemplification touching proceedings in Chancery at the request of ye right honorable Ralphe Lo: Eure'.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part I (Aberystwyth, 1940-3), 11.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MS 224.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 408 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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- Council of the Marches -- Archives (Subject)
- Glasbury (Wales : Lordship) (Subject)
- Council of the Marches. Court of the Council (Subject)
- Great Britain. Court of Chancery. (Subject)
- Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603 (Subject)
- James I, King of England, 1566-1625 (Subject)
- Dodderidge, John, Sir 1555-1628. (Subject)
- Eure, Ralph Eure, Baron, 1558-1617 (Subject)
- Vaughan, Robert, 1592-1667 (Subject)