THE CITY OF LONDON'S PLEA TO THE QUO WARRANTO (AN INFORMATION) BROUGHT AGAINST THEIR CHARTER IN MICHAELMAS TERM, 1681. WHEREIN IT WILL APPEAR, THAT THE LIBERTIES, PRIVILEDGES, AND CUSTOMS OF THE SAID CITY CANNOT BE FORFEITED, OR LOST BY THE MISDEMEANOR OF ANY OFFICER OF MAGISTRATE THEREOF. NOR THEIR CHARTER BE SEIZED INTO THE KING'S HANDS FOR ANY MIS-USAGE OR ABUSAGE OF THEIR LIBERTIES AND PRIVILEDGES, THEY BEING CONFIRMED BY DIVERS ANCIENT RECORDS AND ACTS OF PARLIAMENT MADE BEFORE AND SINCE MAGNA CHARTA. ALSO, HOW FAR THE COMMONS OF THE SAID CITY HAVE POWER OF CHUSING AND REMOVING THEIR SHERIFFS. PUBLISHED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND LATIN.
London: Published by Randal Taylor, 1682. 4to. [2], 31 [i.e., 35], [1 blank] pp. Title and last leaf dusted, else Very Good, in modern quarter morocco and green cloth, with spine title stamped in gilt.
The Plea expresses the Corporation of London's determination to retain and, if possible, expand, its freedoms despite the attempted encroachments of the King. The Mayor and Citizens of London assert their ancient "claim to have and use (within the City of London aforesaid), and the Liberties and Precincts of the said City, divers Liberties, Priviledges, and Franchises..." The Plea is printed in two columns per page, the left column in Latin and the right in English.
ESTC R15339. Item #30592
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