Trial of King Charles the First
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Type of record: Book
Title: Trial of King Charles the First
Classmark: Law E-97/CHA
Creator(s): Charles king of England (1600-1649)
Additional creator(s): Muddiman, Joseph George (1862-) (Other); Cook, John (1660) (Other); Great Britain. High Court of Justice for the Trying and Judging of Charles Stuart, King of England (Other)
Related people: Muddiman, Joseph George; Cook, John
Publisher: W. Hodge & Company, Limited
Publication city: Edinburgh; London
Date(s): [1928]
Language: English
Size and medium: xviii, 282 p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/310771
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991005761439705181
Description
Trial for treason before the High Court of Justice for the trying and judging of Charles Stuart, King of England, January, 1649.
From a record of the trial styled "Bradshawe's journal", signed by both the clerks of the High Court of Justice, Andrew Broughton and John Phelps, and prepared by seven members of the court, meeting at Bradshaw's lodgings. cf. Pref.
Appendices: A. The proceedings in the Painted Chamber, recorded in "Bradshawe's journal".--B. The King's reasons against the pretended jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice.--C. The speech Cook intended to have delivered.--D. Official print of the King's speech upon the scaffold.--E. Declaration of the Peers, 8th February, 1649.--F. The Solemn League and Covenant.
"Bibliography of reports of the trial": p. [xvii]-xviii.
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