Shelfmark
MS 168
Main entry--corporate name
Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords.
Title
Remembrances for order and decency to be kept in the Upper House of Parliam[en]t by the Lords when his Majesty is not there leaving the the solemnity belonging to his Majesty's coming to be marshalled by those Lords to whom it more properly appertains. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between 1727 and 1731.
Physical description
1 volume ([85] leaves) : paper ; 17 x 11 cm.
Note
A compilation of the regulations guiding protocol and behaviour in the House of Lords. These were occasionally published in print, see for instance ESTC N12757.
Note
Title taken from caption heading.
Note
Written in a professional hand. Pages ruled in red.
Note
Main text occupies 60 leaves, followed by 17 blank leaves. An index occupies the last 8 leaves.
Note
Presumably a presentation copy to Edward Waddington (1670/71-1731, Fellow of Eton College) as Bishop of Chichester. Front flyleaf bears the inscription: Bp. Chichester.
Note
A manuscript booklabel on the front pastedown reads: Legavit Coll. Eton. Reuerendus admodum Eduardus Episcopus Cicestrensis ejusdem Coll. Socius.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on front pastedown.
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bo.7.22, Bl.6.23, Bl.7.27.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 168.
Binding
Contemporary English presentation binding; red morocco; gold tooled concentric frames of different rolls; additional flowers-and-urn and triangular arabesque ornaments; centrepiece of Royal coat of arms; gold tooled zigzag roll on board edges and floral roll on turn-ins; rebacked in late 20th or early 21st century in red morocco with gold tooling; red blue and yellow marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
Subject
Parliamentary practice Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46560