[Rarebooks] FS--Westminster

[Joe Luttrell]

May we offer,

[CITY OF WESTMINSTER].  A Brief Account of the Powers Given to,
and Exercised by, The Burgess-Court of Westminster. And Some
Reasons for Continuing and Enlarging those Powers, by Amending the
Act of the 27th of Queen Elizabeth [1585].  N.p., London, 1756?.
Original stabbed self-wraps, disbound, somewhat dusty, a fragile
but usable copy, 16 pages; no copy in ESTC, one in COPAC. [75939]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=75939
                                                       $ 1,500.00

A rare part of the debate over the governance of Westminster,
"that most anomalous of all manorial boroughs", seeking to
enlarge the powers of its Burgess-Court (and leading to the
establishment of its "Annoyance Jury"), ultimately abolished in
1901.

Joe Luttrell
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