Episcopacy (as established by law in England) not prejudicial to regal power: a treatise written in the time of the Long Parliament, by the special command of the late king

1673 Sanderson Episcopacy LAW Catholic vs Protestant England Wenceslaus Hollar

Robert Sanderson was a 17th-century English theologian who published and important treatise on the balance of power between the King and the Church of England. Sanderson discusses both civil and ecclesiastical law, court proceedings, and whether the rulings of civil or ecclesiastical cases should be contrary to one another. It also provides a historical context of the laws established by Henry VIII to control the power of the Pope as well as Protestants.

This book includes a portrait frontispiece by the famous Wenceslaus Hollar.

Item number: #12068

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SANDERSON, Robert

Episcopacy (as established by law in England) not prejudicial to regal power: a treatise written in the time of the Long Parliament, by the special command of the late king

London: Printed by for Robert Pawlett, 1673.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o [14], 140, [4]

· References: Wing S 600

· Provenance: Handwritten – John Key

o Sir John Key, 1st Baronet (1794 – 1858) was a wholesale stationer and Whig politician in England.

o He was elected Sheriff of the City of London in 1824 and Lord Mayor of London for two years, from 1830 to 1832.

o He was elected at the 1832 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London but resigned his seat on August 5, 1833 by taking the "Chiltern Hundreds". During his parliamentary career he supported the abolition of slavery, the repeal of part of the assessed taxes, abrogation of the Corn Laws, the adoption of triennial parliaments and the vote by ballot.

o He was made a baronet in 1831, of Thornbury and Denmark Hill.

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight & secure

· Size: ~7.5in X 4.5in (19cm x 11.5cm)

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