Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecutedHart, W. H. (William Henry)
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Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus: Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecuted
Hart, W. H. (William Henry)
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Justiciarius justificatus. The Justice justified. Being an
Apologeticall Remonstrance, delivered to the Honourable Commissioners
of the Great Seale, by George Wither Esquire and occasioned by Sir
Richard Onslow Knight with some others, who moved to have him put out
of the Commission of the Peace in Surrey. In which private defence
many things are expressed verie pertinent to publike consideration,
and to the vindication of the liberties of the subject, in generall,
and of Magistrates in particular.
A tart and libellous remonstrance on being thrust out of the
Commission for the peace and gaol delivery in Surrey, which act
Wither ascribed to Sir Richard Onslow's malice. On April 10th,
1646, the House of Commons being informed of this pamphlet,
resolved that Wither should be forthwith sent for as a delinquent,
and the book was referred to the consideration of the Committee of
Examinations. On the 7th August following it was further resolved
that the matters contained in this book which reflected upon Sir
Richard Onslow were "false, scandalous, and injurious," and that
Wither should pay him £500 for damages. The book was ordered to be
burnt at Kingston upon Thames and at Guildford, upon the market
days there.[111] A copy is preserved in the British Museum Library.
It is in quarto, and contains fifteen pages, but has no title page
or date.
140.
Truth its manifest, or a short and true relation of divers main
passages of things (in some whereof the Scots are particularly
concerned) from the very first beginning of these unhappy troubles to
this day. London. 1645.
This book was written by Mr. David Buchanan. On April 13th, 1646,
the House of Commons resolved that Buchanan should be sent for as
a delinquent by the Serjeant at Arms and brought to the bar of
the House the next morning, for writing this book; also that the
book itself contained in it many matters false and scandalous; and
order was given that it should be forthwith burnt by the Common
Hangman. On the 20th April the Lords were desired to concur in
this order.[112] A copy of this book exists in the British Museum
Library. It is in duodecimo and contains 142 pages.
141.
Some papers of the Commissioners of Scotland given in lately to the
Houses of Parliament concerning the Propositions of Peace. London,
printed for Robert Bostock, dwelling at the Sign of the King's Head
in Paul's Church-yard, April 11, 1646.
On April 13th, 1646, the House of Commons resolved that this book
contained matters "scandalous and false," and it was ordered to be
burnt forthwith by the Common Hangman. It was also declared that
"the author and publisher thereof was an Incendiary between the two
kingdoms of England and Scotland," and search was to be made for
him.
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