Public Records; A Description of the Contents, Objects, and Uses of the Various Works Printed by Authority of the Record Commission; For the (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FCEDERA, CONVENTIONES, LITTERS, ET CUJUSCUNQUE GENERIS ACTA FUBLICA INTER REGES ANGLIC, ET ALIOS QUOSVIS IMPERATORES, REGES, PON- TIFICES, PRINCIPE8, VEL COMMUNITATES, Ab Ingressu Gulielmi I. in Angliam, A. D. 1066, ad nostra usque tempera habita aut tractata. Ex Autographis, infra secretiores Archivorum Regiorum Thesaurarias, asservatis; aliisque summae vetustatis Instrumentis, ad Historiam Anglicanam spectantibus, fideliter exscripta. Primum in lucem missa de mandate Serenissimae Prin- cipis Annae Reginae, cura et studio Thomas Rymer, Historiography, et Roberti Sanderson, Armig. Denud aucta et multis locis emendata jussu Serenissimi Regis Georgii Tertii. Treaties, Conventions, Letters, and Public Transactions of every kind made or concluded between the Kings of England, and various Emperors, Kings, Pontiffs, Princes, or Communities, from the Entry of William the First into England, A. D. 1066, unto our Times. Faithfully transcribed from the Autographs preserved in the Treasuries of the Royal Archives, and from other Instruments of great antiquity relating to the History of England. First published by command of Queen Anne under the superintendency of Thomas Rymer, Historiographer, and of Robert Sanderson, Esquires. Since augmented, and in many places corrected, by command of his Majesty King George the Third. The important collection of Historical Documents usually designated " Rymer's Fcedera" has long been known to the learned throughout Europe, as it has formed the chief source whence historians have derived their materials. In the reign of Queen Anne, Thomas Rymer, the Historiographer Royal, was appointed by the Government to collect andpublish a selection of Treaties, Leagues, Conventions, Mandates, Letters, and Records, illustrative of the History of England, a...