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Anno XXXVII Henrici Octavi: Statutes Made in the Parliament.

1575réf. 753941575. Rare Elizabethan Printing of the Acts of Henry VIII Henry VIII 1491-1547 King of England. Anno XXXVII. Henrici Octavi. Statutes Made in the Parliament Holden at Westminster in the XXXVII. Yere of the Most Renoumed Henry the Eyght By the Grace of God Kinge of England Fraunce And Irelande Defender of the Faithe And of the Churche of England and Also of Ireland In Earth Supreme Head. London: Printed by Thomas Marsh 1575. Folio 11-1/4" x 7-1/2". 72 pp. Twentieth-century quarter cloth over marbled boards blind fillets to spine endleaves renewed. Light rubbing to spine ends and board edges corners negligibly worn later pencil notations to front pastedown and free endpaper. Light toning slight horizontal creases and faint dampstaining to interior light soiling in a few places. $1750. Later Elizabethan edition of the statutes passed during the final tumultuous parliament of Henry VIII's reign which sat from November 1545 to January 1546. This post-incunabula compilation contains twenty-four individual acts that fundamentally reshaped the legal economic and religious landscape of early modern England. Chief among these is the landmark Act Against Usury 37 Hen. VIII c. 9 a pivotal moment in Western financial history. By repealing the medieval Catholic Church's absolute canonical ban on lending money for profit this statute legalized commercial credit and established England's first maximum legal interest rate capped at 10 percent. This pragmatic shift recognized the realities of a burgeoning mercantile economy and laid the regulatory groundwork for modern capitalist banking. The volume also captures the final aggressive phase of the English Reformation through the First Chantries Act 37 Hen. VIII c. 4. This statute granted the Crown the authority to dissolve and seize the remaining wealth lands and mismanaged assets of chantries-chapels heavily endowed to pray for souls in purgatory. Coming on the heels of the Dissolution of the Monasteries this act funneled critical wealth into Henry's depleted treasury to fund his costly continental wars. Additionally reflecting the highly volatile and paranoid political climate of the ailing King's final years the inclusion of an act penalizing the false accusation of treason highlights the Crown. unknown

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Henry VIII, King of EnglandBiblio.com

Anno XXXII Henrici Octavi in the Parlyamente Begon at Westminster.

1562réf. 756051562. 32 Henry VIII Henry VIII 1491-1547 King of England. Anno XXXII. Henrici Octavi in the Parlyamente Begon at Westminster. The. XXVIII. Of Apryll The. XXXII. Yeare of the Reygne of the Moste Excellente Most Hyghe And Moste Myghty Prynce Henrye the Eyght by the Grace of God Kynge of England and Fraunce Defendoure of the Faythe Lorde of Ireland And in Earth Under Christe Supreame Head of the Churche of Englande Oure Most Redoubted Soverayne Lorde There Holden and Afterwarde Continued by Dyvers Prorogacions Unto the .XII. Daye of Apryll in the Sayde Yeare. London: Ex aedidus Thomae Bertheleti 1540 i.e. 1562. LXVII i.e. lxxii ff. Folio 10-1/4" x 6-3/4". Nineteenth-century pebbled cloth paper label to spine colored added endpapers edges rouged. Light rubbing and minor light soiling to boards moderate rubbing to extremities light fading to spine which has a small tear near its foot spine ends and corners bumped later armorial bookplate of Edwin Freshfield to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior light foxing and soiling in a few places early annotations to a few leaves some affected by trimming. $1500. This volume records 48 acts passed during the 32nd regnal year of Henry VIII. A turbulent year in his reign it also saw the passage of many important acts including "An Acte Declaryng the Dissolucion of the Kynges Pretended Maryage With the Lady Anne of Cleves" which validated the king's divorce from Anne of Cleves the fourth of his six wives and the Statute of Wills. The latter act permitted devise by will superceding primogeniture and allowing landowners to independently decide who would inherit their land upon their death for the first time. The statute required that valid wills be in writing signed by the testator and witnessed by at least two other persons requirements still in place in many jurisdictions today. The ESTC records five variant printings of this title. All are scarce. Taken as a group OCLC locates 21 copies worldwide. English Short-Title Catalogue S110296. Beale A Bibliography of Early English Law S191. unknown

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Anno Quarto & Quinto Philippi & Mariae: Actes Made at a Parliament.

1558réf. 756881558. Rare 1573 Printing of Mary I and Philip II's 1558 Parliamentary Acts Featuring Early Legislation on the Abduction of Heiresses Mary I and Philip II Queen and King of England. Anno Quarto & Quinto Philippi & Mariae. Actes Made at a Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster The .xx. Daye of January in the iiii. and v. Yere of the Raigne of Our Soveraigne Lord and Lady Philip and Marie By the Grace of God King and Queene of Englande Spaine Fraunce Both the Sicillies Hierusalem & Irelande Defendours of the Fayth Archdukes of Austria Dukes of Burgundie Millaine And Brabant Counties of Haspurge Flaunders And Tyrol. And There Continued and Kept Untyll the Seventh Day of Marche Then Next Folowing And Enacted as Foloweth. London: Excusum.in Aedibus Iohannis Cawodi i.e. for R. Jugge Tipographi Regiae Maiestatis 1558 i.e. 1573. Folio 10-3/4" x 7-1/4". 80 pp. Modern quarter calf over marbled boards blind fillets and gilt title to spine endleaves added. Light toning to interior faint marginal dampstaining affecting headline but not main text two small wormholes to text block not affecting legibility crack in text block before final leaf all leaves secure. A crisp wide-margined copy. $1500. Eleven acts passed by the last parliament of Mary I and Philip II during the fourth and fifth years of their joint reign. Among the more interesting acts are an act extending the right to trial by jury to the royal family and "An Acte for the punishment of such as shal take away maidens that be inheritours" specifying punishment for the abduction of heiresses under 16 or marriage to them without the consent of their parents. This session represents the fifth and final Parliament of Mary I's reign dissolved just eight months before her death in November 1558 marking the close of the Marian Counter-Reformation and the final statutory chapter of the joint Anglo-Spanish monarchy. Convened at Westminster on January 20 1557/8 Parliament opened in an atmosphere of acute national crisis: English forces had surrendered Calais England's final continental stronghold to the Duke of Guise just days earlier. The geopolitical strain of Philip and Mary's disastrous intervention in the Italian War alongside the Habsburgs directly shaped this sitting compelling the Crown to push through comprehe. unknown

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