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MERVYN ( Sir Audley ). A speech made by Sir Audley Mervyn his Majesties prime serjeant at law in Ire

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MERVYN ( Sir Audley ). A speech made by Sir Audley Mervyn his Majesties prime serjeant at law in Ire

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 20 @ 11:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
MERVYN ( Sir Audley ). A speech made by Sir Audley Mervyn his Majesties prime serjeant at law in Ireland, the 11th day of May in the House of Lords, when he was presented speaker by the Commons, before the right honourable Sir Maurice Eustace Knight, Lord Chancellour of Ireland, Roger Earl of Orrery, and Charles Earl of Mountrath, his Majesties Lord Justices of this kingdom of Ireland. Dublin, printed by William Bladen, by special order, 1661FIRST EDITION, pages (2), 14, 4to, disbound, uncut, mostly unopened : a crisp copy.Wing M 1890. Sweeney 3028. ESTC locates ten copies (C/D/Dt/O : WNc/C-S/CU-C/MH). The Protestant lawyer and politician Sir Audley Mervyn (1603-75), already prime serjeant at law in Ireland, was one of the thirty-six commissioners charged with implementing the declaration of Charles II for the post-Restoration settlement of Ireland. He was appointed speaker to the Irish House of Commons in May 1661 and this pamphlet, printed in Dublin, reproduces his opening speech, made at a time when the difficult matter of how to proceed in settling questions of Irish land ownership was prominent. As a landowner himself he was not indifferent to the debate,and would go on to articulate Protestant concerns about the process.WING; IRELAND; ENGLISH PRE 1801; DUBLIN PRINTED; HISTORY; ; ; ; ; ; ;