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The antiquity & original of the Court of Chancery and authority of the lord chancellor of England : being a branch of Serjeant Snagg's reading, upon the 28 chapter of Magna Charta, at the Middle Temple, in Lent, 13 Eliz. : with his congratulatory epistle, (by way of preface) to the Lord Chancellor Hatton, in 29 Eliz.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Snagg, Robert
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for Henry Seile ..., 1654.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	England. > Court of Chancery > Early works to 1800.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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