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Excerpt from An Account of the Most Important Public Records of Great Britain, and the Publications of the Record Commissioners, Vol. 2: Together With Other Miscellaneous, Historical, and Antiquarian Information
From the time of Ryley, and Prynne, and Hale, the Rolls Of Parliament were wholly neglected until the year 1765, when they were published in pursuance Of a vote of the House of Lords. The Editors, Astle, Topham, and Morant, formed a considerable portion of their text from Ryley, from Hale's Transcripts in Lincoln's-inn Library, and from the Copy purchased of Mr. Tonson, corrected by the Originals; and they also added a Selection of Parliamentary matter found on the Patent and other Rolls, and also in public offices and private collections.
Since 1765, numerous ancient Parliamentary Petitions, &c. Have been discovered by the diligence of the Keepers Of the Records in the Tower. These should be published; and as the deficiencies Of the edition of 1765 have been long recognized, (1) it appears necessary to proceed to a new edition, calculated to be a companion to the authentic edition Of the Statutes of the Realm.
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