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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries

Document Reference	Pw V 85
Title	Bound volume containing details of the habeas corpus of Sir Thomas Darnell and others; 1627-28
Date	1627-1628
Extent	76 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Bound volume covering details of writs given to those who refused, including Sir Thomas Darnell, to subscribe to the forced loan of 1627. Date in MS is given as the 3 Charles I.
Title Of Work	The arguments pro et contra att the Kings Bench Barre uppon the writt of habeas corpus brought by Sr Thomas Darnell, and others that refused to pay the Loanes
ReprodnNote	Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical Description	Folio volume Early foliation of 1-75 does not include title page
Condition	Binding is good. Paper is mixed: the binding is tight; patches to the leaves are satisfactory from f 1-29. From f 30 there are old sewing holes (top area of gutter) which need attention; from f 31 there are many worm holes which need filling and which are starting to tear. From f 33 there are large patches on the gutter edge some of which are not covering the worm holes. From f 38 there are soft patches close to the gutter, near the worm holes and in contact to the patches. From f 41 these soft patches are starting to crease and deteriorate. From f 47 the paper is noticeably darker close to the gutter, and is very delicate. The long patches (gutter reinforcements), of newer paper have kept the gutter border stiff and the folio is bending by the edge of the patches. From f 66 there are clear tears around the sections described.
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Posts: two small crowned posts joined at the base by a plain cartouche containing the letters AD, above the cartouche are two fir cones surmounted by a single crown which ends in a fleur de lis, approx. 55 x 40 mm; one type of paper throughout the manuscript. Countermark: none present with this watermark Secretary script with italic titles No rulings, margins marked by folding the paper Light cream vellum on pasteboard, the upper and lower covers are not decorated, the spine, in gold tooling reads 'Sir Thomas Barnell's Case 1627'. The binder, added two front and two back flyleaves of deep cream (acid free) modern paper with regular chainlines about 26 mm apart; the pastedowns are of the same paper.
Watermark	Posts (small)
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