Calendar Of Ancient Petitions Relating To Wales [Thirteenth To Sixteenth Century] (UNCOMMON 1975 HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING IN DUSTWRAPPER)

Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1975. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w price-clipped. Illustrated with a map frontispiece 'Wales In 1284: The Statute Of Rhuddlan'. Deep-seated as may be our faith in the working of our present Parliamentary sysem through 'democratically' elected representatives, it may come as a matter of surprise to learn that even under the more authoritarian system of Medieval days, when the Constitution was in its infancy was in process of evolution, the right of direct appeal to the Throne in Parliament was open to the humblest of the King's subjects, not only from his English realm but from all domains of the Crown, whether in Wales, Ireland or Gascony, as the accepted prsctice of the Parliamentary scene, a practice, indeed, encouraged by the Sovereign, in respect of grievances not normally remediable through the medium of the Courts, this with the object of rectification by the Crown itself. With Index Of Petitions: Chancery', 'Index of Petitions; Exchequer', Table Of Abbreviations'. Spotting to top-edge; else a near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON first edition, first printing. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST.. First edition, First Printing.. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine.