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ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE

ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE
ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE

ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE

Established for the better Conduct. Lord Generall of the Forces raised by. The Authority of the PARLIAMENT, for the.

Defence of the KING and Kingdom. London Printed for John Partridge and John Rothwell. This pamphlet has been completely rebound in half green leather with marbled paper covered boards, and gilt titles to spine. Measures approx 20.5cm x 15.5cm x 1cm. There is a hint of a twist to base of spine.

Internally, there are modern endpapers and blanks to the front and rear (and additional blanks have been bound in to maintain the integrity of the binding). The endpapers/blanks, are foxed/browned with occasional marks.

Bookplate to inside front board (Thomas Francis Fremantle). The frontispiece is a little tatty to edges and has a tear with a couple of crude repairs to reverse.

Small crude repair to reverse of last leaf. Grubbiness and staining (bit heavier in places and to reverse of last text leaf). Chip to one leaf, affecting couple of letters.

Thumbed and outer page edges are bumped and a bit tatty (see photos) with creases. Coat of Arms' leaf, title page, (5)-31.

Unlawfull Oathes and Execrations and Scandalous acts.. Shall be punished with losse of pay.

"Whosoever shall presume to violate a Saveguard, shall die without mercy". "Whosoever shall use any words tending to the death of the Lord Generall shall be punished with death". No Souldiers depart from his Captaine.. "No man shall resist, draw of lift his weapon against officer upon paine of death".

"None shall utter any words of sedition or mutenie upon paine of death". "Rapes, ravishments, unnaturall abuses shall be punished with death". Robert Devereux , 3rd Earl of Essex, (1591 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the English Civil War in 1642 he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, (the Roundheads). However, he was unable and unwilling to score a decisive blow against the Royalist army of King Charles I.

He was eventually overshadowed by the ascendancy of Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax and resigned his commission in 1646. Ordre-to-print at end of leaf D4r. By vertue of the authoritie given me by the ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament, I command these ordinances... Be forthwith printed and published. Given under my hand this 8. Annotation on Thomason copy: "12 th" following "September, " in imprint date. All our books, will be carefully and securely packaged. Your item is fully refundable without question. We aim to give detailed and accurate descriptions, and have established a reputation for honesty, quality and reliability, which we hope to continue. We are very approachable and want to make this a pleasant experience.

The item "ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE" is in sale since Friday, April 10, 2020. This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable".

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  • Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
  • Year Printed: 1642
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: JOHN PARTRIDGE & JOHN ROTHWELL
  • Place of Publication: LONDON


ARMY DUTIES & CONDUCT 1642 EARL ESSEX Punishments CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS CODE RULE