Tenenda Non Tollenda
by Fabian Philipps
An important book according by Holdsworth, Tenenda non Tollendawas written to protest the recent abolition of military tenures, a system through which the crown granted lands in exchange for military services, either personal or through the provision of troops. He feared this would eventually lead to the creation of a standing army, a potential tool of royal oppression. [1]
Bibliographic Information
Author: Fabian Philipps
Title: Tenenda Non Tollenda, Or The Necessity Of Preserving Tenures In Capite And By Knightservice, Which According To Their First Institution Were, And Are Yet, A Great Part Of The Salus Populi, And The Safety And Defence Of The King, As Well As Of His People: Together With A Prospect Of The Very Many Mischiefs And Inconveniences, Which By The Taking Away Or Altering Of Those Tenures, Will Inevitably Happen To The King And His Kingdomes
Published: London: Printed by Thomas Leach, for the author, and are to be sold by Abel Roper, 1660.
Edition:
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Bound in later period-style calf with lettering piece and gilt fillets on the spine, dentelles to board edges and renewed endpapers. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
References
- ↑ Holdsworth, A History of English Law V1:610. Wing, Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America P2019 (41830).