Acta regia;
being the account which Mr. Rapin de Thoyras published of the history of England, by authority of the lords the States-general; and grounded upon those records which ... are collected in ... Mr. Rymer's Foedera. Containing not only the letters that passed between the monarchs of England and foreign princes; their treaties and negotiations of peace, friendship, and commerce, battles, revolutions, and other important events in the history of England: but an account of the several grants from the crown to the nobility, &c. through all the reigns, from King William Rufus to the tenth year of King Charles I. Of the summons's to Parliament and convocation; of royal mandates to the clergy and laity; dispensations for marriages; general and particular pardons; patents for honours, offices, manufactures, inventions, &c. and numerous other publick acts relating to families, and our own domestick affairs.

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Main Author

Rapin de Thoyras, (Paul), M. 1661-1725.

Related Names

Whatley, Stephen, tr.
Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713.

Language(s)

English

Published

London, Printed for James, John and Paul Knapton [etc., 1733]

Subjects

Great Britain > Great Britain / Politics and government.
Great Britain > Great Britain / Foreign relations > Great Britain / Foreign relations / Treaties.
Great Britain > Great Britain / History.

Note

An abridgement of v. 1-19 of Rymer's Foedera.
Translated by Stephen Whatley.
Added t.-p., dated 1732: Acta regia ... containing not only a succinct relation of the treaties, negotiations, battles, revolutions, and other important events which are treated of in Mr. Rapin's History of England: but an account of the several grants from the crown to the nobility, &c. ..
Dedication dated 1733.

Physical Description

2 p. l., 1v, 5-828, [30] p. 41 cm.

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