THE SOVERAIGNTY OF THE BRITISH SEAS: Proved by Records, History, and the Municipall Lawes of this Kingdome.
Written in the Yeare 1633 by that Learned Knight Sir John Burroughs, Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London. Pp. viii+166(last blank), 2 decorative headpieces and 2 small decorative initials; small f'cap. 12mo; modern full leather, ruled in blind, the spine lettered in gilt; later endpapers, occasional inked marginalia in an early hand, a little light foxing; printed for Humphrey Mosley, London, 1651. First edition. Wing B 6129; ESTC R10587. *The text is mostly in English, with occasional Latin and French. Sir John Borough (or Boroughs) was appointed Keeper of the Records in 1623. His birth date is unknown, but he died in 1643. 'Borough was an admirable notetaker, and rendered useful service by drawing up accounts of various conferences between the royalists and the parliamentarians. The curious notes of the interview between Charles and the covenanters in the Earl Marshal's tent near Berwick on 11 June 1639 were in all probability taken by him. When the great council met at York he was appointed its clerk, and in that capacity he took the full and admirable notes of its proceedings which constitute the only record we possess of what took place in that assembly' [Dictionary of National Biography]. Item #169789
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