Author: Rushworth, John.
Title: THE TRYAL OF THOMAS EARL OF STRAFFORD, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Upon an Impeachment of High Treason by The Commons then Assembled in Parliament, In the Name of Themselves and of All the Commons in England: Begun in Westminster-Hall the 22th of March 1640. And Continued before Judgement was Given until the 10th of May 1641. shewing the Form of Parliamentary Proceedings In an Impeachment of Treason. To which is Added A short Account of some other Matters of Fact Transacted in Both Houses of Parliament, Precedent, Concomitant and Subsequent to the said Tryal: With some Special Arguments in Law Relating to a Bill of Attainder. Faithfully Collected, and Impartially Published, Without Observation or Reflection.
Description: London, Printed for Ri. Chiswell in St. Pauls , 1680. 1st Ed. Folio. [10], 76, 101-252, 401-786pp. Historiated initial letters, dec. headpieces. [Lacking portrait and advert to rear.]. Some browning and occasional soiling, ex-libris Joseph Berens, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, worn, boards detached. ¶ ESTC R22355. Wing R2333; It is based mainly upon notes taken by Rushworth who attended the trial each day and was ‘purposefully placed near the Earl, to take in characters whatsoever should be said, either against or for him’. Rushworth, lawyer and contemporary historian was sometime clerk-assistant to the House of Commons, Secretary to General Fairfax and for a short time to Cromwell. Strafford had been impeached by the Commons ostensibly because of his alleged intention to bring the Irish army over to subdue England. The trial lasted for three weeks without a verdict being returned. It became evident that the attempt to prove Strafford guilty of treason was likely to fail. The Commons dropped the impeachment and brought in and passed a bill of attainder which was eventually accepted by the House of Lords. Relcutantly King Chales gave his assent and Strafford was beheaded on Tower Hill two days later. John Rushworth [Rushforth], (c. 1612–1690), historian and politician. ‘... In 1680 he published The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford, mainly based on his own observations of proceedings and dedicated to George Savile, earl of Halifax, in an edition uniform with his Collections, and often treated as a fourth volume in that series ...’

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