Copy of a statement submitted to Fleetwood while lord deputy of Ireland by John Cooke, (afterwards, in 1659, puisne justice of the Upper Bench in Ireland,) containing his reasons why he could not, from the state and abuses of the law, conscientiously accept the commission to be a judge on the Upper Bench, and narrating also the particulars of some unjust proceedings; Athlone
MS. Rawl. A. 189, fol. 383
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Copy of a statement submitted to Fleetwood while lord deputy of Ireland by John Cooke, (afterwards, in 1659, puisne justice of the Upper Bench in Ireland,) containing his reasons why he could not, from the state and abuses of the law, conscientiously accept the commission to be a judge on the Upper Bench, and narrating also the particulars of some unjust proceedings; Athlone
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MS. Rawl. A. 189, fol. 383
Date
{6 Aug] 1655
Language
English
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Collection contents
Rawlinson A: English History
Pepys' Papers, vol. xx
Copy of a statement submitted to Fleetwood while lord deputy of Ireland by John Cooke, (afterwards, in 1659, puisne justice of the Upper Bench in Ireland,) containing his reasons why he could not, from the state and abuses of the law, conscientiously accept the commission to be a judge on the Upper Bench, and narrating also the particulars of some unjust proceedings; Athlone
