8vo. [10], 147pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Worn, with upper board detached, some loss to spine and exposure to corners, pastedowns sprung. Early armorial bookplate of Corbet Corbet and later label of Richard Corbet of Adderley (1803/4-1872) to pastedown of upper board, later bookplate of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland to blank fly-leaf. Presentation copy, inscribed 'This For my honour'd Friend Sr Humphrey Briggis Baronet. From the Author with his Love and Service.'

The fully extended final edition of leading Gray's Inn attorney Thomas Turnor's examination of the rights of English creditors to the Crown; the power to petition to the Barons of the Exchequer.

First published in 1674 in a quarto format, Turnor's interest in this significant case was both professional and personal. A leading lawyer of the 1670s, who also provided opinions to the Royal African Company on the extent of their charter, Turnor's examination of the statute and common law relating to the repayment of loans by the Crown was the definitive account of the position which eventually led to the Goldsmith Banker's Case overturning the Great Stop of the Exchequer. In a letter to Treasurer Danby recorded in the Calendar of Treasury Books, Turnor explained that 'father was one of the Welsh Judges in the late King's time, for whom he suffered much, that since his Majesty's return he lent the King (altered to) bankers 1,000l.'

The recipient of this presentation copy, Sir Humphrey Briggs, second Baronet (1615-1691), was Shropshire landowner and MP for Great Wenlock during the Long Parliament; it later progressed into the library of Sir Corbet Corbet (1752-1832), from the well-known Corbet family, also of Shropshire.