[Warrant to search the study and chamber of William Prynne in Lincoln's Inn, London, 1650 June 25], [1650]

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Warrant to search the study and chamber of William Prynne in Lincoln's Inn, London. The warrant, dated 25 June 1650 and signed by John Bradshaw, was issued to John Milton. With the embossed armorial seal of the Commonwealth.

  Ms. document.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Accompanied by a black and white photographic facsimile of the ms., a ms. note by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, and her article from the New Statesman and Nation.

Provenance: In the possession of Dorothy Margaret Stuart ca. 1930-1931 -- Ellis catalogue no. 344, p. 1-3 -- Purchased from Driscoll, 10 November 1952, with assistance from the University of  Illinois  Foundation.

Ellis's catalogue containing a John Milton document of great importance and other interesting MSS and rare books with a series of MSS, books and portraits of musical interest, catalogue no. 344 (Marlborough, England, [1939]). Dorothy Margaret Stuart, "Milton and Prynne: Some New Light on the Secret History of the Commonwealth," New Statesman and Nation 1931 (Feb. 28),