Accession number
PML 3469.50
Published
[London?] : [printer not identified], 1705.
Notes
Ballad inspired by an incident in the career of Nicholas Lechmere during which he escaped arrest for his role as counsel in the case of Ashby v White (concerned with voting rights versus legislative privileges) by lowering himself from a second story window with a sheet.
Printed in two columns in roman type; 1 woodcut of a townhouse facade with a woman assisting a man who is lowering himself from a second story window.
Printed in two columns in roman type; 1 woodcut of a townhouse facade with a woman assisting a man who is lowering himself from a second story window.
Description
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustration (woodcut) ; 31 x 20 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Insribed in pen and ink at left: This ballad was made on Nicholas Lechmere afterwards Lord Lechmere.
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