Towards a national archive.- , An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the Preservation and keeping together for publique use such books, evidences, records and writings sequestered or taken by Distresse or otherwise, as are...

Towards a national archive.- An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the Preservation and keeping together for publique use such books, evidences, records and writings sequestered or taken by Distresse or otherwise, as are fit to be preserved, black letter, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initial, disbound, small 4to, Printed for Edw. Husbands, 1643.

⁂ A seemingly unrecorded issue of this order. 'There have beene, within the Cities of London and Westminster, sequestered and taken by distresse...diverse manuscripts or written Bookes, proceedings of Courts, evidences of lands, Rentals, Accompt Bookes...as also some whole libraries, and choice collections of printed books of severall arts and faculties; the dispersing of which by sale or otherwise may be more disadvantagious..to the publique...'. It is instead ordered that the material be kept safe by appointed officers for the use of Parliament or private persons.'.