OFB XIV: Writings as Attorney General, 1613-1616

OFB XIV contains Bacon’s legal and political compositions during the period of his tenure as Attorney General, from 1613 to 1616. These include writings concerning the 1614 ‘Addled’ Parliament, the treason trials of the earl and countess of Somerset, and early letters of advice to his new patron, George Villiers, as well as important legal pieces such as the Arguments of law and the previously unpublished Aphorismi de jure gentium maiore.

 1Proposition for the repressing of singular combats or duelloes (c. Oct. 1613)PRD
 2Proclamation concerning felts (2 Dec. 1613)PrFe
 3Proclamation for working cloth (7 Dec. 1613)PrCl
It is fit for the King to call a Parliament (1613–1614)KCP
 5The Matter of Parliament (1613–1614)MP
 6Charge touching duels (1614)ChD
 7The beginning of the history of Great Britain (by 1614) 
 8Aphorismi de jure gentium maiore (by c. 1614)AJ
 9Of seditions and troubles (by 1614) 
 10The charge … against William Talbot (Jan. 1614)ChT
 11To the King advising him to call Parliament (1614)KP
 12Memorial of some points in his Majesty’s Speech  (1613–1614)MMS
 13Speech concerning undertakers (1614)SpU
 14Speech upon the Case of Parry (10 May 1614)SpCP
 15Speech on impositions (16 May 1614)SpI
 16Points to be observed in the voluntary oblation (c. Jun 1614)PVO
 17Warrant to expurge and reform Coke’s Reports (c. 1614)WaCR
 18A memorial touching the review of penal laws (from 1614)MPL
 19Examination of Edward Peacham (1614–15)EEP
 20The charge … against Mr I. S. (Oliver St John) (1615)ChIS
 21Charge of Owen (1615)ChO1
 22Charge of Owen (fair copy) (1615)ChO2
 23Accusation of Sir John Wentworth, Sir John Hollys, and Mr Lumsden 
(10 Nov. 1615)
ChJW  
 24The argument on the writ De non procedendo rege inconsulto (1615)ArW
 25Case of the Revocation of Uses (c. 1615)CRU
 26Case of the Impeachment of Waste (c. 1615)CIW
 27Lowe’s Case of Tenures (c. 1615)LCT
 28Charge against the Countess of Somerset (1616)ChCS
 29Charge against the Countess of Somerset in case of Not Guilty (1616)ChCS
 30Charge against the Earl of Somerset (1616)ChES
 31Memorial for a declaration in Council (1616)MDC
 32Act of Council on Commendams (6 Jun. 1616)ACC
33 Decree on Praemunire (18 Jul. 1616)DP
 34Arguments of law … in certain great and difficult cases (1616)ArL
 35Arguments of law (dedication to Grays Inn) (1616)ArLded
 36Arguments of law (contents-page) (1616)ArLcont
 37Arguments in the case de Commenda (1616)ArDC
 38Certificate touching the wools of Ireland (22 Jul. 1616)CWI
 39Letter of advice to Villiers (version 1) (1616)LAV1
 40Letter of Advice to Villiers (version 2) (1616)LAV2
 41Proposition touching the compiling of the laws (1616)PCL
 42Cloth TradeCT
 43Reasons whie the new companie is not to be trusted 
(by 14 Oct. 1616)
RNC
 44Star Chamber notes on deer stealing (23 Oct. [1616[SCDS
 45Innovations introduced into the laws (1616)IIL
 46Case of John Bartram (1616)CJB
 47Notes on Lord Darcy’s Case (27 Nov. 1616)NDC