From William Hakewill to Thomas Jefferson:
A
Bibliography
of
Manuals Concerning Parliamentary Procedure
Compiled by
Warren M. Billings, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Orleans
for
The LH&RB SIS Round Table, AALL Conference, Seattle, July 2003
{N.B. Bibliographic data derive from the following sources:
John Worrall, comp. Bibliotheca Legum: Or a Catalogue of the Common and Statute Law Books of this
Realm . . . London, 1777.
A. F. Pollard and G.B. Redgrave, comps. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and
Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475–1640. London, 1926.
Donald G. Wing, comp. Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and
British North America of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641–1700. New York, 1945–1951.
Wilbur Samuel Howell, ed. Jefferson’s Parliamentary Writings: “Parliamentary Pocket-Book and a Manual of
Parliamentary Practice in Julian P. Boyd et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series.
Princeton, 1988.
The British Library Electronic Public Catalogue}.
[William Hakewill?] The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England. . . London,
1641.
Not a procedural manual in the strictest sense of the phrase, though it
represented one of the earliest examples of explaining the workings of
Parliament in print. Its appearance coincided with the convocation of the Short
Parliament, which was the first called by King Charles I in more than a decade.
Hence its appeal, especially among those who opposed the king. (o)
[William Hakewill?] The Manner of How Statutes are Enacted in Parliament.
London, 1641.
This was subsequently subjoined to Hakewill’s Modus Tenendi Parliamentum: Or
the Old Manner of Holding Parliament in England, which first was published at
London in 1660 and issued again in 1671. (d)
Henry Elsynge. The Ancient and Present Manner of Holding Parliaments in
England, with Their Privileges. London, 1660. Subsequent editions in 1663,
1675, 1679, and 1768, all issued at London. (d) A modern Irish rendition
appeared in 1971 as an imprint of the Irish University Press.
Henry Scobell. Memorials of the Method and Maner of Proceedings in Parliament
in Passing Bills . . . London, 1656. Subsequent editions in 1657, 1658, 1670,
1689, all issued at London. An Irish imprint appeared at Dublin in 1689. (d)
Sir William Petty. Jus Parliamentarium: Or, the Ancient Power, Jurisdiction,
Rights and Liberties of the Most High Court of Parliament Revived and Asserted.
London, 1739. (f)
John Hatsell. Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons Under
Separate Titles; With Observations. London, 1776. Subsequent editions in 1781,
1785, 1796, 1818. (q) A modern Irish rendition appeared in 1971 as an imprint of
the Irish University Press.
Thomas Jefferson. A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate
of the United States. Washington, D.C., 1800. (d) The book has gone through
over a hundred editions since its first printing. A detailed description of the
sources and later issue is to be found in Howell, comp., Jefferson’s
Parliamentary Writings, 339-353.
(d)= duodecimo
(f)= folio
(o)= octavo
(q)= quarto