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<h1>Brief Animadversions (1669)</h1>

<p>Prynne, William. <em>Brief Animadversions on, Amendments of & Additional Explanatory Records to the Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, Concerning the Jurisdiction of Courts</em>. London: Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe, and Thomas Daniel for A. Crooke, W. Leake, etc., 1669.</p>

<p><strong>William Prynne</strong> (1600–1669) wrote this commentary on Sir Edward Coke's (1552–1634) <em>Fourth Institute</em> prompted by political considerations and a desire to highlight the questionable reliability of Coke's work on the jurisdiction of the courts. Through his efforts as keeper of records under Charles II, Prynne rescued a wealth of decaying documents and identified multiple records which contradicted the theories of previous writers. It was Coke's blind trust of earlier commentators without reference to primary sources that led to Prynne's criticism.</p>

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