Henry Elsynge (parliamentary official)

The title page of the 1768 edition of Elsynge's The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England, edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt[1]

Henry Elsynge (less often Elsyng or Elsing) (bap. 1577–1635) was a British parliamentary officer in the reigns of James I and Charles I. He served as Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London jointly with Robert Bowyer from 1604 to 1612, and was named to the office of Clerk of the Parliaments in 1621.[2][3][4][5]

He is known for his treatise The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England, or, Modus tenendi parliamentum apud Anglos,.[2][5]

He is sometimes referred to as Henry Elsynge the elder[6] to distinguish him from his son, also called Henry Elsynge (1606–1656).

  1. ^ Henry Elsynge (1768), Thomas Tyrwhitt (ed.), The Manner of Holding Parliaments in England. By Henry Elsynge, Cler. Parl. Corrected and Enlarged from the Author's Original Manuscript, London: Printed by Richardson and Clark; for Tho[mas] Payne, at the Mews Gate, OCLC 508937999.
  2. ^ a b Sainty, J.C. (2004). "Elsynge, Henry (bap. 1577, d. 1635)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37395.
  3. ^ Bond, Maurice F. (1958). "Clerks of the Parliaments, 1509-1953". The English Historical Review. 73 (286): 79. ISSN 0013-8266. JSTOR 558971.(subscription required)
  4. ^ Davidson, Alan (2004). "Bowyer, Robert (c .1560–1621)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37211.
  5. ^ a b Foster, Elizabeth Read (1972). "The Painful Labour of Mr. Elsyng". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 62 (8): 5–6. doi:10.2307/1006304. ISSN 0065-9746. JSTOR 1006304.(subscription required)
  6. ^ See for example Bond (1958)