Lawyer's commonplace book of precedents
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Description
- Title
- Lawyer's commonplace book of precedents
- Published / Created
- [between 1600 and 1650]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on paper of the personal handbook of a legal scholar (perhaps from Gloucestershire?) arranged according to subject and with internal cross references; some theological and literary notes interspersed (Latin texts, some with translations into English). Includes sections devoted to: Constable and Marshall, Preachers and Preaching, Creeds, Barons, Constables and Marshalls, Barons, Seales, Seals of the King, Indictments...London, Barons and Earles, Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Corporations, Treason
- Description
-
In English.
Watermarks: unidentified arms with fleur-de-lis and various counter-marks including IHS.
Script: Written in a small cramped legal script by several writers.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Brown leather, flesh side out or very worn. - Provenance
- Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 4468). His sale (London, 1935) to Stonehill's from whom it was purchased by Thomas E. Marston; his gift to Yale in 1936.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 348 : 351 x 220 (ca. 330 x 161) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 75
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Commonplace books
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
-
Lawyers
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
-
Lawyers > Handbooks, manuals, etc
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Lawyer's Commonplace Book of Precedents. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9800452
- Object ID (OID)
- 16883193