Lawyer's commonplace book of precedents[between 1600 and 1650]engManuscript 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, TreasonIn 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.