Five manuscript charters, including land grants and indentures, produced in England between 1352 and 1599. On parchment in cursive charter hand, Chancery script, and Secretary script
Manuscript, in a single hand, of about 250 summaries of court cases between 1787 and 1793 in Farmington, Connecticut, over which Noadiah Hooker presided as justice of the peace. Most of the entries record the defendant having been called out on defau...
Description:
Noadiah Hooker (1737-1823) was a great-grandson of Rev. Samuel Hooker in Farmington, CT. He was a colonel in the army during the American Revolutionary War and was a leading man in town, serving as Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, CT. He marr...
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Hartford County., United States, Connecticut., and Farmington (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Hooker, Noadiah, 1737-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Account books, Courts, Law, Legal manuscripts, and Justices of the peace
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, recording the salaries and fees of all the offices in the gift of the Crown, including the officers of the court of revenue, law courts, the royal household, forts, and forests. The manuscript also records some ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626., Burbage, Richard, 1567?-1619., Heminge, John, approximately 1556-1630., Henslowe, Philip, -1616., and James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers, Legal manuscripts, Royal households, and Officials and employees
Contents include: "Orders by the Judges for the Better Regulatinge of his Majesties Courte of Kings Bench," "Ordinances made by the right Honoble. Thomas Lord Coventry ... wth the advise and assistance of ... Sr. Julius Caesar ... for the redresse of ...
Subject (Name):
Coventry, Thomas Coventry, 1st baron, 1578-1640., Caesar, Julius, Sir, 1558-1636., Great Britain. Court of King's Bench., Great Britain. Court of Chancery., and Great Britain. Court of Wards and Liveries.
Manuscript, in multiple hands, containing notes on theology, heraldry, and Latin texts. Items include excerpts from Livy; Annotationes in sacra theologia; De ecclesie; rules for blazoning and other notes on arms; sermon notes; and a dialogue on lendi...
Description:
In Latin and English.
Subject (Geographic):
Congo (Brazzaville), Great Britain, and Madras (India)
Subject (Name):
Livy.
Subject (Topic):
Latin poetry, Heraldry, Legal manuscripts, Loans, Sermons, English, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Religious life and customs
