Law commonplace book, seventeenth century
Scope and Contents
The first volume commences with 'Damages' and ends with 'Mortmayn'. The second commences with 'Nativo habendo' and ends with 'Waste'. The pages are ruled in red ink and each volume has its own index. In the printed catalogue of the manuscripts of John Moore it is said that the manuscript 'is believed to be made by the Lord Chief Justice Cooke, and to be written with his own hand'.
Dates
- Creation: seventeenth century
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
2 volume(s)
Language of Materials
French
Custodial History
At the beginning of both volumes is written 'MSSa Edoardi Coke, mil. &c', and, apparently in the same ink, 'Sum Antonii Irbei, 1694', and on the inside of the cover of volume I, 'Anthony Irby, March 9th, 1694'. The ascription to Edward Coke 'is probably a bookseller's puff' (J. H. Baker, 'Coke's notebooks', Cambridge Law Journal 30 (1972): 86): they are not in Coke's handwriting. From the Library of John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely (‘Royal Library’), no. 461.
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