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Legal Commonplace and Reports of Cases

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5950

Scope and Contents

366 folios: (fos 1-150) commonplace under alphabetical titles from 'Baile' to 'Tythes', based on printed sources, c. 1720; (fos 153-189) reports of what appear to be cases at Westminster, though written in the manner of moots, c. 1720; (fos 203-360v) more commonplace, but in no particular order; (2 fos, loose) report of the attorney-general v. Ramsay and Crawford regarding customs duties; (2 fos, loose) 'Time and place necessary circumstances attending all human actions', a note in the same hand as the last item and possibly continued from it. Inside the front cover is a 19th century insertion, 'Loddington' (there is a similar inscription in MS.Add.5949).

Dates

  • Creation: 1720 (Circa)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bequeathed by E. Atkinson, 1915.

Topical

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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