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Law cases and readings from Finch, Stone, Weare, Trotman, Jorden, Prideaux and others from 1612 to 1615, and of Mownson, Egerton, Coke and Lea from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. The five commencing folios appear to be a continuation of another volume. Between the two classes of readings is inserted an alphabetical index to the first set of readings, after which appears a Latin couplet headed 'My saviour'.

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Begins 'Patents grants le roy' and ends with 'Servants, apprentices'. Incomplete. The last ten pages are in darker ink, and appear to belong to another commonplace book, containing matter relating to 'Bridges, brewers, boaten, watermen and barges', in a more modern hand than the preceding matter.

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Mostly blank.

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Alphabetically arranged, commencing with 'Abatement' and ending with 'Dutchie'.

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Contains an abridgement of the law, digested alphabetically from 'Abjuration' to 'Women'; also Sir J. Davis's charge to the grand jury at York in 16–, and some other charges.

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Arranged alphabetically. A great many of the titles have no entries under them.

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Nearly the whole of the pages are blank.

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With an alphabetical table of contents; many of the leaves are blank. On the first leaf is a record of a money transaction between Edward Bullocke of Muche Wyborowe, Essex, and William Atwood, dated 1 May anno regni Elizabeth xxix. To f. 70 is affixed a letter of one Jos. Wood, dated 26 June 1599, begging a friend to discharge some debts. At the beginning is written a Latin distich.

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On the first 40 folios the articles are numbered, and followed by an index. Folios 90-153 are occupied with cases in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Throughout the book many of the titles have no entries under them. At the end is an index to the folios after 40.

Scope and Contents Upon leaves left unoccupied by the legal subjects, a later possessor of the book has written: 'Jewel's repli unto M. Harding's answeare', being extracts from Whitaker's Latin translation; short passages on religious and moral subjects, from St Augustine and others; and a table of contents of a system of divinity, extending over 11 leaves. In another handwriting in the middle of the book is 'The true opinion of divines concerning man's beginninge', 'The faulse opinion of the heathens...

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The entries run from 'Abridgement de plaint' to 'Wast'.

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Contains entries of adjournments of cases, capias issued, etc. The first 23 leaves are missing, as appears from an old paging.

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Exposition de faits stats sentences et parrolx'.

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The manuscript appears to be the commonplace book of a law student; on only one page is there more than 3 or 4 lines of writing. According to some marginal notes at the corner of each page, the work was written between February 1611 and June 1612. The names of Harris, Endamore, Clarke, Peters and Starkey are affixed to the dates in some of the pages, and in one place appears 'Harris au libraire', 31 March 1612.

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Contains an index.

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Arranged alphabetically from 'Abeyance' to 'Waiver des choses', and consisting of two parts, the second, from f. 220 to f. 374, being an appendix of omitted matter. There is a table of contents at the beginning.

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Contains extracts from statutes, etc.

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Contains entries from 'Abator' to 'Estoppele'. See also MS Dd.05.23.

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Alphabetically arranged from 'Abatement del bre.' to 'Gard, and gardein en chilry.' See also MS Dd.05.22.

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Contains extracts from statutes, under headings ranging from 'Accompt' to 'Villinage'. With an index. Five leaves are missing at the commencement.

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Written by various hands some from the commencement of and some from the end of the seventeenth century; one document, 'a retayner for a nobleman's chaplain', contains a date, 31 July 1660.

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Two commonplace books on legal subjects; one consists of short notes, the other is more formal.

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Based on the reports, etc., of Sir Edward Coke.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.

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Contains entries from 'Abbe' to 'Remander'.