Search Results - Research Collections

Praxis almae curiae cancellariae : in two volumes : being a collection of precedents, by bill and answer, plea and demurrer, in causes of the greatest moment (wherein equity hath been allowed) which have been commenced in the High Court of Chancery, for more than 30 years last past : with appeals (in several cases of great difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the proceedings thereupon : also, a compleat collection of all the writs and process concerning the same, together with a praeliminary discourse, by way of rules, succinctly and methodically drawn up, containing the practice of the said court, in every particular branch of the equitable part thereof

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21497

Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Date of Publication: 1714.

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Author: Brown, William,

Edition: The third edition, with additions.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq. for Abel Roper, and Samuel Butler ...,

Date of Publication: 1714.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: "By William Brown"--T.p. of v. 2.; Sometimes attributed to Sir Robert Heath. Cf. Halkett & Laing.; Vol. 1: [8], 576 p.; v. 2: [8], 103, [1]; 176; 401-720, [40] p.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 518 and 519 as assigned by Yeates.; Signature of B. Crosby on flyleaf struck.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Great Britain.; Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain.; Early works.; Vol 1: linen boards (Binding); Vol 2: Full blind-tooled leather(Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Heath, Robert,; Bay, Elihu Hall,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 519 1714; Book 518 1714

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3ea739a1-fd10-400d-b9c6-269786291620

Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

the C. Elvin Haupt School. School located at Lemon Street and Lime Street in Lancaster. Contains order of exercises, biographical information on Rev. C. Elvin Haupt, D.D., history of the school, lists of principals and teachers, and committee members. 20 September 1939. Insert 2 Claim of F. R

1 document

Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Description: The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.

Date Range: 1691-1963

Year Range From: 1691

Year Range To: 1963

Date of Accumulation: 1691-1963

Creator: Diffenderffer family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 10

People: Brubaker, John; Brubaker, Margaret; Brubaker, Philip; Davis, Sarah; Diffenderfer, David; Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk; Diffenderfer, John; Diffenderffer, Christina; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, David, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderffer, John, Jr.; Diffenderffer, John, Sr.; Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein; Diffenderffer, Michael; Freymyer, Jacob; Grim, Henry; Haupt, Charles Elvin; Hoch, Herman E.; Holl, Wendel; Hubley, Bernard; Kennerly, John; Kinzer, John; Kinzer, Magdalena; Koch, Mary; Koch, Melchior; Law, James D.; Markley, Henry; McCaskey, Donald G.; McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"; Nevin, Blanche; Painter, John; Penn, William; Rodman, John H.; Shirk, Henry; Smith, Oliver; Smith, William Evans; Sneider, Christian; Stone, David; Stone, George; Stone, Leonard; Stone, Mary; Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer; Thomson, Bill "Tommy"; Winter, John; Young, Matthias

Other Creators: Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009; Diffenderffer, David

Subjects: Deeds; Letters; Real property

Search Terms: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Conestoga River; Correspondence; Deeds; Drowning; Earl Twp.; England; Estate settlement; Finding aids; German Reformed Church of New Holland; Haupt Elementary School; Hutchings Printing House; King Street; Lancaster; Land drafts; Lemon Street School; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mortgages; New Design, Earl Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Programs; Real estate; Real property surveys; Reigart's Landing; Susquehanna River; Texas; Texas Frontier Forces; Windsor Forge

Extent: 1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0410

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.; Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2006.MG0410_NOV

Other Numbers: MG-410

Classification: MG0410

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.

Documents

Finding Aid

Read PDF Download PDF

The second part of symboleography, : newly corrected and amended, and very much enlarged in all the foure severall treatises. 1 Of fines and concords. 2 Of common recoveries. 3 Of offences and indictments. 4 Of compromises and arbitrements. Whereunto is annexed another treatise of equitie: the iurisdiction, and proceedings of the high Court of Chauncerie; of supplications, bils, and answers, and of certaine writs and commissions issuing thence, and there also returnable: likewise much augmented with divers presidents, for the same purpose, beginning at the 144. section, and continuing to the end of bils and answers. With an addition of some necessary exemplars to be used in His Majesties Court of Exchequer, wards and liveries, and Starre-Chamber. Hereunto is also added a table for the more easie and readie finding of the matters, herein contained

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20892

Author: West, William,

Date of Publication: 1641.

Call Number: Yeates Book 80 1641

Author: West, William,

Uniform Title: Second part of symboleography

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by Miles Flesher and Robert Young.,

Date of Publication: 1641.

Physical Description: [2], 350, [8] leaves ; 22.5 cm. (4to)

Notes: With Latin mottoes and tail piece below title.; "Cum privilegio."--Foot of title page.; Dedicatory letter (in Latin) to Sir Edward Coke, dated 1594, signed: William West.; Collation: [par]Â² A-2Xâ¸ 2Yâ¶ [$4 signed].; Numerous errors in foliation: leaves 24, 35, 52, 62 numbered 21, 37, 51, 64; leaves 144, 163, 165, 216, 256, 259 numbered 146, 136, 146, 215, 255, 258; leaves 284, 286, 287, 288 numbered 286, 284, 293, 286; leaves 298, 299-302, 303-304, 336, 349 numbered 283, 281-284, 284-285, 320, 394.; In black letter and Roman type; some italic type.; Initials, some historiated; head and tail pieces.; Marginal section notations.; Includes index.; "The first printed systematic treatise on the writing of legal instruments, including not only precedents in conveyancing but also of indictments and proceedings in chancery ... drawing upon civilian and continental scholarship."--Oxford DNB.; Symbolaeographia, a work in in four books, was first printed in 1590 by Richard Tottel (STC 25267). It was revised in two parts, "Symbolaeography ... the first part" (STC 25267.5) in 1592, and "The second part of symboleography" (STC 25276.3) in 1593. Both parts were subsequently issued, separately, in numerous later editions.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Book number 80 as assigned by Yeates.; Some handwritten notes in margins.; Wing (2nd ed.); Linen over boards with gilt title on maroon label.

Subjects: Legal instruments - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Conveyancing - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Forms (Law) - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Conveyancing.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Forms (Law); Legal instruments.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Quarto format (Printing) - England - London - 1641.; Black letter types (Type evidence) - England - London - 1641.; Roman types (Type evidence) - England - London - 1641.; Tail-pieces (Type evidence) - England - London - 1641.

Additional Author: Flesher, Miles,; Young, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Yeates Book 80 1641

Pleas of the crown: or, A methodical summary of the principal matters relating to that subject

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22115

Author: Hale, Matthew,

Edition: 5th ed.

Date of Publication: 1716.

Call Number: Book 944 1716

Responsibility: By Sir Matthew Hale.

Author: Hale, Matthew,

Edition: 5th ed.

Place of Publication: [London] in the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by J.N., assignee of E. Sayer, for J. Walthoe

Date of Publication: 1716.

Physical Description: [14], 272, [8], 69, 104, 143 pages 20 cm

Notes: Each of the three treatises has special t.p.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 944 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Pleas of the crown.; Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding); Stamped title on spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Hale, Matthew,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 944 1716

Reports of cases taken and adjudged in the Court of Chancery, in the reigns of King Charles I., Charles II., and James II. : being special cases and most of them decreed with the assistance of the judges, and all of them referring to the register books : wherein are setled several points of equity, law, and practice : to which are added learned arguments relating to the antiquity of the said Court, its dignity, power, and jurisdiction : as also the great case between the Dutchess of Albemarle and the Earl of Bathe : in two volumes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21498

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Edition: The second edition, with large additions,

Date of Publication: 1715.

Call Number: Book 522 1716; Book 521 1715; Book 520 1715

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Edition: The second edition, with large additions,

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq., for J. Walthoe ...,

Date of Publication: 1715.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes: A third part was issued in 1716.; Vol. 1: [4], 288, 88, [28] p.; v. 2: [12], 437, [19] p.; Includes indexes.; Bookseller's advertisements: v. 1, p. [2] in front, p. [27-28] at end; v. 2: p. [2] in front.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page under two or three struck former owners; signature also on flyleaf.; Books numbers 520, 521, and 522 as assigned by Yeates,; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.; Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Equity pleading and procedure.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full-blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 522 1716; Book 521 1715; Book 520 1715

Tables of all the cases printed in the books of reports, digested under proper heads; to which is added the names of all the cases in an alphabetical order

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20904

Date of Publication: 1719.

Call Number: Book 76 1719

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy, Printed by E. Nutt and R. Gosling, assigns of E. Sayer, for D. Browne,

Date of Publication: 1719.

Physical Description: 392 pages 32 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page under struck name of previous owner.; Book number 86 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Indexes.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 76 1719

Reports and pleadings of cases in assise, for offices, nusances, lands and tenements : shewing the manner of porceeding in assises of novel disseisin ... : With observations on every case ... : To which are added, writs of assise, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21784

Author: Lilly, John.

Date of Publication: 1719.

Call Number: Book 739 1719

Alternate Title: Novel disseisin

Responsibility: by John Lilly ... ; To which is added, a prefatory discourse, shewing the nature of this action, and reasons for putting it in practice.

Author: Lilly, John.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, Assigns of Edward Sayer, for John Hook, and Tho. Woodward,

Date of Publication: 1719.

Physical Description: [2], xxxii, 129, [8] pages ; 33 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Bookplate of former owner partially removed from back of front cover.; Book number 739 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Writs - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Writs.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 739 1719

A preparative to pleading : being a work intended for instruction and help of young clerks of the Court of Common-Pleas

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20894

Author: Townesend, George.

Edition: 3d ed. To which is added Rules for pleading, both in the King's-Bench, and Common-Pleas. Together with several declarations, issues, and judgments. Also, instructions how to sue any person to the outlawry; how to levy fines, and how to suffer recoveries, in the said Courts.

Date of Publication: 1713.

Call Number: Book 81 1713

Author: Townesend, George.

Edition: 3d ed. To which is added Rules for pleading, both in the King's-Bench, and Common-Pleas. Together with several declarations, issues, and judgments. Also, instructions how to sue any person to the outlawry; how to levy fines, and how to suffer recoveries, in the said Courts.

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy : Printed by John Nutt for W. Mears,

Date of Publication: 1713.

Physical Description: 8, 512 (i.e. 484) pages ; 19 cm

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; "Purchased in July 2009, Nostre Livres, Arlington, VA" (note found in volume, January 2024); Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 81 as assigned by Yeates.; Ex libris9not Yeaates) partially obscured on back of title page.

Subjects: Pleading - Great Britain.; Spine label removed.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 81 1713

Revise Search

Data Source

Collection

Subject

Name

Place

Decade

Material

Archival Hierarchy

Online Media

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21497

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/20a5c0e9-1b58-4042-bd8a-652116420176

Documents

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3ea739a1-fd10-400d-b9c6-269786291620

Documents

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a1461ff2-5be5-4bbb-8742-302838722010

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20892

Pleas of the crown: or, A methodical summary of the principal matters relating to that subject

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22115

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21498

Tables of all the cases printed in the books of reports, digested under proper heads; to which is added the names of all the cases in an alphabetical order

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20904

Reports and pleadings of cases in assise, for offices, nusances, lands and tenements : shewing the manner of porceeding in assises of novel disseisin ... : With observations on every case ... : To which are added, writs of assise, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21784

A preparative to pleading : being a work intended for instruction and help of young clerks of the Court of Common-Pleas

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20894