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An abridgement of the three volumes of Reports of the learned Sr. George Croke, kt., of such select cases as were adjudged in the Courts of King's-Bench and Common-Bench, during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles the First

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Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.

Date of Publication: 1665.

Call Number: Book 438 1665

Responsibility: by William Hughes, Esq.

Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: J. Starkey,

Date of Publication: 1665.

Physical Description: 1 volume (various pagings) 18 cm

Notes: Pts. 2-3 have special t.p.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page above three struck signatures.; Book number 438 as assigned by Yeates.

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

Additional Author: Croke, George,; Hughes, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 438 1665

A law dictionary, or, The interpreter of words and terms : used either in the common or statute laws of Great Britain, and in tenures and jocular customs : first published by the learned Dr. Cowel, and in this edition very much augmented and improved, by the addition of many thousand words, found in our histories, antiquities, cartularies, rolls, registers, and other manuscript records : with an appendix, containing two tables; one of the antient names of places in Great Britain, and the other of the antient surnames; both of them very necessary for the use of all such, as converse with antient deeds, charters, &c

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Author: Cowell, John,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVII [1727]

Call Number: Book 793 1727

Alternate Title: Interpreter of words and terms

Author: Cowell, John,

Uniform Title: Interpreter

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for J. Walthoe ... [and 10 others],

Date of Publication: MDCCXXVII [1727]

Physical Description: [488] p. ; 33 cm. (folio)

Notes: Originally issued with title: The interpreter, or, Booke containing the signification of words. Cambridge : Printed by Iohn Legate, 1607.; Signatures: Aâ¶ B-Zâ´ 2A-2Zâ´ 3A-3Nâ´ 3O-3QÂ².; The preface includes (p. [7]-[9]) the Proclamation of James I., dated 25th March, 1610, by which the first edition of Cowell's Interpreter, 1607, was suppressed.; "Books lately printed": p. [488], 3Q2v.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 793 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC (RLIN)

Subjects: Law - Great Britain - Dictionaries.; Names, Geographical - Great Britain.; Law.; Names, Geographical.; Great Britain.; Dictionaries.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 793 1727

A treatise of the principal grounds and maximes of the lawes of this nation : very useful and commodious for all students and such others as desire the knowledg and understanding of the laws

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Author: Noy, William,

Edition: The 3rd ed.

Date of Publication: 1663.

Call Number: Book 223 1660

Responsibility: written by the most excellent and learned expositor of the law, W.N. of Lincolns-Inn, esquire.

Author: Noy, William,

Edition: The 3rd ed.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for George Dawes ...,

Date of Publication: 1663.

Physical Description: [8], 159 pages

Notes: With: A treatise of particular estates / written by Sir John Doddridge. London, 1660. p. 113-126 -- Certain observations concerning a deed of feoffament / by T.H. London, 1660. p. 127-159.; Attributed to William Noy by NUC pre-1956 imprints and Wing.; Reproduction of original in the Harvard Law School Library.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 223 as assigned by Yeates.; Wing

Subjects: Law - England.; Legal maxims - England.; Law.; Legal maxims.; England.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Doddridge, John,; T. H.; Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Title: Treatise of particular estates.; Certain observations concerning a deed of feoffament.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 223 1660

The reports of Sir Edward Coke Kt. In English : compleat in thirteen parts, with references to all the antient and modern books of the law. Exactly translated and compared with the first and last edition in French, and printed page for page with the same. To which are now added the pleadings to the cases

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XXVII. [1727]

Call Number: Book 895 1727; Book 896 1727; Book 897 1727; Book 898 1727; Book 899 1727; Book 900 1727; Book 901 1717

Alternate Title: Certain select cases in law; First part of the reports of Sir Edward Coke; General table to the first eleven books of the Reports of ... Sir Edward Coke

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Uniform Title: Reports.

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer Esq;) for D. Browne : J. Walthoe : B. Lintot : R. Gosling : W. Mears : L. Ward. : W. Innys : J. Osborn : T. Woodward : F. Clay : L. Wotton : K. Williamson and A. Ward.,

Date of Publication: M. DCC. XXVII. [1727]

Physical Description: 13 pt. in 7 v. ; 23 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Each part has sep. paging, register & t.p. (beginning "The first [-twelfth] part of the Reports ... "; "The thirteenth part, or certain select cases in law ... "); general t.p. in v. 1 only. -- Imprints vary slightly (see ESTC) -- Parts 12,13 are "The third edition corrected, with the addition of references."; Prefaces (pts.1-11) in Latin & English in parallel columns. "To the reader" (pt. 13) subscribed "J.G."--In pt. 12, "I have perused this treatise ... and ... conceive ... that the printing ... will be for the good of the nation ... [subscribed] The second of February 1655. Edw. Bulstrod."--"An account of the authors referred to in these reports": pt. 1, A6v-A8v. -- "A general table to the first eleven books of The reports of ... Sir Edward Coke ... with two alphabetical catalogues, one of the principal cases; the other of all the general titles ..." bd. at end of pt. 11.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 895-901 as assigned by Yeates.; ESTC

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

Additional Author: Coke, Edward,; Bulstrode, Edward,; G., J.; Nutt, Edward,; Nutt, Richard,; Gosling, Robert,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 895 1727; Book 896 1727; Book 897 1727; Book 898 1727; Book 899 1727; Book 900 1727; Book 901 1717

Archive

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Collection: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Title: Diffenderffer Family Papers

Object ID: MG0410

Date Range: 1691-1963

, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org 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

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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.

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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.

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Cursus cancellariae, or, The course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery : wherein the authority, jurisdiction, and modern practice of that court are methodically and distinctly treated of, from the bill filed, and process thereupon, to the final sentence and decree : as also of reversing decrees, by bills of review, and appeals to the House of Lords, and the method of proceedings in the Petty-Bag-Office &c., with a variety of useful precedents throughout, and a compleat table to the whole

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Author: Bohun, William.

Edition: The second edition corrected with additions.

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [1723]

Call Number: Book 517 1723

Alternate Title: Cursus cancellariae; Course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery

Responsibility: published by William Bohun ...

Author: Bohun, William.

Edition: The second edition corrected with additions.

Place of Publication: In the Savoy [London]

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq.) for J. Walthoe, in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters,

Date of Publication: MDCCXXIII [1723]

Physical Description: [8], 513, [11] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 517 as assigned by Yeates.; Signatures: Aâ´ B-2Kâ¸ Lâ¶.; First leaf is a bookseller's advertisement.; Includes index.; ESTC

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

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,; Walthoe, John,

Additional Corporate Author: E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 517 1723

The lavv of charitable uses, wherein the statute of 43 Eliz: chap. 4. is set forth and explained; with directions how to sue out and prosecute commissions grounded upon that statute: also presidents, inquisitions, and decrees, with divers judgments, and resolutions, upon exceptions and appeals against decrees; and other proceedings upon the said statute. The second edition, much enlarged and amended. By John Herne

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Author: Herne, John,

Date of Publication: 1663.

Call Number: Book 456 1663

Alternate Title: Law of charitable uses

Author: Herne, John,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: printed by J. S[treater]. for Timothy Twyford, and are to be sold at his shop, within the Inner-Temple-Gate,

Date of Publication: 1663.

Physical Description: [6], 271, [9] p. ; 8vo.

Notes: Title page is A2.; Printer's name from Wing CD.; Includes table of contents.; With penultimate advertisement leaf.; Last leaf is blank.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates signature at top of title page below that of struck former owner.; Book number 456 as assigned by Yeates.; Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),; ESTC (RLIN),

Subjects: Charity laws and legislation - England - Early works to 1800.; Uses (Law) - England - Early works to 1800.; Charity laws and legislation.; Uses (Law); England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Title in script on spine (Binding)

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 456 1663

Cases argued and adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, [1680-1719]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Date of Publication: 1726-1729.

Call Number: Book 704 1726; Book 705 1729

Responsibility: published from the manuscripts of Thomas Vernon ... by order of the High Court of Chancery.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Chancery.

Place of Publication: [London] in the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for J. Tonson,

Date of Publication: 1726-1729.

Physical Description: 2 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) ; 33 cm

Notes: Preface signed: Wm-Peere Williams. Wm. Melmoth.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 704 and 705 as assigned by Yeates.

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

Additional Author: Vernon, Thomas,; Williams, William Peere,; Melmoth, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 704 1726; Book 705 1729

The office and duty of executors : or, A treaties directing testators to form, and executors to perform their wills and testaments according to law. Originally compiled by that judicious and approved author, Tho. Wentworth

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Author: Wentworth, Thomas,

Date of Publication: 1728.

Call Number: Bookk 504 1728

Responsibility: And now enlarged with a supplement, containing divers matters and things not comprized in former impressions, relating to wills, executors, administrators, devises, legacies, &c. Collected from the common and statute laws, and methodically digested, rendring the whole compleat, and in all its parts conformable to the present time and laws now in force. With references to the several acts of Parliament and authentick books of reports both ancient and modern authorizing and approving the same. By H. Curson.

Author: Wentworth, Thomas,

Place of Publication: [London] In the Savoy

Publisher: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer) for J. Walthoe,

Date of Publication: 1728.

Physical Description: 2 preliminary leaves, vi, [10], 468, [70] pages 20 cm

Notes: Originally published anonymously in 1641. The authorship has been ascribed to Sir John Doddridge. cf. Dict. nat. biog.; Clarke, J., Bibliotheca legum.; Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 504 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Executors and administrators - Great Britain.; Wills - Great Britain.; Executors and administrators.; Wills.; Great Britain.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)

Additional Author: Doddridge, John,; Curson, H.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Bookk 504 1728

Anno regni Georgii II. Regis MagnÃ¦ BritanniÃ¦, FranciÃ¦, & HiberniÃ¦, primo. : At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the ninth day of October, Anno Dom. 1722 ... And from thence continued by several prorogations to the twenty seventh day of June, 1727. Being the sixth session of this present Parliament

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Corporate Author: Great Britain.

Date of Publication: 1727-1728.

Call Number: Book 462 1627-1728

Corporate Author: Great Britain.

Uniform Title: Laws, etc.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by John Baskett ... and Tho. Norris, assignee to George Hills.,

Date of Publication: 1727-1728.

Physical Description: 42, 666, [2] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

Notes: Each act constitutes a chapter; each chapter has a caption title, and most have a general t.p.; LHS copy imperfect: all chapters except 5 (second occurrence), 9, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 21 wanting. Transcription of title from general t.p. prefixed to chapter 1.; The general t.p. for the second group of paging has the phrase: At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, Anno Dom. 1727 ... being the first session of this present Parliament.; Final leaf blank.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 262 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: England and Wales. - Parliament - History - Early works to 1800.; England and Wales. - Parliament.; Politics and government; Great Britain - History - Charles II, 1660-1685 - Sources.; Great Britain - Politics and government - 1660-1688 - Early works to 1800.; Great Britain.; Early works.; History.; Sources.; 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 462 1627-1728

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