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March's actions for slander, and arbitrements. : The first, being a collection, under certain grounds and heads, of what words are actionable in the law, and what not: where an action de scandalis magnatum will lie: and of the nature of a libel. The other, a discourse, shewing what arbitrements are good in law, and what not: together with directions and presidents of conditions to perform awards, indentures of submission to awards, with covenants to perform the same; arbitrements of lands which the parties covenant to perform, or of debt, &c. upon submission by bond, and variety of pleadings therein. As also, certain quaeries, or doubtful cases, under proper titles, with the books cited pro & contra; very useful for all students in the law

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Author: March, John,

Edition: And now reviewed and enlarged with many useful additions: By W.B.

Date of Publication: 1674.

Call Number: Book 440 1648

Alternate Title: Actions for slander, and arbitrements

Responsibility: First written by Jo. March of Grayes-Inn, barrister, in the year, 1648.

Author: March, John,

Edition: And now reviewed and enlarged with many useful additions: By W.B.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for Elizabeth Walbanck, at Grayes-Inn Gate in Grayes-Inn Lane,

Date of Publication: 1674.

Physical Description: [8], 219, p. 218, 223-320, 401-476, [18] p. ; (8vo)

Notes: Text is continuous despite pagination.; With three indexes.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial law library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 440 as assigned by Yeates.; Wing (2nd ed.); ESTC

Subjects: Libel and slander - England - Early works to 1800.; Arbitration and award - England - Early works to 1800.; Arbitration and award.; Libel and slander.; England.; Early works.; Half-leather linen (Binding)

Additional Author: W. B.,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 440 1648

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Object ID: MG0205

Date Range: 1699-1934

Term 1783, (Inclusive) No. 31 York. Actually beginning 1774. Yeates’ signature with date 25 September 20 1780 on flyleaf. Folder 39 Rules and Order for Regulating the Practice of the County Courts of Common Pleas, in the State of Pennsylvania. [and adopted by the Court of Common Pleas in August Term

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Collection: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Title: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection

Description: Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection provides insight into the Yeates family, local social history, and details of legal business from 1743-1870. These documents have been collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society over many years. Collection includes letters, receipts, articles, eviction notice, advertisement, estate inventories, wills, deeds, treaty, court transcript, drawings, photographs, copy of house plan, post road distances, daybook, letter book, catalog of books in Jasper Yeates' library, and an alphabetical catalog of law books.

Date Range: 1699-1934

Year Range From: 1699

Year Range To: 1934

Date of Accumulation: 1699-1934

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 05

People: Atkinson, Matthew; Bausman, William; Bond, Phineas; Bowman, Valentine; Bradford, W.; Brien, Edward; Burd, Edward; Carson, John; Coates, Samuel; Conyngham, David; Conyngham, Elizabeth Yeates; Conyngham, Redmond; Dallas, George M.; Davis, Jonathan; Davison, Benjamin; Dickey, Robert; Duncannon, Thomas; Edward, Thomas; Erter, Henry; Ewing, John; Ferguson, John; Fohren, Michael; Gibson, John; Gillchrist, John; Godcharles, Frederic A.; Graff, Conrad; Gregg, Andrew; Grubb, Peter; Hamilton, Charles; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, John; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hand, Jasper; Hayes, A. L.; Henry, John; Hess, David; Jago, John; Javin, William; Keeportz, Daniel; Kittera, William; Kremer, Philip; Krug, Jacob; Kurtz, William; Lindsay, William; Loudersmith, Wendel; Lyon, Joseph Barnet; Magaw, David; Marshall, J.; McClellan, John; McKean, Thomas; Millar, John; Miller, Michael; Minich, Henry; Muhlenberg, William Augustus; Nesbitt, John; Nissley, Martin; Ord, John; Philips, David; Postlethwaite, John; Poultney, Thomas; Price, Eli K.; Probst, John; Ramsey, Robert; Rawle, William; Riegart, Adam; Rine, Widow; Ross, George; Ross, J.; Scott, James; Sergeant, Thomas; Shippen, Edward; Shippen, Evans Wallis; Shippen, Robert; Simpson, John; Smith, Charles; Smith, Mary Yeates; Stein, Charles; Steinman, Fredrick; Stevenson, Henry; Stewart, Charles; Sturmii, Johannis Christophorus; Thomas, John; Tilghman, Benjamin C.; Tilghman, E.; Tilghman, Edward; Tilghman, William; Tilghman, William B.; Towson, William; Underwood, John; Wallace, George; Wallace, William; Waln, Nicholas; Warden, J.; White, William; Wickersham, Elijah; Willson, Samuel; Yeates, Catharine; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, Jasper, Jr.; Yeates, John, Jr.; Yeates, John, Sr.; Yeates, Margaret; Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"; Zantzinger, Paul

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Family records; Law libraries; Letters; Library catalogs; Wills

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Family records; Finding aids; Letters; Manuscript groups; Wills

Extent: 6 boxes, 49 folders, 13 books, 6 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0205

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206); Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207); George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184); Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library; Objects in the Curatorial Collection

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions noted at the item level. The letter copybooks in Folders 31 and 36 are restricted--please use the transcriptions available in the library.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-205

Classification: MG0205

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-34 and Books 1-2 were processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to PP on 26 March 2022.

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Cases in Parliament resolved and adjudged, upon petitions and writs of error

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.

Date of Publication: 1698.

Call Number: Book 738 1698

Responsibility: [1694-1698].

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: A. and J. Churchill,

Date of Publication: 1698.

Physical Description: 6 preliminary leaves, 224, [2] pages 33 cm

Notes: Reported by Sir Bartholomew Shower.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page beside former owner E. Biddle.; Book number 738 as assigned by Yeates.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc - Early works to 1800 - Great Britain; Early works.; Early works to 1800.; Full blind-tolled leather.

Additional Author: Shower, Bartholomew,; Yeates, Jasper,; Biddle, E.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 738 1698

The reports of divers special cases adjudged in the courts of Kings bench, common pleas & exchequer, in the reign of King Charles II. Collected by Sir Thomas Raymond Kt. late one of the judges of the Kings Bench and Common Pleas, and one of the Barons of the Exchequer. Printed from the original manuscript, written with his own hand. With two tables, one of the principal matters, and the other of the names of the cases

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

Date of Publication: 1696.

Call Number: Book 104 1696

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

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: printed by the assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins Esquires, for Samuel Heyrick at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn, and Dorothy Dring in Fleet-street,

Date of Publication: 1696.

Physical Description: [10], 506, [54] p. ; (fol.)

Notes: Includes index.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates' signature at top of title page under other initials.; Book number 104 as assigned by Yeates.; Handritten marginal notes.; Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),; ESTC (RLIN),

Subjects: Law - England - Digests - Early works to 1800.; Law - Wales - Digests - Early works to 1800.

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 104 1696

Jurisdictions, or, The lawful authority of courts leet, courts baron, Court of Marshalseys, Court of Pypowder, and ancient demesn : together with the most necessary learning of tenures, and all their incidents of essoyns, imparlance, view, of all manner of pleadings, of contracts, of the nature of all sorts of actions, of maintenance, of divers other things very profitable for all students of inns of court and chancery, and a most perfect directory for all stewards of any the said courts : with the return and forms of several original and judicial writs now in use, relating to writs of error, writs of false judgment, and other proceedings of frequent use in the courts at Westminster

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Author: Kitchin, John.

Edition: The fifth edition corrected and enlarged, with two tables.

Date of Publication: 1675.

Call Number: Book 437 1675

Alternate Title: Jurisdictions; Lawful authority of courts leet, courts baron, Court of Marshalseyes, Court of Pypowder, and ancient demesn; Brevia selecta, or, Choice writs

Responsibility: written by the methodically learned John Kitchin ... ; to which is also added, Brevia selecta ... by Richard Antrobus and Thomas Impey ...

Author: Kitchin, John.

Uniform Title: Court leete et court baron.

Edition: The fifth edition corrected and enlarged, with two tables.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for Hen. Twyford ... and Sam. Herrick ...,

Date of Publication: 1675.

Physical Description: [4], 581, [23], 122, [6] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)

Notes: "The return of writs newly corrected": pages 514-581.; Signatures: AÂ² B-2Pâ¸ 2Qâ´, chiÂ² Â²A-Hâ¸.; Leaf 2Q4 is blank.; Includes index.; LC copy imperfect: blank leaf 2Q4 wanting.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page adjacent to struck signature of former owner.; Book number 437 as assinged by Yeates.; Wing (2nd ed.); ESTC

Subjects: England and Wales. - Marshalsea Court.; Courts baron and courts leet - Early works to 1800.; Real property - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Pleading - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Writs - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Courts baron and courts leet.; Pleading.; Real property.; Writs.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Impey, Thomas.; Antrobus, Richard.; Kitchin, John.; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 437 1675

Modus tenendi Parliamentum, or, The old manner of holding Parliaments in England : extracted out of our ancient records, with certain municipal rights and customes of England : together with some priviledges of Parliament, the manner and method how laws are there enacted by passing of bills : collected out of the journal of the House of Commons

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Author: Hakewill, William,

Date of Publication: 1671.

Call Number: Book 469 1671

Alternate Title: Modus tenendi Parliamentum; Old manner of holding Parliaments in England

Responsibility: by W. Hakewel ...

Author: Hakewill, William,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for Abel Roper ...,

Date of Publication: 1671.

Physical Description: [8], 220 p. ; 14 cm (12mo)

Notes: "The mannner [sic] how statutes are enacted in Parliament by passing of bills" (p. [121]-220) has special t.p., with imprint: London : Printed for Abel Roper, 1670.; Signatures: Aâ´ B-KÂ¹Â² LÂ² (A1 blank).; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of introductory page.; LHS copy lacks title page.; Book number 469 as assigned by Yeates.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,; Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),; English Short Title Catalogue,

Subjects: England and Wales. - Parliament - Early works to 1800.; England and Wales. - Parliament - Rules and practice - Early works to 1800.; England and Wales. - Parliament.; Parliamentary practice.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Hakewill, William,; Yeates, Jasper,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 469 1671

Reports of divers choice cases in law taken by those late and most judicious prothonotaries of the Common Pleas, Richard Brownlow and John Goldesborough, Esquires

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

Date of Publication: 1675.

Call Number: Book 489 1675

Alternate Title: Reports of Richard Brownlow and John Goldesborough, Esquires; the first and second part; Reports of divers famous cases in law as they were argued, as well upon the bench by the reverend and learned judges Coke, Flemming, Hobard, Haughton, Warburton, Winch, Nichols, Foster, Walmesly, Yelverton, Montague, Doderidge, and diverse others, in their respective places, as also at the barr, by the then judicious serjeants and barristers of special note ...

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

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for Henry Twyford ... and Samuel Heyrick ...,

Date of Publication: 1675.

Physical Description: [8], 241, [15] p., [4], 341, [11] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. (engraving) ; 23 cm (4to)

Notes: Part 2 is "The second edition, carefully corrected and amended", and the imprint differs: London : Printed for Henry Twyford ..., 1675.; Includes permit for reprinting of both parts.; Signatures: piÂ² AÂ² B-2Kâ´, [A]Â² B-2Yâ´ (2Y4 blank).; Includes indexes.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature on title page under struck Joseph Ross.; Book number 489 as assigned by Yeates.; Printed and hand-writted marginalia.; Handwritten notes on front flyleaf, back flyleaf and inside back cover.; Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson,; English short title catalogue,; Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc - England - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Brownlow, Richard,; Goldesborough, John,; Jasper Yeates,

Place: England London.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 489 1675

Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Exchequer, in the years 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, and 1660. And from thence continued to the 21st year of the reign of his late Majesty King Charles II. [1669]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Exchequer.

Date of Publication: 1693.

Call Number: Book 555b 1693

Responsibility: The whole taken and collected by Sir Thomas Hardres, kt.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Exchequer.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by the assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins, for Christopher Wilkinson,

Date of Publication: 1693.

Physical Description: 6 preliminary leaves, 232, 301-512, [20] pages 32 cm

Notes: Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned, aâ´, B-Zâ´, Aa-Ffâ´, Gâ´, Aaa-Zzzâ´, Aaaa-Ffffâ´.; "There is a chasm in all the copies of the first edition of Hardres of pp. 233-300 inclusive, and the catchword at the bottom of p. 232 would indicate that something was actually omitted."--Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.; Imperfect: 1st-3d, 6th prelim. leaves wanting; supplied in photostat facsimile.; Includes index.; Hand-written marginalia thoughout.; Partial bookplate on back of front cover.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 555b 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: Hardres, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 555b 1693

Les reports de Henry Rolle Serjecant del' Ley, de divers cases en le Court del' banke le roy en le temps del' reign de roy Jacques

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Author: Rolle, Henry,

Date of Publication: 1675-1676.

Call Number: Book 571 1676; Book 570 1675

Responsibility: colligees par luy mesme & imprimees par l'original.

Author: Rolle, Henry,

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed for A. Roper, F. Titon, J. Starkey, T. Basset,

Date of Publication: 1675-1676.

Physical Description: 2 volumes ; 31 cm

Notes: Law French interspersed with numerous English terms and phrases.; Spine title: Rolle's Reports.; Volume 2 has title: Un continuation des Reports de Henry Rolle ...; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book numbers 570 and 571 as assigned by Yeates.; Vol 1:On front of first flyleaf: "My Lord Chief Justice [unreadable] said in giving."; Vol 1 & 2:On front of second flyleaf: "Bought from Mr. [Benskin's 170.49] 2nd Rolles' Report 01:16:00, signature of M. C. Reade struck.

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

Additional Author: Yeates, Jasper,

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 571 1676; Book 570 1675

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Cases in Parliament resolved and adjudged, upon petitions and writs of error

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20923

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21137

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21353

Reports of divers choice cases in law taken by those late and most judicious prothonotaries of the Common Pleas, Richard Brownlow and John Goldesborough, Esquires

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Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Exchequer, in the years 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, and 1660. And from thence continued to the 21st year of the reign of his late Majesty King Charles II. [1669]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21521

Les reports de Henry Rolle Serjecant del' Ley, de divers cases en le Court del' banke le roy en le temps del' reign de roy Jacques

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