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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

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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]² A-2X⁸ 2Y⁶ [$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
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Reports of that learned and judicious clerk, J. Gouldsborough, Esq., sometimes one of the protonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, or his collection of choice cases and matters agitated in all the courts at Westminster in the latter yeares of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : with learned arguments at the barr and on the bench, and the grave resolutions and judgements thereupon of the chief justices Anderson and Popham, and the rest of the judges of those times : never before published, and now printed by his original copy, with short notes in the margent of the chief matters therein contained, with the yeare, terme, and number roll of many of the cases : and two exact tables, viz. a briefer, of the names of the severall cases, with the nature of the actions on which they are founded : and a larger, of all the remarkable things contained in the whole book

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Author
Goldesborough, John,
Date of Publication
anno Dom. 1653.
Call Number
Book 493 1653
Responsibility
by W.S. of the Inner Temple, Esq.
Author
Goldesborough, John,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W.W. for Charles Adams, and are to be sold at his shop ...,
Date of Publication
anno Dom. 1653.
Physical Description
[20], 192, [16] p. ; 22 cm (4to)
Notes
The printer is identified as W. Wilson. Cf. Wing.
Signatures: A⁴ (a)⁴ B² (B)-(C]⁴ D⁴ (E)-(2D)⁴ (A1 blank).
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 493 as assigned by Yeates.
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.
Courts - England - Early works to 1800.
Courts.
Law reports, digests, etc.
England.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
W. S.,
Randolph, Peyton,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 493 1653
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Reports of certain cases, arising in the severall courts of record at Westminster; in the raignes of Q. Elizabeth, K. James, and the late King Charles. With the resolutions of the judges of the said courts, upon debate and solemn arguments

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Corporate Author
Great Britain. Courts.
Date of Publication
1653.
Call Number
Book 490 1653
Responsibility
Collected by very good hands, and lately re-viewed, examined, and approved of by the late learned Justice Godbolt. And now published by W: Hughes ... With two tables, one of the cases, the other of the principall matter therein contain'd ...
Corporate Author
Great Britain. Courts.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T.N. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G: Bedell,
Date of Publication
1653.
Physical Description
4 preliminary leaves, 451 (i.e. 439), [11] pages 23 cm
Notes
Signatures: A-Z⁴, Aa-Ff², Hh-Zz⁴, Aaa-Nnn⁴.
Numbers 221-232 omitted in paging, numbers Ff³-Ff⁴, Gg-Gg⁴ omitted in signatures; the cases are numbered consecutively.
Pages 30-31, 35, 80, 204 wrongly numbered 32-33, 39, 66, 104, respectively.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signaturae on title page with three struck former owners.
Book number 490 as assigned by Yeates.
Hand-written marginalia.
On verso of first back fly leaf nine signatures.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Great Britain.
Three-quarters leather on linen boards (Binding)
Additional Author
Godbolt,
Hughes, William,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 490 1653
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An exact book of entries, of the most select judiciall writs used in the common-law

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Author
Moyle, Robert.
Date of Publication
1658.
Call Number
Book 77 1658
Alternate Title
Exact book of entries, of the most select judicial writs used in the common-law
Exact book of entries, of the most select judiciall vvrits used in the common-law
Judicial writs used in the common-law
Responsibility
translated from the originall manuscript, which was collected by the hands of that eminent clerk, Robert Moyle, Esq. ... quoting ... book-cases, opinions of judges, number rolls, and many other requisites, for the confirmation of every entry, whereof none have been ever published before by J.H. Gent.
Author
Moyle, Robert.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Crofts,
Date of Publication
1658.
Physical Description
[2] 214 [14] pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Pages from 128- numbered irregularly; pagination skips to p. 137.
"A work of much industry, as may appeare by the authors great paines in quoting of book cases, opinions of judges, number rolls, and many other requisites, for the confirmation of every entry, whereof none have been ever published before."
"Printed now for the use and benefit of all, but aimed most especially for such as are most conversant in the common-law."
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 77 as assigned by Yeates.
Notes on title page
Subjects
Writs - Great Britain.
Common law - England - Early works to 1800.
Law - England - Sources - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Gent, J. H.
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 77 1658
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The transactions of the High Court of Chancery, both by practice and president, with the fees thereunto belonging, and all speciall orders in extraordinary cases, which are to be found in the Registers office as they are quoated by tearmes, yeares & bookes

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Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of Chancery.
Date of Publication
1649.
Call Number
Book 235 1649
Responsibility
Collected by ... William Tothill ... and since reveiwed by Sir Ro. Holborne.
Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of Chancery.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T.W. for R. Best and I. Place,
Date of Publication
1649.
Physical Description
[8], 192, 61 pages 15 cm
Notes
Signatures: A4, A-N8, a-d8 (last leaf blank).
"The proceedings of the High-Court of Chancerie": pages 1-56 (3d group]; "The fees of proceeding ... ": p. 57-61 at end.
Probably first issues.
Wing T1952.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature under that of previous owner.
Book number 235 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with its Reports or causes in Chancery. London, 1650. Copy 3.
Subjects
Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.
Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain.
Costs (Law) - Great Britain.
Costs (Law)
Equity pleading and procedure.
Law reports, digests, etc.
Great Britain.
One-half leather with linen (Binding)
Additional Author
Tothill, William,
Holborne, Robert,
Yeates, Jasper,,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 235 1649
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An epitome of all the common & statute laws of this nation, now in force. Wherein more then fifteen hundred of the hardest words or terms of the law are explained; and all the most useful and profitable heads or titles of the law by way of common place, largely, plainly, and methodically handled. With an alphabetical table. By William Sheppard, Esq; Published by His Highness special command

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Author
Sheppard, William,
Date of Publication
1656.
Call Number
Book 94 1656
Author
Sheppard, William,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
printed for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, J. Wright, H. Twyford, G. Bedell, Tho. Brewster, Ed. Dod, and J. Place,
Date of Publication
1656.
Physical Description
[22], 1131, [1] p. ; (fol.)
Notes
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at at top of title page preceded by five others struck out and another on the back of the front fly leaf.
Book number 94 as assigned by Yeates.
Book plate of Beniamin Price on back of front cover.
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996),
ESTC (RLIN),
Subjects
Law - England - Early works to 1800.
Law reports, digests, etc. - England - Early works to 1800.
Law.
Law reports, digests, etc.
England.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)34191000148566
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 94 1656
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The reports of that reverend and learned judge, Sir Richard Hutton, Knight, sometimes one of the judges of the Common Pleas : containing many choice cases, judgments, and resolutions, in points of law in the severall raignes of King James and King Charles

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Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas,
Date of Publication
1656.
Call Number
Book 750 1656
Responsibility
being written in French by his owne hand, and now faithfully translated into English according to order.
Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T.R. for Henry Twyford and Thomas Dring, and are to be sold at their shops ...,
Date of Publication
1656.
Physical Description
[12], 136, [8] p. ; 29 cm (fol.)
Notes
Wing identifies the printer as Thomas Roycroft.
Signatures: pi² a-b² B-2O²
Includes index.
Errata: p. [7] at end.
LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 750 as assigned by Yeates.
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)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Hutton, Richard,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 750 1656
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Reports of that reverend and learned judge Sir Humphry Winch, Knight, sometimes one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas : containing many choice cases and excellent matters touching declarations, pleadings, demurrers, judgements, and resolutions in points of law, in the foure last years of the raign of King James

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Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas,
Date of Publication
1657.
Call Number
Book 743 1657
Responsibility
faithfully translated out of an exact French copie, with two alphabetical and necessary tables, the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters contained in this book.
Corporate Author
England and Wales. Court of Common Pleas,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell, and are to be sold at their shops in Fleetstreet,
Date of Publication
1657.
Physical Description
[8], 125, [11] p. ; 28 cm (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: A-S⁴ (S4 blank).
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at the top of title page.
Book number 743 as assinged by Yeates.
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)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Winch, Humphrey,
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress)
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 743 1657
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The touch-stone of common assurances, or, A plain and familiar treatise, opening the learning of the common assurances or conveyances of the kingdome

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Author
Sheppard, William,
Date of Publication
1648.
Call Number
Book 822 1648
Alternate Title
Touch-stone of common assurances
Plain and familiar treatise, opening the learning of the common assurances or conveyances of the kingdome
Responsibility
by VVilliam Sheppard ...
Author
Sheppard, William,
Uniform Title
Touchstone of common assurances
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by M.F. for W. Lee, M. Walbancke, D. Pakeman, and G. Bedell,
Date of Publication
1648.
Physical Description
[12], 529 [i.e. 525], [7] p. ; 22 cm. (4to)
Notes
Signatures: A⁶ B-Y⁸ Z⁶ 2A-2L⁸ 2M⁴.
Errors in paging: p. 349-352 omitted in numbering.
LHO copy as handwritten note on verso of title page.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 822 as assigned by Yeates.
Wing (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Subjects
Conveyancing - Great Britain.
Conveyancing.
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 822 1648
Less detail

Maximes of reason, or, The reason of the common law of England

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Author
Wingate, Edmund,
Date of Publication
MDCLVIII [1658]
Call Number
Book 74 1658
Alternate Title
Maximes of reason
Reason of the common law of England
Maxims of reason
Responsibility
by Edmond Wingate ...
Author
Wingate, Edmund,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by R. & W.L. for W. Lee, A. Crook, D. Pakeman, H. Twiford, G. Bedell, T. Dring, J. Place, and are to be sold at their shops,
Date of Publication
MDCLVIII [1658]
Physical Description
[16], 772 [i.e. 720], [12] p. ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ B-3O⁴ 3P-3Z² 4A-4N⁴ 5O-6G² (A1 blank).
Errors in paging: p. 183-192 repeated in the numbering; p. 271-280, 509-544, 649-664 omitted in the numbering.
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 74 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes index.
Wing (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Subjects
Legal maxims - Great Britain.
Common law - Great Britain.
Additional Author
Hustler, James,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 74 1658
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