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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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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.

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.

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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

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

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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

Judgements as they were upon solemne arguments given in the Upper-Bench and Common-Pleas, upon the most difficult points in all manner of actions : together with the terms and number-rolls, in which the same are entred : as also other speciall judiciall proceedings in order thereunto, taken out of the records of the same Court, very usefull for all clerks, attorneys, and others

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

Date of Publication: 1655.

Call Number: Book 443 1655

Responsibility: vvith an exact alphabeticall table, wherein may be found the principall matters therein contained.

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

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: Printed by Thomas Roycroft, and are to be sold at most stationers shops in London,

Date of Publication: 1655.

Physical Description: [4], 235, 240-336, 339-344, [22] p. ; 17 cm (8vo)

Notes: Signatures: AÂ² B-Zâ¸ 2Aâ¶.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of second title page.; Book number 443 as assigned by Yeates.; Library copy lacks title and flyleaf pages.; 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: Yeates, Jasper,

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 443 1655

Narrationes modernae, or Modern reports begun in the now upper bench court at Westminster, in the beginning of Hillary term 21 Caroli, and continued to the end of Michaelmas term 1655. as well on the criminall, as on the pleas side ... By William Style

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

Date of Publication: 1658.

Call Number: Book 557 1658

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

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by F[rancis]. L[each]. for W. Lee, D. Pakeman, G. Bedel, and C. Adams ...,

Date of Publication: 1658.

Physical Description: [20], 483, [37] pages ; 2o

Notes: Imprint expanded from Wing.; Some handwritten marginalia.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 557 as assigned by Yeates.; Wing(2) S6099

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - England - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; England.; Early works.; Trial proceedings - 17th century.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bindingh)

Additional Author: Style, William,; Yeates, Jasper

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 557 1658

Reports and cases [1592-1597]

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Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Date of Publication: 1656.

Call Number: Book 748 1656

Responsibility: collected by the learned, Sir John Popham, knight ... Written with his own hand in French, and novv faithfully tr. into English. To which are added some remarkable cases [1618-1627] reported by other learned pens since his death. With an alphabeticall table, wherein may be found the principall matters contained in this booke.

Corporate Author: Great Britain. Courts.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by Tho: Roycroft for John Place,

Date of Publication: 1656.

Physical Description: 4 preliminary leaves, 212, [7] pages 29 cm

Notes: Paging irregular.; Initials; printer's ornaments.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates signature at top of title page.; Book number 748 as asssigned 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: Popham, John,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 748 1656

Reports and cases [King's Bench and Common Pleas] taken in the time of Queen Elizabeth; King James, and King Charles [1559-1649]

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

Date of Publication: 1656.

Call Number: Book 752 1656

Responsibility: collected and reported by that learned lawyer William Noy ... Containing most excellent matter of exceptions to all manner of declarations, pleadings, and demurrers, that there is scarce one action in a probability of being brought, but here it is throughly examin'd and exactly layd. Now tr. into English. With two necessary tables of the cases and the contents, for the readers ease and benefit.

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

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by F.L. for Matthew Walbancke and T. Firby,

Date of Publication: 1656.

Physical Description: 10 preliminary leaves, 185 pages 27 cm

Notes: Paging irregular.; Initials; printer's ornaments.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates signature at top of title page with struck signatures of two former owners.; Book number 752 as assigned by Yeates.; Two notes on back of flyleaf cite the authority of the book.

Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Full-blind-tooled leather (Binding)

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

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 752 1656

Reports and cases taken in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years of the late King Charles : as they were argued by most of the King's sergeants at the Common-Pleas barre

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

Date of Publication: 1657.

Call Number: Book 740 1657

Responsibility: collected and reported, by that eminent lawyer, Sir Thomas Hetley ; now Englished, with an exact table of the principal matter therein contained, and likewise of the cases, both alphabetical.

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

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Printed by F.L. for Matthew Walbancke and Thomas Firby,

Date of Publication: 1657.

Physical Description: 177 pages ; 30 cm

Notes: Signatures: AÂ², aÂ², aaÂ², BÂ², C-Zâ´, AaÂ³ (last verso blank).; Irregularities in paging; p. 21-22 duplicated and p. 153-154 omitted in numbering.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 740 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: Hetley, Thomas,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 740 1657

Reports and pleas of assizes at York : Held before several judges in that circuit, with some precedents useful for pleaders at the assizes

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Author: Clayton, John,

Date of Publication: 1651]

Call Number: Book 228 1651

Responsibility: John Clayton.

Author: Clayton, John,

Place of Publication: Dublin

Publisher: S. Powell for Edward Hamilto,

Date of Publication: 1651]

Physical Description: [24], 158 [60]pages ; 25 cm.

Series: ECCO.

Notes: Dedication signed: John Clayton, "From my chamber in the Inner Temple, Jan 1, 1650." First published in 1651.; Imprint i nformation the Harvard University Law Library, published: Dublin, printed by S. Powell, for Edward Hamilton, 1741.; Library's copy is lacking the title page.; Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of first page.; A handwitten table of names of the cases and a table of principal matters bound in at end of book.; English Short Title Catalog,

Subjects: Great Britain. - Assizes (York); Law reports, digests, etc. - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.; Law reports, digests, etc.; Great Britain.; Early works.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding); Gilt title on maroon spine label removed (Binding)

Additional Author: Jasper Yeates,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 228 1651

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

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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21143

Narrationes modernae, or Modern reports begun in the now upper bench court at Westminster, in the beginning of Hillary term 21 Caroli, and continued to the end of Michaelmas term 1655. as well on the criminall, as on the pleas side ... By William Style

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Reports and cases [1592-1597]

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Reports and cases [King's Bench and Common Pleas] taken in the time of Queen Elizabeth; King James, and King Charles [1559-1649]

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Reports and cases taken in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years of the late King Charles : as they were argued by most of the King's sergeants at the Common-Pleas barre

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21785

Reports and pleas of assizes at York : Held before several judges in that circuit, with some precedents useful for pleaders at the assizes

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