Together with divers decrees in the High Court of Chancery. Upon limitations of trusts of terms for years. The whole printed from the authors original manuscript. Revised and corrected with his own hand. And published with the allowance and approbation of the lord keeper, and all the judges.
Cases in crown law, determined by the Twelve judges, by the Court of King's bench, and by commissioners of Oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery, from the fourth year of George the Second to the twenty-ninth year of George the Third. [1730-1789]
The commentaries, or Reports of Edmund Plowden ... containing divers cases upon matters of law, argued and adjudged in the several reigns of King Edward VI, Queen Mary, King and Queen Philip and Mary, and Queen Elizabeth [1548-1579]
Originally written in French, and now faithfully translated into English, and considerably improved by many marginal notes and references to all the books of the common law, both ancient and modern. To which are added, the quaeries of Mr. Plowden, now first rendered into English at large, with references, and many useful observations. In two parts. With two new tables, more compleat than any yet published; the one, of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters ...
Printed by Catharine Lintot, and Samuel Richardson, for the translator,
Date of Publication
1761.
Physical Description
2 parts in 1 volume frontispiece, table 37 cm
Notes
The two parts are paged continuously; immediately following pt. 2 is the case of Basset and Morgan versus Manxel, at Serjeants Inn (15 p.), this case is followed by The quaeries (68 p.) with special t.p.
The frontispiece is engraved and the upper part consists of a portrait within an oval frame bearing the inscription: Edmund Plowden Serjeant at Law T.R. 27 Oct. 5 & 6 P. and M.A.D. 1558; in the lower part is a monument containing the recumbent figure of Plowden; beneath the lower right hand corner of the front.: T. Stayner Sculp.; at foot of the front.: Printed for J. Worrall at the Dove in Bell Yard near Lincoln's Inn.
"His portrait has been engraved by T. Stagner, and his monument by J.T. Smith."--Dict. nat. biog. under Plowden.
Pt. 2 has special title: The second part of The commentaries, or Reports of Edmund Plowden ...
The fifth and last part of Modern reports : being a continuationof several special cases in the court of of King's Bench at Westminster, in the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th years of the reign of the late King William ; and judgments thereupo : together with special pleadings to most of the said cases : none of them ever printed before
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.
La 2. ed.: rev. & cor. par Robert Dobyns ... aven un adition de plusieurs mille Nouvelles references, par Edoüard Chilton & Robert Skinner.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of E. Sayer, for S. Keble,
Date of Publication
1714.
Physical Description
2 volumes in 1. 31 cm
Notes
Title varies; v. 2: Le second part de Les reports du Thomas Siderfin ... La 2. ed. cor. (According to Soule, this is the 3d edition of pt. 2, the 2d having appeared in 1689) The preface to this part, dated 1684, is signed: Rob. Siderfin.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 98 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
[ptie. 1] Cases ... en les primier dix ans apres le restauration del Son ... Majesty ... Charles le II.--ptie. 2. Cases ... en le Court del upper banck en les ans 1657, 1658, & 1659.
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench; with some special cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer, from the first year of K. William and Q. Mary, to the tenth year of Queen Anne. [1689-1712]
LCHS has vol 3, a new edition, London: W. Strahan ande M. Woodfall, Law printers to the King's most excellent majesty for Edward Johnston, in Ludgate Street, MDCCLXIII [1773]
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signatureat top of title page under that of struck former owner.
"Freeman's Law and Chancery reports (now in separate volumes) were first published together in one volume, folio, in 1742. They were often cited 1 and 2 Freeman, respectively." cf. Soule, Lawyers' reference manual, 1884, p. 96.
Each part has special t.p. and separate paging.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 140 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, from 1670 to 1683. -- Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery, from 1676 to 1706.
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
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 ...
