Justice's handbook [manuscript], ca. 1575.
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Title
Justice's handbook [manuscript], ca. 1575.
Description
1 v.
Associated name
England and Wales. Council of Wales and the Marches.
England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Essex)
England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (Essex)
England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Essex)
England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (Essex)
Scope and content
Includes instructions for holding sessions of Oyer and Terminer (leaf 3), of Gaol Delivery (leaf 7), and of the Peace (leaf 77); many sample indictments, covering a wide range of subjects, also some writs recognizances, etc. Most of the examples are from Essex, and the manuscript may have been used by an Essex Justice of the Peace. Additions in a later hand, ca. 1620, after leaf 78, and at beginning, including index of statutes not in this manuscript. Back of manuscript is concerned with the Council of the Marches of Wales.
Note
[17], 4, 6-11, 13-78, [10], [23] (blank), [3] leaves.
Three poems at beginning, included in Folger index of first lines.
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Three poems at beginning, included in Folger index of first lines.
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2015. The Age of Lawyers. Opening: l. 6-7.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada (suppl.), 4763
Item Details
Call number
V.a.247
Folger accession
4763