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Quaeres [manuscript], ca. 1580?.

Plowden, Edmund, 1518-1585, attributed name.; Eyre, Robert, former owner.; Fairfax, Charles, 1597-1673, former owner.; Pulleyn, Thomas, -1759, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
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Title
Quaeres [manuscript], ca. 1580?.
Description
1 v.
Associated name
Plowden, Edmund, 1518-1585, attributed name.
Eyre, Robert, former owner.
Fairfax, Charles, 1597-1673, former owner.
Pulleyn, Thomas, -1759, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Scope and content
Alphabetical digest of legal notes in Law-French, described by Charles Fairfax as "Plowden's Quaeres," but bearing little resemblance to the edition of Quaeres of 1662 (Wing P2611), though the subject matter is the same (law of real property).
Language Note
In French.
Note
The name R. Eyre appears inside front fly-leaf, which may indicate a connection with Robert Eyre, bencher and reader of Lincoln's Inn. Signed "C. Fairfax, prec. x.s."

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Publications about material
English legal manuscripts formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. / compiled by Sir John Baker. London: Selden Society, 2008, no. 11114.
Provenance
Charles Fairfax -- Pulleyn MS 49.
Formerly Folger MS 5441.
Cited/described in
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 11114
Genre/form
Manuscripts, French.
Legal documents.
Manuscripts (documents)

Call number
V.a.238
Folger accession
5441