ABSTRACTS of pleas, tempp. John-Henry V.; with references to the sources from which they are taken. Some parts of the work are arranged alphabetically, according to subjects. At f. 58 is a vocabulary of obsolete terms; and at f. 99, in a plea at York, East. term, 16 Rich. II. [1393], is a copy o...
PLEAS in Parliament and before Justices itinerant, 18 Edw. I. [1290]-35 Edw. I. [1307]; together with (ff. 302-358 b) pleas in the parliament of 14 Edw. II. [1320]. Latin. Printed, with omissions, by William Ryley, Placita Parliamentaria, 1661. A transcript from the original rolls, then " in the...
INDEX to Year-Books, 2-20 Hen. VI., 1-24 Hen. VII., arranged alphabetically. Paper ; ff. 58. xviith cent. With the name R. Nicholls on the fly-leaf (f 3 b). Small quarto. R- Nicholls: Name on fly-leaf: 17th cent. Law OF ENGLAND: Index to Year-Books: tempp. Hen. VI., Hen. VII.
REPORTS of State Trials, 1521-1666, viz.:- (1) Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, 1521: from Grafton's Chronicle. f. 3;-(2) William Dacre, Lord Dacre of the North, 1535. French. f. 5 b;-(3) Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1546. f. 8;-(4) Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, 1571 [misdated 1657], wi...
STAR-CHAMBER CASES. The first part (ff. 1-66) contains brief records of cases in the Court of Star-Chamber in 1565, 1607, 1608, 1610-1615,1617,1621-1623. The second part (ff.67-188) contains a detailed account of the action brought by the Crown against the City of London for failure to fulfil it...
REPORTS of cases tried in the Queen's Bench, Michaelmas term, 40, 41 Eliz. [1598]; in a contemporary hand. Paper; ff. 18. Folio. Law OF ENGLAND: Cases tried in Queen's Bench: 1598.
1. " THE ARRAIGNEMENT of Robert, Earle of Essex, and Henry, Earle of Southampton, at Westminster, the 19 of February, 1601." This report differs to some extent from that contained in the State Trials (vol. i. p. 1333), being somewhat fuller in detail. f 1. 2. Report of the discussion on Essex'...
LAW REPORTS: the decisions of Sir Henry Hobart, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1613-1625. The volume is lettered on the back " Lord Hubbert's Cases, Vol. I.," and corresponds with pp. 1-256 of the printed edition of Sir H. Hobart's Reports, 1641. Paper; ff. 351. xviith cent. With book-plate o...
SUMMARY of proceedings in the divorce-suit brought against Robert Devereux, 3rd -Earl of Essex, by his wife, Lady Frances Howard, 1613[4] ; and in the trials of the murderers of Sir Thomas Overbury, 1615. Printed as A True and Historical Relation of the Poysoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, etc., 16...
COLLECTION of State Trials, etc.:- 1. " The proceedings which happened touching the divorce betweene the Ladye Francis Howard [Countess of Essex, afterwards Countess of Somerset] and Robert, Earle of Essex," Jan. 1613/4. As in Howell's State Trials. f 1. 2. The trials of Richard Weston and o...