Vols. III.-V. (ff. 190, 144, 116). OUTLINES and headings, with some portions filled up, of a treatise on the Civil Laws and Constitution of England. At the beginning of vol. iii. is a subject index to the three volumes, and a table of contents, showing the divisions of the treatise. Vol. iii. deals with the Prerogatives of the King, and the position of magistrates, ecclesiastical and temporal; vol. iv. with the reciprocal rights of persons in various relations, such as father and son, or lor...
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Vol. VI. (ff. 263). MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, including:-(a) Summary of pleas in various counties, tempp. Rich. I. and John. f. 3;-(b) Comments on laws of Henry I. f. 27;-(c) Notes to Eadmer. f. 71;-(d) Anglo-Saxon coins. f. 77 b;-(e) Tithes. f. 95;-(f) List of persons summoned to Parliament, 5 Edw. ...
Vol. VII. (ff. 217). NOTES on the subject of Parliament, with a table of contents prefixed. The notes deal chiefly with the ancient procedure in the matter of Bills, also with the summons to Parliament, procedure in the House, appointment of Receivers and Triers of petitions, and of committees, ...
Vol. VIII. (ff. 84). INDEX to the preceding volumes (ff. 1-31), followed by notes on amendments of laws (f. 32 on sovereign power (f. 36), on law in general (ff. 38, 42), and on the law of reason (f 40). With miscellaneous notes on ceremonial, etc.
Vol. IX. (ff. 85). MISCELLANEOUS NOTES frOM Cotton MSS., Cartæ Antiquæ, and on heraldry. The latter part (ff. 54-82) contains two indices, one of names of persons, from various ancient authors, the other of matters, partly from various authors and partly from these collections, but very incomple...
Vol. X. (ff. 122). MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS, including:-(a) Extracts from Domesday for the following counties, Bucks, Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, Huntingdon, Bedford, Suffolk, Essex, York, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Salop, and Northampton. f. 21;-(b) Index of "nobiles" mentioned in Domesday,...
Vol. Xl. (ff. 137). (a) EXTRACTS from Close Rolls, 1-36 Hen. VI., Fines, 3 Hen. VI.-17 Edw. IV., Close and French Rolls, 1-22 Edw. IV. f. 1;-(b) Notes on the genealogy of the Harcourt family. ff. 80, 102, 135b;-(c) Fines, 1-14 Hen. IV. f. 96;- (d) Close Rolls, 1-10 Hen. V. f. 103;-(e) Fines, 4...
Vol. XII. (ff. 98). NOTES chiefly concerning offices of state, including;-(a) Heraldic miscellanea. f. 1;-(b) List of Admirals, 21 Hen. IV.-14 Edw. IV. f. 10;-(c) Constables of Dover and Wardens of the Cinque Ports, 1 Hen. V.-21 Edw. IV. f. 16;-(d) Constables of the Tower, tempp. Hen. II.-Edw. I...