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Add MS 38838

Record Id:
032-002058197
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002058197
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x0002bc
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 38838
Title:

LECTURES on English Law, being pts. iii and iv (dealing with Civil Injuries and Crime) of a course delivered by Sir William Blackstone at Oxford in 1754. Prefixed to each part is a printed schedule giving the arrangement of the course, on which is based that of his later lectures as Vinerian Professor (cf. Add. MSS. 36093-36101) and his printed Commentaries on the Laws of England. Whole, passages are in many cases identical. Paper; ff. ii+ 309. Folio. A.D. 1754. Book-plates of arms of Thomas Bever, LL.D., in whose autograph the MS. is apparently written, and Sir James Allen Park. Other owners' names are R. B. Darrell and J[ohn] R[obert] Kenyon of Pradoe, Vinerian Professor, who was presented with the volume by Sir W. B. Riddell in a letter (f. ii) stating that he bought it at Park's sale, 1843. Presented by Robert Lloyd Kenyon, Esq., of Pradoe.

Scope & Content:

James Allan Park, Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Knight and Justice of CP 1816: Bookplate of arms.

Law OF ENGLAND: Sir W. Blackstone's Lectures on English Law, pts. iii, iv: 1754.

Bookplates: Bever (Thomas), LL. D.: 18th cent.

Sir William Blackstone: Lectures on English Law, pts. ii and iii: 1754.

Thomas Bever, LL.D: Bookplate of arms: 18th cent.

Thomas Bever, LL.D: Sir W. Blackstone's Lectures on English Law, pts. ii and iii, written by (?): 1754.

includes:

  • f. ii Sir Walter Buchanan Riddell, 10th Baronet: Letter to J. R. Kenyon: 1843.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002058197
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002058197
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1754
End Date:
1754
Date Range:
1754
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Lloyd Kenyon, of Pradoe: Presented: in 1913: 1914.

John Robert Kenyon, of Pradoe, Vinerian Professor of Common Law: Owned: in 1843.

R- B- Darrell: Owned: circ. 1800.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bever, Thomas, LL.D; of Add MS 38838
Blackstone, William, of Add MS 38197
Darrell, R B, book collector, fl between 1754-1843
Kenyon, John Robert, of Pradoe, Vinerian Professor of Common Law
Kenyon, Robert Lloyd, of Pradoe
Park, James Allan, Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Knight and Justice of CP 1816
Riddell, Walter Buchanan, 10th Baronet