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Record Id:
032-002083352
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002083352
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 50117
Title:

LEGAL COMMONPLACE-BOOK OF WILLIAM LONGUEVILLE, counsellor-at-law (b. 1639, d. 1721); 1664-1719, n.d. Partly Law French and Latin. Autograph, except for ff. 34-53, containing the text of two speeches in court, 7 May 1664, n.d., and f. 72b, which are in clerks' hands, with autograph corrections. Preceded (ff. 1-2) and followed (f. 101b) by indexes. The legal notes, partly taken from MSS. of Sir Matthew Hale (ff. 69, 70), and Longueville's friend, Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (f. 89), are arranged by subject. The other contents comprise: (a) An extract, 26 Mar. 1689, from A. Marvell, The Rehearsal transpos'd, ii, 1673, p. 200. f. 10;- (b) Memoranda on:- (i) The Hatton family, 20 Mar. 1576-14 May 1684. ff. 56b-58b, 59b-60, 104;- (ii) The Sydenham family, 1574-1689. f. 79;- (iii) Eton College, 2 Sept. 1689. ff. 82-84;- (iv) King's College, Cambridge, temp. Charles II[1649-1685]. f. 86;- (v) The Longueville family, 1500-1688.

f. 104;- (c) Notes made for his cousins, Talbot Yelverton, 2nd Viscount de Longueville, 1st Earl of Sussex, 2 Jan. 1713 (ff. 79b-80), and Sir Thomas Longueville, 29 Apr. 1719 (f. 81);- (d) Accounts for Sir Cleave More, 2nd Bart.; 1681-1685. ff. 102b-103b. Letters of William Longueville to Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton, now Add. MSS. 29555-29586 passim, are printed, in part, in Correspondence of the Family of Hatton, ed. E. M. Thompson, Camden Society, n.s., xxii, 1878. See also Add. MSS. 29586, f. 65; 31141, ff. 29, 32; 42780 A,

f. 185b. Presented by the Friends of the National Libraries.

Paper; ff. 104. 235 x 175mm. White vellum binding. A bifolium, the original ff. 77-78, is missing before f. 79.

Scope & Content:

Law OF ENGLAND: Commonplace-book of W. Longneville,: 1664-1719, n.d: Partly, Fr. and Lat.

William Longueville, counsellor-at-law: Legal commonplace-book,: 1664-1719, n.d: Partly Fr. and Lat.

includes:

  • ff. 56b-58b, 59b-60, 104 Hatton family: Notes on,: 1576-1684.
  • f. 79 Genealogies: Sydenham family,: 1574-1698.
  • f. 79 Sydenham family: Notes on,: 1574-1698.
  • ff. 82-84 Eton College; Berkshire: Memoranda rel. to,: 1689.
  • f. 86 Cambridge; King's College: Note rel. to,: temp. Chas. II.
  • ff. 102b-103b Accounts: Sir Cleave More,: 1681-1685.
  • ff. 102b-103b Sir Cleave More, 2nd Baronet: Accounts,: 1681-1685.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-002083352
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1574
End Date:
1719
Date Range:
1574-1719
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Friends of the National Libraries: Presented, in 1959.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Eton College, Berkshire
Friends of the National Libraries, 1931-
Hatton, Family
King's College, University of Cambridge
Longueville, William, counsellor-at-law
More, Cleave, 2nd Baronet
Sydenham, Family