Hargrave MS 464-475

The IV^th. Part of the Collection consists of twelve Volumes, Num. 464 to 475. Of these, the first Six Volumes are Copies of Notes in manuscript of the late Mr. Capper, who was a practising Barrister of eminence and extensive business in Chancery during the whole time of Lord Hardwicke's being Chancellor, and for some few Years before and after. Two of the six Volumes, (beside the regular number of the Manuscript) are marked A. N^o. 1. and A. N^o. 2. and cited accordingly both in Sir Thomas Sewell's Equity References and in his Abridgement. The other four are referred to by Sir Thomas as N^o. 1. 2. 3. 4.

These Notes by Mr. Capper reach from Michaelmas 1724 to December 1754. which latter time was about one year and a half before Lord Hardwicke's resignation of the great Seal. The next three Volumes are copies of Manuscript Notes by the late Lord Chief Justice de Gray during part of the time he practised in Chancery. They begin with July 1751 and end with June 1754. They are numbered 5. 6. 7. as a continuation, in point of reference, of the four last of Mr. Capper's Note-Books; and by those Numbers they are always cited by Sir Thomas Sewell.