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Harley MS 583

Record Id:
040-002046412
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-002046412
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 583
Title:

Collection of justices' charges

Scope & Content:

Manuscript collection of justices’ charges, in law French and English, with some brief legal arguments on poisoning, treason, etc.

  • ff. 1-6r: Sir John Doderidge’s first charge to the Grand Jury of Middlesex. Hilary Term, 17 James I.
  • f. 6v-8r: Arraignment of Williams, barrister of the Middle Temple, for treason, for having published and divulged an inframous and scandalous libel against the King and State. Easter Term, 17 James I.
  • f. 8v: Touching religion and recusants, priests and Jesuits. 1620.
  • ff. 9-12r: Charge of Sir John Doderidge, at the Grand Inquest of Middlesex. Easter Term 18. James I.
  • ff. 12v: Sir Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor, to the Judges and Justices of the Peace. Trinity Term, 18. James I, in the Star Chamber.
  • ff. 13-18: Sir John Doderidge’s his Charge to the Grand Inquest of Middlesex. Trinity Term, 18 James I, 1620.
  • f. 19r: ‘Un Admonic[i]on al Grand Inquest’. Advice to the Grand Inquest.
  • ff. 19v-20: Justice Fermer’s charge to the Grand Inquest. Hilary Term, 8 James I.
  • ff. 21-24: Justice Yelverton’s charge to the Grand Inquest. Easter Term, 10 James I.
  • ff. 25-29r: Justice Croke’s charge to the Grand Inquest. Easter Term, 11 James I.
  • f. 29: ‘Of Poisoning’. Arguments that poisoning is the worst of all felonies and murders. In English.
  • ff. 29v-30r: Justice Croke’s charge to the Grand Inquest. Michaelmas Term, 11 James I.
  • ff. 30v-39: The Lord Chief Justice Mountague’s charge, at the holding the Court of Marshalsea within the Verge at the Kings House, by Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, Lord Steward of the Kings Household. Friday 7 April 1620.
  • ff. 40-46 ‘De Treason’. Arguments on treason, and Sir Edward Coke’s speech at the trial of one Owen of Godstow in Oxfordshire, who was arraigned for Treason upon words spoken.
  • f. 47: ‘De Banco Regis’.
  • f. 47: ‘Le Duety d’un Judge’.
  • f. 47v: ‘De Praemunire’.
  • f. 48-52r: Sir James Whitlocke Milit. Capital Justice of Chester’s charge to the Grand Jury. 10 April 1621.
  • f. 52v: Justice Dodderidge’s charge to the Grand Inquest of Middlesex. Easter Term, 1 Charles I.
  • ff. 53v-62: Justice Dodderidge’s charge to the Grand Jury, Reading. Michaelmas Term, 1. Charles I.
  • f. 63: Justice Jones charge to the Grand Jury. Michaelmas Term, 6. Charles I.
  • f. 64: Sir George Croke, ancient judge of the Kings Bench’s first charge to the Grand Inquest. Hilary Term, 16. Charles I.
  • f. 64v: Extract from Sir Robert Heath’s charge to the Grand Inquest. Easter Term, 17. Charles I.
  • ff. 65-68r: ‘Le Charge en Court-Baron: un exhortation al inquest’.
  • ff. 68v-83: ‘Le Charge al Jury en un Court-Leet, et Court-Baron’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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040-002046412
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

 

Harley MS 583 : Collection of justices' charges
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[0583]/040-002046412
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:
Languages:
Anglo-Norman
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1610
End Date:
1642
Date Range:
1610-1642
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 195 x 155 mm.

Foliation: 1-56, 56*, 57-83 folios; total 84 folios.

Binding: British Museum binding, 1967.

Custodial History:

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), vol. 1, no. 583.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)