A collection of notes on various cases in law, 1641 to 1649
Written in 1641–1649, by Edward Bastard, begun 27 July, 1641, with the following heading on fol. 9: "A booke of notes and observacions taken by me T. B. in diverse cases: capt. in anno 1641 et postea."
Prefixed on fol. 1 are receipts for horse-medicines, including one for a horse "sicke of the new dissease"; on fol. 2, a drink for the stone and "A speciall medicine for the plague; probatum; I had this of Mrs. Pratt, 24 July, 1647"; on fol. 8b, two receipts for black ink.
On the cover is an acknowledgment by Cuth. Brereton of borrowing "one book of presedents in fo." from Edmond Hear on 1 Oct. 1667, to be returned before Christmas.
The book is stained by damp.
Dates
- Creation: 1641 to 1649
Extent
170 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 1056
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 1056.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series(7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 13809.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
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