Manual of legal practice in the County Palatine of Durham
Single Item
MS. Top. Durham e. 1
Held at the Weston Library
Manual of legal practice in the County Palatine of Durham, written in a legal hand, including:
- (pp. 253-263) rules of the Durham court of pleas;
- (pp. 265-305) orders for proceeding in Chancery suits at Durham;
- (pp. 309-355) precedents defining the custom of the province of York relating to the division of property of persons dying intestate;
- (pp. 356-375) tables of fines and fees.
Dates
- Creation: 18th century
Extent
390 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Durham e. 1, pp. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Durham e. 1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17805
Abstract
Manual of legal practice in the County Palatine of Durham, written in a legal hand, 18th century.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 53896.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, with MS. Eng. misc. e. 155, Bernard Halliday, cat. 86 (1927), 43.
Physical Facet
Calf, rebacked
- Title
- Manual of legal practice in the County Palatine of Durham
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk