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A manual of practice in the English ecclesiastical courts

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MS. Add. C. 168
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A manual of practice in the English ecclesiastical courts of about 1630-40, in about 340 sections, in Latin, with an index:

  1. The first titulus is headed 'De Curiis ecclesiasticis que celebrantur authoritate reverendissimi Cantuariensis archiepiscopi intra Civitatem Londonensem': the handwriting changes at fol. 54v
  2. At fol. 83 follows a short 'Praxis in Curia Admiralitatis Anglie'
  3. At fol. 97 three ecclesiastical orders relating to 'Wortham' (Wrotham) in Kent (one, in English) and St. Mary's Colchester (two, 1627 and 1630)

Dates

  • Creation: Written about A.D. 1630-1640

Extent

103 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Add. C. 168, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Add. C. 168

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 20263

Abstract

A manual of practice in the English ecclesiastical courts

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Other Finding Aids

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. V, no. 30265

Immediate Source of Acquisition

On the original outer parchment cover (fol. ii) is 'Jo: Conant', and this volume may have come in in 1883 with nos. 29247-71 (Conant papers), though it is referenced among accessions of 1880.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

13 × 9 in.

Title
A manual of practice in the English ecclesiastical courts
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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