Commonplace book. Poetical and legal: manuscript

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  Commonplace book--poetry : manuscript, 1595-1675

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  Part 1 is a verse miscellany of 206 pages which includes 52 poems by John Donne, 11 poems by Thomas Carew, 10 poems by Richard Corbett, and 11 poems by or attributed to Robert Herrick; the poems dating up to ca. 1637. Part 2 is a verse miscellany which includes 59 poems by Donne; dates to ca. 1620-1633.

  mssHM 198

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  Legal formulary, etc., in Latin, French and English : [manuscript]

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  ff. 9-12v. Treatise on Courts Leet. Incipit: All maner of persons which owe sute to this court or lete come forthe and answer for yower namys as ye be callid upon. Explicit: Also of all such persons as holde eny erroneose oppynyons or use to teche or preche eny heresye. Rubric: Modus observandi curiam cum leta sive visu franciplegii sequuntur hoc modo. Latin; English. On ff. 1-8, alphabetical index to the volume with reference to folio number. ff. 13-30v; ff. 31-32v blank. Treatise on Courts Baron. Incipit: And as for the Court Baron ye shall fyrst inquyre of all such persons as owe deuty to this court. Explicit: Et sachez que en cheste court sont comprisez iii chosez ... il revyendra et pledra en barre &c. Rubric: Le charge del Court baron. Latin; English; French. ff. 33-65; ff. 65v-69v blank. Tractatus Justicia Pacis. [Abridgment of Statutes concerning Justices of the Peace]. Incipit: What persons shulde bee Justices of peas ther auctoryte & power the forme of ther charge & whereoff they maye enquyre consequently as appereth drawen oute of dyvers statutes that is to seye ffyrst what persons shulde bee Justices &c. Rubric: Tractatus Justicia Pacis. Latin. ff. 70-170v. Formulary of Legal Documents. Latin; English. Formulary for, e.g., letters, indentures of apprenticeship, the documents of the office of the clerk of the peace, presentments, conveyancing, leases, testimonial letters, bills of sale, letters of safe conduct, of presentation of a living, of supplication to the king, of manumission, of licence in mortmain, of enfeoffment in mortmain, forms of declaration of banns of marriage, form of a last will and testament, of an obligation, statement of conditions for arbitration, form of a codicil to a loan agreement, form of agreement for discharge of a loan, conditions for determining a loan agreement on death, form of quittance for payment, form of general relears from a loan, supplications in law, form of the oath of the king to maintain the traditional rights of all parties, memorandum of the powers of the Officers of Escheat, etc.

  mssHM 67911

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  Poetical commonplace book

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  Seller's note reads "Volume containing a Selection of Poems in Lady Bury's handwriting, including Lines written Impromptu by Mr. Hook at the Dinner Table at Belle Vue, Lord Lorne having just before, made him a present of a plaid ; Lines written on a Skeleton found in Dalkeith Park during the time of the American War, by Lady Frances Scot ; Living without God in the World, by Charles Lamb ; Lines addressed to the Thames near Eaton School, occasioned by the death of the Friend under whom the Author was weducated, Supposed Pastoral by Dryden not published with his Works ; the Orphan's Prayer by Mrs. St. George, etc., clearly written manuscript, 210 pages, 8vo, morocco, gilt."

  mssHM 29165

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  Commonplace book : manuscript

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  A manuscript commonplace book, with text written in several different hands. The volume is written mostly in English but also contains French and German; though no country of origin is identified, it appears to be mainly British in subject. The text includes seven pages of index in the beginning of the volume; there are also rough drawings in pencil and pen, as well more finely executed pen and ink illustrations. The text covers an extraordinary range of subjects, including technical inventions and developments, animal husbandry, recipes, political comment, sports, current events, travel, medicinal cures, economics, wine, and many other topics. The volume is bound in late 18th century three-quarter calf gilt, red edges, with some wear to the binding.

  mssHM 83388

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  A booke of sundrie justices works, what a Justice of the Peace may do: manuscript

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  Discussion of duties, procedures, legal terms, etc. relating to the work of a Justice of the Peace, arranged by topic in alphabetical order.

  mssHM 17298

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  A booke of exchange of merchants: manuscript

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  A discussion of the principles of mercantile exchanges of weights and currencies, with examples, followed by a brief treatise on the Mint and coinage.

  mssHM 730