collected out of the great Abridgement of Iustice Fitzherbert, and other old Writers of the Lawes of England, by the Right
worshipfull Sir William Staunford . . . Imprined at
London . . . by
Richard Totthil,
1590.
Law 337
2 vol. bound together. 4to. I, 210 leaves, partly black letter, title within a woodcut border [by Hans Cranach. McKerrow 139]. II, 82 leaves.
STC 23223, 23217.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 227, 20.
Beale T490, 496.
Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. On the first fly-leaf is written
Hugh May his Book bought y
e 1
st Dec
r 1692 pret 4
s/6
d.
; on the second fly-leaf in an early hand the life of the author from
Wood Athenae Oxoñ. 106b. 107a. Manuscript notes in an early hand in the
Kinges Praerogatiue.
This book came to Jefferson most probably with his purchase of the library of Peyton Randolph. The life of the author at the beginning is in the same hand as that in the other books from that library, probably that of Sir John Randolph.
Sir William Stanford
or
Staunford, 1509-1558, judge. The first edition of
Les Plees del coron appeared in 1557, and of the
Exposition of the Kinges Praerogatiue in 1567.
[1945]
154
Hale’s history of the P. C.
2 v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 75, Hale’s History of the Pleas of the Crown, 2. v. 8vo.
HALE,
Sir Matthew.
Historia placitorum coronae. The History of the pleas of the Crown. By Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench. Published from the original manuscripts by Sollom Emlyn, of Lincoln’s-Inn, Esq. A new edition . . . by George Wilson, Serjeant at Law. In
two volumes. Vol. I. [-II.]
London: Printed for
T. Payne,
P. Uriel [and others],
1778.
2 vol. 8vo. 376 and 302 leaves.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 58, 7.
On Jefferson’s undated list of law books to be bought in Dublin, see no. 1716.
First printed in 1678. For Sollom Emlyn, see also no. 1951.
[1946]
155
Hawkin’s P. C.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 238, Hawkin’s Pleas of the Crown, fol.
HAWKINS,
William.
Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown.
Jefferson’s copy is no longer in the Library of Congress, and it has not been ascertained which of the folio editions was
in his library.
The book was either not delivered to Congress or disappeared at an early date. It is not checked as having been received in
the working copy of the 1815 catalogue; the entry is omitted from the later catalogues, and is included in the manuscript
list of missing books made shortly after 1815.
[1947]
J. 156
Hale’s Summary of the P. C.
}
Hale on Sheriff’s accounts.
}
Hale trial of witches.
}in
1. vol.
8
vo.
Hale on the provñ for the poor.
}
1815 Catalogue, page 76. no. 76, Hale’s Summary of the P. C.--on Sheriff’s accounts--his Trial of the Witches--and on the
Provision for the Poor, 8vo.
HALE,
Sir Matthew.
Pleas of the Crown: or, a methodical summary of the principal matters relating
