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The office and dutie of executors. Or A treatise of wils and executors, directed to testators in the choise of their executors and contrivance of their wills : With direction for executors in the execution of their office, according to the law, and for creditors in the recovery of their debts. Expressing the duty, right, interest, power and authority of executors, and how they may behave themselves in the office of executorship. With divers other particulars very usefull, profitable, and behovefull for all persons, be they either executors, creditors or debtors. Compiled out of the body of the common-law, by Thomas Wentworth, late bencher of Lincolnes Inne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wentworth, Thomas, 1568?-1628.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Executors and administrators--England--Early works to 1800.
- Executors and administrators.
- Wills--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Wills.
- Great Britain.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (28 unnumbered pages, 127 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 145-271 pages, 1 unnumbered page)
- Edition:
- The third edition, corrected and inlarged.
- Other Title:
- Treatise of wils and executors, directed to testators in the choise of their executors and contrivance of their wills.
- Office of execvtors.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by T. C. for Andrew Crooke, Laurence Chapman, William Cooke, and Richard Best, 1641.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Originally published anonymously; sometimes attributed to Sir John Doddrige (compare DNB).
- Title page is [para]2.
- With a table of contents and marginal notes.
- Text and register appear continuous.
- Imperfect: quire A lacking leaf.
- Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2023:12) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd edition) W1359A.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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