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The contentes of this boke : Fyrste the boke for a iustice of peace. The boke that teacheth to kepe a court baron, or a lete. The boke teaching to kepe a court hu[n]dred. The boke called returna breuiu[m]. The boke called carta feodi, co[n]teining the forme of dedes, releasses, indentures, obligations, acquytaunces, letters of atturney, letters of permutation, testamentes, and other thynges. And the boke of the ordinance to be obserued by the officers of the kynges Escheker, for fees takyng.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Standardized Title:
- Boke of justices of peas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Justices of the peace--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Justices of the peace.
- Procedure (Law).
- Great Britain.
- Procedure (Law)--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (83 pages, 5 unnumbered pages; 32 unnumbered pages; 36 id est 42 leaves, 2 unnumbered leaves; 12 unnumbered leaves; 8 unnumbered leaves)
- Other Title:
- Returna breuium.
- True copy of the ordinance made in the tyme of king Henry the. VI. to be obserued in the kinges Escheker.
- True copy of the ordinance made in the tyme of king Henry the. VI. to be observed in the kinges Escheker.
- Place of Publication:
- [Londini : In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress., Anno. M.D.XLIIII. [1544]]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Sometimes attributed, wrongly, to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert.
- Includes (each with separate title page and register): "Modus tenendi curiam baronis" (STC 7713.5; A-D, including "Modus tenendi unum hundredum"); "Carta feodi" (15584.9; title page dated 1543; includes index; leaves 42, 42 misnumbered 34, 36); "Returna breuium" (STC 20902.3; A B⁴); "A true copy of the ordinance made in the tyme of king Henry the. VI. to be obserued in the kinges Escheker .." (STC 7697.9; A). Probably none of these editions of the parts were ever issued separately.
- Imprint from colophon to the last part.
- Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 70:05) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd edition) 14877.
- Putnam, B. H., 'Early treatises on the practice of the justices of the peace', Oxford, 1924
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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