Difference between revisions of "Cases Collect & Report per Sir Fra. Moore, Chivalier"
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− | }}[[File:MooreCasesCollectReport1688Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Sir Francis Moore.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Moore_(barrister) Sir Francis Moore] (1559-1621), lawyer and politician, | + | }}[[File:MooreCasesCollectReport1688Frontispiece.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Frontispiece portrait of Sir Francis Moore.</center>]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Moore_(barrister) Sir Francis Moore] (1559-1621), a lawyer and politician,<ref>Wilfrid Prest, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1910728317 Moore, Sir Francis (b. 1559, d. 1621)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 11, 2014.</ref> entered St. John’s College, Oxford in 1574. Although he never received an undergraduate degree, he received an MA as under-steward to the University in 1612.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Moore entered the New Inn, gained admittance to the Middle Temple in 1580,<ref>Ibid.</ref> and was called to bar in 1587.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Due to his close relationship with the Englefield family, his ascent in the political and legal fields was rapid.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1589, Moore was elected to Parliament for Boroughbridge in Yorkshire,<ref>Ibid.</ref> and was appointed to the bench of Middle Temple in 1603.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1614, he was made a serjeant and, three years later, became a knight.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Mooredied in 1621 and was buried in Great Fawley, Berkshire.<ref>Ibid.</ref><br /> |
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− | Moore amassed great wealth, spending nearly £10,000 on property alone.<ref>Ibid.</ref> As a member of | + | Moore amassed great wealth, spending nearly £10,000 on property alone.<ref>Ibid.</ref> As a member of Parliament he was loyal supporter of his constituents, and remained an active opponent of monopolies.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He was particularly adept with the law of uses, drafting the statute of charitable uses and inventing the conveyance of lease and release.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Religiously, Moore may have remained a Catholic. Although Moore supported anti-recusant legislation in 1601, his will, marriage of a daughter into a Catholic family, and the allegations of his wife of being a recusant after his death indicate that he may have remained loyal to the Church.<ref>Ibid.</ref> |
− | After his death, | + | After his death, Moore's manuscripts were highly regarded, being circulated widely for nearly forty years before their publication by his son-in-law, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, in 1663.<ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'' 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 122.</ref> |
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
− | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Moore's rep. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> includes the 1688 edition which Thomas Jefferson also owned.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:328 [no.2031].</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed on September 16, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Folio editions were published at London in 1663, 1675 and 1688." The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1688 edition as suggested by Brown. | + | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Moore's rep. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> includes the 1688 edition which Thomas Jefferson also owned.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:328 [no.2031].</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed on September 16, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Folio editions were published at London in 1663, 1675 and 1688." The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1688 edition, as suggested by Brown. |
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== |
Revision as of 09:17, 31 March 2014
by Sir Francis Moore
Cases Collect & Report per Sir Fra. Moore, Chivalier | |
Title page from Cases Collect & Report per Sir Fra. Moore, Chivalier, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
Author | Sir Francis Moore |
Editor | Sir Geoffrey Palmer |
Published | London: Printed for G. Pawlet, and are to be sold by Mat. Wotton |
Date | 1688 |
Edition | Second |
Language | English |
Pages | 9, 918, [73] |
Desc. | Folio (31 cm.) |
Moore amassed great wealth, spending nearly £10,000 on property alone.[10] As a member of Parliament he was loyal supporter of his constituents, and remained an active opponent of monopolies.[11] He was particularly adept with the law of uses, drafting the statute of charitable uses and inventing the conveyance of lease and release.[12] Religiously, Moore may have remained a Catholic. Although Moore supported anti-recusant legislation in 1601, his will, marriage of a daughter into a Catholic family, and the allegations of his wife of being a recusant after his death indicate that he may have remained loyal to the Church.[13]
After his death, Moore's manuscripts were highly regarded, being circulated widely for nearly forty years before their publication by his son-in-law, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, in 1663.[14]
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Moore's rep. fol." and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. The Brown Bibliography[15] includes the 1688 edition which Thomas Jefferson also owned.[16] George Wythe's Library[17] on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Folio editions were published at London in 1663, 1675 and 1688." The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1688 edition, as suggested by Brown.
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Backed in modern leather with cloth-covered boards.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
References
- ↑ Wilfrid Prest, "Moore, Sir Francis (b. 1559, d. 1621)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 11, 2014.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
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- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ John William Wallace, The Reporters Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 122.
- ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:328 [no.2031].
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe", accessed on September 16, 2013.