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}}Thomas Manley (c. 1628-1676), an English legal and political writer, was admitted to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple Middle Temple] on February 6, 1655, and called to the bar on January 24, 1673. Son of Thomas Manley, a clerk of the kitchen in Charles I’s household, Manley may have been baptized at St. Margaret’s in Westminster on November 8, 1627. As early as 1650, Manley likely had already published juvenilia. He married his wife, Anne, without his father’s permission and was therefore left only a small sum. After his admittance to the Middle Temple, Manley was appointed library in May 1655, but by June 1658, Manley had been padlocked out of the library and dismissed of his position. Because he did not have to perform the usual formalities and ceremonies when called to the bar, Manley has been erroneously misrepresented to have been appointed to the King ’s Counsel.).<ref>C.E.A Cheesman, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17941 Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 17, 2015.</ref> He entered the scrivener’s service in 1658, which led to the publication of some of his works.<ref>Frank T. Melton, "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3742955 Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth-Century England]," ''Agricultural History'' 52, no. 1 (Jan. 1978): 149, accessed March 17, 2015.</ref>
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}}Thomas Manley (c. 1628-1676), an English legal and political writer, was admitted to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple Middle Temple] on February 6, 1655, and called to the bar on January 24, 1673. As early as 1650, Manley likely had already published juvenilia. After his admittance to the Middle Temple, Manley was appointed librarian in May 1655, but by June 1658, Manley had been padlocked out of the library and dismissed from his position.<ref>C.E.A Cheesman, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17941 Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 17, 2015.</ref> He entered service with the scriveners John Morris and Robert Clayton in 1658, which led to the publication of some of his works.<ref>Frank T. Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth-Century England," ''Agricultural History'' 52, no. 1 (Jan. 1978): 149, accessed March 17, 2015.</ref>
  
Published in 1663, Manley’s first legal publication was The Sollicitor, a handbook based on his work as a scrivener.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth Century England," 149.</ref> Manley also released volumes 12 and 13 for an abridgement of Coke’s reports, as well as a supplement to Edward Trotman’s earlier abridged volumes.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."</ref> Manley updated John Cowell’s The Interpreter of Words and Terms, originally published 1607, keeping with Cowell’s original purpose of favoring the importance of knowledge of the civil law. <ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Gary L. McDowell, "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3113848 The Politics of Meaning: Law Dictionaries and the Liberal Tradition of Interpretation]," ''The American Journal of Legal History'' 44, no. 3 (Jul. 2000): 265, accessed March 17, 2015.</ref> In 1676, Manley published an appendix to Thomas Wentworth’s Office and Duty of Executors. Manley also authored numerous political books, including works which illustrated his isolationist economic views.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."</ref>
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Published in 1663, Manley’s first legal publication was ''The Sollicitor'', a handbook based on his work For Morris and Clayton.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth Century England," 149.</ref> Manley also produced an abridgment of volumes twelve and thirteen of Coke’s reports, which supplemented an abridgment of the other volumes by Edward Trotman.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."</ref> Manley updated John Cowell’s ''The Interpreter of Words and Terms'', originally published 1607, keeping with Cowell’s original purpose of favoring the importance of knowledge of the civil law.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Gary L. McDowell, "The Politics of Meaning: Law Dictionaries and the Liberal Tradition of Interpretation," ''The American Journal of Legal History'' 44, no. 3 (Jul. 2000): 265.</ref> In 1676, Manley published an appendix to Thomas Wentworth’s ''Office and Duty of Executors''. Manley also authored numerous political books, including works which illustrated his isolationist economic views.<ref>Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."</ref>
  
The Clerk’s Guide, published in 1672, is a book of forms that Manley annotated.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In his preface to the work, Manley wrote about the surplus of writings on clerkships which led “the clerk in a maze, [rather] than to lead his client in a safe and well-beaten path.<ref>Thomas Manley, ''The Clerks Guide'' (London, 1672).</ref>This work, Manley emphasized, was not just repeating what had already been produced, but was instead getting rid of what was useless, polishing what was unnecessary, and adding what was profitable in the profession.<ref>Ibid.</ref> This work has four parts, each addressing areas necessary for clerks. Part 1 addresses indentures, leases, and the like, while part 2 addresses letters of attorney, warrants of attorney, mortgages, licenses, and etcetera. Part 3 regards bills, answers, replications, and rejoynders in chancery, with a fourth part added by Manley to address fines, recoveries, statutes, recognisances, and judgments.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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''The Clerk’s Guide'', published in 1672, is a book of forms with Manley's annotations.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In his preface to the work, Manley wrote about the surplus of writings on clerkships which led "the clerk in a maze, [rather] than to lead his client in a safe and well-beaten path."<ref>Thomas Manley, ''The Clerks Guide'' (London: Printed by John Streater, Henry Twyford, and E. Flesher, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires 1672).</ref> This work, Manley emphasized, was not just repeating what had already been produced, but was instead getting rid of what was useless, polishing what was unnecessary, and adding what was profitable in the profession.<ref>Ibid.</ref> ''The Clerk’s Guide'' contains four parts, each addressing areas necessary for clerks. Part 1 covers indentures, leases, and the like, while part 2 includes letters of attorney, warrants of attorney, mortgages, licenses, and etcetera. Part 3 regards bills, answers, replications, and rejoynders in chancery, with a fourth part added by Manley to address fines, recoveries, statutes, recognisances, and judgments.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
  
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
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[[Thomas Jefferson]] listed "Clerk’s guide by Manly. 8vo." in his [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] in the section of titles he kept for himself. He later sold a copy of the first edition (1672) to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:232 [no.1812].</ref> Both Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, revised May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> and [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 March 24, 2015.</ref> on LibraryThing include the first edition based on this copy. Jefferson's copy still exists and may be Wythe's volume, but the book includes no markings to verify Wythe's ownership.
  
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The Wolf Law Library has yet to acquire a copy of Manley's ''The Clerk's Guide''.
 
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Revision as of 16:29, 24 March 2015

by Sir Thomas Manley

The Clerks Guide
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Title not held by The Wolf Law Library
at the College of William & Mary.
 
Author Sir Thomas Manley
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Published London: Printed by John Streater, Henry Twyford, and E. Flesher, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires
Date 1672
Edition First
Language English
Volumes volume set
Pages [8], 729, [15]
Desc. 8vo. (18 cm.)

Thomas Manley (c. 1628-1676), an English legal and political writer, was admitted to the Middle Temple on February 6, 1655, and called to the bar on January 24, 1673. As early as 1650, Manley likely had already published juvenilia. After his admittance to the Middle Temple, Manley was appointed librarian in May 1655, but by June 1658, Manley had been padlocked out of the library and dismissed from his position.[1] He entered service with the scriveners John Morris and Robert Clayton in 1658, which led to the publication of some of his works.[2]

Published in 1663, Manley’s first legal publication was The Sollicitor, a handbook based on his work For Morris and Clayton.[3] Manley also produced an abridgment of volumes twelve and thirteen of Coke’s reports, which supplemented an abridgment of the other volumes by Edward Trotman.[4] Manley updated John Cowell’s The Interpreter of Words and Terms, originally published 1607, keeping with Cowell’s original purpose of favoring the importance of knowledge of the civil law.[5] In 1676, Manley published an appendix to Thomas Wentworth’s Office and Duty of Executors. Manley also authored numerous political books, including works which illustrated his isolationist economic views.[6]

The Clerk’s Guide, published in 1672, is a book of forms with Manley's annotations.[7] In his preface to the work, Manley wrote about the surplus of writings on clerkships which led "the clerk in a maze, [rather] than to lead his client in a safe and well-beaten path."[8] This work, Manley emphasized, was not just repeating what had already been produced, but was instead getting rid of what was useless, polishing what was unnecessary, and adding what was profitable in the profession.[9] The Clerk’s Guide contains four parts, each addressing areas necessary for clerks. Part 1 covers indentures, leases, and the like, while part 2 includes letters of attorney, warrants of attorney, mortgages, licenses, and etcetera. Part 3 regards bills, answers, replications, and rejoynders in chancery, with a fourth part added by Manley to address fines, recoveries, statutes, recognisances, and judgments.[10]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Thomas Jefferson listed "Clerk’s guide by Manly. 8vo." in his inventory of Wythe's Library in the section of titles he kept for himself. He later sold a copy of the first edition (1672) to the Library of Congress in 1815.[11] Both Brown's Bibliography[12] and George Wythe's Library[13] on LibraryThing include the first edition based on this copy. Jefferson's copy still exists and may be Wythe's volume, but the book includes no markings to verify Wythe's ownership.

The Wolf Law Library has yet to acquire a copy of Manley's The Clerk's Guide.

References

  1. C.E.A Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed March 17, 2015.
  2. Frank T. Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth-Century England," Agricultural History 52, no. 1 (Jan. 1978): 149, accessed March 17, 2015.
  3. Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Melton, "Absentee Land Management in Seventeenth Century England," 149.
  4. Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."
  5. Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)"; Gary L. McDowell, "The Politics of Meaning: Law Dictionaries and the Liberal Tradition of Interpretation," The American Journal of Legal History 44, no. 3 (Jul. 2000): 265.
  6. Cheesman, "Manley, Thomas (c.1628-1676)."
  7. Ibid.
  8. Thomas Manley, The Clerks Guide (London: Printed by John Streater, Henry Twyford, and E. Flesher, assigns of Richard Atkins and Edward Atkins, Esquires 1672).
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.
  11. E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:232 [no.1812].
  12. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, revised May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
  13. LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on March 24, 2015.