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<big>''The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum: Being an Exact Collection of Precedents for Declarations and Pleadings in Most Actions, Especially Such as are Brought for, or Against Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, Executrices, Administratrices, and Their Husbands, in Person Actions, Also upon Bills of Exchange, Pollicies of Assurance, &c., and Such Process and Parts of Pleading as Relate Thereunto: Being Very Practicable and Useful to All Entring-Clerks, and Attornies in His Majesties Courts of Kings-Bench''</big>
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}}William Brown (fl. 1671-1705) was an English legal clerk and writer, little known aside from producing several manuals and compendiums in the late seventeenth century.  His place and date of birth and the circumstances of his childhood are unknown.  Brown likely took up his clerkship shortly after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_(England) Restoration] and held that position until at least as late as 1704.<ref>Stuart Handley, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67273 Brown, William (fl. 1671–1705)]," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed December 6, 2013.</ref> Because this was not a high status position, he most likely did not receive his education at any of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inns_of_Court Inns of Court].<ref>Ibid.</ref> His date of death is unknown but there is some evidence indicating that he died in October of 1712<ref>Ibid.</ref><br />
London, octavo, 1678 or 1695. Precise edition unknown.
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''The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum'', a compendium for lawyers and law clerks, contains a dedication to Thomas Robinson, chief [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prothonotary prothonotary] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Common_Pleas_(England) Court of Common Pleas] whom Brown had been serving under for sixteen years by 1678.<ref>Ibid.</ref> The title was one of many "books of tutorials for the aspiring clerk, books of precedents, and manuals for public officials" Brown produced.<ref>Ibid.</ref> [[George Wythe]] owned at least two Brown titles, ''The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum'' and ''[[Modus Intrandi Placita Generalia]]''.
William Brown (fl. 1671-1705) was an English legal clerk and writer, little known aside from producing several manuals and compendiums in the late seventeenth century.  His place and date of birth and the circumstances of his childhood are unknown.  Brown likely took up his clerkship shortly after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_(England) Restoration] and held that position until at least as late as 1704 <ref>Stuart Handley, ''Brown, William (fl. 1671–1705)'', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67273, accessed 6 Dec 2013]"</ref>Because this was not a high status position, he most likely did not receive his education at any of the Inns of Court <ref>Id.</ref>. His date of death is unknown but there is some evidence indicating that he passed in October of 1712 <ref>Id.</ref>.
 
 
 
This work was also a compendium for lawyers and law clerks.  It contains a dedication to Thomas Robinson, chief protonotary of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Common_Pleas_(England) Court of Common Pleas], whom Brown had been serving under for sixteen years by 1678 <ref>Id.</ref>.  Vade Mecum appears to have been relatively common in legal libraries during the eighteenth century.  Besides [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wythe George Wythe], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson Thomas Jefferson] is known to have had a copy in his collection as well <ref>2 Am. J. Legal Hist. 172 (1958) ''Signer of the Declaration of Independence Orders Books from London: Two Documents of George Read of Delaware in the Hampton L. Carson Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia'', "[http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/amhist2&div=21&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=1&men_tab=srchresults&terms=%28%22modus%20intrandi%20placita%20generalia%22%29&type=matchall#180]"</ref>.  Additionally, prominent Philadelphia lawyer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Chew Benjamin Chew] purchased a copy while he was at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Temple Middle Temple] <ref>Gilreath, James, and Douglas Wilson, eds. ''Thomas Jefferson's Library: A Catalog with the Entries in His Own Order''. Washington, DC: Library of Congress (1989).</ref>.  
 
  
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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Brown’s Entering clerk’s Vade mecum 8vo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. Octavo editions were published in 1678 and 1695. [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 May 14, 2015.</ref> on LibraryThing states as much and does not list a specific edition. 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, rev. May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> lists the first edition (1678) perhaps based on the existence of that edition in Jefferson's library.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:286-287 [no.1926].</ref>
  
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
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As yet, the Wolf Law Library has not purchased a copy Brown’s ''The Entering Clerk’s Vade Mecum''.
  
 
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See bookplate in [https://books.google.com/books?id=sHCTngEACAAJ&dq=william+brown+The+Entring+Clerk Google Books] Note: Second Edition (1695).
 
 
 
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Revision as of 16:14, 14 May 2015

The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum: Being an Exact Collection of Precedents for Declarations and Pleadings in Most Actions

by William Brown

The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum
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Title not held by The Wolf Law Library
at the College of William & Mary.
 
Author William Brown
Editor
Translator
Published London:
Date 1678 or 1695
Edition Precise edition unknown.
Language English
Volumes volume set
Pages
Desc. 8vo.

William Brown (fl. 1671-1705) was an English legal clerk and writer, little known aside from producing several manuals and compendiums in the late seventeenth century. His place and date of birth and the circumstances of his childhood are unknown. Brown likely took up his clerkship shortly after the Restoration and held that position until at least as late as 1704.[1] Because this was not a high status position, he most likely did not receive his education at any of the Inns of Court.[2] His date of death is unknown but there is some evidence indicating that he died in October of 1712[3]

The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum, a compendium for lawyers and law clerks, contains a dedication to Thomas Robinson, chief prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas whom Brown had been serving under for sixteen years by 1678.[4] The title was one of many "books of tutorials for the aspiring clerk, books of precedents, and manuals for public officials" Brown produced.[5] George Wythe owned at least two Brown titles, The Entring Clerk's Vade Mecum and Modus Intrandi Placita Generalia.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Brown’s Entering clerk’s Vade mecum 8vo." and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. Octavo editions were published in 1678 and 1695. George Wythe's Library[6] on LibraryThing states as much and does not list a specific edition. The Brown Bibliography[7] lists the first edition (1678) perhaps based on the existence of that edition in Jefferson's library.[8]

As yet, the Wolf Law Library has not purchased a copy Brown’s The Entering Clerk’s Vade Mecum.

References

  1. Stuart Handley, "Brown, William (fl. 1671–1705)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed December 6, 2013.
  2. Ibid.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on May 14, 2015.
  7. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012, rev. May, 2014) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
  8. E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:286-287 [no.1926].