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First published in 1733 and covering cases from 1689 to 1722, ''Precedents in Chancery'' has been attributed to "Mr. Pooley" and "Mr. Robins."<ref>Richard Whalley Bridgman, ''A Short View of Legal Bibliography: Containing Some Critical Observations on the Authority of the Reporters and other Law Writers'' (London: Printed for W. Reed, 1807), 264.</ref> Chief Baron Gilbert possessed the manuscript, but it was stolen and printed clandestinely after his death.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:618.</ref> "The cases are briefly reported, but are of respectable authority."<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 586.</ref>
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==Bibliographic Information==
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'''Author:''' Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
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'''Title:''' ''Precedents in Chancery, Being a Collection of Cases, Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery; from the Year 1689, to 1722''.
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|publoc=[London], In the Savoy
 
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'''Publication Info:''' [London], In the Savoy: Printed by E. And R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for Arthur Bettesworth, 1733.
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'''Edition:''' First edition;  4, 598 (i. e. 588), [40] pages.
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Issued anonymously; notes of cases to 1708 ascribed by Lord Hardwicke to Mr. Pooley, and from that period to Mr. Robins; in 1786 the work was edited by Thomas Finch. cf. Marvin, Legal bibl.; Wallace, The reporters; Bridgman, Legal bibl.; Viner, Abridgment.
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Includes index.
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}}First published in 1733 and covering cases from 1689 to 1722, ''Precedents in Chancery'' has been attributed to "Mr. Pooley" and "Mr. Robins."<ref>Richard Whalley Bridgman, ''A Short View of Legal Bibliography: Containing Some Critical Observations on the Authority of the Reporters and other Law Writers'' (London: Printed for W. Reed, 1807), 264.</ref> Chief Baron Gilbert possessed the manuscript, but it was stolen and printed clandestinely after his death.<ref>W. S. Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:618.</ref> "The cases are briefly reported, but are of respectable authority."<ref>J. G. Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books'' (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 586.</ref>
  
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==

Revision as of 15:32, 21 January 2014


Precedents in Chancery
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Title page from Precedents in Chancery, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
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Published [London], In the Savoy: Printed by E. And R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for Arthur Bettesworth
Date 1733
Edition First
Language English
Volumes 1 volume set
Pages 4, 598 (i. e. 588), [40] pages.
Desc. 31 cm. Paging irregular; p. 357-366 omitted in numbering.

Issued anonymously; notes of cases to 1708 ascribed by Lord Hardwicke to Mr. Pooley, and from that period to Mr. Robins; in 1786 the work was edited by Thomas Finch. cf. Marvin, Legal bibl.; Wallace, The reporters; Bridgman, Legal bibl.; Viner, Abridgment. Includes index.

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First published in 1733 and covering cases from 1689 to 1722, Precedents in Chancery has been attributed to "Mr. Pooley" and "Mr. Robins."[1] Chief Baron Gilbert possessed the manuscript, but it was stolen and printed clandestinely after his death.[2] "The cases are briefly reported, but are of respectable authority."[3]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Both Dean's Memo[4] and the Brown Bibliography[5] suggest Wythe owned this title based on notes in John Marshall's commonplace book.[6]

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

References

  1. Richard Whalley Bridgman, A Short View of Legal Bibliography: Containing Some Critical Observations on the Authority of the Reporters and other Law Writers (London: Printed for W. Reed, 1807), 264.
  2. W. S. Holdsworth, A History of English Law (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1924), 6:618.
  3. J. G. Marvin, Legal Bibliography or a Thesaurus of American, English, Irish, and Scotch Law Books (Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1847), 586.
  4. Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 13 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
  5. 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
  6. The Papers of John Marshall, eds. Herbert A. Johnson, Charles T. Cullen, and Nancy G. Harris (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, in association with the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1974), 1:44.