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Sir John Vaughan (1603–1674) was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1621 and called to the bar in 1630.<ref>J. Gwynn Williams, [http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/28134 "Vaughan, Sir John (1603–1674)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006, accessed 19 Sept 2013. (Subscription required for access.)</ref> A constitutional royalist, Vaughan retired from his profession at the outbreak of the English Civil War. He subsequently returned to public life and represented Cardiganshire in Parliament from 1661 to 1668 where he developed a reputation for "silver-tongued eloguence."<ref>Ibid.</ref> In 1668, he was knighted and appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, a position which earned him praise as "‘a really consummate common law judge."<ref>J. Campbell, ''Lives of the Chief Justices'', 3, 1857, 2).</ref> Vaughan's ''Reports'', published posthumously by his only son, are a mixture of well-reported and inaccurate cases. <ref>John William Wallace, ''The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks'', 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 334. "The cases are said to be of very unequal merit, some which are supposed to have been written out by the Chief Justice himself, being 'good and methodical discourses,' and giving 'a true picture of his mind;' and others 'taken from loose notes, which he intended to have perfected, if he had lived,' and being quite inaccurate."</ref>
  
 
==Bibliographic Information==
 
==Bibliographic Information==
'''Author:''' Sir John Vaughan
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'''Author:''' Sir John Vaughan.
  
'''Title:''' The Reports and Arguments of that Learned Judge, Sir John Vaughan, kt., Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Many Wherein He Pronounced the Resolution of the Whole Court of Common Pleas
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'''Title:''' ''The Reports and Arguments of that Learned Judge, Sir John Vaughan, kt., Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Many Wherein He Pronounced the Resolution of the Whole Court of Common Pleas.''
 
   
 
   
'''Publication Info:''' 2nd ed. London: Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, 1706.  
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'''Publication Info:''' London: Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, 1706.  
  
'''Edition:'''
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'''Edition:''' Second edition; 7, 420, [55] pages.
  
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==

Revision as of 21:17, 19 September 2013

by Sir John Vaughan

Sir John Vaughan (1603–1674) was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1621 and called to the bar in 1630.[1] A constitutional royalist, Vaughan retired from his profession at the outbreak of the English Civil War. He subsequently returned to public life and represented Cardiganshire in Parliament from 1661 to 1668 where he developed a reputation for "silver-tongued eloguence."[2] In 1668, he was knighted and appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, a position which earned him praise as "‘a really consummate common law judge."[3] Vaughan's Reports, published posthumously by his only son, are a mixture of well-reported and inaccurate cases. [4]

Bibliographic Information

Author: Sir John Vaughan.

Title: The Reports and Arguments of that Learned Judge, Sir John Vaughan, kt., Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and Many Wherein He Pronounced the Resolution of the Whole Court of Common Pleas.

Publication Info: London: Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkins, 1706.

Edition: Second edition; 7, 420, [55] pages.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Attractively rebound in half leather with raised bands, gilt designs, a leather label, and marbled paper covered boards.Purchased from Weller Book Works.

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References

  1. J. Gwynn Williams, "Vaughan, Sir John (1603–1674)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006, accessed 19 Sept 2013. (Subscription required for access.)
  2. Ibid.
  3. J. Campbell, Lives of the Chief Justices, 3, 1857, 2).
  4. John William Wallace, The Reporters, Arranged and Characterized with Incidental Remarks, 4th ed., rev. and enl. (Boston: Soule and Bugbee, 1882), 334. "The cases are said to be of very unequal merit, some which are supposed to have been written out by the Chief Justice himself, being 'good and methodical discourses,' and giving 'a true picture of his mind;' and others 'taken from loose notes, which he intended to have perfected, if he had lived,' and being quite inaccurate."