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===by Ranulf de Glanville===
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}}[[File:GlanvilleTractatus1554InitialCapital.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Initial capital, first page of text.</center>]][[wikipedia:Ranulf de Glanvill|Ranulf de Glanville]] (1120s? &ndash; 1190) was born in Stratford in Suffolk, the son of Sir Hervey de Glanville, Chamberlain to [[wikipedia:Stephen, King of England|King Stephen]]. After serving as [[wikipedia:High Sheriff of Yorkshire|sheriff of Yorkshire]] from 1163 to 1170, he was appointed keeper of the honour of Richmond in 1171 and [[wikipedia:High Sheriff of Lancashire|sheriff of Lancashire]] in 1174.<ref>John Hudson, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10795 Glanville, Ranulf de (1120s?–1190)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed November 21, 2013.</ref> Other offices followed, including [[wikipedia:Justiciar|justiciar]] of England in 1180. With this position, Glanville effectively became [[wikipedia:Henry II of England|Henry II's]] chief minister during the later part of Henry's reign. Glanville died at [[wikipedia:Siege of Acre (1189–91)|Acre]] in 1190 while on crusade with [[wikipedia:Richard I of England|King Richard]].

According to tradition, Glanville wrote ''Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Angliae'' (''Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Kingdom of England''), the "earliest treatise on the common law," <ref>William Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law'' (London: Methuen & Co., Sweet and Maxwell, 1936), 2:189.</ref> "a manual concerning royal judicial procedures."<ref>Hudson, "Glanville, Ranulf de."</ref> The treatise was composed sometime after 1187, and many writers suggest that the attribution to Glanville is incorrect, proposing instead E. de Narbrough, Henry II,<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), 336.</ref> or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Walter Hubert Walter].<ref>Holdsworth, ''A History of English Law,'' 189.</ref> Regardless of the authorship, the volume "will not cease to be regarded as a venerable historical monument, the first collected rays of the old Common Law."<ref>Marvin, ''Legal Bibliography'', 337.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Wythe ordered "Glanville" from John Norton & Sons in a letter dated May 29, 1772. Records indicate the order was fulfilled.<ref>Frances Norton Mason, ed., ''John Norton & Sons, Merchants of London and Virginia: Being the Papers from their Counting House for the Years 1750 to 1795'' (Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1937), 242-243. The letter is endorsed "Virga. 29 May 1772 / George Wythe / Recd. 21 September / Goods Entr. pa. 163/ Ans. the March 1773."</ref> "Glanvil. 12mo." is also listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]]. This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]], who sold copies of both the first (1554) and second (1673) editions of ''Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Anglie'' to the Library of Congress. Both volumes still exist today, but neither has definitive markings linking it to Wythe.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:211-212 [[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=226 no.1769-1770]].</ref> 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 both editions at the Library of Congress. [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 5, 2014.</ref> on LibraryThing and Goodwin's pamphlet<ref>Mary R. M. Goodwin, [http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml ''The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings''] (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), XLVIII.</ref> both list the second (1673) edition. Because we do not know which edition Wythe owned, and because the Wolf Law Library prefers first editions when the edition is unknown, the library moved a copy of the 1554 from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].

[[File:GlanvilleTractatus1554ManuscriptNotes.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Manuscript notes from the Wolf Law Library's copy of ''Tractatus''.]]
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Contemporary binding with blind tooling; fragment of early illuminated vellum manuscript used as spine lining (1/2 inch tabs visible). Includes marginalia and annotations in brown ink throughout and inscription "Ex lib: Guli: Acton 1724" at the head of the title page. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936.

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637878098613 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21556319120003196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

===Full text===
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/GlanvilleTractatus1554.pdf ''Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regni Angliae''] (5MB PDF)
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==See also==
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*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]
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